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Post a slogan for UNESCO's celebrating World Information Society Day 2008
by Puna Das 19 May '07

19 May '07

17 May - World Information Society Day World Information Society Day is celebrated each year on 17 May to remind the world of the vision of the World Summit on the Information Society to build “a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented information society” based on fundamental human rights. UNESCO refers to these societies as Knowledge Societies based on four fundamental principles: freedom of expression, universal access to information and knowledge, respect for cultural and linguistic diversity, equal access to quality education. This year, UNESCO dedicates the Day to the principle of universal access to information and knowledge. Post a slogan for UNESCO's celebrating World Information Society Day 2008 on the theme of respect for cultural and linguistic diversity. World Information Society Day 2008 will be devoted to the principle of respect for cultural and linguistic diversity. UNESCO invites everybody to submit proposals for a slogan on the theme of respect for cultural and linguistic diversity. UNESCO intends to select one of the proposals for its campaign for the World Information Society Day 2008. Submit your proposal at: http://www.unesco.org/cgi-bin/webworld/communitycontribution/page.cgi?g=isd… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_bib/ http://www.unesco.org/newdelhi/ http://www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Office firewalls, cyber cafes, college labs, don't allow you to download CHAT? Click here: 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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UGC SAP for MyDLIS, University of Mysore, Mysore
by N.S. Harinarayana 18 May '07

18 May '07

We are happy to inform that the Department of Library and Information Science (MyDLIS), University of Mysore, Mysore has been awarded financial assistance of more than 26 Lakhs under the UGC programme of Special Assistance (SAP). The objective of SAP scheme of UGC is to raise the quality of teaching/research in different disciplines. The Departments are carefully selected on their past academic achievements and viable potential for future development. The essence and primary aim of the scheme is to promote group research efforts in pursuit of excellence. MyDLIS is one of Library and Information Science departments in the country to be awarded the level of DRS-1 for the next five years. The thrust area for the MyDLIS SAP is – digital libraries. Believing in building on our strengths in the area of digital libraries, where in we have established a strong presence-nationally and internationally through the Vidyanidhi Digital Library,* *the Department has * *identified ' digital libraries' as the thrust area. We have prepared a plan of action for the SAP- programme. The academic activities under SAP programme will be focussed on the following areas: - Building Digital Libraries: The choice of 'collection' is of critical importance in the success and usability of DLs. The chosen area is 'Mysore Heritage Collection'. * *Erstwhile* *Mysore state, with many firsts in areas such a art, architecture, electrification, industrialization, women's education, legislative assembly and many more and the* *ninety one year Mysore University – sixth in the country and first university to be established in a princely state have carved a unique place in the history of India and the firmament of Indian Higher education system* *respectively. Mysore Heritage Collection will showcase this. - Training workshops various areas of ICT applications for libraries. Nine training workshops (eight national levels and one international level workshop) in the areas of DL and Library automation are proposed* * to be conducted. - Developing an open courseware for LIS *:* This is another area that MyDLIS would like to focus on. It is proposed to create an e-learning environment by using Moodle – an open source software for courseware development. * *Vidyanidhi has already implemented the Moodle for its Training Programmes. * *Building on this expertise, it is proposed to implement the courseware from the forthcoming academic semester itself. - Research and Development in Digital Libraries: It is envisioned to focus the collective research of MyDLIS in the emerging areas such as Ontologies, Metadata, and evaluation of DLs. Dr. Shalini R Urs, Professor, DLIS, Mysore is the co-ordinator and Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Reader and Chairman, DLIS, Mysore is the Deputy co-ordinator for the SAP programme. An advisory committee with the Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore as its chairman has been formed. The other members of the committee include two UGC nominees, senior faculty members of the Department and one external member from the other Department. -- 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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National Workshop on Manuscriptology and Palaeography
by Sneha Tripathi 18 May '07

