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Call for Papers: IFLA Satellite Meeting at Gdańsk, Poland: Open Access: Action Required
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

Call for Papers: IFLA Satellite Meeting Theme: Open Access: Action Required Sponsored by: IFLA Section onSerials and Other Continuing Resources Co-sponsored by: IFLA Section on Acquisition and Collection Development& the European Solidarity Center, Gdańsk, Poland Hosted by:Joseph Conrad Voivodship and City Public Library in Gdańsk, Poland Date:16 August (starting at 12 noon) - 17 August 2017 (9:00 am to 6:00 pm) Venue:European Solidarity Center, Gdańsk, Poland Call for Proposals and Papers: Open Access (OA) resources are important to the information needs of today’s researchers. Over the years, the number of OA resources has grown substantially and will continue to do so. They are here to stay. This satellite will address how libraries and others are meeting the challenges of Open Access. It will attempt to answer how libraries are staffing and organizing operations to support OA. Another focus will be how libraries identify OA resources and market them to their communities. The satellite will also consider long term preservation of OA resources. The program will be divided into three sessions titled "Long-term preservation of OpenAccess Resources", "Marketing of Open Access Resources," and "Discovery and Access of Open Access Resources”. Librarians, information professionals, researchers, editors, and others are invited to submit paper proposalsaddressing topics that relate with one of the three session themes. Examples of such topics include (but are not limited to): -Selecting and identifying OA resources -Discoverability of OA resources and datasets -Best practices for staffing and organizing OA operations -Promoting and Marketing OA resources -Partnerships between vendors and librarians for OA -Institutional Repositories and long term preservation solutions -Recruiting authors for OA publishing Submissions and Selection Process If you are interested in submitting a paper proposal,please provide the following in English: ● Name(s) and affiliation(s) of author(s)/presenter(s) ● Proposed title of the paper ● Proposed abstract of the paper (no more than 500 words) ● Brief biographical information of all author(s)/presenter(s) ● Contact information, including email, of all author(s)/presenter(s) The deadline for proposal submission is May 1, 2017.Please email proposals in .PDF or .DOCX format to Meg Mering, Secretary of the IFLA Section on Serials and Other Continuing Resources, mmering1(a)unl.edu All proposals will be reviewed by members of the Conference Organising Committee. Selection will be based on proposal content and fit to the conference theme. Proposal authors will be notified via email by May 15, 2017. Authors should submit proposals only if they are able to attend the Satellite Conference. At least one author for each accepted paper must attend the Satellite Conference presentation. This requirement ensures that the author(s) of the papers and attendees of the conference have the opportunity to engage in thoughtful discussion with colleagues about the presentations and other related topics, leading to a more robust professional experience. The deadline for final papers is July 3, 2017.Papers should be original work written in English, not published elsewhere, and should be no longer than 10 double-spaced pages using a standard 12-point font. Authors will be required to present their papers at the IFLA SOCRS Satellite Conference. Presentations should last about 15-20 minutes and time will be allotted afterwards for questions and discussion. Presentations should be engaging, interactive, and designed to elicit thoughtful discussion from the audience. Use of PowerPoint or other visual program is encouraged for the benefit of the entire audience. The official language of the Satellite Conference is English. In accordance with IFLA's Open Access Statement, allpapers presented at the Satellite Conference will be available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license. Authors of accepted papers will need to sign IFLA's author form upon notification. Papers and presentations will be freely available online. Important Dates ● May 15, 2017: Notification to submitters ● July 3, 2017: Deadline for authors to submit completed papers Contact For questions about the Call for Papers, please contact Meg Mering, Secretary of the IFLA Section on Serials and Other Continuing Resources, mmering1(a)unl.edu For issues related to Gdańsk, Poland,please contact Matylda Filas or Zuza Wiorogórska, local organizers (m.filas(a)uw.edu.pl; z.d.wiorogorska(a)uw.edu.pl) Additional information about the IFLA Serials and OtherContinuing Resources Section and the Acquisition and Collection Development Section can be found online via the Website https://www.ifla.org/serials-and-continuing-resourcesor OR Facebook https://www.facebook.com/IFLASOCRS/?fref=ts Notice All expenses are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA or the IFLA SOCRS and ACD Sections. Satellite Planning & Program Committee Sharon Dyas-Correia, Chair, IFLA Section on Serials and Other Continuing Resources Ann Okerson, Chair, IFLA Section on Acquisition and Collection Development Meg Mering, Secretary, IFLA Section on Serials and Other Continuing Resources Christina McCawley, Information Coordinator, IFLA Section on Serials and Other Continuing Resources Sirpa Janhonen, Secretary, IFLA Section on Acquisition and Collection Development Matylda Filas, Local Arrangements, University of Warsaw Library, Poland Zuza Wiorogórska, Local Arrangements, University of Warsaw Library, Poland Gaëlle Bequet, ISSN International Center, France Blanca Rodríguez Bravo, University of Leon, Spain Smita Joshipure, Arizona State University, United States Beata Katrincova, University Library in Bratislava, Slovakia J.K. Vijayakumar, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia Ted Westervelt, Library of Congress, United States

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Invitation for KALA Monthly Lecture @ RRI
by Subhash Reddy 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

Dear LIS Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) is happy to invite you to the Monthly Lecture series. The second lecture of the series has been scheduled on Friday, 24th March 2017 at 5.00 pm at Raman Research Institute, C. V. Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Bengaluru - 560 080. [High-Tea at 4.45 PM] Title: *“Professionalism and Ethics”* Speaker: *Dr. B.A.Kanchan Garg,* Professor, COE & Dean Research (In-charge) PES University, Bengaluru About The Speaker: *Dr. B.A. Kanchan Garg* is currently the Professor in Civil Engineering, Controller of Examinations and Dean Research (In-charge) of PES University. She has served PES Institute of Technology (PESIT), Bangalore as Associate Dean Evaluation and has nearly 20 years of experience in teaching, research, industry and training. She has been actively involved in the automation of examinations in the University. She holds a Masters (1995), M.Phil (1998) and Ph.D (2002) in Environmental Sciences from Bangalore University. Her specialization includes Enviromental Resource Management, Environmental Impact Assessment, Apllications of Remote Sensing and GIS. She is a trained NBA accrediator. She is on the Editorial Board of Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment. You are cordially invited. Thanks and Regards, Subhash Reddy __________________________________________________________________________________ Librarian PES University 100 Feet Ring Road, BSK 3rd Stage, BENGALURU - 560085 Ph: 080-26721983 Extn:229 http://library.pes.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New database highlights cumulative chemical dangers | News | Chemistry World
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

May be of interest to Chemical Industry / research librarians. I am not sure if lis-forum is still plain text only or partially "html-tolerant" !! Therefore I am giving URL in plain text as well wherever possible. =========================================== New database highlights cumulative chemical dangers BY REBECCA TRAGER 20 MARCH 2017 Collaborative efforts offers information on hazardous chemical reactions and allows users to add their own incident reports A collaborative and publicly available database of previously inaccessible hazardous chemical reactions has been launched by the Pistoia Alliance, a not for profit group based in Boston, US. This new Chemical Safety Library (CSL) ( http://www.pistoiaalliance.org/projects/chemical-safety-library/ ) service features a submission tool that allows researchers to add safety data in just minutes, helping to prevent dangerous events from being repeated. The system was designed in conjunction with Pistoia’s industry members, including Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca and Pfizer. Although many commercial and open resources already offer information on the hazardous properties of individual reagents, often there are no details about the effect of combining such reagents, according to Steve Arlington, the Pistoia Alliance’s president. In addition, such events are often not shared within or between companies. The CSL’s chemical reaction incident dataset can be downloaded, and it can also be configured to alert scientists if there is a known safety risk before they carry out a research project. Within hours of Pistoia announcing the CSL on 16 March, 150 people had already signed up to use the new system, says Carmen Nitsche, a business development consultant for Pistoia. Users have access to the base set of about 25 incidents with which Pistoia pre-populated the system, and they can enter their own incidents, which will then be reviewed before being approved. ‘If we are successful, this will be a resource for academia, for chemical companies, for anyone who has lab scenarios where this could be useful,’ Nitsche tells Chemistry World. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/new-database-highlights-cumulative-chem… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two Days National Conference on Professionalism in Library and Information Services for User Empowerment: Opportunities and Challenges @ Mangalore University on April 27-28, 2017
by Ali, K. S 21 Mar '17

