- LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
by sri priya 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship This award fosters research in academic librarianship by encouraging and assisting doctoral students in the field with their dissertation research. Award $1,500 cash and a plaque donated by Thomson Scientific. Eligibility The recipient of the fellowship must meet the following qualifications: * Be an active doctoral student enrolled in an accredited degree-granting institution * Be engaged in researching a topic related to academic librarianship * Have completed all coursework * Have had a dissertation proposal accepted by the institution * A recipient of the fellowship may not receive it a second time. * Applicant need not be an ACRL member Criteria Proposals will be judged primarily on merit with emphasis on the following: * Potential significance of the research to the field of academic librarianship. (No attempt will be made to define academic librarianship, but the subject should be consistent with topics usually published in College & Research Libraries or key refereed library and information science research journals or presented at ACRL meetings.) * Validity of the methodology and proposed methods of analysis * Originality and creativity * Clarity and completeness of the proposal * Presentation of a convincing plan for completion in a reasonable amount of time * Evidence of a continuing interest in scholarship such as a previous publication record Awardee Obligation Recipients of the fellowship are required to submit a 6-10 page report of the results of their research to the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) within two months of the project's completion. A 500-word summary for possible publication in C&RL News is also due at that time. Submissions Qualified students who wish to be considered for the fellowship may apply by e-mailing a brief (ten pages or less double-spaced) proposal that includes the following: * Description of the research, including significance and methodology * Schedule for completion * Budget and budget justification for items for which support is sought. (Must be items for which no other support is available. Examples of acceptable items are printing, computer time, fees to subjects, statistical consulting, photography, artwork, typing, and professional travel.) * Name of dissertation advisor and committee members * Letter from dissertation advisor endorsing the proposal * Completed checklist confirming applicant eligibility An up-to-date curriculum vitae should accompany the proposal. Because of limits imposed by timing considerations, applications may be made for research under way, e.g., a student who begins research in the fall may apply for support for expenses incurred from the fall until the time the award is made. Electronic submissions are required. E-mail the application to Megan Griffin at mgriffin(a)ala.org. If sending multiple files, each file name must contain the applicant's name. Submissions will be acknowledged via e-mail. If you have questions or need help compiling a nomination, contact the Doctoral Disseration Fellowship Committee Chair, TBA or Megan Griffin, (312) 280-2514, mgriffin(a)ala.org. Submission Deadline: Friday, December 5, 2008Source: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlawards/doctoraldissertation.cfm Regards, S.Sripriya -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

Are Academic Journals Obsolete?
by Saiful Amin 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Greetings, There is good debate going on in Slashdot on the above topic. Interested members can go into the following link to check it out: http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/08/2132254 Regards, Saiful -- Saiful Amin +91 9343826438 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

Environmental day- Al Gore and information superhighway
by vasanth raj 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Dear Sir/Madam, Al Gore- Former US vice-president, who won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his untiring effort in creating the awareness of climate change around the world along with the IPCC An Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change headed by R.K.Pachauri, Director of The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), New Delhi, India. Al Gore is the first to use the word Information Superhighway as a US congress senator and during his presidential campaign in 2000, which later became the nomenclature of information world. Al Gore was a firm supporter for widespread use of computers, particularly in schools and libraries during his tenure as a senator of white House, Washington, D.C. US. It is also time to remember his role in getting financial assistance for the initiation of Digital Library Project Phase-1 from The National Science Foundation (NSF). The bibliometric analysis of scholarly publications on climate change depicting in his Academy Award winning Documentary An Inconvenient Truth is also notable here. Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf- inventor of Internet Protocol noted in a scholarly article that Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the Internet and to promote and support its development. One of the readers of Seattle Times News Papers once wrote that We need a leader with vision. We need Al Gore. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N 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.

