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emoluments offered to library professionals
by bhawna vashishtha 22 Aug '09

22 Aug '09

We read many advertisement for vacancy on various posts. What I feel is that emoluments offered to library professionals particularly in *private institutions* are much less as compared to the people of same calibre working in other professions. One more thing I would like to share, in India if want to apply for any higher designations we have been always asked to prove our credentials in terms of percentage of marks in MLIS, BLIS, and through UGCNet etc. But if we try to find out our employability in any international institutions what I have observed that most of the nicely paid jobs require a software engineer or people trained in specific fields of computer science profession as most of the work is handled by software. Is this indicate that this is the time when we need a drastic change in our curriculum? And requires people who are in this profession by choice rather then BY CHANCE. Bhawna Vashishtha Semi Professional Assistant Delhi University -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS-Forum to the next level of communication & collaboration
by false 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Dear sir/madam, Though blogs and social networking sites are new communication medium, there are lots of questions that we need to short out before moving from e-mail list to new set of technologies. The major concern is –commenting feature. There are instances people simply abandoning their blogs because of the trouble they have had by anonymous commenter. One instance is Kathy Sierra’s controversy. After Sierra’s controversy Tim O’Rielly has to start "support responsible commenting" movement to keep away people from posing threats through blogs. The longevity of blogging discussion is also a debatable issue. Twitter you have to limit for 140 characters. Another thing is searching and archiving in e-mail list is much easier than some of new media tools. Social networking sites are not allowed in most of the organizations. Experimenting with new tools is imperative. Post-modern thinking of death of the author is extending to death of the e-mail lists. (recently there is a long and vibrant discussion has taken place on this topic in web4lib forum based on the article -. Change or Die: Scholarly E-Mail Lists, Once Vibrant, Fight for Relevance by Jeffrey R. Young) Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. Click here http://cricket.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 for the post of "Information Management Trainee"
by anand bandi 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai invites application for the post of "Information Management Trainee" for its main Campus at New Bombay and the City Center at Churchgate from the fresh MLISc Candidates. Interested candidates may post their CV to the undersigned on or before 31st August, 2009. The selected candidate will be paid the stipend of Rs 6000=00 PM. Dr.A.N.Bandi, Head, Resource Centre, National Institute of Fashion Technology, NIFT Campus, Plot No.15, Sector 4, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai - 410 210. Ph.91-22-27747080/81 Mobile : 09892192799 e-mail: anb321in(a)yahoo.co.in anbandi(a)rediffmail.com website:www.niftindia.com See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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W3C
by kuber kumbar 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Dear Librarian, W3C InfoWorld - Expanding its Semantic Web technology stack, the W3C (World Wide Consortium) announced this week a standard to bridge knowledge organization systems like classifications, thesauri and taxonomies to linked data. The Semantic Web is intended to make it easier to search for relevant documents and information on the Web. With the W3C SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization System) standard, enterprises, social networking applications, government portals and others managing large collections of items, such as books, news reports and blog entries, can leverage linked data capabilities. SKOS provides a model for expressing basic structure and content of concepts, such as thesauri, subject heading lists and taxonomies. Different communities can use SKOS to link vocabularies to the Semantic Web. SKOS enables subject headings to be used to broaden or narrow queries for discovering resources. By publishing subject headings in SKOS, the U.S. Library of Congress, for example, has made them available to the "linked data community," the W3C said. For example, a query about books on Chinese literature can be narrowed to "Chinese drama" or "Chinese children's plays." New routes are created for discovering information. "Active participation from the library and information science community in the development of SKOS over the past seven years has been key to ensuring that SKOS meets a variety of needs," said Thomas Baker, co-chair of the Semantic Web Deployment Working Group, which published SKOS, in a statement released by W3C. "One goal in creating SKOS was to provide new uses for well-established knowledge organization systems by providing a bridge to the linked data cloud." Serving as an application of the W3C RDF (Resource Description Framework), SKOS is part of a Semantic Web stack that also includes such technologies as OWL (Web Ontology Language). While both SKOS and OWL can be used to define vocabularies, SKOS differs in that it is a simple language with just a few features tuned for sharing and linking knowledge organization systems. OWL offers a general framework for knowledge representation and offers additional capabilities in spaces such as business rule processing. KUBERA K.P LIBRARIAN Sir.M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology. Yahoo! recommends that you upgrade to the new and safer Internet Explorer 8. http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google Insights for Search Adds More Languages, Forecasting
