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Sanskrit version of Sidhartha released
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Sanskrit version of the famous novel SIDHARTHA, written by Hermann Hesse, grandson of Herman Gundart was released at Thiruvananthapuram in an august function held in the Press club, Thiruvananthapuram. for more details visit the blog http://sanskritsidhartha.blogspot.com/ Dr GOPAKUMAR V. Librarian (UGC), University College,Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, PIN 695 034. gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Mobile No: 09447056713 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulation!!!
by Juran Sarkhel 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Dear Professional Colleagues,Let me congratulate and convey my best wishes to Dr. P.R. Goswami, Director, NASSDOC (ICSSR), New Delhi, for his appointment as Director, Central Secretariat Library, (Ministry of Culture, Government of India), New Delhi. I look forward to see him as a most successful professional in our country. With best wishes, DR. J. K. SarkhelProfessor & HeadDept of Library & Information ScienceUniversity of KalyaniKalyani-741235West Bengal; India _________________________________________________________________ Want to explore the world? Visit MSN Travel for the best deals. http://in.msn.com/coxandkings -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IGF in INDIA, Dec. 3-6
by Seth, Renu 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Dear Colleagues, The Third "Internet Governance Forum (IGF)" meeting is taking place in Hyderabad, India, from 3-6 December 2008. For further information please look up the official website of IGF at: http://www.intgovforum.org/ The host country's website is available at: http://igf2008.in/ Renu Seth Chief Librarian Max Mueller Bhavan Regional Information Centre 3, Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi-110001 Telephone +91-11-23329506 seth(a)delhi.goethe.org <mailto:seth@delhi.goethe.org> www.goethe.de/newdelhi <http://www.goethe.de/newdelhi> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Some basic Questions
by sabuj kumar chaudhuri 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Dear Friends/Respected Sir/Madam I have some basic questions regarding a Librarian's Status in College/University: Why librarian's job is non-vacational? Don't we recognize the research need /academic freedom of Librarians like teachers? What are the actual status of librarian ? Do we consider librarians as teachers or someone else? Why librarians need to clear (UGC)NET/M.Phil/PhD? If they are having the same entrance qualifications and same recruitment hurdles then why don't they enjoy the same acdemic freedom (like FIP, Phd increment,One day off, 16 hrs job /week, same retirement age, no major/minor research project etc)? Why are UGC or State govts. hiding these matters behind the equal pay (8000-275-13500)status ? Why our so-called renowned/influential professionals/tecahers /professional association feel shy to talk about the matter before the concerned authority? Do we really feel ourselves subordinate to our teacher friends? Why don't our associations are raising nationwide agitation for redesignate our service as per propsition of AIFUCTO? I do not want to hurt any body.What I am said is from the core of my heart and these are very important matters to make this profession attractive to the new generations. I love this profession.I am Librarian by choice not by compulsion.I am proud of being a Librarian. Actually I feel, a profession or a subject develops when it gets absolute parity and respect.Without parity,recognition and respect Librarian will not shine any more. I will be very happy to discuss the matter with you all and share your valued comments on these questions. with warm regards. sabuj ---------------------------------------------- Dr. Sabuj Kumar Chaudhuri Librarian Basanti Devi College [http://www.basantidevicollege.org] (An affiliated college under University of Calcutta) 147B, Rash Behari Avenue Kolkata-700 029, West Bengal India Phone:(033)24641012 email:sabooj_c@yahoo.co.in ;sabuj_c(a)yahoo.co.uk ;sabujkumarchaudhuri(a)gmail.com website:http://www.geocities.com/sabuj_c/sabuj.html ---------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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needed response
by Jatashankar Gupta 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Dear Professionals, I am going to creat a database of LIS Teachers in Universities of India". I have prepared a data collection survey which is available on following URL.I have already send this messg. several tmes times but i am not getting response. Pls. take it as compulsion.Your positive response is required for successful completion of this work. The Url is listed following: 1. http://www.surveymonkey.com/MySurvey_CollectorList.aspx?sm=0aURDtC1hfGSrvi%… Steps: (i) Go to Member Login username jatashankar password jatash (ii) Go to my survey (iii) click on my survey -- Jatashankar Gupta Computer Application Division, Central Library, IIT Delhi. Mobile: 9211328039 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Libraian Post : Bangalore College of Engg. & Tech.
by sri priya 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Librarian - MLisc with good Exp. Apply with in 7 days To The Principal Bangalore Engineering & Technology, Opp. Heelalige Railway Station, Chandapura, Hosur Main Road, Bangalore -81 Source : Prajavani - 17/09/08 Regards, S.Sripriya -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article required
by Shailesh Lohiya 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Dear Moderator please circulate this mail through forum for the availability of following full text paper "THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM AND THE VOGEL APPROXIMATION METHOD" Author: HARVEY H. SHORE Journal: Decision Sciences, Volume 1 Issue 3-4, Pages 441 - 457 Publisher: Wiley Interscience Published Online: 7 Jun 2007 Thanking you -- Shailesh Kumar Lohiya Librarian Amrapali Institute, Siksha Nagar, Haldwani 263139 Ph. 05946-238201,238202 Mob. 9897400551 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by DEEPAK PANT 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Dear all, Kindly send a copy of the undermentioned articles: 1. Diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis in brazil by use of PCR Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 2007; 39; 28-32 2. Biological diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis in the african meningitis belt : current epidemic strategy and new perspectives Vaccine; 2007; 25 Suppl. 1 ; A30-36 3. Creating a national service for the diagnosis of meningococcal diseases by PCR Communicable Dis. Public Health; 1998; March ; 54-56 4. Retrospective analyzes of patients with meniongococcal and meningits during the period of ten years (1995-2004) Medicinski Arhiv 2006; 60 (Suppl 2) ; 87-89 Thanks >From : Deepak Pant National Institute of communicable Diseases, Library pantdeepak2005(a)gmail.com; nicdlibrary(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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Congratulations to Dr. P.R. Goswami
by G.K.MANJUNATH 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Dear Professional Colleagues, It gives me great pleasure to inform you all that Dr. P.R. Goswami, Director, NASSDOC (ICSSR), New Delhi, has now been appointed as Director, Central Secretariat Library, (Ministry of Culture, Government of India) New Delhi. I take this opportunity to Congratulate him and wish him a rewarding and successful career. With Best Wishes, G.K.Manjunath Chief Librarian Indira Gandhi Inst of Development Research Film City Road Santosh Nagar Goregaon(East ) MUMBAI - 400 065 Phone: 022-28416528 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulation Mr. Satpathy, Librarian, IIM, Indore
by Nihar Patra 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Dear Professionals and Friends, Greetings !!! Let us congratulate to Mr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy, Librarian, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore. Mr. Satpathy has been awarded *"Young Librarian Award" *for the year 2008 by SATKAL Trust for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of Library & Information Science. He was also awarded "SIS-Young Information Scientist award" in the year 2006 by SIS (Society for Information Science) for his outstanding contribution in the of Library and Information Service profession. Some of his latest activities can be found in the following blogs: http://sicilibnet.blogspot.com/ http://indolibnet.blogspot.com/ http://indorepubliclibrary.blogspot.com/ I take this opportunity to congratulate him for his achievement & accomplishment. With Regards, *Nihar K Patra *M. Phil (LIS), MLIS, PGDLAN, Pursuing Ph.D Head Librarian (Assistant General Manager) NSHM Knowledge Campus 60 (124), B L Saha Road Kolkata - 700053 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MAJOR ATTRACTIONS OF EMPLOYMENT NEWS ISSUE DATED 20.09.08
by Charu Mathur 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

