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Installation of Greenstone
by C T K 24 Dec '08

24 Dec '08

I have installed Greenstone Digital Library Softare (Greenstone-2.81rc-win32) in our library and it is running properly. Installation of the software is very easy. Mr. Rajasekharan and K M Nafala have prepared Beginners Guide, which is helpful in upload the data into the software. You can download the Beginners guide at: http://greenstonesupport.iimk.ac.in/Documents/GSDL%20Begineers%20Guide.pdf *********************************************** C T Kantharaj Librarian Cambridge Instittute of Technology K R Puram, Bangalore - 560036 ctkantharaj(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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Regarding Open Source Tools
by Md. Zahid Hossain Shoeb 24 Dec '08

24 Dec '08

Dear Professionals, There are many posts we use to get now regarding Open Source Tools with cooperative approach from different IT skilled LIS professionals. Anyway, I consider that the ultimate challenge is the customization according to the organization as per their requirements and changed requirement which is time related task and a matter of system analysis. For a sustainable and consistent system it is required different phases like planning, setting, access management, implementation etc. The total thing is a matter of project management with professional approach from requirement analysis to testing after designing even documentation. So, the whole thing is not a task of one day or one week or even one month. When technology appears at market, whimsically it is not wiseful to use in case of specially repositories, e-Learning, CMS and automation tool; though the popular technology which are cited by different members of the forum are widely used. I think, before setting-up or using any technology always initiate to a team consisting of administration and staff of the library of the organization and information technology professionals with mature as well as professional outlook. Moreover, each member can contribute expertise on how the system should operate and the features required, i.e. for repositories – feature of the services (metadata, submission workflow, content types, etc.) or underlying technical issues (operating system, databases, search mechanisms, etc.) or even the policies and legal issues for the collections. So, no shortcut technique will be effective in this case for long run, not only installation or a little customization will perform all the tasks, it can be a pilot task of starting the main tasks or project. A 'Gantt chart' should be followed for designing a system lifecycle. For better information literate community it is needed long term sustainable, consistent and coherent system with matured working process. Regards, Md. Zahid Hossain Shoeb Independent University, Bangladesh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Anomalies in the UGC Sixth Pay Review Committee Report and Removal of disparities in promotion and benefits to Librarians in Colleges and Universities – Representation submitted
by Pandurang Konnur 24 Dec '08

24 Dec '08

Dear Professional Friends, I take this opportunity to congratulate all the academic Librarians for having got the VIth PRC Recommendations approved by Government of India. During the last V Pay Commission Recommendations and their implementations there was a great amount of disparity between Teachers and Librarians. Hence Librarians were to suffer for one full decade to get their grievances redressed. This time thanks to the PRC members and Prof. Chaddha the Chairman of PRC who gave ear to our voice and recommended parity for Librarians with that of teachers. Friends, still there are few anomalies exist and IALA has already submitted its memorandum to the Ministry of HRD, Secretary HRD and Chairman UGC. The full text of the memorandum may be accessed in the following URL: http://iala.org.in/subfiles/prc.pdf I request all the members of this form to go through the memorandum and give their feed back to IALA with additional input to prepare and submit further memorandums to the competitive authorities. Thanks, -- 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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Archives Management Course
by ramesh chander 24 Dec '08

