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The World Digital Library initiative gets further expanded
by Puna Das 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

The World Digital Library initiative gets further expanded 02-07-2010 (Paris) "Libraries, especially digital libraries, are truly at the heart of knowledge societies; they enable people to access, share and apply knowledge. UNESCO is committed to further expand universal participation in the World Digital Library (WDL) which reflects the values and priorities of our Organization" said UNESCO's Assistant Director-General of UNESCO for Communication and Information at the opening of the first official meeting of the WDL partners held in Washington, DC on June 22-23. The meeting elected a 7-member Executive Council, including UNESCO and the Library of Congress in their capacity as ex-officio members. In connection with this meeting the Carnegie Corporation of New York supported a conference of directors and technical staff from libraries, archives, and museums in 11 countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan - to identify important documents and collections from these countries that should be added to the WDL. Under the same grant, which was awarded in July 2009, the World Digital Library worked with the National Library of Uganda (NLU) to establish a Digital Conversion Center at the NLU in Kampala. This center, the first of its kind in Uganda and one of very few in sub-Saharan Africa, is enabling the National Library to digitize documents relating to the history and culture of Uganda for inclusion on its own website and on the WDL. The items digitized are from the NLU and other cooperating institutions in Uganda. Future activities planned under the grant include efforts to build capacity at libraries in South Africa so they, too can contribute collections to the WDL. "Capacity-building is a crucial element of the WDL, which is more than just a very high-tech website. In order to ensure participation by all countries that wish to share their cultural heritage with the world via the WDL, we need to assist them with training, equipment, and software" said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. "Carnegie Corporation is proud to be a supporter of the World Digital Library Project, which expands on Andrew Carnegie's vision of opening the library doors of the world even wider and increasing access to knowledge and wisdom for all." said Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The World Digital Library has now 85 partners from some 55 countries. More than 10 million users worldwide have visited the WDL (http://www.wdl.org) since its official launch in April 2009. Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30617&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2010 Emerald Indian LIS Research Fund Award::Call for Indian library and information science research proposals
by Puna Das 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

2010 Emerald Indian LIS Research Fund Award Supporting the dissemination of knowledge for the social good in India Call for Indian library and information science research proposals Emerald is delighted to offer a research grant for an Indian project in the field of library and information science research. The award will offer £2,000 (approximately US$3,000 equivalent) to fund the winning research project. In addition to the research fund it is also hoped that once the research is completed its findings can be published in one of Emerald’s many excellent library and information studies titles. A number of Highly Commended Awards may also be bestowed. Applications should address the dissemination of knowledge for the social good with a specific orientation toward benefit for mainland India. Eligibility The lead member of the research team must be based in India. Judging criteria Each application will be judged, by a panel of experts, on the five criteria below. The research must: * Be of significance, particularly illustrating how it will benefit the social good * Demonstrate originality and innovation * Make an outstanding contribution to theory and its application * Illustrate the appropriateness and application of the methodology * Demonstrate sound implications for theory and practice Application requirements A research proposal must be submitted using the online application form at: http://ww2.emeraldinsight.com/awards/india_lis.htm The following documents will be required electronically: * A summary stating specific goals, outcomes and benefits of the research. This should not exceed 2,000 words (note that tables, figures, appendices and reference lists, if provided do NOT count to the 2,000 word total) * A covering letter containing full contact details (affiliation, full address, telephone number/s and e-mail address) for all researchers involved in the project. Please state clearly which researcher will be the main point of contact The 2,000-word summary must: * Display clearly a statement of purpose and intent * State clearly the methodology(ies) applied and explicitly describe the research process * State expected research outcomes and expected impact and possible application * Specify the expected timescales of the research process * Outline projected costs and total research grant required All submissions must be written in English. For help preparing your application, including advice on how to write your research proposal, please consult our guide to winning research funding. Please note that the decision of the judges is final. Once a decision has been made applicants are not entitled to receive feedback on their submissions. Key dates The closing date for applications is 1 August 2010. Winners will be announced in October 2010. Contact For further information, please contact: Kieran Booluck Author Relations Administrative Assistant Emerald Group Publishing Limited Howard House Wagon Lane Bingley BD16 1WA United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1274 777700 Fax: +44 (0)1274 785200 E-mail: kbooluck(a)emeraldinsight.com; ADas(a)emeraldinsight.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for NCSI-Net lecture – 10th July 2010