*MAJOR ATTRACTIONS OF ISSUE DATED 20.09.08* MAIN ATTRACTIONS OF THE EMPLOYMENT NEWS ISSUE DATED 20.09.08. Employment News issue dated 20.09.08 contains several attractive advertisements from some of the leading PSU/GOVT. Departments as below:- 1. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited needs Manager/Dy. Manager, Sr. Engineer and 271 posts of Artisans. 2. Mazagon Dock Limited requires 118 Manager, Dy. Manager, Asstt. Manager, Sr. Engineer etc. 3. Consortium for Educational Communication, an Inter-University Grants Commission on Electronic Media invites applications for the posts of JD (s/w), APO, Technician, Admn. Asstt., Accounts Asstt. etc. 4. Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh invites applications for 113 posts of Professors, Addl. Professors, Associate Professors etc. 5. Indo Tibetan Police Force invites applications from Indian Male Citizens for filling up 66 posts of Sub-Inspector Group 'C'. 6. Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board requires Dy. Director, Principal Scientists, Sr. Scientists etc. 7. Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board requires more than 100 Jr. Engineer, Draftsmen, Asstt. Sanitary Inspectors etc. 8. Indian Air Force invites applications to join as Permanent/Short Service Commissioned Officers in Operational Support Group. 9. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research declares the results of written examination held on 22.06.2008 for Jr. Research Fellowship. 10. The Indian Navy invites applications to join as Pilot and Permanent Commissioned Officers in Naval Armament Inspection Cadre of Executive Branch for course commencing-July 2009. 11. Employees' State Insurance Corporation Model Hospital invites applications for recruitment of 95 posts of Group 'C' and 'D' Para Medical Staff. 12. Govt. of India requires Security Officers, Head Security Officers, Security Assistants, Security Supervisor etc. 13. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee invites applications for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, Gate-2009. 14. Eastern Railway is recruiting against Sports Quota in Group 'D'. Employment News issue dated 20.09.2008 contains advertisement for job vacancies of more than 108 Govt. Departments. Regards, Miss Charu Mathur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS News across the Globe
by Charu Mathur 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

