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Job opportunity in Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR)
by Subhodip Bid 31 Jul '09

31 Jul '09

* Postion: Technical Officer-A Gr.III(3) Post Code 03 [One ( 01) post reserved for PWD -OH- (OL or OA)#] Area; Library Sciences Pay band/Grade pay Rs.9300-34800/ Grade .pay-4600/ Pay Band-2 Essential Qualifications & Experience: 1st Class B. Lib. Sci. or equivalent with 05years experience OR M. Lib. Sci. or equivalent with minimum of 55% Marks having at least 03 years experience in the relevant field in any reputed organization. Desirable Qualification /experience · Knowledge of Library Management Softwares, Document Management Softwares etc · Persons with Computer Knowledge/Background will be preferred Job Requirement: To manage the KRC/ Library in absence of the Head , KRC, Subscription/ Acquisition of Online Products, Handling of Online products, Management of the Journal/ Periodical Section, Maintenance of KRC Home Page & other such work assigned by the Head, KRC. for more details Plz see the url http://www.rrljammu.org/advt_pwd/adv.htm Regards *SUBHODIP BID M.Sc(Physics),BLIS,AIS(07-09) Project Assistant NISCAIR ( CSIR) NEW DELHI - 67 MOB. NO. - 09555767674 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information on Knowledge Management
by anandk 31 Jul '09

31 Jul '09

Dear Friends, I wish to have information on any Training, Workshop, Seminar on KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT. I would like to understand, undergo training and implement KM in my Library. Request you to provide information Thanking you, Kind regards, Anand N Kondalkar Librarian Asian Paints -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reprint Request
by Satyaranjan Sahu 31 Jul '09

31 Jul '09

Dear members, One of our users requires the following reprint. After checking with all of our own as well as networked library resources, I am placing the request in the forum. Kindly send the reprint if it would available with you. Spectrophotometric Determination of Ethanol in Wine Arthur Caputi Jr., Masao Ueda and Thomas Brown American Journal Enology Viticculture, , 19:3:160-165 (1968) Regards Satya -------------------------------------------- Satya Ranjan Sahu Scientist National Information Centre for Marine Sciences National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR) Dona Paula, Goa - 403 004 Phone: 0832-2450370 (O); Fax-91-(0)832-2450601 ----------------------------------------------------- www.nio.org www.reefindia.org www.mangroveindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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An academic journal provides haven for rejected work
by Rahul Vidya Mane 31 Jul '09

31 Jul '09

*Submitted for LIS-Forum* An academic journal provides haven for rejected work PAUL LAUTERBUR, the father of magnetic-resonance imaging, had his seminal paper rejected when he first submitted it to *Nature*. Peter Higgs, eponymous predictor of physics’s missing boson, faced similar trouble with *Physics Letters*. But Lauterbur went on to win a Nobel prize for his work, and Dr Higgs is an odds-on favourite to get one soon. A good, rejected paper, then, is by no means an oxymoron. And that observation is the basis of *Rejecta Mathematica*, an open-source academic journal that recently went online. As its name suggests, the new journal publishes only papers that, like Lauterbur’s and Dr Higgs’s, have been previously submitted to, and rejected by, others. With *Annals of Mathematics*, one of the best, denying entry to more than 300 last year alone, *Rejecta* could be busy. Rejecta was conceived three years ago by four graduate students at Rice University, in Houston, Texas. Two of its founders, Michael Wakin and Christopher Rozell, had just had a paper on card counting in blackjack rejected. Good work, said the reviewers, but find some other place for it. When they could not, they, along with Mark Davenport and Jason Laska, decided to cut out the middle man and found their own journal. <http://ad.doubleclick.net/click%3Bh=v8/387b/3/0/%2a/w%3B214762480%3B2-0%3B0…><http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/web.economist.com/all_articles;nav=science_a…> If *Rejecta* is a joke, it is a well-executed one. The serious aim is to highlight papers that, although perhaps flawed, may still be interesting. It manages that well. The inaugural issue <http://www.rejecta.org/> includes topics ranging from image enhancement to condition numbers of matrices (don’t ask). All come with an “open letter” in which the paper’s author outlines in lay terms why the work was rejected (extra points awarded for bitterness), what has been done since and why it still has merit. *Rejecta*’s larger purpose, then, may be a light jab at academia’s bureaucracy and the rigmarole to which it is necessary to submit in order to get published. Whether conventional journals are necessary in the internet age is a matter of active debate. Refereeing maths papers, in particular, requires serious expertise that few have. Those who do, usually receive no pay for their refereeing services. Mistakes can be made. Academia as a whole, some say, could do a better job. But peer review is still necessary. And yes, the editors claim that they too have had to reject some submissions. *( Published in The Economist print edition* * July 29th 2009) * -- ======================================= Rahul Sudhakar Mane (09654093359) http://creativityindia.blogspot.com/ M.Phil. II, Centre for Study in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-67 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy - Librarian
by HELP LIBRARY 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

