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Life Membership to Karnataka Medical Library Association (R)-an appeal.
by vaini79 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

Dear professionals, Karnataka Medical Library Association ® (KMLA) was established during the year 1993. Based on the recommendations of the conference 2008 the following requests have already been implemented: 1. Considering *“Librarian as a Teacher”* by RGUHS, Karnataka, Bangalore and inclusion of health science librarians as bonafide voters for the ensuing Senate Elections as per the Judgement of High Court of Karnataka. We appreciate your efforts in up-loading your name as a bonafide voter under “List of teachers other than professors” in the electoral roll and has been accepted by the RGUHS. 2. Up to-date Renewal of Registration of the KMLA since 2000-2008 under Co-Operative society Act of Karnataka Government. 3. Uniform pay scales to all the health science librarians on par with other college librarians, and formulation of C & R rules ; A committee has been formed to look into it & prepare a Memorandum to the DME, Health Secretary and Minister of Medical Education, Government of Karnataka. The same will be submitted before the end of this month. In view of all the welfare activities of the association, it is necessary to have a sizeable strength in the membership of the association. Hence I am requesting the Health Science Librarians to enroll as a ‘LIFE MEMBER” of the association by paying Rs.1000/- (Rs.One thousand Only). The Membership form and other details can be obtained from *The Office of the Secretary* *Mr.Venkatesh* *Senior Librairan, M.R.Ambedkar Dental College* *#1/36, Cline Road, Cooke Town, Bangalore-560005* *or* Send an e mail to alameenlibrary(a)gmail.com With warm regards, *Dr.P.S.Mahesh* President, KMLA Hemavathi B N Executive Member KMLA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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WIth reference to Indian Academic Library Association (IALA) publication
by raghupawar＠gmail.com 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

Dear Professional friends, It is great news for the library science professionals. IALA has initiated publication initiatives along with its other Association Activities of protecting the interest of fellow professionals. The first two titles have alreary been released to the market and both the titles appears to be very relevant to the present day librarianship. To day, many young librarians who are beginners in the profession are finding lots of difficulties in implementing ICT and modern practice in libraries without having somebody's assistance. Unfortunately Librarian is a single post in every small library. Principals and other stake holders expect us to modernize the libraries. Every day they expect a new service or new ICT practice to be implemented. Thanks to the discussion forums we learn a lot from the discussion on these platforms. But, still for implementation we need a ready-reckner like books. At least to refer, some practices which are already implemented by some of the professional experts will help some of us to try and adapt in our libraries also. I hope these books will be very useful to young and modern librarians as they have started their career in different arena. Any success in the market is measured by its consumption rate, professional should encourage this initial initiative of IALA by procuring of these titles in their respective libraries and departments to render qualitative service to their customers and students by educating practical analysis. I expressed my heart-full thanks to IALA professionals team who are behind this initiative. And also the same spirit and professional encouragement should penetrate inclusively to greater benefit to the profession. I wish many more useful titles may come out from IALA. Best Regards, Raghavendra R Jubilant Biosys Ltd Bangalore - 92 raghupawar(a)gmail.com Dear Professional Friends, I am happy to bring to your kind notice that Indian Academic Library Association (IALA) has published following books: 1. Model practices in Librarianship. Price Rs.550 2. Model ICT practices in Librarianship Price Rs.450 The content of these books are the product of best practices presented in the National seminar organized by IALA during the year 2006. Some of the very best practices chosen from the seminar volume are selected for including in these volumes. The Originality of the theme of the authors is retained in the practices published in these books and value addition work has been done by the editors in order to make these practices effectively practicable. The cover papers of both the bares are located in the IALA website under the following link: http://iala.org.in/subfiles/pub.html Following two distributors are appointed for supply of these books. For supply in Karnataka State: M/s. Education Supplies Importers & Book Distributors PBNo.8204, Block A-02 Brigade MM Industrial Complex Yediyur, Bangalore Phone: 080-26769509 Fax: 080-26769954 e-mail: jai(a)bir.vsnl.net.in , educationalsupplies(a)airtelmail.in For supply in other states of India and abroad: M/s. Researchco Books and Periodicals Pvt.Ltd. # 4735/22, Prakash Deep Building 2nd Floor, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj ? 110 002 Phone 91-11-23240257, 65150445 Fax: 91-11-23240273 e-mail: researchco(a)researchco.net -- 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 ramesh chander 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

