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DRTC---Seminar on Next Generation Catalogues : User expectations
by Vinit kumar 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post Bangalore-560059 Seminar On *Next Generation Catalogues: User expectations* * * Since the days of Cutter, tools to access the resources of libraries are changing their structure and interface rapidly and dramatically to fulfill the dynamic user needs. Today almost every library user comes with expectations set and defined by their experience of using the Web. So the catalogues, which are offered by the libraries, need to operate at the same level of sophistication as other popular Web destinations. In the past decade people's expectations regarding search and *e*-access to information have dramatically changed. The proliferation of desktop computers, the increasing amounts of *"born digital" *content, and the advent of the Internet have all contributed to this. People expect to enter one or two words (or maybe a phrase) into a search box, click a button, get a ranked-list of relevant items returned, select an item from the results, and view/download the information. The process has to be quick, easy, and immediate. Even though people know that the information available from libraries is free and authoritative they often use libraries as a last resort because they see library systems are overwhelmingly associated with books, confusing, difficult to use, time consuming, complex and inconvenient. The seminar will examine the present developments and explore the likely future developments in re-designing the OPAC to support resource discovery. *Speaker:** *Vinit Kumar JRF** ***All are cordially invited*** Venue: DRTC Classroom Professor and Head Date: 14th December, 2007 DRTC Time: 2 p.m. -- Regards Vinit Kumar vinit(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in Junior Research Fellow Documentation Research and Training Cent re Bangalore M.L.I.Sc. (BHU) Varanasi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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... WHO has the password ?
by Satish Munnolli 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Recent issue of 'Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics' has an interesting editorial. Denying open access to published health-care research: WHO has the password? An 'extract' of the editorial is as below. The World Health Organization (WHO) has demonstrated exemplary foresight in highlighting that access to biomedical journals is a critical issue in developing countries and one of the many obstacles to improving health. In the year 2002, WHO initiated a unique program, HINARI, with the support of several major publishers. HINARI is presently providing open access to over 3,750 journal titles to institutions in 113 developing countries. Institutions in countries with GNI per capita (World Bank figures, 2006) below $1,000 are eligible for free access and those in countries with GNI per capita between $1,000 and $3,000 can gain access by paying a very reasonable fee of $1,000 per year / institution. However, clinicians and researchers in some very populous developing countries like India have been greatly disappointed that they are not considered eligible for HINARI. The GNI per capita as per the World Bank 2006 figures for some of the countries that have been excluded by HINARI, range from $770 for Pakistan, $820 for India, $1420 for Indonesia and $2010 for China. The HINARI website acknowledges that some developing countries with per capita GNP of less than US$3,000 have been denied open access through HINARI as 'the publishers participating in HINARI have not, for the time being, extended their offer to countries where they have significant levels of existing subscriptions and, in some cases, local sales staff.' It is unfortunate that business interests of western publishers has taken away the gloss from HINARI by denying open access to clinicians catering to the health needs of half of the world population. While the long list of 113 countries covered under HINARI looks very impressive, most of these are very small countries, with the combined population of countries in Band 1 being 1.2 billion; and in Band 2 as 0.3 billion. In contrast, the total population of China, India, Indonesia and Pakistan, the 4 most populous countries with a per capita GNI of less than $3000 but excluded from HINARI is 3 billion. Full text of the editorial is available at http://www.cancerjournal.net/article.asp?issn=0973-1482;year=2007;volume=3;… Interestingly, who support or oppose this call and has any suggestions are free to send their email response to the editorial of the journal site. Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 210 Ph: +91 22 2740 5026 Email: smunnolli(a)actrec.gov.in -- 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 Preserving Our Scientific Heritage
by Mohan Shivaramu 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Dear Friends With reference to our earlier communication dated 21st Nov 2007, regarding the National Workshop on Preserving Our Scientific Heritage. We would like to inform that the deadline for registration is extended up to 1st Jan 2008. Kindly check the website http://www.iiap.res.in/archives/ for updated information on scientific program. We encourage you to register online for participating in the workshop. Contact: Dr. Christina Birdie, Convener, National Workshop on Preserving Our Scientific Heritage, IIA, Bangalore 21-22, January, 2008 chris(a)iiap.res.in Mohan B S Indian Institute of Astrophysics Koramangala Bangalore - 560 034 India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Holiday Season Gift - EMBASE Classic - Free to end of the year 2007
by Tomas Allen 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Holiday Season Gift - EMBASE Classic - Free to end of the year 2007 Resource of the Month Each month, Ovid provides you with the opportunity to "test drive" a sampling of our content, tools and services - FREE of charge - through our Resource of the Month program. A different combination of resources is offered around the first business day of each month, so be sure to check back regularly to see what new resources are available. December Resource of the Month: EMBASE Classic Coverage: 1947-1973 Number of Records: 1,800,000 Indexes 43 biomedical and pharmacology Excerpta Medica print journals published 1947-1973. EMBASE Classic on Ovid Access to seminal scientific literature from the past is an important asset for today's researchers. Foundational literature is still relevant today and provides valuable insight into the origins of many scientific discoveries and how they've shaped modern practices. http://www.ovid.com/site/products/resource_of_the_month.jsp Resource of the Month Each month, Ovid provides you with the opportunity to "test drive" a sampling of our content, tools and services - FREE of charge - through our Resource of the Month program. A different combination of resources is offered around the first business day of each month, so be sure to check back regularly to see what new resources are available. December Resource of the Month: EMBASE Classic Coverage: 1947-1973 Number of Records: 1,800,000 Indexes 43 biomedical and pharmacology Excerpta Medica print journals published 1947-1973. EMBASE Classic on Ovid Access to seminal scientific literature from the past is an important asset for today's researchers. Foundational literature is still relevant today and provides valuable insight into the origins of many scientific discoveries and how they've shaped modern practices. http://www.ovid.com/site/products/resource_of_the_month.jsp Happy Holidays Tomas Allen WHO Library Geneva tomasallen_who(a)hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ i’m is proud to present Cause Effect, a series about real people making a difference. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_Cause_Effect -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Read More Books
by Mukesh - Monitor 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

