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Kerala Library Association Annual General Body Meeting on 25 August 2013
by faisal sl 31 Jul '13

31 Jul '13

Dear Sir/Madam, The 42nd Annual General Body Meeting of the Kerala Library Association will be held at 3 PM on Sunday, the 25th August 2013 at KLA Head Quarters, 36, 2nd Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Near Sree Devi Kalyana Mandapam, Karamana P. O., Thiruvananthapuram-605 002. Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting. S. L. Faisal General Secretary, KLA Mob: 09447699724 E-mail: slfaizal(a)gmail.com Thiruvananthapuram 24.07.2013 AGENDA 1. Presentation and adoption of Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for 2012-’13 and Budget Estimate for 2013-2014 2. Introduction of Resolutions for adoption 3. Other matters admitted by the Chair 4. Election of new Office Bearers for the year 2013-2015 TIME SCHEDULE FOR HOLDING OF ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING 1. Issue of Notice: 24.07.2013 2. Date of Receipt of Resolutions: 11.08.2013 3. Date of Notice of Resolutions to Members: 15.08.2013 4. Date of Receipt of Amendments to proposed Resolutions: 22.08.2013 5. Date of Annual General Body Meeting: 25.08.2013 Resolutions, if any, should reach the General Secretary, on or before 11.08.2013. _______________________________________ Thanks and regards S.L.Faisal General Secretary Kerala Library Association (KLA) & Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala, India Ph.09447699724 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Social Sciences and Humanities? Findings from a 2011 Survey of Academic Publishers
by Shamprasad Pujar 31 Jul '13

31 Jul '13

Dear Members, FYI. Please go through the forwarded mail. Regards, S M Pujar IGIDR, Mumbai ============================= ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Smith, Ina <ismith(a)sun.ac.za> <ismith(a)sun.ac.za> Date: Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:33 PM See article in *College and Research Libraries* at http://crl.acrl.org/content/74/4/368.full.pdf+html General page with useful info: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/copyright/cprtetd.html The above was kindly shared by Gail McMillan (Virginia Tech). Thank you Gail! Also: An increasing number of higher education institutions worldwide are requiring submission of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) by graduate students and are subsequently providing open access to these works in online repositories. Faculty advisors and graduate students are concerned that *such unfettered access to their work could diminish future publishing opportunities*. This study investigated social sciences, arts, and humanities journal editors’ and university press directors’ attitudes toward ETDs. The findings indicate that manuscripts that are *revisions of openly accessible ETDs are always welcome* for submission or considered on a case-by-case basis by 82.8 percent of journal editors and 53.7 percent of university press directors polled. http://crl.acrl.org/content/74/4/368.full.pdf+html *Ina Smith* E-Research Repository Manager (SUNScholar) | Stellenbosch University | Private Bag X5036, 7599 | South Africa *SUNScholar <http://scholar.sun.ac.za/>* | *SUNJournals<http://library.sun.ac.za/English/services/az/oa/Pages/sunjournals.aspx> * | *SUNConferences<http://library.sun.ac.za/Afrikaans/services/az/oa/Pages/sunconferences.aspx> * | E-mail: *ismith(a)sun.ac.za** *|* * Tel: +27 21 808 9139 | *Skype: smith.ina** *| Office hours: Mo-Fr: 08h00-16h30 ** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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A Survey to know the Satisfaction Level of LIS Professionals with their Pay Scales
by Prabhat Ranjan 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

