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Google Docs and Spreadsheets
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

Dear Friends Just in case you do not know. Google Docs and spreadsheets are a great way to compose documents in a co-operative way. Google spreadsheet NOW allows you compose a form for collecting data for a survey, send the form to your friends via email, have them filled out & submitted via submit link in the form, then have the data go directly into a spreadsheet you have made! Only analysis remains! Even this may be automated. This is a boon to librarians doing all kinds of surveys among their clients. No special programming skills are needed. http://docs.google.com/ -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278 http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Experience in a workshop
by Jinu Sudhakaran 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear Friends. Last Day(24th-25thMarch. 2008) I attended a National Workshop on Building Digital Libraries using DSpace, (Organised Jointly by School of Engineering & Centre For Information Resource Management (CIRM) Cochin University of Science & Technology in Collaboration with Central Library, IIT Madras). It was such a good experience for me.Unlike other workshops which give importance for the resource persons expertise, this workshop stood different, which gave good emphasis for the participants and I believe that the seminar inculcated good knowledge about Dspace.It dealt with the practical and theoretical session of Dspace. In the practical session good emphasis was given for How to Install Dspace in Windows. Earlier I believed or in other words most of my colleagues told me installing Dspace is a herculean task, which could be installed only with the help of a computer professional. But by attending this workshop, I am confident, and I could confidently say that we Library Professionals also can install dspace with minimal efforts and which would contribute a revolutionary change in the Open Access Movement by setting up our Digital Repositories using Dspace. I would like to Congragulate all the team members especially Resource Person G.Santhosh Kumar and Workshop Co-ordinator Surendran Cherukodan who took all the efforts to organise such a wonderful workshop Thanking You Jinu Sudhakaran Research Scholar DLIS University of Kerala JINU SUDHAKARAN ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Jinu Sudhakaran Research Scholar DLIS, University of Kerala --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Renumeration for Internship
by Swati Gajakose 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

I completely agree with Snehal. I say you are right Snehal. MLISc and BLISc Graduates are not paid much as interns and also as regular employees and to add insult to injury non-qualified staff (10th and 12th pass people with no library science background) are given status on par with a MLISc/BLISc graduates. Why is it that librarians themselves give step-motherly treatment to the freshers (MLISc and BLISc graduates) in this profession? A measly salary of 3000/- or 7000/- only discourages. Swati Gajakose Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. To know how, 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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Dspace 1.5 release
by Mallikarjun 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear Professionals The DSpace community is pleased to announce the release of DSpace 1.5! This is an important release of DSpace with many new features, including a completely new theme-able Manakin user interface, SWORD integration, many new configurable options, and scalability improvements. Please Visit http://www.dspace.org// Mallikarjun Dora 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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Programme for circulation
by Mailing List Admin 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:52:22 +0530 From: Ratnakar Aspari <aspari_r(a)hotmail.com> RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE J8/123, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi We have the pleasure to announce the 129th Monthly Meeting of RRC on 29th March, 2008 (5th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. Venue : National Social Science Documentation Center, Firoz Shah Road, Near Mandi House Metro Station, New Delhi-110 001 Speaker : Smt. Jayapradha Ravindran National Archives of India, New Delhi Topic : Archival Information and Collection at National Archives of India Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, SUBHASH DESHMUKH

