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Joined as Faculty at DRTC
by Madaiah krishnamurthy 12 Jan '09

12 Jan '09

Dear Professional Colleagues, It is my pleasure to inform you that I have been appointed as faculty to the DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. I have reported to the post on 9th Jan 2009. When I was librarian at Indian Statistical Institute, and Mysore University Library, I helped many institute to install DSpace, E-Prints, Green Stone, New Gen Lib( Free Service). For Instance, DSpace : 1. Devarjaurs Medical College, Kolar 2. Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology , Bangalore 3. Coorg Institute of Technology, Coorg 4. M.S.Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore 5. Central Institute of Indian Languges, Mysore 6. Reva Institute of Technology , Bangalore 7. JSS College, Najanagud New Gen LIB: 1. Centre for Institute of Science and Technology, University of Mysore, Mysore 2. Univeristy of Mysore Library, 3. Oxford College, Bangalore I am ready to offer to professionals, who are interested in establishing the Digital Repository in their library and library automation software ( New Gen Lib and Koha) . However, there are many professionals are available for helping in building IR and automation. As such all further communication may please be sent on the following address. Thanking You, With Warm regards, M.Krishnamurthy Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc., PhD. Fulbright Fellow(University of Illinois,USA) Asst Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 Ph: 91-080-28483002/3/5 Fax: 91-080-284482711 _________________________________________________________________ What can you do with the new Windows Live? Find out http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/default.aspx -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IALA Memorandum submitted to MHRD & UGC
by Pandurang Konnur 12 Jan '09

12 Jan '09

Dear Professional Colleagues, I am happy to inform all the Academic Librarians that, IALA has submitted its memorandum to MHRD, UGC and anomaly committee appointed by UGC to rectify the anomalies caused in the MHRD orders in spite of the clear cut recommendations made by the UGC-PRC to treat Librarians and Physical Education Directors equivalent to teachers for matters of pay and allowances and for promotions in universities and colleges. The full text of the memorandum may be downloaded from the following link of IALA website: http://iala.org.in/subfiles/news/MHRDUGC.pdf Further, it is learnt that, the UGC on receipt of MHRD orders has constituted a committee to draft the UGC guidelines as per the directions of the MHRD orders. Hence, IALA felt is appropriate to represent the issues to the MHRD as well as UGC in order to get them addressed before the UGC-Guidelines are finalized and issued. All the professionals are requested to study the MHRD orders and the IALA Memorandum and inform us if you find any more anomalies in the MHRD order. However, IALA will be visiting Delhi to meet the Secretary, MHRD and the Chairman, UGC on 29th to 31st January 2009, during that time it is desired to carry a revised memorandum and submit. Hence, all are requested to seriously respond to this call. Thanking You, Yours Sincerely, -- 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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help required with catalogue
by Mailing List Admin 12 Jan '09

12 Jan '09

Dear Members, the following mail was sent to a personal email id. It is, in turn, being forwarded to lis-forum. Those desirous to respond, may do so directly to Nirmita Narasimhan <nirmita(a)cis-india.org> Thanks, - moderator Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:35:20 +0530 (IST) From: Nirmita Narasimhan <nirmita(a)cis-india.org> I am Nirmita and am working with Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in Bangalore, of which Professor Arunachalam is a distinguished fellow. I am working on issues of internet, technology and accessibility for disabled persons and as part of my work I am involved in a project for creating an on line data base of reading resources for visually challenged individuals. CIS is a member of the Daisy Forum of India (DFI). We have in our last meeting decided that all organisations of the DFI shall send us their catalogues which we will compile into a combined catalogue and put up on the inclusiveplanet web site. There are a couple of issues here- the organisations have not strictly conformed to any single manner of maintaining a catalogue and the content comprises books in different formats such as electronic, daisy book, braille level 1, braille level 2, audio and so on. So there are a few things which we need to do, namely, (a) decide on a format which can be followed by all the organisations henceforth for their libraries, (b) specify values for classification, (c) identify a cataloguing software and compiling the catalogue itself. I was wondering if you could help us in any way with that. Please let me know your thoughts on this. Looking forward to your response, best wishes, Nirmita Nirmita Narasimhan Centre for Internet and Society No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers 14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore - 560 052 P: +91 80 4092 6283 M: 098458 68078

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Gross Injustice in the MHRD Notification
by Mailing List Admin 12 Jan '09