1 0

Need papers
by Yashwant G Kanade 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Dear Moderator, Could you please arrange to send this message to LIS-FORUM members? As on of our student need these papers. With Regards Yashwant Kanade. CES, IISc, Bangalore Could you please send me following papers if you have the time? I tried to get soft copies of those but didnt get. Could you please find them and tell me the source. Roonwal, M. L. and Nath, B., Discontinuous distribution of certain Indo-Malayan mammals, and its zoogeographical significance. Proc. Natl. Inst. Sci. India, 1949, 15, 375377. Abdulali, H., Some peculiarities of avifaunal distribution in peninsular India. Proc. Natl. Inst. Sci. India, 1949, 15, 387393. Hora, S. L., Satpura hypothesis of the distribution of the Malayan fauna and flora to peninsular India. Proc. Natl. Inst. Sci. India, 1949, 15, 309314. HORA, S. L. 1949b. Dating the period of migration of the so-called Malayan element in the fauna of peninsular India. Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 15: 345. AUDEX, J. B. 1949. A geological discussion on the Satpura Hypothesis and Garo-Rajmahal Gap. Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 15: 315. ALI, SALIM. 1949. The Satpura Trend as an ornithogeographical highway. Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 15 : 379. -- YASHWANT G KANADE Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA Tele Phone:91-080-23600985/ 22932506 Extn.-106,107 Fax: 91-080-23601428 E-Mail: kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in; kanade_yg12(a)yahoo.com -- YASHWANT G KANADE Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA Tele Phone:91-080-23600985/ 22932506 Extn.-106,107 Fax: 91-080-23601428 E-Mail: kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in; kanade_yg12(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner @CES, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

Reader (2), Lecturer (2) and Dy Librarian (1) posts in Bundelkhand University, Jhansi
by Vinod Singh 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Hi Few posts (related to our Profession) are advertised in Bundelkhand University, Jhansi. They are: 1. Reader (Ur 2) 2. Lecturer ( Sc 1 and Ur 1). 3. Deputy Librarian (Ur 1). View detail of the advertisement at http://www.bujhansi.org/_recru/_pdf/Adv_01June08.pdf, qualifications and other detail are provided at http://www.bujhansi.org/_recru/_pdf/Adv_Quali.pdf or you just click the link http://sarkari-naukri.blogspot.com/search/label/Librarian. Last date of submission of form is june 25, 2008. Yours Vinod Kumar Singh (Vikusi) Research Scholar (M.Phil) Department of Library and Information Science University of Delhi Delhi 110007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

vacancy for librarian
by saroj panda 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Govt. of NCT Delhi Maharaja Agrasen College Mayar Vihar -1, Delhi -110091 Post for Librarian (1 post, Pay Scale: Rs. 8000-13000) Application form for the post can be obtained from office of Maharaja Agrasen College on payment of RS. 100/- personally or by sending IPO in favour of Principal, Maharaja Agrasen College, Mayar Vihar -1, Delhi -110091 with a stamped self-addressed envelop. The last date of submission of completed application form is 30/06/2008 Saroj kumar Project Assistant(LS) INFLIBNET Centre Near Gujrat University campus Navarangpur, Ahmedabad-380009 Gujarat -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

library trainee
by krottapalli ratnakar 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Dear Members, Can you send me the list of Govt. organiztions which are paying more than Rs 5000/- for library apprentices/Trainees (K. V.. Ratnakar) ICMR Hqrs Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-29 Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

3 2

Big Buck Bunny: open content movie
by Vimal Kumar 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Dear Friends, The Amsterdam based 'Blender Institute' announced release of the short 3D animation movie 'Big Buck Bunny'. "The primary intent of the movie was to stimulate the development of open source 3D software" said producer and Institute director Ton Roosendaal, "But the result equals on artistic level as well as on technical ingenuity the quality of what you would expect from large animation studios". The movie differentiates itself mostly by its totally open character. Not only open source tools such as the 3D suite Blender were used to create the movie, but also the movie itself - including all assets as used in the animation studio - will be freely accessible for everybody to reuse, to learn from it or just to enjoy it. The promotion of Open Content creation and distribution is one of the main goals of the Creative Commons, the organization that created the 'Creative Commons' licenses, which have been widely adopted by artists, musicians, and other creative individuals who wish to freely share their creative endeavors. Blender Institute in Amsterdam is one of the first companies worldwide exploiting Open Content professionally and commercially. Big Buck Bunny is a comedy about a well-tempered rabbit "Big Buck", who finds his day spoiled by the rude actions of the forest bullies, three rodents. In the typical 1950ies cartoon tradition Big Buck then prepares for the rodents a comical revenge. You can download the movie here, http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/ -- 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.