Dear Members, A researcher of IISc is in need of an article. Can anyone who has access to it, please send a soft copy of it to me. The details of the article are: DYNAMICS OF LAND-USE AND LAND-COVER CHANGE IN TROPICAL REGIONS Eric F. Lambin, Helmut J. Geist, Erika Lepers Annual Review of Environment and Resources, November 2003, Vol. 28, Pages 205-241 (doi: 10.1146/annurev.energy.28.050302.105459) Link to purchase online: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.energy.28.05030… ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With Best Regards, Romesh Chander National Center for Science Information(NCSI), Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore-560012. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha Workshop Series in Oct-Nov in 4 Cities
by savitra sirohi 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

All, I am happy to announce a Koha v3.0 workshop series in Oct-Nov in Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. Detals can be found at this link: http://www.osslabs.biz/koha_library_management_system/koha_workshops/ This series is focused on providing hands on training to enable participants to install, migrate data and maintain their installations. Last date for registration is 15th August. Thanks, Savitra Sirohi Nucsoft OSS Labs http://www.osslabs.biz -- 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 posts of Assistant Librarian & Library Assistant
by shyam sunder rao 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Dear LIS members, We require RESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES to fill up the vacancies for the posts of "ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN" and "LIBRARY ASSISTANT" in SIVA SIVANI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, KOMPALLY, SECUNDERABAD - 500 014. ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN - The candidate must have passed BACHELOR OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, Post Graduate in Master of Commerce (M.Com.) and having knowledge of using NEWGEN LIB software or any other software in library science. LIBRARY ASSISTANT - The candicate must have passed BACHELOR OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE. Computer knowledge is essential SALAry will be commensurate with experience. Kindly send your resumes to the following E-mail Id. ssrhyd(a)gmail.com S. SHYAM SUNDER RAO LIBRARIAN SIVA SIVANI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOMPALLY, SECUNDERABAD - 500 014. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LISA VI conference : Last date for abstract submission extended to July 10, 2009...
by Nirupama Bawdekar 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Dear Colleagues, This is a gentle reminder to all professional colleagues to submit abstracts for oral/poster presentation at the 6th Library and Information Services in Astronomy (LISA) conference scheduled to be held during February 14-17, 2010, at Pune. LISA VI is being organized jointly by the members of the Forum for Resource Sharing in Astronomy (FORSA), namely, 1 Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital 2 Bose Institute (BI), Kolkata 3 Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Allahabad 4 Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore 5 Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune 6 National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), Pune 7 Osmania University – Centre for Advanced Studies in Astronomy (CASA) Hyderabad 8 Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad 9 Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bangalore 10 Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata 11 S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS), Kolkata 12 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai LISA VI will be co-hosted by IUCAA and NCRA. On behalf of FORSA members I solicit your participation in this conference and invite you to submit abstracts for oral and/or poster presentation on any of the below-mentioned topics. Please check the website for the list of sub-topics. FUTURE OF LIBRARIANSHIP WEB 2.0 / 3.0 USE, ACCESS AND METRICS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PRESERVATION, ARCHIVING AND THE VIRTUAL OBSERVATORY Professor Jayant V. Narlikar, Founder-Director, IUCAA, internationally known for his work in cosmology will deliver the keynote address. Please access the conference website http://libibm.iucaa.ernet.in/conf for details. With best regards, Nirupama Bawdekar Chair, LISA VI LOC Ms. Nirupama Bawdekar, Scientific Officer D, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Post Bag No. 4, Ganeskhind Pune 411 007, India Tel:(020)25604308 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DDC Online Summaries
by Hemantha Rao KR 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Hi All, Below mentioned link is useful for getting DDC Online summaries. I hope it would be useful for LIS professionals. http://chopac.org/cgi-bin/tools/ddc22.pl Thanks, Hemanth Rao KR, LIM Trainee, NCSI and JRD Tata Library, IISc, Bangalore. Ph: 9611695838 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Scitopia:federated vertical search portal
