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Shri N.V. Jagga Rao is no more
by Library＠Arboretum.org.in 08 Jun '09

08 Jun '09

Dear All, We report with profound regret the passing away of Shri N.V. Jagga Rao, formerly Deputy Librarian, Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad (now renamed as English and Foreign Languages University) on June 4, 2009, 8.30 pm, Visakhapatnam. He joined the LIS profession in 1957 and served it till he breathed last. After retiring from the CIEFL, he moved over to Visakhapatnam and played a key role in the building up of a big, highly successful public library--a joint effort of local library enthusiasts, LIS teachers and LIS professionals--in Visakhapatnam. At the time of his death, he was serving as librarian of a local engineering college in Visakhapatnam. Throughout his professional career spanning over five decades, Shri Jagga Rao maintained highest standards professional integrity serving variety of libraries such as the Central Institute of Leather Research, Chennai, the American Studies Research Centre, Hyderabad, and the British Library, Hyderabad. He abhored the practice of sponsorship of library seminars/conferences by library suppliers, and wrote a highly critical article several years ago in University News (a publication of the Association of Indian Universities) on this issue. After reading this piece, Shri Tejeshwar Singh (Managind Director of Sage Publications, & TV news reader) wrote a letter to Mr. Jagga Rao appreciating the latter's views. Shri Jagga Rao loved travel a lot and he used to enjoy sharing his experiences with his colleagues and friends. He was kind, considerate and always helpful towards his colleagues. With the passing away of Shri Jagga Rao, the Indian LIS profession has lost another great personality who dedicated his entire life serving the reading community with distinction and integrity. With respects Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Research Officer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dharma Vana Arboretum Administrative Office Plot 95/1, Phase 2 IDA Cherlapally Hyderabad 500 051 Andhra Pradesh India Mobile: 93962 51106 Phones Direct +91 40 2726 0930 +91 40 3911 4202 EPABX +91 40 2726 0801 Ext. 202 +91 40 2726 0802 Ext. 202 +91 40 3911 4200 Ext. 202 Fax +91 40 3911 4219 www.arboretum.org.in ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC-MRP-University of Mysore -Project Fellowship Leading to PhD-More info
by khaiser nikam 08 Jun '09

08 Jun '09

Dear All & Applicants SUB: Call for project fellow at the University of Mysore I am really overwhelmed with such a good response to my call for project fellow.I would like to give some more facts about the fellowship before the last date for applying ie 16th of June'09 ,as the aspirants are seeking some more clarifications. -this project is leading to PhD degree . -the candidates selected will have to register for PhD under the supervision of the Project Director at the University of Mysore - as the project gets over the candidate can also submit the thesis to the University of Mysore for the award of the PhD Degree -this project on " evaluating the use of e - resources ..." is purly on consolidated pay of Rs.8000/- per month. -No other allowences will be paid for the selected candidates -the selection will be purely on the basis of merit and the candidated shotlisted have to appear for an interview before the selection committee -candidtaes desirous of joining this fellowship have to work full time and can not hold the job at some other place -No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview - -- Regards, Dr.(Mrs) Khaiser Nikam MLISc,PhD & MBA Chairperson/Reader Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570 006 Karnataka INDIA Cell:98453 28672 91-821-2415202(R) 2419399(O) email : khaiser.nikam(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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Workshop at NCSI on library automation packages and digital library software
by K.T Anuradha 08 Jun '09

