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Jobs @ ISB - Associate - LRC
by C. Jayakumar 11 May '12

11 May '12

Dear Young Professionals, Kindly share the following info. with LIS friends. -------------------- Jobs @ ISB URL : http://www.isb.edu/Careers/currentopening.Shtml DETAILS FOR THE POSITION: LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE (LRC) - ASSOCIATE LOCATION : Hyderabad & Mohali Number of vacancies - Multiple Eligibility Criteria: Post Graduate in Library and Information Science with two to three years experience Desirable: Work Experience in Reputed Management Institutions, Computer Knowledge. Soft skills required: Good communication skills Take initiatives and result oriented Systematic, logical and hardworking Team player Able to interact with different kinds of customers Ability to work under pressure Job Description: The incumbent selected for LRC Associate position should be able to handle tasks involved in various sections, viz., Acquisition, Serial Control, Case Studies, Circulation and Electronic Information Services and should be able to handle the tasks independently. 1. Technical Processing a. Accessioning b. Classification c. Cataloguing d. Invoice and payment processing 2. Collection development a. identifying the resources for LRC's collection b. Resource procurement 3. Serial Control a. Journal subscription b. Invoice and payment processing c. E-journals activation 4. Reference and Information Services a. Answering to the reference queries received from user groups b. Sourcing out content for various information products 5. Information products a. Designing and deploying the various information products In addition to all the above mentioned activities, they would also need to attend to regular counter duties. Application Process: Please email your resume to career_lrc(a)isb.edu by May 15, 2012 with subject header LRC- Associates. Short listed candidates will be interviewed in person. Application Process: ----------------------------------- With best wishes, C. Jayakumar IGCAR -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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(no subject)
by ulka g 11 May '12

11 May '12

Dear members, Let us all join hands to keep this forum alive by doing our bit in anyway. It is really hard to imagine that our common platform of interaction, guidance, updates, education (the list is never ending) would be dissolved. Every great thing in this world has withstood the test of time. I am sure LIS forum will certainly make it with unified efforts. PLease let us know what can be done to launch a mission to save it. Ulka G. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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(no subject)
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 May '12

11 May '12

Thanks very much Madhan. Ronald (Roly) Keating was educated at Westminster School for boys in London, followed by Balliol College at the University of Oxford, where he read Classics. He managed several divisions of BBC, an electronic media company, for much of his professional life. And now he will be managing one of the world's largest national libraries. Incidentally, Keating never went to a library school. Same is the case with James H Billington, the Librarian of Congress, Washington DC. He read history at Balliol College, Oxford, and Princeton University and later on taught history for many years. He wrote several books on Russian history. He had also not gone to a library school for formal training. His predecessor Daniel Boorstin was trained in Law and taught law for several years but wrote many history books and even won a Pulitzer Prize for history. He had also no formal training from a library school. In India, the qualifications and work experience prescribed for working in libraries would not have allowed Roly Keating, James Billington and Daniel Boorstin even to work in a high school or small town library. Different culture operate differently. Some insist on formal qualifications and for others it is OK if one can deliver! Keating's predecessor, Ms Lynne Brindley, of course, was a trained librarian. She studied librarianship at the School of Librarianship, University College London, where she was awarded the Sir John MacAlister award as the top student on her course. Arun On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 8:41 PM, madhan muthu <mu.madhan(a)gmail.com> wrote: British Library appoints new CEO >http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=941 >-- >Madhan, M >Manager, Library and Information Services >International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) >Patancheru, Hyderabad >India >www.icrisat.org > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Closure of NCSI
by Sunil MV 11 May '12

11 May '12

Dear Professional Friends, It is indeed moving news about National Centre for Science Information (NCSI). I happen to witness its legacy in 1999 when Dr. TBR was heading the team. My friends were the interns of NCSI training program. My interactions with them have sharpened my technology skills. Till today, I was looking forward for training programs organized by NCSI. I rarely missed their programs. My sweet memories goes back to recall my participation in some of their programs. The last program that I attended, couple of years back, was the hands-on workshop on PMBILS and VuFind organized by Dr. Anuradha. It is not disparaging to others, if I tend to think that probably NCSI lost its glory along with Dr. TBR. The flagship training program was stopped in 2007 (?) and the talks, guest lectures and workshops which were very often in NCSI events calendar became very rare. NCSI was regarded as a center which showcased its performance of having all qualities and facilities to become i-School (Information School) producing professionals tuned perfectly to corporate and special libraries. MLISc completed graduates were eager to join NCSI with a strong career aspirations. I am saddened to understand that such an institute has been officially closed in 2012. LIS Forum was one of the offshoot services from NCSI. This was start quite early before other professions were yet to understand the concept of online discussion forum. Now, LIS-FORUM has grown as a big banyan tree. I am sure it has members from all parts the world. I am sure Dr. Francis will convince IISc to support this Forum which keeps NCSI in our mind and heart. If not, I would plead for taking over of LIS Forum by some Library Associations or LIS Departments at Universities or the NSCI alumni Network or some reputed libraries. I am sure that this will be a great contribution to the LIS community. I [We] wish to continue to have my [our] email inbox with [LIS-Forum] in subject line. With Sincere Regards, -- *Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail* Sunil M.V. Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Main Road Siddharthanagar Post Mysore - 570 011 KARNATAKA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Closure of NCSI
by N.S. Harinarayana 10 May '12