Dear Moderator, Please post this information on LIS-Forum Thank You ------ Applications are invited for a two posts - Librarian at Health Education Library for People, CST, Mumbai The candidate should possess excellent communication and administrative skills and should be able to get along well with people. Freshers may apply. Candidates from Mumbai only please apply. Interested candidates may apply with full details of their Educational Qualification/Experience and post applied for to helplib(a)vsnl.com or helplibrary(a)gmail.com Dr.Aniruddha Malpani, M.D., Health Education Library for People, 206, Dr.D.N.Road, Gr.Floor, Near New Excelsior Building, CST, Mumbai - 400 001. 30th July 2009 Regards, Eveleen Sunderraj. The HELP Team. Health Education Library for People, National Insurance Building, Ground Floor, 206, Dr.D.N.Road, Mumbai - 400 001. Tel Nos.65952393/ 65952394/22061101 www.helpforhealth.org www.healthlibrary.com JOIN US ON INDIA'S FIRST SELF-CARE HEALTH GUIDE www.myhealthpedia.in CHECK OUT OUR NEW BLOG- http://helplibrary.blogspot.com HAVE A HEALTH QUERY? ASK US FOR FREE - CLICK HERE- http://www.healthlibrary.com/information.html America's Largest selling "HEALTH WISE HANDBOOK" Now in India, available exclusively at HELP- at a Promotional Discount of 50%..GRAB A COPY NOW ! For complete details of our free health talks check our 'HELP TALK' google calendar at http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ciugckkj8jvnk97j6dbiioaghg%40group… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Excel to MARCXML Conversion tool
by Rajesh Chandrakar 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

Dear All The INFLIBNET Centre has developed a open source tool for converting Excel data in to MARCXML. The tool helps in by-passing various steps of converting Excel data in to ISO 2709 format for loading in to any LMS system and converts data in to MARCXML which is based on MARC21. Once the data is converted in MARCXML, the bibliographic records can easily be loaded into the SOUL2.0 without any data loss. The conversion tool is made available for download under the open source copyright act at sourceforge website http://excel2marcxml.sourceforge.net/. This is second open source initiative from the INFLIBNET Centre. To know more about the conversion tool, you can visit the INFLIBNET Blog on http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/blog. With best regards Rajesh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientist - B (LS) INFLIBNET (INFormation and LIBrary NETwork) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Tel. +91-(0)79-26305971/ 8528/ 4695(O), 26873805(R) Mobile: +91-9427527894 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in Weblog: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/blog Video Gallery: http://www.youtube.com/INFLIBNET ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Video Films related to MBA subjects
by anil sahu 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

Dear All,                I want a good collection of video film CD related to the Management subject (MBA). So please guide me .Thank you With Regards Anil Sahu (Librarian ISCD,Indore) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Report of Workshop Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge, 27-29 July New Delhi 2009
by Rahul Vidya Mane 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