08 Jun '09

WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT NCSI-IDRC Workshop on Library Automation Packages and Digital Library Software: July 27th to 31st and August 3rd to 7th, 2009 (http://dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop ) Two workshops of one week duration each on Library Automation Packages (LAP) and its integration with Digital Library Software is organised at National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore from July 27th to 31st and August 3rd to 7th. Topics covered include installation, Staff-Client and OPAC modules of a few LAP and its integration with Digital Library Software on Linux (Ubuntu) platform. The workshop is organised as part of a project on ILAP carried out at NCSI, funded by The International Development Research Centre (IDRC), a Crown Corporation and an agency of the Government of Canada. One of the objectives of the project is to test the available technological tools for the development of union catalogue and to train manpower to implement union catalogue at their respective institutions/libraries. To fulfill this objective a series of workshop is organised. First workshop was organised from 5th to 9th January, 2009 and this is second and third workshop in the series. For registration and more details access the workshop page at: http://dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop Workshop coordinator: Dr.Anuradha.K.T. E-mail: anu(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Technical Officer Gr III URL:vidya-mapak.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science FAX:(+91-80) 23601426/23600683 Karnataka, Bangalore 560 012 Tel:(+91-80) 23600271/22932511 India ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Workshop on KOHA Library Management Software at NCRA, Pune from 13th-15th July 2009
by Sunita Barve 08 Jun '09

08 Jun '09

Dear all, NCRA Pune is organising a workshop on KOHA an open source library management software from 13th July to 15th July 2009. The workshop will cover installation of KOHA on linux operating system, Introduction to Linux Operating System, customization and configuration of KOHA software, demonstration of all modules (Acquisitions, Cataloguing, Serial Control, Circulation & OPAC), Introduction to MARC 21, multilingual support in KOHA, MARC records, Import feature in KOHA etc. The registration fees for the workshop is Rs. 3000/- which includes workshop kit (software installables, installable of Operating System, Training Material), breakfast, tea and working lunch. Accomodation can be provided at NCRA guest house for the outstation candidates at an additional charges. The number of participants is expected to be 30 and the preference will be given to those candidates who have basic knowledge of handling computers. The workshop can be attended by the librarians, information specialists who are working in different types of libraries and wish to automate their library collections. Please find more updates about the workshop at the following URL:- http://www.ncra.tifr.res.in/library/kohaworkshop/index.html For any queries please contact the undersigned. Dr. Sunita Barve SIRC-In-Charge National Centre for Radio Astrophysics Post Bag No. 3, Pune Univ. Campus Pune 411 007, INDIA Phone : 91-20-25719211 (Office) 9922753827(Mobile) FAX : 91-20-25697257 ; 25692149 Email :sunitab@ncra.tifr.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Don't Steal "The best things in life are free" -OpenOffice.org 3
by shankar nadoor 07 Jun '09

07 Jun '09

*Dear Professional* *OpenOffice.org 3 *is the leading open-source office software suite for *word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases* *and more.* It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose. For more details please visit www.opensource.org Thanking You, Regards, Shankar Nadoor Assistant Librarain M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore-54 http://shankarnadoor.googlepages.com/home -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for the post of Library Officer (1) and Lib. Asstt.-A(03) in IIST
by Dr. K.P.S.Sengar 06 Jun '09

06 Jun '09

IIST setup under Department of Space in Sept. 2007 is on the look out for bright candidates for the following Library Posts: 1. Library Officer 01 Pay Scale: PB-3 15600-39100 + Grade Pay 5400 Essential qualifications: Graduate plus MLISc and NET Desirable: (i) Working experience in any reputed institutional library (ii) Profifiency in Open Source Library Management Software 2. Library Assistant-A 03 Pay Scale : PB-2 9300-34800 +Grade Pay 4200 Essential Qualifications; MLISc Desirable: Profifiency in Open Source Library Management Software Application can be download from IIST website www.iist.ac.in and last date of receipt of application 26 June 2009 Indian Institute of Space Sceince and Technology [A Seemed to be university u/s 3 of the UGC Act 1956 (Dept. of Space, Govt. of India) Thriruvananthapurm-695022 India Advt. source : The Hindu 07.06.2009 Page no 9 Thanks and Regrads Sengar ------------------------------------ K.P.S.SENGAR, Ph.D.(LIS) Knowledge Resource centre (Erstwhile Library) Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR) Sector-39 A, Chandigarh-160036 http://www.imtech.res.in/lib Hello:0172-2636680-94(15 Lines) Ext. 3194(Off.) 2178(Resi.)& M()09417397688 ------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The UGC is now a step closure to issue the fitment tables along with the UGC Notification
by Pandurang Konnur 06 Jun '09