18 May '07

Apologies if you received multiple copies of this message. ============================================= Dear Professional Colleagues , SayajiRao Gaekwad Central Library, BHU in collaboration with National Mission for Manuscripts is pleased to announce "National Workshop on Manuscriptology and Palaeography" from 29th May, 2007 to 11th June, 2007 For more details, visit http://internet.bhu.ac.in/workshop/index.html Interested professionals are requested to send their duly filled Registration Forms on or before 22nd May, 2007 to Organizing Secretary, Dr. D. K. Singh Dy. Librarian Central Library, BHU-221005 dksingh5@yahoo. or via e-mail at clbhu2007(a)gmail.com \u003cdiv\> \n \u003cdiv\> \u003cdiv\>Regards, \u003cdiv\>Sneha Tripathi\u003cbr\>Member, Organizing Committee\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/blockquote\> \u003cblockquote style\u003d\"padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left:#1010ff 2px solid\"\> \u003cdiv\> \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\> \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\> \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\> \u003chr size\u003d\"1\"\> \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\>\u003ca href\u003d\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt\u003d49935/*http://games.yahoo.com\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>Bored stiff?\u003c/a\> Loosen up...\u003cbr\>\u003ca href\u003d\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt\u003d49935/*http://games.yahoo.com\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>Download and play hundreds of games for free\u003c/a\> on Yahoo! Games.\u003cbr\>-- \u003cbr\>This message has been scanned for viruses and \u003cbr\>dangerous content by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.mailscanner.info/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>\u003cb\>MailScanner\u003c/b\>\u003c/a\>, and is \u003cbr\>believed to be clean. ______________________________\u003cWBR\>_________________\u003cbr\>LIS-Forum mailing list\u003cbr\>\u003ca href\u003d\"mailto:LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in\u003c/a\>\u003cbr\>\u003ca href\u003d\"http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in\u003cWBR\>/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum\u003c/a\>\u003cbr\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/blockquote\>\u003cbr\>\u003cp\> \n\n\n\n \u003chr size\u003d\"1\"\> \nOffice firewalls, cyber cafes, college labs, don't allow you to download CHAT? \u003ca href\u003d\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/ymessenger/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/we…" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>Here's a solution!\u003c/a\> \u003c/p\>",0] ); //--> Regards, Sneha Tripathi Member, Organizing Committee Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google revamps search engine
by Mailing List Admin 18 May '07

18 May '07

Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 14:51:49 +0530 From: Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna(a)i2.com In a bold and potentially risky move, Google is making dramatic changes to the way it helps hundreds of millions of people find information on the Internet. For details, visit, http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1925293.htm

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NIFT Vacancy
by Ajay Kum Sharma 17 May '07

17 May '07

Dear All Library Professional, NIFT has vacancy for Library professional. For details click on the given link. http://www.niftindia.com/recruitment07/admin-post-details.html Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Project Associate, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Central Library, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 011-26596627 (O) 09899339808 (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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Institutional Repositories
by Rajesh Chandrakar 17 May '07

17 May '07

Dear Professionals, In the today's information explosion especially on open source and open access era, every one must be aware that every library or institution should have their own either institutional repository (IR) or digital library (DL) for easy access of their scholarly resources. In this regards, various ogranizations have developed various IR and DL software on open source mode. Where as Fedora (www.fedora.info) is also one of the open source softwares that gives organizations flexible tools for managing and delivering their digital content. It is built on the core of powerful digital object model that supports multiple views of each digital object and the relationships among digital objects. Digital objects can encapsulate locally-managed content or make reference to remote content. Dynamic views are possible by associating web services with objects. This is an open offer to the professionals, who are interested in establishing the Fedora Institutional Digital Repository in to their library. Fedora is based on the Windows OS based IR built on core Java. That's what is platform independent software. I may also help in establishing the Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL) Software to the professionals. However, there are so many professionals are available for helping in building the GSDL Digital Library. With best regards, Rajesh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET (INFormation and LIBrary NETwork) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Tel. +91-(0)79-26305971/ 8528/ 4695(O), 26873805(R) Mobile: +91-9427527894 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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List of journals available free online : From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
by sri priya 17 May '07

17 May '07

List of journals available free online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journals_available_free_online#General… From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is a partial list of journals available free online. This is a general list of selected journals with at least some free content, available through all forms of open access, including delayed open access, and hybrid open access. List of search engines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine#Media-focused_search_engines List of journals available free online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journals_available_free_online List of academic journals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_journals Open access journal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access_journal List of scientific journals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scientific_journals Regards, S.Sripriya --------------------------------- Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Conference: Continuing Professional Development: Pathways to Leadership (14-16 August 2007, Johannesburg South Africa)
by Mailing List Admin 17 May '07

17 May '07

Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 22:24:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Puttaraj Choukimath <puttuc(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, Greetings! FYI: Best Regards, Puttaraj. 7th World Conference on Continuing Professional Development & Workplace Learning for the Library and Information Professions Continuing Professional Development: Pathways to Leadership in the Library & Information World 14-16 August 2007, Johannesburg South Africa Further information: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla73/satellite12call-en.htm Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Need to Promote free library software
by Mailing List Admin 17 May '07