by shivaram gowda 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Dear Members I cordially invite you all for NCSI-Net Lecture scheduled on 10th of July 2010 (second Saturday) at NCSI Seminar hall at 11.00AM. Details of the Talk: Topic: Information Marketing in the Digital Era Speaker: Dr. Nagappa, Head | Information Resource Centre | Tata Consultancy Services Abstract of the talk: Concept of Marketing, Required Marketing Skills, PDCP for Marketing, IRC offerings, Promotion Channels, Brainstorming session, etc. Kindly confirm your participation to NCSI-Net coordinators with regards Coordinators NCSI-Net 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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Article Request
by Veeru 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Dear Professional, Can anyone provide this article For Our Research Scholar need this article Tilte: *Quality in business education as measured by accreditation and ranking system"* Source: *International Journal of Management in education *2009 Vol.3 No.3/4 PP249-269 Avaliable with www.inderscience.com -- *with regards* Virupaksh BH Assistant Librarian Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore-5800 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on DSpace & KOHA at GIPE, Pune from 9th August to 13th August 2010
by Sunita Barve 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Workshop on “Creating Digital Libraries using DSpace and Library Automation using KOHA Open Source Software” 09th - 13th August 2010 Organised by Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Pune Venue: GIPE, Pune Many organizations are now trying to set up open access digital repositories using open source software. There are couple of open source software available for developing digital libraries. DSpace (http://www.dspace.org/) is one of the most popular software developed jointly by MIT Libraries and HP labs. DSpace helps to create, index and retrieve various forms of digital content. It is also observed that some of the Indian libraries are willing to automate the library operations but due to fund crunches not able to do so. Koha can be the solution for such libraries. Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System. Koha includes modules for circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials, patron management, branch relationships, and many more features. Koha is built using international library standards and protocols that ensure interoperability between Koha and other systems and technologies, while supporting existing work-flows and tools. The purpose of this workshop is to provide training to library professionals by providing adequate practical knowledge which will enable them to initiate digital library projects and automate the libraries on their own by using open source software. The focus will be given on DSpace and Koha open source software which are freely available on Internet and can be customized according to end user's requirements. DSPACE: * DSpace can be used to build institutional or discipline-based repositories * Submission facility allows scientists and researchers to upload digital documents from anywhere in the world * Workflow feature allows moderation/review of the submitted documents * Assigns persistent identifiers to each digital object in the repository * Conforms to the standards like Dublin Core and OAI-PMH v.2.0 * Security can be built at various levels to effect restricted access * Asian and other world language based digital libraries can be built as it conforms to the UNICODE standard KOHA: * A fully featured modern integrated library system (ILS) Web Based * Copy cataloging and z39.50 * MARC21 and UNIMARC for professional catalogers * RSS feed of new acquisitions * E-mail and/or text patron's overdues and other notices * Print your own Barcodes * Multilingual Support * Acquisitions, Circulation, Serial Control & Web OPAC Topics to be covered in the Workshop DSPACE: * Digital Libraries: Overview * Overview of DSpace * DSpace Users: Anonymous, Members & Authors * DSpace Administration * Dublin Core * OAI-PMH * Persistent Identifiers * DSpace Customization * Lucene Search Engine * Unicode and Indian Languages KOHA: * KOHA Introduction & Features Overview * KOHA System Administration * Demonstration of all modules of KOHA * (Acquisitions, Cataloguing, Circulation, Serial Control & OPAC) * KOHA OPAC customization * MARC 21 Introduction * KOHA MARC records import * KOHA backup/restore * KOHA upgrade * Zebra Search Configuration This workshop is exclusively designed to provide hands-on-experience to the Librarians and Information professionals in developing a digital library using DSpace software and library automation using KOHA. The workshop comprises of lectures, demonstration and hands on training using these software in detail. Computer lab facilities are made