by Shriram Pandey 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Dear professionals, The federated vertical search portal scitopia.org was created through the imagination and collaboration of 21 leading science and technology societies.It help researchers to quickly get to the quality content they need, Scitopia.org searches the entire electronic libraries of the leading voices in major science and technology disciplines and provides relevant results, without the noise of other Internet search engines. More than three and a half million documents, including peer-reviewed journal content and technical conference papers, spanning 350 years of science and technology can be searched through the site. More detail available at : http://www.scitopia.org/scitopia/search.html -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Regards, Shri Ram Pandey - Asst. Librarian The LNM Institute of Information Technology Rupa ki Nangal, Post-Sumel, Via-Jamdoli Jaipur-303 031, (Rajasthan) INDIA Tel: 0141-5189211(Ext-253(O),324(H)) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Recruitment of Junior Library Assistant posts (19) in Parliament of India
by Ajay Kum Sharma 05 Jul '09

05 Jul '09

Dear Library Professional, Neatly typewritten applications, either in English or in Hindi, strictly in the prescribed format (given in Employment News dated 18.07.09 and also at its official website), are invited from eligible Indian Citizens for the Junior Library Assistant posts in Lok Sabha Secretariat: Junior Library Assistant: 19 Posts Pay: Rs. 9300-34800 (PB-2) + grade pay Rs. 4200 Last Date: 17.08.09 You may also visit the Lok Sabha Secretariats at the given URL: http://164.100.47.134/newls/secretariat/JRC.htm#Previous -- Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Journal Section, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list 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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Need Article
by vaini79 04 Jul '09

04 Jul '09

Dear LIS Professionals, One of our Senior Professor need this article, if anyone have this article plese send it to vaini79(a)gmail.com The Article is:, *Estimation of diiodohydroxyquin in nonaqueous media * Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences<http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/68503813/home> *Volume 62 Issue 10<http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/113291956/issue> , Pages 1697 - 1698* *K. L. K. Paranjothy, S. K. Banerjee ** *Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India * Thanking you, Hemavathi B N Librarian Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy Near Lalbagh Main Gate Hosur Road, Banglore- 560027 email : alameenlibrary(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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Request for an Article
by Premaraj Mishra 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Dear friends, Requesting you to forward me the full text of the article by tomorrow. This article is requested (urgently) by our Senior Faculty member. Or any other way to procure it at the earliest. Transplantation May 27, 2009 | Volume 87 | Issue 10 | pp: 1571-1578 doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181a4bbf2 Clinical and Translational Research Article title: A Contact Lens-Based Technique for Expansion and Transplantation of Autologous Epithelial Progenitors for Ocular Surface Reconstruction Nick Di Girolamo Link of journal: http://journals.lww.com/transplantjournal/toc/2009/05270 (Page 2) With Regards. Premaraj Mishra. Asst Librarian NSHM Knowledge Campus Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IALA Publications
by Pandurang Konnur 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Dear Professional Friends, I am happy to bring to your kind notice that Indian Academic Library Association (IALA) has published following books: 1. Model practices in Librarianship. Price Rs.550 2. Model ICT practices in Librarianship Price Rs.450 The content of these books are the product of best practices presented in the National seminar organized by IALA during the year 2006. Some of the very best practices chosen from the seminar volume are selected for including in these volumes. The Originality of the theme of the authors is retained in the practices published in these books and value addition work has been done by the editors in order to make these practices effectively practicable. The cover papers of both the bares are located in the IALA website under the following link: http://iala.org.in/subfiles/pub.html Following two distributors are appointed for supply of these books. For supply in Karnataka State: M/s. Education Supplies Importers & Book Distributors P.B.No.8204, Block A-02 Brigade MM Industrial Complex Yediyur, Bangalore Phone: 080-26769509 Fax: 080-26769954 e-mail: jai(a)bir.vsnl.net.in , educationalsupplies(a)airtelmail.in For supply in other states of India and abroad: M/s. Researchco Books and Periodicals Pvt.Ltd. # 4735/22, Prakash Deep Building 2nd Floor, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj – 110 002 Phone 91-11-23240257, 65150445 Fax: 91-11-23240273 e-mail: researchco(a)researchco.net I request all the Librarians to kindly purchase copies of the above books from the above distributors and help the IALA to strengthen