My Dear Colleagues, Friends and Eminent Professionals in LIS, Pay scales are prime concern to all the professionals including professionals of LIS. Library associations support the individual by forwarding these issues to the government bodies. As you might know that IASLIC is organizing a conference on the same matter during 26-29 December 2013 in Pune. *I thought that some issues could be brought in light to all the professionals in our fields and associations like IASLIC.* Therefore I am trying to make study which is based on contributions of associations, various problems being faced by library professionals as a person or as a community member. This survey is a part of my study. Please spare some time and take the survey titled "Satisfaction with Pay Scales to Library Professionals". Your contribution to this survey can draw some meaningful aspects to all the community.** ** *Please click this link to make your contribution:* http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GGZKCRP We assure you that comments sent by you will not be shared in any case and your opinion will remain confidential. With kind regards.. -- *Prabhat Ranjan*, (PhD Student in University of Pune) M.L.I.Sc. (NET), B.Sc. Librarian, Jayawant Library JSPM's Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering Tathawade, Tal. - Mulshi, Pune - 411033 (Maharashtra) - India Ph. +919764161444 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reg: Apprenticeship at Jaswant S Kanwar Library - ICRISAT, Hyderabad
by Mailing List Admin 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:16:58 +0530 From: sanat kumar Behera <sanatku.behera(a)gmail.com> Dear All: Greetings from ICRISAT <http://www.icrisat.org/> � Patancheru !!! Jaswant S Kanwar Library, ICRISAT is looking for Apprentice. *Details for the Position: **Jaswant S Kanwar Library [ICRISAT] - ** Apprenticeship* *Location: *ICRISAT, Patancheru *Number of vacancies* � *02* *Eligibility Criteria:* - Post Graduate in Library and Information Science [only fresher�s] *Soft skills required:* - Good communication skills. - Take initiatives and result oriented. - Systematic, logical and hardworking. - Able to interact with different kinds of clients. *Training Tasks:* Apprentice would be involved in the following training activities: 1. Get training and hands-on experience on KOHA [Library Open Source Software]. 2. Training on Open Access Repositories , http://oar.icrisat.org and http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in 3. Training on Data Librarianship. 4. Journal Subscription and subscribed e-journals link checking. 5. Organizing and maintaining library collections through various technical and administrative functions. 6. Emphasis will be given on Information services, Document Delivery Service. 7. Circulation activities. *Nature of position* � Apprenticeship period will be strictly for *01* year [No further extension] *Stipend* � Rs. 10,000 per month and Insurance will be provided. *Application Process: *Please email your resume to s.shankar(a)cgiar.org by 12-August-2013, with subject header JSK Library, ICRISAT - Apprenticeship. Regards Mr. Sanat kumar Behera Research Fellow Jaswant S Kanwar Library ICRISAT Patancheru Hyderabad, 502324 India Email: S.Behera(a)cgiar.org Sanatku.behera(a)gmail.com ICRISAT <http://www.icrisat.org/> is a member of the CGIAR<http://www.cgiar.org/>Consortium

