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Relationship Designators in Resource Description and Access (RDA), library cataloging standard successor to AACR2
by Salman Haider 02 Aug '14

02 Aug '14

New Post on RDA Blog : Relationship Designators in Resource Description and Access (RDA) : honouree, host institution, organizer, sponsoring body http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2014/08/relationship-desig… *Note:* RDA is a new library cataloging standard, replacing AACR2. International community is switching to RDA from AACR2, major libraries has already done so. Libraries and librarians are required to take steps in India to change to RDA and be at par with the international standards. Salman Haider Cataloging & Metadata Librarian www.google.com/+SalmanHaider -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Professional Assistant JNU
by Paramjit Singh 02 Aug '14

02 Aug '14

*JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSTIY* *ADMINISTRATION BRANCH-IV* *2nd August, 2014* *Advt. No. 4/2014/Admn.IV* Applications are invited for filling up of the following non-teaching posts in the Jawaharlal Nehru University as per details given against each : *Post No.* *Name of Post* *Group* *Number of Post* *Pay Band & Grade Pay* *5**.* *Professional Assistant- Central Library* *B* *03 (1-UR, 1-SC, 1-ST)* *Pay Band-2 Rs. 9300 – 34800 + AGP Rs. 4200/-* *Essential Qualifications :* 1. M.Lib. Sc./MLIS or equivalent with 50% marks. OR Master's Degree in Arts/Science/Commerce or any other discipline with 50% and B.Lib. Sc./BLIS with 50% marks. 2. ii. Post Graduate Diploma/Certificate Course in Computer Application/Science/Library Automation from a recognized institute with minimum of 6 months duration. *Desirable Qualifications :* 1. At least three years' working experience in a reputed library. 2. Knowledge of Library Automation activities. 3. Knowledge of any foreign language. 4. Post Graduate Diploma/Certificate Course in Computer Application/Science/Library Automation from a recognized institute with minimum of 6 months duration. 5. Professional Assistant (click for qualification) <http://www.jnu.ac.in/onlineApplications/Qual/PA_Qual.htm> 03 posts (1-UR, 1-SC,1-ST) Group B Pay Band-2 Rs. 9300 – 34800 + Grade Pay of Rs. 4200/- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS professionals participation and contribution to Koha community: a survey
by Vimal Kumar V. 02 Aug '14

02 Aug '14

Dear Friends, Cooperation of end users and developers is necessary for the good health of Free/Open Source software projects. Library professionals are end users of Koha. The main aim of the survey is that know the participation and contribution of Library professionals to Koha project. This research revolves around a central question: "What do we need to do to derive benefit from Koha project?" I invite all Koha users to participate in this survey. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xgE3i5ZABLm9yMZM4BFWFpAE_Wuv5rwW2u4arUGgFB… Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in http://moovandan.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FREE NET COACHING IN LIBRARY SCIENCE IN THRISSUR, KERALA
by Dr. A.T. Francis 02 Aug '14

02 Aug '14

FREE NET COACHING IN LIBRARY SCIENCE The Academic Library Association (ALA) and Kerala Library Association (KLA) are jointly organizing Free NET Coaching in Library Science for the December examination. The classes will be held in St. ThomasCollege, Thrissur during Sundays and holidays. Final yearmaster degreestudents canalsoattend. Interested persons can contact: Dr. A.T. Francis, Head, Library, College of Horticulture & President, ALA; 9496839409; francisaloor(a)yahoo.com; K. Rajendran, Secretary, KLA Thrissur Region: 9446637555; rajendranavittathur(a)gmail.com; Sri. P.A. Pradeep. General Secretary, ALA: papradeep08(a)gmail.com; 9995087645 Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for journal articles -reg
by Bjeyapragash Prakash 02 Aug '14