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ALA releases report of its study on library service for non-English Speakers.
by Sukhdev Singh 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear Friends, ALA has released a report of it's study on library service for non-English Speakers. .."The findings presented in this study can provide a venue for developing better and more precise materials, services and programs for those linguistically isolated".. .."American Library Association (ALA) study provides new information about library services and programs developed for non-English speakers, including effectiveness of services, barriers to library use, most frequently used services and most success library programs by language served".. Full report is available from http://snipr.com/22pzh --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reduced Sized File of our Panjab University Seminar Paper Presentation
by Sukhdev Singh 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear Friends, Some of you had problems in downloading the power point presentation of our recent paper on OpenMED@NIC [From http://snipr.com/229f4 and http://openmed.nic.in/2762/] . It was due to large size of the file. I have now created a PDF file that contains heavily reduced quality pictures but is of much lighter in size about 2 MB as compared to original presentation of 16 MB. This File has been uploaded to OADL Group under files[ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl/ ] section and should be available from http://snipr.com/22pxt directly. If still you feel that it should be mailed to you, please let me know. Thanks --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian's E-Library
by vimal kumar 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear Friend, Karen Muller, ALA Librarian and Knowledge Management Specialist, used the Google Co-op Custom Search Engine (CSE) to build this useful tool. and explains the goal of its use is "to be able to focus searches of web-based materials...," adding that, "Although many of the sites [included], particularly the association sites, have 'business information,' they are rich resources for articles on the range of library activitiescollection management, security issues, preservation, reader services, service to special populations, management, statistics, etc. At least at the outset, all the sites are live, active sites that are information rich." Link http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=015271347771663724636%3Acmwvisovdsg Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 http://www.asb.edu.in/vimal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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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UNESCO Training the Trainers (TTT) Regional Workshop on Information Literacy at Punjabi Unioversity, Patiala
by Jagtar Singh 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear All, You would be glad to know that UNESCO had initiated a project entitled "Train the Trainers (TTT) Workshops on Information Literacy". In all 12 Workshops are being organized throughout the globe. Punjabi University is hosting the "TTT Regional Workshop on Information Literacy (IL) for South and South Asia" from 5-7 November 2008. In this workshop, IL trainers and other interested professionals from 14 countries of South and Central Asia are expected to participate. The number of participants will be between 30-50 and facilitators for this workshop will be of international standing. This is only a very brief information for the stakeholders. More information will be flashed in the next mail and also put on a dedicated web page created by us for this purpose. All the information will be available to the interested professionals during the first week of April 2008. Nevertheless for immediate information, please send your queries to: TTTW.Patiala(a)gmail.com or jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Profound regards, Jagtar -- Dr. Jagtar Singh, TTT-IL Workshop Coordinator & Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Standing Committee Member, IFLA Information Technology Section Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Tel: +91 (0)175 304 6179 (Work) +91 (0)175 228 2727 (Home) Fax: +91 (0)175 228 3073 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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need fllowing papers
by Yashwant G Kanade 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear Moderator, Could you please broadcast this message to LIS-FORUM members? It is needed by one of our Ph.D. student urgently. With Warm Regards Yashwant Kanade. ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: need fllowing papers From: "Ashok Kumar Mallik" <ashok(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in> Date: Wed, March 26, 2008 2:11 pm To: kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Sir, Could you please get me following papers which are published in Russian Journal of Herpetology and Dumerilia. I am writing my PhD proposal so I need them. 1) Orlov N. L. and Ryabov S. A. (2002), A new species of the genus Boiga (Serpentes, Colubridae, Colubrinae) from Tanahjampea Island and description of black form of Boiga cynodon complex from Sumatra (Indonesia), Russ. J. Herpetol., 9(1), 33 56. 2) Orlov N. L., Kudryavtzev S. V., Ryabov S. A., and Shumakov O. V. (2003a), A new species of genus Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae) and color atlas of boigas from Bengkulu Province (Sumatra, Indonesia), Russ. J. Herpetol., 10(1), 33 52. 3) Orlov N. L., Ryabov S. A., Nguyen V. S., and Nguyen Q. T. (2003b), New records and data on the poorly known snakes of Vietnam. Russ. J. Herpetol., 10(3), 217 240. 4) Pauwels O. S. G., Laohawat O.-A., David P., Bour R., Dangsee P., Puangjit C., and Chimsunchart C. (2000), Herpetological investigations in Phang-Nga Province, southern Peninsular Thailand, with a list of reptile species and notes on their biology, Dumerilia, 4(2), 123 154. Thanks Yours sincerely Ashok ================================================= ASHOK KUMAR MALLIK Research Scholar Centre for Ecological Sciences INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE BANGALORE PIN:560012 INDIA ------------------------------------------------- e-mail: ashokgene(a)gmail.com Phone:+919986919048 ================================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner @CES, and is believed to be clean. -- 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.