Respected Friends, I would like to share some headlines of news clippings appeared on LIS Globe. ...... 1. Organization of American States join the Library of Congress in developing the World Digital Library 2. New vertical search site for the global photonics community 3. MuseGlobal, VIP Tone partner to deliver EduTone Search 4. Gale and Greenwood expand partnership to include more Greenwood titles 5. McGraw-Hill titles honoured at the 2008 BMA Medical Book Awards 6. Scott Lubeck named VP, Technology of WK Health's Professional & Education unit 7. PSI and Nature Publishing Group launch PSI-Nature Structural Genomics Knowledgebase 8. McGraw-Hill and Modality partner to bring step-by-step guide to surgical procedures to the iPhone 9. Elsevier launches new electronic product for UK nursing students 10. Texterity launches new digital magazine service, Coverleaf 11. Perseus Books Group to distribute e-books through ebrary 12. Jones and Bartlett brings out new edition of Managed Care: What It Is and How It Works 13. Bestofmedia acquires online technology information portal Computing.Net The details of above news headlines are available on following link-------- http://charu-libraryworld.blogspot.com Regards, Miss Charu Mathur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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US Congress May Kill NIH Open Access Research Rules
by Saiful Amin 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

Greetings. There is an important debate happening in Slashdot on the above topic: http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/16/208247 Summary: "*A policy that mandates public, open access to all National Institutes of Health research is in danger. The House of Representatives is considering legislation that would change the open access policy<http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/open-access-science.ars>to make it more publisher-friendly, under the false pretense of protecting copyrights. The Ars author paints the new legislation as somewhat reflective of a turf battle in Congress: 'The Intellectual Property Subcommittee clearly felt that it had been ignored during the original passage of the bill that compelled the NIH's open access policy...' The article concludes: 'Currently, the disruptions wrought by the Internet and expectations of open access are too new for a viable alternative to traditional publishing to have emerged. But it doesn't appear that the NIH policy is making a significant contribution to that disruption, and the benefits of the policy appear likely to be significant. If Congress rolls back that policy in response to disagreements with other countries over film piracy, then it could really be throwing the baby out with the bathwater.*" Regards, Saiful -- Saiful Amin +91 9343826438 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[lisnet] Congrats to Dr. P.R. Goswami
by SN Chari 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

Dear Professional Colleagues, It is very happy to note that Dr. P.R. Goswami, Director, NASSDOC (ICSSR), New Delhi, has been appointed as a Director, Central Secretariat Library, (Ministry of Culture, Government of India) New Delhi. I take this opportunity to Congratulate!!! him for his successful career. With Best Wishes, SN Chari ICSSR-NASSDOC, 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi 110001. +919810785801 progressiveinfo.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancies at West Bengal National University of Juridicial Sciences( WBNUJS), Kolkata
by Vinod Singh 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