06 Jun '09

Dear Professional friends, The UGC is now a step closure to issue the fitment tables along with the UGC Notification on Measures for Maintenance of Sandards-2009. The Regional Consultative Committee of UGC held it's final meeting on 3rd June 2009 at Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi. It was attended, like in other regions, by the Vice Chancelors, Principals and Associations of Teachers, Librarians and Physical Education Personnel of the Northern Region. The Indian Academic Library Association(IALA) was represented by a delegation under the leadership of Dr.Abidi Deputy Librarian, Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi and IALA Vice President (north) along with Dr.Saleem Anwar Deputy Librarian University of Delhi and other professional Librarians of Delhi region. IALA had prepares a descriptive representation including the claims for modifications to be made for achieving total parity with teachers in the HRD Orders. The Chairman RCC appreciated the efforts made by IALA in all the regional meetings also. IALA has also claimed for including the Information Scientists post par with Assistant Librarian Posts and to include in the same seniority for promotions and other benefits. The committee was quite sympathetic to the demands and agreed to recommend as many suggestions as were under the ambit of the directives of MHRD and stated that other demands will also be included as its suggestions separately. IALA is extremely thankful to the representatives of both the teachers and physical education personnel who vehemently pleaded the case of total parity of librarians and teachers. -- 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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Invitation to participate in Workshop on 'Content Management' at IISc, Bangalore on June 27, 2009
by Byrappa, Ananda (GE, Research) 05 Jun '09

05 Jun '09

Dear LIS Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) and NCSI-Net (Alumni of NCSi Students and Staff) is organizing a One Day Workshop on "Content Management" in Bangalore on Saturday, June 27. Please find more details about the event below. We cordially invite you to participate in the workshop. Appreciate if you could cascade this information to your professional contacts. Kind Regards, Francis Jayakanth & Ananda Byrappa Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) ________________________________________________________________________ __________ Details about the Workshop: Event: One Day National Workshop on Content Management Date and Place: Saturday, June 27, at Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Organizers: Karnataka State Library Association and NCSI-Net (Alumni of NCSi Students and Staff) Resource Persons: Industry Experts and Practitioners from Corporate and Academic Sectors Registration Fees: For Delegates : Rs. 300/- per person For Students, Research Scholars and Retired Persons : Rs. 150/- per person For members of NCSI-Net and Karnataka State Library Association (KALA): Rs. 200/- Per person How to register? Please send Crossed Demand Draft or Cheque in the name of "Karnataka State Library Association" (payable at Bangalore) with your name and complete address on the verso of the cheque/DD and mail to the following address. Karnataka State Library Association (Attn: Francis Jayakanth and Ananda Byrappa) 702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, Rajajinagar Bangalore - 560011 Email: franc(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com ________________________________________________________________________ _____ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha & English to Indic Transliteration
by savitra sirohi 05 Jun '09

05 Jun '09

All, A easy to use tool to "transliterate" from English to Indic languages is available with koha. One can type in English and convert the words and phrases into five Indian languages: Hindi Kannada Tamil Malyalam Telegu This makes finding records cataloged in Indian languages easier. You can view this feature at the Delhi Public Library website: http://delhipubliclibrary.in/ To turn on the feature, press "ctrl+g". Type a word in english and press space to transliterate. Select the destination language from the drop down list. Some examples of transliteration: Dilli ---> दिल्ली Hamesha --> हमेशा Trivandrum --> തൃവണ്ട്രും Bangalore --> ಬ್ಯಾಂಗಲೋರ್ Telugu --> తెలుగు Tamil --> தமிழ் I want to thank Mr. Basaraj Talikoti at DPL for suggesting this enhancement. 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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Rules of rightoff the books and cd's
by tejas shah 05 Jun '09