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Learn how trends in Google Searching can help running your business. Google Insights for Search Adds More Languages, Forecasting Posted: 20 Aug 2009 08:07 AM PDT Google announced in a blog post this week new features for its Google Insights for Search, available at http://www.google.com/insights/search/. The new features include lots more languages (a total of 39!) and even a forecasting feature. Have you used Google Insights for Search? You can enter one or more search terms, specify factors like a time range, type of search (news, images, Web, etc.) and geographic area of the world, and Google will give you a graph of how much that search has been requested over time, along with pointers to news stories about your query and information on the search’s popularity in different geographic areas. Take a look at an example screenshot I did for the search recycling. ============= Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278 http://www.google.com/profiles/vyasamoorthy. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INVITATION FOR SEMINAR
by Elan Ramesh 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Dear Professional Colleagues, --- INVITATION IndianJournals. com & University Library Teacher's Association of A.P contentedly announces & invites you to its up-coming conference on "Scholorly Information & Communication in Web Environment" on 29th August, 2009 (Saturday), at "Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Hall, Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad. To confirm your participation please send enclosed registration from to us, for further details you may contact: Hyderabad: Dr. V. Nireekshana Babu General Secretary Uni. Library Teacher's Association of A.P Mobile No: 09848220878 Email: vnbabu_2004@ yahoo.co. in CONFERENCE AIM: To highlight the ongoing world wide professional development and invitiatives. Aslo, efforts to enhance the visibility of Indian contents through Indianjournals. com. The basic goal is to provide global-exposure, web Widely to Academicians, Researchers and Scholars at national and international level. REGISTRATION FEE: You can do spot registration by paying Rs. 100/- at registration desk. VENUE: Indian Council of Social Research Hall, Southern Regional Centre, Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad 500007, India. The participation certification certificate will be issued to all the participants. 9:30 am to 10:00am Registration SESSION-I INAGURAL SESSION 10:00am - 11:15 am Welcome Address Mr. Sandeep Gurwara Director Marketing- Indianjournals. com Prof. G. Sujatha Head, University Library-Dr.B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad Keynote Address Prof. R.K Mishra Director-Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad Special Address Mr. Greesh Kumar Behal General Manager-Indianjourn als.com Chief guest Address Sri D.Sridhar Babu Minister for Higher Educatation- Govt. of AP Guest of Honor's Address Prof. K.c. Reddy Chairman- State council of Higher Education, Govt. of AP Presidential remarks Prof. T. Tirupathi Rao Vice Chancellor-Osmania Unviersity, Hyderabad 11:15 am to 11:30 am TEA BREAK SESSION –II PANEL DISCUSSION 11:30 to 1:30pm Chaired by: Dr. Gangan Prathap Direcor- National institute of Science Communication & Information Resources, Delhi Eminent Speakers Prof. B. Ramesh Babu Libraian- University of Madras. Dr. ( Mrs.) Aruna T. Kumar Assistant Editor ( Eng) –Directorate of Information and Publications of Agriculture, Delhi Mr. S. Srinivas Librarian- ICRISAT, Hyderabad Dr. P. Divakar Group Leader-CCMB, Hyderabad Dr. K Veeranjaneyulu Librarian-Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad 01:30 pm to 2:30pm LUNCH BREAK SESSION-III OPEN FORUM 2:30pm to 3:30pm Chaired by : Dr. M Koteshwar Rao Librarian-Universit y of Hyderabad Prof. S. Sudharshan Rao Principal –Osmania University Art College, Hyderabad. Dr. K Veeranjaneyulu Librarian-Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad Mrs. V. Revathi I/c University Librarian , Osmania University, Hyderabad VALEDICITORY SESSION 3:30 pm to 3:45pm Vote of Thanks: Dr. P Venkata Ramana Associate Professor and Head –JNTU Library, Hyderabad 3:45pm to 4:00 pm TEA Second National Seminar/ Conference On "Scholarly Information and Communication in Web Environment" August 29th 2009, Osmania University Campus, ICSSR Hall REGISTRATION FORM Dear Sir / Madam I am interested to participate in the above seminar Name of the Participant : Designation : Address : (Office) : Residence : Phone : Office : Phone Residence : Mobile : E – Mail ID: Web Site (if any): Please deposit cash amount of Rupees One Hundred only at the time of registration along with this form. Dated : Signature : Note : * Enclose a photo copy of your ID Card Please return this form duly filled in to : Dr. V. Nireekshana Babu General Secretary Uni. Library Teacher's Association of A.P. P.S. Telugu University Library Nampally Hyderabad – 500 004, Andhra Pradesh INDIA Phone : 09848220878, E – Mail : vnbabu_2004@ yahoo.co. in __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Links | Database | Members | Calendar MARKETPLACE Mom Power: Discover the community of moms doing more for their families, for the world and for each other Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity 1 New MembersVisit Your Group Group Charity Stop Cyberbullying Keep your kids safe from bullying Yahoo! Groups Small Business Group A community for small business owners Weight Management Group on Yahoo! Groups Join the challenge and lose weight. . __,_._,___ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Updates from ICAL-2009