Dear Professionals Posts: 1. Librarian (16400-450-22400): 1 UR http://www.nujs.edu/academics/advertisementforacademicandofficersposts.pdf 2.Assistant Librarian (8000-275-13500): 1UR ttp://www.nujs.edu/academics/advertisementforacademicandofficersposts.pdf<http://www.nujs.edu/academics/advertisementforacademicandofficersposts.pdf> 3. Library attendants ( 2550-55-2660-60-3200 ): 2UR http://www.nujs.edu/academics/advertisementfornonacademicposts.pdf Last date:20 Oct, 2008. Aplication form for posts 1 & 2 click the site http://www.nujs.edu/academics/applicationformforfacultyrecruitment.pdf and for post 3 click the site edu/academics/applicationformofficersandnonacademicstaffrecruitme.pdf<http://www.nujs.edu/academics/applicationformofficersandnonacademicstaffrec…> Best Regards, Vi (Vinod) Ku (Kumar) Si (Singh) Research Scholar (M.Phil) Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi-7 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[lisnet] Registrations Open for ICoASL 2008, SLA Asian Chapter, New Delhi
by parveenbabbar 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

Special Libraries Association-Asian Chapter SLA Asian Chapter is organizing an "International conference of Asian Special Libraries (ICoASL 2008) on Shaping the future of special libraries: beyond boundaries" in association with Society for Library Professionals, Delhi and IASLIC, Kolkatta at India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India from 26-28 November 2008. Some of the objectives of the Conference are to bring together special library professionals to a common platform, to promote special libraries, and facilitate the exchange of ideas and help to bridge the knowledge gap amongst the professionals associated with special libraries and to develop the professional competent. This seminar is expected to attract more than 1000 participants from India, Asia, U.S. and the globe. You are invited to attend the same. For details please visit: http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/ICoASL2008.html <http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/ICoASL2008.html> Registrations are open. You are invited to attend the same. Dates to Remember Early Bird Registration - 30 September 2008 Last Date for Registration- 15 November 2008 Registration Fee: Early Bird Registration Till 30 September 2008 From 01 October 2008 Indian Delegates Rs.4000/- Rs.5000/- Developing and Asian Countries Delegates US$ 175 US$ 200 SAARC countries Delegates US$ 115 US$ 130 Other countries Delegates US$ 225 US$ 250 SLA members, accompanied persons, Students, retired professionals and additional participants from the same organization can avail 15% discount. SPEAKERS 1. Stephen Abram, President, Special Libraries Association (SLA), USA 2. Janice Lachance, CEO, Special Libraries Association (SLA), USA 3. Gayle Gossen, Secretary, B&F Division, SLA, Business Information Specialist at Dow Jones and Company. Worked as a librarian at the Toronto Star, Canada. 4. Nevenka Zdravkovska, Chair, International Relations Committee, S& T Division, SLA and works as the Head, Engineering & Physical Sciences Library at University of Maryland. 5. Linda Broussard, Chief Community Officer, SLA 6. Jay Bhatt, Information Services librarian W. W. Hagerty Library, Drexel University. 7. Jack W. Plunkett CEO, Plunkett Research Ltd. 8. Rebecca B. Vargha, Past President SLA, University of North Carolina, USA. 9. Jane Macoustra, Tai- Pan Research, U.K. 10. Rajwant S.Chilana, Ph.D. Asso.Professor of Lib. Admn & South Asian Studies Librarian, Univ.of Illinois,USA. 11. Dr. S Majumdar, Librarian, University of Delhi, Delhi. 12. Dr. H.K.Kaul, Director, DELNET, Delhi. 13. Dr. Subhash Deshmukh, Librarian, I P University, Delhi. 14. Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi, Librarian, IIPA, Delhi 15. Dr. Krishan Lal, NPL, Delhi. 16. Mr. Sudhir Arora, Librarian, IGNOU, Delhi. 17. Mr. G K Manjunath, Chief Librarian, IGIDR, Mumbai. 18. Dr. Iswara Bhatt, BITS, Pilani. 19. Dr. Jagtar Singh, Head and Dean, Punjabi University, Patiala. 20. Dr. R C Gaur, Director, IGNCA, Delhi Payment Details : The payment should be sent through local cheque/ demand draft to be made in favour of "ICoASL" and payable at New Delhi. The filled-in registration forms and the payment should be sent to the conference Secretariat or can be registered online at ICoASL website. For further information, please contact: P.K.Jain Organizing Secretary Conference Secretariat ICoASL 2008 C/o Institute of Economic Growth University of Delhi Enclave DELHI- 110007. India Ph. 91-11-27667463; 27666364; 27666367 Fax: 91-11-27667463; 91-11-27667410 Cell: 09899110787 Email: asiansla(a)gmail.com Email: asianchaptersla(a)yahoo.com http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/ICoASL2008.html Regards Parveen Babbar Assistant Librarian L&DD, IGNOU New Delhi-110068 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Impact factor of journals: IJSOM and GJFSM
by harry＠pbi.ac.in 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Dear professionals, Latest impact factors of the following journals are needed by a library user. We have already searched the Web using general search engines. 1. International Journal of Services and Operations Management 2. Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management Library having access to JCR or other relevant sources can help us find this information. Any help regarding this would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Dr. H.P.S. Kalra DLIS, Punjabi University Patiala (Punjab) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Accession Register
by M. Ram 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Dear All It is requested you kindly let us know the procedure of entering the cost of books in Accession Register. We wish to know that the Gross value of books or after discount value is entered in your accession register. If we entered Gross value of books it is according to any rules or a General Practice. Yours Dr.Mange Ram Incharge Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Dayalbagh Agra-5 (UP)INDIA Mail: m_ram72(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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Registration Open SLA Asian Chapter Conference New Delhi ICoASL 2008
by Debal Chandra Kar 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