12 Jan '09

Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 19:03:13 +0530 (IST) From: Dr. Nabi Hasan <nabihasan2002(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professional I am submitting few points before you and will request the Senior persons to take up the matter on association level with the MHRD and UGC before it is too late as the MHRD has deviated even from the original Chadda Committee UGC Report. It need to be tajken up urgently before the UGC notifies the same for implementation. � (1)In the initial document submitted by Prof. Chadha Committee under 5.15.2, there was an option for "Deputy Librarians and Deputy Directors of Physical Education may be considered for promotion to Librarian and Director of Physical Education respectively under CAS on lines similar to and under conditions of eligibility similar to those of Readers seeking promotion to the post of Professor. Senior most Librarian and senior most Director of Physical Education may be re-designated as Chief Librarian and Chief Director of Physical Education respectively. The MHRD document is silent on this and only states under Sl. No. 5 (d) (iii) that Deputy Librarians after three years in AGP of Rs. 9000 shall be eligible for appointment to the post of Librarian through open recruitment. University assistant librarian/college librarian(selection grade)/university Deputy librarian can move to associate professors scale after 3 years but he/she canot moves to professors scale after 3 years even if he fulfills the conditions for such type of scales what associate professors have for such type of upward movement in universities & colleges,. Then where's the parity remains. (2)On page 2 under Sl. No. 2 (a) (vii) Post of Associate Professor shall be in the Pay Band of Rs. 37400-67000, with AGP of Rs. 9000. Directly recruited Associate Professors shall be placed in the Pay Band of Rs. 37400-67000, with AGP of Rs. 9000, at the appropriate stage in the Pay Band in terms of the conditions of appointment. Compare this for teachers with Sl. No. 5 (c) (i) to (viii) for Deputy Librarians wherein unequivocal terms the document prescribes the Pay Band of Rs.15600-39100 with AGP of Rs. 8000 initially for direct recruited Deputy Librarians and they will move to the Pay Band of Associate Professors only after putting in three years in the AGP of Rs. 8000.If this is not a violation of parity with teachers, then what is this? (3)� If a teacher completed Ph.D. within 9 years, he is given the scale of 12000-18300 after 9 years but not a Librarian who gets the same after 11 years even having completed the Ph.D. within 9 years. (4)� In State Agricultural universities, Librarians are declared teachers and they are eligible for Study Leave, etc. but this Notification will deprive them of their present facilities. Best regards, � Nabi Hasan, Ph.D., CICTAL, Borlaug Fellow University Library CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University Palampur (H.P.)- 176 062, India Phone: +91-1894-283184 (Direct), 230361 (Off.), 234571 (Res.) Cell- +91-9418493990 Fax- +91-1894-230361 E-mail: nabihasan(a)rediffmail.com nabihasan(a)gmail.com Web: http://hillagric.ernet

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School Library--Opportunities to Help
by prafulla tv 11 Jan '09

11 Jan '09

Dear Sir, It is proposed to start a School Library in Government Primary School, near Urban Colony, Bhongir, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh on January 26, 2009. This co-ed school has 125 students studying Classes 1 to 5. These students belong to socially disadvantaged sections of the society. Most of their parents earn their livelihood working as labourers. A preliminary study was done to check about the viability of running a school library and we found enthusiastic response from the teachers serving this institution. We hope to guide this library as a pilot project wherein the students would be managing and running the library on their own. A group of volunteers from the Organisation for Protection of Libraries (Andhra Pradesh)headed by Dr. Kishore (Librarian, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology) would train these students on simple techniques of accessioning, cataloguing and circulation of books. We have already received donation of the following items for the establishment of this school library: 41 children's books worth Rs.900 Glass paned steel almirah with 5 shelves Opportunities are still available to help the establishment of this school library on a firm footing. Particularly, we wish to have a well-chosen, core collection of children's books including encyclopaedias, magazines, etc. These children can read English and Telugu. We appeal for donation of children's books suitable to their age level. Donations in cash for the purchase of books and magazines are also welcome. Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Flat G3, Phase 4 Saptagiri Apartments Padmarao Nagar Secunderabad 500 025 Mobile: 93962 51106 Office: 040 2726 0930 Residence: 040 2750 5908 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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Indian Library and Information Science Blog(s) are not able to catch sufficient number of user base.
by Badan Barman 10 Jan '09

