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Re: [LIS-Forum] UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage
by Mailing List Admin 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:52:49 +0530 From: Kshipra Sardesai <kshipra.sardesai(a)gmail.com> Madam, I also support your views. There is no imprtance or real valuation of rare things unless we priced it.I found whatever is free to public no one bothers for the services offered by such organisations like Library which are doing a great job of making such things available to public.The profit makers are always in search of ways out to make money.Government may fix some nominal charges on such rare collection and can divert this revenue for digitisation and infrastructure required for libraries to give best services. Kshipra Sardesai Asstt Librarian RBI, Bandra Mumbai 400051 On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Mailing List Admin < mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:19:29 +0530 > From: Susmita Chakraborty <susmitachakraborty94(a)gmail.com> > > With regard to Mr. Leonard Fernandes' comments, I have a question to ask > the LIS community. > > When some (rare) resources are uploaded so that everyone can have it for > free, is it not defeating the purpose if someone (publisher or any other > other profitmaking body) tries to earn profit from it? > On the other hand, I feel that libraries having such rich archives must > go > the digital way(digitization and dissemination of rare materials) by > exploring state/national government or other funds and then try to derive > some revenue from these resources to cover the running costs of those > libraries. > > In these days of finance-crunch, it may point out one way to break-even. > > Regards. > > Susmita Chakraborty > Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur, Howrah, W.B.

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PhD admissions at Osmania University (fwd)
by Mailing List Admin 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:43:47 +0100 (BST) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> hi The osmania university had advertised the admissions to PhD program and the details can be had from the website: www.osmania.ac.in those who r desirous may luk into the advt. all the best laxman rao

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Position for Library Trainees
by JK 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

Currently we are looking for Library Trainees (2 Positions). Candidates doing B.Lib and looking for training can send their CVs to hr(a)totalit.co.in *Contact Person : * Vijeta Kumari HR Executive Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 412-C, Suneja Tower - I, District Centre, Janak Puri New Delhi - 110058 *Regards* *Jaya Kalra* *Senior Consultant - LIS Group* *Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.* *412-C, Suneja Tower - I,* *District Centre, Janak Puri* *New Delhi - 110058* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Swapping Best Practices in Librarianship
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

I agree with Dr Laxman rao. Lots can be done by the librarian who is 1) innovative & 2) ready to sweat it out. Recently a senior professional remarked: "What is there in Lis-forum?. Only forwards of messages from some other Forum. There are no discussions". I asked him how many discussions did he initiate or take part? He became quiet. You see the point? Though I am out of the loop as far as active librarian ship is concerned I do have an active interest in knowing what is happening. How about librarians exchanging best practices. Best practices need not be costly or hightech. For instance the site www.160by2.com permits sending free SMS to mobile numbers from the web. About 50 text messages per day is free. Web based texting permits automation. This can be used by ALSD to send info about meetings to members. Librarians can use it for announcing events. I am using it very successfully to send reminders for meetings concerned with Resident welfare associations. Vyasamoorthy On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > helo > while appreciating the statements of Ms Gayatri, i would like to request > every one to take into consideation of ground realities. > > 1. most important responsibility is librarian. as many teachers and students > r not aware of new books / documents. the librarians need to take more > interest in identification of the new and useful books and bring to the > notice of the teachrs and students. generally they approve it for purchase. > > if this effort is succesful, indirectly we will be able to bring to their > notice about new documents, and then in turn the usability increases. > > 2. there is general complaint about awareness of new documents. the library > professionals use the listserv. and can we use this forum as a place for > giving information to fellow librarians about the new and useful > documents.it solves the problem of awareness about new publications. > > 3. we can find details of many publications and documents are found in these > listserv, but hw many of the librarians are using the facility for > procurement of the collection. > > 4. over all we need to change the culture in the libraries. we all are > luking for ward to the young blood to bring the revolution in the library > services, by using the technology. > > 5 today people comment tht we do only issue and return of the books, in > spite of having so much knowledge on various topics learnt at the schools > and outside.our complaint s tht we hav no resources or no staff. but there > are some librarians , who are able to do wonders with in their resources. > > 6. i suggest tht the forum should hav a special focus on publicising gud > publications, their price and edition. the professionals should give the > details of both priced and free publications. it will help in qualititaive > collection development. > > 7. iam not criticising any professionals but we hav to try to overcome the > limitations to project our services and build the image of the profession, > especially in the context of extensive use of technology. > > laxman rao > > gayathri sen <gayatsen(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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archnet.org
by sri priya 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

