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Education & Library Science
by sri priya 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

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Library Trainee at NSHM, Kolkata
by Nihar Patra 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

Dear Professional, The NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata is stepping towards automation and digitization of Library, catering to the information needs of academic and research community in the areas of Management, Media and Communication and Pharmacy. Applications are invited for the post of *Two* *Library Trainees*. The applicants should be fresh post graduates with first class in Library Science and well versed in computer application in Library Science. Duration of Training is for a period of *one year* with no guarantee of continued employment (purely temporary/contractual basis), carrying a stipend of *Rs.5000/- per month* with no other facilities / benefits, as applicable to regular employees, excepting contractual leave. Applications with Bio-data with latest Passport size photograph should reach the undersigned on or before 15th April 2008 super-scribing on the cover APPLICATION FOR LIBRARY TRAINEE or send the Bio-Data to nihar.kanta.patra(a)nshm.com or Assistant Librarian - * supriya.benerjee(a)nshm.com* ** *Nihar K Patra *Librarian NSHM Knowledge Campus 60 (124), B L Saha Road Kolkata – 700053 -- Nihar K Patra -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Registeration Form and Library Brouchere for NewGenLib Workshop at BIMTECH, Greater Noida
by mohammad azeem siddiqui 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

Hi Dear Library Professionals, Please download the Registeration Form and Library Brouchere for the NewGenLib Workshop at BIMTECH, Greater Noida. Mohammad Azeem Siddiqui Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University) Lucknow-226 025 Mobile: 09936067170 Personal URL: http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Mohammad_Azeem_Siddiqui Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NewGenLib Workshop at BIMTECH, New Delhi
by mohammad azeem siddiqui 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

Dear friends, This is for your kind information that Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida is conducting three days Workshop on NewGenLib Open Source Library Automation Software from 17-19 May 2008. The detals of the workshop is given on the Institute's website. (www.bimtech.ac.in) or you may also contact to organising secretary (Mr. Rishi Tiwari). Mohammad Azeem Siddiqui Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University) Lucknow-226 025 Mobile: 09936067170 Personal URL: http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Mohammad_Azeem_Siddiqui Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Right to Information Act -Jobs should be given to Information Professionals
by vasanth raj 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Dear Sir/Madam, The much awaited Right to Information Act has come into force in India.And already we have seen and heard that there is a great demand for information which are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and to hold Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed.But Govt Authorities have totally neglected the library and Information Professionals, most of the people who have appointed as public Information Officer have came from Journalism and mass communication." Public Information Officer" job is best suited for LIS professionals where the skills of storage , organise and dissemination of Information is highly required.Already there are instances that Public Information Officers have failed to provide right information to the right people at a right time.This is because of lack of skills to organise and storage of Information.This is the right time to Library Association and Universities to pressurize Govt. appoint library and Information professionals as " Public Information Officer" and this will definitely helps people to have information quickly whenever they need.This will not only helps govt to function smoothly and huge opportunities for LIS professionals as well. Your Sincerely ------------------------- Vasantha Raju N --------------------------------- Enjoy this Diwali with Y! India Click here Dear Sir/Madam, The much awaited Right to Information Act has come into force in India.And already we have seen and heard that there is a great demand for information which are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and to hold Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed.But Govt Authorities have totally neglected the library and Information Professionals, most of the people who have appointed as public Information Officer have came from Journalism and mass communication." Public Information Officer" job is best suited for LIS professionals where the skills of storage , organise and dissemination of Information is highly required.Already there are instances that Public Information Officers have failed to provide right information to the right people at a right time.This is because of lack of skills to organise and storage of Information.This is the right time to Library Association and Universities to pressurize Govt. appoint library and Information professionals as " Public Information Officer" and this will definitely helps people to have information quickly whenever they need.This will not only helps govt to function smoothly and huge opportunities for LIS professionals as well. Your Sincerely ------------------------- Vasantha Raju N Enjoy this Diwali with Y! India http://in.promos.yahoo.com/fabmall/index.html Click here

