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by ksc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Number of positions FIVE (Gen-3, SC-1, OBC-1) Minimum Qualification Diploma in Library Science or Library & Information Science under 10+2+2 years of study, awarded by Department of Technical Education with at least Second Class or equivalent grade (Pass Class or equivalent grade in case of SC/ST candidates). Sound knowledge in Library activities and basic knowledge of computers is desirable. Emoluments Consolidated emoluments of Rs.3,000/- (Rupees three thousand only) per month. Duration: 1 year Those desirous of sending their application should submit their application before 15th july 2008 along with all enclosures to: K S Chudamani Deputy librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library IISc, Bangalore

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Fw:ASIS&T SIG III International Paper Contest winner announcement
by J. K. Vijayakumar 29 Jun '08

29 Jun '08

Congratulations to the winners. Dr. J K Vijayakumar > From: Judy Jeng <jjeng(a)njcu.edu> > Subject: [Asis-l] 2008 ASIS&T SIG III International > Paper Contest winner announcement > Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 8:04 PM > > > WINNERS OF THE 2008 ASIS&T SIG III INTERNATIONAL PAPER > CONTEST > > The American Society for Information Science & > Technology (ASIS&T) Special Interest Group on > International Information Issues (SIG III) is pleased to > announce the following winners of its 9th International > Paper Contest: > > First Place Winner: > Maqsood Ahmad Shaheen. Use of social networks and > information seeking behavior of students during political > crises in Pakistan . ( Pakistan ) > > Second Place Winner: > Neela J. Deshpande & S K Pathak. Use of electronic > journals in astronomy and astrophysics libraries and > information centres in India : A users’ perspective. ( > India ) > > Third Place Winner: > Manjunatha K. Technology and customer expectation in > academic libraries: A special reference to > technical/management libraries in Karnataka. ( India ) > > Fourth Place Winner: > S. M. Pujar, R. K. Kamat, S. Y. Bansode, R. R. Kamat, & > S. H. Katigennavar. Identifying and exploiting human needs > for people centric evolving knowledge society: A case study > of Indian ICT emergence. ( India ) > > Fifth Place Winner: > Tariq Ashraf. Empowering people through information: A case > study of India ’s right to information act. ( India ) > > Sixth Place Winner: > Pramila Dangwal. Information: By the people, for the > people, for development. ( India ) > > > The jurors for the 2008 competition included Judy Jeng > (Chair), Jonathan Levitt (Co-Chair), Aaron Bowen, Yunfei > Du, Julian Warner, and Yin Zhang. > > The principal authors of each of the six winning papers > will be awarded a two-year individual membership to > ASIS&T. In addition, the first place winner will be > awarded a minimum of $1,000 to attend the ASIS&T Annual > Conference in Columbus , Ohio , October 24-29, 2008. > > Those winning papers and other submitted papers for the > competition will be considered for publication by > Elsevier’s International Information and Library Review. > > We thank the jury members for their hard work and our > donors for their compassion which makes it possible to > develop and sustain this international network of scholars > in developing countries. > > Judy Jeng > Chair, 2008 ASIS&T International Paper Contest > jjeng(a)njcu.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PGDCA Course at Trivandrum
by Abdunnasar. A 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

IHRD Trivandrum conducts PGDCA (part time) course. The duration of the course is one year. Those who are interested may contact the office: 0471 2550612 Regards Abdunnasar CESS, Trivandrum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CNN realising importance of User Generated Content (UGC)
by Rajesh Chandrakar 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

