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One nation one subscription is a threat to country's institutional diversity
by Vasanth 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Dear sir/madam, The Draft 5th National Science, Technology & innovation policy is pitching for "one nation one subscription". There are many dissenting voice against this. It is rightly so, but while rejecting the 'one nation one subscription' model we should not see this in an isolation or in silos. This is the larger framework or the agenda of current dispensation at the centre to impose false nationalism.Along with one nation one subscription we must also reject* one nation one tax* one nation one election* one nation one ration card* one nation one market* one nation one mobility card* one nation one test.The one nation theory itself is antithetical to India's rich diversity in terms of its language, its culture everything. Our country is known for unity in diversity and we must stand for this. One nation model or agenda is an assulat on Indian federal system. Views are personal ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N.LibrarianMysore

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International Conference of Agricultural Librarians and Users Committee-ICALUC-2021
by puneeth bm 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Dear Sir, We cordially invite you to Participate & Depute Library Professionals in the " *International Conference of Agricultural Librarians and Users Committee-ICALUC-2021"*, which is scheduled to be held on *25th & 26th February 2021 at the University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore.* Paper submission date for the ICALUC-2021 is extended up to *15th January 2021.* Please find attached herewith our Invitation letter, Brochure & Registration Form. Registration Form.docx <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Aey4A3Qhhic5-U0arq_p4bOdgN-HTmhy/view?usp=…> ICALUC2021 Broucher.pdf <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m85d2mtTQ4TiZdoSaAQeQIxS0ekxZ0Hy/view?usp=…> With regards Dr.Srinivasa, V. Organising Secretary, ICALUC 2021 & University Librarian University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore- 560065 Karnataka, INDIA email- aaldi.icaluc2021(a)gmail.com Ph.No:- +91 94498 66909, +91 70198 35908

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Father of Library Science In India Dr.S.R.Ranganathan’s Grand Niece Dr.Sandhya Shekhar will speak on LIS Academy Distinguished Lecture Tomorrow
by Pandurang Konnur 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Dear Professional Friends, Please participate in the third LISA Distinguished Lecture being delivered by Dr.Sandhya Shekhar the Grand Niece of Dr.S.R.Ranganathan, the Father of Library Science In India Please do not miss to join us on: LIS ACADEMY DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES (Second Saturday of every month) Third Lecture in the Series by Dr. Sandhya Shekhar Former Founding CEO, IIT Madras Research Park, Advisor and Strategy Consultant. Chennai Date of Lecture: 9 January 2021 Saturday at 3.00 pm Please download the brochure from the following link: https://bit.ly/3bwZdDl Please join us tomorrow Saturday at 3.00 pm on Cisco WebEx Platform Link: https://bit.ly/345v2P0 Meeting Number: 126 271 8771 Meeting Password: lisa THE EVENTWILLALSO BE STREAMED ON FOLLOWING LIS ACADEMYPORTALS: https://www.youtube.com/lisacademyindia https://www.lisacademy.org/ http://www.lisacademyblog.org/ PLEASE SUPPORT LIS ACADEMY TO STRENGTHEN LIS PROFESSION Thanks & Regards, Dr. P. V. Konnur President - LIS Academy, Bangalore Fulbright Scholar - (UIUC, USA) Adviser - VTU Consortium, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi - 590 018, Mobile : 09449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com Website: www.lisacademy.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Webinar on "Open Data for Sustainable Community" on 23rd Jan 2021 & Forthcoming Events of ACM, IEEE CS & CSI
by Mohan Hr 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Webinar on "Open Data for Sustainable Community" ========================================== ACM Chennai, IEEE CS Madras & CSI Chennai cordially invite you to the webinar Topic: Open Data for Sustainable Community Speaker: Dr. Neha Sharma, ACM Distinguished Speaker, Analytics & Insights, Tata Consultancy Services Date: Saturday, 23rd Jan 2021 Time: 6 pm to 7 pm IST For presentation details & speaker profile, pl see the PDF invite at https://bit.ly/2JDSOKI Register at https://bit.ly/39M6Nc8 Forthcoming Events ================= 21st Jan -- Role of Digitalisation in Indian Economic Revival. http://bit.ly/3pYJvo7 23rd Jan -- Open Data for Sustainable Community. https://bit.ly/39M6Nc8 30th Jan -- Experimental AI for Social Good. https://bit.ly/36U5rKF Pl refer for pdf invite, presentation & speaker details of events in Jan 2021 at: https://bit.ly/3h3MJnq For additional events in Jan 2021 scheduled and hosted by organisations including CSI, ACM & IEEE CS, please visit https://bit.ly/3p7GS2Z Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 210101: pl see tte post at https://bit.ly/3aXym2X