available for the participants for extended hours. Resource Persons * Dr. ARD Prasad, DRTC, ISI, Bangalore * Dr. Sunita Barve, NCRA, Pune * Mr. Kaustubha Kale, Anant Corporation, Thane * Dr. Nanaji Shewale, GIPE, Pune Target Participants Library and information Science professionals with working knowledge of Information Technology. Number of participants is limited to 25 only. The participants will be selected on first come first served basis. Registration Fee Registration Fee Rs.5000/- to be paid by Demand Draft drawn on any nationalized bank in favor of Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics payable at Pune and must reach the workshop coordinator before 23rd July 2010. The Registration Fee includes Workshop Kit on CD-ROM Working Breakfast, Tea, Lunch & Dinner Free Guest House accommodation at GIPE Guest House Last Date for Registration: 23rd July 2010 Workshop Committee Dr. Nanaji Shewale, Librarian Dr. P. N. Rath, Deputy Librarian Mr. M. Murali Krishna, Assistant Librarian Mr. Vilas Jadhav, Documentation Officer Technical Support Mr. Pramod Joshi, Information Scientist Please mail the filled in Registration Form attached herewith before 23rd July 2010 to Dr Nanaji Shewale DSpace and Koha Workshop Coordinator Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) BMCC Road, Pune 411004, INDIA Email: gipelibrary(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.gipe.ac.in Phone: 91-20-25679940 (Direct) 91-20-25654288, 25650287 - Ext. 401Registration Form Participants Name: __________________________________________________________________________ Name and Address of the Organization: ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Telephone: Office: ___________________________________________________________________________ Residence: __________________________________________________________________________ Mobile: ____________________________________________________________________________ Do you require accommodation during the workshop? Yes/No Demand Draft Number: ____________________________________________________________________________ Name of the Bank: ____________________________________________________________________________ Amount: ____________________________________________________________________________ Date: ____________________________________________________________________________ Signature -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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BNHS Publications
by nirmala reddy 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Dear friends, I take this opportunity to introduce BNHS publication. AS you know Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), a premier institution in natural History. Today it is one of the largest non governmental org. (NGO) in the Indian sub continent. Engaged in the conservation of nature and natural resources, education and research in natural resources education, research in natural history BNHS publication have always been the standard reference books on natural History, field guides and coffee table books, Please find the link below to know more about publications, and for further information, please contact : Mr. Santosh Mhapsekar Bombay Natural History Society, Opp. Lion Gate,Dr. Salim Ali Chowk, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Fort, Mumbai- 400 001 phone: (022) 22821811 http://www.bnhs.org/products.php?cid=NDE=&sid=MA%3D%3D&t=MQ== With best regards Yours sincerely, Ms. Reddy Nirmala P. Librarian Bombay Natural History Society, Opp. Lion Gate,Dr. Salim Ali Chowk, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Fort, Mumbai- 400 001 Ph. 22821811( Ext 334) , 22876279( Direct) Fax- 91-22-22837615 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on cloud computing 18-20, Aug at IIT Madras
by hrmohan＠vsnl.com 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Dear all, A three day workshop on Cloud Computing is being organised by CSI & IEEE during 18-20, Aug 2010 at Chennai bringing together major leaders in cloud computing. The details of the pgm is given below. For the pdf brochure and other details, pl. visit the website http://www.csi-chennai.org/wcc/ With the generous sponsorship from the organizations, we are able to offer subsidized fee (as detailed below) for this THREE days event with a no. of takeaways including a ref. book (http://www.csi-chennai.org/wcc/cc-book.pdf) and Amazon AWS coupon worth USD 25. Industry Delegates: Rs. 1500 Members of CSI, IEEE: Rs. 1250 Academic Faculty & Researchers: Rs. 1250 Student Members of CSI & IEEE: Rs. 1000 We will be thankful if you could attend the pgm and also sponsor some of your colleagues for this programme. Also, pl. forward this msg to some of your friends who may find this pgm useful. Or, pl. provide their email ids to us so that we can send them the msg. With regards HR Mohan Chairman, CSI Div IV & IEEE CS Ph: +91 98414 32179 PROGRAMME DETAILS ================== Workshop on Cloud Computing 18-20, Aug 2010 at IIT Madras, Chennai, India Organised by Computer Society of India Div IV (Communication), Chennai Chapter and SIG-Grid Computing and IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter Supported by Platinum Sponsors: Yahoo, Google, HP, Amazon, IBM, HCL, TCS, Hitachi Gold Sponsors: Novell, VMware, CSS Corp, Ramco, Cognizant ABOUT THE WORKSHOP: In the past decade, the advent of Internet has opened up several exciting new opportunities for business excellence, cost effectiveness and efficiency. Cloud Computing is the latest in such