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Booksvilla.com: an entrepreneurial venture of MICA student
by Pawan Agrawal 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Dear All, Mr. Chirag Rathod - a student of Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) has launched India’s first online book exchange portal: * Booksvilla.com <http://www.booksvilla.com/>* which enables the users across country to exchange their old or used books with other book lovers. Book lovers need to just create *have list* and *wish list* to start exchanging. Book lovers can search the books for exchange and send request to other Book lovers. If both the book lovers accept mutually for the exchange, Booksvilla.com collects the books from the book lovers and also delivers the exchanged books at their doorstep. To know more about this portal and service pleases access following link. http://www.booksvilla.com/ExchangeProgramInfo.php For institutional buying or bulk orders of new/ fresh books please call on +918000257366 or write in to: care(a)booksvilla.com <info(a)booksvilla.com> to support the entrepreneurial venture. FYI Kind regards Lavji Zala -- Assistant Librarian Knowledge Exchange & Information Centre (KEIC) Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) Off Sarkhej-Sanand Highway Shela Village Ahmedabad - 380058 Ext: 168 Tel: +91 02717 308250 Fax: +91 02717 308349 -- Join hands, Join eLibrarian www.grou.ps/elibrarian Thanks and Regards ------ *Pawan R. Agrawal *Librarian Takshshila Centre for Learning Transpek Silox Industry Ltd. Kalali Road- Atladra Vadodara- 390012 Ph. 9376135580 http:\\www.grou.ps/elibrarian -- 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 Veeru 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Dear Professional, If anybody has the following article, I request you to kindly provide a copy. its very urgent. * Title*: Data Mining Technologies for Digital Libraries and Web Information Systems * Author*: Ramakrishnan Srikant * Source*: Digital Libraries: People, Knowledge, and Technology Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2002, Volume 2555/2002, 75, *Link*:* http://www.springerlink.com/content/0agg9tpmtewwwu1f/* * DOI*: 10.1007/3-540-36227-4_7 -- *with regards Virupaksh BH University Library, Senior Research Fellow, University of Agricultural Science, GKVK, Bangalore**,* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Seminar on Contemporary issues for the Information Professionals in a Digital Era (NASCIP- 2011)
by TANYA 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Dear Sir/Madam, It gives me a great pleasure to informing you that Information Resource Center of *INMANTEC, Ghaziabad* is going to organize a *National Seminar on Contemporary issues for the Information Professionals in a Digital Era (NASCIP- 2011) **in collaboration with **Management Library Network (MANLIBNET),** **New Delhi held on January, 22nd, 2011*. * * The main objective of the seminar is to explore the contemporary issues for the library and information professionals in the digital environment.* *Beside, the seminar will provide a platform and enable interaction among the Information Professionals, Researchers, Academicians and Students for adopting, implementing and utilising new technologies towards shaping Information paradigm. The seminar will also provide an opportunity to identify the strengths and weakness in the library and information system and to suggest new models, policies and mechanisms for information management and services. Your contribution in the aforesaid subject has been admirable and praiseworthy. No word seems to be adequate that can express your exemplary and ongoing efforts in this field. I take this opportunity to extend my invitation to you to contribute the research papers/Case studies related to theme and subthemes for the presentation and publication. The selected papers will be published in seminar proceedings/Edited Book and our international journal *Gyankosh: The Journal of Library and Information Management *(ISSN No. 2229-4023). * Important Dates* Last date for Submission of full papers 20 Dec’2010 Notification of Acceptance of paper with Comments/Feedback 25 Dec’2010 Submission of The final paper 30 Dec’2011 Last Date for sending filled in registration form 05 Jan’2011 ****For more information please find the attached Braucher**.*** With warm regards * ** * *Monnawer Eqbal* *Organising Secretary, NASCIP-2011* Librarian, INMANTEC Institutions Editor, Gyankosh: The Journal of Lib. & Info. Management Managing Editor, Inmantec Publishing Email:m.eqbal@inmantec.edu <Email%3Am.eqbal(a)inmantec.edu>, nascip2011(a)gmail.com Mob: 9313126488, 075035865657 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for a book chaper (springer)
by Dr.D.P Prathap 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

dear all If anybody has access to the following book chaper, please provide a copy Genetic improvement of sugarcane (saccharum spp) as an enery crop IN Genetic Improvement of Bioenergy Crops 2008, Part 2, 273-294, DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-70805-8_9 Thanking you Yours sincerely technical officer (library) Sugarcane breeding institute -- 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 Dr.D.P Prathap 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

dear all: if anybody has the following article, I request you to kindly provide a copy. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Volume 55, Issue 2, March 2008, Pages 213-228 The role of pest resistance in biotechnology R&D investment strategy Thanking you Sincerely Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICAL-2011 Announcement and First Call for Papers
by M KOTESWARA RAO 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

2nd International Conference on Academic Libraries – ICAL-2011 “Planning for Globalizing Academic Libraries” 27-30 November 2011 University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad-500046, India Conference Objectives: In order to realize the vision of academic library for 2020, it is essential to address the issues pertaining to technologies, standards, programmes, systems and services required for repositioning libraries into next generation libraries, related manpower development issues, and milestones to be achieved. As an outcome of the ICAL-2009, the ICAL-2011 plans to come up with an action plan for repositioning academic libraries into next generation libraries. The action plan will comprise new programmes that should help realize the academic library vision 2020, change management strategies and policy changes as required for implementation. The ICAL 2011 offers all stakeholders in the academic enterprise an international platform to address and debate major issues on the theme and topics of the conference. Who Should Participate? • Academic fraternity in teaching and research • Library and Information Science professionals • Information Technology professionals and Service providers • Students and Research Scholars • Management Professionals, Policy makers, Archivists • Content and knowledge managers including corporate world • Electronic publishing, scholarly communication and virtual communities • Information providers and representatives from Information Industry • Professional Associations and Learned societies • All stakeholders in the knowledge management Call for papers: Original papers focusing on the following themes are invited from all library & information science professionals from all over the world. Authors can register and submit their papers at the online paper