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Vacancy
by Kuntal Bhandare 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

Hello All WIZDOMS LIBRARIES AND BOOKSHOP are up coming chain of libraries and bookshop as we expanding we require qualified and experienced librarian to contribute through their skills in this expansion,professional looking for a good change kindly send in your CV to the below mentioned ID's,we are located in Mumbai(Vile parle E ) . Contact Email Id - kuntal(a)wizdoms.org bhandare.kuntal(a)gmail.com -- Kuntal Bhandare WIZDOMS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ebook reader
by Dr.D.P Prathap 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

dear all please provide information about E-Book Reader (brands, vendors, cost, etc.) if anyone is practically using the same, please share your experience and give your suggestions. thanking you yours sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical officer (library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore-7 m: 99944-61172 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on 'LIS Leadership'
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Dear Friends, LIS Leadership Forum in Association with Seshadripuram College, Bangalore is organizing workshop on "LIS Leadership" on 19/12/2009, Saturday. Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM Venue: Sheshadripuram College Auditorium Seshadripuram, Bangalore - 560 020. There is no Registration fee for the workshop. No. of participants is restricted to 50 only. Interested professionals can register their participation by sending following details to raghupawar(a)gmail.com Name: Name of the Working Institution: Email ID: Contact No: RSVP Raghavendra R raghupawar(a)gmail.com +919448204498 Thanking You, Dr. Dinesh K. S. Member, Workshop Organizing Committee -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. MLISc., Ph.D. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com www.nagarjunaknowledgecentre.webs.com www.dineshks.webs.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Support for a Survey - EVALUATION OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SOURCES IN BOTANY
by Mahesh N Juttiyavar 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Dear Professional Friends. Myself Mahesh Juttiyavar from Mumbai. I am perusing my thesis in “EVALUATION OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SOURCES IN BOTANY” under the guide ship of Dr. B. S. Biradar, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta - 577 451, Shimoga, Karnataka, India. I am conducting a survey to support my study. The survey is for Botany professionals from India. I solicit your support by forwarding the mail to all Botany professionals from your organisation/universities. __________________________________________________________________________ Dear Botany Professionals, Quality of the web resources is utmost important in today's world. Today everyone is looking for web for information. Here an attempt is being made to understand the web resource usage pattern. The study also includes testing the websites for their quality and bringing out the current scenario of Botany web resources. I am conducting a survey to support my study to analyze the quality of botany web resources. I seek your support through participating in this survey using below URL. This survey is only for the Botany Experts operating out of India. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LVRG6MW I am conducting this study under the guidence of Dr. B. S. Biradar, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri,Shankaraghatta - 577 451, Shimoga, Karnataka, India. This Questionnaire will take 25 mins. of your time with decent internet connection. Thanks a lot for your support. For any queries and suggestions, pls. write back to my email id jutti_mahesh(a)yahoo.com or muggymady(a)gmail.com With Warm Regards Mahesh N Juttiyavar ________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NCSI-Net Invitation for Lecture
by shivaram gowda 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Dear Members NCSI-Net cordially invites you for the lecture on ‘New Career Opportunities for LIS Professionals: Introduction to Searching and Intellectual Property Domain’. Kindly confirm your participation to NCSI-Net Coordinators Details of the talk: Title: “New Career Opportunities for LIS Professionals: Introduction to Searching and Intellectual Property Domain” Speaker: Anand TB, Manager, GE Research, Bangalore . Venue: NCSI Seminar Hall Date & Time: 12/12/2009, 1030 AM With Regards NCSI-Net Coordinators Shivaram BS MTRDC, DRDO BE Complex, Jalahalli Bangaluru-560013 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One day National Workshop at Nagpur