This site collects all informations about Historical Monuments ,Contemporary Architecture images,etc... all arround the world. http://archnet.org/library/images/ Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re : Fw: Librarians Role in Book Selection
by sckumaresan 13 Apr '08

13 Apr '08

Dear Dr. Saheb,Its is my earnest opinion that we have to involve the patrons in resource selection for our libraries. Only this will help us in having a good and well balanced collection, please do not feel encroached, take it in a positive way and think that its a team play. You should certainly accept that a faculty with a specialization can do a better job in the kind of resource that is required in that field than a librarian, taking in to account the kind of research that is going on in each field and the enarmous development in each field, i think a librarian alone can not do a better job. However try to take the leadership in that team and guide the faculty in the bookselection process, give them criterias to select and options in resources. We should accept that we can not be experts in all the fields so give the devil its due. This is the international practice too. We at BITS, Pilani Dubai involve students also in the resource selection process, but of course ! there is a procedure involved in it but I have the final say in acquiring the resources according to the budget and other factors. When you involve all the stake holders then there will be a sense of belonging that you can feel among the patrons while using the library. They will be more involved in the library activities and even be of immense help in doing a lot of good things to the library. Ultimately it is the patrons who are going to use the library so let them have a say in what they want to read. You will definetly see that there will be a lot of change in the functioning and that will be for good. So my opinion is not to be rigid, but "involve to evolve".Thanks and RegardsS.C.KumaresanSenior LibrarianBITS, Pilani - DubaiOn Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:51:03 +0530 "Rajan" wroteDear All,It seems that Mr. Saheb (?), the original query poser, requires moral support in exerting himself as a professional librarian in his work place where he might have been sideline! d and left to be in defensive without providing the basic support by h is institutional managers. So he should be motivated to do whatever he can in choosing books, classifying them properly, providing better services and in demanding more institutional support.He should not be discouraged or dissuaded just because some others in the profession cannot read, understand, select, classify qualitatively the books or information materials on the emerging subjects and leave aside some critical part of their professional work, either to the book suppliers who can even manage faculty recommendation or to the faculty who remain as 'rent-seekers' of the book supply firms. There can be much variant scenario too in many other better libraries. But specialist faculty members alone are not good book selectors for developing a comprehensive collection, in majority of cases. It doesn't mean that the entire faculty should be kept away, like a leprosy patient, from the entire process of book selection. The former is a strenuous route of deeply involving in book ! selection by utilizing the well read facility and the latter is to leave aside everything to others and get even 'speed money' from the book supplier. This is the practical reality in our library scene which we need not be afraid of to speak.  If you choose the former option, you can become a provider of information or knowledge materials to the most learned professor or academic dean in your institution and can become a most respected knowledge manager on par with your professors. Other wise, your can became a 'store keeper librarian' or a bureaucratic librarian and possibly a 'money maker' too. The option is yours.Almost all our libraries (except a very few) and the library profession, which I belong to, doesn't command respect in India like most other professions as per my experience. The most important delimiting factor is our attitude that doesn't motivate us to grow and our tendency to confine ourselves in some earlier learned rudimentary things without knowing m! uch about the knowledge development and technology environment around us. The 'post Google era' provided us so many tools to develop, grow and flourish ourselves as god knowledge managers due to the imaginative work of the information technology professionals, which we are poorly using.I think that  we, as librarians, should be able to gather about new ideas, important books and digital information in diverse areas which we deal with so as to feed the users as a knowledgeable professor, as we get professors salary and better  facilities.The purpose of this third and last mail is to motivate the query poser to develop a healthy disregard for the status quo in order to him as a good library professional and not to convince others.Best Regards,K RajasekharanLibrarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA)Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , IndiaEmail   rajankila(a)gmail.com----- Original Message ----- From: Dr. M. Koteswara RaoTo: RajanCc: Dr. M. Koteswara RaoSent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:29 PMSubject: [?? Probable! Spam] Re: Librarians Role in Book SelectionDear Colleagues,I do not mean to hurt the sentiments or demoralise the library profession, butlet us be practical in approach. I am aware that librarians are taught about'book selection' in LIS schools, but it does not mean that they should selectbooks for the library. For a specialised library dealing with a subject or two,the librarian can make the selection. Imagine a University library or a medicallibrary or an engineering library where the subjects are specialised and/or toomany, and I am sure that no librarian can really do justice in selecting thebooks. I think it is foolish to think so, and if someone feels that 'we areexperts in all subjects' then we will be called 'jack of all and master ofnone'. In todays world books are written on very narrow subjects, which ourprofessional colleagues are not able to even classify them. I sincerely feelthat we should restrict ourselves to our duties rather than trying to learn allthe s! ubjects of the universe of knowledge. I think that Librarians can stil lcommand respect and participate in the collection building process in many otherways.Dr. M. Koteswara RaoLibrarian, UoH -- This message has been scanned for viruses anddangerous content byMailScanner, and isbelieved to be clean. S.C.Kumaresan SeniorLibrarian, BITS, Pilani - Dubai UAE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Position for the post of "Library Assistant"
by rishi tiwari 13 Apr '08

