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Re: [LIS-Forum] Free service seems indigestible by many LIS professionals for Koha, DSpace etc.
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

From: "nikesh" <nikeshn(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, February 18, 2015 12:30 pm Dear friends, My humble opinion is that there should not be much controversy on this issue. It is the discretion of the Librarian to decide whether to go alone with OA community support or through a service provider depending on his requirements. I believe It is not good to force anyone one to take support from Somebody only and otherwise tag them as corrupt people. They may have there own requirements and looksfor future support options through agreements. Let them decide. Heartiest congrats to Library professionals who extends free service which is indeed great service to our community which would help in propagating OA culture. Thanks *Nikesh *

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ISI-CODATA International Seminar on Data Science
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Apologise for cross-posting International Seminar on Data Science (http://drtc1.isibang.ac.in/datascience) ======================================================================= ISI-CODATA International Seminar on Data Science 19th - 20th March 2015 Indian Statistical Institute (ISI),Bangalore, India & International Council for Science: Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), Paris, France Venue: Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre. ======================================================================= Data Science is emerging in a big way. Some of the Schools of Library and Information Science renamed themselves as School of Library, Information and Data Science, whereas some schools are offering either degrees in data science and offering it as a specialisation or as a core topic in their existing curriculum. It is expected there will be a good demand for data scientists in near future. The objective of the ISI-CODATA seminar on Data Science is to present the various facets of data science and how the Big Data and Data Analytics play an important role in data dealing with data in various domains and disciplines. To achieve this objective, the seminar exposes the participants to Indian and International experts who are actively working the Big Data and Data Analytics. Eligible Participants The seminar is targeted at professionals from library and information science and computer science community.Ideal candidates will have some experience as data managers, data encoders, metadata managers, archivists, data exploitation personnel, analysts, data publishers or similar roles. Data experts that help policy makers in data related policies are also included. Invited Speakers Resource persons from five countries will be engaging the participants. They are drawn from research, academics and corporate backgrounds to give holistic knowledge on Data Science. Following are the list of eminent resource persons participating in the seminar. 1. Fausto Giunchiglia (University of Trento, Italy) 2. Sabina Leonelli (University of Exeter, UK) 3. Simon Hodson (CODATA Executive Director, France) 4. Mark Parson (RDA Secretary General, USA) 5. Y.V.N.Krishna Murthy (Director, IIRS Dehradun) 6. Tadepalli Sivaram (CIO Airport Sector, GMR Group, Bangalore) 7. Devika P. Madalli (DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore) 8. ARD Prasad (DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore) ====================================================================== Important Dates: Registration Deadline: 10/03/2015 Registration fee: 2000 INR Registration Details are available at: http://drtc1.isibang.ac.in/datascience/registration.html Venue: Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore For further information and updates please visit this website: http://drtc1.isibang.ac.in/datascience ======================================================================= -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PKK Library IIT Kanpur Launch New Website
by Ramakant 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Dear All, P K Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur has Launch New Website http://pkklib.iitk.ac.in Thanks and Regards Ramakant SLIA PKK Library IIT Kanpur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Free service seems indigestible by many LIS professionals for Koha, DSpace etc.
by indradg 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Dear Satya, I was reading your list of requirements. Much of it is linked to the accounting (financial) framework in Koha. You may already be aware that there is a Koha community RFC in place for a complete overhaul and re-write of the code that handles accounting in Koha. A lot of work has already happened on that. As well as major changes to the underlying acquisitions code. Keeping future upgradeability and maintenance, it is important that emergert requirements like yours are brought into sync with global development. A way to ensure that is greater participation and visibility in the global community (read - regular interactions on Koha-devel / koha users mailing lists, koha bugzilla for feature requests and signoff on patches submitted that directly impacts your specific use-case, Koha's online IRC meetings every month where one can bring in their agenda to discuss and the Koha wiki for proposed RFCs etc). The way ahead is either to self-develop the code in tandem with the community OR sponsor/fund a developer to add these new additions/enhancements to the global Koha codebase. Alternatively, you *could* develop