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Norms for Library Professionals in Univery Libraries
by A.Manimekalai 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Dear All, Please any one of you know about the following information kindly reply with proper evidence. it will be usefull to many of our professionals as most of the prefessionals in the university libraries are suffering like anyhting in getting their promotions. For University Library Professionals 1. How was the professional assistant experience is measured? Is it be accounted for promotion as asst. Librarian 2. What is the norms for promotion of Asst Librarian? 3. What is the norms for Promotion to Deputy Librarian? How is the Professional assistant / TEchnical Assistant service is accounted? 4. Are the services of Professional Assistant period ignored for the higher promotions ? Please any one who know about the norms kindly send reply with official approval. Thanks, manimekalai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop report on IDR
by Sambhunath Halder 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

*Report of the 4-days Training Workshop on Designing Institutional Digital Repository on Social Sciences Organized by University of Kalyani in collaboration with NASSDOC ICSSR, New Delhi 11-14, March, 2008* It is good news that Department of Library and Information Science e of University of Kalyani in collaboration with the NASSDOC ICSSR, New Delhi recently organized a 4-day training workshop on Designing Institutional Digital Repository on Social Sciences. The programme was fully satisfactory, because of its so many lectures, lab-demonstrations and finally hands-on training of IDR software DSpace. Mr. Arun Ghosh, Former Librarian of Centre of Studies in Social Sciences has given lecture on Social Science information: characteristics, growth and organization. Dr. P. R. Goswami, The Director of NASSDOC-ICSSR has through the light on Information system and services of NASSDOC. In the next session an overview of LINUX Operating System and its installation lecture has given by Dr. Dibyendu Paul, Lecturer of DLIS, University of Kalyani. Finally, Dr. Partha Sarathi Mukhopadhyay, Lecturer of Burdawn University and Dr. Aditya Tripathi, Faculty member of Banaras Hindu University have discussed and presented so many lab-demonstrations of different aspects of Institutional Digital Repository and its software like DSpace including its installation, administration, customization, etc. side by side lectures have given on Metadata standards, Lucen search engine, Unicode and other related issues. Therefore, this kind of programme is very helpful for LIS professionals in different ways. Sincerely yours Sambhu Nath Halder -- =================================== Regards, Sambhu Nath Halder Library and Documentation Centre, Narula Institute of Technology, 81, Nilgunj Road, Kolkata 700109. Contact No. : +91 9733964714; 9851280201 =================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Addition to list of Standards by Sri Priya ( Specific to RFID ) on 15th March
by Dhaval H K 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Dear Friends, I just wanted to add extra information about standards relating to Library Industry. They are listed below http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/RP-6-2008.pdf Above is a document which has been made public by NISO as a set of guidelines to be followed for implementing RFID technology in library industry. The same guidelines are going to take shape of few ISO standards in future. http://litablog.org/2008/01/29/rfid-in-libraries-standards-and-guidelines/ The above link has a small description about the standards which are coming up in future as ISO standards for RFID in Libraries. You can visit the link for more details on the same. Thank you Regards http://www.rapidradio.co.in/library.html <http://www.rapidradio.co.in/library.html%20> -- Dhaval H Kotecha RapidRadio Solutions Private Limited B-404, Satyamev I, Opp. Gujarat High Court, Sarkhej Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad - 380 060 Web: www.rapidradio.co.in, Email: dhaval(a)rapidradio.co.in Office: +91 79 27665256 "It is not important how "BIG" you Dream, but it is important how "LONG" you Dream "BIG"" -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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3-day workshop for M. Lib students begins at Kashmir University
by intekhab alam 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Srinagar, Mar 17: A three-day workshop on 'Open Access Repositories and Greenstone Software' was inaugurated in the Library Science department of Kashmir University Monday. The inaugural function was presided over by the vice-chancellor KU, Prof Riyaz Punjabi. Prof Shabahat Hussain, a guest from Aligarh Muslim University who specially visited the valley to attend the seminar was chief guest on the occasion. In his presidential address, the VC said that open access system utilizes new technology and "it is time for us to adhere to this new technology in order to keep pace with the changing times." "Open access repositories is something close to my heart," he said. He advised the management of the department to look for possibilities to help affiliated colleges of the University to benefit from the new concept. The VC showed an urge for the formation of a committee, which would carry forward this work. "The open access movement attempts to reassert control over publicly funded research in order to make research output transparent and freely accessible," he added. In his address Prof Shabahat said that repositories were being established world over as free access to knowledge. "Open access repositories are being developed in the world and it is high time that the concept be seriously taken up," he said. Prof Riyaz Rufai, Librarian, Prof Muhammad Aslam, HoD MERC, besides students, scholars and other dignitaries were also present on the occassion. The workshop will continue for two days and noted scholars from the field will read out their papers on the subject. ********************************************************* INTEKHAB ALAM SIDDIQUI (Librarian) New Law Academy Azam Campus, Pune - 411 001 Phone : +91-20-26442068(Off.), +91-9890865605 (Mob.), Fax : +91-20-26435959 www.nlapune.org --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Useful site for information search in Google
by Shihab Illias 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Dear professionals Soople website This Sites softens all the fantastic advanced functions Google offers. This site is meant for all those who are not yet familiar with all the possibilities of Google and all the required syntaxes. Furthermore there are many useful tools Google offers; search in the latest news, look up definitions or use Google as a phonebook. Calculator. This amazing tool let's you do all kind of (very advanced) calculations. Soople has added the unit-converter, which is based on this calculator, for the conversion of all the commmon units/measures (meters<--->yards). It also provides translation services into foreign languages. http://www.soople.com/soople_int_india.php To know more about New Scientific inventions http://www.pbs.org/ Shihab.I. Librarian Muslim Association College of Engineering Venajramoodu (PO) Trivandrum, Kerala shihabillias(a)yahoo.co.in librarianmace(a)yahoo.co.in http://shihabillias.googlepages.com/ --------------------------------- Share files, take polls, and discuss your passions - all under one roof. Click here. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Scholarship in India
by sri priya 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Admission News : portal for indian education and admission updates http://www.admissionnews.com/entrance_details.aspx?eid=406 http://www.admissionnews.com/libraryadmission.aspx Scholarship in India http://www.admissionnews.com/scholarshipindia.aspx 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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Internet Resources Newsletter: Mar/Apr Issue
by MacLeod, Roderick A 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