innovations that has brought computing power within reach of every organization. Cloud computing describes a new supplement, consumption and delivery model for IT services over the Internet. This model follows that of typical utilities like electricity and water which we have got used to in the past century. Cloud Computing offers the computing processing power, storage, network bandwidth, software usage, software development, testing, security, identity etc., as services over the Internet. This model offers unprecedented scalability wherein the user can add resources on demand and give them up when not needed, instead of the classical model of over-investing in infrastructure and managing at a huge cost; tremendous cost-effectiveness by providing a “pay per use” model and ensures professional management of the infrastructure. It is fair to say that this model is bound to change the facade of IT usage across the world in the immediate near future. Analysts estimate that by 2012, in India, 30% of the organizations (both corporate & SMEs) will move their applications on the cloud. Also, CIOs will be under tremendous pressure to optimize their expenses which will make them to look at cloud as the natural choice in the years to come. Further, according to a recent study by Zinnov Management Consulting, the global cloud computing market is estimated to touch over $ 70 billion by 2015 with an offshorable piece of about $ 20 billion, of which Indian IT companies are well placed to grab 30% by building applications on the cloud platform, doing support work, or product engineering etc., Further, cloud-based services are estimated to create over 3 lakh jobs in India in the next five years. This three day workshop on Cloud Computing, organized by the Computer Society of India and IEEE Computer Society, provides a platform in which experts from top notch organizations that are rewriting computing history such as Yahoo, Google, HP, IBM, Amazon, HCL, TCS, Hitachi, VMware, Novell, CSS Corp, Ramco and Cognizant will share their experiences apart from introducing various aspects of cloud computing. Some of the typical sessions would include Virtualization and its effect on cloud; Yahoo’s Hadoop framework for cloud application development; Google applications on cloud; Amazon’s EC2 and S3 services; Storage as a Service; Cloud infrastructure and services offerings; Open source stack for cloud computing and identity services; Best practices, migration strategies, management & security issues for cloud applications. With a session on “Research Trends in Cloud Computing” and a panel discussion on “Are we Ready for Cloud Computing” along with a few user experience sharing sessions, this workshop would offer the participants, the best opportunity to get a first hand knowledge by hearing “from the horse’s mouth”, the specifics -- both business and technology perspectives of the emerging area of cloud computing. TARGET AUDIENCE: The workshop is designed to appeal to a wide variety of participants and include: CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, IT Heads of both corporate enterprises and SME organizations from all verticals such as manufacturing, retail, healthcare, BFSI, telecom, hospitality, education, e-Governance etc., Project Managers, Application Developers from IT/ITES organizations, Entrepreneurs venturing into setting up their businesses by offering cloud based applications, Academic Faculty, Researchers and final year BE/BTech/MCA students aspiring to join the IT industry. VENUE: IC & SR Auditorium, IIT Madras, Chennai DATES & TIMINGS: 18 – 20, Aug 2010 :: 09.30 to 17.30 hrs TAKEAWAYS: Apart from the opportunity to hear the technical presentations from the Industry leaders in Cloud Computing, each delegate will be provided with the following five items. - Workshop Kit - Presentations along with white papers, user case studies, success stories on a CD (subject to the IPR guidelines by the resource persons and their organizations) - AWS coupon worth USD 25 to try out Amazon Web Services - A hard copy of the best selling book (http://www.csi-chennai.org/wcc/cc-book.pdf ) "Cloud Computing: A Practical Approach" by Anthony T. Velte, Toby J. Velte and Robert C. Elsenpeter, published by TMH and priced at Rs. 475/= or a standard book on Cloud Computing for reference - Certificate of Participation PROGRAMME FEE: With the generous sponsorship from the organizations, we are able to offer subsidized fee for this THREE days event with a no. of takeaways listed above. Industry Delegates: Rs. 1500 Members of CSI, IEEE: Rs. 1250 Academic Faculty, Researchers & Students: Rs. 1250 Student Members of CSI & IEEE: Rs. 1000 (Note: Students should attach a copy of the membership card and a certificate from the HOD / Principal along with registration form and payment. Right of acceptance is reserved based on the flow of registrations.) REGISTRATION: Registration will be done on "First come first served" basis. As seats are limited, early registration is highly recommended to avoid disappointment. DD/Cheque to be drawn in favour of “COMPUTER SOCIETY OF INDIA – CHENNAI CHAPTER” and payable at Chennai. Pl. mail your registration form with the payment on or before 5th Aug 2010 to: Mr. S. Ramasamy c/o Integrated Databases India Ltd Rosy Towers, 3rd Floor 7, Nungambakkam High Road Chennai – 600034 For registration related information, please contact Mr. S. Ramaswamy, Mobile: +91 98400 09417 :: Email: sypsys(a)vsnl.com OR Mr. K. Adhivarahan, Mobile: +91 94442 75315 :: Email: adhivarahan(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.csi-chennai.org/wcc/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For further assistance, please contact Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman - CSI Div IV & IEEE CS, hrmohan.csi(a)gmail.com Mr. G. Ramesh, Chairman - Programme, gopalaswamy_ramesh(a)yahoo.com Dr. D. Janakiram, Chairman - SIG-DS, djram(a)iitm.ac.in Dr. P. Sakthivel, Chairman - CSI Chennai, sakthi_velp(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha Union Catalog - Archive & Access Project