17 May '07

Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 22:48:31 -0700 (PDT) From: rupesh kumar <a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com> Respected & Dear All, With due regards to the thought-provoking comments made on this issue by many revered professionals, I have a few things to say. Yes, Staff Exchange Programme is a very good idea as long as libraries can afford to do it and are allowed to do so by their parent authorities. The concept of Visiting Faculty also sounds good. But there is a difference in the very functioning of a university department and a library. As Mr. Sukhdev Singh has clearly pointed out, many a time, this kind of endeavors do not materialize simply because of "ego clashes" among people working in the same organization !!! We need to shed our ego for the good of the organization. Unless we do that, no such efforts bear fruits. I have another point to make. For many a problem in our profession, technology gives the solution. One has to think of "using one technology to teach another technology". Lastly, I request you to visit the site http://comeletslearnit.googlepages.com/resources , download, use and do comment on my efforts which is going somewhat in similar lines as of this subject matter (I hope to upload as many resources as possible soon). Thanks & Regards, >Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dear Friends, >Ok, This can be easily done on a Wiki Page. People desiring to help in >various library oriented softwares may add themselves to the following >wiki page. >http://oadl.pbwiki.com/Experts [truncated]

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The Library of Congress Vacancy
by Mailing List Admin 17 May '07

17 May '07

Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 05:24:20 -0700 (PDT) From: sri priya <sri_lib(a)yahoo.com> Dear Professionals, The Library of Congress offers many exciting permanent and temporary opportunities for employment. The Library adheres to a formal Merit Selection Plan in filling vacancies... To Know more Visit:--http://www.loc.gov/hr/employment/index.php?action=cJobs.showHome Regards, S.Sripriya

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IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries Bulletin
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 17 May '07

17 May '07

Dear LIS Professionals and Managers The goal of the Technical Committee on Digital Libraries is to promote research in the theory and practice of all aspects of Collective Memories, i.e. the fields of Digital Libraries, Digital Museums, and Digital Archives of all kinds. IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries Bulletin ( http://www.ieee-tcdl.org/bulletin.html) is publishing articles covering all aspects of digital libraries issues. For accessing fulltext visit http://www.ieee-tcdl.org/bulletin.html With Regards _____________________________ SANJEEV KUMAR JAIN Resource Center NIFT Campus, LA Block, Near 16 No. Water Tank, Sector III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700 098 Tel: +91-33-23357342 / 8351 Fax: +91-33-23355734 Wesite: http://www.kolkata.niftindia.com Email: sanjeevmlis(a)yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Who's who Asia
by Y.A. Janardana gupta 17 May '07

17 May '07

Dear LIS Friends, I need the biographical details of Dr. C L NAGENDRA available in latest Who's who Asia publication. If you are able to get it pl. send me by email. With regards, Y.A. JANARDANA GUPTA LIBRARIAN, LABORATORY FOR ELECTRO-OPTICS ISRO/ GOVT. OF INDIA Peenya, Bangalore-560058 yajgupta(a)leos.gov.in

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Playing with my Mobile to Blog.
by Sukhdev Singh 16 May '07

16 May '07

Well these days I am simply sitting at home and doing nothing. I have taken leave for three weeks for some family reason. While playing with my mobile, I thought of using it to blog. Blogger.com does offer such a facility and my blog http://sukhdev.blogspot.com is fortunately on it. To get started I had to sent an empty email to go(a)blogger.com from the phone itself. Sending email from a web based service won't work. So using Opera Mini or GMail "App" from a GPRS enabled phone won't work. My Sony Ericsson K750i does allows to send and receive mails through its own in-built client placed under its SMS menu. But it needs to be configured to a working POP / SMPT account. GMail does offers such a facility of POP account. All I wanted was the proper GMail POP setting to use it from my phone. I got these setting after Googling from my phone's Opera Mini. Once these setting was entered an email was sent to go(a)blogger.com. Within minutes I got an email providing me an URL of a new blog and a six digit code. I was supposed to enter this code at http://go.blogger.com and claim the new mobile blog created for me. I tried without success to claim the blog with the Mini Opera from my Phone. The problem was that I had to enter another verification code displayed in form of an image. My phone's browser was sending data without allowing me to enter the code. I gave up from the phone. Ultimately I could claim my mobile blog from a PC. As soon as my code was accepted, I was prompted to enter my gmail account. I entered the same and got a choice to redirect emails sent from my phone to my existing blog i.e. http://sukhdev.blogspot.com . I was ready to test my mobile blogging. I wrote an email in my phone (very similier to this) and sent it to go(a)blogger.com . The content of the email were on my blog with few seconds. --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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Dictionary of Acronyms in LIS and IT
by ranjit dharmapurikar 16 May '07

