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KALA Monthly Lectures Series - Talk on "School Library: A living space for students" by Mrs. Vanishree on Tuesday, 3rd May 2011 @6.00pm
by Babu Rajendra 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Dear LIS Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) is happy to invite you to the Monthly Lecture Series. The fourth talk of the series has been scheduled on Tuesday, 3rd May 2011 @6.00pm at the following Address: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) # 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block Rajajinagar, Bangalore - 560 010 Title: "School Library: A living space for students". Speaker: Mrs. Vanishree M S, Librarian, Pramati Hill View academy, Kuvempu Nagar, Mysore. Abstract: "Victory is not the property of brilliant. It is the crown for those who pursue hard work with confidence and have total devotion to their goal". The profession of a librarian is one such example, where the hard work and will power works. Self confidence is one of the major qualities of a librarian. It is a very challenging job. In other jobs you have a destiny to reach, you have a target to reach, but in librarians' every day is a challenge and every user is unique. That makes the profession a more complex one and challenging as well. "School Library: A living space for students" Which includes the topics like Activity based Library Hour in the school, Celebration of National Library Week to make the children understand the importance of using resources in the library, and how good to maintain a class room library in schools. There are two library systems in a school, i.e., a main Library consists of Planning and organizing, Resources of library, Library hour/activity during library hour and Services given to the users. A class-room library consists of Planning and organizing, Resources for library, and Usage of Class-room Library. The resources of a school library are not restricted to books and e-books, but more materials and equipments which would help the children to do activities. In total a school library should be a resource centre than a store house of books. Every librarian should do their best to make the library a lively and lovely place for its users. "A librarian should put efforts in making the library a living place by giving a services which are timely, spontaneous, then one day the presence, impact and importance of the librarian will be felt at the later stages" Vanishree also would highlight the specific library services provided to Students, staff and management. About The Speaker: Vanishree has done her Diploma in Library Science, From PU college, Mysore, B.A., From University of Mysore, BLISc. KSOU, Mysore and MLISc from IGNOU. During her 19 years of service in many libraries, Vanishree has initiated and demonstrated the success of an Open Access Library in all the institutions she has worked. At present working at Pramati Hillview Academy Mysore since 6 years. It's a fully computerized library and used by maximum number of students. The library is used by children from age 3+ to 16, as well as teachers. Recently, at the invitation of NCERT, she was involved in writing a manual along with a few other professionals, for school librarians in the southern region of India. Her contribution to this manual was on planning and organization of library. She conducts many activities in the Library hour for students to enhance reading habit and effective utilization of available resources in the library. She also has a credit of successful celebration of National Library Week every year by inviting active personalities in the field. She has been recognized and invited by many schools in Mysore for planning and organizing the library. She has written few articles about Celebration of National Library week, Activity based library periods in schools, classroom libraries in school etc., school magazine and shikshana varte. Please confirm your participation. Thanks and Regards, Rajendra Babu H General Secretary Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Preservation Week Celebration
by praba 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Dear Friends,   IIA Library & Archives has brought out a “Bookmark” in celebration of the “Preservation Week”, on April 24 – 30, 2011 worldwide and distributed the bookmark to all the staff members in our Institute. The bookmark can be viewed through the following link from our Open Access Repository.   http://prints.iiap.res.in/handle/2248/5445     Thanks and Regards, On behalf of  “The Librarian” IIA, Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article
by Mahesh.. brp? 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Dear Sir, One of my faculty want to this article to his research work. can you send me if you have this article. *1. **Protective effects of fluvastatin against reactive oxygen species induced DNA damage and mutagenesis* Atsumune Imaeda, Tomonori Aoki, Yasushi Kondo, Masaki Hori, Masakazu Ogata, Hiroshi Obayashi, Goji Hasegawa, Naoto Nakamura, Kuniharu Tokuda, Hoyoku Nishino, Toshikazu Yoshikawa and Motoharu Kondo http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10715760100300041 *http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10715760100300041*<http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10715760100300041> -- *With Warm & Regards* ** *Mahesh. Y* *Assistant Librarian K.S.S.E M * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interview-cum-Informative Article by Prof. (Mrs.) S. P. Singh, DLIS, University of Delhi
by Vinod Singh 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Dear Professionals A brief interview-cum-informative article highlighting the present and future prospects in Library & Information Science Profession as well as enumerating the job profile of a Librarian have been discussed in the Wednesday's issue of Hindustan Times, supplementary Horizons, page no. 4, dated April 27, 2011. For more detail click on the link below: http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/689754.aspx With Regards, Vinod Kumar Singh Research Scholar (Ph.D) Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi-110007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re. Do you know about Indian Citation Index?