Special Libraries Association-Asian Chapter Dear Sir, We are pleased to inform that the SLA Asian Chapter is organizing an International conference of Asian Special Libraries (ICoASL 2008) on Shaping the future of special libraries: beyond boundaries. This conference is coordinated in association with Society for Library Professionals, Delhi and IASLIC, Kolkatta. The venue for this conference is: India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India Date: 26-28 November 2008. We request you to attend this conference and forward this mail to Library Professionals. This is the first time the Asian Chapter is organising this International Conference. We look forward to your wholehearted participation. Please feel free to forward this to your friends, colleagues, local LIS newsletters and Local LIS Association. The objectives of the Conference are to bring together library professionals to a common platform, promote special libraries, and facilitate the exchange of ideas and help bridge the knowledge gap amongst the professionals associated with special libraries and to further develop professional competentency. This seminar is expected to attract more than 1000 participants from India, Asia, and the U.S. Registrations for this conference are open. For details please visit: http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/ICoASL2008.html You can register online also and can pay through credit card. Please click: http://www.tbimice.com/icoasl2008/sla_regn_main.asp SLA members, accompanied persons, Students, retired professionals and additional participants from the same organization can avail of 15% discount. SPEAKERS: Some of the speakers are: 1. Stephen Abram, President, Special Libraries Association (SLA), USA and Vice President, Innovation for SirsiDynix and Chief Strategist for the SirsiDynix Institute, Canada 2. Janice Lachance, CEO, Special Libraries Association (SLA), USA 3. Gayle Gossen, Secretary, B&F Division, SLA, Business Information Specialist at Dow Jones and Company. Worked as a librarian at the Toronto Star, Canada. 4. Nevenka Zdravkovska, Chair, International Relations Committee, S& T Division, SLA and works as the Head, Engineering & Physical Sciences Library at University of Maryland. 5. Linda Broussard, Chief Community Officer, SLA 6. Jay Bhatt, Information Services librarian W. W. Hagerty Library, DrexelUniversity. 7. Jack W. Plunkett CEO, Plunkett Research Ltd. 8. Rebecca B. Vargha, Past President SLA, University of North Carolina, USA. 9. Jane Macoustra, Tai- Pan Research, U.K. 10. Rajwant S.Chilana, Ph.D. Asso.Professor of Lib. Admn & South Asian Studies Librarian, Univ.ofIllinois,USA. 11. Dr. S Majumdar, Librarian, Universityof Delhi, Delhi. 12. Dr. H.K.Kaul, Director, DELNET, Delhi. 13. Dr. Subhash Deshmukh, Librarian, I P University, Delhi. 14. Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi, Librarian, IIPA, Delhi 15. Dr. Krishan Lal, NPL, Delhi. 16. Mr. Sudhir Arora, Librarian, IGNOU, Delhi. 17. Mr. G K Manjunath, Chief Librarian, IGIDR, Mumbai. 18. Dr. Iswara Bhatt, BITS, Pilani. 19. Dr. Jagtar Singh, Head and Dean, PunjabiUniversity, Patiala. 20. Dr. R C Gaur, Director, IGNCA, Delhi For further information, please contact: P.K.Jain Organizing Secretary Conference Secretariat ICoASL 2008 C/o Institute of Economic Growth University of Delhi Enclave DELHI-110007. India Ph. 91-11-27667463; 27666364; 27666367 Fax: 91-11-27667463; 91-11-27667410 Cell: 09899110787 Email: asiansla(a)gmail.com Email: asianchaptersla(a)yahoo.com http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/ICoASL2008.html Lead Sponsor / Platinum Gold Sponsor Tata Consultancy Services Dow Jones Silver sponsor and Media Partner Silver Sponsor ISI Emerging Markets IEEE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for Paper submission to World Digital Libraries: An International Journal
by Debal Chandra Kar 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

