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Engineering Science Resources
by sri priya 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

The ESc resources including databases, Internet resources, online journals etc.. Contents: Engineering Science Databases Engineering Science Vital Research Tools E-books Engineering Science Related Databases Engineering Science Web Resources E-Journals New Zealand Databases Engineering Online Reference Collection The World-Wide Web Virtual Library Encyclopedias and Handbooks Link : http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/eng/resources/es.htm Regards, S.Sripriya -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nirma University of Science & Technology, Ahmedabad :Libn. & Assnt. Libn. Post
by Mukesh Anand 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

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

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

26 Jun '08

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

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Professional status
by Akash Varma 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

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

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

26 Jun '08

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

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

26 Jun '08

Dear Professional, Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. TI's mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption. For the publications list please click on the following link: http://www.transparency.org/publications/publications/subject -- Kshirod Das National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Library Building for Central Power Research Institute
by Rakesh Singh 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

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

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information
by pawan sharma 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

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

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

25 Jun '08

Dear All, I want the exact information (with concerened GR if possible) on the elegibility criteria for all library posts (i. e. Librarian, Asst. Librarian, Library Assistant and Library Attendent) and their respective grade scale for collge library as per AICTE and University Rules. please give me the exact information if possible with GR proof. thank u. Dayanand Kamble Librarian Indira School of Business Studies Wakad, Pune kamblelibrarian(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Books Write -off Rule
by IES Library 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Dear All, I want the exact rule for the Write-off of the missing books . After how many Stock verification it is permissible to write them off. please give me the exact principle. thank u. Madhura Deodhar Librarian IES Management College Opp. Lilavati Hospital, Bandra Reclamation Bandra West M-50 library.mcrc(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Recruitment: Applications for Teaching Positions :Bundelkhand University, kanpur
by sri priya 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Recruitment: Applications for Teaching Positions for Reader and Lecturer For more details see this link: http://www.bujhansi.org/_recru/recru_home.html Application - Pdf: http://www.bujhansi.org/_recru/_pdf/Adv_01June08.pdf Regards, S.Sripriya -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re- OAI-PMH
by Mailing List Admin 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 24 Jun 2008 10:09:39 -0000 From: manoj kumar pant <manojpant2(a)rediffmail.com> This is some of the articles on OAI PMH However article by is Lynch, Clifford is very good for more technical aspec= ts you can follow the bibliographic references . Carl Lagoze and Herbert Van de Sompel (2001). "The Open Archives Initiative= : Building a Low-Barrier Interoperability Framework". Proceedings of the fi= rst ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL'01): 54-62. Lynch, Clifford A. (2001). "Metadata harvesting and the open archives initi= ative". ARL Bimonthly Report 217. Frank McCown, Xiaoming Liu, Michael L. Nelson and Mohammed Zubair (March/Ap= ril 2006). "Search Engine Coverage of the OAI-PMH Corpus". IEEE Internet Co= mputing 10 (2): 66=9673. Herbert Van de Sompel and Carl Lagoze (2000). "The Santa Fe Convention of t= he Open Archives Initiative". D-Lib Magazine 6 (2). doi:10.1045/february200= 0-vandesompel-oai. Herbert Van de Sompel, Jeffrey A. Young, and Thomas B. Hickey (2003). "Usin= g the OAI-PMH ... Differently". D-Lib Magazine 9 (7/8). doi:10.1045/10.1045= /july2003-young (inactive 2008-06-21).