by savitra sirohi 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

All, The Archive and Access project aims to set up a consortium of archives and libraries in India with the purpose of catalog sharing and eventual sharing of full text digitized resources. The project is is supported by the Jamsetji Tata Trust and housed at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore. A union catalog has been setup on Koha: http://69.164.216.175/ Currently there is 1 participating institution: South Asian Bible College This will be a union catalog of historical collections of libraries and archives from different parts of the India. This is an ongoing process, with the regular introduction of new institutions to the catalog. The project wishes to solicit contributions from libraries, organizations, historians and other scholars for this catalog. Those interested in participating can contact project members at: publicarchivesindia(a)gmail.com. More information about the project is available here: http://publicarchives.org/ Thanks, Savitra Sirohi Nucsoft OSS Labs http://www.osslabs.biz -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: CSI eNewsletter dt. 1st Jul 2010
by hrmohan＠vsnl.com 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

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Vacancy at NIO, Goa
by Satyaranjan Sahu 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Dear Members, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa requires two temporary staffs (project Assistants) for its library. The selection will be based on the interview. Those who are interested may attend the walk-in-interview with all original certificates on 26th July 2010 at 09am at NIO, Dona Paula, Goa -403 004. The detailed information as follows: http://www.nio.org/index/option/com_vacgoa/task/show/title/Goa/tid/6/sid/28/ thid/64 Name of the position: Project Assistant -II Number of positions: 2 Consolidated Stipend per month: Rs. 12000/- Position required to be filled for period of months - 12 months Maximum age as on date of interview: 28 yrs Essential qualification: Bachelors degree in Science and Masters Degree in Library Science Job requirement: Participate in the housekeeping of the institute's library and its services and input to the national and international databases Posting at: Goa Date and time of interview: 26/07/2010 10:00 AM Place of interview: NIO Dona Paula, Goa-403004 The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) with its headquarters at Dona Paula, Goa, and regional centers at Kochi, Mumbai and Visakhapatnam, is one of the 38 constituent laboratories of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi. The institute has about 200 scientists and 100 technical support staff. In addition, over 240 undergraduate and postgraduate students pursue their project research at this institute every year. With the largest collection of ocean scientists in the country, and equipped with suitable ocean research infrastructure, NIO serves as an advanced center of education in ocean sciences. The NIO library has been recognized as the National Information Centre for Marine Sciences (NICMAS) since mid 90s. While catering to the needs of the users from within the institute, it is also committed to serve the marine information seekers within and outside India. Most of the operations in the library have been computerized. Regards Satya -------------------------------------------- Satya Ranjan Sahu Scientist National Information Centre for Marine Sciences (Library) National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR) Dona Paula, Goa - 403 004 Phone: 0832-2450370 (O); Fax-91-(0)832-2450601 -------------------------------------------------- www.nio.org www.reefindia.org www.mangroveindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Classify and RDA: A New approach to classification and cataloging
by Badan Barman 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

Respected forum members, The classification and cataloging undergoing a major shift and changes. You are requested to go through my two topics that i posted over the following URL's 1. “Classify: An experimental classification web service” from OCLC: My Experience: http://lislinks.ning.com/forum/topics/classify-an-experimental 2. Resource Description and Access (RDA) Published Over the Web: Enjoy Free Open Access until August 31, 2010: http://lislinks.ning.com/forum/topics/resource-description-and-1 Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant in LIS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Getting your feet wet: An introduction to Open Access
by Shamprasad Pujar 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

