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Request for article
by Kshema Prakash 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

Dear friends, Can someone kindly send a copy of the following article for one of our faculty members? Synthesis and SAR of vinca alkaloid analogues<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TF9-4V75YP5-5&_u…> *In Press, Corrected Proof*, *Available online 25 December 2008* Matthew E. Voss, Jeffery M. Ralph, Dejian Xie, David D. Manning, Xinchao Chen, Anthony J. Frank, Andrew J. Leyhane, Lei Liu, Jason M. Stevens, Cheryl Budde, Matthew D. Surman, Thomas Friedrich, Denise Peace, Ian L. Scott, Mark Wolf, Randall Johnson With regards, Kshema Mrs. 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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New discussion on Open Educational Resources starts today
by Puna Das 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

New discussion on Open Educational Resources to start today 09-02-2009 (Paris) The UNESCO Open Educational Resources (OER) Community is launching a new three-week discussion on the subject of access issues. The discussion will take place from 9 to 27 February 2009 and is open to all. During the first week the community will focus on identifying - and attempting to classify - the main problems in accessing OER. The theme of the second and third weeks will be "tried and tested solutions", as participants are invited to share their experiences in working around such problems. The discussion will be facilitated by Bjoern Hassler of Cambridge University's Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies. If you wish to take part in the discussion, please send a message to Catriona Savage [c.savage[at]unesco.org] UNESCO's international Community on Open Educational Resources has been active since 2005. It connects over 700 individuals in 105 countries to share information and discuss issues surrounding the production and use of Open Educational Resources - web-based materials offered freely and openly for use and reuse in teaching, learning and research. UNESCO's work on Open Educational Resources is generously supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. More information can be found on the UNESCO OER Community wiki http://oerwiki.iiep-unesco.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Conference Proceedings VS Journals
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

Dear professionals, I have 15 publications in different national and international cenferences and published in conference proceedings also. can they be treated as journal publications? can i get marks for those publications in interviews? I have uploaded all of my published papers in the website apurba.110mb.com. please have a look. Thank you -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Deptt. of Library & Information Science. Arts Block, Gauhati University. Guwahati- 781014 Cell No: 09435268733, 09707626388 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New BUACLA Committee
by Ajay Kamble 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

The General Body Meeting of Bombay University Affiliated College Librarians Association (BUACLA) was held on 7th Feb. 2009 at Ruparel College, Matunga(W), Mumbai. The meeting was called to reform the committee of the association. The Committee of BUACLA is formed as follows Mr. Prakash Karmarkar (Vaze-Kelkar College) President Dr. Pradip Karnik (Ruparel College) Vice President Mr. Subhash Aathavale (CHM College) Vice President Mr. Sachin Shastri (Krishna Menon College) Secretary Mr. Ajay Kamble (Annasaheb Vartak College) Joint - Secretary Mrs. Shubhangi Vedak (ZunZunwala College) Joint - Secretary Mr. Vinay Haware (M.D. Shah Mahila College) Treasurer Mr. Bhaskarrao Thorat Member Mr. Narayan Barse Member Mrs.Swapna Gawade Member Mr. N. D. Phad Member Mrs. Syeed Shajida Member Mr. Sanjay More Member Mr. Firoz Shaikh Member -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google Makes iPhone the New eBook Reader
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

Dear Friends, Google Makes iPhone the New eBook Reader If you already have an Apple iPhone or a T-Mobile G1 in your pocket, more than 1.5 million books are now at your fingertips. Google used Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to transform the scanned book pages into screen-friendly text for iPhone and g1s. To access Google Mobile Book Search, just point your mobile phone browser to http://books.google.com/m. Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/159067/google_makes_iphone_the_new_ebook_rea… Thanking You, Dinesh K. S. -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110.