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Institutional Repository Questionnaire with a humble request...
by Rupak Chakravarty 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Dear Repository Managers and Administrators (INDIA), I'm Rupak Chakravarty, Lecturer-cum-Assistant Librarian at theDepartment of Library & Information Science, Panjab University,Chandigarh. I'm doing PhD onthe topic "Open Access Institutional Repositories: role of University Libraries in India". To collect data I have prepared a questionnaire. I most humbly request you to fill it. The questionnaire is available online at: http://creator.zoho.com/rupakzoho/research-survey OR http://creator.zoho.com/rupakzoho/research-survey/form/3/ (if the link does not works initially, please refresh) May I also request you to upload (email attachment.) any document whichyou think can add value to my research work (the upload optionavailable in the questionnaire is not working). For collectingadditional data, I'll use the databases available online including theIndian IRs. I understand that you will have to spare time form your hecticschedule but it is my humble request, please help me as without thisdata, I'll unable to complete my research work. Please feel free tomake any suggestion to add value to my study. After filling the online questionnaire please press the submitbutton. The data filled by you will arrive at my inbox directly. Thequestionnaire contains 83 questions and at the outset my seem lengthy,but being online and all the options available (radio button, dropdown,multiselect etc), it will take much lesser time. As you press the submit button, the date will come to me. Thank you for all your help and kindness. Thank you for finding time for me. Regards 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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Info about PGDLAN Course
by Narayan Barse 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

* * * * *Dear professionals,* *As you know, libraries have evolved from being a collection of chained books to Networked Multimedia Learning Resource Centres accessible 24 X 7, disregard of physical boundaries. Library Science education has tried to be in tune with the changing time. But the pace is not matching with that of technology. * * * *It is observed that the Library and Information Science syllabus being taught at the Indian universities has its limitations as far as ICT component is concerned, as technology keeps on changing very fast. However, on the other hand, the need for the professionals having ICT skills is ever increasing in modern libraries and information centers. * * * *In view the above, The Department of Library and Information Science, Joshi-Bedekar College, Thane is happy to announce an autonomous course leading to the Post-Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking (PGDLAN). This is a proactive effort to bridge the knowledge gap. It is an attempt to develop a band of technology savvy librarians to take on new challenges. Please visit * *http://www.vpmthane.org/prospect%202006/Prospectus_of_PGDLAN.htm*<http://www.vpmthane.org/prospect%202006/Prospectus_of_PGDLAN.htm> * to see the course content and online application .* * * *This initiative is aimed at working librarians in and around the city of Mumbai and Thane. Please depute or nominate your library staff for the PGDLAN course. The course is designed to empower library staff to introduce new state-of-the-art information services in your library.* * * *With Regards.* * *-- Barse N. S. Librarian and Coordinator Department of Lib & Information Science VPM's Joshi-Bedekar College 'Janadweep' Chendani, Bundar Rd, Thane (West) Pin- 400601 MS, India =========================== Phone No: 022 25384591 Cell :09969051287 =========================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Educate us on Firefox Plugins
by Rajan 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Dear Shri Sukhdev Singh, It would be useful for many, if you point out the Mozilla Firefox Plugins that are of much use to librarians. 'Stumble upon' and 'Zotero' are the two Plugins I am familiar with. Those who are so familiar with the emerging technologies and learn them easily, can educate the fellow librarians in developing their capabilities, as Mr Vimal Kumar helped us learn installing PMB, by using the Lis- Forum as a tool. Best Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Friends,> > Just to share a news with you. > Firefox 3 has been released yesterday. It can be download from > http://mozilla.com . There are number of useful Plug-ins available for > it. Because of these plug-ins, Firefox is my favourite and default > internet browser.> > -- Sukhdev Singh, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INTERNET LIBRARY FOR LIBRARIANS
by sri priya 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

