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Error in the web address corrected
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 02 Jun '12

02 Jun '12

Dear professional friends I have received several mails indicating that the urls that I mentioned in the posting regarding the inauguration of the Goa University Library website and OPAC were not working. Hence I am posting the web addresses again. Please go through the website and OPAC and provide your valuable opinion. the web address for library is  http://library.unigoa.ac.in Dr GOPAKUMAR V. University Librarian,Goa University Taleigao Plateau, Goa. PIN 403 206 gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Office Phone: 08326519012 Mobile No: 09447056713 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Hearty Congrats to Dr Shashank Sonawane
by Ajay Kamble 02 Jun '12

02 Jun '12

Dear all, We whole heartedly congrats Dr Shashank Sonawane, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science on publication of his 4 books in our subject field. All 4 books has been published in the same month by the International publisher LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. One book is in his sole authorship and other's are in contribution with co-authors. We also congratulate Dr Vaishnav madam, Dattatraya T. Kalbande, Madansingh D. Golwal, Vishakha M. Golwal for the publication of their book/s. The details of the four books are as here under : Title : Websites of Scientific and Research Institutions in India : An Analytical Study By (author) : Shashank Sonwane<https://www.morebooks.de/search/gb?q=+Shashank++Sonwane&via_keyword=1> Number of pages: 476 Published on: 2012-05-02 Category: Informatics, IT<https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/category/informatics,-it/32> Price: 79.00 € ISBN-13: 978-3-8473-1579-7 ISBN-10: 384731579X EAN: 9783847315797 Book language: English *Title : Citation Analysis of Ph.D. Thesis on Economics* By (author) : Dattatraya T. Kalbande<https://www.morebooks.de/search/gb?q=+Dattatraya+T.+Kalbande&via_keyword=1>, Madansing D. Golwal<https://www.morebooks.de/search/gb?q=+Madansing+D.+Golwal&via_keyword=1>, Shashank S. Sonwane<https://www.morebooks.de/search/gb?q=+Shashank+S.+Sonwane&via_keyword=1> Number of pages: 92 Published on: 2012-05-10 Stock: In stock Category: Book trade, librarianship<https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/category/book-trade,-librarianship/189> Price: 49.00 € ISBN-13: 978-3-659-12432-7 ISBN-10: 365912432X EAN: 9783659124327 Book language: English *Title : User of E-Journals : Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad (Maharashtra, India)* By (author) : Madansing D. Golwal<https://www.morebooks.de/search/gb?q=+Madansing+D.+Golwal&via_keyword=1>, Ashwini Vaishnav<https://www.morebooks.de/search/gb?q=+Ashwini+Vaishnav&via_keyword=1>, Shashank Sonwane<https://www.morebooks.de/search/gb?q=+Shashank+Sonwane&via_keyword=1> Number of pages: 92 Published on: 2012-05-01 Stock: In stock Category: Book trade, librarianship<https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/category/book-trade,-librarianship/189> Price: 49.00 € EAN: 9783848434602 Book language: English *Title : Development of Web Portal* By (author) : Madansing D. Golwal<https://www.morebooks.de/search/gb?q=+Madansing+D.+Golwal&via_keyword=1>, Vishakha M. Golwal<https://www.morebooks.de/search/gb?q=+Vishakha+M.+Golwal&via_keyword=1>, Shashank S. Sonwane<https://www.morebooks.de/search/gb?q=+Shashank+S.+Sonwane&via_keyword=1> Number of pages: 96 Published on: 2012-05-28 Stock: In stock Category: Book trade, librarianship<https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/category/book-trade,-librarianship/189> Price: 49.00 € ISBN-13: 978-3-659-14015-0 ISBN-10: 3659140155 EAN: 9783659140150 Book language: English Publishing house: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing<https://www.morebooks.de/books/gb/published_by/lap-lambert-academic-publish…> Website: https://www.lap-publishing.com/ -- -- Thanks and Regards, Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations to Dr.Gopakumar, Goa University Librarian
by Mailing List Admin 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 11:33:00 +0530 From: Pandurang Konnur <pvkonnur(a)gmail.com> Dear Professional Friends, Let us congratulate Dr GOPAKUMAR for launching Goa University Website and OPAC. Goa University Library needed vibrancy since a long time. Now Dr GOPAKUMAR has filled the gap. The website of Goa University can be accessed from the following link: http://library.unigoa.ac.in/ You can also view the pictures of Inauguration of the website by Chief Minister of Goa in the following link: http://gulibrary.weebly.com/website-inauguration.html With warm regards, -- Dr. P. V. Konnur Professor & Director, School of Applied Sciences, Chairman Department of Library & Information Science & University Librarian Rani Channamma University, Vidhya Sangama, Belgavi 591 156 Karnataka State, *India* Phone : 91-831-2565215-16 Mobile : 91-9449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com