____________________________________________ Internet Resources Newsletter ____________________________________________ The latest edition of the FREE monthly newsletter for academics, students and researchers is now available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn160/irn160.html No subscription or registration is needed to access this full-text newsletter at the above site. You can also subscribe to the free, full-text email version at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html An RSS feed for the newsletter is available: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss Featured in this issue: Comment Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS News items of interest A-Z New & Notable Web Sites: About 100 new and notable websites: new services, ejournals, directories, search engines, publishers, government sites, eResources, booksellers, calls for papers, software, news services, conferences, research groups, plus anything of interest, etc, etc. Nice Web Site(s): MasterKey Power Search Blogorama Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and related news items RSS Feeds for new book announcements in engineering Book Review: Providing effective library services for research, by Jo Webb, Pat Gannon-Leary and Moira Bent Recent Internet books in the Library Get a life! Leisure Time After hours Published by Heriot-Watt University Library, and edited by Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk) Catherine Ure and Marion Kennedy -- Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SCO SC000278 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FW: On RTI Act
by MP Tapaswi 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

Dear Professional colleagues, I have been reading the views whether a Librarian should be PIO (Public Information Officer) or not with interest. It is always a business of Lib & Info Professional (LIP) when it comes to dealing with information. However, in current scenario note that everything is information and it is wise not to place our hands in every information that exists. RTI act was introduced in 2005 with a very broad interest to promote transparency and accountability in the offices where the Government funding is received. Any citizen of India now using this act can ask information from any office (designated as public authority) and the office is bound to give it. Providing information is close to the hearts of LIPs. The PIO is a very "powerful" person in the public authority and seek information from other colleagues in the organization. Having given this authority to the PIO, very large responsibility has also been bestowed on him/her. The Central Information Commission (CIC) views it very seriously if the information is not provided within the stipulated time (30 days) and also if the information is not provided if it is proved to exist (of course, there are certain items of disclosure and the definition of information itself indicates what all could be provided). As such it is, no doubt, an interesting process something beyond books for LIPs to handle. But not all roses! I am a PIO for our institute since the act came into force and so far answered 75 queries (note that each query has several paragraphs ranging from 10 to 250 nos!). Over 95% of the queries that have been answered are to satisfy personal interests (seem to be) and not public interests for which the act has been introduced. Moreover, with whatever sincerity you dispose off the requests, the querying person hardly gets satisfied with the replies and the process, at times, continues up to the level of two appeals. Lot of time is 'invested' (if some one does not like to use a word 'wasted') for an unproductive (in my opinion) work leaving aside the normal professional duties that take away peace of mind. I would sum up saying it is an interesting job for those having a temperament like an advocate, who can read through the words and play with the words and arguments. Let me also indicate that who so ever the PIOs I came across so far (either LIPs or from other profession), are doing this job because it has been 'assigned' to them. Of course, a human mind always feels someone else's job is better than theirs! With warm regards, Dr Murari P Tapaswi Natl Info Centre for Marine Sciences (NICMAS) National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) Dona Paula 403 004 Goa, India Phone: 91-832-2450275; Fax: 91-832-2450602 Visit websites: http://www.nio.org; http://www.mangroveindia.org -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Kshipra Sardesai Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:14 PM To: rajankila(a)hotmail.com Cc: Lis forum Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] On RTI Act Dear LIS Professionals, I also agree with K Rajashekharan views about RTI Act professionals as Librarians.I would like to add some more points to that. 1. Librarians have approach of solving the problems. 