05 Jun '09

Respected Sir, I want to know that in a year how many books we can withdraw ? What is the ratio of it ? If such books is damaged, what is the policy of it ? If such books is stolen from library, what is the procedure ? We are taking 3 time more amount of original price of books in case of lost books by the students , is it right way ? Which matter is easy for taking stock ? I want to know the government policy of India regarding this matter. Also send your suggestions and guidelines. Please reply. Tejas Shah Librarian VVP Engineering College Rajkot(Gujarat) Ph. (0281)2783394 Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel http://in.travel.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha v3.x in Hindi
by savitra sirohi 05 Jun '09

05 Jun '09

All, Koha is now available in Hindi, a demo is available here: http://kohav3demo.osslabs.biz User Id/Pwd: osslabs/osslabs Please change language to 'Hindi' using navigation links available at the bottom of the screen. This is the first fully translated Indian language available on Koha version 3.x. We used automated tools to do this translation, so in some places the translation quality may not be good. Please write to me with questions or to provide feedback. 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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Numerous improvements have been made to TechXtra
by MacLeod, Roderick A 04 Jun '09

04 Jun '09

Numerous improvements have been made to TechXtra http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/ the free technology search service. TechXtra is provided by the ICBL and Library at Heriot-Watt University. Using TechXtra, anyone can find articles, books, the best websites, the latest industry news, job announcements, technical reports, technical data, full text eprints, the latest research, thesis & dissertations, teaching and learning resources and more, in engineering, mathematics and computing. TechXtra searches over 4 million items from 31 collections in technology, and provides several additional services. For full details of the improvements, please see the TechXtra News Blog http://techxtranews.wordpress.com/ Changes include: New full text indicators on search results pages, which show the likely availability of full text. Faster searching of the Arrow and CISTI databases, where you can find Australian and Canadian research. Updated RAM (Recent Advances in Manufacturing) <http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/ram/index.php> database. Over 100 new sources of job announcements and industry news in the OneStep Jobs <http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/onestepjobs/> and OneStep Industry News <http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/onestepnews/> services. A new TechXtra SRU service <http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/sru/?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.1&que ry=management&x-categoryID=1> . More free magazine <http://techxtra.tradepub.com/> subscriptions. Further collections will be added to TechXtra in the future. Details will be announced on the TechXtra News Blog <http://techxtranews.wordpress.com/> . Want more? There's a list of Ten Science Search Engines http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/science-search-engines/ 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Query on Scanning of Table of Content and Copyright Laws
by Charu 04 Jun '09

04 Jun '09

Respected Friend, Greetings for the day, As we all know that scanning or photocopying services comes under Reprography services. Under the Copyright Act, 1957, using extracts from books, journals, magazines, periodicals, newspapers, works of authors such as fiction, non-fiction, generalist, translators, visual artists, photographers, composers, lyricists, works of publishers like educational material, information, entertainment in various areas activities like education, government, business, and private use and other secondary rights such as reprography and scanning, posting extracts of a published work on the website etc. – requires the prior permission and a license from the author and publisher whose copyrighted work is being used. The use of published work without permission is illegal act and is an infringement of the copyright of the owner. Indian Reprographic Rights Organisation is registered under section 33(3) of the Copyright Act of 1957. It is the sole licensing authority in India. Under the Act only one society is registered to do business and can issue or grant licenses in respect of the same class of work in which copyright subsists or in respect to any other right given by the Copyright Act. For more information handbook on Copyright Act and copyright societies at www.copyright.gov.in can be read. For further detail you can search the following weblinks— http://www.irro.in/Home.php http://www.indianlawcds.com/bareacts/copyright1957p1.htm http://www.ifrro.org/show.aspx?pageid=copyright/intro&culture=en 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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Admission Announcement – 2009
by jasbir singh 04 Jun '09

