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Fw: Springer Launches Innovative Publisher-Based Image Collection
by Shamprasad Pujar 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

FYI S.M. Pujar IGIDR, Mumbai -- Original Message -- From: "McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]" <gerrymck(a)iastate.edu> To: "McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]" <gerrymck(a)mail.adp.iastate.edu>, <ifla-mm(a)infoserv.inist.fr>, <ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr>, <diglib(a)infoserv.inist.fr>, <univers(a)infoserv.inist.fr> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:50:50 -0500 Subject: [IFLA-L] Springer Launches Innovative Publisher-Based Image Collection Springer Launches Innovative Publisher-Based Image Collection by <authorSearch('810')>Barbara Quint Posted On July 16, 2009 www.springer.com) an international scholarly publisher based in Germany but operating in 20 countries, has launched SpringerImages http://www.springerimages.com/ ] The massive collection of 1.6 million scientific, technological, and medical images includes photos, tables and figures, charts, graphs, histograms, and other illustrations. Although covering all scientific subject areas, some 61% of the collection focuses on medical and life sciences. Drawing on its own vast collection of content, Springer provides multilayered, in-depth indexing. Subscribers can use the material liberally as long as they do not use it for direct commercial purposes. In an interesting development, SpringerImages includes a small but growing collection of open access images, which are available to anyone, no registration required. [more] Source [ <http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Springer-Launches-Innovative-Pub…>http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Springer-Launches-Innovative-Pub… ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There Are No Answers, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed / Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace' -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Process of Automation
by Pawan Agrawal 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

Dear Library Professionals, Under an urgent need we need to install barcode readers and printers and have to make the barcoding system active in my library. Please help me regarding all the standards of barcoding system. like size of barcodes, process of barcoding etc. Please help 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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Research Output in Developing Countries Increases
by J. K. Vijayakumar 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

-----Original Message----- From: Medical Libraries Discussion List [mailto:MEDLIB-L@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Menefee, Daviess (ELS-NYC) Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 10:49 AM To: MEDLIB-L(a)LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Research Output in Developing Countries Increases Research Output in Developing Countries Reveals 194% Increase in Five Years The partners of Research4Life announced at the World Conference of Science Journalists 2009 that a new research impact analysis has demonstrated a dramatic rise in research output by scientists in the developing world since 2002. By comparing absolute growth in published research before (1996 - 2002) and after (2002 - 2008) the advent of the Research4Life programmes, the analysis has revealed a 194% or 6.4-fold increase in articles published in peer reviewed journals. Research4Life is the collective name given to HINARI, AGORA and OARE, the three public-private partnerships that offer health, agriculture and environmental research for free or at very low cost to developing countries. Key partners include WHO, FAO, UNEP, Cornell and Yale Universities, the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers and Microsoft as the technology partner. Over 150 publishers, among them Elsevier, Springer, Wiley-Blackwell and Oxford University Press provide the journal content. Full Press Release: www.Research4Life.org <http://www.research4life.org/> Daviess Menefee Global Director for Institutional Relations Elsevier -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians)] Twitter for Librarians
by K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

Twitter, the new microblogging service. How it’s useful within a library context, what libraries and librarians are doing with it and it’s role within an overall library context. They will also have an opportunity to create an account, start following people, posting ‘tweets’, using the search options and exploring other Twitter applications. Please see the Usage status -- Posted By K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian to ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians) at 7/16/2009 09:54:00 PM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Internet Resources Newsletter: August Issue now available
by MacLeod, Roderick A 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