2. They are good listeners and ability to know the subject. 3. Librarians are polite and servicing attitudes 4. Cataloguing and classification experts 5. They are expert in preservation, retrieval and dissemination . 6. To get the best implemtation of RTI Act among the common people they are the proper persons to guide in a correct fashion. 7. Reagrding Govt Procedures and regulations these things are to be trained to every professionals and once this type of training and knowledge is given then LIS professionals will definately give best outputs. 8. The Information Technology updates are being accepted by this profession 9. If such officer fron LIS is in this field and if he is in rural region, definately there will be more coordination from rural people to Librarian than a govt professional or other IPS professional.Rural people have fear and complex about Govt employees but they respect and listen to their librarians. 10. This will give status and Yes the job satisfaction too. Regards Mrs Kshipra Sardesai Librarian, RBI, DESACS Bandra sOn 3/11/08, Rajan <rajankila(a)hotmail.com> wrote: Dear Shri P Vyasamoorty, As a person with very good knowledge about RTI act and its requirements, I would suggest that librarians are not very suitable for working as State Public Information Officers(SPIO) in the Institutions they work. The job requirements of SPIO are to receive applications, ensure access to information and dispose of applications after careful examination of merit of each one. Under the RTI Act. the cataloging, arrangement and retrieval of information need to be done by the concerned officer and not by anyone else including the SPIO. As well, an officer in sufficient command and authority in that office is the right choice for the position of SPIO so as to ensure easy access to information through the subordinate officers. The job of SPIO involves a lot of quasi-judicial decision making on which librarians are ill-equipped unlike the administrative personnel. As RTI involves a lot of administrative re-arrangement of records, the librarians can do a lot in that area, particularly in numbering and cataloguing of them. Best Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India ----- Original Message ----- From: "Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy" <vyasamoorthy(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Right to Information Act -Jobs should be given to Information Professionals To: "vasanth raj" I am sorry to reply this message after such a long gap. Vasanth has raised an important issue. He states that Librarians are better suited to work as Information Officers and that they are neglected. I would like to ask a few questions and elicit views of LIS personnel on these: How many librarians know what is this monster RTI all about? What is the role of RTI officer in a govt institution? What type of information is the scope of RTI Officer? How is the librarian better suited? What do we librarians learn or know about Govt way of files (& records) organization - numbering, generation, storing, retrieving, archiving, rules governing files & documents & records preservation and conservation etc? How about confidentiality coding and providing restricted access? How about documents relating to public -- say birth certificates. With absolutely no theoretical or practical knowledge of any of these things how do librarians claim that they are better suited? The RTI was talked about for a number of years before becoming law. Why did not LIS schools provide changes in the curriculam to mould librarians into RTI officers? Well I have a lot of doubts. Any comments? -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner <http://www.mailscanner.info/> , and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Seminar on Scope of Retrieval for Assimilation March 27 – 28, 2008 Organised by Department of Library and Information Science Vidyasagar University Medinipur (Sk Abdul Azim)
by Sk. Abdul Azim 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

