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Blog Action Day-2009
by Vasanth 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

Dear Sir/madam, Here is an opportunities for blogging community to share, discuss, question and to act on issue of global importance. Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Blog Action Day 2009 will be the largest-ever social change event on the web. One day. One issue. Thousands of voices. Blog Action Day 2009 theme is :Climate Change. visit the following URL to know more about: http://blogactionday.org/ ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N From cricket scores to your friends. Try the Yahoo! India Homepage! http://in.yahoo.com/trynew -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Who is responsible for the downfall trend of LIS profession .
by Pandurang Konnur 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

Dear Friends, Here is one of the best topic where we should debate and derive a solution in the interest of our profession. We need to introspect in ourselves and trace the reason for the downfall trend of LIS profession and professionals. Let each one of us list out the reasons and the Associations like IALA will list them out, consolidate and bring on the right platforms for corrective measures. I request all of you to respond to this mail. Thanks, Konnur. On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 7:42 AM, CHARU MATHUR <newbird_2005(a)yahoo.co.in>wrote: > > > Respected Friends, > > Greetings for the day and seasons, > > Since long we have been witnessing and subsequently discussing regarding > the downfall trend of LIS profession and professionals. Despite of blessed > with ICT tools, LIS profession is not able to cope up with need of the users > coming from the cross-sections of the society. Every next second we are > getting a new e-query regarding very basic services supposed to be performed > by the person in charge. What are the reasons of this situation that every > new recruitee is find him in a soup and try to make every best possible > effort to find out the answers of very basic nature questions? The reason > may be any one of the following…………… > > 1. LIS Curricula is not updated enough so that a student can have the > latest and up-to-date knowledge of practical environment. > > 2. Do the learned faculties are not getting required time and proper > infrastructures to keep update themselves? > > 3. Are the students now a days are interested only to getting a > degree by using any of the means so that they can decorate their C.V.s > > 4. Does the new entrants feared to take challenges and not capable to > convert their theoretical knowledge in practical terms? > > 5. Does the govt is only interested only in framing the hard core > policies and setting up certain working groups to evaluate the situation? > > 6. What are the major roles of reputed Associations in this > profession are they just limiting themselves by organizing seminars and > workshops from time to time. > > In the light of above queries, who is responsible for this downfall……… > > 1. Educators > > 2. Students > > 3. Curriculum > > 4. Govt. > > 5. 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ISiM - CXO Lecture Series (1) on "eGovernance" by Mr. M.N. Vidyashankar, 9th October, 2009
by Roopa 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Mysore ISiM CXO Lecture - 1 ****************** "eGovernance in India: Challenges and Opportunities" by Mr. M.N. Vidyashankar, IAS Principal Secretary, Department of e-Governance, Karnataka Presided by Prof. V.G. Talawar Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore Date and Time: October 9, 2009 : 3:00 P.M. Venue: ISiM Lecture Hall - 1 You are cordially invited Prof. Shalini R. Urs Executive Director For more details log on http://www.isim.ac.in/html/cxo/cxo1.htm Speaker's Bio: Mr. M.N. Vidyashankar, Principal Secretary, Department of e-Governance, Karnataka, joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1982 after his M.A., and M. Phil in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and MBA from Harvard Business School, USA. His major areas of interest include Downsizing, Right Sizing, Re-engineering, E-Governance, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Customer Relations Management (CRM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). He was the Chief Electoral Officer & Ex-officio Principal Secretary to Government, DPAR (Elections) and has held the post of Principal Secretary to the Government of Karnataka, Dept. of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology between October 2006 to March 2008. Prior to this, he served in different Departments in the State Government, including Revenue, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, and Energy & Medical Education. He has also served in the Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel and Public Grievances in Government of India. He was Chairman, BWSSB during 2000 - 2004 and Commissioner, BDA from July 2004 to May 2006. Thanks & Regards Roopa Project Assistant International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore- 570006 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google Scholar’s Ghost Authors, Lost Authors, and Other Problems
by Mallikarjun 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

Dear All Peter Jacso, has describe why the popular tool like google scholar can’t be used to analyze the publishing performance and impact of researchers on library journal. Please visit the link http://tinyurl.com/y8ftjz6 Thanks *************************************************************** Mallikarjun Dora Professional Assistant Vikram Sarabhai Library Indian Institute of Management, Ahemadabad http://mallikarjundora.wordpress.com/ ******************************************************************************* Keep up with people you care about with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/connectmore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Who is responsible .............
by Charu 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

