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Articles Required on Charles Darwin's
by Ghouse Mamdapur 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

Dear Friends, I am in need of these given below articles, if you have fulltext of these articles. Kindly forward me. *Charles Darwin's* Evolution, Old and New; or, The Theories of Buffon, Dr Erasmus Darwin, and Lamarck, as compared with that of Mr Charles Darwin ALFRED R. WALLACE Nature 20, 141 - 144 (12 Jun 1879), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/020141a0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Darwin's Diary of the Voyage of HMS Nature 132, 871 - 872 (09 Dec 1933 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/132871a0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Centenary of the Landing of Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands Nature 136, 534 - 535 (05 Oct 1935), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/136534a0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Darwin, the Fragmentary Man E. B. POULTON Nature 141, 807 - 808 (07 May 1938), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/141807a0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Manuscripts of Charles Darwin Nature 149, 465 - 465 (25 Apr 1942), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/149465a0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Darwin: The Decisive Years JULIAN S. HUXLEY Nature 157, 536 - 538 (27 Apr 1946), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/157536a0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Darwin H. GRAHAM CANNON Nature 162, 831 - 831 (27 Nov 1948), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/162831a0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Darwin H. GRAHAM CANNON Nature 162, 831 - 831 (27 Nov 1948), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/162831a0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Physical Laboratory: Sir Charles Darwin, K.B.E., F.R.S. Nature 164, 15 - 16 (02 Jul 1949), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/164015a0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Charles Darwin, K.B.E., F.R.S. G. B. B. M. SUTHERLAND Nature 198, 14 - 15 (06 Apr 1963), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/198014a0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Darwin W. L. SUMNER Nature 201, 860 - 860 (29 Feb 1964), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/201860a0 ***************************************** Ghousemodin N Mamdapur. Library Trainee Indian Institute of Astrophysics; Govt. of India. IInd Block Koramangala; Bangaluru - 560 034 Moblie - 9480398175 Email ID: ghouse(a)iiap.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fascinating Facts of Library of Congress
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Dear Friends, Fascinating Facts of Library of Congress *Origin* The Library was founded in 1800, making it the oldest federal cultural institution in* *the nation. On August 24, 1814, British troops burned the Capitol building (where the Library was housed) and destroyed the Library's core collection of 3,000 volumes. On January 30, 1815, Congress approved the purchase of Thomas Jefferson's personal library of 6,487 books for $23,950. *Statistics* The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with more than 138 million items on approximately 650 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 32 million books and other print materials, 2.9 million recordings, 12.5 million photographs, 5.3 million maps, 5.5 million pieces of sheet music and 61 million manuscripts. *Collections* The Library receives some 22,000 items each working day and adds approximately 10,000 items to the collections daily. The majority of the collections are received through the Copyright registration process, as the Library is home to the U.S. Copyright Office. Materials are also acquired through gift, purchase, other government agencies (state, local and federal), Cataloging in Publication (a pre-publication arrangement with publishers) and exchange with libraries in the United States and abroad. Items not selected for the collections or other internal purposes are used in the Library's national and international exchange programs. Through these exchanges the Library acquires material that would not be available otherwise. The remaining items are made available to other federal agencies and are then available for donation to educational institutions, public bodies and nonprofit tax-exempt organizations in the United States. *International Collections* Since 1962, the Library of Congress has maintained offices abroad to acquire, catalog and preserve library and research materials from countries where such materials are essentially unavailable through conventional acquisitions methods. Overseas offices in New Delhi (India), Cairo (Egypt), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Jakarta (Indonesia), Nairobi (Kenya) and Islamabad (Pakistan) collectively acquire materials from more than 60 countries and acquire materials on behalf of United States libraries participating in the Cooperative Acquisitions Program. The Library is also collaborating with institutions around the globe to develop a World Digital Library<http://www.worlddigitallibrary.org/> . *Languages* Approximately half of the Library's book and serial collections are in languages other than English. The collections contain materials in some 470 languages. Source:http://www.loc.gov Thanking You, Dinesh -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2nd & Final Announcement about Workshop at PRL
by Mailing List Admin 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:43:32 +0530 (IST) From: Mrs Nishtha Anilkumar <nishtha(a)prl.res.in> Dear Colleagues We, at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad are organising a two day workshop on "Library2.0 : A Global Information Hub. Date : 5 - 6 February 2009. Venue : Ramanathan Auditorium in PRL, Ahmedabad Registration Fees : Rs 1000/- (without accommodation) Rs 1500/- (with accomodation) Main Themes : Understanding Web 2.0 Interoperability standards and Protocols Network & RFID Technologies Open Source Technologies Main Speakers : Dr Jagdish Arora, INFLIBNET Dr Shailendra Kumar, Dept of LIS, Delhi Univ. Dr Harish Chandra, IITM Dr M G Sreekumar, IIMK Last date of Registration : 16th January 2009. Please note : NO SPOT REGISTRATION More information about the workshop will be available from the workshop webpage under the PRL Library website (http://www.prl.res.in/~library) If you or your professional colleagues would be interested to attend this workshop, please pre-register online today and send the payment at the earliest. Nishtha A Workshop Co-ordinator ******************************************************************************** Nishtha Anilkumar Phone : (91)-079-26314167 Librarian SD Fax : (91)-079-26311502 Physical Research Laboratory email : nishtha(a)prl.res.in Navrangpura Ahmedabad 380 009 Gujarat INDIA ********************************************************************************

