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Call for Final Submissions of Papers to ICDL 2013
by Nihal Alam 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

TERI is organizing ICDL 2013 (International Conference on Digital Libraries) during 27–29 November 2013 at India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. The conference would be inaugurated by Hon'ble VICE PRESIDENT OF INDIA. The major objectives of this mega event are: · To bridge the digital divide between developed and developing countries · To create a platform through capacity building on Digital Library, Knowledge Management and applications of Social Media ICDL 2013 is also expecting an august gathering of over 500 participants drawn from cross-disciplinary areas etc. We have received confirmations from several renowned international experts for participating in the deliberations. Some of the highlights of the conference would be: ü Thematic Workshop addressing on contemporary issues to a focused group of clientele ü Tutorials by leading DL experts of the World ü Conference deliberation by the luminaries of Digital Library ü Exposition by National and International Publishers, Knowledge Vendors For registration kindly visit our website: http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/register.php Call for Papers Due to overwhelming response by the contributors and participants , the last date for paper submission to ICDL 2013 has been extended from 20th July to 10th August 2013. *Important dates* Submission of full papers 10th August 2013 Notification of acceptance of paper with comments 15th September 2013 Submission of the final paper after incorporating comments 10th October 2013 ICDL 2013 invites original submissions focusing on the theme of the conference Vision 2020: Looking back 10 years and forging new frontiers. Contributions are invited for conference sessions and tutorials. Topics for contributions (but are not limited to) include the following. · DL development, architecture, and management · Information storage and retrieval · Multi-linguality and interoperability issues · Digital rights management · Digital preservation and access management · DL best practices · E-learning and e-publishing · DL standards and policy · Open archives initiatives · ODOL (Open, distance, and online learning) · Multimedia content · Sustainable DL model · DL service marketing · Digital research libraries · Social media and network analysis · Collaborative knowledge creation · Information quality management · Enterprise 2.0 and collaborative model · Knowledge management business models · Convergence of knowledge management and learning system · Mobile technology and service-oriented architecture · Information and communication model · Knowledge management best practices Paper submission guidelines and date ICDL invites original papers typed on MS Word. The word limit for each paper is 5000 words. All papers should be written in English for acceptance for presentation in the conference. Each submitted paper will be reviewed by a panel of experts and only well-researched and well-written papers will be accepted for presentation. It is expected that all accepted papers will be presented at the conference by the author(s).A few papers shall also be selected for the poster session presentation. The conference proceedings that will be distributed to the participants will include the selected papers (for presentation at the conference) and abstracts (selected for presentation in the poster session). Papers may be submitted either in hard copy format to the ICDL secretariat or online, using the conference website or electronically at < ICDL2013(a)teri.res.in>. For details of paper submission guidelines, please visit www.teriin.org/events/icdl for further details. Mailing Address: ICDL 2013 Secretariat The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) India Habitat Centre Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, India Tel: +91 11 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 24682144 Email: ICDL2013(a)teri.res.in Website: www.teriin.org/events/icdl Kind regards, Nihal ============================== ======== Nihal Alam Research Associate LIC, Knowledge Management Division TERI, IHC, New Delhi Tel. 24682100, 41504900 (Extn. 2758) Mob. 09311 30 5823 email: nihal.alam(a)teri.res.in ====================================== -- 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
by Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