by Ajay Kamble 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Dear all, UGC sponsored one day national workshop on "Digitial Library : Initiatives and applications in Indian Context" has been organised on 3rd January, 2009 at Vasantrao Naik State Agriculture Extension Management Training Institute(VANAMATI), VIP Road, Dharampeth, Nagpur. The workshop is organised by Department of Library and Information Science, Dhanwate National College, Nagpur. Registration Fees : with Accomodation Rs. 600 without Accomodation Rs. 300 for Students Rs. 150 Last date of Registration : 15th December, 2009. Contact Person : Dr. Anil Chikate, Librarian, Dhanawate National College, Congress Nagar, Nagpur - 12. Mobile : 9970361104 Email : achikate(a)rediffmail.com or dhanwatenationalcollege(a)yahoo.com With 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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Article Request
by Shailesh Lohiya 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Dear Moderator Please publish article request:- Dear professional Please do me favour to send the fulltect artcile as it is required urgently. Details are given below:- Title: Liability without responsibility: a problem of Justice Journal: Cochin University Law Review 1992 Regards -- Shailesh K. Lohiya Librarian (NUIL) NIRMA University SG Road,Ahmedabad Mob. 09601851608 -- 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 Shailesh Lohiya 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Dear Moderator Please publish article request:- Dear professional Please do me favour to send the fulltect artcile as it is required urgently. Details are given below:- Title: Declaration of Independence : Arendt & Derrida on the problem of founding a republic Author: Journal: American Political Science Review, MARCH, 1991 -- Shailesh K. Lohiya Librarian (NUIL) NIRMA University SG Road,Ahmedabad Mob. 09601851608 -- 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 lata＠iihmr.org 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Glacier Dear friends Can anybody help me out to get the article given below: (it is a sage publication) Health information systems in developing countries: benefits, problems, and prospects Azubuike and Ehiri The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health.1999; 119: 180-184 Best regards, LATA SURESH Manager, Library and Documentation Centre Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Sanganer Airport Jaipur - 302011 Rajasthan INDIA Phone: +91-141-3924700-730 ext. 727 Fax : +91-141-2792138, 3924738 URL : http://www.iihmr.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ **Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. Spread environmental awareness. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar Circular
by DRTC - General 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 Seminar Metadata for Interoperable Information Systems Abstract: The growth of information has reached a situation where we have overwhelmingly different sources and types of information, different formats, data structures and description standards. One of the key challenges of information management today is the need to retrieve and interrelate relevant information from a huge disparate collection of information. The concept of metadata has been emerged as solution to this problem. But with advances in technology and metadata applications, there emerged a number of metadata schema as per the type, domains and purpose of use of information. The main aim of metadata standards was stated to standardize descriptions so as to maintain consistency in information representation between different systems. But today there are a plethora of different metadata standards for distinct communities, such as library, information and records management fields, domains, services etc. The increased number of metadata standards has led to the concepts like metadata crosswalking, ontologies of metadata etc. In this scenario it becomes necessary to examine the relevance of metadata standards and also common representation formats necessary to identify and process data between different systems. The seminar aims to present the relevance of metadata in the present information overwhelming environment and certain issues that arise. Presenter : Anila, Junior Research Fellow Venue : DRTC Classroom Date : 10 Dec 2009 Time : 2:15 pm All are cordially invited. I.K. Ravichandra Rao Professor and Head, DRTC -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of Guest Lecturer in the Dept. of LIS, Kannur University
by manoj kumar 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Dear LIS professionals Walk in Interview for the post of *Guest Lecturer* in the Dept. of Library and Information Science, Kannur University, Thalassery Campus. Date of Interview: December 11 , 2009 Time 10 am Venue: Academic Section, Mangattuparamba Campus, Kannur University Qualification MLISc( 55%) Desirable Qualification UGC-NET/ Ph.D. Weightage will be given to those candidates having experience in Teaching Library Science Remuneration 12000/month (For UGC- NET/ Ph.D. holders) 9000/month (For MLISc. Graduates) Application fee : Rs.200 (Pay in the form of chalan at University Counter) Candidates are requested to bring all original marks sheets, certificates,experience certificates, certificates proving age, caste along with one set of photocopy at the time of interview. manojkumar manukhd(a)gmail.com 09895266543 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher Course in Library and Information Science