10 Jan '09

During the course of ten days (1st January, 2009- 10th January, 2009) I have identified 69 blogs developed by the Library and Information Science Professional working in India. Out of 69, I found only 44 blogs<http://sites.google.com/site/lislinks/library-and-information-science-blogs…> to be worth mentioned. The others are only with one or two posts (massage) or sometimes without any post. What the astonishing fact about the Indian Library and Information Science Blogs, I have noticed during my course of action is that they are not professional enough to catch a sufficient number of user base (except of course the blogs of LIS Links, with which I personally attached). Many of the blogs are messes with posts from different subject areas of LIS. While sometimes they post announcement regarding seminar, sometimes they post job vacancies in LIS, while at other times they are trying to act as a directory of Library and Information Science resources in some specific subject areas. I think the Indian Library and Information Science professional should comes up from the above problem and they should try to devote only to one or two specific subject only to catch more users. I am sufficiently depressed by able to locate only five blogs (and all of from the works of "LIS Links") that are able to meet the criteria that is blog(s) with 100 posts (massage) or received 50 Web Hits daily or 25 regular subscriber. (Any one). (I will be glad to know if I missed out something really wonderful blog that able to meet the criteria set out above and if someone able to point out to that). With many many thanks to those who have really helped me in compiling such a huge list within ten days itself. -- LIS in India: What's going on? (Consult the following services of "LIS Links") Link Library of Open Access English Language Journals: http://lislinks.blogspot.com/ A Link Library in LIS: http://lislinks.110mb.com Indian Library and Information Science Resources: http://sites.google.com/site/lislinks/ Jobs in LIS in India: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops and Refresher Courses in LIS in India: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com Latest Happenings and Contemporary Issues in LIS: http://lislatest.blogspot.com Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS: http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ Admission Notice for Courses in LIS in India: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/ LIS Links: Connecting LIS Professional in India: http://lislinks.ning.com/ Google Groups: LIS Links: http://groups.google.co.in/group/lislinks?hl=en&lnk=srg -- Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati-781006, Assam, Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971, Fax: 0361- 2235398. Website: www.kkhsou.org, Email: kkhsou(a)gmail.com, kkhsoul(a)gmail.com Research Scholar: Department of Library & Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam. Email: dlisgu(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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Opening of Library Trainee positions at the Resource Centre, DA-IICT Gandhinagar, Gujarat
by ts kumbar 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Dear Colleagues, Kindly bring the following announcement to the notice of interested candidates and also request you to recommend potential candadates. ---------------------------------- Subject: Opening of Library Trainee positions at the Resource Centre, DA-IICT Gandhinagar, Gujarat The Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information & Communication Technology (DA-IICT) at Gandhinagar http://www.daiict.ac.in/daiict/index.html is looking for young, dynamic and fresh graduates with minimum First Class in Masters in Library and Information Science to work as 'Library Trainees' for its Resource Centre (Library). Duration of the Training is for a period of six months and extendable up to one year depending on the performance of candidates. The trainees gets a fixed stipend of Rs. 8000/-per month with no other facilities/ benefits, excepting casual leave. Accomodation in students hostel on the campus on payment basis will be provided subject to availability. The Resource Centre http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/ has fully computerized in-house operations and services and provides access to wide variety of digital collection, catering to the needs of the Faculty, Staff and Students. Several new initiatives are being taken to make this library as one of the leading and resource libraries in the area of ICT in the country. It is a part of regional & national consortia and actively participates in the resource sharing activities. Resource Centre is kept open till mid night on all working days during the semester and is open on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays. Selected trainees will require to work during these extended hours on rotation basis. Nature of Traineeship: Traniees will be provided with an opportunity work in different sections of the Resource Centre and learn the modern library management & services including applications of information and communication technologies.The resource