1 0

Nomination invited for SALIS Awards (4 awards) for the year 2008
by Arunachalam Hariharan 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Nominations are invited for SALIS Awards for the year 2008 SALIS AWARDS I. National Awards 1. Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award (National Level Award) SALIS has instituted a national level Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award, sponsored by Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology, to encourage the library professionals. (pl visit http://harichandra.net for more details) 2. A.N.Marappan Memorial National Best Young Librarian Award (Below 40 years) (National Level award) SALIS hasinstituted a national award sponsored by the trust 'Amarar A.N.Marappan Ninaivu Elakiaya Mandaram', Athani, Erode Dist, Tamil Nadu. A.M.Venkatachalam, Librarian, Jansons School of Business, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu established the trust in the memory of his father in the year 1998. The aim of the award is to encourage young library professionals who contribute more to the profession. II. State Level Awards 1. AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Librarian Award 2. AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Young Librarian Award SALIS has instituted Autolib-Tamilnadu-Best Librarian Award and Autolib-Tamilnadu-Best Young Librarian Award (below 40 years) sponsored by M/s.AutoLib Software Systems for the Library Professionals working in Tamilnadu. The main aim of the award is to identify the professional who contributes more to our profession and recognize him/her every year. Eligibility Criteria for all the Awards 1. Applicant/Nominee should be a citizen of India and his/her conduct must be good. 2. The applicant should be a working library professional who holds at least Bachelors degree in library science or its equivalent. 3. Interested professionals should apply in the prescribed application form only 4. Nomination can be self or by a responsible library professional 5. Give full details for each category and attach support documents for verification 6. Enclose separate sheets wherever necessary to give details 7. Applications without full details and support documents will be rejected 8. The application form can be downloaded from SALIS website http://autolib-india.net or can be obtained by e-mail to salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in 9. Filled application should reach the office on or before 15.07.2008 10. The decision of the committee constituted by SALIS to select the candidate for the award is final. 11. Award Committee has the right to post-pone or cancel the award for any unavoidable reason. 12. All correspondence should be addressed to the Convener, SALIS Award Committee, SALIS, B2-Solai Apartment, Opp. to MGR Garden, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Chennai 600 089. Any enquires about the award may be sent to the Convener at salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in Note: 1. Library Professionals working any where in India can apply for the award Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award (National Level) and A.N.Marappan Memorial National Best Young Librarian Award. 2. Library professionals working in Tamilnadu only can apply for the awards AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Librarian Award and AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Young Librarian Award (Below 40 years) Please vist SALIS website http://autolib-india.net/salis for more details of the award and download application forms Convener SALIS Award Committee salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

Scheme of Financial Assistance for Preservation of Manuscripts/Rare Books
by Sanjo Jose 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

Dear Subscriber, National Archives of India has a scheme to help individuals and organizations in cataloguing, translation, and digitization of manuscripts and rare books. Under this scheme, a maximum of Rs. 2 lakhs is available per year for each approved project. Voluntary Organizations, Educational Institutions including Private Colleges, Private Libraries, Museums and Universities including deemed Universities, Religious Institutions, Freedom Fighters and Individuals having hereditary collections of manuscripts/records of historical importance are eligible for financial assistance under this scheme. A brochure in PDF is available at http://nationalarchives.nic.in/Brochure.pdf For more details: http://www.nationalarchives.nic.in/financial.html Email : archives(a)nic.in Sanjo Jose 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.

1 0

Dublin Core metadata editor
by Nihar Patra 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

Dear LIS Professional !!! Greetings !!!! Please visit the sites http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcdot/ for creating Dublin Core metadat... This service will retrieve a Web page and automatically generate Dublin Core metadata <http://uk.dublincore.org/>, either as HTML <meta> tags or as RDF/XML, suitable for embedding in the <head>...</head> section of the page. The generated metadata can be edited using the form provided and converted to various other formats (USMARC, SOIF, IAFA/ROADS, TEI headers, GILS, IMS or RDF) if required. Optional, context sensitive, help is available while editing. With regards, Nihar K patra Librarian ( (Assistant General Manager) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

Invitation for III Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture- Reminder
by Ramya Krishna 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

