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CONFERENCE ALERT (Oct-Dec 2011) - ICSSR-NASSDOC
by SN Chari 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

Dear All, NASSDOC has brought out the current issue of Conference Alert (Oct-Dec 2011). It is a quarterly Calender of forthcoming conferences, seminars, workshops, courses, etc., in social sciences and other cognate disciplines. The main objective of this publication is to disseminate advance intimation about the forthcoming conferences and seminars to interested scholars so that they may consider participating in such events. Please click on the following link to access the Conference Alert http://icssr-nassdoc.blogspot.com/ S N Chari Documentation Officer ICSSR-NASSDOC 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi - 110001. http://icssr-nassdoc.blogspot.com/ http://libercafe.blogspot.com/ http://www.icssr.org/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Please publish this LIS forum
by ravish krishnamurthy 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

Dear Moderator, Request you to kindly publish this in LIS group Mailing list Two Dialogical Half-Day Workshops on Purusartha and Human Development and Literature, Human Development and Social Transformations[1]<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_f…>, Oct 18, 2011 at IBA Bangalore *Workshop *1 *Purusartha and Human Development* *Purusartha* was an important frame of life in classical India which talked about realization of meaning and excellence in terms of four cardinal values and goals of life--* dharma* (right conduct), *artha* (wealth), *kama*(desire) and *moksha* (salvation). It provided paths of human excellence and social frame in classical India. But its implication for human development and social transformations in the present day world has rarely been explored. This is not surprising as much of the vision and practice of human development is Euro-American and suffers from an uncritical one-sided philosophical and civilizational binding. But in our workshop, we wish to explore mutually transforming implications for dialogue between *purusartha*and human development. We are challenged here to rethink both purusartha and human development. In traditional schemes, purusartha is confined to the individual level and rarely the challenge of purusartha at the level of society has been addressed. In our conventional understanding elements of purusartha such as dharma and artha are looked at in isolation. But we would have to overcome an isolated constitution of elements of *purusartha* and look at them instead in a creative spirit of autonomy and interpenetration. Much of illness and ill-being both in traditional societies as well as in our contemporary ones emerges from isolation of these elements for example, * artha* (wealth) not being linked simultaneously to *dharma* (righteous conduct) and *mokhsa* (salvation). Similarly we are challenged to rethink vision and practices of human development which can learn from visions of purusartha in creative ways in the process both opening purusartha and human development to cross-cultural, cross-religious and cross-civilizational dialogues. For instance, it is helpful to explore what are the parallels of purusartha in other religious and civlizational streams such as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Chinese civilizations. Our dialogical exploration here is inspired by the seminal work of Daya Krishna, the inspiring philosopher, who tells us: The development of new *purusarthas* in the history of a culture or civilization would perhaps be one of the more important ways of looking at man’s history as it will emphasize ways of making his life significant in the pursuit of new ends of a different kind. [..] The emergence of any new * purusartha* on the horizon of human consciousness should be seen as a breakthrough in human history, providing the possibility of a new kind of pursuit not available earlier. We wish to explore what may constitute a new purusartha for our times. We wish to submit practical spirituality which simultaneously addresses the challenge of food and freedom, *anna* and *ananda*, as one such possible * purusartha* of our times. The new *purusartha* of practical spirituality goes beyond a gendered fixation and helps us realize that our *purusartha*lies in being creative mothers. There is a feminization of spirituality now where spiritual realization lies in our capacity to be mothers to ourselves, each other and society. Human development as human blossoming, collective self-realization and planetary realizations calls us to be mothers including making our society and state a space of mothering where society and state provide a space for self-realization as mothers and do not function only as spaces of control. This involves a reconstitution of both space and time as today much of our insecurity also emerges from an anxiety about time and being helpless victims of spaces of capital. A new *purusartha* of practical spirituality reconstitutes space and time as our mothers but this reconstitution calls for transformation of capitalism and a new spiritual realization of our own capacity to generate time as mother and not only selling our time in the media of money and market. The new *pursuartha* of practical spirituality transforms human security and social quality in the directions of human blossoming, inclusion of the other and planetary realizations. In our workshop we explore the following themes: Purusartha: Its classical and contemporary meanings Purusartha and the Challenge of Cross-Religious and Cross-Civilizational Dialogues: Parallels of Purusartha in other Religious and Civilizational Streams Representation of Purusartha in Creative Literatures Purusartha and Human Development: Rethinking and Transformation Beyond Happiness Economics and the Calling of Anna (food) and Ananda (bliss) Rethinking Artha, Dharma, Kama and Moksha: Contemporary Challenges and Insights from Studies on Human Development Integral Development Purusartha and Human Development: Towards a New Yoga and Tantra of Human Development * Workshop 