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Re: [LIS-Forum] Part Time Research
by Puna Das 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Dear Colleagues India’s one of the top universities Jawaharlal Nehru University is followed the same rule, i.e., direct PhD enrolment is allowed to full-time researchers only. A world-class thesis is produced there in JNU only because of this rule. I welcome the decision of University of Kerala. Other universities should also follow the same and raise the university research standards in India. UGC, AICTE, CSIR, ICMR and other apex bodies should revise their rules on study leaves and should allow working library professionals to avail this facility. With Best Wishes Anup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- On Tue, 15/7/08, 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> > Dear Mr. Rajasekharan, > > It is rediculous to say that librarians should not do > research while doing > his/her job. I feel that a working librarian with > sufficient experience has > better understanding of the subject and is in a position to > work on a research > problem leading to PhD. On the otherhand, a fresh graduate > is said to have very > little knowledge or understanding on how to do research > since he/she does not > have the relevant experience or approach to problem > solving. > > The Kerala government must be crazy in introducing this > draconian Act. I am sure > there must be some senior (cynical) library professionals > behind this 'dirty' > Act, who for reason known to everyone does not want others > to do research. We > should remember that when teachers can do research, the > librarians also can do > research. > > I am sure that everyone will agree that only working > librarians can and should > do research, which does not affect his/her job. I do not > understand why we > (Indians) are always 'first in doing wrong things' > when the whole world looks > forward with positive ideas and thinking. Let us put an end > to such > short-sighted ideas. > > > Dr. M. Koteswara Rao > Librarian > Univ of Hyderabad > > > > Dear All, > > > > It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken > a right decision not to > allow working librarians to do part time research for > obtaining PhD. If any > librarian is interested, he can do research without any > registration and publish > his findings in research journals, without affecting his > job. When a person is > employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job > for which he is > employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his job, > there will be > compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of > which are not good at > all. > > > > Regards, > > > > K Rajasekharan > > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local > Administration(KILA) > > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Dear LIS Forum Members > > Considering the dynamic and educative role of > librarians, especially those who > are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an > essential factor. In > this context many Universities in India is encouraging the > working professionals > either directly or indirectly for further learning. > However, it is sad that the > University of Kerala by its order > > No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the > opportunity for Part Time PhD > registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were > opportunites for > registration, and all on a sudden the University took such > a drastic step.As a > result of this, the working people have to either take > leave for doing PhD > (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. > > I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this > issue seriously and comment > on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and > change for the better. > > > > Eldho Joy E > > -- From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Part time Research
by Rajan 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Dear All, It seems that the library careerists masquerading as professionals, may not be able to appreciate the pre-eminence of the decisions of a few universities like Kerala University & JNU which dispensed with part time research of working librarians. Standard Universities institute research to serve the public purposes of advancing the frontiers of knowledge rather than to address the parochial careeristic aspiration of a few under-employed librarians to gain a couple of increments or a shortened tenure of career advancement. There exist innumerable universities which would send a doctorate degree for a payment of a fee and submission of any typed rubbish in the form of a thesis. Such degrees will be enough for anyone to get a higher job, if he is ready to invest some sort of 'political capital' into his career desires. So kindly let some other universities like JNU to have provision for some sort of qualitative kind of research, by committed fulltime researchers leading to the growth of professional body of knowledge in librarianship, as a measure to ensure plurality of options. If the thinking about upliftment of library profession revolves round gaining increments, obtaining promotions or supremacy of designation, the library fraternity cannot grow above the level of a clerk, a store keeper or at the most a technician. That would not be good for improving the professional image of librarians in general which is at the low ebb right now. Best Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Thrissur ----- Original Message ----- From: Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Part Time Research Dear Colleagues India?s one of the top universities Jawaharlal Nehru University is followed the same rule, i.e., direct PhD enrolment is allowed to full-time researchers only. A world-class thesis is produced there in JNU only because of this rule. I welcome the decision of University of Kerala. Other universities should also follow the same and raise the university research standards in India. UGC, AICTE, CSIR, ICMR and other apex bodies should revise their rules on study leaves and should allow working library professionals to avail this facility. With Best Wishes Anup -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fee Concession for Student Registration - National Conference on Library 2.0 at MyDLIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