10 May '12

Dear Professional Friends, “The National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), IISc, Bangalore, does not exist anymore… With the closure of NCSI, there is a question mark about its continuity from the IISc domain”. This news came to me as a thunder shock. I am not sure how to react. I thought, after all it is the internal policy decision of IISc and I do not have to react. But, next moment I lost myself in my thoughts about the duo – NCSI and LIS-FORUM. My mind became philosophical. Quotes like “all good things come to an end”, “As beautiful as the sun shines, it always sets”, “Don't cry because its over; smile because it happened” , etc started bombarding my mind. Which course of thought I should take? I did not find answer for this. NCSI always reminds me of Dr.T.B. Rajashekar. I haven’t had any formal association with NCSI at any point of time. But unknowingly the institute became close to my heart. I did take advantage of their knowledge and services when I was doing my doctoral degree. I was one of the beneficiaries to get their SDI service when I became teacher at University of Mysore. I consider it as one of the knowledge hubs in LIS in India. Probably, this is the reason why it pains me when I hear the news. I can’t imagine my mail box without mails from [LIS-FORUM]. At this juncture, I have to congratulate the moderator for being truly ‘democratic’ in his approach. I think that is the precise reason why the LIS-FORUM became a sine-qua-non for Indian LIS fraternity. It was one of the main sources for me to keep myself updated. I am really muted to hear that it might not continue. Probably this might be the last posting in LIS-FORUM from my side! Recently I was discussing with one of the senior respected professional. He was concerned about the situation wherein many leading libraries have not filled ‘Chief Librarian’ posts. Added to the burn, the good institutes like NCSI have become part of history. I am forced to ponder upon the question whether the Indian LIS profession is at the crossroads? -- N.S. Harinarayana Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419788 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Closure of NCSI
by latha krishnaprasad 10 May '12

10 May '12

I am really shocked..... Kindly continue atleast the professional platform LIS-FORUM which is the best platform to keep ourselves updated even for the non-working library professionals.I can't imagine my mailbox without LIS-FORUM mails which is so informative & educative. Kindly consider our request to continue the service & keep us updated all the time as earlier. Hope we are not disappointed -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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closure of LIS FORUM
by Muruli Acharya 10 May '12

10 May '12

Dear LIS Professionals, LIS Forum has been an informal teacher for me for years. Innumerable library professionals who do not have a set of people to guide in person for resolving the professional issues have found it very useful and helpful. I became a member of LIS Forum a number of years ago. Since then, I have been depending on LIS Forum for valuable guidance. My association with this forum has helped me with every step of my professional activities. The Indian LIS community felt proud for having such a wonderful platform like LIS Forum which constituted a platform for integrating and sharing the knowledge. The forum even the facilitated the document delivery which has been crucial for library professionals. It is a very heartbreaking to know that NCSI is coming to an end which intern puts a full stop to LIS Forum. I strongly recommend that LIS Forum should continue to be alive without which the Indian LIS professionals would have a hard time for obtaining the updates in LIS field. I wish to state that, many other branches of since which came into existence, still do not have a forum such as LIS Forum to integrate and disseminate the knowledge. I have noticed people from science and technology field who whole heartedly praised the system (LIS Forum) that LIS people have to communicate with counterparts and harmonize the information sources. I request all the people who are in the management of NCSI and LIS Forum to kindly approve for continuing this magnificent and efficient mailing list. -- Muruli Librarian, Power System Training Institute (PSTI), National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Bangalore, India -- 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 abdul rasheed 10 May '12

10 May '12

Dear All, Can any one provide the below article, is requested by one our research scholar Method of Measuring and Specifying Colour Rendering Properties of Light Sources Source -Color Research & Application volume 20 issue 3 , 1995 page 212 Abdul Rasheed A Library Assistant University LIbrary Pondicherry University Mob. 8807835871 9846907723 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Alagappa University - DEC approval letter
by Arun Adrakatti 10 May '12

10 May '12

Dear Professional Friends, Could you please share, if somebody is having a copy of a letter (order No.F.No.DEC/AU/KKD/TN/4425/2008, dated 24.11.2009) received form DECEx-post facto approval for 108 programs, offered through the distance mode of Alagappa University. http://www.alagappauniversity.ac.in/dde/dec_approval.php This letter is required for the pay fixation at our organization. Thanks in advance. -- Thanks & Regards Arun F. Adrakatti Head - Library & Information Center Gogte Institute of Technology Khanapur Road, Udyambag, Belgaum - 590008. Karnataka, INDIA Ph: 0831 - 2498515 Cell: + 91 9739049099 Mail: arun(a)git.edu, Librarian(a)git.edu Web: www.git.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NCSI: A Melancholic end
by Vasanth 09 May '12