02 Aug '14

dear sir, kindly publish this message in forum for the benefit of our LIS professionals. Dear Sir/Madam, Greetings from Journal of Current Trends in Library and Information Science (JCTL) JCTL launched in April 2014 and now we are inviting research papers from academicians, corporate executives, researchers and other interest groups for the 2nd issue. Kindly send your articles to editorjctl(a)gmail.com JCTL (ISSN: 2348-8395) is an International Refereed journal. The journal is committed to rapidly delivering high-quality research findings and results to the world. It publishes yearly two issues and it is available in print as well as in online. We invite original research work, in the form of full length articles, in the field of Library and Information Science focusing on recent trends. Kindly send your manuscripts in 3000 to 5000 words with typed in double line spacing with consecutive page numbers with each contribution must carry an informative title followed by name, designation and affiliation of the contributor(s) with their email Id. An informative abstract of manuscript should contain about 150-200 words. Acronyms and abbreviations should be spelt out in full when first used in manuscript. References should be as In-text references (Field, 2005) and complete references in APA style and it should be listed in the end of the manuscripts. We look forward your kind cooperation and support. Thanking you, With Regards Editorial Team JCTL Mail: editorjctl(a)gmail.com -- Dr.B.Jeyapragash Assistant Professor Dept. of Library and Information Science Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli -24 Mobile :99449-81455 Email: jeyapragash(a)bdu.ac.in URL: http://bjeyapragash.webs.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Seminar on Technology Management in Libraries on 29-30 August 2014 in Kerala Agricultural University - Final Call for Papers
by Dr. A.T. Francis 02 Aug '14

02 Aug '14

National Seminar on Technology Management in Libraries On 29-30 August (Friday and Saturday) 2014 (Final Call for Papers) The National Seminar on Technology Management in Librariesis being organised in the KeralaAgriculturalUniversity’s College of Horticulture, KAU Main Campus, Vellanikkara, Thrissur during August 29-30, 2014 for Qualified Library Professionals / Library Education Teachers. The Academic Library Association (ALA) and Kerala Library Association (KLA) are collaborating to organize the seminar. Papers are invited presentation on any topic/theme of the seminar. Registration: Registration to the Seminar is free. Expenses towards travel and accommodation should be borne by the participants. Accommodation can be arranged on payment basis. Submission of Papers: Original and unpublished papers on the conference themes are invited for presentation at the conference. Papers will be accepted only after strict peer review by the editorial committee. Author Guidelines: Full paper in word file with an abstract not exceeding 200 words and 3-5 keywords should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to francisaloor(a)yahoo.com Important Dates:- Submission of Full Paper : 10th August 2014; Last date of Registration : 20th August 2014 For Further details contact:- 1. Dr. A.T. Francis, Head, Library & Organizing Secretary; Phone(o): 0487-2438311-15; (m) 9496839409; e-mail: francisaloor(a)yahoo.com 2. Smt. V.S. Swapna, Library, College of Horticulture; Phone(o): 0487-2438513; (m) 9446434149; e-mail: swapnabenn(a)gmail.com 3. Websites:-www.kau.edu; www.kauhort.in; http://www.keralalibraryassociation.org Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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A great resource for math
by Subbiah Arunachalam 01 Aug '14

01 Aug '14

There is a two-page article on a proposed global library of mathematics research: Planning a 21st Century Global Library for Mathematics Research Jim Pitman and Clifford Lynch, *Notices of the AMS* Volume 61, Number 7, 776-777. The full text is available at < http://www.ams.org/notices/201407/rnoti-p776.pdf>. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free book on IP
by Subbiah Arunachalam 01 Aug '14

01 Aug '14

Here is a free textbook on intellectual property - free to download. http://www.thepublicdomain.org/2014/07/26/freelow-cost-intellectual-propert… Also please see https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140728/17583428039/duke-professors-look… Please alert librarians and students of law schools. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Superannuation of Mrs. Vrinda J Benegal
by Meera B. M. 01 Aug '14

01 Aug '14

Dear Professional colleagues Mrs. Vrinda J Benegal, Assistant Librarian, Raman Research Institute superannuated on July 31st, 2014 after 33 years of service. We the staff of RRI Library wish her Happy and Healthy retired life. RRI Library Staff -- Dr B M Meera Librarian Raman Research Institute C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar P O Bangalore 560 080 Ph: 09480836045 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarians' Day 2014 at the Visva-Bharati Santiniketan
by Ajay Kum Sharma 01 Aug '14