by Dr. K M Haneefa 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Dear All, The UGC-Academic Staff College, University of Calicut is conducting a three week Practical Oriented Refresher Course in Library and Information Science from 5th to 25th January 2010. The course aims at imparting practical oriented knowledge to the participants in the application of information and communication technologies in library operations and services with sufficient laboratory sessions. The course contents will include Linux, DSpace, Greenstone, E-prints, Koha, NewGenLib, SPSS, Web Designing, Networking, Moodle, Joomla, Web 2.0, etc. Applications, duly approved by the Principal/Head of the College/Department concerned, are invited on the prescribed form from eligible and interested candidates. TA and DA will be given to the participants as per UGC rules. Every participant would be required to pay an admission fee (non-refundable) of Rs. 500/- at the time of confirming his/her participation in the Course. As our Academic Staff College is not a residential training centre, the participants can contact the Manager, Calicut University Guest House for their accommodation (Phone 0494-2400258). For any further queries, interested applicants may contact Phone No. 0494-2400352 Mobile No. 09447069257 regards Dr. Mohamed Haneefa K Lecturer Dept. of Library & Information Science University of Calicut, Kerala, India Phone (Office) :+91-494-2401144* 286 Mobile No. 09895622811 E-mail ID: hanee4u(a)gmail.com Dept. Blog:http://cudlisc.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar Circular
by DRTC - General 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 Seminar on Information retrieval in forensic image database Abstract: The term forensic science actually means: pertaining to or used in court of laws. Forensic science is typically referred to as forensics and is the practical application of numerous sciences to solve legal system related questions. Forensic science extends into a broad range of sub sciences which utilize natural sciences to obtain criminal and legal evidence. Images of various kinds constitute an important component of information support systems in the area of forensic sciences. This seminar will focus on retrieval, reconstruction and interpretation of digital media. We will also examine indexing methods and the similarity measures (statistical and morphological), relevant to visual retrieval system. We will also be focusing on the types of databases and different software which are being used in forensic labs. Student presenter : Tarun Kumar Venue : DRTC Classroom Date : 9 Dec 2009 Time : 2:15 pm All are cordially invited. K.S.Raghavan Seminar Co-ordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for research article
by sbmjce library 06 Dec '09

06 Dec '09

Dear Professionals, Kindly provide me following research article at the earliest. Title: Dynamic Analysis of arotating canilever beam by using the finite element method Author : Chung,J & Yoo,H.H. Source: Journal of Sound & Vibration Vol.249, No.1, 3rd 2002, p 147-164 Thanking you. yours sincerely H>nManjunath Librarian S B M Jain College of Engineering Jakkasandra Post Kanakapura Taluk Ramanagaram District PIN-562112 New Email addresses available on Yahoo! Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new @ymail and @rocketmail. Hurry before someone else does! http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/aa/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ABCD - official launching of ABCD
by Sainul Abideen P, IIITMK 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

--sorry for cross posting-- Please find enclosed the report of the official launching of ABCD, free and Open Source Integrated Library Automation Software. Sainul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ernesto Spinak <spinaker(a)adinet.com.uy> Date: Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 9:59 PM Subject: ABCD - official launching of ABCD To: CDS-ISIS(a)nic.surfnet.nl Dear Colleagues *BIREME presents the ABCD software officially.* More then 160 participants from at least 6 countries attended - in a hall which was too small, so giving proof of high interest again in this exciting new software based on the ISIS-technology – the official presentation on 3rdof December 2009. Mr. Abel Packer, BIREME's director, introduced the audience to BIREME's long-standing commitment to the ISIS database technology for semi-structured data, which it not only adopted from UNESCO but also started developing up to higher levels in order to cope with the high volumes and expectations of its own applications (ScIELO and the Virtual Health Library model). Prof. Egbert de Smet, the project-leader of a VLIR/UOS (Flemish Interuniversity Council) project 'Development Of and Capacity Building in ISIS-Based Library Automation Systems' which co-sponsored the ABCd development, co-supervisor of the development team and also representing the 'International Co-ordination Committee on ISIS', emphasized the special relevance of ISIS for libraries in the South