____________________________________________ Internet Resources Newsletter ____________________________________________ The latest edition of the FREE monthly newsletter for academics, students and researchers is now available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn174/irn174.html No subscription or registration is needed to access this full-text newsletter at the above site. You can also subscribe to the free, full-text email version at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html There's also an RSS feed for the newsletter: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss Featured in this issue: Comment Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS Random Quotes News items of interest Edinburgh Festival links A-Z New & Notable Web Sites: About 100 new and notable websites: new services, ejournals, directories, search engines, publishers, social networks, government sites, booksellers, calls for papers, software, news services, conferences, research groups, plus anything else of interest, etc, etc. Nice Web Site(s): spezify Blogorama and Twittersphere Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and related news items, plus various Twitter items Recent Internet Books in the Library Get a life! Leisure Time After hours Published by Heriot-Watt University Library, and edited by Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk) Catherine Ure and Marion Kennedy Roddy MacLeod MA, DipLib, MCILIP Senior Subject Librarian Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS Tel (0131) 451 3576 Fax: (0131) 451 3164 R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk Home: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/libram/roddy.html <http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/libram/roddy.html> Blogging at: http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/ <http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/> Library workshops: http://www.hw.ac.uk/library/workshops.html <http://www.hw.ac.uk/library/workshops.html> Twitter: http://twitter.com/libram <http://twitter.com/libram> Heriot-Watt University is a Charity registered in Scotland, SC000278 -- Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Announcement to be put in Lis-Forum
by Dr. M. Koteswara Rao 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

UGC-Academic Staff College UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD Hyderabad-500046 SCHEDULE OF COURSES FOR ACADEMIC YEAR - 2009-'10 "Refresher course in Information and Communication Technology & e-Learning". Course Dates: 11-9-2009 to 1-10-2009 Eligibility : All lecturers and group 'A' officers/library officers working in universities and colleges. Contact: The Director, Academic Staff College, Univ of Hyderabad at Tel: 040-23132711; 23010834; e-mail: ugc_ascuohyd(a)yahoo.co.in Website: http://www.uohyd.ernet.in/academic/academic_outreach/academic_staff_college… Dr. M. Koteswara Rao Librarian University of Hyderabad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Professor & Associate Professor (Lib. & Info. Sci.) posts at University of Delhi
by Vinod Singh 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Dear Professionals, Posts: 1. Professor: 2 UR 2. Associate Professor (Reader): 1 UR Last date: 14 August 2009. Advertisement: http://www.du.ac.in/du/career/ad213_detail.pdf Form: http://www.du.ac.in/forms/form-teaching-eng.pdf Regards Vikusi* Research Scholar University of Delhi Delhi-7 * Vinod Kumar Singh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Wants to Learn HTML...
by fatima abedi 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Dear Friends, I am working as a cataloguer in Agricultural based research institute. I would like to HTML to upload many information on the web. Please anybody can suggest how to learn easily the various methods involve in uploading the information with linking on the web. Many thanx. Yours faithfully Fatima Abedi -- 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 priya gopalkrishna kaimal 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

Dear All, I am Looking for folloing articles for my research. Pls help if any one can. 1. Voice based web services - An assistive technology for visually impaired persons Journal Technology and Disability Issue Volume 16, Number 4/2004 Pages 195-200 2. Accessible Digital Resource Centers for Visually Impaired People Guenaga, M.L.; Oliver, J. Advanced Learning Technologies, 2008. ICALT apos;08. Eighth IEEE International Conference on Volume , Issue , 1-5 July 2008 Page(s):152 - 153 Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/ICALT.2008.51 3. In Hopkins, L., ed. Library services for visually impaired people: a manual for best practice. London: Resource: the Council for Museums, Archives, 2000 4. 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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Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography, Version 4
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

The Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography, Version 4 is now available from Digital Scholarship. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/etdb/etdb.htm This bibliography presents selected English-language articles, conference papers, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). Where possible, links are provided to sources that are freely available on the Internet, including e-prints in disciplinary archives and institutional repositories. For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital publications since my resignation (http://tinyurl.com/5en4jt) from the University of Houston Libraries, see the Digital Scholarship Publications Overview. (This document is especially useful if one of the mirrored Digital Scholarship servers is down.) http://digital-scholarship.com/cwb/dsoverviewx.htm http://digital-scholarship.org/cwb/dsoverviewx.htm The following recent Digital Scholarship publications may also be of interest: (1) Google Book Search Bibliography, Version 4 http://digital-scholarship.org/gbsb/gbsb.htm (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, Version 75 http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html (3) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2008 Annual Edition (Paperback) http://digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/sepb2008.htm -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ A Brief Look Back at Twenty Years as an Internet Open Access Publisher http://digital-scholarship.org/cwb/twentyyearsbrief.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Senior research fellow .
by manoj kumar pant 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