16 May '07

Dear Professionals, We are very happy to present this compiled and edited book on Acronyms in LIS and IT to the professionals and students. Work on this project was started since last one and half year. Over three thousand acronyms are compiled from over 500 documents. This dictionary differs from glossary. Any professionals who wish to purchase it may contact on my e-mail dranjit29(a)gmail.com or may call on Mobile 9421291233. Thanks, R.G.Dharmapurikar Information Scientist, SRTM University, Vishnupuri, Nanded ____________________________________________________________________________________Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Libray can create Website with Google Page Creator
by Rajan 16 May '07

16 May '07

Dear All, When we think of bringing in information technology applications to the field of library services, it seems that we should begin with easiest things that can be accomplished soon without much hassles. Creation of a Website for library users with Google Page Creator can be a good proposition. Page creator allows uploading of documents upto 100MB. The site should contain materials useful for the patrons of the library and should not be a mere personal promotion attempt, if it should make any impact. You can even create site for special purposes, for short span even. A site recently created by me for Urban Local Governance is available at www.kilalibrary.net.tc and another site being developed for Distance Training on Digital Archiving is available at www.rajankila.net.tc W can make available a self - instructional guide for creation of website with google page creator, to those who require it. What we require for this useful attempt is an element of vision, readiness to work on a computer for a few hours and an internet connection, preferably broad band. Our library science schools should not refrain from focusing on such things too in their academic activities. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian , Kerala Institute of Local Administration Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680581 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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refresher course (LIS) during July to Dec-07???
by 73kps 16 May '07

16 May '07

Dear All, I would like to participate in a UGC sponsored refresher course (LIS) during July to Dec-07. Kindly mention if any university is organizing the same. I shall be highly grateful to you. With regards Thanking you Sincerely yours KPSingh Librarian SMIMS A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILESMUST BEGIN WITH A SINGLE STEP -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Conference on Future Technologies for Empowering LIS Professionals - ref
by Arunachalam Hariharan 16 May '07

16 May '07

Dear Professionals, SALIS 2007 National Conference Future Technologies for Empowering LIS Professionals: Challenges and Opportunities Jointly Organised by University Library, Anna University, Chennai & Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) Pre-Conference Tutorial : 09-08-2007 Main Conference :10-08- 2007 Last date for submission of paper: 30.06.2007 Last date for Registration : 20.07.2007 Address for communication regarding registration, accommodation and sponsorship and submission of Papers should be sent to: Dr.K.Nithyanandam Organizing Secretary & Special Officer Uinversity Library Anna University Guindy, Chennai- 600 025, Tamil Nadu E-Mail : k_nithyanandam@ annauni.edu, k_nithyanandam(a)yahoo.co.in salis_info@yahoo. co.in Phone : 044-2021382, Cell: 9444337936 URL : www.annauniv. edu All the details of the conference are available at SALIS website at http://autolib-india.net/salis Conference Brochure also can be downloaded. ---------------------------------------------------- A.Hariharan SALIS ____________________________________________________________________________________Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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immediate requirement for a Librarian
by Abdul Tharayil 15 May '07

15 May '07

Pls circulate this mail to all. ---------------- Hi We have an immediate requirement for a Librarian at Our Mysore Road Office - MindTree Bangalore. Eligibility: Post Graduate in LIS Experience : 1 to 3 Years in a Corporate Library The person must have good communication skills (written and spoken) and have good exposure to the functioning of a Corporate Library Setup. It's is a Contract Position - but renewable based on performance. Those of you would like to consider this position, please send your resume to the below mail abdul_tharayil(a)mindtree.com Slected candidates will be required to join in 2/3 weeks time. Regards, Abdul J Tharayil MindTree Consulting, Banglore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KLA Awards
by gopikuttan gopikuttan 15 May '07