National Conference on Library 2.0: The Confluence of Web 2.0 and the Library Paradigm (MyLib 2.0) August 21 – 22, 2008, Mysore (A UGC-SAP- Programme) Organised by: Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore Students and full time research scholars are given 50% concession for registration to the 'National Conference on on Library 2.0'. The concession applies only to the registration fee. The registration fee for the students and full time researchers is Rs. 500/- (without accommodation). Those who want accommodation to be arranged by the organizers may have to pay an additional amount of Rs.600/-. The students and researchers availing the concession have to send a relevant certificate from their respective departments along with their registration form. Payment Details: Please send the registration fee in the form of Demand Draft drawn in favour of MyLib 2.0 payable at Mysore. Send your registration to: Prof. V. G. Talawar Chair, UGC-SAP Seminar on Library 2.0, Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Email: muvgt(a)yahoo.co.in Phone Numbers: 0821-2419394 For registration form visit: http://www.isim.ac.in/mylib http://www.mydlis-sap.ac.in -- 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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M.S.University of Baroda Post of University Librarian
by Mailing List Admin 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:05:12 -0700 (PDT) From: ravindra kale <kale_ravi(a)yahoo.com> � kindly post the information in the forum � The Post of University librarian has beenpublished in the daily newpaper. Notification no. ADE 15/02 of 2008-2009. Last date 14/7/2008 To 04/08/2008 Scale : 16,499 - 450- 20,900 - 500 - 22,400. � Other detail you may be collect form the Website : www.msubaroda.ac.in � Ravindra S. Kale http://kaleravi001.googlepages.com/ �

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100 Essential Firefox Add-Ons for Librarians
by Rupak Chakravarty 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

By Jessica Merritt 1. 100 Essential Firefox Add-Ons for Librarians Please check: http://oedb.org/library/features/100_firefox_addons_for_librarians 2.Top 10 Firefox Web 2.0 Add-ons Also good review at: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_firefox_addons.php Rupak Chakravarty Lecturer-cum-Assistant Librarian Department of Library & Information Science Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160014 INDIA Website: http://libsc.puchd.ac.in Phone # (0172) 2700459(R) (0172) 2534775(O) 9217133380(M) Email: rupak2811(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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ResearchGATE: Free
by Rupak Chakravarty 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

ResearchGATE is for scientists built by scientists driven by the concept of Science 2.0 https://www.researchgate.net/ Rupak Chakravarty Lecturer-cum-Assistant Librarian Department of Library & Information Science Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160014 INDIA Website: http://libsc.puchd.ac.in Phone # (0172) 2700459(R) (0172) 2534775(O) 9217133380(M) Email: rupak2811(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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PART TIME RESEARCH
by jasim s 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

The country is expecting some world class works from researchers.No doubt, Full time Research will helps to improve the quality of phD works.so kudos to kerala university for its order to putoff part time research for librarians.let's wait for some newsmakers in library science from among the full time research scholars of kerala university.But what mr.sreeram pointed out is also a matter of concern.i agree with him that working librarians have better outlook on reasearch than freshers. jasimudeen.s Thrissur Kerala -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Business Daily Newspaper in Hindi, Gujarati & English
by Mukesh Anand 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

Dear Members', Business Standard , A prominent Business Daily Newspaper is being published in Hindi, Gujarati & in English. The newspaper is published in colour from twelve centres in India – Mumbai, New Delhi,Kolkata,Chennai,Bangalore,Ahmedabad,Hyderabad, Pune,Lucknow,Chandigarh,Kochi & Bhubaneswar. Check out below mentioned web link in the concerned languages. 1. Hindi :- www.bshindi.com 2. Gujarati :- http://gujarati.business-standard.com 3. English :- www.business-standard.com Madhya Pradash based Dainik Bhaskar Group is going to publish Hindi Business Daily soon. With Warm Personal Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Officers' Training College for Indian Railways Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Part-Time Research
by bidyarthidutta 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