these in-house and/or in tandem with a local vendor AND choose not to share these changes with the global Koha community under GPL license. However, by doing so your code will an isolated fork of Koha's code base. Maintaining it in working status with future versions of Koha would solely be your own responsibility. Almost all major modules/functionality in Koha have been developed as sponsored development from libraries / library consortia across the world. And yes, the features you mention are mostly highly doable :-) Cheers, -idg Sent from Samsung Mobile -------- Original message -------- From: Satyaranjan Sahu <satya(a)nio.org> Date:16/02/2015 18:07 (GMT+05:30) To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Free service seems indigestible by many LIS professionals for Koha, DSpace etc. Dear All, The subject of the mail raises few questions on the implementation of Open Source Software in India. Few months back I was in a loop of mails on success of Open Access Institutional Repositories (IRs) in India. There was some logical questions raised and answered by well known professionals from India & abroad in the field of Open Access. Few points I would like to highlight here from that private discussion which I feel relevant with respect to the below mail as per subject. Does the implementation of Open Source mean "Installation & basic configuration/customization"? or it includes value addition and future upgradation/migration etc. Most of the libraries use only OPAC and/or circulation in KOHA. Some of the features in KOHA is not well defined for a library which wants to use it in a copybook style. Then who will help in these aspects. Since last 15years or more CSIR-NIO library is using computerized Library Management System (menu based to browser based). The current browser based ILMS was developed in-house, using CDS/ISIS database (in Unix/Linux OS), TCL/TK programming language, etc. The software was developed carefully as per the theory of automation to minimize the manual work. When CSIR-NISCAIR initiated a network project (KNOWGATE) in 2013 to make OPAC of all CSIR laboratories public, KOHA software was considered as suitable one. So CSIR-NIO library started exploring the features of KOHA in comparison to current ILMS in 2014. During the process, we contacted few KOHA experts (based on mailing activities in lis-Forum) in India to explore our requirements. But the responses were disappointing. Some could not help on Linux installation and some on the script level. If a commercial service provider can help in modification/customization of the software as per the library requirements then it should not be an issue. Although NIO library is working on script level customization without any help of commercial service support but does not discourage institutes for taking commercial firm service if they do value addition in KOHA. I put this view after realizing the level of IT skills needed to work with KOHA scripts & databases. Is there any expert (non-commercial) who can help in developing the following features? Acquisition: 1. User recommends a document for procurement using the "Your Purchase Suggestions" form. I want duplication check before "submit of recommendations" with OPAC & pervious recommendations. 2. Under suggestion management: a) There should be duplicate checking facility in pending suggestions. b) A mail should generate to a group of users (subject experts) when the status changes form pending to checked. c) Accepted documents TAB should provide option to ORDER (create basket) there than from "Vendor" side. 3. If the basket is created today for a vendor so all the order created for that particular vendor will attached to the same basket. The first statement is true unless the basket is open not closed, if it is closed a new basket would be created for the vendor. 4. Update of Exchange Rates based on Order Date there in the "Accounting Details" 5. Creation of Invoice with a choice of Vendor than the default way. 6. Receiving orders with the right Price Estimate than the Estimated Cost at the time of Order. 7. Order/Cancel of order should be mail based to the vendors We are trying to included few other features (as per the theory of automation) to minimize manual work. So if non-commercial experts can help in such requirements then there is no need of commercial support. धन्यवाद सादर - सत्य Thanking you Regards - Satya ------------------------------------------- सत्यरंजन साहु/ Satya Ranjan Sahu वैज्ञानिक एवं पुस्तकालय मुख्य/Scientist & Head of Library सीएसआईआर - राष्ट्रीय समुद्र विज्ञान संस्थान/ CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography दोना पाउला/ Dona Paula, गोवा/ Goa भारत/ India - 403 004 Phone: 0832-2450275 (O); Fax-91-(0)832-2450601 -------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Vinod Kumar Mishra Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 7:45 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com; libtech(a)yahoogroups.com Cc: dptkvs(a)gmail.com Subject: [LIS-Forum] Free service seems indigestible by many LIS professionals for Koha, DSpace etc. Dear All, We(myself and Mr. D.P. Tripathi)have taken initiative to implement open source software like Koha, DSpace, Joomla etc. in libraries and time to time motivating for the same to library professionals. I was thinking i am doing the great job free of cost but when i saw today a Tender of renowned Institute for Just installation of Koha, data migration from SOUL/Current ILMS and little training to staffs, i shocked and realize that real heroes are those people who have given opportunity for the same and successfully they are running Koha. They have expended Just on our TA/DA and honorarium as per