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Need Article
by Manjunath Ealiger 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

Dear Library Professional, One of our Faculty member has urgently required the below mentioned article for his research purpose. It would be highly appreciated if anyone can send this article to us. *1) Article : The attitudes of medical students to the objective structured practical examination.* * **Author : Malik SL, Manchanda SK, Deepak KK, Sunderam KR.R.* * **Source : Medical Education * ** * Volume : 22, Issue No : 01 (January 1988)* * **Pages : 40 **to 46* ** *2) Article : Objective structured practical examination: A New Concept in Assessment * * of laboratory exercise in preclinical sciences. Author : Nayar U, Malik SL, Bijlani RL Source : Medical Education Volume : 20, Issue No : 03 (May 1986) Pages : 204 to 209 * Thanks and regards. Manjunath Ealiger Librarian ESIC - Medical College & PGIMSR, Bangalore - 560010 -- With Regards, Manjunath Ealiger GENOHELIX Librarian Bangalore -- Thanks and regards. Manjunath Ealiger Librarian ESI- Medical College & PGIMSR, Bangalore - 560010 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of JUNIOR LIBRARIAN at Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
by amit uraon 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

Dear Sir/Mam, Institute of Banking Personnel Selection *(IBPS)* invites application for the post *Position : JUNIOR LIBRARIAN* pay scale: Rs.9300-34800 Age : 21-30 years * * *Desired profile of the candidate: * A Master’s Degree in Library Science / Information Science / Documentation Science or an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and a consistently good academic record with knowledge of computer and library softwares. * * *Online Application date:* - * * Commencement : 23.02.2012 - Last date of submission : 05.03.2012 For more detail please visit the website: http://www.ibps.in or, http://www.ibps.in/career_pdf/Careers_in_IBPS.pdf With Regards, *Amit Uraon* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Questionnaire
by Mailing List Admin 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:32:22 -0800 From: parul mohan <parulm.parul3(a)gmail.com> I am Parul Mohan, doing my MLIS from IGNOU. As a part of my Project work i am conducting a small survey on "USE AND APPLICATION OF SOCIAL NETWORK IN LIBRARIES: A STUDY " Survey consists of two sections A and B, where Section A comprises of general information and Section B comprises of survey related questions. You are requested to spare few minutes of your valuable time to complete this survey. This will help me to complete my MLIS Project of IGNOU. The responses will be solemnly used for research purpose only. Please follow the following Link to access the survey Or Copy and Paste the following link in your browser to launch the survey http://kwiksurveys.com?s=LJLMMG_dff43731 (You can also suggest some important question related to this survey in order to improve the quality of it, further if you feel any correction in the question, the suggestions are welcome) Thanking You. Parul Mohan Student MLIS, IGNOU Enrollment No: 093737128

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Invitation to 20th New Delhi World Book Fair
by Beenu Bhalla 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

Dear Maderator, Kindly post this message to entire community of LIS-FORUM as day by day interest in books in weaning but they are the foundation stone of knowledge and the email contains information about the book fair and presence of Jones and Bartlett and other publishers in it. Thanking you, With best regards, Beenu Bhalla Dear LIS Community Members, Greetings!! This is to inform and update all of you that 20th New Delhi World Book Fair is begining from 25th February to 4th March 2012 at Pragati Maidaan Delhi. Jones and Bartlett Learning www.jblearning too would be like last year displaying our entire range of products there at Hall Number 12A, Stall Number 68-71. The idea is to encourage maximum number of people to this fair and following is the link to World Book Fair page of National Book Trust which gives you complete information about other participants as well. http://www.nbtindia.org.in/innerPage.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/20WBF2012.aspx Thanking you and looking foward to seeing you in the Fair. With best regards, Beenu Bhalla General Manager Jones and Bartlett India Pvt. Ltd 4262/3 Ansari Road, Daryaganj New Delhi-110002, India Mobile 91 9818752790 Telephone: 011-43613900, 43613901, 23258325 Fax: 011-23280359 E-mail: beenu(a)jbpubindia.net Website: http://www.jbpubindia.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prof Kaula Endowment Lecture
by Mailing List Admin 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:52:11 +0530 From: Gnanasekar A <a.gnanasekar(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends Greetings & Good Day! Please find herewith attached invite for the First Endowment Lecture - 'Prof. Kaula Endowment Lecture' on 05th March 2012 at 3.00 p.m. organized by the Department of Library & Information Science, University of Madras. All are requested to kindly join us to listen to Prof. P.S.G. Kumar. Warm regards Amuda -- INFORMATION IS POWER A. Amudavalli Professor & Head Dept. of Library and Information Science University of Madras Chennai 600 005 Phone - 044 - 25399672 (0ff.) 044 - 28453343 (Res.)