economically. The IALA has decided to promote the Library Science professionals to write books and the publication responsibility will be taken care by the Association. The accounts of IALA are being audited by the chartered accountants once the auditing is over the balance sheet will be published through different forms and the same will be presented to the general body meeting which is delayed for different reasons. Through the activities of the Association are slow, we have never lagged behind in protecting the interest of the professionals in all platforms. The Life membership is not yet introduced. We desire to fasten the membership only when the association stands on its firm footing. Hence, we feel we should strengthen the Association, fight for the rights of the professionals, show the visible work and then ask for the life membership of the Association. It is very well known to all the professionals that, many of the Associations are being run out of the money colleted out of its life membership. IALA wants to grow with its own earnings from its publication work. Your full support in buying the IALA publications for your Libraries, we can strengthen the Association. I have got to report lots of things to the professionals, I request all of you to kindly subscribe to the IALA Discussion forum. Please visit the following URL for subscription: http://groups.google.co.in/group/IALA?hl=en&lnk=srg I hope the profession will help all of us to unite together and work together for a common goal of professional enrichment. Thanking You, -- Dr.P.V.Konnur Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) University Librarian, Bangalore University Library, Jananabharati, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510 Website: http://library.bub.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICAL 2009 PROMINENT INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS
by Rajesh Singh 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Dear Professional Colleagues, It gives me immense pleasure to announce that Delhi University Library System of the University of Delhi has taken the responsibility to host an International Conference on Academic Libraries involving large number of professionals from India and abroad. The papers for conference is being accepted and registration is open. The objective of the conference is to reposition the Academic Libraries by taking advantage of modern developments in the field of ICT; management techniques including change management; scholarly communications; advocacy; user-vendor-librarians interface etc. and develop a ROAD MAP which can be used by the governmental agencies for upgrading the library systems in India. We have developed a document having the conceptual framework which provides a framework on how various facets are conceived. We expect a professional gathering of about 1000 experts from India and abroad for almost four days with dates being October 5-8, 2009 at the Delhi University Conference Venue through several parallel sessions and tutorials. I have already informed about the prominent speakers of the conference. Many more speakers have given their consent. Given below is the complete list. PROMINENT SPEAKERS The Conference will notice galaxy of internationally known experts who will deliver their key note address on varient topics. They are: 1. Prof. Joyce, Chao-chen Chen Professor, Graduate Institute of Library and Information Studies Universtiy Librarian National Taiwan Normal University 2. Prof. Jim O'Donnell Professor of Classics Provost Georgetown University, USA 3. Dr. Ellen R. Tise Senior Director, Library and Information Services JS Gericke Library University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 SOUTH AFRICA 4. Prof. David F. Kohl Dean and University Librarian, Emeritus University of Cincinnati 2929 Courtropes Lane Cincinnati, OH 45244 5. Prof. Gobinda Chowdhury Professor of Information & Knowledge Management University of Technology Sydney PO Box 123 Broadway NSW 2007 Australia 6. Dr. Susan McGlamery Director, QuestionPoint Programs 6565 Kilgour Place Dublin, OH 43017-3395 USA 7. Dr. Jens Vigen, CERN Chief Scientific Information Officer Phone: + 41 22 767 2410 E-mail: jens.vigen(a)cern.ch Postal address: CERN, CH1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland Web: http://library.cern.ch & http://www.scoap3.org 8. Prof. Carol Tenopir Chancellor's Professor School of Information Sciences Director of Research and Director of the Center for Information and Communication Studies College of Communication and Information University of Tennessee 451 Communications Bldg., 1345 Circle Park Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0341 USA (865) 974-7911 FAX: (865) 974-7878 ctenopir(a)utk.edu 9. Dr. Gaby Divay Archives & Special Collections UManitoba Archives 332E, Bldg Dafoe Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 CANADA Tel. 474 6483 ; Fax 7913 ; gaby_divay(a)umanitoba.ca http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/collections/fpg/ 10. Dr. Janice R. Lachance Chief Executive Officer SLA 331 South Patrick Street Alexandria, VA 22314 USA 11. Dr. Kiran Kaur Lecturer Dept.of Information Science Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA, Malaysia Tel: 603-79676402 Fax: 603-79579249 kiran(a)um.edu.my 12. Prof. John Dolan Head of Library Policy