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Why the academic community support Sci hub?
by Gangadhar KC 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Dear Library professionals, It is high time to discuss copyright policies, itsinfringement and why the academic community support open access initiatives includingSci hub. The debate is more relevant at present than ever as you all know aboutthe lawsuitfiled recently in the Delhi High Court by the major publishers against Sci-hub andLibGen for copyright infringement. The journal subscription model is pretty old and isaccepted by the academic community for centuries, but unfortunately somepublishing giants have become too greedy. On the other hand, everyone wants free access toscholarly information, but of course, not by violating copyright laws. Perhaps,we have to think of changing the copyright laws! In the race for free access toresearch information, we are destroying the quality and standard of scientificresearch and scholarship which is evident from copyright infringements, theproliferation of predatory journals with low-quality research papers, and OAjournals charging hefty Article Processing Charge (APC), etc. Ultimately, it isthe knowledge creators’ (authors) responsibility and not the librarians, whohave to ‘bell the cat’ or tame the big publishers to bring down journalsubscription prices. Plea of the commercial publishers Threeacademic publishers namely-Elsevier Ltd., Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., AmericanChemical Society filed a petition in Delhi High Court are asking for blockingof Sci-Hub and Libgen, the two websites who provide free downloads of researchpublications and books to research scholars and students. Thetrio publishers together publish 40% of scientific publications. If we take thefive top major publishers, they control more than 50% of thepublications in Science and Social Sciences worldwide, one of the largestconcentrations of market power in any sector. Profits and market caps for thepublishers have also swelled. Journal publishing is a $10 billion industry,with one of the highest profit margins of any sector. Forexample, Elsevier’s parent company RELX Group, boasts a nearly $35billion market cap. The profit margin of Elsevier is 37%, twice that ofGoogle, which dwarfs, by comparison, the margins of tech titans suchas Apple and Amazon also and is under attack globally for itsmonopoly practices and super-profits. The price of these journals has gone up 521% i.e. more than five timesin the last 30 years against consumer price index rise of only 118%. That meansthe price of these publications have become six times while the rest of thegoods is only twice of what they were 30 years back. This is the super-profits,unideal what we are supposed to pay for what is produced by us only. It isimportant to note the fact that commercial publishers are not paying a singlepi for the authors towards content. There is no practice of benevolence in terms ofcash to the authors nor any expenditure involved in review of paper. So, how far they are entitled forcopyright? Also if the employers claim copyright of the Patent, why don’t thesame logic apply in case of articles especially for scientific articles where aresearcher use the infra structure of the institution for his research. The publishers push the libraries to buy bundledsubscriptions of all their products, charge money for any article that maybe required by a researcher anywhere in the world, charging them from $30 to$60 per article. Hence, the premier publisher Elsevierrocked with 982 million dollars. In anutshell, the publishing giants are demanding that Sci-Hub and Libgen becompletely blocked in India through a so-called dynamic injunction. Thepublishers claim that they own exclusive rights to the manuscripts that theyhave published, and that Sci-Hub and Libgen are engaged in violating variousexclusive rights conferred on them under copyright law by providing free accessto their copyrighted contents. Discussion a. Puzzle The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a scientificsociety started in 1876 founded at New York University. Generally, non-profit organization would have been able to shoulder theresponsibility of free access to research but joined with Elsevier and Wiley infiling a suit against Sci hub. b. ‘Copyright infringement’ Let’slook at the landmark judgement given by the Delhi High Court in 2016 on the Delhi University photocopying case. Threepublishing giants – Oxford University Press, the Cambridge University Press andthe Taylor and Francis Group – had at the time banded together to sue DelhiUniversity and a photocopying shop operating under its license. Academicfraternity use research articles only for academic purpose and not for anyprofit. The court had ruled that compilation anddistribution of copies of texts of books prescribed in the syllabus did notinfringe any copyrights of the publisher as defined in the Copyright Act of 1957.Any number of photocopies could be madeand distributed, the