Dear Members/Friends, On Behalf of NCSI-Net, an informal association comprising of NCSI staff, trainees,and its alumni, we cordially invite you to the III Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture. The details of the lecture are given below: Title: "Scientometrics with special emphasis on measuring Scientific productivity" (Kindly note that in the previous announcement there was a typographical error in the title of the talk. We are sorry about it) Speaker: Dr. I.K. Ravichandra Rao, Professor and Head Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Bangalore Date: Saturday, 7th June, 2008 Time: 6.00 PM Venue: Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Choksi Hall is located at the entrance of IISc main gate, opposite BHEL) Prof. Giridhar Madras, Chairman, NCSI will preside over the lecture. RSVP: ramya(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in / hipandian(a)gmail.com / 22933273 About the Speaker: Prof. Ravichandra Rao is on the Faculty of DRTC, ISI, Bangalore. Currently he is the Head and Professor of DRTC. Earlier, he was Head of the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre from Oct. 2002 to Sept. 07 Prof. Rao joined DRTC in 1970. Since then he is been involved in teaching and research in applied statistics, (-- bibliometrics / informetrics and scientometrics), programming, library automation, information retrieval, information management and DBMS with special emphasis on bibliographical databases. He has been on several UNESCO/UNDP missions. Prof. Rao has also worked as a Visiting Professor at Limburgs University (now known as University of Hasselt), Diepenbeek, Belgium in 1990, 2001,2007 and at Addis Ababa University in 1990. He has visited a number of library schools in India as a resource person to deliver a series of special lectures. In the early 1970's he was involved in developing software to provide SDI service based on locally developed databases. This software was implemented for the first time in India on an experimental basis at BHEL, Hyderabad in 1975. Prof. Rao was a founder Executive Committee Member of the International Society for Scientometrics / Informetrics, The Netherlands. till 2005. Prof. Rao's research interests include growth and obsolescence of literature, library statistics, theories of bibliometrics, scientometrics and informetrics; Library automation, information retrieval, information management, in addition to the development of software for library applications. Based on his research and teaching experience, he has authored two books (-- Quantitative Methods in Library and Information Science and Library Automation (it has been translated into Portuguese language.)) Both the books have been recognized as textbooks for students at the post-graduate level in some of the Indian and foreign Universities. He has edited a number of seminar volumes both at the national and international levels and also was a Guest Editor for a few journals in Information field in India. He has more than sixty research papers to his credit and has reviewed a number of books and articles. Regards, NCSI-Net Co-ordinators. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

Project Assistant Position at NCSI
by Francis Jayakanth 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

NCSI needs a Project Assistant for its ongoing Science Observatory Project. The candidate needs to possess a minimum qualification of a First Class Master's degree in Library and Information Science preferably with NCSI/DRTC experience. The candidate should be familiar with searching databases such as Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar and Bibliometric/ Scientometric Analysis. The position is for a period of 4 months after which it may be extended based on a review. Please apply with your CV to venky(a)library.iisc.ernet.in on or before 15th June 2008. -- Dr. S. Venkadesan Librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-560012 INDIA Ph: +91 80 23601653 + 91 80 22932408 Fax: +91 80 23601653 E-Mail- venky(a)library.iisc.ernet.in venkys(a)gmail.com Dr. S. Venkadesan (Venky) DQ-8, Indian Institute of Science Campus, BANGALORE-560012 INDIA Gmail- venkys(a)gmail.com

1 0

ISIS3 - What is ABCD? - first nugget (fwd)
by Sainul Abideen P 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

Forwarded message regarding the forthcoming Integrated Library Automation Software from ISIS family ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dear colleagues, As previously anounced, here comes a first note or information nugget about ABCD = Automation of Libraries and Documentation Centers. ABCD is a long held aspiration for the ISIS community, since the first MS-DOS version came out more than 20 years ago. Finally, this aspiration is about to come true. We'll first present a list of its basic functionalities and attributes. In further nuggets we'll give details about each of them. * ABCD is an integrated library management software comprising the main basic library functions: · Definition of any number of new databases (similar to Winisis), which includes: FDT, PFT, FST, and worksheets directly on the Web, or copying from existing ones either from the Web or from Winisis on a local hard disk, · cataloguing of books and serials, independently of the format: MARC, LILACS, AGRIS, etc. · end-user searching (OPAC), · loans circulation, · acquisitions, · statistics, · library services like SDI, barcode printing, quality control, etc. * The software will be compatible with CDS/ISIS database technology for the bibliographic databases, i.e. reading ISIS-databases and making use of ISIS Formatting Language (or something functionally similar) for producing output (PFT) and indexing (FST) of records; * The software will run on both Windows and Linux platforms; * The software will allow the use of MARC-21 cataloging formats and other current standards or protocols (Dublin Core, METS, Z39.50...); * The software will be published as Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) with the accompanying tools for the developer community; * The software will be intrinsically multi-lingual, with English, Spanish, Portuguese and French interfaces being available by the end of 2008; * The software will be fully documented for system-managers in at least one language, preferably English, by the end of 2008; * UNICODE-compatibility will at least be envisaged and prepared, if not in the actual version then for an upcoming future version, which is part of the ISIS-NBP paralell project; * A testing version will be ready by September 2008 to be presented in the 3rd World Isis Meeting; * This version and manuals will be used as training materials for an international Training Workshop on the software in March 2009. More information about the ISIS3 Congress can be found at the official congress website: Spanish http://www.eventos.bvsalud.org/agendas/isis3/?lang=es English http://www.eventos.bvsalud.org/agendas/isis3/?lang=en Portuguese http://www.eventos.bvsalud.org/agendas/isis3/?lang=pt Regards Ernesto Spinak thanks to Wenke Adams for the translation -- .^. .^. ( ) ( ) === === =[=]================================[=]= | | Ernesto Spinak | | | | spinaker(a)adinet.com.uy | | | | Montevideo, Uruguay | | | | tel/fax (5982) 622-3352 | | | | celular (598) 99612238 | | =[=]================================[=]= === === ( ) ( ) V V -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