Who is responsible for that? Respected Friends, Greetings for the day and seasons, Since long we have been witnessing and subsequently discussing regarding the downfall trend of LIS profession and professionals. Despite of blessed with ICT tools, LIS profession is not able to cope up with need of the users coming from the cross-sections of the society. Every next second we are getting a new e-query regarding very basic services supposed to be performed by the person in charge. What are the reasons of this situation that every new recruitee is find him in a soup and try to make every best possible effort to find out the answers of very basic nature questions? The reason may be any one of the following…………… 1. LIS Curricula is not updated enough so that a student can have the latest and up-to-date knowledge of practical environment. 2. Do the learned faculties are not getting required time and proper infrastructures to keep update themselves? 3. Are the students now a days are interested only to getting a degree by using any of the means so that they can decorate their C.V.s 4. Does the new entrants feared to take challenges and not capable to convert their theoretical knowledge in practical terms? 5. Does the govt is only interested only in framing the hard core policies and setting up certain working groups to evaluate the situation? 6. What are the major roles of reputed Associations in this profession are they just limiting themselves by organizing seminars and workshops from time to time. In the light of above queries, who is responsible for this downfall……… 1. Educators 2. Students 3. Curriculum 4. Govt. 5. Associations My dear friends, I just want to clarify myself as these questions are haunting my mind since long. Miss Charu Mathur, Delhi. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Special OAIster Announcement from OCLC
by Subbiah Arunachalam 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

----- Forwarded Message ---- From: "Peters, Dale" <peters(a)SUB.UNI-GOETTINGEN.DE> To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM(a)LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG Sent: Thursday, 24 September, 2009 20:29:11 Subject: Re: Special OAIster Announcement from OCLC An alternative to the systematic commercialisation of Open Access data, is the formal constitution of COAR: the Confederation of Open Access Repositories, scheduled to take place in Open Access Week 2009. http://www.driver-repository.eu/DRIVER-COAR.html Emerging as the sustainable outcome of the DRIVER infrastructure, COAR is a community-driven approach, where institutions can determine how they want their repositories to be deployed. The action plan is directed towards international organisational support for Open Access in research infrastructures around the globe. COAR utilises the tremendous synergies emerging in higher education between repositories, researchers and research funders to coordinate collaborative networks in the vision of a global knowledge infrastructure. Once the legal and technical infrastructures for OA dissemination reach the coverage and maturity that equally satisfies the researcher's data-sharing concerns and matches the respect that WorldCat enjoys, third party service providers, like OCLC, become equitable partners without questionable terms and conditions. Regards, Dale ------------------------------------------ Dr D Peters Scientific Technical Manager DRIVER II State and University Library of Goettingen peters(a)sub.uni-goettingen.de Tel: +49 551 39 5242 Fax: +49 551 39 5222 Mobile:+49 (0)160 989 67663 ------------------------------------------ http://www.driver-repository.eu/ http://www.driver-support.eu/en/ ---------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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55th Annual Conference of Indian Library Association
by Rajesh Bhardwaj 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