submission website: Microsoft Conference Management Tool(http://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ICAL2011). For author guidelines and format for submitting the papers, please visit the conference website under (http://igmlnet.uohyd.ernet.in/ical2011/author-guidelines.htm" target="_blank">)' Conference Theme: Technologies, Standards, Systems, Programmes and Services for change management of academic libraries into global academic libraries with a global reach. Sub Themes: Current Status of Academic Libraries in the Higher Education System Models, Technologies, Systems and Programmes for Globalizing Academic Libraries Next Generation Academic Library Services Information Standards and Best practices National Policy for Globalizing Academic Libraries Talent Development for capacity building & Library Research programmes Strategies for Change Management Economic Impact on Libraries and Return on Investment (ROI) 1. Current Status of Academic Libraries in the Higher Education System: Discuss and debate issue related to comparative evaluation of academic library performance and monitoring progress over time. Understand comparative status of development of academic libraries in India and in the West, Understand comparative status of development libraries in the central and state universities India Parameters for determining status of development libraries for comparative evaluation 2. Models, Technologies, Systems, and Programmes for Globalizing Academic Libraries: Discuss and debate models, technologies, systems, and programmes as required for globalizing academic libraries. Address issues related to systems polices, and implementation plans as required for operationalising global academic library. Models for globalizing academic libraries, networking libraries at global level Systems and technologies required for globalizing academic libraries User end technologies for access to common resources Policies and programmes for system development and implementation 3. Next Generation Academic Library Services Discuss and debate new dimensions in academic library services in the context of global library model; what strategic roles academic libraries and professionals ought to play to improve academic library image, and what needs to be done to add value to library data, library service and to the academic enterprise. Faculty-Library collaboration in building course reserves; Collaborative modes and models of library services including analytical information and content evaluation services Library Advocacy, Information Marketing Academic roles of the academic libraries and professionals Information Literacy 4. Standards and Best practices at Consortia Level and at Client Level Discuss and debate standards and best practices for data accessibility, data storage, interoperability, data security, and data preservation in the context of global library model. Standards and best practices for data interoperability, data storage, data security, data validation, data preservation, data migration, and backward data integration Standards and best practices for content development Standards and best practices for developing common library collections and resources, production and delivery of library services Best practices for quality upkeep and maintenance of library facilities Best practices for procurement, up-gradation, replacement and maintenance of ICT infrastructure at Consortia and Client Level Guidelines for staffing global academic libraries at Consortia Level (the National level) and at Client Level (The University level); Norms for budget allocation at Consortia and Client Level 5. National Library Policy for Globalizing Academic Library Discuss and debate policy measures that could benefit academic libraries to overcome barriers to their participation in the global library environment. Discuss and debate with corporate world on how to overcome the barriers in building national e-resource model. National Policy for collection building and services at national and university level; Collaborative models for building e-resources for globalized library services; Policy for creation, development & adoption of open source software at consortia and client level; Institutionalizing framework for un-interrupted maintenance support to libraries for OSS Model MOUs between libraries for pooling and sharing resources, undertaking collaborative programmes for education, training, and research. 6. Talent Development & Library Research Programmes Discuss and debate specific issues on skill development in library and information science, ICT areas for library applications, and management topics of interest to libraries. Also address issues relating to programmes development for collaboration in library education, research and training. Also take into cognizance, the recommendation of National Knowledge Commission where in it has emphasized that, libraries must assess as soon as possible the manpower requirements of the country in the area of LIS management, and take necessary steps to meet the country’s requirement through LIS education and training. Specific subject areas and strategies for skill development for different levels of staff in the university library hierarchy Collaborative in library education, training and research at state, national, and global level Institutional Framework for education, training and skill development; Incentives for training and skill development; Revamp LIS education, training and research facilities 7. Strategies for Change Management Discuss and debate strategies for programme implementation, for change management; strategic, financial, and technical issues relating to shift for a global academic library model. Institutional framework as required for the purpose; Feasibility studies on globalizing academic libraries Institutional frameworks required for operationalising global academic library. Procedures and policies as required for the purpose. Budget implications for global academic model; Cost sharing formula for managing funds from agencies at consortium level and client libraries ICT infrastructure at consortia and client level; Open source Vs proprietary solutions Policy framework required Strategies for Improving library ambience; 8. Economic Impact on Libraries and the Return on Investment (ROI) It is increasing becoming important that the libraries start examining its investment on the human resource, content building, provision of library services, infrastructure and evaluate the libraries with a view to analyze and compare returns on such investment. Value for Money (VFM) in Libraries; Return on Investments (ROI) in Libraries Programme Structure: The actual schedule of the 4 day programme will be notified in due course of time. However, tentatively it has been decided to divide the proceedings of the Conference as follows: Day-1 Morning - TUTORIAL ON CLOUD COMPUTING; Evening – INAUGURAL FUNCTION Day- 2 to 4 - MAIN CONFERENCE IN FOUR PARALLEL SESSIONS The Conference will be held in several Parallel / Technical Sessions including Plenary Session and Panel Discussions. ICAL-2011 opens the registration for the one day tutorial/workshop to be held on 27th November 2011 as a prelude to main Conference. Kindly register for the Tutorial and the Conference separately. Registration Details: Registration Closes on September 30, 2011. Registration Includes Conference Kit including Conference Volume; High Tea, Lunch, Dinner (if scheduled); Internet Service. Participants are Welcome to register separately for both Main Pre-Conference Tutorials and Main Conference. The details of Registration Fee etc will be made available shortly on the conference website. Important Dates: Last date for Submission of paper : 15 July 2011 Confirmation of Acceptance : 1 September 2011 Last date for Author Registration : 30 August 2011 Last date for Registration : 30 September 2011 Conference Website : http://igmlnet.uohyd.ernet.in/ical2011 Online submission of papers : http://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ICAL2011 For further details contact: ICAL- 2011 Conference Secretariat: Dr. M. Koteswara Rao, Organising Secretary IGM Library, University of Hyderabad P.O. Central University HYDERABAD-500046, India Tel: 40-23132600; 23010318; Fax: 40-23010193 Mob: +91-9949953399 e-mail: ical2011.uoh(a)gmail.com Dr S M Dhawan Library & Information Consultant Formerly Scientist F, National Physical Lab, New Delhi Address :# 114 Dayanand Vihar, Delhi 110092, India Res: +91-11-22374535 Mob: +91-9990339279 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Universal Decimal Classification in Indic/Dravidic langauges