by Rabisankar Giri 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Two recent articles have been published on Indian Citation Index 1. "Indian Citation Index: A New Web Platform for Measuring Performance of Indian Research Periodicals" Library Hi Tech News Vol. 28, No. 3; 2011; at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1918328&show=abstract 2. "Indian Citation Index (ICI): A Dream of Indian Research Community Comes True" Library Herald. Vol. 49 No. 1; 2011. at http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:lh&volume=49&issue=1&ar… Rabishankar Giri --- On Wed, 27/4/11, lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Message: 2 Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:28:36 +0530 From: Subhodip Bid <subhodipbid(a)gmail.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Do you know about Indian Citation Index? Message-ID: <BANLkTiker4JDSXzHebj=c=SapMroAvRNew(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Indian Citation Index Database was developed by the KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION (DIVAN ENTERPRISE) to improve access to indigenous scientific and technical information Indian Citation Index Database (www.indiancitationindex.com) is Indian premier an abstracts and citation database of peer-review literature and provides advanced information searching and information analytics .It has covered Indian R&D literature across all disciplines i.e. science, technology, medicine, agriculture, social science and humanities get published in 1000 plus journals/ serials or in other documents. Now it has powerful tools- *To track, analyze and visualize research and researcher workflow. *Quick overview of new subject field in India. *Identify authors and author related information. * Evaluate research performance. -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Information Professional National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture invitation
by SRELS 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Dear Moderator: Kindly announce the following invitation to the benefit of the Lis forum members. Yours truly, Convenor Prof. K.S. Deshpande Edowment Lectures Committee ********************* S.D.M. College of Engineering & Technology, Dharwad Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lectures Committee, Bangalore Department of Knowlede & Learning Resource Centre Cordially invite you to the Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lectures (10) 2011 Inauguration and Key note address Shri Venkatesh Machakanur, Commissioner K.A.S Department of Public Instruction, Dharwad President Prof. A.V. Shivapur Principal, SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad on 5th May 2011 (Thursday) at 6.00 p.m. at Ra. Ha Deshpande Sabha Bhavan, Karnataka Vidyavardhaka Sangha, Dharwad Dr. Vinayak Bankapur Dr.K.N. Prasad Head, Convenor Knowledge & Learning Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Resouce Centre Lectures Committee -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INFLIBNET Newsletter and Annual Report
by Rajesh Chandrakar 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Dear All The current issue of the INFLIBNET Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 1 (January to March 2009) is available online. To access the newsletter, kindly follow the link http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/publication/newsletter/Vol.16,No.1_Jan-March2009…. The INFLIBNET Annual Report 2007-2008 is also published and available online at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/publication/annualreport/Annual%20Report07-08.pdf. Interested person can download it for the purpose. With best regards Rajesh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Informatics Endowment Lecture at MyDLIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Hi, The Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore has organised a scholarly lecture on "Technologies for the Multilingual World" by Mr. Raghavendra Udupa of Microsoft Research India on 30th April 2011 at 4.00 PM at International School for Information Management (ISiM), Manasagangotri, Mysore. Mr. N.V. Sathyanarayana, Chairman and Managing Director of Informatics India Ltd., Bengaluru will preside over the function. The Department has been organizing the endowment lecture on digital libraries since couple of years. The present lecture is the 8th one in the series. The endowment was instituted by Informatics India Ltd., Bengaluru. The endowment lecture is considered as one of the prestigious activities in the past conducted by the Department. Prof. Mallinath Kumbar, Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore is the key person in organising this year's lecture. For any further clarification, one may contact him. (mallinathk at yahoo.com; Phone: 2419389 or 2419390) -- N.S. Harinarayana Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DRTC Students Colloquium (1)
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8TH Mile, Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 DRTC Colloquium (1) 2010-2012 Web Mining: Applications and Techniques Abstract: The advent of the World-Wide Web has overwhelmed users with an enormous flood of information. The W3C provides every internet citizen with access to an abundance of information, but it becomes increasingly difficult to identify the relevant pieces of information. To be able to cope with the abundance of available information, users of the Web need assistance of intelligent agents for finding, sorting, and filtering the available information. The database research community and others have stated The Information Utility makes it easy for everyone to store, organize, access, and analyze the majority of human information. Web mining tries to address this problem by applying techniques from data mining and machine learning to Web data and documents. The attention paid to web mining, in research, software industry, and web- based organization, has led to the accumulation of significant experience. This colloquium will address the issues of web mining, taxonomy, the various algorithms used in different research fields, its use and future applications. TOPICS SPEAKERS 1. Introduction Usashi Chatterjee 2. Web Taxonomy Madhuryamai Das 3. Tools and Techniques Anindya Basu 4. Software Used and Applications Shailesh Verma 5. Conclusion and Future work Saif Mustafa Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 29th April 2011 Time: 2.00pm All are cordially invited. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by Manas Samanta 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Dear all If any library holds the below mention artilce. Please send me. Journal of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, 24(4), 1999, pp.360-371. with regards Manas Samanta TA. NML. msamanta(a)nmlindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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post of librarian
by veena 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Dear allI would like to inform you that, The post of librarian (female candidats only) required in florence college of nursing kalyannagar intrested candidates can apply. more details contact Ms.veena 9449960154regards veena -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher courses in LIS in Indian Universities.
by ranjit dharmapurikar 26 Apr '11