01 Aug '14

Dear Library Professionals, It is immense pleasure to me to inform you that the Visva-Bharati Library is going to celebrate Librarians Day 2014 on "The Primary Role of Library and Librarians" organized by Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), Bengal Library Association (BLA) and West Bengal Public Libraries Employees Association (WBPLEA) in collaboration with the Raja Rammohun Ray Library Foundation (RRRLF) and Visva-Bharati Library Network at the Natyaghar, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, Birbhum, West Bengal on Sunday, August 17, 2014 at 09:30 am. We invite you and your colleagues to register either with Visva-Bharati Central Library, IASLIC, BLA, and WBPLEA positively by August 09, 2014 for this professional event befittingly to pay homage and tribute to our illustrious Guru Dr S R Ranganathan. Registration Fee: Rs. 200/- URL of Visva-Bharati Library website: http://14.139.211.2/index.php We also request you kindly to promote the event among your professional circle in the areas of LIS. We look forward to meeting you on Librarians' Day 2014 at the Visva-Bharati Santiniketan. We would like your active co-operation to make it grand success. -- Thanks and regards. अजय कुमार शर्मा Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Cheena Bhavana Library & Additional charge, Hindi Bhavana Library Visva Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Mobile No.: +91 9735111064 Web: http://www.absla.org/ajay.html Web Blog: http://www.blogger.com/home?pli=1 *********************************************************** *Academic / Administrative Distinctions* 1. Associate Editor "International Journal of Information Sources and Services (IJSS)". 2. Member of the Editorial board of "International Journal of Digital Information and Knowledge Management". 3. Member of the Editorial board of "Sangeet Galaxy". 4. Associate Editor of "International Journal of Digital Library Services". 5. Webmaster of Central Library, Visva-Bharati. 6. Webmaster of ABSLA (All Bengal School Librarian,s Association). *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum *********************************************************** You can’t change the past but you can change the future, always remember to recycle... -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Digitizing old books and manuscripts and making them OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 01 Aug '14

01 Aug '14

Friends: Here is a very good suggestion in the Chennai edition of Times of India: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Wanted-An-e-Iyer-project-to… Of course, this suggestion applies to books and manusripts in ALL languages. Best. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Formulation of New National Policy on Education by Govt. of India
by Dr. A.T. Francis 01 Aug '14

01 Aug '14

Dear Library Professionals, The Govt. of India is proposed to formulate new National Policy on Education to meet challenges posed by lack of quality, research and innovation in our educational institutions. The present National Policy on Education 1986, as amended in 1992, has been the guiding document for the policies of the Central Government in the education sector. Minister for Human Resources Development Smt. Smriti Irani in the Lok Sabha said, “all students, irrespective of caste, creed, location or sex, have access to education of a comparable quality.” The National System of Education envisages a common educational structure. The 10+2+3 system is the generally accepted structure in the country. But, it is sad to say that the library system (the heart of any education and research institution) in our country has not got due consideration. Out of total 15 years of education, some importance has been given to libraries in colleges and universities (3 years). But, in the case of school education (10+2 years), the library system is totally neglected. Of course, libraries with qualified librarians are there in Central Schools, CBSE, ICSE, ISE and international schools. Students studying in these schools are meager as compared to others. That means, most of the schools in the country are running without heart (Library). So, how we can achieve quality in school education?. Learning skill, especially the self learning skill is better to be imparted at the early childhood and this will highly determine the life long learning skill of a person. Without quality in schools, how our higher education and research system can perform well?. In Kerala, about 40 lakhs students are studying in State Controlled schools. There are no qualified librarians in any of these schools. Even some eminent academicians are of the thought that, other teachers can manage libraries and provide better library service. If that is the scientific approach, why we need special teachers for each subjects?. So, it is the primary duty of the library professionals and associations to convince the authorities the role of libraries and library professionals in education and research. The so called academic administrators will be financially and academically sound to provide all facilities by themselves to their children, if that can not be provided in the schools, colleges, or universities. So, we should thought of the facilities to all as respected MHRD minister Smt. Smriti Irani rightly pointed out. All schools, colleges and universities should have librarians with similar qualifications and also in the same cadre and status of the teachers in the particular institution. As per the UGC norms, all universities should have University Librarian of equal status of Professor/Registrar. But, out of total 13 universities in Kerala, none of them have University Librarian. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT LEARNING AND RESEARCH SHOULD START FROM LIBRARY AND THEN APPLY IN LABORATORY. IS IT OUR LEARNING AND RESEARCH WITHOUT FOUNDATION?. SHALL WE NEED A CHANGE IN THIS SITUATION? Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarians Day Celebration on 9th August, 2014
by Meera B. M. 01 Aug '14

01 Aug '14

Dear Fellow Librarians As you all know, Librarians Day is fast approaching. Karnataka Library Association (KALA) will partner with The Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, The Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies, ISKO (India Chapter), Informatics (I) Ltd and Raman Research Institute to celebrate this memorable day on 9 th August 2014 at Raman Research Institute. This is scheduled to be a half day program having theme “Books and Tablets”. We will come back to you with more details at the earliest. Please mark your calendars We look forward to your active participation at - “a Day meant for us” With best Wishes Meera (On Behalf of all partnering organizations) -- Dr B M Meera Librarian Raman Research Institute C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar P O Bangalore 560 080 Ph: 09480836045 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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A K Dasgupta passes away
by jharavu 01 Aug '14