by Aida Slavic 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Dear colleagues At the beginning of 2010 we started translation of UDC Summary online (over 2000 classes) into Indic languages. The project was undertaken by volunteers from a number of Indian universities and was initiated and coordinated by DRTC in Bangalore. The Coordinator for the UDC Indian Languages Translation is Prof. Devika Madalli (http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/dpmcv.html) Translated schedules are available for free use, downloads and distribution. We are pleased to inform that this abridged schedule with notes and examples are now completely translated in Bengali courtesy of Dr Bhaskar Mukarjee and Prof. Subal Biswas and can be browsed online http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php?lang=bn. As soon as the proofreading is completed we will make text available for download. Hindi translation, courtesy of colleagues from DRTC and Banaras Hindu University, coordinated by Prof Aditya Tripathi is completed 50% http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php?lang=hi Also 100 top classes are translated in Tamil by Preedip Balaji B (DRTC) http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php?lang=ta As soon as these translations are completed we will inform Indian library community. We would like to invite colleagues from other language communities in India and Indian Subcontinent if they are interested to contribute texts in their languages or help with the ongoing translations to contact us at udcs(a)udcc.org -- Dr Aida Slavic UDC Editor in Chief UDC Consortium Email: aida.slavic(a)udcc.org ===== Web: http://www.udcc.org blog: http://universaldecimalclassification.blogspot.com/ twitter:http://twitter.com/UDCC = New! = Multilingual UDC Summary: http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php 2011 Seminar Classification& Ontology:http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/index.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Depot
by Shamprasad Pujar 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

** Sorry for Cross Posting, if any ** Dear Members, OpenDepot.org an initiative of EDINA ensures that all academics worldwide can share in the benefits of making their research output Open Access. For those whose universities and organisations have an online repository, OpenDepot.org makes them easy to find. For those without a local repository, including unaffiliated researchers, the OpenDepot is a place of deposit, available for others to harvest. It technical terms, OpenDepot.org does the following: - accepts deposit of e-prints from researchers at institutions that do not currently have an Institutional Repository (IR). The principal target is postprints, that is articles that have been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication. - as Institutional Repositories (IRs) are established, OpenDepot.org will support the transfer of relevant content to help populate those new IRs. - an OAI-compliant interface, so, like other open access repositories, its contents is available for harvesting. - re-directs depositors to an appropriate Institutional Repository (IR) Fore more information, please check at: http://opendepot.org Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-2841 6547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.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
by TANYA 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Dear Library Friends, It gives great pleasure to informing all of you that Mr. Ashok Kumar Upadhyay defended his PhD thesis in an open viva-voce on 27 November 2010 at the seminar library of the Department of LIS, Aligarh Muslim University. Mr. Ashok Kumar Upadhyay conducted his research entitled “Retro conversion of Documents in Central Secretariat Library, Zakir Husain Library, JMI and Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi: An evaluative study” under the supervision of Prof. M. Masoom Raza. The examiner of Ph.D viva was Prof. Varalakshmi, DLIS, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam. "Congratulations to him on getting this degree and pray for his long life and committement to library field". With best wishes from DLIS AMU, Aligarh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian Institutional/Subject Repositories - Status
by Madhan, M (ICRISAT-IN) 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Dear All: When we tried to list active institutional repositories in India, we could find only the following repositories which are currently active. We used ROAR (http://roar.eprints.org <http://roar.eprints.org/> ) as source of information. I have also listed a few active repositories which are not listed in ROAR. We request LIS-forum members to see the list and if we had missed any repositories, please inform us <mu.madhan(a)gmail.com>. We would also like to know about the repository initiatives in Indian institutes which are in progress. I would be grateful for your help. This is to prepare a status report on "Open Access in India" Thanks Madhan ICRISAT mu.madhan(a)gmail.com Repository Name Institution Name Eprints@IISc Indian Institute of Science CMFRI Digital Repository Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute RRI Digital Repository Raman Research Insititute DRS@NIO National Institute of Oceanography NAL-IR National Aerospace Laboratory IIA Prints Indian Institute of Astrophysics Eprints@NML National Metalurgical Laboratory Dspace@NITR National Institute of Technology Rourkela Dyuthi Digital Repository Cochin University of Science and Technology Dspace@INFLIBNET Information and Library Network Eprints@MDRF Madras Diabetes Research Foundation DKR@CDRI Central Drug Research Institute Eprints@IARI Indian Agricultural Research Institute Eprints@SBT MKU Madurai Kamarajar University Eprints@IMMT Institute of Mines and Minerals Technology Dspice@IISR Indian Institute of Spices Research Dspace@IIT Bombay Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ICRISAT - Institutional Repository International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics Dspace@IIMK Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode SARAI Multimedia Digital Archive SARAI Subject Repositories Repository Name Institution Name Openmed@NIC National Informatics Centre Catalysis Database National Centre for Catalysis Research IIT Chennai Librarians Digital Library Documentation Research and Training Centre DRTC Bangalore Open Agri Indian Council of Agricultural Research Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository (Dedicated) etd@IISc Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Ethesis@NITR National Institute of Technology Rourkela Explorations _ Open Access Repository of Indian Theses Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Vidhyanidhi University of Mysore Online Thesis Library Mahatma Gandhi Univ Inactive repositories Eprints@IITD IIT Delhi Dspace@NCL National Chemical Laboratories Dspace@BMA Bangalore Management Academy Dspace@National Centre for Antartic Research, Goa Dspace@MDI, Management Development Institute Dspace@ICFAI Business School Dspace@Delhi University Delhi College of Engineering -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations Mr Nihar Patra for being best Alumni of DLISSU, 2010