court ruled, as long as it was meant for “purpose ofeducational instruction. d. Copyright policy in practice elsewhere 40 years back, in 1980 Universityof Ottawa (Canada) published guidelines for legal deposit legislation where itclearly states that though the publishers have control over their publication,the objective of accessibility to the national deposit collection cannot beignored. The journal article should be deposited at National Legal DepositInstitution. e. Public opinions Lis-Forum is the e-mail based largest discussion forum of libraryprofessionals in India. Since, last few weeks, huge discussion is going onregarding the plea of trio publishers in Delhi High Court. Many renownedlibrary professionals in India expressed their strong view that they areagainst to ban Sci-hub. Many tweaked in Delhi High court twitter and othersocial media that if it happens, it give rise to digital colonization etc. Let’s discuss alternative ways to tackle commercialpublishers. To overcome copyright issue, authors should know copyright laws,embargo period, and different OA methods to re-invent OA movement to resolvecopyright issue. a. Our scientific communityshould boycott review and publishing to foreign commercial publishers. b. Archiving preprints: To access free fulltext articles apart from searching in free Open Access journals, the next bestoption is uploading preprints of their papers in their IRs. c. Plan S is an initiative for OA Sciencepublishing launched in 2018 by "cOAlition S", aconsortium of national research agencies and funders from twelve Europeancountries. The plan advocates authors to publish their work in openrepositories or in journals that are available to all by2021. The "S" stands for "shock". NationalKnowledge Commission (NKC) & New Education Policy (NEP) can consider thebelow discussed points. i. As per the existing Book Act, submissionof published book in India in any language by the author/publisher ismandatory. In the same way, ruling can be made to submit an article publishedby the author. ii. Well-knownprofessional institutions like IITs, IIMs, IISc etc. can start domain-basedquality journals at par with the journals published byACM, ACS, ASCE and ASME. iii. Government can strengthen Indian ScienceAbstract (ISA) which has been published by (NISCAIR)which is covering around 1500 journals. iv. “One Nation,One Subscription” is our Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi’s ambitious goal thatwill prove to be a game changer for the scientific community and individualresearchers. More significantly, the government has also proposed to buy bulksubscriptions of all the important scientific journals across the world, andprovide everyone in India to have free access to them. This avoids multiplesubscriptions and saves foreign exchange also. Government can boost ISA by taking stepslike a. Includejournals not only from Science but Social Sciences and Humanities also. b. AuthorisedGovt. agencies should recognize peer-reviewed quality journals and assist theauthors to avoid predatory journals. c. Rankingof Indian institutions which has been conducted by National InstitutionalRanking Framework (NIRF) should be based on ISA and not on Scopus. It force theauthors to publish in Indian journals which are open access compliant. In asignificant development, Government India is proposed to bring newScience, Technology, Innovation, Policy (STIP) which aims to establish a systemwhereby all researchers in India can access the research published in topinternational journals at no cost said Akhilesh Gupta, senior advisor to DST ina press release on 6th January, 2021. He continued that, “currentlythe subscription cost is exceeding Rs.1500 crore annually for which individualcolleges cannot negotiate with publishers. Only a small fraction of researchersis now able to benefit from theses subscriptions and we would like to changethat.” Scientific publishing has become a pure businessincreasingly characterized by consolidation, soaring subscription fees, andrising profit margins. As a result, plenty of scientists, students, andjournalists advocate for an empire of academic piracy as a necessity. It alsoleads to the question that what value the publishers add to any articlepublished. Open Access activists likeAlexandria Elbakyan and Peter Suber who advocate OA and provide the paywalljournals free of cost have become darlings of majority of academic communitythroughout the world, for which the greedy commercial journals are onlyresponsible. Commercial journals are a twice-paid product, bought first bytaxpayers and secondly by scientists. Here, we have to notice two points i.e.Academicians are not using the research articles for any commercial purpose andSci-hub, Libgen are not making any monetary benefit out of it. You can access the full article @https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ivtiVxelxw28p2EbQDapF-kERNON0bmH/view?usp=sharing Dr. K.C.Gangadhar, Nitte Meenakshi Institute ofTechnology & Dr.Nagaraja A., RV Institute of Technology & Management, Bangalore