FOLLOWING IS THE REPORT Report of Workshop Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge, 27-29 July New Delhi 2009 KINDLY PUBLISH IT LIS-FORUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Before we take a look at what transpired in the Workshop Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge let us take a look the evolution of Indian Policy framework in creating Knowledge in last fifty years. Let us go five decades back and recall one of the very very significant clauses of Science Policy Resolution 1958, Para 3: It is only through the scientific approach and method and the use of scientific knowledge that reasonable material and culturtal amenities and services can be provided for every member of the community, and it is out if a recognition of this possibility that the idea of a welfare state has grown. It is charateristic of present world that the progress towards the practical realisation of a welfare state difefrs widely from country in diret relation to the extent of industrialisation and the effort and resources applied in the pursuit of science. Then Technology Policy Statement, 1983 recognised that key to successfully develop indigenous capability in technology demands a conscious integrated approach covering technology assessment, development,, acquisition, absorption, utilization and diffusion and connected aspects of financing, based on overall national interests, priorities and the attainment of the most challenging technological goals. Further, in recent years Science and Technology Policy, 2003 this shift becomes more visible... To ensure that message of science reaches every citizen of India, man and woman, young and old, so that we advance scientific temper, emerge as a progressive and enlightened society, and make it possible for all our people to participate fully in the development of science and technology and its application for human welfare. Indeed science and technology will be fully integrated with all spheres of national activity. Going ahead adding the emphasis in another clause S& T Policy says; There is growing need to enhance public awareness of the importance of science and technology in everyday life, and the directions where science and technology is taking us. People must be able to consider the implications of emerging science and technology options in areas which impinge directly upon their lives, including the ethical and moral, legal, social and economic aspects. In recent years, advances in biotechnology and information technology have dramatically increased public interest in technology options in wide ranging areas. Scientific work and policies arising from these have to be highly transparent and widely understood. Support for wide dissemination of scientific knowledge, through the support of science museums, planetaria, botanical gardens and the like, will be enhanced. Every effort will be made to convey to the young the excitement in scientific and technological advances and to instill scientific temper in the population at large. Special support will be provided for programmes that seek to popularize and promote science and technology in all parts of the country. Programmes will also be developed o promote learning and dissemination of science through the various national languages, to enable effective science communication at all levels. A closer interaction of those involved in the natural sciences and technology, social sciences, humanities and other scholarly pursuits will be facilitated to bring about mutual reinforcement, added value and impact. Above listed three beliefs and policy objectives have consistent flow in itslef. In 1958 we recognised power of scientific approach and believed that it is capable to make us realise the idea of welfare state. Again in 1983 we underlined the might of technology competence and self reliance in technological capabilities which can reduce vulnerability, perticularly in strategic and critical areas. The year 2003 marks the necessity of public understanding of science and value of participation in the stream of scientific and technological progress of the country. In this context I share with you about the workshop "CREATION AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE" conducted by International Management Institute and sponsored by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology during New Delhi 27-29 July 09. Inugerating the workshop Dr. Jyoti Bhat who is technical adviser in DSIR tried to ignite the minds about the need of communication. She said, "People always feel need of new knowledge. This new knowledge always leads to development of new capabilties by inspring the younger generation to move towards careers in science and technology. This emotional transition which is marked by urge to have new, sophisticated, state of the art knowledge is hallmark of this emerging society. When people crave for accurate, relevant and structural knowledge it shapes Human Capital Transformation in a sense it directs the efforts of communicator in developing Intellectual assests for organisations. This knowledge creation and transfer happens in three stages: a) From scarce capabilties to knowledge transfer b) Knowledge adaptation and dissemination c) Cross border knowledge creation and transfer Here she laid emphasises on need of collaboration being the urgent strategy of the organisations, departments, industries and a nation as a whole. She stressed that for effective knowledge utilisation, strengthening economic and institutional regime, developing educated and skilled workers, creating efficient innovation system and building dynamic information infrastructure are the strict imperatives. To move in this direction bearing strategic perspective one needs to visualise the urgent and pressing need of : enhancement of knowledge base, awareness building about science-technology issues, building of more Technology Management Resource Centres, Curriculum Development about Innovation, recognising the role of teachers in inspiring new generation towards science and technology, more imaginative and modern media for information dissemination. setting up of the academic chairs promoting research environment !!! Prof. Ashok Chandra who is Director of Centre for Managing of Innovation and Technology, IMI shared his experiences of formulating the National Education Policy, 1986. He said, "We must treat process of policy formulation as utmost importan rather than result of policy formulation. The identification of the numerous stakeholders and timely participation of the all people will certainly give birth to mature consultation and the draft coming out of the deliberations will be of immense acceptance value and reach due to prior interaction. He advocated that we should use the process of policy formulation for effective communication and thus to educate about ingredients of the technical issues involved in the subject of debate. Any policy is reflection of agenda of diverse interest groups involved in that process. Thus differing viewpoints must be reconciled and thus harmonisation in Policy Objectives can be achieved. All social, cultural and economic spheres in that specific context must be considered for that matter. Thus likewise policy always respond to the external changes and the revised and reviewed policy must have some tangible committment in terms of deadline and quantitative targets in terms of performance-productivity index. Dr. Vinay Kumar, former Adviser to Ministry of Science and Technology stressed upon "Freedom of Expression" in the organisation leading to innovation. He emphasised on Management support to new ideas, motivation-award policy, toleration of failure, positive outlook and exposing employees to new experiences and directions. * Prof. M. K. Khanijo* who is expert in *Engineering & Technology Employment Generation* descritbed in detail profile of Indian skilled manpower. He narrated the needs, strategies and significance of Human Resource Development in India with special reference to recent research work carried out. Dr. Naresh Kumar, Head, R&D Planning Division, CSIR described in detail about the emerging platform of Open Source Drug Discovery(OSDD- OSDD is a CSIR-led Team India consortium with a global partnership. It's vision is to provide affordable healthcare to the developing world by providing a global platform where the best minds can collaborate & collectively endeavor to solve the complex problems associated with discovering novel therapies for neglected tropical diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, etc. It is a concept to collaboratively aggregate the biological and genetic information available to scientists in order to use it to hasten the discovery of drugs. This will provide a unique opportunity for scientists, doctors, technocrats, students and others with diverse expertise to work for a common cause.) His focus was "Information in Open Source Domain: A Tool for Knowledge Creation and Dissemination for new drug of TB". He emhaised again and again that the wisdom does not lie only in the four walls of the organisation, it is always scattered outside. Our challenge is to get , organise and disseminate that information for betterment of the initiative for which organisation is striving. He said that present IT infrastructure, connectivity and high throughput analysis capability makes OSDD possible. Going ahead he threw light on the shifting paradigms of Computational Biology. In traditional biology where things were shaped by classical, basic experimentation in low throughput where animal studies were having prominence in this new OSDD knowledge sharing model, research in Combinaitonal Chemistry, Genomics, Proteonomics, Metabolomics, Biotechnology is enhanced by high throughput analysis and molecular imaging. To support this massive initiative to discover new drud for T.B. due to which one person per minute is being killed in India and there has been no credible drug discovered uptill now after 1966 marks the strategic significance. While explaining this "Open Model of Knowledge Access", he laid immense stress on OPEN SYNTHESIS while organising knowledge addressing TARGET MOLECULE which in turn will pass through SCREENING to finally move towards DRUG DEVELOPMENT before we allow PRE-CLINICAL AND CLINICAL TRIALS by Contract Research Organisations. P. Banerjee, Director, NISTADS spoke about Organising Scholarly Community while realisng the responsibilities of proffessional occupation like to create knowledge, to develope the skills and to nurture the attitudes of proffessionals. He said that dynamism of organisation depends not on devising new produciton function but to devise new channels by which continous learning and regeneration of ideas is possible. In a hierarchic organisaion it is always possible that bundling and unbundling of the information may be done by the seniors or established people while if given chance juniors may come out with wondeful ideas. While it should be remembered that traditional approaches of creativity based on the diktat and authority are collapsing the proffessional standards and disciplinary boundaries are new masters of the innovation. He further said that proffessional spirit is weakest in India compared to best practises in the world. He cited his study about mindset of Indian Research Laboratories in forging active collaboration for research inside city, outside city and across the national borders. He consistently pointed out with proven facts that Indian Researchers are not even willing to share information (let alone knowledge ?) across the walls in the same research organisaitons as Science Citation Index and other Indexes indicate toward reluctance of Indian researchers in citing fellow scientists compared to enthusiasm of Chinese in doing so about their fellow Chinese scholars. This in comparison with China, he said, is also sadly true about degree of investment per scientific Human Resource, number of conferences being held, ability to spend the allocated money, number of scientific instruments being purchased, number of guest faculties being invited to Indian Universities and Research Institutes, growth of proffessional bodies in the country and most importantly REALISING THE COLLABORATION POSSIBILTIES. Eventually to highlight the features of robust research system which India needs to develop, he stressed upon a) Improvement of research performance, b) Improvement of research quality and c) Improvement of Innovation Performance. TWorkdhop highlighted the need to have more and more interaction between social sciences and enginnering sciences. Describing the importance of this interction, in of the sessions Prof. Ashok Chandra told delegates about *Two Cultures which is a book published *50 years ago. C>P. Snow, an English physicist, civil servant and novelist, delivered a lecture at Cambridge called “The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution,” came in book form. Snow’s famous lament was that “the intellectual life of the whole of Western society is increasingly being split into two polar groups,” consisting of scientists on the one hand and literary scholars on the other. So why did Snow think the supposed gulf between the two cultures was such a problem? Because, he argues in the latter half of his essay, it leads many capable minds to ignore science as a vocation, which prevents us from solving the world’s “main issue,” the wealth gap caused by industrialization, which threatens global stability. " Finally to end the summary of the workshop we can recall verbatim of Winston Churchil that "Empires of the future will be certainly empires of the mind...!!!" -- ======================================= Rahul Sudhakar Mane (09654093359) Centre for Study in Science Policy, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-67 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Motivational Video CDs/DVDs
by Basavaraj 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