01 Aug '14

I am deeply grieved to report the passing away of by our dear A K Dasgupta, who was affectionately referred to by his students as Arunda (elder brother Arun). Above all, he was a wonderful human being. His scholarship, his objectivity and strong determination never to be swayed by mere names but only by intrinsic worth, his eagerness to add to his professional usefulness to his users, the respect and love he got from his bosses, users and mentors like Sri. B S Kesavan and Prof. Neelameghan, his wide reading, his contacts with scholars in many areas of knowledge and his ability to interpret his findings across many areas of knowledge was truly exemplary. Whenever I visited his home in Banjara Hills, I found him surrounded by tons of newspapers and books on all matter of subjects. When he retired from ASCI, I remember we discussed his options: whether to join NIRD or the Eenadu Newspaper group. I was quite clear that he would make his mark in a totally non-librarian area which indeed he did, showing to professionals like me that a librarian should aim for scholarship and not get bogged down in the nitty-gritty of librarianship and empty terminology. What a great example he set for all of us. With his passing away we have all lost a little of ourselves. Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Spain Likely To Pass 'Google Tax'; Makes Paying For News Snippets An 'Inalienable Right' And A New Bureaucracy To Collect It | Techdirt
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 01 Aug '14

01 Aug '14

CAN some explain in simple terms what this all means? Vyasamoorthy ================================================== Spain Likely To Pass 'Google Tax'; Makes Paying For News Snippets An 'Inalienable Right' And A New Bureaucracy To Collect It from the yikes dept We've covered a few attempts in Europe to create what appears to basically be a tax on Google News for newspapers. These newspapers, who have been struggling to adapt in the modern internet world would like to blame Google News for their own failures, despite the fact that Google sends them traffic. When a court case in Belgium was won by the newspapers, Google simply removed those newspapers from the local Google News... and those very same newspapers freaked out and demanded to be let back in. This, of course, demonstrates the vast hypocrisy by the newspapers here. They know they need to be in Google News because of all the traffic it drives, but they also demand to be paid for it. Google has made it quite easy for newspapers to opt-out of Google News if they really feel like their work is somehow harmed by having Google link to it -- but none of the newspapers use it, because they know how valuable the traffic is. In fact, many of the same newspapers who are complaining are, at the same time, using Google's own tools to improve how they appear in results. Efforts like the ones in Belgium have happened in France and in Germany, where a new law was passed last year. That law had some loopholes, so now German newspapers are demanding a huge chunk of money from Google. But the situation over in Spain just got even more ridiculous. Julio Alonso has the details, in which it appears that the lower house of the Spanish legislature has approved a very, very dangerous bill that creates a brand new inalienable right for news publishers to be paid for, via compulsory licenses, any "electronic news aggregation system," which is broadly defined as anyone who shares more than just anchor text with a link. A short summary? You'll have to pay up: The Spanish law proposal declares that editors cannot refuse the use of “non-significant fragments of their articles” by third parties. However, it creates a levy on such use to compensate editors and declares it an inalienable right (derecho irrenunciable). The introduction of the inalienable right was done to avoid what happened in Germany. If you are a digital editor that publishes with a copyleft license, like myself, and you minimally understand how the internet actually works, you cannot decide to not charge Google News. It is compulsory. More than a right it is an obligation. Therefore, Google cannot exclude sites requiring payment from Google News. It would still need to pay for those it includes, even if they do not want to be compensated. Furthermore, such tax, is to be administered by a third party (entidad de gestión) in a similar way to what SGAE (the Spanish RIAA) does with music rights. In this case most likely CEDRO (the entity that collects fees for the use of written text, photocopies and so on). How much it is to be paid and how the proceedings would be split among editors has not being disclosed. Though there is reason to suspect of a distribution just to AEDE members. To make things even worse, the tax is not even aimed only at Google. It is aimed generally at “electronic news aggregation systems”, and, therefore it includes basically anyone who links with anything more than an anchor text. It seems worth noting here that collection societies around the globe have been plagued with corruption and other problems, often diverting money from smaller creators to the biggest. And, some of the worst stories come from Spain, where SGAE was accused of mass corruption, involving stealing $550 million from artists. That doesn't bode well for this new "organization." As Alonso notes, this isn't just directed at Google News, but Menéame, a popular Digg/Reddit-like aggregator in Spain (randomly: we get a fair amount of traffic from that site). But it could also impact Twitter and Facebook where people share links with text. And also a variety of other aggregators like Flipboard, Zite and Pocket. The fact that it's considered "inalienable" is especially troubling. It basically overrides any concept of fair use, Creative Commons or even public domain material. Furthermore, Alonso notes that a bunch of organizations, including a bunch of other newspapers, are fighting against this, but it didn't seem to matter. A report has warned that implementing this law could cost the Spanish internet industry over a billion euros, and sites like Menéame are already talking about leaving the country. There are rumors that Google might just shut down Google News in Spain over this. But, still, the legislation was pushed through under questionable circumstances: The law was passed on Congress in a special session in the mid of summer, on the Culture Committee and not on the plenary session, with almost no debate in a very awkward session, with many Congressmen declaring to the press, sometimes unintentionally, that they knew very little about what they were voting. Despite widespread public and industry (outside the largest Spanish newspapers) opposition to this, Alonso suggests that the bill is still likely to become law. And we'll have yet another disastrous policy for the internet, designed to protect the industry of a few legacy players who failed to adapt. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140728/06561628035/spain-likely-to-pass… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Increase the value of library services...
by DP Tripathi 01 Aug '14