The 26 Major Advantages to Reading More Books and Why 3 in 4 People Are Being Shut Out of Success If you are one of the non-book readers who feels you "don't need no stinking books", here are 26 great reasons to start the habit.before you are left behind! 1. Reading is an active mental process - Unlike TV, books make you to use your brain. By reading, you think more and become smarter. 2. It is a fundamental skill builder - Every good course on the planet has a matching book to go with it. Why? Because books help clarify difficult subjects. Books provide information that goes deeper than just classroom discussion. 3. Improves your vocabulary - Remember in elementary school when you learned how to infer the meaning of one word by reading the context of the other words in the sentence? You get the same benefit from book reading. While reading books, especially challenging ones, you will find yourself exposed to many new words you wouldn't be otherwise..... read full article by clicking on the link below: http://mokshaa.stumbleupon.com/ Best Wishes - - Mukesh Anand http://monitorlinks.typepad.com/ * It's Not What We Know, but What We Do That Matters * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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thanks
by Suchitra Das 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

my dear friends, many many thanks and good wishes to all, i am so happy that people have responded so nicely and provided me right information in right time.Really i am grateful to all especially who has sent me the scanned document within no time.May this New Year 2008 be a glorious year for you all.May the Supreme Being abide with all.May He shower the Divine Grace upon you all. i also admire our LIS forum a lot. wish you all with warm regards suchitra das library & documentation IMMT(RRL)bhubaneswar 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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Free Business& many Textbooks on Internet Library
by sri priya 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Free Internet Libraries for Students, Teachers, and Professionals The Business Book Mall, a 21st Century Learning Products company, provides inexpensive books and free stuff to help people develop the skills required to succeed in the fast paced quick changing world of the new millennium. http://www.businessbookmall.com/ Free Business Textbooks Internet Library http://www.businessbookmall.com/Free%20Business%20Books.htm 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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Information about M.Phil Programme
by Mailing List Admin 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:11:21 +0530 From: majid khan <rao.majid0786(a)gmail.com> Dear Members, I'm Majid Rao, recently completed my regular Master Degree in Library Science in the current academic year. I'm now searching for some institutes that offer M.Phil Degree in Distance education mode. Last year UGC had notified that the present academic year will be the last year during which universities will be allowed to offer M.Phil courses in the distance education mode. However, I'm told that some universities in the South have published their advertisement for M.Phil. degree for the year 2008. I would be thankful if somebidy can clarify on this. Majid Rao