*55th Annual Conference of Indian Library Association * Dear Professionals, We are glad to inform you that 55th Annual Conference of Indian Library association will be held at Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida from 21st to 24th January, 2010 in association with “Ranganathan Society for Social Welfare and Library Development” and Jointly organised by BIMTECH and ILA. Establish in 1988, The fully residential campus of Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) located in National Capital Region, provides a highly conducive academic environment, interaction with hard working and industry-academia mix professors, exposure to the international universities and companies, and a ready profile of strong alumni base spread through out the world. BIMTECH boasts of it’s library facility as a leader in it’s own class. The theme of the conference will be “Library and Information Science in the Digital Era” Without restricting itself, this conference would like to invite participants to reflect upon and present experiences, research and theories about the Formation, Organisation, Management, Updation, Mechanisation, Automation and Modernisation of libraries. This call for papers, based on variations on four themes, would like to ask contributors to link their paper to the relation between the above seven parameters. The aim is to better understand these things in the contemporary world, but also in their history; to examine the relationship between conventional publishing and digital publishing. The conference will maintain its proceedings of high standard and hence would evaluate each and every paper in accordance with the international standards. For further queries visit http://ilaindia.net/ILA-Conf.htm or http://ilaconf.bimtechlibrary.net Kind Regards, Rajesh Kr. Bhardwaj, M-9818603208, http://www.rajweb.name Area Convener and Librarian, Library and Information Centre, TERI *For further details may please contact to * * * Dr. Rishi Tiwari Organizing Secretary, Librarian-Knowlwdgw Centre Birla Institute of Management Technology(BIMTECH) Plot No.5, Knowledge Park-II Greater Noida(NCR) U.P.-201306 Mob.:09810583623, Off.:0120-232301-10,0120-3219972(dir) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ph.D award
by raghunandana m 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Dear Sir, As per your guidance I have included the Title of the thesis and abstract. So, kindly post this mail of acknowledgment to professional fraternity of LIS-FORUM. Dear Professional friends, I am happy to inform you all that, I have successfully completed and awarded Ph.D. Degree from Karnatak University, Dharwad for the thesis entitled “Use of Information Resources in UN (United Nations) Depository Centers in South India: A study with special reference to the policies, procedures and plan of action in view of the development of Internet”, under the auspicious guidance of Prof. C.R. Karisiddappa, UGC-Emeritus Fellow, Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad. I sincerely acknowledge the friends and professionals who directly and indirectly supported in getting my Ph.D. and those who have extended their moral support. I promise before the professional fraternity that, I will make justice to the profession with good vision and mission as I have got more responsibility after getting this degree. Thanking you, with regards. Yours sincerely, Dr. Raghunandana M. Abstract of the Thesis The United Nations is an inter-governmental organization dedicated to promoting peace and security among nations and developing global efforts to fight economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems. There are 408 UN Publications Depository Libraries in 146 Countries of the world today, in India there are 18 Depository Libraries. The publications brought by UNO and its other agencies like, UNESCO, WHO etc. are easily available in the market or at any other library because of their special nature, the establishment of Depository of UNO Publications in reputed libraries was brought into practice. So, these Centers are now able to fulfill the requirements of Researchers and others who are in need of them and it is also responsibility of each Depository Centre to work towards this end. However, it is found that these publications are not able to reach the users in a desired level of expectations and few studies on their in-depth information contents exist, and also ! as to their availability and use of these Publications from the Depository Libraries. An attempt is therefore made in this research study to examine the various issues related to the UNO and its other publications available through the Depository Libraries. Hence the study of UNO Publications Depository Libraries located in South India is undertaken for an in-depth and detailed study. The aim of the study is to find out how the UN depository resources reach to the end user and various effective mechanisms created for their optimum utilization with the available information technology facilities in particular in selected designated libraries. This research work is focused in the need analysis of the selected samples from seven Depository Libraries. The main aim of the study is to find out the awareness of UN Depository Information. As a part of the study a survey of seven Depository Libraries in South India through questionnaire method has been conducted successfully. ! The questionnaires mainly focused on the strengths of the Depository L ibraries with regard to their information resources, awareness, budget, library collection, user education programmes, building, arrangement of the documents etc., The Information Technology infrastructure were also gathered. Dr. Raghunandana M M.A.,MLISc.,Ph.D. Lecturer, Dept. of Library & Information Science Bangalore University Bangalore - 560056 Karnataka State India Ph:091-080-22961401 Mobile:091-9611334522 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Five US universities to provide central funding for open access publication fees
by Mailing List Admin 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:46:45 +0530 From: Shivendra Singh <shiv.mail(a)gmail.com> Five US universities to provide central funding for open access publication fees<http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/bmcblog/entry/five_us_universities…> In a major step forward for the open access movement, Berkeley, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last week announced <http://news.biomedcentral.com/t/13102619/7881471/1544239/0/> a joint commitment to provide their researchers with central financial assistance to cover open access publication fees, and encouraged other academic institutions to join them. The aim of the 'compact for open access publication equity<http://news.biomedcentral.com/t/13102619/7881471/1544240/0/>' is to create a level playing field between subscription-based journals (which institutions support centrally via library budgets) and open access journals (which often depend on publication fees). Read more <http://news.biomedcentral.com/t/13102619/7881471/1544241/0/> http://www.oacompact.org/ -- Shivendra Singh 9815526163