26 Apr '11

Dear All, Recently UGC has announced the Allotment of Refresher courses in different subjects. I am giving below the list of the universities which are going to conduct Refresher courses in Library and Information science. Dates of the courses are not yet declared. I think the concern universities will declare the dates on their respective websites. 1. Osmania University 2. Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur 3. CPDHE, University of Delhi 4. Goa University 5. Gujrat University 6. Saurashtra University Rajkot 7. Kurukshetra Univ. 8. Univ. of Jammu 9. Kashmir Univ. 10. Univ. of Bangalore 11. Karnataka Univ. 12. Mysore Univ. 13. Univ. of Kerala 14. Devi Ahilya Vishwavidalaya, Indore 15. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada Univ, Aurangabad 16. Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj University, Nagpur 17. University of Pune. 18. North Eastern Hill Univ. Shilong 19. Utkal Univ. Bhubneshwar 20. Pondicherry Univ. 21. Bharathidasan Univ, Trichirappalli 22. Aligarh Muslim Univ. 23. Kumaun Univ. Nainital 24. Univ of Calcutta 25. Jadavpur univ. Kolkatta 26. North Bengal Univ. Darjeeling. -- Ranjeet G. Dharmapurikar, Information Scientist, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Library, Vishnupuri, Nanded- 431 606, Maharashtra Blog: ranj62.wordpress.com Mobile 09421291233 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Do you know about Indian Citation Index?
by Subhodip Bid 26 Apr '11

26 Apr '11

Indian Citation Index Database was developed by the KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION (DIVAN ENTERPRISE) to improve access to indigenous scientific and technical information Indian Citation Index Database (www.indiancitationindex.com) is Indian premier an abstracts and citation database of peer-review literature and provides advanced information searching and information analytics .It has covered Indian R&D literature across all disciplines i.e. science, technology, medicine, agriculture, social science and humanities get published in 1000 plus journals/ serials or in other documents. Now it has powerful tools- *To track, analyze and visualize research and researcher workflow. *Quick overview of new subject field in India. *Identify authors and author related information. * Evaluate research performance. -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Information Professional National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for the papers/articles
by Vinod Singh 26 Apr '11