government rules and saved Lakhs of Public money. In present case although i proposed the institute for the same task and given example of a renowned near by library where we have did the job and Koha is running successfully but even though they opted for the Commercial firm service which could be easily done by us in a much better way than any commercial firm. I do not know why they opted for the same and what is lacking from our side, however one can avail community support for installation/training on Koha and if desire later they can avail commercial support (AMC) for maintenance, by this method also they can save lakh of money on initial implementation of Koha. I would simply like to ask a question from such Professionals that: WILL YOU TAKE SAME DECISION IF YOU HAVE TO INVEST MONEY FROM YOUR OWN POCKET? OR WHAT DIFFICULTY YOU FACED IN INVITING ANY CAPABLE EXPERT FOR THE SAME TASKS FROM LIS COMMUNITY? I would like to request all leaders/Decision makers of the LIS community to avail such services from LIS community it will not only save money but strengthen our library profession and reputation as well as you will be called as a good leader and decision maker in LIS domain. You may visit http://mishravk.com/ for LIS related other activities and free support. Thanking You. Vinod Kumar Mishra Assistant Librarian NIT Rourkela -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on Research ethics, Academic writing and data analysis
by Usman Karassery 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Respected all LIS Professionals, The last date to receive application and demand draft for the *National Workshop on* *Research ethics, Academic writing and data analysis *has been extended to 27th February 2015 as we have received lot of request to extend the date. *W*e are happy to announce that the Central Library, College of Engineering Thalassery is organizing *3 Days National Level Workshop on* *Research ethics, Academic writing and data analysis **(Two days hands in sessions on SPSS with AMOS**)* The objective of the Workshop is to enable the participants to understand research ethics, academic writing tools need for statistical tools in research, and to impart the data analytical capabilities of project leaders, business analysts, faculty, research scholars and post graduate students. The Workshop is scheduled to be held from 06. 03. 2015 to 08. 03. 2015. Interested persons, who wish to participate in the Workshop, may send their Application form in prescribed format available in the College websitewww.cethalassery.ac.in, along with the Registration fee. Selected candidates shall be intimated accordingly. *College of Engineering Thalassery* The College of Engineering, Thalassery is one of the earliest colleges started by the CAPE under Govt. of Kerala. It is started functioning in the year 2000. The college is situated on the top of a panoramic hill called Kundoormala and is six kilometers away from Thalassery town and is just 1.5 kilometers north from Thalassery - Coorg State High Way, which cuts to the college road at Nayanar Road Junction. The college is recognized by the AICTE and affiliated to Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) Cochin. There are six branches of engineering in the B. Tech. and Two M. Tech. programmes. It has become one of the biggest engineering colleges in the northern part of Kerala. The college has been selected for the grant of aid under phase II of the TEQIP and the workshop is being conducted under this programme. Central Library has a very good collection of Books, CDs, Journals, archives and E- documents. Library subscribes more than 100 print Journals and 7 packages of online journals such as ASME, IEEE, Mc- Graw Hill, Elsevier, Wiley, J-gate etc. The Central Library is fully automated since 2010 by using GRANDA Library Automation Software. Now we are shifted to KOHA Integrated Library System. We are also in the path of Digitalization by using D Space. *Workshop content* During the three days of the workshop, the participants will be given knowledge in research ethics, and the tools used in Academic writing. Hands on training sessions will be given on the use of various literature search tools. Final two days will be meant for SPSS training. SPSS is statistical software suitable for data analysis. *Eligibility* Target participants of the Workshop are Faculty members, Library and Information Professionals, Project coordinators and research scholars (Part- time) form Academic, R & D institutions/ industries. Seats are limited. *How to apply* The application form is available in the College website www.cethalassery.ac.in Filled Applicationsforwarded by the concerned authorities, along with DD of Rs. 1200/- (in favor The Principal, College of Engineering Thalassery, Payable at SBT Thalassery) should reach the *Workshop Coordinator, ** Central Library, College of Engineering Thalassery, Eranholi- PO, Kannur, Kerala - 670107* on or before 27- 02- 2015. *Registration fee* * Registration fee Rs. 1200/- *(includes course kit, Software DVD, Lunch and Tea) *Accommodation* Accommodation may be arranged for Candidates at their own cost. *Important Dates* Last date of Receipt of Application: 27/02/2015 Intimation of Selection: 02/03/2015 (by Phone/ e-mail) Confirmation by participants: (by Phone/ e-mail- *coethalassery(a)gmail.com <coethalassery(a)gmail.com>*) *Address for Communication* Workshop Coordinator 1. Silpa. K +91 9447074987 2. Usman koya P T +91 9846974035 E- Mail : coethalassery(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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Commercial Library Services/startups are flourshing !
by Emmanuel E (RBEI/ETI) 18 Feb '15