by Rajesh Singh 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Dear Professional Colleagues, I have regularly been updating you and providing various details regarding ICAL- 2009, with a promise to make it a Conference with Difference. This Conference is going to be a conference with a difference—in terms of content, delegation, stalwart international speakers, interaction and discussions, and the outcome.We are thankful to all the professional for their overwhelming response to the call for papers. We have received more than 170 papers contributions, which are in the process of peer review. The objective of the conference is to reposition the Academic Libraries by taking advantage of modern developments in the field of ICT; management techniques including change management; scholarly communications; advocacy; user-vendor-librarians interface etc. and develop a ROAD MAP which can be used by the governmental agencies for upgrading the library systems in India. We have developed a document having the conceptual framework which provides a framework on how various facets are conceived. A good number of International experts have already consented to be present in the Conference. 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 Pre-Conference Tutorial on Virtual Referencing to explore real time virtual reference service, including the know how of a reference management service called Question Point. For details please visit: http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09/pctvr.htm Today, poster sessions are an integral part of the conference programs. ICAL-2009 has also made provision for poster presentations of high quality research papers during the conference and publish the same in conference proceeding. The best poster, selected by a group of experts, will be awarded. For details please visit: http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09/postpap/poster.htm Friends, we expect a similar response for Registration in the conference. Delhi is the capital of country and all arrangements needs to be made in advance to keep our promise to make it a Conference with Difference. I request all the professional to register for the conference well in advance and avoid last minute registration. This will definitely help us to make all necessary arrangements. Professionals who wish to participate in the Conference and are in need of accomodation are requested to let us know the details including date of arrival and departure on following mail : narenderkumar59(a)yahoo.com KINDLY NOTE THE FOLLOWING 1. The Conference is scheduled from 5th to 8th October, 2009. A Pre-Conference Tutorial on Virtual Referencing is scheduled for 5th October, 2009. The inaugural function of the conference will take place on 5th October, 2009, evening. 2. The last date of registration is 30th August, 2009. 3. The registration payment is to be made by local Cheque/ Demand Draft prepared in favour of Registrar, University of Delhi, Payable at Delhi (India). 4. All are requested to register for both the Pre-Conference Tutorial as well as the conference. For further registration details and form please visit: http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09/downloads.htm For details please visit:http://library.du.ac.in/ocs or http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09 For all queries and further details, please contact: ICAL 2009 Conference Secretariat Dr. S. Majumdar, Organising Secretary, ICAL C/o University Librarian, Central Library, University of Delhi New Delhi - 110 007, India Phone - 91-11-27666034, 27667848 Fax - 91-11-27666034 E-mail: ical2009.os(a)gmail.com with regards Rajesh Singh Dy. Librarian E-Resources & Training Central Library University Of Delhi DELHI-110 007 011-27666404, 27667848 http://crl.du.ac.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Journal article..
by Dr.Poornima Narayana 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Dear Professionals One of our scientist is in urgent need of an article appearing in "Jl of Thermal Science" (Springer title) with the details: "Shock Wave Induced Separation COntrol by Streamwise VOrtices, R. SZWABA, Vol. 14, No. 3, 2005". Any library/information center subscribing to this particular journal is requested to send the paper, preferably in soft copy at the earliest. Regards Poornima Narayana ------------------------------------------------------------ Dr.Poornima Narayana Fulbright Scholar Contact: 080-25086080/6081(O) Head, ICAST 080-26682781 (R) N.A.L E mail: poornima(a)nal.res.in HAL Airport Road poornima.narayana(a)gmail.com Bangalore 560 017 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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It is great professional loss
by Jagtar Singh 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

