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Vacancies for LIS Professionals
by Mailing List Admin 15 May '09

15 May '09

Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 15:19:51 +0530 From: Vinod Singh <vikusi(a)gmail.com> Dear Professionals, Posts: 1. University Librarian (16400-450-20900-500-22400): Gen-1--------Post code 1261 2. Library Attendant (2650-65-3300-70-4000): SC-2, ST-3, OBC-6----Post code 4176 3. Library Attendant (2650-65-3300-70-4000): SC-1--------Post code 4181 Last date:June 20, 2009. For Advertisement http://www.bhu.ac.in/Advetisment/Advertisement.pdf For Application form http://www.bhu.ac.in/Advetisment/Form.pdf For selection criteria http://www.bhu.ac.in/Advetisment/ELIGIBILITY.pdf With love Vinod Kumar Singh Research Scholar Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi-110007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Rae Bareli
by Mailing List Admin 15 May '09

15 May '09

Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 07:54:10 +0530 From: "Thapar, Amit" <amitt(a)niper.ac.in> Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT) Ratapur Chowk, Rae Bareli - 229316 (UP) Government of India, through the Ministry of Petroleum and Natual Gas has setup Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT) at Rae-Barelli, UP on the lines of IIT. Applications are invited for following posts including: Senior Library Information Assistant : 01 post, Pay Scale : Rs.9300-34800 Gr.Pay Rs.4200 How to Apply : An application should be sent on the prescribed form in an envelope superscribed as 'Application for the Post...... in RGIPT' on or before 05/06/2009 to : Director Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Ratapur Chowk, Rae Bareli - 229316 (UP) Please view http://www.rgipt.in/uploads/docs/RGIPT%20Non%20Academic%20Rcruitement.pdf for details and application form. regards, amit@urservice

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Help for Web 2.0 applications
by kannika.gp kannika 14 May '09

14 May '09

Dear Librarians/Professionals, I am student of second year MLISc. I am working project to study "Application of web 2.0 in Indian Libraries". Appreciated very much if librarians and professionals associated such library could provide me with some details at least points to the same. Thank you and regards Kannikaparameshwari G. MLISc Student DOS Library and Information Science Manasagangotri, Mysore. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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M.Tech & PGDIM @ ISiM, University of Mysore - Admissions Open
by roopa 14 May '09

14 May '09

For those looking for an exciting career in Information Management across the Industries and Knowledge Organizations. Admissions are now open under Cycle 2 for a multidisciplinary M.Tech & PGDIM Programme in Information Systems and Management offered by the International School of Information Management (ISiM), University of Mysore in collaboration with some of the leading Information Schools across the globe - Dalhousie University, Canada; University of Michigan, USA; University of Pittsburgh, USA; Syracuse University, USA; International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore and Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore. What do we offer? . Cutting Edge Global Curriculum that imparts skill sets across the Information Management space - Databases to Data Mining to Data Analytics; Information Retrieval to Information Systems Design to Software Systems Management; Taxonomy, Ontologies and Semantic Web to Human Computer Interaction. Check out our syllabus for details. . Unique opportunity to be mentored by Industry Leaders from Google, Yahoo, Intel and others through a path-breaking project - WikiGyan . Truly international learning experience - with faculty drawn from our partner institutions. Course would be taught by world renowned experts from across the academia and industry . Need based Bridge courses . World class facilities - a brand new well appointed 24 x 7 accessible Wi-Fi enabled infrastructure in sylvan setting . Internships and projects with leading industry partners . Informal but rigorous pedagogy Eligibility for M.Tech . Engineering Graduates / 4-Year Degree Graduates (10+2+4) / Master's Degree in any Discipline . CAT / MAT / GATE / PGCET / State Level National Entrance Test Score Eligibility for PGDIM . Graduates in any Discipline Important Dates Application Deadline : July 28 , 2009 Offer Decision : August 8, 2009 Acceptance Decision : August 15, 2009 Course Start Date : September 1, 2009 For application forms and more details, please visit www.isim.ac.in or contact us at: International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Mobile: Mr. Lohith Kumar - 9611108789 Fax: +91-821-2519209, Email: office(a)isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Introducing DuraSpace - an organization creating open technologies for durable digital content.
by ramesh chander 14 May '09