Dear Dr. Chudamoni I completely agree with you. Some senior LIS teachers are afraid of practising librarians overtaking the faculty in finding solutions to problems. This is the actual reason behind such short-sighted and feudal decision of Kerala University.Why the librarians would be resisted to upgrade their knowledge? Some senior and cynical library professionals are trying to restrict us from gaining knowledge. It is quiet unfortunate. They are implementing such dirty act in one side, and on the other side, they are delivering lecture in the classroom about knowledge society, open source etc. etc. etc. Oh!!! What a filthy hipocracy!!! Come on and wake up the Librarians. Let us firmly protest altogether against such anti-librarian act. Thanking you Sincerely Yours Bidyarthi Dutta Bidyarthi Dutta On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote : >Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [Lis-Forum] Part time Research (Mailing List Admin) > 2. Re: Part time Research (Mailing List Admin) > 3. Re: Part time Research (kannan satheesan) > 4. K-Community Event on 16-Jul-2008 hosted by Tata Consultancy > Services, Bangalore (M Nandeesha) > 5. Urgent Information needed (JK) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:28:56 +0530 (IST) > From: Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] [Lis-Forum] Part time Research >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0807151727070.13493(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:40:44 +0530 > From: poornima <poornimakulkarni7(a)gmail.com> > >My dear Professional people, > >I totally disagree with the descision of University of Kerala for not >allowing the Librarians to go for research. I dont think anybody can >restrict someone whos might be really interested in doing something. This is >our Indian education system, we are not allowed to do something we are >interested in doing something. But forced to do which we do not like at all. >Come on people wake up, its high time to restrict something. Do our >professionals know something about multitasking? Librarian has to be one, >moreover it is his part of professional requirement. Wake up people wake up > from slumber!! > >First of all there is hell of misunderstanding about the librarians in >India, moreover if he is restricted to enhance his knowledge then this >profession will be drowned. This today's concept of librarian is framed >because of old professionals who hardly did work towards progress and so >mainly the professionals are not at all PROACTIVE. Please change yourself >and fit in today's world. Darwins theory holds good for all times.. >"Survival of the Fittest", keep yourself fit to compete with other >professions. > >Move towards progress--------> >Poornima---------> >-- > >"Be Good, Do Good For Good Things Leads To Good End". > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:32:05 +0530 (IST) > From: Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0807151730330.13493(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:49:12 +0530 (IST) > From: ksc(a)library.iisc.ernet.in > > >WITH due respects to who so ever has taken the decision > >Are they afraid of practising librarians overtaking the faculty in finding >solutions to problems. Whatever the job demands are (who provide no >objection certificate) make necessary arrangements to fulfil any void >arising out of such an endeavour. > >The authorities must amend the rules to make it mandatory to work in >libraries for at least one year so that they gain experience in >understanding practical problems. > >Chudamani > >On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Mailing List Admin wrote: > > > > > On 7/14/08, Rajan <rajankila(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Dear All, > >> > >> It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision > >> not > >> to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. > >> If any librarian is interested, he can do research without any > >> registration > >> and publish his findings in research journals, without affecting his > >> job. > >> When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his > >> job > >> for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his > >> job, > >> there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of > >> which > >> are not good at all. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> K Rajasekharan > >> Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > >> Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:13:49 +0530 > From: "kannan satheesan" <kannan.satheesan(a)gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research >To: "Dr. M. Koteswara Rao" <mkrlib(a)uohyd.ernet.in> >Cc: Lis forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, Rajan > <rajankila(a)hotmail.com> >Message-ID: > <695bbd840807150443v660c5d59w9a521faed56d8ebb(a)mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Sirs > > > I am a MLISc student and on the verge of passing out from DLIS, Kerala >University.What i feel is, part time research should continue. There is some >point in saying that, freshers cannot take up research projects. All >librarians agree upon one thing for certain - there is sea difference >between what one studies in class and what one practices. Experiance is >something which cannot be replaced with classroom lectures. Myself, when >required to prepare a project proposal for a JRF fellowship felt this >difficulty. And moreover research is something which should not be for >personal benefit alone, it should be for the society or community atleast( i >mean librarian community). A programme of research, a social science >research in particular should start with identification of a 'hot' research >problem,and will there be a hot problem for a fresher ?. Definitely he has >to take up some problems his professional seniors prescribes. If research is >for increasing and supplementing one's own knowledge and nothing beyond, ok >there shouldnt be research facility for practicing librarians. > > >On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Dr. M. Koteswara Rao <mkrlib(a)uohyd.ernet.in> >wrote: > > > Dear Mr. Rajasekharan, > > > > It is rediculous to say that librarians should not do research while doing > > his/her job. I feel that a working librarian with sufficient experience has > > better understanding of the subject and is in a position to work on a > > research > > problem leading to PhD. On the otherhand, a fresh graduate is said to have > > very > > little knowledge or understanding on how to do research since he/she does > > not > > have the relevant experience or approach to problem solving. > > > > The Kerala government must be crazy in introducing this draconian Act. I am > > sure > > there must be some senior (cynical) library professionals behind this > > 'dirty' > > Act, who for reason known to everyone does not want others to do research. > > We > > should remember that when teachers can do research, the librarians also can > > do > > research. > > > > I am sure that everyone will agree that only working librarians can and > > should > > do research, which does not affect his/her job. I do not understand why we > > (Indians) are always 'first in doing wrong things' when the whole world > > looks > > forward with positive ideas and thinking. Let us put an end to such > > short-sighted ideas. > > > > > > Dr. M. Koteswara Rao > > Librarian > > Univ of Hyderabad > > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > > > It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision > > not to > > allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. If any > > librarian is interested, he can do research without any registration and > > publish > > his findings in research journals, without affecting his job. When a person > > is > > employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job for which he is > > employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his job, there will be > > compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of which are not good > > at > > all. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > K Rajasekharan > > > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > > > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 2 > > > Dear LIS Forum Members > > > Considering the dynamic and educative role of librarians, especially > > those who > > are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an essential > > factor. In > > this context many Universities in India is encouraging the working > > professionals > > either directly or indirectly for further learning. However, it is sad > > that the > > University of Kerala by its order > > > No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the opportunity for Part Time > > PhD > > registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were opportunites for > > registration, and all on a sudden the University took such a drastic > > step.As a > > result of this, the working people have to either take leave for doing PhD > > (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. > > > I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this issue seriously and > > comment > > on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and change for the > > better. > > > > > > Eldho Joy E > > > -- > > > > > > > > > -- > > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > > believed to be clean. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > 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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FW: Indian Librarians Forum [ILF]
by Shamprasad Pujar 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