13 Apr '08

Birla Institute of Management Technology Plot No. 5, Knowledge Park Phase II Greater Noida,201306 Ph: 0120-2323001-10,Fax: 0120-2323025 Applications are invited for the posts of "Library Assistant". Qualification and pay scales as per AICTE norms. Apply within 10 days on plain paper along with testimonials. Regards Rishi Tiwari Librarian Rishi Tiwari Librarian & ILA Executive Member Birla Institute of Management Technology(BIMTECH) Plot No.5, Knowledge Park-II Greater Noida(NCR) U.P.-201306 Mob.:09810583623 Off.:0120-232301-10 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture Invitation
by SRELS 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to announce the following invitation for the benefit of lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore ******** Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures Committee, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures (14) (2008) on PROMOTING READING HABIT AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN: AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH by Mr. D.N. Nagaraja Rao Consultant, Library and Management Services, Mysore Ms. Usha Mukunda School Librarian and Facilitator for School Libraries, Bangalore presides on Wednesday, 16th April 2008 at 6.00 pm at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, (Near Syndicate Bank) III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (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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NIH Public Access Policy becomes mandatory from April 7th 2008
by Swapan kumar Patra 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

In compliance with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy all peer-reviewed articles published from research funded by NIH to be deposited in the PubMed Central archive, from April 7th 2008. (Source BioMed Central Blog : http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/bmcblog/entry/mandatory_nih_public…) Swapan Kumar Patra Research Scholar School of Social Science Center for Studies in Science Policy Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi-110067 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE
by Swapan kumar Patra 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE (An organ of Ranganathan Research Trust, Regd.:25953, 1995) J8/123, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi Manager Program Committee SUBHASH DESHMUKH A-103, C-DOT Apartments, GH 2, Gurgaon, Haryana 122003 Ph. 95124-2578715, 9873680484 Date : 19th April, 2008 We have the pleasure to announce the 130th Monthly Meeting of RRC on 19th April, 2008 (3rd Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. The Meeting is to celebrate *"World Book Day"* *Venue : National Social Science Documentation Center, * * **Firoz Shah Road**, Near Mandi House Metro Station,* * New Delhi-110 001 * * * *Speaker : Prof. S. Ansari * * Former Librarian & Head, Department of Library and Information* * Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi * * * *Topic : Use of Books in Digital Era* * * Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Swapan Kumar Patra Research Scholar Center for Studies in Science Policy School of Social Science Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi-67 -- 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] UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage
by Mailing List Admin 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:19:29 +0530 From: Susmita Chakraborty <susmitachakraborty94(a)gmail.com> With regard to Mr. Leonard Fernandes' comments, I have a question to ask the LIS community. When some (rare) resources are uploaded so that everyone can have it for free, is it not defeating the purpose if someone (publisher or any other other profitmaking body) tries to earn profit from it? On the other hand, I feel that libraries having such rich archives must go the digital way(digitization and dissemination of rare materials) by exploring state/national government or other funds and then try to derive some revenue from these resources to cover the running costs of those libraries. In these days of finance-crunch, it may point out one way to break-even. Regards. Susmita Chakraborty Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur, Howrah, W.B. On 4/10/08, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > > Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 16:07:57 +0100 (BST) > From: Leonard Fernandes <leonardfernandes(a)yahoo.com> > > Bold step indeed!! > > Being a print-on-demand publisher myself, we had approached the Goa > Central Library with a unique proposal. The Central Library, instituted > during the Portuguese rule in Goa, has a unique collection of rare > manuscripts written in Konkani, Marathi, English and Portuguese, not to > mention a vast archive of newspapers. However, the collection has aged and > is fragile. Therefore, when people come to research on this part of the > world and have to either turn them away or risk damaging the books > further. > > We had proposed that we will scan these books and produce one copy (most > copyrights have expired) that they can use to give to researchers and > other visitors. Print-On-Demand allows printing of just one copy at a time > and the technology is aptly suited for this kind of a situation. We had > also proposed that we will print their books that are stored in microfilm. > Both proposals met with rejection despite the curator being in favour of > them because "books were a step backward when the whole world was going > digital" > > In the context of such hare-brained decisions, one can only admire the > initiative taken by the Xavier college at Kolkota > >>Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Date: Mon, 7 Apr >>2008 11:02:21 +0530 From: Susmita Chakraborty > >>Congratulations to The Librarian, The Principal and the other members of >>the team for doing a tremendous piece of work towards preserving great >>cultural heritage of mother India. > >>Hope many others will get inspired. > >>Regards. > >>Susmita Chakraborty > >>Kolkata > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >

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Talk on Copyright Compliance in Organizations
by madhuresh.singhal 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear All, A one hour talk on Copyright is being organized by NCSI-Net tomorrow 12th April 2008 at NCSI Seminar Hall at 11 AM. Sorry for such short notice. Below is the detail. Topic: "Copyright Compliance in Organizations: Can Library and Information professionals take the challenge?" Speaker: Ananda T. Byrappa, Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre, GE India Technology Centre. Place: NCSI Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. All are welcome to attend the talk. Regards Madhuresh Singhal Deputy Manager - Knowledge Services Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959; Mobile 098861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ ************************************************************************************************* This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Haryana Institute of Engineering & Technology : Jobs
by sri priya 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Haryana Institute of Engineering & Technology 6th K.M. Stone, Ambala Road, Kaithal - 136 027 (Haryana) Phone: 01746-280100, 280102, Fax: 01746-280711 (Under Dr. Puran Chand Dharmarth Trust) Received Letter of Intent from AICTE, New Delhi and is under process of establishment from session 2008-09 Applications are invited for the following posts Librarian, Asstt. Librarian & Library Assistant. Qualification and pay scales as per AICTE/Kurukshetra University norms. Apply within 10 days on plain paper along with testimonials. Source :http://www.careerage.com/cgi-bin/showad.cgi?file=/20080410/cf30d859a02204d0ce8be2fed5818df9.html&kwd=be Regards, S.Sripriya __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Position for Junior Professional Officer, JPO - Maternal and Newborn Health - India
by Tomas Allen 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Position for Junior Professional Officer, JPO - Maternal and Newborn Health Dear Friends I am hoping that as medical Health librarians, you will be willing to share this with potentially interested candidates for the position of Junior Professional Officer, JPO - Maternal and Newborn Health It is a wonderful opportunity for those that qualifyThank you for any assistance in advertising this positionTomas AllenWHO LibraryGenevaThe Belgian government has agreed to sponsor one Junior Professional Officers (JPO) from a developing country to WHO in the area of reproductive health in the Western Pacific Region (Viet Nam) . In order to find the best young and dynamic individual for this post, we would like to kindly request your assistance in spreading the word of this vacancy through your networks via any appropriate means. Details of the positions and how to apply can be found under the following web link: http://www.jposc.org/content/programme/current_vacancies-en.html Thank you so much in advance for helping provide an opportunity to JPOs from the developing world. Yours sincerely, From Tomas of WHO Library but please to contact for further information via email. Cornelia GrissHuman Resources Officer Recruitment, Career Management and Organizational Designjpoapplications(a)who.int _________________________________________________________________ Going green? See the top 12 foods to eat organic. http://green.msn.com/galleries/photos/photos.aspx?gid=164&ocid=T003MSN51N16… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher course
by gopikuttan gopikuttan 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear professionals, Academic staff college of University of Kerala has invited applilactions for refresher course in library science, which is proposed from May 8th onwards. Details can be had from the website of Academic Staff college,University of Kerala. Thanking you Dr.A.Gopikuttan Department of Library & Information Science University of Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Librarians Role in Book Selection