24 Dec '08

*Dear Colleagues, * * * SCHOOL OF ARCHIVAL STUDIES NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF INDIA ADMISSION NOTICE 28th Short Term Certificate Course in "Archives Management" Duration: 16th February 2009 to 31st March 2009. Objective: To make the trainees aware of acquisition, arrangement, up-keep and retrieval of records. Eligibility: Graduate in any discipline preferably in humanities from a recognized university. Reservation: Seats are reserved for SC/ST/PH & OBC private candidates as per Government norms. Age: Below 30 years for private candidates. Below 50 years for sponsored candidates. (Relaxation in age for the reserved categories is applicable as per Government norms). Registration Fee: Application alongwith attested copies of educational qualification and Rs.100/- (Rupees hundred) only through crossed Indian Postal Orders/Bank Draft in favour of Administrative Officer, National Archives of India, Janpath, New Delhi-110001, be sent to The Director General of Archives, National Archives of India, Janpath, New Delhi-110001. Sponsored candidates should apply through proper channel. Course Fee: Rs. 300/- (Rupees three hundred only) non- refundable, to be paid at the time of admission. Last date of receipt of application: 23rd January 2009. Boarding & Lodging: The School has no boarding & lodging facilities. For more information please go through following link: - http://www.employmentnews.gov.in/jobdesc-1749-435.html With Regards, Romesh Chander Sharma National Center for Science Information(NCSI), Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore-560012, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Duplicate messages
by Library＠Arboretum.org.in 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Dear All, We often subscribe to a number of email forums with a view not to miss out on any significant news/development. Multiple posting of the same news item on different fora is adding to the email clutter. Generally, we can categorise any LIS communication into one of the following groups: 1) Relevant to all LIS professionals 2) Relevant to LIS professionals belonging to a specific group, e.g., corporate librarians, LIS teachers, public librarians, etc. Shall we contribute to reduction in email traffic by: a) posting all emails falling in category 1) and 2) to lis-forum without fail. b) posting all email falling in category 2) to the relevant forum only. For instance a corporate librarian posting an item of interest to corporate librarians would post it to corporatelibrarians(a)yahoo.com and lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in only. Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Research Officer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dharma Vana Arboretum Administrative Office Plot 95/1, Phase 2 IDA Cherlapally Hyderabad 500 051 Andhra Pradesh India Mobile: 93962 51106 Phones Direct +91 40 2726 0930 +91 40 3911 4202 EPABX +91 40 2726 0801 Ext. 202 +91 40 2726 0802 Ext. 202 +91 40 3911 4200 Ext. 202 Fax +91 40 3911 4219 www.arboretum.org.in ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Source Tools for Librarians
by Rajan 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Dear All, Mr Ehtesham has done a very good job of pointing out the most essential tools, modern librarians should know in the digital age. It is good that a few librarians, who are familiar with FOSS technologies and tools, are taking individual imitative of different sorts in helping the fellow librarians to learn and use those tools for furthering information activities for which the profession stands. This kind of peer training- learning process may help the profession in its strides in gaining better status, pay and role in this digital environment. Sometime ago, Mr G K Manjumdar & Mr Singh had made some efforts in developing a public database of such IT friendly librarians. That attempt did not go much ahead. This is the right time to give a push to the voluntary peer training, given up once. Simultaneously, some of the new learners can self-learn some of those tools with the help of simple tutorials available in the net. They can seek the support of the peer tutors for comparatively complex tools or on the part where support is needed. In self-learning, one should start with the simple and the most useful. So it seems that the best bet, as the first priority item, is the Greenstone Digital Library Software. Greenstone installation has become much easier by now. Installation of Greenstone 2.81 is a matter of a few mouse clicks on the pre-requisite Java2 Runtime Environment and Greenstone software. Building a digital library with it is a simple exercise of giving a name, gathering some documents and clicking on the Create button. Creating Browsing Classifiers and Search Indexes are the items that require some knowledge. The voluntary peer-training will also work well with those who tried the tools themselves and learned the whereabouts. Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Thrissur ------------------------------ Original Message: Date: 22 Dec 2008 06:06:45 -0000 From: "Ehtesham" <ehte786(a)rediffmail.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] ICT - Open Source tools for Library I am Mohammad Ehtesham staying at Hyderabad, student of LIS and working in a software company as consultant. I have done installation implementation of many open source tools for different organization. I came across the mail posted by Mr Vimal in this forum in which he offered his help to get the Koha installed for the libraries. It was really a wonderful approach towards the Open Source initiative I am sure many would have appreaciated this. Moving ahead I have a thought which I want to share with you all.Therefore it's now time to advance our library services and fulfill the needs of the patrons in a better way what Google and other search engines are doing. Yes whenever the question of precision comes to meet the user needs our library always wins the race. So we only need to change the way of service not the kind of service because our user behavior has changed they became more tech savvy. What to do ? Technology is fear for beginners it is not tough. There are number of open source tools for ICT - (well tested and widely applied) available which can be freely downloaded and implemented with minimal desired customization. This won't impact in libraries shrinking budget. Only we need to acquire hardware and download freely available tools. No doubt there is huge list of open source tools available on the web but to start with here I am mentioning a few well known widely used tools which I came across on which any one can work out for there respective libraries: 1. NewGenLib or Koha (Library automation tool) 2. DSpace, GSDL or ePrints (Digital Library). 3. Moodle (Elearning tool) 4. Joomla or Drupal (CMS) 5. WordPress (Blog tool) 6. MediaWiki (Wiki tool) 7. OpenURL suite (CUFTS - knowledge base consortia tool, Godot - Link resolver & DbWiz - Federated search engine) I hope this will be useful for you. I am open to help and available (No Charge) if any one who needs help in installing and implementing these softwares for their respective libraries on weekends (Sat & Sun). Ehtesham (+91)9985100322 ehte786(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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Libraian-cum-Documentation Assistant vacancy in Sree Chitra Trivadnrum
by Abdunnasar. A 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram has invited application for the post of Librarian-cum-Documentation Assistant. For details please visit : http://www.sctimst.ac.in/whatsnew/indexjob.htm Regards Abdunnasar. A CESS, Trivandrum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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3rd Scopus Young Scientist Awards 2008
by ramesh chander 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Dear Colleagues Elsevier is pleased to announce the winners of the 3rd Scopus Young Scientist Awards 2008. Agriculture Dr. R Raman International Centre for Genetics & Biotechnology Biological Sciences Prof. S Ganesh Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur Chemistry Dr. B V Subba Reddy Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad Earth Sciences Dr. Govindasamy Bala Indian Institute Of Science, Bangalore Engineering Dr. Suman Chakraborty Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Mathematics Dr. Siva Athreya Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Medicine Dr. G. Bhanuprakash Reddy National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad Physics Dr. Satyabrata Patnaik Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Physics Dr. Moulik Parikh Inter Univ Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pune Congratulations to all the winners!! Thanks very much for your cooperation. Kind regards, WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY 2009 With Regards, Romesh Chander Sharma National Center for Science Information(NCSI), Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore-560012, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.

