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Congrats to Prof. V.G. Talwar - wishes from SALIS
by Arunachalam Hariharan 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

On behalf of the Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science, I congratulate and wish Prof. V.G. Talwar for his new appointment as V.C of Mysore University. This is happy news to all the LIS professionals in our country. SOurce: http://www.starofmysore.com/main.asp?type=news&item=18951 DR. TALWAR TAKES OVER AS VC OF MYSORE VARSITY Mysore, Dec. 11 (ACP & DM)- The newly-appointed Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University Prof. V.G. Talwar took charge today. Acting Vice-Chancellor Dr. C.P. Siddhashrama handed over charge to Prof. Talwar at the Crawford Hall. Admirers of Prof. Talwar burst crackers outside the Craw-ford Hall as he took charge. The Governor-Chancellor Rameshwar Thakur yesterday issued an order appointing Prof. V.G. Talwar, Professor of Library and Information Science, Mysore University, as new Vice-Chancellor. The post was vacant following the retirement of Prof. J. Shashidhara Prasad on Oct. 22 last year and many hurdles came in the way of appointing a new Vice-Chancellor. V.G. Talwar: A man of wide experience At last, it has happened after a prolonged wait for more than a year! The news is that Dr. V.G.Talwar, Professor of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore. The academic and administrative profile of the man who is going to head, lead and manage the affairs of the University of Mysore for the next four years is proof enough to indicate what the new Vice-Chancellor is capable of. Humility and down to earth temperament endowed with practical wisdom are the hallmarks of the personality of the new Vice-Chancellor. All those who know him personally would agree with one voice that it is indeed a great gesture that a man of simplicity and self-effacement committed to quality-oriented higher education has been elevated to the post of a Vice-Chancellor of a prestigious University struggling at the moment to keep up its reputation. He has an uphill task in setting right certain irregularities committed in the recent past. Harnessing pulls and pressures of different sorts would be one of the real challenges awaiting him as he takes up his new assignment. Looking for and having right people as part of his team management could go a long and effective way in meeting the challenges ahead of him. Having been an insider for many years could be a great aid. A man with a heart of wisdom derived from vast and wide experience as teacher and administrator, Prof.Talwar, known as VGT in the shortened version of his name, is a well-known name in the academic and administrative circle within and outside the University of Mysore. There is no department that he is not familiar with. He is aware of the ins and outs of almost all the Sections at Crawford Hall by virtue of having served as Registrar of the University for four years and four months and being a Chairman or a member of one committee or the other till date. Prof.Talwar is also known for his outreaching sensitivity. His friendly and helpful nature could be a great source of strength and problems as well. A fine sense of a compassionate worldview, thanks to his humble origin and family background, pervades his reasoning and discernments. Free from coterie culture, kitchen cabinet, and mean and mud-slinging politicking, he has the art of cultivating the spirit of accommodativeness lest ego clashes and ghetto interests and conflicts should overpower the management of academic and administrative matters of the University. As an aspirant for the post, he has shared his vision for the development of the University of Mysore with some of his friends besides formulating the same in a more organised manner in his profile documentation made available to the search committee that selected him as one of the three persons recommended for the post. If only politics and interventions of people with vested interests do not bother him too much, we could count on his intellectual acumen, dialogic imagination, team-building spirit, practical wisdom for smooth management of the University that has been blessed with a special grant of one hundred crore by the Government of India besides the other usual budget already made available by the State Government and the budget to be generated from local resources. — A.S. Dasan, University of Mysore Bio-data • Born on 1st June, 1950; Son of a farmer, hailing from Jikanur village in Belgaum District. • Pursued higher education in Bangalore University and passed out with a Gold Medal in 1978; started his career in Bharat Electronics Ltd. Bangalore ( 10 + years), served Mangalore University for 6 + years before joining the University of Mysore where he has been for the last 17 years; • Important positions held in the University of Mysore: Director of UGC – Academic Staff College ( 4 + years); Registrar of the University ( 4 + years); • Experience in Research Guidance: has successfully guided 13 students till date for PhD; • Publications: 10 books one of which is Legacy of learning (2002), a comprehensive and significant reference book on the history of development of the University of Mysore with a vision for its future, 46 monographs, and 50 articles; • Has been recognised and honoured by the Govt. of Karnataka for his meritorious services in the field of higher education, especially in the field of library science and digital libraries. A.Hariharan Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science SALIS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Software for a media library
by hima bindu 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