by Rajan 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear All, It seems that Mr. Saheb (?), the original query poser, requires moral support in exerting himself as a professional librarian in his work place where he might have been sidelined and left to be in defensive without providing the basic support by his institutional managers. So he should be motivated to do whatever he can in choosing books, classifying them properly, providing better services and in demanding more institutional support. He should not be discouraged or dissuaded just because some others in the profession cannot read, understand, select, classify qualitatively the books or information materials on the emerging subjects and leave aside some critical part of their professional work, either to the book suppliers who can even manage faculty recommendation or to the faculty who remain as 'rent-seekers' of the book supply firms. There can be much variant scenario too in many other better libraries. But specialist faculty members alone are not good book selectors for developing a comprehensive collection, in majority of cases. It doesn't mean that the entire faculty should be kept away, like a leprosy patient, from the entire process of book selection. The former is a strenuous route of deeply involving in book selection by utilizing the well read facility and the latter is to leave aside everything to others and get even 'speed money' from the book supplier. This is the practical reality in our library scene which we need not be afraid of to speak. If you choose the former option, you can become a provider of information or knowledge materials to the most learned professor or academic dean in your institution and can become a most respected knowledge manager on par with your professors. Other wise, your can became a 'store keeper librarian' or a bureaucratic librarian and possibly a 'money maker' too. The option is yours. Almost all our libraries (except a very few) and the library profession, which I belong to, doesn't command respect in India like most other professions as per my experience. The most important delimiting factor is our attitude that doesn't motivate us to grow and our tendency to confine ourselves in some earlier learned rudimentary things without knowing much about the knowledge development and technology environment around us. The 'post Google era' provided us so many tools to develop, grow and flourish ourselves as god knowledge managers due to the imaginative work of the information technology professionals, which we are poorly using. I think that we, as librarians, should be able to gather about new ideas, important books and digital information in diverse areas which we deal with so as to feed the users as a knowledgeable professor, as we get professors salary and better facilities. The purpose of this third and last mail is to motivate the query poser to develop a healthy disregard for the status quo in order to him as a good library professional and not to convince others. Best Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India Email rajankila(a)gmail.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Dr. M. Koteswara Rao To: Rajan Cc: Dr. M. Koteswara Rao Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:29 PM Subject: [?? Probable Spam] Re: Librarians Role in Book Selection Dear Colleagues, I do not mean to hurt the sentiments or demoralise the library profession, but let us be practical in approach. I am aware that librarians are taught about 'book selection' in LIS schools, but it does not mean that they should select books for the library. For a specialised library dealing with a subject or two, the librarian can make the selection. Imagine a University library or a medical library or an engineering library where the subjects are specialised and/or too many, and I am sure that no librarian can really do justice in selecting the books. I think it is foolish to think so, and if someone feels that 'we are experts in all subjects' then we will be called 'jack of all and master of none'. In todays world books are written on very narrow subjects, which our professional colleagues are not able to even classify them. I sincerely feel that we should restrict ourselves to our duties rather than trying to learn all the subjects of the universe of knowledge. I think that Librarians can still command respect and participate in the collection building process in many other ways. Dr. M. Koteswara Rao Librarian, UoH -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Teachers/Course Coordinators for Library and Information Science required