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Conference announcement
by Anand 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

National Conference on K-2012: CREATING DIGITAL LIBRARY IN GLOBALISED E-SOCIETY 28th July, 2012 (Saturday), ISI, New Delhi Organised by SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION RESEARCH & STUDIES (SIRs) Last date for paper submission deadline : July 10, 2012 Invited to Participate Dear Professional Incumbent: It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that we are organizing a National Conference K-2012: CREATING DIGITAL LIBRARY IN GLOBALISED E-SOCIETY on 28-07-2012(Saturday) at ISI, New Delhi. Why this event? Globalization is defined by the spread and integration of people, goods, finance, knowledge and culture across the planet. Each of these dimensions of globalization has advanced since the dawn of civilization, at a pace determined by the available technologies for different purposes. E stands for electronic, D for digital and V for virtual. We would rather define the appearance of E, D and V as a phenomenon in e-society that takes place in a way where everyone can see objects and do things in a virtual world against a physical one; where everything is converted into digital formats and saved for use/reuse and represented in a virtual way; where everywhere is connected to a world wide web and any information, knowledge and services can be accessed by anyone, anywhere and anytime through any kind of devices. The conference aims to address the main issues of concern within WWW/Internet as well as to assess the influence of Internet in the Information Society. Broad areas of interest are Internet Technologies, Information Management, e-Society and Digital Divide, e-Learning, New Media and e-Society, Digital Services in e-Society. Format of the Conference The conference will be an educative mixture of invited talks and oral presentations. The event will have a keynote address and multiple technical sessions. Call for Papers & Paper Submission Guideline Participants are invited to submit original, unpublished papers based on research or practical experience on sub themes mentioned above for presentation at the conference. The full paper must be submitted in English language in soft copy form in MS-Word 2003 or MS-Word 2010 format to the email: <knowledge.professional.india(a)gmail.com>. The paper should be free from grammatical errors with complete references cited within the text. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, provided the paper is presented in person by the author/co-author. Topics related to the Digital Information Society are of interest. These include, but are not limited to the following areas: · Digital libraries (DL) development, architecture, and management · DL multilingual issues · Digital Rights Management · DL services and case studies · E-Learning and e-publishing · DL standards & policy · Role of DL in education, social and economic development · Social media and Web 2.0 for information dissemination and communication · Managing e-based knowledge resources Important Dates Last Date of Submission of Full Paper July 10, 2012 Final Date of Acceptance of Paper July 15, 2012 Registration Category Up to 20 July 2012 After 20 July 2012 Delegates 700/- 800/- Students* 400/- 500/- (*Registration will be accepted on production of Student ID.) Best Paper Award Best paper award will be given on the recommendation of panel of experts. The decision of the recommendation committee is final. For consideration of the award, paper must be in accordance with the guidelines given and should reach on or before July 10, 2012 For any other queries, please contact Society for Information Research & Studies (SIRs) 11A/1, IInd Floor, Gautam Nagar New Delhi - 110 049 Tel. +91-9953476674, 9910017177 E-mail. knowledge.professional.india(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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JNU Library Catalogue available online through WebOPAC
by Ramesh C Gaur 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you all that now JNU Library catalogue is available online through WebOPAC from JNU Library website. The URL is given below: http://www.jnu.ac.in/Library/default.htm Apart from books, over 7.5 lacs news clippings are also part of JNU Catalogue. The process of cataloging of over 1 lac foreign languages books and 1.1 lacs bound volumes besides about 1 lac other publications is also in process. The digitization of 8000 theses will start soon followed by digitization over10000 microfilm rolls, and 3000 rare books. Digitization of over 7.5 lacs news clipping has been done. During the summer vacation reorganization of entire library has been taken up. The work involves regrouping of various subject collections, preparation of list for write off for old/damaged books and review of collections to identify the obsolete books. The help from subject experts have also been taken up. Redesigning of library portal, training programme for library staff in fulfilling the needs of visually impaired students, monthly lecture series, author workshops for faculty & Students, remote server to access e-resources, renovation of library space and procurement of new library furniture are some of the task to provide better services to the users of JNU Library. This semester onwards the submission of e-theses has been made compulsory for all Mphil and Ph.D scholars. Installation of Fire fighting system and CCTV is also in the process. The JNU is one of the best University in the world and our mission is to setup a world class library at JNU. I am sure with the help of excellent library team at JNU, we are going to achieve all set objectives. This is just to share with my professional friends to seek their blessings and guidance in this journey of total re-engineering of JNU Library. Regards Ramesh ************************************** Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067 Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551 Fax : +91-11-26741603 Email: rcgaur(a)mail.jnu.ac.in ; librarian(a)mail.jnu.ac.in URL: www.jnu.ac.in http://www.jnu.ac.in/Library/default.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for library trainees in Mumbai
by helplibrary 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