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conference:relevance of Ranganathan @bbau
by Mailing List Admin 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:14:15 +0530 From: vijay kumar <vijaydlis(a)gmail.com> Dear LIS professionals, Topic:"RELEVANCE OF RANGANATHAN IN THE PRESENT DAY KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY" PLACE: BBAU (a central university), LUCKNOW DATE:14-15 NOV,2009 for detail, visit, http://www.bbauindia.org/news_events/notice_18sep09.pdf With Regards, VIJAY GAUTAM MLISc.,(MCA) bbau,lko

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Seminar on Future Libraries and Librarians at Ahmedabad
by AMA Library 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

A One Day Seminar on Future Libraries and Librarians Saturday, October 10, 2009 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Topics and Speakers: l Positioning Information Professionals for the Future by Ms. Janice Lachance, CEO, Special Libraries Association, Alexandria, Virginia, USA l Model Corporate Library by Mr. B.P. Prakash, GM and Global LIC Head, TCS Mumbai l Future of Academic Libraries by Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad l Innovation Driven Librarianship: Expectations of a library user by Prof. S. Ramkumar, CEO Last Resort. l Creating the Future Landscape for Libraries: Relating Retail and Marketing Concepts to Libraries by Prof. P.K. Sinha, Professor & Head, Centre for Retailing, IIM, Ahmedabad Who should attend: Librarians; Information Assistants; Research Scholars and Doctorate Students; Faculty/Promotion Personnel; Market Research Professionals etc. Fee: Rs. 200/- per participant. This includes seminar kit, lunch and tea. The cheque may be drawn in the name of 'Ahmedabad Management Association'. Registration: Please send your registration along with participation fee to: The Executive Director, Ahmedabad Management Association AMA Complex, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Marg, Vastrapur Ahmedabad 380 015. Ph: 079- 32512847 26308601-6 Fax: 079-26305692 E-mail: amaahd(a)gmail.com Website: www.amaindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for an anticle
by LIBRARY 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Namaste, One of the academicians in our Centre needs this article. Could any one of you help us by sending a copy of the same. Title: Temperature jumps at the boundary of a rarefied gas Authors: Jörg Au1, Ingo Müller1 and Tommaso Rugger Journal: Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics , Volume 12, Number 1 / April, 2000 Publisher: Springer URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/q4hq19aym5pwxyw1/ Thanks & regards, Veena -- -------------------------------------------------- Library TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics Phone: 91-80-66953757 Post Bag No. 6503, Sharada Nagar, Fax: 91-80-66953799 Chikkabommasandra, GKVK Post, URL: http://math.tifrbng.res.in Yalahanka New Town, Bangalore-560 065 Bharat -------------------------------------------------- "Every duty is holy and devotion to duty is the highest form of the worship of God." - Swami Vivekananda -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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JournalTOCs
by Mallikarjun 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Dear All, JournalTOCs is a project by JISC for monitoring current journal issues. it covered 12,623 Journals collected from 422 publisher. you can browse latest table of contents from all journals. details please visit http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/index.php Thanks *************************************************************** Mallikarjun Dora Professional Assistant Vikram Sarabhai Library Indian Institute of Management, Ahemadabad http://mallikarjundora.wordpress.com/ ******************************************************************************* Connect more, do more and share more with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn more. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISiM - Special Lecture Series (9) on "Changing Paradigms of Digital Marketing & Multichannel Commerce", 23rd September, 2009 - A Report.
by Roopa 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Mysore ISiM - Special Lecture Series (9) 23rd September 2009 "Changing Paradigms of Digital Marketing & Multichannel Commerce" by Mr. Ajay Malgaonkar A special lecture was organized at the International School of Information Management (ISiM), University of Mysore, Mysore on Wednesday, the 23rd of September 2009 at 10 AM. The special lecture was delivered by Mr. Ajay Malgaonkar, Group Project Manager, Infosys Technologies Limited on the topic of "Changing Paradigms of Digital Marketing & Multichannel Commerce". Special lectures are organized in ISiM with the intention of providing students an insight into cutting edge trends in the field of Information Management and also an opportunity to interact with distinguished guests. The event started with Prof.Shalini Urs, Executive Director, ISiM welcoming the speaker and the audience. She introduced the speaker to the audience and set the environment for an exciting discussion. Mr. Ajay Malgaonkar began his lecture explaining the concept of Digital Marketing and the need for it in the contemporary world. Digital Marketing, he explained is the practice of promoting products and services using digital distribution channels to reach consumers in a timely, relevant, personal and cost-effective manner. He provided examples to show how the traditional methods of marketing and reaching out to people have become redundant. He then spent some time explaining how these tools could be leveraged to build a relationship between producers and consumers, Create Brand Awareness, build brand equity and capture the public opinion. This practice predominantly uses the new age tools like Internet, mobile and other interactive channels for reaching out to the masses. On the other hand, Multi channel commerce refers to the practice of pursuing multiple means to promote or doing business. The two techniques go hand-in hand in the modern day business scenarios. It today's business scenario, it is noteworthy that all popular brands are actively employing the techniques of Digital Marketing and Multi channel communications for a better visibility and market position. He also explained how the videos, emails, websites, SMS'es, Podcasts, Banners and blogs can be used in tandem to create awareness and branding of any product. He emphasized on the current trends in customers' decision making being deeply influenced by the opinions of their peers. In such scenarios, it becomes important for the companies/brands to monitor the blogs and other social networking platforms over the internet to assess their market positioning and sentiments. Ajay's point of view about marketing was that, "Instead of TELLING A STORY, Create the TOOLS that allow a story to be told". He is of the opinion that acquisition of a customer online consists of following 6 stages namely - Discovery of the product by the consumer, Evaluation by the Consumer, Engage the customer, Interaction among various consumers, Convert the consumers interest and Advocate the consumers- The speaker then took up a case study regarding the usage of digital marketing during the 2008 US presidential elections. He explained how the blogs, email campaigns were effectively employed to promote individual candidates as brands. For more details of the event, visit the webpage - http://isim.ac.in/html/Special%20Lecture-Ajay%20Malgoankar.htm Thanks & Regards Roopa Project Assistant International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw:HELINET Training and Continuing Education Program -2009
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