Dear All, The UGC-Academic Staff College, University of Calicut is organizing UGC sponsored Refresher Course in Library & Information Science from 21.08.2013 to 10.09.2013. Application form can be downloaded from the ASC website ( www.universityofcalicut.info>Academic Staff College>Downloads). Selected participants have to remit Rs. 500/- on admission. The participants will be eligible for TA (maximum 3rd AC Rail) and Boarding Allowance @ Rs. 250/- per day (for outstation Participants). Accommodation facility in ASC Guest House is also provided. For further details please contact: 0494 2407351. Regards, -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai *MA; MLISc; PGDEC; PGDCA; DCHN; NET; PhD.* Assistant Librarian & Publication Officer Co-ordinator, NMEICT Nodal Officer, Higher Education Survey Associate Editor, CUK Newsletter Central University of Kerala Vidyanagar P.O. Kasargod, Kerala, India Mob: 09447468586 Blog: www.dineshkoovakkai.blogspot.com Visit our library website at: www.universitylibrarycuk.yolasite.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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An Appeal to Observe Librarians~R Day 2013
by Mailing List Admin 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2013 10:29:31 +0530 From: IASLIC Kolkata <iaslic.india(a)gmail.com> An Appeal to Observe Librarians� Day 2013 Believably all are aware and will appreciate that IASLIC, the premier national professional society in the field of LIS took the pioneering step to observe the Birth Anniversary of the father of Library Science, Dr. S. R. Ranganathan every year befittingly to pay homage and tribute to this illustrious Guru of ours. 12th August, stands as the sacred date to us to observe by organizing seminar, symposium, discussion, etc. or in the manner it may be feasible in a situation / environment. Since it is IASLIC which initiated and thought it prudent to observe this Birth Anniversary first in the country, IASLIC appeals to its members staying in all parts of the country kindly to take initiative to organize themselves and observe �Librarians� Day 2013� (Ranganathan�s Birth Anniversary) in any form as the situation may warrant. Prof. Pijushkanti Panigrahi General Secretary, IASLIC -- * **Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi*, Hony General Secretary, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata - 700054 iaslic(a)vsnl.net or iaslic.india(a)gmail.com www.iaslic1955.org.in

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OXFORD DICTIONARIES GOING BILINGUAL
by Mailing List Admin 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 11:04:31 +0530 From: Ragaavendra R <Ragaavendra_R(a)jubilantbiosys.com> Dear Moderator kindly circulate. OXFORD DICTIONARIES GOING BILINGUAL With internet making print dictionaries redundant, Oxford University Press is now focusing on bilingual dictionaries and mobile applications to maintain its presence in the market. "Though our print dictionaries continue to sell in India but there has been a slowdown in demand. However, the demand for our bilingual dictionaries has been growing at the rate of 20-25 per cent per year," Ranjan Kaul, Managing Director of Oxford University Press India, told PTI here. The publishers of the world's most definitive work on English already have bilingual dictionaries in Hindi, Marathi, Odia, Kannada, Gujarati and Telugu while their Bengali one was launched here recently. "We are now trying to add more Indian languages on the list like Malayalam, Punjabi, Assamese, etc., as the aspiration to learn English is growing in smaller towns and cities all over the country," Kaul said. FOR COMPLETE READ AND REFERENCE LINK: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/oxford-dictionaries-going-bilingua… Best Regards, Raghvendra R

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Discussion on Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes required by Librarians for Open Access
by Mailing List Admin 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 10:52:59 +0530 From: Sridhar Gutam <gutam2000(a)gmail.com> I am currently assisting the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) in developing Curriculum and Self-Directed Learning (SDL) Tool for Open Access for researchers and library and information professionals as a project of UNESCO. The UNESCO adopted Open Access strategy in 2011, and with effect from 1 July 2013 it has become fully Open Access. Capacity building to promote Open Access is one of the important strands of the UNESCO strategy. The UNESCO Open Access Forum 2011 also recommended training of young researchers and library professionals on Open Access. As a first step, we would like to seek help of experts though a discussion on this platform to identify Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes needed for Open Access by Library and Information Professionals and Researchers. So, we will have two strands of discussion: One for Librarians and the other for Researchers. This week we start with training needs for Librarians� Librarians play a significant role in providing access to peer reviewed information published in journals and help manage local repositories. Sometime back we did a Delphi study with select experts, which revealed the following as key areas for the librarians to study: Module 1: Foundations 1. Introduction to Open Access: Definition, types (green, gold, delayed), OA journals (gold and hybrid), OA books, OA repositories, benefits, barriers (publisher resistance), philosophy of access to knowledge, disciplinary trends; Open Access Policy development, including funder policies 2. Copyrights and licensing mechanisms for Open Access, such as the creative commons licenses, copyleft and publishers' embargo in self-archiving Module 2: Practical Options and Systems 3. Repositories and issues involved in creating and maintaining repositories, author self-archiving 4. Open Access Journal publishing systems and processes Module 3: Initiatives, Implications and Issues 5. Searching of Open Access information (Vehicles for Open Access: OAIster and other Open Access Search Engines, PubMed), Metadata related issues, SHERPA RoMEO, DOAJ, DOAB, GOAP, OA Map, etc. 6. Impact of Open Access on dissemination of knowledge, citation advantages, estimating impact; Changing practices in scholarly communication, including open peer review, emerging approaches to recognition of scholarly works 7. Implications of online-only format for long-term preservation of OA content (Google Books, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, other non-U.S. large initiatives) While this is useful, we need to identify the Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes to develop the curriculum and content learning materials. You may also like to comment on the suitability of the above topics. If you want to share more on the topic privately, kindly do so in the emails: smishra.col(a)gmail.com and barna.chakrabarti(a)gmail.com With Regards, Barnali Roy Choudhury Project Associate (Open Access) Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia 13/14 Sarv Priya Bihar New Delhi 110016 www.cemca.org