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JNU, New Delhi's vacancy for Librarian & Library Attendant
by Mukesh Anand 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear Members', Jawaharlal Nehru University has notified for the post of Librarian & Library Attendant. Details r available on following web link. http://www.jnu.ac.in/Career/Advertisement_2008.doc Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Indian Railways Officers' Training College Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Talk (All India Radio, Bangalore) - Dr.K.N. Prasad
by SRELS 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear Moderator : Kindly announce the following for the benefit of LIS-FORUM subscribers. S. Chitra Devi, Staff, SRELS ***** Dr. K.N. Prasad, Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore, will be presenting 'Chintana' on All India Radio, Bangalore on 2nd, 12th and 22nd April 2008 at 6.30 am. -- 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 26 Mar '08

26 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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, and is believed to be clean.

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concept of pay & publish your paper
by sunil satpathy 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear Professionals, You all may be aware that now a concept has been developed in our field that "you pay and publish your paper " particularly in case of Seminar/conference Volume which I think is the detoriation of quality of these publications.It is a matter of great regrate that the Natial associations like IASLIC,ILA etc are also demanding money with the paper even if these associations are not financially able to publish a pre seminar/conference volume without collecting money. When we are saying about the development of LIS profession and professionals ,we should think what short of development can be acheived with this system. So I draw your kind attention towards this emerging concept which aims to detoriate the quality of LIS literatures,education and profession. thanking you Dr Sunil Kumar Satpathy Sr.Librarian C.V.Raman College of engineering Bhubaneswar,Orissa --------------------------------- Why delete messages? Unlimited storage is just a click away. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Future Libraries - Interview
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear Friends, The *Times of India* published an interview of Claudia Lux, New President of IFLA on 26th March 2008 (Page No. 20). She had spoke about future libraries and answered some of the questions like, (i) How has technology impacted libraries? (ii) What will the future library be like? (iii) Is there a role for the govt. in managing libraries? (iv) Do you have a programme for libraries in developing counties etc., 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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NewGenLib open source web site using a Content Management System (CMS)
by L J Haravu 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear Members I am very happy to announce that the open source NewGenLib software's web site www.newgenlib.com now has been revamped to use an open source Content Management Software (CMS) called Drupal. The use of a CMS makes lfe extremely easy to administer and update web sites such as ours. I invite professionals to visit the site. This will now be frequently updated. Best regards. Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Remunaration for internship
by Snehashree Rahalkar 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

Dear Professionals, I have seen a lots of advertisements here for internship or for contractaul positions. But remunaration or stipend is too low from 3000-7000 for MLISc or BLISc level. Dont u think so for a master level remuranation should be more than 10,000. Dont u think so itz a degradation of our profession? A simple BA,Bcom or BSc guy also get more than that. What you say? Snehashree Shriram Rahalkar. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book needed!
by Mailing List Admin 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:12:51 +0530 (IST) From: Riki Krishnan <riki(a)ias.ernet.in> Dear All I would like to know if your library has the book mentioned below: "Travers, M. W. : A Life of Sir William Ramsay K.C.B., FRS; Edward Arnold Publishers: London, 1956" With regards Riki Krishnan *************************************************************************** Riki Krishnan * Indian Academy of Sciences * C.V. Raman Avenue, P.B. No. 8005 * 121 AECS Layout Sadashivanagar, Bangalore 560 080 * Between 14th & 15th Cross Tel: +91-80-361 2310/222 * Sanjaynagar Fax: +91-80-361 6094 * Bangalore 560 094 E-mail: riki(a)ias.ernet.in * Tel: +91-80-334 3812 (Res.) rikikrishnan(a)mailcity.com * ommriki(a)yahoo.com * *************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Endowment Lecture on Digital Libraries at MyDLIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore has instituted an endowment lecture series on digital libraries at the Department of Library and Information Science (MyDLIS), University of Mysore, Mysore. Four lectures were held previously. Prof. Vijay V. Raghavan, Professor of Computer Science, University of Louisiana, Lafayette (USA) will be delivering a endowment lecture on "Text Mining for Knowledge Discovery from Biomedical Digital Libraries" on 27th March 2008 at 4 PM. Sri. N.V. Sathyanarayana, Chairman and Managing Director, Informartics (India) Ltd., Banglore, will be the Guest of Honour. Prof. T.C. Shivashankar Murthy, Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore, Mysore will preside over the function. The venue of the event is Rani Bhaddhur Auditoriam, Bahadur Institute of Management Sciences, Mysore All are cordially invited. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation to ALSD Formation Day Celebrations on 7th April 2008
by Dimple Patel 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