01 Aug '14

Increase the value of library services: Use of technology is spread just like mushroom in every walk of our life now-a-days and everyone almost feels really helpless whenever there is gap of these technologies in our day to day life's routine work. Technology has also widened the scope of our working areas as well as level of thinking but, if we just have the glimpses of the days two decades ago in our mind, we hardly used to hear the terms like automation, digitization, content management system etc. Without the much use of technology also, library professionals were able to provide services to their library patrons effectively and the system used to be very strong those days from user satisfaction's point of view. Those days it was really a tough task for any library to market their products & services as the medium of communication was not that much strong in comparison to what it is today. Even then, the libraries were able to disseminate information and assist in research and academic work by providing personalized services, customized services, evaluating different services etc. I am trying to draw your attention towards value of library services in digital era...... We have been using technology to speed up our efficiency but have we ever thought about value of library services being provided? Does it reach to the society & its users successfully? and so on....If answer is 'Yes'......then great and if 'Not'.....we must think it over about how can it reach? In my opinion, social media or networking has been playing a very effective role in maintaining public relations......it is working just like bridge between two ends. In order to stay up-to-date in the socially networked environment and meet the growing needs of their users, libraries therefore need to adopt the new technologies and face the challenges for delivery of better services. We all must actively respond to the popularity of social networking sites e.g. most popular facebook, twitter etc. and their expanding role in the creation, use, and sharing of information by engaging us as a central medium for interacting with library patrons and providing services to meet their information needs. We all must follow the public conversations, posts, updates, and events of these key individuals, and offer advice, resources, and help. We all must act as an active participant of the social space and be able to identify the needs of the members of the library communities and must provide solutions by offering information, links to the websites that are relevant to their information needs; and even direct offers of help. There is an urgent need for libraries to adopt the new social networking tools in their services as a strategy for major change while promoting a role for library users in knowledge creation. Libraries can connect their social networking sites with their library websites to links to their on-line public access catalog, chat reference pages, research guides, calendar of events, e-newsletter etc. In order to increase the value of our library services, we must play the roles of the social networking librarian by: understanding the nature of social networking sites, creating web page and content, establishing friendly user interface over the network, evaluating and applying information, assisting users by providing quality on-line library services. Thanks, ********************* D. P. Tripathi Assistant Librarian Biju Patnaik Central Library NIT Rourkela Odisha - 769008 http://library.nitrkl.ac.in <http://www.librarianguide.in> ********************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: LIBRARIES & THE TAX PROBLEMS: SIGN THE PETITION TO FM by Ishwar Goudar
by Dinesh Siddaiah 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