centre provides a highly professional working & learning environment. Candidates will have an opportunity work and learn on emerging IT tools and technologies. Date for Written Test & Interview: 19th January, 2009 at 10.00am Venue for written test and Interview: DA-IICT Campus, Near Indroda Circle, Gandhinagar 382 007 Address for sending the application: Please send your advance copy of the application hr(a)daiict.ac.in (Head, HR & Admin, DA-IICT, Gandhinagar 382 007, Gujarat) The interested candidates who meet the above mentioned basic requirements may send in thier application with CV at the above address and directly come for the written test and interview. Candidate are requested to bring with them the certificates in support of date of birth and qualifications, and experiences, if any. -------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks & Regards Kumbar ------------------ Dr. T S Kumbar Resource Centre DA-IICT Gandhinagar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgently Required - Librarian
by HELP LIBRARY 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Dear All, Urgently required Librarians for Health Education Library for People (HELP) an NGO at CST Mumbai. The candidate should have a degree in Library Science, BLISC/MLISC, with excellent communication skills, knowledge of computer applications and should have a pleasing and outgoing personality. Freshers may apply. Please e-mail your resume to helplibrary(a)gmail.com or helplib(a)vsnl.com . Our contact numbers are: 65952393/65952394/22021106 Only candidates from Mumbai may apply. Dr. Anirruddha Malpani Health Education Library for People 206, Dr. D.N. Road, National Insurance Building, Gr. Floor, Near New Excelsior Cinema, Mumbai 400001 www.healthlibrary.com ------------------------------ Bring your gang together - do your thing. Start your group.<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_groups_2/*http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups> -- Dr.Aniruddha Malpani, M.D., Health Education Library for People, National Insurance Building, Ground Floor, 206, Dr.D.N.Road, Mumbai - 400 001. Tel Nos.65952393/ 65952394/22061101 www.healthlibrary.com Free Ask the Librarian service for all your health queries at http://www.healthlibrary.com/information.html For complete details of our free health talks check our 'HELP TALK' google calendar at http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ciugckkj8jvnk97j6dbiioaghg%40group… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Exhibition of Books and Cultural Festival of North Eastn States
by Dr. Ramesh Gaur 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, I am pleased to invite you for the programme "Purvottari" Spirit of the North-East being held at IGNCA from 10th January to 18th January, 2009. The calendar of events are as given below:- Calendar of Events Event Date & Time Venue Inauguration 10th January, 2009 Lawns, 3, R.P.Road 6.00 p.m. Seminar-Culture of North-East 10-12 January,2009 Central Wing, India: A Historical perspective 10.00 am -4.30 pm IIIrd floor No. 5, R.P.Road Special Lectures 13-18 January,2009 Central Wing 4.00 pm -5.00 pm IIIrd floor No. 5, R.P.Road Exhibition I - The Mental Atlas: 10-18 January,2009 Central Wing Art & Culture of the Ground Floor, North-East Exhibition Hall, No. 5 R.P.Road Exhibition II: Buddhism in 10-18 January,2009 Mati Ghar, C.V.Mess the North-East 10.30 am -8.00 pm Janpath Exhibition III: Hastalipi: A Multi- 10-18 January, 2009 Right Wing, media presentation 10.30 am - 8.00 pm Ground Floor, on manuscripts from No. 5 R.P.Road the North-East Exhibition IV - Vidya: An 10-18 January, 2009 Central Wing Exhibition of 10.30 am - 8.00 pm Ground Floor books on the No. 5 R.P.Road North-East Film Shows: Screening of 10-18 January,2009 Media Unit Documentary 11a.m -5.00 pm No. 3 R.P.Road & feature Films on the North East Cultural Programme: Dance and 10-18 January,2009 Lawns, Music from 6 pm - 8.00 pm No. 3, R.P.Road the North- East Annapurna: Food Court serving 10-18 January,2009 delicacies from the 10.00 am to 9.00 pm North-East Closing Ceremony: 18th January, 2009 Lawns, 6.00 pm No. 5 R.P.Road (Entry to No. 5, R.P.Road is from Mansigh Road) I also invite you to participate in the Seminar on "Digital Preservation and Access to Indian Cultural heritage with special reference to IGNCA Cultural Knowledge Resources" being held at IGNCA on 31st January and 1st February, 2009 More details on above programmes can be have from our website www.ignca.nic.in . With regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) Librarian & Head-Kala Nidhi Division Coordinator- ABIA International Index Project Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts(IGNCA) (An Autonomous body under Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India) 5 Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi-1 Phone: 91-11-23385442, 23385884 Fax: 91-11-22385884 Mobile: 91-9810487158 URL: www.ignca.gov.in Email: gaur(a)ignca.nic.in; rcgaur(a)bol.net.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Workshop on Information Literacy (IWIL) - 2009 in Bangladesh
by Anita vashisht 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