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Skoch Summit 2009
by sahil talwar 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

We are pleased to inform you that the 19th Skoch Summit is scheduled to be organized on January 22-23, 2009 at India Habitat Centre. Skoch Summits have matured over the past 10 years to attract not just government support but also the highest level of national and international corporate support. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Planning Commission, Ministry of Human Resource Development and National Institute of Rural Development are co-organizers for the Summit. Similar support is expected from National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Urban Development and several public sector as well as private sector organizations and multilateral agencies. India: Challenges and Policy Response As India recovers from the horror and tragedy of the Mumbai incident, the criticality of dovetailing security and emergency responses into the economic and development growth scenarios has never been greater. The two-day conference will focus on the challenges faced by India and the desired policy responses. The key content includes: * Security and Disaster Management o A Technology Response to Terror o Planning for Disaster Reduction o Services for the next decade o Learnings from Global Best Practices o State of States o Cyber-Security * Gearing up Power Sector * Information Enabled Economic Inclusion: Telecentre 2.0 * Education & Employability - Capacity is King * Next 5 Years of e-Governance * Thinkers and Writers Forum Distinguished speakers and domain experts would lead the discussions that can be greatly enriched through erudite participants and practitioners such as you. The summit will see unprecedented participation from top-level representatives from national and international organizations, institutions and companies. Your office may wish to pre-register you on our website or through e-mail to help us send you a formal invitation and confirm your participation. This will also help our staff to determine availability and possibility of a complimentary registration for you. The Summit is being held on 22nd -23rd January 2009 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. You may visit www.challengers.in for further details and program schedule. There are limited seats and there will be no spot registration. Thanks & Regards Sahil Talwar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NLM Classification
by Abdu Rahiman 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

May I know how to classify documents using NLM Scheme with worked out examples? -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.

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Request for message posting
by Mailing List Admin 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:19:07 +0800 From: "Muralidharan, Padma (ELS-DEL)" <P.Muralidharan(a)elsevier.com> Dear Manager, Could you please post the following message on LIS-Forum on our behalf? Elsevier is pleased to announce the winners of the 3rd Scopus Young Scientist Awards 2008. Agriculture Dr. R Raman International Centre for Genetics & Biotechnology Biological Sciences Prof. S Ganesh Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur Chemistry Dr. B V Subba Reddy Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad Earth Sciences Dr. Govindasamy Bala Indian Institute Of Science, Bangalore Engineering Dr. Suman Chakraborty Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Mathematics Dr. Siva Athreya Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Medicine Dr. G. Bhanuprakash Reddy National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad Physics Dr. Satyabrata Patnaik Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Physics Dr. Moulik Parikh Inter Univ Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pune Congratulations to all the winners!! Kind regards, Padma Muralidharan Senior Manager - Account Development Elsevier India (Science & Technology) LOGIX PARK, I Floor, A4 & A5, Sector 16 NOIDA - 201 301 (Uttar Pradesh) Ph : 91-120-4679202 l +91-9810739993 Thanks very much for your cooperation. Kind regards, WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY 2009

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Inspirational figures!!!!
by manoj kumar pant 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Dear All, On behalf of Department of Library and information Science Amrapali Institute - Haldwani, Naintal wish to convey my hearted congratulations to Prof. V.G.Talwar for assuming charge as Vice chancellor of Mysore University and Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur, Librarian and Head Kala Nidhi Division, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi, for being the awarded the prestigious *"IASLIC-S M Ganguly award for Best Librarian of the Year 2007" * With best wishes ------------------------------------ Manoj Kumar Pant Lecturar, Amrapali Institute of Management and Computer Application, Haldwani,Nainital, Uttaranchal-263139. Ph. No.-09012226260(Mob.) 919219918942(Home), 268201(Office) e-mail - " manojpant2(a)rediffmail.com ". " manojpant2(a)yahoo.co.in ". ------------------------------------------ "Don't walk ahead of me - I can't follow you, don't walk behind me I can't lead you, Walk along with me and be my friend." ------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.