21 Mar '17

Dear Professionals, With great pleasure we would like to inform you that Department of Library & Information Science, Mangalore University, Mangalore is organizing two days National Conference on “Professionalism in Library and Information Services for User Empowerment: Opportunities and Challenges” (PROFUSE 2017) on April 27-28, 2017 at Mangala Auditorium, Mangalore University Campus, Konaje, Mangalore *Call for Papers*: Original Papers focusing on the theme /Sub theme of the Conference are invited for the presentation as well as for the Posters. The conference theme/ sub theme of the topics are listed below: *Theme of the Conference* “Professionalism in Library and Information Services for User Empowerment: Opportunities and Challenges” *Sub-Themes includes the following but not necessarily confined to the following.* · LIS education and Research · Library and Information Profession · Ethics in Academic Writing and LIS Research · Trends and innovations in LIS studies · Information Resources, Services and Search strategies · Information Literacy · Information Literacy Instructions · Standards and Best Practices · Digital Resources · Procurement and Management · Content Management System · Social Networking · Big Data · Marketing of Information Resources and Services · Search and Web Scale Discovery · Accessibility to information resources · Librarian as Access facilitators · User Collection, User Studies · Evaluation of Library and Information Services · Numeric Scholarly Output · Open Access · Institutional Repositories · Managing change in Library and Library Services · Higher Education, innovative practices in libraries, librarianship and library services · Cloud Competing · Cyber Security/IPR issues *Important dates to remember:* Last date of Submission of Full text Papers on or before : 5th April, 2017 Acceptance Notification : 7th April, 2017 *Mode of paper (s) submission:* Conference paper should be sent to the E-mail: *profuse2017(a)gmail.com <profuse2017(a)gmail.com> * for peer review. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceeding with ISBN. *Registration Details:* *EARLY BIRD OFFER:* *Registration before*20/04/2017 Rs.1,500.00 (without accommodation) Rs.2,000.00 (with accommodation) Rs.1000 ( for accompanying person with accommodation & without kit ) Students/Research Scholars/Retired Professionals Rs.600 (without kit and accommodation) *Registration after *20/04/2017 Rs.2,000.00 (without accommodation) Rs.2,500.00 (with accommodation) Rs.1200.00 (for accompanying person with accommodation & without kit) Students //Research Scholars/Retired Professionals Rs.800 (without kit and accommodation) The brochure & registration form has been attached to the google drive. The details of the conference are available at the below given link: *http://profuse2017.weebly.com/ <http://profuse2017.weebly.com/>* We request you to actively participate in the conference and make a successful event. ***Conference Communications:* *Organizing Secretary* *Dr. Khaisar Muneebulla Khan* Professor & Chairman Dept. of Library and Information Science Mangalore University, Mangalore -574 199. E-Mail: khaisarmk(a)yahoo.com Phone: 09845504886, 0824-2287316 (O) *&* *Joint- Organizing Secretary* *Dr. T. Y. Mallaiah* Dy. Librarian Mangalore University Library, Mangalore -574 199. E-Mail: mallaiahty(a)yahoo.com Phone: 09448004946, 0824-2287394(O) -- With regards *K. S. Ali, * MLISc, (PhD) Research Scholar Dept. of Library and Information Science Mangalore University, Mangalore -574 199. Mobile no. 9686618671 Conference Brochure.pdf <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7U_a-N_jQ1QOGhDbWpUeTYzaGM/view?usp=drive…> Conference Registration Form.doc <http://drive.google.com/views/app.html?state=%7B%22ids%22:%5B%220B7U_a-N_jQ…> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vocabulary Control
by Salman Haider 20 Mar '17

20 Mar '17

VOCABULARY CONTROL The term ‘vocabulary control’ refers to a limited set of terms that must be used to index documents, and to search for these documents, in a particular system. It may be defined as a list of terms showing their relationships and used to represent the specific subject of the document. An information system may help the user by explicitly assigning index terms (that is, words or notations) to the documents and controlling, at least in the case of alphabetical (word) systems, the semantic and often the syntatic relationships between these index terms the words (which may be subject headings or descriptors) are assigned from recognized subject heading lists or thesauri, and the notations from recognized classification schedules, and thus use controlled vocabulary. A controlled vocabulary is one in which there is only one term or notation in the vocabulary for any one concept. The Library of Congress List of Subject Headings is an example of a controlled alphabetical vocabulary, and the Dewey Decimal Classification is an example of a notational vocabulary (By definition, all notational vocabularies must be controlled). The controlled vocabulary performs several tasks: - It usually explicitly records the hierarchical and affinitive/associative relations of a concept. Examples: Allergy, narrower-term: Hay fever; 385 (Railroad transportation), 381.1 (economic aspects of railroad transportation) - It establishes the size and scope of each topic. For example, whether or not the word baseball or the notation 796.357 is to include the concept softball. In addition, for word based systems, the controlled vocabulary identifies synonyms terms and selects one preferred term among them. For homonyms, it explicitly identifies the multiple concepts expressed by that word or phrase. In short, vocabulary control helps in overcoming problems that occur due to natural language of the document’s subject. Hence, if vocabulary control is not exercised different indexers or the same indexer might use different terms for the same concept on different occasions for indexing the documents dealing with the same subject and also use a different set of terms for representing the same subject at the time of searching. This, in turn, would result in ‘mis-match’ and thus affect information retrieval. Contents ------------------------------ Vocabulary Control - Subject Heading List - List of Subject Headings-General Principles - Thesaurus - Structure of Thesaurus - Relationship Between Terms - Thesauri and Subject Headings List - Thesauri and Classification Schemes - Thesauro-Facet - Classaurus - Systematic Arrangement *Read full article on Librarianship Studies & Information Technology <https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/>: https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2017/03/vocabulary-control.html <https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2017/03/vocabulary-control.html> * LIKE Facebook Page - Librarianship Studies & Information Technology: https://www.facebook.com/librarianshipstudies/ and JOIN Google+ Community - Librarianship Studies & Information Technology: https://plus.google.com/communities/117182147088697693349 for more important updates on Library and Information Science Regards Salman Haider <https://salmanhaider.blogspot.com/> - Librarian Cataloger Blogger -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Step by step procedure to create koha-plugin-coverflow for opac
by Suresh Kumar Tejomurtula 20 Mar '17

20 Mar '17

Hi, Step by step procedure for creating koha coverflow images for the OPAC which useful for the basic koha users is below. http://blogssuresh.blogspot.in/2017/03/step-by-step-procedur e-to-create-koha_15.html I did this on a 14.04 and koha 16.11 version. Source for doing the procedure is: http://bywatersolutions.co m/2016/06/28/koha-coverflow-setup/ If any issue with this procedure or any easy way to achieve this, please let me know. -- Regards T. Suresh Kumar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request to publish
by vasappa gowda 20 Mar '17

