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medical information on cyberspace
by jasim s 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

I happend to see a E-Learning Platform for doctors and the biomedical fraternity in India , funded by WHO which was created by DR.M.G. sreekumar(Director,CCDL,IIMK).The link is-http://www.medinfoguide.net 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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Jobs in LIS (Alert for July, 2008: First Week)
by Badan Barman 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Respected All, Information about a lot of new job openings is announced over LIS Links: http://lislinks.110mb.com/. An abstract of all the posting for July, 2008 is given below. 1. Library Assistant at Office of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India, 40, Amarnath Jha Marg, Allahabad-211002. Last Date of Application: 26/8/2008. 2. Librarian in Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences. Last Date of Application: 12/08/2008. 3. Asstt. Librarian in Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences. Last Date of Application: 12/08/2008. 4. Technical Assistants at Institute for Social and Economic Change, Nagarabhavi, Bangalore-560 072. Walk in interview: Friday, 18 July 2008 10.00 a.m. 5. Librarian at MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY ROHTAK. Last Date: 15.07.2008 Librarian and Assistant Librarian at Nirma University of Science & Technology. Last Date of Application: 15/07/2008 6. Library Attendant (Gr.IV), Natioinal Fertilizers Limited, Gohana Road, Panipat-132106. Last Date of Application: 15/7/2008. 7. Library and Information Assistant at NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030. Last Date: 14.7.2008. 8. Librarian at The Techno School (Approved by AICTE and affiliated to BPUT, Orissa), Bhubaneshwar. Last Date of Application: 11/07/2008. 9. Librarian at The English and Foreign Languages University, O. U. Campus, Tarnaka, Hyderabad- 500605 (A. P.). Last Date of Application: 11/07/2008. 10. Library Attendant at Ram Lal Anand College, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi-110021. Last Date of Application: 8/7/2008 11. Professor and Reader at Library and Information Science Karnataka State Women's University, Bijapur -586 101. Last Date of Application: 7/7/2008. 12. Junior Research Fellow (LIS) at DESIDOC, Delhi. Last Date for Application: 5/07/2008. Other post that does not mention the last date of application 13. Assistant Librarian and Library Assistant at Siva Sivani Institute of Management, Kompally, Secunderabad - 500 014. Andhra Pradesh, India. 14. Information officer at SABIC Research and Technology Pvt Ltd. 15. Librarian at IndoGlobal Services Private Limited, Pune. 16. Librarian, Library professional at Libsys Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 17. Librarian at NICE Institute for the New Born. 18. Library Assistant, Librarian at University of Petroleum and Energy Studies. 19. Library and Information Science Professional at IOL Netcom Ltd, Mumbai. 20. Librarian at The Career Catalyst, Patna. -- Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati-781006, Assam, Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971, Fax: 0361- 2235398. Website: www.kkhsou.org, Email: kkhsou(a)gmail.com, kkhsoul(a)gmail.com Research Scholar: Department of Library & Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam. Email: dlisgu(a)gmail.com. ---------------------------------------------------------- LIS Links (http://lislinks.110mb.com/ ): The World's Largest Human Edited Link Library in LIS is Under Construction Search all OA LIS Journals: http://lis-journals-swicki.eurekster.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job posting: Librarian @ Asian Heart Institute & Research Centre
by Wendessa Thakur 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Dear All, Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai is looking for Librarian Qualifications: M.L.I.S. First Class Experience: 2 - 3 years, preferably in a medical library Last Date: July 4, 2008 Those interested, may send in their application to wendessa.thakur(a)ahirc.com Regards, Wendessa Thakur Librarian Asian Heart Institute Bandra-Kurla Complex Bandra (E) Mumbai 400051 Phone 91-22-66986572 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FW: IJMR's IF - LIS FORUM
by Ratnakar Aspari 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Kindly post the message on Lis-forum Ratnakar New Delhi___________________ The recently published Impact Factor for 2007 indicates the steady rise inthe Impact Factor of Indian Journal of Medical Research published by ICMR.It continues to top all the Indian Journals with an IF of 1.67 for 2007.It was also on the top of the list in 2006 with an IF of 1.224. Its risein the last five years is remarkable :2007 - 1.672006 - 1.2242005 - 0.8692004 - 0.602003 - 0.452This is mainly due to the constant efforts put by the editorial team andmaking the journal an open access. You may perhaps bring this to thenotice of others concerned including LIS-Forum.Ratnakar Placements ? No Problem. Register Here! Try it! _________________________________________________________________ Timely update on all current affairs, sports, events and all thats in News here on MSN videos. http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-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] our designation is our foe
by Puna Das 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Dear Sabuj I empathetically support you for reporting us about the humiliation done to you by your college authority. We know that government-aided ordinary degree colleges in our country run by governing bodies consist of crooks and hypocrats. That happens to your college also. They (GB members) don’t want improvement of college’s infrastructure and securing students’ future. Over-empowered governing body in your college thus takes you as a threat because they consider you a change agent. So, you may try to move to an elite institution, where you can earn respect to you and your profession. Also, there you will find that teachers, students and governing body members have reading habits. Thus, they respect library and library professionals. The bottom-line to me is that Decreasing Reading Habits proportionately increase risk factors in our library profession. With Best Wishes Anup Kumar Das New Delhi http://anup-jnu.blogspot.com --- On Fri, 27/6/08, lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:59:57 +0000 (GMT) From: sabuj kumar chaudhuri <sabuj_c(a)yahoo.co.uk> Subject: [LIS-Forum] our designation is our foe To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 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 ---------------------------------------------- Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now Best Jokes, Best Friends, Best Food and more. 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status of our profession in state government---
by Thapar, Amit 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