Dear Professionals Department of Library and Information Science ,Vidyasagar University ,Medinipur Organised a National Seminar on Scope of Retrieval for Assimilation March 27 – 28, 2008 Target Audience Apart from LIS professionals, teachers, researchers, and students; media personal, IT specialists, psychologists, linguistics, alongwith information users from different disciplines and activities are expected to participate and render their experiences and suggestions on the seminar topic. Call for Papers We invite articles on the aforementioned sub-themes. Full paper in MSWord, references following Indian Standard (IS:2381-1978) in CD or by e-mail and a hard copy of the same must reach us by 20th March, 2008. Venue Department of Library and Information Science Vidyasagar University Midnapore About the Place The weather is normally soothing cool during this time. Numerous historically important sites, forests are the added attractions of this place. How to Reach the Venue Nearest Rail Station: Medinipur (about 15 km. by road from Kharagpur). From Medinipur Rail Station/ Bus Terminus Autorickshaws, Buses and Rickshaws are available. Accommodation Accommodation of outstation participants may be arranged if request is sent at least ten days before the Seminar. Participants will have to bear the charges. Registration Fees Student (V. U.) Rs. 100.00 Others Rs. 200.00 Payment should be made by Cash / DD in favour of the Dept. of Library and Information Science, Vidyasagar University. Filled in Registration Form and Fees must reach on or before March 24, 2008. All Communication should Address: Dr. Goutam Maity Organizing Secretary National Seminar on Scope of Retrieval for Assimilation March 27 – 28, 2008 Dept. of Library and Information Science Medinipur - 721 102 West Bengal, India Ph. (03222) 267 554/555/557/558 Extn. 448 Mob: 9434991159 e-mail: dlisc(a)vu.ernet.in gmaity(a)vidyasagar.ac.in gm_vu(a)yahoo.co.in Sub Themes The following sub themes may be considered in this connection: I) Variables of psychological make up of user(s) and their influence on retrieval for assimilation; II) Cognitive models of existing knowledge generation process; III) Problems of intellectual access for assimilation; IV) Problems of interaction of non-users and potential users with formal retrieval systems; V) Media for Communication; the right choice for absorption; VI) Philosophy of existing IR models in terms of assimilation; VII) Traditional and emerging tools and techniques, and their impact in assimilation process; VIII) Evaluation of retrieval systems, keeping central focus on assimilation; IX) Trends of retrieval for assimilation Application Form National Seminar on Scope of Retrieval for Assimilation March 27 –28, 2008 Name ………………………………. (Block letter) Age ………………………………….. Designation ………………………….. Name of Employer / Institute: ………… .. ………………………………………. Address (Office): …………………… …………………………….………… ……………………………………….. E-mail: ………………………………. Whether Deputed (Yes / No): ……….. Educational Qualifications: ………..… Registration Fee: ……………..…….... Address for Communication: ……………..………...…………….. . …………………………….…………………………………………….…… ……………………………….……… Signature of the Applicant With Regards Sk Abdul Azim Project Fellow Department of Library and Information Science University of Calcutta Kolkata-73 email- azimmid(a)yahoo.co.in Mobile +91-9733960550 Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on Newgenlib Software (May 17-19, 2008) - Call for participation
by ANIL SINGH 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

Dear friends and Professional Colleagues, Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida is conducting three days Workshop on NewGenLib Open Source Library Automation Software from 17-19 May 2008. The detals of the workshop is given on the Institute's website (www.bimtech.ac.in) or you may also contact to organising secretary on the address given below. Rishi Tiwari Organizing Secretary & Librarian Birla Institute of Management Technology Plot No 5,Knowledge Park-II Greater Noida (NCR) 201306 Tele-0120-2323001-10(O) 09810583623(Mob.) Website : www.bimtech.ac.in, E-mail : newgenlib.workshop(a)gmail.com Kindly circulate this to all your professional colleagues and friends. Dr. ANIL SINGH Division of Library, Documentation and Information National Council of Educational Research and Training Sri Aurobindo Marg New Delhi - 110016 Mobile 09868167052 E-mail: dr_anilsingh(a)rediffmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Post free property ads on Yello Classifieds now! www.yello.in http://ss1.richmedia.in/recurl.asp?pid=221 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology now Open Access...
by Shamprasad Pujar 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