04 Jun '09

Admission Announcement – 2009 Department of Library and Information Science Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut PhD (Lib & Information Sc.) (Full Time/ Part Time) M.Phil (Lib & Information Sc.) (Full Time/ Part Time) B.Lib & Information Sc. M.Lib & Information Sc. Prospectus are available on payment of Rs. 500/- at selected branches of "Oriental Bank of Commerce" in all major cities, Meerut city offices, Registrar's office and also be obtained by post from office of the Registrar, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, NH-58, Bypass Road, Meerut by sending demand draft of Rs. 600/- in favour of "Swami Vivekanand Subharti University" payable at Meerut. Form can be downloaded from the website of the University. of the University.(www.subharti.org/Admission%20Form.PDF) Head of Department Department of Library and Information Science Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut Ph:09897143219, 09219615150 -- 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] Query on scanning Table of Content and Copyright Laws
by js vijaya 04 Jun '09

04 Jun '09

Dear parinita, I think we can put the table of contents in the digital library. Think! otherwise how the user will come to know about the existing of related material in the library. One more suggestion is before scanning of books better to check in the websites from where we can get the table of contents easily. Example www.books.google.co.in www.ecampus.com Regards Vijayalakshmi J S --- On Thu, 6/4/09, Parinita Samant <parinitas(a)hexaware.com> wrote: > From: Parinita Samant <parinitas(a)hexaware.com> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Query on scanning Table of Content and Copyright Laws > To: "lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, "lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 8:50 AM > > > > > > > > > > > HI, > Is scanning and uploading “table > of contents” of books, say in a Digital Library, a > copyright violation? Are there institutions in India – > which scans the ToCs and make them available to their > clientele as part of the library services? > > > Are there any special permissions > which need to be taken for such a service? What have > been your experiences? > > Request your inputs…. > > Thanks & Regards, > > Parinita S > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > HexaVarsity > Mumbai > ( 67919595 > F 9707 I > * > parinitas(a)hexaware.com > > > > > > Please do not > print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. > > > > This e-mail > communication and any attachments to it are confidential and > privileged to Hexaware and are strictly intended only for > the personal and confidential use of the designated > recipient(s) named above. If you > are not the intended recipient of this message, you are > hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution > or copying of this message is strictly prohibited and may be > unlawful. > > > > Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies > of this message along with all attachments thereto. > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by > MailScanner, > and is > > believed to be clean. > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad Demise
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 04 Jun '09

04 Jun '09

Sad Demise Mr. Veeramalai Sivasubramanian, Librarian, Karnataka Coffee board, Bangalore has expired on wee hours of today, June 4, 2009 in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. He had met with an accident in Trichy on 19th May 2009 and he was under medical treatment at KMC Hospital, Trichy. Since the day of accident, everyone was hoping that he defeats death and will be back to work. But unfortunately death conquered him. He was a highly dedicated, talented young professional. During the span of 13 years of his career, he contributed nearly 40 papers in national and international level journals, conferences and seminars. Recently he had submitted his doctoral thesis to the University of Mysore, but he is no longer there to receive the Ph.D. degree. He was a jovial person; always used to speak politely and had the mindset of bringing reforms in Library and Information Science. On behalf LIS community, I express deep sorrow and heartiest sympathy to the members of the bereaved family and his near and dear ones. We all pray to god that, his soul rest in peace and bestow energy to his family members to tolerate this biggest disaster. -- 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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Query on scanning Table of Content and Copyright Laws
by Parinita Samant 04 Jun '09

04 Jun '09

HI, Is scanning and uploading "table of contents" of books, say in a Digital Library, a copyright violation? Are there institutions in India - which scans the ToCs and make them available to their clientele as part of the library services? Are there any special permissions which need to be taken for such a service? What have been your experiences? Request your inputs.... Thanks & Regards, Parinita S --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HexaVarsity Mumbai * 67919595 * 9707 I * parinitas(a)hexaware.com<mailto:parinitas@hexaware.com> ________________________________ Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. This e-mail communication and any attachments to it are confidential and privileged to Hexaware and are strictly intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message along with all attachments thereto. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CD-Roms
by gayathri sen 04 Jun '09