18 Feb '15

Dear All, Sharing with you an article, appeared in ET. In India the public libraries are failing to attract their users whereas commercial Libraries are flourishing. A section of librarians also have the apprehension that e-books, online/offline are taking away their users, if this is correct then how these commercial services which are based on the printed resources are flourishing. We librarians must change our attitude towards Library users, understand their needs, preferences, convenience, user experience etc. We need to learn how & what new techniques, skills, services and technologies they have/using and if possible adopt them in our environment by customizing them according to our needs. Rather a researcher can also take up this topic and do a thorough study and publish the results so that large number of libraries get benefited with this. Following is the article appeared in Economic Times: "As books come home, startups bookmark book-lending sites<http://isourceupdates.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f3ed553733dd66434af…>" The Economic Times (Bangalore edition) - 18.02.2015 Online book library startups first piqued interest among readers with the launch of Just Books and Librarywala.com. Their success ... http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31815&articlexml=As-Boo… Regards Emmanuel -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free service seems indigestible by many LIS professionals for Koha, DSpace etc.
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 18 Feb '15

18 Feb '15

Dear All, We(myself and Mr. D.P. Tripathi)have taken initiative to implement open source software like Koha, DSpace, Joomla etc. in libraries and time to time motivating for the same to library professionals. I was thinking i am doing the great job free of cost but when i saw today a Tender of renowned Institute for Just installation of Koha, data migration from SOUL/Current ILMS and little training to staffs, i shocked and realize that real heroes are those people who have given opportunity for the same and successfully they are running Koha. They have expended Just on our TA/DA and honorarium as per government rules and saved Lakhs of Public money. In present case although i proposed the institute for the same task and given example of a renowned near by library where we have did the job and Koha is running successfully but even though they opted for the Commercial firm service which could be easily done by us in a much better way than any commercial firm. I do not know why they opted for the same and what is lacking from our side, however one can avail community support for installation/training on Koha and if desire later they can avail commercial support (AMC) for maintenance, by this method also they can save lakh of money on initial implementation of Koha. I would simply like to ask a question from such Professionals that: WILL YOU TAKE SAME DECISION IF YOU HAVE TO INVEST MONEY FROM YOUR OWN POCKET? OR WHAT DIFFICULTY YOU FACED IN INVITING ANY CAPABLE EXPERT FOR THE SAME TASKS FROM LIS COMMUNITY? I would like to request all leaders/Decision makers of the LIS community to avail such services from LIS community it will not only save money but strengthen our library profession and reputation as well as you will be called as a good leader and decision maker in LIS domain. You may visit http://mishravk.com/ for LIS related other activities and free support. Thanking You. Vinod Kumar Mishra Assistant Librarian NIT Rourkela -- 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 janet lobo 18 Feb '15

18 Feb '15

Dear Sir/Madam, One of our Postgraduate student need the following article. If available in your Library, please forward to me at the earliest. Title: Occurrence of Infection among Children with Nephrotic Syndrome during Hospitalizations Journal: Nephrology Volume:17 Issue: 8 Date: 2012 Page:681 With Kind Regards Dr Janet Dotty Lobo Librarian Fr Muller Knowledge Centre Mangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Costliest Book Sale? -- Rare Ornithology Book Sells Online for $191, 000
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 18 Feb '15

18 Feb '15

PLEASE do visit the link given at the bottom to see some hand engraved illustrations. ========================== Rare Ornithology Book Sells Online for $191,000 (February 2015) Online book shopping has entered the six-figure era after AbeBooks sold a rare ornithology book from 1765 for $191,000, smashing the record for the most expensive item to sell on the Internet marketplace in its 19-year history. The book's lengthy Italian title can be translated and shortened to A Natural History of Birds. Published in Florence in Italian in five volumes, it contains 600 beautiful hand-colored engraved plates of birds. Commissioned by Maria Luisa, the Grand Duchess of Tuscany, the book took 10 years to complete. This copy's fine condition enhanced its value along with the fact that it is a scarce book - only 10 complete copies have been offered at auction in the past 40 years. The previous most expensive items to sell through the AbeBooks marketplace were a 1937 first edition of The Hobbit and a 1644 copy of Areopagitica, John Milton's defense of press freedom, which sold for $65,000 each in 2003. "We're thrilled to have sold such a valuable book for one of our booksellers," said Richard Davies, merchandising manager at AbeBooks. "We have been expecting a sale of this magnitude for some time. In 2013 we sold a book worth $60,000 and last year we had two sales of books priced over $40,000. A small number of people are comfortable spending large amounts of money online." The book's artwork was drawn and etched by Violante Vanni and Lorenzo Lorenzi, while the text was penned by Saverio Manetti - an Italian physician, ornithologist, and director of the botanical garden in Florence from 1749 to 1782. The artwork was created using dead specimens from an Italian nobleman's ornithology collection as models, and the birds are displayed in rather dramatic, eye-catching poses. Some consider the book to be a commentary on 18th-century Italian high society because the bird poses are almost human. Aside from the remarkable sale of Manetti's masterpiece, January 2015 also saw several other expensive books sell during the month, including an early arithmetic textbook from 1579, The Grounde of Artes, that sold for $22,083 and a set of first editions of the Lord of the Rings trilogy that sold for $19,500. So what else can be purchased for around $191,000 on AbeBooks? 1. Storia naturale degli uccelli trattata con metodo e adornata di figure intagliate in rame e miniate al naturale. Ornithologia methodice digesta atque iconibus aeneis ad vivum illuminatis by Violante Vanni, Lorenzo Lorenzi & Saverio Manetti - $191,000 Translates as a 'Natural History of Birds Treated Systematically and Adorned with Copperplate Engraving Illustrations, in Miniature and Life-Size.' Five volumes containing more than 600 hand-colored engraved plates of birds from around the world. Published in 1765 http://www.abebooks.com/rare-books/most-expensive-sales/ever.shtml?cm_mmc=n… -- 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 shashi bhat 18 Feb '15