20 Mar '17

Dear sir,Please publish the following matter Sad demise of a Librarian- Mrs Bindu K- Librarian- Govt. First Grade College- Haleyangady It is sad to inform to all the library professionals that Mrs Bindu K- Librarian, Govt. First Grade College, Haleyangady- Udupi District- KARNATAKA STATE-INDIA has passed away on 17th March, 2017. She was 46 years. She was the 1992-94 batch MLISc student of Mangalore University. She served for more than 23 years as library professional. Soon after her MLISc she joined as an assistant librarian at Fisheries College, Mangalore. She also served at Fisheries College, Shivmogga Center. She passed her UGC SET and joined Karnataka Govt. Service in the year 2008 as Librarian at Govt. First Grade College, Haleyangady- Udupi district. She was an active member of Dakshina Kannada & Kodagu Library Assiciation and served as an Executive member. She was a very simple, humble, efficient and committed librarian served for the cause of the profession. She is survived by she husband, son and family members and a big band of well wishers and friends. The members of Karnataka State College Librarians Association, Bangalore and Dakshina Kannada & Kodagu Library Association, Mangalore prays Lord for her soul to rest in peace and also to give the strength to their family members and friends to bear the loss and pain With Regards Dr. VASAPPA GOWDA, MCom, MLISc, PGDCA, PhDSELECTION GRADE LIBRARIAN, BESANT EVENING COLLEGE, MANGALORE-575 003, KARNATAKA STATE,INDIA.Ph (0824) 2491204(O) (0824) 2453109(R)Mob: 09448150365

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MINIBIB: YOUR LITTLE LIBRARY at the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore
by sheshagiri kulkarni 18 Mar '17

18 Mar '17

Dear All, We are delighted to inform you that we have started a new initiative “MINIBIB: YOUR LITTLE LIBRARY” at the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore. It is a baby step to promote reading culture. The glass box is filled with books and is placed next to our security post for public use free of cost. We have a simple rule to ensure sustainability: take one, give one. It did not cost us much and we have received great feedback. You are invited to have a look at our post on Facebook in the link below: https://www.facebook.com/goetheinstitut.bangalore/posts/10155135133714283 Thanks a lot for taking interest in our project. Best regards, Sheshagiri Kulkarni Librarian Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan 716 CMH Road Indiranagar 1st Stage Bangalore 560 038 Ph: +91 80 2520 5305/06/07/08-206 kulkarni(a)bangalore.goethe.org www.goethe.de/bangalore www.goethe.de/india -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for full text article
by Ravi Hullur 9740638831 18 Mar '17

18 Mar '17

Dear Sir/Madam, One of our staff is in need of the following article, if you have in your Library, please forward to me. *A rash and a rare cause of unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis * - Zakariye M Ashkir, - George Tsaknis *BMJ Case Reports Published 1 March 2017; doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-218440 * *Takotsubo cardiomyopathy secondary to spontaneous right-sided pneumothorax * - Mouhanna Abu Ghanimeh, - Bhaskar Bhardwaj, - Abdelrahman Aly, - Paramdeep Baweja *BMJ Case Reports Published 1 March 2017; doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-219384 * *Pituitary tuberculoma with subsequent drug-resistant tuberculous lymphadenopathy: an uncommon presentation of a common disease * - Geethu Antony, - Riddhi Dasgupta, - Geetha Chacko, - Nihal Thomas *BMJ Case Reports Published 9 February 2017; doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-218330 * *Multiple myeloma presenting with bilateral ankle pain (microangiopathy) and complicated by streptococcal meningitis and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia * - Louise Dunphy, - Neeraj Singh, - Elizabeth Keating *BMJ Case Reports Published 7 February 2017; doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-217289 * *Cephalic tetanus as a differential diagnosis of facial nerve palsy * - Yuki Kotani, - Kenji Kubo, - Satoko Otsu, - Toshihide Tsujimoto *BMJ Case Reports Published 20 January 2017; doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-216440 * *A rare cause of constrictive pericarditis * - Shane Patrick Flood, - Omar Ayah, - Satoshi Furukawa, - Robert B Norris *BMJ Case Reports Published 18 January 2017; doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-216813 * *Contained ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm presenting as cauda equina syndrome * - Serge A Engamba, - Dovile Garaleviciene, - Jonathan Baldry *BMJ Case Reports Published 6 January 2017; doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-216602 * *Upper lobe cavity with intracavitary mass: an unexpected diagnosis * - Jose Paxiuta, - Maria João Lobão *BMJ Case Reports Published 2 January 2017; doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-218312 * -- Regards Mr.Ravi Hullur Asst.Librarian KLE University, Belagavi Telephone: 0831-2444 444 extn- 4004 Mob.No.9740638831,9743716931 http://digitallibrary.webnode.com/ Blog:http://ravihullurs.blogspot.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The Delhi University Copyright case
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Mar '17

18 Mar '17

*Breaking News: OUP and other Publishers Withdraw Copyright Suit Against Delhi University and Photocopier* by Shamnad Basheer <https://spicyip.com/author/shamnad-basheer> March 9, 2017 <https://spicyip.com/2017/03/breaking-news-oup-and-other-publishers-withdraw…> In a stunning development, OUP, CUP and Taylor & Francis just withdrew their copyright law suit <https://spicyip.com/tag/d-u-photocopy-case>filed against Delhi University (and its photocopier, Rameshwari) 5 years ago! They indicated this to the Delhi high court in a short and succinct filing made this morning. This withdrawal brings to an end one of the most hotly contested IP battles ever, pitting as it did multinational publishers against academics and students. The law suit was filed as far back as 2012 and it dragged on for 5 long years! For those interested, a brief timeline of the dispute is as below: 1. Leading publishers sue Delhi University (DU) and Rameshwari for copyright infringement in 2012. Alleging that the creation and distribution of course packs containing excerpted copyright content violates copyrights in several of their books. 2. Delhi high court immediately grants interim injunction in favour of publishers, preventing DU and Rameshwari from photocopying and creating/distributing course-packs. 3. A society of students (ASEAK) and academics (SPEAK) intervene in the dispute and are heard by the court. 4. The Delhi high court hears the main matter on merits and rules in favour of DU and students, holding that the photocopying for the purpose of creating educational course packs falls within the bounds of the educational exception in the indian copyright act (section 52(1)(i)). 5. Publishers appeal to the division bench of the Delhi high court. While taking issue with some of the findings of the trial judge, the division bench nonetheless upholds the ultimate finding that the photocopying is covered under the terms of the educational exception contained in section 52(1)(i) of India’s Copyright Act. The court however rules that each instance of photocopying has to be tested individually against the terms of section 52(1)(i) which mandates that copying has to be “in the course of educational instruction”. 6. Therefore, the Delhi Division bench remands the matter back to the single judge of delhi (trial court) to decide whether each of the alleged instances of copyright fell within the bounds of the educational exceptional or not 7. IRRO (a collecting society of publishers) files an application to be impleaded in the Delhi trial court. Court refuses and the IRRO appeals to the division bench 8. Publishers file an application this morning asking that suit be withdrawn. So those of you expecting some fireworks at the Supreme Court, this is it! End of an era. End of a saga. But one that ultimately tested the bounds of copyright law in India. And clarified that while educational photocopying is permissible, there are limits to this as well. And that any copying must comport closely with the intended purpose (“in the course of instruction”). In that sense, publishers have made some gains in at least ensuring that a complete free for all regime is not what is intended by the law. But a circumspect one, where the copying has to fall within the bounds of the educational exception. Overall, this is a huge victory for educational access and public interest in India. And very welcome in a world that was witnessing a rather one sided ratcheting up of IP norms, at the cost of all else! One hopes that the coming years will see a more progressive partnership between publishers and academics/students and the embracing of newer models of creation and content distribution, open access and the like. ps: For those interested, all our posts on this case can be found here <https://spicyip.com/tag/d-u-photocopy-case>. -- Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Award to Article on Koha-Congrats to Vinodji and team-Karunakar.N
by Karunakar N 17 Mar '17