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Free Online UGC NET Guide in Library and Information Science
by Dr. Badan Barman 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

Respected forum members, We designed and develop a "Free Online UGC NET Guide in Library and Information Science" over www.netugc.com (http://www.netugc.com) website. The guide book consists of more than 250 articles on each and every topic of the NET syllabus. It also provides objective questions and answers in accordance with the latest UGC Norms. This is a complete guide to National Eligibility Test (NET) Examination of the University Grants Commission in Library and Information Science. While using the guide book kindly use the Search Button / Box to Locate the Information or use the Navigation / Browsing Options Located in the Right Hand Side Bar. I would love to have constructive feedback from the well-wishers also will be highly obliged if you kindly forward this guide book to the NET aspirants. Thanking you, Yours faithfully (Dr. Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Guwahati-781006, Assam Toll Free Number: 1800 345 3613 Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971 / 092070 49493 Fax: 0361- 2235398. Institutional Websites: http://www.snkkhsou.org / http://www.clkkhsou.org / http://www.kkhsou.in Personal Websites: http://www.lislinks.com / http://www.lisformats.com / http://www.oajse.com / http://www.netugc.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Our paper presentation at Dravidian University
by Vimal Kumar 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

Dear Friends, Today I am start to Dravidian University, Kuppam to attend National Conference on "Emerging Trends in User Expectations for Next Generation Libraries" on 24-26 February 2012. We have prepared a paper to present there, title of the paper is " A STUDY ON MANAGING KOHA OPEN SOURCE LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING LIVE CD". I would like to meet participants who are interested in Open Source Library Management Systems and discuss recent trends. I will also bring a well customized Koha Live DVD. If you bring a blank DVD, you can obtain a copy of the Koha Live DVD. Following are the highlights of Koha Live DVD, Koha customised for ready to use, Zebra server enabled, Ready to handle Unicode charecters (Indian Languages), Customised MARC fields in cataloguing module, Webmin included for scheduling database backup, Build on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Sample reports, Simplified installation procedures, Detailed Read Me file. Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.org Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job @ IIM Tiruchy
by Veeru 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

Dear Professional, *INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TIRUCHIRAPPALLI* *1. Sr Library & Information Assistant – One post* * * *Upper Age Limit*: Not exceeding 35 years *Qualification*: Master’s degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation or an equivalent professional degree. Working knowledge in developing digital library and institutional repository is desirable. *Experience*: At least 5 years working experience in handling of library work in reputed research/educational institute and computer application in the management of Modern Library in automated, integrated and networked environment. *Job Profile*: To assist the Librarian in offering the library services to the Faculty and the students. *Salary*: Consolidated Salary will be fixed appropriately in the Pay Band: PB-2 Rs.9300-34800 Grade Pay Rs.4200 * * *For more details visit: http://www.iimtrichy.ac.in/home/administration/working_with_us/ * -- Thanks and Warm Regards Virupaksh. B. H Library and Information Assistant National Library of India, Kolkata-700027 Email Id: *veerulis(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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article request -reg
by santosh meti 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

Dear professionals,Kindly arrange to get this article for our HOD and this is most urgentfor his research. Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial SurgeryVol. 47   issue. 12   Dec 1989Page no. 1307-1310 regards'SantoshLibraianCIDS, VirajpetCoorgCell:8762987058e-mail: meti_meti(a)rediffmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Papers
by ramchander72 . 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (ISSN 0975-878X) (Peer-Reviewed Refereed Journal) Vol.3 No.1, Jan-June 2012 Dear Professionals friends, Call of paper for the IJLIM The Journal will seek quality research papers that present original theoretical approaches as well as experimental case studies related to Library Management system, article should examine concepts, analysis, new approaches and techniques pertaining to the related field. I request you to contribute your valuable papers to this Journal on any topics related Information Technology and Management. All submission will be reviewed keeping in view and accuracy and quality of contribution in this field. A certificate in this regard may also be furnished that the article has not been published elsewhere. Author direct their papers to (Mail) ijlimsociety(a)gmail.com or send to Dr. Ram Chander, Managing Editor International Journal of Library and Information Mnagement C/O Aggarwal College Ballabagarh-121004 Faridabad (Haryana) -- Dr. Ram Chander Librarian & Head, dept. of LIS Aggarwal College Ballabgarh Faridabad-121004 Managing Editor International Journal of Library and Information Management E-mail: ramchander72(a)sify.com, ijlimsociety(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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seminar notice
by Balesh Kumar 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