** Sorry for Cross Postings, if any ** -- Original Message -- From: Digital Library Research Group <dlrg(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in> To: dlrg(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:59:30 +0530 (IST) Subject: [Dlrg] ILF: Indian Librarians Forum Dear Colleagues, As already informed through this forum and other modes of communication, Max Mueller Bhavan in collaboration with the French Embassy, British Council and Instituto Cervantes organised "Libraries on the Agenda" ": An International Seminar on Library Advocacy. The seminar was also supported by The National Knowledge Commission. The seminar was intended to provide a platform to Indian professionals and other stakeholders to explore ways and means of taking the NKC recommendations to the implementation stage. The seminar culminated into workshops and the professionals taking part in the workshops deliberated upon developing a blue print and an action plan, which would be helpful in reviving and modernising the library landscape in India. The Executive summary of the workshop results is available at the National Knowledge Commission website at: http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/ One of the suggestions given by Mr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman NKC, while delivering the inaugural address during the seminar was to form a group of librarians to carry out library advocacy work, to sensitise the government bodies and the other stake holders about the needs of the profession and to help NKC in its efforts towards taking the recommendations given to the implementation stage. An "Indian Librarians Forum" (ILF) came into existence as a follow up to the seminar and is accessible at: <http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ILF>http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ILF Dr. Ravinder Kumar Chadha is the convener of this Forum. The main objectives of the forum are: -To initiate an effective advocacy campaign/plan with clear goals and objectives; to use media effectively and to lobby with legislators and decision makers at the political/administrative level as well as stakeholders who shape the public opinion and control support for library services - To find the ways and means for librarians to be more visible not only in their own organizations, but also in their community and state - To support NKC in implementation of the recommendations of the working group on libraries - To offer a platform to all the Indian Librarians to have a view about the legislative framework, required support and financial backing to the library sector, which in turn will facilitate the coordinated development of libraries across different sectors Some of the most profound changes in our world have come about as a result of efforts in the form of social movements. Often these movements germinated in the minds of a few people who rose up for a cause, then blossomed into mass mobilizations that have ended up bringing major changes in the world. This is the power of the movements - what people without access to power can not accomplish alone, they can accomplish together through collective action. The thinking behind ILF (Indian Lirbarians' Forum) is to motivate and mobilise collective professional thoughts that eventually would lead towards the transformation of the LIS sector in India. All the library professionals are encouraged to become members and to join the discussion forum to voice their opinion and suggestions. Please note that it is not a general discussion forum. Members are requested to post e-mails regarding NKC recommendations only. Dr. R.K. Chadha <ilf(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in>ilf(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in Indian Librarians Forum _______________________________________________ DLRG mailing list <DLRG(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in>DLRG(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in <http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/dlrg>http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/dlrg Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6565 ; 2840 0919 Ext: 565 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The July/August 2008 issue of D-Lib Magazine is now available.
by sandeep bhavsar 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