09 May '12

Dear Sir/Madam, It is very sad to know the closure of NCSI (National Centre for Scientific Information). Since its inception in 1983 NCSI has played a very significant role in providing support for enhancing the quality of LIS education in India through its flagship program of training LIS graduates in Information and Knowledge Management (IKM). NCSI, through its IKM training program not only trained our young LIS professionals to manage digital information, NCSI laid the foundation for redesigning and re-modifying LIS curriculum in many universities across India to move with the changing information landscape. NSCI has also provided a way to many of the LIS professionals who trained in IKM program to move to corporate world. Today we can see many of the LIS professionals working in corporate sector with new and diversified designations (information scientists, information manager, knowledge manager, information executives, domain experts etc.). Another significant contribution of NSCI is the establishment of India’s first institutional repository for archiving scholarly communications of the IISc research output. NSCI has also played a major role in imparting training for establishing IR in many of the research organizations and universities in India. It is appropriate to remember Late T. B. Rajshekar for making NCSI one of the best institutes for training Library graduates in Information and Knowledge Management. NCSI under his leadership had seen tremendous growth. When he was heading the institute NCSI was the entry point for many of the LIS graduates for repositioning their career in LIS profession. His sudden and untimely death made NCSI orphaned. The only way to offer tribute to T. B. Rajshekar sir is through keep LIS forum active. Hope Dr. Francis Jaykanth would be succeeding in keeping LIS forum running through IISc server and abreast all of us every day as it has been since 1997. ------------------------- 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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Rare 270-year-old book found in Charleston Library Society vault will be returned to college
by Jayadev P Hiremath 09 May '12

09 May '12

Rare 270-year-old book found in Charleston Library Society vault will be returned to college (Bruce Smith/ Associated Press ) - Archivist Trisha Kometer holds up a rare 1743 book at the Charleston Library Society in Charleston, S.C., on Monday, May 7, 2012. The volume, which was found in the vault of the Charleston Library Society, really belongs to the College of Charleston and will be turned over to officials from the college at a ceremony later this week. - [image: (Bruce Smith/ Associated Press ) - Archivist Trisha Kometer holds up a rare 1743 book at the Charleston Library Society in Charleston, S.C., on Monday, May 7, 2012. The volume, which was found in the vault of the Charleston Library Society, really belongs to the College of Charleston and will be turned over to officials from the college at a ceremony later this week.]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_404h/2010-2019/Wires/Online/2012-05-…> - [image: (Bruce Smith/ Associated Press ) - A rare 1743 book is shown at the Charleston Library Society in Charleston, S.C., on Monday, May 7, 2012. The volume, which was found in the vault of the Charleston Library Society, really belongs to the College of Charleston and will be turned over to officials from the college at a ceremony later this week.]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_404h/2010-2019/Wires/Online/2012-05-…> - [image: (Bruce Smith/ Associated Press ) - Pedestrians walk past the Charleston Library Society in Charleston, S.C., on Monday, May 7, 2012. A rare 1743 book was found in the vault of the Charleston Library Society, but really belongs to the College of Charleston and will be turned over to officials from the college at a ceremony later this week.]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_404h/2010-2019/Wires/Online/2012-05-…> - [image: (Bruce Smith/ Associated Press ) - Archivist Trisha Kometer poses for a photo with a rare 1743 book in the vault at the Charleston Library Society in Charleston, S.C., on Monday, May 7, 2012. The volume, which was found in the vault of the Charleston Library Society, really belongs to the College of Charleston and will be turned over to officials from the college at a ceremony later this week.]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_404h/2010-2019/Wires/Online/2012-05-…> By Associated Press, Published: May 8 CHARLESTON, S.C. — A rare book almost 270 years old has been found in the vault of the oldest library in the South, but after all this time the library won’t be able to keep it. The 1743 tome, “Dissertation Upon Parties” by Henry St. John Lord Bolingbroke, was one of 800 volumes that planter and diplomat John Mackenzie donated to the College of Charleston in the 1700s. His library was housed at the Charleston Library Society, founded in 1748, until a proper library could be built at the fledgling college. But a devastating 1778 fire ripped through the Library Society and only 77 titles from the Mackenzie collection were thought to have survived. The 78th, the Bolingbroke book, was found as part of a multi-year search through the Library Society vaults to record the thousands of volumes it contains. After centuries, the book about political parties, with Mackenzie’s name embossed on it, will be returned to College of Charleston officials at a ceremony on Thursday. A check of the Internet showed that 15 copies of the Bolingbroke book remain in existence, mostly in academic libraries. The survival of that many copies of a book that’s almost 270 years old shows it was popular at the time. Library records show the society used to have two copies of the Bolingbroke book. Library archivist Trisha Kometer says the contents of its vaults, one of which is located behind an antique shop on Charleston’s King Street, remain unclear. “We have lists but because the library itself has been moved from place to place to place, the collections have been integrated, they have been pulled apart and a lot has gone on during the years,” she said, making it difficult to tell for sure. During the Civil War, for instance, the collection was moved from Charleston, which was bombarded throughout the war by union gunners, to the state capital of Columbia 120 miles inland. The recent search of the archives has already turned up several other gems that librarians didn’t know were there. They include two letters written by Alexander Hamilton and a unique third letter written by John Marshall, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, to South Carolinian Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, who helped draft the Constitution. “It was written the day that Thomas Jefferson was sworn in (as president),” Kometer said. “John Marshall was the one who actually swore him in. He started a letter to Charles Coatesworth Pinckney in the morning and then he took a break and came back at 4 o’clock to finish the letter and said I have just administered the oath.” Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Warm regards. Jayadev P Hiremath Independent Libraries Professional (Former Librarian - IBS,Kuwait) E-mail : jayadevh(a)hotmail.com LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jayadev-p-hiremath/44/12a/2a0 Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/people/Jayadev-P-Hiremath/603802230 -- 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 Harish Y S 09 May '12