by Dr Swain 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

We congratulate Mr Patra for this achievement. Genius like this(in the field of LIS) is always recognized. Keep it up and achieve many more distinctions in the field! Dr. Dillip K Swain KIIT University, Bhubaneswar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Classification & Ontology, The Hague 19-20 September 2011
by Aida Slavic 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** ==== FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS ==== Classification& Ontology - Formal Approaches and Access to Knowledge International UDC Seminar 2011 VENUE: The Hague, National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek) DATE: 19-20 September 2011 WEBSITE: http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/ CONTACT: seminar2011(a)udcc.org The difference between bibliographic knowledge classifications and ontologies resides in their particular purpose/function, and levels of formality. However, they are both based on observation and reasoning (ontological analysis) and share some structural principles and elements. In principle, automatic processing of knowledge classifications is significant whenever there is a need to support intuitive services. For instance, ontology-like representations of classifications are recognized as potentially important facilitators in creating a web of linked data (the semantic web). The objective of this conference is to promote collaboration and exchange of expertise between the bibliographic, the semantic web and the AI domains. We hope to learn more about methods in ontology modelling and whether these may be used to improve and formalise the data models of bibliographic classifications and enhance their value in information discovery. Papers are now invited covering the following topics: 1. Modelling and representation of knowledge classifications 2. Standards and solutions for innovative and high-quality classification data processing 3. Applications and implementations of classification structures as ontologies 4.Theoretical considerations of the role of knowledge classifications The proposals should be of interest to academic and research communities dealing with conceptual modelling, information systems design, knowledge organization, knowledge engineering, semantic interoperability& information integration, and natural-language processing. Read more and download the full text of the CFP at the conference website http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/. Contributions may include conference papers and posters. Authors should submit a proposal in the form of an extended abstract (1000-1200 words including references, for papers, and 500-600 words for posters). To submit proposal online go to the conference website. Conference proceedings will be published by Ergon Verlag and will be distributed at the conference. IMPORTANT DATES: 30 Jan 2011 Paper proposal submission deadline 28 Feb 2011 Notification of acceptance 01 Apr 2011 Paper submission ORGANIZER: Classification& Ontology is the third biennial conference in a series of UDC Seminars organized by the Universal Decimal Classification Consortium (UDC Consortium) and hosted by Koninklijke Bibliotheek (The National Library of Netherlands). UDCC is a not-for-profit organization, based in The Hague, established to maintain and distribute the UDC and to support its use and development. UDC is one of the most widely used knowledge organization systems in the bibliographic domain. === UDC Consortium PO Box 90407 2509 LK The Hague The Netherlands Tel: (+31) 70 314 0509 Fax: (+31) 70 314 0450 attn UDCC E-mail: mail(a)udcc.org Web: http://www.udcc.org ______________________ --> Multlingual UDC Summary: http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php --> Classification& Ontology: http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/index.htm The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is the world's foremost multilingual classification scheme for all fields of knowledge, a sophisticated indexing and retrieval tool ______________________ -- 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 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

Dear Moderator: Kindly arrange to announce the following invitation for the benefit of LIS-FORUM members. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore ***************** The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 in association with National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures (28) (2010) on SCIENTOMETRIC INDICATORS, WEBOMETRICS AND POLYREPRESENTATION by Dr. Peter Ingwersen Professor, Danish School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen on 8th, 9th and 10th December 2010 at 6.00 p.m. each day at Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 Dr. I.K. Ravichandara Rao Professor and Head, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore presides RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reminder - National Conference on "Challenges of Librarianship in Next Decade" 16th Dec 2010
by rai anitha 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Dear professionals, It is our great pleasure to inform you that New Horizon College of Engineering, Department of Library and Information Center is organizing One Day National Conference on “Challenges of Librarianship in Next Decade,” dated on “ 16th December 2010. The present conference provides a forum to working librarians (academic, public and special libraries), teachers, research scholars and students of Library and Information Science. The conference also intends to bring together LIS professionals would be towards new tasks, techniques, tools, and platform independent content with more authentic information (evidence based). The experts will provide brainstorming and project the technology tools and techniques for next decade. Speakers Theme Presentation H.S.Siddamallaiah Principal & Library Information Officer, NIMHANS Future of Content N V Sathyanarayana MD, Informatics India (Pvt) Ltd., Bangalore Future of Scholarly Communication Prof. Shalini R. Urs Executive Director, ISIM,University of Mysore Future of Technology Applications Shri A. Venkatesan Deputy Director General & SIO, NIC, Bangalore. Future of Knowledge Management Dr. Kavi Mahesh Professor, Dept. of CSE, PESIT. Panel Discussion, (Moderator) Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Library Advisery, Mysore University REGISTRATION DETAILS Last date for registration: 6th December 2010 DD should be drawn in favour of The Principal, New Horizon College of Engineering, payable at Bangalore and sent to the address stated below NEW HORIZON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Ring Road, Marathalli, Bellandur Post Bangalore – 560 103 Tel : +91-80-6629 7777 Mob : 97310 34730/90086 36251/99009 61261 Fax : 080-28440770 E-mail:nhcelib.blr@gmail.com www.newhorizonindia.edu REGISTRATION FEE Corporate - Rs. 1000/- Professionals - Rs. 500/- Research Scholars - Rs. 500/- Students - Rs. 250/- For more details you may visit http://newhorizonindia.edu/html/Engg_html/conference/index.html With regards Anitha S Rai Conference Convenor Chief Librarian New Horizon College of Engineering M: 9731034730 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography, Version 5