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Amazon Kindle E-Book Reader - A Review
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

Dear Friends, Amazon is pushing e-books back into the limelight with the launch of its $399 Kindle e-book reader and corresponding service. The Kindle, which is larger than an average paperback book but not as thick, is a boxy rectangle of white plastic with a matte finish. The device includes 180MB of user-accessible memory (which the company says can hold about 200 books) and supports SD Cards up to 2GB. Instead of an LCD, a 6-inch electronic-paper display from E ink occupies the top portion of the device. The monochrome display, which is designed to save power, supports four levels of grayscale but no color. For the most part no issues reading the display under various circumstances. The one exception was under the dim light, the Kindle lacks a backlight; on an airplane, for example, you'll need to keep your seat light on to read. The text was generally clear, though a few characters had jaggies. A button on the keyboard lets you switch among six different font sizes. Source: A review in http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/30957/review/kindle.html Thanking You, Dinesh -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110.

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FW: New York Times: Digital Archivists, Now in Demand
by Shalini Urs 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

This might be of interest to our professionals http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/jobs/08starts.html February 8, 2009 FRESH STARTS Digital Archivists, Now in Demand By CONRAD DE AENLLE WHEN the world entered the digital age, a great majority of human historical records did not immediately make the trip. Literature, film, scientific journals, newspapers, court records, corporate documents and other material, accumulated over centuries, needed to be adapted for computer databases. Once there, it had to be arranged along with newer, born-digital material in a way that would let people find what they needed and keep finding it well into the future. The people entrusted to find a place for this wealth of information are known as digital asset managers, or sometimes as digital archivists and digital preservation officers. Whatever they are called, demand for them is expanding. One of them is Jacob Nadal, the preservation officer at the University of California, Los Angeles. He does not use the "digital" modifier because his duties include safeguarding analog materials in U.C.L.A.'s collection, not just preparing them to cross the digital divide. "I don't think there's any day where I would say I'm the digital guy," he said. But he concedes that he's not really an analog, ink-on-paper guy, either, and that is increasingly the case in his field. These days, he noted, "if you want to work in a library, you have to deal in electronic resources." Mr. Nadal and 10 or so colleagues at U.C.L.A. devote much of their effort to organizing and protecting material in digital form. Their duties include licensing and buying digital content from vendors, assigning identification markers called meta-tags so that material can be found easily, researching copyright matters and ensuring that files remain intact whenever new iterations of relevant software or hardware come along. Befitting a nascent discipline like digital asset management, Mr. Nadal, 32, said he went into it almost by accident. Unsure of his career ambitions, he began work on various book-scanning and preservation projects as a student at Indiana University, then took them over when the head of preservation left. After that, he said, it "took a year or two for me to realize my career in preservation had started a year or two past." He reckons that many of his peers have had similar experiences. "Among librarians, I think that happenstance may be a typical career path," he said. Some backgrounds are considered better than others for budding digital asset managers. Familiarity with information technology is necessary, but it is possible to have too much tech know-how, said Victoria McCargar, a preservation consultant in Los Angeles and a lecturer at U.C.L.A. and San José State University. "People with I.T. backgrounds tend to be wrong for the job," she said. "They tend to focus on storage solutions: 'We'll just throw another 10 terabytes on that server.'" A result, she said, can be "waxy buildup" a lot of useless files that make it hard to find the good stuff. Ms. McCargar estimates that 20,000 people work in the field today plus others in related areas and she expects that to triple over the next decade, assuming that economic conditions stabilize before long. Many work for public institutions, and businesses use them, too, said Deborah Schwarz, chief executive of Library Associates Companies, a consulting and headhunting firm. Especially big employers in this area are law firms, which need experts on digital copyright and other issues tied to the migration of legal documents from filing cabinets to databases. One comparative advantage of private-sector jobs is the pay. Digital asset managers at public facilities would do well to make $70,000 a year. Salaries for their corporate counterparts are generally higher. "Compensation varies wildly because it's an emerging area," said Keith Gurtzweiler, vice president for recruiting at Library Associates. "Consultants who can make recommendations on systems can make $150 an hour." Those who "manage them once they're up and running and maintain the machinery," he said, make from the $70,000's up to $100,000. Michael Doane is an information management consultant at Ascentium, a consultancy in suburban Seattle that employs 100 to 150 digital asset managers in a staff of 500. He said that fresh graduates with master's degrees in information systems management or a similar discipline could "easily expect $80,000 to $90,000 in consulting and a little less in the commercial world." As much as it might help his bank balance, Mr. Nadal cannot envision leaving U.C.L.A. for a corporate job. He finds the challenge of taming a vast collection of information for a major academic institution too appealing. "We belong to the people of California and hold our collections in trust for them and for future generations of students, scholars and members of the public," he said. "Public-sector institutions just strike me as far, far cooler. They have better collections, obviously, and they are innovative, connected and challenging in ways that seem more substantial to me." Fresh Starts is a monthly column about emerging jobs and job trends. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Copyright Query
by parinitas＠hexaware.com 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