09 May '12

Dear sir one of our faculty member required Following journal articles, you are one of the co author to this article if available send this article to below address or email attachment. 1. Design Optimization of Rubber Engine-Mount Based on ANSYS Journal Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 143 - 144) Volume Electrical Information and Mechatronics and Applications Edited by Xudong Wang, Baoyu Xu and Shaobo Zhong Pages 480-484 DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.143-144.480 2. Vibration Control and Design of Vehicle Engine Mount Activated by Magnetorheological Fluid Journal Advanced Engineering Forum (Volumes 2 - 3) Volume Mechatronics and Information Technology Edited by Qingkai Han, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Chang-Hyun Oh and Zhong Luo Pages 1077-1081 DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.2-3.1077 -- Regards Harish Y S Librarian National Institute of Engineering, Manandavadi Road, Mysore-8, Mob - +919886384826 -- Regards Harish Y S Librarian National Institute of Engineering, Manandavadi Road, Mysore-8, Mob - +919886384826 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Bronze cast of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Details request - reg.
by preedip balaji 09 May '12

09 May '12

Dear All, Do you know any bronze cast of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan? If so, kindly let us know the details, if possible with the sculptor contact and address. Thank you. Prof. A.R.D. Prasad (Convener - ICTK-2012) Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (I.S.I), 8th Mile, Mysore Road, R.V. College Post, Bangalore - 560 059, Karnataka INDIA Phone: +91-80-2848 2711 Fax : 91-80-2848 4265 E-mail ID: ictk2012(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in ardprasad(a)gmail.com -- Kind regards,Preedip Balaji B. DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore - 560059 Ph: (80) 2848 3003 Ext: 494 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OA in the UK
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 May '12