International Workshop on Information Literacy (IWIL) - 2009 Date: 22-26 June 2009 Organized by Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Sponsored by The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Venue: Independent University, Bangladesh, Baridhara, Dhaka IFLA (The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession. IFLA has several 'core activities', one of which is Action for Development through Libraries (ALP). In the IFLA website it has been described as follows: "The mission of ALP is to further the library profession, library institutions and library and information services in the developing countries of Africa, Asia and Oceania and Latin America and the Caribbean. Within the special ALP areas the goals are to assist in continuing education and training; to facilitate the establishment of new library associations and the implementation of IFLA Guidelines on the management of library associations; to promote the function of libraries: services to the general public, information literacy and lifelong learning, and to combat functional illiteracy; to promote the use of ICT and the creation of electronic resources and to increase publishing activities and dissemination of information to the communities, with special attention to marginalized groups." So, under this mission and strategy of IFLA, Independent University Bangladesh, (IUB) has been selected to host the above stated international workshop for the first time in Bangladesh. The Key resource person for the workshop is: Gary Gorman Professor, School of Information Management Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Contact person: M. Hossam Haider Chowdhury University Librarian Independent University, Bangladesh Phone: 880-2-9884498, 880-2-9881917, 880-2-9881681 Fax: 880-2-8823959, 880-2-9896575 E-mail: mhhc(a)iub.edu.bd Kind Regards, *********************************************************** Anita Vashistha (Librarian) Napino Auto & Electronics Ltd, Gurgaon, India *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Graduate training Program in Central Library IIT Madras
by Vasanthakumar N 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Friends, *Two year Graduate Training Programme in the Central Library* of *IIT MADRAS *: http://www.iitm.ac.in/Training%20and%20Continuing%20Education%20Programme/1… INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CHENNAI- 600 036 Advt. No.IITM/R/1/2009 Dated 06.01.2009 Invites application for *Two year Graduate Training Programme in the Central Library* of the institute. Graduates with a minimum of second class along with Bachelor of Library & Information Science degree from any recognized University are eligible to apply. Knowledge of data processing is desirable. Preference will be given to candidates who have previous experience of working in a Technical Library. A monthly stipend of *Rs.7500/- for 1st year * and *Rs.8000/- for 2nd year* will be given. Selection is through test and interview. Application form and instructions can be downloaded from the website www.iitm.ac.in under the link *Training and Continuing Education Programme.*Application forms can also be obtained from the undersigned by post by sending a requisition with a self addressed stamped envelope for *Rs.10/-.*Upper age limit is 28 years for UR, 31 years for OBC and 33 years for SC/ST candidates. *Last date for receipt of application is 30.01.2009.* *Application <http://www.iitm.ac.in/attachments/IITMR12009Appli.GT09-11.doc> * *Registrar* *-- N. Vasanthakumar Assistant Librarian TSM, Madurai, * 9486026488 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article needed
by sujata.laxmeshwar＠wipro.com 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Hi, Pls. help me to get the below article. Adopting Cleanroom software engineering with a phased approach Source IBM Systems Journal archive Volume 33 , Issue 1 (1994) table of contents Pages: 89 - 109 Year of Publication: 1994 ISSN:0018-8670 Authors P. A. Hausler IBM Corp. Bethesda, MD R. C. Linger IBM Corp. Bethesda, MD C. J. Trammell Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville Publisher IBM Corp. Riverton, NJ, USA Best regards, Sujata Information Services Division, Wipro Technologies No.70/1,keonics Electronic City, Tower-17 basement, Bangalore-560100 Tel: -080-30299891,|Voip: 8082638 Fax: 80-30299889| Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.wipro.com -- 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 on Decision Making
by Senthil Kumar T 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Dear Admin Kindly forward this mail to our forum Expecting our members to participate and contribute the papers Thanking You for valuable support SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS - 1983-2008 LIST 8th National Conference on DECISION MAKING AND NEW INVESTMENTS IN KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE CENTRES Organized by Library and Information Science Association (LISA) Alumni Association of Library and Information Science (AALIS) PG and Research Department of Library and Information Science Venue: Bishop Heber CollÃ¨ge(Autonomous), Trichirappalli- 17 Tamilnadu Date : 19-21 February, 2009 In the age of Techno â Scientific revolution, the sheer quantity of knowledge and information is expanding exponentially and increasingly. As a result, the Libraries and Information Centers are facing growing challenges to organize increasingly diverse collections and make information readily accessible to users. Public, Academic, Special and Corporate Libraries are expected to provide their users with the right tools to easily find information in multiple resources. Logical decision making is an important part of all management based professions where specialists apply their knowledge in a given area to take decisions. The managers of knowledge resource centers are working with the quantitative and descriptive models for decision making, management and planning. The combination of the concepts, decision making and new investment is an emerging management technique used in most of the disciplines and the Libraries and Information centers are not exceptions to it. Therefore, the conference would be an attempt in this direction to exploit the application of Decision making theories and models for the successful management of Knowledge Resource Centers. This theme is proposed with a hope that the deliberations of this conference would help to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, flexibility and competitiveness of the Knowledge Resource Centers as a whole by way of involving everyone in the organization towards improving the ways in which things are done. This conference will comprise of One day Pre-conference Tutorial and Two days Conference. THEME Decision Making and New Investments in Knowledge Resource Centers SUB-THEMES 1. Information Diversity and Awareness a) Information system and management b) Information security c) Information Marketing d) Information Networking e) Content Management f) Role of Government and Non-government Organizations 2) Decision Making Processes a) Benefits b) Causes and risks in New Investments c) Organizational aspects of New Investments d) Risk Management Strategies 3) Qualitative Methods a) Operational Challenges b) Supply and Chain Management c) Application of Statistical Theories d) Mathematical Modeling e) Performance Measurement in Knowledge economy f) Knowledge community and knowledge enterprises 4) Social aspects of Decision Making a) Social Values of IT systems b) Ergonomics and ethics c) Surveillance d) Monitoring e) Teleworking and f) Managing Human Rights 5) Cooperation and Collaboration a) Global Information Infrastructure b) International Standards for Cooperation and Collaboration c) Collaborative Publishing in digital age d) Media convergence 6) LIS Education a) LIS education programmes for New Information Investments b) Preparing curriculum for E-learning. Pre Conference Tutorial Theme : Designing and Development of Web Portals Date : 19 -02-2009 GUIDELINES FOR PAPER PRESENTATION Participants are invited to contribute papers for presentation on the above mentioned theme and sub themes. 