26 Apr '11

Dear Professionals Please try to collect the papers/articles and send me (postal or e-mail) the same: 1. Das, Subarna Kumar, et al. Role of Library Portal for Online Information Services with special reference to Jadavpur University, Pages 18-23. In SALIS 2006. Centre for Digital Library and Documntation, edited by Harish Chandra and et al. Also in National Conference onn Initiatives in Libraries and Information Centres in the Digital Era, 8-10 June 2006. Coimbatore: SALIS, 2006. 2. Subarna Kumar Das and Biswajit Das. Fundamentals of digital Preservation and Repository: An Overview.(Sl. No. 18). In preservation of Library, Archival and Digital Documents: Problems and Perspectives: Festschrift in Honour of Dr (Mrs) Dorothy Issac. Prof. S. S. Janardana Rao, L S Ramaiah and G. Sujata: Delhi: ESS ESS Pub, 2008. 3. Subarna Kumar Das. Understanding Electronic Publishing for Research and Development in Higher Education in India. (page 568-). In E-libraries: problems and Perspectives: Festschrift in Honour of Shri Ashok Babu Tummala/ editors L. S. Ramaiah, M. Sankara Reddy, Hemand Kumar. New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 2009. 4. Subarna Kumar Das. Fundamentals of Radio Frequency Identification Terchnology and Its application in Digital Library System.(page 626-) In E-libraries: problems and Perspectives: Festschrift in Honour of Shri Ashok Babu Tummala/ editors L. S. Ramaiah, M. Sankara Reddy, Hemant Kumar. New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 2009. With Regards, Vinod Kumar Singh Research Scholar (Ph.D) DLIS, University of Delhi Delhi-110007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FW: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF LIBRARY EDUCATION IN INDIA: APERSPECTIVE
by Koteswara_Tumuluru 26 Apr '11