** Sorry for Cross Postings, if any ** Dear Members, Research Information Network [RIN], UK has published an interesting guide on Open Access, to give researchers, librarians, publishers and information professionals a basic understanding of the Open Access movement. You may access the guide at: http://www.rin.ac.uk/system/files/attachments/open_access_booklet_screen.pdf This could be of interest to you. Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Commonwealth Professional Fellow-2008 Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6547 ; 2840 0919 Ext: 547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in Skype: sham.pujar URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in Blog: http://spujar.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[ELF] Research journals to get UGC funds
by Engg-Lib-Forum from India 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Research journals to get UGC funds The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to sanction funds for bringing out research journals and hosting seminars as presentation of research papers by college teachers will, for the first time, be considered for their promotion. “Since there may not be sufficient journals in which college teachers could publish their papers and subject associations like History Association or the Economics Association played an important role in bringing together scholars, giving them an opportunity to present papers and publish these in the journals brought out by the associations, the UGC would support these associations in order to help them upgrade their activities,” UGC chairperson Sukhadeo Thorat told Deccan Herald. “This annual assistance can be to the tune of Rs 10-15 lakh per association or journal,” he said. Similar support could also be provided to good quality journals being published by university departments and other research institutions. At present, the UGC has no such specific scheme. The commission had earlier taken a decision to support a few umbrella associations such as the Indian Science Congress and the Indian Social Science Congress. The objective of the scheme will be to support subject associations in social sciences and humanities in organising specified activities in order to encourage teachers and researchers to participate in conferences/seminars/workshops and to present papers leading to publication, wherever possible. The scheme will be open to all national subject associations which fulfil certain criteria such as minimum membership size, duration of existence and regular audits for at least three years. A core annual assistance of upto Rs 3 lakh per year will be provided to national-level subject associations for secretariat support, day-to-day office expenses, communication and dissemination of their activities and outputs. It will also provide financial support of upto Rs 7 lakh for holding annual conference of national subject associations and for publication of conference proceedings. The support under the head “Journals” will be subject to a maximum of Rs 5 lakh for academic association and Rs 3 lakh for university department or 50 per cent of the audited cost of publication, distribution and dissemination of the journal, whichever is less. An assistance of Rs 2 lakh will be available for holding national and regional conferences, seminars as well as workshops for the upgradation of teaching and research. Associations such as the Indian Science Congress or the Indian Social Science Congress may be provided an assistance of upto Rs 20 lakh annually. -- Posted By Engg-Lib-Forum from India to ELF at 7/02/2010 09:17:00 PM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Copying of a Subject of a letter published in lisforum
by sabuj kumar chaudhuri 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Dear friends, Mr. Badan Barman of lislinks has published one news on1st July 2010 (http://lislinks.ning.com/forum/topics/university-of-calcutta) has copied subject heading of my letter published on 30th June 2010 in lisforum in the following subject heading-- "[LIS-Forum] Revolutionary & Landmark Step in the Field of Library & Information Science" sabuj kumar chaudhuri sabuj_c at yahoo.co.uk Wed Jun 30 22:06:10 IST 2010 e-mail has also copyright for its content (qualitative as well as quantitative).Because it is the creation of the author.Before using my punch word (Revolutionary & Landmark Step in the Field of Library & Information Science) he should seek permission from the author.He has failed to do so and unfortuanately violated the copyright of the author.Considering unintentional , I hope, in future, he will be very cautious and serious about the matter before uploading any such plagiarised content. with best wishes Dr. Sabuj Kr. Chaudhuri ---------------------------------------------- Dr.Sabuj Kumar Chaudhuri [M.Sc in Marine Sc.(First Class First, Univ.of Calcutta, AIS (NISCAIR,CSIR, New Delhi), MLIS, UGC(JRF)NET, PhD (Jadavpur Univ.), W.B.C.S.(Ex.)] Librarian (W.B.C.S.C.) Basanti Devi College (Govt. Sponsored)[http://www.basantidebicollege.org] (An affiliated college under the University of Calcutta) 147B, Rash Behari Avenue Kolkata-700 029,West Bengal India Phone:(033)24197449 ; Mob-9434457215 email:sabooj_c@yahoo.co.in ;sabuj_c(a)yahoo.co.uk Website:www.geocities.com/sabuj_c/sabuj.html Blog:http://sabooj.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Announcing International Conference on Digital Library Management (ICDLM) 201
by Debal Chandra Kar 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