17 Mar '17

Congrats to Dr. A K Sharma, Mr. D P Tripathi and Mr. Vinod K Mishraji. for your work. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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WE STOLE/COPY THE THINGS BUT DID NOT WISH TO EXPOSE THE TRUTH
by vinod mishra 17 Mar '17

17 Mar '17

Dear All, Many of the policy makers did not favor open access of ETD or other resources, in my view one of the major reason for the same is the case mentioned in the linked article below. I would like to know any other reason for the same from other intellectual fraternity who did not supports the open access. One of the reason is they wish to make the same articles 2/3 by replicating the things with little modifications and may be some other good reasons about which i am not aware. https://journosdiary.com/2017/03/16/plagiarism-iiser-thiruvananthapuram/ With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 Website: http://mishravk.com/ *"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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Problems of Natural Language in Indexing
by Salman Haider 17 Mar '17

17 Mar '17

Thanks Mr. Eldho Joy for the positive remarks. You are correct in saying "the relevance of indexing is going up these days especially due to the information overload related problems." Many of the developments in indexing techniques are incorporated in the technology of search engines like Google. More information on related topics will appear in the Librarianship Studies <https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com> in coming days. Regards Salman On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 9:47 AM, Eldho Joy <eldhoj(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Salman > > Very interesting to read.In fact, the relevance of indexing is going up > these days especially due to the information overload related > problems.pl.share some of your thoughts regarding this. > > Sr.Lib.professional > University of Kerala > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 6:26 PM, Salman Haider <salman.mlisc(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Problems of Natural Language in Indexing >> <https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2017/03/problems- >> of-natural-language-in-indexing.html> >> >> A new article in the Librarianship Studies & Information Technology >> <https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/> blog provides an exhaustive >> description of Problems of Natural Language in Indexing >> <https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2017/03/problems- >> of-natural-language-in-indexing.html> >> . >> >> Derived indexing is based on the natural language of the documents which >> proves to be problematic sometimes in the Subject Indexing Process. These >> problems prompted to move towards the use of Assigned indexing. These >> problems can be categorized under two heads: >> >> 1. >> >> Problems inherent in the language >> 2. >> >> Problems pertaining to relationships >> >> >> Contents >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> - >> >> Problems of Natural Language in Indexing >> >> >> - >> >> Problems inherent in the language >> - >> >> Synonyms >> - >> >> Homographs >> - >> >> Use of Plural-Singular Forms >> - >> >> Multi-Worded Concept >> - >> >> Complex Subject >> - >> >> Problems Pertaining to Relationships >> - >> >> Semantic Relationships >> - >> >> Syntax >> >> >> >> Read full article on Librarianship Studies >> <https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/>: >> https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2017/03/problems-o >> f-natural-language-in-indexing.html >> >> Salman Haider >> >> Librarian (Cataloging) >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >>

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Curated OA LIS Research
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

From Prof. Peter Suber Coming Soon: The Idealis – A Portal for Finding Curated OA LIS Research – IO: In The Open <https://intheopen.net/2017/03/coming-soon-the-idealis-a-portal-for-finding-…> Posted: 15 Mar 2017 08:09 AM PDT "On March 15, founding editors Stacy Konkiel and Lily Troia, both of Altmetric, and Nicky Agate of the Modern Language Association, will officially launch The Idealis <https://theidealis.org/>, a portal for connecting to curated open access library and information science scholarship. Operating on the WordPress plugin Press Forward, The Idealis will include annotated lists of open access scholarship written by, for, or of interest to information professionals. Curation will be done by volunteer editors with expertise in the field. Each editor will serve on two-week rotations during which they will nominate pieces for inclusion in The Idealis platform using the Press Forward plugin. Initially, the collection will consist entirely of works focused on scholarly communication, but the hope is that The Idealis will soon grow to include scholarly work from a wide-range of library interests, including critical librarianship, public librarianship, school librarianship, and more. The aims of The Idealis are simple: to help connect library and information science scholars to high-quality, open access work in and connected to their field. To this end, the founding editors take a broad view of “scholarship” and encourage the inclusion of works that may not otherwise receive a lot of attention but are nevertheless important to the advancement of the field. These could include blog posts, presentation notes, infographics, and other forms of alternative or 'grey' literature. Keep a look-out for the official launch of The Idealis on *March 15* and spread the word. Also, if you are interested in serving a two-week term as a general editor, feel free to fill out the information form <http://theidealis.org/apply-editor/>. In the words of founding editors, Stacy, Lily, and Nicky, 'You don’t have to be an idealis(t) to imagine a better future for library-related research. Let’s start building that future today.'" -- Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seeking LIS help on voluntary basis at Varanasi, Kolkata and Midnapur?
by vinod mishra 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

Dear all I usually make my personal as well as professional out of station visit in such a way that i can contribute and learn as much as possible by using my capabilities. I will be visiting following places basically for personal things but at the same time have to present papers and deliver key note speech too. Varanasi from 18 to 20 March presentation at dept of LIS, BHU Midnapur on 23rd March presentation at dept of LIS, VU Kolkata/Howrah from 24 to 26 March keynote at WBCLA Therefore if you need any library related help specially implementation of open source software than please contact me during that time, but you have to arrange for local transport may be on motorcycle/auto/car/cycle just to save the time as well as be ready to work at late nights too. Thanking you and contact without hesitations.

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Problems of Natural Language in Indexing
by Salman Haider 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

Problems of Natural Language in Indexing <https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2017/03/problems-of-natural-langu…> A new article in the Librarianship Studies & Information Technology <https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/> blog provides an exhaustive description of Problems of Natural Language in Indexing <https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2017/03/problems-of-natural-langu…> . Derived indexing is based on the natural language of the documents which proves to be problematic sometimes in the Subject Indexing Process. These problems prompted to move towards the use of Assigned indexing. These problems can be categorized under two heads: 1. Problems inherent in the language 2. Problems pertaining to relationships Contents ------------------------------ - Problems of Natural Language in Indexing - Problems inherent in the language - Synonyms - Homographs - Use of Plural-Singular Forms - Multi-Worded Concept - Complex Subject - Problems Pertaining to Relationships - Semantic Relationships - Syntax Read full article on Librarianship Studies <https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/>: https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2017/03/problems-of-natural-langu… Salman Haider Librarian (Cataloging) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Second Call for Papers - MANLIBNET 2017 International Conference on 15-16 September 2017 at Jaipuria, Noida, India
by Jitender Sharma 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