Dear All, I have this query about the copyright law... As additional services provided by the library - I want to provide my readers the "Table of Contents" of the existing library collection. We already have an LMS in place and on the OPAC I plan to tag the ToC of that specific book - so the readers not only get to know the cataloged details of the book, but they can also go through the ToC of that book before issuing it out of the library. How does this hold with the copyright laws? Is it a copyright violation to scan and make available the ToC of the library collection? Please let me know.... Thanks in advance and Regards, Parinita Samant --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [cid:image001.jpg@01C9886F.79CDD610] 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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8th National Conference-Change of Date
by Senthil Kumar T 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

Dear Members This is for your kind information, LIST 09- 8th National Conference on "Decision Making and New Investments in Knowledge Resource Centres" has been postponed, due to the undefined holiday announced by the TN Government. New Dates are 19th -21st March, 2009, kindly convey the massage to others also Authors are requested to send their Papers with registration fees to The Organizing Secretary, LIST-8th National Conference, Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli-620 017, Tamilnadu on or before 06th March 2009. With Regards SENTHIL KUMAR.T Librarian Christ University Bangalore-560 029 Mobile: 98863 71610(Bangalore) 97501 07407(Trichy) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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'Time to rethink intellectual property laws?
by Shriram Pandey 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

Dear List members 'Time to rethink intellectual property laws?' It is a very good article written by David Dickson. The author has given many innovative idea like : 'Patents on scientific knowledge may not be as useful — or valuable — as many claim them to be. 'The speed of the global economic collapse is provoking a widespread — many would say belated — realisation that many of the beliefs underlying economic expansion over the past 20 years need close questioning, particularly those involving the relationship between the state and the market.' The full article is available on : http://www.scidev.net/en/editorials/time-to-rethink-intellectual-property-l… -- Regards, Shri Ram Pandey - MLIS(BHU), IKM(IISc), UGC-NET (JRF) Asst. Librarian The LNM Institute of Information Technology(LNM IIT) Jaipur(Rajasthan) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Digital Education, by Antonio M. Battro and Percival J. Denham
by Shriram Pandey 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

Dear Colleagues, The purpose of this book is to provide a panorama of the application of new digital technologies in education as the century comes to an end. In some cases we have described instances where this technology has already been implemented with great success, in others we discuss promises that have still to be confirmed. We also hope to awaken 'critical enthusiasm' for an effective and beneficial implementation of the best technology in the service of education and the individual. This is a great challenge, partly because of the multiplicity and complexity of new technologies that are constantly exceeding the traditional limits of educational science and partly because no-one can know which of these technologies will prevail in education in the coming century. A text of this nature should be subject to regular revision, as the explosion in technology is of such a magnitude that many innovations that seemed impossible to apply in the field of education a few years ago are now commonplace. This trend is evident in all latitudes; in some cases a high-tech product from a developed country finds an educational application in a peripheral country before it is used for these purposes in its country of origin. This book will therefore be content to describe the situation faced today by educators committed to the efficient introduction of new digital technologies already widely available on the market. This project is also being published on Internet, and is available on our web site (www.byd.com.ar) as an example of a system that will soon be widely adopted in the world of publishing: the 'dual book', available in printed and digital form. -- Regards, Shri Ram Pandey - MLIS(BHU), IKM(IISc), UGC-NET (JRF) LNM Institute of Information Technology(LNM IIT) Jaipur(Rajasthan) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Change of address on account of new assignment- Dr. V.D.Shrivastava
by Vishwesh Shrivastava 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