dear friends recently i was in Bangalore at Rajiv Gandhi Health University. Dr Urs, the Chief Librarian of th euniversity, who established the HELINET by roping in medical colleges in the university to proivde the subscription of journals and books as well as information to these colleges. he started five user education programs to the doctors, librarians and medical students on wht are the resources available and how to make use of them.. on first day, the program was for medical subject and more 80 participated in the program, they were attentively attending the program. I FEEL ALL THE PROFESSIONALS SHOULD APPRECIATE THE ATTEMPTS OF Dr URS IN ORGANISING THESE FREE USER EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO ENLIGHTEN THE USERS AND ALSO TO MAKE OPTIMUM USE OF THE RESOURCES. THIS ENABLES VALUE FOR TH EMONEY SPENT BY THE INSTITUTIONS. Why cannot the Universities getting the resources thru Infonet make such regular programs? i congratulate Dr Urs and his staff in doing these programs. LAXMAN RAO --- On Sat, 19/9/09, thimmappa naik <thimmappa03(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: thimmappa naik <thimmappa03(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] HELINET Training and Continuing Education Program -2009 To: "ncsi lis forum" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Date: Saturday, 19 September, 2009, 12:06 PM To, All respected professionals, Affiliated colleges to RGUHS-Karnataka HELINET Training and Continuing Education Program for the Librarians and faculty / students of the affiliated Colleges of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, 4 T Block Jayanagar-Bangalore-41(RGUHS) under HELINET Consortium September 22-30, 2009 1. Librarians, Principals, Students of Medical Colleges,Tuesday, Sept 22, 2009 2. Librarians Principals, Students of Dental Colleges Wednesday, Sept 23, 2009 3. Librarians Principals, Students of Pharmacy Colleges,Thursday, Sept 24, 2009 4. Librarians Principals, Students of Nursing Colleges,Friday, Sept 25, 2009 5. Librarians Principals, Students of Physiotherapy & Allied Health Science Colleges Saturday, Sept 26, 2009 6. Librarians Principals, Students of Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Unani, Yoga & Naturopathy Colleges Wednesday, Sept 30, 2009 Timings: 10.30 a.m. to 5.45 p.m. Venue: Dhanvathri Hall, RGUHS Kindly participate, regards, Thimmappa N. MLISc, PGDHL Library Assistant, RGUHS Bengaluru Thimmappa N. MLISc, PGDHL Bengaluru thimmappa03(a)yahoo.com or softeyest(a)gmail.com"Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future”Read an eBook, Save a Tree; Buy an eBook Reader, Save a Forest -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Literary Evening: Panel Discussion with Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Treichel
by Kulkarni, Sheshagiri 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