MANLIBNET 2017 International Conference on INNOVATION IN LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY, SERVICES AND RESOURCES - CURRENT TRENDS IN LIBRARIES GLOBALLY SEPTEMBER 15-16, 2017 Organized Jointly By JAIPURIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, NOIDA and MANAGEMENT LIBRARIES NETWORK *ABOUT MANLIBNET* (http://manlibnet.in) MANLIBNET was established in 1998 at the first convention jointly organized by the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) and Ahmedabad Management Association. The association was established with the primary objective of providing a platform to improve the common understanding among management and business libraries and to promote effective collaboration and resource sharing. *CONFERENCES:* In order to facilitate experience sharing and professionals' network, MANLIBNET organizes annual conferences in collaboration with academic institutions situated in different locations. The leading institutions that have collaborated with MANLIBNET to organize the conferences are IIM, Ahmedabad; IIM, Lucknow; IIM, Kozhikode; XLRI, Jamshedpur; IMT, Ghaziabad; NIFM, Faridabad; Nirma University, Ahmedabad; ICSSR, Mumbai and Delhi; SSIM, Secunderabad; KIIT University, Bhubaneswar; IIHMR, Jaipur; University of Delhi, Delhi; IIM, Indore and EDII, Ahmedabad and TAPMI, Manipal. *LDPs:* In addition to an annual conference, MANLIBNET conducts national level Librarian Development Programs (LDPs) for LIS professionals and knowledge managers in collaboration with various colleges and institutions. *PUBLICATIONS:* Besides publishing of conference proceedings, MANLIBNET publishes a quarterly journal called 'Journal of Library Management' since 2012, which is approved by Registrar of Newspapers and Magazines, New Delhi. *ABOUT JAIPURIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, NOIDA* (http://www.jaipuria.ac.in/campuses/jaipuria-noida/) Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida was established in 2004. This state-of-the-art campus in the heart of the corporate hub of the NCR region provides students with wide exposure to number of industries. It is led by Dr. Rajiv R Thakur with a strong team of full time faculty comprising of qualified and experienced professors as well as industry managers turned academicians. Modernity, aesthetics and simplicity characterize the four acre green Wi-Fi campus. Beautiful lawns, a large green central court and an open-air Amphitheatre contribute immensely to providing a stimulating learning environment in the campus. The air conditioned academic complex consists of well-equipped Theatre style and classic lecture halls, auditoriums, resources rich library, computer labs and the faculty offices. The institute offers three AICTE approved two year full time PGDM, PGDM (Services Management), PGDM (Marketing) and Management Development Programs for the corporate sector. The institute works on developing graduates with entrepreneurial orientation and service mindedness. The institute draws upon a mix of pedagogy focusing on learning through both in-class discussions, cases and simulations as well as beyond the classroom learning through live projects, field project studies, regular industry interface and participation in various National /International seminars. *JAIPURIA, NOIDA LIBRARY RESOURCE CENTRE (LRC)* *(*http://jaipuria.ac.in/noida/librarynew/ ) Library at Jaipuria Noida is one among the best library systems in the NCR region with active relations with all other major business schools’ libraries. It is much enriched, both in traditional and online resources. It has a collection of over 25000 volumes with over 14080 different titles. It subscribes to about 147 National and International printed periodicals. The library also has a vast collection of fictions, biographies and spiritual books. It subscribes 19 online and offline databases including e-books database. It has a sizeable collection of CDs/DVDs and videos related to management education. It has developed a Digital Library using Greenstone Digital Library Software. Jaipuria, Noida library is total green library illuminated with natural light. It is truly user’ friendly and provides various information services to its users on daily basis. It has membership of MANLIBNET, DELNET and British Council also. OPAC terminals have been installed in library for self-learning of students. *BACKGROUND* Automation and digitalization of libraries has a topic of past decade and both of these are considered as a must for any library today. What is currently trending and emphasized upon is innovative practices adopted by libraries globally those attract and bind the users to the library. Some libraries talk about more and more technology adoption; RFID technology, mobile-apps for providing user services; reaching to the patrons at their doorstep, opening library kiosks i.e. to bring library services to the users. Others talk about innovative library facilities aspect that include being knowledge partner rather than a resources provider only; continually training and guiding the users in using library resources. Facilities also include developing facilities for differently abled sections of the users. Another aspect of innovative practices in libraries includes innovation in resources development and procurement. This aspect encompasses again technology aspect as well as order on demand or pay per view procurement and so on. Innovation in staff management and overall management of library and its operations are some other important dimensions. New technology and methods are adopted by various libraries for efficient and timely delivery of their services to users. Publishers are also using innovative technologies in producing and providing contents to the libraries. Rather than just books or journals, they are developing interactive and comprehensive learning modules where one can learn at his/her pace; can judge the performance or understanding levels and so on. Innovation in libraries also include introducing new services that directly appeal to users and as per their changing requirements. Innovation is not static and new innovative practices keep evolving as per change in users’ needs, technology and resources. Innovation is a continued journey. Keeping the above aspects in mind, Management Libraries Network in association with Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida is organizing an International Conference on “Innovation in Library Technology, Services and Resources - Current Trends in Libraries Globally” on 15-16 September, 2017 at Jaipuria, Noida campus. This conference will provide a platform for LIS professionals, teachers, practitioners, researchers, students and users to understand and also explain any innovation practice used by them in terms of Technology, Services and Resources at their respective workplaces. *THEME AND SUB-THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE* Papers are invited related to but not limited to conference theme and subthemes from LIS educators, faculty, practitioners, researchers, students and library users. The below given list is an indicative and authors are free to contribute papers on any topic of their choice falling within broad umbrella of innovation in libraries. *CORE THEME:* *INNOVATION IN LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY, SERVICES AND RESOURCES - CURRENT* *TRENDS IN LIBRARIES GLOBALLY * The core theme of the conference seeks to understand the current trends in innovative practices used in any library in any part of the world so as to find answers to the innovation required at an individual library as per its own requirement. *SUB-THEMES* *INNOVATION IN TECHNOLOGY* Emerging Technology used in Libraries Interactive and Integrated Learning Tools Mobile Applications Use of E-Wallets for Library Transactions, etc. New Trends in Digitalization Technology used in New Services Development Role of Technology in Outreach Activities Growing Penetration of RFID Technology Cloud Computing Big Data Use for Libraries Web Accessibility, Services and Applications Virtual Libraries Growing Role of Social Media *INNOVATION IN SERVICES* Developing Services according to Changing Needs of Users Innovation in New Services Launch for Direct Appeal among Users Innovation in Developing Libraries Facilities Innovation in Outreach Services Innovation in Infrastructure Development for Virtual/E-library Innovation in Providing Remote Access to Resources *INNOVATION IN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT* Books to E-books E-books to Interactive Books Innovation in Institutional Repositories, etc. Dealing with IPR Issues in Resources Distribution *INNOVATION IN LIBRARIES MANAGEMENT FACILITIES* Green Libraries Innovation in Building Design Evolving New Partnerships and Networking Innovation for Differently Abled People Needs *INNOVATION IN FINANCIAL PLANNING* New Ways of Budgeting New Ways of Acquisition Marketing Library Services for Better Finances Consortia Approaches in Procurement Dealing with Service Tax Compliances *INNOVATION IN PEOPLE MANAGEMENT* Understanding New Skills and Competencies Requirements Library Staff Training Collective Voice for Appropriate Status and Compensation *AUTHOR GUIDELINES* All the authors are required to adhere to the following conference guidelines. For complete author guidelines, please refer to the conference website: http://jaipuria.ac.in/manlibnet2017/guidelines or on http://manlibnet.in (Conference Website will be functional from end of this week) a) An abstract of about 500 words must be sent before or by Abstract Submission Last Date. b) Only after approval of abstract, full paper should be sent by the author(s). c) The length of paper: about 5000 words; single spacing; Times New Roman - 12 font size. d) The paper should highlight the current trends/issues. e) The paper should be submitted in word format only. f) The first page should contain title, author(s) name(s), contact details of all authors, an abstract of 500 words and keywords. g) The second page should have the title of the article followed by the text. h) Pictures/tables/charts/diagrams should be in B/W. i) APA style of writing should be followed throughout the text and in references. j) Full papers can be mailed to jitender.sharma(a)jaipuria.ac.in and to manlibnet2017(a)jaipuria.ac.in. k) Correspondence will be made only with the principal author. l) Paper presenters will receive certificates at the conference after paper presentation by at least one of the authors of the paper and registration by all authors, if certificate for all authors are required. m) Accepted full paper should be submitted along with registration fee to consider the paper for including in conference proceedings. Note: All the papers submitted for conference will go through blind review process both by the editors and reviewers. Based on the recommendations from reviewers, the authors will be appropriately communicated about the paper. *IMPORTANT DATES* Last Date for Abstract Submission: June 15, 2017 Last Date for Abstract Acceptance Communication: June 21, 2017 Date for Full Paper Submission: July 31, 2017 Date for Notification of Acceptance of Full Paper: August 7, 2017 Last Date for Registration: August 30, 2017 Conference Dates: September 15-16, 2017 *REGISTRATION DETAILS* *Types of Delegates* *Residential* *Non-Residential* *From India (In Rs.)