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Magazine going in to google book search
by Mallikarjun 22 Dec '08

22 Dec '08

Dear All, Magazines will come into Google Book Search (http://books..google.com) from the Publisher partner side of the service with Google offering free digitization. Some of the magazine content in Google Book Search will come from other Google interfaces (e.g., Google News Archive) and some from the main Google service. Have a look on http://books.google.com/ ________________________________________________________________:-) Mallikarjun Dora Professional Assistant Vikram Sarabhai Library IIM, Ahemadabad ...The Future is here, Its just unevenly distributed..... http://curiouslib.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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NISCAIR Short Term Course on "Library Automation and Resource Sharing"
by gmahesh＠niscair.res.in 22 Dec '08

22 Dec '08

NISCAIR announces its one week short term training course on "Library Automation and Resource Sharing" Course dates: 19-23 January 2009 Broad course contents: Application of IT in libraries, Library automation: Introduction and current trends, Library automation software packages, Barcode and RFID technologies, Database creation, Digital Library concepts, Resource sharing, Library networks and services Course fee: Rs. 2000/- without accommodation and Rs. 2600/- with accommodation Admission procedure: Application forms can be downloaded from http://www.niscair.res.in. Filled in applications along with appropriate course fee has to be sent in advance by DD in favour of "Director, NISCAIR" and payable at New Delhi and addressed to, In-charge, Training Division, NISCAIR, 14-Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi - 110067 For more information contact: training(a)niscair.res.in; Ph: 011-26863617 & 011-26965094. G. Mahesh ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using NISCAIR's web mail service. "" http://niscair.res.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.

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ICT - Open Source tools for Library
by Ehtesham 22 Dec '08

22 Dec '08

Dear Friends, I am Mohammad Ehtesham staying at Hyderabad, student of LIS and working in a software company as consultant. I have done installation implementation of many open source tools for different organization. I came across the mail posted by Mr Vimal in this forum in which he offered his help to get the Koha installed for the libraries. It was really a wonderful approach towards the Open Source initiative I am sure many would have appreaciated this. Moving ahead I have a thought which I want to share with you all. The present day society is characterized by: 1. Increasing Information of society. 2. Information Overload. 3. Technology has become an integral part of offices / homes. And library serves as knowledge resource center, information provider and knowledge repository etc. ICT is now become inevitable for any library irrespective of its size and kind of users it serves. Now days more or less every body is relying on Google and referring it as a great library on this planet. Yes I agree but does it mean we should close our library! No we can't dare to do that. Therefore it's now time to advance our library services and fulfill the needs of the patrons in a better way what Google and other search engines are doing. Yes whenever the question of precision comes to meet the user needs our library always wins the race. So we only need to change the way of service not the kind of service because our user behavior has changed they became more tech savvy. What to do ? Technology is fear for beginners it is not tough. There are number of open source tools for ICT - (well tested and widely applied) available which can be freely downloaded and implemented with minimal desired customization. This won't impact in libraries shrinking budget. Only we need to acquire hardware and download freely available tools. No doubt there is huge list of open source tools available on the web but to start with here I am mentioning a few well known widely used tools which I came across on which any one can work out for there respective libraries: 1. NewGenLib or Koha (Library automation tool) 2. DSpace, GSDL or ePrints (Digital Library). 3. Moodle (Elearning tool) 4. Joomla or Drupal (CMS) 5. WordPress (Blog tool) 6. MediaWiki (Wiki tool) 7. OpenURL suite (CUFTS - knowledge base consortia tool, Godot - Link resolver & DbWiz - Federated search engine) I hope this will be useful for you. I am open to help and available (No Charge) if any one who needs help in installing and implementing these softwares for their respective libraries on weekends (Sat & Sun). Please let me know. Thanks & Regards Ehtesham (+91)9985100322 ehte786(a)gmail.com MD EHTESHAM H-11,ISI HOSTELS ADIS 1st year (DRTC) INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE 8TH MILE, MYSORE ROAD, BANGALORE - 560059 MOB - 09886687105 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] desidoc J of Lib & Infor Tech- online - reg (chandra shekar)
by Indira 22 Dec '08