Dear professionals, Various posts of Senior research fellowship in Indian Agriculture Research Institute,Pusa campus SRF(2): Master in Library science+ work experience on digitization, z39.50, MARC and Library management software. Renumeration :12000/-+HRA Walking interview:22 July2009 For more Refer Hindustan Times, Dated 02 July 2009, Page 9 All the best -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Courses in Distance Education Mode
by A.T. Francis 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

Dear Professionals, There is no harm in conducing courses in distance education mode. But, the problem lies with the quality of the distance education courses. The prestiges courses like CA, ICWA, ACS, IETE, AMIE, etc. are conducing distance education mode effectively. No dilution of quality in these courses we have heard. At the same time, many universities are conducting courses in distance education mode mainly to generate fund and not to provide quality education to the students at their door steps. Even after the establishment of Distance Education Council, desired positive improvements in quality is yet to be achieved in the courses of most of the universities. In Kerala, most of the certificates of professional courses received through distance education mode is not recognised by the Kerala Public Service Commission and Kerala University. At the same time, Kerala University is offering professional courses, including BLISc and MLISc, in distance education mode. It is high to frame uniform rules applicable to all over India to clear confusion in this regard. The first aim of the students should be to do quality education and obtain a valid certificate for that. In Kerala, lots of students are struggling without recognising the certificates by the universities. Wih 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 --- On Fri, 19/6/09, lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: From: lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 75, Issue 16 To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Friday, 19 June, 2009, 6:05 PM Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. new society formation suggestion for name (Prof. N. Laxman Rao.) 2. Request for ILL (Arup Raychaudhury) 3. Websites for Online Maps (Sainul Abideen P, IIITMK) 4. news papers archives (S.F KATTIMANI) 5. Report on the Fourth Dr. TB Rajashekar Memorial Lecture (Arumugam Pitchai) 6. Need Article (Ajay Kum Sharma) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:09:11 -0700 (PDT) From: "Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> To: nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com, iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com, list forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] new society formation suggestion for name Message-ID: <385054.7609.qm(a)web65706.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 helo friends to initiate and keep pace of the professional activities , i planned to start a non profit Society especially to motivate younger generation professionals.This is being felt on the basis of the experience i hav gained and also on the basis of my observations. THE SUCCESS of the nmlis group had motivated me to do more professional activities. i cannot venture in to the present professional organsiations as they are ful of elected members. every one knows tht there are many organizations, who are ready to fund for gud projects. I wnt to join with committed professionals and take some projects on the name of this Society. It will never work independently but join with any organization or school in organising these programs.ALL THE PROFESSIONALS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN INTO THIS SOCIETY AFTER ITS FORMATION. friends may suggest a GUD NAME FOR THE SAID SOCIETY. THANKS LAXMAN RAO THANKS Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO,? EMERITUS FELLOW, Dept of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Association of British Scholars (Hyderabad Chapter) 91-40-27171565, 27177763?(res): 09246547599 (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. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:18:04 +0530 From: "Arup Raychaudhury" <arup(a)isical.ac.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request for ILL Message-ID: <20090619034628.M47777(a)isical.ac.in> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" We need the following book on ILL for 15 days: "Nowcasting" by K. A Browning (Editor), Academic Press. London, 1982 Arup Raychaudhury Library, Documentation & Information Science Division Indian Statistical Institute 203 BT Road Calcutta 700 108 INDIA This mail is scanned by Ironport -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:06:11 +0530 From: "Sainul Abideen P, IIITMK" <sainul(a)iiitmk.ac.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Websites for Online Maps Message-ID: <22ae80220906182136s64bb7632yc484cc19ac1712b7(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear Friends, Following online Map websites may be useful for you . *'OpenStreetMap* is a free editable map of the whole world. OpenStreetMap allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth'. Website: http://www.openstreetmap.org/ *'Wikimapia* is an online editable map - you can describe any place on Earth. Or just surf maps discovering tons of already marked places'. Website:http://wikimapia.org/ <http://wikimapia.org/> Sainul Abideen P, (BSc,ADIS,PGDCA, VLIR Scholar Belgium) Librarian Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management-Kerala [IIITM-K] NILA, Technopark, Karyavattom PO Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Ph 0471-2700777,2527567,2700965 exn 111 Mobile -9496252786 www.iiitmk.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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YOUNG ECOLOGISTS TALK & INTERACT
by YASHWANT G KANADE 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