2* * Literature, Human Development and Social Transformations:* *A Dialogue* * * Do not give me scissors, Give me a needle to stitch Since I do not cut. --Baba Farid. Writing is a question of becoming, always incomplete, always in the midst of being formed..It is not the first two persons that function as the condition of literary enunciation; literature begins only when a third person is born in us that strips us of the power to say “I.” […] *To write is also to become something other than a writer*. Gilles Deleuze (1997), “Literature and Life,” pp. 225, 230 (emphases added). The new critics are critically aware. They are beginning to adapt themselves to the new fact that literature is not a special pursuit and this cannot be cultivated away from life, that it is very much a part of life and society. And what is more, it has not only to interpret life and society as they are, it has to probe deeper to find out why they are, what they are and upon that context, to suggest new directions and impetuses. This new criticism will not simply destroy; it will also fulfill and provide us with the next insights! Chittaranjan Das (1982a), *A Glimpse into Oriya Literature.* In order to speak of a social pathology [..] we require a conception of normality related to social life as a whole. The immense difficulty involved in this project has been made evident by the failure of social-scientific approaches that have sought to fix the functional requirements of societies solely through external observations. Since what counts as a developmental goal or as normality is always culturally defined, it is only by a hermeneutic reference to a society’s self-understanding that social functions of their disorders can be determined. Thus we may have a defensive possibility of speaking of social pathologies within a culturally contingent notion of normality, since we can limit ourselves to an empirical description of what a given culture regards as a disorder. [..] *A paradigm of social normality must, therefore, consist in culturally independent conditions that allow a society’s members to experience undistorted self-realization*. [..] The question then becomes crucial whether it is a communitarian form of ethical life, a distance-creating public sphere, non-alienated labor or a mimetic interaction with nature that *enables individuals to lead a well-lived life.* --Axel Honneth (2007), *Disrespect: The Normative Foundations of Critical Theory*, p.34, 35, 37, emphasis added Reflections on literature, culture and society in contemporary India and various initiatives in literary and cultural criticism as they have been carried out in the academic portals of our land have deliberately chosen not to make a dialogue with movements of criticisms and creativity emanating from the soils and spaces of India, especially the non-metropolitan ones. Our theorists of literature and culture and our academic interpreters of life who have always claimed a larger than life role for themselves have almost always looked up to the West for direction and inspiration. Whatever emerges there— whether it is modernism or postmodernism, structuralism or post-structuralism—immediately arrests our attention. We rarely make an effort to rethink these theories and methods nor are we interested to carry on a dialogue with the reflections on the human condition emanating from different non-incorporated and non-metropolitan spaces of India. While discussing contemporary interlocutors such as Jacques Derrida, Michael Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and old masters such as Jean-Paul Sartre, we do not feel an urge to bring some of the creative and critical interlocutors from contemporary India to have a dialogue with these thinkers and thoughts and thus widen our universe of discourse. Even the so-called moves of post-colonial theory and criticism as they have come to pass in the institutional corridors of India and the West are part of a metropolitan reflection on the human condition and embody very little urge and desire to talk to people in their mother languages and have a dialogue with creative litterateurs and critics who choose to write in our mother languages (despite the temptations and the imperial gaze of the global). In this context of the hegemony of the global and the decimation of the local, our workshop seeks to explore new horizons of literature, philosophy and social transformations that emerges from creative struggles from mother languages of India and in dialogue with liberatory perspectives from the whole world. This discusses the seminal contribution of Chitta Ranjan Das, a creative seeker, writer and experimenter from Odisha who just left his mortal body on Jan 16, 2011 as a prelude to a connected and much wider discussion on literature, philosophy, human development and social transformations. Today reflections on human development and social transformations rarely involves meditations on literature and cultural creativity. A case in point is the vision of human development offered by Amartya Sen. Sen talks about capability but there is very discussion on creativity by Sen though this is touched upon by his collaborator philosopher Matha Nusssbaum. In our workshop, we wish to pursue such issues. Invitation: These two workshops are being co-nurtured by Dr. Subhash Sharma, IBA, Bengaluru and Dr. Ananta Kumar Giri, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai. You are most cordially invited to these workshops. Pl send your abstract within 250 words by Oct 10, either to Dr. Sharma or Dr. Giri at re_see(a)rediffmail.com / aumkrishna(a)yahoo.com ------------------------------ [1]<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_f…>These workshops are part of our collaborative dialogues involving Foundation for Asian Blossoming, Indus Business Academy and Acharya Institute of Management Sciences. Thanks and Regards, Ravish Sr. Librarian, Indus Business Academy, Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Citation by Citation, New Maps Chart Hot Research and Scholarship's Hidden Terrain
by Dhanukumar Pattanashetti 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