Though at the end of the day a man is all alone, yet it is great loss to the profession. Such a nice soul's untimely departure is unbearable . May God, the Almighty, give peace to the departed soul and strength to the family members to bear this loss. Jagtar -- Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Dean, Faculty of Education and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Tel: +91 (0)175 304 6462 & 304 6179 (Work) +91 (0)175 228 2727 (Home) Fax: +91 (0)175 228 3073 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request artical
by Pawan Agrawal 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

Dear Library Professionals, I need one artical by Akil Bilgrami, "two concepts of secularism, economic and political weekly, 9th July 1994. I could not find link for this articals. If anybody have this artical in e-form please provide me. -- Thanks and Regards Pawan R. Agrawal Assistant Librarian SBSK Medical Institute and Reseach Centre Library Sumandeep Vidyapeeth University At & Post. Piparia. 02668-245264 Ph. 9376135580 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Old NET Question paper
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

Dear NET Aspirants, Old net qustion papers are now available in UGC site. Just have a look. http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/oldqp.html Library Sc: http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/oldqpyr.php?sub=59 -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Deptt. of Library & Information Science. Arts Block, Ground Floor Gauhati University. Guwahati- 781014 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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bibliograhical informatin
by RAMESH PANDITA 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

Dear Colleagues, kindly provide the details about the autobiography of winston Churchill, as whether there is any autobiography of the said person or not. if so please prove the bibliographic details of the said autobiography posted by Ramesh Pandita Assistant Librarian BGSB University Rajouri -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Dr. Kamalavijayan : Condolences
by Sadasivan KP 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

Dear All, I join with the LIS fraternity in expressing my shock and deep sorrow on the untimely demise of Dr. Kamalavijayan ! He was a professional with a difference. He was a successful careerist and the secret behind that success was his unique leadership qualities and his deep understanding about the basics of strategies required to be developed and sustained for ensuring the right kind of equations with the people and the premises, which do really matter and, which, majority of our professionals fail to acquire / achieve. Right from the formative stages of his profession, he used to deviate from the traditional icons - be it men or systems or thought processes. This had undoubtadly attracted many professional friends to his fold and a few had perhaps raised their eye-brows too (which is quite natural) ! But he was unperturbed. His achievements spanning more than three decades proved beyond doubt that he was in the right track. His rich and diversified experience/expertise and his contributions were/are assets to the LIS domain. He was instrumental in conducting some of the major international & national programmes at a much higher level and dimension, thereby proving the ability of LIS professionals to perform beyond the conventional boundaries, if one has the true determination and initiative. I am sure, our LIS community had a feel of pride and happiness for his career achievement as General Manager (Library & Information Department), Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai, which, indeed, is a covetable position! I wished if he had lived longer and contributed more for the profession ! But life is like that..... Sadasivan KP Former Head, Library & Informatics NIIST (CSIR) Trivandrum Mob. 919447903282 E-Mail : kps31147(a)yahoo.com --- On Tue, 8/18/09, Saji S Nair <sajikalliyoor(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Saji S Nair <sajikalliyoor(a)gmail.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Dr. Kamalavijayan : Condolences To: LIS-FORUM(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 7:35 PM Dear professionals, This is to inform the sad demise of Dr. Kamalavijayan, Former General Manager and Chief Librarian of Reserve Bank of India. He expired in 17th August 18, 2009 at Mumbai. A great loss of a dedicated man in our profession. May his soul rest in peace on eternity. A brief account of his life: Dr. Kamalavijayan, in a career spanning over 30 years, has served as Information Manager in various bodies including Kerala University, International Crops Research Institute for Semin Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (ICAR). Since 1993, he has held the post of General Manager and Chief Librarian of the Reserve Bank of India, and has also worked as World Bank Consultant in the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. His prolific career includes stints as Vice President of Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) since 2002; Director of the 23rd All India Conference on ‘Content Management in India in Digital Environment’ held at Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram in December 2001. He also chaired the International Conference on Information Management in a Knowledge Society (ICIM 2005) held at Mumbai to mark the Golden Jubilee of IASLIC. An author of ten books and several articles, Dr. Kamalavijayan has also edited the Library and Information Science Journal, ALIS Bulletin from 1977 to 1987. Posted by: Saji S. Nair Library & Information Services Division Regional Cancer Centre Medical College Campus Trivandrum - 695011 Kerala, INDIA ----------------------------------------------------------- 91 471 2522225 (O) 91 471 2394252 (R) 09446014130 (Mob) Email: saji(a)rcctvm.org Web: www.rcctvm.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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sad demise of Dr Kamalavijayan
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