Dear Friends,Management team of my organization has decided to play some motivational & entertainment videos for our members who work at night shifts. I would like to get some top of the head videos like; 1.       Sports:a.       Indias Great Wins stuff that ESPN, Ten Sports shows normallyb.       World Cup Football / European Football matches2.       Soaps / Home Entertainmenta.       Friendsb.       Whose line is it anyway?I request you to let me know the contact details of vendors or media libraries from where I can purchase/borrow this kind of materials.  Regards,BasavarajCGI Information Systems,Bangalore 560100Cell#:09845614110 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha Installation on CentOS 5.3
by Vimal Kumar 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Dear Friends, Happy to hear that the publication of "Installation manual of Koha 3.0 on CentOS" Definitely, it is a good news for library professionals who are love to install Koha on RPM based enterprise class Linux. I appreciate the contribution of Basavaraj Talikoti, Asstt Lib & Inform Officer, Delhi Public Library in the manual preparation. You can access the manual from following locations, http://www.dpl.gov.in/centos5-koha3.html http://www.dpl.gov.in/centos5-koha.pdf This manual is very detailed and useful for beginners. Delhi Public Library successfully implemented Koha 3 on 2 October 2008. -- 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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Article Request
by Veeru 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Dear members I need a article, the details of the article as follows: *Journal* : Journal of Tribology* * *Article*: Synthesis and Lubrication Characteristics of Aryloxy cyclophosphazenes Substituted With Imidazolium *Author*: Jinlong Li, Feng Zhou, Dapeng Feng, Yanqiu Xia, and Weimin Liu -- *Vol.*131,* Issue*.3 ,july 2009. with regards Virupaksh BH LIM Trainee, National center for Science Information, 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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Urgently required Library Assistant at BIMTECH, Greater Noida‏
by Anil Singh 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Dear Friends, Birla Institute of Management and Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida requires one Library Assistant for its Learning Resource Centre urgently. Candidate should have MLISc degree. salary between 8,000-10,000 pm. Send your CV by e-mail to Dr. Rishi Tiwari, Librarian,BIMTECH, Greater Noida Mobile: 09810583623, E-mail: rishi_70(a)rediffmail.com Anil Singh NCERT, New Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy @ SFIMAR
by MFKumbar 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Advertisement for Library Assistant St. Francis Institute of Management and Research(SFIMAR) Library is fully automated library has state-of-the- art facilities to cater to the needs of management and allied subjects by ensuring the reach of information on their desktop. The library serves as a nucleus of information in every branch of research in the field of Management. SFIMAR conducts Two year full time MMS and 3 years Part-time MFM (Finance) and MMM (Marketing) programmes at Mt.Poinsur campus in Borivali-W, Mumbai. We are looking for ONE bright, dynamic candidate for the post of Library Assistant. Qualification required: M.L.I.Sc with 55% or B.L.I.Sc with TWO years experience. Essential qualities: Fluency in English communication, Knowledge of Computer, Knowledge about open source software would be helpful. Interested candidates can send their CV to the following e-mail id within 7 days. E-mail: mfkumbar(a)sfimar.org or sfimar(a)rediffmail.com Or Send their application to the following Address To, Chairman / Director St. Francis Institute of Management and Research Mt.Poinsur, SVP Road, Borivali-West Mumbai 400103 Maharashtra Selected candidates will be paid a stipend of Rs. 8000/- Per month. The absorbed candidate will have an exposure to all modern techniques of maintaining a good management library with hands on experience Last date to apply: 04.08.2009 Best of LUck!!!!!!!!!1 =============================================================== M F Kumbar Librarian St.Francis Institute of Management and Research, Mt Poinsur, S.V.P.Road, Borivali(West), Mumbai -103 Ph. No. 022 - 2891 7089/ 2895 8403 Extn. 37 Cell : 09820895577 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Short-term Training Course on Technical Writing and Editing
by Puna Das 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Short-term Training Course on Technical Writing and Editing 24-28 August 2009 Venue: NISCAIR, New Delhi Broad course contents: * Technical communication process * Linguistics * Categories * Structure and functions of technical communications * Technical editing and editorial process * Printing/production aspects * Electronic Publishing. Eligibility for Short Term Courses * The short-term courses are offered to R&D personnel, science communicators, middle and senior level managers, research scholars, LIS Professionals, etc. Fees for Indian participants * Without accommodation: Rs. 2000.00 * With accommodation: Rs. 2600.00 Payment of Course Fee * The entire course fee is to be sent in advance by Demand Draft drawn in favour of: Director, NISCAIR payable at New Delhi. How to apply * The applications may be sent to: The In-charge, Training Division NISCAIR 14 Satsang Vihar Marg New Delhi-110 067 Ph: 011-26965094; 011-26863617 FAX: 91-11-2686 2228 E-Mail: training[at]niscair.res.in, narendrakumar[at]niscair.res.in More Details: http://www.niscair.res.in/ActivitiesandServices/HRD/hrd.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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Article Request
by priyagopalkrishnakaimal 28 Jul '09