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 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. Objectives · Provide a platform and enable interaction among DL experts and researchers · Facilitate creation adoption, implementation and utilization of DL‘s, and their future implications · Bridging the digital divide through knowledge sharing 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. Call for papers 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 Important dates Submission of full papers 20 October 2010 Notification of acceptance of paper with comments 05 November 2010 Submission of the revised paper after incorporating comments 20 November 2010 Registration: 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) | | For more details Contact: DEBAL C KAR, PhD 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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ISKO International Conference -2012
by SRELS 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Dear Moderator: Kindly arrange to announce the following Circular for the benefit of Library and Information Science professionals. K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science *********** INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION (India Chapter) c/o Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010, India Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in ISKO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (ISKO 2012) Topic: Categories, Conceptual Structures, Contents and Relations in Knowledge Organization will be held in Bangalore from 6-9th August 2012 ----------------------- We invite individuals and Institutions to become members of ISKO. Annual Individual Membership: Rs. 1,500\- (for 2010) Annual Institutional Membership: Rs. 3,000\- (for 2010) Membership will entitle you to: • receive issues of Knowledge Organization (Quarterly) (or access to electronic version) • discount in registration fee for the ISKO 2012 International Conference. Membership Fee should be paid by DD favouring ISKO (India Chapter) and mailed to: International Society of Knowledge Organization (India Chapter), Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] M.Phil degree (subhash khode)
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Dear Professional, Think about status of M Phil degree before 2006. M Phil is still an important degree. Only the special advantage of NET exemption given in 2006 has been withdrawn. some advantages of M Phil: 1. 5 marks in interview 2. Minimum requirement for Ph D in some universities 3. Increments in job 4. exemption from Ph D course work in case of full time M Phil -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Assistant Librarian Rabindra Library (Central Library) Assam University. Silchar- 781011 Cell No: 09435268733, 09707626388 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Libraries a waste of tax money!
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

>From Fox Are Libraries Necessary, or a Waste of Tax Money? Updated: Wednesday, 30 Jun 2010, 1:46 PM CDT Published : Monday, 28 Jun 2010, 9:53 PM CDT By Anna Davlantes, FOX Chicago News Chicago - They eat up millions of your hard earned tax dollars. It's money that could be used to keep your child's school running. So with the internet and e-books, do we really need millions for libraries? Libraries are quiet havens for the community. They take us to other worlds. They even make us laugh. But should these institutions -- that date back to 1900 B.C. -- be on the way out? There are 799 public libraries in Illinois. And they’re busy. People borrow more than 88 million times a year. But keeping libraries running costs big money. In Chicago, the city pumps $120 million a year into them. In fact, a full 2.5 percent of our yearly property taxes go to fund them. That's money that could go elsewhere – like for schools, the CTA, police or pensions One of the nation's biggest and busiest libraries is the $144-million Harold Washington Library in the Loop. It boasts a staggering 5,000 visitors a day!. So we decided to check it out. We used an undercover camera to see how many people used the library and what were they doing. In an hour, we counted about 300 visitors. Most of them were using the free internet. The bookshelves? Not so much. REVENUE FROM LIBRARIES We know we spend a lot on them. But libraries do bring in some revenue: more than $2 million in fines is collected annually by Chicago public libraries. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Royal Society Endorses Immediate Green OA Self-Archiving By Its Authors
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Stevan Harnad <amsciforum(a)GMAIL.COM> To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM(a)LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG Sent: Mon, 28 June, 2010 23:59:07 Subject: Royal Society Endorses Immediate Green OA Self-Archiving By Its Authors ** Cross-Posted ** The Royal Society is now squarely on the side of the angels again, where it belonged all along, historically. With much gratitude to Stuart Taylor, from the research community and posterity! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Taylor, Stuart stuart.taylor-- royalsociety.org Date: Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:02 AM To: harnad -- ecs.soton.ac.uk Stevan I have, today, removed the embargo on authors posting accepted manuscripts (post-prints) in repositories. I shall contact SHERPA to ask them to change us back to "green". In the meantime, do feel free to tell your various communities! Thank you for your help with all this. Best wishes Stuart Dr Stuart Taylor Head of Publishing The Royal Society 6-9 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AG http://royalsocietypublishing.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need help..