Respected All The July/August 2008 issue of D-Lib Magazine (http://www.dlib.org/) is now available. This issue contains four articles, a project update, two conference reports from JCDL 2008, the 'In Brief' column, excerpts from recent press releases, and news of upcoming conferences and other items of interest in 'Clips and Pointers'. This month, D-Lib features Audobon's Birds of America at the University of Pittsburgh, courtesy of Edward A. Galloway. The articles include: Copyright Renewal, Copyright Restoration, and the Difficulty of Determining Copyright Status Peter B. Hirtle, Cornell University Battle of the Buzzwords: Flexibility vs. Interoperability When Implementing PREMIS in METS Rebecca S. Guenther, Library of Congress A Format for Digital Preservation of Images: A Study on JPEG 2000 File Robustness Paolo Buonora, Archivi di Stato; and Franco Liberati, Universita degli Studi di Roma Researcher Profiles and Portfolios: Use Cases of the Facebook Service and the University of Queensland Researchers Service Belinda Weaver, University of Queensland The Project Update is: Google Still Not Indexing Hidden Web URLS Kat Hagedorn and Joshua Santelli, University of Michigan The Conference Reports are: 2008 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Spans Culture and Technology Carol Minton Morris, Cornell University 1st Collaborative Information Retrieval Workshop: Held in Conjunction with the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2008 Jeremy Pickens and Gene Golovchinksy, FXPAL; and Meredith Ringel Morris, Microsoft Research D-Lib Magazine has mirror sites at the following locations: UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, England http://mirrored.ukoln.ac.uk/lis-journals/dlib/ The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia http://dlib.anu.edu.au/ State Library of Lower Saxony and the University Library of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/edoc/aw/d-lib/ Universidad de Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina http://www.dlib.org.ar Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan http://dlib.ejournal.ascc.net/ BN - National Library of Portugal, Portugal http://purl.pt/302/1 (If the mirror site closest to you is not displaying the July/August 2008 issue of D-Lib Magazine at this time, please check back later. There is a delay between the time the magazine is released in the United States and the time when the mirroring process has been completed.) Bonnie Wilson Editor D-Lib Magazine Thanks and Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601 MUMBAI. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 9987049099 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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K-Community Event on 16-Jul-2008 hosted by Tata Consultancy Services, Bangalore
by M Nandeesha 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Dear All, Tata Consultancy Services, Bangalore is hosting this month's K-community (http://k-community.org) event for a panel discussion on ?Managing Knowledge in Large Transformational Projects? at the following venue -- Tata Consultancy Services Pioneer Building, International Tech Park (ITPB), Padandhur Agrahara, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560 066, Karnataka, India For details, pls visit http://k-community.org/Events/K-Community-Event-for-the-month-hosted-by-Tat… Please note: Participants are requested to confirm their participation before 1:00 PM on 16-Jul-2008 to Mr. Nandeesha. M (m.nandeesha(a)tcs.com) to facilitate security clearances at ITPB & at TCS. Also, participants need to produce their ID card, if asked by security while entering the ITPB and TCS facility. Regards, M Nandeesha Tata Consultancy Services L-Centre, Plot No.78, 79 & 83 EPIP Industrial Area,Whitefield, Bangalore - 560066,Karnataka India Mailto: m.nandeesha(a)tcs.com Mobile: 9886798310 Website: http://www.tcs.com ____________________________________________ Experience certainty. IT Services Business Solutions Outsourcing ____________________________________________ =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgent Information needed
by JK 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Dear All, Could anyone give me the name and contact details of the companies engaged in the technology creation and upgradation for *article level searching specifically.* Regards Jaya Kalra Senior Consultant - LIS Group Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Website : www.totalit.co.in -- 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] Part time Research
by Mailing List Admin 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:49:12 +0530 (IST) From: ksc(a)library.iisc.ernet.in WITH due respects to who so ever has taken the decision Are they afraid of practising librarians overtaking the faculty in finding solutions to problems. Whatever the job demands are (who provide no objection certificate) make necessary arrangements to fulfil any void arising out of such an endeavour. The authorities must amend the rules to make it mandatory to work in libraries for at least one year so that they gain experience in understanding practical problems. Chudamani On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Mailing List Admin wrote: > > On 7/14/08, Rajan <rajankila(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision >> not >> to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. >> If any librarian is interested, he can do research without any >> registration >> and publish his findings in research journals, without affecting his >> job. >> When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his >> job >> for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his >> job, >> there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of >> which >> are not good at all. >> >> Regards, >> >> K Rajasekharan >> Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) >> Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India