Dear Professionals, Greetings for the day. Interesting article on new ways to identify and analyze patterns in millions of journal citations. http://chronicle.com/article/Maps-of-Citations-Uncover-New/128938/ Best, Dhanukumar Pattanashetti www.ieee.org/go/clientservices -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for journal article
by Mahesh Moolya 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article. Please send me. J Assoc Physicians India. 2000 Feb;48(2):204-6. Evaluation of cardiac function in iron deficiency anemia before and after total dose iron therapy Mahesh Moolya Jr. Librarian K S Hegde Medical Academy Dearalakatte Mangalore 575 018 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgent IATLIS Message
by Jagtar Singh 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

All members of IATLIS are requested to send their latest postal and email addresses for IATLIS Communication (in case of change of address) at the email id: iatlis.patiala(a)gmail.com Those who want to become Life Members of IATLIS are requested to send the duly filled in membership forms along with Demand Draft of Rs. 1000/- in favour of IATLIS, payable at Patiala to: The General Secretary, IATLIS, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002. The membership form is available on IATLIS website accessible via the URL: http://sites.google.com/site/iatlishome/mebership-form We also request you kindly to let us know about the death of any IATLIS member or LIS Professional, if any, from November 2010 till date. Kindly treat it as most urgent. All the best. Dr. Trishanjit Kaur, General Secretary, IATLIS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of Library Assistant on Contract - Central Library, IIT Ropar
by Dinesh Siddaiah 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Punjab invites applications for the post of Library Assistant on contract basis (recruitment is through agency). * * Name of the Post: Library Assistant Nature: Purely Contractual Duration: One year (likely to be extended) Essential Qualifications: First Class Master’s degree in Library & Information Science or Equivalent. Desirable Qualifications: Knowledge of working in Library Management Software, Digital Library Software. The candidate should be skilled, highly motivated and quick learner of usage of modern digital library activities. Experience: 1-2 years of working experience in reputed libraries. Fresher’s possessing the above qualifications and credentials can also apply. Age: Not more than 28 years as on 15/09/2011 Salary: Rs. 15,000/- p.m. (consolidated) Important Note: The selected candidate should be ready to work in evening and night duties. Interested eligible candidates are requested to send their detailed CV to library(a)iitrpr.ac.in Best Regards, Deputy Librarian, Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Nangal Road, Rupnagar, Punjab - 140 001. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Condolence message
by Mailing List Admin 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:14:28 +0530 From: Jai Haravu <haravu(a)newgenlib.com> I was saddened to learn of the demise of Sri Ramananda. I knew him from his HMT days and did meet him a few times at meetings and seminars. He was very professional and had earned a good name for his work. May his soul rest in peace. Haravu

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CONDOLENCE MESSAGE
by Sadasivan KP 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Shri Ramananda was a well respected professional with proven credibility in the industrial information system development in India through his contributions in HMT. I vividly remember the DRTC Annual Seminars during 1970s, wherein his role was significant and highly visible – particularly the Seminar with the Theme 'Information Analysis and Consolidation' , wherein he had a solid contribution to project, based on his successfully operational systems and services launched by him at HMT. The then young professionals like me really got inspired on the possibilities of information for action in a real life environment! We had a fleet of pioneering and committed LIS professionals in the country during those days. With his sad demise, the strength of that ‘endangered species’ has become invisibly thinner ! On behalf of Kerala Library Association and on my own, I respectfully pay our homage to Shri Ramananda ! KP Sadasivan President Kerala Library Association Trivandrum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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39th Five Laws Lecture (2011)
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

DRTC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE and SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO THE 39th FIVE LAWS LECTURE (2011) on Discovery platforms: Technologies, tools and issues by Shri. Saiful Amin Manager, Learning Services Edutech India Pvt. Ltd Bangalore on Tuesday, 27th September 2011 at 6.30 pm. at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, (Upstairs), 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar Bangalore 560 010 Professor A.R.D. Prasad DRTC/ISI, Bangalore Centre Bangalore 560059 Presides -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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A Century of LIS Education in India
by Bairam Khan 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

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FlexiLearn offering courses
by Subir Mukherjee 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