YOUNG ECOLOGISTS TALK & INTERACT A conference for ecology students and researchers in India 24th-26th September 2009 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Young Ecologists Talk & Interact (YETI) is a first-of-its-kind conference for students and researchers in the field of ecology in India. Organized entirely by student volunteers, this event is tailored to serve as a friendly and inspiring meeting point for ecologists early in their career to present their work, exchange ideas, participate in stimulating workshops and even consider collaborative efforts with contemporaries from all over India. The last date to receive completed applications is 15 August 2009. To find out more, please visit our website (www.meetyeti.in) or write to us at the e-mail address provided below. You can download a poster to put up in your institution here: http://www.meetyeti.in/participate/download-application-package Email address: meet.yeti(a)gmail.com or mail(a)meetyeti.in To apply online visit: www.meetyeti.in Postal address: Young Ecologists Talk and Interact c/0 Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-560012 -- Hari Sridhar Ph.D student Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012 Karnataka, India http://ces.iisc.ernet.in -- YASHWANT G KANADE Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science BANGALORE - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in

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IHRD KERALA Librarian's Rank list published
by junaise B 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

Institute of Human Resource Developement, Govt of Kerala published the list of candidates selected for the post of Librarian, visit http://www.ihrd.ac.in. Junaise.V Librarian College of Applied Sciences (IHRD) Calicut- Kerala -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians)] Strict norms for MPhil, PhD - Rajk...
by K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Rajkot/Strict-norms-for-MPhil-PhD/articl…] In a bid to end the situation where under-qualified aspirants get MPhil and PhD degrees, University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued a notification with minimum qualifications for students who want to get these degrees. Now, universities will have to conduct entrance tests for students in line with certain provisions. They will also have to decide on number of students instead of haphazardly granting permission. The notification will be applicable from June 1 to all UGC-granted universities, Central and state government-run ones and colleges affiliated to them. All institutions will have to decide on minimum qualifications for selection of recognized guides as well. The number of students permitted to undertake research will depend on availability of guides. "All universities will have to decide on number of MPhil and PhD seats in advance and publish the information as advertisements and on the website too," said a dean of Saurashtra University. For students who have cleared Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) exam, State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) and other exams, or equivalents, universities can fix separate conditions, he added. UGC has also decided that a student can get direct admission to PhD or via MPhil. Universities will have to keep in mind reservation quota and select guides for candidates. After the entrance exam, students will have to undergo study programme for one semester, including research methods and computer skills. Students will have to submit theses within a time limit. Before that, a summary will have to be presented. This will be open to all for criticism and suggestions, which will be incorporated in the paper. Each thesis will be checked by at least two experts, one from abroad. After satisfactory evaluation, the student will have to take on viva. After this, he or she will have to send a soft copy of the thesis paper to UGC in 30 days. Source -- Posted By K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian to ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians) at 7/14/2009 03:25:00 AM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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information
by chandrakala pai 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

hi. my email id kalapai(a)rediffmail.com My question is kinldy inform me about the weeding out of books in college library system Thanks -- 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] IEEE Training position in India
by Puna Das 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