Dear all, Kindly can anybody suggest software for a Media library. The requirement is the content(video clippings,audio), loaded on server, should be retrieved through the keywords,and other attributes provided in catalogue. Thank you Hima Bindu Freelance Librarian Secunderabad 040-27222607 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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LISERT-India: An IATLIS Discussion Group
by Jagtar Singh 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

Dear All, We have started a moderated discussion group named *LISERT-India* to promote discussion on lingering and leading-edge issues relating to library and information science education, research and training. To join this group, please click the *'Join this Group'* link by accessing the following URL: http://groups.google.com/group/lisert-india/ In case you face any difficulty, please mail us at the following email address: iatlis.patiala(a)gmail.com We shall take care of your difficulties. All the best, Jagtar Singh -- Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Dean, Faculty of Education and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Tel: +91 (0)175 304 6462 & 304 6179 (Work) +91 (0)175 228 2727 (Home) Fax: +91 (0)175 228 3073 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for the post of Asst. Librarian at LNM IIT, Jaipur
by Shriram Pandey 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

Dear Professionals, We are looking for a dynamic information professional for our central library.The candidate should have vision towards library development. The detail of the vacancy is as fallows.. Assistant Librarian (No. of vacancy-1) The candidate should be well conversant with various activities of an Academic Library, such as procurement and processing of books and periodicals and providing assistance to general library administration Essential Qualification/Experience: 1. Master's degree in Library Science/Information science/Documentation or an equivalent professional degree with at least 60% marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC seven point scales. 2. At least 2 years experience in a responsible capacity in a University level Library. Candidates should be familiar with usage of Knowledge of classification scheme- DDC, library software and have experience in library computerization. 3. The candidate having NET/SLET will be preferred. Salary to Pay: Rs. 12000-15000(fixed) Last Date to apply: December 30, 2008 Please send an application, along with your bio-data to Registrar, LNM Institute of Information Technology (LNM IIT) Rupa Ki Nagal, Post-Sumel, Via- Jamdoli Jaipur (Rajasthan)-302031 You can apply through email. Send your application to library(a)lnmiit.ac.in or library.lnmiit(a)gmail.com Regards, Shri Ram Pandey - MLIS(BHU), IKM(IISc), UGC-NET (JRF) LNM Institute of Information Technology(LNM IIT) Jaipur(Rajasthan) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Rare Books Exhibition
by nirmala reddy 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

‘Jewels of India’, The VIIth Rare Books Exhibition The Bombay Natural History Society and Rotary Club of Bombay Seacoast are holding a Rare Book exhibition from 17th - 23rd December 2008 at Hornbill house, Opp. Lion gate, Dr. Salim Ali Chowk, Shaheed Bhagat Singh road, Mumbai-400 001. The Exhibition will remain open from 11.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. on all days except on 23rd December, 2008 (11.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.) Exhibition is a part of the society’s 125th year celebration. It is a unique opportunity to see the rarest and finest books published in the last 200 years containing lithographs, paintings and old maps from the century old collection of the BNHS Library. The Highlights of the exhibition are Jonh Gould’s The Birds of Asia, Oriental Memoirs by James Forbes (1913), Memories of a Map of Hindoostan, published in 1798 and Indian Serpents by Patrick Russell, published in 1801. Most of the books were donated by Mr. Evans Fraser in 1925. 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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Prof V G Talwar, is the Vice chancellor of Mysore University
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