Applications are invited for the post of Librarian Trainees at Health Education Library for People, CST, Mumbai The candidate should possess excellent communication and administrative skills and should be able to get along well with people. Freshers may apply.*Candidates from Mumbai* only please apply. Interested candidates may apply with full details of their Educational Qualification/Experience and post applied for to helplib(a)vsnl.com or helplibrary(a)gmail.com Ms.Anjoo Chandiramani, Health Education Library for People, 206, Dr.D.N.Road, Gr.Floor, Near New Excelsior Building, CST, Mumbai - 400 001. <http://www.giveindia.org/Donatefromigivepage.aspx> -- 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 Library and Information Science at BHU (17th July to 6th August 2012)
by AJAY PRATAP SINGH 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

Dear friends, It is my pleasure to inform you that UGC - Academic Staff College of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi is going to organise a REFRESHER COURSE IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE from 17th July to 6th August 2012. Any professional colleague working as Assistant Librarian of University system/Institute, Librarian in Colleges or Assistant Professor of Library & Information Science can apply before 10th July 2012. Application process, application form and other details may be checked from the web site of UGC - Academic Staff College, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (http://www.bhu.ac.in/asc/index.php) Thanks. Ajay P SinghHead,Department of Library and Information Science,Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi (UP)Mobile: +919415502802 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Action: Sign the White House Petition for Public Access to Federally Funded Research
by franc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 31 May '12

31 May '12

Sorry for the cross-posting. Dear Members, The Obama administration is currently considering which policy priorities they will act on before the 2012 election season swings into high gear. There is a brief, critical window of opportunity to ensure that public access to the results of federally funded research is one of those priorities. On May 21, a petition calling for Public Access to Federally Funded Research Results was posted on the White House's "We the People" website. If the petition garners 25,000 signatures within 30 days, it will be reviewed by White House staff and considered for action. A broad range of open access supporters, including ARL and SPARC, are spreading the word about the petition using e-mail, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and even YouTube. Tweets on the petition (many using hashtags #openaccess and #OAMonday) have included endorsements from such thought-leaders as Jimmy Wales, Tim O'Reilly, and Lawrence Lessig. Please sign the petition today! http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/Sign_White_House_Petition_Open_Access_to_Res… Twitter user @FakeElsevier has created an excellent video you can use to recruit friends, available from http://access2research.org/. Source: http://www.arl.org/pp/access/accessfunded/wh-petition-may2012.shtml Since the petition can be signed by any adult in the world, and since the benefits of President Obama taking action will be global, I urge you to sign the petition. Thanks. With best wishes, - Francis JRD Tata Memorial Library IIsc, Bengaluru -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MLIS by distance mode
by ulka g 31 May '12