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Malayalam for Koha
by Rajan 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Dear Shri Vimal, The Windows XP Service Pack 3 is available in the DVD distributed along with the computer magazine 'Digit' June 2008 issue. Enabling Malayalam is possible in Windows XP SP II or later versions. The most appropriate IME is the one recently created by Kerala IT Mission. To install it, please download the zip file at http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in/images/9/92/Win-inscript.zip and click the setup.exe file. Malayalam keyboard can then be enabled by, selecting malayalam from the options in the taskbar icon. If you are using IME from other sources, the creation of letters like n in rajan requires pressing of 5 keys. Instructions for Malayalam typing are given at http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in/index.php/InputMethods Rachana and Anjali Old Lipi are the commonly used fonts, even though Kartika is the default one in XP. Meera, is good, but smaller in size. This is a grey area and advice of people with more exposure will be of great help. Regards, K Rajasekharan ------------------------------ Original Message: Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:02:54 +0530 From: "Vimal Kumar" <vimal0212(a)gmail.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Enabling Malayalam for Koha using SCIM Dear Friends, I write this from the inspiration of scanning earlier submissions made by Rajan (KILA) Sir about Koha for Malayalam catalogues. I tried to enable Malayalam in Windows XP machines for my professional colleagues. My attempt was failed due to most of PCs used Windows XP pirated version! It ask for XP service pack CD-ROM while enable Malayalam (any other Indic language). Nobody own XP service pack CD. My experiment with Linux (Debian and Ubuntu) was successful. Inputting Malayalam using SCIM (Smart Common Input Method) software seems very useful and easy. It offers various modes to enter languages. You can enter Malayalam in Phonetic mode. No need to learn the Malayalam key board format while enters data. You can use International Phonetic Alphabet (e.g. Manglish= English+Malayalam). Malayalam vowels can add from drop down list while data entry (No need to waste time for crawling vowels button). I found other Indian languages in SCIM, I have not tried data entry of other languages. I invite you to try other Indian languages with SCIM. And remember to post your feed back in Lis-Forum. Detailed description of enabling Malayalam in Debian and Ubuntu and the required software package available in the following link, http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in/index.php/EnableMalayalam Windows version of SCIM not available. You can also visit the SCIM project home page. www.scim-im.org -- Vimal Kumar V. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vaccancy for the post of STO-1(LS)
by saroj panda 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

INFLIBNET Centre is an autonomous body of the University Grants Commission with its head-quarters at Ahmedabad invites applications from Indian Nationals belonging to OBC category (non-creamy layer for all India employment) candidates only for the post of Scientific/Technical Officer-I (Library Science) – 1 (One) post. *Job Description* : The incumbent will be a member of the team of Library professionals involved in the areas relating to library automation, creation of database, digital library consortium, providing information service, conducting training programmes for the library professionals, organizing seminar/workshop/convention etc. *Qualification & Experience:* M.Lib./M.L.I.Sc. OR B.Lib./B.L.I.Sc. with eight years post qualification experience in a regular position. The degree must be from a recognized university only. *Upper Age Limit:* 30 years plus 3 years age relaxation applicable to OBC category. *Pay Band & Grade Pay: * Rs.9,300-34,800 (PB-2) plus Rs.4,200/- (Grade Pay) (At present Gross Rs.24,010/- per month at the minimum of the scale). Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/jobs/advt.01-2009.pdf <http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/jobs/advt.01-2009.pdf%20> <http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/jobs/advt.01-2009.pdf> -- Regards, Saroj kumar Project Assistant(LS) INFLIBNET Centre Near Gujrat University campus Navarangpur, Ahmedabad-380009 Gujarat -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of "ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN"
by mahammad rafi havaragi 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Dear Friends, This is to inform you all that NMKRV College for Women requires "Assistant Librarian" for its Degree college Library Consolidated Salary: Rs. 5,000/- per month. below 30 years and holding First Class in B.Lib.I.Sc.or D L I Sc may apply. Experiance: 1 to 2 years Apply Within 8 days. Send your Resume to : havaragimm(a)yahoo.co.in or mamya.mh(a)gmail.com For more detail, please contact Librarian. Mahammad Rafi. M. H. Librarian. NMKRV College for Women 3rd block Jayanagar. Bangalore-11 Mobile:- 9740069587 --------------------------------- Connect with friends all over the world. Get Yahoo! India Messenger. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Links: Latest Happenings & Contemporary Issues in LIS
by Badan Barman 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Latest Happenings & Contemporary Issues in LIS<http://lislatest.blogspot.com/> Who The Hell Writes Wikipedia, Anyway?<http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lislatest/~3/ClbFy5riv1U/who-hell-writes-wik…> Posted: 04 Jan 2009 12:47 AM PST The bulk of Wikipedia is written by 1400 obsessed freaks who do little else but contribute to the site, says a post racing up the Hacker News charts . The post pulls this number from an essay Aaron Swartz wrote more than two years ago, based on some comments by Jimmy Wales. Read out the full story from the following link http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/who-the-hell-writes-wikipedia-anyway <https://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/DDktLy1gjsRLGAGU0zIVPOLoezQ/a> 73.4 Percent of All Wikipedia Edits Are Made By Roughly 1,400 People<http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lislatest/~3/zYx0zwVPYno/734-percent-of-all-…> Posted: 04 Jan 2009 12:45 AM PST Most college professors discourage students from using Wikipedia as a reliable source of information, and if you've ever wondered why, here is the reason: Read out the full story from the following link http://www.collegeotr.com/college_otr/734_percent_of_ all_wikipedia_edits_are_made_by_roughly_1400_people_17499 <https://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/KtMPKP7VlAH2ZFhk-TsfQnZ5TrQ/a> Google tells users to drop IE6<http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lislatest/~3/63MCCY7pPDE/google-tells-users-…> Posted: 04 Jan 2009 12:39 AM PST Chicago (IL) - Taking a page out of Apple's book, Google is now urging Gmail users to drop Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) in favor of Firefox or Chrome that, according to the company, run the popular web-based email service "twice as fast." Google also labels IE6 as an unsupported browser, meaning it fails to run some Gmail features. Read out the full article from the following link http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-40785-140.html <https://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/E1Lo4mLSfItNHkReNih44NcwiYw/a> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on “Funding Agencies for Research Projects and Designing Project Proposals”-A report
by BK Vishala 04 Jan '09