14 May '09

Dear friends, Fedora Commons and the DSpace Foundation, two of the largest providers of open source software for managing and providing access to digital content, are joining their organizations to pursue a common mission. Jointly, they will provide *leadership and innovation* in open source technologies for global communities who manage, preserve, and provide access to digital content. The joined organization, named "DuraSpace," will *sustain and grow* its flagship repository platforms - Fedora and DSpace. DuraSpace will also expand its portfolio by offering new technologies and services that respond to the dynamic environment of the Web and to new requirements from existing and future users. DuraSpace will focus on supporting existing communities and will also engage a larger and more diverse group of stakeholders in support of its not-for-profit mission. http://duraspace.org/index.html With Warm 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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Version 75, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 13 May '09

13 May '09

Version 75 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. This selective bibliography presents over 3,400 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2008 Annual Edition is now available as a paperback book. http://digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/sepb2008.htm For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital publications since my resignation from the University of Houston Libraries (http://tinyurl.com/5en4jt) see: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/dsoverview.htm A backup Digital Scholarship server is available at: http://digital-scholarship.com/ Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents Dedication * 1 Economic Issues* 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History* 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues* 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques* 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals* 3.4 General Works* 3.5 Library Issues* 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements* 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management* 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies* Appendix B. About the Author* Appendix C. SEPB Use Statistics* Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* Digital Libraries* Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials* General Electronic Publishing* Images* Legal* Preservation* Publishers* Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* SGML and Related Standards* Further Information about SEPB The XHTML version of SEPB is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be searched using a Google Search Engine. Whether the search results are current depends on Google's indexing frequency. In addition to the bibliography, the XHTML document includes: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (monthly list of new resources; also available by e-mail--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepw/sepw.htm http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=51756 http://digital-scholarship.org/sepw2/rss2/ (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 330 related Web sites) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepr/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/archive/sepa.htm Annual PDF Editions The 2006, 2007, and 2008 annual PDF editions of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography are also available. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/annual.htm Related Article An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3336451.0007.201 Other Digital Scholarship Publications The following Digital Scholarship publications may also be of interest: (1) Author's Rights, Tout de Suite http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ts/authorrights.pdf (2) DigitalKoans (Weblog about digital copyright, digital curation, digital repositories, open access, scholarly communication, and other digital information issues) http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/ http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/rss2/ (3) Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography http://digital-scholarship.org/etdb/etdb.htm (4) Google Book Search Bibliography http://digital-scholarship.org/gbsb/gbsb.htm (5) Institutional Repositories, Tout de Suite http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ts/irtoutsuite.pdf (6) Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals http://digital-scholarship.org/oab/oab.htm -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ http://digital-scholarship.org/cwb/cwbaileyprofile.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Pazpar2: Open Source Federated Search Technology
by savitra sirohi 13 May '09

13 May '09

All, Wanted to inform the list members of this open source federated search technology. Pazpar2 is developed by the same organization that developed the Zebra search technology used in Koha and other applications. More information is available here: http://www.indexdata.dk/pazpar2/. The technology can simultaneously query multiple target z39.50 servers, target servers can include: - Free online databases like Project Gutenberg - Paid online databases - z3950 compliant Library Systems like Koha It supports among other things flexible rules based merging, relevance ranking, record sorting, and faceted results. Future releases of Koha are expected to be tightly integrated with this technology. We have prepared a demo at this link, the demo is configured to search 3 databases - LOC z3950 server, Project Gutenberg & a Demo Koha installation. >From the results users can navigate to the electronic resource (Project Gutenberg) or to the Koha page of the particular item. http://pazpardemo.osslabs.biz/pazpar2/jsdemo/ Suggested Search Terms: Gandhi, India or Shakespeare Please contact me for further information about Pazpar2 or our services around this technology. Thanks, Savitra Sirohi MD, 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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Koha Workshop Material
by savitra sirohi 13 May '09

13 May '09

All, Material used in the Koha workshops we conducted in Mysore and Mumbai in April is available here: http://www.osslabs.biz/koha_library_management_system/resources.html Thanks, Savitra Sirohi MD, 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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Digital Research Tools Wiki
by Dr. Indira Koneru 13 May '09