28 Jul '09

Pls any one have access to Emerald database send me a copy of follwing article for my Ph.D study 1.Web accessibility at university libraries and library schools Author(s): Axel Schmetzke, Journal: Library Hi Tech,Year: 2001 Volume: 19 Issue: 1 Page: 35 - 49 2. legal standards to produce accessible electronic and information technology in libraries PT Jaeger - Information Technology and Disabilities, 2002 3. Pillai Indipol Mobile:0091-9892218803 Office:0091-22-28562999 Fax :0091-22-28562999 MSN :pillai_rajesh@hotmail.com Mail :rajeshpillai30@yahoo.com/petrochem07@gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KERALA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
by Sadasivan KP 28 Jul '09

28 Jul '09

Dear All, Kerala Library Association, the premiere LIS professional society of Kerala, in their Annual General Body Meeting held at Trivandrum on 19th July 2009, have elected the new office bearers as listed below, for the next two years : President Shri K.P. SADASIVAN Managing Director Info Dynamics, Trivandrum & Former Head, Library & Informatics NIIST (CSIR), Trivandrum Vice President Dr. A. GOPIKUTTAN Head, Department of Library & Information Science University of Kerala , Trivandrum General Secretary Shri P.K. SURESH KUMAR Technical Assistant Kerala University Library , Trivandrum Treasurer Shri G.S. HARIKUMAR Librarian Government Ayurveda College, Trivandrum Office Secretary Shri M. MOHAMMED SHANAVAZ KHAN Librarian Kerala Legislature Library, Trivandrum Organizing Secretary Dr. M. LALITHA Librarian State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT) Trivandrum Public Relations Secretary Shri E. HASHIM Reference Assistant Kerala University Library, Trivandrum Executive Committee Members : 1. Shri A. ABDUNNASAR Librarian Centre for Earth Science Studies , Trivandrum 2. Shri R. ANILKUMAR Reference Assistant Kerala University Library, Trivandrum 3. Shri M. CHANDRAKUMARAN NAIR Former Senior Grade Librarian Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum 4. Dr. HEMACHANDRAN NAIR Assistant Librarian Kerala University Library, Trivandrum 5. Shri N. PARAMESWARAN Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum & Former Deputy Librarian-in-Charge Kerala University Library, Trivandrum 6. Shri P. SAINUL ABIDEEN Librarian Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management-Kerala (IIITMK) Technopark, Trivandrum 7. Shri N. SUKUMARAN NAIR Former State Librarian, Kerala Trivandrum 8. Dr. K.P. VIJAYAKUMAR Reader Department of Library & Information Science University of Kerala ,Trivandrum Contact Addresses : KERALA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 36, II Floor , Kairalee Plaza Annexe Karamana P.O. , Trivandrum - 695 002 Kerala State , India President : E-Mail : kps31147(a)yahoo.com / Mob. 919447903282 Vice President : E-Mail : agopikuttan(a)yahoo.co.in / Mob. 919446428163 General Secretary : E-Mail : pksuresh(a)yahoo.com / Mob. 919495718460 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two new collections available from Oxford Journals
by Kaushik 28 Jul '09