FlexiLearn IGNOU Open Courses Portal offering courses IGNOU with the approval of the Academic Council initiated the FlexiLearn Portal for free and easy access to open courses of the Indira Gandhi National Open University. The FlexiLearn platform ( http://www.ignouflexilearn.ac.in) was launched by Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Hon’ble President of India on November 19, 2009. At present more than 800 courses in various disciplines are available on the platform. The courses are offered as open courses wherein, anyone can register free of cost to access online courses. With approval of the Competent Authority these courses are now being opened up for certification on payment of requisite fees. To earn a degree or diploma, the learner will however, have to fulfill minimum eligibility requirements and complete the programme as per laid down norms (minimum duration and evaluation requirements for successful completion of the programme). Special application has to be made by the applicant for consideration of awarding degree / diploma. Guidelines for offering courses on FlexiLearn <http://www.ignouflexilearn.ac.in/flexilearn/?q=node/145> ==================================== SUBIR KUMAR MUKHERJEE Central Library Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University PO Belur Math, Dist Howrah, West Bengal Pin Code: 711202 Email:subir.mukh@gmail.com <http://www.rkmvu.ac.in/> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations to Ms. Sunita Pareek to join as Associate Editor of IJODLS
by arjun k 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Congratulations to Ms. Sunita Pareek, Poornima Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jaipur to being Associate Editor of International Journal of Digital Library Services (IJODLS). http://www.ijodls.in/editorial-board.html -- -- With regards Arjun Associate Editor International Journal of Librarianship and Administration & International Journal of Library Science -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainee at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
by Hemanta Kumar Biswal 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Dear All, Biju Patnaik Central Library, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela invites application for the position of Trainees in the field of Library & Information Science for two years duration Name of the Post: Library Trainee Minimum Qualification: A Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline followed by Master of Library and Information Science (MLISc). Or Master’s Degree in any discipline with Bachelor of Library and Information Science (BLISc) Or Associateship in Documentation and Information Science awarded by DRTC/NISCAIR or its equivalent. No. Of Posts: 10 Stipend Rs.5000/- (1st Year) 6250/-(2nd Year) Duration: Two Years Components of training: Advanced Training in Library Acquisition of Print and Electronic Resources, Classification & Cataloguing. System, Automated Circulation System, Digital Library Information System, Information Management & Services, Information Retrieval and Dissemination, etc. Date of Written Test: October 22, 2011 (Time: 9.00 AM to 10.00 AM) Date of Interview (for qualified candidates only) : October 22, 2011 (Time: 2.00 PM) Venue : Biju Patnaik Central Library, NIT Rourkela Age : Below 30 years Candidates fulfilling the above requirements may send their applications in the prescribed format (see enclosure/attachment) along with Xerox copies of all certificates addressed to the Professor In-Charge, Biju Patnaik Central Library, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela-769008, Odisha on or before October 10, 2011. Trainees would be expected to work on any of the two shifts including night shifts (up to 10.00 PM), Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Hostel accommodation may be provided if available. The applications other than this format or incomplete applications are liable to be rejected. For details visit http://nitrkl.ac.in/ Note: The Institute will have no obligation to absorb the trainees on completion of the training. The Library Trainees will be relieved at the end of the training. Thanks, Hemanta Kumar Biswal B.P.Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela -- 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 Mahesh Moolya 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article. Please send me. P. Kushtagi and K. S. Deepika, Amniotic fluid index at admission in labour as predictor of intrapartum fetal status.*Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology*, July 2011, Vol. 31, No. 5 : Pages 393-395 -- Mahesh Moolya Jr. Librarian K S Hegde Medical Academy Dearalakatte Mangalore 575 018 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Announcement
by Rasmita Mohanty 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

**Announcement for the* 1st International Conference on Digital Library and Electronic Information Management and Control (ICDLEIMC)-2011* Dear professionals*,* I am pleased to inform you all that KIIT University is organizing “*1st International Conference on Digital Library and Electronic Information Management and Control (ICDLEIMC) 2011*” at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, during *8th to 10th* October, 2011 Original papers and case studies on problems, issues, challenges and emerging trends of Digital Library and Electronic Information Management shall be among many other subjects to be discussed in this International Conference. An Early Bird Registration Process has been completed for ICDLEIMC 2011. *Conference objectives:* The objective of the conference is to juxtapose the library professionals with IT professionals for the management and control of the electronic information with regards to Digital Library. This interaction is expected to create an understanding of the needs to manage the Libraries of today with the advent of new technology. * Target Audience and Participants:* ICDLEIMC 2011 will witness cross-disciplinary participation by Library and Information Science Professionals Information Scientists Knowledge Managers IT Professionals Educationists Electronic Publishers Information providers and vendors Policy makers All stakeholders in the digitization and knowledge business industry **Sub Themes:** - Planning, development and management of Digital Libraries - New Technologies and adaptability - Digital Library Development: Technical Issues - Web design and Interfaces - Digital Preservation - Digital Resource sharing and Networking: Consortia, Open Archives etc. - Content organization and knowledge management - Information Storage and Retrieval for global access - User studies and system evaluation - E-learning - Multilingual information retrieval system and Unicode - Organization of traditional and electronic Resources cataloguing, metadata, XML, Dublin Core, New Generation Catalogues, etc. - Indexing and Classification in a digital Environment, Taxonomies, Information architecture, Ontology, Natural Language Processing, - Resource Discovery Tools-Search Engines, Directories, Semantic web, Information audit etc. - Digital Library services - Copy right issues in Digital Era **Important Dates :** Deadline for abstract submission 1st May 2011 Notification for Acceptance of Papers 1st June 2011 Final Paper Submission 22nd August 2011 For registration, author guidelines, format for submitting the papers and for all other details please visit the conference website under the URL http://www.kiit.ac.in/icdleimc2011/index.htm. For further queries contact : ICDLEIMC 2011 Secretariat -- Mrs. Rasmita Mohanty [MLISc(Gold Medal), UGC-NET, PGDLAN, PGDCA] Organizing Secretary, ICDLEIMC-2011 ----------------------------------------------------------- Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences Kushabhadra Campus, KIIT Campus-5, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar-751 024, ODISHA, INDIA. Mob:- +91-9692450319, Tel:+91-674-2725472, 2725415,2725708 Fax No: +91-674-2725708. Email:library@kiit.ac.in, rasmita06(a)gmail.com, ranjitkumardaskims(a)gmail.com Web: http://www.kiit.ac.in/icdleimc2011 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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InfoVision 2011 Summit-The Data Differential- September 24-25, 2011. Bangalore
by shalini＠isim.ac.in 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