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Use and Perception of Sci-Hub by Library and Information Science (LIS) Professionals: From an Indian Perspective
by Vasanth 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

Dear Sir/Madam, Here is a brief survey of use and perception of Sci-Hub by Indian LIS professionals. It is a small survey done in December 2019. Hope this may be of interesting to LIS forum members. This brief paper along with data analysis has been posted in SocArXiv. You can download or view the article from the following link.DOI of paper: 10.31235/osf.io/2jzng ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju NLibrarianGFGC-TalakaduMysore

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Online All India Convention 'Make Knowledge Free, Not Private Property' | 9 January
by madhan muthu 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

Online All India Convention 'Make Knowledge Free, Not Private Property' Date and time: 9 January 2021, Saturday, 4 PM. *Speakers:* - Prof. P Balaram, former Director, IISc Bangalore - Prof. S C Lakhotia, INSA Senior Scientist, Banaras Hindu University - Prof. Soumitro Banerjee, General Secretary, Breakthrough Science Society and Professor, IISER Kolkata The recent lawsuit filed in the Delhi High Court by the publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society against Sci-hub and LibGen for copyright infringement has brought to the fore the debate between legality and ethicality of limiting access to knowledge. This discussion will address key concerns. *Register Online for the convention <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfh4tU7AIYBds7d-ndZIaa8fK-rO_oyw6F…>* We look forward to your participation in the convention. Mr. Pratyush Sikdar On behalf of Breakthrough Science Society 8A Creek Lane, Kolkata-700014 www.breakthroughindia.org -- Madhan, M

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Delhi High Court is hearing a petition by Elsevier against Sci-Hub
by madhan muthu 06 Jan '21

06 Jan '21

Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) tweeted at 0:07 pm on Wed, Jan 06, 2021: Delhi High Court is hearing a petition by Elsevier against Sci-Hub and LibGen seeking restraining orders on publication of articles which infringe the copyright of Elsevier. https://t.co/jX39Qj02HW (https://twitter.com/LiveLawIndia/status/1346707434228731904?s=03) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download?s=13 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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What is post corona procedure to admit readers into the library ?
by Narenthiran R 05 Jan '21

05 Jan '21

Dear Friends, I would be grateful if any of you shared the guidelines for post corona procedure to admit readers (non-staff) into the library. Of course we will adhere to basic rules of using sanitizer, thermometer ..etc. Thanks Narenthiran -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Draft Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Proposes Major Changes to India’s Open Access Culture | SpicyIP
by madhan muthu 05 Jan '21

05 Jan '21

https://spicyip.com/2021/01/draft-science-technology-and-innovation-policy-… The substantive portion of the policy is spread out in eleven chapters and for the purpose of this post we shall discuss the first chapter titled “Open Science”. It is to be noted – the Ministry of Science and Technology is concerned only with STEM type sciences <https://dst.gov.in/about-us/introduction>, while research in social sciences seems to fall under the ambit of the Indian Council of Social Science Research <https://icssr.org/>, under the Ministry of Education. Therefore on the face of it, research in social sciences are not covered by this policy and it would thus be very pertinent to see whether the Ministry of Education will be joining this endeavour or not. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Innovation Award by Informatics
by Ishwar Goudar 05 Jan '21