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KAnOE's 4th Workshop on Categories for the Web: Towards a Semantic Web on Thu 8 Aug at PESIT
by Mailing List Admin 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 18:07:54 +0530 From: K.N. Prasad <kadaba.n.prasad(a)gmail.com> Greetings Please find the brochure for the 4th in the series of KAnOE's workshops on *Categories for the Web: Towards a Semantic Web* on Thursday, 8 August at PESIT. The workshop is being organized on the occasion of the Birthday of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan jointly by KAnOE-PESIT and the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science. The event also marks the Inauguration of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Endowment. A special thanks to Dr. J. K. Suresh of Infosys for agreeing to inaugurate the event and to deliver the keynote and to Dr. A. Neelameghan for agreeing to deliver the Keynote on the history and methodology of categorization. I request you to circulate this widely among your colleagues and associates. Thank you. With best regards, Kavi Mahesh Dr. Kavi Mahesh Director, KAnOE - Centre for Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering (World Bank funded), and Professor, Department of Computer Science, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore, and Principal Consultant, Knowledge Management Group, Infosys Technologies Ltd. Phone: +91 98452 90073 http://www.kanoe.org and http://ontology.org.in http://www.linkedin.com/in/kavimahesh <http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=ZVQV4CAAAAAJ>

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ABILITY-SSS-MGU-Kerala Requires an Academic Coordinator
by Vimal Kumar V. 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

The ABILITY Project of the School of Social Sciences (SSS) addresses the issue of academic access of physically challenged, especially the visually impaired, students and researchers. We need an Academic Coordinator, initially for two years. Job Description: Coordinating the publication of an audio journal of humanities and social sciences research; assisting the teachers and librarians involved with the dissertations of the visually impaired; updating the website; convening training sessions in assistive technologies; writing reports and preparing financial grant proposals. Essential Requirements: The applicant should be a postgraduate in Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences/Social Work/Media and Communication Studies/Library and Information Sciences/Architecture/Civil Engineering/Fine Arts/Design, with advanced proficiency in the English language. Desirable: Knowledge of universal design/assistive technologies. Emoluments: Rs. 25000/- (consolidated) per month plus travel allowance. Age limit: 40 years Job Highlights: The opportunity to associate with a pioneering, creative, and socially sensitive project in an institution of higher learning; living in a Kerala small town with occasional travel. Eligibility conditions remaining the same, preference for candidates from SC/ST communities shall apply. How to apply? Send in your *Curriculum Vitae* and a three page write-up or a set of images with text on ‘’Thoughts on Making the High School/Higher Secondary School I Studied Accessible to the Visually Impaired” to * abilityunbound(a)gmail.com *before September 20, 2013. *Project Leader, ABILITY and Head, School of Social Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Pullarikkunnu, Malloossery (Post), Kottayam 686 041, Kerala* -- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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IASLIC Zone 6 : Librarians' Day 2013
by IASLIC Kolkata 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