ISiM (International School of Information Management --- University of Mysore -- presents InfoVision 2011 September 24-25, Bangalore ISiM, in collaboration with TDWI-India Chapter, DAMA, CSI, ACM, IEEE, and others is organizing InfoVision 2011 during September 24-25, Bangalore. InfoVision 2011--the fifth in the series, is hosted by Infosys and sponsored by Wipro. The theme is " Data Differential". The data (internal and external, structured or unstructured) can open up unmatched opportunities for gaining information insights. This summit would deliberate on how information management through the maze of big data, analytics, and the cloud, can help businesses to achieve excellence and differentiation. Objective is to explore the latest technology landscape and best practices in information management. (http://www.isim.ac.in/infovision2011/ [1]) ---- FREE but criteria apply. Registration is mandatory--- For a deep dive into the world of analytics and insights, register for this event: Day 1 Registration: http://www.infovision2011day01.eventbrite.com/ [2] Day 2 Registration: http://www.infovision2011day02.eventbrite.com/ [3] SUMMIT SESSIONS: * Big Trends in IM - Opportunities and Challenges * Transformational Challenges with Big Data and Cloud * Government Data and Macro Data environment (India) - UID * Data for Business Differentiation Insights and Experiences * Fundamentals of Analytics--under the hood peek for the uninitiated THEMES: * CXO perspective on how to leverage data for business differentiation and competitiveness * Explore the latest technology landscape, share best practices and technology workshops * Explore value proposition of BI from the perspectives of Businesses, Products/Technology, Service Providers, End user expectations with case studies, challenges and issues with the adoption of this technology * Understand domain specific demands and strategies to leverage "evidence based" decision making * Alignment and the role of academia in generating new talent for next generation workforce --- Enquiries :Contact ISiM office (email : office(a)isim.ac.in : Call Athif : +919886772356) -- 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 Links: ------ [1] http://www.isim.ac.in/infovision2011/ [2] http://www.infovision2011day01.eventbrite.com/ [3] http://www.infovision2011day02.eventbrite.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Opportunity to host Wikipedia Workshops
by Mailing List Admin 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:09:28 +0530 From: Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc(a)gmail.com> Dear sir/madam, Wikimedia has collaborated with KALA in the past, where in we organised a talk on GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) by LyamWyatt. I think the recent report on a wiki academy will be of interest to the members of the list and will also encourage some of them to host such academies to improve the knowledge. Request you to release my mail to the list. Cheers Arjun Wikimedia Chapter, a Not for Profit independent society closely working with Wikimedia Foundation, has kicked of its outreach activities with the first Wiki Academy organised at Department of Public Libraries to familiarize people about contributing to the sum of human knowledge on Wikipedia Here is a report. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/Department_of_Public_Libraries,_Banga… Kindly get in touch if any of your institutions would like to host such event. Sincerely, Arjuna Rao Chavala President, Wikimedia Chapter http://wiki.wikimedia.in

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Condolence message
by SRELS 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Dear Professional Colleagues, I regret to inform you that Sri.B.S. Ramananda, Formerly Deputy General Manager, Central Technical Information Centre, HMT Ltd., Bangalore, passed away on Saturday, 10th September 2011. He was a student of Dr.S.R. Ranganathan at the Documentation Research and Training Centre during 1963-64. Sri. Ramananda was actively associated with the Bangalore Management Association and Thoreau Foundation. He was also once the Secretary of the erstwhile Mysore Library Association. I pray God to keep his soul rest in peace. K.N. Prasad Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job Opportunity
by Mailing List Admin 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:12:39 +0530 From: iqbal ahmad <iqbal360(a)gmail.com> Two Post of of English (UGC-NET or Phd Qualified) Govt. Added in College A. E. Kalsekar Degree College, Kausa, Mumbra, Thane, Mumbai has been vacant please contact immediately on our college address or Contact at Phone No. 022-25490404, 022-25491766 or Mail your Resume immediately on aekalsekarcollege(a)yahoo.com or contact personally on my contact no. 08268543831 Thank You, Iqbal Ahmad Ansari Librarian A. E. Kalsekar Degree College Kausa, Mumbra, Thane-400612 (Maharashtra) +91-8268543831 +91-9450427212