INTERNET LIBRARY FOR LIBRARIANS A Portal Designed for Librarians to Locate Internet Resources Related to Their Profession. A Popular Information Resource Site for Librarians Since 1994. Library Journals: Library and Information Science http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/ej_libsc.htm Regards, S.Sripriya -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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workshop
by Shekar H P 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Dear Professional Friends, We have great pleasure to inform you all that, the Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu Library Association ( R ) is intending to have a workshop on "SLIM-Integrated Library Management Software (ILMS) : Its Applications for a Knowledge Center" preferably for working Librarians and information scientists / Documentationists / Lecturers in Library and Information Science who are serving for the noble cause in information society. We propose to hold the programme on 13th July 2008 at Corporation Bank Centenary Public Library premises. There will be a lecture cum demo in two sessions from 10.00AM – 4.30PM. Hence we request all the professional friends to take part in this workshop and make it a grand success. With regards , Sd/- Dr.Purushottama Gowda Secretary Please note: Workshop: "SLIM - Integrated Library Management Software (ILMS): Its Applications for a Knowledge Center" Date: 13Th July 2008 Venue: Corporation Bank Centenary Public Library, Mangalore-3 Registration Fee Rs.100/-per participant Payment may be made through DD / M.O in favor of D. K. and Kodagu Library Association, Payable at Mangalore. Spot registration: on 13.07.2008 (9.00AM-10.00AM) Subject to availability of seats. For further details please contact: Shekar.H.P. (Jt. Secretary) Librarian Corporation Bank Centenary Public Library Mangalore-575003 Ph :( Mob) 9945799927 (O) 0824-2450845, 2450846 Fax: 0824-2450848 E-mail:shekarhp@gmail.com shekarhp_libn(a)yahoo.co.in -- SHEKAR.H.P. M.L.I.Sc.,M.Phil.,B.Ed.,PGDHRM. Librarian Corp Bank Centenary Public Library Nr.Mangala stadium Mangalore-575 003 Ph:0824-2450845, 2450846, 9945799927 Fax:2450848 -- 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] OAI-PMH Interoperability
by MacLeod, Roderick A 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