*Librarians’ Day 2013* * * *Organized by* *Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) Bengal Library Association (BLA)* *West Bengal Public Libraries Employees Association (WBPLEA)* * * *In collaboration with* *Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF)* *Bose Institute, Kolkata* * * *On* *11th August, 2013 (Sunday) at 9 am* * * *Venue* *Lecture Hall, Main Campus, Rajabazar. Bose Institute, 93/1, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata – 700009, West Bengal, India *** * * *Theme of Discussion* *Ethics and Values of Librarianship Profession* * * *Registration Fees* * [image: Rupee-Symbol-Font.jpg]150 (Rupees one hundred fifty only)* * * * * We invite you and your colleagues to register either with IASLIC, BLA, or WBPLEA positively by August 08, 2013 for this professional event befittingly to pay homage and tribute to our illustrious Guru Dr S R Ranganathan. 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 2013 at the Bose Institute, Kolkata * * * * *General Secretaries * * IASLIC, BLA and WBPLEA* -- * **Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi*, Hony General Secretary, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata - 700054 iaslic(a)vsnl.net or iaslic.india(a)gmail.com www.iaslic1955.org.in *Join IASLIC, Contribute to IASLIC, Strengthen IASLIC* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC Newsletter
by IASLIC Kolkata 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

Dear Professional friends, Many of you are inquiring about IASLIC Newsletter. It is to bring to the kind notice of all concerned that the newsletter is regularly uploaded in our website www.iaslic1955.org.in. Please find the latest entry Dear Sir/madam IASLIC Newsletter here http://iaslic1955.org.in/fckeditor/userfiles/file/news/July%202013.pdf We send hardcopy of the newsletter to all our valid members too. -- * **Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi*, Hony General Secretary, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata - 700054 iaslic(a)vsnl.net or iaslic.india(a)gmail.com www.iaslic1955.org.in *Join IASLIC, Contribute to IASLIC, Strengthen IASLIC* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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An Appeal to Observe Librarians’ Day 2013
by IASLIC Kolkata 03 Aug '13

03 Aug '13

An Appeal to Observe Librarians’ Day 2013 Believably all are aware and will appreciate that IASLIC, the premier national professional society in the field of LIS took the pioneering step to observe the Birth Anniversary of the father of Library Science, Dr. S. R. Ranganathan every year befittingly to pay homage and tribute to this illustrious Guru of ours. 12th August, stands as the sacred date to us to observe by organizing seminar, symposium, discussion, etc. or in the manner it may be feasible in a situation / environment. Since it is IASLIC which initiated and thought it prudent to observe this Birth Anniversary first in the country, IASLIC appeals to its members staying in all parts of the country kindly to take initiative to organize themselves and observe “Librarians’ Day 2013” (Ranganathan’s Birth Anniversary) in any form as the situation may warrant. Prof. Pijushkanti Panigrahi General Secretary, IASLIC -- * **Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi*, Hony General Secretary, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata - 700054 iaslic(a)vsnl.net or iaslic.india(a)gmail.com www.iaslic1955.org.in -- -- * **Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi*, Hony General Secretary, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata - 700054 iaslic(a)vsnl.net or iaslic.india(a)gmail.com www.iaslic1955.org.in *Join IASLIC, Contribute to IASLIC, Strengthen IASLIC* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Book Chapters
by Ms.Charu Dev 02 Aug '13

02 Aug '13

Dear Friends, Greetings for the day........... I shall be obliged if anyone can arrange the following chapters in pdf format and send me at cee.dev.28(a)gmail.com: “INFORMATION SOURCES, SERVICES AND SYSTEMS” by GURDEV SINGH - 2013 - Chapter 1: Information Sources Chapter 13: Non-Documentary Sources of Information Chapter 14: Electronic/Digital Information Sources (E-Source). Thanks and Regards, Ms. Charu Dev.. http://openlink-charu.blogspot.com/ http://charu-virtualworld.blogspot.com/ http://charu-libraryworld.blogspot.com/ http://charu-openair.blogspot.com/ http://charu-lekhni.blogspot.in/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/knowledge2009/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/wisdomworld2k/ https://www.facebook.com/LisConf https://www.facebook.com/pages/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE/261325763976997 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book Release - "History of Journalism in Odisha" by Dr. Mrinal Chatterjee
by basudev mohanty 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