Dewey Training Courses
by Vimal Kumar 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

Dear Friends, DDC training materials now available at OCLC website on the needs of experienced librarians who need Dewey application training. They will also be useful as supplementary materials in other Dewey training contexts, e.g., teaching Dewey to LIS students. The materials will include a basic course<http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/teachingsite/200801/default.htm#basic>on the structure and use of the DDC, plus a series of short modules<http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/teachingsite/200801/default.htm#short>based on special topics. http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/teachingsite/200801/default.htm All the best -- 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.

1 0

Survey Report: Attitude towards profession of LIS-Forum participants
by Sukhdev Singh 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Dear Friends, As you know, I had sent an online questionnaire on LIS-Forum. This was to test a feature of Google Docs by which online surveys can be conducted conveniently. Most of you had written in the comments box that the results be made public. I am doing the same through this email. Later on I will put this report on some OA Repository. Since file attachments are not allowed, you may view the report interlaced with graphics from the following link - http://snipr.com/lissurvey or ask me by direct mail for PDF File. I am also trying to reproduce the text of the report here: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attitude towards profession of participants of an online discussion forum of Library and Information Science Professionals By Sukhdev Singh, Email: esukhdev at gmail dot com. [This document and the associated data can be freely distributed and used according to Creative Commons license - Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.5 India - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/in/] Introduction: Online discussion forums are one of earliest form of online communication among people with common interests. Many of these forums are meant for people associated with a profession. LIS-Forum (LIS-Forum, 2008) is such an email based discussion forum (list-serv) for Library and Information Science (LIS) Professionals. It has been there since 1995 (Rajashekar, 2002) and now has more than 4100 subscribers. This online forum is the most popular and oldest in India. It has wide spread subscription base among Library and Information Professionals from India. It also has decent subscribers from outside India. It would be matter of interest to know what these subscribers think of LIS profession. Why did they entered into this profession? Was it a pure chance, lack of alternatives or deliverate choice? What is their attitude towards the core philosphy of the profession. A brief survey was done on the subscribers in the month of April 2008 to get some insight on these issues. However, the basic objective of this survey was to demonstrate a feature of Google Docs' online spreadsheet (Google Docs, 2008) that can to exploited to conduct online surveys. Methodology: An online questionnaire was created using Google Docs' online spreadsheet (Singh, Conduct Research and Surveys Online: Design, Send and Get Results Directly in Spreadsheet Using Google Docs, 2008). Google Docs has a feature to create an online form and link back it to a spreadsheet on its server. The data entered through forms gets entered directly into this linked spreadsheet. The questionnaire can be sent directly through email to target survey participants. Most email clients and web based emails services can directly display the form in email of the recipients. The recipient can fill in the values and click on submit button. In case the form is not displayed properly, a link to the online form is always there for the recipient to visit and respond. A very simple survey questionnaire (Singh, LIS Motivation Survey, 2008) was created. The objective was to collect only minimal but relevant information. No personal details were collected. Only four questions were asked. Three were close-ended questions where the respondents had to just click on options. The last question was open-ended asking comments from respondents. These questions were asked: • Your Age Group? • Your Occupation? • Why you choose LIS Profession? • Any comments? The questionnaire was mailed to LIS-Forum. The LIS-Forum moderator approved the email containing the survey on 21st April 2008. The responses started pouring in from 11:01 A.M. First day saw most of the responses. On third day, the responses tampered to just three responses. However, responses kept pouring in even later. The last response that was included in the study is the 57th response received on 3rd May 2008. Analysis: 1. Age Groups: The responses were grouped age-wise. Most responses (42%) were from