04 Jun '09

Dear Sujata, We handle CD Roms in the following way, and found it to be very efficient way of CD Rom management. CD's may be added to the library collections in different ways. 1. It may be accompanied along with a book 2. It may be accompanied along with a journal or magazine like Data quest etc. 3. You may procure it separately, independent of the two. Rendering it in the following way is found to be very useful. 1. When it comes with a book show it as accompanying material of the book, but give it a separate identity and a different accession no. 2. when it comes with a periodical, treat it in the above mentioned way, but also add the topics dealt with within the CD (this will be given in a nutshell on the CD), in the note field, or key words field of the CD's database--this will be searchable from your web OPAC or OPAC. 3. treat independant procurement in the same way and give continuation accession no. of the cD's database. Physical arrangement for immediate access is done in the following way: Arrange it serially and maintain it well. Use OPAC to search, and find the exact CD, the user wants and get it at a moment's notice. Hope this will give you some idea of how you can handle it. Regards, Gayathri Sen, Chief Librarian & Head, PES Group of Institutions PESIT, Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Power Bullet - Create Presentations in the Flash Format
by shankar nadoor 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

Dear Professionals, Powerbullet can help create presentations in the Flash format.It is designed especially to create multi-page presentations that are generally used in e-brochures and catalogues,splash screens,tutorials,slideshows and student projects.Presentations can be exported as an HTML page with an embedded Flash for playback on any platform that supports a web browser and Flash. *Find the Powerbullet the Various Version* ** *Powerbullet v1.35 :* ** http://www.mediafire.com/file/moiljwnztgk/setupPowerbullet135.exe. *The 3.3MB Powerbullet Plus version 1,44 :* ** http://www.mediafire.com/file/iw3h2uo15tm/install_powerbullet1.44.exe The registration code to unlock the extra features in Plus can be found at http://www.powerbullet.com/download.php Thanking You, Regards, Shankar Nadoor Assistant Librarian M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology,Bangalore-54 http://shankarnadoor.googlepages.com/ ** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Summary of the Padma Shri B S Kesavan's Birth Centenary Celebrations organised by KALA and Mysore University
by Babu Rajendra 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