with its librarian- and self-support oriented approach., combining special technological options with a specific social profile as a software. He also listed some of the remaining challenges, e.g. the need to reconcile the high-technology involved with the low technical profile of many expected users and the need to continue development within hopefully one integrated ISIS-family along with other interested parties. Mr. Ernesto Spinak – who lead the BIREME development team – and mrs. Guilda Ascencio, two other key players in the large international group of ABCD-contributors (over 60 members of 19 countries), presented the ABCD suite with its powerful modules for database administration & cataloging, Serials Control, Site&OPAC and Advanced Loans. Mr. Renato Murasaki of BIREME's IT-team presented the newly developed ISIS-technology named 'Network Based Platform', in which the old ISIS-ideas are combined with state-of-the-art software concepts, ensuring ISIS will technologically survive another generation of softwares and expand into the full-text document databases era. At the end of the event some participants in the audience praised the efforts and results of the team and pointed to the need to keep convincing the world that even if the chosen technological options are not popular (in current computer science and commercial practice), still quite remarkable results can be achieved and deserve continued support. The ISIS community, lead by BIREME, finally has its full-blown integrated system for automation of libraries and documentation centers with some unique features (e.g. the capability to design and adapt to any data structure without giving up on advanced functionality, opening doors to integrated management of museum/archive catalogs as well as virtual libraries) on top of joining some highly respected and successful Free and Open Source Software competitors for the information professionals, while building on the vast experience of the existing ISIS-community. There is reason to be proud of it indeed ! The ABCD main website, from where the version 1.0 can be downloaded : http://bvsmodelo.bvsalud.org/php/level.php?lang=en&component=27&item=13 ------------------------------ Sincerely Egbert de Smet, posted by Ernesto Spinak -- Sainul Abideen P, (BSc,ADIS,PGDCA, VLIR Scholar Belgium) Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management-Kerala [IIITM-K] NILA, Technopark, Karyavattom PO Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Ph 0471-2700777,2527567,2700965 exn 111 Mobile -9496252786 www.iiitmk.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Walk-in Interview at INFLIBNET
by Veeru 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

Dear Professionals, Walk-in Interview for the post of Project Officer, Project Associate and Project Assistant (Library Science at INFLIBNET Centre for Contractual Posts Posted: 04 Dec 2009 03:50 AM PST Date of Walk-in Interview: 18th December 2009 INFLIBNET Centre invites applications from Indian nationals for the following purely temporary positions on contractual appointment basis. Project Officer(Library Science) No of posts: 3 Stipend: Rs.18,000/- Educational Qualification: MLISc/MLib with 2 year exp. and BLISc/BLib with 4 years exp. In the reputed institutes. Project Associate (Library Science) No of posts: 1 Stipend: Rs.12,500/- Educational Qualification: MLISc with knowledge of computer and 6 months exp. desirable Project Assistant (Library Science) No of posts: 2 Stipend: Rs.8,500/- Educational Qualification: MLISc. OR BLISc with 2 years exp. and computer knowledge desirable Time: Friday, the 18 th December 2009between 9.30 and 11.00 AM along with the applications neatly typed on plain paper strictly in the prescribed proforma (available on our website www.inflibnet.ac.in) with a recent passport size photograph and attested copies of certificates/testimonials. More Details and Apllication forms: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ -- with regards Virupaksh BH LIM Trainee, NCSI/ JRD Tata Memorial Library IISc ,Bangalore-50012 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISiM - Development Dialogue (2)- by Dr. Arnold Groh, 8th December, 2009
by Roopa 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

International School of Information Management, University of Mysore & Centre for Advanced Research on Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Mysore Development Dialogue (2) Talk on Globalisation, Indigenous Knowledge and Semiotics By Dr. Arnold Groh Research Center for Semiotics, Technische Universität Berlin. Date and Time: December 8, 2009 : 11:00 A.M. Venue: ISiM Lecture Hall - 1 You are cordially invited Prof. Shalini R. Urs Dr. Jan Brouwer Executive Director, Member Secretary, ISiM, Mysore. CARIKS, Mysore. For more details log on http://www.isim.ac.in/speciallecture/Development%20Dialogue.htm Speakers Bio: Dr. Arnold Groh received his M.A. (Literature), M.A. (Linguistics) & Doctorate of Psychology from University of Bielefeld, Germany and brings a total experience of about 22 years in academics. He is the head of research unit Structural Analysis