22 Dec '08

Dear Mr. Chandra Sekhar, Here is the path to access DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology http://publications.drdo.gov.in/ojs/index.php/djlit For archives (DBIT) volume1+ follow the give path: http://publications.drdo.gov.in/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?site=localhost&a=p&p=ab out&c=dbit&l=en&w=utf-8 Regards, Indira -------------------------------------------- Ms. Indira Koneru Faculty Member Dept. of Library Science Icfai Academic Wing 23, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabad-500 082 India -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 3:39 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 69, Issue 30 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Quotation process (Mrs. Kuberkar) (HENAG) 2. desidoc J of Lib & Infor Tech- online - reg (chandra shekar) 3. Annamalai University - UGC - National Conference - reg (Dr. R. Balasubramani) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:18:24 +0530 From: HENAG <HENAG(a)infosys.com> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Quotation process (Mrs. Kuberkar) To: d kuberkar <dkuberkar(a)rediffmail.com>, "lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Message-ID: <AB760FBDB8F14D4294F596941D2CABA904E0787449(a)BLRKECMBX03.ad.infosys.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear All, I fully agree with Mrs. Kuberkar. Asking quotation for books ,raising Purchase Order and then procuring the books means waste of time and doing un justice to the Supplier too. It would be a good option while calling for a particular book with all the suppliers asking the books with quote . The early supplier with a lowest quote should be appreciated and order should be given to him. This process works fine , and it is justifiable too. No suppliers will be deprived of while he could supply the same . All suppliers would be equally treated. [cid:image001.gif@01C9610A.B97612A0] Best Regards Hena S Gupta Sr.Librarian, Manager(Group leader-E&R), Information Specialist Infosys Central Library, Infosys Technologies Limited, Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bangalore-560100 Board : (91)-(080)-28520261 Ext 52196 ; Direct: 91-080-41165196 Fax: (91)-(080)-28520742 ; Cell:9972584657 We enable you to leverage knowledge anytime, anywhere! From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of d kuberkar Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:57 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Quotation process (Mrs. Kuberkar) Dear Friends, Quotation for Books is not so good idea. GOC mentions as follows : Amendment to rules 99 and 116 of the General Financial rules, 1963 (Third edition) exclusion of books, publications and periodicals, etc. from the definition of "Stores". THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE VIDE THEIR O.M. NO. F.23(7). EII (A)/83 DATED 7.2.1984 MADE CHANGES IN THE GENERAL FINANCIAL RULES WHICH DISPENSE WITH THE NECESSITY OF CALLING FOR TENDERS OR QUOTATIONS IN RESPECT OF PURCHASE OF BOOKS, PERIODICALS, ETC. All though quotations are not necessary, some follow the practice. My personal view is : it consumes more time in procuring procedure and also it is unfair with suppliers. The first supplier who brings a particular book on approval, should be given the order. If you get quotations for the same , some other supplier who quotes better is given the order. This definitely affects the business relation. 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Article Request
by priya gopalkrishna kaimal 20 Dec '08

20 Dec '08

Pls Send any one this article for my study 1. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, Vol. 33, No. 1, 5-14 (2001) DOI: 10.1177/096100060103300102 A new outlook :services to visually impaired people in UK public libraries Margaret Kinnell De Montfort University 2. Volume 55, Number 4, Spring 2007 E-ISSN: 1559-0682 Print ISSN: 0024-2594 DOI: 10.1353/lib.2007.0033 Owen, David. Sharing a Vision to Improve Library Services for Visually Impaired People in the United Kingdom Library Trends - Volume 55, Number 4, Spring 2007, pp. 809-829 Priya Pillai Librarian BTTC Colaba -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.

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Koha at Cochin University
by Vimal Kumar 19 Dec '08

19 Dec '08

Dear Friends, Cochin University of Science and Technology decides to use Koha for university library and department libraries. Appointed a committee of Librarians and Computer Professionals for feasibility study. -- 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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InfoVision 2009, Jan 22-23, Bangalore, India - Special Student Offer!
by Angrosh 19 Dec '08