Museums, Libraries and Archives Council Grosvenor House 14 Bennetts Hill Birmingham B2 5RS UK Tel: +44 (0)121 345 7300 Fax: +44 (0)121 345 7303 13. Prof. Dr. Ursula Georgy Cologne University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences Institute of Information Science Cologne, Germany Tel.: 0221/ 8275-3922 E-mail: ursula.georgy(a)fh-koeln.de 14. Dr. Hazel Woodward University Librarian and Director of Cranfield Press Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire. MK43 0AL. hazel.woodward(a)cranfield.ac.uk +44 (0) 1234 754446 MANY MORE PROMINENT SPEAKERS FROM INDIA AND ABROAD ARE EXPECTED For more details please visit: http://library.du.ac.in/ocs or http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09 For all querries and further details, please contact: ICAL 2009 Conference Secretariat Dr. S. Majumdar, Organising Secretary, ICAL C/o University Librarian, Central Library, University of Delhi New Delhi - 110 007, India Phone - 91-11-27666034, 27667848 or 24682100 Fax - 91-11-27666034 E-mail: ical2009.os(a)gmail.com with regards Rajesh Singh Dy. Librarian E-Resources & Training Central Library University Of Delhi DELHI-110 007 011-27666404, 27667848 http://crl.du.ac.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congrats: Dr. Poornima, Head, ICAST
by I.R.N.Goudar 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Dear Professionals, Hearty Congratulations to Dr. Poornima Narayana, who took over as Head, Information Centre (ICAST) at NAL effective from 1st July 2009. She has brilliant academic background with B.Sc. (Banaglore Univ.), MLIS (Madras Univ) and Ph.D.(Kuvempu Univ.). She has more than 30 years of experience at NAL itself, out of which 7 years as Deputy Head, ICAST. She is one of Fulbright Scholar. Good luck to her and her team. The centre serves its clients all over the country through its state-of-the-art information services. As already mentioned in my previous posting, I retired from my service at NAL. All professional friends are requested to contact Dr Poornima for any service required at the following address. Dr. Poornima Narayana Head, ICAST National Aerospace Laboratories Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India E-mail:poornima@nal.res.in Tel: 080-25086080/81 Once again I thank you all for all the cooperation and help extended to me in professional matters. Regards Goudar --------------------------------------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Sci G & Head(Retd), Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:irnaganagoudar@yahoo.co.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICAL 2009 Reminder of Important Facts
by Mailing List Admin 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:41:41 +0530 (IST) From: Rajesh Singh <rajeshzone29(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professional Colleagues, � This is a reminder of important facts regarding ICAL 2009. Please remember: � 1. The Conference is scheduled from 5th to 8th October, 2009. A Pre-Conference Tutorial on Virtual Referencing is scheduled for 5th October, 2009. The inegural function of the conference will take place on 5th October, 2009, evening. � 2. Experts from OCLC will conduct the Pre-Conference Tutorial on Virtual Referencing to explore real time virtual reference service, including the know how of a reference management service called Question Point. � 3. The last date for paper submission is 30th July, 2009. � 4. The last date of registration is 15th August, 2009. � 5. The registration payment is to be made by local Check/ Demand Draft prepared in favour of The Registrar, University of Delhi for ICAL – 2009, Payable at Delhi (India) 6. All are requested to register for both the Pre-Conference Tutorial as well as the Conference. For further registration details and form please visit: http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09/downloads.htm � For details please visit: http://library.du.ac.in/ocs or http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09 For all querries and further details, please send your mail to : � ICAL 2009 Conference Secretariat Dr. S. Majumdar, Organising Secretary, ICAL C/o University Librarian, Central Library, University of Delhi New Delhi - 110 007, India Phone - 91-11-27666034, 27667848 or 24682100 Fax - 91-11-27666034 E-mail: ical2009.os(a)gmail.com with regards Rajesh Singh Dy. Librarian E-Resources & Training Central Library University Of Delhi DELHI-110 007 011-27666404, 27667848 http://crl.du.ac.in/

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Vacancy For The Post Of University Librarian in Panjab University, Chandigarh
by mukesh jha 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

* LIBRARIAN -1 *(AC Joshi Library, P.U. Chandigarh) (Grade Rs. 16400-22400 plus allowance admissible under the University Rules) For details see: <http://jobs.puchd.ac.in/advt62009.pdf> With Regards Mukesh Kumar Jha M.L.I.SC (BHU 2008) Library Intern 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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OCLC Formally Withdraws WorldCat Policy