In answer to Jaya Kalra's email about OAI-PMH, the Repositories Support Project website may provide some help. http://www.rsp.ac.uk/ and http://www.rsp.ac.uk/usage/harvesters Roddy MacLeod Heriot Watt University > Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:40:42 +0530 > From: JK <jaya.kalra1(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] OAI-PMH Interoperability > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Message-ID: > <224e28cc0806230310k369727aeu1798af600c6d3793(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Dear All, > > > > I would like to have in-depth information on Open Access > Initiative Protocol > for Meta Harvesting (OAI-PMH) and its implementation in > Digital Library > Software We, as information professionals must be knowing about its > interoperability framework and functionality which is used to > communicate/exchange the bibliographic metadata. Although I know its > implementation guidelines in a library software but it would be very > beneficial if someone having experience in the same can guide me. > > > > Thanks & Regards, > > Jaya Kalra > Senior Consultant ? LIS Group > Total IT Solutions Pvt Ltd. > 412-C,Suneja Tower -1, District Centre > Janak Puri, New Delhi - 110058 > > Website : www.totalit.co.in -- 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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Workshop
by SRELS 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to announce the following forthcoming workshop for the benefit of lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore ***** Forthcoming Event Workshop on GENISISWEB, WINISIS DATABASE TO GSDL (18-20 August 2008) Organized by Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore with Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies, Bangalore WORKSHOP OBJECTIVE To provide intensive training in GENISISWEB and conversion of WINISIS database into GSDL. WORKSHOP CONTENT - WINISIS archiving of full text documents in all ordinary formats including a fully downloaded website. - Creation of web front end with GenisisWeb for making it user-friendly and accessible over a network - Creation of a CD-ROM library of full text documents - Conversion of a WINISIS database into GSDL archive RESOURCE PERSON K. Rajasekharan, Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), Thrissur, Kerala The target audience includes librarians, information professionals and others interested in building different types of databases. WORKSHOP FEE Those interested are invited to register for the Workshop on or before 1st August 2008 on payment of Rs. 3,000/- by DD drawn in favour of 'Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science'. The duly filled-in form along with the payment should be forwarded to the Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 on or before 1st August 2008 For more information contact: Dr. K.N. Prasad, Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore Tel: 080-23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha 3 released
by Vimal Kumar 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Koha 3 stable version now released. You can download from the usual location: http://download.koha.org/koha-3.00.00-stableRC1.tar.gz 1. Zebra plugin - Zebra is a high-performance, general-purpose structured text indexing and retrieval engine 2. New installer - based on the common Perl module ExtUtils::MakeMaker, the new installer makes it a snap to get Koha running on just about any platform. 3. Standard APIs - Koha 3 supports a number of important library search and retrieval standards and microformats, such as SRU/W, Z39.50 and COinS/OpenURL. Also supported is the popular Internet standard: OpenSearch (http://opensearch.a9.com/) created by Amazon's A9. Records are stored internally in an SGML-like format and can be retrieved in MARCXML, Dublin Core, MODS, RSS, Atom, RDF-DC, SRW-DC, OAI-DC, and EndNote; 4. Cross-platform, multi-RDBMS, Web-server agnostic - Run Koha on the platform of your choice: Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Solaris. Koha 3 also includes better support for multi-RDBMS (MySQL 5.0 and PostgreSQL), and runs under Apache2, IIS, or the web server of your choosing. 5. Multi-lingual support - Koha was designed from the ground up for multilingual libraries. Koha 3 can handle Chinese, Japanese, and even right-to-left languages such as Arabic and Hebrew with ease (BiDi). Koha's index engine (Zebra) can handle record formats containing any UNICODE compliant script, such as Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese and Korean. Zebra has this support via the ICU libraries created and maintained by IBM. 6. New templates - Koha's staff and patron interfaces are developed with a template system that's easy to theme. 7. Koha 3 has quite a few new modules, as well as enhancements to existing modules, including: news writer, label creator, calendar, OPAC comments, MARC staging and overlay, notices, transaction logs, guided reports with a data dictionary and task scheduler, classification sources/filing rules. -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Prof Kaula Gold Medal and Citation to Dr. W. Boyd Rayward
by Mukesh Anand 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Respected Members', Dr. W. Boyd Rayward , Professor, Graduate School of Library & Information Science,University of Illinois (United States) is the 23rd receipient of the Award.The International Award Committee of the Kaula Endowment for Library & Information Science has selected Dr. W. Boyd Rayword for the International Prof Kaula Gold Medal and Citation. Prof. Kaula Endowment for Library and Information Science was formed on 13th March,1975, at the 51st Birthday of the world-renowned library educator, bibliographer,library and information scientist, UNESCO Expert & professional journalist of overfive decades, Prof. P.N. Kaula, with Guntur(Andhra Pradesh)as its headquarter. TheEndowment decided to award International Kaula Gold Medal & Citation to a topranking professional who was distinguished himself as a library & informationscientist or educator in library & information science.This Award is given away every year from 1975 onwards.There are 22 distinguished reciepients of the Award from 11 countries & some international organisations. The International Award is named after Prof. Kaula who has been described as the "Apostle" of the world famous Indian Library Science Genious Dr. S.R. Ranganathan. Widely travelled, Prof. Kaula has served UNESCO Expert in UNESCO Regional Centre in Western Hemisphere for Latin American Countries(1967-68) & has been a legendry figure & has received several national & international awards including " Pro-MundiBeneficio" Medal from Brazil, "Deutsche Bucheref" Medal from Germany & "Padmshree"(2004), a top civilian honour from the Government of India & which Dr. Ranganathan himself received in 1957. With Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Officers' Training College for Indian Railways Sanskari Nagari Vadadara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book Require on ILL
by UPENDRA PANDYA 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Dear All, Can any one with-in our forum give me the following book on Inter Library Loan ? Title : Fertilizer Statistics - 2002-2003Pub. : Fertilizer Association of India I have tried to procure the same from publisher and most of the relevant suppliers but not successed. Our Faculty member require the same very urgent. I request to our forum members that, please send the relavent information if any one have and possible to send it on ILL. Sincerely, Upendra PandyaProfessional Assistant-SeniorBook Acq.SectionV S LibraryIndian Institute of ManagementVastrapur RoadAHMEDABAD 380 015Gujarat StatePhone: 079-66324979Mobile : 9879301847e-mail : upendra(a)iimahd.ernet.in _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PGDLAN from Alagappa University, Karaikudi(Directorate of Distance Education)
by Mukesh Anand 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Dear Members', Alagappa University , Karaikudi - 630 003 Directorate of Distance Education Admission Notification - 2008-09 Alagappa University invites applications for admission to the following programme offered through Distance Education for the academic year 2008-09 Post-Graduate Diploma Programme (1 Year) in Library Automation & Networking This course is offered in English Medium only. This course is offered under Non-Semester Pattern Cost of Application & Prospectus Rs. 100/- Applications & Prospectus can be obtained from i. The Director, Directorate of Distance Education, Alagappa University, on payment of prescribed fees by means of DD in favour of "The Director,DDE,Alagappa University" payable at Karaikudi ii. The approved Study Centres (Refer website www.alagappauniversity.ac.in) on payment of prescribed fee. iii. In case of downloading the application through University website www.alagappauniversity.ac.in, the canditate have to remit the cost of application alongwith filled-in application to the Directorate. Last date for Issue & Receipt of Applications : 30th August, ' 08 For details contact Phone :- 04565-229 230 Fax :- 04565-225 216 E-mail :- alagappadde(a)yahoo.co.in Website :- www.alagappauniversity.ac.in Print Access to this Admission Notification :- The Hindu(Chennai City Edition), dated 22nd June , '08 (Sunday), Page # 13 Thanx, 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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Benefits of Library Legislation in India?
by majid khan 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