19 Dec '08

InfoVision 2009: The Knowledge Summit, January 22-23, 2009, Bangalore announces Special Student Offer of Rs. 2000/- per participant (available only till December 30, 2008) Hurry Up! Don't let go of this rare opportunity InfoVision 2009 - One of its kind organized for the Information and Knowledge Industry Summit Theme: "Content to Intent: Understanding user intent in multimodal, multilingual, mobile, and enterprise Information Access" Summit Sessions: * Mobile Information Access * Multimedia Information Access * Multilingual Information Access * Consumer Created Content * eScience, eResearch and Cyber infrastructure * Enterprise Content and Communication InfoVision 2009 offers an intellectual feast of talks: Inaugural Keynote Dr. Mark Maybury, Executive Director, Information Technology Division, MITRE Corporation, USA - an expert in Intelligent Multimedia Information Retrieval will give the Inaugural Keynote at InfoVision 2009 on January 22, 2009. Keynote Title: Intelligent Multimedia: Promises and Challenges Other Prominent Speakers 1. Dr. P. Anandan, Managing Director, Microsoft Research India, Bangalore 2. Mr. John Blossom, President and Senior Analyst, Shore Communications, USA 3. Dr. Edward Cutrell, Research Scientist, Adaptive Systems Interaction Group, Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA 4. Prof. Dieter Fellner, Director IGD, Fraunhofer Institute of Computer Graphics Research, Darmstadt, Germany 5. Prof. John Girard, Associate Professor of Management, Minot State University, USA 6. Mr. Bruno Goveas, Head, Marketing & Product Management, Akamai Technologies India 7. Mr. Ajay Gupta, Director HP Labs India and Director, Mobility Solutions Group 8. Prof. Sridhar Iyer, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 9. Mr. Srikanth B. Iyer, Co-Founder and COO, Edurite Technologies 10. Dr. Hari M. Koduvely, Senior Risk Analyst, Amazon.com 11. Mr. Balaji Krishnan, General Manager, MindTree 12. Prof. Ee-Peng Lim, School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore 13. Ms. Usha Mohan, Managing Director, Triumph India Software Services, Bangalore 14. Mr. Gopinath Padmanabhan, President, Applications Business Unit, Mphasis 15. Mr. P. Ravindranath, Director - Strategic Development and Govt. & Public Affairs, Hewlett Packard India 16. Prof. Rohini Srihari, Founder CEO, Janya Inc., USA & Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA 17. Mr. Bob Stembridge, Thomson Reuters, UK 18. Prof. Zakir Thomas, Project Director, OSDD Project & Head, DGTC, CSIR 19. Prof. Shalini R. Urs, Executive Director, ISiM, Mysore 20. Mr. Mahesh Vyas, Managing Director & CEO, CMIE For registration and updates, please visit: www.infovision2009.org For details and clarifications, please contact: InfoVision secretariat International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209, Angrosh - 9886970411 Email: office(a)infovision.org.in; office(a)isim.ac.in See you at InfoVision 2009! InfoVision 2009 Summit Team. Thanks and regards, Angrosh ********************************************* Angrosh M.A. Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: angrosh(a)isim.ac.in ********************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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We all Congatulate Prof. (Dr.) V. G. Talvar, the new Vice Chancellor
by Balu Deshpande 19 Dec '08

19 Dec '08

On 12/18/08, Balu Deshpande <balu.mlic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Dear Professionals, > > On behalf of the Library and Information Sciences, Mlisc and Mphil, > University of Mysore. Students, Hope all of you aware that Prof. V.G .Talwar > has been appointed as the Vice-chancellor of the Mysore University; Sir is > the first from an LIS community to achieve such a great honor. > > We all Congatulate Prof. (Dr.) V. G. Talvar, the new Vice Chancellor of > University of Mysore. Wishing him all success for his new assignment.* > > > > This is happy news to all the LIS professionals in our country > > > > B, S, Deshpande > > Librarian > > A. J. institute of Medical Sciences > > Mangalore > > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ten Point Agenda of National Knowledge Commission to improve the quality and quantity of Ph.D. students in the country
by Puna Das 18 Dec '08

18 Dec '08

Ten Point Agenda of Indian National Knowledge Commission to improve the quality and quantity of Ph.D. students in the country. 1. Launch a national publicity campaign to attract the best young minds for careers in teaching at all levels, and also academic research 2. Initiate major academic reforms in universities 3. Implement administrative reforms in universities 4. Enable research environments in universities 5. Set up more quality undergraduate teaching institutions across disciplines 6. Increase funding for education at all levels and for R&D 7. Rejuvenate doctoral programmes across disciplines 8. Ensure quality of doctoral work and academic research in institutions 9. Enable vigorous Industry-Academia interaction 10. Foster a global outlook in research We hope, LIS researchers will be more vocal for early implementation of this recommendation. Source: http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/recommendations/MoreQualityPhDL… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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The Knowledge Society Debates: A series of events exploring science, technology and innovation in India
by Puna Das 18 Dec '08

