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institutional repository
by Dr.D.P Prathap 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

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.

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AK Peters Ltd, now a T&F Company
by Verma, Neeti 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

A K Peters, Ltd. the specialized U.S. publisher of computer science and mathematics products has become a part of CRC Press and the Taylor & Francis Group, LLC in 2010. In addition to being the Publishers of Cutting edge Journals like Experimental Mathematics, Internet Mathematics, and Journal of Graphics, GPU, and Game Tools, AKP distributes the proceedings of the annual Graphics Interface conference, sponsored by the Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society. It is also the co-publisher of the Canadian Mathematical Society's new CMS Treatises in Mathematics Series. T&F is proud to be associated with a publisher of such eminence. A K Peters has nearly 300 titles in print and publishes approximately 35-40 new titles annually. Founded by Alice and Klaus Peters, the Company's program ranges from textbooks through advanced professional publications and includes a range of specialist trade titles as well as scholarly monographs. Across these formats, the program is focused on editorial quality and reader-friendly design. Neeti Verma Sales Head - South Asia Journals and Online Resources Taylor & Francis Group 912 Tolstoy House 15-17 Tolstoy Marg New Delhi 110001 Ph: 011-43155117 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this email message may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. Although this message and any attachments are believed to be free of viruses, no responsibility is accepted by Informa for any loss or damage arising in any way from receipt or use thereof. Messages to and from the company are monitored for operational reasons and in accordance with lawful business practices. If you have received this message in error, please notify us by return and delete the message and any attachments. Further enquiries/returns can be sent to postmaster(a)informa.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Papers at UGC sponsored National Conference at Mumbai
by Ajay Kamble 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Gokhale Education Society’s College of Education and Research Parel, Mumbai - 400 012. In Collaboration with Dr. MSG Foundation, Mumbai is organising Two days UGC Sponsored National Conference on Collection Development of Resources in Electronic Environment on February 17-18, 2011 NCCDREE 2011 invites scholarly papers on the themes mentioned below. The papers will go through the review committee before selection. The selected paper will be presented in the conference and published in the proceedings with ISBN. Main Theme: Collection Development of Resources in Electronic Environment Sub theme: 1. Collection Development: tools and techniques. 2. Collection Development: traditional and electronic. 3. Collection Development: academic/public/special. 4. Collection Development: policies and issues 5. Collection Development: strategies and challenges. Not limited but stick to the main theme. Guideline for authors The author should include abstract in 300 words followed with minimum 3 keywords. The full paper should not more than 3000 words. Author should mention their Name, Affiliated Institute and mail Id Margins: 1” Top, 1” Bottom, 1.25” Left, 1” Right. Font and font size : Times New Roman -12 Line spacing : 1.5 Title of the paper : 12 Bold with centre alignment, followed by Author/s name and affiliated Institute with address References : APA Style Important Dates Submission of Abstract 20.12.2010 Confirmation of Acceptance 30.12.2010 Camera Ready Paper 10.01.2011 Last date of Registration 10.02.2011 for more details Contact Ms Shilpa Waghchoure Organising Secretary Gokhale Education Society’s College of Education & Research Acharya Donde Nagar, Gokhale Society Lane, Parel (E), Mumbai-400 012. Maharashtra. e-mail: nccdree2011(a)gmail.com ges_cer(a)yahoo.co.in Website: www.gescer.com Phone nos. 022 24136408 / 24168493 (College) Ms Shilpa Waghchoure - 9869370636 Shri Vinod Gavit - 9892991717 Shri Sandeep Bodke -9224879862 With warm regards -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulation to DR. A.R.D. Prasad for becoming head of D.R.T.C, Bangalore
by Abhishek Verma 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Dear Library Professionals I am glad to inform you all that Dr. A.R.D.Prasad, D.R.T.C, Bangalore has become the Head of the D.R.T.C on last Friday ie. 26th Nov. 2010. I personaly extend my best wishes to him. -- *Abhishek Verma* Who's Who Cell, Parliament Library Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi *Parliament of India* *abhishekverma81(a)gmail.com * wwc-lss(a)sansad.nic.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MDI is looking for Two Senior Library Assistants
by Dabas Bharat K 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Dear Colleagues Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon is looking for two Senior Library Assistants in the Pay Scale of Rs. 9300-34800 with Grade Pay of Rs. 4600. Please visit http://www.mdi.ac.in/home/Advertisement.html for more information and application formalities. (N.B. Please DO NOT send your applications to this email id. Follow the instructions given on the website while applying.) Regards! Bharat Kumar Assistant Librarian Management Development Institute Gurgaon - 122007, Haryana, India Phone No - (M) +91-9968456404 (O) +91-124-4560390 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: ASIS&T SIG-III InfoShare STUDENT Membership Award - Call for Nominations
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 27 Nov '10