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National workshop on “Open Source Software: A Tool to Manage Research Outputs” on 23-25 September 2013
by Amitabh Manglam 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Dear All, It's my pleasure to inform you that, in collaboration with Indian Council of Social Science Research, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi, we are conducting 3 days national workshop on “*Open Source Software: A Tool to Manage Research Outputs*” on 23-25 September 2013. *Registration, food, accommodation will be free during the workshop period only but TA/DA will not be provided by us.* This workshop will create awareness among the participants on availability of various open source software to build their own digital library to archive/mange their research output. The program will also focus to develop competitive skills and techniques for social scientist/ scholars/librarians to design and develop their personal digital library. The workshop is limited to 30 participants, so we will accept the application on first cum first basis, along with the professional background. The last date to receive the filled registration form is 1st September 2013. Hereby I am enclosing workshop leaflet and registration form for your needful, for more details you can contact: Dr (Mrs) NutanJohry, nutan(a)icssr.org, Ph. 011-23073438 Workshop Director 0651-2276675 library(a)bitmesra.ac.in Mr. Debojyoti Nath, 09470162180, dnath(a)bitmesra.ac.in Mr. Amitabh Kumar Manglam, 09470943275, amitabh.manglam(a)gmail.com Thanking you With Warm Regards, *Amitabh Kumar Manglam* LIA, Central Library Birla Institute of Technology (Deemed University), Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand - 835215 Contact Number: +91-9470943275 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reg: Apprenticeship at Jaswant S Kanwar Library - ICRISAT, Hyderabad
by sanat kumar Behera 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Dear All: Greetings from ICRISAT <http://www.icrisat.org/> – Patancheru !!! Jaswant S Kanwar Library, ICRISAT is looking for Apprentice. *Details for the Position: **Jaswant S Kanwar Library [ICRISAT] - ** Apprenticeship* *Location: *ICRISAT, Patancheru *Number of vacancies* – *02* *Eligibility Criteria:* * * - Post Graduate in Library and Information Science [only fresher’s] *Soft skills required:* - Good communication skills. - Take initiatives and result oriented. - Systematic, logical and hardworking. - Able to interact with different kinds of clients. *Training Tasks:* Apprentice would be involved in the following training activities: 1. Get training and hands-on experience on KOHA [Library Open Source Software]. 2. Training on Open Access Repositories , http://oar.icrisat.org and http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in 3. Training on Data Librarianship. 4. Journal Subscription and subscribed e-journals link checking. 5. Organizing and maintaining library collections through various technical and administrative functions. 6. Emphasis will be given on Information services, Document Delivery Service. 7. Circulation activities. *Nature of position* – Apprenticeship period will be strictly for *01* year [No further extension] *Stipend* – Rs. 10,000 per month and Insurance will be provided. *Application Process: *Please email your resume to s.shankar(a)cgiar.org by 12-August-2013, with subject header JSK Library, ICRISAT - Apprenticeship. Regards Mr. Sanat kumar Behera Research Fellow Jaswant S Kanwar Library ICRISAT Patancheru Hyderabad, 502324 India Email: S.Behera(a)cgiar.org Sanatku.behera(a)gmail.com ICRISAT <http://www.icrisat.org/> is a member of the CGIAR<http://www.cgiar.org/>Consortium -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Tata Consultancy Services [TCS] is looking for IRC Officers, for its IRCs at Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune
by Nagappa B 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Dear All, Seasonal Greetings...!!! Tata Consultancy Services [TCS] is looking for IRC Officers, for its IRCs at Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune Eligibility and Requirements: Regular & full time MLIS / MSLIS / Masters in (Library Science/Information Science/ Information Management) / A.D.I.S / any equivalent degree. (Those who are currently pursuing these programs and appearing for final semester/exams are also eligible to apply). Experience: 0–3 years of experience preferably in academic/special /corporate library. (Experience acquired after the professional qualification will only be considered) Age: Not exceeding 28 years Other Conditions: Candidates who applied in last six months need not apply. Willingness to work in any centre within the city with flexible timings. Ability to work both independently and in a team to deliver results in a constantly changing environment. A team player with good communication skills, customer service skills. Selection Process: Resumes completed in all aspects in the prescribed format only will be considered for further review. Only the shortlisted candidates will be called for a written test on Monday, 19th August 2013 at the city applied for Click here to download prescribed application format. Application Formalities: Resumes in the prescribed format should be e-mailed on or before 5th August 2013 to respective location email IDs based on the location applied. Note that the candidates can apply for a single location only. Bangalore - bangalore.irc(a)tcs.com, Chennai - chennai.irc(a)tcs.com Delhi - pti.irc(a)tcs.com Hyderabad - hyd.irc(a)tcs.com Pune - pune.irc(a)tcs.com Applications with insufficient information, not submitted in the prescribed format and those received after 5th August 2013 will be rejected. The subject line of the e-mail should include “City Name - IRC Recruitment 2013- full name of the applicant” (e.g. Bangalore – IRC Recruitment 2013- Asha Sharma). No other documents / certificates are required at this stage. No travel / daily allowances will be given to candidates attending the written test / interview(s). With Best Wishes Dr. Nagappa B. Head | Information Resource Centre | Tata Consultancy Services Pioneer Building, International Tech Park | Padandhur Agrahara | Whitefield Road | Bangalore - 560 066 | Karnataka | India Ph:- +91 80 67251330 | Buzz:- 4851330 / 4224 | Cell:- 91-7760505296 ____________________________________________ Experience certainty. IT Services Business Solutions Consulting ____________________________________________ =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles requested for Felicitation volume- reg
by Shekar H P 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Dear Moderator, Please circulate this information for the benefit of forum members. Thanking you Respected Colleagues, GREETINGS FOR THE DAY !!! Apology for cross postings. As you are all aware, Dr. S. L. Kadadeveramath, Associate Professor (Library) Sree Siddaganga Arts, Science and Commerce College for Women, Tumkur, is superannuating in July 2013. He served the cause of Library Profession for about 3 decades and made an everlasting impression as a vibrating professional through his relentless services. Considering the dynamic and varied contributions and services of Dr. S.L. Kadadevarmath to the entire Library and Information Science profession, we the professional friends and admirers feel overwhelmingly to felicitate Dr. SLK by presenting a felicitation volume and celebrating the event in a meaningful way. It is planned to organize the Felicitation Function on 25th August 2013 at Bangalore. In this Context, Felicitation Committee has decided to bring out a Felicitation volume in honor of Dr. S.L. Kadadevaramat. As you are closely associated with him from many years and know him personally; you are requested to contribute an article about Dr. SLK or Useful articles on LIS to the Felicitation volume. Last date for sending the articles- on or before 10th August 2013. We sincerely solicit your whole hearted support and encouragement by way of financial contribution also to make this event memorable. The contributions may be sent to Shekara H.P. A/c No. 01331050142337 payable at HDFC Bank, J.P. Nagar Bangalore. Please find the separate attachment for reference. E-mail: shekarahp(a)gmail.com. Ph:9945799927. Awaiting your positive response. Thanking you, Yours Sincerely P.Y.Rajendra Kumar Executive President Shekara H.P. Organizing Secretary -- Shekar.H.P. Head, KRC IBS Business School, Bangalore #231, Babasabara Palya Near Kengeri Check post Mysore Road, Bangalore-60 Mob:+91-9945799927 LOVE WHAT U DO- Babuji. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Walk-in Interview for Library Trainee
by Bijay＠CUO 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Dear All, Central Library, Central University of Orissa, Koraput would like to engage 03 library trainees for a period of one year with a consolidated salary of Rs. 15,000/- p.m.. A walk-in interview in this regard will be held on *13.08. 2013 *at Landiguda Campus, Koraput. For details pls. visit our website *http://www.cuo.ac.in/Downloads/traineeadv.pdf* -- Regards ********************************************** Bijayananda Pradhan I/c, Central Library Central University of Orissa Central Silk Board Building Koraput-764020 ncsipradhan(a)yahoo.com Ph : 09437491428 ************************************* Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha : Major Updates of Customized Live DVD
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Dear All, With continues efforts and support from professionals i am regularly able to learn some more tools and techniques about Koha software. So i am sharing all those things from the LIS community in India and abroad in the form of Koha Live DVD. My recent Major updates are as follows along with the previous: -Fully customized OPAC home page with drop down top,right and left navigations -Automatic backup of database directly into Pendrive (Assign Name "KOHA" in capital letter to your Pen drive) -Many sample useful reports for routine works like circulation,catalogue, acquisition, etc. -Quick links has been added to right navigation -Auto email has been activated for sending Issue/Return etc massages on users email address. -Data entry fields has been completely minimized for easy and frequently adding the data as per Marc Standards -Multiple Indic Language support has been enabled to search OPAC in Indian Language in cssr theme, you need to restore this theme for this effect and require Internet connection. -Two themes sample has been given Prog/Cssr to use by restoring method whichever is desired -Template of Barcode generation for books has been well designed/customized -Template of User Library Card generation for members has been well designed/customized You may always contact for any support and assistance regarding Implementation of Koha and data migration/conversion from earlier software. For details please download help files and refer installation video at: -http://sourceforge.net/projects/vkmkoha/ -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mg8h394E28 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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Kerala Agricultural university - SRF in Library and Information Science - Walk in interview
by N B nisha 26 Jul '13