dear friends iam happy to inform you that Prof VG Talwar, professor, dept of library and information science, University of Mysore has been appointed as VC of University of Mysore. the orders have been issued by the Hon'ble Governor of Karnataka. He is the first VC from the library and information field.Earlier, he was the Registrar of the same university and Director, UGC-CADEMIC STAFF COLLEGE. HE WAS HEAD, CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPT. HE WAS EXPERT TO MANY UNIVERSITIES. WE ARE PROUD OF HIM AND THE LIBRARY SCIENCE COMMUNITY CELEBRATES HIS APPOINTMENT. HE WILL BE TAKING CHARGE ON 11 DEC 2008. ON BEHALF OF ME AND THE PROFESSIONALS BOTH TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS, I CONGRATULATE HIM FOR GETTIG APPOINTED AS vc OF PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY- UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE. WE ALL THANK THE GOVERNMENT ESPCIALLY THE HON'BLE CHIEF MINISTERR AND EDUCAION MINISTER OF THE KARNATAK STATE FOR APPOINTIG HIM AS VC. WE ALSO THANK THE HON'BL GOVERNOR OF KARNATKA. WE ALL WISH PROF TALWAR, A SEASONED ADMINISTRATOR, A SUCCESFUL TERM AS VC. THE WHOLE LIBRARY PROFESSION IS WITH AND BEHIND HIM SUPPORTING ALL HIS ENDEAVOURS. PROF LAXMAN RAO Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Professor of Library & Information Science, & Director, UGC-Academic Staff College (Retd), Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Association of British Scholars (Hyderabad Chapter) 91-40-27171565, 27177763 (res): 09246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(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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Library Movement
by vijay gautam 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

Dear friends, I too agree with S K DEsale and P B mangla. We cannot keep on giving endless services and in return expect nothing. The working conditions of the librarians and their status is very poor in our country. Even after earning a post graduation in LIS, many of the librarians are taken on a beginner's scale. As we say for better services a user has to pay. The same thing applies when it comes to salary and working conditions. If you are paid well, you serve better. What Ms. Smita Chandra says is correct and I think these are the very basic things which most of the librarians do. We should also understand that librarians have to depend on the parent organization and libraries come last when budget is to be allocated and comes first when services are to be given. So I would say that IT progresses, ordered and neater libraries can be expected when there are no budget problems and min. man power is a must. And the important facor is the LIS education There are exceptions where librarians don't work inspite of having good budgets etc. I would like to throw some light on out LIS Education too and that is where what Smita and Parinita says holds true. In earlier times there were very few universities/colleges offering Lib. degrees. Now so many universities and colleges are offering these degrees. But how many have a standard? I have come across several applications for a higher post where so many candidtes have M.LIb degree with distinction but their basic graduation scores are just 35-40%. They cannot communicate, organize collection, knowledge of subject is zero and the very basic lib. functions are so badly handled that I doubt their Lib. degrees and Phds. On top of all this they have papers( highly sub-standard) published and presented at various conferences and seminars. These are the people who are spoiling our profession and thereby our professional status. The Universities/colleges imparting LIS degrees should set a proper standard and modify eligibility criteria for admissions to Blib/Mlib/PhD. All this together can form the basis of Lib. movement. VIJAY GAUTAM MLIS LUCKNOW Mob:9450093626 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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Just Published: "Internet Governance Forum (IGF) - The First Two Years"
by Puna Das 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

"Internet Governance Forum (IGF) - The First Two Years" Edited by Avri Doria and Wolfgang Kleinwächter in coorperation with the IGF Secretariat. A UNESCO Publications for the World Summit of the Information Society - Special issue co-produced with the ITU and UNDESA (2.34MB) Download Full-text Book: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/hydera/IGFBook_the_first_two_years.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now. 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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CALIBER09 : Call for paper
by Prem Chand 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