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workshop on Implementation of e-learning Software Using Moodle
by praveen savadi 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Dear all, U. S. Consulate General - Chennai and American Corner, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Banaglore cordially invite you along with your friends and colleague to attend the workshop on Implementation of e-learning Software Using Moodle at 10 am to 1 pm on 20th September 2011 (Tuesday) at Kincha Auditorium, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Race Course Road, Bangalore. Resource Person: Dr. M Krishnamurthy, DRTC Bangalore. No Registration Fee, (First-cum-first served basis) Please send your confirmation to Mr. Praveen Savadi or Mr. V Muralidhar Mr. V Muralidhar Manager, American Corner Mobile: 94485 54258 -- Praveen Savadi Librarian MPBirla Institute of Management Associate Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan #43, Race Course Road Bangalore - 01 Mobile: 99722 54318 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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J-Gate@25000 Seminar - Friday, 16th September - Hurry, Register Now!
by Soji Mathew 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

J-Gate, launched in 2001, is one of the earliest specialized search engines for e-journals developed by Informatics. In July this year J-Gate hit a new world record of indexing articles from 25,000 e-journals in English language. Another world record that J-Gate has created is its coverage of open access journals including 6,500 peer-reviewed journals in English. Informatics is proud and happy to celebrate this historic event with its J-Gate user community. Please join us to celebrate this joyous occasion on 16th September 2011 at 6.00 pm at Hotel La Marvella, Bengaluru Kindly note that registration is mandatory to attend this event. Please confirm your participation by registering at http://informindia.co.in/jgate25k/index.asp Programme Libraries: A writing on the web (A perspective of the future vision for libraries from what we see today) Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad J-Gate: A decade of journey and developments ahead N V Sathyanarayana, CMD, Informatics, Bengaluru Presided by Prof. K Muniyappa, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Regards, Soji Mathew | Sales & Marketing Administrator | Informatics (India) Limited | 194, R. V. Road, Basavanagudi | Bangalore - 560004, India | www.informindia.co.in | Phone: +91 80 4038 7777 Extn: 1013 | Fax: +91 80 4038 7600 | -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request
by monisha mishra 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Dear All, Good morning. Can anybody send the page no.(s) of the follwing articles from the Journal "*Indian Journal of Poultry Science*" 1) 2001, 36(3) *Genetic Analysis of Growth, Conformation and Feed Efficiency Traits in Broilers* Authors: S.C. Gupta ; R.Y. Singh; R.B. Prasad; Balvir Singh** 2) 2002, 37(2) *Inheritance of Body Weights and Egg Production in White Leghorn* Authors: P.K. Sharma ; S.K. Varma; R.K. Sharma; Brijesh Singh** 3) 2002, 37(2) *Study of Genetic parameters of broiler Sire Line* Authors : Shive Kumar ; R.P. Singh; S.K. Singh; Andharpal Singh 4) 2004, 39(3) *Heritability and Genetic Correlation Estimates in Broiler Chicken* Authors : V.P. Kumar 5) 2005, 40 (6) *Genetic Studies of Broiler Traits in Dam Line* Authors : Shive Kumar ; R.P. Singh; S.K. Singh 6) 2006, 41(1) *Genetic Parameters of IBI-91 Male Line Broilers for some Economic Traits* Authors : P.K. Mishra ; Keya Chanda; S.C. Mishra; P.K. Dehuri the above information is urgrntly required by one of our PhD scholars. regards *Monisha Mishra* *Librarian Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar Orissa* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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JASIST TOC - Vol 62, 10
by atanu 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