what people consider about library profession can be understood through the ad of TRIPURA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION what steps should be taken to make these people understand about the dignity and importance of this profession ????? Advt. No. 06/2008 Applications are invited in prescribed Form from the eligible citizens of India for selection of candidates for the under mentioned posts under the Government of Tripura on the basis of Screening Test / Interview . a.. Co-operative Inspector, Group-C Non –Gazetted under the Co-operative Department: 16 (sixteen) pmt. Post (UR-8, ST-5 & SC-3) a.. Pay Rs. 5,000-10,300/- plus admissible allowances. b.. Librarian, Group-C Non-Gazetted in the LR’s Estt. Under the Law Department: 2 (two) ( 1 reserved for ST, in case suitable ST candidate is not available, SC candidate may be recommended on rotation basis) a.. Scale of pay of Rs. 4200-8650/= plus admissible allowances. c.. Last Date: 31.07.08 For full details please visit the official website of Tripura Public Service Commission (TPSC) http://tpsc.nic.in regards, amit@urservice -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Openings for the position of Library Trainees
by kk_suresh＠blr.amrita.edu 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Dear All, Subject: Openings for the position of Library Trainees in the LIBRARY. (Posted on 1st July, 2008) ********************** Currently we are looking for Library Trainees (3-4 Positions). Candidates completed Diploma in Library Science or JoC in Library Science and looking for training can send their Bio-data to: The Correspondent Amrita School of Engineering Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Deemed University Kasavanahalli off-Sarjapura Road Carmelaram Post Bangalore 560 035 Basic knowledge of Computers is desirable. Duration: One year from the date of joining. Free food & accommodation with stipend will be given to the selected candidates Last date for applying: 25th July, 2008 For more details, please contact librarian. Regards, KK Suresh Kumar Librarian Amrita School of Engineering Sarjapura Road Bangalore. Ph: 080-28441216/17 e-contact: kk_suresh(a)blr.amrita.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SOMETHING ON E-BOOK READERS AND BLOGGING
by jasim s 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

News scan briefings on e-book readers and also positive aspects of blogging can be read from the june issue of scientific American magazine.click the links http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=library-to-go http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-healthy-type jasimudeen.s Medical College Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Best Practices for the Online Discussion Forum
by Ravi Nandhan 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Hi, Apologies for the long post. In the world of 2.0s what would happen if we fail to notice and organize even the bit of information which lies in Discussions and other areas? Since discussions are where we get the Tacit Knowledge Explicited, but same time we need to make sure that we manage it properly. It would be great if you could please help me with the Online Discussion Forums "Mail list & Web based discussions" Effective usage, search and organizing techniques, case studies, best practices etc. In mailing list the user posts a query and every member gets a mail and a few would answer replying everyone through the forum or personally to the user. In the web based discussion, there will be a space on web for users to discuss. In both the cases the information that lies in the discussion thread is lies under a broad category of its taxonomy. Or is there any other metadata format to organize the topics? Would it help to have folksonomy apart from Taxonomy while posting as well? After questions are answered, is it possible to tag each and every post to its context which induces retrieval? Archive feature? If the discussions are old and not used at all? Is it good to Archive or Delete? If archived, does the search retrieve it? Publicizing the Discussion Forums – How can we market the forum? How does a User know its existence and arrive at it? Language barriers? User posts in English but a few would not know English. Is there any way to overcome this - translate service? (If you feel this question is too much consider this Web 3.0 or 4.0 tech) Search – is Categorized search results possible for Forums? In my understanding most searches in forums retrieves based on relevance. RSS usage – to stay in track of the posts – answers. If a user posts a query it may take a few days to get the answers, meanwhile the user may forget about the question he posted. How to get the user view the answers? RSS or Email alert? Which is best for keeping the user and Q&A in Loop? Could moderators be engaged in a mediator's role for Q&A instead of just having them for approving posts? Moderators are expected to be good in subject understanding but in corporates such people are busy to take up additional role of Mediated-Moderator. User might not know the existence of the answers that are available in the earlier posts and posts the same question for which the experts might not answer knowing its existence. How to over come this problem? As soon as the post is submitted can we make the system suggest the user to have the existing answers checked and proceed to post the same question? Does this help? Regards, Ravi Nandhan V KM Specialist, The Smart Cube www.thesmartcube.com Cell - +919958784666 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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launching DLIBCOM
by INFO＠DLIBCOM 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Dear Members, DLIBCOM is pleased to announce the online version of its magazine http://www.dlibcom.in Interested members can register their institute and their individual profile on the website. Additional tools include : News Events Poll Jobs Profile Display Associations Subscribed Journal Database & Location Useful Links Glossary.... Look forward to your participation. Feel free to send-in your valued suggestion / feedback. Regards, PC Shah, Editor DLIBCOM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INFLIBNET's New Website
by Rajesh Chandrakar 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Dear All, UGC Chaiperson, Prof. Sukhdeo Thorat has launched INFLIBNET's new website on 23rd June 2008. Archives of the Annual Reports, Newsletters, and other documents are available for downloads. INFLIBNET has also developed toolbar for UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium. The toolbar is available for free download at the INFLIBNET website under download link. It has a list of publishers and the resources available for access to the universities. URL of the website is http://www.inflibnet.ac.in. With best regards, Rajesh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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advertisement for diploma trainees
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..." 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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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