Sir, May I again request you to post our seminar notice on the forum: The Central Library, Sanatan Dharma College (Lahore), Ambala Cantt (Haryana) orgaises a two days interdisciplinary UGC sponsored National Seminar on DEFINING KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE on March 12-13, 2012 Iterested may attend the seminar and send the papers Balesh Kumar Librarian S. D. College (Lahore) Ambala Cantt.-133 001 (Haryana) (M) 09416073008 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Jr. Librarian
by Paramjit Singh 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

* Institute of Banking Personnel Selection <http://ibps.in/html/career.htm> * *Position : Jr. Librarian Desired profile of the candidate: A Master’s Degree in Library Science / Information Science / Documentation Science or an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and a consistently good academic record with knowledge of computer and library softwares. Age : Above 21 years, maximum 30 years as on 01.01.2012 Experience: Min. 2 years Compensation: Rs.9300-34800 (Rs.27908/- total emolument at the minimum of the scale). To be employed for 3 years to begin with and will be considered for regularization on satisfactory performance.* ** *For more details: http://ibps.in/html/career.htm* ** *Institute of Banking Personnel Selection* IBPS House, 90 feet, D.P.Road, Near Thakur Polytechnic, Off. Western Express Highway, P. B. No. 8587 Kandivali (E), Mumbai 400 101 INDIA * *Contact: 91-22-2968 7000 * * *Email: *contact(a)ibps.in <contact(a)ibps.in> * * -- *Warm regards** * * * *Paramjit Singh* *Mobile: +919911270778* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Survey on the Continuing Education Needs of Librarians
by Perin Marolia 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

Dear Friends: I am conducting a survey on the Continuing Education needs of Librarians. I am focusing at present on all librarians in Maharashtra. I request all librarians in Maharashtra to click on the following link and fill out the questionnaire. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/T7JZFMF Looking forward to a good response, Thanks and regards, Dr. (Mrs) Perin Marolia -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open access to electronic theses soon to be commonplace-JISC
by Mailing List Admin 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