28 Jul '09

*Introducing the new Policy and International Law Collections* Dear Librarian, Oxford Journals is pleased to introduce two new collections, carefully tailored to meet the specific needs of users involved in important global research and practice. These new collections bring together journals from multiple subject areas which address a common theme, enabling access to the most relevant content for those working in these fields. The 2010 Oxford Journals Policy Collection<http://oxfordjournals-marketing.oup.com/c/12AQkMsIvUb50sOAC>features 38 highly cited and prestigious journals from a range of disciplines relevant to those working in the policy sector. Recently launched, this new collection allows users in this area to access a tailored journals package covering the fields of economics, law, public health, politics, and social sciences. Many of the titles included are published in collaboration with learned societies and other international organizations, and thus represent the forefront of research. Encompassing 25 journals with content dating back to 1996, the 2010 Oxford Journals International Law Collection<http://oxfordjournals-marketing.oup.com/c/12AQn4FTpa1VilKF3>includes articles of consistently high quality published by some of the world’s top practicing lawyers and academics. The collection includes both academic and practitioner law titles, as well as journals in related fields such as economics and finance. *Free, no obligation trial access is available to both collections* For more information on either of these collections, to sign up for a free trial, or to request a quote, please email us at: library.marketing(a)oxfordjournals.org. Alternatively, pass this information on to your librarian who can arrange access for you. Kind regards, Kaushik Ghosh Sales Manager - South and South East Asia Oxford Journals kaushik.ghosh(a)oxfordjournals.org -- 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] UGC opts INFLIBNET to host National PhD Theses Repository
by Bukhari 28 Jul '09

28 Jul '09

Dear Dr. Poluru, Scholars interested in patenting their work can at least file a provisional application before submitting their thesis. They can file a more refined application (the complete specification) within 12 months from the date of filing of provisional application. Novelty will not be lost. Filing a provisional application is very simple and can be filed by the scholars themselves without incurring much cost. They may even chose to publish articles coming out of their thesis without losing the novelty of their idea once a prov appln has been filed. It must also be kept in mind that presentation of the work in seminar/conferences will also be novelty destroying if done before filing the application for patent, although there are few exceptions. Regards S.A.A. Bukhari Sr. Executive IPR Shantha Biotechnics On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:12:58 +0530 wrote >Dear Professional Colleagues, > >Hosting full text M.Phil/Ph.D. theses is a dream coming true for Librarians. This move will no doubt have a lot of impact on accessibility, quality of research, and avoiding duplication of research, but what if some scholars want to publish their work after submitting their theses, especially if they want to patent their work. In that case how can they submit their theses within 30 days period? > >Can experts provide any solution to this problem? If so, please write your views. > >With Kind Regards, > > > >Dr. Lalitha Poluru >Librarian >Institute of Pharmacy >Nirma University, S.G. Highway, >Ahmedabad -382 481, Gujarat, India. >Ph. +91-2717-241900/01/02/03/04, Extn: 731, >(M) 09879333705, Fax: +91-2717-241916, >Email: lalitha.poluru(a)nirmauni.ac.in, Website: www.nirmauni.ac.in > >--- On Wed, 7/22/09, J. K. Vijayakumar wrote: > > >From: J. K. Vijayakumar >Subject: [LIS-Forum] UGC opts INFLIBNET to host National PhD Theses Repository >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, digilib_india(a)yahoogroups.com, corporatelibrns(a)yahoogroups.com >Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 5:53 PM > > > >UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil/Ph.D Degree), Regulation, 2009 (Link http://www.ugc.ac.in/policy/notificationmphilphd.pdf) > >Dear Professionals, > >As per this new regulation; >"Following successful completion of evaluation process and announcements of the award of Mphil/Phd, the University shall submit a softcopy of MPhil/PhD thesis to UGC within period of 30 days for hosting the same in INFLIBNET, accessible to all Institutions/universities" > >Hopefully we can see the Full-Text theses at >http://indcat.inflibnet.ac.in/indcat/thesis.jsp very soon. > >This is the right move from UGC, which will help in wide access to Indoan PhD literature, which will indirectly increase the quality of Research and avoid duplications in research. > >Regards, > >Dr. J K Vijayakumar > > > > > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. > >_______________________________________________ >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. > >_______________________________________________ >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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UGC opts INFLIBNET to host National PhD Theses Repository
by J. K. Vijayakumar 28 Jul '09

28 Jul '09

UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil/Ph.D Degree), Regulation, 2009 (Link http://www.ugc.ac.in/policy/notificationmphilphd.pdf) Dear Professionals, As per this new regulation; "Following successful completion of evaluation process and announcements of the award of Mphil/Phd, the University shall submit a softcopy of MPhil/PhD thesis to UGC within period of 30 days for hosting the same in INFLIBNET, accessible to all Institutions/universities" Hopefully we can see the Full-Text theses at http://indcat.inflibnet.ac.in/indcat/thesis.jsp very soon. This is the right move from UGC, which will help in wide access to Indoan PhD literature, which will indirectly increase the quality of Research and avoid duplications in research. Regards, Dr. J K Vijayakumar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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12th Workshop on 'Biomedical Informatics and Communication'
by Puna Das 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