1. The maximum number of papers is restricted to only two either by individual or by collaboration. 2. The maximum number of authors must be three only. 3. The general theoretical presentation may be avoided. 4. Papers should be submitted along with the registration fee. 5. Papers should be submitted on A4 size paper along with CD and through e-mail. 6. Papers must contain the name of the author, designation, title, abstract, mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address. Papers with registration fees should reach The Organizing Secretary, LIST-8th National Conference, Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli- 620 017, Tamilnadu on or before 06th February 2009. Papers accepted for presentation will be published in the conference volume. REGISTRATION FEE 1.With Accommodation Professionals : Rs 900/- AALIS : Rs.800/- Students & Full Time Research scholars : Rs.700/- 2.With out Accommodation Professionals : Rs 700/- AALIS : Rs.600/- Students & Full Time Research scholars : Rs.500/- REGISTRATION: Registration could be done in advance by drawing DD in favour of ORGANIZING SECRETARY- LIST `09, BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, 620 017, TAMILNADU. ACCOMMODATION: Accommodation can be arranged for the participants in the nearest hotels, however the participants have to inform us in advance REGISTRATION FORM â LIST`09 9th National Conference on DECISION MAKING AND NEW INVESTMENTS IN KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE CENTRES 19th â 21st February, 2009, BISHOP HEBER COLEGE, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI -620 017, TAMILNADU NAME: Prof./Dr./Mr. /Mrs. : ____________ _________ _________ DESIGNATION : ____________ _________ _________ INSTITUTION : ____________ _________ _________ ADDRESS FOR COMMUNICATION : ____________ _________ _________ ____________ ____________ _______ __________ _________ _________ PIN:____________ PHONE RES: ____________ OFF: ____________ MOBILE:___________ E-MAIL : ____________ _________ _________ Are you presenting a Paper : Yes/No ____________ If yes, the title of the Paper : ____________ _________ ______ Do you need Accommodation : Yes/No______ _________ ________ Date and time of arrival by bus/ train :____________ _________ PAYMENT DETAILS AMOUNT : ____________ _________ _________ DD NO. : ____________ _________ _________ BANK : ____________ _________ _________ BRANCH : ____________ _________ _________ DATE: PLACE: SIGNATURE With Regards SENTHIL KUMAR.T Librarian Christ University Bangalore-560 029 Mobile: 98863 71610 Trichy) 97501 07407 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Focus on E-Learning Technologies
by Rajan 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Dear All, The role, status and prestige (but not necessarily pay) of librarians may go high , if they equip themselves with skills in e-learning technologies so as to grab the emerging opportunities under National Mission on Education through ICT. The Mission, which will begin immediately, may offer sufficient opportunities to the librarians having good exposure to e-learning technologies. The Mission purports to promote content generation, computers and connectivity in 18,000 government / private colleges and 419 universities. The mission proposes to focus on Wiki technologies for content generation. Content Managements Systems like Drupal, E Course Servers like Moodle, Digital Libraries like Greenstone etc will have due role in its activities. So the Librarians, who have good knowledge on those technologies, can play a key role in the digital technology based e-learning initiatives under the Mission. Regards, K Rajasekharan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Videos for B Tech education
by Rajan 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Dear All, Libraries in Engineering Colleges can set up video viewing sections, as part of the libraries, by putting a few computers and making available, the NTPEL Video lectures on B Tech courses, in them, for promoting e-learning. The high quality video lectures for around 4500 hours, created by 350 teachers in IITs are included in the NTPEL package. The cost altogether for the videos in DVD format is Rs one lakh only. Alternatively, the contents can be put as a website in intranet. By setting up such an e-learning unit, the library can emerge as a direct partner in engineering education, by disseminating the contents of the video lectures. This mail is intended to draw the attention of the pro-active librarians in engineering colleges to the less utilized NTPEL e-learning package. The lectures are available for viewing on YouTube at http://in.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd NTPEL site at http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/ will provide more details. Regards, K Rajasekharan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian Railways: Few interesting Websites on Internet
by Mukesh Anand 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Dear Members', Here I am giving few websites of Indian Railways on Internet, which may be of your interest. 1. Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry www.indianrail.gov.in 2. IRCTC Online Passenger Reservation Site www.irctc.co.in 3. Better Way to Search Trains www.erail.in 4. Train Running Information / National Train Enquiry System www.trainenquiry.com 5. Indian Railways Time Table 2008-09 www.indianrailways.gov.in/TAG0809/Index.htm 6. Indian Railways: Official Website of Ministry of Railways www.indianrailways.gov.in 7. Rail Tourism India www.railtourismindia.com 8. National Rail Museum, New Delhi www.nationalrailmuseum.org 9. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway www.dhr.in 10. Palace on Wheels www.palaceonwheels.net 11. Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd. (DFCC) http://dfccil.org 12. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) www.delhimetrorail.com 13. Metro Railway, Kolkata http://203.153.44.240/ 14. Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation www.mrvc.indianrail.gov.in 15. Konkan Railway Corporation www.konkanrailway.com 16. Railway Recruitment Control Board www.rrcb.gov.in 17. Institute of Rail Transport, New Delhi www.irt-india.com N.B. :- You may get the Web Site of Zonal Railways (You may find Railway Division Site in Zonal Railways). Production Units Corporation Sites & Others in Indian Railways Official Site. www.indianrailways.gov.in USP (Unique Sales Preposition) of Indian Railways "Serving Customer with a Smile" Wishes for New Year :- Tamannao se bhari ho zindagi. Khwahison se bhara ho har pal Daman bhi chhota lagne lage Itni khusian de apko ane wala har pal. Happy New Year 2009 Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Officers' Training College for Indian Railways (Premier Training Institute of the Indian Railways) Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha 2.9 Windows installation manual
by Vimal Kumar 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Dear Friends, Here are some useful materials for library professionals who wish to use Koha. I prepared these materials for "NCSI-IDRC Workshop on Integrated Library Automation Packages: Basics of KOHA and NewGenLib" January 5th to 9th, 2009. It includes an installation manual for Koha 2.9 on Windows, tutorial of Staff client and opac. I explained installation process using detailed screen shots. I hope that it will make your effort to install Koha in your Windows XP/2000. You can download power point presentations from my Koha blog. http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in/ -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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Addressed Required for E-Book Supplier
by Champeswar Mishra 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