31 May '12

Dear friends Which universities (credible and recognised) in India offer Masters in Library and information science through distance mode ? Would be grateful for any details regarding the same. Thanking You Ulka G Librarian Singhania School Thane west -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Goa University Library Website and OPAC inaugurated
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 31 May '12

31 May '12

Dear professional colleagues Hon Chief Minister of Goa Sri Manohar Parrikar inaugurated and dedicated the website and OPAC of the Goa University Library to the academic community, in front of an august audience on Wednesday 30.5.2012 in the Conference Hall of the Goa University. Inaugural ceremony pictures and news items are available in the link below.The OPAC is working on KOHA and the website is designed with the Content Management System Drupal.Please visit the sites and provide your opinion.Library website : http://library.unigoa.ac.inLibrary OPAC    : http://libcat.unigoa.ac.inPictures of the function : http://gulibrary.weebly.com/website-inauguration.html with regards Dr GOPAKUMAR V. University Librarian,Goa University Taleigao Plateau, Goa. PIN 403 206 gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Office Phone: 08326519012 Mobile No: 09447056713 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Preparatory Programme for NET/SET for LIS Professionals
by Arunachalam Hariharan 30 May '12

30 May '12

Dear Sir/Madam, SALIS Erode chapter in association with C.S.I Erode Christian College of Arts & Science for Women, Erode is going conduct a Preparatory Programme for NET/SET for LIS Professionals on 02 June 2012- 03 June 2012 and 16 June 2012- 17 June 2012( Four Days) . The Registration Fee details are as follows Paper – I - Rs`.400( 2 days) LIS - Paper – II & III - Rs`.400(2 days) Paper 1 and LIS Paper – I & II, III - - Rs.700(four days) ( Concession of Rs.50 will be given to SALIS members) Ist Paper - 2nd June and 17 th June 2nd and 3rd Paper 3rd June & 16 th June Registration fee Includes Course Material, Working Tea & Refreshment - Candidates have to make own arranagements their accommodation and food) For Registration and Further Details Pl. conduct Programme Co-ordinator Lt T. Magudeeswaran (Librarian & Company Commander – NCC) Chikkaiah Naicker College, Erode Mobile: 99421 50744 Additional Co-Ordinator Stephen Thangaraj, Assistant Professor Vellalar College for Women (Autonomous), Erode Mobile: 96779 08959 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Online survey on Social software usage
by Kshirod 30 May '12

30 May '12

Respected All, I am working on the theme "Knowledge Management and Sharing in Libraries". I would like to invite you to participate in survey which will take about 5-10 minutes to complete. All data entered will be kept confidential, strictly be used for my research. To participate in this survey click on the link: http://kwiksurveys.com?u=socialsoftware Please feel free to share above link to your colleagues working with other Institutes / Companies which will help me to get good response. Thank you very much for participating in this survey. Your time and effort will be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to get good response. Thanks and Regards -- Kshirod Das National Institute of Technology Rourkela-769 008, Orissa kdas(a)nitrkl.ac.in daskshirod(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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Pillars of Library Science in India .
by manoj kumar pant 30 May '12

30 May '12

Dear Sir, Please consider Prof. J C Binwal for the pillars of Library Science list. Regards Manoj Kumar Pant, Librarian, Uttarakhand Judicial and Legal Academy, Bhowali, Nainital, Uttarakhand-263132. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha 3.8 Live DVD
by Madaiah krishnamurthy 30 May '12

30 May '12

Dear Friends, I am happy to inform that I have just uploaded Koha 3.8 live DVD on sourceforge.net You can download ISO file from following location: http://sourceforge.net/projects/kohalivedvd-mk Koha Version : 3.8 Operating System : Ubuntu 10.0.4 After Installation: Type in Browser: 127.0.1:8080 Opac : 127.0.1 Kohausername: kohaadmin Password : katikoan Thanking You, M.Krishnamurthy -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Pay teachers more to attract talent: Sibal
by Rahul Hiremath 30 May '12