13 May '09

Dear Professionals, Digital Research Tools Wiki <http://digitalresearchtools.pbworks.com/> collects information about research tools and resources, particularly in the Humanities and Social Sciences. As digital information proliferates, researchers need tools to find, organize, manipulate, analyze, and share it. But how do you keep up with the hundreds of tools that can help you to be more efficient and innovative and find the ones best for you? "Whether you need software to help you manage citations, author a multimedia work, or analyze texts, Digital Research Tools will help you find what you are looking for. This wiki provides a directory of tools organized by research activity, as well as reviews of select tools in which we not only describe the tool's features, but also explore how it might be employed most effectively by researchers". Here is the path to conduct research more efficiently or creatively: http://digitalresearchtools.pbworks.com/ You can use and also contribute to the directory. If you feel this directory is worthwhile, then add this directory link to your library website. Regards, Dr. Indira Koneru -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for articles
by Kshema Prakash 12 May '09

12 May '09

Dear Colleagues, Can someone kindly send me a copy of following papers? 1. Tor, Y. Exploring RNA-ligand interactions. *Pure Appl.** Chem.* 2009, 81, 263-272. 2. Zhao, F.; Zhao, Q.; Blount, K.; Han, Q.; Tor, Y.; Hermann, T. Molecular Recognition of RNA by Neomycin and a Restricted Neomycin Derivative. A*ngew.** Chem.** Int.** Ed.* 2005, 44, 5329-5334 3. Tor, Y. The ribosomal A-site as an inspiration for the design of RNA binders. *Biochimie* 2006, 88, 1045-1051. 4. Jaramillo, D.; Wheate, N. J.; Raph, S. F.; Howard, W. A.; Tor, H.; Aldrich-Wright, J. R. Polyamide Platinum Anti-Cancer Complexes Designed to Target Specific DNA Sequences. *Inorg.** Chem.* 2006, 45, 6004-6013 Thanks and Regards, Dr. (Ms.) Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian - Gr I, Contact Person e-Journals (Library) & Coordinator - Distance Library Services DEI Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282 0110 Uttar Pradesh, India Mob: +919897190604 http://kshema-distancelibraryservices.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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seeking help- Rice data from Andhra Pradesh
by Prabhat 11 May '09

11 May '09

Dear all, I am working on a reserach project on "Impact of climate change on agriculture yield in India". I am looking for this data set- *Trends of Rice Production in Andhra Pradesh (1955-56 to 2001-02)* Could you tell me how to get this data set? Any help will be highly appreciated. Regards, Prabhat Barnwal International University of Japan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DRTC Colloquium (5) 2008-2010
by DRTC - General 11 May '09

11 May '09

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8TH Mile, Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 DRTC Colloquium (5) 2008-2010 Importance of Management Information System (M.I.S). Abstract Management Information Systems are important instruments in corporate houses, financial institutions and large organizations to support decision-making process. In this sense they are a class of information institutions along with libraries and KMS. In a way each one of these has emerged in response to user needs. MIS emerged in the 1960s when computers were applied to the routine decision making problems. These systems use the raw (usually historical) data from data processing systems to prepare management summaries, to chart information on trends and cycles and to monitor actual performance against plans or budget. This colloquium will discuss some important aspects of management Information Systems. 1. Overview: Binit Kiran (leader). 2. Decision Support System Shewale Nilesh Ananda. 3. Expert System. & Electronic Resource Management Priyanki Sinha. 4. Project Management2.0 & M.I.S Design: Tarun Kumar 5. Database Technologies Shion Guha. 6. I.T. Service Management Babar Raes. 7. Conclusion Ali Raza. Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 13th May 2009 Time: 2.00pm All are cordially invited (M.Krishnamurthy) Colloquium Coordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Leadership Forum of LIS - Request for Membership
by LISLF Leadership Forum 11 May '09

11 May '09

Dear Professionals, Leadership Forum of LIS is opened for membership at www.lisleader.webs.com. We request all our LIS professionals to become members of the Forum through online or by sending details such as Name, Contact Phone No., Email ID, Designation, Educational Qualifications, Name and address of the working institution to lislforum(a)gmail.com. Some of the important activities of forum are, organizing interactions with experts, job updates & placements, conferences/workshops updates, counseling etc. Also there are seperate pages in the website for LIS Achivers gallery and IPR Bites. Other details of the forum is available @ www.lisleader.webs.com Thanking You, With best regards, Published on behalf of LIS-Leadership-Forum by Raghavendra R Senior Information Officer, Jubilient Biosys, Bengaluru & Dr. Dinesh K. S. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. -- LIS Leadership-Forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NET STUDENTS FIND A SAVIOUR IN RTI
by ramesh chander 11 May '09