Greetings from the Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore! The Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, in collaboration with Toto Funds the Arts (TFA), is happy to invite you to a Literary Evening with award-winning German author Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Treichel. The event takes the form of a Panel Discussion on Issues In Contemporary German and Indian Literatures. Dr. Treichel will interact with stalwarts from the Indian literary scene in what is expected to be a lively and stimulating discussion. Event: Panel Discussion: Issues In Contemporary German and Indian Literatures Date: September 29, 2009 Time: 6.30 p.m. Venue: Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore Free Entry. All are welcome! The Panelists include: Dr. Hans-Ulrich Treichel, Professor at the German Literature Institute, Leipzig; Prof. A R Venkatachalapathy, Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai; Dr. Vanamala Vishwanatha, Former Professor, Dept. of English, Bangalore University; Mr. Arul Mani, Reader in the English Department at St. Joseph's College, Bangalore More details at the Bhavan (2520 5305/6/7/8) or visit our website: www.goethe.de/bangalore Dr. Hans-Ulrich Treichel: Dr. Hans-Ulrich Treichel was born in Versmold, Westphalia, Germany in 1952. He now lives in Berlin and Leipzig. He was a student of German studies at the Free University of Berlin and obtained his doctoral degree on Wolfgang Koeppen. Since 1995 he is professor at the German Literature Institute, Leipzig. Hans-Ulrich Treichel has quickly developed a literary reputation in Germany for writing which has been lauded as readable, humorous and yet challenging. He enjoyed huge popular and critical success with the publication of his first major prose work, Der Verlorene (translated into English as Lost), in 1998. This work is a poignant re-working of an experience through which Treichel's own family went towards the end of the Second World War. This familial struggle with the past forms the core of Der Verlorene in particular, but his subsequent novels, Menschenflug [ A Man's Flight, 2005] and Anatolin (2008) also tackle this theme. Dr. Treichel has published widely on German literature of the modern period. Among many other awards he has received the Hermann Hesse Prize (2005) and Eichendorff Prize (2006). We look forward to welcoming you at the Bhavan on September 29th at 6.30p.m. Best regards, Sheshagiri Kulkarni Librarian Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan 716 CMH Road Indiranagar 1st Stage Bangalore 560 038 Ph: +91 80 2520 5305/06/07/08-206 Fax: +91 80 2520 5309 kulkarni(a)bangalore.goethe.org www.goethe.de/bangalore www.goethe.de/india -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FINAL CALL FOR REGISTRATION
by Mailing List Admin 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:47:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Rajesh Singh <rajeshzone29(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professional Colleague, It gives me a great pleasure to inform you that the Delhi University Library System of the University of Delhi, a premier University in India, has taken the responsibility to host an International Conference on Academic Libraries from October 5 to 8, 2009 involving large number of professionals from India and abroad. Dr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman National Knowledge Commission, India, has kindly consented to inaugurate the Conference. � The Conference has received an overwhelming response from the library professional from across the world to our call for papers. We have received more than 170 paper contributions, out of which about 120 papers have been selected for the conference. ICAL-2009 has also made provision for poster presentations. A good number of International experts have already consented to be present in the Conference to make the event more serious, fruitful and memorable. The list of Prominent International Speakers is available at: http://library.du.ac.in/ocs/index.php/ical/ � Besides, we are organizing a “Pre-Conference Tutorial on Virtual Referencing”. Experts from OCLC will conduct the Tutorial on 5th October, 2009. It will explore real time virtual reference service, including the know how of a reference management service called Question Point. � IDEA GENERATION: The ICAL 2009 is contemplating to have a brain storming session for idea generation in the middle of the technical tracks on the last day with a view to give opportunity to the participants to place their views on what they think should be part of the ROAD MAP to reposition the academic libraries in the modern times using ICT tools and techniques. Exhibition of Library Materials: DULS will be holding an exhibition of Library related materials including books, periodicals, non-book materials, LMS, various other ICT tools, etc. This would be an epoch making event of its own kind in the sense that a common platform would be created for a wide gamut of library and information professionals from across the globe to brainstorm various issues and subsequent deliverables. For more details please visit: http://library.du.ac..in/ocs or http://crl.du.ac.in . � IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED SO FAR, WE INVITE YOU TO DO SO BY 20TH SEPTEMBER 2009 � � With kind regards. Rajesh Singh Dy. Librarian E-Resources & Training Central Library University Of Delhi DELHI-110 007 011-27666404, 27667848 http://crl.du.ac.in/