* *International (In US$)* *From India (In Rs.)* *International (In US$)* MANLIBNET members 4000 200 2500 125 Non-MANLIBNET members 5000 250 3000 150 Students/Retd, Professionals 3500 175 1500 75 Accompanying persons (No kit etc) 2500 125 1000 50 Ch/DD favouring: *Management Libraries Network* For wire/NEFT transfer: bank details are given below *BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS OF MANAGEMENT LIBRARIES NETWORK* *Bank Account Details of Management Libraries Network* Beneficiary’s Name MANAGEMENT LIBRARIES NETWORK Bank Name Bank of Baroda Savings Bank Account No. S.B. A/c No. 06230100003820 Branch Name & Address Surya Kiran Bldg, 19 K. G. Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001 MICR No. 110012021 RTGS Code BARB0CURZON NEFT Code BARB0CURZON IFSC Code BARB0CURZON SWIFT Code BARBINBBOND *Note:* Accommodation, where applicable, means twin sharing accommodation in hostels/guest houses/budget hotels for 14th and 15th September, 2017 nights only and needs to be vacated latest by 16th September before 12 o’clock. Participants however may extend their stay with separate payment. Baggage may be deposited in institute’s library on 16th September, 2017. Participants are expected to arrange and cover their own travel up to the venue. However, the organizers will take care of to and fro arrangements of participants from guest house/hotels booked by the organizers during the days of the event. *HOW TO REACH THE INSTITUTE * Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida lies very close to National Highway NH-24, at A32A, Sector – 62, Institutional Area, Noida – 201309 in Delhi-NCR region immediately after crossing the Delhi-UP border from Delhi Side. It is well connected through air, railway and bus routes. Nearest airport is Indira Gandhi Airport, New Delhi and nearest Railway Station is Anand Vihar, New Delhi. From Airports/ Railway Stations or Bus Terminals, cab services like UBER/OLA can be hired and using google maps one can easily reach to the campus. Metro Blue Line Services can also be used either to Noida City Centre or Vaishali, the last stations of Metro Blue Line for Noida and Vaishali and auto can be hired to reach the campus. Autos generally charges between Rs. 80/100 from these stations to reach the campus. *MANLIBNET BEST PAPER AWARD* MANLIBNET- Best Paper Award (Certificate + cash prize of Rs. 10,000 sponsored by Bharat Book Bureau) will be awarded to the best paper written and presented in the conference. The winner will receive the award during the valedictory program. *MANLIBNET BEST LIBRARIAN AWARD* MANLIBNET Best Librarian 2017 will be awarded to the winner chosen by MANLIBNET Award Committee. This EBSCO Publishing sponsored award carries a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/- and a certificate. The details about the selection of best librarian will be communicated separately by MANLIBNET. More details can be obtained from www.manlibnet.in. The executive Committee reserves the right to finalize the candidate from the applications received or to nominate someone other than those who have applied for the same. *MANLIBNET INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GRANT* MANLIBNET travel grant of maximum up to Rs. 65,000/- instituted by Bharat Book Bureau is given to eligible members for presenting their papers at International conference. Please follow the link www.manlibnet.in for more details. *PATRON* SHRI SHARAD JAIPURIA Chairman, Jaipuria Institute of Management SHRI SHREEVATS JAIPURIA Vice-Chairman, Jaipuria Institute of Management DR. RAJIV R. THAKUR Director, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida *CONFERENCE COMMITTEE* Dr. RAJESH SHARMA Associate Professor (Chairperson - Library Committee) Dr. SHALINI SRIVASTAVA Professor (Assistant Dean – Research, Member – Library Committee) Dr. PRATIBHA WASAN Associate Professor (Area Chair – Finance, Member – Library Committee) Dr. V. K. TOMAR CAO, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida *NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE* Dr. AKHTAR PARVEZ General Secretary, University Librarian, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad Dr. ANTONY JOSE Chairperson – Library, MDI, Gurgaon Dr. BINO JOSE Chief Librarian, XLRI, Jamshedpur Mr. B. P. PRAKASH Global Head (IRC), TCS, Pune Dr. BUDDHI PRAKASH CHAUHAN Library Director, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat Dr. H. ANIL KUMAR Librarian IIM, Ahmedabad Ms. JYOTI A BHATT Vice President, MANLIBNET, MS University of Baroda, Vadodara Dr. K MANJUNATHA Chief Librarian, T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal Dr. LATA SURESH Head- Knowledge Resource Centre, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), Manesar Dr. M. G. SREEKUMAR Librarian, IIM, Kozhikode Dr. NABI HASAN University Librarian, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh Prof. N. LAXMAN RAO, NAGUBANDI President, Telangana Library Association, Hyderabad Dr. P. R. GOSWAMI Director, IGNCA, New Delhi Mr. RAM PRATAP KO Coordinator, McKinsey Knowledge Centre, Gurgaon Dr. RAMESH C GAUR University Librarian, JNU, New Delhi Dr. R.K. SHARMA Librarian, United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan, New Delhi Dr. ROSHANLAL RAINA Vice Chancellor, JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur Ms. RUMMA SHARMA Dy Director, AIMA, New Delhi Dr. R. VENKATA KESAVAN Associate GM & Head, Times Archives & Knowledge Centre, Times Group, Mumbai Dr. S. MAJUMDAR Chief Librarian, India International Centre, New Delhi Dr. S. VENKADESAN Director- LRC & IT, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad Dr. TARIQ ASHRAF Librarian, South Campus Library, University of Delhi, Delhi Dr. TRB SARMA Chief Librarian, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida Dr. T. S. KUMBAR Librarian, IIT, Gandhinagar ALL MANLIBNET E.C. MEMBERS *LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE* *Organizing Secretary* Mr. JITENDER SHARMA Senior Librarian, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida *Members* Dr. SURESH KR. CHAUHAN Librarian, Jaypee University, Solan, H.P. Dr. RISHI TIWARI Chief Librarian, BIMTECH, Greater Noida Dr. RAJESH KUMAR Librarian, INMANTEC Institutions, Ghaziabad Dr. AKHTAR HUSSAIN Librarian, IMT, Ghaziabad Mr. VIKRAM KUMAR SHARMA University Librarian, Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad Dr. RAJESH KUMAR BHARDWAJ Librarian, FORE School of Management, New Delhi Ms. KAVITA CHADDHA Library In-charge IIML-NC Mr. D. K. TRIPATHI Librarian, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow Mr. RAJ KISHOR KAMPA Librarian, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur Mr. VIPUL BANSAL Librarian, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Indore Mr. RAM CHANDRA IIM Lucknow Noida Campus, Noida LRC, JAIPURIA NOIDA STAFF *MANLIBNET EXECUTIVE COUNCIL* Vice President Ms. JYOTI A BHATT MS University of Baroda, Vadodara General Secretary Dr. AKHTAR PARVEZ University Librarian, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad Treasurer Mr. JITENDER SHARMA Librarian, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida Secretary Dr. AKHTAR HUSSAIN Librarian, IMT, Ghaziabad Secretary Dr. RAJESH KUMAR Librarian, INMANTEC Institutions, Ghaziabad *Members* Ms. CHANDRAKALA PAI Librarian, Prin. KM Kundnani College of Pharmacy, Mumbai Dr. CHANDRAKANTA SWAIN Librarian, IIM, Raipur Mr. DHARAM VIR Former Chief Librarian, Hindustan Times Dr. GANAPATHI BATTHINI Librarian, EDII, Ahmedabad Mr. GIRIDHAR M. KUNKUR Librarian and Unit Chief Publications & Media Relations, BITS, Pilani Dr. K. ELAVAZHAGAN Librarian, IIM, Trichy Dr. K. P. SINGH Sr. Asst. Professor, DLIS, University of Delhi, Delhi Dr. MEETA RATHOD National Coordinator, MANLIBNET-LDP & Librarian, BRCM College of Business Administration, Surat, Gujarat Mr. PIYUSH PANT Dy. Manager, HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd., Bhatinda Dr. T. S. KUMBAR Librarian, IIT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat Dr. TARIQ ASHRAF Librarian, South Campus Library, University of Delhi, Delhi *For queries, brochure and registration form, sending papers or registration, please contact:* *Mr. Jitender Sharma, Organizing Secretary – MANLIBNET 2017* Senior Librarian & Co-Editor - JIJMR Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida A-32A, Sector 62, Opp. IBM, Noida P: +91 120 4638300-01 | Ext: 322 M: 98996 95953 | F: +91 120 2403378 E-mail: jitender.sharma(a)jaipuria.ac.in; manlibnet2017(a)jaipuria.ac.in; jitendersharmaji(a)gmail.com; manlibnet.office(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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Recruitment of Library Professionals in Lok Sabha
by Subhodip Bid 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