18 Feb '15

Dear Friends, One of our faculty is in need of the following article. If you have access to it please arrange to send. Osteoporosis InternationalSeptember 2000, Volume 11, Issue 9, pp 727-738 Fluoride for the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporotic Fractures: A Meta-Analysis - D. Haguenauer, - V. Welch, - B. Shea, - P. Tugwell, - J. D. Adachi, - G. Wells - - http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s001980070051 With Regards, Mrs. Shashikala K Librarian, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Constituent College of Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575018. Ph: 0824-2204572, 2204963 (ext.-234) Res: 0824-2202133 Mob: +919448869047. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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AUTHOR, ACADEMIC AND LIBRARIAN MOST DESIRABLE CAREER CHOICES FOR LONDONERS
by Ragaavendra R 18 Feb '15

18 Feb '15

AUTHOR, ACADEMIC AND LIBRARIAN MOST DESIRABLE CAREER CHOICES FOR LONDONERS They say everyone has a novel in them which appears to be the case for most Londoners, after it was revealed an author is the most sought after career choice in a new poll. A total of 1,830 people living in the capital were given a list of jobs and asked: "Generally speaking, please say whether you would or would not like to do each of the following for a living." An author was the most sought after career choice selected by 60 per cent of respondents, followed closely by an academic and a librarian coming in as the third most desirable career. Working as a miner was the least popular job with 87 per cent of people picking it as something they would not like to do, followed by call centre work. Most Londoners appear to prefer the quiet life and would rather be a librarian than a Hollywood movie star. The aspiration to up sticks and move to the countryside and work as a farmer was also an unpopular option, with only 27 per cent of people saying they would like to do this. The poll was carried out by YouGov in January this year. REFERENCE LINK: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/author-academic-and-librarian-most-de… Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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discussion / research question on school libraries
by Sharmila Ghosh 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

*Dear Moderator - please post this for discussion. * Should school libraries in India be totally curriculum dependent OR be more focussed towards readers services and principles of library management? How many school librarians in this forum / group are associated with international schools following the IB (International Baccalaureate) academic program or any other curriculum apart from CBSE and ICSE? Kindly provide contact details with the school affiliation. -- *Sharmila Ghosh* http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sharmila-ghosh/4/170/7b3 <https://www.facebook.com/notes/sharmila-ghosh/my-publications/1054670562492…> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles request
by janet lobo 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

Dear Sir/Madam, One of our PG Student needs the following Journal articles. If it is available in your Library, please send the articles at the earliest. 1. Feldmann T B; Medical Students Attitude Towards Psychiatry And Mental Disorders; Acad Psychiatry ; 2005;29; 354-356. 2. Kumar A, Goyal u, Ganesh K S.....et al; Attitude of pg residents towards psychiatry.Ind J Psychiatry; 2001; 43; 2 Thanking You, Yours sincerely, Dr Janet Dotty Lobo LIBRARIAN FR MULLER Knowledge Centre MANGALORE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PEOPLE FAKE READING TO IMPRESS PARTNERS, FINDS SURVEY
by Ragaavendra R 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

PEOPLE FAKE READING TO IMPRESS PARTNERS, FINDS SURVEY Fake reading is an emerging trend in metros across the country including Bengaluru. Many Indians buy books to decorate their homes, some buy it to impress their prospective partners. In fact, people like to fake read in public places, finds a recent survey on reading habits. The survey, conducted in seven cities in the country including Bengaluru, showed that several people who buy classics never read them. Called the 'Fakespeare Survey,' Landmark Bookstores undertook such a survey for the first time to map the reading habits of people. According to Sivaraman Balakrishnan, Senior Manager (Marketing and Communication), Landmark Stores, they were curious to dig deeper into the buying patterns of their readers. While a plenty of surveys had been done to look into what books people buy, this one aimed at looking into why people were buying certain books. As part of the survey, readers in Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai were sent a questionnaire. Nearly a thousand people responded to the questions posed to them. "Were we to ask the questions in person, people might have hesitated to answer. Hence it was mailed to them," Balakrishnan added. Responses elicited The responses elicited from the readers showed that about 23 per cent of people did fake reading to impress potential partners while about 13 percent purchased books to decorate their homes. Not just homes, about 10 percent of people bought books as an accessory, merely to complete their outfit. Balakrishnan added that fake reading depended on the category of books. For instance, people would normally not fake read a best seller but would do it with a classic. The survey showed that when it came to fake reading, 25.82 percent Indians preferred reading economy and finance, and about 21.87 percent fake read English classic literature, Charles Dickens, for example. According those who conducted the survey, the response was given by people in the age group of 18 and 30. Some of the questions posed to them were: 'Have you ever purchased books as an accessory only to do up your office space and not read?'; 'Have you ever purchased books as an accessory to decorate your home with no intention of actually reading?'; 'Have you ever purchased books as a fashion accessory simply to complete your look?'; 'Would you ever fake read to impress a potential partner,? among other questions. Popular fiction, English poetry, classic English literature, economy and finance, philosophy and spiritual books were some of the categories that people picked. REFERENCE LINK: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/460161/people-fake-reading-impress-part… Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KEY ANSWER
by Nagendra Kumar.S 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