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Details of Pondicherry Central University DLIS Positions
by J. K. Vijayakumar 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Details, Application forms etc of Pondicherry Central University DLIS positions are available at http://www.pondiuni.edu.in/circular/fac_rect040708.html Professor - 1 Reader - 2 Lecturer - 3 ---------------------- Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar > --- On Wed, 7/9/08, Arunachalam Hariharan > <hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > From: Arunachalam Hariharan > <hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com> > > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Pondicherry Central University > needs Prof, Reader and Lecturers for the DLIS > > Pondicherry Central University Advertised the following > > posts for the > > Dept of Library and Information Science > > > > 1 Professor - 1 > > 2. Reader - 2 > > 3. Lecturer - 2 > > > > For more details, pl see the Hindu dt 09.7.2008 > > > > A.Hariharan > > SERC > > Chennai > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] [Lis-Forum] Part time Research
by Mailing List Admin 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:40:44 +0530 From: poornima <poornimakulkarni7(a)gmail.com> My dear Professional people, I totally disagree with the descision of University of Kerala for not allowing the Librarians to go for research. I dont think anybody can restrict someone whos might be really interested in doing something. This is our Indian education system, we are not allowed to do something we are interested in doing something. But forced to do which we do not like at all. Come on people wake up, its high time to restrict something. Do our professionals know something about multitasking? Librarian has to be one, moreover it is his part of professional requirement. Wake up people wake up from slumber!! First of all there is hell of misunderstanding about the librarians in India, moreover if he is restricted to enhance his knowledge then this profession will be drowned. This today's concept of librarian is framed because of old professionals who hardly did work towards progress and so mainly the professionals are not at all PROACTIVE. Please change yourself and fit in today's world. Darwins theory holds good for all times.. "Survival of the Fittest", keep yourself fit to compete with other professions. Move towards progress--------> Poornima---------> -- "Be Good, Do Good For Good Things Leads To Good End".

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Library an Information Management Trainees
by Francis Jayakanth 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012 Invites Application for TRAINEES in the LIBRARY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME in the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) and the JRD Tata Memorial Library and Digital Information Services Centre. Advt No. R(IB)008/2008, No of Positions: 20 (GEN-11, OBC-4, SC-2, ST-1 :one of the positions is reserved for Physically Handicapped, Sponsored Candidates-2) Minimum Qualifications: A Bachelor's degree in any discipline followed by a M.L.I.Sc. or Master's Degree in any discipline with B.L.I.Sc. or Associateship in Documentation and Information Science awarded by DRTC / NISCAIR or its equivalent. The applicant should have secured minimum of First Class or equivalent as declared by University in the said qualifying Degree(s) and also in basic degree. SC/ST candidates with pass class will be considered. Conditions: candidates who possess the minimum qualification as on the date of advertisement and also those who are in the final year/semester, expecting to complete all exams/project and acquire minimum qualification latest by 31.07.2008 can apply. The training is for a period of 12 months on a fixed stipend of Rs.7,500/- per month. No stipend will be paid for the sponsored candidates. The sponsored candidates should forward their applications through proper channel. For more details about the training programme, please visit http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/training/ General Conditions: Trainees would be expected to work on any three shifts including night shifts and holidays. No accommodation will be available on the Campus during the course of training. Candidates who are desirous to be considered on the aforesaid conditions may fill-in the electronic online application registration form. Thereafter a duly signed hard copy of the online application registration form with photo copies of the Marks cards, Caste Certificate of SC, ST, OBC (OBC Certificate should be in GOI format for reservations of jobs), in case of Physically Handicapped candidates, copy of the medical Certificate in the prescribed form issued by the Competent Medical Authority for the purpose of employment, should be sent to ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, UNIT-IB, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE - 560012 superscribing on the envelope "Application for the post of TRAINEE in the LIBRARY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME" ON OR BEFORE 8TH August, 2008. Incomplete applications in a format other than the online version on the above mentioned website are liable to be rejected. DATE: 7th July, 2008 REGISTRAR