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Version five of the Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship as an XHTML website with live links to many included works. This selective bibliography includes articles, books, conference papers, technical reports, unpublished e-prints and other scholarly textual sources that are useful in understanding electronic theses and dissertations. All included works are in English. It is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. http://digital-scholarship.org/etdb/etdb.htm The following recent Digital Scholarship publications may also be of interest: Institutional Repository Bibliography, Version 3 http://digital-scholarship.org/irb/irb.html Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography (a paperback, a PDF file, and an XHTML website) http://digital-scholarship.org/tsp/w/tsp.html See also: Reviews of Digital Scholarship Publications. http://digital-scholarship.org/announce/reviews.htm Translate (oversatta, oversette, prelozit, traducir, traduire, tradurre, traduzir, or ubersetzen) this message: http://digital-scholarship.org/announce/etdb_en_5.htm -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://digital-scholarship.org/ Digital Scholarship Chronology http://digital-scholarship.org/cwb/dschronology.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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RFID LMS Live Demo
by S.Mohan 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Dear All, RFID implementation in Libraries is an COSTLY affair till date, so many institutions are avoiding it. To overcome this, we have come-up with a cost effective RFID solution for 1 LAC which includes a UHF-RFID READER, 5000 UHF TAGS and free LMS ( WEB enabled OPAC ). The system is being used in an engineering college in Tamilnadu for past 2 years successfully. It would be of great help if you could pass on this message to the concerned librarians willing to implement RFID solutions in their libraries. Live Demo can be arranged at your place in Chennai and suburbs. Regards S.K.Mohanraju Mb.: 9840260273 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prof. K.A. Isaac Commemoration Lecture
by Saji S Nair 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Dear All, Kerala Library Association and YMCA Library & e-Learning Centre, Thiruvananthapuram will jointly organize the 6th Prof. K.A. Isaac Commemoration Lecture - 2010. Date & Time: 2nd December, 2010; 3 pm Venue: YMCA Library Hall, Thiruvananthapuram Lecture by: Dr. Gangan Prathap, Director, NISCAIR, New Delhi Topic: Research Evaluation All are cordially invited. For details, see the link: http://www.keralalibraryassociation.org/downloads/Isaac-6.pdf About Prof. K. A. Isaac Kadapuram Abraham Isaac (10 July 1925 – 12 September 2005) was an Indian writer and librarian. He was a Professor and Head of the Department of Library and Information Science at the University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. Isaac was known for initiating and moulding the professional Library and Information Science (LIS) education in Kerala and has authored several books on Library and Information Science. He had served as a member of the Senate of the Kerala University and as Dean of its Arts Faculty......................................... Read a brief account of his life and professional commitments at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._A._Isaac Posted by: -- Saji S. Nair Library & Information Services Division Regional Cancer Centre Medical College Campus Trivandrum - 695011 Kerala, INDIA ----------------------------------------------------------- 91 471 2522225 (O) 91 471 2394252 (R) 09446014130 (Mob) Email: saji(a)rcctvm.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Delay in the delivery of LIS-Forum mails
by Mailing List Admin 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Dear Members, You may have noticed that there has been a considerable delay in the delivery of LIS-Forum mails especially during the week 22-26 Nov 2010. The delay has been because of some technical problem with the NCSI's email server, the server from which the LIS-Forum is being administered. The problem has been sorted out and since yesterday (Monday, 29 Nov) the normalcy has been restored. If you had posted a message during the last week and would like to know if it has been approved for circulation, you may visit the URL, http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/2010-November/date.html This URL is a pointer to all the messages that have been approved during November 2010. If you had posted a message but it is not found in the Nov 2010 message list then it is quite likely that it has not been approved for circulation because the message may not have been adhering to one or more policies of the list. The most likely reason being that the message may have been posted with an attachment. Thanks for your cooperation. - Moderator

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Best DLISSUian Award 2010
by Jayant Tripathy 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Dear Professionals Colleagues, I would like to congratulate Mr. Nihar kanta Patra, who has been honored with the Best DLISSUian award for the year 2010 as bestowed by Alumni Association, Dept. of Library & Information Science, Sambalpur University, Odisha. Mr Patra was a class of 1998 Master and 1999 M.Phil. from Sambalpur University. Started his career at Centre for Environment Education, he has travelled a lot to a great position as of now. He was privileged to be associated with NSHM Knowledge Campus-Kolkata; XLRI-Jamshedpur, Indian Institute for Production Management-Kansbahal, National Institute of Fashion Technology-Gandhinager, Institure for Plasma Research-Gandhinagar. To his credits he has several research publications in refereed national / international’s journals / conferences / edited books. His professional contribution to the LIS Dept. of Sambalpur University is remarkable. Regards Jayanta Kumar Tripathy Deputy Librarian Indian Institute of Management Suchna Bhawan Audrey House Campus, Meur's Road Ranchi - 834 008 Jharkhand Tel: 0651 - 2285056 (O) Fax: 0651 -2280940 -------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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6th TBR Memorial seminar on Web 2.0 technologies for library services- Minutes