Dear All, CBSC-NET December 2014 key answer has declared. For more details open the below link: http://cbsenet.nic.in/cbsenet/KeyChallange/Login.aspx -- *NAGENDRA KUMAR. S* *Professional Trainee* *Vikram Sarabhai Library* *Indian Institute of ManagementAhmedabad - 380015* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Philosophical Transactions : 350 years of publishing at the Royal Society (1665 - 2015)
by Yalagouda Patil 16 Feb '15

16 Feb '15

This may kindly be put across LIS Forum which could be of interest to many library professionals. Thanks and regards, Y.M.Patil Retd. Librarian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Robert C Michaelson <rmichael(a)northwestern.edu> Date: Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 2:51 AM Subject: Philosophical Transactions : 350 years of publishing at the Royal Society (1665 - 2015) To: PAMNET(a)listserv.nd.edu FYI - pdf of the exhibition catalogue of an exhibit currently at the RS. This catalogue, published with Creative Commons licensing, has much of interest on the history of scientific publishing from 1665 to the present. https://royalsociety.org/~/media/publishing350/publishing350-exhibition-cat… Bob Michaelson retired librarian ************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Free service seems indigestible by many LIS professionals for Koha, DSpace etc.
by Shital Shah 16 Feb '15

16 Feb '15

This is with due respect to both Mr.Vinod and Ms.Ghosh.. Open source software are good solutions but since all library professionals are not trained and confident to use it. So many ppl are looking for paid substitutes but this does not imply that they have cuts or something of that sort.. On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Vinod Kumar Mishra < vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > Dear Madam, > > I am agree and its one of the valid point, that is the reason why you can > find different discount % on books in different libraries, more discount > less corruption less discount more corruption. So similarly more use of > Open source software means more strong library/librarians capability. > > On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 16:54:51 +0530 Sharmila Ghosh wrote > >Well pointed out and good observation. Perhaps you are yet to realise > that in reputed institutions with big budgets, there is a flourishing > racket over library automation just like book acquisitions process. > During the course of my professional travails, I have come across two > organisations where the library heads were found convincing and > pressurising their Directors NOT to go for open source but instead pushing > the purchase of proprietary automation softwares with great price tags !!! > Now, the reasons are obvious... the companies offer fairly good commissions > / cuts to librarians if their softwares are purchased. > > On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Vinod Kumar Mishra wrote: > Dear All, > > > > We(myself and Mr. D.P. Tripathi)have taken initiative to implement open > source software like Koha, DSpace, Joomla etc. in libraries and time to > time motivating for the same to library professionals. I was thinking i am > doing the great job free of cost but when i saw today a Tender of renowned > Institute for Just installation of Koha, data migration from SOUL/Current > ILMS and little training to staffs, i shocked and realize that real heroes > are those people who have given opportunity for the same and successfully > they are running Koha. They have expended Just on our TA/DA and honorarium > as per government rules and saved Lakhs of Public money. > > > > In present case although i proposed the institute for the same task and > given example of a renowned near by library where we have did the job and > Koha is running successfully but even though they opted for the Commercial > firm service which could be easily done by us in a much better way than any > commercial firm. I do not know why they opted for the same and what is > lacking from our side, however one can avail community support for > installation/training on Koha and if desire later they can avail commercial > support (AMC) for maintenance, by this method also they can save lakh of > money on initial implementation of Koha. > > > > I would simply like to ask a question from such Professionals that: > > > > WILL YOU TAKE SAME DECISION IF YOU HAVE TO INVEST MONEY FROM YOUR OWN > POCKET? OR WHAT DIFFICULTY YOU FACED IN INVITING ANY CAPABLE EXPERT FOR THE > SAME TASKS FROM LIS COMMUNITY? > > > > I would like to request all leaders/Decision makers of the LIS community > to avail such services from LIS community it will not only save money but > strengthen our library profession and reputation as well as you will be > called as a good leader and decision maker in LIS domain. > > > > You may visit http://mishravk.com/ for LIS related other activities and > free support. > > > > Thanking You. > > > > Vinod Kumar Mishra > > Assistant Librarian > > NIT Rourkela > > > > ---- > Sharmila Ghosh > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sharmila-ghosh/4/170/7b3 > > > > > > With regards, > Vinod Kumar Mishra, > Assistant Librarian, > Biju Patnaik Central Library, > NIT Rourkela, > Mob:91+9439420860 > 91+6612462103 (O) > email: vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com > : mishravk79(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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Request for ASTM Standard
by Vinay Kumar Sharma 16 Feb '15