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Request for Article
by Kshema Prakash 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

** Apologies of X-postings Dear Colleagues, One of my faculty requires the following paper. Can anyone kindly spare a copy? Dev, N.K., Swami, S. and Caprihan, R., “A Modeling Approach to Outsourcing Decisions in Supply Chain Management,” International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, Volume 16, No. 4, pp. 377-397, 2009. http://inderscience.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent… Thanks and regards, Kshema Dr. (Ms.) Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian - Gr I, Contact Person e-Journals (Library) & Coordinator - Distance Library Services DEI Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282 0110 Uttar Pradesh, India Mob: +919897190604 http://kshema-distancelibraryservices.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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100 Ways to Use Twitter In Your Library
by Vimal Kumar 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

Dear Friends, Here is a nice blog posting about the applications of twitter in libraries. http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2009/09/100-ways-to-use-twitter-in-you… Twitter is a free social networking and communication tool that lets you send short messages of up to 140 characters to your group of friends via the Twitter website Many libraries from various countries are successfully using Twitter service to broadcast messages and interact with library users. I hope that, this article will help you to get more insight into how Twitter support library services. -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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BMA - Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights on 24th October 2009
by prakash in 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

Dear All, Greetings from Knowledge Centre. Please find below workshop information for your reference which is postponed on 16th Sep 2009. Bangalore Management Academy (BMA), Bangalore is organizing a ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON Intellectual Property Rights for the 21st Century Librarian on 24th October 2009. ABOUT THE WORKSHOP: Intellectual Property Rights have become crucial for knowledge economy workers with laws getting stricter on unauthorized use of published material and stringent on piracy in software. In India, patent laws and copyright laws have been amended to make them compatible to the TRIPS agreement under the WTO. What are the new issues in copyright and patents that today’s knowledge managers must be aware of? How do these laws protect intellectual development and catalyze the knowledge economy? What do librarians, students, writers and producers of knowledge need to watch out for when using other’s published material or when using software packages and databases? This workshop will discuss critical concerns relating to IPRs through lectures and discussions by leading academics and lawyers working in this area. Faculty: Amir Ullah Khan’s PhD work is on IPR issues in the software sector. Ramakrishna Srinivasan and Suresh Kumar are leading corporate lawyers with a special interest in IPR issues. Yamini Narayanan has taught referencing and sourcing in various countries. The last date for registration for this workshop will be October 15, 2009 Registration Fee: Rs. 500.00 Register through Online: http://www.bmaindia.com/Intellectual-Property/intellectual-property.html For more details contact: Prakash I.N– 9880446597 or email to: prakash(a)bmaindia.com With Regards, Prakash I.N Manager – Knowledge Centre Bangalore Management Academy # 17, Ashirwad Towers, Doddanekkundi Cross, Mahadevapura Ring Road, Marathahalli Post, Bangalore – 560 037.Phone: 080-43544117 Mobile No: 9880446597 Try the new Yahoo! India Homepage. Click here. http://in.yahoo.com/trynew -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISiM Special Lecture Series (9) on Changing Paradigms of Digital Marketing & Multichannel Commerce
by Roopa 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

ISiM Special Lecture Series (9) on "Changing Paradigms of Digital Marketing & Multichannel Commerce", 23rd September, 2009 Special Lecture (9) "Changing Paradigms of Digital Marketing & Multichannel Commerce" by Mr. Ajay Malgaonkar Group Project Manager Infosys Technologies Limited Date and Time September 23, 2009: 10.00 AM - 12.00 PM Venue ISiM Lecture Hall-1 You are cordially invited Prof. Shalini R Urs Executive Director To know more about the event, log on to www.isim.ac.in Thanks & Regards Roopa Project Assistant International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore- 570006 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need books urgently
by YASHWANT G KANADE 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