Dear All, I too would like to join with Goudar to appeal LIS community to sign the online petition and support ILA to fight against illogical financial bill which is threat to the development of electronic libraries in India. Imposing service tax and TDS on E-resources will severely lags the advanced teaching/learning and research out put in the country. Please forward the link in social medias as well so that it reach fast and effectively as well: www.ipetitions.com/petition/indian-library-association I also would like to request ILA to revise the first para of the petition if possible, so that taxation issue will be prime concern rather than mixing up the issues of development of e-libraries in the country. ILA can take up development of e-libraries in a separate request. ILA may also give serious thought on revising organizational/work structure and bringing fresh mind in to the fold for the betterment of the county. Many thanks to Goudar for timely advise, motivation, updating the community as and when required. Bottom Line: "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." ~Henry Ford (1863-1947) Best Regards, Dinesh Dear Professionals, We have too short time to approach the FM before the budget is approved and becomes a sort of law, making it difficult for libraries and other stake holders to acquire or sell e-resources even for academic and research purpose due to service tax and TDS. Let the Government differentiate between a software and scholarly e-content. Please read the forwarded mail of Prof. Koganurmath and sign the petition immediately ( www.ipetitions.com/petition/indian-library-association) and strengthen ILA and other Associations in convincing the FM appropriately. PLEASE FORWARD THIS MAIL TO YOUR PROFESSIONAL FRIENDS, SO THAT THE NUMBER OF PERSONS SIGNING THE PETITION GROWS FAST. -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. Deputy Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Nangal Road, Rupnagar, Punjab - 140 001. Phone: 01881 - 242134 (O) 9779747902 (M) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad Demise of Prof. Neelameghan
by Francis Jayakanth 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

I was given to understand just a while ago from a very reliable source that Prof. A. Neelameghan, an internationally acclaimed scholar in Library and Information Science and former Professor and Head, DRTC, Bangalore, has passed away. Details are awaited. My heartfelt condolences on the loss of a doyen in the field of LIS. Francis Jayakanth IIMB, Bannerghatta Roa, Bg - 76 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reg. NAAC
by Vandana Khandelwal 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

Dear LIS Professional Greetings from the MITAOE Our college is getting itself accredited through NAAC. Kindly provide list the best practices for NAAC committee visit. I also have some queries regarding the same. I request you to please send me with relevant authentic documents. 1. What is the student and book ratio as per the NAAC or for an engineering institute? 2. What is the percentage of budget allotted for a engineering library? 3. What are the minimum and maximum values of readers that must visit library (circulation, total walk in, reading hall, reference, digital library etc.) 4. Please share any free resource information related to engineering. 5. Any other point you would like to mention. Also if anybody having PPT about the same please share with me. With warm regards (Ms. Vandana Khandelwal) Librarian MITAOE, Pune -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need of AICTE handbook
by Gulshan Kumar 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

Dear Library Professionals!!! If anybody is having copies of AICTE handbook for years 2013-14 and 2014-15 respectively please send me for reference. Thank you -- *.....Thanks & RegardsGulshan Kr. Sachdeva* *M.No.- +91-9911496696* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Professor Neelameghan-sad demise
by Madaiah Krishnamurthy 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

Dear Professionals, I am saddened to know that Prof. A.Neelameghan has passed away. His contributions to Library Science is really immense. Over a period of four decades Prof. A. Neelameghan was continuously engaged as a visionary leader in the field of Library and Information Science. I had the pleasure with him to work in the Dr. S.R.Ranganathan Access Portal in 2006 to 2007. He helped me to prepare a talk on Five Laws of Libraries and its Influence on the Library Profession: Issues and Challenges. International Seminar Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of Ranganathan's Five Laws of Library Science, Organized by Korean Library Association, Seoul, Korea, during 2012 He will live for ever in the hearts of many LIS professionals. May his soul rest in peace! Regards, M.Krishnamurthy ************************************************************** Dr. M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.M.L.I.Sc.Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar, University of Illinois, USA Documentation Research and Training Center Indian Statistical Institute Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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EBSCO Discovery Service is now with VuFind
by nikesh 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

Another Step Forward for the Open Source Community: EBSCO Discovery Service now with VuFind EBSCO Discovery Service is now easily incorporates with your VuFind library resource portal. VuFind is designed for libraries by libraries with the goal of replacing the traditional OPAC to include catalog records, digital library items, institutional repository, institutional bibliography, and other library collections and resources. EBSCO's own Senior Software Engineer, Michelle Milton, MS, (and Ironman competitor) was the key creator of this implementation. Michelle says, "This project was especially important because it contributes to supporting open source initiatives." Michelle explains, " This implementation allows current VuFind users to integrate EDS content on a platform that they are used to. I was excited to see the final results of the implementation and know that customers now have a base to work from and expand upon." EDS also works seamlessly with Blacklight and Drupal, along with other plugins. Learn more and view a demonstration <http://www.ebscohost.com/discovery/customization/vufind> - like us on facebook <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://discovery.ebsco.com/pulse/artic…> - follow us on twitter <http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http://discovery.ebsco.com/pulse/articl…> - add us to your google+ circle <https://plus.google.com/share?url=http://discovery.ebsco.com/pulse/article/…> - connect with us on linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://discovery.ebsco.c…> - <?subject=Check%20this%20out&body=Check%20out%20this%20great%20article%20http://discovery.ebsco.com/pulse/article/another-step-forward-for-the-open-source-community-ebsco-discovery-service> *Nikesh Narayanan *I Discovery Service Engineer (India) *EBSCO* Information Services India Pvt. Ltd., 301-303 Ansal Chamber - II 6, Bhikaji Cama place New Delhi - 110 066 Mobile: +918130995687 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Full Text article
by Sreedhara Rao 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