From: Shalini Urs shalini(a)isim.ac.in Date: Tue Feb 21 08:29:35 IST 2012 Open access to electronic theses soon to be commonplace Doctoral theses can attract significant attention when made openly accessible in electronic form according to the respondents of a sector-wide survey of information professionals. The JISC-funded survey gives a clearer picture of progress toward electronic thesis deposit in the UK, and how universities are achieving it. Open access to electronic theses soon to be commonplace : JISC <http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jisc.ac.uk%2Fnews%2Fstorie s%2F2012%2F02%2Ftheses.aspx%3Futm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26 utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Bac%252FuabG%2B%2528JISC%2BNews%2BWeb%2BFeed%2529& h=KAQFmMMOiAQGycYjP42ihY_GFbH7G6TPj7DJQb35hCb7JWg> ----- Abstract of the Report : Sharing knowledge and research outputs is critical to the progress of science and human development, and a central tenet of academia. The Internet itself is a product of the academic community, and opening access to that communitys most important body of research, doctoral theses, is both a logical and an inevitable development. Progress toward open access to electronic theses has been slow in the UK. Much has been written on the perceived barriers and practical/infrastructural considerations that might explain this, but a comprehensive picture of that progress, and obstacles to it, was lacking. In 2010, a survey of policy and practice in UK HEIs was conducted by UCL (University College London) Library Services (commissioned by the Joint Information Systems Committee, JISC) to address this very issue. Incorporating inputs from 144 institutions currently awarding doctoral degrees, the work provides the first clear and detailed picture of the status of open access to doctoral research in the UK. The mission of the UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE) is to promote and support the interests of graduate education, and this it does through dissemination of best practice and intelligence on emergent trends; helping to shape policy and practice for the benefit of the UK HEI sector. This report contributes to that mission by bringing to the memberships attention the results of this important work by UCL Library Services; a collaboration between UKCGE and the authors of the original work, it sets out the policies and practices that emerged from the survey and also considers what has been learned about the perceived barriers to the implementation of open access to electronic theses. The 2010 survey has enabled, for the first time, a differentiation to be made between barriers that are real and those which are unfounded and/or yet to be properly validated. At the same time, the work highlights the progress made in certain critical areas, as well as those that require our greater attention. A positive picture emerges for the UK on the adoption of the electronic thesis, with the majority of HEIs surveyed expected to be providing open access to their theses in five years time. A more detailed picture also emerges regarding the primary reasons for requests to restrict access to theses, some of which, notably, apply only to electronic (not print) theses. This has necessarily given rise to new policy developments. There is positive evidence also of collaboration among HEIs to provide an efficient and robust service for accessing electronic theses; pooling their resources and expertise either in the development of their institutional repositories or in operating a joint service. The key driver of open access to electronic theses is the opportunity for UK HEIs to showcase their research outputs to the widest possible audience and enhance their impact. There are no reliable means as yet to measure this impact, but there are encouraging early indications that electronic doctoral theses attract significant attention when made openly accessible. Open access to electronic theses may therefore indeed accelerate the sharing of knowledge and the progress of scientific discovery and human development. Read the full report : Read the report <http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1339905/> <http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1339905/> --- Dr. Shalini R.Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in ISiM - Management School of IT. Technology School for IM

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REQUEST FOR ARTICLES
by Sadasivan KP 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

Dear All, I am urgently in need of the full text of the following two papers : 1. Sharma, S.K. Assessing e-Government implications Electronic Government, Volume 1, No. 2/2004 Interscience, pp 198-212 2. Shahkooh K.A, A Strategy-Based Model for E-Government Planning Computing in the Global Information Technology, 2007. ICCGI 2007. International Multi-Conference on, 4-9 March 2007, pp 45 - 45 Anybody has the related source documents in your library? If yes, please help me. Regards Sadasivan KP Consultant (Library) IIITMK Technopark, Trivandrum - 695581 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book on Design & Development of Institutional Repositories
by shivaram gowda 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

Dear Members It is highly motivating news that 25+ Indian institutional repositories have been listed in worlds top repositories ranked by M/s Sigmatrics information services, Spain (http://repositories.webometrics.info/toprep.asp) Many organizations and research laboratories of ICAR, CSIR, ICMR, etc are expressing interest in establishing institutional repositories. Recently CSIR had made it mandatory for all its laboratories to establish institutional repositories. Informative documentation, Books, and featured IR Tools will play key role in success of IRs. New book titled Design & Development of Institutional Repositories by Dr. (Mrs) Poornima Narayana, Head, Information center, CSIR-NAL has been published in the domain, which is definitely a good contribution to the existing resources available in the area. Professionals who are engaged in OA, especially in IR activities can benefit from this book to a great extent. About the book: This book attempts to study the Problems and Perspectives in Design and Development of Institutional Repositories (IR). The serial crisis leads to Open Access Movement in the world with the emergence of its prominent channel; the IRs - an Organization based service for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members. IRs provide visibility, preserve the heritage, enhance prestige of the institution, propagate/promote the research and facilitate interaction among the scientists/academicians. This study has evaluated major IRs set up in the world and especially in India in terms of IR software (commercial and open), infrastructure, archival issues, subject, document type and language in depth resulting in the evolution of suitable different IR models both in global and national context. Based on the interactions of IR managers/administrators both from world’s and India’s leading IRs and user community of scientists and academicians, key factors successful for sustainability, expertise, sound policies, guidelines and standards for establishing IRs have been evolved both at worldwide and national levels. Details of the Book Title: Design & Development of Institutional Repositories Author: Dr. (Mrs) Poornima Narayana Publishers: LAP-Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, W. Germany Pages: 404 ISBN-13: 978-3-8473-7652-1 ISBN-10: 3847376527 EAN: 9783847376521 https://www.lap-publishing.com/catalog/details/store/gb/book/978-3-8473-765… Warm regards Shivaram BS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgently needed IGNOU Mlisci Study Materials
by Shaikh.S.Simee Simee 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