18 Dec '08

Call for Participation The Knowledge Society Debates: A series of events exploring science, technology and innovation in India 5th-13th January, 2009 Hyderabad (5-6th), Bangalore (8-9th), Delhi (12-13th) In India, as in Europe, visions of a ‘knowledge society’ have brought science, technology and innovation to the forefront of politics, democracy and public life. As India positions itself in global high-technology markets and European governments attempt to tame their sceptical public, ‘knowledge society’ and ‘knowledge economy’ have become buzzwords in public policy. But... What is a ‘knowledge society’? Whose knowledge counts? What are the drivers of change? What are the contending perspectives? India and Europe present many parallels in how they engage with the ‘knowledge society’. Following the work of the ‘National Knowledge Commission’ in India and the ‘Taking the Knowledge Society Seriously’ report in Europe, there is much that each can learn from the other. What is common between European and Indian visions of a ‘knowledge society’? Can these form a basis for an alternative vision of the global future to that of a borderless market? ...Or is the underlying picture one of greater conflict and uncertainty? These are just some of the questions to be discussed in a series of debates across India – in Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Delhi. Three lead authors of the European report will discuss their findings with Indian academics, policymakers and activists. Lead discussants Brian Wynne, Professor of Science Studies and Associate Director of the UK ESRC, Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics, Lancaster University; Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Andy Stirling, Professor and Director of Science at the Science and Technology Policy Research Unit and Co-Director of the STEPS Centre, University of Sussex; Shiv Visvanathan Professor of Sociology of Science and Technology at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar; A number of academics, civil society members, policy commentators, and activists will join the debate to bring in India specific perspectives. Events at the Knowledge Society Debates a) Roundtable Discussions b) Public Discussions (A) Roundtable Discussions In each city the first day of the debate will be an invitation-only workshop which will critically engage with the politics of ‘knowledge society’. The workshop at each location will include three sessions: (i) Rethinking innovations: Who innovates for whom? (ii) Democracy or technocracy? Civic engagement in knowledge society (iii) Knowledge society or risk society? Uncertainty, regulation and precaution Venues Hyderabad, 5th Jan 2009, Centre for Economic and Social Studies Bangalore, 8th Jan 2009, National Institute of Advanced Studies New Delhi, 12th Jan 2009, India Habitat Centre Contact To participate in the Roundtable Discussion please contact: Shanti Mahendra Email: knowledgedebates[at]ids.ac.uk http://www.steps-centre.org/ourresearch/knowledgesociety.html http://www.steps-centre.org/PDFs/Knowledge%20Society%20flyer_Novt08_small%2… (B) Public Discussions The roundtables will be followed by a public discussion on the next day, in each city and are open for all. Issues raised at the roundtables will be carried forward to these debates which will focus on the following: Knowledge society and uncertain futures, Hyderabad, 6th Jan 2009, Centre for Economic and Social Studies Knowledge futures in the innovation city, Bangalore, 9th Jan 2009, National Institute of Advanced Studies Democratising Knowledge futures, New Delhi, 13th Jan 2009, British Council Auditorium More Details: http://www.steps-centre.org/PDFs/Knowledge%20Society%20flyer_Novt08_small%2… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://openaccess-unesco.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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great
by Nihar Patra 18 Dec '08

18 Dec '08

Congratulation Dr. Ramesh. Nice to see this great news... regards, Nihar ************************************************************************ Nihar K Patra M. Phil, MLIS, PGDLAN, Pursuing PhD Head - Library Science (Assistant General Manager) NSHM Knowledge Campus 60 (124), B L Saha Road Kolkata - 700053, India Phone and Facsimile: +91 33 2403 2300/01 Mobile: +919748741550 --- On Wed, 12/17/08, Shantanu Ganguly <sganguly67(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Shantanu Ganguly <sganguly67(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [corporatelibrns] (unknown) To: gaur(a)ignca.org Cc: dharmendra(a)eximbankindia.com, dineshkg(a)sancharnet.in, kishor_satpathy(a)yahoo.com, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com, pkjain1310(a)yahoo.co.in, sbghosh(a)hotmail.com, p_panneer(a)yahoo.com, salis_info(a)yahoogroups.com, agarwal_uk2001(a)yahoo.co.in, iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com, corporatelibrns(a)yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 6:49 AM Dear Ramesh: Congratulations for your grand success!!! You really deserve it..... Regards Shantanu Ganguly Associate Professor and Head Knowledge Resource Center Indus World School of Business (IWSB) Greater Noida Website: www.iwsb.in ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ** (Direct): 95120-3120657 (Mob): 9811330235 ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ** sganguly67@gmail. com ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -- A-67, Chittaranjan Park, First Floor New Delhi-110019 Tel: 011-26272596 ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -- On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Pushkar Sharma <pushkar_udr@ yahoo.com> wrote: Respected Professional Colleagues, It is a matter of great pleasure to inform you that Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur, Librarian & Head Kala Nidhi Division of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi has been awarded IASLIC- S. M. Ganguly Award for the BEST LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR 2007. Dr. Gaur is young, energetic, dedicated LIS professional and have worked in various esteemed academic & special libraries of the country such as IMT, MDI, TIFR, etc. His expertise and knowledge have also been recognized at the international level. He has contributed many research articles, authored and edited 3 books and delivered many lectures on various aspects of Library & information science particularly on Automation, Digitization and Digital Archiving. Formation of Ranganathan Research Circle (RRC) as its Founder Covenor and Life Trustee-Ranganathan Research Trust are some of his major contributions to LIS Profession. Recently he has also been nominated to Delhi Library Board (Delhi Public Library Governing body) as its member. Considering the above, the award given to him as the token of recognition of his dedicated work & contribution to the Library & information science profession. May I take this liberty of requesting you to please join me in congratulating Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur for this honour, which he truly deserved. Thanking you. (Dr. P.L.Sharma) Asstt. Manager (Library) NHPC Limited ( A Govt. of India Enterprise) NHPC Office Complex, Sector-33, Faridabad (Haryana)- 121010 -- Shantanu Ganguly Associate Professor and Head Knowledge Resource Center Indus World School of Business (IWSB) Greater Noida Website: www.iwsb.in ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ** (Direct): 95120-3120657 (Mob): 9811330235 ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ** sganguly67@gmail. com ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -- A-67, Chittaranjan Park, First Floor New Delhi-110019 Tel: 011-26272596 ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -- __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (2) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar MARKETPLACE From kitchen basics to easy recipes - join the Group from Kraft Foods Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity 2 New MembersVisit Your Group Yahoo! Finance It's Now Personal Guides, news, advice & more. Y! Messenger Group get-together Host a free online conference on IM. Search Ads Get new customers. List your web site in Yahoo! Search. .. __,_._,___ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 69, Issue 14
by Balu Deshpande 18 Dec '08