Call for paper for International Conferences on E-Content Management: Challenges and Strategies during 25-27 Feb. 2009 in Pondichery, India. The CALIBER 2009 is 16th CALIBER in the series and 7th International CALIBER, which is being organised Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET) in collaboration with Pondichery University during 25-27 Feb 2009 in Pondichery, India. Receipt of full papers: January 20, 2009 Last date for Registration: February 15, 2009 Theme of the Conference: E-Content Management: Challenges and Strategies Sub-Theme of the Conference: 1. Digital preservation and digital persistence Digital Preservation: Strategies Issues and Challenges PREMIS/ OAIS Reference Model 2. Web Content Management (WCM) Content Management Software Case Studies Enterprise Search and Vertical search Semantic Web Enterprise 2.0 Technologies & Social Computing Best Practices in Content Management Deployment 3. Web 2.0/ Library 2.0 Building Communities using Web 2.0 Case Studies Beyond Web 2.0 RSS Feeds and its Application in Library Services Social Networks, Twitter, Blogs, RSS, Wikis, Mashups Moving from Web 2.0 to Enterprise 2.0 4. E-Publising E-Resources: New Models for Content Delivery and Deployment Trends in Scholarly Communication: Challenges and Opportunities to Libraries Electronic Resource Management Systems (ERMS) Anti-plagiarism Software Digital Rights Management (DRM) Ebooks: Latest Trends Software for Open Source Journal Publishing Standards and Protocols: COUNTER, SUSHI and OAI-PMH For further details, please visit our site at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/caliber2009/ Prem Chand Convener- CALIBER 2009 Caliber2009(a)inflibnet.ac.in or premchand(a)inflibnet.ac.in Prem Chand Scientist- D Convener UGC-INFONET Digital library Consortium Information & Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET) An Inter University Centre of UGC, Near Gujarat University Guest House Navrangpura, Ahmedabad Gujarat. India Phone: 079-26305971, 26304695 ( Office) 079- 29096170( R) 09427001489 prem65_chand(a)yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reg-Librarian's Adalat
by shivashankar kadadevaramath 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

Dear Librarian's it is hereby brought into the notice of Librarians of all 348 government first grade colleges and 299 private aided colleges that grievances if any concerned to their placements/pension should be brought into notice on or before 15th dce 2008 for more informantion http;//www.dce.kar.nic.in/shikshana%20adalat.html the adalat will be held on 20th dec 2008 at sikshakar sadan K G Road Bangalore at 10am S L Kadadevaramath President Karanataka state college Librarians aosscation Bangalore mob 9449070311 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SIS " Fellowship 2008" Award
by kunwar.air air 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

Dear LIS Professionals It is a pleasure to inform you that Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai has been awarded prestigious "Fellowship 2008" by Society for Information Science, New Delhi for valuable contributions to Information Science in India. The award was received by Dr. Harish Chandra in person at the Valedictory Function of SIS 25th Annual Conference at Indian Institute of Management, Indore on 6th December, 2008. -- Regard:- Kunwar Singh Rawat Senior Library Information Assistant Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai-600036 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Please support college librarian’s movement
by S K DEsale 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

Dear friends, We are raising some problems of college Librarians/ Dy. Librarian/ Asst. Librarian/ Lecturers at university level. If you are one of them then I request you to join us. If not then also we need your support in reaching out all such library professionals working in Pune University or affiliated colleges and institutes. I request you to forward this mail to those people or inform them by some other means so that we can come together and discus following issues. 1) *College Librarians should be considered as a faculty and should be given the same rights given to the teachers*. College Librarian should have right to represent on board of studied of LIS, he should be given a right to vote and choose his representatives on board. Since librarian is a person who is actually working in the library he knows what knowledge one should pusses to be successful in this profession and what should be taught to new entrants. Librarian can design new courses, syllabus and examination pattern so that the new entrants will have the right skills to cope with the changing needs of the library users. *2) **Academic library professionals should have the nomenclatures same as approved by Andhra Gvt.* Andhra Pradesh Government has re-designated Librarians/Deputy Librarians/Assistant Librarians as Professors/Associate Professors/Assistant Professors in Library and Information Science. 3) *College Librarian should be considered as head of department of library and information science like other teachers for their respective departments in colleges.* Librarian is continuously involved in teaching students in how to Locate, retrieve and use correct, pinpointed information quickly and accurately. He/she is also engage in developing reading habits and achieve information literacy among the students by doing this they actually stimulate the learning process. ** * * *4) **Library profession should have the separate faculty like other professions e.g. Law, Management, Medicine etc.* * * Library and information science is a profession and it should be treated as a separate profession. It should be given an equal chance for its development like other professions. The separate faculty of LIS will help in the development of this profession. Presently LIS is been clubbed in M.M.S. (Mental and Moral and social sciences) with other subjects, which are non-professional courses therefore LIS should have separate faculty like management, law, architect etc. 5) *One seat should be reserved for college librarian on senate*. There is no representation of college librarians in the senate. University librarian is ex-officio member of the senate. Friends we are planning to assemble at University of Pune on Sunday 14th or 21st, please inform which date is convenient to you so that we can choose a date which will convenient to more and more people. With Best Regards Mr. S. K. Desale Asst. Librarian Jayakar Library University of Pune. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google Book Search Bibliography, Version 3
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 09 Dec '08