04 Jan '09

"Teachers, Librarians and Professionals at the tertiary level education have greater responsibility in making today's society an knowledge society by undertaking research which will produce not only real results but also realizable result. The media has a greater role to play in making the public aware of this activity by giving effective publicity for academic and research matters in headline" said Prof. Syed Akheel Ahmed, Vice-Chancellor, Yenepoya University, Managlore, during his inaugural address on a one-day Workshop on "Funding Agencies for Research Projects and Designing Project Proposals" on 19-12-2008 organized by the departments of Library and Research and Development Cell, St.Agnes College in association with Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu Library Association at St. Agnes College, Mangalore. He also added that the management must encourage the librarians, professionals and researchers in their venture, as it is a matter of advance of the present society towards developed society. Dr. M.S. Moodithaya, Director, Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of Management, Nitte, released the newsletter and proclaimed that knowledge entrepreneurship is of utmost important in order to gain real power to move forward. Dr. Vishala B.K., the Co-ordinator of the programme emphasized the need of the workshop and commended the response by the delegates participated from Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu and Udupi Districts. Dr. (Sr.) Marie Prem D'Souza A.C. Principal of St. Agnes College, presided over the function. Dr. M.K. Bhandi, Librarian of Mangalore University, in his valedictory address expressed the urgency of the librarian becoming torch-bearer in showing direction to the knowledge seekers for research. Dr. Manjunatha K., President DK&KLA welcomed the gathering and Dr. Purushothama Gowda, Vice-President, proposed vote of thanks. The workshop was followed by 4 technical sessions on various international, national and regional funding agencies which offer funds to pursue major and minor research and also to develop to designs of project proposals in science and social science by the eminent resource persons - Dr. Krishna Kothai –Director, Rural Development Centre, Manipal University, Manipal, Dr. Kaiser Nikham-Reader,Department of Library and Information Science, Manasagangothri, University of Mysore., Prof. P.L. Dharma.-Dept.of Political Science, Mangalagangothri,Konaje, and Prof. B.K. Sarojini-Dept.of Chemistry P.A.College of Engineering Nadupadavu, Mangalore. *Dr. Vishala B.K.* *Workshop Coordinator* *Coordinator of Research and Development Cell* *Senior Librarian* *St.Agnes** **College**,* *Mangalore-575002* *Email:bk.vishala@gmail.com <Email%3Abk.vishala(a)gmail.com>* *09448824505* * * * * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Mozilla chief John Lilly is fired up about making a better Web browser (Ramakant Navghare)
by रमाकांत नवघरे 04 Jan '09

04 Jan '09

To, Respected All, Chief executive of Mozilla Corp., maker of the Firefox Web browser, which broke Microsoft Corp.'s hold on the market so that it couldn't dominate the Internet the way it does computer operating systems. About 95% of Web surfers used Microsoft's Internet Explorer in 2004; now 20% use Firefox, and other companies are offering browsers that are smarter and faster than ever before. But don't call it a browser war. "We all want the Web to be good. I am glad for the innovation and all the big brands working on it." With 200 employees and a $50-million budget, Mozilla is the for-profit subsidiary of the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation. Firefox is "open source," meaning users everywhere are encouraged to improve it. Its success depends largely on thousands of devoted volunteers -- 40% of the code is written by people who don't clock in. *Lilly said, Why you should care about your browser : *Its speed, security and other capabilities can improve your Internet experience. "I spend more time in my browser than I do in my car. You should spend at least as much time choosing which browser you use as which car you drive. It's your lens onto the Web. Just like the lenses in your glasses, it affects the way the Web looks to you. As we see more and more of the world through the Web, the characteristics of the lens matter more than ever." *"If people participate in the construction of the Web, it will be better and more robust," says Mozilla CEO John Lilly.* -- Thanks and Regards, Ramakant Amar Navghare Library Assistant Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : ramakant.navghare(a)gmail.com Mob : 9324564183 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Comments on Open Knowledge Society
by Sukhdev Singh 04 Jan '09

04 Jan '09

Dear Friends, Wish you all a very Happy New Year. Last year, you may remember, I informed you all about formation of a society - Open Knowledge Society - and its registration under Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Act of 1955. This year, let us all resolve to work more vigorously to adopt and promote the philosophy of Open Access. The philosophy of Open Access in my own personal opinion is nothing else but an extension of philosophy behind "BOOKS ARE FOR USE". In this context, I am seeking your comments and guidance on Open Knowledge Society. Please read more about it at http://oksociety.org or http://oksociety.in Happy and Open Access New Year. --Sukhdev Singh, 09868960074, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar on "Digital Preservation and Access to Indian Cultural Heritage with special reference to IGNCA Cultural Knowledge Resources" during 31st January and 1st February, 2009
by Dr. Ramesh Gaur 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