Dear all It is interesting to note the importance of the UGC, undoutably it is not University Grants Commission (UGC), it is User Generated Content (UGC). This has been realised by the giant news media like CNN. As per the report, the user generated content has changed the way of reporting TV news. The presence of user generated content is also realised in Indian TV media too, we do observe it daily in our Indian TV news channels, similar to the iReport of CNN, the CNN/IBN has "citizen journalist" times now has "citizen reporter", etc. It is to be noted that not only the TV channels, but the library has also been influenced by the user generated content through Web 2.0, Lib 2.0, wiki and other social networking websites. With best regards, Rajesh CNN realising importance of User Generated Content (UGC) Posted by Yasser Buchana in Friday, June 27th 2008 under: Community, Social Media, User Generated Content While giant News media corporations have done little more than advertise their brands online, a few have rarely provided their viewers a chance to interact and engage. In actual fact, only a few have acknowledged the relevance of social media and user generated content. With the advent of the internet , more people are finding it preferable spending their time online rather than watching Tv - something most people now regard as a passive activity . Although these giant media companies do go after their counterparts of similar size in competing for the number of viewers, it is the internet that has gained a much wider audience leaving giants scrambling to stay relevant to their so called "loyal" viewers. It's only now that CNN is starting to realise that the internet is the way to the future, with the introduction of iReport. (In case you didn't know) iReport is CNN's public journalism initiative which allows people from around the globe to contribute pictures and videos of breaking news stories from their own towns and neighborhoods. Frankly , iReport may not prove revolutionary to many but it certainly provides an evidence of evolution . I believe this new model of communication will help foster deeper relationships between CNN and it's viewers - ultimately changing the way traditional TV News has long been done. By providing viewers with a chance to interact with each other and the corporation , iReport will help point out the increasing importance of User Generated Content , thus establishing an exciting new partnership with viewers - consequently growing the popularity of Social Media. http://www.genyasser.co.za/2008/06/27/cnn-realising-importance-of-user-gene… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Blog of Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom, Trivandrum
by faisal sl 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

Dear friends, Please visit the library blog of *Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram,* <http://www.librarykvpattom.wordpress.com> Kerala.It was started in August 2007.You are requested to comment for its improvement. Regards -- S.L.Faisal Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom,Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala India Mob:09447699724 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library 2.0 and security challenges
by Upadhyay P K 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

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CfP- ICADL 2008, Dec 2-5, Bali- Deadline Extended to July 13, 2008
by Shalini Urs 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

----Apologies for cross postings --- Call for Papers The 11th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2008) http://icadl2008.org/ Bali, Indonesia December 2-5, 2008 The conference proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the series of LNCS. See the LNCS Authors Instructions page (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) Online Submission: http://icadl08.cs.waikato.ac.nz/openconf/openconf.php The annual International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL) series is a significant forum for digital libraries research, providing an opportunity for researchers, educators, and practitioners to share their experiences. The International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL), initiated in 1998 and rotated among Asian-Pacific countries, has become one of the premiere meetings in digital library. Since its humble beginning in Hong Kong (ICADL 1998), the meeting has been held in Taipei, Taiwan (ICADL 1999); Seoul, Korea (ICADL 2000); Bangalore, India (ICADL 2001); Singapore (ICADL 2002); Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (ICADL 2003); Shanghai, China (ICADL 2004); Bangkok, Thailand (ICADL 2005); Kyoto, Japan (ICADL 2006); and Hanoi, Vietnam (ICADL 2007). ICADL welcomes submissions from a variety of perspectives-previous conferences in this series have included presentations from computer science, library and information science, knowledge management, and areas in the social sciences and humanities. We particularly welcome submissions associated with the ICADL 2008 theme, Digital Libraries: Universal and Ubiquitous Access to Information. With this theme, the digital libraries community can reflect on its progress towards supporting people in finding and using the information that they need. ICADL 2008 will be held in Bali Island - Indonesia, a world renowned travel destination with exotic nature and exquisite culture. Bali has been in many of Conde Nast Traveller's lists of tourist destinations over the years. It specifically mentions on its website that Bali "offers an extraordinary caliber of luxury accommodation" Submissions may include research, system evaluation, digital library infrastructure and architecture, case studies, social and institutional policy issues, and position papers. Topics include, but are not limited to : Mobile services Digital preservation and archives Interoperability issues Content and knowledge management Information retrieval Information seeking and use Intellectual property Data and information mining Collection development and management User communities Interface and interaction design Security and privacy Multimedia digital libraries Multi-language support Digital libraries in education Document genres and categorization Social media / Web 2.0 Metadata and cataloguing Sustainability in digital libraries Open Source tools and systems Information filtering Grid architectures Important Dates : Submission of Full Papers : 13 July 2008 (extended) Notification to Authors : 22 August 2008 Contact: Kalarensi Naibaho, E-mail: info(a)icadl2008.org, (or cnaibaho(a)yahoo.com) Organizing Committee: General Chair : Zainal Hasibuan (University of Indonesia, Indonesia) Vice Chair : Liauw Toong Tjiek/Aditya Nugraha (Petra Christian University, Indonesia) Program Co-Chairs : Sally Jo Cunningham (University of Waikato, New Zealand) Rolly Intan (Petra Christian University, Indonesia) George Buchanan (Swansea University, UK) Edna Reid (Clarion University, USA) Tutorial Chairs : Mohammad Aries (University of Indonesia, Indonesia) Publication Co-Chairs : Rolly Intan (Petra Christian University, Indonesia) Publicity Co-Chairs : Henny Widyaningsih (University of Indonesia, Indonesia) Anita Nusantari (Petra Christian University, Indonesia) Local Arrangement Chair : Kalarensi Naibaho (University of Indonesia, Indonesia) Adi Wibowo (Petra Christian University, Indonesia) ------ Thanks and Regards Shalini Dr. Shalini Urs ICADL Steering Committee - Vice Chair and Chair Elect Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 ISiM-Management School for IT, Technology School for IM www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Record Retention Schedule & Record Disposal Schedule
by suresh kumar 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