30 May '12

Pay teachers more to attract talent: Sibal Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has said that teachers should be paid more in order to attract talent in the academic field. Expressing concern over the degrading quality of faculty in the country, he said teaching won't attract talent unless teachers were given proper benefits. "There is no uniformity in salaries of teachers. No medical benefit, no house rent allowance, incentive or pension," Sibal said. "Even parents encourage their children to go for jobs that get them liquid capital (money)... Unless we realise it is the most important to invest in building human capital by educating children, we can't do anything," he said. The minister also stressed on the need of devising a mechanism that will helped teachers update themselves with latest knowledge in their field. "Data banks with high quality teacher education material can be set up which can be accessed by all. There is no system in place to ensure life-long learning for teachers," the minister said. Sibal mentioned that a national mission on teacher's education is being launched in the 12th plan had its focus on improving quality of teachers. [Source: DNA] -- Rahul R. Hiremath Librarian, N.S.S.College of Commerce and Economics, 94, M.P.Mill Compound, Behind A.C.Market, Tardeo, Mumbai - 400 034 Mobile 9867325650 http://rahulrh.yolasite.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Re: Call for profiles of the pillars of library profession in India
by JAGDISH KULKARNI 30 May '12

30 May '12

Respected Sir, Please add the name of Prof. S Seetha rama and Prof A A Vaishnav in the list of pillers of library profession in India. Dr. Jagdish N Kulkarni Incharge University Librarian SRTMU Nanded --- On Tue, 29/5/12, Meera B M <meera(a)rri.res.in> wrote: From: Meera B M <meera(a)rri.res.in> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Call for profiles of the pillars of library profession in India To: "Jagtar Singh" <jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com> Cc: india-lis(a)infoserv.inist.fr, rscao-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr, "list forum" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, 29 May, 2012, 5:42 AM Dear Dr Jagtar Singh I find one name missing in the list. The name is Dr T B Rajashekar of NCSI who made outstanding contribution to Librarianship. Regards Meera > Dear friends and professional colleagues, > > You would be glad to know that the 'Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust > for > Advancement of Librarianship (SATKAL)' has decided to publish a series of > books on the > *Pillars of Indian Librarianship: A SATKAL Tribute to the library doyens > in > India.* It will include the profiles and contributions of the library > doyens who are no more with us (left for their heavenly abode) but have > made profound contribution to the library profession in India. The first > volume is likeky to be released in November 2012 at the annual function of > the SATKAL in collaboration with the annual conference of the IATLIS. > > Kindly browse the list below and suggest the additional names and also the > potential authors who can write about them. The names in bold letters have > already been alloted to the authors. For others you are invited to > contribute the articles. > > *Dr.S.R.Ranganathan > B.S.Kesavan > *Prof. S.Dasgupta > Dr.Jagdish S. Sharma > *Prof.P.N.Kaula > *Prof. S.Bashiruddin > Prof.A.P.Srivastava > *N.N.Gidwani > *Prof. K.A.Issac > *Prof Probir Roy Choudhary > T.S.Rajagopalan > D.N.Marshall > Prof.B.Anderson > *Prof.C.G.Vishwanathan > *Dr.V.A.Kamath > S.P.Aggarwal > *Dr.Ganesh Bhattacharya > *D.R.Kalia > *Prof..B.Krishana Rao (First PhD in LIS in India) > *C.V. Subba Rao > *S. R. Bhatia > Dr. R. L. Mittal > *Prof. M.R. Kumbhar > Miss Vidyut Khandwala > *Dr. M.G.K. Naidu > *Prof. A.C.Tikekar > *Prof. Ramakrishna Nair > Dr. Mrs. Susheela Kumar > > Please take care and keep in touch. > > Warm regards, > > Jagtar Singh > President, > Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship > (SATKAL), Punjab Library Association (PLA), and IATLIS, > and > Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science > Punjabi University, Patiala-147002 (Punjab) > Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com > Mobile: +919855444785 > Landline: +91 (0)175 3046179 (Work) > +91 (0) 175 2282727 (Home) > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Help Promote the Open Access White House Petition
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 May '12