Dr.Ramesh C.Gaur Librarian & Head (KN) Tele: 23385442 F.No. KN/RL/Admn.1(33)/2009 Dated: 3rd January, 2009 Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) - a premier Academic and Research Institute in the field of Art and Culture is organizing a two days Seminar on "Digital Preservation and Access to Indian Cultural Heritage with special reference to IGNCA Cultural Knowledge Resources" during 31st January and 1st February, 2009 (Saturday and Sunday). During the Seminar following topics will be discussed:- (i) In-house Digitization & Digital Library Initiatives at IGNCA. (ii) Development of Digital Repository/Digital Archive. (iii) Electronic Gateways to Indian Cultural Heritage Resources. (iv) Open access to IGNCA Cultural Knowledge Resources. (v) Digital Preservation Challenges. (vi) Metadata Standards. (vii) Discussion on National Electronic Manuscript Library. (viii) Copyright issues concerning Tangible and Intangible Cultural Resources. (ix) Panel discussion on Digital Preservation and Access to Indian Cultural Heritage with Special reference to IGNCA Cultural Knowledge Resources. The Experts in the field of digitization digital preservation, digital archiving and digital libraries from all over India have been invited to speak on above topics. Some of the Eminent Speakers are as given below:- (i) Dr. Jadgish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, Ahamdabad (ii) Dr. H.K.Kaul, Director, DELNET (iii) Dr. R.K.Chaddha, Joint Secretary, Parliament of India, New Delhi (iv) Dr. A.L.Moorthy, Director, DESIDOC (v) Prof. G.C.Tripathi, Professor, IGNCA, New Delhi. (vi) Dr. Usha Munishi, Librarian, I.I.P.A (vii) Mr. N.V.Satyanarayan, Bangalore. (viii) Dr. ARD Prasad, Associate Professor, DRTC, Bangalore. (ix) Dr. Ramesh C.Gaur, Librarian & Head (KN), IGNCA, New Delhi (x) Shri P.Jha, Director, CIL, IGNCA, New Delhi (xi) Mr. Aditya Jha, BHU, Varanasi. (xii) Mr. Dalal, Advocate (xiii) Dr. Uma Kanjilal, IGNOU (xiv) Dr. Kalpana Dasgupta, Former Director, CSL, New Delhi (xv) Shri Sukumar Das, Publisher (xvi) Dr. S. Majumdar, Librarian Delhi University. (xvii) Dr. Devika, DRTC, Bangalore (xviii) Some more Speakers from IT Industry (xix) Demonstration of International Digital Archiving Systems. The some of the objectives of the Seminar are as given below:- a. On the basis of above discussions preparation of a comprehensive plan for Development of Digital Archive. b. To draft a proposal for National Electronic Manuscripts Library c. To draft a proposal for Digital Preservation Policy. d. To explore the possibilities of creation of Electronic Information Gateway. e. To discuss Open Access vis-a-vis restricted access. Participation to the Seminar is open to all Library & Information Professionals in India, however, preference will be given to the Libraries who are engaged in such issues and Libraries dealing with Art and Humanity as a subject. The participation will be on first come first basis. The last date for receiving of registration form is 24th January, 2009. There will be no travel support available for the participants. However, we may help them in getting some Guest House accommodation, if request is received well in advance. The detailed programme will be sent soon. All presentations are invited presentations only, however we may consider few presentations based on case studies dealing with digital archiving/Digital Repository/Open Access etc. All Heads of Libraries may depute their staff or Interested Professionals may send their names to the undersigned or to Dr. O.N.Chaubey, through e-mail, fax or by post in a prescribed registration form as given below:- __________________________________________________________________________ INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS First Name: .. ........... ...................... LastName: ..................................... Title/Designation:.................. Sex:....... Type of Organization:............................... Mailing Address:.................................. City: ........................ Postal Code: ................................... State:........................Country:............. Telephone: (O) .................... (Res) .......................... Mobile:...................... Fax: .......................... Website:........................................ E-Mails.................................. Date:............................ Signature of Participant ______________________________________________________________________________________ Please mail the completed Registration Forms to: Dr. Ramesh C.Gaur, Librarian & Head (Kala Nidhi Division) Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) (An Autonomous Body under Ministry of Culture, Government of India). No. 5, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi - 110 001 Ph. No. 23385442 Fax No. 23385884 Mobil No. 9810487158 E-mail: gaur(a)ignca.nic.in; rcgaur(a)bol.net.in or Dr. O.N.Chaubey Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) (An Autonomous Body under Ministry of Culture, Government of India). No. 5, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi - 110 001 Ph. No. 23385442 Fax No. 23385884 Mobil No. 9868103286 E-mail: onchaubey(a)gmail.com; onchaubey(a)yahoo.com With best regards, Yours sincerely, (Ramesh C.Gaur) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Clarification on the New UGC Scale
by Aloor Thomas Francis 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

Dear Professionals, I have a doubt whether the Asst. Librarians in-service are eligible to get a service weightage of two years on acquiring PhD after 2006 while moving to Senior Scale or Dy. Librarian. With regards, A.T. FRANCIS HEAD, LIBRARY COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY THRISSUR - 680 656, INDIA francisaloor(a)yahoo.com francisaloor@gmailcom 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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National Seminar On Open Source Library Solutions (OSLS) on 16th - 17th January, 2009.
by krishna nand singh 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

Dear All, Department of Library & Information Science, BHU & Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi are jointly going to organise *National Seminar On Open Source Library Solutions (OSLS)* on 16th - 17th January, 2009. *About Seminar:* The rising cost of technology has compelled the libraries to use Open Source Software (OSS) for library automation, digital library and so on. OSSs are developed in public domain by the technology experts for the libraries. The professional community implements the software solutions and renders feedback to developers, which is a real time testing of software. The OSS products are provided with source code for implementation level customization and future development of software. These solutions are often free for use and could be redistributed. Today, there are OSSs available for different library activities which are better than the commercial solutions using cutting age technology. These solutions range from Operating System to specialized institutional repositories. This has made the library services more cost effective and least dependent on commercial software and vendors. However, there is a concern of the professionals over stability of software implementation and continuing support to these OSSs. There is an equal and opposite concern from the end of developers also towards having a sustainable funding for running the software development projects. Whatever the concerns may be, the increased use of open source software among the library community is very encouraging for open source solution developers. The Department of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi proposes to conduct two days National Convention on Open Source Library Solutions (OSLS), 16th – 17th January, 2009. The proposed seminar would provide a common platform for library professionals to share their experience. Research papers, demonstration and case-studies are invited for presentation and discussion during the convention in following areas: Implementation of OSS in:- Library automation, Digital repositories, Digital preservation, Consortium planning, Community education, Office management, Content development, Event management, E-publishing, Knowledge management, E-governance, Community networks. *Target Participants:* Practicing Librarians and Information Scientists, Faculty Members, Researchers, Students, Information System Personnel, Managers, etc. *Call for Papers:* Full texts paper(s) in English (in A4 size, double space, not more than 10 pages) should be sent to the *Organising Secretary, Deptt. of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221005*. adityatripathi(a)hotmail.com aditya(a)bhu.ac.in Last date for submission of full texts of paper(s) is 20.12.2009. *Registration:* Rs. 500/- per participant. The DD / Cash payable in favour of *"National Seminar on Open Source Library Solutions"*, payable at Varanasi. The Registration Fee includes -Conference Kit & Working Lunch / Tea. *Accommodation:* Limited accommodation is available on payment basis on first come first basis. For further enquiry please contact: Coordinator Prof. H. N. PRASAD Head, Deptt. of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221 005 Tel: +91 542 6701028 (Off.) +91 9415336709 (Mob.) E-mail: hnprasad.bhu(a)gmail.com Organising Secretary Dr. ADITYA TRIPATHI Lecturer, Deptt. of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221 005 Tel: +91 542 6701027 (Off.) +91 9450710628 (Mob.) E-mail: adityatripathi(a)hotmail.com; aditya(a)bhu.ac.in *Registration Form:* Registration form can be downloaded from the Department's website http://www.bhu.ac.in/lis.html or directly from the URL http://www.bhu.ac.in/dlis/osls.pdf -- KRISHNA NAND SINGH MLIS(BHU) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sixth PRC recommendatios _HRD Letter to UGC
by Pandurang Konnur 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