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Part time Research
by Rajan 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Dear All, It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision not to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. If any librarian is interested, he can do research without any registration and publish his findings in research journals, without affecting his job. When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his job, there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of which are not good at all. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India ------------------------------ Message: 2 Dear LIS Forum Members Considering the dynamic and educative role of librarians, especially those who are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an essential factor. In this context many Universities in India is encouraging the working professionals either directly or indirectly for further learning. However, it is sad that the University of Kerala by its order No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the opportunity for Part Time PhD registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were opportunites for registration, and all on a sudden the University took such a drastic step.As a result of this, the working people have to either take leave for doing PhD (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this issue seriously and comment on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and change for the better. Eldho Joy E -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request
by amudhavalli alagusundaram 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Dear Moderators, Kinldy arrange to announce the follwing in the forums, please amudha Please refer to the Advt in The Hindu dt. 14th July 2008 for the following vaccant positons in the Dept of Information Sciecne, University of MAdras: 1. Reader - I Post - GT 2. Lecturers - 2 Posts - One reserved for SC and the one GT. LAST DATES: To obtain Application Form - - 08.08 2008 Submission Date - - 11.08.2008 Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 (Off- Direct) Ph: 2845 3343 (Residence) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Beautiful Libraries
by Denny M.X. 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Dear LIS Professionals, Everyone has some kind of place that makes them feel transported to a magical realm. For some people it's castles with their noble history and crumbling towers. For others it's abandoned factories, ivy choked, a sense of foreboding around every corner. For us there has always been something about libraries. Row after row, shelf after shelf, there is nothing more magical than a beautiful old library. http://curiousexpeditions.org/2007/09/librophiliac_love_letter_a_com.html With Regards Denny M.X. -- 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] Part time Research
by Mailing List Admin 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:03:31 +0530 From: Sriram V <vsrirams(a)gmail.com> Dear Fellow Professionals and teachers, With all due respect to Rajasekharan Sir, i beg to differ. If someone enhances their qualification it is generally good for the organisation where he/she is employed. That is the major reason why world over employers encourage staff to undertake studies. Doing part time studies arise out of necessity. People opt for part time course because you have to take care of a family as well as you really wish to enhance your knowledge. You have to work had for a full time course. For part time course you are expected to work even harder. If the employer and the guide are completely satisfied i believe there is no reason why someone hoping to gain knowledge should be prevented from that. Perhaps we should gather the opinion of employers and teachers regarding this. Regards V Sriram Technical Services Executive LibSys Corporation Mob: +91 9447251892 On 7/14/08, Rajan <rajankila(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > Dear All, > > It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision > not > to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. > If any librarian is interested, he can do research without any > registration > and publish his findings in research journals, without affecting his job. > When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job > for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his > job, > there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of > which > are not good at all. > > Regards, > > K Rajasekharan > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Dear LIS Forum Members > Considering the dynamic and educative role of librarians, especially > those > who are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an essential > factor. In this context many Universities in India is encouraging the > working professionals either directly or indirectly for further > learning. > However, it is sad that the University of Kerala by its order > No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the opportunity for Part Time > PhD > registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were opportunites for > registration, and all on a sudden the University took such a drastic > step.As > a result of this, the working people have to either take leave for doing > PhD (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. > I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this issue seriously and > comment on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and change > for > the better. > > Eldho Joy E > -- > >

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Re: [LIS-Forum] part time Ph.D.
by nazim malik 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

This has reference to views of K Rajasekharan regarding not to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. As K Rajasekharan suggested that interested people can do research without any registration and publish their findings in research journals, without affecting their job. So I would like to know: 1 Whether doing research for publishing papers without registration would not affect their job. 2 How many research papers shall be sufficient to considered research work equal to Ph.D.? 3 How many fellows in India have been considered equal to Ph.D. at the time of appointment or promotion on the basis of their research work/papers? 4 How does the job of teachers not affect when they do part times Ph.D. Ph.D. for librarians is needed for the following reasons: 1 If an Assistant Librarian has eleven year experience and having PhD will be promoted to Dy. Librarian through Career Advancement Scheme of UGC. 2 Recently Indian Academic Library Association has submitted a concept paper to Chadda Committed to consider Librarians (AL/DL/Librarians) at par with teachers. If it were accepted then Ph.D. will become essential qualification. Therefore, part time Ph.D. is equally important for both teachers and Librarians. Mohammad Nazim Central Library BanarasHindu University Varanasi-221005 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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NEW COPYRIGHT TECHNOLOGY FOR UNITED STATES
by jasim s 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