Dear all, I am in search of some important procedures and rules for Record Retention Schedule and Record Disposal Schedule for corporates. Kindle help me out to get it. With regards, Suresh 9791057273 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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our designation is our foe
by sabuj kumar chaudhuri 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Dear friends I work as a college librarian in an affiliated college under the university of calcutta. It is an old as well as renowned college in kolkata.I was selected in this post as substantive basis through West Bengal College Service Commission (WBCSC) . It was the first batch where college librarians were selected via WBCSC having same eligibility criteria like lecturers. In our recommendation letter from WBCSC as well as appointment letter issued by the college it was mentioned we being recruited as per West Bengal Teachers Act (security and services), 1978.But after joining in the college, I found that myself is being treated virtually as Non-vacational Non-teaching staff. However, with a great surprise , seen that I am also the member of teachers council (TC). May be for some election related vested interest as every now & then college authority says that I should not be the member of the TC. After 1 year, even juniors lecturers were confirmed in the service but still after 1.8 years I did not get any confirmation. Because I am librarian and and lone in the college and librarians have no service rule till today. So I may be treated as authority wishes to treat me.Authority also says orally that before giving the recommendation letter it may be possible that WBCSC did not find any suitable paper and that is why they gave it in teachers recommendation forrmat mistakenly. I prayed humbly to the college authority to respect my recommendation letter and my appointment letter so that I that I can get official equal official treatment from the college.Teachers always get 1 day study leave and it is as college manual.We don't get no study leave. We do not have any PhD increament. But the teachers got awarded with me , everybody is getting increments. I won't get as my designation is librarian.Unfortunately, I did Phd with UGC(JRF) NET fellowship . Now it 's got no meaning at all.Research degree is not rewarded here as my designation is librarian.There is neither any study leave any facility like lecturers. I have stated considering myself that I am a lesser human being( teachers are greater ones) as my designation is librarian.In this context I want to mention that in an interview in a central university an well known prof. asked me -Why do always use Dr. before your name? I was taken a back for a while then I explained it properly but possibly he was not convinced, as my designation was librarian and he was repected teacher. List of is disparities will not stop. And, I think it will continue till our perception as well as our respected teachers perception towards this profession does not change. I have some questions to our respected policy makers are following: 1. why college librarian/AL in University will have the same qualification when they are not getting equal facility 2. Why Librarians are non-vacational. Logic supporting towards non-vacational are very illogical as teachers require advancement of knowledge but librarians do not require it because they are not more than a mere dignified book keeper. 3. Equal qualification must be accompanied by equal status regarding all facilities as per malhotra committee report. Equal pay is not everything. We, librarians are being discriminated in every possible cases and underestimated and undermined every now and then. If this trend goes on and on...on....on qualified and brilliant students will never come to this doomed and cursed career. Please do something concrete to make it meaningful and respectable career option for future generation. 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 ---------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------- --- On Thu, 26/6/08, lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: From: lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 63, Issue 30 To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Thursday, 26 June, 2008, 3:56 PM 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. Free online publications on Social Science (Corruption) from Transperancy International (Kshirod) 2. Fw: Re:Educate us on Firefox Plugins (Rajan) 3. Re: Professional status (Narayan Barse) 4. Vacancy of Project Fellow in CESS Library Trivadnrum (Abdunnasar. A) 5. Nirma University of Science & Technology, Ahmedabad :Libn. & Assnt. Libn. Post (Mukesh Anand) 6. Engineering Science Resources (sri priya) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:34:16 -0700 From: Kshirod <daskshirod(a)gmail.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Free online publications on Social Science (Corruption) from Transperancy International To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <55dcc8590806252034y5e6e4595y3be762717866319(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear Professional, Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. TI's mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption. For the publications list please click on the following link: http://www.transparency.org/publications/publications/subject -- Kshirod Das National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Internet Resources Newsletter - July Issue
by MacLeod, Roderick A 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