by shivaram gowda 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Dear Members It is a great pleasure to share with all of you that NCSI-Net team successfully organized 6th TBR Memorial seminar on Web 2.0 technologies for library services on Saturday 13th November 2010 at NCSI Seminar hall, IISc, Bangalore. The response to the seminar by the students and the budding LIS professionals was over whelming. We had 50+ registrations of which most of them were students and young professionals from various universities and organizations in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh. Seminar started off with a brief introduction about Dr. T.B. Rajshekar Memorial Seminar Series by Dr. Francis Jayakanth. He also highlighted late Dr. TBR’s passion towards teaching and educating young professionals about the latest developments in the field of ICT and their applications in LIS profession. The first technical session by Francis was on An Overview on Web 2.0. The talk was very interactive. The speaker highlighted the evolution of the Web and the various tools, technologies and the services of Web 2.0 with suitable examples. He also touched upon how the Web 2.0 applications can be made use of in the present day library and information services After coffee/tea break Mr. Rajendra Babu delivered second lecture of the day on Wikis: Concept, Implementation and Examples from the LIS Perspective. Speaker narrated historical development of Wiki, its features, type etc. with suitable examples. Mr. Ananda Byrappa delivered an interesting talk on New carrier opportunities for LIS professionals. The speaker mentioned that lack of trained manpower in the domains like Content Management, Knowledge management, Information Retrieval, IP industry etc,. He called upon young LIS professionals to make their careers in these areas and grab the opportunities available such domains. The talk was well received by the audience and Ms. Suvarsha Minj delivered the lecture on Mashups for Libraries. It was an interesting lecture wherein the speaker covered an overview, workflow, architecture, API’s, Data sources of Mashups. She also demonstrated how to configure web-based and client/server based data Mashups for Libraries with suitable example websites. After the lunch break. Mr. Madhuresh delivered the talk on Blogs and RSS -2 tools for Librarian 2.0. Speaker stressed upon the role and challenges of Librarian 2.0 and asked the participants to make use of Web 2.0 tools to satisfy their users’ information requirements more effectively. He demonstrated how to configure weblogs with examples and configuring RSS feeds. The last technical session of the day was an interesting lecture-cum-demonstration by Mr. Prasanna, on Building Library website using web 2.0 technologies. It was an interactive session and the speaker showed library website with various web 2.0 services like, Video & Audio objects, RSS alerts, Discussion forum, Live Chat etc. Ms. Ramya proposed the vote of thanks. NCSI-Net is thankful to all seminar participants. Judging by the seminar feedback of the participants, the seminar was a great success. We also thank all the HODs and the teaching faculty of various universities and heads of reputed organizations for having deputed their students and staff for the seminar. We are thankful to Director IISc and Chairman of NCSI, IISc, and Staff of NCSI for their support in organizing the seminar. Our special thanks to all speakers of the day and all the NCSI-Net members for their excellent support. Four of the six presentation files used during the seminar are available at http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/material2010.html Your comments and suggestions are most welcome and they may be sent to Shivaram Gowda, shivarams_gowda(a)yahoo.com / Obaiah B <obaiah(a)gmail.com> With Best regards, NCSI-Net Coordinators, Shivaram Gowda & Obaiah B Shivaram BS ICAST, CSIR-NAL Kodihalli Bangaluru-560017 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for papers (IFLA-HBS)
by Sangeeta Narang 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

World Library and Information Congress: 77th IFLA General Conference and AssemblySan Juan, Puerto Rico, 13-18 August 2011 IFLA Health and Biosciences Libraries Section and Library Services to People with Special Needs Section Call for papers “Beyond barriers to accessing health information” Colleagues from around the world are invited to submit an abstract for consideration for the Open Session jointly sponsored by the Health and Biosciences Libraries (HBL) and the Library Services to People with Special Needs (LSN) Sections Aim and Scope of the Session: It is hoped that papers will cover a wide range of areas of overcoming barriers – for example: · How have language barriers been overcome? Eg multilingual access, publications and other resources in the vernacular, information delivered via the spoken word? · How have mental and physical challenges been overcome? Eg how do you promote mental health information to people with disabilities· How is health information delivered to those with poor literacy skills (literacy skills include basic literacy skills, health literacy, IT literacy etc), and to the socially excluded? · How is health information provided in cultures that do not endorse ‘open’ access to information such as publicly available brochures? · What is the role of public libraries to support health information initiatives? · How can libraries work in partnership with others to promote health information ? It is anticipated that presentations be 20 minutes with time for questions at the end of the session. Important dates: February 1st 2011: Deadline for submission of abstract March 1st 2011: Notification of acceptance/rejection May 1st 2011: Deadline for submission of text Submission Guidelines The proposals must be submitted in an electronic format and must contain: Title of paper Summary of paper (250 - 350 words maximum) Speaker's name, address, telephone and fax numbers, professional affiliation, email address and biographical note (40 words) The final paper should preferably be presented as a paper (that may be published on the IFLA website and as an option in the IFLA Journal). If the final presentation will be in the format of a power point, a substantial abstract will be required, including references such as URLs and bibliographiesSubmissions are due before February 1st 2011 by email to: tone(a)moseid.com Tone Eli Moseid. Chair, IFLA Library Services for people with Special Needs Section. Regards Sangeeta Narang Librarian Grade-I All India Instittute of Medical Sciences http://wwwhealthinformationresources.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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letter
by Manoj Kumar Verma 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Let us congratulate Prof. ARD Prasad on becoming Head, Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC), Bangalore. We hope that DRTC will establish new dimensions under his leadership *Dr. Manoj Kumar Verma* *Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Mizoram University(a Central University) * *Aizawl-796004 Contact No.- 09774003201(M)* * 09436707900 (M)* * **09454142441 (Varanasi*) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Registration open International Conference on Digital Library Management (ICDLM)