09 May '12

Friends: Both the Government and the academia in the UK are taking positive steps to bring all of UK science into open access. The UK Government has enlisted a celebrity like Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia fame to promote open access. But in India neither the Government (the Ministers of HRD and S&T, the Secretaries of the different science departments, chairman of the UGC) nor the leaders in the academic world (with a few exceptions) have shown any enthusiasm for mandating open access to publicly funded research. I wrote a short article in the North Indian editions of Indian Express: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/cancel-the-subscription/946723/0. I give below a blog post from 'scienceintelligence' and a short writeup from Wired.UK. Best wishes. Arun From http://scienceintelligence.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/oa-free-gateway-to-uk-r… OA: free Gateway to UK Research The UK government’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) recently released a report – titled ‘Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth’ – stating that all scientific research funded by British taxpayers will be made available online free of charge. The website, to be called ‘Gateway to Research’, will eventually incorporate research funded by other bodies, under the government’s plan. It has been observed that much of the high-energy physics research community currently uses a system of open access online publishing. The arxiv.org website, an online repository set up in 1991, offers almost all high-energy physics research for free. Despite this, established physics journals have reported no decrease in subscriptions. Janet Finch, former vice-chair ofKeele University,UK, has been assigned the responsibility to investigate how theUKmight set up something similar for all its taxpayer-funded science. She is expected to report in the first half of 2012 but, meanwhile, the UK Research Councils will be reminded that research papers from the work they fund should be made as widely available as possible. The announcement is reportedly part of a growing trend towards open access, following the success of the free journals PLoS One and Nature Scientific Reports. http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/innovation/docs/i/11-1387-innovation-a… http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-05/08/jimmy-wales-open-access-scie… Jimmy Wales: charging to access publicly-funded research makes 'no sense' By Olivia Solon 08 May 12 It makes "no sense" to charge the taxpaying public to access academic research that they funded in the first place, argues Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. Wales has been consulted by the government to help make all taxpayer-funded academic research in the UK available online. The initiative was announced last week by universities and science minister David Willetts. He will help the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the UK Research Councils to develop new ways to distribute research data and studies. Wales told Wired.co.uk in an interview: "Particularly in a time of austerity, it makes no sense to charge the public (through their taxes) to support research, and then to charge them again to read the very research that they paid for. The authors don't get paid, the reviewers don't get paid, and yet the traditional journals sell for a lot of money. A nice spot at the trough, if you can get it, but it's time for us to disrupt things." Wales was talking about major academic publishers including Elsevier, Springer and Wiley-Blackwell, which charge high subscription charges, which libraries and other publicly funded bodies are forced to buy in very large bundles for hundreds of thousands of pounds. As a result, the publishers have impressive profit margins -- Elsevier's was 36 percent (making £724m on revenues of £2bn in 2010). Despite the fact that most other publishing companies have found their business models severely disrupted by the internet, academic publishers' stranglehold on some of the most respected journal titles and tight subscription model has meant it has taken a while for the status quo to be challenged. However, critical momentum has been growing and a protest called The Cost of Knowledge has emerged, with more than 11,000 researchers putting their name to a petition against Elsevier. They can pledge to refrain from doing editorial work for any of Elsevier's journals, from publishing their studies through the company or even refereeing any studies published through the company. Since the launch of the site, The Wellcome Trust has announced plans to withhold funding unless researchers make their publications freely available. Wales argues that an open access scheme such as the PLoS ONE model could be adopted in the UK. He says that he's happy for traditional journal publishers to compete in an open market with open access journals. "The competition will force prices down and they'll be forced to justify their existence to paying customers," he added. Open access journals tend to require the author to pay to have an article published once it has been peer reviewed. If the articles qualify, authors are asked to pay a fee of around £1000 to £3000. The fee goes towards coordinating the peer review process and managing the website. Wales believes that with the push towards making publicly funded research open access, traditional journal publishers will "probably" still have a sustainable business model, but "at a much reduced level of profits". He added: "Electric lights didn't put candle makers out of business, after all. But they surely changed the way they think about their market." Despite all of the talk about disrupting business models, Wales is most interested in how open access models could improve science. He says: "We now have the possibility for millions of people to read and learn from academic publications directly, through the web, allowing a much richer global conversation about knowledge. If, in order to participate in a dialogue with historians, I have to have the resources of a well-funded university library at my disposal, and the time to go there, then I'm essentially excluded. But if their work is available for me to read for myself... how wonderful." One of Wales' first challenges is to advise research councils on the "Gateway to Research" initiative, a site that will link to publicly-funded UK research all over the web. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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State Level Conference
by Prince Agashe 08 May '12

08 May '12

Dear Sir / Madam, It gives me an immense pleasure to inform you that,*Samarth Mahavidyalaya, Lakhani , Distt. Bhandara (M. S.) *is organizing* *State Level Conference on* “Role of Academic Libraries in Knowledge Society” *should be held on October, 2012. Brochure will be send as early as possible. Conference Theme: *“Role of Academic Libraries in Knowledge Society”* The following sub themes have been identified but not limited to them for submitting the papers *Subthemes * Ø Impact of academic Libraries in Higher Education Ø Academic libraries in IT era. Ø Academic libraries at cross roads. Ø Role of Academic Libraries in knowledge society. *Who can Participate* Library and Information professionals working in academic institutions, R & D Centers, Corporate and Public Libraries. *Guidelines for authors * * * Research paper should be original work & not published earlier & based on the above theme and subthemes. It should be single spaced on A4 size paper with font size 12, New Times Roman . Name ,Designation, Email ID, communication address with Tel No. of authors/co-authors should be mentioned in the paper . Word limit for full text is about 2000-2500 & for abstract in about 150. Paper should be in MS word (with two hard copies and one CD) and send it on following address Last Date of Paper Submission is* August, 15, 2012.* *Dr. S.G. Poharkar Dr. D.R. Gabhane* Principal &Chief Convenor Librarian & Organising Secrtary State Level Conference (LIS)2012 State Level Conference (LIS)2012 Samarth Mahavidyalaya Lakhani Samarth Mahavidyalaya Lakhani Distt Bhandara(MS) Distt Bhandara (MS) *Dr. Prince Agashe, Librarian, MSS Institute of Social Work, NAGPUR- 10. (m) 8007391295* *Dr. Prince Agashe* *Librarian* *Matru Sewa Sangh Institute of Social Work* *Bajaj Nagar, NAGPUR - 10. INDIA* *Email : princeagashe(a)gmail.com* *(M) 8007391295 * -- 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 LIS professionals in India
by Kshirod 08 May '12

08 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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CSI eNewsletter May 2012 issue
by HRMohan 08 May '12