09 Dec '08

The Google Book Search Bibliography, Version 3 is now available from Digital Scholarship. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/gbsb/gbsb.htm This bibliography presents selected English-language articles and other works that are useful in understanding Google Book Search. It primarily focuses on the evolution of Google Book Search and the legal, library, and social issues associated with it. Where possible, links are provided to works that are freely available on the Internet, including e-prints in disciplinary archives and institutional repositories. Note that e-prints and published articles may not be identical. For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital publications since my resignation from the University of Houston Libraries, see the Digital Scholarship Publications Overview. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/dsoverview.htm -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ DigitalKoans, Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography, Google Book Search Bibliography, Open Access Bibliography, Open Access Webliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog, and Tout de Suite series. A Look Back at Nineteen Years as an Internet Digital Publisher http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/nineteenyears.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Enabling Koha for Malayalam
by Rajan 09 Dec '08

09 Dec '08

Dear Shri Francis / Others, Enabling Koha for Malayalam data entry is simple. It is possible in Windows XP with SP II or later versions and can be done by installing the Indic Input Method Editor (IME) and adding the language Keyboard. IME can be added from the Microsoft Windows/Office CD or from the Downloads link under the For End Users section of the www.bhashaindia.com The screenshots are available at http://www.bhashaindia.com/Patrons/Tutorials/MalayalamIME.aspx and at http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in/index.php/EnableMalayalam Exact steps are as follows:- 1.. Malayalam IMEs can be enabled by going to Control Panel and then click on the button titled "Regional and Language Options". Three options will emerge as tabs: Regional Options, Languages and Advanced. Select the Languages tab. Check the box titled "Install files for complex scripts and left-to-right languages (including Thai)" and click Apply. Then insert the Windows XP CD to finish the configuration. 2.. Run the Malayalam IME setup file and restart the computer. 3.. To enable the keyboard layout, please go to the Control Panel and then on to Regional and Language Options button. Of the three tabs available, select the Languages tab. Then click on the Details. . . button in the Text services and input languages section. Upon clicking the button, select Malayalam as the input language and Add Malayalam as the keyboard. In the option box that ensues, select Malayalam Indic IME 1 as the option. 4.. After the installation is complete, click the Language Indicator located in the System Tray on the right side of the Windows taskbar, and select "Malayalam Indic IME 1 from the shortcut menu that appears. Now the computer is ready for input of any data in Malayalam. If Koha is installed in the computer and data has been entered in Malayalam using Unicode, you can make Malayalam search and retrieval. For installation of Koha 2.2.9 on Windows, the installation guide at http://www.koha.rwjr.com/Koha_on_Windows.html provides the steps. Apache 2.2.9, Active Perl 5.8.8, Mysql 4.1 and Koha 2.2.9 worked well on my computer. The OPAC will be accessible to the intranet users, if you are connected to a network. Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Thrissur ------------------------------ Original Message: Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 10:01:32 +0530 (IST) From: Aloor Thomas Francis <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Use of Malayalam in KOHA To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear Professionals, We are also interested to use Malayalam with KOHA. If any body already using or have adequate knowledge to advise, please let us know. Yoursfiathfully, A.T. FRANCIS HEAD, LIBRARY COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY THRISSUR - 680 656, INDIA francisaloor(a)yahoo.com francisaloor@gmailcom ? ? -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library culture and LIS education
by vasanth raj 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