by Raman Nair. 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Please publish the following information in LIS Forum Teachers/Course Coordinators for Library and Information Science required for the proposed IGNOU Study Center at Kottayam Public Library. Kottayam Public Library proposes to establish a School of Library and Information Science, which will be offering BLISc and MLISc courses as well as PGD in Library networking etc of the Indira Gandhi National Open University. The School will have a high tech Informatics lab and lecture hall with all modern facilities like computers, LCD projector and Net connectivity. Library is searching for teachers and Course Coordinators for the School. The candidates should have First Class MLISc, good exposure to ICT and automated library systems. Experience will be counted. UGC Net and PhD will be preferable. Interested candidates are requested to send detailed bio data and copies of the certificates to: The President, Kottayam Public Library, Shastri Road, Kottayam, Kerala. Telephone: 0481 2562915. Electronic copies of the data can be mailed to kottayampubliclibrary(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Teachers/Course Coordinators for Library and Information Science for the IGNOU Study Center Kottayam Public Library Proposes to Establish
by Raman Nair. 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Please publish the informatin related to requirement of LIS teacheres at Kottayam Public Library provided below: Teachers/Course Coordinators for Library and Information Science for the IGNOU Study Center Kottayam Public Library Proposes to Establish. Kottayam Public Library proposes to establish a School of Library and Information Science, which will be offering BLISc and MLISc courses as well as PGD in Library networking etc of the Indira Gandhi National Open University. The School will have a high tech Informatics lab and lecture hall with all modern facilities like computers, LCD projector and Net connectivity. Library is searching for teachers and Course Coordinators for the School. The candidates should have First Class MLISc and UGC Net and good exposure to ICT and automated library systems. Experience and PhD will be preferable. Further details if any will be published at http://www.acaemiclibrarian.net.tc Interested candidates are requested to send detailed bio data and copies of the certificates to: The President, Kottayam Public Library, Thirunakkara, Kottayam, Kerala. Telephone: 0481 2562915 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Lis-Forum] Re: Librarians Role in Book Selection]
by Mailing List Admin 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:47:56 +0530 (IST) From: Dr. M. Koteswara Rao <mkrlib(a)uohyd.ernet.in> Dear Colleagues, I do not mean to hurt the sentiments or demoralise the library profession, but let us be practical in approach. I am aware that librarians are taught about 'book selection' in LIS schools, but it does not mean that they should select books for the library. For a specialised library dealing with a subject or two, the librarian can make the selection. Imagine a University library or a medical library or an engineering library where the subjects are specialised and/or too many, and I am sure that no librarian can really do justice in selecting the books. I think it is foolish to think so, and if someone feels that 'we are experts in all subjects' then we will be called 'jack of all and master of none'. In todays world books are written on very narrow subjects, which our professional colleagues are not able to even classify them. I sincerely feel that we should restrict ourselves to our duties rather than trying to learn all the subjects of the universe of knowledge. I think that Librarians can still command respect and participate in the collection building process in many other ways. Dr. M. Koteswara Rao Librarian, UoH > Dear All, > > I presume that there would be some librarians,like me, who think that the > selection of books and other documents in a library is the most critical > factor in bettering the library services in which librarian should play a > very prominent role as a key selector based on the principles he learned > from the subject ' book selection' he studied in the library schools. > [truncated] > Best Regards, > > > K Rajasekharan > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > Email rajankila(a)gmail.com