____________________________________________ Internet Resources Newsletter ____________________________________________ The latest edition of the FREE monthly newsletter for academics, students and researchers is now available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn163/irn163.html No subscription or registration is needed to access this full-text newsletter at the above site. You can also subscribe to the free, full-text email version at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html An RSS feed for the newsletter is available: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss Featured in this issue: Comment Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS Random Quotes News items of interest A-Z New & Notable Web Sites: About 100 new and notable websites: new services, ejournals, directories, search engines, publishers, government sites, eResources, booksellers, calls for papers, software, news services, conferences, research groups, plus anything of interest, etc, etc. Nice Web Site(s): yougofurther Blogorama Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and related news items Institutional Repository RSS feeds A selection Recent Internet books in the Library Get a life! Leisure Time After hours Published by Heriot-Watt University Library, and edited by Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk) Catherine Ure and Marion Kennedy -- Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgently required Assistant Librarian (02)
by Ajay Kum Sharma 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Dear All, Prospective candidates are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian in the Central Library, Mangalayatan University, Beswan, Aligarh - 202145 Assistant Librarian, Post vacant: 02 Salary. Rs. 8000-275-13500/ - Qualification. MLIS, NET with Knowledge of Libsys Library Software. Desirable. PGDLAN/PGDCA, Atleast One Year working experience in a reputed Institute/University. Candidates meeting the above requirement( s) are to send their applications on plain paper, giving the Bio-data i.e. Candidate's Name, Father's Name, Sex, Date of Birth, Qualification (Giving name University/Board, Institution and Place, Qualification & Year obtained and percent marks) from highest down to SSLC, Caste (SC/ST/OBC/Gen) Address (Permanent & Correspondence) , Experience, Copies of all testimonials and Certificates duly attested by a Gazetted Officer and two copies of photographs submit them to the Dr. Ashish Kumar Sharma Library In-charge Central Library, Mangalayatan University, 32 Milestone, Aligarh-Mathura Road, Beswan, Aligarh - 202145 Email: ashish1077(a)yahoo.com, Mobile: 9319107573, 09936712343 -- Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian, Central Library, Mangalayatan University, 32 Milestone, Aligarh-Mathura Road, Beswan, Aligarh - 202145, U.P. 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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Call for Papers - MyDLIS-SAP-National Conference on Library 2.0, August 21-22, 2008, Mysore
by N.S. Harinarayana 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mansasagangotri Mysore 570 006 "National Conference on Library 2.0: The Confluence of Web 2.0 and the Library Paradigm" August 21 - 22, 2008. (A UGC-SAP Programme) About the Conference The latest buzz phrase in the technology front is "Web 2.0". Leveraging the approaches typified by Web 2.0's principles and technology offers library profession many opportunities to transform libraries from venerated age-old institutions to agile ones. The Conference will be a forum for discussing the emerging processes, technologies and paradigms of the library profession in the backdrop of the new technology of Web 2.0 and efforts to integrate the same into the library services. This two-day conference will ponder over the issues related to Web 2.0 technologies and highlight the initiatives and case studies towards deploying them for making libraries contemporary and user centred. Organising Committee: Chair: Prof. V. G. Talawar Co-Chair: Dr. Mallinath Kumbar Program Chair: Prof. Shalini R. Urs Topics/Sub-themes * Understanding Web 2.0 * Web 2.0 and Libraries * Digital Library 2.0 * Wikis and blogs for libraries and library services * Tags, Clouds and folksonomies for the library world * Collaborative Workspaces * Exemplars of Library 2.0 Call for Papers Papers are called for presentation and publication of conference proceedings from librarians, information professionals, teachers of LIS, researchers and students. The paper must be a original contribution based on research, survey and case studies. General presentations and papers giving just historical background are not encouraged. The paper should accompany with an informative abstract (not more than 150 words) and key words. The paper shall not be more than 10 pages and the font size is to be 12 in Times New Roman. The paper in Microsoft Word format may be sent over email to the Program Chair on or before July 31, 2008. Last Date for Submission – July 31, 2008 Submit your papers to the following – Prof. Shalini R. Urs Program Chair Professor, Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 email:mydlis.sap@gmail.com -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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lIBRARIAN FOR AN AUTONOMOUS B-SCHOOL
by ACHAR S 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Dear All, National Business School in JP Nagar needs an MLISC qualified with one year experienced candidate(preferably female candidates)for librarian post. For further details contact: Achar Library Incharge National Business school JP Nagar, Bangalore cell:09449340789 web site:www.nsbindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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President IFLA's interview with Prof Dinesh K Gupta on "Library Advocacy"
by Mailing List Admin 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:30:55 +0000 (GMT) From: Shantanu Ganguly <s_ganguly67(a)yahoo.co.uk> Dear Administrator: Kindly circulate this information through your database as given in the URLhttp://www.ifla.org/I/whatsnew/new.htm Interview with Claudia Lux about "Libraries on the agenda" in the April issue of MEERA: Open and Distance Learning Newsletter, a quarterly newsletter of Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota (Rajasthan, India), (p.4-5). Shantanu Ganguly Chief Librarian Knowledge Resource Center Indus World School of Business (IWSB) 48/4, Knowledge Park III Greater Noida, U.P.