Dear Sir/Madam, Why librarians are not treated on par with teaching faculty and not respected? The reason that I figured out myself are, we are witnessing a complete lack of library culture among faculty and students. It seems either faculty or students have never ever understand (in PU and Degree colleges –particularly) the role and the importance of library and the librarian. They have developed a misconception that librarians are just a store keeper and they are there to see that no one sneak into the library. Education institutions also have their pie in that without proper infrastructure and facilities they should not start a college but it is other way around. To ask them to provide a well constructed building for the library is impossible. College authorities only make sure themselves that there is some one in the library to give book for students to pass their exams, that’s it. Librarian role is over (for long time without a librarian, libraries have successfully managed by the clerk!). This is one of the strong reasons why librarians have not treated on par with lecturers. Faculty often ask students to consult books which are truly syllabus oriented and student also blindly follow their suggestion and borrow books which caters their examination need thereafter they never turn to library again. Often we operate in a closed access system. We never allow student to see books and enjoy it. System also has been accustomed to it. With such environment it would always difficult to make them understand our presence and our role immediately. If we build a strong library culture amongst students in an early age and improve the basic facilities slowly we can change the mind set of the people. Let us optimistic and try. Western way of seeing the library is the need of the hour. We have followed free market and experiencing the recent financial crunch. Why not follow the western way of developing library culture in our country. If we imbibe the library culture among children in an early age, it may some how definitely in a long run help LIS profession. It is a high time to move from behavioristic model of education to constructivist model of education. Kerala public library system is notable here. In Kerala one can see increasing number of children visiting nearest public library for reading books of different genre. Recent educational reforms (headed by K M Panniker) in Kerala also emphsize to give enough importance to school library. [Views are personal] ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N 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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Workshop on Library Automation Packages @ NCSI
by K.T Anuradha 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

Dear Professional, Kindly ignore this mail if you have already responded. A five day workshop on Library Automation Packages is arranged at NCSI. More detail about the workshop can be accessed at: http://dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop Please note that 15th December is the last date for registration. Regards, Anuradha NCSI, IISc Bangalore

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Fw: Request to Publish on Various Forums
by Rajesh Chandrakar 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

Dear Moderator I request you to put following text as "Call for Papers" for seminar on "Open Access to Textual and Multimedia Content: Bridging the Digital Divide"29th - 30th January, 2009 New Delhi Rajesh Call for Papers (As Posters) Authors are invited to submit their papers for poster presentation. You may submit the full-length paper along with an abstract. While abstract will be published in the proceedings, you will have an opportunity to present your paper as a poster in an hour-long poster session. Your poster may include graphs, photographs, and bulleted text. Authors would be required to stand next to their posters to give a short presentation and answer questions from the participants. Authors will, therefore, have opportunity to discuss their papers with interested participants on one-to-one basis. Suggestions for Poster Design: a.. It is said that "one picture is equivalent to one thousand words". The poster session offers you an opportunity to present your idea as a poster which may include photographs, graphs and bulleted text. a.. Your poster may highlight only important portion of your paper. It should encourage discussions and dialogue with participants. The better the quality of the poster, the higher the quality of the interactions. a.. The poster may be approximately 1 m x 0.5 m which is roughly equivalent to six A4 sheets. a.. The poster can be in a single large sheet or many sheets of A4 or other sizes, as long as the total size fits the poster board. a.. Poster should be a visual representation of your paper's textual information. Displaying only a copy of your paper on the poster will not be desirable. a.. Your poster should be aesthetically pleasing, attractive, colourful and legible. It should not be cluttered. The objective is to capture the attention of participants. As such include graphics, pictures and illustrations, avoid text, as far as possible. a.. Use glossy and heavy grade paper for poster. Note: Authors are NOT expected to bring the poster board and pushpins. Poster boards will be provided by the organizers at the conference venue. IMPORTANT: The posters will be arranged and secured to a poster board by the authors themselves at the meeting. Posters should be pinned-up before commencement of the poster session. Timings of the session will be announced well in time and authors will be given time to pin-up their posters Your Paper along with Posters should be submitted to Dr.Jagdish Arora(Director,INFLIBNET CENTRE),director(a)inflibnet.ac.in with copy to: yatrik(a)inflibnet.ac.in on or before 25/12/2008 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Who Speaks for Librarians
by Charu 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