Dear Professional Friends, Book on "History of Journalism in Odisha" by Dr. Mrinal Chatterjee (Journalist-turned media academician - Prof. & HOD, IIMC, Dhenkanal) will be released on 4 August. This 304 page crown size book has 21 chapters. The chapter architecture is World/India/Odisha. So students of all regions can benefit. It provides a 360 degree view of the media world. The book also contains brief history of several language journalism including Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Assamese, Punjabi and Konkani. It is priced at Rs 450/-.   To order one may send a email to sephalicommunications(a)yahoo.in   News regarding the book has appeared here:   http://themailtoday.com/book-on-history-of-journalism-in-odisha-to-be-relea… http://nwztoday.com/detail.html?detail=1349Thanks & RegardsBasudev Mohanty Central LibraryIIT, BhubaneswarTel (O): +91-674-2576049Mobile - 9437132870E-mail: basudev(a)iitbbs.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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REMINDER: UDC Update Session at IFLA - Sunday 18 August
by Aida Slavic 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

Dear all, We would like to invite colleagues attending 79th IFLA in Singapore, interested in classification to join us at the UDC Update session on Sunday, 18 August, at 13.45- 15.45 in Room 311. We will discuss new developments in UDC, Multilingual UDC Online, new editions and translations and ongoing work on UDC schedules Regards -- --- Dr Aida Slavic Editor-in-Chief, UDC UDC Consortium The Hague, The Netherlands http://www.udcc.org ______________________ Do not foget to book your place at: International UDC Seminar 2013: Classification& Visualization:http://seminar.udcc.org/2013/ -->Announcement: Multilingual UDC Online Release 26 August 2013 http://www.udc-hub.com/index.php The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is the world's foremost multilingual classification scheme for all fields of knowledge, a sophisticated indexing and retrieval tool ______________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Second Reminder : GIPE Koha Workshop on Koha Open Source Software 09 - 11 August 2013
by gipelibrary pune 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '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 To avoid disappointment, please send your filled-in form and the DD on or before 05 August 2013. 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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Invitation to contribute paper
by Sunil MV 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