Hi Sushma Your signature line is missing from the message. However, can you please inform us how did you get this advertisement? Some of the things are not clear from your message. Is it a trial position? I don't think this position-holder will be legally part of IEEE workforce. Then, who will be actual employer for this position in India? Will the employer give all HR benefits to this position-holder as given by standard Indian corporates? You should inform the Forum accordingly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- On Mon, 13/7/09, lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Message: 3 Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:25:45 +0530 From: Sushma Shekher <sushekher(a)gmail.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] IEEE Training position in India Dear library professionals, There is challenging opening for librarians in IEEE India, Details are given below: *IEEE Client Services and University Partnership Program Manager for India* * * *Position located in India* * * *Job Functions* - Develop and implement programs and events that build customer relationships and drive IEEE usage and awareness for user communities, including librarians, engineers, researchers, students and faculty - Train librarians, end-users, regional sales staff and dealers in effective use of IEEE electronic information products through on-site visits, phone support, email support, and internet conferencing - Support initiatives and information needs of one or more IEEE Student Branches selected to participate in the University Partnership program.tobuild brand awareness and loyalty - Travel nationally as needed, for conferences, customer visits, training and awareness events. - Provide customer feedback on product content and functionality to be incorporated into the product development improvement process. - Plan events with IEEE staff - Support IEEE Membership marketing as needed - Participate in the creation of promotional and training materials for electronic information products, as needed - Prepare weekly call reports to document activity. * * *Knowledge*: - A bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college required, engineering degree and/or Masters in Library/Information Sciences strongly desirable. - Local language and English fluency required. - Ability to travel within territory with occasional trips to IEEE New Jersey in the US, as needed - Excellent writing skills, developing copy for customer communication - Excellent public speaking and interpersonal skills - PC skills: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, WebEx - Demonstrated ability to work independently and plan effective travel itineraries. - In-depth understanding of the library market for high-end electronic subscription products. - Training experience desirable; comfort with electronic information products and ability to demonstrate products one-on-one or for large audiences, both in-person and online is critical - Understanding of the sales process. - Understanding of library technologies and methods. - Strong organizational skills; attention to detail *Problem Solving* - Clarify training requirements - customize training to the type of organization (corporate vs. academic, interested in a particular technical area, and to experience level of trainees). - Keep current in library trends and technologies to better solve customer problems and issues. - Create opportunities to reach out to all area customers, such as free online training, invitations to IEEE events, etc. - Keep current with IEEE student group and regional activities to better recommend ideas and events for IEEE Student branches participating in the University Partnership program. - Direct customer concerns or questions to correct IEEE business unit - Assist local dealers in creating successful customer trials. Offer online training, phone and email support. - Plan travel in order to reach key accounts in a cost-effective way, while completing other work. *Interpersonal Skills:* - Frequent contact and coordination with other groups will be critical to the success of this individual. ** - Ability to work collegially with members of various communities - customers, students, librarians, faculty, IEEE members and volunteers.** - Highly developed presentation, interpersonal and negotiation skills are critical.** *Accountability for Results*: - Increase number of users of online products at local customer sites as measured by usage statistics - Number of customer visits and users trained as documented by trip reports - Number of University Partnership Program events planned and held during calendar year - Number of relationship-building contacts as documented by weekly reports - Feedback from customers and dealer representatives Please submit a resume and cover letter to Rachel Berrington ? r.berrington(a)ieee.org regards Sushma Arora 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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One Day seminar on “E-Resource / E-Prints Awareness Program among Engineering college librarians of Karnataka”
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

* * One Day seminar on “E-Resource / E-Prints Awareness Program among Engineering college librarians of Karnataka” Library and Information Centre, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering is organizing One-Day Seminar on “E-Resource / E-Prints awareness program among engineering college librarians of Karnataka” on Saturday, July 18th 2009. The key resource persons would be from, NCSI, NAAC and Informatics (India) Limited, Bangalore. There is no registration fee for participants. All the engineering college librarians of Karnataka are requested to participate. Details of the Seminar: Date: Saturday, July 18th 2009 Time: 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM Venue: Conference Hall, Library and Information Centre, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bangalore. For more details, please contact: Mr. J C David Chief Librarian DSCE Library Kumarswamy Layout Bangalore-560078 Ph: 9342164211 -- 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Post Graduate Diploma in Application of Open Source Software in Library (PGDAOSSL)
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