Dear Sir I require the following books VERY URGENTLY: The fauna of India and the adjacent countries Isoptera (Termites). Vol 1 By M L Roonwal & O B Chhotani.Published by Director, Zoological survey of India, Calcutta, 1989. The fauna of India and the adjacent countries Isoptera (Termites). Vol 2 (Family Termitidae) By O B Chhotani.Published by Director, Zoological survey of India, Calcutta, 1997. Records of the Zoological Survey of India. Miscellaneous publication. Occasional paper No. 49. Termite fauna of Southern India by Geeta Bose. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, 1984. Please do the needful. Thank You very much Faithfully -- Lakshy Katariya Int. PhD Biological sciences 2008-09 Prof. Renee M Borges Lab Center for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560 012, INDIA -- YASHWANT G KANADE SGO / Librarian Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science BANGALORE - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Vacancy
by karunakar n 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

Dear Professionals, Post of Professor & Associate Professor at Pondicherry University, R Venkataraman Nagar, Kalaper, Puducherry - 14. Last date: 30.10.2009. More: http://www.pondiuni.edu.in -- Thanks and Regards, Karunakar.N -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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article on Wikipedia
by Venkata Kesavan 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

Dear Friends, Please read an interesting article titled 'Where Wikipedia ends' by Farhad Manjoo, published in the TIME Magazine (Sep-25-2009, pp.24-25. ) The article is focused on the various issues faced by Wikipedia, such as 'adding fewer articles and has fewer editors' to maintain the site. You may access the article from : <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1924492,00.html> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1924492,00.html Regards, R. Venkata Kesavan Chief Manager Times Archives & Knowledge Centre (TAKC) Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times Group) The Times of India Building, 2nd Floor Dr. D. N. Road Mumbai 400 001 Ph: (B): +91-22-66353535 (Ext.: 4470) Fax : +91-22-22731437 e-mail : venkata.kesavan(a)timesgroup.com Homepage: http://rvkindia.angelfire.com/ Disclaimer :- The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee or addressees. If you are not an intended recipient, please delete the message and any attachments and notify the sender of misdelivery. Any use or disclosure of the contents of either is unauthorised and may be unlawful. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender states them, with requisite authority, to be those of the specific TIMES GROUP company. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reminder: Survey of Greenstone Digital Library Software
by anu＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

Apologies for cross posting. Kindly ignore this mail if you have already responded. Dear Professional, As you are aware, Greenstone Digital Library Software (GSDL), a free software developed by the University of Waikato, New Zealand, is a major Digital Library software in South Asian region. Different institutions/individuals are already developing Interfaces in some of the Indian languages. With a view to promoting further work on and practical applications of the software a survey of the institutions and individuals in South Asian region who are using or intending to use or have attended workshop(s) on the software or otherwise interested in GSDL, is being undertaken. This survey is mainly supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada. UNESCO, Paris and eIFL, Netherlands, are also promoting this software. The results of the survey will be made available to others also, on request. A survey instrument (for individuals and institutions) is made available online at: http://dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/greenstone (for individuals) http://dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/greenstone-inst (for institutions) The survey instrument consists of five parts: Personal Information, Digital Library Activities, Digital Library Support and Services, GSDL Use & Support and Organizational Structure of Future Digital Library Support organization. We request you to fill in the survey instrument as completely as possible. We assure you that whatever information you provide us will be used only for academic purpose and will be kept confidential. Please fill either the institutional or individual survey instrument and return to us as early as possible, in any case not later than 30th September 2009. We will appreciate it if you could kindly distribute this to other persons in your country who are involved in GSDL. Alternatively, please provide us the list of address/email ids to which we shall send the survey instrument. A few corrections are made in this survey instrument replacing country specific questions where 'India' or 'Indian' was mentioned with a more general term 'South Asia' or 'National'. Thanks in advance!! Regards, Dr.Anuradha.K.T. National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science Karnataka, Bangalore 560 012 FAX:(+91-80) 23601426/23600683 Tel:(+91-80) 23600271/22932511

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