30 May '12

Friends: Have you planned how you are going to celebrate the Open Access Week this year, 22-28 October 2012? You can make a good beginning now by signing the White House Open Access Petition and forwarding the petition to all your friends with a request to sign it. In terms of research papers published, journals subscribed, articles downloaded, etc India is among the top dozen countries of the world. We have a stake in keeping scholarly communication space as open as possible. Incidentally, anyone anywhere in the world can sign the White House Open Access Petition. It is not restricted to US citizens/ scientists/ researchers/ librarians. Any citizen above a certain age can sign. Best wishes. Arun From: Andrea Higginbotham <andrea(a)arl.org> Hello All! We're on our way to surpassing 20,000 signatures on the White House Open Access petition - in just one week! - and we need your help to close this out successfully. To help drive this effort home, please consider sending out one more email blast to your contact lists. This is a truly effective way of not only getting the word out, but also of showing your support. Consider a "+1" email request - encouraging those on your network who have already signed to recruit a friend or colleague to sign, to be their "+1." It's a great way to include new voices into the mix! Our social media efforts have been phenomenally effective - Twitter is aglow with references to #openaccess and #OAMonday so please use these hashtags if you tweet. Facebook is also a great way of getting the petition link out to all of your friends - you can add a link directly to the petition in your Facebook posting to make it easy for folks to sign. Here are a few links to include in your email blasts, and to spread far and wide in your social media endeavors: The Petition: https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/require-free-access-over-i… Short URL to Petition for Tweets: wh.gov/6TH Banner Ads to use on your Websites/Blogs: http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/white-house-open-access-petition-support-ban… Thank you so much for your continual help with this campaign! And please let me know if you have any questions! Best, Andrea -- Andrea Brusca Higginbotham Communications Manager, SPARC 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 296-2296 ext 121 andrea(a)arl.org www.arl.org/sparc -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC Course Work and the Dilemma of Ph. D. Scholars
by Vasanth 29 May '12

29 May '12

Dear Sir/Madam, UGC in 2009 introduced new Ph. D. guidelines with much tout, after (lately) realizing that some of the Universities in Tamil Nadu and across other part of the nation that Ph. Ds were virtually sold. The UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Awards of M Phil/Ph.D. Degree) Regulation, 2009, introduced entrance exam and course work for Ph. D aspirants. One of the mottos of the introduction of Ph. D. entrance exam and course work is to improve the quality of Ph. D. Based on the marks obtained in entrance exams Ph. D. candidates are admitted to pursue Ph. D. degree in their choice of subject domain. The entrance exam and the subsequent interview of the candidate for Ph.D. has also received lot of flak from academia and students as well. There were instances of admitting candidates for Ph D. program, who were not secured the required marks (in some cases, the candidates who have scored less marks than his counterpart have given chances for joining Ph Ds). Let this aside. Let me come to the point of why the Ph. D. course work introduced by the UGC would not yield the result which was intended. This may seem it is too early to examine the outcome of the Ph. D. course work introduced by the UGC. But already the sign of losing its sheen is evident. If we go through the syllabus (advanced research methodology) introduced for course work in many universities, would not help for Ph. D. scholars to help in formulating research problems or questions. Many of the universities (for example, University of Mysore) in India, for many years teaching advanced research methodology at the postgraduate level as a core paper or elective in either third or fourth semester, the same syllabus with little modification is taught at the M. Phil level as well. Now the same syllabus (advanced research methodology) is introduced for Ph. D. course work. Would this help Ph. D. students to formulate research questions or hypothesis on their own? Why so much of duplications and repetitions? Advanced research methodology help students for doing research step by step, or help in selecting and using type of research tools and technique and hypothesis testing with some statistical application, initially it may not sufficient for Ph D student to come up with research problems. It is a great opportunity for universities to introduce course syllabus which would help research scholars to come up on their own with research problems or titles for Ph Ds. In recent times, there are lots of postings in LIS forum for seeking suggestions for selecting titles for Ph. Ds or information and also for further information on the subject which they are going to research. It is not wrong to seek suggestion from collective intelligence like LIS forum, but there is always an element of doubt, why some of us are using LIS Forum for legitimating our research titles. If “Information seeking behavior pattern of media specialists” would anyway change the course of the research if someone select the title “information seeking behavior pattern of Legal professionals”( I have used these two titles as examples, just because of these titles were posted in LIS forum. No other personal interest involved in it). If universities introduce, for example classic books (S.R. Ranganthan’s works, works of J. A. Shera, and others of similar stature) in library and information science to read and prepare term paper (as in the US or other western country) would help in understanding theoretical underpinnings. Some books on critical theory (for example, Thomas Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions) also help students to see things from different perspective. Later, they can be introduced to advanced research methodology from which they learn and apply to their research work. There is a need to build a strong theoretical foundation at the initial stage of research with appropriate course work/syllabus. There is a need to ease the burden of faculty also, in many universities across Karnataka as an example, each faculty in every department is guiding almost 8 to 9 Ph D. students. Are we turning universities as G.S. Radhakrishna of the Telegraph once put it in a column “Doctorate Shop”? (views are personal) ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of Library Assistant 'A' at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Trivandrum
by faisal sl 29 May '12