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Dear Friends, OCLC Formally Withdraws WorldCat Policy As had been widely expected, OCLC announced late Friday the formal withdrawal of a proposed Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records, which was criticized as being overly restrictive and emerging without sufficient consultation. According to OCLC's announcement, "a new group will soon be assembled to begin work to draft a new policy with more input and participation from OCLC membership." Read detailed report in http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6668022.html?nid=2673&source=title&… Thanking You, Dinesh -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. MLISc., Ph.D. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com www.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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Heartily wishes to Dr.I.R.N Goudar
by Mailing List Admin 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:01:20 +0530 From: shankar nadoor <shankarnadoor(a)gmail.com> Dear Sir, May you always have work for your hands to do. May the sun shine bright on your windowpane. May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you. And may God Ganesha fill your heart with gladness to cheer you sir. "Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it." ~Bernard Baruch Regards, Shankar Nadoor Assistant Librarian M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore-54 http://shankarnadoor.googlepages.com/

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ONLINE CHAT SERVICE
by arjun k 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Dear users, Can you tell me, how many University/colleges/Other Libraries are providing online chat facility? -- With regards Arjun System Administrator Automation Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law Punjab,Patiala -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Response to Two voices of Librarians (modified)
by sabuj kumar chaudhuri 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Dear Friends In response to the letter published I just want to supplement something with it. The letter revealed the fact. In the last of the conversation (between Respected , Privileged Lecturer & Clerk Librarian) was absolutely correct. In colleges in West Bengal the condition is unbearble. In the said conversation, librarian said they enjoy 30 days E.L. But here in West Bengal,we the college librarians are suffering silently and living like a invertebrate. Here we have 14 days C.L. & 15 days E.L.We are Non-vacational staff. However we have been recruited through the College Sevice Commission with the same eligibility like lecturers. Gradually we have become the laughing stock of our lecturer colleagues.No Recess. No vacation.No service rules.No leave rule.You can treated like anything and which is more pathetic is that other non-teaching staff in the library they are having 30 days E.L. It is more surprising fact is that a post (Librarian) has been created and being recruited through college service commission without any service rule/leave rule. So the motive behind it is quite understandable. On the other side a lecturer in a college in west bengal get- 14 days C.L. 15 days E.L. (Upto 7 years of their service) 52 days off days/lib day for their study & research 45 days Summer Recess ( hardly 7-10 days Univ. exam duty and admission duty and not for all lecturers) 30 days (approx.) puja vacation 7 Days Winter Recess ---------------------------------------- Total---153 days (leaving 10 days in summer recess) Approximately - 5 months 1 week + 2 years FIP leave + Sabbatical Leave + 1 year Study leave (extendable) + Special study leave Thus from the above we can say that lecturers are getting salary of 12 months by working only 7 months where as Librarians are getting salary of 12 months by working 11 months. It is inexplicable step-motherly discrimination. It must be changed to sustain our profession. In the Recent time, UGC pay review committee recommended many things for the lecturer except the real parity of librarians with the lecturers.UGC and all the state govt. are ignoring our real issues intentionally and they expect us to perform only without any academic freedom.It is injustice. I can remember before some days one of our friends in the lis-forum was looking for the precedence where a librarian has been santioned a FIP leave. It is so unfortunate.My dear friend, no academic freedom for us. Its not our domain. We are Librarians-clerk. Our Senior Colleagues in our profession says that it is our ideal and duty to serve like servant. May I ask all of you, particulraly the library key persons in various policy making bodies in the state and centre -when will we get the justice? Do you feel our real problem or Do you represent us properly in the close door meeting? I doubt you don't because you fear you may loose your post/portfolio. Though many of our organizations including AIFUCTO and IALA , IASLIC has demanded the right thing i.e., Redesignation of Librarian. If it is not achieved we will be suffering forever and the future will not forgive us. Everone of us will have to face the future . It is inevitable. Change is coming every where . I dream change will be here also. Salary is very important matter. But I think liberty,freedom and above all respect is more important. New generation librarians (with respect to all of our seniors) want to change but the system is not allowing them to make any change.They want freedom . They want respect. They want parity in every respect. They neither want to be a dignified