11 May '09

Dear friends, Every year millions of students take the National Eligibility Test (NET), which is mandatory for lectureship and award of junior research fellowship. Since the examinees are not allowed to keep the question paper, future aspirants often had a hard time preparing for the exam. But not anymore. They can now file an RTI application and get hold of the old test papers. The good news does not end here. They can also take the bi-annual test online. In a landmark order, the Central Information Commission (CIC) said that since exams are supposed to test the fundamentals of the students and not their rote learning, making a question bank available would not make any difference to the examining bodies. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3945… 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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AALDI
by visakhi bapaiah pulagam 09 May '09

09 May '09

Dear Professionals! I am glad to inform you that Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentlists of India ( AALDI) which was formed way back in 1971 had gone to hibernation in 1995 and now it has been revived with great enthusiasm and keen interest of Library professionals under Chairmanship of Dr Prem Singh, University librarian, CCSHAU, Hissar during the Workshop held on Krishi Prabha : e- thesis depositories of agriculture during the 24 th and 25th March, 2009 at Nehru Library, CCSHAU, Hissar. During the this great revolutionary event, the 28th Volume ( 2008) of AALDIs official Journal Indian Journals of Agricultural Library & Information Services ( ISSN: 0974-8776 ) was released by Dr. J.C. Katyal, Hon.Vice-Chancellor of CCSHAU, Hisar. and also in order to make it vibrant body, members of association have elected their board of Excutive and Editorail members. Thanking You, Dr( Mrs) P. Visakhi Librarian ICAR & IASRI New Delhi & (Secretary, AALDI ) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian Youth Science Congress in June 5-7, 2009, Chennai
by Mailing List Admin 08 May '09

08 May '09

Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 14:40:04 +0530 (IST) From: janaki raman <aj_karthick(a)yahoo.com> Dear Friends, I would verymuch appreciate if you could kindly dispaly the enclosed Conferernce announcement prominently on your College / Office / Library Notice Board. Indian Youth Science Congress in June 5-7, 2009, Chennai Jointly organised by M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Chennai, and SRM University, Chennai The following eminent scientists are being invited to present the challenges before the youth and be the guiding force. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Former President of India Prof. M. S. Swaminathan, Chairman, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India Dr. T. Ramaswami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST) Dr. M.K. Bhan, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Dr. Samir Brahmachari, Director General, Council of Scientific & Indust Res. (CSIR) Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission Dr. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Dr. Kiran Majumdar Shaw, Chairman and Managing Director, Biocon Dr. P. Balaram, Director, Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Dr. K.K. Narayanan, Managing Director, Metahelix Dr. Sunita Narain, Director, Center for Science and Environment Participants should also send their abstract by e-mail to ysc2009(a)mssrf.res.in The abstracts will be reviewed and selected for presentation at IYSC 2009. Among the selected abstracts, some will be chosen for oral presentation and all others will have to be presented as posters. The selection of the abstract for oral or poster and the guidelines for preparation of the poster and oral presentation will be communicated by e-mail by 20th May, 2009, and also published in the websites (www.mssrf.org, www.srmuniv.ac.in, www.rgniyd.gov.in) The participants whose abstract was not selected or presentation at IYSC 2009 can participate as observer. REGISTRATION FEE Delegates Rs. 1000/- Research Scholars Rs. 600/- Students Rs. 400/- LAst Date Extended To 15th of MAy 2009 For More Details and Registaration - http://mssrf.org/events_conferences/june2009.htm Thanks AnD Regards Janakiraman A Manager- Library Services M S Swaminathan Research Foundation 3rd Cross Street Taramani, Chennai - 113 OAA Link - http://59.160.153..186/ OPAC- http://circulation1/opac/opac.asp

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Survey of IRs in developing and transition countries (fwd)
by K. Thulasi 08 May '09