29 May '12

Dear All, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Asia’s first Space University established under the Department of Space in September 2007, invites applications for post of Library Assistant 'A' in the Pay Band of Rs 9,300-34,800/-+ Grade Pay of Rs 4,600/- with the following qualifications: First Class Degree + First Class Master’s degree in Library Science/ Library & Information Science ( MLISc) or equivalent. Advt. No: IIST/41/12 dated 26.05.2012 Last Date for Receipt of Applications : 17 June 2012 Visit http://www.iist.ac.in/application-ta-la to download the advertisement and the application form. Best wishes. S.L.Faisal Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala, India Ph.09447699724 http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DRTC Colloquium (4) 2011-2013
by Mailing List Admin 29 May '12

29 May '12

Posted by: Amit Shaw amitdrtc(a)gmail.com Mon May 28 14:04:02 IST 2012 Colloquuim Topic: *Strong Semantic: Ontology* ABSTRACT Ontology is a formal, explicit specification of shared conceptualization. Having evolved from philosophical foundations, ontology can be defined as a hierarchical structure that formally defines the semantic relationship of a set of concepts and is used to create structured, controlled vocabularies for the discovery or exchange of information. In computer science, ontologies have emerged from the area of artificial intelligence as a way of representing domainknowledge. In the run to realize the Semantic Web, ontologies provide an impetus that would give rise to logical reasoning, knowledge engineering and applications development in order to make the metadata on the web more semantically enriched. Currently it is a hot topic of interest in the frontier research areasand its usefulness can be perceived in a great number of applications. The aim of this colloquium is to provide a brief knowledge on the recent trends of ontology development and ontologization engineering techniques. The various ontology languages for ontology creation and some popular application tools available will also be highlighted. Facets: 1) Introduction by Subhashis Das 2) Ontology language by Sonali Kishore Kalani 3) Ontology Engineering Tools by Amit Kumar Shaw 4) Application of Ontology by Mayukh Biswas 5) Conclusion by Anurodh Kumar Sinha Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 30th May, 2012 Time: 2.00pm All are cordially invited Dr. M. Krishnamurthy Colloquium Coordinator

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Urgent requirement for Library Assistant
by Mailing List Admin 29 May '12

29 May '12

Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 13:44:27 +0530 From: Lata Suresh <suresh.lata(a)gmail.com> Required Library Assistant (1 post) at IICA campus at Manesar. Please send your resume to the undersigned by 30th May 2012 positively.. Selected candidates will be called for Interview that is scheduled to be held on 4th June 2012. -- Best wishes and regards, LATA SURESH Librarian Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) (Ministry of Corporate Affairs-GOI) P No. 6,7 & 8, Sect 5 IMT Manesar, Distt Gurgaon 122 050 Haryana Mobile: +91 9911126706 kk

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Call for profiles of the pillars of library profession in India
by Jagtar Singh 29 May '12