The Editor of World Digital Libraries: An International Journal (WDL) invites Papers for the December 2008 and June 2009 issue. World Digital Libraries: An International Journal is a peer reviewed bi-annual journal on digital libraries. The first issue of this journal has just been published. Content can be found at http://bookstore.teriin.org/journal_inside.php?material_id=477&qty=1. You are requested to subscribe the same or recommend to your library to subscribe. The second issue will be published in December 2008. The aim of the journal is to advance the theory and practice of acquisition, organization, management and dissemination of digital information on a sustainable basis. The journal will seek quality research papers that present original theoretical approaches as well as experimental case studies related to digital library development and maintenance. In doing so, the journal will keep readers abreast with the current developments in the field. The journal will include articles, reviews, current developments, and case studies dealing with § theoretical and methodological issues that relate to the interrelationships among electronic resources management, digital preservation, multiple access, multilinguality, copyright issues and security aspects; § initiatives taken towards digitization through lucid case studies; § current developments across the globe; and § dialogues between the scientific community and society at large. The journal will be having global coverage with local focus and would provide a platform for decision-makers, planners, consultants, library and information science professionals to share their experiences. It will also facilitate dialogue among the digital library communities. Articles and reviews should examine concepts, analyses, new approaches, and techniques pertaining to this field. Case studies covering new initiatives, as well as procedural breakthroughs of important issues in the digital library field would be included. Book reviews will cover recent books in the field, reviewed by an independent reviewer. All submissions will be peer-reviewed using the criteria of originality, accuracy, and quality of contribution in these fields. The journal will also provide an update on topical developments in the field; notes on important breakthroughs; information on forthcoming conferences, workshops, seminars and relevant events; and highlight activities of national and international importance in the field. We would like to request all of you to submit paper for the same to dckar(a)teri.res.in address below. Editor-in-Chief: Prof N Balakrishnan, Professor & Associate Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Editor Debal C Kar, Fellow, TERI, New Delhi Editorial Board: Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, India Prof. José Luis Borbinha, INESC-ID - Information Systems Group, Engineering School, Lisbon Technical University, Portugal Prof. Daniel Chandran PhD, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Prof. Ching-chih Chen PhD, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmond College, USA Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, UK Dr P R Goswami, Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, Prof. Alan Hopkinson, Head of Library Systems, Learning Resources, The Sheppard Library, Middlesex University, UK Prof. Ee-Peng Lim, PhD, School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore Prof. Gary Marchionini, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Dr. A. Lakshmana Moorthy, Director, Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre, India Dr Usha Mujoo-Munshi, Librarian, Indian Institute of Public Administration, India Prof. Dr Erich J Neuhold, Professor, Computer Science, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Research Studios Austria, University of Vienna, Austria Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Mr John Paschoud, Information Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of Economics, UK Dr. A.R.D. Prasad, Documentation Research & Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India Prof. Dr Michael Seadle, Director, Berlin School of Library and Information Science, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Dr. V N Shuka, Director (Application), CDAC, India Prof. Ingeborg Torvik Sølvberg PhD, Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Prof. M G Sreekumar Phd, Librarian, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India. Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto, Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies, University of Tsukuba, Japan Prof. P. Tapio Varis Ph.D. , Acting President, Global University System., Unesco Chair in global eLearning with applications to multiple domains, Professor and Chair of Media Education, University of Tampere, Finland Prof. Shalini R. Urs PhD, Executive Director, International School of Information Management, University of Mysore, India Prof. Om Vikas PhD, Director, ABV Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, India Prof Ian H. Witten PhD, Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand Thanking you and with personal regards Yours sincerely, Debal C Kar, Fellow Library and Information Centre ************************************************************ TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) Darbari Seth Block IHC Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 (India) Tel. +91 11 2468 2100, 2468 2111 Ext 2724 Fax +91 11 2468 2144, 2468 2145 E-mail dckar(a)teri.res.in Web site www.teriin.org ************************************************************ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Knowledge Society Gaining Momentum
by Sukhdev Singh 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