dear friends after seeing the messges, which have indicated tht Dr Kamalavijayan is no more. iam unable to believe it.but truth has to be accepted. he was gud frnd of mine and he did wonderful international conf in Mumbai. he is active with full of ideas and execution of projects. it is great loss to the profession and personally to me aLso/ i pray almighty to give the peace to the departed soul Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, UGC- EMERITUS PROFESSOR, Dept of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Association of British Scholars (Hyderabad Chapter) +91-9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(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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Vacancies in Agriculture university Dharwad
by rajalaxmi govanakoppa 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

greetings for the day, University of Agricultural sciences, Dharwad (Karnataka) invites applications for the post of University Librarian and Assistant Librarian. *University Librarian - 1 post* *Requirements :* 1. Master Degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC 7 points scale & consistently good academic record. 2. At least 13 years as Deputy Librarian in a University Library or 18 years experience as a University/National Institutes/College Librarian of which at least 3 years shall be as Deputy Librarian OR M.Phil/Ph.D Degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation/Archives & Manuscript keeping with 10 years experience as a University/National Institutes/College Librarian of which at least 3 years shall be as Deputy Librarian. *Desirable:* Evidence of innovation in Library services & organization of published work. *Assistant Librarian -- 4 Cat.I-1 / ST-1 / GM-2 (W-1/R-1)* *Requirements : *1. Good Academic record with at least 55% of the marks or an equivalent grade of B in 7 point scale with letter grades O, A, B, C, D, E & F at the Master’s degree level in Library Science from a recognized Indian University, or an equivalent degree from a Foreign University. 2. Candidates should have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) in Library Science for Assistant Professor post conducted by the ASRB/UGC/CSIR or a similar test accredited by the ICAR/ICMR/NCERT/UGC/CSIR i.e., (a) For Agriculture/Animal Husbandry/Veterinary/Fisheries disciplines, ASRB/ ICAR NET in the concerned subject is prescribed (b) For Humanities, languages, etc., UGC NET is prescribed (c) For pure Sciences CSIR NET is prescribed.* * for more details http://www.uasd.edu/ notification http://www.uasd.edu/rec/rec180820091.pdf -- with Regards, Rajalaxmi A. Govanakoppa LIM Trainee National Center for Science Information (NCSI) / JRD Tata Memorial Library IISC (Indian Institute of Science), Bangalore-12 Email ID: govanakoppara(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PLANNER 2010: CALL FOR PAPERS
by Rajesh Chandrakar 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

CALL FOR PAPERS Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region(PLANNER) is a special convention organized by INFLIBNET in collaboration with different universities of North Eastern States to promote library automation and networking. Earlier conventions were held at Shillong, Imphal, Silchar, Aizwal, Guwahati, and Dimapur organised on various themes related to library automation and networking. PLANNER 2010 is 7th PLANNER in the series. This convention will provide a forum to LIS professionals to discuss and interact on the new challenges & dynamism for re-defining the Library and Information Services to meet the demands of the end users in the digital era. The PLANNER- 2010 will be held in collaboration with Tezpur University during 18-20 February 2010 in Tezpur University, Assam. Main Theme : Re-engineering of Library and Information Services in Digital Era Sub Theme -1 : Re-engineering Library Acquisition a.. Sourcing Print and e-resources New Avenues b.. E-resource Acquisition Policies c.. Library Computing, Networking and Security Infrastructure d.. Case Studies and Best Practices Sub Theme-2 : Resource Management Re-defined a.. Cataloguing, Tagging, Metadata, Data Exchange b.. Social Bookmarking c.. Library Standards and Protocols d.. Virtual and Real-time Reference Services e.. Library Portals f.. Case Studies and Best Practices Sub Theme -3 : Collaborative Resource Generation and Access a.. Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 b.. Institutional Repositories c.. Case Studies and Best Practices IMPORTANT DATES Receipt of full papers : November 30, 2009 Last date for Registration : January 31, 2010 Convention Dates : February 18-20, 2010 How to submit papers Papers can be sent as attachment to INFLIBNET directly through E-Mail or in a CD/DVD by post. You may also submit your paper online through the PLANNER 2010 website. The length of the paper should not be more than 5000 words. Papers should contain full name and affiliations with e-mail of author(s), an abstract, author biography and references properly cited in the text of article. The paper should neither be published anywhere nor should have been kept under consideration for publication elsewhere. While the copyright for the paper would belong to the author, the INFLIBNET will host a copy of the paper in its instutional repository for open access. A passport size photograph(s) of author(s) has to be submitted with the paper. CONTACT DETAILS Editor-in-Chief, PLANNER- 2010 Dr Jagdish Arora Director INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad-380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone : +91-79-26304695 / 8528 / 5971 / 0002 Fax : +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-mail : director(a)inflibnet.ac.in Registration and Accommodation Dr.Mukesh Saikia Organizing Secretary, PLANNER-2010 Deputy Librarian Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur- 784028 (Assam) Ph: +9194355630, +919957189384 (M) E-mail: saikiamukesh(a)gmail.com Paper Submission and Queries may be sent to Sh. H.G.Hosamani Convener, PLANNER-2010 Scientist-B(LS) Head, HRD & Consultancy INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad-380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone : +91-79-26308528/4695 / 5971 Fax : +91-79-26300990 / 26307816 E-mail : planner2010(a)inflibnet.ac.in You can also get this information on INFLIBNET Blog at www.inflibnet.ac.in/blog Submitted by Rajesh Chandrakar, Scientist B, INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr. Kamalavijayan : Condolences
by Saji S Nair 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