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Professional Capability Building
by Rajan 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Dear All, A vibrant librarian needs to be conversant with the subject he deals with, library science and information technologies in the right mix with focus on practical utility to his professional job. Any library professional can become well versed in those three areas, if he pays a little attention and spends some time on the Internet, newspapers like The Hindu, All India Radio/Door Darshan or some quality books. That is not enough if he wants to improve further. He needs to concentrate more on developing his writing and presentation skills. He should be able to write anything with clarity, brevity, simplicity, logical sequencing etc and present anything with proper salutation, intonation, pace, tone etc, if he needs to remain as an able professional. All known professionals in any field have or developed those qualities. Needless to say that those skill sets cannot be attained without good reading which is an essential quality required for any librarian. If the librarian is a reasonably good reader of books, he can easily grasp the requirement of readers or information seekers and can mould his library collection and services in tune with their requirements. In order to develop those capabilities, the library schools can devote 30 minutes just before the lunch break every day for an internal seminar. In the seminar, a student should present a paper of around 500-1000 words on a topic of his passion. The paper must be chosen and prepared well ahead. The class mates and teachers should make the deliberations in the session a lively one benefiting each other. The busy teachers may benefit more from such session than probably the students. The session can be included for internal assessment of the students. Seminar session should be set by drawing 15 minutes each from the curricular sessions and the lunch time (say 12.45 to 1.15 PM). If the session is healthy and lively the discussions should continue during the lunch time too. The library schools get the last choice of students as they do not care to provide ample ambience to develop the personality of the students joining there. Whereas the management schools, even though they deal with a subject that cannot be worth mentioned even as a discipline, get high caliber students because of the availability of most conducive environment for developing anyone's capability fully. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India Ph 0487 - 2200244+208 (O) 2201428 (R) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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drtc colloquium on "Impact of e-resources on collection development" dated-13/12/07
by ajaz＠drtc.isibang.ac.in 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8th MILE MYSORE ROAD, BANGLORE-56005 DRTC COLLOQUIUM-4 (2007-2009) ON Impact of E-resources on Collection Development ABSTRACT There was a time when library resources consisted primarily of print-on-paper resources. It was easy to rely on book reviews and standard reference works as selection tools. The emergence of non-print materials such as audiovisual materials and e-resources has made the selection process more complex. With the advent of the Internet and library networks and consortia, the ability to simultaneously share virtual resources, cooperative collection development, through consortial arrangements has become possible. The colloquium will focus on growth of e-resources, their evaluation, and how the collection development has been affected by e-resources. FACETS SPEAKERS 1. Introduction Ajazur Rahman 2. Growth of E-resources Nihal Alam 3. Evaluation of E-resources Nitu Kumari 4. Library Cooperation & Collection Development Jamil Ahmad 5. Conclusion Kaushal Giri Venue : DRTC classroom Date : 13th of December, 2007 Time : 2:pm All are cordially invited K.S.Raghavan (Colloquium Coordinator) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Conference-NIFT
by sushanta kumar pathy 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