Dear Professional, We are planing to purchase e-book related to health and medical science. Hence it would be very helpful to us if somebody provide vendors address who are providing e-book facility.Also whom we have to contact to purchase the same. Regards, Champeswar Mishra Library and Information Officer 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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Marketing guy available
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

Dear Fellow Librarians Do you offer fee-based Document delivery services as a part of your library services? Are you searching for a good marketing guy who can procure orders for you and promote your library services on a commercial basis. I know a gentleman who increased the turnover from Rs 10000 per month to about Rs one lakh per month.He has experience in fetching orders for Document delivery and Translations jobs. As you might have guessed he does not have formal library qualifications!! If you are searching for a good marketing guy please let me know. I can help you / him. Regards Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015. Ph: LL: 040-27846631 Cell: 9490804278 I blog at: http://vyasa-kaaranam-ketkadey.blogspot.com/ http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of Librarian's position
by Mailing List Admin 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:38:03 +0530 From: Divakar Babu <hsdivakarbabu(a)gmail.com> This is to inform you all that VOGUE INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY requires "Librarian" for its college Library Holding MLISc (Library and Information Science) With or without experience Remuneration shall Commensurate with Qualification and experience You may contact us at VOGUE INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY Football stadium complex, Diagnally Opp, to Garuda Mall, Off, M. G. Road, Bangalore-560025 Tel: 25304332, 25304372, 25545099, 25545098 E-mail: nafeesa(a)bgl.vsnl.net.in www.voguefashioninstitute.com -- Regards: Divakar H.S. IKM Trainee NCSI,IISc Campus Bangalore-560012. E-mail ID: divakar(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Mobile No: 9986719212