Event: Padma Shri B S Kesavan's Birth Centenary Celebrations Topic: Remembering Padma Shri B S Kesavan & His Professional Contributions Speaker: Mr. L J Haravu, Trustee, Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management Presided By: Dr. Khaiser Nikam , Chairperson, Department of Library & Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore. Organisers: Karanataka State Library Association (KALA) and Department of Library & Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore. KALA (Karanataka State Library Association) and Department of Library & Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore joined hands to celebrate Padma Sri B S Kesavan's Birth Centenary Celebrations (1909-2000) on Saturday 30th May 2009. Shri. L J Haravu, Trustee, Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (KII&KM) was the invited speaker for the occassion the topic was "Remembering Padma Shri B S Kesavan & His Professional Contributions". In his talk Sri L J Haravu made a detailed exposition about the life and works of BS Kesavan, B S Kesavan obtained his MA degree from Birbeck College, London University. Later, he obtained diploma in Library and Information Science course as well. He served as lecturer of English at the Maharaja's College, Mysore. Among his favourite students, Sharada Prasad (Former press secretary to late Prime Ministers Smt. Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi) and Padma Vibushan Veena Doraiswamy Iyengar were his students. As a teacher, B S Kesavan, was for stickler for rule and a disciplinarian, hence would not allow his students to come in late. B S Kesavan shared a unique teacher student bond among his students. Incidently when Veena Doraiswamy Iyengar was awarded padma vibhushan by the Government of India, before he went to receive the award in Delhi, Veena Doraiswamy Iyengar went to the residence of B S Kesavan and played the veena - said Haravu. As a visionary B S Kesavan changed the Imperial Library to National Library of India in Calcutta. The speaker mentioned that Moulana Azad and Prof. Humayun Kabeer were B S Kesavan's mentors and staunch supporters. B S Kesavan took initiative and worked very hard for converting the Belvedere House, the residence of the viceroy, for the national library. He was also responsible for the enactment of the "Delivery of Books Act", Establishment of central reference library, The publishing of Indian National Bibliography, another contribution is settig up of INSDOC (Now NISCAIR) at New Delhi. He was also responsible for starting of National Science Library, Indian Science Abstarcts and NUCSSI. B S Kesavan was also responsible for starting Associateship in Information and Documentation (AID) course in INSDOC. His services were used by UNESCO, WHO, IFLA, UGC, Planning Commission and Ministry of Education. He served as visiting professor at Delhi university. 4 volumes on the History of Printing and Publishing in India were the testimony for his love for Librarianship and publishing. Even at the age of 80 he exhibited unique dedication in bringing out this work. Padma Shri B S Kesavan was endowed with scholarship, genius for institution building and the capacity to take people with him in meeitng the goals. Sri Haravu in his talk said, that he was a true "karma yogi", who worked day and night without expecting anything in return for his labour. "Padma Shri B S Kesavan, was a confident, courageous, bold and very vibrabnt professor who was a great oretor and made his teaching extremely dramatic" said Dr.Khaiser Nikam in her presidential remarks, she recalled her association with B S Kesavan, when he frequently visited the Department of Library & Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore and also delivered the prestigious prasaranga lectures on the theme of "printing and publishing in india". She also read out the message sent by Prof. P B Mangala, Former Head, DLISc , Delhi University, who appreciated the celebrations and was happy that the values are being perpetuated. Anad T Byrappa, General Secretary KALA welcomed the gatherig, Dr. M Chandra Shekara, Reader, DLISc, Mysore University, Mysore proposed the vote of thanks, Ms. H S Ashwini, 4th semister LIS Student, rendered invocation. Many Local LIS professionals and students of DLISc attended the function. Among the dignitaries attanded are Dr. I R N Goudar and Dr. Poornima Narayana from NAL, Dr. K N Prasad, Editor of SRELS Journal of Information Science. Dr.Kalyan from BEL, Dr. Chowdappa From BMS Engg. College, Bangalore. The program concluded with the unveiling of the Padma Shri B S Kesavan's photograph and all the dignitaries paid their respect to him by offering flowers. Few of the facts about B S Kesavan * Mr. Kesavan was a pioneer institution builder and was responsible for many initiatives including the creation of the Indian National Bibliography and for restructuring the National Library into a preeminent institution in the country. His leadership of INSDOC (Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre) resulted in it becoming an important institution not only in India but also as a model for other developing countries. * Mr. Kesavan was awarded the prestigious Padmashri by the Govt. of India in 1960 for his contributions to and leadership of the National Library. * His services were used by UNESCO, WHO, IFLA, UGC, Planning Commission, Ministry of Education and several Indian universities. * Mr Kesavan who started his career as a teacher of English in the Maharaja's College, Mysore. He produced 4 volumes on the History of Printing and Publishing in India for the National Book Trust. * Mr. Kesavan's first love was the National Library at Kolkata, called the City of Joy, in India. He nourished the National Library as a mother would her beloved child. * Above all Mr. Kesavan was a dynamic leader of men, a warm human being, and a mentor to many young minds whom he lovingly nurtured and imbued in them the human and professional values that were dear to him. Thanks and Regards, Rajendra Babu H Joint Secretary, KALA. Think before you print. If you print, recycle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LEARN MORE - Capco is a consultancy, managed services provider and thought leader. We are experts in the financial services industry. You can access our thinking and learn more about us at www.capco.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. 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Article request: 3/06/09- LIS Forum
by kk_suresh＠blr.amrita.edu 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