Dear All, I need recent IGNOU MLISCI study materials very urgently. If any one has it please get in touch with me through mail. (sk.simee(a)gmail.com) Or please inform me as how to procure it ??? I will be very obliged. thanx -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for article
by honnappa ramannanavar 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

Dear Professionals, I request you to arrange to send the following article, which is available in the EMARALD Database. Title- Weighing it up - a literature review for the balanced scorecard Author(s): Paul Hepworth, (Army School of Catering, Aldershot, UK) Citation: Paul Hepworth, (1998) "Weighing it up - a literature review for the balanced scorecard", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 17 Iss: 8, pp.559 - 563 With regards Honnappa Ramannanavar Asst.Librarian IFIM BSchool Bangalore mob 9620714348 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Assistant Librarian Vacancy
by helplibrary 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

Applications are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian 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 <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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Open access to electronic theses soon to be commonplace-JISC
by Shalini Urs 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

Open access to electronic theses soon to be commonplace Doctoral theses can attract significant attention when made openly accessible in electronic form according to the respondents of a sector-wide survey of information professionals. The JISC-funded survey gives a clearer picture of progress toward electronic thesis deposit in the UK, and how universities are achieving it. Open access to electronic theses soon to be commonplace : JISC <http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jisc.ac.uk%2Fnews%2Fstorie s%2F2012%2F02%2Ftheses.aspx%3Futm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26 utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Bac%252FuabG%2B%2528JISC%2BNews%2BWeb%2BFeed%2529& h=KAQFmMMOiAQGycYjP42ihY_GFbH7G6TPj7DJQb35hCb7JWg> ----- Abstract of the Report : Sharing knowledge and research outputs is critical to the progress of science and human development, and a central tenet of academia. The Internet itself is a product of the academic community, and opening access to that community¹s most important body of research, doctoral theses, is both a logical and an inevitable development. Progress toward open access to electronic theses has been slow in the UK. Much has been written on the perceived barriers and practical/infrastructural considerations that might explain this, but a comprehensive picture of that progress, and obstacles to it, was lacking. In 2010, a survey of policy and practice in UK HEIs was conducted by UCL (University College London) Library Services (commissioned by the Joint Information Systems Committee, JISC) to address this very issue. Incorporating inputs from 144 institutions currently awarding doctoral degrees, the work provides the first clear and detailed picture of the status of open access to doctoral research in the UK. The mission of the UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE) is to promote and support the interests of graduate education, and this it does through dissemination of best practice and intelligence on emergent trends; helping to shape policy and practice for the benefit of the UK HEI sector. This report contributes to that mission by bringing to the membership¹s attention the results of this important work by UCL Library Services; a collaboration between UKCGE and the authors of the original work, it sets out the policies and practices that emerged from the survey and also considers what has been learned about the perceived barriers to the implementation of open access to electronic theses. The 2010 survey has enabled, for the first time, a differentiation to be made between barriers that are ³real² and those which are unfounded and/or yet to be properly validated. At the same time, the work highlights the progress made in certain critical areas, as well as those that require our greater attention. A positive picture emerges for the UK on the adoption of the electronic thesis, with the majority of HEIs surveyed expected to be providing open access to their theses in five years¹ time. A more detailed picture also emerges regarding the primary reasons for requests to restrict access to theses, some of which, notably, apply only to electronic (not print) theses. This has necessarily given rise to new policy developments. There is positive evidence also of collaboration among HEIs to provide an efficient and robust service for accessing electronic theses; pooling their resources and expertise either in the development of their institutional repositories or in operating a joint service. The key driver of open access to electronic theses is the opportunity for UK HEIs to ³showcase² their research outputs to the widest possible audience and enhance their impact. There are no reliable means as yet to measure this impact, but there are encouraging early indications that electronic doctoral theses attract significant attention when made openly accessible. Open access to electronic theses may therefore indeed accelerate the sharing of knowledge and the progress of scientific discovery and human development. Read the full report : Read the report <http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1339905/> <http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1339905/> --- Dr. Shalini R.Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in ISiM - Management School of IT. Technology School for IM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Will open access replace costly commercial publishing models?
by G Mahesh 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