Dear Professional Friends, This is an update of the UGC sponsored 2-Day National Seminar on Emerging Trends in E-Resource Management and Services to be held on September 27 & 28, 2013 at Teresian College, Mysore. You can submit the research paper on or before *August 30, 2013*. Only accepted papers will be published as edited seminar volume with *ISBN 978-93-83302-01-7,* hence we request the authors to submit the full-text on or before August 30, 2013. For more details please visit the seminar webpage http://www.teresiancollege.com/nationalseminar2013/index.html For themes of the Seminar please visit the following link http://www.teresiancollege.com/nationalseminar2013/themes.html Spot registration is not available, hence we request professionals to register themselves on or before September 15, 2013. For more information please visit http://www.teresiancollege.com/nationalseminar2013/registration.html For accommodation and clarification about the registration please feel free to contact Smt. P. Rukhminamma, Organizing Secretary @ Mobile: 9902317763and Email: mysoreseminar2013(a)gmail.com. Regarding paper submission you can reach me at Mobile: 9986439832. This is for your information. With sincere regards, -- *Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail* Dr. Sunil M.V. Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Main Road, Siddharthanagar Post Mysore - 570 011, INDIA Mobile: 9986439832 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Discussion on Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes required by Librarians for Open Access
by Mailing List Admin 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 10:52:59 +0530 From: Sridhar Gutam <gutam2000(a)gmail.com> I am currently assisting the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) in developing Curriculum and Self-Directed Learning (SDL) Tool for Open Access for researchers and library and information professionals as a project of UNESCO. The UNESCO adopted Open Access strategy in 2011, and with effect from 1 July 2013 it has become fully Open Access. Capacity building to promote Open Access is one of the important strands of the UNESCO strategy. The UNESCO Open Access Forum 2011 also recommended training of young researchers and library professionals on Open Access. As a first step, we would like to seek help of experts though a discussion on this platform to identify Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes needed for Open Access by Library and Information Professionals and Researchers. So, we will have two strands of discussion: One for Librarians and the other for Researchers. This week we start with training needs for Librarians� Librarians play a significant role in providing access to peer reviewed information published in journals and help manage local repositories. Sometime back we did a Delphi study with select experts, which revealed the following as key areas for the librarians to study: Module 1: Foundations 1. Introduction to Open Access: Definition, types (green, gold, delayed), OA journals (gold and hybrid), OA books, OA repositories, benefits, barriers (publisher resistance), philosophy of access to knowledge, disciplinary trends; Open Access Policy development, including funder policies 2. Copyrights and licensing mechanisms for Open Access, such as the creative commons licenses, copyleft and publishers' embargo in self-archiving Module 2: Practical Options and Systems 3. Repositories and issues involved in creating and maintaining repositories, author self-archiving 4. Open Access Journal publishing systems and processes Module 3: Initiatives, Implications and Issues 5. Searching of Open Access information (Vehicles for Open Access: OAIster and other Open Access Search Engines, PubMed), Metadata related issues, SHERPA RoMEO, DOAJ, DOAB, GOAP, OA Map, etc. 6. Impact of Open Access on dissemination of knowledge, citation advantages, estimating impact; Changing practices in scholarly communication, including open peer review, emerging approaches to recognition of scholarly works 7. Implications of online-only format for long-term preservation of OA content (Google Books, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, other non-U.S. large initiatives) While this is useful, we need to identify the Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes to develop the curriculum and content learning materials. You may also like to comment on the suitability of the above topics. If you want to share more on the topic privately, kindly do so in the emails: smishra.col(a)gmail.com and barna.chakrabarti(a)gmail.com With Regards, Barnali Roy Choudhury Project Associate (Open Access) Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia 13/14 Sarv Priya Bihar New Delhi 110016 www.cemca.org

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Article Request
by LIJESH TK 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

Dear All Professionals, Our Research scholar need the below article. Kindly help me in this regard. Title: Invasion success of exotic plants in natural ecosystems: the role of disturbance, plant attributes and freedom from herbivores Authors: Janet C Lake; Michelle R Leishman Journal: Biological Conservation Source: Volume 117, Issue 2, May 2004, Pages 215–226 Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320703002945 By Lijesh T.K KFRI, Thrissur, Kerala. Visit: http://www.libraryjobs4u.blogspot.com/ Library News (Facebook Page): http://www.facebook.com/pages/Library-News/146299565539496 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha : Customized Live DVD With security Updates
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

Dear All, A major security update has been intimated by Koha developers and same has been implemented in Live Koha DVD (3.10.9) available at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vkmkoha/ 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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nomination to RRRLF
by Mailing List Admin 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 18:54:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> dear friends I join all professional friends to congratulate the following professionals for getting nominated to RRRLF by Ministry of Culture, Govt of India 1. Prof PB Mangla 2. Prof KS Raghavan 3. Prof Alka (Guwahati) 4. Prof Narendra Lahkar ( Univ of Guwahati) I join all professional friends to congratulate the following eminent historian for getting nominated to RRRLF by Ministry of Culture, Govt of India Prof Y Vaikuntam (Osmania Univ) we all wish and request them to give a new direction to RRRLF. best regards Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, formerly UGC-Emeritus Fellow (2009-11) Professor in Library and Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad ( super annuated) formerly Director, UGC-Academic Staff College (2006-8) formerly President, Association of British Scholars ( AP Chapter)

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Dr Tapaaswi's superannuation
by jharavu 31 Jul '13