Respected Friends, In the line of discussion raised by worthy friends regarding some of issues are as follows-------- 1. Professional accreditation of librarians in society, 2. Quality of LIS Education at all level. 3. Time bound Professional as well as technical enhancement , 4. At par status in parent organisations, 5. Removal of Financial and Administrative disparities , 6. Change of image from CIRUCLATION CLERK to KNOWLEDGE GENRATOR, KNOWLEDGE MANAGER, INFORMATION OFFICER and so on , 7. Library Services are as precious , priceless and very much mandatory than any other service in the parent organisation/body, And this is not the end of issues at all. All of us as LIS Professionals are well aware of all these issues and the irony of fate is that we do have the answers also. But the million dollar question is that who speaks first? Mere discussion on different forums and in conferences does not give any concrete result. I think now the time has come that we all should stand up to change the nomenclature of LIS world. We should come forward and can ask the administrative machinery to change the various recommendations into authenticity. We have number of LIS Associations not only in India but across the globe. Numbers of scholars are there who can sail the ship in right direction for next generation. We have library legislation in 10 states , lucrative recomendations of Knowledge Commisons are also there to guard the LIS issues. So what we all are waiting for................ Regards, Miss Charu Mathur. Delhi. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How can we improve the status of the Librarians???
by Sree Kumar Nair 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

Dear Venkata, Many thanks for forwarding this. It is true, indeed, that Librarians are not getting the same status as lecturers and other professionals in the society. The problem is not with Institution but with the individual in itself. I have personally come across many professionals having MLIS or M.Phil but not up-to-mark. Why???? Is it the structure of the course or what they learn? It is very easy to get first class in LIS if you know the basic, but this basic does not help in LIS profession. What they have learnt during their course period - they are unable to utilize the same in their institution. For example how many candidates know to use DDC/Colon effectively and have a proper classification system in the Library. How many of us are good at giving proper user education??? There are many more such issues which cannot be discussed. If you notice many of them (I should not be calling them professionals) use either the Library of Congress Catalogue or British Library Integrated Catalogue to classify the books, which in my opinion - using these for classification of Indian books is misleading and inappropriate for arrangement of books in a library. My dear friend, Classification and Cataloguing is the essence of LIS and if you take them out anybody can be a Librarian. Communication is one aspect which needs to be thoroughly improved. Communication can be improved through regular reading and interacting with the users and not through starting a movement. Here, again, the individual has to take the initiative. I have also come across good Librarians and they are well placed in Asst. Professors grade. To be frank with you, they are really good in their work, in their ideology and have contributed towards the growth of the institution. Some of the Library Assistants are also well placed. There is a saying "*First Deserve and then Desire*". 'Deserve' is not only qualification but other aspects in an individual. I am of the opinion that with 5 - 7 years of work experience in a library will easily get him a lecturer's scale. My dear Venkata, if you notice, the Library Assistant's are paid in the grade of Rs.5500/-. The fact is that some Institutes take Library Assistant and call them Librarians and thus the Library Assistant feels that they are in Lecturer's grade. The Librarians are not teaching and *the ones who teach* obviously get a lecturer's/asst professors grade. Imagine the rigorous process which a *Library lecturer* has to undergo for a job in an institute. As a part of the interview process they have to teach a class in front of the higher authorities and then judged by students and faculty. Does this happen with non-teaching Librarian??? If you notice *all Post Graduates are not Lecturers*, they opt for different options and those who opt for lecturers/Asst Professor know the art of teaching. An institution cannot survive by taking lectures who do not know how to teach and those who know how to teach are paid the Lecturers/Asst Professors grade. But ironically, all PG in LIS wants Lecturers grade, the moment they join. I hope am able to give you a clear picture on this. With warm regards, Sree Kumar Nair. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kind attention to INDEST members
by Ajay Kum Sharma 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