27 Nov '10

--- On Thu, 11/25/10, Abebe Rorissa <arorissa(a)albany.edu> wrote: From: Abebe Rorissa <arorissa(a)albany.edu> Subject: [Asis-l] ASIS&T SIG-III InfoShare STUDENT Membership Award - Call for Nominations Date: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 1:05 AM *** Please excuse cross posting *** Dear Colleagues, The ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III) is pleased to announce that for 2011 we will be able to sponsor a group of deserving information science PhD and Masters students who STUDY and RESIDE in developing countries for complimentary ASIS&T memberships. We are soliciting nominations of student candidates for the InfoShare Student Membership Award. Please include a Curriculum Vitae (or equivalent) and a brief description of why this person is deserving of membership, including their willingness to promote ASIS&T within their networks. Awardees will be decided by a vote of the SIG-III officers at the end of 2010. All Curriculum Vitae will be kept private, viewable only by SIG-III officers. Each membership award will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year if the new member proves to be a strong advocate for ASIS&T in their home country during the course of the year. Awardees will be asked to submit a report on their activities by next year’s Annual Meeting, which may include, but are not limited to: - sharing ASIS&T publications that they receive (the Bulletin of ASIS&T and JASIS&T) with other colleagues - promoting the SIG-III paper contest among their colleagues - serving as a contact/coordinator for ASIS&T members traveling to their area who may be able to speak about ASIS&T and information science -having the ability to strengthen the relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations - sponsoring lectures on information science topics in their area on behalf of ASIS&T We look forward to welcoming new members to ASIS&T from across the globe, with your help. Please start thinking about student candidates among your networks and send recommendations of deserving students to Abebe Rorissa (arorissa(a)albany.edu) or Devendra Potnis (dpotnis(a)utk.edu) Deadline for all nominations is December 15, 2009. Best wishes, Abebe Rorissa Devendra Potnis SIG-III Web site: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm InfoShare page: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm -----Inline Attachment Follows----- ASIS&T 73rd Annual Meeting: Navigating Streams in an Information Ecosystem October 22-27, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA http://www.asis.org/asist2010/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Summary of the events organised as part of celebrating National Library Week from 14-20 November 2010
by Babu Rajendra 26 Nov '10

26 Nov '10

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. 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Open viva voce
by TANYA 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

Mr. Ashok Kumar Upadhyay, Research Scholar will defend his PhD thesis entitled “Retro-conversion of documents in Central Secretariat Library, Zakir Husain Library, JMI, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library: an evaluative study” in an open viva voce will be held on 27th November 2010 (Saturday) at the seminar library of this department. Mr. Upadhyay conducted this research under the guidance of Prof. (Dr.) Masoom Raza. We congratulate Mr. Upadhyay for successfully completing his research and wish him all success in his viva examination and best wishes in future career. Mr. Upadhyay has participated in many national and international seminar and conferences and presented FIVE research papers. He has published FOUR research articles in international journals and TWO in national journals. We hope his active contribution for the LIS profession in India in the coming future also. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MANLIBNET Best Librarian Award 2010
by Anil Kumar 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

Dear All Congrats to Dr. T.S. Kumbar for being awarded the 2010 MANLIBNET Best Librarian Award at the 12th National Convention of MANLIBNET at IIHMR, Jaipur on November 23, 2010. Regards Anil ============= H. Anil Kumar Librarian Indian Institute of Management Vastrapur Ahmedabad 380 015 Ph: (079) 66324987 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarians of Govt Degree Colleges are in B group
by prakash gouda 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