by ICDL 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Please consider to participate and encourage your colleagues and team members to participate to The International Conference on Digital Library Management: ICDLM 2011 to be held in Kolkata, India, on 11-13 January 2011. Please also announce it to your newsletter and list serve. You are cordially invited to attend International Conference on Digital Library Management (ICDLM) Theme: Extending Benefits of Modern Technology to Public, Academic and Special Libraries Science City, Kolkata, 11-13 January, 2011 Venue: Science City, Kolkata Organiser: TERI, New Delhi Co-Organiser: Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Kolkata Continuous capacity development and awareness programmes are necessary to achieve the objective of transforming the novice into digital librarians of future. The success of ICDL 2004, ICDL 2006 and ICDL 2010 has encouraged and motivated TERI, New Delhi and Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata in partnership with Ministry of Culture, Government of India, New Delhi to conduct of the ICDLM 2011 which will provide yet another stimulating forum for DL professionals to share their knowledge, experience and wisdom. The theme of the proposed conference is “Extending Benefits of Modern Technology to Public, Academic and Special Libraries”. The conference will focus on creation, adoption, implementation and utilization of digital libraries, e-learning and a knowledge society. We invite you all to submit your research paper. Who should participate? (a) Professionals from public, academic and special libraries (b) Information Technology professionals. (c) Content and knowledge managers (d) Policy makers (e) Academicians, students and distance learners (f) Archivists and museologists (g) Information providers and vendors. (h) E-publishers and virtual electronic communities (i) Library and Information Science professionals. (j) All stakeholders in the digitization and knowledge business. Conference will cover Original papers focusing on the theme of the conference— Extending Benefits of Modern Technology to Public, Academic and Special Libraries are invited for the. Some of the topics are listed below: § DL development and management § Content organization and management § DL architecture and access management § Knowledge management § Digital preservation § DL standards and policy § Thesauri and ontologies, semantics, metadata and retrieval § Open archives initiatives/PMH § Multilingual and interoperability § Copyrights issues in digital environment § DL services and applications § Collaboration and Networking between public libraries º Digital initiatives of public libraries § Open Educational resources For Early–bird registration offer please visit http://www.teriin.org/events/icdlm/registration.php Registration: please visit http://www.teriin.org/events/ICDLM Delegates fee | Up to 30 November 2010 | After 30 November 2010 ------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------- | | India and SAARC | Indian Rs 3000 + Rs 309 | Indian Rs 3500 + Rs 360 countries | service tax | service tax ------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------- | | Other countries | US$ 125 | US$ 150 (including | | service tax) | | Contact: DEBAL C KAR Organizing Secretary ICDLM Secretariat TERI, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110 003, India Telephone 24644654, 24682100, 41504900 Fax 24682144, 24682145 E-mail icdlm(a)teri.res.in Web www.teriin.org/events/icdlm India +91 • Delhi (0)11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer: The information contained in this e-mail is intended for the person or entity to which it is addressed, and it may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review or other use of this mail or taking any action based on it by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender, and delete all copies of this mail.This e-mail has been scanned and verified by McAfee SaaS Email Security, formerly MX Logic. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations to Dr. ARD Prasad as Head of DRTC
by Dr. A.T. Francis 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Dear Library Professionals, This is a happiest moment that Dr. ARD Prasad has assumed charge as Head of DRTC, Bangalore. It is sure that DRTC will reach new heights in his leadership and patronage We, the professionals in Kerala extend our best wishes to him. With regards, DR. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com ________________________________ From: "lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Mon, 29 November, 2010 3:02:51 PM Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 92, Issue 14 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. institutional repository (Dr.D.P Prathap) 2. Summary of the events organised as part of celebrating National Library Week from 14-20 November 2010 (Babu Rajendra) 3. Fw: ASIS&T SIG-III InfoShare STUDENT Membership Award - Call for Nominations (Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar) 4. Congratulation to DR. A.R.D. Prasad for becoming head of D.R.T.C, Bangalore (Abhishek Verma) 5. Re: institutional repository (Francis Jayakanth) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:09:11 +0530 From: "Dr.D.P Prathap" <sbilibrary(a)gmail.com> To: LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] institutional repository Message-ID: <AANLkTikStywosMFoaL5CVOACr6BmB7wKe3qZZqOrSww7(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 dear colleagues Please clarify.... In an Institutional Repository, publications of the Institute are made available in full-text for free access by any one, of course full-text is subject to publiser's embargo period. With the copyright held by the publishers for the artilces for ever, I would like to know what type of agreement between the publisher and the authors of the Institute enable the full-text Institutional Repository accessable by anybody. What is the difference between "request a copy" form for an article under Embargo period AND making it available in full-text in IR itself. Sincerely Technical officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:31:43 +0000 From: Babu Rajendra <Rajendra.Babu(a)capco.com> To: "lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, "lislforum(a)gmail.com" <lislforum(a)gmail.com>, "iatlis.patiala(a)gmail.com" <iatlis.patiala(a)gmail.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Summary of the events organised as part of celebrating National Library Week from 14-20 November 2010 Message-ID: <60C4C9B55AA1094FB52CCD4A8E9A0357014513A32D(a)UKLO2K8S01.capco.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear Professionals, As part of National Library Week, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) in Association with Dept. of Public Libraries - Karnataka State, Kalpataru Institute of Technology - Tiptur, CFTRI - Mysore has organised the following programmes. 16th Nov 2010 Speaker: Jayashimha, Personal Secretary to Revu Naik Belamagi, Hon'ble Minister for Public Libraries, Mass Education, Small Savings and Lotteries & Animal Husbandry. Govt. of Karnataka. Topic: Role of Libraries and Significance of Reading Habits with respect to Common Man The program was held in Sahakara Nagar Public Library. By delivering the chief guest lecture Mr. Jayashimha depicted libraries role in changing the life of common man to eminent personalities in the history. He mentioned the example of two great leaders in the history, Abraham Lincoln and Chatrapati Shivaji. Both were inspired by books which they have read, led them to become whatsoever they were. He has narrated the concept practiced in the earlier days by lettered persons, carrying fifteen books in their bag and distributed to fifteen houses by giving them one week time for reading and exchange those fifteen books within and among those fifteen families on rotating basis under the concept of "Pustakada Jolige" (carrying books in bag) to share the knowledge and also inculcate the reading habits among them. KALA president P Y Rajendra Kumar shared the thoughts of public libraries belongs to the public and responsible for further growth and development of the library. Highlighted the library cess collected by the respective corporations and municipalities from the public for providing good Library Services. The program anchored by Raghavendra R, Vice President, KALA and concluded by Hanumanthu, Library Assistant, Public Library, Sahakara Nagar, Bangalore. 