16 Feb '15

Dear LIS Professionals, I am looking for following ASTM article. If anyone has this below given ASTM standard, please send me. The standard details are given below: Standard Test Methods of Compression Testing of Metallic Materials at Room Temperature DOI: 10.1520/E0009-09 URL: http://www.astm.org/Standards/E9.htm Thanks in advance. thanks & regards Vinay Kumar Sharma Librarian Sarath Engineering and Technology N.H. - 08, Nr. Chiloda Himatnagar-383125 Gujarat -- 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 Bentoor V B 16 Feb '15

16 Feb '15

Dear Professionals Friends! Greeting from MSRCASC Library! We need the Microbiology related article to one of our faculty member. Hence, I requesting to help me for get it, Elnashar MMM, 2010. Immobilized molecules using biomaterials and Nanotechnology. J Biomaterials Nanotechnology. 01: pp 61-77. Thanking you, With Best Regards, Mr. Bentoor V.B. MLISc.,PGDLAN Chief Librarian, M.S.Ramaiah College of Arts, Science & Commerce (MSRCASC) MSR Nagar, MSRIT Post, BENGALURU - 560 054 http://www.msrcasc.edu.in/ Mobile: +91 94820 11094 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OA current awareness service
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 Feb '15

16 Feb '15

Friends: JournalTOCs, an open access current awareness service, now contains details of the latest Tables of Contents of over 25,000 scholarly journals, including more than 8,300 Open Access journals, and is the largest freely available collection of scholarly journal Tables of Contents. It is similar to Current Contents, but CC offered many more features. Best wishes. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IndusTree: CXO Power Talk (15) by Dr. Ajai Chowdhry, Co-founder of HCL | Feb. 22, 2015 @ MYRA
by deepa＠isim.ac.in 15 Feb '15

15 Feb '15

The Trustees, the Governing Board, the faculty and the students of the MYRA School of Business cordially invite you to the IndusTree: CXO Power Talk (15) HCL Story by Padma Bhushan Dr. Ajai Chowdhry Co-founder of HCL Dr. Ajai Chowdhry is one of the six founders of HCL. A highly decorated Indian Industry icon; he is an inspiration for young Indians. He is currently the Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Patna. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Jabalpur Engineering College and has completed an Executive Program from the University of Michigan. He was conferred the Honoris Causa, Doctorate of Science by IIT Roorkee. Working closely with the Government of India, he has been part of several Government of India committees and endeavors that aim at increasing IT proliferation in India, and also towards facilitating the growth of the IT and Electronics industry in India. He led the Government of India IT Task Force, established in 2009. The Economic Times adjudged him among “India Inc.’s Most Powerful CEOs” in 2009. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2011. Date & Time: February 22, 2015 | 10:30 am Venue: Athena Auditorium, MYRA You are cordially invited ________________ Deepa Jaganath Executive Assistant MYRA School of Business Mysore, Karnataka 571130. Phone: +91 9535423333 Email: office(a)myra.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MYRA Distinguished Lecture 3 | Lt. Gen. S K Gadeock, AVSM, Commandant, DSSC | Feb 19, 2015 | 11:30 am
by deepa＠isim.ac.in 15 Feb '15

15 Feb '15

The Trustees, the Governing Board, the faculty and the students of the MYRA School of Business cordially invite you to the MYRA DISTINGUISHED LECTURE (3) Journey of Excellence -- Beating Benchmarks and Scaling New Heights of Performance by Lt. Gen. S K Gadeock, AVSM Commandant Defence Services Staff College Wellington, Tamil Nadu Lieutenant General Sunil Kumar Gadeock, AVSM was commissioned into the Brigade of the Guards, Indian Army in 1977. He is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, and holds a Master of Science (Defence Studies), Master of Philosophy and also Diploma in Senior Level Defence Management. During his distinguished career in the Army, he has served in important and sensitive positions as command, staff and instructional appointments. He has been the youngest Aide to the President of India. He was specially selected by the DGMT, Army Headquarters as the Adjutant of the National Defence Academy. His service to the nation has called for several decorations including the AVSM (Ati Vishisht Seva Medal) for his distinctive creation of infrastructural assets during Command of 9 Infantry Division and many Commendation Cards along his career as recognitions to his outstanding services to the nation. Date & Time: February 19, 2015 | 11:30 am Venue: Athena Auditorium, MYRA You are cordially invited ______________ Deepa Jaganath Executive Assistant MYRA School of Business Mysore, Karnataka 571130. Phone: +91 9535423333 Email: office(a)myra.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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A special issue on copyright
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Feb '15

15 Feb '15

Friends: RLI (Research Library Issues) issue No. 285 is devoted to copyright. You may look up all the articles. <http://publications.arl.org/rli285/1>. Best. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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TSLA represetns for the advertisement of posts and support Public Library Development
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 15 Feb '15