08 May '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 05:14:17 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Subject: Survey of IRs in developing and transition countries >From *Open Access News* *Survey of repository activity in developing countries<http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/05/survey-of-repository-activity-in…> * Several partners are running a survey<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Wdi_2buyQ_2b1wSDIrTQahrbQg_3d_3d>of OA repositories in developing countries. From yesterday's announcement <http://threader.ecs.soton.ac.uk/lists/boaiforum/1624.html>: This study is part of a cooperative program between eIFL.net, the University of Kansas Libraries, the DRIVER project and Key Perspectives Ltd., and aims at creating an inventory of current digital repository activities in developing and transition countries, at both the infrastructure and services level.... The results of this survey will be made available online via a wiki. All participants in this study will receive an invitation to look at and comment on the results of this inventory for their own country. This is the first time that such data will be collected about digital repository activity in developing and transition countries, and we hope this will serve as important resource for promoting open access and repository development in these regions.... We encourage all repository managers in developing and transition countries to participate. Please forward this message to other repository managers or colleagues who may be interested in participating. The survey will take approximately 30-45 minutes to complete. The link to the survey is here<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Wdi_2buyQ_2b1wSDIrTQahrbQg_3d_3d> .... (To help you prepare you can view a PDF preview of the survey questions here<http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-oa/oa-news/2009_05_06_evalua…> ....) [image: Permanent link to this post]<http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/05/survey-of-repository-activity-in…>Posted by Peter Suber at 5/07/2009 11:45:00 AM. Subbiah Arunachalam

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Queries
by Gautam Mukhopadhyay 08 May '09

08 May '09

Dear Professionals, I shall be evergratefull if you let me know the answers of the following two questions: 1) Is there any UGC prescribed standards/norms for collection development and book selection in College libraries? 2) What is the cost (in conversion rate) of DDC Abridged Edition (14th), 2004 ? With thanks, Yours sincerely, Gautam Mukhopadhyay, Project Assistant, ISI Library, Kolkata. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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BMJ Archival Collection
by Charu 07 May '09

07 May '09

Respected Friends, Greetings for the day. BMJ is an international peer review journal. As per their statement, this is purely online journal and they updated this on daily basis. They did not follow any road to get the open access, in other words, author and reader do not required to pay any penny to get published or to read the article in this internationally acclaimed journal. Now to add a new feather in their cap , BMJ has included all articles, published since 1840 on open access arena, and a single click of finger of research scholar can open the flood gate in form of archival collection of said time period. Beside BMJ want to share their pleasure with their esteemed users. In want of detail news, please visit the following link---- http://openlink-charu.blogspot.com/ Thanks and 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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Indian Youth Science Congress in June 5-7, 2009, Chennai
by janaki raman 07 May '09

07 May '09

Dear Friends, I would verymuch appreciate if you could kindly dispaly the enclosed Conferernce announcement prominently on your College / Office / Library Notice Board. Indian Youth Science Congress in June 5-7, 2009, Chennai Jointly organised by M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Chennai, and SRM University, Chennai The following eminent scientists are being invited to present the challenges before the youth and be the guiding force. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Former President of India Prof. M. S. Swaminathan, Chairman, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India Dr. T. Ramaswami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST) Dr. M.K. Bhan, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Dr. Samir Brahmachari, Director General, Council of Scientific & Indust Res. (CSIR) Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission Dr. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Dr. Kiran Majumdar Shaw, Chairman and Managing Director, Biocon Dr. P. Balaram, Director, Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Dr. K.K. Narayanan, Managing Director, Metahelix Dr. Sunita Narain, Director, Center for Science and Environment Participants should also send their abstract by e-mail to ysc2009(a)mssrf.res.in The abstracts will be reviewed and selected for presentation at IYSC 2009. Among the selected abstracts, some will be chosen for oral presentation and all others will have to be presented as posters. The selection of the abstract for oral or poster and the guidelines for preparation of the poster and oral presentation will be communicated by e-mail by 20th May, 2009, and also published in the websites (www.mssrf.org, www.srmuniv.ac.in, www.rgniyd.gov.in) The participants whose abstract was not selected or presentation at IYSC 2009 can participate as observer. REGISTRATION FEE Delegates Rs. 1000/- Research Scholars Rs. 600/- Students Rs. 400/- LAst Date Extended To 15th of MAy 2009 For More Details and Registaration - http://mssrf.org/events_conferences/june2009.htm Thanks AnD Regards Janakiraman A Manager- Library Services M S Swaminathan Research Foundation 3rd Cross Street Taramani, Chennai - 113 OAA Link - http://59.160.153..186/ OPAC- http://circulation1/opac/opac.asp Now surf faster and smarter ! Check out the new Firefox 3 - Yahoo! Edition* http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/firefox/?fr=om_email_firefox -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[lisnet] Call for papers for XXVI IASLIC Conference 2009
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 07 May '09