Dear Friends You might have noticed that Open Knowledge Society (http://www.oksociety.in) has started gaining momentum. I have been informed that Open Journal System (OJS) has been installed on its server (http://www.ojs.oksociety.in) and is ready to host journals. The OKSociety would benefit from your suggestions and participation. Please do come forward with your suggestions and advice. --Sukhdev Singh. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Australian innovation report recommends Open Access to research outputs
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Sep '08

14 Sep '08

----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Stevan Harnad <amsciforum(a)GMAIL.COM> To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM(a)LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG Sent: Wednesday, 10 September, 2008 23:52:37 Subject: Australian innovation report recommends Open Access to research outputs The Australian minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Kim Carr spoke about this report in a speech released yesterday. Full text here. It is embodied in a series of recommendations aimed at unlocking public information and content, including the results of publicly funded research. The review panel recommends making this material available under a creative commons licence through: machine searchable repositories, especially for scientific papers and data and the internet, where it would be freely available to the world. ...The arguments for stepping out first on open access are the same as the arguments for stepping out first on emissions trading – the more willing we are to show leadership on this, we more chance we have of persuading other countries to reciprocate. This speech reflects a number of recommendations in the report: Recommendation 7.7: Australia should establish a National Information Strategy to optimise the flow of information in the Australian economy. The fundamental aim of a National Information Strategy should be to: ·utilise the principles of targeted transparency and the development of auditable standards to maximise the flow of information in private markets about product quality; and ·maximise the flow of government generated information, research, and content for the benefit of users (including private sector resellers of information). Recommendation 7.8: Australian governments should adopt international standards of open publishing as far as possible. Material released for public information by Australian governments should be released under a creative commons licence. Recommendation 7.9: Funding models and institutional mandates should recognise the research and innovation role and contributions of cultural agencies and institutions responsible for information repositories, physical collections or creative content and fund them accordingly. Recommendation 7.10: A specific strategy for ensuring the scientific knowledge produced in Australia is placed in machine searchable repositories be developed and implemented using public funding agencies and universities as drivers. Recommendation 7.14: To the maximum extent practicable, information, research and content funded by Australian governments including national collections should be made freely available over the internet as part of the global public commons. This should be done whilst the Australian Government encourages other countries to reciprocate by making their own contributions to the global digital pubic commons.. ________________________________ As ROARMAP indicates, the world leader in Open Access, both in time and in absolute size, is indisputably the United Kingdom: A UK Parliamentary Select Committee was the world's first governmental recommendation to mandate OA, in 2004. However, the UK government, under pressure from the publishing lobby, did not accept its own committee's recommendation. Nevertheless, six of the seven RCUK research funding councils went on to mandate OA anyway. The UK now has a total of 18 university and funder OA mandates (including the world's first OA mandate at Southampton's School of Electronics and Computer Science in 2003). Australia, however, adopted the world's first university-wide OA mandate in 2004, and with its current total of 7 mandates along with this vigorous governmental support from Minister Carr, Australia is the world's relative, if not absolute leader in OA, by size as well as timing. And it is about to consolidate that leadership with an international Open Access and Research Conference in Brisbane next week, convened by Tom Cochrane, the DVC who engineered the world's first university OA mandate. By way of comparison, the US, the country with the world's largest research output, has only five OA mandates (though that includes one from the NIH, the world's biggest biomedical research funder, as well as Faculty mandates from Harvard and Stanford).. Universities are the sleeping giants, and the council of the European Universities Association (EUA) has unanimously recommended the adoption of an OA mandate by its 791 member universities in 46 countries -- but that mandate has not been adopted yet (although Professor Bernard Rentier, Rector of University of Liege is working on it, withEurOpenScholar). But Australia looks poised now to be the one that sets all the dominoes falling worldwide. Stevan Harnad American Scientist Open Access Forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Regarding eligibility for assistant librarian
by vinod mishra 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