helo i wnt to express my doubts abt this course. do u wnt to make librarians or teachers? if it is teacher he may be interested to know many software, so tht he can teach. but a librarian applies only one software for automation or one software for digital library and so on. the use of such software can be learnt in 2 weeks. then wht the librarians will do by learning use of many softwares. these softwares do get updated, and without using is it possible to keep track of updates? newer and newer sofwares are coming at fast rate? hw long u will update ur syllabus. there are problems with OSS too. In India we donot hav usergroups to sort out the problems,. we have seen till today professional frnds do not know wht is CDS/ISIS, and they think it is Library management software? many schools teach the same till now. we need to replace the CDS/ISIS with one of the best OSS and make the student a master so tht he can use it and also keep track of the developments. i think tht this program is not advisable, ad i am surprised with the idea. there are many library professionals at every corner of this country, who can teach KOHA, D Space, Green stone etc. butmake the program much more useful and let the students do not get taken for a ride. all the best for the [proposed program with best wishes 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 --- On Fri, 10/7/09, V Senthil <senthildrdo(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: V Senthil <senthildrdo(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Post Graduate Diploma in Application of Open Source Software in Library (PGDAOSSL) To: "Badan Barman" <badanbarman(a)gmail.com> Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Friday, 10 July, 2009, 11:07 AM Dear Shri Badan Barman, There are LIS professionals like Dr ARD Prasad from DRTC and NCSI, IISc, Bangalore faculties will guide you on OSS. Dr Shalini Urs from Mysore University, Shri Shashi Nath from DMRL (DRDO) are also experts in this field. You may directly contact them. But I am wondering how the course will be conducted without any faculties having knowledge in this field since you are also new to the filed. I do not think so every time the experts will be called for conducting the classes. As of my knowledge both NCSI and DRTC are teaching these same syllabus in their courses. More inputs may expects from the professionals. Regards, V Senthil On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Badan Barman <badanbarman(a)gmail.com> wrote: Respected forum members, Myself as an Academic Consultant at KKHSOU, preparing a syllabus for "Post Graduate Diploma in Application of Open Source Software in Library (PGDAOSSL)". It needs not to be mentioned that if it happened this will be the first such course in LIS in India. But as I am an infant in the subject so need the guidance of the experts from all over India. Can any one help me to lay the outline of the syllabus or can any one let me know to whom I should contact to make my food cook. I will be highly obliged if you can help me in this regard. The software’s that will be included in the syllabus are as follows. I request people who have sufficient expertise on the following software to contact me immediately. Library Management Software Packages (Evergreen, Koha and NewGenLib) Installation of Evergreen: Customization of Evergreen:Use of Evergreen: Installation of Koha:Customization of Koha: Use of Koha: Installation of NewGenLib: Customization of NewGenLib:Use of NewGenLib: Digital Library Software Packages (Dspace, GSDL, EPrints)Installation of Dspace: Customization of Dspace: Use of Dspace: Installation of GSDL: Customization of GSDL:Use of GSDL: Installation of EPrints:Customization of EPrints: Use of EPrints: Content Management System (MediaWiki, Joomla, Drupal) Installation of MediaWiki:Customization of MediaWiki: Use of MediaWiki: Installation of Joomla:Customization of Joomla: Use of Joomla: Installation of Drupal:Customization of Drupal: Use of Drupal: Learning Management System (Moodle, ATutor, Claroline)Installation of Moodle: Customization of Moodle: Use of Moodle: Installation of ATutor: Customization of ATutor:Use of ATutor: Installation of Claroline: Customization of Claroline: Use of Claroline: Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati-781006, Assam, Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971, Fax: 0361- 2235398. 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Re: [LIS-Forum] Library Query
by Charu 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