26 Jul '13

Dear all, Interested Candidates are invited to attend walk-in-interview on *31.07.2013 at 9.00am,* for the posts of one* Senior Research Fellow - Library Science ( *Master’s degree in Library Science/ Information Science/ documentation Fir st division or 60% marks or equivalent grade points average from a recog nized University) and one *Senior Research Fellow – Computer Science (*Mast er’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Application with First Division or 60% marks or equivalent grade points average from a recognized universi ty) *Rs.16000+HRA *on contractual basis under *NAIP sub-project “Strengthening of Digital Library and Information Management under NARS (e-Granth)” *at* Central Library, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara,Thrissur, Kerala-680656.* For more details and application procedure, Please visit www.kaucentrallibrary.org <http://www.kaucentrallibrary.org/> Send application in the prescribed proforma to librarian(a)kau.in <librarian(a)kau.in> Regards, Nisha. N.B. Assistant Librarian, Central Library, KAU. <librarian(a)kau.in> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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need an article
by Mamtha's Gmail 26 Jul '13

26 Jul '13

Dear professional friends, One of our faculty needs the following article for her research. Since we do not have this in our subscribed databases, kindly provide fulltext if available in your library. 1. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23331340> 2013 Jan 21. doi: 10.1111/ceo.12072. [Epub ahead of print] *Perceived difficulty of various steps of manual small incision cataract surgery among trainees in rural China.* Huang W<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Huang%20W%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&…> , Ye R<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Ye%20R%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cau…> , Huang S<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Huang%20S%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&…> , Wang D<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Wang%20D%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&c…> , Wang L<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Wang%20L%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&c…> , Liu B<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Liu%20B%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&ca…> , Friedman DS<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Friedman%20DS%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t…> , He M<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=He%20M%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cau…> , Liu Y<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Liu%20Y%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&ca…> , Congdon NG<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Congdon%20NG%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…> . 2 J Cataract Refract Surg. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16698480#> 2006 Apr;32(4):604-8. Subjective difficulty of each stage of phacoemulsification cataract surgery performed by basic surgical trainees. Dooley IJ<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Dooley%20IJ%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tru…> , O'Brien PD<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=O%27Brien%20PD%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=…> . -- -- -- *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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Unemployment among the library professionals
by rajesh kumar 26 Jul '13

26 Jul '13

I do agree with Dr K C Garg.The prime concern of every education system shoud be to ensure quality output.While there is limited seat in the central universities/state universities/DRTC/NISCAIR.etc the same is not true about the Open Learning Programme. Besides, LIS being more or less a practical oriented discipline due emphasis be given on the availability of quality infrastructures, best faculties,etc.MHRD(Deptt of Higher Education) must take initiatives in this direction.Maintaing some stringent criteria on LIS education in both mode regular and correspondece, will definitely result in quality output. Rajesh Kumar Pandey SLBSRSV,N Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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1st CFP APA International Conference on Digital Preservation and Development of Trusted Digital Repositories, 5-6 February 2014
by Mailing List Admin 25 Jul '13