This was originally posted in Asist-announce list. -- Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology © 2011 ASIS&T Volume 62, Issue 10 Pages 1867 - 2083, October 2011 The latest issue of Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology is available on Wiley Online Library Editorial The intelligence disconnect (pages 1867–1868) Blaise Cronin Advances in Information Science Videogame preservation and massively multiplayer online role-playing games: A review of the literature (pages 1869–1883) Megan A. Winget Research Articles Physicians' assessment of the value of clinical information: Operationalization of a theoretical model (pages 1884–1891) Roland Grad, Pierre Pluye, Vera Granikov, Janique Johnson-Lafleur, Michael Shulha, Soumya Bindiganavile Sridhar, Jonathan L. Moscovici, Gillian Bartlett, Alain C. Vandal, Bernard Marlow and Lorie Kloda Evaluation of an information source illustrated by a case study: Effect of screening for breast cancer (pages 1892–1898) Birger Hjørland Cultural bias in Wikipedia content on famous persons (pages 1899–1915) Ewa S. Callahan and Susan C. Herring Web 2.0 according to Wikipedia: Capturing an organizing vision (pages 1916–1932) Arnaud Gorgeon and E. Burton Swanson The cognitive structure of Library and Information Science: Analysis of article title words (pages 1933–1953) Staša Milojevi?, Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Erjia Yan and Ying Ding Which cities produce more excellent papers than can be expected? A new mapping approach, using Google Maps, based on statistical significance testing (pages 1954–1962) Lutz Bornmann and Loet Leydesdorff Application of the distribution of citations among publications in scientometric evaluations (pages 1963–1978) Péter Vinkler Book reviews in humanities research evaluations (pages 1979–1991) Alesia Zuccala and Thed van Leeuwen Collaboration in computer science: A network science approach (pages 1992–2012) Massimo Franceschet Ranking of the subject areas of Scopus (pages 2013–2023) J. A. García, Rosa Rodriguez-Sánchez and J. Fdez-Valdivia Complexity and the practice of web information architecture (pages 2024–2037) Sally Burford Birger Hjørland's Manichean misconstruction of Marcia Bates' work (pages 2038–2044) Marcia J. Bates OCA: Opinion corpus for Arabic (pages 2045–2054) Mohammed Rushdi-Saleh, M. Teresa Martín-Valdivia, L. Alfonso Ureña-López and José M. Perea-Ortega Improving Farsi multiclass text classification using a thesaurus and two-stage feature selection (pages 2055–2066) Nooshin Maghsoodi and Mohammad Mehdi Homayounpour Enhancing sentence-level clustering with integrated and interactive frameworks for theme- based summarization (pages 2067–2082) Xiaoyan Cai and Wenjie Li Book Review Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice (2nd ed.) (page 2083) Michael E.D Koenig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Condolence Meeting
by rajendrababu.hanumanthappa＠wipro.com 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

KALA is organizing a condolence meeting to condole the Sad demise of Prof. S R Ijari and Shri. B S Ramananda. Date: Wednesday, 14th September 2011 @ 6.30pm Venue: Sarada Ranganatha Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Rajajinagar, Bangalore. All the LIS professionals are requested to please attend. Regards, Rajendra Babu H General Secretary, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA). Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.wipro.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SALIS 2011-National Conference - 13-15 Oct 2011 at NEC, Kovilpatti - reg
by Arunachalam Hariharan 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