07 May '09

Call for papers for XXVI IASLIC Conference 2009 “Library/ Information Users in Digital Era” is the current trends in library and information field. IASLIC with a strong linkage with the Professionals and stake holders is providing a common forum to address various issues relating Library/ Information Users in Digital Era at its XXVII All India Conference to be held at the KIIT/KISS, Bhubaneswar during December 26-29, 2009. The conference will provide an opportunity to review and discuss comprehensively the matters related to Users in digital era and related areas and its applications in library and information services. Theme : Library/ Information Users in Digital Era Papers are invited in the following areas for deliberation (1) INFORMATION RESOURCES : Types of information in digital era and their characteristics. Information as social needs of the citizen. Access to information resources (including Internet resources). Providers of information resources. (2) INFORMATION AND INDIGENEOUS KNOWLEDGE : · Organization of information resources on indigeneous knowledge. · Availability and access to information resources on indigeneous knowledge. · Use of resources on indigeneous knowledge. · Needs for information on indigeneous knowledge. (3) INFORMATION USERS : Types and characteristics of information users. Users and Non-users. Potential users and non-potential users. Utilization of information by users. Users-Participation in collection building. (4) USER STUDIES : Needs for user studies. Studies with users as focus. Trends in users study. Methods and techniques of user studies. Evaluation of user studies. User studies in the digital environment. User survey-needs or types. User expectations & preferences. User-research. (5) STUDY OF INFORMATION USE : Use of information & information resources in different types of Libraries and Information Centres. Information dissemination & utilization studies. Research on information use. Reading habits in using information. Use-Promotion study. (6) INFORMATION NEEDS OF USERS : Needs for different types of information and information resources. Typology of information needs. Nature and type of information sought. Future information requirements. (7) INFORMATION SEEKING AND GATHERING BEHAVIOUR OF USERS : Motives & purpose of seeking information. Nature and types of information required. Delegation of information gathering work. Dependence on sources of information. Inter-personal information –sharing. Formal and informal communications behaviour. (8) USER EDUCATION PROGRAMMES : Planning for User Education Programme. Benefit from Educating the users. Techniques & methods of user education. User-Education programme in digital era. Value of user-education. Evaluation of user education programme. Note : Paper may be written on any one or more facets mentioned above or any other related area but must be oriented towards the main theme. Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings SIG Theme Convener SIG-Computer Application Web-based Information Management Dr. Subarna Das skd_ju2002(a)yahoo.co.in SIG-Library & Information Science Education LIS Education in direct & distance mode - problems & prospects Dr. Sunil Kumar Chatterjee SIG-Humanities Information Humanities and impact of IT Dr. Anup Kumar Gupta SIG-Social Sciences Information Sh. Naryan Chandra Ghosh 09432248877 librarian(a)iicb.res.in, ncghosh(a)iicb.res.in SIG-Informatrics Informetric Indicators Dr. P.S. Mukhopadhyay, psm_bu(a)india.com SIG-Industrial Information Placement of the Industrial Information Centre/ Library/ Documentation Centre in the Organisation. Sri S.B. Banerjee 09433525939 Note : Paper may be written on any one or more facets mentioned above or any other related area but it must be oriented towards the main theme. Submissions of Papers August 17th, 2009 Acceptance of Papers October 5th, 2009 Camera-ready copy of Papers October 24th, 2009 For further detail, please contact iaslic(a)vsnl.net or visit www..iaslic1955.org ============================== Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Professor, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, 3rd Floor Asutosh Building, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. Joint Secretary, IASLIC, Convenor, Education Division, IASLIC; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-54 Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Professor, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, 3rd Floor Asutosh Building, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. Joint Secretary, IASLIC, Convenor, Education Division, IASLIC; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-54 Now surf faster and smarter ! Check out the new Firefox 3 - Yahoo! Edition http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/firefox/?fr=om_email_firefox -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISiM Special Lecture Series (6) by Dr. Ed Cutrell- 8th May, 2009
by Angrosh 06 May '09