of Cultural Systems, Technical University of Berlin; Lecturer at Humboldt University of Berlin; He has extensive international professional experience in Africa and Germany; He serves on the editorial board of many journals including Psicologia e Saude, European Journal of Psychological Assessment, and Alexander-vonHumboldt Foundation; He has also served on different United Nations Accreditations Committees and Councils such as UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations, UN Human Rights Council and others; He was a coordinator at the Training Institute of Practical Pedagogies; Consultant for the University of Giessen; Field Research in New Guinea, South East Asia, Central and West Africa; He was part of a Research Group of Prof. Wolfgang Prinz (Bielefeld University / Max-Planck-Institute, Munich). Currently he is Lecturer and a research scientist at Technical University of Berlin. Abstract of the Talk: A semiotic perspective allows for the modelling of intra- and intercultural processes. Cultures are understood as sign inventories, and cultural exchange can be captured as sign transfer. Defining cultural elements as signs also allows to analyse the relation of these elements and their respective context. When transferred, cultural elements can be compatible or incompatible with their new context. The semiotic approach implies the conceptions of cultural elements being units of information and thus, also being cognitive entities. A cultures knowledge system therefore also represents the cultures pool of information and, at the same time, its sign inventory. Globalisation is a phenomenon of unification, by which cultures are affected to different degrees. The flow of cultural elements across cultural borders does not occur in equal measure; generally, they flow predominantly in one direction and only to a smaller extent in the other direction. These are actually two different transfer types, resulting from a bias of cultural dominance that appears when cultural systems of different effectiveness meet. In order to understand the emergence of cultural dominance, the effects of cultural syntheses over time can be modeled, starting with indigenous cultures converging, which results in the synthesis of those cultures at a later point in time. The resulting cultures can then again go into synthesis with each other etc. *************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Disposal of old Bound Journals/issues
by Library 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Dear Moderator: Kindly announce the following in your LIS Forum. Thanks Y.M.Patil xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dear all: We are in the process of disposing old bound volumes of journals and loose issues to the needy ones. Kindly go through the list and let us know which of the volumes you will be interested in so that the same could be sent on receipt of confirmation.The volumes will be supplied against first come first served basis and confirm the same before 20th December 2009. The list could be accessed at: http://www.rri.res.in/glomm/htmls/library/list_of_old_journals_kept_for_dis… Regards, Y.M.Patil Librarian -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 2361 0122 Extn 250 C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 2361 0492 Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: library(a)rri.res.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC NET PAPER -3
by binu david 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Dear All I need an information from my colleagues. I wish to know how to get the copy of Paper -3 of UGC net exam through Right to Information Act. Whom i need to contact and also the fees for the required information. If any one know the procedure please mail me. Thanking you Sincereley Binu David Librarian SNS College of Engineering Karukuti Kerala -- ______________________________________________ IndiaInfo Mail - the free e-mail service with a difference! www.indiainfo.com Check out our value-added Premium features, such as an extra 20MB for mail storage, POP3, e-mail forwarding, and ads-free mailboxes! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Proceedings of XXVI IATLIS National Conference 2009
by khushpreet singh 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Dear Professionals, Kindly find below outline of proceedings of the XXVI IATLIS National Conference on the theme "Envisioning Employable LIS Courses in Developing Countries for the Emerging Knowledge Society" held at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Burdwan (West Bengal) from 25-27 November 2009. A comprehensive report of XXVI IATLIS National Conference 2009 follows soon. This volume is available for Rs. 500/- (Five hundred rupees only). For ordering the conference volume and payment details, kindly contact iatlis.patiala(a)gmail.com All the best Trishanjit Kaur General Secretary ************************************************************************************************************************************* *Envisioning Employable LIS Courses in Developing Countries for the Emerging Knowledge