A recent article in The Hindu discusses the increasing cost of research journals and highlights why open access should be widely adopted. Excerpt form the article: "Open access advocates say Indian papers appear in both Indian and foreign journals, roughly in equal proportions, but most Indian journals have a very poor circulation, many of them below 1,500; and most Indian papers appear in low-impact foreign journals. Most scientists in India are forced to work in a situation of information poverty. Others are unable to access what Indian researchers are doing, leading to low visibility and low use of their work. Thus, Indian work is hardly cited. Both these handicaps can be overcome to a considerable extent if open access is adopted widely, both within and outside the country, says Subbiah Arunachalam, an open access advocate." Read complete article at: http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/article2910344.ece ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using NISCAIR's web mail service. "" http://niscair.res.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Training Course in Research Methodology and Computer Applications in Social Science Research
by Shibu.K.M 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Dear Colleagues The Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh is organizing a Training Course in Research Methodology and Computer Applications in Social Science Research from 20th to 25th March, 2012. This training program is aimed to foster the skills and competencies in the application of research methods that students or academicians are expected to acquire. The training program will raise the general level of skills and knowledge amongst faculty and research scholars of social science and humanities by ensuring that they acquire, and can apply, basic and advanced quantitative and qualitative research skills that are responsive to the needs of social science subject areas and disciplines. *Target Group* Ø Faculty members from Faculty of Social Sciences, Commerce and Management Ø Registered Ph.D Scholars. Ø Interested persons involved in academic/social research / working in NGOs. *Intake* Number of participants is limited to 50 on first come first serve basis. *Resource persons* The classes and other activities will be guided by eminent resource persons in the field of social science research from the reputed institutions in the country. *Duration of the Training* This training program is scheduled for six days from 20-25th March, 2012. Timings: 10am to 4pm *Course content and topics* ü Information sources for research in Internet era. ü Tools and Methods of social science research. ü Writing the final thesis/ report effectively. ü Hands-on training in SPSS software packages. *Important Dates* Registration starts 24th February, 2012 Registration closes 12th March, 2012 Note:- *There is no registration fee*. D.A will be paid to the all participants on the successful completion of course as per ICSSR norms. Non local participants will be entitled to get 2nd Class return railway fare. *Accommodation* Accommodation may be arranged on nominal tariffs for the participants in the University Guest House or near by hotels on first come first served basis. Accommodation requisite should be mentioned in the registration form, if required. *Course Director* Dr. Naushad Ali P.M, Chairman, DLIS, A.M.U *Address for Correspondence* *The Course Director, TCRMCA, *Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, Phone: Tel: 0571 2700039, Email: tcrmca(a)gmail.com, chairman.ls(a)amu.ac.in. Cell: 09536767063 (Mr. Shibu K.M) *Registration Form* * * Name: Mr./Ms./Mrs./Dr./Prof.___________________________________________ Designation: _______________________________________________________ Organization: ______________________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________________ City: ________________ Pin:____________State: _______________________ Country: ___________ Phone: Office:__________________________________ Res.:__________________________Fax: ______________________________ Mobile:_______________________E-mail: _____________________________ Accommodation Required: Yes No *Travel Schedule* Date Time Mode Arrival Return Date : Place : Signature Please send the filled registration form to*: **The Course Director, TCRMCA, *Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002. Thanks and Regards Shibu K M Department of Library and Information Science Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh 202 002 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CALL FOR PAPERS (IJODLS)
by arjun k 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Dear Friends, International Journal of Digital Library Services (IJODLS) is going to release its Vol.2 , Issue-1, so you are requested to kindly contribute your original research papers, articles and manuscripts for IJODLS before 15th March 2012. You are requested to kindly send your paper as per Author Guidelines given on www.ijodls.in and send in proper manner on following topics: *Digital Libraries** Remote Access Information explosion Information literacy Copyright Intellectual property rights Intellectual freedom Library tools Web 2.0 Information Retrieval/Search Strategy ICT and Libraries Information Seeking Behavior Social Networking and Libraries RFID Biometrics Library Tools Digital Library Tools* *You are requested to kindly submit your unpublished paper with declaration of originality on E-mails given bellow undersign before **15th December 2011: * *Editor-in-Chief* *IJODLS* *chiefeditor(a)ijodls.in*** *chief_editor(a)ijodls.in*** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CALIFORNIA DIGITAL LIBRARY JOINS PKP AS MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PARTNER
by Subbiah Arunachalam 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