12th Workshop on 'Biomedical Informatics and Communication' (Supported by DBT & ICMR) 20-21 November 2009 Venue: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra 12th Biomedical Informatics Workshop is being organized to expose Medical / Science Teachers, Scientists & PG / Ph D Students to basics & advances in Biomedical Informatics & communication. Interesting Lectures on Biomedical Informatics, Telemedicine, Telepathology, Genomics, Proteomics, Evidence Based Medicine, Hospital Information System, Healthcare Management, Biomedical Communication, Biomedical Information Retrieval, Interactive session through Video Conferencing along with Demonstrations and Hands on sessions will be conducted by the Eminent Resource Persons to promote use of Biomedical Informatics in health care management and retrieval of information for research. Hands on Sessions, will also be arranged with desktop work on Gene and protein sequence analysis and other techniques related to Biomedical Informatics and Communication. Organizer also plans to have Oration and Interactive Session with eminent Healthcare Managers using Video Conferencing platform during the workshop. Besides, second day of the Workshop is scheduled for Biomedical Communication supported by ICMR. Special attention will be given on writing and publishing of Research Papers in Biomedical Sciences; preparing Research project proposal, Choosing a right journal; Grammar and syntax in Scientific writing exploring web resources for Biomedical informatics etc. Overall contents of Biomedical Communication session consisting of Lectures, Hands on session, assignment etc will help in promoting Biomedical scientific communication skills of participants to write review articles, research papers and scientific proposals. Organizer is expecting Eminent Speakers from DBT, ICMR; C-DAC, Pune; Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore; Anna University, Chennai; IIT, New Delhi; IVRI, Izatnagar; SGBAU, Amravati; NIV, Pune; ISRO, Ahmedabad; PMC, Karamsad; Hingoli; Hyderabad etc. Dr. K. Satyanarayana (Sr. DDG & Chief, P&I, ICMR) and Prof. Shripad Deshpande (BHU) will coordinate Biomedical Communication session. Last Date of Application October 15, 2009 Selection Confirmation October 25, 2009 Registration Fee Rs. 600/- Accommodation Charges Rs. 400/- for 2 days Contact: Dr Satish Kumar, Professor, Dy Coordinator BIC, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram 442 102, India Tel. Fax: 07152-284038 Email: mgims.btisnet[at]nic.in More Information: http://cssp-jnu.blogspot.com/2009/07/12th-workshop-on-biomedical-informatic… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.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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Public libraries set for complete makeover
by Puna Das 24 Jul '09

24 Jul '09

Public libraries set for complete makeover E T B Sivapriyan, PTI New Delhi, Jul 23: If the government has its way, public libraries across the country will undergo a complete makeover with modern equipment, broad-band connectivity besides being networked with educational institutions. The Culture Ministry has planned to launch National Mission on Libraries (NML), as recommended by the National Knowledge Commission (NKC), to revitalise the public library movement in the country, sources said here today. The ministry has sent a set of recommendations in this regard to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who holds charge of this ministry, sources said. There are also plans to set up about 7,000 new libraries, equipped with computers and other modern devices, across the country with prime focus on rural areas. "Public libraries across the country will benefit from the Mission which will bring in modern technical equipments to the libraries. Source: http://ptinews.com/news/189512_Public-libraries-set-for-complete-makeover ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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Job opportunity
by Thakur, Wendessa 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

[cid:image001.jpg@01CA0B98.1DF09100] POSITION: Information Professional Mumbai RESPONSIBILITIES AND POSITION DESCRIPTION: We are looking for an open-minded individual based in Mumbai to support, at the entry level, our global information center. The successful applicant will provide content and document management support as well as act as a key point of contact on our Reference Help Desk, providing research support to our consultants in the field. Job Description: * Guide and instruct users in the use of relevant sources and good research techniques * Assist users in their own research via phone, email and instant messaging * Perform daily tasks such as document processing, project tracking, and news alerts * Maintain and develop online research and reference tools * Conduct complex literature and statistical searches * Provide subject expertise in business research * Work on special projects as assigned Required Skills & Experience: * Familiarity with document management or content management processes * Experience with library research strategies and online databases, such as Nexis or Factiva * Ability to organise, prioritise and plan work schedules in order to meet very tight and short deadlines * Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs: PowerPoint, Word, and Excel. * Fluent in written and spoken English * Detail-oriented, with ability to consolidate research results into precise, concise responses * Self-motivated, customer-focused, and able to adapt to changing priorities * Occasional domestic and international travel (to US headquarters) required Desired Skills: * MLS degree or relevant course work/previous company or market research experience * Experience with cataloguing and content management * Experience in support role within the Consulting industry * Familiarity with IT and business information sources * Experience using Microsoft Office SharePoint Work Schedule: * The resource will be expected to work from the Diamond office in Mumbai. Typical work hours will be from 9am-6pm; however, flexibility will be required for some short notice deadlines. Compensation: * Diamond offers a competitive salary, based on prior experience of candidate along with best-in-class benefits * Annual bonus, based on company and individual performance Interested candidates should apply online at www.diamondconsultants.jobs/apply<http://www.diamondconsultants.jobs/apply> Diamond is an Equal Opportunity Employer Diamond (Nasdaq: DTPI) is a premier global management consulting firm that helps leading organizations develop and implement growth strategies, improve operations, and capitalize on technology. Focused on technology, our teams combine highly skilled consultants in strategy, technology, and operations. Diamond works collaboratively with clients, to unleash the power within their own organizations to achieve sustainable business advantage. Diamond is headquartered in Chicago, with locations in Hartford, New York, Washington D.C., London, and Mumbai. Regards, Wendessa _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wendessa Thakur Diamond Management & Technology Consultants P & G Plaza Cardinal Gracias Rd., Chakala Andheri East, Mumbai 400099 India www.diamondconsultants.com<http://www.diamondconsultants.com/> ________________________________ This transmission may (i) be subject to contractual, statutory or other obligations of confidentiality; (ii) contain "protected health information " as defined in HIPAA or "non-public personal information " as defined under data privacy laws; or (iii) be otherwise strictly confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you may not disclose, print, copy or disseminate this information. If you have received this in error, please reply to the sender only and delete the message. Unauthorized interception of this e-mail is a violation of federal law. Diamond's operating subsidiary in North America is Diamond Management & Technology Consultants NA, Inc.; in the U.K. and Europe, Diamond Management & Technology Consultants Limited; and in Asia, Diamond Management & Technology Consultants Pvt. Ltd. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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All Karnataka Engineering College Library Professionals Association (AKELPA)
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