Dear Moderator You will be glad to know of the following development and may like to publish in the lis-forum. Dr. V.D.Shrivastava, Librarian Assam University, Silchar consequent upon his selection, has been appointed as the Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Dr. Shrivastava has joied his new assignment on 2nd February 2009 (FN). His contact details are as under: Dr. V.D.Shrivastava Librarian P.K.Kelkar Library Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Post office: IIT, Kanpur 208 016 Tel: 0512-2597698 ( O), 0512-2597398 (Fax) e-mail: vds(a)iitk.ac.in Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/

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My new aassignment
by noufal palliparamban 07 Feb '09

07 Feb '09

Dear friends, I am happy to inform you that I have been joined TATA Motors as Manager, HR&PSD (Information Services) in Jamshedpur Plant. Looking for your kind cooperation and advice. Thanking you. Noufal.PP Manager (Information Services) TATA Motors Ltd. Jamshedpur Mob: 09430766010 Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Academia.edu" to the Continuing Professional Development & Workplace Learning Community
by Shamprasad Pujar 07 Feb '09

07 Feb '09

Dear Members, FYI Regards, S.M. Pujar, IGIDR, Mumbai ============== -- Original Message -- From: richard_price(a)academia.edu To: cpdwl(a)infoserv.inist.fr Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 23:58:13 +0100 (MET) Subject: [CPDWL] Announcing "Academia.edu" to the Continuing Professional Development & Workplace Learning Community Dear all, I recently finished my Ph.D at Oxford on the philosophy of perception. With a team of people from Stanford and Cambridge, I've just launched a website, Academia.edu, which does two things: - It shows academics around the world structured in a 'tree' format, displayed according to their departmental and institutional affiliations. - It enables academics to see news on the latest research in their area - the latest people, papers and talks. We are hoping that Academia.edu will eventually list every academic in the world -- Faculty Members, Post-Docs, Graduate Students, and Independent Researchers. Academics can add their departments, and themselves, to the tree by clicking on the boxes. Academics are joining the tree rapidly. More than 25,000 academics have added themselves in the last three months. Some professors on the site include: - Richard Dawkins - http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardDawkins - Stephen Hawking - http://cambridge.academia.edu/StephenHawking - Paul Krugman - http://princeton.academia.edu/PaulKrugman - Noam Chomsky - http://mit.academia.edu/NoamChomsky - Steven Pinker - http://harvard.academia.edu/StevenPinker We're trying to spread the word about Academia.edu as much as possible. It would be terrific if you could visit the site, and add yourself to your department on the tree at http://www.academia.edu/signup?CPDWL. If your university is not there, you can add it. Independent researchers - if you are a researcher that is not associated with a university, I encourage you to add yourself to the "Independent Researchers" portion of the tree at http://independent.academia.edu/signup?CPDWL. And do spread the word to your friends and colleagues if you can. Many thanks, Richard Dr. Richard Price http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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World Bank's 2009 International Youth Essay Competition on Climate Change
by Puna Das 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

World Bank's 2009 International Youth Essay Competition on Climate Change Deadline for submissions: 22 February 2009 How does climate change affect you? How can you tackle climate change through youth-led solutions? The World Bank's 2009 Youth Essay Competition aims to tap into the ideas of the next generation of green entrepreneurs for dealing with the pressing problem of climate change. The Essay Competition invites youth aged 18-25 to share ideas on how climate change affects them, and how it can be addressed through youth-led solutions. For the first time, the competition will also include photo and video categories which will also vie for prizes ranging from $ 1,000 to $ 5,000. Submissions can be in English, French or Spanish. Participants may submit entries in more than one category (essay, video and photo), but only one submission per category is allowed. For details, click <http://www.essaycompetition.org/> here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/

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Doctoral Workshop on development and international organizations
by Puna Das 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

Doctoral Workshop on development and international organizations Washington, DC, April 27-28, 2009 The Researchers Alliance for Development (RAD) is partnering with the World Bank on a series of workshops for doctoral students whose main area of research is the World Bank Group. Each workshop brings together some 20 PhD students, World Bank staff and academics from other institutions (universities, research institutes). Young researchers present their work and discuss with World Bank experts in the relevant topic. CALL FOR PROPOSALS Paper proposals are invited from current doctoral students and early career postdoctoral researchers (up to three years post-PhD) conducting research on the World Bank Group and other international economic organizations in any social science field. Successful candidates will be asked to present a research paper of 8,000–9,500 words in advance of the workshop. Successful candidates will have their travel and accommodation expenses covered. No per diem, meals or local transportation costs (in the participant's country of departure) will be covered. The Workshop will be held on April 26-27, 2009 (TBC) in Washington DC. Applications are now open! Deadline: February 16, 2009. Details: http://www.radnetwork.org/admindb/docs/DC%20Workshop%202009%20Call%20for%20… Download the application form: http://www.radnetwork.org/admindb/docs/2009%20Workshop%20Application%20Form… The workshop will be co-funded by GARNET - Network of Excellence on Global Governance, Regionalisation and Regulation. More Details: http://www.radnetwork.org/content07_15_1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/