by mohan 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Dear professionals , I am trying to find information for my research work that.... 1.Name of online directories/ websites or other sources which gives the information about the library automation software available for automation in India. 2.can any library currently using the following library automation software. Please communicate me the vendor /developing agency address ,contact number if anybody knows. Also I want to know that whether these softwares are commercially available or not? Waiting for response. .1.ARCHIVES 2.TECHLIB PLUS 3.CLMS 4.DELPLUS 5.GOLDEN LIBRA 6. GYNODAYA 7. KRUGAR LIBRARY MANAGER8. LIB-AMS 9.LIBERA 10.LOANSOFT 11.MAITRAYEE 12.MECSYS 13.NALANDA 14.NIRMALS 15.SALIM 16.SANJAY 17.SANGRAHY 18.SUCHIKA 19.TRISHNA 20.TROODON 21.TULIB Katkar M.R. Teacher Fellow S.R.T.M.U. Nanded mrkatkar(a)rediffmail.com mohanrkatkar(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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Workshop on Negotiation Skills
by SUNIL M.V. 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Dear Professional Friends, SDM Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD) is offering a workshop on "Effective Business Negotiationl Skills" on Saturday, 24th July 2010 at Mysore and Friday, 30th July 2010 at Bangalore. For more information on the said workshop please visit www.sdmimd.ac.in/ebnworkshop or contact at hgayathri(a)sdmimd.ac.in. About SDMIMD: SDM Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD) is a leading Graduate Business School in India. Our school ranks amongst the top 3 % of B schools in India as per various ranking studies done. SDMIMD is located in Mysore.SDMIMD started in 1993 is a part of the SDM group of educational institutions run by the Dharmasthala Trust. The Dharmasthala Trust, with around 40 educational institutions, is reputed for its philanthropic work and its contribution to high quality education in almost every field. Regards, Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by Veeru 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Dear Professionals, Can anyone provide this article For Our Research Scholar need this article Rheology of the Triglycerides Tricaproin, Tricaprylin, and Tricaprin and of Diesel Fuel<http://asae.frymulti.com/azdez.asp?JID=3&AID=28366&CID=t1993&v=36&i=2&T=1> Citation: Transactions of the ASAE. 36(2): 503-507.@1993 Authors: M. A. Eiteman, J. W. Goodrum Thanking you, *with regards* Virupaksh BH Assistant Librarian Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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AIMS-IBA-DSV Conf at Haridwar
by ravish krishnamurthy 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Dear Sir/Madam, Please post this Message to all LIS forum Members. AIMS-IBA-DSV conf on Managing in Future: Role of Ethics, Spirituality and Human Values, at DSV Haridwar Aug 11-13. For details visit the website www.aims-international.org Pl circulate this info. *Thanks and Regards,* *Ravish Krishnamurthy* Librarian, I B A, Lakshmipura, Bengaluru. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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M.Phil degree
by subhash khode 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Dear library professionals There are many students persuing and want to do M.Phil. in library science but i want to know that at present , what is benefit of this degree for job purpose? Subhash Khode Chief Librarian MIT, Ujjain -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Version 78, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

Translate (oversatta, oversette, prelozit, traducir, traduire, tradurre, traduzir, or ubersetzen): http://digital-scholarship.org/announce/sepb_en_78.htm Version 78 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. This selective bibliography presents over 3,750 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents Dedication 1 Economic Issues* 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History* 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues* 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques* 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals* 3.4 General Works* 3.5 Library Issues* 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements* 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management and User Authentication* 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies* Appendix B. About the Author* Appendix C. SEPB Use Statistics* The following recent Digital Scholarship publications may also be of interest: (1) Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography, Version 1 http://digital-scholarship.org/dcpb/dcpb.htm (2) Google Books Bibliography, Version 6 http://digital-scholarship.org/gbsb/gbsb.htm (3) Institutional Repository Bibliography, Version 2 http://digital-scholarship.org/irb/irb.html -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://digital-scholarship.org/ A Look Back at 21 Years as an Open Access Publisher http://digital-scholarship.org/cwb/21/21years.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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