Dear Professional Friends, One of our faculty has need of articles entitled as 1."Mitchell AR, Basis functions for curved elements in the mathematical theory of finite elements in J.R. Whiteman(Ed.), The mathematics of finite elements and applications II, Academic Press, London, 1976, pages:43-58. 2. C. A. Felippa and R.W. Clough, The finite element method in solid mechanics, in Numerical Solution of Field Problems in Continuum Physics, ed. by G. Birkhoff and R. S. Varga, SIAMAMS Proceedings II, American Mathematical Society, Providence, R.I., 210252, 1969. 3.Xunwei Wu and F.Prosser, CMOS design of ternary arithmetic devices" Journal of computer science and technology; Volume 6 (4)-October, 1991 pages 376-382. It will be highly appreciated if you arrange the soft / hard copy of the above mentioned articles. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, KK Suresh Librarian Amrita School of Engineering Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Deemed University Kasavanahalli Off:Sarjapura Road Carmelaram Post Bengaluru - 560 035 Ph:080-28441216/17 Web: www.amrita.edu / http://210.212.205.25/opac e-contact:suresh_amrita@rediffmail.com ********************************************************************** "Information delayed is Information denied" "Knowledge grows when shared" ********************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fourth Dr. TB Rajashekar Memorial Lecture on 12th June, 2009 - Announcement
by Arumugam Pitchai 02 Jun '09

02 Jun '09

Dear Friends, NCSI-Net, an informal association comprising of NCSI staff, trainees, and its alumni, cordially invites you to the fourth Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture. The details of the lecture are given below: Title: " Academic Access in a Globalized world: Scholars without Borders” Speaker: Ram Ramaswamy Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi Date: Friday, 12th June, 2009 Time: 6.00 PM (High Tea will be served at 5.30PM onwards) Venue: NCSI, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Description About The Talk: In this talk, Ram will discuss the problems of equitable access to information and knowledge, the issues of distribution, and initiatives that address these in both the digital and physical domains. In particular the poor visibility of scholarship in marginalized areas and the inadequate availability of academic material can benefit by harnessing available technologies. A globalized knowledge economy requires that these be employed, adapting them to local conditions, and *Scholars without Borders* has been making efforts in these directions. Please confirm your presence to arumugam.pitchai(a)hp.com or sk.ramya(a)accenture.com Regards NCSI-NET Co-ordinators -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Accessioning of CD-ROMs,reg;
by hrsujatha＠yahoo.com 02 Jun '09

02 Jun '09

Dear all, Since our college is under going the NAAC accreditation process shortly, our authoriries have now shown interest in the purchasing of CD's, DVD s related to various subjects for the library. Can anybody please inform me about the exact accessioning of the CDs?. Some libraries maintain separate register for CDs & some others accession it along with the books. Some say we can have our own method. Can anybody clarify me about this. Sujatha H R. Ph D Librarian, S V S Colege Bantwal, DK -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NISCAIR Short Term Courses in July 2009
by G Mahesh 02 Jun '09

02 Jun '09

NISCAIR will be conducting the following short term courses during July 2009: 1. Library automation using WebLis [01-03 July 2009, Course Fee: Rs. 1200/- (Without accommodation) & Rs. 1600.00 (With accommodation)] 2. Design and development of Digital Libraries using DSpace [13-17 July 2009, Course Fee: Rs. 2000/- (Without accommodation) & Rs. 2600.00 (With accommodation)] 3. Web 2.0 technologies for libraries [22-24 July 2009, Course Fee: Rs. 1200/- (Without accommodation) & Rs. 1600.00 (With accommodation)] For more details, please contact Dr. Narendra Kumar, In-charge, Training (Ph: 26863617, 26965094) or send an email to: training(a)niscair.res.in G. Mahesh Scientist, NISCAIR -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One Week ICT Training Programme at CUSAT
by Vimal Kumar 02 Jun '09

02 Jun '09

Dear Friends, The Centre for Adult Continuing Education and Extension (CACEE)COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OCHIN-682022 is organising a one-week training programme for library professionals/ research scholars working in universities/ colleges in Kerala. Date: 2009 June 15-20 Venue: CIRM Lab, CUSAT Registration Fee: Nil Accomodation available. Number of participants: 20 For details see the brochure. You can download brochure from here. http://www.cusat.ac.in/notify/ict_mgmnt_library.pdf For more details contact, Surendran Cherukodan, Programme Co-ordinator scherukodan(a)yahoo.com <http://in.mc947.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scherukodan@yahoo.com&Subject=…> -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in OK Society Volunteer. http://oksociety.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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