respondents in the age group of 25 -30 years. This was followed (30%) by those in the age group of 31-35. Thus this relatively young age group of 25 to 35 years combined together formed 72% of responses. Age Groups Total Above 60 1 Between 25 - 30 24 Between 31 - 35 17 Between 36 - 40 2 Between 41 - 45 4 Between 46 - 50 3 Between 51- 55 3 Between 56 - 60 1 Under 25 2 Grand Total 57 2. Occupations: Most respondents (65%) were employed in LIS domain. Apart from these 10% were employed in LIS domain as well research students. While 7% more were doing correspondence courses to improve their qualifications while in service. Thus 82% of the respondents were employed in LIS domain. Only one (2%) respondent was working in non-LIS domain. Respondents' Occupations Total Employed but LIS Student of Distant / Correspondence Course 4 Employed in LIS Domain 37 Employed in non-LIS Domain 1 Research Only 2 Research Only, Employed but LIS Student of Distant / Correspondence Course 1 Research, but Employed 6 Research, but Employed, Employed in LIS Domain 2 Retired 1 Student – MLIS 1 Student - MLIS, Employed in LIS Domain 1 Student - MLIS, Research, but Employed 1 Grand Total 57 3. Reason for Joining Library and Information Science (LIS) Profession: Interestingly, almost half (46%) of the persons said they loved the philosophy of LIS profession. Twenty percent of the people said that they joined the profession because jobs were / are easily available. About same number (23%) of people said that they did not care to know much it before joining. Reason for choosing LIS Profession Total I had to do something, What is your problem? 2 I loved the philosophy of the profession 26 I was employed in another field, studied LIS during job and now I am well off. 1 Jobs are / were easily available in LIS 11 Just joined it without caring what it is all about 13 Nothing better was available to me 1 Wanted to spend some more time at university 2 (blank) Grand Total 56 Breaking down responses by two major age groups (25-30 and 31-35) revealed an interesting fact. In 25-30 age group, 9 out of 24 (37.5%) respondents said that they did not care what the profession was all about while joining it. However, in the age group of 31-35, only 1 out of 16 (6.25%) said so. This gives an indication that people tend to love core philosophy of the profession with passage of time. 4. Respondents' General Comments: There was an open ended question asking comments of the respondents. Most of the people wanted to know the results of this survey. Some were with very positive comments towards the profession. At the same time, few were very critical about joining the profession. One person even thought to the extent that juniors are being exploited by their senior professionals. Limitation of study: The questionnaire had a very poor response. It would be risky to draw major conclusions from this study. This study can only reflect the views of active LIS-Forum subscribers who opted to respond. Conclusion: Though the response rate was poor, but still the study does tell about the attitude of active participants of the LIS-Forum who decided to respond promptly. Majority of the responses came within 48 hours. The methodology of the survey, that is using Google Docs, hence has been tested. This methodology works and thus can be used for online surveys. This study also showed that relatively young people from the age group of 25 to 35 years are active on online forum for LIS professionals. This active population either has positive attitude towards the philosophy of profession or consider LIS as a career. Moreover, their commitment and love towards the professional philosophy increases with time. Further studies on this issue are required. The spreadsheet containing the survey responses is being shared as open data to help future similar studies (LIS motivation survey: spreadsheet with survey responses, 2008). To maintain privacy, the comments field has been deleted from this spreadsheet. References Google Docs. (2008). Retrieved June 3, 2008, from http://docs.google.com/ LIS motivation survey: spreadsheet with survey responses. (2008, June 3). Retrieved June 3, 2008, from http://snipr.com/2bvu5 LIS-Forum. (2008). Retrieved June 3, 2008, from LIS-Forum: Discussion Forum for Library and Information Professionals in India: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Rajashekar, T. (2002, Oct 1). LIS-Forum: A brief history. Retrieved June 1, 2008, from http://snipr.com/lishistory Singh, S. (2008, April 25). Conduct Research and Surveys Online: Design, Send and Get Results Directly in Spreadsheet Using Google Docs. Retrieved June 1, 2008, from http://snipr.com/gdsurvey Singh, S. (2008, April 19). LIS Motivation Survey. Retrieved June 1, 2008, from http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p4GBbR26ZPytvtls2v-qhBw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Sukhdev Singh (9868960074) NIC -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