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Reminder:Invitation to attend KALA New Members Meet on Feb 6, 2009 (Friday) at 6.00 p.m.
by Francis Jayakanth 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 10:09:29 +0530 From: "Byrappa, Ananda (GE, Research)" <ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com> Dear All, We are glad to announce that KALA is organizing new members' meet. On behalf of KALA, I cordially invite you attend the same and make the meeting a productive one. The details of the meet: Event: KALA New Members' Meet Date: February 6, 2009 (Friday) Time: 6.00 p.m Venue: NCSI Seminar Hall, IISc, Bangalore the following two Special Lectures will be delivered during the meet: 1. Career Opportunities for LIS Professionals by Mr. N.V.Satyanarayana, Chairman and MD, Informatics India Ltd 2. Role LIS Professionals in promoting Library associations by Prof V.G Talwar, VC, Mysore Univ. Please confirm your participation by email to organize the event better Thanks, Ananda Byrappa General Secretary KALA

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www.granthalaya.org project
by नारायण बारसे 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

*Dear All* *We are happy to inform that the Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Thane (Maharashtra) has inaugurated the project of* BIBLIOGRAPHIC UNION DATABASE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN KONKAN AREA The Union Catalogue website www.granthalaya.org has been inaugurated on 26th January 2009 . All the professionals are requested to visit the site and give feedback. In this project VPM,Thane intends to create bibliographic union database of holdings of all the public libraries in Konkan area including Thane. After completion of it, one would be in a position to know about the availability and location of the books in public libraries of Konkan area. Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Thane also intends to help the participating libraries for computerizing their holdings by providing them an open source library software for the purpose. Regards, -- Barse N. S. Librarian and Coordinator Department of Lib & Information Science VPM's Joshi-Bedekar College 'Janadweep' Chendani, Bundar Rd, Thane (West) Pin- 400601 MS, India =========================== Phone No: 022 25384591 Cell :09969051287 =========================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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EMERALD RESEARCH FUND AWARDS -LIS 2009
by Rajneesh Rajpal 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

2009 Emerald Research Fund Awards Indian LIS category ________________________________ Call for Indian library and information science research proposals Sustaining the dissemination of knowledge in India by supporting LIS research Emerald is proud to announce it is offering a funding grant for a research project that will contribute to the development of LIS research in India. The funding grant of up to £2,000 (approx. US$3,000 equivalent) should address the dissemination of knowledge for the social good with a specific focus towards the benefit of India. In addition to the research grant, the winner will have the opportunity to receive the assistance of an experienced Emerald editor, or former editor, to help them write a high quality article and increase chances of publication. Eligibility The lead member of the research team should be based in India. Judging criteria Each application will be judged, by a panel of experts, on the five criteria below. The research must: * Be of significance, particularly illustrating how it will benefit the social good. * Demonstrate originality and innovation. * Make an outstanding contribution to theory and its application. * Illustrate the appropriateness and application of the methodology. * Demonstrate sound implications for theory and practice. Application requirements Each proposal must be submitted using our online application form <http://ww2.emeraldinsight.com/awards/india_lis.htm> . The following documents will be required electronically: 1. A summary stating specific goals, outcomes and benefits of the research. This should not exceed 2,000 words (note that tables, figures, appendices and reference lists, if provided, do NOT count to the 2,000 word total). 2. A covering letter containing contact details for all researchers involved in the project. Please state clearly which researcher will be the main point of contact. The 2,000-word summary must: * Clearly display a statement of purpose and intent. * Clearly state the methodology(ies) applied and explicitly describe the research process. * State expected research outcomes, expected impact and possible application. * Specify the expected timescales of the research process. * Outline projected costs and total research grant required. Key dates * The closing date for applications is 1 July 2009 * The initial short-list will be completed by August 2009. * Winners will be announced in early September 2009. The funding award will amount to up to £2,000 (approx. US$3,000 equivalent) for applications that address the dissemination of knowledge for social good with a specific orientation toward benefit for India. Contact details Please be aware that all applicants will be informed personally of the outcome of the awards before any public announcement is made. However, for all other queries, please contact: Kieran Booluck Author Relations Administrative Assistant Emerald Group Publishing Limited Howard House Wagon Lane Bingley BD16 1WA United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1274 777700 Fax: +44 (0)1274 785200 E-mail: kbooluck(a)emeraldinsight.com Or Rajneesh Rajpal Country Manager Emerald Group Publishing Limited 301,Vikas Surya Shopping Mall, Mangalam Place,Sector -3 , Rohini New Delhi -110085 rrajpal(a)emeraldinsight.com www.emeraldinsight.com Mobile no- 91-9810224423 Tel no. -011-27948437-38 Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. Research You can Use. The world's leading publisher of management Research Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Registered Office: Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley, BD16 1WA United Kingdom. Registered in England No. 3080506, VAT No. GB 665 3593 06 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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M.Tech @ ISiM, University of Mysore - Admissions Open for 2009-2010 Batch
by Angrosh 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