Applications are invited from eligible Indian citizens for engagement/hiring of Twelve (12) (subject to change) 'Library Professionals' on contract basis as Consultants in Lok Sabha Secretariat as per details given below :- *Educational Qualifications*:Bachelor of Library Science (B.Lib. Sc.) or Bachelor of Library and Information Science (B.L.I.Sc.) from a recognized University with Hindi and English as subjects at Matriculation or Intermediate (Clsss XII) level. *Desirable:* Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation Network (PGDLAN)/ Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA) from a recognized University/Board. *Upper Age Limit* : 27 years [as on the last date for receipt of applications] For more details http://164.100.47.193/JRCell/Module/Notice/Library%20Advertisment.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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Koha Live ISO Ver-3.0
by Dp Tripathi 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

Dear All, Koha-ISO-V.3 is available to download at www.dptripathi.in/download/kohav3.iso The ISO is customized with Lubuntu 14.04 LTS and Koha latest version with following features: a. Customized OPAC with Header and additional menu for external links b. One Click Backup of Koha c. Short Framework of MARC for different kinds of documents such as Books, Theses, Serials etc. (Courtsey: Mr. Vinod Kumar Mishra) d. Auto Backup with cron job e. and many more You can straight way download, burn the ISO in DVD or USB and install in any standalone PC and start using. The user id of Lubuntu is : library Password: kitkit Koha Admin User ID is : library Koha Admin Password: library Hope it will be useful for all. With regards, ******************************* Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ******************************* Assistant Librarian Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ******************************* M - +91 – 8895296796 W – 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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Award to Article on Koha
by vinod mishra 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

Dear All It gives me a great pleasure to inform you that a paper entitled *“KOHA Web OPAC- Customising it to make a Library Portal: A case study of Assam University Library / by Dr. A K Sharma, Mr. D P Tripathi and Mr. Vinod K Mishra”* has been awarded as best paper (*DLA- Dr Ramesh Chandra Vashishth Best Paper in Library Herald Award-2016*). The details are available at: http://mishravk.com/2017/03/award-koha/ With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 Website: http://mishravk.com/ *"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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Fwd: National workshop on Moodle @ Department of Library &InformationScience, University of Kerala, palayam, Trivandrum, Keralaon 24 â€“ 25 March 2017
by Joseph I Thomas 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

Dear all, I am happy to inform you that the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala is going to organize a National Workshop on Moodle in the month of March this year.The main objective of the workshop is to provide an overview of the facilities offered by Moodle and to offer an extensive hands-on experience so as to enable the participants to equip themselves for e-learning environment which is the order of the day. The workshop to be held on 24th and 25th of March 2017 will be handled by eminent resource persons in computer science and LIS professionals with extensive experience in the field. The Registration fee is Rs. 500.00. The fee can be paid by demand draft drawn in favour of the Head of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 034. Applications can be sent in the prescribed format on or before 14 March 2017 to: Dr. Humayoon Kabir S. Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 034 Email: humayoonkabirs(a)gmail.com Looking forward to participation and ignition of your minds. -- Thanking you Joseph I Thomas Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science University of Kerala

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A New Way of Promoting Librarianship among the Unemployed Youth
by Badan Barman 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

Respected forum members, Kindly consul the following information and if possible kindly replicate the idea in your own state / city to promote the Librarianship among the Unemployed youth. 1. About Vacancy in Assam Website: Vacancy in Assam (http://www.vacancyinassam.com) is a website that provides job notification to the unemployed youth of Assam. The website is designed to show-cause the potential of Library and Information Science professionals in providing quality contents to the users and helping them in their search for the required job. 2. How the Website is Managed: The Vacancy in Assam (http://www.vacancyinassam.com) website is designed by a Library and Information Science professionals from Assam. The developer of the website invites other 30 nos. of Library and Information Science professionals to volunteers themselves to help the user by way of publishing relevant and important job notification in the website. The LIS professionals who show their willingness are trained to post job vacancy in the website. Later on, each volunteer were asked to go through all the popular newspapers published from Assam on a pre-assigned date and published the relevant job advertisement over the website. They are expected to spend at least two hours of their time in a month for the website. 3. Features of the Website: The website has in general the following features a) Search Options: Any vacancy posted over the website can be searched by inputting any text part of the job advertisement in the search box located just below the header of the website. b) Email Subscription Option: People who have the Email id can subscribe to the updates from the Vacancy in Assam website by way of Email alert by going through the web link: https://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=VacancyInAssam c) Google Plus Page: People can follow the Vacancy in Assam website through Google Plus page: https://plus.google.com/100163762118485582563 d) Facebook Page: Interested job seekers can also follow the Vacancy in Assam website by Liking its Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VacancyInAssam e) Twitter Profile: People can also follow the Vacancy in Assam Website by following its Twitter Profile: https://twitter.com/VacancyInAssam f) Displaying Advertisement in Other Website: People who are interested to display job vacancies from Assam need to put the following code in their website. This code will display the scrolling page located at the left hand side bar of Vacancy in Assam (http://www.vacancyinassam.com) website in their own website. The code for the same is: <marquee direction="up" onmouseover="this.stop();" onmouseout="this.start();" loop="true" onmouseout="this.setAttribute('scrollamount', 2, 0);" onmouseover="this.setAttribute('scrollamount', 0, 0);" scrollamount="2"><br /><script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/VacancyInAssam?format=sigpro" type="text/javascript"></script></marquee><style> div #creditfooter{ display: none; } </style> 4. Benefit for the Library and Information Science Professionals: The Library and Information Science professionals should not be restricted to themselves. The Vacancy in Assam (http://www.vacancyinassam.com) website gives an opportunity to the Library and Information Science professionals in Assam to reach to the unemployed or under-employed youth of Assam. By providing the Vacancy related information the website is trying to get the attention of a small section of people from Assam and it is very much successful in this regard. We are sure, if LIS professionals from other states will replicate the project in their own state, it will be very much useful for all the LIS fraternity. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file and it is available at: https://goo.gl/ja1Kbo -- Badan Barman, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam, India. Website: http://www.badanbarman.in Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+BadanBarman Twitter: https://twitter.com/badanbarman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/badanbarman?v=wall&ref=ts -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IEEE ICSC 2018 CALL FOR PAPERS
by Biswanath Dutta 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