26 Apr '11

Sir, please help circulating the message among LIS forum professional colleagues Best Regards Koteswara Tumuluru(KT) Telephone: +91-44-6623 6739 Mobile: 09840823377 -----Original Message----- From: Koteswara_Tumuluru Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 7:59 PM To: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; LIS forum Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF LIBRARY EDUCATION IN INDIA: APERSPECTIVE Dear Colleagues, Thanks for the informative debate. I wish to submit my own perspective: It is heartening to note that LIS education is celebrating 100 years in India. I think, LIS schools have come a long way and are changing periodically as per the times in imparting education, training and research. Thanks to our teachers and professors who have contributed to these changes which will continue in future. This is a collective responsibility of many stakeholders like academicians, practicing librarians, policy makers and UGC/government bodies. Yet there is a limitation for LIS schools to impart all the needed know-how as some of practical skills needs to be learnt on the job. I think repositioning LIS education in India is already in a feel-good progressive stage and will continue to evolve as a process. I agree that our professionals need to follow up with UGC and policy makers in launching LIS or iSchools in the newly formed universities in the country highlighting the need and potential of this professional study to the country. Regarding name change for Library and Librarian, I feel it is crucial for special and corporate libraries and librarians. In fact Corporate librarians are increasingly being referred as Head-IRU, Information Manager, Directors of Learning Resource Centers or Project Lead - Information Services etc. This is because these libraries need to justify ROI and prove that this service function is directly or indirectly adding to the business growth which is true & critical. Information professionals are taking roles in L&D by procuring eLearning courses hosting on Learning Management Systems on intranets and are doubling up as Learning Consultants and Knowledge Managers. This would be a healthy and growing opportunity for the profession. The scenario in Public and Academic libraries also is improving as we are impacting the core function of those institutions. Thus I do not see any identity crisis for the Profession and Professionals in this knowledge-intensive economy led by many/growing competent, tech-savvy LIS leaders across the country. Thank you, Best Regards, Koteswara Tumuluru(KT) Head Librarian & Learning Consultant Mahindra Satyam CHENNAI - 600 018. Telephone: +91-44-6623 6739 Mobile: 09840823377 -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Enukonda Rama Reddy Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 5:33 PM To: sathya(a)informindia.co.in; Vasanth; lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; LIS forum Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF LIBRARY EDUCATION IN INDIA: APERSPECTIVE It is necessary to debate on this issue with focus. I feel Dr. Ranganathan would have coined a new name for us, if he was to be alive today. 1. LIS is no longer a single discipline and it has grown into multidisciplinary in nature with knowledge skills needed from many related disciplines. 2. Name is important to reflect the work that we do and we need to focus on it. When the concept of Library is changing with time. We need to look at changing the name with appropriate and acceptable to all including the organizations where we are part of it. Uniform title for Library and Librarian need to be coined. 3. Name change without skill improvements with the changing times will not help the profession. Skill improvement should come from the LIS departments or with add-on specialized courses with emphasis on hands-on experience or involving in self-learning to start with. 4. Teaching and Research areas should cover contemporary and futuristic areas/ issues with more specializations and less emphasis on traditional areas/issues 5. Teaching Departments should take the lead in upgrading their skills to handle the new areas. Can we make it possible. It will be good for the departments to recruit or invite people with expertize from other areas to teach and involve in research because of the multidisciplinary nature of our discipline. They do need infrastructure for it. We need to look unitedly involving teachers and practitioners to focus on the issue raised by Mr. Sathyanarayana from Informatics. rama reddy Dr. E. Rama Reddy, Ph D Flat # 4 Siddartha Apartment 22 Santosh Nagar Colony Mehdipatnam Hyderabad- 500 028. India mobile: 9000955729 enukondar(a)yahoo.co.in enukondar(a)gmail.com ________________________________ From: "sathya(a)informindia.co.in" <sathya(a)informindia.co.in> To: Vasanth <gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in>; lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; LIS forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Sent: Tuesday, 19 April 2011 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF LIBRARY EDUCATION IN INDIA: APERSPECTIVE Let us debate on this: "If Ranganathan were to be alive today, would he have come out with a new name for LIBRARY and LIBRARIAN?" Sathyanarayana Informatics Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -----Original Message----- From: Vasanth <gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in> Sender: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:06:24 To: LIS forum<lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF LIBRARY EDUCATION IN INDIA: A PERSPECTIVE Dear Sir/Madam, As we all know the year 2011 mark the completion of 100 years of LIS Education in India. Though LIS education was started in 1911, LIS education in India got a huge boost with the Ranganthan’s metamorphic shift to library science from mathematics. Ranganathan’s path breaking efforts have laid a strong foundation for the growth of library movement in India and elsewhere. However the post-Ranganathan era has gone through a tremendous change with advent of information technology and the Internet blurring the space and time