15 Feb '15

TSLA REPRESENTS TO EMINENT PEOPLE FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES On behalf of Telangana Library Association - TSLA. the President and members are meeting important people who are associated with the decision making in the present Government of Telangana . Earlier Mr A Rajender met sri Ramana Chary requesting him to help in development and effective management of libraries both public and academic.Mr Rajender also met Mr Goud, Parliamentary secretary and impressed upon him to do something for the benefit of the libraries on 11 Feb President along with Mr Rajender Alvala Raj who works for 6 TV met Prof Haragopal, who is associated with the committee related to reforms in education in the State and also reforms in Telangana Public Service commission and recruitment process. we also met sri Allam Narayana, Chairman, Telangana Press Academy.Both of them were briefed about the status of public and academic libraries, we requested them to help in development and retaining the glory of public libraries, we discussed with them about recruitment, problem of cess that is not released to ZGS for book purchase, present conditions of the buildings and book collection. Requested them to use good offices to recruit both public library staff and also academic library staff, we requested them to help public libraries development and services by nominating professionals, and educated people rather than politicians to ZGS and Telangana Granthalaya Parishad.They gave patient hearing and responded positively. They told that they understand the importance of libraries and promised to help to build the library serVices in new State of Telangana to Build BANGARU TELANGANA Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, . -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation to attend national seminar at JNU on 28th Jan. 2015
by Dr. Ramesh C Gaur 15 Feb '15

15 Feb '15

National Seminar on Transforming UNIVERSITY Libraries: JNU Leading the way Date: January 28, 2015 at 10:00 A.M Venue: Auditorium-I, Convention Centre, JNU Organized by Central Library Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Supported by EBSCO Concept Note: The role of university library systems over a decade has undergone varied diverse changes. The university libraries have had to compete with the “world wide web” and IT savvy users to get the eyeball attention. These libraries, are not only started opening 24X7 physically but also making the available, all resources, at a touch of the key 24x7. The message has been loud and clear to the library leaders that transformation of university libraries is essential to deliver a fast, simple and systematic services through various tools to integrate all of the library’s’ diverse resources In the University Library Systems, JNU is leading the way with modern, advanced services available round the clock not in campus but anywhere, anytime through the virtual world. The National Seminar intends to showcase and launch the services and tools recently initiated in the university library as a role model. In this series it includes New JNU Library website; Web Scale Discovery Solution; Athens Cloud based Access Gateway and Launch of Website of ETD 2015: 18th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. i. The new JNU Library website has been designed on a open source and with attractive appearance, updated content, more functionality and usability with modern library world services integration. ii. The JNU Library through its dynamic design of “single search box” of Discovery Services intends to bring patrons back, to the library, as their first point of call for their information needs. The traditional tools provided by the library to search various library databases, catalogues and other electronic resources, all of which are in different silos and have totally uncommon characteristics leading to underutilized usage of library resources, among other challenges. Similarly, the Athens cloud solution adopted by JNU will ensure that all the patrons of JNU can now have access to virtually every subscribed information resource on their finger tips from the comfort of their homes or any other part of the world. iii. JNU library will be organising ETD 2015: 18th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, which is an international symposium and a platform for gathering of current and future researchers and practitioners in the area of Electronic Theses and Dissertations. This event will be held in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Campus, New Delhi, India during 4th - 6th November 2015 with a theme “Evolving Genre of ETDs for Knowledge Discovery”. It is a unique event, first time to be organised in India. The event will provide an international forum where professionals and practitioners will deliberate upon the challenges and problems which they encounter while setting up ETD Archives. The Central Library welcomes you to National Seminar & Launch of new initiatives with the following tentative schedule: Time Programme 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Registration 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Welcome Address Dr Ramesh C Gaur, University Librarian Inaugural Address Prof. S K Sopory, Vice-Chancellor, JNU Special Address Secretary UGC Launch of New JNU Library Website; ETD 2015: 18th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations Website (etd2015india.in); Discovery and Athens Services at JNU Vote of Thanks Deputy Librarian, JNU 11:00 AM – 11:30 A.M High Tea 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Session-1 Speaker -1 Discovery Services and Technologies Speaker-2 Discovery Services in JNU Speaker -3 Presentation on Discovery Services by EBSCO 12:30 AM – 1:30 PM Session-2 (Panel Discussion) Panel Discussion on Resource Sharing and Setting of local consortia among academic libraries of Delhi & NCR Panelist -1 Panelist -2 Panelist -3 Panelist -4 1:30 PM – 2:30P.M Lunch Registration The conference is open to all Library and Information Science professionals. The academicians/researchers interested in modern libraries and librarianship may also attend. There is no registration fee. Registration is restricted to only 200 participants on "first-cum-first serve basis". Registration is mandatory. Only 200 participants on first-cum-first served basis will be registered. https://www.signupforms.com/orders/53867/edit?customer_token=eUQF0e2eputHkl… For any further information please feel free to contact: Sent from my iPad ************************************** Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067 Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551 Fax : +91-11-26741603 Email: rcgaur(a)mail.jnu.ac.in ;rcgaur66(a)gmail.com URL: www.jnu.ac.in Brief Profile: http://www.jnu.ac.in/Library/RameshCGaur.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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