Dear Members, DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology published by DESIDOC is now available as open access journal w.e.f. Jan 2008. Open Journal System of Public Knowledge Project, a open source journal management and publishing system has been used to make its contents available online. You can access DESIDOC Journal.... at: <http://publications.drdo.gov.in/ojs/index.php/djlit/index>http://publications.drdo.gov.in/ojs/index.php/djlit/index Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6565 ; 2840 0919 Ext: 565 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Mountain View Public Library with LibChip RFID
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

Dear Friends, "Mountain View Public Library achieves 98% Patron Self-Checkout on First Day with RFID". The Mountain View Public Library has embarked on a new era of patron service and circulation efficiency with the reopening of its library, complete with a new and comprehensive LibChip RFID and Automated Materials Handling System from Libramation. More details on this achievement is available in "Library Technology Guide", http://www.librarytechnology.org/. Thanking You, Dinesh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need Information Urgently
by nandeesh nandu 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

Dear professionals, Let me know, Any Indian Universities given Distance Education in Master of Hospital Management or MBA in Hospital Management. Thanks and regards, B. Nandeesha, Deputy Librarian, IIITB, Electronic City, Bangalore - 100. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Online Exam
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

Dear Friends, "Information Society Today" http://www.infosciencetoday.org/exam.htm, providing Library and Information Science free online Examination. Its intention is to provide vast information about library and information science that may help for viva-voce, interviews and any other library and information science competitive exam. This site can be visted most frequently as new items will be added from time to time. *Two sets of online exams are available, * LIS Online Exam one contains 50 questions LIS Online Exam two contains 20 questions 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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Comment on NewGenLib - A.T. Francis, KAU
by Aloor Thomas Francis 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

Dear Professionals, It is a great proud and pleasure for the Indian Library and Information Professionals that VSPL and KIIKM could develop a very good ILMS and made it free for all libraries. The leadership taken by Dr. Haravu and his team is painstaking and remarkable. Several LIS professionals have already appreciated these efforts. I think the comments made in the CALIBER 08 will not only affect the progress of the software but also give extra enthusiasm for the developers and users as well. A.T. FRANCIS KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY A.T. FRANCIS HEAD, LIBRARY COLELGE OF HORTICULTURE KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY THRISSUR - 680 656, INDIA francisaloor(a)yahoo.com francisaloor@gmailcom Why delete messages? Unlimited storage is just a click away. Go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian Post of KV
by vijay kumar 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

Dear Library Professionals, Application are invited for special recruitment drive to fill up backlog reserved vacancy for SC and ST community for the year 2007-08 Post: Librarian 12 post(SC-7 ST -5) Pay Scale 5500-9000 Last Date: 15th April 2008 For details advertisement visit Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanganthan website http://www.kvsangathan.nic.in/ Thanks and with best wishes Vijay Kumar NCSI -- 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 15 Mar '08

15 Mar '08

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to announce the following invitation for the benefit of lis-forum members. Thank you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore ******** The Chairman & members of the Board of Trustees of the Ranganathan Centre for Information Stuides in association with the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science cordially invite you to a Special Lecture on 'COLON' AS AN ONTOLOGY by Prof. Michael Shepherd Dean, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada on Thursday, 27th March 2008 at 6.00 p.m. at 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 RSVP: K.S. Raghavan Ph:9448041026 E-mail: ksragav(a)hotmail.com K.N. Prasad 23305109 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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Guide to Standards for Library Systems
by sri priya 15 Mar '08