Dear Kaushik, Greetings for the day, Please accept my heartiest congratulation on your new and prestigious assignment. Its very nice to see that you want to automate your library, with keeping in mind all limited resources. You can automate the house-keeping operations. Beside with the help of Ms-Office tools you can provide CAS and SDI services to your learned clientele. For further assistance you can take guidance from any of the following KV librarians, who are running their libraries in automated manner since long…………. 1. Kendriya Vidyalaya Library , Pattom,Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala India http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com/ 2. Kendriya Vidyalaya Library Dimapur http://library.kvdimapur.org/ 3. Kendriya Vidyalaya Library Aluva, Kochi http://librarykvnad.blogspot.com/ 4. Kendriya Vidyalaya Library Puri http://kvpuri.nic.in/Library.htm 5. Kendriya Vidyalaya Library ASC Centre Banglore http://kvasc.kar.nic.in/library-ic.html Further, I had cleared NET (June 2005) and SET/Pune (Jan 2009) and on the basis of my experience I had developed and forwarding you a study material in this regard. You can look into it. Wish you a Very best of luck for your bright future. Regards, Miss Charu Mathur, Delhi. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two Days Workshop on “INFORMATION LITERACY FOR LIBRARIANS" at Rajkot
by hetal italiya 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

[Attachment(s) from Hetal G Italiya included below] *SUB:* Invitation for Participation in “*INFORMATION LITERACY FOR LIBRARIANS:* a two day workshop for Librarians of Saurashtra Region” *DATE:-* 1st & 2nd August 2009 *Dear Sir/Madam,* Library and Learning center of Atmiya Institute of Technology and Science, Rajkot in association with Saurashtra University are organizing a two day workshop for the Librarians of Saurashtra Region on the theme - “Information Literacy for Librarians”. Please find enclosed herewith the brochure and registration form for details of the same. The workshop is being conducted keeping in mind the current trends in the Library and Information Science Profession. The topics have been selected in a way that all the Librarians and LIS professionals who attend this workshop will Learn about Information Literacy concept and also get empowered to create one for their users. The focus is on the Internet and the Free and Open access resources with the help of which one can provide good number of services to its users in current times. * * We look forward for the active participation of your *Librarian* and *other Library Staff* in the workshop. In this occasion a proposal to form SAULIBNET (Saurashtra Library Network) will also be made thus we would like to have your valuable inputs in making it an effective tool in upgrading the present status of the academic libraries in Saurashtra region. Join us and make this workshop a breakthrough event in the field of Library and science in the Saurashtra Region. For queries or more information please contact sdtank(a)aits.edu.in and visit the website http://www.aits.edu.in Thanking you. Yours faithfully, Mrs. Sheetal D Tank, UNIC-LIBRARY/AITS ATMIYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE YOGIDHAM, Kalawad Road, RAJKOT - 360 005 (GUJARAT) Email: sdtank(a)aits.edu.in Ms.Hetal G Italiya Library & Learning Center "Yogidham Gurukul" Rajkot - Gujarat Email:- hgitaliya(a)aits.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar Announcement in LIS Forum
by Deva T M 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

Dear Sir / Madam, We, the Library and information professionals of Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering are organizing one day seminar on *“e-Resource/e-Prints Awareness Programme Among Engineering College Librarians of Karnataka” *on 18/July/2009. The following resource persons are invited to talk on; * * 1. e-Resource Management by Sri. I.H. Jahagirdhar, Librarian NAAC, B’lore. 2. E-Prints Over view / Installation and customization by Sri. Francis Jaykanth. NCSI, IISc, B’lore. 3. RFID Implementation at DSCE by Mr. Sriram. Libsys Co. Ltd, B’lore. 4. J-GATE E-Resource for Engineering and Technology. B’lore. Hence, I kindly request you to publish this information in LIS Forum and oblige. With regards ----------------------------------- J C David Chief Librarian & Organizing Secretary Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Kumarswamy Layout Bangalore-78 -------------------------------------------------------- Devandrappa T M E-Resource Information Officer Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Kumarswamy Layout Bangalore-560078 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar Announcement in LIS Forum
by Deva T M 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