08 May '12

Dear all, The May 2012 issue of CSI eNewsletter can be accessed at http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2012-05-01.pdf [1] and also at the CSI KM Portal http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/enewsletter [2] For the archives of this newsletter, pl. visit http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-archives.htm [3] or at http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/archives [4] You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. With regards HR Mohan Chairman -- eNewsletter Committee, IEEE CS & PCS Madras http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ [5] Contents ======= -- Internet Hall of Fame -- Machine Learning Lectures by Professor Andrew Ng, Stanford CS Dept -- Multilingualism and the Internet -- Protection Against The Advanced Persistent Threat -- Data Classification; a scalable approach to managing sensitive data -- Unified Storage For Dummies: Oracle Special Edition -- ERCIM News -- Video: All your devices can be hacked -- Securing Data in the Cloud--10 Critical Questions to Ask Your Cloud Provider -- Insight Guide: Commercial Business Insurance -- 2012 web security report -- Demystifying social media -- Can India lead the mobile-Internet revolution -- Competing through data -- Cloud Benefits 101: What's In It for You? -- 10 critical ERP upgrade mistakes -- Five cloud-based PM tools to suit a wide range of projects -- 10 ways to look your best on social media -- Fraud alert: Phishing -- the latest tactics and potential business impacts 2012 -- Young Innovators Competition -- Video: Robots that fly ... and cooperate -- Open Government Platform - OGPL -- Video: PowerPoint presentations How Not To Make -- How To Succeed As An Executive -- Announcements -- ICT Events -- ICT News: Voices & Views -- ICT News: Telecom, Govt, Policy, Compliance -- ICT News: IT Manpower, Staffing & Top Moves -- ICT News: Company News: Tie-ups, Joint Ventures, New Initiatives -- Book: Drupal - The Guide To Planning and Building Websites (Wiley India) -- Book: QC 10, QTP 10 and Automation Framework - Automating Automation (TMH) -- Book: Software Engineering (Pearson) -- Book Summary: The Power of LEO: The Revolutionary Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results -- Book Summary: Growth or Bust!: Proven Turnaround Strategies to Grow Your Business -- About the CSI-eNewsletter -- Contributions to CSI-eNewsletter InfoQuiz-2012-05-01 (NINE Prizes to Win) ============================== FOUR Prizes of Rs. 500/- each, THREE books, TWO free one month access to Business Book Summaries) 1. "Software gets twice as slow every eighteen months" is known as ------ Law. 2. Bangalore is the first city to get the 4G services in India. State True or False 3. Google : Google Drive = Microsoft : ------ 4. ------ beat Nokia to the top position in the global handset market in the first quarter of 2012. 5. ------ became the first Indian IT company to cross the $10 billion (revenue) milestone. Email your answers by 31st May 2012 to csi.infoquiz(a)gmail.com [6] with subject "infoquiz-2012-05-01". Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. There are NINE prizes to win. TWO prizes of Rs. 500/= each by SRA Systems (www.srasys.com [7]) and TWO prizes of Rs. 500/= each by VictoryMind Educare Services. THREE prizes will be in the form of books which are briefly reviewed in this edition of the newsletter. They are being offered by Wiley India Pvt. 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article request
by Biju Varghese 07 May '12

07 May '12

Dear friends, Send me the below article if you have this one. Its urgently needed to one of the research scholar. Title :*Effect** **of** **plumbagin** **free** **alcohol** **extract** **of* * **Plumbago** **zeylanica** **Linn.** **root** **on** **reproductive** ** system** **of** **female** **Wistar** **rats.* Authors: *Sandeep** **G* <../pubmed?term=>, *Dheeraj** **A*<../pubmed?term=> , *Sharma** **NK* <../pubmed?term=>, *Jhade** **D* <../pubmed?term=>, * Bharti** **A* <../pubmed?term=>. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine (2011), 4, (12), 978-984. ** -- Biju V V Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala Ph: +919446143971 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of Post Graduate Trainee
by Kiran Khamitkar 07 May '12

07 May '12

Dear Professionals, Applications are invited from post graduates who are highly motivated to pursue their career for the following position:Library Trainee Positions: 3 Qualification: Post-graduate in Library & Information Science (M. Lib. Sc.) with basic degree in Science (preferable). Students who have appeared for final exam and awaiting results may also apply. Additional Qualification: Basic Knowledge of computer and preferably working knowledge of any library software and open source software. It is also desirable that the individuals are familiar with the preservation and conservation procedure of the library materials. Age limit: Below 25 years Tenure of position: Two years Emoluments: Rs.16000/- per month (inclusive of all) in the 1st year and Rs.17000/- per month (inclusive of all) in the 2nd year. Place of posting:Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) Bangalore For more details: http://www.iiap.res.in/files/Library%20Trainee.pdf -- Thanks with Regards, Kiran S Khamitkar, Library Trainee, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, 2nd Block, Koramangala, Bangalore- 560 034 M. No. +919743156689 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Admission Notification TISS : PG Diploma in Digital Library and Information Management 2012-13
by Satish Kanamadi 07 May '12