constraints. The easy availability of Information in varied formats has put LIS education in a threshold of radical change. But there is not much discuss on how LIS education has to reposition itself in a constant changing information environment. The following points discussed below bring out some of the problems that the LIS education is facing in India. · LIS Research in India:Since 1957, India library professionals have significantly contributed for the growth of LIS research in India. More than 1000 Ph Ds have been awarded across the country (Manjunatha, 2011). The numbers seems incredible but the quantum of the research has been limited to largely few areas, mainly Bibliometrics, Library Management and Service, Information Seeking Behavior or User Studies. Still research in these areas has been taken up by many scholars. This indicated that India LIS research has not ventured into other areas of research as it should have been. Many of the areas that mentioned above have been repeated with slight changes. Many of the studies have used survey research largely questionnaire method. Other methodological approaches have not been employed in many research reports. The lack of strong theoretical approach to the LIS research has hampered the Indian LIS research at the global map in the post Ranganathan era. · Missing S. R. Ranganathan’s legacy : Today we clearly miss the legacy of S. R. Ranganathan. Ranganathan’s contribution to the growth of the LIS profession put India in global LIS domain. But today intellectual caliber and leadership quality of Ranganathan is missing in Indian LIS community. To revive the LIS in India we need people of Ranganathan’s stature, who can bring leadership quality to the LIS community with strong professional bent of mind. · LIS Education and Changing Information Landscape : Because of changing information landscape, digital information replacing the analog form has resulted in changing LIS curriculum to suit the changing information environment. Even many of the library schools in US and other part of the world have removed the word “library” and have named their LIS schools as “iSchools” (information Schools). But not much discussion has taken place in India on this, although ISiM (International School of Information Management) has started iSchool movement in India in 2005. But, how LIS education is going to serve the net savvy information users and how LIS professionals reposition themselves in a changing information landscape is largely missing in Indian LIS discourse. · Universities Reluctant to Start LIS Schools : Another impending problem of the LIS is, many of the recently established universities have not keen on starting LIS schools. We have more than 500 plus universities in India, but only 95 universities have found to be offered Ph D program in LIS (Manjunatha, 2011). The reluctancy can be attributed to the changing information environment. Moreover, library education or library profession has never been on par with the teachers. Library profession has been seen as a supporting mechanism rather on par with teaching professions. There is a need to understand and examine why new universities are not keen on opening LIS schools. · Identity crisis: LIS profession is facing the problem of identity crisis. The library science, information science, knowledge management and other similar nomenclature have been part of the LIS discourse. But we have not been able to identify ourselves in one umbrella. The one set of professionals who are part of traditional (college or university) libraries are part of library profession and other who work in special and corporate libraries are part of information or knowledge management profession. The ambiguity of various nomenclatures associated with library and information profession has created identity crisis in LIS field. This is appropriate time to discuss some of the issues raised above to herald a new era of Library and Information Science education in India. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N GFGC-Periyapatna Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Promotion as AGM
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Dear friends on my behalf and professionals behalf I congratulate Mr Pravin Chowdhary, Asst General Mangaer of DLF ltd, Gurgaon. He had been promoted to this top position on the basis of his work in the company. One should go and see his office and storage. he had designed wonderfully his storage space with most modern technology to safe guard the valuable documents. I have seen the way it had been planned, three cheers to Mr Pravin. His job needs all round appreciation from both professionals and others too. In recognition of his services and expertise, he had been promoted as AGM for which we all are proud. I request all the professionals to join me to congratulate him and wish him th e best in future endeavors. If any one is going to Gurgoan, please make it a point to visit his office to see modern way of storage valuable documents best of luck to him Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, UGC- EMERITUS PROFESSOR, Osmania University, Plot No: A-194, H.No- 1-8-10/1,Ravindra Nagar, Habsiguda, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Association of British Scholars (Hyderabad Chapter) +91-9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)gmail.com --- On Mon, 25/4/11, Pravin Choudhary <pravinkrc(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Pravin Choudhary <pravinkrc(a)gmail.com> Subject: My Promotion to AGM To: "Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> Date: Monday, 25 April, 2011, 13:37 Respected Sir It gives me immence pleasure to inform you that in recognition of my work, I have been promoted to Asstt. General Manager(Documentation), with effect from April 2011. I wish your good wishes and blessings in order to carryout good work in future as well. Regards Pravin Kumar Choudhary Asstt. General Manager(Documentation) DLF Ltd. 2nd Floor, Bld. 10 B DLF Cyber City Gurgaon(Haryana) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Best Young Librarian Award