29 May '12

Dear friends and professional colleagues, You would be glad to know that the 'Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship (SATKAL)' has decided to publish a series of books on the *Pillars of Indian Librarianship: A SATKAL Tribute to the library doyens in India.* It will include the profiles and contributions of the library doyens who are no more with us (left for their heavenly abode) but have made profound contribution to the library profession in India. The first volume is likeky to be released in November 2012 at the annual function of the SATKAL in collaboration with the annual conference of the IATLIS. Kindly browse the list below and suggest the additional names and also the potential authors who can write about them. The names in bold letters have already been alloted to the authors. For others you are invited to contribute the articles. *Dr.S.R.Ranganathan B.S.Kesavan *Prof. S.Dasgupta Dr.Jagdish S. Sharma *Prof.P.N.Kaula *Prof. S.Bashiruddin Prof.A.P.Srivastava *N.N.Gidwani *Prof. K.A.Issac *Prof Probir Roy Choudhary T.S.Rajagopalan D.N.Marshall Prof.B.Anderson *Prof.C.G.Vishwanathan *Dr.V.A.Kamath S.P.Aggarwal *Dr.Ganesh Bhattacharya *D.R.Kalia *Prof..B.Krishana Rao (First PhD in LIS in India) *C.V. Subba Rao *S. R. Bhatia Dr. R. L. Mittal *Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Miss Vidyut Khandwala *Dr. M.G.K. Naidu *Prof. A.C.Tikekar *Prof. Ramakrishna Nair Dr. Mrs. Susheela Kumar Please take care and keep in touch. Warm regards, Jagtar Singh President, Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship (SATKAL), Punjab Library Association (PLA), and IATLIS, and Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala-147002 (Punjab) Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Mobile: +919855444785 Landline: +91 (0)175 3046179 (Work) +91 (0) 175 2282727 (Home) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Internship for 1 Year at Jaswant S Kanwar Library - ICRISAT
by Siva Shankar Kimidi 29 May '12

29 May '12

Internship for 1 Year at Jaswant S Kanwar Library-ICRISAT *Details for the Position: **Jaswant S Kanwar Library [ICRISAT] - Internship * *Job Title: *Jaswant S Kanwar Library – Intern * * *Location: *ICRISAT, Patancheru *Number of vacancies* – *2* *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:* Interns 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. 7. Circulation activities. *Nature of position* – Internship period will be strictly for one year [No further extension] *Application Process: *Please email your resume to mailto:s.shankar@cgiar.org<s.shankar(a)cgiar.org> by 08-June-2012, with subject header JSK Library, ICRISAT - Internship. Short listed candidates will be interviewed in person. -- Regards Siva Shankar K Mob: +919908035478 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Date of Death of Sh. N. N. Gidwani
by Jagtar Singh 29 May '12

29 May '12

Dear Colleagues, If you know the date of death of Sh. N.N. Gidwani, please let me know about it. We need it to complete his profile for the forthcoming SATKAL book on 'Pillars of Indian Librarianship.' Pl take care. Regards, Jagtar Dr. Jagtar Singh, President, Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) & Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Tel: +91 (0)175 304 6179 (Work) +91 (0)175 228 2727 (Home) Fax: +91 (0)175 228 3073 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Circular
by Anand 28 May '12

28 May '12

Dear Professionals, Thanks for showing interest to "National Conference on Managing Information Resources in Digital Environment" which will jointly organise by SIR'S New Delhi and NIFM, Faridabad, but this is to bring to your notice that due to unavoidable circumstances, the "National Conference on Managing Information Resources in Digital Environment" scheduled to be held on 30 June 2012 has been postponed. If you had sent your paper or registration that will be include in our next evevt. The date of SIRs future event will be announced shortly. Best regards, ................................................................. SIR'S Dear moderator, I would like to request you that please circulate above mail to all professional and remove this information from Event calender. Thanks ................................................................. Anand A. Jha, (Sr.Executive) Knowledge Management-CMS, Research House, 34 -B, Saket, New Delhi - 110 017 anand(a)cmsindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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