Dear Proessional Colleagues, IALA WISHES YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPROUS NEW YEAR - 2009 I am vry hapyto inform you all that Ministry of HRD has given a good New year gift to the Academic community. On 31st of Disember the HRD Minitry has issued its order to the UGC for implementation of PRC Recommentions. Some of you might have already read the same. Howeer I have located the fultext of the order on the IALA website. You may visit the same from the followin link: http://iala.org.in/subfiles/pay.pdf You mayrecall that the IALA has submitted its memorandum to the ministry of HRD to setright the anomolies in the UGC PRC recommedations. We are verymuch thakfulto the MHRD for having addressed some of our griviences. However, still some moreneed to be adressed. IALA is preparing another memoradum ve oon and sent to MHRD and UGC. A deligation of IALA ll be vsiting Delhi to discuss with HRD ministry and UGC Chairman during the last week of January 09. Further, the HRD letter regding Age of Retirement states that, "Where as the enhancement of the age of Superannuation for teachers engaged in class room teaching is intended to attract eligible persons to acareer in teaching and to meet the shortage of teachers by retaining teachers in service for a longer period, and whereas there is no shortage in the catagories of Librarians and Directors of Physical Education, the increase in the age of retirement from the present 62 years shall not be available to the catagories of Librarians and Directors of Physical Education." Friends, given to my understanding there are atleast 60% of the University Library posts specially University Librarian positions are vacant in the entire country. We have seen several Universities advertising two to three times for want of suitable candidates. One best example is that Bangalore University could not recruit its Librarian post for 17 years. Though it had advertised for three to four times. Hence there may be similar examples all over the country. I request all of you to kindly send me the relevent documents like advertisements etc., to putforth our arguement for enhancement of the age of Superannuation of Library professionals to Sixty five as in the case of Teachers. I also request all of you to kindly give your feedback on the HRD orders immediately to us. So that, we can sumit our memorandum to the appropriate bodies in time. Thanks, - Dr.P.V.Konnur Presidet, Indian Academic Library Association (IALA) 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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Clarifications regarding Pay Revision Notification
by Dr. Nabi Hasan 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

Dear Colleagues I have few Queries about the New Pay Notification issued by the MHRD; (I) Will all the Deputy Librarians with the Ph.D , be able to move to Librarian Designation under CAS. (2) Increments for the persons, completed the Ph.D. earlier before 2006 in service. (3) Deputy in the CAS, with Ph.D. completed in the 7th year, will be able to move to DL Scale after 9 years or 11 years. Please reply, if you have the answers for the queries. 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 Be the first one to try the new Messenger 9 Beta! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/win/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Enabling Malayalam for Koha using SCIM
by Vimal Kumar 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

Dear Friends, I write this from the inspiration of scanning earlier submissions made by Rajan (KILA) Sir about Koha for Malayalam catalogues. I tried to enable Malayalam in Windows XP machines for my professional colleagues. My attempt was failed due to most of PCs used Windows XP pirated version! It ask for XP service pack CD-ROM while enable Malayalam (any other Indic language). Nobody own XP service pack CD. My experiment with Linux (Debian and Ubuntu) was successful. Inputting Malayalam using SCIM (Smart Common Input Method) software seems very useful and easy. It offers various modes to enter languages. You can enter Malayalam in Phonetic mode. No need to learn the Malayalam key board format while enters data. You can use International Phonetic Alphabet (e.g. Manglish= English+Malayalam). Malayalam vowels can add from drop down list while data entry (No need to waste time for crawling vowels button). I found other Indian languages in SCIM, I have not tried data entry of other languages. I invite you to try other Indian languages with SCIM. And remember to post your feed back in Lis-Forum. Detailed description of enabling Malayalam in Debian and Ubuntu and the required software package available in the following link, http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in/index.php/EnableMalayalam Windows version of SCIM not available. You can also visit the SCIM project home page. www.scim-im.org -- 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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WIPO WorldWide Academy offers Online IP Courses - Enrollment Started
by Puna Das 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

WIPO WorldWide Academy offers Online IP Courses - Enrollment Started DL-101 General Course on Intellectual Property Summary: This course covers the main areas of intellectual property, namely copyright, related rights, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial design, plant breeders' rights, unfair competition and international registration systems. Duration: 50 hours. This course involves about 50 hours of study time over a period of six weeks. Tutorial assistance is provided by in-house experts via the course administrator. The course is offered two times in a year. Cost: Free of Charge [Online Registration] Distance Learning Session: March 1 to April 15 (Exam: April 16-18) 2009 Enrollment: December 1, 2008 to February 18, 2009 Course Outline: Delivered via the Internet, this course comprises twelve modules: Guide to Studying the Course, Introduction to IP, Copyright, Related Rights, Trademarks, Geographical Indications, Industrial Design, Patents, WIPO Treaties, Unfair Competition, Protection of New Varieties of Plants, Summary and Discussion on IP Rights. Students must submit a final exam before completing the course. Target Audience: Government officials, staff in collective management societies, business managers in publishing, broadcasting and industry, students in faculties of law, business, chemistry, engineering, journalism, etc. needing a basic knowledge of IP. Other Advanced Courses (Fee-based) DL-201E Copyright and Related Rights DL-202E Electronic Commerce and Intellectual Property DL-204E Biotechnology and Intellectual Property DL-301E Patent DL-302E Trademarks DL-317E Arbitration and Mediation Procedure DL-318E Patent Information Search DL-320E Basics of Patent Drafting Online Registration: http://www.wipo.int/academy/en/courses/distance_learning/catalog/c_index.ht… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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"LIS Links" New Project: Indian Library and Information Science Resources
by Badan Barman 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