by loan fayaz 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Respected Sir, Plz include in the coming issue of LIS-forum. The HOLY MAA MAYA BEST YOUNG LIBRARIAN’S AWARD 2011 was conferred on Mrs. LATA SURESH- Manager, Library and Documentation centre at Institute of Health Management Research. The Award function took place during the WORLD BOOK DAY on April 23rd, 2011 and the celebration was held at Pritam lal Dua Auditorium at Indore. The function was jointly organized by Indore Division Library Association and Government Ahilya Central library, Indore. Shri K.K. Asthana ( Senior Author and Journalist) was the Chief Guest and Krihna Kant Nelose preseded over the function. The Special Guest on this occasion was Prof. Jawahar Chowdhary. Many eminent poets, authors and renowned citizens of Indore citizens participated during this ceremony. On this occasion 31 authors who published their books during the year 2010-11 were also felicitated. Mrs. Lata Suresh and Mr. Suresh Gehlot also sang few Duets and solo songs during the function. Mr. G.D. Agarwal President- Indore Division Library Association, Mr. Avinash Mishra-Secretary Indore Division Library Association and Mr. I.R. Kumar –President SALIS were also present during this felicitation ceremony. With Best Regards, Fayaz Lone (Documentation Officer) Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF LIBRARY EDUCATION IN INDIA: A PERSPECTIVE
by Vasanth 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Dear Sir/Madam, As we all know the year 2011 mark the completion of 100 years of LIS Education in India. Though LIS education was started in 1911, LIS education in India got a huge boost with the Ranganthan’s metamorphic shift to library science from mathematics. Ranganathan’s path breaking efforts have laid a strong foundation for the growth of library movement in India and elsewhere. However the post-Ranganathan era has gone through a tremendous change with advent of information technology and the Internet blurring the space and time constraints. The easy availability of Information in varied formats has put LIS education in a threshold of radical change. But there is not much discuss on how LIS education has to reposition itself in a constant changing information environment. The following points discussed below bring out some of the problems that the LIS education is facing in India. · LIS Research in India:Since 1957, India library professionals have significantly contributed for the growth of LIS research in India. More than 1000 Ph Ds have been awarded across the country (Manjunatha, 2011). The numbers seems incredible but the quantum of the research has been limited to largely few areas, mainly Bibliometrics, Library Management and Service, Information Seeking Behavior or User Studies. Still research in these areas has been taken up by many scholars. This indicated that India LIS research has not ventured into other areas of research as it should have been. Many of the areas that mentioned above have been repeated with slight changes. Many of the studies have used survey research largely questionnaire method. Other methodological approaches have not been employed in many research reports. The lack of strong theoretical approach to the LIS research has hampered the Indian LIS research at the global map in the post Ranganathan era. · Missing S. R. Ranganathan’s legacy : Today we clearly miss the legacy of S. R. Ranganathan. Ranganathan’s contribution to the growth of the LIS profession put India in global LIS domain. But today intellectual caliber and leadership quality of Ranganathan is missing in Indian LIS community. To revive the LIS in India we need people of Ranganathan’s stature, who can bring leadership quality to the LIS community with strong professional bent of mind. · LIS Education and Changing Information Landscape : Because of changing information landscape, digital information replacing the analog form has resulted in changing LIS curriculum to suit the changing information environment. Even many of the library schools in US and other part of the world have removed the word “library” and have named their LIS schools as “iSchools” (information Schools). But not much discussion has taken place in India on this, although ISiM (International School of Information Management) has started iSchool movement in India in 2005. But, how LIS education is going to serve the net savvy information users and how LIS professionals reposition themselves in a changing information landscape is largely missing in Indian LIS discourse. · Universities Reluctant to Start LIS Schools : Another impending problem of the LIS is, many of the recently established universities have not keen on starting LIS schools. We have more than 500 plus universities in India, but only 95 universities have found to be offered Ph D program in LIS (Manjunatha, 2011). The reluctancy can be attributed to the changing information environment. Moreover, library education or library profession has never been on par with the teachers. Library profession has been seen as a supporting mechanism rather on par with teaching professions. There is a need to understand and examine why new universities are not keen on opening LIS schools. · Identity crisis: LIS profession is facing the problem of identity crisis. The library science, information science, knowledge management and other similar nomenclature have been part of the LIS discourse. But we have not been able to identify ourselves in one umbrella. The one set of professionals who are part of traditional (college or university) libraries are part of library profession and other who work in special and corporate libraries are part of information or knowledge management profession. The ambiguity of various nomenclatures associated with library and information profession has created identity crisis in LIS field. This is appropriate time to discuss some of the issues raised above to herald a new era of Library and Information Science education in India. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N GFGC-Periyapatna Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Innovative BLIS course has been started
by vijay anand 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