clerk nor a mere book keeper.They want open air where librarian and librarianship will be taken seriously. A possible remedy to improve the situation could be: Introduce the subject as Honours/Pass in the UG Colleges after 10+2 Redesignate The librarian Post as Assistant Professor in Library & Information Services and similarly for the others subsequently. Service rules/Leave rule must be exactly same of lecturers and it has to be explicitly mentioned otherwise it will be intentionally misinterpreted by the higher authority. Library will be kept open in the recess and in vacation time by the non-teaching staff of the library. Recess time/vacation time will help librarians for their advancement of their knowledge. Librarian must be vacational staff like other lecturers . Authority may question how a library will be kept open with its Head-librarian?.But think about the other departments also when the departments are kept open without the presence of the Head of the Department. Thus it is illogical , outdated and motivated decision to make librarian non-vacational. Include Librarian in the definition of Teacher in the concerned statute of the respective university I strongly believe change will come and it will come very soon. with best wishes to you all. Dr.Sabuj Kumar Chaudhuri Librarian (W.B.C.S.C.) ---------------------------------------------- Dr.Sabuj Kumar Chaudhuri Librarian (W.B.C.S.C.) Basanti Devi College (Govt. Sponsored)[http://www.basantidevicollege.org] (An affiliated college under the University of Calcutta) 147B, Rash Behari Avenue Kolkata-700 029,West Bengal India Phone:(033)24197449 ; Mob-9434457215 email:sabooj_c@yahoo.co.in ;sabuj_c(a)yahoo.co.uk website:www.geocities.com/sabuj_c/sabuj.html ---------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Opening of Library Trainee positions at the ResourceCentre, DA-IICT Gandhinagar, Gujarat
by TSKumbar 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Dear Colleagues, Kindly bring the following announcement to the notice of interested candidates and also request you to recommend potential candadates. ---------------------------------- Subject: Opening of Library Trainee positions at the Resource Centre, DA-IICT Gandhinagar, Gujarat The Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information & Communication Technology (DA-IICT) at Gandhinagar http://www.daiict.ac.in/ is looking for young, dynamic and fresh graduates with minimum First Class in Masters in Library and Information Science to work as 'Library Trainees' for its Resource Centre (Library). Duration of the Training is for a period of one year and selected trainees gets a fixed stipend of Rs. 8000/-per month with no other facilities/ benefits, excepting casual leave. Accomodation in students hostel on the campus on payment basis will be provided, subject to availability. The Resource Centre http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/ has fully computerized in-house operations and services and provides access to wide variety of digital collection, catering to the needs of the Faculty, Staff and Students. Several new initiatives are being taken to make this library as one of the leading and resource libraries in the area of ICT in the country. It is a part of regional & national consortia and actively participates in the resource sharing activities. The Resource Centre is kept open till mid night on all working days during the semester and is open on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays. Selected trainees will require to work during these extended hours on rotation basis alongwith other staff members. Nature of Traineeship: Traniees will be provided with an opportunity to work in different sections of the Resource Centre and learn the modern library management techniques and web based services.The Resource Centre provides a highly professional working & learning environment. The selected candidates will have ample of opportunities to work and learn on emerging IT tools and technologies. Date for Written Test & Interview: 27th July, 2009 ( Monday) at 10.00am Venue for written test and Interview: DA-IICT Campus, Near Indroda Circle, Gandhinagar 382 007, Gujarat Address for sending the application: Please send your advance copy of the application to hr(a)daiict.ac.in (Head, HR & Admin, DA-IICT, Gandhinagar 382 007, Gujarat Tel: 079-30510551, 30510591) The interested candidates who meet the above mentioned basic requirements may send in thier application with CV at the above address and directly come for the written test and interview. Candidate are requested to bring with them the certificates in support of date of birth and qualifications, and experiences, if any. -------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks & Regards Kumbar ------------------ Dr. T S Kumbar Resource Centre DA-IICT Gandhinagar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Fwd: book needed]
by library＠rri.res.in 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Dear members, One of our scientists is in need of the following* article. Could anyone please let us know the availability of it? *Das Prinzip Von D'Alembert in Der Klassischen Mechanik Und in Der Quantentheorie by Heinz Koppe; Hans Jensen , 18p, Springer,1971 ISBN: 9783540054559 Any ideas where I should get it? All suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thank you RRI Library -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 2361 0122 C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 2361 0492 Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: library(a)rri.res.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need help for Video library Lectures