05 Jan '21

LIS Innovation Award by Informatics Nominations invited on or before Jan 15, 2021. Dear Professionals, I am sure many of you would have done something INNOVATIVE in your library in the recent past - it could be a new/improved process, a service or a product...if yes, why don’t you submit it for “Informatics Innovation Award in LIS” and win an Award? You may like to see some examples Innovation listed in LTC website. Innovation is the backbone of growth and change. It is the change-driver for a better future. The future of library is constantly challenged by fast-changing media and technologies. To encourage innovative practices and to promote innovative culture in libraries, Informatics, as part of its annual Library Technology Conclave (LTC2020), has instituted the Informatics Innovation Award, beginning LTC2021. There will be two awards, one each for the following two categories of libraries: Category-1: Universities/Educational Institutions offering Ph.D. & post-Doctoral programs; Research Institutes. Category-2: Schools, PU, Diploma, UG & PG Colleges and Public Libraries – (Includes Medical, Engineering & Management etc. and Science, Commerce, Arts and Humanities). This award shall be announced on 30th January 2021, the last day of the conclave, following a Case Study Session on "Innovation in Libraries" to be presented by Nominees short-listed by the Committee of Juries for this award. Nomination is open on the LTC2021 website https://LTC2021.org Libraries are invited to submit their nominations online. January 15, 2021 is the last date for filing the nomination online. The Conclave, which had many pre-conclave webinars since November, is scheduled for 27-30 January 2021 in a webinar model. N. V. Sathyanarayana | Chairman & Managing Director | Informatics India Ltd. | Bangalore 560004 |INDIA | | www.informaticsglobal.com<http://www.informaticsglobal.com> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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India’s plan to pay journal subscription fees for all its citizen may end up making science harder to access
by Mohan Hr 04 Jan '21

04 Jan '21

India’s plan to pay journal subscription fees for all its citizen may end up making science harder to access India, the world’s second-most populous country, is planning to make scholarly literature available for everyone under its latest science, technology and innovation policy. The policy will push for the whole country to have a nationwide subscription to replace existing subscriptions paid by different research and education institutions to access research journals. The Indian government is in talks with the world’s top scientific publications, including one of the biggest scholarly publishers, Elsevier, to create the system. If it works, India will become the largest country to give access to paywalled journal articles to more than 1.3 billion of its citizens. https://theconversation.com/indias-plan-to-pay-journal-subscription-fees-fo… With regards -- hrmohan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2020 locked in shift to open access publishing, but Australia is lagging
by Mohan Hr 04 Jan '21

04 Jan '21

2020 locked in shift to open access publishing, but Australia is lagging https://theconversation.com/2020-locked-in-shift-to-open-access-publishing-… Interesting to know the status of OA in Australia. With regards -- hrmohan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two Workshops in eScience and Digital Libraries domain > 7th & 8th January 2021
by Sathyanarayana NV 04 Jan '21

04 Jan '21

Dear LIS Professionals Greetings of Happy New Year for a safe & secure times ahead! LTC 2021 which started with pre-Conclave series of lectures beginning November last year is having two know-how rich pre-Conclave workshops this week on the following themes by two experts in the respective domains. This is an opportunity for LIS profession to get a leg up by learning and upgrading their knowledge as well as skill sets in the emerging technologies. Workshop 1 > 7th January 2021 > 10 AM – 1 PM * AI For eScience > Presented by: Dr. Mandar Mutalikdesai, AI Solutions & Practice Leader, IBM, Bangalore * 10 – 11:15 AM What is AI? - A Primer. · 11:45 AM – 1 PM Efficiency & Ethics: A balancing act with AI AI and Machine learning technologies are already being used to analyse digital collections and identify topics and entities, assign metadata and enable non-textual search and discovery in digital Libraries. This workshop presents an introductory view of Artificial Intelligence with potential applications in eScience. It will briefly introduce concepts of machine learning and neural networks and then look at a few applications of AI in various industries. Workshop 2 > 8th January 2021 > 3 – 6 PM * Semantic Search: The current Frontier of Search Technology > Presented by: Prof. Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Roux Institute for Experiential AI, North Eastern University at Silicon Valley, California, USA * 3 – 4:15 PM Semantic Search * 4:45 – 6 PM Query Analytics Semantic Search lies at the cross roads of information retrieval and natural language processing. This workshop will provide an overview of not only the steps and processing of building a semantically annotated index with the help of a knowledge base, but offers an understanding of the data science needed to use as relevance feedback, the usage log stream of the semantic search engine. These workshops are presented online and are free as part of LTC2021. Please visit LTC2021 site www.LTC2021.org<http://www.LTC2021.org> to register. Once again, our best wishes for a safe and happy New Year! N. V. Sathyanarayana | Chairman & Managing Director | Informatics India Ltd. | Bangalore 560004 |INDIA | | www.informaticsglobal.com<http://www.informaticsglobal.com> | -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Abstracts by 10th January 2021: NILIS Research Symposium (Online)
by Sourav Debnath 04 Jan '21

04 Jan '21

Dear LIS Professionals, