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Re: [LIS-Forum] Does Introduction of LIS Syllabus in Undergraduate Course Curriculum Change the Libraries/Librarians image?
by Prabhat Ranjan 12 Nov '14

12 Nov '14

Dear LIS Professionals, Mr. Vasantha Raju N. has raised right issues about status of librarians in the professionals community. Librarians are termed as secondary professionals in college libraries. One of the main reason behind it may be ill status of libraries. An incapable library can be handled by any one. People visit there as a stack of books. The second reason of it may be senior professionals of library science also as they select incapable librarians (having only degrees in library science and therefore eligible to the post) which worse the image of librarians. In many departments in universities such professionals (as faculty members) hinder the growth of meritorious students. When library professionals are motivated towards their selves and selection processes in the country is not transparent, library science will be devoid of influential intellects. We professionals should respect knowledge in the community, but I see people are self-oriented. And the profession is going downwards. Why India is not presenting an another Ranganathan? What is DRTC, NISCAIR and premier universities are doing in India. We professionals are enemies of the profession. We are *not* sensitive to the profession. That is the reason, some library professionals are extremely underpaid. But it is not a matter to the people in high positions as they are being paid well. Situations of library professionals is very poor and not respectful in many of the fields. Once again, I salute Mr. Vasantha Raju N. for his sensitivity toawrds the profession.. With Kind Regards, On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Prabhat Ranjan <prabhatranjan21(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear LIS Professionals, > > Mr. Vasantha Raju N. has raised right issues about status of librarians in > the professionals community. Librarians are termed as secondary > professionals in college libraries. One of the main reason behind it may be > ill status of libraries. An incapable library can be handled by any one. > People visit there as a stack of books. The second reason of it may be > senior professionals of library science also as they select incapable > librarians (having only degrees in library science and therefore eligible > to the post) which worse the image of librarians. In many departments in > universities such professionals (as faculty members) hinder the growth of > meritorious students. > > When library professionals are motivated towards their selves and > selection processes in the country is not transparent, library science will > be devoid of influential intellects. We professionals should respect > knowledge in the community, but I see people are self-oriented. And the > profession is going downwards. > > Why India is not presenting an another Ranganathan? What is DRTC, NISCAIR > and premier universities are doing in India. > > We professionals are enemies of the profession. We are sensitive to the > profession. That is the reason, some library professionals are extremely > underpaid. But it is not a matter to the people in high positions as they > are being paid well. > > Situations of library professionals is very poor and not respectful in > many of the fields. > > Once again, I salute Mr. Vasantha Raju N. for his sensitivity toawrds the > profession.. > > With Kind Regards, > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Vasanth <gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: > >> Dear Sir/Madam, >> >> >> >> It has been often deliberated in many professional forums that (at least >> in Karnataka) higher education department such as Department of Collegiate >> Education (DCE) should introduce LIS syllabus (information literacy) as a >> subsidiary paper in undergraduate course curriculum. >> >> Karnataka State College Librarians Association (KSCLA) has been in the >> forefront on this issue for some time. In fact, in 2012 KSCLA organized one >> day conference on the theme “Information Literacy”. Then Karnataka Higher >> Education Minister Sri. C.T. Ravi was invited to inaugurate the conference. >> It was done mainly to place a request to introduce the LIS syllabus in >> under graduate course curriculum. Even after this as well, in many of the >> conferences our professionals have deliberated on this issue. Though this >> is an important issue, does merely introducing LIS syllabus in the >> curriculum change the image of the libraries and librarians? >> >> Libraries even at the higher education level in India have not given >> enough importance. It has often been a neglected entity in college >> environment. At the behest of UGC, librarians are appointing for managing >> the library in higher education institutions mainly in undergraduate >> colleges. Otherwise, some secondary division clerk would have been put in >> place to run the show (there were/are cases of non-professionals managing >> college libraries). >> >> Of late, professionals entering the LIS profession are demanding the >> equal status on par with teachers at the higher education level. >> Librarians are today on par with teachers in terms of financial benefits >> (eg., pay scale) but in terms of professional status librarians have not >> been seen as equal to teachers. Introducing a LIS curriculum in >> undergraduate colleges is not a solution for this. >> >> We as professionals should demand for better infrastructure and human >> resource to manage libraries. Most of the college libraries (in Karanataka) >> even lack basic facilities such as proper buildings to store and organize >> books. Man power is a big problem librarians have to manage everything on >> their own. There is a no supportive man power to manage libraries. This has >> dented the image of the libraries. >> >> Introduction of LIS curriculum in undergraduate courses would be an >> additional baggage rather a benefit to librarians. After teaching, >> librarians have to work again in the library. Who would there to manage it? >> Instead of this let us fight for our professional rights (for proper >> facilities) to be remain as library professionals. Let is once again >> remember the adage “librarians are the teacher’s teacher”. Merely having >> the designation of assistant professor of LIS would not change the image of >> the profession. >> >> >> (Views are personal) >> ------------------------- >> With best wishes >> >> Vasantha Raju N. >> GFGC-Periyapatna >> Mysore >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LIS-Forum mailing list >> LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >> http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >> > > > > -- > *Prabhat Ranjan*, > (Enrolled to PhD), M.L.I.Sc. (NET), B.Sc. > Librarian, Jayawant Library > JSPM's Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering <http://www.rscoe.org> > Tathawade, Tal. - Mulshi, Pune - 411033 (Maharashtra) - India > Ph. +919764161444 > website: https://sites.google.com/site/prabhatranjan21/ > -- *Prabhat Ranjan*, (Enrolled to PhD), M.L.I.Sc. (NET), B.Sc. Librarian, Jayawant Library JSPM's Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering <http://www.rscoe.org> Tathawade, Tal. - Mulshi, Pune - 411033 (Maharashtra) - India Ph. +919764161444 website: https://sites.google.com/site/prabhatranjan21/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Social Media & Libraries Conference - Nov 25 Last Date Extended
by Sunil MV 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Dear Professional Friends, Greetings from MyLISA Mysore! This is to bring to your kind notice the extension of Paper Submission Date to November 25, 2014 for the UGC Sponsored Conference on "Social Media & Libraries" organized by SBRR Mahajana's College and MyLISA Mysore. For details about the conference please visit the conference webpage @ http://www.mahajanafgc.com/ncsml/ For any clarification or information please contact: Smt. M. Veena, Organising Secretary of the Conference Mobile : 9945841777 or mail to ncsmlmysore(a)mahajanafgc.com. We wish to see you @ Mysore during the conference. With sincere regards, MyLISA Mysore Dr. Sunil M.V. Librarian Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD) No. 1, Chamundi Hill Main Road, Siddharthanagar Post, Mysore - 570 011, INDIA Mobile: 998639832 | Telephone: 0821-2429722 Extn: 3006 * Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Complete Data Migration solution from Libsys ILMS (Books and Journals)
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Dear All, The following ( https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Cmcc6xutSgY3RFMmc3TTZpenc/view?pli=1 )are the General steps to get your libsys data in excel format for final conversion into Marc format to switching into other ILMS software. Please note that there are several other tips and tricks which you can use to convert your libsys data in excel, so that you can migrate in some other desired software like Koha, Newgenlib, Evergreen etc. The reports module given under Cataloging/Circulation/Serial of Libsys software can be used to get the data in Excel format. In-case you are not getting subject heading than it can be added at the time of excel data conversion as well as you can also group together all the same titles, but you should have at least ISBN/ISSN number in your records. Marc editor and excel (http://marcedit.reeset.net/downloads ) is wonderful software which not only converts your data in marc format but it also gives you opportunity to make your data standard before impor! ting in new ILMS. In case of any help needed in this regard please feel free to contact. Thanking You 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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Inauguration of National Library Week with Vikram Sampath and Shinie Antony on 14.11.2014 at 5.30. p.m.
by Kulkarni, Sheshagiri 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Greetings from the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore & Karnataka State Library Association! Ever since 1968, the annual National Library Week puts a spotlight on our libraries, reflecting their challenges and celebrating their achievements. The Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore in collaboration with Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) is happy to invite you to the Inauguration of National Library Week with Vikram Sampath and Shinie Antony. Event: Inauguration of National Library Week with Vikram Sampath and Shinie Antony Date: 14.11.2014, Friday Time: 5.30 p.m. Venue: Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore 716 CMH Road Indiranagar 1st Stage Bangalore 560 038 Presentations: Vikram Sampath The Making of an Online Music Archive; the story of the Archive of Indian Music (AIM). AIM is the first digital sound archive in India for gramophone recordings. Shinie Antony Reflections on the Bangalore Literature Festival and the Frankfurt Book Fair Program will conclude with dinner Free Entry, All are welcome! Please confirm your participation WITHOUT FAIL. RSVP to Mr. Sheshagiri Kulkarni (Sheshagiri.Kulkarni(a)bangalore.goethe.org) More details at the Bhavan (2520 5305/6/7/8) or visit our website: www.goethe.de/bangalore Speakers: Bangalore based historian Vikram Sampath is the author of three acclaimed works of non-fiction: Splendours of Royal Mysore: the untold story of the Wodeyars My name is GauharJaan!--the life and times of a musician Voice of the Veena: S Balachander, a biography. He currently serves as the Director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)-Southern Regional Centre. He has established the Archive of Indian Music (AIM), the first digital sound archive for the country for gramophone recordings and is the Founder Director of the Bangalore Literature Festival. Shinie Antony is a writer based in Bangalore. Her books include Barefoot and Pregnant, Seance on a Sunday Afternoon, When Mira Went Forth and Multiplied and Why We Don't Talk. She won the Commonwealth Short Story Asia region prize in 2003 for her story A Dog's Death and is co-founder of the Bangalore Literature Festival. You are cordially invited to the Inauguration. Please feel free to contact me, Sheshagiri Kulkarni: 9632221636 for any further information. 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 Fax: +91 80 2520 5309 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 your valuable opinion -reg
by Chandran Velmurugan 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Dear Library Professionals, Research Scholars and Friends, I wish to introduce myself as I am C.Velmurugan, a full time research scholar working for Ph.D in Periyar University, Salem, Tamilnadu. I request you to kindly click the link and provide your valuable data for research purpose. I am sure that this information will be kept confidential. Kindly do the needful as early as possible. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fJSV7EdLRVZDBOEqF5J2DVuHrO3qyA_ez8sstFdMe-… Thanks for your participation in this survey. Kindly ignore this mail if you have already received, please. C.VELMURUGAN -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for fulltext article
by Mamtha's Gmail 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Dear professional friends, One of our postgraduate student requires the following reference Kindly please arrange to provide a copy of this article if available in your library. 1. Psychosis risk screening in clinical high-risk adolescents: a longitudinal investigation using the child behaviour checklist *Schizophr Res. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25171857#> 2014 Oct;159(1):7-13. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.07.046. Epub 2014 Aug 27.* 2. Observation on the curative effects of haemocoagulase before and after tonsillectomy/Tan Xiao-ye *Strait Pharmaceutical Journal 2008 Issue:10 Pgs:98-99* -- -- *Thank you & Regards* *Mrs Mamatha P. Kumar* *Chief Librarian* *Central Library* *Yenepoya University* *Yenepoya University **|** University Road, Deralakatte **|** Mangalore 575018 **|** Karnataka **|* * India*T: +91 824 22046668/69/70 *|* Extn 310 *|*F: +91 824 2204667 *|* www.yenepoya.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by SRINIVAS VEMULA 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

Dear LIS Professionals, Can any one please help me to get the following Journal Article, as one of our faculty requires for the teaching. Pradeep Chhibber, Political parties, electoral competition, government expenditures and economic reform in India, The Journal of Development Studies 32(1) 1995, pp 74-96 I shall be thankful to you for the act of kindness. Regards, Srinivas Vemula TISS Campus, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad - 500 030 email: libraryth(a)tiss.edu http://www.campus.tiss.edu/ Ph: 040-2401 7701/02/03 Extn. 225 (off) Mobile: 09885016274 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Student Seminar
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research & Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore-560 059 DRTC Seminar- 6 Knowledge Portal: A Tool for Knowledge Management ABSTRACT Knowledge is non-uniform in nature. Everyone has different notion of a particular knowledge. We try to capture this multidimensional knowledge, which is huge, continuum, dynamic and has diverse sources. Knowledge has become the precious asset to every knowledge disseminating center in the contemporary generation and its consequences have been realized. In this modern knowledge environment well equipped techniques and management are required to organize, store and access information and knowledge. Knowledge Portals are the tools for executing knowledge management procedures. It is a piece of software that helps to convert explicit knowledge to implicit knowledge and share among the patrons. In this seminar the prime focus is on how to manage the knowledge through knowledge portal and development of a demo knowledge portal using open source software drupal. Speaker: Sandip Das Date: 13.11.2014. Time: 2 p.m. Venue: DRTC, ISI Bangalore. All are cordially invited. Seminar Coordinator Dr. Biswanath Dutta -- 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] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 140, Issue 12
by D V Singh 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

Interpretation of UGC notification by Dr.Ramesh Gaur is ultra vires. .I want to know that can any university place directly appointed Deputy Librarian in 9000 pay grade.There is no provision in UGC notification to ask somebody after three years to produce 300 score.They get automatically upgraded to Pay Band Four i.e. 9000. J N U can not interpret UGC norms as they wish.I once again reiterate JNU has violated UGC Norms. D V Singh On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 11:46 AM, <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Google Scholar Indexes ICon-AD Records (Mr. Santosh C. Hulagabali) > 2. FACILITY FOR PhD admission at Private university in Bangalore > (Prof. N. Laxman Rao.) > 3. OA in humanities (Subbiah Arunachalam) > 4. Re: API Scores for Librarians: reg (Prof. N. Laxman Rao.) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 16:45:55 +0530 > From: "Mr. Santosh C. Hulagabali" <santosh(a)nkc.ac.in> > To: lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Google Scholar Indexes ICon-AD Records > Message-ID: > < > CADHw_o26iyuAwAmqDhcwt8j+R46yaozTBuAqu5XB8GcZY_jG+g(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear all, > > We all love our online-presence, of course, for good cause! Is it not > really interesting when people find your name and publication details on > Google Scholar? Yes, it is! So, here is the reason! > > We are indeed happy to inform you that Google Scholar (GS) is indexing > bibliographic details of the records archived in ICon-AD > <http://www.iconad.in/>. > > This means, GS retrieves 1300+ authors (and other bibliographic details) > from ICon-AD, when searched (GS) by author name. > > You can search by author name, and GS displays the entry on its page which > is archived in ICon-AD. But it is subject to the quality of searches made, > records that are indexed so far by GS and hits thrown by the same. > Likewise, searches can be made by title (with double inverted commas) and > keywords too. All results are being mirrored from ICon-AD. (Note: results > to keyword-searches would be vague as lot of hits are usually thrown by GS) > > We thank all the conference organizers, project volunteers and authors for > making ICon-AD database as one and the only Indian conference-abstracting > database. > > Best regards, > > Santosh C. Hulagabali > Project Head, ICon-AD > > -- > *Librarian *| *Library & Information Centre* > Nagindas Khandwala College* | Malad (W) | Mumbai-64 | India > Tel: 022-2808 5424 | Extn.No.222/223 | Fax: 022-2865 0461 > Library Blog <http://nkclibrary.blogspot.com/> | College Website > <http://www.nkc.ac.in/> | COIST <http://www.coist.weebly.com> | ICon-AD > <http://www.iconad.in> | Publications > <http://nkc.ac.in/DisplayPage.aspx?page=cos&ItemID=323> > > > **Affiliated to University of Mumbai | **Reaccredited 'A' Grade by NAAC | > Best College Award (UoM) | ISO 9001:2008 * > > .................................................................................................................................... > DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole > use of the intended recipient(s) & may contain confidential & privileged > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is > prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the > sender by reply e-mail & descard all copies of the original message. > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Director, Library and Digital Information Services, British Council, Delhi
by Sandeep Bhavsar 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

Respected All To lead on transformational change, provide strategic holistic leadership of the British Council’s Library and Information Services operations in India, ensuring these are aligned to core strategy, demonstrate thought leadership, develop a digital offer, are of world-class standard, and deliver against impact, quality and business KPIs. DETAILSLOCATIONDelhiSALARYStarting CTC of INR 20,00,000 per annum plus other benefitsDURATIONTwo years fixed term contractCLOSING DATEWednesday, 26 November 2014 For more details, please visit : http://www.britishcouncil.in/about/jobs/directorlibrary-and-digital-informa… Warm Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian *Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research*L Napoo Road, Matunga (CR), Mumbai- 400 019 Tel: 022-2419 8377 Mob: 9870 18 9999 website*: www.welingkar.org <http://www.welingkar.org/>* Library Portal*: http://elearn.welingkar.org/infowe <http://elearn.welingkar.org/infowe>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Registration for Digitization workshop at JNU- only 10 seats left
by Ramesh C Gaur 09 Nov '14

09 Nov '14

Pl. hurry up. Registration will be closed soon. Only 10 seats left. You can book your seat by online registration. The registration fee may be sent later. More details may be seen at JNU Library website. ************************************ 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 From: Ramesh C Gaur Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 12:32 PM To: rcgaur(a)mail.jnu.ac.in Subject: Digitization workshop at JNU Dear Professional Colleague, The Central Library, JNU in collaboration with IFLA Newspaper Section and Association of Media Libraries and Archives (AMLA) is organizing a five day Workshop on Digitization, Digital Archive and Digitization Project Management. The workshop will be organized by eminent Resource persons, USA, Singapore and India. The workshop will be organized during November 24-28, 2014 at Committee Room of Central Library, JNU. I invite you or your sraff to attend the workshop. The registration will be open to only limited 30 persons on "First-come-First-Served Basis. More details regarding the workshop, how to register? etc. is available on JNU Library website. Registration Fee - Rs. 5,000/- without accommodation (includes working lunch and tea) - Rs. 10,000/- with accommodation (on twin sharing basis) per participants (includes breakfast, lunch, dinner and tea). Registration Fee is to be paid by Demand Draft in favour of “Finance Officer, JNU” payable at New Delhi. How to register Seats are limited (30 only); therefore, prior registration on first-come, first-served basis is necessary. Interested participants are requested to fill the Online Registration Form in advance by clicking on http://smarturl.it/xv49u6. However, registration will be confirmed after receiving filled-in Workshop Registration Form along with Demand Draft. The last date of registration is 15th November, 2014. However, it may be closed earlier if desirable number of participants are registered. With best regards, Sincerely yours, (Ramesh C Gaur) ************************************ 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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Post of University Librarian at Bankura University, West Bengal
by Rabishankar Giri 09 Nov '14

09 Nov '14

Bankura University invites application for the post of Librarian vide Advt. No. -6/Rect BKU/2014-15 dated 07/11/2014. Details will be available at Bankura University :: Home from 12.11/2014 Rabishankar GiriPresidency UniversityKolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google Scholar Indexes ICon-AD Records
by Mr. Santosh C. Hulagabali 09 Nov '14

09 Nov '14

Dear all, We all love our online-presence, of course, for good cause! Is it not really interesting when people find your name and publication details on Google Scholar? Yes, it is! So, here is the reason! We are indeed happy to inform you that Google Scholar (GS) is indexing bibliographic details of the records archived in ICon-AD <http://www.iconad.in/>. This means, GS retrieves 1300+ authors (and other bibliographic details) from ICon-AD, when searched (GS) by author name. You can search by author name, and GS displays the entry on its page which is archived in ICon-AD. But it is subject to the quality of searches made, records that are indexed so far by GS and hits thrown by the same. Likewise, searches can be made by title (with double inverted commas) and keywords too. All results are being mirrored from ICon-AD. (Note: results to keyword-searches would be vague as lot of hits are usually thrown by GS) We thank all the conference organizers, project volunteers and authors for making ICon-AD database as one and the only Indian conference-abstracting database. Best regards, Santosh C. Hulagabali Project Head, ICon-AD -- *Librarian *| *Library & Information Centre* Nagindas Khandwala College* | Malad (W) | Mumbai-64 | India Tel: 022-2808 5424 | Extn.No.222/223 | Fax: 022-2865 0461 Library Blog <http://nkclibrary.blogspot.com/> | College Website <http://www.nkc.ac.in/> | COIST <http://www.coist.weebly.com> | ICon-AD <http://www.iconad.in> | Publications <http://nkc.ac.in/DisplayPage.aspx?page=cos&ItemID=323> **Affiliated to University of Mumbai | **Reaccredited 'A' Grade by NAAC | Best College Award (UoM) | ISO 9001:2008 * .................................................................................................................................... DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) & may contain confidential & privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail & descard all copies of the original message. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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API Scores for Librarians: reg
by Anand Dodamani 09 Nov '14

09 Nov '14

Dear friends, This is with regard to an ongoing discussion on API Scores for Librarians for promotion under CAS and Direct Recruitment. The proposed API scores developed by UGC can be adopted by respective Universities/ Institutes for the purpose. The scores developed for librarians under Category I & II are OK for CAS. But, Category III needs to be modified considering the nature of work the librarians are involved in. As per the UGC guidelines, in order to apply for the post of Dy. Librarian (Direct Recruitment), an applicant should score at least 300 points under Category III which is inappropriate. Because, after the appointment an incumbent will be placed on 15600-39100 with AGP 8000 and not on 37400-67000 with AGP 9000 as in the case of Associate Professor. Expecting an applicant to the post of Dy. Librarian (Direct) to score 300 API points in just 05 years is impractical. This unsound rule, I feel, will have a negative impact on the profession. With best, *Anand Dodamani* *Mumbai* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OA in humanities
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Nov '14

08 Nov '14

Members of this forum, especially those serving social science and humanities researchers, will find the book reviewed here useful. < http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2014/11/07/book-review-open-access-… > Best. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FACILITY FOR PhD admission at Private university in Bangalore
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 08 Nov '14

08 Nov '14

Applications for Ph.D. Program (2nd Batch) Applications are Invited for Ph.D. Program (2nd Batch) Last Date is 22nd November, 2014. Entrance Examination, Interview and Counselling is on 6th and 7th December, 2014. This admission is at Reva University , Bangalore, where our lib and Inf Sc. Prof VG Talwar, WHO WaS FORMER VC OF UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE and professor of LIS is the present VC of this university. the fees for the PhD is PhD in Library and Information Science Year Type of Fee Fees for Seats under University Quota Yearly Karnataka and other States NRI SAARC / AFRICA Other Foreign Nationals Tuition Fee 55000 INR 100000 INR 4200 USD 5500 USD Special Fee 3000 INR 3000 INR 300 USD 300 USD YOU CAN SEE MORE DETAILS AT THE UNIVERSITY WEBSITE. THIS UNIV IS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE KARNATAKA STATE ACT. The University website is reva.edu.in Reva University Reva University Time Management December 21, 2013 - 13:54 pm If you want to calm college student stress, master time management and get out of overwhelm, even when school's in ... View on reva.edu.in Preview by Yahoo Those who want to apply may apply for PhD with in the time. best wishes LAXMAN RAO Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Member, Advisory Board, National Library, Kolkata President, Telangana Library Association. UGC-Emeritus Fellow (2009-11) Professor in Library and Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad ( super-annuated). Formerly Director, UGC-Academic Staff College (2006-8). Formerly President of Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science ( IATLIS) and Association of British Scholars ( AP Chapter) . ADDRESS: Plot No A-194, H No 1-8-10/1, Ravindra Nagar, Habsiguda, HYDERABAD- 500007. Mobile: 9493701565. email: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com, naglaxman(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 fulltext article
by Mamtha's Gmail 08 Nov '14

08 Nov '14

Dear professional friends, One of our postgraduate student requires the following reference Kindly please arrange to provide a copy of this article if available in your library. Observation on the curative effects of haemocoagulase before and after tonsillectomy/Tan Xiao-ye *Strait Pharmaceutical Journal Year 2008, Issue 10, Page 98-99 <http://caod.oriprobe.com/journals/haixyx/Strait_Pharmaceutical_Journal.htm>* -- *Thank you & Regards* *Mrs Mamatha P. Kumar* *Chief Librarian* *Central Library* *Yenepoya University* *Yenepoya University **|** University Road, Deralakatte **|** Mangalore 575018 **|** Karnataka **|* * India*T: +91 824 22046668/69/70 *|* Extn 310 *|*F: +91 824 2204667 *|* www.yenepoya.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Fulltext article
by Mahesh Moolya 08 Nov '14

08 Nov '14

Dear Professionals, If you have access to the following article could you please send it to me. Diagnosis and management of urinary tract infections in the outpatient setting: a review. Grigoryan L - JAMA - 22-OCT-2014; 312(16): 1677-84 Thanking you with regards, -- Mahesh Moolya Jr. Librarian K S Hegde Medical Academy Dearalakatte Mangalore 575 018 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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My email account has been hacked: Jagtar Singh
by Jagtar Singh 08 Nov '14

08 Nov '14

Dear list owners, My email account <jagtardeep(a)gmail.com> has been hacked by someone. I am unable to access it. Someone has changed the password. If you receive any mail from my this email account, please ignore it. I am trying to seek help from the 'Google Team' to recover it. All my valuable data is at a risk now. I request you kindly to post this message on your mailing list for information professional colleagues and IATLIS members. Regards, Jagtar Singh Till then, please use my following email account: Dr. Jagtar Singh, President, Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS), President, Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship (SATKAL), President, Punjab Library Association (PLA), and Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Tel: +91 (0)175 304 6179 (Work) +91 (0)175 228 2727 (Home) Fax: +91 (0)175 228 3073 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 10th Memorial Seminar (2014): “VuFind - An Open Source Web Scale Discovery Tool "
by Madhuresh Singhal 07 Nov '14

07 Nov '14

Dear Members, NCSI-Net Foundation and JRD Tata Memorial Library, IISc, cordially invites you to the Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 10th Memorial Seminar (2014). This year's seminar topic is “VuFind - An Open Source Web Scale Discovery Tool ". It's a one-day seminar targeted for the benefit of students of Library and Information Science and budding LIS professionals. The details of the seminar are given below: Title: Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Seminar on "VuFind - An Open Source Web Scale Discovery Tool" Date: November 22, 2014 (Saturday); 09: 00 AM - 04:00 PM Venue: Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 560012 Registration fee: Rs. 250/- for Students and Rs. 500/- for budding professionals (includes working Lunch). Seminar coverage: The Seminar is being conducted with an intention to create awareness amongst the students and budding information professionals about Web Scale Discovery Services and an Open Source Tool, "VuFind" for implementing such services. Discovery services are capable of searching quickly and seamlessly across a vast range of local and remote content and providing relevancy-ranked results in the type of intuitive interface that today's information seekers expect. VuFind is a library resource portal designed and developed for libraries by libraries. VuFind, an Open Source s/w, enables users to search and browse through all of library's resources such as Catalog Records; Locally Cached Journals; Digital Library Items; Institutional Repository; Institutional Bibliography etc. by replacing the traditional OPAC. VuFind is completely modular so one can implement just the basic system, or all of the components. And since it's an open source, you can modify the modules to best fit your need or you can add new modules to extend your resource offerings. Kindly bring this to the attention of the budding professionals and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participants will get an opportunity to interact with fellow professionals working in the industry and academia. Please note that no arrangements for accommodation are being made for outstation participants. Number of participants restricted to 50 (due to Space constraint), it will be on first come first serve basis. For further information, please visit the Foundation website at: http://www.ncsinet.org/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prof. M.M. Kashyap is no more
by HPS Kalra 07 Nov '14

07 Nov '14

I feel sad to inform that Prof. M. M. Kashyap who retired from Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi has passed away two days back. I, on my behalf and on the behalf of IATLIS pray to God to give peace to the departed soul, and to provide courage to his family to bear the irrepairable loss. HPS Kalra General Secretary, IATLIS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Harinder Pal Singh Kalra Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002 Punjab INDIA. Tel: +91-175-304-6179, 6180 Email:hpskalra@gmail.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] DSpace Version Update with data Migration : Solution
by Dr. Saiful Amin 07 Nov '14

07 Nov '14

Dear Mr. Vinod, You have made quite an exhaustive document and it is quite helpful in dealing specific scenarios which you have already explained. There's nothing much wrong with that (except for some typos in cron job section). Actually it's so detailed that it should be part of some wiki/web page which you can keep updating. People who have similar scenarios like you (same OS, DSpace version) can benefit from it. If the official documentation doesn't work they can look up to your web-page than searching through these mails. I just wanted to put my two cents to the fact that there are many scenarios which are not that complicated, where the official documentation just works. In fact, the official documentation (which you provided the link) has always worked for me (I run a professional consulting service). The motto should be to keep things simple, so that many people can give it a try. It may or may not work, but giving a try is key to getting things done. Coming to your specific issues, there are just too many variables in any DSpace installation (OS version/architecture, Java version/vendor, Java container in use, Java libraries path, permissions, etc.). DSpace-Tech forum is the correct place to look for more technical help. Every installation is different in a way. That's why it's difficult to give any immediate solution to your problems without going through various logs and systems settings. If you want to discuss further on any specific issue, please send me direct email. Best regards, Saiful Amin +91-9343826438 Skype: saiful.amin On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Vinod Kumar Mishra < vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > Dear Dr. Amin, > > Please explain how it is different from the instructions recommended by > developers which is available at : ( > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC4x/Multi-Version+Upgrade+Tips+and+T… > ) under the topic " Install Fresh and Upgrade your Data " . The same thing > i have mentioned in document, further that document contains installation > on production environment recommended by developers as well as the > solutions of the problem which i faced after migration from 1.2.1 to 4.2 . > > Further can you solve my one problem which i am facing after that > migration? i.e xmlui search/discovery is not working but browse works fine, > at the same time jspui all features work brilliantly, the problem which i > get after clicking the advance search of xmlui is: > > An error has occurred > > Go to DSpace home > > java.lang.NullPointerException: > > Cocoon stacktrace [show] > > Java stacktrace [show] > > Java full stacktrace [show] > > Please keep me replying with solution on forum because many will be > benefited which coulod not be resolved by even dspace mailing list. > > I hope to get solution as you have good experience on DSpace i think? > > > > On Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:47:22 +0530 "Dr. Saiful Amin" wrote > > >Greetings. > > That document is quite exhaustive, but also makes the upgrade process look > more complicated than it actually is in some cases. Last we upgraded one > DSpace installation from 1.6 to 4.x within couple of hours. Following are > the steps in a nutshell: > > 1. Install latest DSpace as per documented procedure in a fresh location > (e.g. ';/opt/dspace';). Shutdown Tomcat. > > 2. Copy the backup of old DSpace ';assetstore'; in new location > (';/opt/dspace/assetstore';) with same permissions. > > 3. Upgrade the database with these steps: > a) Take backup of old dspace database: > pg_dump dspace > old-dspace-backup.sql > > b) Create new database: > createdb -U dspace -E UNICODE dspace4 > > c) Import old dspace backup: > psql dspace4 < old-dspace-backup.sql > > d) Upgrade database schema to the latest (from 1.6 to 4.x): > cd /opt/dspace/etc/postgres > psql dspace4 < database_schema_16-17.sql > psql dspace4 < database_schema_17-18.sql > psql dspace4 < database_schema_18-3.sql > psql dspace4 < database_schema_3-4.sql > > > 4. Make necessary changes in ';dspace.cfg'; (e.g. to change database name > to ';dspace4';) and start Tomcat. > > 5. Re-index the collection: > cd /opt/dspace > bin/dspace index-discovery -f > > 6. Install cron for the dspace 4.x (old cron will not work) as given in > this page: > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC4x/Scheduled+Tasks+via+Cron > > All old user logins and content downloads will work in the new version. > Best regards, > Saiful Amin > +91-9343826438 > > > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 1:33 AM, Vinod Kumar Mishra wrote: > Dear All, > > > > Please find here a compiled document which described the > Up-gradation/Installation process of DSpace along with the old data. Please > note that this document is compiled with special reference to data > migration and up-gradation of very old DSpace 1.2.1 to latest version 4.2. > > > > Some tips and solutions of the common problem is given in the document. > Please note that solutions has been discovered from the various Internet > sources and mailing lists and fully tested. Please feel free to contact for > up-gradation if you have old version or if you want to implement the same. > > > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Cmcc6xutSgeW1kS19oSWF1Rms/view?usp=shari… > > > > > > Thanking You. > > > > 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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NET Coaching in Library Science in Thrissur is continuing
by Dr. A.T. Francis 07 Nov '14