The University of California system supports open access to the hilt. Indian universities can follow in their footsteps. Our Vice Chancellors and Directors of higher institutes of learning should examine how CDL has achieved so much in such a short time and emulate the CDL experience in India. Arun [Forwarding from the California Digital Library, via the JISC-Repositories list. --Peter Suber.] As the scholarly publishing landscape heats up with more talk of boycotts and Open Access mandates, research libraries increasingly find themselves at a crossroads between publishers and faculty -- and eagerly working to provide new solutions to entrenched problems. The California Digital Library’s (CDL) latest foray into this space, on behalf of the University of California system, focuses on supporting open source publishing infrastructure through a major development partnership with the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). As a result of this agreement, the CDL will assist with PKP’s ongoing development and support of its open source software suite — Open Journal Systems (OJS), Open Conference Systems (OCS), and Open Harvester System (OHS), with Open Monograph Press (OMP) due for release in the coming year. Chuck Eckman, Dean of Library Services at Simon Fraser University stated: "The California Digital Library is widely recognized for its record of innovation and leadership in the domain of scholarly publishing and the SFU Library is thrilled at the prospects this new collaborative venture creates for advancing our shared scholarly communication goals." Laine Farley, Executive Director of CDL, noted, “Not only are we extremely pleased with the flexibility afforded by OJS, we are also delighted to join this growing international community and contribute to the future growth of this publishing solution.” The California Digital Library, in partnership with the University of California campus libraries, supports and encourages open access publishing initiatives within the UC system through its eScholarship publishing and institutional repository platform. eScholarship provides a suite of open access, scholarly publishing services and research tools that enable departments, research units, publishing programs, and individual scholars associated with the University of California to have direct control over the creation and dissemination of the full range of their scholarship. Home to 45 peer-reviewed journals (http://escholarship.org/uc/search?smode=browse;browse-journal=aa) eScholarship has recently transitioned to OJS as its journal management and submission system and has integrated OJS with its pre/post-print, books and working papers repository, which contains more than 45,000 UC-affiliated publications. John Willinsky, Khosla Family Professor of Education at Stanford University, Library Scholar in Residence and Professor (Limited Term) in Publishing Studies at Simon Fraser University, and founding Director of PKP stated: “Given the leadership, innovation, and engagement shown by CDL in moving scholarly communication into a digital era marked by a spirit of greater openness and sharing aimed at the advancement of learning, this partnership provides a wonderful opportunity for PKP to further explore ways that faculty and librarians can work together to make more of what we do more of a public good.” The California Digital Library provides digital library development and support for the University of California libraries and the communities they serve. The CDL Publishing Group delivers open access digital publication services to the University of California academic community, supports widespread distribution of UC research materials, and fosters new models of scholarly publishing through the development and application of advanced technologies. (For further information contact Catherine Mitchell, director of CDL Publishing at catherine.mitchell(a)ucop.edu510.587.6132.) PKP is dedicated to improving the scholarly and public quality of research. With more than 11,500 installations of Open Journal Systems (OJS); Open Conference Systems (OCS); and Open Harvester Systems (OHS) around the world, the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) has proven that open source software can be a game changer in scholarly publishing. In September 2011, PKP officially launched a major sustainability campaign to ensure the continued development and enhancement of its open source software suite and to provide better support for the growing PKP user community. To find out more about this initiative and how your site can become a PKP sponsor visit the PKP Web site at http://pkp.sfu.ca -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA National Conference on "Libraries and Development: Present and Future" on 7, 8 & 9 June 2012