Dear Professionals, I am happy to inform you that Karnataka State Government has passed Government Order(No.ED253UEC 2009 Bangalore dated 23-11-2010) that Librarians and Physical Education Instructors working under Dept of Collegiate Association are catagorized in Group B. You can get GO at http://www.karcollegelibrarians.net/BGRPORDER.pdf I take this opportunity to thank all the office bearers of Karnataka State College Librarians Association(KSCLA) and special thanks to Shri S.L.Kadadevarmath and team on behalf of all college Librarians. PRAKASH GOUDA S.U. LIBRARIAN GOVT FIRST GRADE COLLEGE IRAKALGADA KOPPAL DISTRICT 9980910533 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Installation of Koha 3.02.01 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
by Vimal Kumar 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Dear Friends, Koha Version 3.02 release last month. This is a major version incorporating new features collecting the suggestions from library professionals across the world. I prepared a installation manual for this version suitable for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. You can check the installation manual from following link, http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in/node/74 I hope that this manual is helpful for installing Koha latest version in your library without any difficulty. Kindly send me your feedback about this installation manual. -- Vimal Kumar V. Library Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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PROF. K.A. ISAAC COMMEMORATION LECTURE -2010 BY DR. GANGAN PRATHAP
by Sadasivan KP 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

KERALA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza, Karamana,Trivandrum - 695 002 We have great pleasure to invite you to the 6th Prof. K.A. Isaac Commemoration Lecture -2010 organized jointly by KLA & YMCA Library & e-Learning Centre Dr. Gangan Prathap Director, NISCAIR (CSIR), New Delhi has kindly agreed to deliver the Commemoration Lecture for the year ! Topic RESEARCH EVALUATION Prof. C.A. Augustine, the long time associate of Prof. Isaac, will reminisce Shri K.P. Sadasivan, President, KLA will preside Venue YMCA Library Hall, Trivandrum Date & Time 2nd December 2010 (Thursday) : 3.00 pm K.P. Sadasivan, President & P.K. Sureshkumar, General Secretary : KLA Tel. 919447903282 & 919495718460 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Students Seminar
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore 560 059 Seminar on Online Retrieval: a fundamental dialogue of basics The civilizations have moved to an age wherein every individual has his/ her needs for information in day-to-day life, whilst in the past it was only a certain small learned group of people who needed information. Moreover, that was an age of information storage (concerned more than retrieval) and this is an age of retrieval, as storage isnt a big problem now. But the big problem is to locate it, after it has been stored in the proverbial huge pool of information. And also the big problem amongst the big problems is to retrieve the most relevant one of all the relevant ones. In this presentation we shall discuss all about the basics of an IR system, manual or automated and further discuss upon: o The information overload o Pre and post coordination in IR systems o Why go for automation and online o The formation of database(s) o Controlled vocabulary o Search techniques o Evaluation of search results In this presentation we will also try to find out, how a user can make subtle decisions and get good results rather than just find faults in information retrieval systems. Student Presenter : Amit Kumar Sarangi Venue : DRTC Classroom Date : 26/11/2010 Time : 2:00 pm All are cordially invited. Devika P. Madalli Seminar Coordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Library Week - DLIS, University of Kerala
by Sudhier K G Pillai 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Dear Friends and Professional Colleagues, I am pleased to inform that, as part of the National Library Week Celebrations, Dept. of Library and Information Science Association (DLISA), University of Kerala is organizing a Talk on "Changing face of Science and Technology Librarianship" by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar (Science & Technology Specialist Librarian, King Abdulla University of S& T, Saudi Arabia) at the DLIS Hall on Wednesday, 24th November 2010, 2.30 PM. All are invited. regards *Dr. K. G. SUDHIER *Assistant Professor Dept. of Library & Information Science University Library Building University of Kerala Thiruvananthapuram- 695 034 INDIA Tel. 09446484561, +91 471 2414461 (R) 2308034(O) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Legislation in India
by Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Dear Professional friends There is confusion with regard to States that enacted Public Library Act. Here is the list. If anybody can add on this that helps the professionals and students. 1) Tamil Nadu – 1948 2) Andhra Pradesh - 1960 3) Karnataka - 1965 4) Maharashtra - 1967 5) West Bengal - 1979 6) Manipur - 1988 7) Kerala - 1989 8) Haryana - 1989 9) Mizoram - 1993 10)Goa - 1993 11)Gujarat - 2000 12)Orissa - 2002 13)Uttarakhand - 2005 14)Rajasthan - 2006 15)Uttar Pradesh - 2006 16)Chattisgarh - 2007 17)Bihar - 2008 18)Arunachal Pradesh - 2009 Note: I got news from authentic sources that Pondicherry did not pass the Public Library Act and is still in pipeline. With regard to Orissa, the date is often given as 2001, but the Act is tabled in Assembly in 2001 but approved by Governor on March 11, 2002. Hence the Act came into force from 2002. thanks varalakshmi -- Dr. RSR Varalakshmi Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Required Library Trainee
by Veeru 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Professionals, *INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA RESEARCH* * Near Indira Bridge, Bhat Village, Dist. Gandhinagar - 382 428* *LIBRARY TRAINEE (3 Post) required @ INSTITUTE OF PLASMA RESEARCH (IPR), Bhat, Gandhinagar Stipend : Rs. 8000 p/m For more details please find the attached file and also click on bellow link ** http://www.ipr.res.in/advertisements/092010.pdf * -- *with regards Virupaksh BH 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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Fwd: iLEAD Fellowship, deadline: November 30, 2010
by Shamprasad Pujar 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Members, FYI Regards, Dr Shamprasad Pujar Deputy Librarian, IGIDR, Mumbai, India. ======================================= ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Clara Chu <cmchu(a)uncg.edu> Date: Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 4:58 PM Subject: [IFLA-L] iLEAD Fellowship, deadline: November 30, 2010 To: ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr *iLEAD (International Librarians Enhancing Access and Development) Fellowship Opportunity* (deadline: Nov. 30, 2010) The Department of Library and Information Studies (DLIS) at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) invites applications from international students to its iLEAD Fellows Program. An iLEAD Fellow will be an international student taking the Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) Program, supported by an International Graduate Assistantship (IGA) with tuition waivers. The iLEAD Fellows Program is one of the Department’s iLEAD initiatives http://lis.uncg.edu/about-us/international/. Two iLEAD Fellows will be selected from the new incoming international students, *starting in Fall 2011*, on the basis of demonstrated academic ability, evidence of commitment to enhancing library and information access and development in their home country, and financial need. To be considered for the iLEAD Fellows Program, applicants must submit both a UNCG Graduate School application<https://app.applyyourself.com/AYApplicantLogin/ApplicantConnectLogin.asp?id…>for admission to the MLIS Program and the Department’s IGA application<https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGRTYlhJeEdJb0NscXBnZTIxVW…>by the stated deadline. The application includes an essay of 750 words or less on applicant’s experience with and plans to enhance library and information access and development in your home country, especially to diverse and underserved communities. More information at: http://lis.uncg.edu/admissions/financial-support/ilead-fellows-program/ -- Clara M. Chu, Ph.D. Chair and Professor Department of Library and Information Studies The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 349-C Curry Building, PO Box 26170 Greensboro, NC 27402-6170 336.334.3481, Email: cmchu(a)uncg.edu Main office: 336.334.3477, fax: 336.334.5060 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DLINE Journals in Computing Technology, Information Science and Information Systems
by suruli nathi 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Friends DLINE Journals in Computing Technology, Information Science and Information Systems (http://www.dline.info) One of the major criticism against Indian journals is the 'quality of the content'. The reason is the absence of international review system. Now a few journals become international. One such platform is the DLINE journals in Computing Technology, Information Science and Management Information Systems. The DLINE is a major portal for computing journals. Currently the portal publishes ten journals in computing technology and information systems. All the journals have an eminent international editorial board, review board and the submissions are reviewed using well defined review parameters. Many of the Indian-published journals do not fit into a well structured database. Because, they do not permit the end users to search the content. The online content is not available for many journals. Even for the online content journals, the access is based on user name and passwords. However, the DLINE journals allow IP based online full text access. The major journal in the DLINE database is the Journal of Digital Information Management. It is the only one Indian-published journal which is indexed in many global secondary services including the Scopus and DBLP. We suggest our members to view these journals at www.dline.info -- With regards M. Surulinathi M.com, MLIS, M.Phil., (Ph.D), PGDCA, HDNCC, CGT Assistant Librarian Department of Library and Information Science Bharathidasan University Trichy - 620 024 -- 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 22 Nov '10