All Karnataka Engineering College Library Professionals Association (AKELPA), comes into existence on 18th July 2009 in the presence of 250 library professionals of engineering college libraries of Karnataka at Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering (DSCE) with the following objectives. 1. To devise, formulate and set up standards, norms, rules, guidelines for engineering college libraries of Karnataka. 2. To establish a common platform for all LIS professionals by conducting state, national and international level workshops, seminars, conferences, short terms training programs and other developmental activities. 3. To uphold and maintain the position of Engineering Librarianship in terms of pay scales, promotion, training etc. 4. To orchestrate and synchronize with the state, central government and national, international agencies with regard to the issues of the engineering library professionals. 5. To craft right recommendations to university, government and other authorities and organizations to safeguard the profession and professionals. 6. To collaborate and coordinate with the professional organizations in terms of networking and resource sharing. The following office bearers of AKELPA are selected in the meeting : President: Sri. N. Choudappa Chief Librarian, BMSCE, Bangalore Vice-Presidents (Region-wise): 1. Dr. Dinesh K. S. (Bangalore North Region), Librarian (SLG), NCET, Bangalore 2. Sri. R. M. Puttaswamy (Bangalore South Region), Chief Librarian, BNMIT, Bangalore 3. Dr. H. M. Chidananda Swamy, (Mysore Region), Librarian, JNNCE, Shimoga 4. Dr. Vinayak Bankapur, (Belagaum Region), Librarian, SDMCE, /Dharwad 5. Sri. S. A. Patil, (Gulbarga Region), Librarian, BLDEAS, Bijapur General Secretary: Sri. K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBKCE, Bangalore Secretary (Technical): Sri. Vinay C. Sr. Librarian, SJBIT, Bangalore Treasurer: Sri. J. C. David, Chief Librarian, DSCE, Bangalore Joint Secretaries (Region-wise): 1. Smt. Mallika M. H., (Bangalore North), Librarian, SSIT, Tumkur 2. Sri. K. K. Suresh Kumar, (Bangalore South), Librarian, ASC, Bangalore 3. Sri. K. L. Basappa, (Mysore Region), Asst. Librarian, SJCE, Mysore 4. Sri. Suresh Horakeri, (Belagaum Region), Asst. Librarian, BVBCET, Hubli 5. Sri. Vasanth Nithalipur, (Gulbarga Region), VCET, Puttur Executive Members: 1. Dr. M. M. Bachalapur, Chief Librarian, KIT, Tiptur 2. Dr. Diwakar Bhat, Chief Librarian, NMAMIT, Nitte 3. Smt. C. A. Malaghan, Chief Librarian, Dr. AIT, Bangalore 4. Sri. Police Goudar, Librarian, AIT, Gulbarga 5. Sri. K. V. Manjunath, Chief Librarian, BIET, Davanagere 6. Smt. V. Bharathi Librarian (SLG), KSIT, Bangalore 7. Sri. K. Srinivas, Librarian, TJCE, Bangalore 8. Sri. Manjunath P. S., Librarian, BNMIT, Bangalore 9. Sri. Naveen Kumar, Librarian, PESSE, Bangalore Thanking You, Dinesh K. S. -- 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.dineshks.webs.com, Official Blog: libraryofncet.blogspot.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 Library Assistant
by mukesh jha 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS Chennai Applications are invited for the following posts : Assistant Technical Officer (Library Assistant) : 08 posts, Pay Scale : Rs.9300-34800 Grade Pay Rs.4450, Age : 35 years, Qualification : A Graduate in any subject with a degree in Library & Information Science (BLIS) or MLIS/ MSc Library Information Service Competency in Computer Basics., Experience : 1-2 years How to Apply : Application in the prescribed format should be addressed to the Registrar (by designation only), University of Madras, Chennai 600005 on or before 14/08/2009. Please view http://www.unom.ac.in/news/atolibass.pdf for more information and application form. With Regards Mukesh Kumar Jha M.L..I.Sc Bhu 2008 Library Professional IDSA NEW DELHI Mob.9654448933 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2010 at IGNCA, New Delhi, India
by Dr. Ramesh C Gaur 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

Dear Colleagues, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in collaboration with IFLA Newspaper Section is organizing IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2010 at IGNCA, New Delhi in India during 18th January to 21st January, 2010 on theme "Digital Preservation and Access to news and views". To finalize the brochure and also to prepare prospective list of participants, committees etc. we need contact details of Newspapers/Magazine Libraries in India. Therefore, with the help of this e-mail all such Librarians are requested to send their contact details to the undersigned at the earliest. Other Professional Colleagues are also requested to send the details of Professionals/libraries engaged in preservation of newspapers in India. Regards Ramesh ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) Librarian & Head-Kala Nidhi Division Coordinator- ABIA International Index Project Additional Charge: Director, National Mission for Manusripts Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts(IGNCA) (An Autonomous body under Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India) 5 Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi-1 Phone: 91-11-23385442, 23385884 Fax: 91-11-22385884 Mobile: 91-9810487158 URL: www.ignca.gov.in Email: gaur(a)ignca.nic.in; rcgaur(a)bol.net.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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