Dear Professionals, If you have access to the following article could you please send following email. sreedhar.rao(a)svyasa.org *1. Dance/Movement Therapy (D/MT) for depression: A scoping review **☆* <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197455612000536#item1> · Andrea Mala <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197455612000536>, M.A.a <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197455612000536#aff0005>, , (Registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist ADMPUK and Freelance Researcher), · Vicky Karkou <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197455612000536>, Ph.D.b <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197455612000536#aff0010> , (Senior Lecturer, Program Leader for MSc in Dance Movement Psychotherapy), · Bonnie Meekums <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197455612000536>, Ph.D., University of Leeds, School of Healthcarec <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197455612000536#aff0015> , d <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197455612000536#aff0020> , (Honorary Fellow and (Senior) Registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist, ADMPUK) The The arts in Psychotherapy <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01974556> Volume 39, Issue 4 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01974556/39/4>, September 2012, Pages 287–295 *2. The effect of passive listening versus active observation of music and dance performances on memory recognition and mild to moderate depression in cognitively impaired older adults*.Cross K <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Cross%20K%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&…> 1, Flores R <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Flores%20R%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true…> ,Butterfield J <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Butterfield%20J%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor…> , Blackman M <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Blackman%20M%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…> , Lee S <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Lee%20S%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&ca…> *Psychol Rep. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23234087> 2012 Oct;111(2):413-23.* *3. Embodied Concepts of Neurobiology in Dance/Movement Therapy Practice* *Kalila B. Homann <http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22Kalila+B.+Homann%22>* American Journal of Dance Therapy <http://link.springer.com/journal/10465> December 2010, Volume 32, Issue 2 <http://link.springer.com/journal/10465/32/2/page/1>, pp 80-99 4. Role of GABA in anxiety and depression. Kalueff AV <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Kalueff%20AV%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…> 1, Nutt DJ <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Nutt%20DJ%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&…> Depress Anxiety. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17117412> 2007;24(7):495-517. Thanks Regards, Sreedhara Rao K.s -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Europeana Professional - How the Rijksmuseum opened up its collection - a case study - Pro Blog
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