07 Nov '14

Dear LIS Experts, Free NET Coaching in Library Science jointly organized by the Kerala Library Association (KLA) and Kerala Academic Library Association (KALA) for the December 2014 examination is going on in St. Thomas College, Thrissur in Sundays and public holidays. If any expert can provide information beneficial to the coaching, please provide the same to: Dr. A.T. Francis, Head, Library, College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University & Coordinator: 9496839409; francislaoor(a)yahoo.com or Shri. K. Rajendran, Chief Librarian, Kerala Sahitya Akademy & Secretary, KLA Thrissur Region: 9446637555 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Career Advancement Scheme for Librarians under the UGC Scheme--By Karunakar.N.
by Karunakar N 07 Nov '14

07 Nov '14

Dear Sir/Madam, Hope Mr. Pardeep Rai has not undergone and understood what the point has been raised by Mr.Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai regarding the Issues faced by Librarians and ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (APIs) AND PROPOSED SCORES DEVELOPED BY UGC can get through Internet. Basically many librarians are undergoing and implementing/maintaining the scores for thier track records or for the NAAC purpose on available circumstances. But Most of the Government Degree colleges lag to fullfill the above aspects in various states. [?] We Many professional colleagues had discussed par to the issues raised by Mr.Gopakumarji and Drawn a conclusions and taken a support of Dept of LIS to affiliated universities, Academic Staff Colleges and submitted memorandum to Department of Higher Education, Karnataka through Karnataka College Librarians Association(KSCLA) to give an opportunity to include the syllabus in degree colleges, as we came to know that In karnataka State Physical Directors are eligible to teach Yogic Science etc subjects related in Degree colleges and it has been passed in session officially recently in karnataka. So many professional colleagues in our karnataka state are teaching Information Literacy In Many Colleges affiliated to Universities in Karnataka as a part but failed to include officially through total approach and facing difficulties in approach on govt level?. But this is Right time to approach HRD/Higher Education in different states to include librarians in teaching activities as it will help their professional growth and subject cum curriculum towards PM concept Digital India. Librarians are removed from Minor/Major projects, Hope in future if we wont raise the issues collectively one layman can handle the library(What everbody is thinking in each State from past Days)?. In many Govt Degree colleges Librarians are running one-Man Show as the college strength may be 1000/2000/3000/ upto 7000. How the service is given and how the user is satisfied?All duties has been handled by librarians as we achieved same Eligibility criterias and Qualifications as other Teaching professional friends in various subjects. Hope we can work collectively through forums and many our senior most librarians and professional colleagues who amongst facing the problems and to overcome these problems can suggest, so that we can raise this issues to higher level in each states towards government and Central government for the professional benefits. Finally Librarians and professional colleagues who are in top level can give us solution and help to make it success in govt level and Re-Birth to Library professionals. It's my Humble request to one and all. Otherwise in future Librarians will not have Existence and if provided as a layman. -- * Thanks & Regards,*** *Karunakar.N** B.Sc., MLISc., M.Phil., MBA. Librarian, Govt Women College, Hunsur, Hunsur(T), Mysore(D). Karnataka, INDIA* E-Mail Id:- karunakar.nk(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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NBA- National Board of Accreditation
by Nitin S. Joshi Joshi 07 Nov '14

07 Nov '14

Dear All Professionals Are you completed the NBA process? YES No Applied if YES Pl. send - Name of Institute- Librarian Name - E-Mail- Mobile- Website institute- Website Library- Library Blog- Nitin S Joshi SPPU- College Librarian MAEER’s MIT School of Management (MITSOM) Kothrud, Pune 411038 M- 09922587907 Direct Line- 020-30273597 www.mitsom.org Noting is pleasanter than exploring a library. - W.S. Landor -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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