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Engineering Science Resources
by sri priya 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

The ESc resources including databases, Internet resources, online journals etc.. Contents: Engineering Science Databases Engineering Science Vital Research Tools E-books Engineering Science Related Databases Engineering Science Web Resources E-Journals New Zealand Databases Engineering Online Reference Collection The World-Wide Web Virtual Library Encyclopedias and Handbooks Link : http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/eng/resources/es.htm 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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Nirma University of Science & Technology, Ahmedabad :Libn. & Assnt. Libn. Post
by Mukesh Anand 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Dear Members', Nirma University of Science & Technology Applications r invited for the following posts :- Librarian Assistant Librarian Pay Scales & Perks r atractive. The details of the same & qualifications r available on website www.nirmauni.ac.in In deserving cases higher start is possible. Interested persons r requested to applywith bio-data & necessary certificates within 20 days mentioning the name of post applied for on the envelop for the following address.Those applying through website may give their biodata in the prescribed format available on www.nirmauni.ac.in Executive Registrar Nirma University of Science & Technology Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, Chharodi Ahmedabad - 382 481 Ph. :- 02717- 241900-04 Fax :- 02717 - 241916 Print Access to the Indicative Advt. :- Times Ascent (Ahmedabad Edition) dated 25th June, ' 08 (Wednesday),Page # XII (The Times of India) With Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Officers' Training College for Indian Railways Sanskari Nagari Vadadara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of Project Fellow in CESS Library Trivadnrum
by Abdunnasar. A 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Dear Friends, Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram conducts a walk-in-interview for the selection of Project Fellow for the project ' Modernisation of CESS Library' (PLAN - 106). Qualifications: First Class M.L.I.Sc Working knowledge in Library Application Software like, SOUL, LIBSYS etc. Desirable Qualifications: Working knowledge in Digital Library Software like GSDL, Dspace etc Remuneration : Rs.8000/pm Date & Venue : 02.07.2008 (Wednesday) 9:30 AM at Centre for Earth Science Studies, Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram Age limit : 30 years as on 01.01.2008. relaxation up to 5 years for SC/ST and 3 years for OBC candidates Interested candidates may appear for the walk-in-interview with an application specifying the project code (Plan- 106) and post applied for together with detailed bio-data, copies of certificates showing educational qualifications, age, experience etc and original certificates for verification. Abdunnasar. A Scientist - B (Library) CESS Thiruvananthapuram -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Professional status
by Akash Varma 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Dear Professionals, Librarians are neglected a lot i.e, in Pvt Colleges.They are treated as ministerial staff. Does he/she does not come under Academics? While appointing the Lectures & Librarians in degree colleges UGC has made NET/SLET of M.Phil is compulsory for both.No such qualifications are necesary for appointing clerks or any ministerial staff. Then why this discrimination? I would like to have solutions from experts. & can I get soft copy of UGC rules & regulations in this issue so that I can show to the concerned authority. Mr. Akash Varma Librarian Panchkula -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Re:Educate us on Firefox Plugins
by Rajan 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