After launching nine trustworthy and influential works related to Library and Information Science, "LIS Links" presently under the way to compiled the *"LIS Links: Indian Library and Information Science Resources<http://sites.google.com/site/lislinks/> "*. For the present work the following subcategories were added. Your comments or suggestion for more subcategories will be nicely considered *The Subcategories are as follows* Department of Library and Information Science in India Digital Libraries in India Institutional Repositories in India Library and Information Science Blogs in India Library and Information Science Forum in India Library and Information Science Groups in India Medical Libraries of India Public Libraries of India (Up to District Level) Subject Directories in India Subject Gateways in India University Libraries of India *"LIS Links" Previous Works Includes* 1. LIS Links: A Link Library in LIS <http://lislinks.110mb.com/> 2. LIS Links: Link Library of Open Access English Language Journals<http://lislinks.blogspot.com/> 3. LIS Links: Jobs in LIS in India <http://lisjob.blogspot.com/> 4. LIS Links: Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refreshe...<http://lisseminar.blogspot.com/> 5. LIS Links: Latest Happenings & Contemporary Issues in LIS<http://lislatest.blogspot.com/> 6. LIS Links: Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS<http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/> 7. LIS Links: Admission Notice for Courses in LIS in India<http://liscourse.blogspot.com/> 8. LIS Links: Connecting LIS Professional in India<http://lislinks.ning.com/> 9. LIS Links: Google Groups<http://groups.google.co.in/group/lislinks?hl=en&lnk=srg> Please write your comments / suggestions over http://lislinks.ning.com/forum/topics/lis-links-new-project-indian -- 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Discrimination against library staff in pay revision
by Prabhash N. Rath 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

Dear Members I have gone through the letter no. 1-32/2006-U.II/U.I(1) dated 31.12.2008 issued by HRD Ministry to UGC regarding implementation of sixth pay. I found that though there is scope for univesity teachers to move up to the level of professor through CAS, the same is not in the case with library professionals. It only stated that a librarian in the pay band of Rs.37,400-67,000 having three years' of experience in the AGP of 9000 will be eligible to be considered for librarian in AGP of Rs.10000 through open recruitment. That implies library staff can't go up to the level of professors through CAS even if they fulfill all other eligibility criteria as laid down for teachers. I request the concerned professionals to express their opinion on the matter. With regards Prabhash Narayana Rath, Ph. D. Documentation Officer Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (University estd. under section 3 of UGC Act 1956) 846 Shivajinagar Agarkar Road Pune 411004 Ph: +91-20-25650287 (O.), 25678311 (R.) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SAGE sponsors new ALA scholarship
by Charu 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

SAGE sponsors new ALA scholarship Respected Friends, Greetings for the day. Academic publisher SAGE has announced its support for a new American Library Association (ALA) scholarship, the Peter Lyman Memorial/SAGE Scholarship in New Media. The scholarship was created in memory of Peter Lyman, former university librarian and professor emeritus of the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Lyman was nationally known for his landmark study on information overload entitled, "How Much Information?" co-authored with Hal Valerian. The Peter Lyman Memorial/SAGE Scholarship in New Media will support a student in an ALA accredited master's programme in Library and Information Studies pursing a specialty in new media. New media is defined as digital technology's transformation of business and culture during the past 25-plus years, clarifying the evolution of digital communications and human-computer interaction. The scholarship winner must have demonstrated academic excellence, leadership and evidence of a commitment to a career in librarianship. The recipient will receive a $2,500 scholarship as well as a travel stipend to attend the ALA Midwinter Meeting. Additional information about the scholarship is available online at www.ala.org scholarships. For detail information on ALA Scholarship Programme I may request to my worthy friends to visit the following link--- http://charu-libraryworld.blogspot.com/ Regards, Miss Charu Mathur. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Access & Building IRs: Nat. Symposium
by I.R.N.Goudar 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

Dear Professionals, "NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON OPEN ACCESS AND BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES" We at National Aerospace Laboratories have organised a three day "National Symposium on Open Access and Building Institutional Repositories (NSOABIR)" as a part of Golden Jubilee Celebrations of NAL. Date: 21-23 Jan 2009 at NAL, Bangalore. Venue: Dr. S R Valluri Auditorium/KTMD Seminar Hall National Aerospace Laboratories Bangalore Topics: Scholarly Communication, Open Access Movement/Initiative, OA Channels, OA Policies, Digitisation & Digital Preservation, Open Access Journals, Institutional Repositories, Setting up of IRs, Impact of OA on Citations/IF Value, IPR and Copyright issues, Librarian's Role in OA/IR, Case Studies. ONE FULL DAY PRACTICALS/DEMO ON SETTING UP OF IRS Resource Persons: Experts from DRTC/ISI, NCSI/IISc, NIMHANS, GEIT, Informatics India and NAL Panel Discussion: "Impact of Open Access on Science Communication" No of Participants: Restricted to 75 Registration Fees: Rs. 2000/- Accommodation: For few participants on first come first serve basis I invite you to make use of this opportunity for yourself or your colleagues. For more details Please See: www.icast.org.in/nsoabir.html Contact: Mrs. Poornima Narayana, Convener, NSOABIR Information Centre for Aerospace Science and Technology (ICAST) National Aerospace Laboratories Post Bag No. 1779, Bangalore-560 017 Tel: 080-25086080; 25086083 Fax: 080-25260862; 25270670 E-mail: poornima(a)nal.res.in Regards Goudar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Sci G & Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FW: Higher education starves, but a $4.5m gift to Harvard's fine?
by Shalini Urs 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