Dear INDEST Members, I would like to convey my message to all INDEST members through the LIS-Forum that I have left the INDEST Consortium and joined the Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan as Assistant Librarian since 30th June 2008. Still, I am getting the INDEST mails regularly and I am unable to give you the proper response in due time. You can expect the quick response if you send your mail directly to the INDEST people at the given addess: *Prof. G P Agarwal *Acting Coordinator, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016 Phone: 011-2659 1451 (O) *OR* *Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo* Assistant Librarian, Central Library INDEST-AICTE Consortium Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016 E-mail: bibhuti(a)library.iitd.ac.in, indest(a)library.iitd.ac.in Phone: : 011-2659 1444 -- Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, Birbhum - 731235, W.B. Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nat. Symp. on OA & Building IRs: Corrected Date
by I.R.N.Goudar 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

Dear Professional Colleagues, PLEASE READ THE DATE AS 21-23 JANUARY AS THE DATE OF THIS SYMPOSIUM. However the brochure uploaded on Internet has correct date mentioned. Inconivinience caused is regretted. 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. 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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How We can improve the status of Librarian
by pramod mangla 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

I have read the write-up very carefully. It is indeed important. Yes, you should start the movement and you would have my full support. Best wishes, Prof.P.B.Mangla -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OpenMED@NIC
by Shriram Pandey 07 Dec '08

07 Dec '08

Dear Colleagues, OpenMED@NIC is an open access archive for Medical and Allied Sciences. Here authors / owners can self-archive their scientific and technical documents. For this they need to register once in order to obtain a user id in OpenMED@NIC system. However no registration is required for searching the archive or viewing the documents. OpenMED@NIC is a discipline based International Archive. It accepts [Revised policy - dated 28th March 2006] peer-reviewed documents having relevance to research in Medical and Allied Sciences including Bio-Medical, Medical Informatics, Dental, Nursing and Pharmaceutical Sciences. These could be peer-reviewed preprints, postprints (refereed journal paper) and accepted theses. In case of non-English documents, descriptive data [Author, Title, Source etc.], abstract and keywords must be in English. Submitted documents will be placed into the submission buffer and would become part of OpenMED@NIC archive on their acceptance. More information available at : http://openmed.nic.in/ Regards, Shri Ram Pandey - MLIS(BHU), IKM(IISc), UGC-NET (JRF) LNM Institute of Information Technology(LNM IIT) Jaipur(Rajasthan) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Library Project
by Shriram Pandey 07 Dec '08

07 Dec '08

Dear List Members, Open Library is a project of the non-profit Internet Archive, and is funded in part by a grant from the California State Library. They have a small team of fantastic programmers who have accomplished a lot, ! .This is an Open project - the software is open, the data is open, the documentation is open, and the site is open. For more information: http://openlibrary.org/ Regards, Shri Ram Pandey - MLIS(BHU), IKM(IISc), UGC-NET (JRF) LNM Institute of Information Technology(LNM IIT) Jaipur(Rajasthan) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Young Librarian suffering from blood cancer
by shankar Dhande 07 Dec '08

07 Dec '08

Young Librarian from Osmanabad district K. L Chappu suffering from blood cancer and admitted in J J hospital, Mumbai. The expenditure of hospital is beyond his financial capicity. All professionals are kindly requested to help him. He is admitteed in ward 12 , second floor, J.J. hospital. Report number cd-25007. Contact - Chappu 9420770878 his friend Pawan Sharma - 9421039142 Professionals from Mumbai may help him by visiting hospital. Even if u r knowning doctors from that hospital or if u are knowing the agencies for financial assistance, that will help him lot. Shankar Dhande Librarian IBMR Pune -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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