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Colonial Archive
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear Friends, There is a report on William Covey Library of Serampure, near Kolkatta in Business Line (Bangalore Edition) on 11/04/2008. William Covey Library caressess of special interest to historians, linguistics and other branches of humanities Indian & abroad. Thanking You, Dinesh K S -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Celebrating World IP Day in New Delhi
by Puna Das 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

(1) Seminar on Harnessing IP for Nation Development April 26, 2008, FICCI, New Delhi FICCI in association with Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Government of India, is launching a "National IPR Campaign" for public awareness on IPR issues and facilitating capacity building/orientation programmes for Industry, Judiciary, Enforcement agencies and the office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks CGPDTM for generating public awareness. The campaign would begin with a Seminar on "Harnessing IP for Nation Development" on the World IP Day on 26th April 2008 at FICCI, Tansen Marg, New Delhi 110001. The aim of the Seminar is to make the world community aware about India's commitment towards protection of Intellectual Property and to project India as an international destination for manufacturers, innovators, contract research organizations, researchers etc. Should you require any further information in this regard, please contact Ms. Sheetal Chopra, Sr. Assistant Director or Ms. Gouri, Assistant Director, IPR Division at Tel: 011 23766930 (D) or 23357389 (D) / 011 23738760 Extn # 368 or email at sheetal.chopra(a)ficci.com / gouri(a)ficci.com / fax: 011 23765333 (D), 23320714. Programme Schedule & Registration Form http://www.ficci.com/events/events-ahead/apr08/apr26.htm (2) Brainstorming Meet on Open Access, FLOSS and Copyright Law for Scholarly Communication and Literary Work April 26, 2008, INSA, New Delhi Indian National Science Academy an apex body of scientists engaged in nurture, promote and recognize excellence in Science and Technology in the country is organising a Brainstorming Meet on Open Access, FLOSS and Copyright Law for Scholarly Communication and Literary Work at its premises in Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi at 0930 hrs on Saturday, the 26th April 2008. The main aim of the meeting is to give explicit recommendations to the Govt of India for changes in policy and law that may be needed to be in tune with the digital information explosion and Indias aspirations to become the knowledge superpower and to ensure democratic and equitable access to information across the country and across the world. Date & Time : 26th April 2008 at 0930 hrs 1330 hrs Venue : Indian National Science Academy, 1, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002 Should you require any further information in this regard, please contact: A K Tagore/Anoop Kapoor at publ-insa(a)nic.in; Fax (011)2323-1095, Tel (011)23221945 Ext. 335 & 325 Registration Form: www.insaindia.org/news1.htm ------------------------ Thanking you Anup Kumar Das New Delhi --------------------------------- 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.

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Library section For Visually Handicapped
by priya gopalkrishna kaimal 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear Members, I request contact details of Librarians ( E-mail address) from the Universities in India for My research study. Can any one give details of University Libraries in India Catering Visually handicapped in terms of Braille Books, CDS, Online datas, Audio Casettes, Talking Library etc. Please help me in contacting above libraries . kindly send the address of Librarian with Email address. Priya Librarian Bombay Teachers Training College Apollo Bunder, Colaba Priya R Pillai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Suden demise of Mrs. Ms K Kalaiselvi, Chief Librarian, VIT
by Arunachalam Hariharan 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