For those looking for an exciting career in Information Management across the Industries and Knowledge Organizations. Admissions are now open under Cycle 1 for a multidisciplinary M.Tech 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 Who is eligible? . 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 Important Dates in Cycle 1: Application Deadline : March 31, 2009 Offer Decision : April 15, 2009 Acceptance Decision : May 1, 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: Amitabh - 9972599870; 9886970411 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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UHF based LMS
by S.Mohan 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Dear All, We are planning to implement RFID based Library Automation in a Bethlahem Engineering College, Nagercovil. I would like to get inputs from those who have already implemented the same. We prefer UHF tags and readers since long read range can be achieved and cheaper than HF tags. Has anyone used UHF based RFID system in Libraries? What's the success rate? Regards Mohan -- 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] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 71, Issue 4
by Kumaresan Krishnan 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Dear professional, Kindly refer UGC website for Model curriculum 2001 on LISc which gives you the full details in terms of selecting papers for MLISc/Integrated MLISc. _________________________________________ Kumaresan Krishnan (Ph.D).,M.LISc - NET.,M.Com.,PGDLAN Librarian, MAEER's MIT Institute of Design Next to Hadapsar Loni- Kalbhor, Pune - 412 201 Cell: +91 - 9422545155 --- On Thu, 5/2/09, lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: From: lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 71, Issue 4 To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Thursday, 5 February, 2009, 12:49 PM Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. URGENT : BUACLA MEETING (Ajay Kamble) 2. CUDELSAA and Dept of Lib n Inf Sc organise Lecture by Dir of Nat Lib of Scotland (Susmita Chakraborty) 3. Library Trainees at ISRO (ramesh chander) 4. Request for M.L.I.Sc. Syllabus (Bhim D. Shrestha) 5. Post of Librarian in Punjab National Bank (jasbir singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:14:07 +0530 From: Ajay Kamble <apassion2002(a)gmail.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] URGENT : BUACLA MEETING To: mlosc(a)googlegroups.com, ilosc(a)yahoogroups.com, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <8641f3070902040044s2c890ae5gd8e575f409bb612f(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" *BOMBAY UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED LIBRARIAN'S ASSOCIATION * *( BUACLA ) ( REGD)* 117, Hindu Colony Dadar, Mumbai 400 014. Phone:- 24144160 Date 16-01-2009 All the library professionals and members of the ( BUCLA ) association are requested to attend the General Body meeting which will be held on Saturday the 7th February 2009 at 05.00 pm in the Ruparel College Library, Matunga (West) Mumbai. To elect new executive body is the subject. Your presence is highly essential for that. Thanking you, Yours Faithfully, (Mr. Shrikant Talwaltkar ) Vice President BUACLA

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Article request
by lata＠iihmr.org 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