Dear Professional Colleagues, Its my pleasure to invite you to the FORMATION DAY CELEBRATIONS (on the UGADI day) of Academy of Library Science and Documentation (ALSD) on Monday, the 7th of April, 2008 at 4.30 pm at City Central Library, Ashok Nagar, Hyderabad. As part of the Celebrations, a Guest Lecture by Prof. E. Rama Reddy, Visiting Professor, Mahasarakham University, Thailand (Formerly, Librarian, IGM Library, University of Hyderabad) is organized on LIS Education in Thailand: a Comparative Account. Your gracious presence at the Celebrations shall be greatly appreciated. Yours sincerely, Dr. K.H. Sunitha, General Secretary, Academy of Library Science and Documentation (ALSD). --------------------------------- Save all your chat conversations. Find them online. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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vacancies in an engineering college - hyderabad
by Sridhar K 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

Applications are invited for the posts of Librarian > & Library Assistant, for a new engineering college > in Hyderabad affiliated to JNTU & Approved by > A.I.C.T.E. New Delhi. > > Qualififcations & Experience > > 1. Librarian : MLISc with first class ( 0-3 Years of > Experience) > > 2. Library Assistant : CLISc (0-5 years of > experience) > > Mail your resume to: > > kanakanala(a)rediffmail.com, kanakanala(a)gmail.com > > > > K SRIDHAR REDDY > BRAHMOS AEROSPACE, DRDL Campus > KANCHANBAGH > HYDERABAD - 500058 > ANDHRA PRADESH > INDIA -- K SRIDHAR REDDY -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop cum Training Programme on Web Page Design
by Arunachalam Hariharan 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