06 May '09

International School of Information Management University of Mysore Special Lecture (6) "Making a better Web Snippet" by Dr. Ed Cutrell Researcher Microsoft Research Redmond, USA Date and Time May 08, 2009: 3:30 PM Venue ISiM Lecture Hall-1 You are cordially invited --------------- Speaker Bio: Dr. Ed. Cutrell is currently a Research Scientist at Microsoft Research in the Adaptive Systems Interaction Focus Group. Cutrell is a cognitive psychologist with a strong background in cognitive neurosciences. In 2000 he joined the Adaptive Systems and Interaction group at Microsoft Research, working to improve the "impedance match" between humans and their technologies. His research consists of the exploration and measurement of human interaction with information technology. Over the years, he has been working on a broad range of HCI topics, ranging from input technologies to visual perception to brain-computer interfaces to intelligent notifications and disruptions. These days he is spending much of his time thinking about information interaction. Abstract of the Talk In this talk, Dr. Ed Cutrell will be describing the work his group has been doing on new ways to represent Web pages for search and re-finding. People regularly interact with a number of different representations of Web pages. A person looking for new information may initially find a Web page represented as a short snippet rendered by a search engine. When s/he wants to return to the same page the next day, the page may instead be represented by a link in his/her browser history. The research is based on asking a few questions: . What is it about Web pages that people actually remember when they want to return to a page? . What is important for finding new information? . How do people explore new or re-visited Web pages? A new compact representation of pages (called "visual snippets") that supports both the identification of new, relevant web pages and the re-finding of previously viewed pages is created and a study exploring how different representations are used in a variety of contexts is carried out. Next, eye-tracking technologies are used to understand how people visually interrogate Web pages. Then, this information is used to build a predictive model of "attentional salience" for Web pages. The research hopes to connect up these models of visual salience to build visual snippets that are informed by these models. Thanks & Regards Angrosh, MA ********************************************* Angrosh M.A. Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: angrosh(a)isim.ac.in ********************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Help Me.
by Pawan Agrawal 06 May '09

06 May '09

Dear Library Professionals, Our university is going under NAAC accrediation process. in this regards I require help of all of you. If any of you have gone through NAAC inspection. Please give me information in this regards. if you can send me the report for NAAC prepared by you, it would be very helpful for 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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Applications are invited for Library Assistant
by Vandana Khandelwal 05 May '09

05 May '09

Dear Moderator Please Circulate this Advertise to the members of this Forum... Dear Professionals Applications are invited for Library Assistants. Requisite Qualifications, Skills and Experience : 1. Candidates must possess a degree in Library Science of a Statutory University with a good academic record. 2. Candidates with good working knowledge in Library. 3. ICT skills. 4. Typing skills. 5. 1-5 years of experience in good library. 6. Only male candidates who are willing to work in the evening shift and holidays may apply. Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested candidates may send their resume on or before 10th May 2009 on following email ID vbkhandelwal(a)mitpune.com Interview Dates : 11/05/2009 and 12/05/09 Postal Address : Maharashtra Academy of Engineering (ISO Certified) Alandi (D) Tal. Khed, Dehu Phata Dist. Pune 412 105 Now surf faster and smarter ! Check out the new Firefox 3 - Yahoo! Edition http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/firefox/?fr=om_email_firefox -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FELICITATION TO DR S CHANDRAPPA AND BOOK RELEASING CEREMONY
by JANARDHANA RAO A. N 05 May '09

05 May '09

Please post this invitation to LIS-Forum Dear Friends FELICITATION TO DR S CHANDRAPPA AND BOOK RELEASING CEREMONY INVITATION Dr.S Chandrappa has worked in Trigent software, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and also he has been involved in corporate training and consultant in the area of information management and organized many conferences for the library professionals . Mr. Rmachandra Gowda Honorable Minister Medical education, presided the function And Book titled “ Comprehensive approach in BUILDING MODERN LIBRARIES, edited by Dr. S. Chandrappa released by Mr S Suresh kumar Minister for Law & Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of Karnataka. Dr.K.N PRASAD, Director, Sarada Ranganathan Endowmentfor library Science Bangalore will delivering felicitation talks H. H.Sri. Sri. Sri Mumudi Nervana Swami of Degula Mutta kanakaPura will be blessing the function. This function is being organized by Digital Information Research Foundation, with joint venture of Library forum, and Mr. Janardhan Rao Librarian M S Ramaiah Institute of Management, being the Organizing Secretary. Let us all come together and felicitate the programme. VENUE: SHARANA SEVA SAMAJA West of Chard Road (Next to ISKCON Temple} 1St N Block Rajajinagar Bangalore-10S Date & Time: Saturday 9th May 2009 at 5.00 pm. --

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