Dear All,The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) plans to offer a forum for encouraging greater collaborations by organizing an international conference on Building Knowledge Repositories: Cross-Sectoral Collaborations in February 7-9, 2008 at New Delhi during the proposed World book Fair 2008. For details click on the below link:http://www.niftindia.com/conference2008/index.htmRegards,Sushant Sushanta Kumar Pathy Resource Centre National Institute of Fashion Technology, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India Gandhinagar, Gujarat(INDIA) Ph. 079-23241849(Off) 09898162677 (M) http://www.gandhinagar.niftindia.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Collections of free online journals & Social and Health Electronic Portal : SHERPA
by Muniraju T 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

The Global Development Network (GDN) is a worldwide network of research Collections of free online journals and documents: The list below provides links to databases that provide access to free online journals or documents.Some databases link to both journals that provide full text access and those that provide access to abstracts or table of contents. http://www.gdnet. org/middle. php?oid=247 Social and Health Electronic Portal : SHERPA Many of the electronic journals (ejournals) listed below will be full text versions of the hard copy.Some will be electronic versions of the hard copy that will differ slightly as only selected content will be available in full text. Some sites will simply allow you to search or browse tables of contents for individual titles and collections of journals providing you with citation details and usually an abstract or summary of an article. http://www.sherpa. nhs.uk/Resource/ html_files/ ejnls.htm MUNIRAJU.T Central Library PES Institute of Technology t_muniraj(a)yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ Chat on a cool, new interface. No download required. 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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Welcome to Join the INDEST-AICTE Consortium
by Ajay Kum Sharma 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

Dear Library Professionals, INDEST Consortium welcomes all universities and AICTE approved institutions to join the INDEST-AICTE Consortium under its "self-supported category". You may also like to visit the INDEST-AICTE Web site (http://indest.iitd.ac.in or http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest) for further details. Please note that the INDEST-AICTE Consortium charges an annual membership fee of Rs. 2,000.00 that is payable along with the subscription cost for e-resources selected by you. The membership to the Consortium is charged only if you wish to subscribe to one or more resources. There is no point in sending membership alone. I will be happy to send you the invoice for subscription to resources selected by you. Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Project Associate, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Central Library, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 011-26596627 (O) 09868092479 (M) Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information Needed: Education Volumes from the past
by Tanika Chakraborty 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Dear All, I have been looking for some documents that are published by NCERT and/or the respective State counterparts(SCERT) and need your help in locating them.. I need DISTRICT LEVEL DATA from the 5th (1986-87) ALL INDIA EDUCATIONAL SURVEY (AIES). NCERT usually comes out with a report after each of their surveys with lists the India wide and state level details from the survey. However, we need district level data which they do not publish formally. I have come to know from fellow researchers at MIT, who have used the data before, and also from faculty members affiliated with NCERT, that the NCERT has the separate state volumes for the different states/UTs of India and the district data for each state can be obtained from those volumes. Some of the states might not be present at the NCERT library. They might be in the Central Secretariat library, the library of the Planning commission or other government libraries in Delhi. Most probably they will be with the libraries of the directorate of education of the relevant state since they are the ones who are linked with collecting and collating the data. I need those data for all the districts of India, and most importantly for West Bengal and Karnataka. Do you have any information about the location of these volumes? Please let me know your suggestions. Regards, Tanika. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Social Tagging and the Next Steps for Indexing
by Mailing List Admin 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 19:48:38 -0800 (PST) From: vimal kumar <vimal0212(a)yahoo.com> Dear Friends, Here is an interesting paper deposited in DLIST. Which discusss about Social tagging, as a particular type of indexing, has thrown into question the nature of indexing.This paper also addresses the question: what is next for indexing? comparing social tagging and subject cataloguing. http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/2091/ Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 www.asb.edu.in/vimal