Society* * * ** *IATLIS 2009* * * * * *Papers of the XXVI National Conference * * * *Department of Library and Information Science* *University** of Burdwan**, Golapbag, Burdwan* * * * * *25-27 November 2009* * * Edited by *Jagtar Singh* *Trishanjit Kaur* * * *INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE* ** *Department of Library & Information Science* *Punjabi** University**, Patiala-147002* *************************************************************************************** ** © EDITORS 2009 Price: Rs. 595.00 (India) $ 25.00 *Published by* *Indian Association of Teacher of Library and Information Science (IATLIS)* C/o Department of Library and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala-147002 * *********************************************************************** *Contents* * * Preface Greetings from Dr. Ismail Abdullahi Contributors *Section I: Theme Paper * * * 1. Educational Changes for Work in the Knowledge Society *Russell Bowden* * * *Section II: LIS Education* * * 2. Balancing the Relics and Harbingers of LIS Courses for the Emerging Job Market** *Jagtar Singh *and* Dilara Begum* 3. Higher Education in the Eleventh Five Year Plan: Some Implications for the LIS Education *M.P. Satija* 4. Library and Information Science Education in India: Development, Status, Curriculum, Issues and Challenges *M. B. Konnur, N. B. Dahibhate, S. K. Patil, *and* V. S. Mugade* 5. Exploring the Opportunities in the Emerging Information Environment for Transformation of LIS Education * I.V. Malhan * 6. Selection of students to LIS education programmes in Sri Lanka and some related issues *Pradeepa Wijetunge * 7. Growth and Development of Library and Information Education in Nepal** *Madhusudan Karki * *Section III: LIS Curricula and Job Market* 8. Strategies for the employable LIS courses: Emergent issues and need for contemplation *A. Y. Asundi* and *C. R. Karisiddappa* 9. Relevance of Existing LIS Courses to the Job-Market – What Alumni Tell Us: An experience from Shih Hsin University * Chihfeng P. Lin* * * 10. Employable LIS Courses in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Last Twenty Year Syllabuses *M. Jakaria Rahman, Momena Khatun *and* Muhammad Mezbah-ul-Islam* * * 11. Developing LIS Courses for the Emerging Job Market in Nigeria** *Bappah Magaji Abubakar* 12. Relevance of LIS Courses for Employability: A Study of LIS Curricula of India * R. S .R. Varalakshmi * 13. Remodeling the Curricula of LIS Education in Kalyani University: An Analysis *Bidhan Ch. Biswas* 14. Combining Moodle with DSpace: Designing an Architecture for LIS Courseware *Amit Kumar Das *and *Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay* 15. An Overview of Library and Information Science Curricula in the context of the Indian Job Market *Bobby Goswami Baruah* and *P. Hangsing* 16. Employability issues and public policy support for library and information services in private academic sector in India: observations and concerns *H. P. S. Kalra *and* Khushpreet Singh* 17. UGC Report of CDC in Library and Information Science 2001: A Critical Review of its Relevance in Present Indian Context *Goutam Maity *and* Udayan Bhattacharya* 18. IT components in LIS Curricula envisioning the knowledge society: An Analysis of Syllabi universities of West Bengal *Tridib Tripathi* 19. Master of Library and Information Science Syllabus A Novice Way of Thinking *Geeta Gadhvi* * * 20. Development of LIS Courses in Karnataka in the Emerging Job Market *S. Padmamma* and *Geetha M.* *Section IV: Quality Assurance* 21. Quality Faculty for Excellence in Library and Information Science Education in Pakistan *Mumtaz Ali Anwar * 22. Identification of Quality Indicators for Evaluation and Accreditation of LIS Schools in India, *Amitabha Chatterjee* 23. Quality Assurance in Distance Education: Some Parameters to be Used in Assessing the Quality * B.S. Biradar *and* Santhosh Kumar, K.T.* * * *Section V: Knowledge Management and Learning * * * 24. Knowledge Management: the Leading-edge of the Emerging Information Society *Jagtar Singh *and *N. K. Swain* 25. Emerging trends in Resource-Based Students-Centered Learning in the Knowledge Society *C. Krishnamurthy *and* B.D. Kumbar* 26. LIS Education in India: Tutoring the Tutors with Intrinsic Questions *N. K. Swain*** * * 27. M-Learning Opportunities and Challenges for the Modern Learning Scenario** * Selvaraj**. C * * * *Section VI: Research and Collaboration* 28. Recent Trends of Research in Library & Information Science in India and Research Agenda for the Future *Nivedita Bhattacharyya *and* Biplab Chakrabarti* 29. Problems and Prospects of Choice Based Credit System (CBCS): A Case Study of Karnatak University, Dharwad *B.D. Kumbar *and* Gururaj S. Hadagali* 30. Digital Learning Commons: a Proposal for Panjab University, Chandigarh. *Preeti Mahajan *and* Rupak Chakravarty * 31. Collaboration among Library and Information Science Education Programmes in South Asia: Issues and Implications *Trishanjit Kaur* and *Navkiran Kaur* 32. Continuing Education Programmes (CEP) for faculty improvement in the emerging Knowledge Society. * Gururaj