Workshop cum Training Programme on Web Page Design Jointly Organized by Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai And Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science SALIS Chennai Chapter Date 18-19 Apr 2008 Venue Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai About the Workshop Libraries are undergoing tremendous changes due to revolution of ICT. Internet, web resources, digital libraries, ICT tools and techniques, etc have made a significant change in the existing library system services. Librarians need to play a variety of roles to meet the demands, requirements and expectations of the users and institutions. Library professionals need to learn and update their skills to perform various tasks and roles which are required in the digital era. Objectives The training programme will provide unique opportunity to LIS professionals to design, and develop web pages on their own using various tools and techniques Topics covered Web Page, Web site, Home page Web Server, Browser, Anatomy of URL Web Page Design, Concept and guidelines Elements of a Web page (title, web address, contents, design, structure and hyperlinks) Library website design and contents The Basics of HTML and XML Overview of HTML - Basic Tags CSS Macromedia Dream weaver basics interface inserting pictures and images using frames- multimedia - Adding multimedia elements working with layers Adobe Photoshop features basic - design- manipulation Button- animation drawing photo effects Adobe Flash Introduction Flash in HTML tweening guide tween- shape button animation sound integration Integration of images and flash files in web page linking Installation and Configuration of IIS Web server Web Hosting Web site maintenance Maintenance of Web sites Do's and Don't Do's Methodology Lecture, presentation and Hands on Experience. Computer will be provided for practical training Faculty Experts from Industry and Professional Web page developers Eligibility & Fee Practicing Librarians, information professionals. LIS Professionals (SALIS members) Rs.350 Other Professionals Rs. 500 Students Rs. 300 The registration fee includes Workshop kit, working lunch and tea for two days. (Only 30 participants, first come first serve) Registration Intending participants are requested to fill-up and send the attached form along with a DD in favour of The Principal Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai, towards the registration fee on or before 10th Apr08. Completed registration form can be sent to: Mrs. Sivakami Senior Librarian SRI SAI RAM ENGINEERING COLLEGE Sai Leo Nagar, West Tambaram, Chennai - 600 044. Tamil Nadu. India Phone : 044- 2238 0031 / 2238 3322 / 2238 3377 / 2238 1177 7333 Email : Librarian(a)srisairamengg.com n_siva70(a)yahoo.co.in Web Page Design 18-19 Apr 2008 Registration Form Name Designation Name of the Institution Address for Communication Tel. : Off Res. E-mail ID Mobile No. Particulars of Payment (Bank Draft) Name of the Bank : __________________ Rs. _________ D D No. _______________ Date _______________ Signature Last date : 20.04.2008 About Sri Sai Ram Engineering College Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai, established in the year 1995 by MJF.Ln.Leo Muthu, Chairman of Sapthagiri Educational Trust, is non-profitable, and non-minority institution. The College is functioning at Sai Leo Nagar in a sprawling campus of 300 acres. The college buildings are architecturally designed with 25,000 sq. meters plinth area as per AICTE norms. The college aims in providing quality technical education to both urban and rural students from Tamil Nadu as well as other states. Sri Sai Ram Institute of Management and Computer Applications, a unit of Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, was established in 1997, and it offers MBA and MCA programmes. Sri Sai Ram Engineering College has developed into a reputed Engineering Institution with ISO 9001: 2000 Certification. All the Engineering programs got accredited by National Board of Accreditation. Offering top quality technical education and molding the younger generation with the spirit of service to society, the college has spared no efforts to induct dedicated faculty and provide adequate infrastructure facilities. The college is affiliated to Anna University and also approved by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi. The college has an excellent library, fully computerized and air-conditioned with Reference Section, Magazine Section and Stack Area. Presently there are more than 29,346 books and reference volumes stacked for the benefit of staff and students. The library subscribes more than 180 specialized journals, over one third of them being international --------------------------------------------- A.Hariharan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Collection development of annual reports
by vimal kumar 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

Hi Friends, I would like to know the availability of Annual Reports of Indian companies in DVD or CD. Whats the procedure to request Annual Reports (print copy) directly from companies? I sent letters to many companies requesting print copy of annual reports, but no one responded positively. Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 http://www.asb.edu.in/vimal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IFLA President in the hindu metoplus
by shihabudeen kunju 23 Mar '08