Openings for the position of Library Trainees in the Resource Centre (Library) at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
by ts kumbar 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Dear Colleagues, Kindly bring the following announcement to the notice of interested candidates and also request you to recommend potential candadates. Subject: Openings for the position of Library Trainees in the Resource Centre (Library) http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/ at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat Qualifications: M.L.I.Sc. First Class (The candidates who have appeared or appearing the M.L.I.Sc. final examination and are expecting the result in First Class may also apply) Duration: One year from the date of joining. Stipend: Rs. 6500/. Per month ( consolidated) Nature of Traineeship: Learning on the job Last date for applying: 12th June, 2008 Address for sending the application: hr(a)daiict.ac.in or ts_kumbar(a)daiict.ac.in Short listed candidates will be called ( a seperate communication through email will be sent) to attend the written test and interview at their own cost some time during the last week of June, 2008. For more details, see the following communication. Regards Kumbar ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. T S Kumbar Resource Centre DA-IICT Gandhinagar Gujarat http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/ http://www.daiict.ac.in Tel. 079-30510550 ------------------------------------------------------- Sub: Openings for the position of Library Trainees in the Resource Centre (Library) at DA-IICT. Dear Sir/ Madam, We take this opportunity to inform you that Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), situated at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, is promoted by Reliance. It has been established on a 50-acre of land in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The Government of Gujarat has granted it the University status under the State Act and is recognized by University Grants Commission. The Institute has started functioning since August 2001 with a batch size of 240 students at undergraduate level in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). It also offers a variety of Masters' and Doctoral programs in ICT and allied areas. The Institute takes young and dynamic postgraduate freshers with minimum First Class Masters in Library and Information Science as Library Trainees. They should be well versed in computer application to Library and Information Services. Duration of Training is for a period for one year. The trainees gets a fixed stipend of Rs. 6500/-per month with no other facilities/ benefits, excepting casual leave. The candidates who have appeared or appearing for M.L.I.Sc. final examination and are expecting the result in First Class may also apply. The Institute has fully computerized in-house operations and services of the Resource Centre and provides access to wide variety of digital collection, catering to the needs of the Faculty, Staff and Students. Several new initiatives are being taken to make this library as one of the leading and resource libraries in the area of ICT in the country. It is a part of regional & national consortia and actively participates in the resource sharing activities. Resource Centre is kept open till mid night on all working days during the semester and is open on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays. Selected trainees will have to work during these extended hours on rotation basis. We would be grateful if you could kindly identify a few suitable students form your University/Institute and send us your recommendation, along with their bio-data and information showing the year of passing and the percentage of marks obtained in M.L.I.Sc by 12th, June 2008 to our H.R Officer or email a soft copy to hr(a)daiict.ac.in .Alternatively, you may ask your students to send in their application directly along with bio-data, relevant marks cards and communication (email) address. The final selection will be based on the performance of the candidates in the written test and personal interview. The short listed candidates will be called for the written test and personal interview some time during last week of June, 2008. A communication via email intimating the date for the written test and interview will be sent seperately. Yours sincerely (P K Chopra) I/C Executive Registrar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

Download Mandarin M3 Free
by S.F KATTIMANI 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Dear all Download Mandarin M3 Free! The award-winning, Windows-based library management system can now be downloaded FREE from the Mandarin web site. The download includes cataloging, circulation (including basic reports), OPAC, and inventory. Add-on modules are available, including Web OPAC, Authority Control, and more. Visit the Mandarin web site at < www.informedlibrarian.com/mandarinfree.cfm> to learn more and download M3. __________________________________________ Thanks & Regards -- S.F.KATTIMANI DEPUTY LIBRARIAN M.S.RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (AUTONOMOUS) M.S.RAMAIAH NAGAR BANGALORE 560054 PH: 080 23600822/23606934 EXT 223 & 107 MOB: 9886821032 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

Online Free Health Science E-Journals and E-Resources
by atul bhatt 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Dear All, Here is some interesting news which I want to share with all my friends. Now we can access more than 7000 Online E-journals and E-books free and full text across the worldwide with a single mouse click. For further detail I would like to request you to please visit the following link http://atulbhatt.blogspot.com/ With best regards, Atul Bhatt Librarian, Swami Vivkanand Institute of Medical science and research, At & Po. Valia (Gujarat) Dist. :- Bharuch Pin 393 135 Tel : +91 94281 80791 Email : atul_bhatt_lib(a)yahoo.co.in ; atulbhatt(a)live.com URL: http://atulbhatt.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Click here. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

Dewey Classification official blog
by Dr S K Pathak 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Hi, For any who use or have Dewey Classification in their library collections, visit following URL: http://ddc.typepad.com/ The Dewey Blog is created by the Dewey editorial team and covers topics related to the DDC and knowledge organization. The Dewey Blog is a place to see announcements about upcoming events in the Dewey world, reports on events in the knowledge organization community, and a place to share comments and ask questions about the DDC. - S K Pathak ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Sandeep Kumar Pathak, Ph.D. Assist. Librarian IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur - 721 302 West Bengal INDIA Ph.: 03222-282448 ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

KPSC called for First Grade degree college librarians,
by Muniraju T 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