31 Jul '13

I saw the posting on Lis-Forum about Dr Tapaswi's superannuation. I have known Tapaswi since his DRTC days and later more intimately at NIO. He is one of the rare breeds in the Library and Information profession. He combines in himself unique combination of qualities: of leadership, professional competency, willingness to keep on learning, the fearlessness to experiment, and the wherewithal to build strong relationships with the users of his library and its services. Like all of us, products of time and space, one has to lay down one's office. I am sure NIO library staff and the scientists will miss him and his dynamism. I would like to convey my best wishes for days after his superannuation. If I know him well, then I do believe he will continue to make a contribution to whatever cause he chooses. L J Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of Library Assistant@NMKRV, Bangalore
by Satish S 31 Jul '13

31 Jul '13

There is a post of Library Assistant@NMKRV, 3rd Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore. *Library Assistant*-*Reserved for ST* Pay scale-As per State Govt Qualification-Certificate course/Diploma in LIS Interested candidates may contact 080-26637042 or visit http://www.rsst-nmkrvcollege.net -- 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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Retirement on superannuation of a progressive & proactive librarian - Dr. Murari P. Tapaswi Message
by Dr. K.P.S.Sengar 31 Jul '13

31 Jul '13

Dear Friends, I know to Dr. Tapaswi for the past 13 years or so, ever since I joined CSIR system. During the entire period, I met to him so many times and learn so many things. I felt that he has been a great CSIR-LIS leader as well good human being. He is very simple and innovative person. I am very thankful for his inspiration and leadership to our young CSIR-LIS professionals. I am Wishing you the very best in a new phase of his life! Thank u very much Sir and best wishes KPS Sengar, PhD Library Officer & DIR Administrator CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:31:39 +0530 From: "Satyaranjan Sahu" <satya(a)nio.org> To: "LIS-Forum (LIS-Forum)" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Retirement on superannuation of a progressive & proactive librarian - Dr. Murari P. Tapaswi Message-ID: <032f01ce8db3$6c578320$45068960$@org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Dear professionals, Progressive and proactive library & information professionals are rare in India. Some of these professionals dedicatedly work for the satisfaction of their patrons without publicizing their achievements and retire on their superannuation without notice of others. But young professionals should know about them and try to learn & emulate such achievements. Today on 31st July 2013, one of such librarian in CSIR setup is going to retire on the superannuation and needs to be mentioned. This write up is based on my close association with him over last 10 years. Dr. Murari P. Tapaswi, Chief Scientist (Librarian) is retiring today on his superannuation after 34 years of career in the library of CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography. He is specialized in Information Management & Dissemination and has actively participated in several projects such as Development of National Information Centre for Marine Sciences (DSIR-Project), Database of literatures on Indian Ocean and adjacent water (DSIR project), Database on Indian mangroves (MoEF Project) and other CSIR projects on libraries & information services. His work of computer applications for better library & information services had impressed UNESCO which put NIO library on the international map in 1985. Soon his vision and expertise was appreciated and India became the first developing country to be the part of the prestigious Aquatic Science and Fisheries Information System of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UN in 1989. Dr. Tapaswi was the only library & information scientist from a developing country who was selected as a member of the group of experts in Marine Information Management (1992-2008) to help the 120-member Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO in development of marine information products. He was selected as the chairman of experts group for two times (1999-2004) for the development of Ocean Data & Information Network in African countries. He was the member of several national committees on e-resource negotiation, Open Access Policy, etc. Dr. Tapaswi, an alumnus of DRTC was always proactive in using technology for better services in library. An expert in CDS/ISIS with Pascal programming had developed himself automation package for NIO library during 1990s when it was a dream in India to automate the library services. The backbone of the automation package is still in use with modification in Linux OS with browser based facilities. He is very skillful in ?Bibliometrics/Scientometrics? analysis using CDS/ISIS - Pascal programming and this skill was used extensively in the institute by authorities & researchers. His supervision & management has established the institute website (http://www.nio.org [1]) as a top ranked among the oceanographic institutions all over the world. As a mentor, he has guided the Digital Repository Service of NIO (http://drs.nio.org [2]) to 1st ranked institutional repository in India (267th ranking in World). His role as Public Information Officer and contact person for press, media and parlia! ment questions are notable and such challenges taken by library professional are rare. He has visited several countries like Australia, Belgium, Bermuda, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UK and USA for his professional assignments. There are more than 10 research papers & 3 books to his credit. Those who are associated with him know well about his sincerity, discipline and hard work. Main motto of such professionals is ?User satisfaction? than any award or recognition. On behalf of CSIR library & Information professionals, I wish him all the best. Thanking you With regards Satya -------------------------------------------- Satya Ranjan Sahu Scientist National Information Centre for Marine Sciences (Library) National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) Dona Paula, Goa - 403 004 Phone: 0832-2450370 (O); Fax-91-(0)832-2450601 ----------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum [3] End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 124, Issue 35 ****************************************** Links: ------ [1] http://www.nio.org [2] http://drs.nio.org [3] http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Retirement on superannuation of a progressive & proactive librarian - Dr. Murari P. Tapaswi
by Satyaranjan Sahu 31 Jul '13