An innovative BLIS course has been started at the Noida Campus of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication. The applications are available on the payment of 300/- . The last date of the receiving of the application is 25th May 2011 and the entrance examination will be held on 12th June 2011. For application and details can be downloaded from the website www.mcu.ac.in . For enquiry contact : Bhopal Campus : 0755-255323 Noida Campus :0120-4260640 You may also contact to the Faculty Prof. B.S. Nigam (M)09312352628 Vijay Anand 0120-4260640 The applications have to be sent directly to the head office of the university at Bhopal. The classes will be held at NOIDA CAMPUS. Library Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Noida Campus, C56A/5, Sector-62, Noida - 201301 www.mcu.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article: Minimising patent infringement risk before product launch
by Bindu 23 Apr '11

23 Apr '11

Dear Friends, I am happy to share with you information on my article entitled, "Minimising patent infringement risk before product launch", published in EXPRESS PHARMA. Kindly have a look at the link below: http://www.expresspharmaonline.com/20110430/management03.shtml Have a good day! Best regards, Bindu Sharma Origiin IP Solutions LLP [Intellectual Property Rights] Bangalore Phone: +919845693459, +919880213204 Website: www.origiin.com Linkedin Profile: http://in.linkedin.com/in/bindusharma Email: bindu(a)origiin.com, origiin2010(a)gmail.com 1. Download complimentary HANDBOOK on IPR from www.origiin.com 2. Blog: http://origiinipae.blogspot.com 3. Special blog for children, they can EARN WHILE LEARN: http://origiin-youngworld.blogspot.com Without patents, the future of your business may be owned by someone else -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interview tips
by madupalli saida 23 Apr '11

23 Apr '11

Dear professionals I have to attend Interview for the APPSC LIBRARIANS IN GOVERNMENT JR.COLLEGES IN A.P,very soon.So that i require some tips and your valuable suggestions regarding Library science.Hence i request you to send information. M.saida Laqshya college of computer studies khammam -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha 3.4.0 Released
by Vimal Kumar 22 Apr '11

22 Apr '11

Koha 3.4.0 is a major feature release that contains major changes to underlying architecture and performance enhancements. Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The website for the Koha project is http://koha-community.org/ -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in 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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Refresher Course in LIS
by Susmita Chakraborty 22 Apr '11

22 Apr '11

Dear Professional Friend, UGC Academic Staff College, University of North Bengal is organising a Refresher Course Duration: 20.05.11 to 09.06.11 Contact Information: UGC Academic Staff College University of North Bengal (UGC-ASC, NBU) P.O. North Bengal University, Siliguri, Dist. Darjeeling, Pin: 734013 Phone: 0353-2699055 Fax: 91-353-2699272, E-mail: ascnbu(a)gmail.com With regards. Dr. Susmita Chakraborty (91-9830710918) DLIS,University of North Bengal -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for Librarians and Assistant Librarians at HELP Library - MUMBAI
by HELP LIBRARY 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

Applications are invited for the post of Assistant Librarians and Librarians at Health Education Library for People, CST, Mumbai We are the world's largest free patient education library and an NGO which provides a great platform for librarians who want to help people. At present we have vacancies for Librarians and Assistant Librarians. It is a good opportunity for you to grow and learn new skills like web publishing, organizing events etc. 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 Address: Ms.Anjoo Chandiramani, Health Education Library for People, 206, Dr.D.N.Road,National InsuranceBuilding, Gr.Floor, Near New Excelsior Building, CST, Mumbai - 400 001. Tel Nos.65952393/ 65952394/22061101 www.helpforhealth.org www.healthlibrary.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy in National Institute of Technology (NIT), Mizoram
by Veeru 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

Dear Professionals, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Mizoram C/o Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur South Ambazari Road, Nagpur – 440010 Advertisement for Teaching and Non-Teaching Posts NIT Mizoram invites applications from Indian nationals, possessing excellent academic background, commitment to quality teaching, potential for carrying out outstanding research, and an inclination towards institutional development for the faculty positions at the level of Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor in various disciplines and also for the officers / technical and ministerial staff - Registrar, Dy. Registrar, Office Superintendent, Technical / Library Assistant, Junior Assistant, Technician etc. of the Institute: Please visit http://vnit.ac.in/index.php/advertisment.html for details and application format. -- *with regards Virupaksh BH National Library of India Kolkatta. * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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