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Online library
by Mailing List Admin 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 10:21:58 +0000 (GMT) From: ashokar kar <ashokarmlisc(a)yahoo.co.in> An online library now that allows readers to borrow books online and have them delivered to your doorstep within a matter of 24 hours. With a one time registration fee of Rs 499 and a refundable deposit of Rs 499, you can choose a billing plan that allows you to choose books depending on your pace of reading. Charges range from Rs 139/month (for those who want to read three books a month) to Rs 3,000/month (which allows you to borrow 12 books). You can see that library through this URL http://www.librarywala.com/web/Index.aspx Hiten Turakhia, one of the founders of this library, says he and five other friends were inspired by their college days struggle to get books. Everybody would chip in Rs100 to get reading material for their courses. Sitting at a coffee shop lat year decided to make it easier for today�s generation. Thus librarywala.com was born. The library six founder members have expertise in related fields like IT, marketing and management. Their market-savvy has clearly paid off, in over two months since its launch. The website, which is currently operational only in Mumbai with 8,000 titles, hopes to extend its operations to Bangalore and Pune by next year. As professionals we should think that behind of their inspiration because they are not LIS professionals still they are providing a kind of information service without knowing of fundamental knowledge of regarding fields. As we know we can do such things to improve the library services in an innovative way. Regards Ashoka R. Librarian, Maharaja Institute of Technology, Mysore.

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Assist. Librarian - vacancy in AICTE
by sri priya 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

SL. NO. 05: ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN, SCALE OF PAY : Rs. 6,500-200-10,500/-, Post:01, (01-UR), Age limit: Not exceeding 35 years. (on direct recruitment basis) http://www.aicte.ernet.in/download/ADVERTISEMENT_2_.doc URL : http://www.aicte.ernet.in/ Regards, S.Sripriya Librarian Bangalore ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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A.D.I.Sc is equivalent to M.L.I.Sc
by Suchitra Das 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

dear friends, regards and good wishes to all.please any body can provide us that A.D.I.Sc is equivalent to M.L.I.Sc.i am working in IMMT library bhubaneswar, sister organisation of C.S.I.R.I have qualified A.D.I.Sc from DRTC, bangalore.our office needs it.we would be more help ful the recognisation of ADISc to MLISc by csir can be sent to me.it is urgent thaks, with regards. suchitra das Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on 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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Required Librarian in Indian Council of World Affairs
by Mailing List Admin 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 09:33:59 +0530 From: Ajay Kum Sharma <ajaysharma.lib(a)gmail.com> Dear Colleague, The Indian Council of World Affairs(ICWA), an institution of national importance, established under the ICWA Act, 2001, invites applications for the post of LIBRARIAN with a consolidated contract amount of Rs.40,000/- per month. *QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:* *QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:* Master's degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation or an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% marks. At least 10 years experience in a responsible capacity in a University level Library/Head of Library of a reputed research organisation. Candidates should be well-versed in the usage of Library Software. *OR* Master's degree in Arts/Science/Commerce or equivalent degree with at least fifty five percent marks or its equivalent grade with Bachelor's degree in Library Science/Information Science /Documentation or an equivalent professional degree with at least fifty five percent marks or its equivalent grade plus a consistently good academic record. At least 10 years experience in a responsible capacity in a University level Library. Should be well conversant with various activities of an academic and modern library, such as procurement and processing of books and periodicals, computerization of Library, supervision and maintenance of Library materials, reprography, binding unit etc. and general library administration. Experience and knowledge of modern information handling tools, knowledge of any foreign language such as German, French or Russian will be added qualifications. *Maximum Age:* 45 years as on 01-01-08. *GENERAL INFORMATION* 1. *The applications should be submitted by 24 December, 2007 addressed to Dy. Director, Indian Council of World Affairs, Sapru House, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi � 110 001.* 2. Candidates should submit their CV and photocopies of their educational certificates/testimonials. 3. Candidates serving in Government/Semi-Government organization or Educational Institution must apply through proper channel. Alternatively, they should submit "No Objection Certificate" from their employer while appearing for interview. Candidates failing to produce 'NOC' will not be interviewed. 4. The contract will be for 2 years extendable to a maximum of 5 years. Probation period will be three months. 5. Selection will be through interview only. The ICWA will make preliminary screening of the applications. Thus, merely fulfilling the requirements laid-down in the advertisement will not automatically entitle a candidate to be called for interview. 6. Any direct or indirect canvassing, will be considered as a disqualification. 7. No TA/DA for appearing in the interview will be admissible. Acting Director General Indian Council of World Affairs Sapru House, Barakhambha Road, New Delhi-110001. Email: *dg(a)icwa.in* Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Project Associate, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Central Library, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 011-26596627 (O) 09868092479 (M) Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/