Dear professionals, KPSC called for First Grade degree college librarians, for detailed information please visit this site http://www.kpsc.kar.nic.in/Notification%20dated%202-6-2008.pdf ALL THE BEST FOR ASPIRANTS Thanks and Regards. MUNIRAJU T --------------------------------- Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Join them now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad-Librarian post:Last date is extended upto 16thJune, ' 08
by Mukesh Anand 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

Respected Members', Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad - 380 014 - Corrigendum Refer to the University Advt.No. 1/2008-2009 for the post of Librarian, the following amendment may please be read as given below; The last date of submission of filled in application form is extended upto 16.06.2008. Place :Ahmedabad Rajendra Khimani Date : 10-05-2008 Registrar With Warm Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Officers'Training College for Indian Railway Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

Notification for the posts of Asstt. Lib. & Lib. Asstt.
by shyam sunder rao 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

Dear LIS forum members, This is to inform you that, we require to fill the vacancies for the posts of Assistant Librarian and Library Assistant at Siva Sivani Institute of Management, Kompally, Secunderabad - 500 014. Andhra Pradesh, India. Assistant Librarian - Any Degree with Bachelor of Library and Information Science (B.L.I.S) with Computer Knowledge is essential Library Assistnat - Any Degree with Certifviate in Library and Information Science and Knowledge of comoputer. Kindly send your resumes to the following e-mail id ssrhyd(a)gmail.com S. Shyam Sunder Rao Librarian Siva Sivani Institute of Management Kompally, via:Hakimpet Secunderabad Andhra Pradesh. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

Invitation for III Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture- Announcement
by Ramya Krishna 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

Dear Friends, NCSI-Net, an informal association comprising of NCSI staff, trainees,and its alumni, cordially invites you to the III Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture. The details of the lecture are given below: Title: "Scientometrics with social emphasis on measuring Scientific productivity" Speaker: Dr. IK Ravichandra Rao, Professor and Head Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Date: Saturday, 7th June, 2008 Time: 6.00 PM Venue: Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Choksi Hall is located on the right side just after the IISc main gate opposite BHEL) -- with regards, NCSI-Net co-ordinators -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

1 0

Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refresher Courses in LIS in India: Alert
by Badan Barman 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

*Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refresher Courses in LIS in India* 1. National Workshop on Institutional Repositories", M.S.Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore. Workshop Dates: 12 & 13th June, 2008. 2. Four days Regional Training Workshop On Building Institutional Archives And Digital Libraries, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT) Sikkim. *The Registration fee, boarding and lodging facility is free. TA also will be provided to the participants.* Workshop Dates: 24-27 June 2008. 3. National Seminar on "Redefining the Role of Public Libraries in India: the Knowledge Society Imperatives", Thiruvavthapuram. Seminar Dates: 6-8 August 2008. 4. SANGOSHTHI 2008 - Role of IT-Enabled Knowledge Management in Growth of India at IGCAR, Kalpakkam. Conference dates: 24- 26 July, 2008. 5. Refresher Course at UGC-Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi August 6, 2008 to August 27, 2008. 6. ILA Platinum Jubilee International Conference. Dates: November 13-15, 2008. 7. A three-day National Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation, Delhi. Dates: Second week of December 2008. 8. Workshop on NewGenLib, JRD Tata Memorial Library Annexe, IISc, Bangalore Workshop Dates: 9-11 June 2008. 9. ICoASL 2008, India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India. Dates: 26-28 November 2008. 10. Elevanth National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2008) at Karunya University, Coimbatore, India. Seminar / Conference Dates: November 4-7, 2008. 11. The 11th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2008), Bali, Indonesia. Seminar / Conference Dates: December 2-5, 2008. For details of the above please visit *Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refresher Courses in LIS in India: * http://lisseminar.blogspot.com/ To receive Email Alert from above site register your name at the following site. http://lislinks.ning.com/main/authorization/signUp?target=http%3A%2F%2Flisl… you can also subscribe it on http://lisseminar.blogspot.com/ -- Thanking you Yours faithfully Sri Badan Barman Research Scholar DLISc, Gauhati University ---------------------------------------------------------- Important Resources for LIS Professionals Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refresher Courses in LIS: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com/ Jobs in LIS: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS: http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ Admission Notice for Courses in LIS: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/ Latest Happenings & Contemporary Issues in LIS: http://lislatest.blogspot.com/ Search all OA LIS Journals: http://lis-journals-swicki.eurekster.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Confidentiality: This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any unauthorized disclosure or use of this information is prohibited. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

2 1