NATIONAL CONFERENCE on NETWORKING OF LIBRARIES, RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGIES AND USERS IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY October 13, 2011 Pre-Conference Tutorial October 14-15, 2011 Main Conference Organized by Central Library NATIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE Kovilpatti -628 503 Jointly with Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) Venue: NATIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE (An Autonomous Institution) K.R.Nagar, Kovilpatti â€“ 628 503. Thoothukudi DT, Tamil Nadu. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE AND OBJECTIVES Networking of Libraries, Resources, Technologies and Users in the Knowledge Society Libraries are undergoing tremendous changes worldwide in the recent past due to various factors such as globalization of education, ICT revolution, information explosion, escalation of cost, etc. The expectations of the present day users from the library and LIS professionals are changing enormously. Knowledge resources are being made available in many formats, media and standards. LIS professionals need to acquire many skills to know about various knowledge resources and also to acquire, organize, store, retrieve, and disseminate the resources using various modern IT tools and techniques. It is impossible for any library to acquire all the published documents, technologies and expertise due to various constraints to provide access to the users. Networking of libraries, institutions and resources are paramount important in the knowledge era to share not only the resources but also expertise, experience and best practices among institutions and professionals. OBJECTIVES The objective of the National Conference is to provide a platform to the professionals to explore, discuss, debate and share ideas and knowledge in the following areas of the conference themes among professionals To network the Libraries for resource sharing To empower the users in the knowledge society To sensitize the Librarians to deliver the user-oriented services in the knowledge society To connect the right users to the right resources To know more about the knowledge resources, technologies, tools and techniques for sharing the resources To discuss, debate and exchange the knowledge and ideas towards redefining the Library and Library services in the knowledge society A platform for the practicing Librarians to know about the users' expectations and requirements in the knowledge society ABOUT THE THEMES Papers are invited for presentation in the following sub-themes conformance with the main theme. Original case studies and reports on best practices will be appreciated. The given sub-themes are only indicative and not exhaustive. 1.Users' expectations, requirements, studies and behaviour in theÂ Knowledge Society 2.Knowledge Resources andÂ collection building and organisation 3.Connecting the right users to the right resources 4.Knowledge Resource sharing among Libraries: e-resources, models, consortia, cost- benefit, limitations, key players,Â etc 5.Digital Libraries: standards, software, initiatives, Knowledge / Institutional Repositories/Archives, case studies, preservation 6.Open Access Initiatives (OAI) - OpenÂ Source tools and technologies for sharing knowledge and dissemination 7.Technology implementation for networking institutions, resources and users â€“ standards, Internet, web tools, etc.. 8.Marketing and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) 9.IPR and Copyright issues in sharing knowledge resources 10.Information Literacy, LIS Education and Human Resource Management INVITED PAPERS Each session will focus on a specific emerging topic with special keynote address by subject experts from various reputed institutions across the country. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Authors are requested to submit two hard copies of full papers and a soft copy on CD as per the specifications: format: MS-WORD, font: Times New Roman, size: 12, space: 1.5 Line, paper size: A4, column: single, reference style: APA style, keyword: 2-5 words, abstract: 100 - 200 words, full paper length: 3 to 8 pages in camera-ready form along with the Registration Fee. Charts, graphs, photographs if absolutely essential only any be inserted at the proper place in the paper. Maximum of three authors only can contribute a paper. An author can send maximum two papers only.Â Â Papers will be accepted only if it is prepared as per the conference specifications and with registration fee. A declaration by the author(s) should be given separately stating that the paper has not been presented / published elsewhere. Papers accepted for presentation will be intimated to the first author by e-mail. The decision of the editorial committee regarding the acceptance of the paper for presentation will be final. Last date for submission of Papers 13.09.2011 Last date for Registration 07.10.2011 PRE - CONFERENCE TUTORIAL Topic: Social Networking Tools Date :13th October 2011 PANEL DISCUSSION TopicÂ Â Â :Â Next Generation users' expectations DateÂ Â Â :Â 15th October 2011 at 04.00 p.m. REGISTRATION FEES Programme Individual Deputed Conference & Tutorial Rs. 1000.00 Rs. 2000.00 Conference Rs. 800.00 Rs. 1500.00 Tutorial Rs.600.00 Rs. 800.00 25% concession will be given to regular students in the registration fee. Non-member has to pay Rs. 100/- extra. The Registration fees may be paid through D.D. in favour of The Principal, National Engineering College payable at K.R.Nagar,Kovilpatti and addressed to the Organizing Secretary. Best paper Awards: Best paper awards for the students and working professionals will be given separately for the best paper published and presented in the conference. Good quality papers presented in the conference maybe considered for publication in SALIS Journals. Conference website: All the announcements about the conference will be made available in the conference website only @ www.nec.edu.in and also at: http://autolib-india.net/salis Participants are requested to visit the conference site regularly to know about the progress of the conference. NATIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE (NEC) National Engineering College was established in the year 1984 by a renowned philanthropist Kalvithanthai Thiru. K. Ramasamy, and is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to Anna University of Technology, Tirunelveli. The college is accredited by NBA, New Delhi. NEC offers six undergraduate and seven postgraduate courses in Engineering, Technology, Research and Doctoral programme in various departments. It has the state-of-the-art laboratories, a well-stocked Library and the best computing facilities besides well qualified and experienced faculty. Since its inception NEC has achieved national standing in terms of academic performance, co-curricular and extra curricular activities and also in its growth and commitment to social service. The standard of excellence of our teaching is reflected in the success of our students in industry both in India and abroad. CENTRAL LIBRARY Central Library is the Learning Resource Centre which acts as the knowledge hub for the academic activities of our institution with a mission to provide knowledge gateway to the user community with the state of the art technologies.Â A fully air-conditioned modern Library building is housed in an area of around 29585.68 sq.ft. An e - Library is equipped with the 2 mbps broad band Internet, 20 mbps leased Line connectivity and 2 mbps wireless (RF) connectivity for the users. All the library services have been automated on modern line. Library is enabled with wi-fi technology and security systems with Closed Circuit Television System (CCTV). SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (SALIS) SALIS is a registered professional body, which actively involves in the development of all spheres of Library and Information Science by organizing various programmes such as seminar, lectures, training programs, conferences, etc., on emerging areas. It has many chapters across the country to provide services in the respective regions. One of the objectives of SALIS is to train the LIS professionals to handle the latest IT tools and techniques more effectively and efficiently in order to provide quality based services. SALIS publishes journals, books, newsletter to disseminate latest information to the professionals. SALIS instituted many awards to encourage the LIS professionals. ABOUT KOVILPATTI National Engineering College is located on the Kovilpatti â€“ Tirunelveli National Highway (NH7), 4 km south of Kovilpatti - a town well connected by road and rail. The airport at Madurai isÂ 90 km from NEC. Kovilpatti is surrounded by a lot of entertainments, historical and spiritual places such as Courtallam Falls, Nellai Gandhiamman temple, Tiruchendur Murugan temple, Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple, Pathmanathapuram Palace, Rameswaram, and Vivekananda Rock at Kanyakumari. FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS K.Karunai Raghavan Organizing Secretary & Librarian National Engineering College K.R.Nagar, Kovilpatti - 628 503, Thoothukudi Dt, Tamil Nadu necsalis2011(a)gmail.com, tnneclibrary(a)gmail.com Cell: 91765 76503, 94437 21864,97904 38230 Phone : 04632 248 990, 222 502, 230 277 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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