I guess everyone who has a stake in Indian Higher education system needs to debate and raise public awareness by publicising these issues. Thanks and Regards Shalini Dr. Shalini Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 ISiM-Management School for IT, Technology School for IM www.isim.ac.in _____ Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand.org | Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand.org | Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand.org | Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand.org | Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand.org | Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand.org | Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand.org | Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand.org | Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand Forum Higher education starves, but a $4.5m gift to Harvard's fine? R Vaidyanathan Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:42:00 AM The news item was not in the front pages of any major newspaper. It was published by some national dailies in the inside pages. It is about the Government of India gifting $4.5 million (nearly Rs 23 crore) for Harvard University to establish a fund in honour of Prof Amartya Sen, which would help Indian students pursue higher education in that institution. This was to celebrate the 75th birth day of the renowned economist in recognition of his "extraordinary accomplishments" (PTI, December 11, 2008). The government had earlier given Â£3.2 million (nearly Rs 26 crore) to the Cambridge University's Judges Business school to celebrate Nehru's entry as a student of Trinity College (see my article in DNA Money, February 12, 2008). Both the news items, though important, were not debated by academicians nor commented upon by editors. To start with, there are questions regarding using government money to facilitate the fund-raising activity of Harvard or Cambridge. It is common knowledge that post-Thatcher era, the educational institutions in the UK are forced to raise the fees particularly for foreign students and even then, the fees do not cover even 25% of the cost of running these institutions. And hence, most of the British educational institutions are going around the world with a begging bowl, camouflaged as road shows, for their graduate and undergraduate courses. Harvard, which recently lost more than $8 billion (nearly 22% of its corpus), is so much more desperate to augment its resources in the context of the global meltdown and deep US recession (WSJ, December 4, 2008). Now, why should a developing country like India fund the cash-starved institutions of the West? If Cambridge was so fascinated about Nehru entering it as a student or about the 'India Story', then it should have approached a private financier or some company in the UK to fund this endowment. Ditto for Harvard, which could have asked many leading philanthropies in the US or business groups in India to fund the centre. I know of several centres in China, which are funded by these universities or US companies. But India is a peculiar country, which funds centres in foreign universities, facilitating/ enhancing their finances. This gesture is not going to make others recognise us as a global economic power. The higher educational institutions in India are starved of funds and crying out. After the decision of the government regarding reservation for other backward castes and the Supreme Court judgments thereon, it has become imperative for centrally funded institutions to increase their strength by at least one-and-half times and hence they need funds to expand their physical infrastructure. The government is not much forthcoming on this and expects the Central institutions to fend for themselves. There is a need for buildings and various other physical infrastructure in all the Central institutions of higher learning, leave alone the lower levels of education. It is also surprising that the traditional rebels without a pause, namely the Left liberals, are totally silent on this. The usual Marxist crowd berating US imperialism, etc is also silent. May be the recessionary imperialism is not to be bothered about. The academic community is silent and some may be positioning themselves for future opportunities. In the context of starving Indian institutions, gifting nearly Rs 50 crore to institutions in the UK/US is, to say the least, callous and may be construed as the result of the embedded colonial gene in our systems. The courtiers and family retainers may be already crowding around relevant ministries and power centres to get the positions, but that does not justify this subsidy. Due to our distorted Nehruvian socialistic thinking, we believe that government is the embodiment of wisdom since it can tax and provide subsidies. We still live in the era of Kings where the whims and fancies of the Chakravarthi could get huge gifts to the courtiers and other foreign poets/ scholars. All one need do is stand in the queue and sing praises â€" particularly in this Dhanur month. Of course, if your colour is white, then just stand, not necessarily in the queue. Gifts will be bestowed and you will be profusely thanked for your presence and acceptance of the same. There are many NRIs and Indian business groups who could have provided this subsidy/ alms to Harvard, but that was not the deal. Harvard I presume has arm-twisted the Government of India to get the funds to minimise the impact of its losses on the hedge funds. Anyhow, Indian government is the best hedge against such situations; due to the colonial hang-up and because we think Americans have done a great favour to us. That is the reason our Ambassador to the USA, Ronen Sen (of the 'headless chicken' fame) profusely thanked the president of the Harvard University for accepting the gift. We all should be very happy that Harvard condescended to accept our cheque since each of us was worried they may not! Will the Indian mind ever get de-colonised? The writer is professor of finance and control, Indian Institute of Management â€"Bangalore, and can be reached at vaidya@... <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hinducivilization/post?postID=jQuKKUa2WVRjaUT…> . Views are personal. http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1214632 <http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1214632&pageid=0> &pageid=0 __._,_.___ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Historyof Department of Library and Information Science (BHU)
by krishna nand singh 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

*History* The Department of Library and Information Science at Banaras Hindu University is one of the pioneer Department in the field of Library and Information Science education in India. The Department was established in 1941. The Department has been served by a number of eminent scholars namely Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, Professor P. N. Kaula, C. G. Vishwanathan, J. S. Sharma, Professor B. Guha, Professor J. B. Subrahmaniam, Professor Y. P. Dubey and Professor S. N. Singh etc. Presently, Department is blooming under the able leadership of Professor H. N. Prasad. The Department conducts 2-years integrated Master of Library & Information Science (M.L.I.S.) Programme. Apart from M.L.I.S. Course, Department conducts Research Programme for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree. Department has recently started a special course of study (self finance) Post Graduate Diploma in Manuscriptology (PGDM) which aims to provide education and training of handling Manuscripts - its storage, preservation, conservation, study and use. The Department initiated Diploma Course in Librarianship, second of its kind in India after Madras University in 1942. In 1961, Diploma course was converted to Bachelor Degree Course with necessary modifications in course content. The course has been discontinued from 2005 onward. Department introduced One year Master of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S.) Programme in the 1965 second after University of Delhi in order to train specialist librarians for specialized libraries. From 2005 onwards Department has introduced Two years integrated Master of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S.) programme as per guidelines of Curriculum Development Committee (CDC) of the University Grant Commission (UGC). Ph.D. course was initiated in the Department in 1980. Ninteen (19) Doctoral dissertations so far have been successfully defended at Department for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). KRISHNA NAND SINGH MLIS(BHU) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Seminar On Open Source Library Solutions (OSLS) on 16th - 17th January, 2009.
by krishna nand singh 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