Dear Professionals Recently IIT Bombay has announced one post of assistant librarian whose details are as follows. My question is out of two different types of qualification which one is realy satisfying the job requrments, i think first one. So my question is how the second qualification is satisfying the job requirments? ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN (1 postreserved for OBC) The candidate should be well conversant with various activities of an Academic Library, such as procurement and processing of books and periodicals, supervision of special collections, maintenance of Library materials, reprography, binding unit etc. and providing assistance to general library administration. Experience, and knowledge of modern information handling tools, knowledge of any foreign language such as German, French or Russian will be added qualification. Essential Qualification/Experience : Master's degree in Library Science/Information science/Documentation or an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC seven point scale plus a consistently good academic record. At least 7 years experience in a responsible capacity in a University level Library. Candidates should be familiar with usage of Library software and have experience in library computerisation. OR Master's degree in Arts/Science/Commerce or equivalent degree with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade with Bachelor's degree in Library science/Information science/Documentations or an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade plus a consistently good academic record. Candidates should be familiar with usage of Library software and have experience in library computerisation. Scale of Pay : Rs.800027513500 (Total emoluments on the minimum of the scale excluding HRA is Rs.17940/per month) Age Limit : Preferably below 40 years Regards Vinod Kumar Mishra Senior Library Inforamtion Assistant -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ProQuest and Google Strike Deal To Digitize Newspaper Pages
by Mallikarjun 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

Dear All, ProQuest and search giant Google have reached an agreement to digitize millions of pages of content from ProQuest’s vast newspaper microfilm archives, Google deal aims to create searchable electronic versions of smaller newspapers otherwise unlikely to be digitized, making them available on the open web via Google’s News archive search." http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6595862.html ________________________________________________________________:-) Mallikarjun Dora Professional Assistant Vikram Sarabhai Library IIM, Ahemadabad ...The Future is here, Its just unevenly distributed..... http://curiouslib.blogspot.com/ Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/ -- 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 Reference Librarian at Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi
by Seth, Renu 12 Sep '08

12 Sep '08

Vacancy Announcement Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Delhi invites applications for the position of Reference Librarian. Max Mueller Bhavan is part of the worldwide network of the Goethe-Institut Munich and promotes German language and culture abroad. The library provides comprehensive and up-to-date information about Germany. Responsibilities: Ø Provide reference services about Germany Ø Cataloguing and classification of library collection Ø Participate in collection development Ø Promote library resources and services Ø Prepare library newsletter and other promotional material Ø Maintain the library website Ø Maintain address databases Ø Provide assistance in organization of international conferences and seminars as well as staff training programmes Ø Carry out day to day office administration Requirements: Ø Master's degree from an accredited library school Ø Minimum of two years professional experience Ø Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English Ø Good knowledge of spoken and written German language and culture an advantage Ø Competence in using new technology as a research tool Ø Profound knowledge of computer applications Ø Initiative, flexibility and ability to work in a team environment Ø Strong commitment to public service Remuneration in accordance with the MMB salary scheme and in commensuration with qualifications and experience. Applications received by September 25, 2008 will receive first consideration. Send letter of application, along with two professional references to Renu Seth, Chief Librarian, Max Mueller Bhavan, 3, K.G. Marg, New Delhi-110001 Tel: (011) 23329506 email: seth(a)delhi.goethe.org Visit our web site at www.goethe.de/newdelhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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