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LIS Education
by Mailing List Admin 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 11:39:00 +0000 (GMT) From: vinay shaligram <shaligram_vinay(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professionals, I would like to add one comment here regarding the course curriculum of LIS. I am not up to that level from where I can speak on this vast subject but I feel this is a serious matter so I want to say that if it possible then National knowledge Commission takes the initiative to structure the syllabus of BLIS and MLIS and the syllabus must be same all over India, right now we see different subjects are being taught in different Universities, so the student who studied from the Banglore or from Delhi University have the more knowledge than the student who studied from any other universities, the differences in the curriculum makes a big difference in the professional life. So it is my request to LIS Forum Pl pass my message to the right person or I request the senior professionals to put their views on this matter. regards Vinay S. Librarian SunBeam Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

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Protecting Olive Tree from the Lexus
by vasanth raj 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Dear Sir/Madam, This is in response to some of the issues that raised by the respected information Profs. The topics that we have been discussing for the past few days have been completely driven by the notion of globalization. Technology should be a part of the curriculum and every new entrant should be in a position to upgrade his knowledge to stay in the competition. The question is, should we completely embrace the technology or is there nothing to study in the library domain except few facets. As Dillon points out that technology has permeated all we do in this field; it is a foundational for the discipline in the twenty-first century, not a component that can be ignored or taught separately. But Dillons above verbatim emphasizes is that we do need technology to thrive in the 21st century but not to the extent that we should wear the mask of the technologists or software designers. Even the modern technologies that we have been using over the years in one or the other way have molded and designed based on the traditional concept of information organization. It is note worthy here to mention the classic work of Lickliders Libraries of the future, where Licklider talks so eloquently about the contribution that library science dsicpline brought into shape the procognitive systems of the 60s. He went on to emphasize the inter-disciplinary collaboration by putting the library science as a core, which could contribute immensely for the enhancement of the human-computer interactions in the future. What all these shows is that library science domain is as relevant as forever. But we do change according to the needs of the present environment. It is not that we should completely forget the library domain and embrace technology. Education is a life long process and every day we have to learn new things and upgrade our knowledge. One of the participants have mentioned that he has lost is job simple because of that he is from different stream. MNCs run with the profit motives and they recruit who best suit to their work environment. That is altogether different context. Another aspects is that libraries in India especially Govt schools and colleges are in very bad condition, whenever we get a chance to work in that environment., librarians are not respected, so the need is the quality of the libraries and creating the awareness among others about the importance of the library. In England and America parents always take their children to book store and cultivate reading habits in a early age, but this is not the case in our country. Why this aspects I have mentioned here is that the discussion is completely driven by the motto of train young minds to be an employee of the MNCs not to make them to see the problems that we Indians are facing. Over the years 117000 farmers have committed suicide in India- one of the reason for this is the lack of information. So here comes the role of the librarians and information professionals. I conclude this by quoting the Dillions words the organization and management of information, the digital divide, the level of literacy in our society, and freedom of access to published information have become mainstream issues for our culture. This may be a once in a century opportunity to convince those in the power that the field has a real contribution to make. Ref: Dillon, A. and Norris, A. (2005) Crying Wolf: an examination and reconsideration of the perception of crisis in LIS education. Journal of Education in Library and Information Science, 46,4 280-298. Your Sincerely Vasantha Raju N Mysore --------------------------------- 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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Exposure to the world of information
by Mailing List Admin 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 19:45:20 +0530 (IST) From: Vijay Deshabag <vijaydeshabag(a)yahoo.co.in> Hi this is Vijay Deshabag presently working as Libaray trainee in Advanced centre for Treatement Research and Education in Cancer, Mumbai. I wanted to comment on the issue of adding the syllabus what i think and what i suggest is that during the final year of mlisc the students must be given an exposure to work with various libraries free of cost a sort of internship progaramme of one month, so that they will get exposed to various tools and tecnologies of librarianship.This will make them more confident enough to face the interviews, perhaps some of the university have such programes but with collaboration with various research centres, information centres etc it can be done more systematically as the practical knowledge will be very usefull to the students rather than giving them theorotical exposure. Vijay J Deshabag Library Trainee Advance Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer(ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Kharghar, Navi Mumbai-410208 E-mail:deshabag@gmail.com