25 Jul '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:48:22 +0530 From: Dr. Ramesh C Gaur <rcgaur(a)mail.jnu.ac.in> 1st Call for Papers The Centre of Excellence for Digital Preservation, C-DAC, India and Alliance for Permanent Access (APA), EU are pleased to announce the APA International Conference on Digital Preservation and Development of Trusted Digital Repositories to be held at New Delhi, India, during 5-6 February 2014. Conference Website http://www.ndpp.in/APA-DPDTR-2014/ The organizers of this conference invite research papers, case study papers and position papers based on the following thematic areas which have to be submitted before 01 October 2013. Thematic Areas - Digital preservation in various domains such as e-government, scientific and research data, geospatial information, electronic health records, audio and video, media archives, government and cultural archives, corporate data archives, etc. - Domain specific adaptation of Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model - Digital disasters and recovery - Digital forensic for authenticity of information - Technological infrastructure development for trusted digital repositories - Trusted digital repositories in cloud - Digital preservation for legal compliances - The challenges and techniques for maintaining trust in electronic records over long period - Integrating e-record management with e-government - Approaches for long term sustainability of digital repositories - Data mining and repurposing of digital information stored in digital repositories - Long term storage solutions with techniques for optimization and efficacy - Preparing for audit and certification of digital repositories - Design of domain specific digital preservation policy framework - Curriculum design for digital preservation We invite three types of papers - Case studies & work in progress (6 to 8 pages) - Full research papers (max 10 pages) - Position papers (4 to 6 pages) Download paper template with format specifications For submissions to the working conference, the authors must use the LNCS templates and style files available from: http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/CSProceed… All papers should be in the specified conference publication format and sent as both pdf and MS Word files to dinesh(a)cdac.in and director(a)alliancepermanentaccess.org by 31st October 2013. Important Dates Last date of paper submission: 01 October 2013 Acceptance notification: 05 November 2013 Conference: 5-6 February 2014 General Conference Chairs Dr. Dinesh Katre, Associate Director & HOD, C-DAC, Pune, India Dr. David Giaretta, Director, Alliance for Permanent Access (APA), EU Advisory Committee Dr. Luciana Duranti, Director, InterPARES, University of British Columbia, Canada Prof. John Wood, Secretary General, Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK Dr. Juan Bicarregui, Head of Data Services Division, Scientific Computing Department, STFC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK Monica Marinucci, Director for Research, Oracle (Europe, Middle East and Africa) S. A. Kumar, Director, R & D in IT Division, Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India Renu Budhiraja, Senior Director, National e-Governance Action Plan (NeGP), DeitY, New Delhi, India Dr. Gautam Bose, Deputy Director General, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi, India Dr. Mukul Sinha, Managing Director, Expert Software Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Noida, India Bill LeFurgy, Digital Initiatives Manager, National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program at the Library of Congress, USA Dr. Reagan W. Moore, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Prof. Matthias Hemmje, Fern Universit�t Hagen, Germany Dr. Jussi Nuorteva, Director General, The National Archives of Finland Programme Committee Carlo Meghini, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche- Institute of Information Science and Technologies, Italy Dr. Anne Thurston OBE, Director, International Records Management Trust, UK Dr. Peter Doorn, Data Archiving and Networking Services (DANS), Netherlands Abhishek Jee, Director, e-Governance and Green IT, NASSCOM, Bangalore Vakul Sharma, Cyber Law Expert & Advocate, New Delhi, Supreme Court, India Dr. Ramesh Gaur, Head-Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India Prof. Makhlouf Shabou Basma, University of Geneva, Switzerland Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi, Librarian, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, India Richard Rinehart, Digital Media Director, Bucknell University, USA Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Deputy Director, National Resource Centre, NIFT, New Delhi, India Pratapanand Jha, Director, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, India R. Venkata Kesavan, DGM & Head Times Archives & Knowledge Centre, The Times Group, India Dr Jeremy Leighton John, Curator of eMSS, The British Library, London, UK Barbara Sierman, Digital Preservation Manager, National Library of Netherlands Jason R. Baron, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, USA Dr. Christopher Lee, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, USA T. Hussain, Assistant Director, National Archives of India, New Delhi, India For details pl. contact: Dr. Dinesh Katre Chief Investigator | Centre of Excellence for Digital Preservation Project Associate Director and HOD | Human-Centred Design & Computing Group Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), (A Scientific Society of Department of Electronics and Information Technology | Government of India) 4th Flr., RMZ Westend, D. P. Road, Aundh, Pune - 411007, INDIA ************************************** Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian & Managing Editor-JNU Press 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