Dear professionals, This is to inform the sad demise of Dr. Kamalavijayan, Former General Manager and Chief Librarian of Reserve Bank of India. He expired in 17thAugust 18, 2009 at Mumbai. A great loss of a dedicated man in our profession. May his soul rest in peace on eternity. *A brief account of his life:* Dr. Kamalavijayan, in a career spanning over 30 years, has served as Information Manager in various bodies including Kerala University, International Crops Research Institute for Semin Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (ICAR). Since 1993, he has held the post of General Manager and Chief Librarian of the Reserve Bank of India, and has also worked as World Bank Consultant in the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. His prolific career includes stints as Vice President of Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) since 2002; Director of the 23rd All India Conference on ‘Content Management in India in Digital Environment’ held at Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram in December 2001. He also chaired the International Conference on Information Management in a Knowledge Society (ICIM 2005) held at Mumbai to mark the Golden Jubilee of IASLIC. An author of ten books and several articles, Dr. Kamalavijayan has also edited the Library and Information Science Journal, ALIS Bulletin from 1977 to 1987. Posted by: Saji S. Nair Library & Information Services Division Regional Cancer Centre Medical College Campus Trivandrum - 695011 Kerala, INDIA ----------------------------------------------------------- 91 471 2522225 (O) 91 471 2394252 (R) 09446014130 (Mob) Email: saji(a)rcctvm.org Web: www.rcctvm.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Demise of Dr. Kamalavijayan
by Dr. A.T. Francis 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

Dear Professionals, The sad news of demise of Dr. Kamalavijayan, Former General Manager and Chief Librarian of Reserve Bank of India,really shocked me. He was an enterprising librarian with dedication, leadership and courage. Such qualities will always encourage others while planning any LIS activities. His demise is a great loss to us. We, the professionals in the Kerala Agricultural University extend our deep condolences. With regards, DR. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com francisaloor(a)gmail.com See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open universities
by Baban Chavan 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

Dear Friends Open/distance education has opened the avenues for the people those who are denied opportunities by conventional system. Hence it is very sad decision by U.G.C.barring open universities to conduct the research programmes. In fact research programmes are self study course and hence there is no need to bring them in regular stream. Even in conventional system the people doing research work(Ph.D.) are mostly involved with the self study process with their supervisor. It is nothing but the open /Distance education. Present age is the web based and everything is becoming open throughout the world and same is the case with open education .The world is promoting open education through the open universitie. and here in india we are barring the open universities. Instead of doing this please rectify the faulty systems to avoid the monopoly of conventional education where doing Ph.D. is a deram for the common people. U.G.C. should reconsider its decision.This is with reference do Dr, G. Sarojas's posting. Regards Baban Chavan Librarian Sangamner College Sangamner Dist-Ahmednagar E-mail- bvchavan(a)yahoo.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad news
by Shamprasad Pujar 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