by Library 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Dear Hetal, Thought you might be interested in checking this out. Our IITs and IISc has also contributed a large number of videos to this project funded by the Govt. of India. They are available at http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=nptelhrd&view=playlists Girija ________________________________________________________________ > From the YouTube Blog: Higher Education for All Earlier this week, we announced the launch of YouTube EDU (youtube.com/edu) a hub for videos from over 100 of our leading university and college partners. Think campus tours, news about cutting-edge research, and lectures by professors and world-renowned thought leaders. There are also 200 full (and free!) courses, in a range of subjects, from some of the world's most prestigious universities, including IIT/IISc, MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Yale. There are over 20,000 videos on YouTube EDU and growing. Here are some gems to get you started: * * As your mind expands, learn exactly what's going on with "Building the Brain: From Simplicity to Complexity" from UC San Diego, presented on UCtv, University of California Television: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY829SnAm5M * * Move over Free Hugs; here are the Free Compliments Guys from Purdue University: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QShPNcjgtfs * * And here is the late Professor John Hope Franklin, scholar of African-American history at Duke University, on Obama's election: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPPNEpmcvIE So if you want to know what college is like, have graduated but are a lifelong learner, or are just wondering how someone else teaches a subject that you're studying, here's your chance to find out. Whats more, this is all available on your terms -- you can learn at your own pace, in the comfort of your own environment, and there are no tests required. We will be adding new universities and colleges over time and will let you know in this blog when there's a good amount of new stuff to check out. If you're interested in launching an official YouTube channel for your school, please fill out the YouTube EDU Partner Interest Form. Happy Learning, Obadiah Greenberg Strategic Partnerships Team The YouTube Team ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Girija Srinivasan, Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 2361 0122 C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 2361 0492 Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: girija(a)rri.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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List of library legislation Act passed states in india
by ಮುತ್ತುರಾಜ ಎಸ್ 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

This is the List of States Those Passed Library Legislation in india 1. Tamil Nadu 1948 2. Andhra pradesh 1960 3. Karnatka 1965 4. Maharashtra 1967 5. West Bewngal 1979 6. Manipur 1988 7. Kerala 1989 8. Haryana 1989 9. Mizoram 1993 10. Goa 1993 11 Gujrat 2000 12 Orissa 2000 13. Rajasthan 2005 14. Uttar Pradesh 2005 15. Uttrakhand 2005 16. Pondichery 2007/2008 Regards, Muthuraja.S -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Funder Grant Conditions, Fundee/Institutional Compliance, and 3rd-Party Gobbledy-Gook
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Here is a posting by Heather Morrison heatherm(a)ELN.BC.CA. AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM(a)LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG Sent: Tuesday, 30 June, 2009 14:12:34 Subject: Re: Funder Grant Conditions, Fundee/Institutional Compliance, and 3rd-Party Gobbledy-Gook At the ELPUB conference in June I saw a demonstration of the Microsoft "upload" function. This will be a free plug-in to allow researchers to seamlessly deposit into as many open access repositories as they desire, using SWORD. This is not meant as a plug for Microsoft, as no doubt there will soon be many flavours of SWORD; this is just one illustration of how SWORD will soon make it very, very easy for researchers to deposit their own work for open access. So if publishers do not wish to take on the function of loading articles into open access repositories, this is a short-term problem. In the longer term, this could be more of a problem for the publishers themselves. That is, once researchers are not only doing the writing and peer reviewing the work of others, but also completing and disseminating themselves the version that is most accessible and hence most likely to be read, they might begin to wonder what is that publishers do, exactly. This would be a fine thing for scholarship, in my opinion. Any opinion expressed in this e-mail is that of the author alone, and does not represent the opinion or policy of BC Electronic Library Network or Simon Fraser University Library. Heather Morrison, MLIS The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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