S. Hadagali, B. D. Kumbar and M. M. * * Bachalapur* ********************************************************************** *Preface* We are delighted to organize the XXVI IATLIS National Conference (IATLIS 2009) in collaboration with the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Burdwan from 25-27 November 2009. IATLIS 2009 is being organized on the theme, “Envisioning Employable LIS Courses in Developing Countries for the Emerging Knowledge Society”. The sub-themes include: · Relevance of existing LIS courses to the job- market. · Developing LIS courses for the emerging job market. · Equity, diversity and expansion of LIS education. · Choice-based credit system and internship programmes. · Resource-based student-centered learning. · Accreditation, quality assurance and standardization with special reference to distance education. · Continuous Professional Education and Development for Faculty improvement. · Physical, technological, and learning support infrastructure. · Liaison with and feedback management from students, alumni, and employers. · Marketing of LIS courses. · Research agenda for future. · International Cooperation and collaboration · Role of stakeholders in LIS education and research. This theme has been particularly chosen with a view to initiate discussion on the issues of relevance and quality of LIS courses being offered by the departments of Library and Information Science in developing countries in general, and in south Asian region in particular. Information and communication technology (ICT) has made a profound impact on the life and work of people. There is a shift from teaching to learning, and from face to face learning to e-learning. Similarly, today we are talking about library and information networks, digital libraries, knowledge management, change management, information literacy, open source software, etc. Unfortunately, all is not well with regard to LIS education, research and training in south Asian countries. In many of the universities, the courses are typically traditional and conservative, whereas in a few universities there is a lot of emphasis being placed on the Internet-based products and services. It is high time that the LIS education providers in this region take a balanced view of ground reality. There must be a fair balance between the traditional turf and the leading edge areas the LIS education. Library classification, cataloguing, indexing, reference service, and library management are important but there is also an urgent need for integrating the Internet-based resources and services in the LIS courses. There has been a tremendous response to the call for papers. We have received about 75 papers, but because of financial constraints and portability of the conference volume, we have been able to include 32 papers only. Every effort has been made to ensure excellence and diversity in this volume. This time we have got six papers from Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan. We sincerely hope that these six papers will go a long way to inform the LIS education providers in India. These 32 papers have been organized in six sections. The first section contains the theme paper by Professor Russell Bowden (Sri Lanka), and the second section on LIS Education contains six papers. The third section entitled LIS Curricula and Job Market includes thirteen, whereas the fourth section on Quality Assurance has only three papers. Section five on Knowledge Management and Learning contains four papers and section six on Research and Collaboration includes three papers. No stone has been left unturned to make this volume a valuable addition to the existing body of professional literature. We are deeply grateful to Professor I. V. Malhan, Professor M.P. Satija, Dr. H.P.S. Kalra, Mr. Khushpreet Singh and Mr. Bhupinder Singh without whose timely help this volume would not have seen the light of the day. We are also deeply grateful to Dr. Ismail Abdullahi, Convener, IFLA LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group (SIG) and Associate Professor, North Carolina Central University, School of Library and Information Sciences, Durham, North Carolina, USA for sparing his valuable time to send us his greetings for the success of this conference. M/S Phulkian Press (Pvt.) Ltd also deserve our heartfelt thanks for publishing this volume within a short span of one week only. Last but not the least; the editors are deeply beholden to Professor Russell Bowden who spared his valuable time and resources to contribute the theme paper for this conference. In fact he was very keen to be present at the IATLIS 2009, but could not make it because of the non-availability of visa on time. We sincerely hope that papers in this conference volume would certainly enrich and empower the LIS fraternity across globe. * Editors* * ******************************************************************************** * * * -- IATLIS Headquarters C/o Department of Library and Information Science, Arts Block-1, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002 (Punjab) India Email: iatlis.patiala(a)gmail.com Phone: +91 (0) 175 304 6179 & 6180 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[ELF] Free online OCR