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Version 74, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

Version 74 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. This selective bibliography presents over 3,350 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. Where possible, links are provided to works that are freely available on the Internet, including e-prints in disciplinary archives and institutional repositories. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html 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 Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents 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://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss (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 and 2007 annual editions of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (PDF files designed for printing) 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/ RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DigitalKoans (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/ A Look Back at Nineteen Years as an Internet Digital Publisher http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/nineteenyears.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How to use Dropbox
by jamil＠drtc.isibang.ac.in 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

How to use Dropbox Dropbox is online file storage up to 2GB, file sharing, online backup and file synchronizing service across your computers. All you need is to download the client software, create your user account, link your computer to your account and move your files to the dropbox folder in your computer. Dropbox will automatically upload the files to their server. While you are away, or need to check your files from a friends computer or from a browsing center, you can simply logon to the web client and download or view your files, or even upload any latest files. These files will also get synced on to your computers linked to dropbox. You can share your dropbox files across your Macs, PCs and Linux machines. All you need is to simply download the dropbox client and logon to your existing account. You can have your own personal folder, or share folders with your friends, or have a public folder for access to anyone. Dropbox client is officially supported on Windows XP and Vista, Mac OSX Tiger and Leopard, as well as Ubuntu 7.10+ and Fedora Core 9+, and several other distributions of Linux. The Ajax enabled Dropbox web version also supports Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. Google Chrome is not supported at this moment. Jamil Ahmed DRTC Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore jamil(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Copyright V2.0 : New code to shield software
by Shaheen, Farooque 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

The government plans to introduce a legislation empowering software makers in their fight against the sale of unauthorised copies of their products, as it looks to crack down on rampant piracy in the country where nearly three-fourths of the software used is pirated. An amendment to the Copyright Act, which will be introduced in Parliament later this year, will make it illegal to break the security code of all kinds of software from operating systems and games to multimedia players. The proposed law will also make it punishable to access computer networks and websites without authorisation. For detail: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/Policy/Copyright_v20_New_c… Thanks & Regards Farooque Shaheen Keane India Pvt Ltd Bangalore-560004 ______________________________________________________________________ Disclaimer: This communication, along with any documents, files or attachments, is confidential, intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is legally privileged, attorney work product or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient(s) or have received this message in error, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of any information contained in or attached to this communication is strictly prohibited; instructed to immediately notify the sender by return email or by a phone call to the sender; and required to delete this message from your computer. This communication does not form any contractual obligation on behalf of the sender, the sender's employer or such employer's parent company, affiliates or subsidiaries. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations to Prof.V.G.Talwar
by MAHESH ATCHI 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

It is moment for every librarian by profession to feel proud. The University of Mysore has appointed as its Vice-Chancellor Mr. V.G.Talwar. His appointment is an example of what can be achieved by a Lis Profession who is willing to Learn, Develop and Grow. He has proved that the profession of a Library is on par with any other noble aspiring profession. On behalf of the Librarians of INC, India, I sincerely congratulate to Prof.V.G.Talwar -- A. MAHESH Librarian ICFAI National College Visakhapatnam -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for article
by Kshema Prakash 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

Hello and Happy New Year to all. Can someone kindly send me a soft copy of the following article? *Toraev, A. and Oth. 1997. Initiation of microspore embryogenesis by stress. Trends in Plant Science. Vol. 2(8). Pp. 297-302.* With best 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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