We are very sad to inform about the sudden demise of Ms K Kalaiselvi, CHief Librarian, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), University on 9th.Apr 2008 ( yesterday night) at Vellore. She joined at VIT in 1984. She has contributed a lot for the growth of VIT Library since 1984. She was a member of many professional bodies including MALA, SALIS, etc She was the Advisor of SALIS Vellore Chapter also. She has oganised many seminara at VIT On behalf of SALIS, we deeply express our heart felt condolences on the sad and sudden demise of Ms K Kalaiselvi, Chief Librarian, VIT May her soul rest in peace. SALIS Vellore Chapter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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About : World eBook Fair: July 4th to August 4th
by sri priya 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

World eBook Fair: July 4th to August 4th During the rest of the year you may continue to download your selection of about 500,000 PDF eBooks by joining the World Public Library. Annual membership is only $8.95 per year. July 4th 2008 for Third Annual World eBook Fair. To provide Free access for a month to One Million eBooks. 2006 First Annual World eBook Fair: July 4th to August 4th offered 1/2 Million. 2007 Second Annual World eBook Fair: July 4th to August 4th offered 3/4 Million. 620,000 Free eBooks + ~110,000 Commercial eBooks Grand Total about 3/4 Million Total eBook Files Available eBooks in over 100 Different Languages! Created by Contributions from 150+ eLibraries Around the World Last year 1,000 newspapers carried this story when 1/3 million eBooks were offered free of charge at The First World eBook Fair. This year there will be twice as many eBooks!!! Last year The World eBook Fair gave away about 1 million eBooks a day for 30 days between July 4 and August 4. 2007 Additions: 1,000 eBooks for the One Laptop Per Child Computer as seen on "60 Minutes" just two weeks ago. These books were specially commissioned by One Laptop Per Child and created by the World Public Library for use at no charge, (View Collection). 110,000 commercial eBook titles from Digital Pulp Publishing (See Coupon), & eBooks About Everything, eBooksAboutEverything.com (See Coupon) and other fine commercial eBook sources. 220,000 eBooks from The Internet Archive, (Open-Access Text Archive) Archive.org, The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, they provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. 500,000 eBooks from World Public Library, WorldLibrary.net. Membership supported access to 130 Collections of the finest digital books on the Internet (Browse Collections page). Contacts: Michael S. Hart Founder, Project Gutenberg 405 W. Elm, Urbana, IL 61801 hart@pglaf.org,hart@pobox.com US Phone 217-344-6623 John Guagliardo Founder, World Public Library Honolulu, Hawaii john(a)gutenberg.cc US Phone 808-292-2068 http://www.worldpubliclibrary.org Source : http://worldebookfair.com/ Regards, S.Sripriya __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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] UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage
by Mailing List Admin 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 16:07:57 +0100 (BST) From: Leonard Fernandes <leonardfernandes(a)yahoo.com> Bold step indeed!! Being a print-on-demand publisher myself, we had approached the Goa Central Library with a unique proposal. The Central Library, instituted during the Portuguese rule in Goa, has a unique collection of rare manuscripts written in Konkani, Marathi, English and Portuguese, not to mention a vast archive of newspapers. However, the collection has aged and is fragile. Therefore, when people come to research on this part of the world and have to either turn them away or risk damaging the books further. We had proposed that we will scan these books and produce one copy (most copyrights have expired) that they can use to give to researchers and other visitors. Print-On-Demand allows printing of just one copy at a time and the technology is aptly suited for this kind of a situation. We had also proposed that we will print their books that are stored in microfilm. Both proposals met with rejection despite the curator being in favour of them because "books were a step backward when the whole world was going digital" In the context of such hare-brained decisions, one can only admire the initiative taken by the Xavier college at Kolkota >Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Date: Mon, 7 Apr >2008 11:02:21 +0530 From: Susmita Chakraborty >Congratulations to The Librarian, The Principal and the other members of >the team for doing a tremendous piece of work towards preserving great >cultural heritage of mother India. >Hope many others will get inspired. >Regards. >Susmita Chakraborty >Kolkata

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