Dear Members, It was sad to know about the demise of Dr Kamal Vijayan, who was working as a Chief Librarian at RBI, Mumbai. We the members of IGIDR Library staff express our condolences to his family. We pray God to rest his soul in piece and give all the courage to his family to bear this loss. Library Staff IGIDR, Mumbai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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application invited for Temporary Library trainees
by ksc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

No. vacancy: 2 period: 2 months Emoluments: Rs 4000 Qualification: Bachelors degree Ist class MLISc I class The JRD Tata Memorial library calls for applications for the post of Temporary library Trainees as specified above. The applications should reach the undersigned within a week from the date of announcement Chudamani Deputy Librarian, JRDTML, Bangalore 12

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Fwd: [BOAI] Evaluation of Institutional Repository Development in Developing and Transition Countries: t-shirt winners and call for more input
by Subbiah Arunachalam 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

From: Iryna Kuchma <iryna.kuchma(a)eifl.net> >Date: August 18, 2009 5:41:07 AM EDT (CA) >To: eifloa(a)lists.eifl.net, boai-forum@ecs.soton..ac.uk, dspace-general(a)mit.edu, fedora-commons-users(a)lists.sourceforge.net, LLAAR(a)googlegroups.com >Subject: [BOAI] Evaluation of Institutional Repository Development in Developing and Transition Countries: t-shirt winners and call for more input >Reply-To: boai-forum(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk > >With apologies for cross-posting > >Thank you to the repository managers who have already filled in the survey, and congratulations to the three eIFL T-shirt winners: African Higher Education Research Online (AHERO), University of the Western Cape, South Africa; Orion@ISI, Indian Statistical Institute; and UNAMSpace, University of Namibia Library! > >We welcome more input from repository managers in developing and transition countries. This is the first time that such data about digital repository activity in developing and transition countries has been collected, and we hope this will serve as important resource for promoting open access and repository development in these regions. Your answers will help contribute to a larger overview of repository activity, and will provide support those who have just started building their repository! The survey will take approximately 30-45 minutes to complete. If possible please fill in this survey by August 31st. > >This study is part of a cooperative program between eIFL.net, the University of Kansas Libraries, the DRIVER project and Key Perspectives Ltd., and aims at creating an inventory of current digital repository activities in developing and transition countries, at both the infrastructure and services level. This survey has been adapted from the DRIVER Inventory study into the present type and level of OAI-compliant digital repository activities in the EU by Maurits de Graaf and SURF, and from the European repository study by Alma Swan, Key Perspectives Ltd. > >The link to the survey is here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Wdi_2buyQ_2b1wSDIrTQahrbQg_3d_3d > >To help you prepare you can view a PDF preview of the survey questions here: >http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-oa/oa-news/2009_05_06_evalua… > >We appreciate your cooperation! > >Iryna Kuchma >eIFL Open Access program manager >eIFL.net > >Brian Rosenblum >Scholarly Digital Initiatives Librarian >University of Kansas > > > -- 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] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 77, Issue 17
by ravi kumar 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

Dear Colleagues, I want the following Journal full soft copy if any one having these Journal soft copy or hard copy please Help Vane Pump Theory For Mechanical Efficiency Journal Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science<http://pep.metapress.com/content/119771/?p=2d974e7fd3004766a25bb67f6012005d…> Publisher Professional Engineering Publishing ISSN 0954-4062 Issue Volume 219, Number 11 / 2005<http://pep.metapress.com/content/m47203384871/?p=2d974e7fd3004766a25bb67f60…> DOI 10.1243/095440605X32002 Pages 1269-1278 Ravi Kumar.K Librarian -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Simplified installation manual for PMB and OpenBiblio
by Vimal Kumar 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

Dear Friends, PMB and OpenBiblio are two open source library management systems suitable for installation in Windows. Both ILS are written using PHP programming language, therefore installation and maintenance is easy. I put forward installation manual of PMB and OpenBiblio with the hope that you get a chance to try two popular open source ILS. I used XAMPP, cross-platform web server package for the installation process. XAMPP will reduce the effort for the installation, configuration and maintenance of PHP, MySQL and Apache in Windows. Click on the following link to open the documentation, http://osilms.pbworks.com/ Remember to inform me your valuable comments. -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in OK Society Volunteer. http://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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Vacancy
by Vijaya Kumar N 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

Kerala State Planning Board invites application for Senior Grade Librarian. PG with B.L.I.Sc or M.L.I.Sc with three years experience.Age 40. more details www.keralapsc.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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