18 Dec '08

Dear Professionals, On behalf of the Library and Information Sciences, Mlisc and Mphil, University of Mysore. Students, Hope all of you aware that Prof. V.G .Talwar has been appointed as the Vice-chancellor of the Mysore University; Sir is the first from an LIS community to achieve such a great honor. We all Congatulate Prof. (Dr.) V. G. Talvar, the new Vice Chancellor of University of Mysore. Wishing him all success for his new assignment.* This is happy news to all the LIS professionals in our country B, S, Deshpande Librarian A. J. institute of Medical Sciences Mangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Annamalai University - UGC - National Conference - reg
by Dr. R. Balasubramani 18 Dec '08

18 Dec '08

*ANNAMALAI** UNIVERSITY* UGC-National Seminar on *"Strategic Information Management in the Digital Era"* 26th -27th, March 2009 Thursday & Friday *Website: *www.annamalaiuniversity.ac.in *Contact for Registration / Enquires* *Seminar Director* *Dr. M. Nagarajan* Professor & Head Department of Library & Information Science Annamalai University Annamalainagar – 608 002 Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu *Mobile*: 9443497604 *e-mail*: au_nagarajan(a)yahoo.co.in / sanpno(a)gmail.com *Themes & Sub-themes* • Information – Transformation from print to digital form. • Transition from traditional library to hybrid library • Collection development – Practices • Collection processing in the Digital Era – Digital preservation • Development of IRs – Intellectual Property Rights • Consortia Approach – Models – Case Studies • Role of Library Professionals in the Digital Era. *Call for papers* Participants are invited to contribute papers for presentation on the above themes and related aspects. The Abstract and manuscript of the paper (preferably as MS-word attachments) should be submitted to the Seminar Director by e-mail (au_nagarajan(a)yahoo.co.in / sanpno(a)gmail.com) and by post mail before the deadline. *Who should attend?* This seminar expects wide participation by faculty, scientists, professionals of library research, IT, research scholars, students and other related persons to library & information subject. *Registration Fee *(includes seminar kit, resource material, participation certificate, working lunch and refreshment). For Faculty / Librarian & others … Rs.500/- *For Research Scholars … Rs.300/- ***For Students … Rs.200/- ***Should produce evidence from their Institution *Dates to Remember* For Submission of Abstract – *30th January 2009* For submission of full paper *along with Registration fee *- *28th February 2009* *Accommodation* The participants make their own arrangements. However, limited accommodation is available in our university Guest House on extra payment. We would help the participants in arranging accommodation at nominal charges on first-come first-serve by twin-sharing basis. *No TA / DA will be paid to the participants.* *UGC-National Seminar on* *Strategic Information Management in the Digital Era* 26th & 27th March 2009 *Registration Form* Name: Designation: Institution Address for Communication Phone: Mobile: e-mail: Are you presenting a paper : Yes / No If yes, give title of the Paper Accommodation is required : Yes / No *Payment details* Bank: D.D. No. Date Rs. (Demand Draft may be drawn in favour of the *Registrar, Annamalai University *payable at *Annamalainagar / Chidambaram *in State Bank of India / Indian Bank / ICICI Bank Ltd. *Cheque will not be accepted*). *Signature* -- Dr. R. Balasubramani Assistant Librarian, Bharathidasan University, Trichy. Cell:9787617452 9994889426 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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