by rajendrababu.hanumanthappa＠wipro.com 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Dear LIS Professionals, KALA is happy to announce The National Conference on "Libraries and Development: Present and Future" to be held on 7th, 8th & 9th June 2012 in Shravanabelagola, Karnataka, India. Special Note: . KALA Awards: Library Professionals across India are encouraged to apply for KALA Awards. For more details please visit conference website. . Best Paper Award shall be given to the best paper submitted based on technical committee's recommendations. For the conference Brochure, Registration form and other details, please visit http://www.kalaonline.com/ Conference Theme: "Libraries and Development: Present and Future" Sub Themes: · Privatisation of libraries (public libraries) with emphasis on public-private partnership · Financial resource mobilization including fee-base services · Karnataka Public Libraries Act (1965) · Metrics Management · Measuring Scholarly Impact Public Libraries: · Community Information centers; Information kiosks; Tele centers vis-à-vis public libraries. · Public Library situation in different states (situation reports) · Public Libraries vis-à-vis distance education · Collection development/ Evaluation · Staff position · Use/ User studies · Rural Libraries School and College Libraries · Library services in Schools and Colleges · School library management · Collection Development and Organization · New models of acquisition (e-books, e-journals) · Case Studies and Best Practices · Use/ User studies · Digital Libraries · Library Automation · Institutional Repositories (IR) · Library website · College Library consortia Special/ Industrial Libraries · Best practices · Web based information services · Innovative information services · Competencies/ Skills required Call for Papers Original contributions based on applications/ deployments/ research/ surveys/ best practices related to the theme and subthemes mentioned, are invited for conference presentations and poster presentations. Based on technical committee's recommendations, papers for the national conference shall be selected and published in the conference volume. Registration for all authors is mandatory for paper presentation. Paper Submission · The authors may submit their papers on or before 31st March 2012. · Papers should be submitted in a detailed format suggested below. · Acceptance of papers will be intimated to the authors by 30th April 2012. · In case of co-authors, correspondence will be sent to the first author only. · The deadline for registering for the National conference is 25th May 2012. · Accepted papers will be called for presentation based on editorial committee's scrutiny. . All the submitted papers for the conference would go through the Plagiarism Detection Process. If the plagiarism is >10%, the article would be referred back to the author for necessary revision. · Papers can be submitted through an email to Dr. K N Prasad:: kadaba.n.prasad at gmail.com Author Guidelines Manuscripts Requirements · Length: Not >10 pages maximum for a paper. However, authors are advised to write as much precise as possible. · Theme Font: Times New Roman · Font Size: Heading -20, Sub Heading -16, and rest of the text - 12. · Title: The title should be concise. · Paper Format: The paper should have the following details: o Sub-Theme of the paper to which the paper belongs to o Author's / Co-Author's name o Communication address o Contact details such as telephone number and email o An abstract of 100-150 words along with 8-10 key words · Headings and Sub-headings should be short and defined clearly · Footnotes may be used wherever necessary, which should be identified in the text by consecutive numbers, placed as superscript. · Case Studies proposed may preferably be supported by real life case examples from business/academic situations · Quality of Illustrations, Photos etc. must be good with original caption and in black and white · Tables and Figures, if any must have a brief caption written on the bottom of the figure and provide the due reference of the original work. · All text should be justified References must be in standard format as given below: · For Books: Author (Surname, initials), (year), title, publisher, place of publication. · For Journals: Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Article title. Title of Periodical, Vol (Issue), pp-pp · For Web pages: Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Title of the web page. Retrieved from http://... [Accessed on Date, Month & Year]. Venue: Auditorium, Library Building, Behind Bus Stand, Shravanabelagola, Hassan District, Karnataka. Date: 7th, 8th & 9th June 2012. Registration Fee: Rs. 2200.00: With Tutorials for Delegates (Conference Kit, Gift, Food, Accommodation, Local Site seeing and Yoga) Rs. 2000.00: Without Tutorials for Delegates (Conference Kit, Gift, Food, Accommodation, Local Site seeing and Yoga) Rs. 1500.00: For the family members accompanying the delegates (Gift, Food, Accommodation, Local Site seeing and Yoga) Tutorials would be held on 7th June 2012 for the duration of three hours. Tutorial on "Building/ Developing a Library Website Using Drupal" by experts in the Industry. The participants shall get the tutorial material on CD, including the related software. Early bird registration option is available for the registration before 30th April 2012. A discount of Rs 200 will be extended for all the above registration options. KALA members are entitled to get a Special discount of Rs.200 for all the registrations. Payment The DD/ Cheque should be drawn in favour of "Karnataka State Library Association" payable at Bangalore, Karnataka. Please send the filled in Conference registration forms and DD / Cheque to the address as below Mr. Rajendra Babu H Organising Secretary Karnataka State Library Association C/o Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) # 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block Rajajinagar, Bangalore - 560 010 Contact: +91-9916457890 / +91-9880297932 Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. 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