Dear Sir / Madam, We, the Library and information professionals of Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering are organizing one day seminar on *“e-Resource/e-Prints Awareness Programme Among Engineering College Librarians of Karnataka” *on 18/July/2009. The following resource persons are invited to talk on; * * 1. e-Resource Management by Sri. I.H. Jahagirdhar, Librarian NAAC, B’lore. 2. E-Prints Over view / Installation and customization by Sri. Francis Jaykanth. NCSI, IISc, B’lore. 3. RFID Implementation at DSCE by Mr. Sriram. Libsys Co. Ltd, B’lore. 4. J-GATE E-Resource for Engineering and Technology. B’lore. Hence, I kindly request you to publish this information in LIS Forum and oblige. With regards ----------------------------------- J C David Chief Librarian & Organizing Secretary Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Kumarswamy Layout Bangalore-78 -- Devandrappa T M E-Resource Information Officer Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Kumarswamy Layout Bangalore-560078 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Single portal for university libraries
by raghupawar＠gmail.com 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

Single portal for university libraries Bangalore: Students and faculty members of all state universities canaccesses text books, e-journals and reference manuals of the Bangalore University library by visiting the university portal sitting in their own libraries. The Bangalore University is planning to set up a "single portal" for its library and the proposal had already been approved in the recent Inter-University Board (IUB) meeting which was held at Belgaum. AS Srikanth, secretary of the department of higher education, said, "The proposal was approved by the IUB. I think they will start the project soon." The university had come up with the idea because it is difficult for all the colleges to subscribe to or buy international journals and reference books, added Srikanth. To plan the project the university is organising a meeting with the Vice-Chancellors of all state universities."We will have a Vice-Chancellors' conference within the next 15 days to discuss the issue," said Dr N Prabhu Dev Vice-Chancellor, Bangalore University. The university will also set up a task force to implement the project without any delay. "In the first phase we are planning to digitalise the library,"he added. SOURCE: DNA - 10 July 2009 Best Regards, Raghavendra R Jubilnat Biosys Ltd Bangalore - 92 raghupawar(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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Post Graduate Diploma in Application of Open Source Software in Library (PGDAOSSL)
by kanwaljit kaur Dhindsa 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

This is a great effort which is required for coming professionals & also for already in profession peoples to start the Post Graduate Diploma in Application of Open Source Software in Library (PGDAOSSL) for them. For the curriculam,please choose not some professionals, but you need an advice from all working in the field of open sources or you may also need the some professionals from computer sc. deptt. also, please check & contact for such institutes wich are using open sources in practice as well to contact some consultants of open sources... Yes, to work effectivelly with open sources, we also need some other s/w like MS-SQL(Free from Microsoft), MYSQL etc.we also check for all the s/w required before installation of library softwares like perl modules for KOHA etc., some other standards are also required for such purpose like....DUBLIN core, MARK etc. with traditional AACR2 etc's knowledge. Some hardware practical knowledge alongwith Networking setup is also required. Specifications to set up a server , take a backup etc. are also required. Like IISER, Mohali is using LINUX operating systems in their labs, you can contact the respective person who is handling all these things. Yes, of course we also need to train our professionals in installation & troubleshooting in open access softwares also. We need to start from zero like from the type of file formats etc. to thesuccessful implementation of such softwares. For example: For Koha: you can contact DELNET,New Delhi or check some other consultants from koha.org If you think regarding the time & money of your students, than it's better to start these courses in parts like: One for basic knowledge, another for operating systems & then another for specific s/ws like one for KOHA & one for Greenstone etc. I can help you in case of KOHA, WAMP,JOOMLA etc. Best of Luck Kanwal Dhindsa -- *********************************************** Mrs.Kanwaljit Kaur Dhindsa Librarian Central Library http://www.gnelibrary.co.cc/ Guru Nanak Dev Engg. College Ludhiana (Pb) India http://librarianshiptechnically.blogspot.com/ http://www.indialibrarian-intl.blogspot.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/plosc ----------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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