15 Mar '08

MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data (Concise Version) http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdhome.html MARC 21 Concise Format for Authority Data http://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/ecadhome.html MARC 21 Concise Format for Community Information http://www.loc.gov/marc/community/eccihome.html MARC 21 Concise Format for Holdings Data http://www.loc.gov/marc/holdings/echdhome.html Frieda Rosenberg, Introduction to the Marc Format for Holdings Data, The Future of Serials Control, LITA Pre conference Institute, June 15, 2001. http://www.loc.gov/acq/conser/litapres-fr/ppframe.htm Holdings Statements for Bibliographic Items ANSI/NISO Z39.71, Holdings Statements for Bibliographic Items http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-71.pdf Future of Serials Control, LITA Preconference Institute, June 15, 2001. http://www.loc.gov/acq/conser/litapres-rg/sld001.htm MARC 21 Specifications for Record Structure, Character Sets, and Exchange Media http://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/spechome.html MARC 21 Record Structure http://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/specrecstruc.html MARC 21 Character Sets http://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/speccharintro.html Diffuse Guide to Character Sets http://www.diffuse.org/charguide.html Unicode: From Chinese to Cherokee; from Kana to Klingon http://www.pla.org/publications/technotes/technotes_unicode.html The Unicode Standard: A Technical Introduction. http://www.unicode.org/unicode/standard/principles.html Serial Item and Contribution Identifier (SICI) ANSI/NISO Z39.56, Serial Item and Contribution Identifier (SICI) http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-56.pdf Data Elements for Binding Library Materials ANSI/NISO Z39.76, Data Elements for Binding Library Materials http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-76.pdf NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP) ANSI/NISO Z39.83, NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP) http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/z3983pt1.pdf http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/z3983pt2.pdf NISO NCIP website: http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/NCIP_Resource_Page.html Mark Needleman, The NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol: An Overview and Status Report, Serials Review, v. 26, no. 4, 2000, pp. 42-45. Pat Stevens, NCIPThe Invisible Stitches, ALA Midwinter, January 21, 2002 http://www.niso.org/committees/at_jan_02/index.htm Code 39 Specification [about] http://www.barcodeman.com/info/c39_1.php3 Codabar Barcode Specification [about] http://www.barcodeman.com/info/codabar.php Barcode Technology http://www.aimglobal.org/technologies/barcode/ Interlibrary Loan Application Standards Maintenance Agency (ILL ASMA) website: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/iso/ill/ ILL Protocol Implementors Group (IPIG) website: http://www.arl.org/access/naildd/ipig/ipig.shtml IPIG Profile and Guideline Documentation http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/iso/ill/ipigprfl.htm Barbara Shuh, et al Tutorial on the ISO Interlibrary Loan Protocol http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/iso/ill/readtut1.htm The Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 website: http://www.x12.org/ Z39.50 ANSI/NISO Z39.50, Information RetrievalApplication Service Definition and Protocol Specification http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-50.pdf Information Retrieval U.S. National Profile NISO Z39.89, The U.S. National Z39.50 Profile for Library Applications http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-89.pdf GILS (Global Information Locator Service) FIPS 192-1a, Application Profile for the Government Information Locator Service (GILS) http://www.gils.net/prof_v2.html Source: http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/RFP_Writers_Guide.pdf. The RFP Writers Guide to Standards for Library Systems This booklet is available for free download from the NISO website (http://www.niso.org/) 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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Traditional journal publisher support author right
by Mallikarjun 14 Mar '08

14 Mar '08

Dera Professionals Recent statement made by the traditional publishing groups STM/PSP/ALPSP In a recent white paper "Author and publisher right for academic use: An appropiate balance" given considerable support for author right as the industry standard. from the statement standard journal aggrement typicaly allow author, to to use their published paper in their own teaching and generally within thier institution for educational purpose; to send to their research collegue; to reuse portion of thier paper in further work; to post some version of the paper on a pre-print server thier IR or personal website. it is a good news that author can post to a pre-print server, it will be another success towords institutional repositories. Mallikarjun Professional Assistant(Library) VS Library IIM, Ahemadabad ...The Future is here, Its just unevenly distributed..... http://curiouslib.blogspot.com/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Operating System for India
by Abdunnasar. A 14 Mar '08

14 Mar '08

Dear All, C-DAC, Chennai has developed an operating system called BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions). It is a GNU/Linux distribution developed for enhancing the use of Free/Open Source Software in the country. Made specifically for the Indian environment , it consists of a pleasing Desktop environment coupled with Indian language support and other packages that are most relevant for use in the government domain. Subsequent versions will support the educational domain as well. CDs can be obtained from CDAC Centers: http://bosslinux.in/get-boss-cd/ Abdunnasar. A Scientist B (Library) Centre for Earth Science Studies Trivandrum --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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