An article that shows how open access of images is helpful. As lis-forum is text only interface, I use "Send this link with Gmail" extension to Gmail. This extension converts rich text to plain text and adds URL at the end before mailing. Vyasamoorthy =================== By Joris Pekel, Community Coordinator Cultural Heritage Theehuis in de buitenlucht in Fukuroi, Hiroshige (I) , Utagawa, Takenouchi. In or after 1833 (public domain). If you regularly read the Europeana Pro blog, you have probably already heard of the open access policy of the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands. Europeana has, alongside other organisations and initiatives, worked with the museum since 2011 to make their public domain collection available online without restrictions. This has resulted in over 150,000 high resolution images for anyone to view, download, copy, remix, print and use for any purpose they can think of. The museum has been really satisfied with the results of this move. They believe that their core business is to get people familiar with the collection and the museum. By making the images available without copyright restrictions, their reach has extended exponentially and far beyond their own website. The material is now for example being shared and used widely in all kinds of online platforms such as Wikipedia or educational websites. However, the decision to make everything available in the highest quality possible was not made overnight. Many small steps had to be taken to get where they are now, and a lot of both internal and external discussions were held. We believe that this case can be an inspiration for other cultural heritage institutions as well. We have therefore taken the effort to describe in a paper the entire process from the beginning to where they are now. Besides the various steps that were taken by the museum, the paper also addresses the broader discussion on the importance of keeping cultural heritage that is out of copyright in analogue form in the public domain in digital form as well. It shows the effect on their revenue from online image sales after they started to make available the material in an open way, and the business potential of openly available cultural heritage collections. In the coming months we want to publish more case studies about cultural institutions that have opened up their collections. If you have an experience that you want to share with a wider audience, we would love to hear from you. The full paper can be found here. http://pro.europeana.eu/pro-blog/-/blogs/how-the-rijksmuseum-opened-up-its-… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: LIBRARIES & THE TAX PROBLEMS: SIGN THE PETITION TO FM
by Ishwar Goudar 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Dear Professionals, We have too short time to approach the FM before the budget is approved and becomes a sort of law, making it difficult for libraries and other stake holders to acquire or sell e-resources even for academic and research purpose due to service tax and TDS. Let the Government differentiate between a software and scholarly e-content. Please read the forwarded mail of Prof. Koganurmath and sign the petition immediately ( www.ipetitions.com/petition/indian-library-association) and strengthen ILA and other Associations in convincing the FM appropriately. PLEASE FORWARD THIS MAIL TO YOUR PROFESSIONAL FRIENDS, SO THAT THE NUMBER OF PERSONS SIGNING THE PETITION GROWS FAST. Regards, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser Bangalore University Library, Gnana Bharathi Campus BANGALORE - 560056, India - Ex. Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser, UoM, Mysore - Ex. Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore - Ex. Dy Librarian, IITM, Chennai - Ex. Scientist (Information), IICT, Hyderabad - Fulbright Scholar, Univ. of Michigan and Columbia Univ, USA (1995-96) - British Council Scholar (1982-83) E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com Tel: 080-23215510 Mob: 91+9611165781 (If not reachable pl try land line) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Prof.Muttayya Koganuramath <muttayya53(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 3:35 PM Subject: LIBRARIES & THE TAX PROBLEMS: A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT, INDIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear Librarians The new Government is laying special emphasis on libraries in education by proclaiming its intent of establishing national e-Library in line with its election manifesto. Indian Library Association (ILA) is participating in the innovative and best practices of the Government's policy, especially in the filed of Library and Information services. ILA aims at enriching the knowledge society of the country towards an inclusive education and analyzing the role of the Government in the development and implementation of national education and library policies. It is heartening to know that our new Hon'ble Prime Minister is a great friend of e-libraries. During his visit to Bhutan he proudly announced that India would extend its support and expertise in setting up an e-Library for Bhutan with an aid funding of Rs.2 crore. But, the first budget of the new Government has a few unpleasant surprises for the Libraries, which will prove to be counter-productive in the collection development for e-libraries. There are two serious tax burdens, which will adversely affect the development of e-libraries in the country. These are: 1. It is believed that libraries will have to deduct tax at source (TDS) when they make payment for purchase of e-books/e-journals as they may be considered as software/electronic data. This has come into effect since July 2012. Publishers, particularly the foreign ones, are resisting the deduction, as it will be both financial and operational nuisance for them. Also there is no clarity on whether the law considers e-books/e-journals as equivalent to software. The Library profession needs to insist on the Government for policy clarification on this matter and request for exemption of e-resources of educational nature from TDS deduction. 2. While subscription to online e-resources were exempted from service tax by the previous Government through a general exemption of educational services to schools and colleges under the category "Auxiliary Educational Services" in the negative list, the current Government has withdrawn this exemption. This means, all purchases/subscriptions of e-books/e-journals will come under the additional burden of service tax, which will be about 12.5%. ILA is submitting a petition to Shri Arun Jaitley, Hon'ble Finance Minister, drawing his kind attention to the need for exempting e-books/e-journals from the above tax burdens and further requesting him to issue a policy clarification that e-content should not be treated as software under the law and should be freed from all tax burdens like the printed books and journals have been accorded tax-free status. A copy of the petition is posted on this site as a letter of appeal from the profession (through ILA) to the Finance Minister. ( www.ipetitions.com/petition/indian-library-association) Please visit this site and sign this petition. ILA President is seeking an appointment with the Finance Minister and the HRD Minister to submit this petition next week. We have to move fast well before the budget is passed in the parliament. Please act fast and join ILA in this cause by signing the petition at www.ipetitions.com/petition/indian-library-association. *Prof.(Mrs.) Ashu Shokeen* *President, Indian Library Association * *Dept. of Library & Information Science* *Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra* Email : shokeen_ashu(a)rediffmail.com *AND * *Prof. Muttayya Koganuramath* *(Former President, ILA)* *Centre for Library & Information Science,* *Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat Mobile: 09033070481 Email: muttayya53(a)gmail.com

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