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Census of India Data online
by Shamprasad Pujar 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

Dear Members, Census of India has released their new website starting from Sept, 2007. The new site provides comprehensive data up to State level free of cost for registered members. Registration is free for every one. The comprehensive district and village data is not available from the website, it needs to be purchased from Census offices. More than that the site is also available in few foreign languages viz French, German, Italian, Portugese and few more languages are in beta mode. More details can be had from the site at: http://www.censusindia.gov.in Regards, Dr. S.M. Pujar University Librarian Shivaji University Vidyanagar KOLHAPUR-416 004 Phone: 0231-2609204 E-mail: smp_lib(a)unishivaji.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Departments need Accreditation System and New Courses
by J. K. Vijayakumar 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Dear Colleagues, It is good to see the ongoing discussion about integration of ICT technologies to LIS Courses in India. I agree that we need to incorporate ICT in LIS Syllabus, and most of the Departments have done that already. I doubt about the quantity practical orientation provided by them, it varies from one to another. A good IT lab with latest hardware and software is still a dream for many of the Departments. Few of them have collaboration with IT / Computer Science departments. This is the era or Globalisation and Specialisation. India is trying to become a developed nation, and we have to think from this background. In this regards, I have two points to discuss. 1. Our main problem is that, we do not have a "National Accreditation Process for Library Science Programmes" in India. NAAC accredits the Universities as a total. There are national library associations bearing this responsibility in developed nations, like ALA for USA, CILIP for UK etc. The accreditation process is carried out regularly and Departments will get accreditation for 5 /6 years. The course, syllabus, teaching methods, ability of faculty, facilities etc are standardised or regularised through this process. Departments failing in accreditation can not attract students, because the employers always prefer to appoint candidates with an accredited degree. If we implement this system in India, we can set standards for LIS Departments and its courses. We can approach associations from other countries to get our Courses recognised, may be in developed countries like USA and UK. Indian Library Association should take up this issue and find out the ways to start accreditation process in India. This will help us in making our candidates globally accepted. With my experience, I know that it is not simple as I wrote here, but we should start somewhere. 2. Second point is about starting new (specialised) courses. If you watch LIS Departments in developed countries, you can see atleast two or three master level courses are offered by them. Those are specialised courses, but clearly fits in our area of services, like Knowledge Management, Information Science, Medical/Helath librarianship, Information Systems, Electronic Information Management, Digital Libraries, School Librarianship etc apart from pure Library and Information Science. In India, our tendency is that, we compress all these subjects in to a 2 year course and call it as MLISc. Along with MLISc, why can't we think of starting few more Masters from any of the above mentioned areas. We also need specialisation in our Courses to supply specialised library professionals to the present vibrant job market. Market needs Knowledge Managers, Digital Librarians, Medical Librarians, Information Analysts etc. For this, along with the present faculty members, we may need new members or collaboration with other departments. I hope our teachers, practitioners and celebreties in Indian LIS will give importance to these two points. Thanks for reading. Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar --------------------------------- Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Infolibrarian is back!!!
by moumita dey 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Dear All, one of our favourite site Infolibrarian, now can be accessed at http://www.infolibrarian.com/index.htm. We missed it for long days!! Search through Google still results in portlandX, means some more problems are still there. But the desired page is accessible directly using the above mentioned link. rgrds, Moumita Dey -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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