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Unemployment among the library professionals
by Kailash Garg 25 Jul '13

25 Jul '13

Mr. Nayaka has pointed out correctly that the unemployment among the library professionals is on the rise. The reason is " more supply and less demand". Supply is more because the open education institutions are admitting the students in large numbers without caring about the quality of the student. Running two semesters is also not okay. Since it is a professional course due care is needed the admission process. In my opinion the distance education institutions should either limit the intake or these should be stopped by MHRD. Dr. K.C.Garg Delhi. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Data Input tool in multiple Indian Languages for cataloguing
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 25 Jul '13

25 Jul '13

Dear All, Please find here link to install the data input tools in many Indian language, It is provided by the Google, so you just input data in English as you speak in local language and it will convert it in your language script (Hindi, bengali,odiya etc.). You also need not to connected with Internet. I have tested this tool for cataloging of books in Hindi in KOHA software and it works fine. You need to install it on local machine/computer from where you want to input data. The Link is available at: http://www.google.co.in/inputtools/windows/ 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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Librarians Job Opportunity @ TCS
by Mailing List Admin 24 Jul '13

24 Jul '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:22:23 +0530 From: Kishore Ingale <kishore.ingale(a)tcs.com> Job Opportunities with TCS Information Resource Centers (IRCs) (at Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an IT services, business solutions and consulting organization that delivers real results to global businesses, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. A part of the Tata Group, India's largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has total employee strength of over 2,77,000 with the world's best trained IT consultants, in 44 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $ 11.6 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013. TCS takes pride in having a unique corporate Information Resource Centre model in place. Its large network of Information Resource Centre (IRC) in India spread across 13 cities. Winner of the Special Library Association (SLA) Centre of Excellence Award, 2009, for its high quality processes and benchmarks, and an exemplary application of management techniques and tools, TCS IRC consistently aligns its services to TCS?s global business needs and helps associates maintain a competitive advantage. To support its fast expanding information services network, TCS invites applications from talented, enthusiastic team players for the post of ?IRC Officers?, for its IRCs at Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune. These are regular positions and selected candidates should be prepared to work in those cities on a long-term basis. Remuneration and benefits will be on par with the best in the industry. Eligibility and Requirements: Regular & full time M.L.I.S./MSLIS/Masters in (Library Science/Information Science/ Information Management)/A.D.I.S/any equivalent degree. (Those who are currently pursuing these programs and appearing for final semester/exams are also eligible to apply). 0?3 years of experience preferably in academic/special /corporate library. (Experience acquired after the professional qualification will only be considered). Age not exceeding 28 years. Candidates who applied in last six months need not apply. Willingness to work in any centre within the city with flexible timings. Ability to work both independently and in a team to deliver results in a constantly changing environment. A team player with good communication skills, customer service skills. Selection Process: Resumes completed in all aspects in the prescribed format only will be considered for further review. Only the shortlisted candidates will be called for a written test on Monday, 19th August 2013 at the city applied for Click here to download prescribed application format. Application Formalities: Resumes in the prescribed format should be e-mailed on or before 5th August 2013 to respective IDs based on the location applied. Note that the candidates can apply for a single location only. Location Applied for Resume to be e-mailed to Bangalore bangalore.irc(a)tcs.com Chennai chennai.irc(a)tcs.com Delhi pti.irc(a)tcs.com Hyderabad hyd.irc(a)tcs.com Pune pune.irc(a)tcs.com Applications with insufficient information, not submitted in the prescribed format and those received after 5th August 2013 will be rejected. The subject line of the e-mail should include ?City Name - IRC Recruitment 2013- full name of the applicant? (e.g. Bangalore ? IRC Recruitment 2013- Asha Sharma). No other documents / certificates are required at this stage. No travel / daily allowances will be given to candidates attending the written test / interview(s). Regards & best wishes, B P Prakash Senior General Manager & Global Head- IRC Tata Consultancy Services Limited

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UGC Sponsored Workshop on OSS
by ronald cutinha 24 Jul '13