May I have the detail paper? Anderson, Kate. and Sperber, Kimberly. "Moving from Androgyny to Individuation: Increasing the Utility of the LSI-R for Women with the Gender Responsive Trailer" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 31, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-02-04 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p127192_index.html> Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This paper presents the findings of a validation study of a Gender Responsive Trailer (GRT) (VanVoorhis et al 2003) to the Level of Sevice Inventory - Revised. We use a sample from four community corrections sites in Cincinnati, Ohio, with 188 women participating. The GRT measures domains, Relationship, Self-Esteem, Self Efficacy, Parenting, and Abuse as a child. regards Lata Suresh =========================== LATA SURESH Manager, Library and Documentation Centre Asst.Editor, Journal of Health Management (SAGE) Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Sanganer Airport Jaipur - 302011 Rajasthan INDIA Phone: +91-141-3924700-730 ext. 328 Fax : +91-141-2792138 URL : http://www.iihmr.org

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FW: Project Information Literacy Progress Report: Officially Released!
by Indira 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Dear Professionals, Project Information Literacy (PIL) is a National Research Study by the Information School, University of Washington. This project aims at furthering the study of Information Literacy. PIL Progress Report is released, with the title "Finding Context: What Today's College Students Say about Conducting Research in the Digital Age". The Progress Report concludes, "Research seems to be far more difficult to conduct in the digital age than it did in previous times". According to Alison J. Head, Ph.D. and Michael B. Eisenberg (Co-directors), PIL Progress Report shares "some of the perceptions that led to this conclusion and several of the trends in problem-solving strategies that have emerged. The findings and analysis presented here should not be viewed as complete, but rather as part of our ongoing research that will be explored further and tested more rigorously". Though this project is US-based, hope it will serve as a reference resource for Information Literacy initiatives across the Globe. Regards, Dr. Indira Koneru Faculty Member Dept. of Library Science Icfai Academic Wing 23, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabad-500 082 India From: Alison J. Head [mailto:ajhead1@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 4:27 AM To: ajhead1(a)u.washington.edu Subject: Project Information Literacy Progress Report: Officially Released! Hi, We write to tell you that the Project <http://projectinfolit.org/progress/> Information Literacy Progress Report is released and available. Just click the link and read. (The report is also posted on the PIL Web Site). The 18-page report presents findings and analysis (so far) from our 2008 fall student discussion groups, held on seven U.S. campuses with 86 college students. In our data, you may find some things that you already know. But there may be others, we hope that surprise you and spark your own thoughts and new ideas. This spring, our research will continue with a large-scale student survey administered on three U.S. campuses. So, give it a read when you get the chance. Also, help us spread the word by sending on this link to anyone you think may be interested. In the meantime, if you no longer want to receive findings reports about the study or if you have received this email in duplicate, please let us know. We will make sure your email address is removed from our database. Many thanks again for your continued interest and support. Best, - Alison and Mike -- Alison J. Head, Ph.D. and Michael B. Eisenberg, Ph.D. ______________________________ Co-Directors and Co-Principal Investigators Project Information Literacy | http://projectinfolit.org The Information School | University of Washington ajhead1(a)u.washington.edu mbe(a)u.washington.edu ***************************************** It's official, view our latest PIL video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKI7yOl8nQY ______________________________

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Post of Librarian in Punjab National Bank
by jasbir singh 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Punjab National Bank (PNB), a leading public sector bank invites application from Indian citizens for post of Librarian: Librarian (MMG II) : 02 posts, Pay Scale : Rs.13820-19920/-, Age : 32 years How To Apply: Apply Online. Application registration on PNB website will be open up to 02/03/2009. Take a printout and send it to following address before 19/03/2009: The Dy. General Manager, Punjab national Bank, HRD Division, Head Office, 7, Bhikaji Kama Place, New Delhi-110066 The detailed information, Fee cash voucher and a link for Online submission of application is available at is available at http://www.pnbindia.com/english_web/advt_310109.html Jasbir Singh Learning Resource Center Jaypee University of Information Technology Waknaghat, P.O. Dumehar Kandaghat, Distt. Solan (H.P.), India http://www.juit.ac.in/lrc/staff.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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