15 May '07

Dear Professionals Kerala Library association is organising a program on 16.5.2007 at 3.30 pm in the Dept of Library and Information science hall of the University of Kerala, for the presentation of the KLA Gold medal and CA Augustine endowment Awards Programme Welcome :N.Parameswaran Presidential address: DR.M.K.Ramachandran Nair, ( Hon'ble V C, University of Kerala) Presentation of Gold Medals: Hon'ble Minister. Shri M.A.Baby Launch of Web site of KLA : Dr.K.S.Raghavan Felicitation : Sri.C.Bhaskaran Dr.G.Devarajan Sri..Karthikeyan Nair Smt.J.Usha Vote of Thanks Dr.A.Gopikuttan --------------------------------- Office firewalls, cyber cafes, college labs, don't allow you to download CHAT? Here's a solution! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, 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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AN OPENING FOR LIS PROFESSIONALS IN ISI-LIBRARY, KOLKATA - Temporary Positions...
by Jiban Krishna Pal 14 May '07

14 May '07

Dear Professionals, Please circulate this message to your professional colleagues at the earliest. -------------------------------------------------------------- An walk-in-interview will be conducted on 18th may 2007 (Friday) at 10:30 A.M. at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata for recruitment of three (3) Project Assistants on purely temporary basis for the project titled "Retro-conversion of the Workers' Circulating Library including development of user database" in the Library Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Qualification: # Essential: MLIS or its equivalent from a recognized Univ./ Inst. Knowledge in computer applications in Library. # Desirable: Experience in data input in Bengali script, knowledge of Libsys and familiarity with Promilnama system and LOC subject Headings list. Tenure & Pay of Appointment: Initially the appointment will be offered for Nine (9) months. It may be extended subject to the satisfactory performance and availability of required fund. Rs 5000/- per month plus HRA. Age should not exceed 35 years as on 01 April 2007 with usual relaxation for SC/ ST/ OBC/ extra ordinary candidates. Candidates appearing for interview are required to bring with them the application addressed to the Director. Indian Statistical Institute along with photocopies of their bio-data and certificates. They should also bring the original copies of certificates for verification of photocopies. Candidates will have to report at the office of the Library Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B. T. Road, Kolkata 700108 on the day of Interview half an hour before the time mentioned above. Source: Notice Board, ISI Library, Kolkata. ------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, 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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top 10 mgt jrls
by bhagyashree sane 14 May '07

14 May '07

Dear All, I would like to know top 10 management jrls published in India? Is data avaialble anywhere? Is there management libraries consortia activity on? Can IGIDR or other union catalogues focus on this? With Regards, Bhagyashree J. Sane NIA, Pune -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, 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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Fwd: United Nations National Competitive Examination in Library and Information Management
by J. K. Vijayakumar 13 May '07

13 May '07

FYI Anne Fraser <frasera(a)un.org> wrote: From: Anne Fraser <frasera(a)un.org> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:14:27 -0500 Subject: United Nations National Competitive Examination in Library and Information Management PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL The United Nations is seeking individuals to take the National Competitive Recruitment Examination (NCE) in Library and Information Management. The competition is open to Nationals of participating countries. Applications from Arabic-speaking candidates are particularly sought after. In order to be eligible to apply, you must be 32 years old or younger as of 31 December of the year of the exam. Eligible candidates should submit their applications as soon as possible, on exceptional basis they will be accepted until the end of 2006. All information on eligibility criteria and on how to apply is available on: http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/examin/exam.htm Anne Françoise Fraser Department of Public Information United Nations, New York City, NY 10017 All the best............ ---------------------------------- J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS PhD Assistant Director - Library American University of Antigua Post Box W-1451, St. Johns ANTIGUA, West Indies Blog http://libinfospace.blogspot.com ---------------------------------- Head Quarters: #2 Wall Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10005, USA --------------------------------- Sponsored Link $420,000 Mortgage for $1,399/month - Think You Pay Too Much For Your Mortgage? Find Out! FYI Anne Fraser <frasera(a)un.org> wrote: From: Anne Fraser <frasera(a)un.org> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:14:27 -0500 Subject: United Nations National Competitive Examination in Library and Information Management PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL The United Nations is seeking individuals to take the National Competitive Recruitment Examination (NCE) in Library and Information Management. The competition is open to Nationals of participating countries. Applications from Arabic-speaking candidates are particularly sought after. In order to be eligible to apply, you must be 32 years old or younger as of 31 December of the year of the exam. Eligible candidates should submit their applications as soon as possible, on exceptional basis they will be accepted until the end of 2006. All information on eligibility criteria and on how to apply is available on: http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/examin/exam.htm http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/examin/exam.htm Anne Françoise Fraser Department of Public Information United Nations, New York City, NY 10017 All the best............ ---------------------------------- J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS PhD Assistant Director - Library American University of Antigua Post Box W-1451, St. Johns ANTIGUA, West Indies Blog http://libinfospace.blogspot.com http://libinfospace.blogspot.com ---------------------------------- Head Quarters: #2 Wall Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10005, USA Sponsored Link $420,000 Mortgage for $1,399/month - http://www.lowermybills.com/lre/index.jsp?sourceid=lmb-9135-16417&moid=4116 Think You Pay Too Much For Your Mortgage? Find Out!