24 Jul '13

Dear Moderator Please circulate this information for the benefit of forum users! Dear Professionals! I am happy to inform you that St. Philomena's College(Autonomous)Mysore in collaboration with ITfor Change, Bengaluru, is organising UGC sponsored Two-day state level workshop on "Moving towards e-Education using Open Source Software" on 30-31, August, 2013. Objectives of the workshop: * Introduce an open source software that can be used in any academic institution for website design, e-learning, content management, course delivery and as institution knowledge portal. *Develop a network of educators within the institution and also across the other institutions who will regularly create digital learning resources as part of the regular teaching process. Topics covered: *Ubuntu, OpenOfficeSuite, e-learning software-MOODLE, e-content creation and development using OSS,Open source tools for Web presence and Research activities, Open Source tools for Resource discovery and Publications. The expected outcome of the workshop : i) The workshop will enable the teaching and administrators in bringing the Open source software in their institution. This will help them to overcome the financial burden on software license, renewal cost and upgrading cost. ii) The workshop should enable the participants to acquire educational resources as well as capabilities to use various open source software applications in their regular teaching- learning process. Target participants: The teaching faculty from grduate, post graduate, research institutes and universities. Library and information science professionals and research scholars. You can visit the website: www.philosworkshoposs.weebly.com for downloading the brochure and registration form Thanking you Yours sincerely Ronald Prakash Cutinha Librarian, St.Philomena's CollegeMysore - 570015e-mail: ronald_prakash(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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Reg: Article Request - ICRISAT - Patancheru
by Siva Shankar Kimidi 24 Jul '13

24 Jul '13

Dear Moderator: Can you please post this article request. Dear All: Please help us with the below article if available in your University collection. JOURNAL, INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY 1946: 339-360. 1947 [HSU: PLANT FRAGMENTS FROM DEVONIAN BEDS IN CENTRAL YUNNAN, CHINA] -- Regards K Siva Shankar Library Officer , Library and Information Services Jaswant S Kanwar Library International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Patancheru, Greater Hyderabad - 502 324 Andhra Pradesh, India Mobile: 099080 35478 Email: s.shankar(a)cgiar.org ICRISAT <http://www.icrisat.org/> is a member of the CGIAR<http://www.cgiar.org/>Consortium *ICRISAT Institutional Repository:* OAR – http://oar.icrisat.org -- 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 Satish S 24 Jul '13

24 Jul '13

One of our faculty is urgent need of the following article, anyone who subscribe this please send the same. It will very useful to our faculty. Title:-The String-to-String Correction Problem Authors: Robert A. Wagner<http://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81100167488&coll=DL&dl=ACM&trk=0&cfid=…>& Michael J. Fischer<http://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81100313431&coll=DL&dl=ACM&trk=0&cfid=…> Journal of the ACM (JACM)-Volume 21 Issue 1, Jan. 1974 Pages 168-173 Link:-http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=321811 with regards... -- SATISH.S MLISc., M.Phil RVCE, http://www.rvce.edu.in/ BENGALORU -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Unemployment is increasing among library Science students
by Chikkamanju Nayaka 24 Jul '13

24 Jul '13

Respected Moderator please sent to the LISc Members *Unemployment is increasing among library Science students, why?*<http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lislinks/~3/1gzExUbBJn4/2013205:Topic:538461…> Now a day’s Library Course are running in many Regular Universities, and Open Universities, many youths are taking admission to these course, Regular Universities take only eligible candidates through screening process ( Entrance/ interview etc.) and the seats are limited to 30-40 Only in each university. But Open Universities ( Distance Educational Institutions) in India are giving unlimited seats for each courses and giving them good percentage also). The distance education institutions are not allotting seats through screening process like entrance or interview. Few of them admit students twice in a year or any time they can enroll for the course in a year. The students qualified from distance education institutions are going for job for less salary jobs and many institutions pay very less salary because they need librarian just to show it to AICTE/ UGC etc. So they appoint students from distance mode of education and pay less. The quality of LISc education is diluted only because of Distance education institutions. My suggestion is that a Open Universities/ Distance education Institutions should limit the intake seats for each courses particularly professional courses like Library and Information Science. The quality of education in both regular and correspondence institutions should be upgraded by enforcing new updated topics in the syllabus. The LISc faculty members should keep phase with the changing technology and advance concepts. More Information Technology oriented concepts and today’s market needed topics should be included in the syllabus of LIS Curriculum. The students should also work hard to excel in the subject rather than blaming the profession. The Librarian should create his own positive identity in the working institution and make other aware the importance of Library profession in today’s world. The above mentioned tips can automatically solve unemployment problem. These are my personnel suggestions only. Thanking you, With Warm regards Chikkamanju MLISc., M.Phil., UGC-SET. Research Scholar, Dept. of Studies in Lib & Info. Sc., Manasagangothri, University of Mysore-570006 9980998583 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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First Reminder - National Level Workshop on Library Automation using Koha at GIPE, Pune from 09 - 11 Aug 2013
by gipelibrary pune 24 Jul '13