see the newsrelease for details http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2008/08-115.html jasimudeen.s Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Use of the phrase "knowledge of computer"
by Atanu Garai 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Dear Colleagues This is an anecdote. Back in 2006, I was writing quite a lot of statements of purpose and application letters as part of the application process for admission to PhD. Then I collected all those documents in a single place and went to my teacher in Calcutta University to get his recommendation letters. He smiled and told me that instead of writing 'knowledge of computer', the phrase should be written as 'knowledge of computing'. I realized my mistake and corrected it. Since then I have never used the phrase "knowledge of computer", instead put the phrase of knowledge of computing. When I see the phrase knowledge of computing, it reminds me of his smile immediately. So, when today I saw the phrase quite frequently I searched for the connotations of the words 'computer' and 'computing'. The definitions given in wikipedia are: Computer: A computer is a machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer) Computing: /"In a general way, we can define computing to mean any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computers. Thus, computing includes designing and building hardware and software systems for a wide range of purposes; processing, structuring, and managing various kinds of information; doing scientific studies using computers; making computer systems behave intelligently; creating and using communications and entertainment media; finding and gathering information relevant to any particular purpose, and so on. The list is virtually endless, and the possibilities are vast." (Source: /The Joint Task Force for Computing Curricula 2005. Computing Curricula 2005: The Overview Report (pdf) <http://www.acm.org/education/curric_vols/CC2005-March06Final.pdf>, quoted in, /http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing). /Essentially, these terms have a relationship but they evoke different meanings. Best greetings, Atanu Garai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainees (2 Posts) @ Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG)
by Smita Chandra 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Dear Library professionals : We at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) Library are in need of 2 'Library Trainees' . Candidates selected from the 'Walk-In-Interviews' to be held on the 24th of July 2008 will get a chance to gain experience in all aspects of the library functioning, including, acquisitions, cataloging, serials control, circulation, inter-library loan, handling user queries, searching bibliographic databases, coordinating with our other centers, digitization and long-term access of creating and maintaining digital materials, using basic HTML, etc. Please go through the complete details below, as well as the attachment and join us on the 24th of July 2008. We look forward to working with fresh Library Science graduates with good academic record, basic computer knowledge, and good communications skills. Please go through the details below for any further queries. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli-Panvel Highway New Panvel, new Mumbai 400 218 Ph.22-2748 4000 _________________________________________________________________ APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF 'LIBRARY TRAINEE' at the INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM The Indian Institute of Geomagnetism is a premier research institute in the field of geomagnetism and allied areas of Upper Atmospheric Physics and Solid Earth Geophysics. The Institute is a successor to the Colaba Observatory which was set up in 1823 by East India Company, and where the first magnetic observations were started in 1841. It became an autonomous research institute under the Department of Science & Technology in 1971, and was named as the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism. Apart from basic and applied research, the Institute operates 10 modern magnetic observatories spread across the country and has two research centres at Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu and Allahabad , U.P. The Institute library has a comprehensive collection of more than 20,000 books and bound journal volumes in geomagnetism and its allied fields. Other formats like maps, reprints, reports and non book material are also available to the users. The library is automated and all the library operations are done using the SLIM21 software. Library facilities are also made available to our observatory staff and the two research centres. The selected candidate will get hands on experience of working in different sections of the library and will have opportunity of working in a library with modern facilities. JOB TITLE : Trainee Librarian NUMBER OF POSTS : Two QUALIFICATION : The interested candidate should have a post graduate degree in Library & Information Science (MLISc) from a recognized university with good academic record. Candidates with a Science degree and basic computer knowledge will get preference. PERIOD OF SELECTION : The candidates will be initially selected for a period of 6 months, that may be extended as per the requirements of the Institute. AGE GROUP : Preferably 25-28 years SALARY : Rs.7000/- per month. CONTACT PERSON : Mrs.Divya Mehta Senior Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Ph.: 22-2748 4046/4047 email : divyam(a)iigs.iigm.res.in Candidates fulfilling above requirements may walk-in for an interview on 24th July 2008 at 10.30 a.m. to the Institute premises at Kalamboli-Panvel Highway , New Panvel (W) with necessary certificates, mark lists etc. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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