by Engg-Lib-Forum from India 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

[http://www.free-ocr.com/] Free online OCR Free-OCR.com is a free online OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool. You can use this to perform OCR on any image you supply. This service is free, no registration necessary. We also do not need your email address. Just upload your image files. Free-OCR takes either a JPG, GIF, TIFF BMP or PDF (only first page). The only restriction is that the images must not be larger than 2MB, no wider or higher than 5000 pixels and there is a limit of 10 image uploads per hour. -- Posted By Engg-Lib-Forum from India to ELF at 12/03/2009 10:47:00 PM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New Kannada Portal Like Wiki
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Dear Friends, Check out Wiki-like portal in Kannada The state government will on Saturday launch a new Kannada portal along the lines of Wikipedia. Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa will inaugurate the portal, aimed at providing comprehensive information on Karnataka, its language, heritage, culture, history, people, arts, science and other related issues. “ We will announce the name of the portal at the time of the launch,’’ said M K Sridhar, member secretary of Karnataka Knowledge Commission (KKC) on Thursday. This is the first attempt made by a state to make information easily available to the common man in a local language, he added. The portal has been developed by KKC in association with IIIT-Bangalore, Kannada Development Authority, department of Kannada and culture, and various other institutions and individuals. The government had released Rs 2 crore for undertaking the task of developing the portal. The portal also features the translated version of all Wikipedia information in Kannada Sridhar said the KKC will soon constitute a committee of experts, including historians and academicians, to update and consolidate the Kannada portal. “As of now, we have about 150 pages. We plan to take it beyond 1,000 pages in the next few years. We also plan to upload about 1.3 crore articles on various issues,” he added. Source: http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?Daily=TOIBG&showST=true&l… Thanking You, Dinesh -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. MLISc., Ph.D. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com www.nagarjunaknowledgecentre.webs.com www.dineshks.webs.com, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for the post of Assistant Librarian
by sandeep sharma 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Institute of Technology and Management, one of the prestigious engineering institute of north india urgently requires:- Assistant Librarian (01) Essential Qualification:- Master Degree in Library & Information Science/ Associateship in Information Science plus three years working experience in a library of repute. Desirable: Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation & Networking/ working knowledge on library softwares, online databases, web resource development & management. Interested candidate may e-mail their detailed CV at: Sandeepsharma(a)itmindia.edu Sandeepinfoman(a)gmail.com Regards Sandeep Sharma Assistant Librarian Institute of Technology & Management HUDA, Sec-23A Gurgaon- 122017 Haryana Cell: 09871003407 Web: http://www.itmindia.edu/ The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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vacancy in delhi uinversty
by vijay kumar 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

dear all professionals, various library science vacancies has been announced in delhi university. for further information ......... please follow this link: http://www.du.ac.in/du/career/advt217_qualification.pdf best wishes.... vijay gautam MLISc. vijaydlis(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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Advt. of Library Asst. post at CLCR, Bangalore.
by Library 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

Sir, Kindly post the following advt for the benefit of the LIS professionals. Regards, Patil xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Centre for Liquid Crystal Research (CLCR) invites applications for the post of LIBRARY ASSISTANT in the pay scale of Rs.5,200-20,200 with Grade Pay of Rs. 2,400.00 as applicable to Central Government employees. The details of advt. ,etc appeared in the Deccan Herald dated 2nd December 2009, Suppl. page 4. One can also access to the advt from the following URL: http://www.clcr.res.in/docs/lib_asist.html Applications may be downloaded from the CLCR Website: http://www.clcr.res.in xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 2361 0122 Extn 250 C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 2361 0492 Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: library(a)rri.res.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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