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Mysore University omitted in the List of Indian Universities offering PhD in LIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 13 May '07

13 May '07

Hi, I would like to draw the attention of omission of University of Mysore in the list of Indian Universities which offers PhD in LIS recently posted in LIS-FORUM. The Department of Library and Information Science (MyDLIS), University of Mysore, Mysore was one of the early universities in India to have introduced Ph.D in LIS. As early as 1976, Mysore DLIS started the Ph.D programme by identifying Prof. A. Neelameghan and Prof. D.B. Krishna Rao as external academic supervisors for guiding doctoral students. The first Ph.D in Library and Information Science from University of Mysore was awarded in the year 1982. Incidentally, it may be noted that MyDLIS has pioneered in many academic activities. Bachelors in Library Science was started in 1965 and Masters in 1971. MyDLIS was the first in Karnataka to start a two-year MLISc programme in 1992. PGDLA was started in 1993. MPhil was started in the year 1994. MyDLIS experimented offering two courses simultaneously. In addition to MLISC, Masters of Information Management (MIM) was launched in 2001. Curricullum innovations are our hallmark. MyDLIS was the one of the early LIS departments to introduce 'Electives', project work, work experience and many such innovations. -- 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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IATLIS National Conference 2007
by Dr. R M Vatnal 13 May '07

13 May '07

IATLIS National Conference 2007 It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that the IATLIS 2007 Annual National Conference is going to be organized in Karnatak University, Dharwad, during 2nd week of November 2007. The past 23 conferences have made a land mark in presenting and projecting the professional image as well as efforts to coping with the fast changing subject field. Considerable attention is paid to select the burning issues for the discussion and also modest attempt is made to evolve the viable resolutions in the respective conferences. Many of the vital resolutions were sent to the concerned authorities for consideration and taking needful action. Keeping in view the rich tradition of IATLIS in organizing the National level meets and the growing participation specially the younger generation of LIS teachers and researchers, the council has decided to select the following theme for the ensuring conference Equity of LIS education in IT-based pedagogical environment of the knowledge society. Sub themes are; 1. The Educational environment 2. Governance and Policies 3. Pre-service and in-service teacher education 4. teaching practices 5. Assessment practices 6. Evaluation of Personnel and Curricular Materials 7. Individualized Educational Planning 8. Data Collection and Accountability 9. Partnership Building among schools of library / information sciences and industry. 10. Accomplishment of industry standards based on educational reform 11. Introducing specialty and super specialty courses in various subjects in the IT environment 12. On demand education (or customized education) for the industry needs. The focus of equity of LIS education in an inequitable system of haves and have-nots is to achieve equal higher standard to all the students irrespective of location of the schools / departments of library and information science (rural, small cities or metropolitan cities) including the distance education. The equity needs to be developed without compromising the quality of education across the country in todays highly complex and diverse society. The knowledge society demands all LIS students/professionals to reach as high level of academic excellence as possible. The brainstorming is targeted to evolve equity b sharing expertise, curriculum, content and pedagogy for better learning between haves and have-nots. The new partnership is inevitable to achieve equality and to eliminate current inequities by identifying specific indicators. The contributions of all the learned professionals help educators and policy-makers to examine and improve the total educational system. It is hoped that all the members of the IATLIS fraternity and the fellow professional colleagues will take keen interest in contributing thoughtful papers based on research and the experience gained and participate in large number. A separate printed brochure giving all the details will be posted very soon to all of you. Thanking you in anticipation Yours Sincerely Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa President, IATLIS Dr. B.D. Kumbar Secretary, IATLIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. R M VATNAL Head, Computer Section, University Library, Karnatak University, Dharwad - 580 003 INDIA Ph: 0836-2747121 Ext: 313(O) 2770907(R) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ____________________________________________________________________________________Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seeking opinion about Zotero
by Rajan 12 May '07

12 May '07

Dear All, Zotero, the Firefox extension, that helps to gather and organize bibliographic data about digital resource materials, appears to be a good reference management tool and it needs to be promoted among researchers. I would like to know, from those who have good familiarity with it, a critical evaluation of its effectiveness or usefulness as a research tool. Is there any other better option ? Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680581 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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