24 Jul '13

Dear All Greetings from the GIPE Library! You will be pleased to know that on occasion of Dr S R Ranganathan’s Birth Anniversary, we are organizing a ‘National Level Workshop on Library Automation using Koha Open Source Software’ from 09 - 11 Aug 2013. Workshop Fees: Rs. 2000/- (inclusive of Workshop Kit / Material, Lunch and Tea). Accommodation is available at GIPE Guest House on payment (Rs. 300/ per day for Non-AC and Rs. 500/- per day for AC). For Workshop Brochure, Registration Form and any other details please write to gipelibrary(a)gmail.com or visit our site at www.gipe.ac.in Thanks and Regards Dr Nanaji Shewale Librarian Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) Mob: 0 9423531433 http://www.gipe.ac.in http://dspace.gipe.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of Project Assistant - Recruitment is through agency, work at Central Library, IIT Ropar
by Dinesh Siddaiah 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

Post of Project Assistant - Recruitment is through agency, work at Central Library, IIT Ropar We are looking for dynamic youngsters for the post of “Project Assistant” to work in our Library. Name of the Post: Project Assistant (Library) Number of Positions: ONE Nature of Post: Contractual Duration: One year (likely to be extended) Essential Qualifications: First Class Master’s degree in Library & Information Science or Equivalent Desirable Skills: Good Knowledge of Library Management Software; Sound working knowledge of basic IT tools; Familiarity in Managing Electronic Resources; Knowledge of Developing Institutional Repository using Open Source Software; Good communication (written & oral) skills in English; Work as a team member & excel in assigned tasks; Overall ability to provide excellent library services. Experience: Preferably 1-2 years of working experience in reputed libraries. (Freshers possessing the above qualifications and credentials can also apply.) Age: Not more than 28 years Important Note: Selected candidate should be ready to work in different shifts including weekends and holidays, on rotation basis. Salary: Rs.12,000.00 – 15,000.00 with PF and ESI Last Date for Application: 26.07.2013 Selected candidates will get ample opportunity to work and learn application of emerging IT tools and technologies related to Library and Information Management. Interested eligible candidates may send their detailed CV to dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. Deputy Librarian, Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Nangal Road, Rupnagar, Punjab - 140 001. Email: dinesh(a)iitrpr.ac.in dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com 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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Invitation for E-Content Symposium: Regulatory Issues and Felicitation to Dr. Siddamallaiah
by Ishwar Goudar 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

Dear Professionals, I regret for Cross Posting of this message. Dr. H.S. Siddamallaiah (HSS), Principal Library and Information Officer, NIMHANS, Bangalore will be superannuating on 31st July 2013 after more than three decades of illustrious career in Library and Information Science. We friends, colleagues, LIS Professionals and well wishers of HSS have decided to arrange a befitting felicitation program in his honour coinciding with the Concluding Session of the Symposium on "E- Content: Copyright, Licensing, Taxation and Regulatory Norms" on 26th July 2013 at 5.00 PM at the Symposium Venue, NIMHANS Convention Centre, Hall No. 2, Hosur Road, Bangalore. We invite you to be part of both the programs, the Symposium and Felicitation Program followed by Dinner. Please find below the links to Symposium Brochure, Registration form, Felicitation Program Invitation and Program Schedule *Brochure *- http://econtentnimhans.webs.com/Broucher.pdf<http://econtentnimhans.webs.com/Broucher.pdf> *Registration Form<http://econtentnimhans.webs.com/nimhans%20-symposium%20Brochure-1-2.pdf> *- http://econtentnimhans.webs.com/Registration%20Form-1.pdf *Felicitation Invitation<http://econtentnimhans.webs.com/Felicitation%20Invitation-1.jpg> -* http://econtentnimhans.webs.com/Felicitation%20Invitation-1.jpg *Programme Schedule<http://econtentnimhans.webs.com/PROGRAMME%20SCHEDULE-1.jpg> *- http://econtentnimhans.webs.com/PROGRAMME%20SCHEDULE-1.jpg Regards, Members of Organising Committee for Symposium Friends, Colleagues, LIS Professionals and Well wishers of Dr. H. S. Siddamallaiah -- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Tel: 0821-2419283 mob: 09611165781 E-mail: goudarishwar(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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Refresher Course in LIS in Calcutta University
by Ashis Biswas 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

*SUB.: Refresher Course_Calcutta University_ASC and DLIS_6th to 26th Sep. 2013* Respected Sir/Madam, If you are interested and eligible to join this Refresher Course, please apply. May see details in this link: http://caluniv.ac.in/News%20&%20Announcement/news_frame.htm May contact HOD, DLIS, CU. Regards, Ashis Biswas Research Scholar, C.U. -- trdyt -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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