23 Mar '08

*Beyond words * ** ** ** Claudia Lux talks to SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY about how to make a roomful of books vibrant Photos: V.V. Krishnan *Of untapped potential International Federation of Library Associations President Claudia Lux in New Delhi * How many of us go to a public library these days? Honestly, not many. If you ask yourself why, the answer might vary from shortage of time for such luxuries, to easy accessibility of the Internet for information, to how such libraries are often full of only old books, many of which might be sitting on the shelves for years as someone tore off their vital pages. And then, there are the better run private libraries to rummage through or say those run with excellent facilities run by the likes of The British Council, The American Center, Max Mueller Bhavan, etc. Plus the convenience of having specialised libraries these days, some even digitalised, with multiple services for members with an interest in medicine, arts, culture, and so on. Stemming the tide Claudia Lux, President, International Federation of Library Associations, understands the times the public libraries are going through the world over in the age of immediate responses, specialisation and the IT revolution. But Lux also knows how this tide can be stemmed. "What you need first is a positive attitude," she says. And that is what, adds the German native, "I have told the delegates here." Lux is in New Delhi to take part in "Libraries on the Agenda!", an international seminar on library advocacy, organised by Max Mueller Bhavan this past week. The seminar emerged from the National Knowledge Commission's recommendations to turn our libraries into resource centres to help India become a knowledge hub. The NKC's list of recommendations also includes a library commission. "Such a body to look into library affairs can be useful, but what is also required is the coming together of library operators, private and public, to send out one voice to the commission to usher in changes," she feels. Talking about possibilities, she cites the Parliamentary library in Buenos Aires which has 24 hours free Internet facility for the public. "It has got four awards for creating possibilities for citizen participation." Then, there is a small library in one of the remotest corners of Malaysia with no phone connection. "With the help of the regional library, it now has Internet facility for the villagers besides providing information to farmers about special crops, market prices, etc." The possibilities are many, she says. "You can do a lot by connecting rural libraries to the regional ones." Though India has a culture of community libraries as in Kerala, "one needs more of that. Finally, all you need is Rs.60,000 to set up a good community library and Rs.30,000 annually to maintain it." On her second trip to India after a gap of over three decades, Lux has visited some city libraries. "The specialised libraries here have excellent competence," she feels, referring to the digitised library at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. She liked the Parliamentary library too. "Do you know, it has a children's corner too?" she asks excitedly. But what she saw in the Delhi Public Library was far from satisfactory. "Its children's corner particularly needs a change. It is too dark, has too many old books. Also as a central library, it is very small," she comments, adding, "It however has just started an Internet facility." Lux sums up with a clincher. "To make public libraries popular, more than policy designers, we need dynamic heads of libraries." *Libraries on the Agenda* *Stefan Dreyer, Regional Director, Max Mueller Bhavan * "The National Knowledge Commission's emphasis on making India a knowledge resource is extremely interesting. Taking this as a cue, we thought of providing a platform for exchange of ideas and also to bring perspectives on library advocacy from Europe. What followed is the international seminar on library advocacy, "Libraries on the Agenda". We hope to have created a new network, and maybe there will be follow-ups on the ideas discussed here." *Getting it right * ** ** ** ** Germany's Wurzburg public library director on how a promotional strategy restored its popularity Photo: V.V. Krishnan *The strategist Hannelore Vogt in New Delhi * Hannelore Vogt doesn't have that typical look of a staid librarian sitting behind an old table at a dank public library, with the hum of a lazy ceiling fan for company. She has a spring in her step, a wide grin on her cherry red lips, and a success story to relate. A story that many public libraries can learn from. If at all those who man them want to take the pains to make people see a library as much more than a mere house of old books. A bubbly Vogt, sitting on the lawns of New Delhi's Max Mueller Bhavan, takes out a file of computer printouts to illustrate her tale — how she, as the director of Germany's Wurzburg public library, turned it around. "We could have put our hands up and requested the Government to help us. But this would have given an impression to the public that it is an old library of no use. So we took the reins in our hands," says Vogt, here to share her experience at an international seminar on library advocacy. Brainstorming sessions with her staff led to an effective marketing strategy, to bring the public back to the once-popular library. Companies and cash Flipping the pages, she shows what that strategy was. "We went to some local companies. That included a popular roast chicken outlet and a well-known winery. When it comes to giving cash, companies often cringe, but they love to give their products," explains Vogt. So what worked out is this: "The winery pasted a picture of our library on a Riesling wine bottle, and we got 25 cents from every bottle that sold. Wurzburg is a tourist destination and it helped our cause, as people liked the picture of that place's library to take back home." The 25-cent strategy worked with the chicken outlet too. "We roped in the city mayor, and the local newspapers carried her picture selling chicken for the library." Children's events were also organised, and the prize was a night stay at the library. "We didn't have money, so we thought of that and made it exciting with activities like storytelling, etc." Also, a company made bags for plays that were mounted in the local theatres. With such schemes, Vogt and her staff turned a forgotten library into a public hub. "We used the money to give people more and more facilities. The continuous activities kept us in news," she states. So, it was only natural the Wurzburg public library was given the German Library of the Year Award in 2003. And became for the staid public libraries, a much-needed example. S.B.P -- Shihabudeen Kunju. S # 21, A-24, Patel Chest Universtiy of Delhi Delhi-7 mob: 09911928321 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Pronetos: Social network for scholar
by Mallikarjun 23 Mar '08

23 Mar '08

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