StumbleUpon, a web browser plugin, is a good addition for librarians in finding out websites rated as good. It can be downloaded from www.stumbleupon.com It allows its users to discover good web pages, online books, journal sites, photos, and videos rated by the community of 5 million stumble upon users. Web pages appear when the user clicks the "Stumble!" button on the browser's toolbar. The display of web pages will be normally based on the user's preference profile, unless any subject keyword ( see the drop down menu under 'All') is provided in the keyword box .To find out good websites on any subject, type the subject in the keyword box and click the "stumble!" button. Stumbleupon toolbar versions exist for Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India ----- Original Message ----- From: Sukhdev Singh Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:44 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Educate us on Firefox Plugins Yes, Firefox is one of my favorite software applications. Out of these 2,000 add-ons or Plug-ins, there are few which are useful for librarians and library users. You may like to see "100 Essential Firefox Add-Ons for Librarians" by Jessica Merritt. There are some more lists of add-ons by librarians. Like the one of Teri Vogel - My Favorite Firefox Extensions and he one by Jessamyn West - Pimp My Firefox. . However, there are few, which are special for librarians. LibX is one such plug-in. Libraries can create their own edition of LibX to provide to access to their resource catalogues through LibX add-on. Around 422 academic and public libraries have already done so. Another interesting Plug-in is Zotero. It is an easy-to-use Firefox extension to help collection, management and cite Internet sources. There is a nice tutorial available for using LibX and Zotero in combination. --Sukhdev Singh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free online publications on Social Science (Corruption) from Transperancy International
by Kshirod 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Dear Professional, Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. TI's mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption. For the publications list please click on the following link: http://www.transparency.org/publications/publications/subject -- Kshirod Das National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- 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] Library Building for Central Power Research Institute
by Rakesh Singh 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