Dear All, Department of Library & Information Science, BHU & Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi are jointly going to organise *National Seminar On Open Source Library Solutions (OSLS)* on 16th - 17th January, 2009. *About Seminar:* The rising cost of technology has compelled the libraries to use Open Source Software (OSS) for library automation, digital library and so on. OSSs are developed in public domain by the technology experts for the libraries. The professional community implements the software solutions and renders feedback to developers, which is a real time testing of software. The OSS products are provided with source code for implementation level customization and future development of software. These solutions are often free for use and could be redistributed. Today, there are OSSs available for different library activities which are better than the commercial solutions using cutting age technology. These solutions range from Operating System to specialized institutional repositories. This has made the library services more cost effective and least dependent on commercial software and vendors. However, there is a concern of the professionals over stability of software implementation and continuing support to these OSSs. There is an equal and opposite concern from the end of developers also towards having a sustainable funding for running the software development projects. Whatever the concerns may be, the increased use of open source software among the library community is very encouraging for open source solution developers. The Department of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi proposes to conduct two days National Convention on Open Source Library Solutions (OSLS), 16th – 17th January, 2009. The proposed seminar would provide a common platform for library professionals to share their experience. Research papers, demonstration and case-studies are invited for presentation and discussion during the convention in following areas: Implementation of OSS in:- Library automation, Digital repositories, Digital preservation, Consortium planning, Community education, Office management, Content development, Event management, E-publishing, Knowledge management, E-governance, Community networks. *Target Participants:* Practicing Librarians and Information Scientists, Faculty Members, Researchers, Students, Information System Personnel, Managers, etc. *Call for Papers:* Full texts paper(s) in English (in A4 size, double space, not more than 10 pages) should be sent to the *Organising Secretary, Deptt. of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221005*. adityatripathi(a)hotmail.com aditya(a)bhu.ac.in Last date for submission of full texts of paper(s) is 20.12.2009. *Registration:* Rs. 500/- per participant. The DD / Cash payable in favour of *"National Seminar on Open Source Library Solutions"*, payable at Varanasi. The Registration Fee includes -Conference Kit & Working Lunch / Tea. *Accommodation:* Limited accommodation is available on payment basis on first come first basis. For further enquiry please contact: Coordinator Prof. H. N. PRASAD Head, Deptt. of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221 005 Tel: +91 542 6701028 (Off.) +91 9415336709 (Mob.) E-mail: hnprasad.bhu(a)gmail.com Organising Secretary Dr. ADITYA TRIPATHI Lecturer, Deptt. of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221 005 Tel: +91 542 6701027 (Off.) +91 9450710628 (Mob.) E-mail: adityatripathi(a)hotmail.com; aditya(a)bhu.ac.in *Registration Form:* Registration form can be downloaded from the Department's website http://www.bhu.ac.in/lis.html or directly from the URL http://www.bhu.ac.in/dlis/osls.pdf KRISHNA NAND SINGH MLIS(BHU) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Peer Training on new Technologies
by Rajan 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

Dear All, It is nice that Mr Ehtesham had gone a step ahead in the right way to train his peers. It seems that helping others to learn essential new technologies, that enable them to perform better, is an indirect way to build our professional status. Therefore I am offering my help to those who are interested in learning those technologies, in and around my state. It seems that we should develop some sort of distance training too. Sometime ago I conducted a Distance Training on Digital Archiving using Winisis/Genisis with the help of the site http://rajankila.googlepages.com/ The training went on well and a few among the 88 participants turned up initially, could learn the technology easily. Now one can create free site for digital training using Google site ( http://sites.google.com/) for the purpose. Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Thrissur Ph 0487 - 2200244 + 208 ( extn) ------------------------------ Original Message Date: 26 Dec 2008 12:23:32 -0000 From: "Ehtesham" <ehte786(a)rediffmail.com> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] ICT - Open Source tools for Library ? Dear All, I appreciate and thankful for overwhelming response from LIS community which I got through mails and phone calls. Many members shown there interest in implementing Open Source tools and serve there user best. Yes why not! "when there is a will there is a way". I received number of mails asking for the details - (features and functionality) of the software which can be implemented for their respective libraries. The tools which I suggested in my mail are well known and are being used world wide. I will provide you the Gist and website from where you can get more details and for DSpace and OpenURL suite you can look at my project report (links are provided below). 1. DSpace: It is a well known Digital repository software developed by MIT. It has all the inbuilt features which is required for any ideal institutional repository. Details you can get from the official website of DSpace : http://www.dspace.org/ You can also look at my project report on DSpace testing of its features and functionality. Here is the link : https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/handle/1849/415 2. ePrints: It is a digital library software being used by IISC, IIT for there digital repository. Feature wise it is as good as DSpace. You can look for more details at http://www.eprints.org/ 3. Moodle: It is one of the best free elearning tool used across the world. At DRTC we implemented it for many organisation and conduted workshop and training session. We are using it in our company. Details you can get from : http://moodle.org 4. Joomla & Drupal: - These are free content management system tool. It can be used to manage the different forms of online collection for the organization. Go to there website where you can get more information: http://joomla.org http://drupal.org 5. WordPress : With advent of w3 and the era of web 2.0 it became very easy to become a writer and invite others to read our articles and thought. This tool is meant for such kind of idea. Get more details from http://wordpress.org 6. MediaWiki : Yes Wikipedia are there from centuries to make our self informative on some given subject. Now we are into digital age and our need and volume of information also increased. We need to have information at a single mouse click. So to fulfill all this mediawiki a free tool has been designed. To get more information look at : http://mediawiki.org. 7. OpenURL reSearcher suite (CUFTS, GODOT, DBWIZ): Developed by SFU. This is entirely a new initiative and efforts are being done. You can look at SFU websit and my project report : http://software.lib.sfu.ca/ https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/handle/1849/414 Hope these all will be useful to you. Please let me know if you have any query. I am always open for it and invite other peer members also to join this initiative. As Mr. K Rajasekharan mentioned this will directly or indirectly help us to improve ourselves. Ehtesham (+91)9985100322 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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