It is a list of Library legislation passed in various states of India 1. Tamil Nadu 1948 2. Andhra pradesh 1960 3. Karnatka 1965 4. Maharashtra 1967 5. West Bewngal 1979 6. Manipur 1988 7. Kerala 1989 8. Haryana 1989 9. Mizoram 1993 10. Goa 1993 11 Gujrat 2000 12 Orissa 2000 13. Rajasthan 2005 14. Uttar Pradesh 2005 15. Uttrakhand 2005 But what is benefits of Library Legislation. In today technological era. The Job of librarian is not so easy as it seemed to be. Due to exponential growth of literature in all fields of universe of Knowledge increasing day by day, the Job of Librarian became more challenging and tuff. and without Librarian It is not Possible to retrieve exact information in minimum possible time. But when talking about the wages and allowances to Librarian that is nil. Nobody in our field think about this. and Librarian became a Clerk and salary below the salary of clerk. No pay scale no facility no allowances but Librarian still ready to work only for saving this field and to serve humanity. Our Government and seniors should be think about the welfare of our field. Otherwise, the existence Library & information science from Universe of Knowledge unseen. And no one want to became a Librarian in New Generation. Majid Khan IET Alwar Rajasthan --------------------------------- Bring your gang together. Do your thing. Find your favourite Yahoo! Group. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Links is Live
by Badan Barman 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Respected All, The ever expecting LIS Links: http://lislinks.110mb.com is now live over the web. Due to various reasons for the time being only home page of the site is available, though other pages are also ready for uploading, together with each sections under the heading of "Subscribe to the Following Alerting Services in LIS in India" 1. Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refresher Courses in LIS: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com/ 2. Jobs in LIS: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ 3. Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS: http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ 4. Admission Notice for Courses in LIS: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/ 5. Latest Happenings & Contemporary Issues in LIS: http://lislatest.blogspot.com/ Many subscription options are also available for all of the above sites. It is my proud privillage to announce that the various components of the site already able to receive overwhelming support and response from the professional, in a sense that the site presently having more than 550 subscriber. More than 400 hits a day. Considering the specialized nature of the site as well as its biassness to India it is a great success. I invite your valuable comments and suggestion for further improvement of the site as well as any of its components. Your valuable comments and suggestions should be drop at http://lislinks.ning.com. You can also join us in the above site to help us in improving our managerial approach to current information in LIS from India. The home page of the site ( http://lislinks.110mb.com/) after clicking on "Contributors to This Site" will also take one to the above site (http://lislinks.ning.com) ----------------------Your comments will bound to make a difference------------ Thanking you Yours faithfully Sri Badan Barman Academic Consultant: Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University Research Scholar: DLISc, Gauhati University -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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