22 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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Vacancy for professional staff at NID Cell, SNDT Mumbai
by Perin Marolia 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

The Networking and Information Dissemination Cell (NID Cell) of the UGC Programme on Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education has been set up at the SNDT Women’s University Library, Churchgate, Mumbai 400 020. The NID Cell wishes to recruit TWO professional staff in the grade of Lecturer. The details are as follows: *Two posts – 1 Open and 1 reserved for SC* *Qualifications : * 1. Good academic record with at least 55% of marks or equivalent grade at Master’s Degree Level in Library and Information science/Women’s Studies/Information technology/Computer Applications *OR * in Social Sciences /Humanities with a Women’s Studies component. 2. *National Eligibility Test (NET) or SET as per rules * 3. Good knowledge of Information Technology. *Job description:* To search out and prepare data for the website of the project, to identify and acquire resources (print and digital) for the NID Cell, and to carry out other information-related and administrative work as assigned by the Co-ordinator of the NID Cell. *The job does not involve any teaching.* Kindly note that the positions are temporary and contractual, initially for a period of 1 year, and if found suitable, will be extended till March 31, 2012. Further, they are non-vacational but have the benefit of Privilege Leave (20 days), Sick Leave (10 days) and Casual Leave (8 days) each year, with no privileges of encashment or accumulation of leave. *Remuneration:* Rs. 26,000 (consolidated), likely to be revised. The remuneration is on an ad-hoc basis with an annual increment. The University does not have any accommodation facilities for ad-hoc staff. Apply to Prof. Harsha Parekh, Hon. Director, NID Cell, SNDT Women’s University Library, 2nd. floor, Patkar Hall building, 1 Nathibai Thackersey Road, Churchgate, Mumbai –400 020 to reach on or before December 6, 2010 by 5:00 p.m. Applications may be sent by email to nidcell(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian Languages and IRs
by Shivraj Thorat 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Members I need following information in DL issue What are the encoding methods like UNICODE for Indian Languages? and Which is Best encoding method considering DL Softwares and users of the DLs? -- Regards Mr. Shivraj Thorat Librarian BVDU, Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship Development Paud Rd, Kothrud, Pune-38 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian Languages and IRs
by Shivraj Thorat 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Members, I am Designing a Digital Library for Our Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University. We have number of Documents in Marathi, Hindi. therefore i am thinking to select best lingual solution for entering meta-data of above said documents. selected lingual solution should be used by data entry staff as well as users of DL. therefore i expect solution which should be perfect considering above requirement and technical issues. we are using DSpace Software for our Digital Library. i hope more detail comments on this as expert in this from you -- Regards Mr. Shivraj Thorat Librarian BVDU, Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship Development Paud Rd, Kothrud, Pune-38 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Feedback for E-book on Adoption of RFID in Indian Libraries.
by Jatin Baraiya 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

Dear Professionals, We are planing to write an E-book on Adoption of RFID in Indian Libraries and publish it in open domain. It will act as a guide for librarians who want to understand the technology or are considering & planning on implementation of RFID technology in their libraries. In this regard we would like your feedback on the technology at below link. " http://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dDlmSkJTUkFXTmhLYl95bHR…" -- Best regards, Jatin B RapidRadio Solutions Pvt. Ltd. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Online Jobs in India
by Shams Raza 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

Hi, are there any on line jobs for librarians in India? -- *Shams Raza Librarian Sainik School Nalanda* *(Ministry Of Defence Govt. of India) P.O. Rajgir,Distt.Nalanda (BIHAR)* *https://sainikschoolnalanda.bih.nic.in Google Talk: shamsraza(a)gmail.com* *Yahoo Talk : shams_hs19(a)yahoo.co.in Rediff Boll : shams97(a)rediffmail.com Mobile Talk : +91 9430247793* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Standard Chart
by Shams Raza 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

I need the standard chart of an academic library. can u help me -- *Shams Raza Librarian Sainik School Nalanda* *(Ministry Of Defence Govt. of India) P.O. Rajgir,Distt.Nalanda (BIHAR)* *https://sainikschoolnalanda.bih.nic.in Google Talk: shamsraza(a)gmail.com* *Yahoo Talk : shams_hs19(a)yahoo.co.in Rediff Boll : shams97(a)rediffmail.com Mobile Talk : +91 9430247793* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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