-------------------------------------------------- IEEE ICSC2018 CALL FOR PAPERS -------------------------------------------------- 12th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC2018) February 5-7, 2018 Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spahttp://www.ieee-icsc.org Semantic Computing (SC) addresses the derivation, description, integration, and use of semantics (“meaning”, "context", “intention”) for all types of resource including data, document, tool, device, process and people. The scope of SC includes, but is not limited to, analytics, semantics description languages and integration (of data and services), interfaces, and applications including biomed, IoT, cloud computing, SDN, wearable computing, context awareness, mobile computing, search engines, question answering, big data, multimedia, and services. The technical program of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC 2018) will include workshops, invited keynotes, paper presentations, panel discussions, poster sessions, and more. Submissions of high-quality papers describing mature results or ongoing work are invited. TOPICS OF INTEREST include, but are not limited to: * Analytics (from contents to semantics): Structured data, image and video, audio and speech, big data, natural language, deep learning * Description and Integration: Semantics description language, ontology integration, interoperability * Use of Semantics in IT Applications: Multimedia, IoT, cloud computing, SDN, wearable computing, mobile computing, search engine, question answering, robotics, web service, security and privacy * Use of Semantics in Interdisciplinary Applications such as biomedicine, healthcare, manufacturing, engineering, education, finance, entertainment, business, science, humanity * Interface: Natural language, multi-modal SUBMISSIONS Authors are invited to submit an 8-page (regular), 4-page (short), or 6-page (industry) technical paper manuscript in double-column IEEE format following the guidelines available on the ICSC2018 web page. All papers will be double blind reviewed. The conference proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press. Distinguished quality papers presented at the conference will be selected for the best paper/poster awards and for publication in internationally renowned journals. IMPORTANT DATES Workshop Proposals Deadline: 09/24/2017 (PDT) (Regular, Short, Demo, Poster, Industry) Paper Submission Deadline: 10/01/2017 (PDT) Notification of Acceptance: 12/01/2017 (PST) Workshop Paper Submission Deadline: 12/15/2017 (PST) Camera-ready and Registration Deadline: 12/25/2017 (PST) CONTACT: icsc(a)uci.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Students Colloquium: Museums: An Overview
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 13 Mar '17

13 Mar '17

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC) 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore-560 059 COLLOQUIUM:-3 Museums: An Overview Abstract As a curious organism, we humans are always eager to know about our past. Museums around the world provide the platform to quench our thirst of primeval curiosity. From the beginning of the documented history, humans collected objects which define their surrounding society and environment. As an effect of this collecting and conserving nature, private collection and later museum came into the picture. Museum houses variety of artifacts and objects of artistic, cultural, historical or scientific importance. Museums aim to serve the various communities ranging from researchers and specialist to the general public. The main objective of this colloquium is to provide a peripheral view of museum, museum technologies and the collaboration between libraries and museums. We will also discuss about virtual museums and the overall challenges. This colloquium is organized as follows: Speakers Topics Dipanjan Munshi Introduction Amrish Dubey Types of Museum Supriya Bag Museum Services Udaya Varadarajan Museum Cataloguing and Metadata Schemas Naveen A Patil Metadata Schemas (Cont..) Harish Kumar T CMS Tools for Museums (open source) Harsha Rathi CMS Tools for Museums (commercial) Goutam Mondal Preservation and Management of Museum Objects Amit Tiwari Challenges and Solutions Susheel K Chourasiya Conclusion Date: 15-03-2017 Time: 2 p.m. Venue: DRTC Class Room (G-16), 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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IEEE CS Distinguished Lecture on “Data Driven Infographics" on 15th Mar 2017 at 6.00 p.m.
by Mohan Hr 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

Dear all, Pl. find an invite for the IEEE CS Distinguished Lecture on “Data Driven Infographics" on 15th Mar 2017 at 6.00 p.m. The pdf invite is available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2017/mm-170315-infographics.pdf To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at https://goo.gl/forms/IzgBXPj0LlrReMLz1 INVITE ===================================. IEEE Madras Section IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Professional Communication Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society, Madras Chapter Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter Cordially invite you for the IEEE CS Distinguished Lecture on “Data Driven Infographics” by Dr. Fakhrul Hazman Yusoff Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Science Head, Spatial Visual Analytics Research Group Universiti Teknology MARA (UiTM), Malaysia on Wednesday, 15th Mar 2017 at 6.00 p.m. at Seminar Hall, CSI Education Directorate, Taramani, Chennai – 600113 (Situated in the opposite lane to Indira Nagar MRTS Railway Station. About 100 meters away from the Dharmambal Women’s Polytechnic & Opposite to the Inst. of Mathematical Sciences and Inst. of Hotel Management) Programme ========= 6.00 p.m. : Tea & Fellowship 6.30 p.m. : Lecture 7.45 p.m. : Dinner About the presentation: =================== Nowadays text-based information presentation is considered to be the thing of the past. Given improvement in computer graphics technology the usage of infographics has been the norm. Inforgraphics in a nutshell is conveying information via the usage of graphics technology. Data driven infographics on the other hand look at how infographics is tailored based on the data available to produced best information dissemination. The speaker will give an overview on infographics in perspective of information technology. Several techniques being used to implement data driven infographics will also be evaluated. This is followed by discussion on the latest research conducted in the area. To conclude, the speaker will touch on the future trends of the data driven infographics technology. About the Speaker: =============== Dr. Fakhrul Hazman Yusoff is a senior lecturer in Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Science (FSKM), Universiti Teknology MARA (UiTM). He graduated with B.Sc. (Management – Information System) from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio, USA in 1998. He earned his M.Sc. (Information Technology) from Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia in 2001 and obtained his Ph. D in Computer Graphics in 2010 also from Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. His PhD research work was modeling of head movement during facial expression. His research interest includes computer graphics, gamification and game development. Dr. Fakhrul currently leads an academic-based research entity known as Spatial Visual Analytics Group (SVAG). The group activity focuses on enriching life via graphics and multimedia technology. Among the projects that he initiated under this entity include Animated Infographics as Icon in Queue Numbering System, The Enjoyment Design of Augmented Reality Based Gamification for Learning Environment, Sound Visualization as a tool for anxiety alleviation during Waiting Room environment, Quranic-Based Sound-Induced Visualization, Emotional Conditioning Sound-Induced Visualization, Non-Planar Parametric Visualization, Digital Storytelling of Historical Event by Collaborating Augmented Reality, Learning French via Tablet, Large Screen Non-Planar Projection System. Dr. Fakhrul is an active member of IEEE under Malaysia Computer Chapter. He was former IEEE Malaysia Computer Chapter Chair between 2014-2015. He had organized various activities under IEEE banner inclusive of talks, workshop and conferences. He is the General Chair for International Conference on Open Systems (ICOS) for the year 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. He is also the General Chair for International Conference on e-Learning, e-Management and e-Services (IC3e) for the year 2014 and 2015. Likewise he is the General Chair for International Conference on Wireless Sensors (ICWiSE) for the year 2014 and 2015. Overall, Dr. Fakhrul always keen to learn new things. He is always on the look-out to leverage the knowledge he acquired through-out his 17 years of working experiences for the betterment of society in general. He can be contacted at fakhrul(a)tmsk.uitm.edu.my To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at https://goo.gl/forms/IzgBXPj0LlrReMLz1 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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