> Dear Smt Deshpande and Fellow LIC Professionals, > (copying my response to everybody to start the discussion on this topic) > I don't have ready access to the standard IS:1553, but have read it before. > It says that the library should be located at a place which has some scope > for enlargement, etc. etc... However, I am sure, it would have been written > in an era before the Wifi. I am not sure, if your library is wifi, but it > will definitely become one in the next 2-3 years. You must be wondering, why > I am referring to wifi while discussing Library. Because I believe that wifi > has given a boost to the place called library and information centre. I > believe library to be a place which can spark ideas to be discussed later. > Sitting in the library, if you come up with an idea, there should be a place > immediately outside the library where you can go and discuss it with the > colleauges / friends. And if required, come back and do some more research. > Therefore, I have no objection in the LIC being next door the cafe (provided > your LIC is AC and therefore sound proof and therefore the cafe noise will > not disrupt the purpose of LIC). I see the cafe becoming an extension of the > LIC. In my experience, it is not difficult to implement the 'Eatables not > Allowed' rule. > > > > Gone are the days, when people were coming to the Library for information. > Information is spread everywhere on the net, which is searchable via google > search (Scholar, books, etc.). But I see library more of a place of idea > generation and getting good leads to look for quality information. Most of > the time you get information on the Net and therefore it is essential that > the library should be wifi and therefore create a place and provide an > unique experience where the users can go through the actual books and scroll > through the information on the net (more and more people now own Laptop with > wifi capability. In the next couple of years, every reader will have a > laptop). Books have to live with the information available on Internet and > therefore should be capable of delivering more than the information. > > > > Therefore, I think, you should fight for > > · putting some computers in the library not only to search the > catalogue but to surf internet (chatting strictly prohibited, your server > administrator can implement this rule) > > · all the tables should have electricity points where people can > connect their laptops, cell phones, etc. These days even cell phone have > internet browsing capabilities and people are more adept in using the cell > phone, even while searching for information (REMEMBER iphone popularity is > not because it makes good phone calls but because internet browsing is a > pleasure on iphone) > > · The inside layout should be done in a way that it does not > resemble an archives but a modern library and information centre. Don't > trust the architects, they have weird ideas about the libraries; do get > involved in planning the internal design of the library. > > · The office space of the librarian should be accessible to the > users. He should be more of an accessible person rather than one sitting in > the office closed from all four sides. > > > > Regarding the standard IS… which says that library should have scope for > enlargement - gone are the days when more books meant more space required; > now more internet usage puts the question – 'Why do you need more library > space when everything is available on net?" > > > > With apologies to those who do not agree with me, > Best regards, > > Rakesh Singh > > New Delhi > > > > > > On 6/24/08, *lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in* < > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:28:57 +0530 > From: "Vijayalakshmi" <vrd(a)cpri.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] library building - reg > To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Cc: mail2all(a)cpri.in > Message-ID: <000d01c8d506$fe804b80$021c10ac(a)library.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear Sir, > > Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore is building a building for > Library and Information Centre above the canteen. > > The question is > > 1. Where should be library building located? > 2. Whether above the canteen or centrally located in > a separate building considering points mentioned in the > standard IS:1553? > > Kindly enlighten me in this regad. > > (Smt. V.R.DESHPANDE) > SENIOR LIBRARIAN > LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE, > CENTRAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, > P.B.NO.8066, SADASHIVANAGAR POST, > BANGALORE - 560 080 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > -- Rakesh Singh U15/45 FF, Pink Town House DLF Phase III Gurgaon, Haryana -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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information
by pawan sharma 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Dear Professional i am confused in AICTE-Norms. acc to AICTE norms at the time of opening a institution we requires 150 titles with 1000 volumes but after that if we required more copies for the same title than in that condition no information is their. acutally in my library we have more than 15 copies of a single title and now we are in the processes for accredation for a deemed university and i think at the time of acredation we face some problems. with regard *Pawan Kumar Sharma* *Dy. Librarian* *ITM Universe* * * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need information on eligibility and scale
by Dayanand Kamble 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Dear All, I want the exact information (with concerened GR if possible) on the elegibility criteria for all library posts (i. e. Librarian, Asst. Librarian, Library Assistant and Library Attendent) and their respective grade scale for collge library as per AICTE and University Rules. please give me the exact information if possible with GR proof. thank u. Dayanand Kamble Librarian Indira School of Business Studies Wakad, Pune kamblelibrarian(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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Books Write -off Rule
by IES Library 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Dear All, I want the exact rule for the Write-off of the missing books . After how many Stock verification it is permissible to write them off. please give me the exact principle. thank u. Madhura Deodhar Librarian IES Management College Opp. Lilavati Hospital, Bandra Reclamation Bandra West M-50 library.mcrc(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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Recruitment: Applications for Teaching Positions :Bundelkhand University, kanpur
by sri priya 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Recruitment: Applications for Teaching Positions for Reader and Lecturer For more details see this link: http://www.bujhansi.org/_recru/recru_home.html Application - Pdf: http://www.bujhansi.org/_recru/_pdf/Adv_01June08.pdf 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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