18th Nov 2010 Speaker: Dr. K N Prasad, Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Rajajinagar, Bangalore. Topic: Books, Reading, Libraries, Internet: Some Stray Thoughts Dr. Prasad started with saying in the mid-1950's research showed that Americans were spending less on books and more on radios, televisions and the like. Concerned that American's were reading less, the American Library Association and the American book Publishers formed a non-profit citizens' organization called the National Book Committee in 1954. The main goal was to encourage people to read at least in their leisure time in order to improving incomes and health and for developing strong family life. The American Library Association first sponsored the National Library Week in 1958 with the theme "Wake up and Read". In India, the idea of National Library Week first took shape in 1982 as part of the Silver Jubilee Celebration of the national Book Trust of India and the first NLW was observed through out the country from 14-20 December 1982. In response to the enthusiasm it generated by this event, it was decided to celebrate the National Library Week every year from 14-20 ! November, 14th November coinciding with the birth anniversary day of Jawaharlal Nehru. Incidentally 19th November which falls within the National Library/Book week happens to be the birth anniversary day of Indira Gandhi. Both of them were voracious readers. The National Library Week aims to focus attention on the significance of books. Books play a pivotal role in developing individual potential, promoting national integration and creating an overall environment for the social, cultural and economic development of the country. It is also the time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. He also spoke about * Libraries * Books, Reading, Etc. * Internet and E-Book * E-books * Changing Role of Librarians * Changing Role of Libraries He suggested: * Maintain regular reading habits. Read over a determined period of time. Read from different categories of knowledge, especially biographies. This helps to discipline your reading and keeps working across several disciplines. * Read all the titles written by some authors. Choose carefully here, but identify some books which demand your attention. Examples could be Jeffery Archer, Frederick Forsyth, Eric Segal, Sydney Sheldon, Shivarama Karanth, S.L. Bhairappa and the like. Read all they have written and watch their minds at work and their thought in development. No author can complete his thoughts in one book no matter how long. * Books are to be read and re-read, not collected and coddled. * Learn to have conversation with the book and probably with a pen and a notebook in hand. He concluded by saying: * The printed book will never die in spite of the onslaught of electronic media * Statistics indicate that more and more printed books are published all over the world * In case of scientific and technical journals, the print version have shown decline in circulation since more and more of e-journals are subscribed by the libraries. * The librarians have to reposition themselves to the changed environment by improving their computer, Internet and other information related skills. * Library services should be diverse and customer friendly. Mr. P Y Rajendra Kumar in his presidential remarks mentioned the importance of National Library week and reading books by quoting few quotes and also used few jokes to lighter the mood of the audience. Prof. Shashidhara, Principal, Kalpataru Institute of Technology, Tiptur, has welcomed the guests and gathering. Prof. M J Shivayogi has anchored the whole event. Dr. M M Bachalapur has delivered the vote of Thanks. 19th Nov 2010 Speaker: Prof. I.K. Ravichandra Rao, Head, Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Research Institute (IS|), Bangalore. Topic: Scientometric indicators to measure scientific productivity, with special emphasis on Impact Factor, H-index and G-index. Academy of Information Sciences (AIS), Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) and Karnataka State Library Association (KALA), Bangalore, jointly organized a seminar at CFTRI Assembly Hall in Mysore on Nov. 19, 2010. Library-professionals, students of the University of Mysore and staff and researchers of CFTRI took part in the seminar. The chief guest, spoke on "Scientometric indicators to measure scientific productivity, with special emphasis on Impact Factor, H-index and G-index." Mr. Ravishankar Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore, gave a demo on Web of Knowledge. Dr. G.Venkateshwara Rao, Director In-charge, CFTRI, Presided over and spoke on the importance of "National Library Week". B. Vasu, Principal Technical Officer, CFTRI Library, did welcome. Dr. Geetha Seetharam, Head, GFTRI Library (FOSTIS), introduced the chief guest. Mr. Basappa, Secretary, MyLISA, proposed the vote of thanks. 20th Nov 2010 There were two Programmes organised by Dept. of Public Libraries in association with KALA 11.00AM Speakers: Mr. Shoodra Srinivasa, Renowned Kannada writer, and Mr. Shimoga Subbanna (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimoga_Subbanna) National award winning Kannada Singer. Topic: Reading Habits and its importance The program started with invocation. Mr. Nagesh, Dy. Director, City Central Library, South Zone, Dept. of Public Libraries, Jaya Nagar, Bangalore has welcomed the guests as well as gathering. Mr. Shoodra Srinivasa addressed the gathering with his impressive brief on Reading Habits and its importance. Mr. Shimoga Subbanna has spoke few words before he started singing Raastra Kavi Kuvempu's poem. By looking at the overwhelming response from the audience, he continued to sing two more songs including the song from Kaadu Kudre...a national award winning song for him. Mr. P Y Rajendra Kumar presided over the function, he spoke about the importance of reading habits and the trend as to how the Library week celebrations started way back in mid 20th Century. He stressed on the deteriorating reading habits among the younger generation by providing some statistics. The program concluded with prize distribution. 4.00pm Valedictory Chief Guests: Mr. Ranganna, Adviser, Dept. Public Libraries, Bangalore. Mr. Devaraj, Library, UAS Library Mrs. Shantha Betegere, Library, Veterinary College, Bangalore. Presided: Mr. P Y Rajendra Kumar, President, KALA, Bangalore. Organised By: Mr. Sathishkumar Hosamani, Dy. Director, City Central Library, East Zone, Dept. of Public Libraries, R T Nagar, Bangalore. We at KALA thank all the Governing Council members for helping KALA in making these events a success. 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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Request for research paper
by Vijayakumara 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Dear All, One ouf our professor is looking for the following paper for his project, I trust you will help our professor at the earliest. Title: Diesel-Spray Ignition and Premixed-Burn Behavior URL of the fultext is http://papers.sae.org/2000-01-0940/ Thanking you Vijayakumar -- \\|// \\ ~ ~ // | @ @ | -------oooo--------------------------oooo--------- Vijayakumar M. Ph.D., MSc., PGDCA., PGDLAN., UGC-NET. University Librarian I/C. Birla Institute of Technology, A Technical University Mesra, Ranchi- 835215, India Tel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401 http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/ ----------------------------------------------- Oooo oooO ( ) ( ) ) / \ ( ( _/ \ _) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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