31 Jul '13

Dear professionals, Progressive and proactive library & information professionals are rare in India. Some of these professionals dedicatedly work for the satisfaction of their patrons without publicizing their achievements and retire on their superannuation without notice of others. But young professionals should know about them and try to learn & emulate such achievements. Today on 31st July 2013, one of such librarian in CSIR setup is going to retire on the superannuation and needs to be mentioned. This write up is based on my close association with him over last 10 years. Dr. Murari P. Tapaswi, Chief Scientist (Librarian) is retiring today on his superannuation after 34 years of career in the library of CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography. He is specialized in Information Management & Dissemination and has actively participated in several projects such as Development of National Information Centre for Marine Sciences (DSIR-Project), Database of literatures on Indian Ocean and adjacent water (DSIR project), Database on Indian mangroves (MoEF Project) and other CSIR projects on libraries & information services. His work of computer applications for better library & information services had impressed UNESCO which put NIO library on the international map in 1985. Soon his vision and expertise was appreciated and India became the first developing country to be the part of the prestigious Aquatic Science and Fisheries Information System of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UN in 1989. Dr. Tapaswi was the only library & information scientist from a developing country who was selected as a member of the group of experts in Marine Information Management (1992-2008) to help the 120-member Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO in development of marine information products. He was selected as the chairman of experts group for two times (1999-2004) for the development of Ocean Data & Information Network in African countries. He was the member of several national committees on e-resource negotiation, Open Access Policy, etc. Dr. Tapaswi, an alumnus of DRTC was always proactive in using technology for better services in library. An expert in CDS/ISIS with Pascal programming had developed himself automation package for NIO library during 1990s when it was a dream in India to automate the library services. The backbone of the automation package is still in use with modification in Linux OS with browser based facilities. He is very skillful in ‘Bibliometrics/Scientometrics’ analysis using CDS/ISIS - Pascal programming and this skill was used extensively in the institute by authorities & researchers. His supervision & management has established the institute website (http://www.nio.org) as a top ranked among the oceanographic institutions all over the world. As a mentor, he has guided the Digital Repository Service of NIO (http://drs.nio.org) to 1st ranked institutional repository in India (267th ranking in World). His role as Public Information Officer and contact person for press, media and parliament questions are notable and such challenges taken by library professional are rare. He has visited several countries like Australia, Belgium, Bermuda, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UK and USA for his professional assignments. There are more than 10 research papers & 3 books to his credit. Those who are associated with him know well about his sincerity, discipline and hard work. Main motto of such professionals is “User satisfaction” than any award or recognition. On behalf of CSIR library & Information professionals, I wish him all the best. Thanking you With regards Satya -------------------------------------------- Satya Ranjan Sahu Scientist National Information Centre for Marine Sciences (Library) National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) Dona Paula, Goa - 403 004 Phone: 0832-2450370 (O); Fax-91-(0)832-2450601 ----------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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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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