07 May '12

Dear Professionals, Greetings! Centre for Library and Information Management Studies, Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai is happy to announce admissions to the programme "Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Library and Information Management" for the year 2012-13. This cutting edge, one year dual mode programme uses contact classes for on campus and Moodle e-learning platform for its off-campus sessions.It is aimed at creating trained manpower to handle digital libraries and electronic resources. There is a burgeoning need for trained librarians in the light of national priorities like National Mission on Education through Information and Communication technology (NME-ICT) and National Knowledge Commission (NKC).This programme will equip librarians with skills of digital library and information management to play a bigger role in their organizations. The salient features of this programme are well crafted curriculum, sound theory and experiential learning unique to TISS Last date for submission of application is 29th June 2012 Please visit the following websites for prospectus and application form. http://www.tiss.edu/announcement/short-term-programmes-2012-13/admissions-t… http://library.tiss.edu/pgdlim.html We will also be happy to answer your queries. Thanking you, Prof.Muttayya Koganuramath Centre for Library and Information Management Studies SDTM Library Tata Institute of Social Sciences Deonar MUMBAI -400088 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Satish Kanamadi PhD Deputy Librarian Tata Institute of Social Sciences V N Purav Marg, Deonar MUMBAI -400088 INDIA Tel: 91-22-25525283 Email: satish(a)tiss.edu ; kanamadi(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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Help your students become better searchers
by Jayadev P Hiremath 07 May '12

07 May '12

Web search can be a remarkable tool for students, and a bit of instruction in how to search for academic sources will help your students become critical thinkers and independent learners. With the materials on this site, you can help your students become skilled searchers- whether they're just starting out with search, or ready for more advanced training. http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/index.html Warm regards. Jayadev P Hiremath Independent Libraries Professional (Former Librarian - IBS,Kuwait) E-mail : jayadevh(a)hotmail.com LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jayadev-p-hiremath/44/12a/2a0 Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/people/Jayadev-P-Hiremath/603802230 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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7 Words or Phrases to Never Say or Write Again
by Jayadev P Hiremath 07 May '12

07 May '12

By Roy Tennant <http://www.thedigitalshift.com/author/rtennant/> We all have our pet peeves, so here are some of mine, many of which were sparked by ideas from the Twitterverse (attributions below), so . These are words that in our opinion long ago outlived their usefulness, especially in a digital library realm, but that we still can’t seem to shake: - *OPAC* — Some days I think I will die a happy man *if I never, ever hear this again*. The shelf life of this pronounceable acronym should have been somewhere on the order of 3 years — instead, we’ve been saddled with it *for 30*. Why? I have no idea. It was ridiculous to begin with. Let me break it down for you. OPAC stands for Online *Public Access*Catalog. Why, pray tell, the “public access” bit? Because in the very earliest days, most automation systems in libraries were back room affairs. They simply automated the check out process, but they weren’t initially designed for the public to see or use. So when we decided to expose it to the public, the words “public access” were added. Brilliant. So now, some 30 years later, librarians *still* say “OPAC” as if that has any rational meaning to anyone presently living. So STOP already. - *Webmaster* — There are so many synonyms for managing a web site I hardly know where to begin, but this one seems to me to be the most prevalent. The only good part of this to me is that it prevents me from seeing such atrocities as *Webwizard*. It’s Web Manager, people, or something similar. You aren’t what most definitions of “master” mean, *nor do you wield magic*, you have a set of technical skills that are well between your average reference desk librarian and your hard-core coder. Get over yourself. - *E-Reading* — Yes, this monstrosity is out there<http://www.google.com/search?q=ereading>. It’s *reading*, people. Who cares what device, printed volume, street sign, codex, or disk <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaistos_Disc> you are performing this act upon. You are *reading* — making sense of symbols, whether they are chiseled into a tablet or lit up by the latest e-paper technology. - *Bibliographic Instruction* — I mean really. Who on this planet would rush to take part in *bibliographic instruction*. “Oh, wait, me! Pick me!” And this is from someone who did his fair share of this at one point in his career. I guess I know how deadly it can be. Don’t ever let this leave your lips around real humans, or prepare to be a pariah<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outcast>. By the way, three different people nominated this on Twitter. I think it’s time to put it away for good. - *Library 2.0* — At the risk of sparking a religious war, I (and at least two of my Twitter followers) nominate this term for the dustbin of history, never to be seen again. Believe me, I get the motivation. I subscribed to *Business 2.0* before it met an untimely demise in the wake of the dotcom crash. I understand it is meant to signal a different way of doing things. From that aspect, it speaks to me, since I’ve been advocating a different way of doing things since oh, let me see, *the last 35 years*. But “Library 2.0″ never really spoke to me, and I found myself bristling at the idea that libraries were unchanging institutions before the Library 2.0 crowd came along. Well, let me take you back to the early 1980s — before the Internet, even before personal computers. Libraries have been changing *a lot*. I know, since I’ve lived it. But then I guess the Young Turks <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Turks>always need to revolt against the *status quo*. You won’t find me manning the parapets of the *status quo*, but you might find me arguing with the terminology of those attacking said parapets. - *Copy cataloging* — I know that this has stood us in good stead for many years, but they were *pre-Internet* years. Of course we needed to put a copy of a record in our local systems. But with the Internet, libraries are increasingly questioning the need to *have* a local system. Why have the headaches? Just identify what you have in some catalog in the sky and get on with it. At least that’s what I would do. - *Cybrarian* — I’m shocked to have this here, but since at least two people nominated it, it must still have some kind of life. What a ridiculous term. I remember from the early days of the Internet, where someone at UC Berkeley took on the moniker of “CyberBear”. I mean, puhleeeze. *Shoot me now*. So say it with me, “We solemnly swear to never let these words or phrases escape our lips or typing fingers for as long as we shall live.” There. Now it wasn’t all that difficult, was it? ------------------------------------------ Warm regards. Jayadev P Hiremath Independent Libraries Professional (Former Librarian - IBS,Kuwait) E-mail : jayadevh(a)hotmail.com LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jayadev-p-hiremath/44/12a/2a0 Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/people/Jayadev-P-Hiremath/603802230 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Columbia Library Columns/Bates College Digital Library
by Jayadev P Hiremath 05 May '12

05 May '12

Columbia Library Columns http://library.columbia.edu/content/libraryweb/indiv/rbml/digitalcollection… Most institutions keep records of their various activities, and university libraries are no different. Columbia University's Library published its in- house "Columbia Library Columns" from 1951 to 1996. Over the years it was edited by several people, including Kenneth A. Lohf, Jean Ashton, and Michael Stoller. This remarkable archive brings together the entire run; all told, it includes 135 issues and 6,900 pages. Visitors can browse the table of contents, peruse a list of all the volumes, and also perform a detailed keyword search. The Selected Articles of Interest collection brings together some of the most compelling offerings, such as "The John Jay Papers," "Instructing Women: Conduct Books in the Plimpton Library," and a rather intriguing piece from 1978 titled "The Library of the Future Has Books." Bates College Digital Library http://digilib.bates.edu/cgi-bin/library.cgi Bates College in Lewiston, Maine has created this site to provide access to some of the holdings in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library. Appropriately enough, the library holds the papers of Muskie, who served as the governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, and then as one of the United States senators from the state from 1959 to 1980. One of the collections here consists of more than 400 interviews with individuals who knew, affected, or were affected by Senator Muskie. Visitors to the site can browse each interview, and in many cases, the interviews include an audio recording, a transcript and a summary sheet. Interested parties can search for particular words in each transcript and browse by interviewer, interviewee, and interviewer number. In addition, the site includes access to some of the 10,000 historic photographs of Bates College. This section of the site documents the life of the institution from 1875 to the present day, and users can search for photographs of classroom activities, clubs, dorm life, and theater. ------------------------------------------------- Warm regards. Jayadev P. Hiremath Independent Libraries Professional Former Librarian - IBS,Kuwait) E-mail : jayadevh(a)hotmail.com LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jayadev-p-hiremath/44/12a/2a0 Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/people/Jayadev-P-Hiremath/603802230 <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jayadev-p-hiremath/44/12a/2a0> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop
by Pradip Das 05 May '12

05 May '12

*Dear Professionals* * It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies ( NMIMS**), Shirpur Campus (MS) is organizing a two day’s National Workshop on “Web Technology and Skill Development for LIS Professionals **”* * * * Resources Persons:* * * *·* Dr. Mahendra Jadhav, Dy.Librarian, IIT Chennai *·* Dr. Shubhada Nagarkar, Asst.Prof.DLIS, Pune University, Pune *·* Prof. Charu Dubey NMIMS Mumbai *·* Ms. Swati Limaye, British Council, Pune *·* Two Resource Persons from Corporate *Venue:** * *SVKM’s NMIMS,* * Learning Resource Centre (Central Library)* *Mukesh Patel Technology Park, * *Shirpur Campus, Dist- Dhule (MS), * * **Workshop Dates **: – 1st – 2nd June 2012 * * * *No. of Participants:** – 60 only (on first come first serve basis.)* * **Last date for Registration: -** 25th May 2012* * **For more details Pl go through the attached PDF* *Thanks * Contact Person: Ravindra M. Mendhe Deputy Librarian, & organizing secretary y SVKM's NMIMS ( Deemed to be University Mumbai) Mukesh Patel Technology Park Shirpur Campus, Bank of Tapi River, Mumbai - Agra Road, Shirpur, Dist- Dhule- 425 405, MS, India Tel: 02563 -286545 , 9403503789 email: ravindra.mendhe(a)nmims.edu, , ravindramendhe@ <ravindramendhe@g> gmail.com Blog: www.ravindramendhe.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Permissible number of lose books after stock verification
by silent listener 05 May '12

05 May '12

Dear fellow professionals, I would like to know is there any rule which help the Librarian against book lose.We have conducted stock verification in our self financing Engineering College Library and found some books missing.The management demand us to impose a common fine from students or to collect the compensation from library staff. I would be greatful if I get expertise regarding the matter so that I can claim the management regarding the rule. Waiting for your valuable comments. JOSEPH ZACHARIA +91 9947997767 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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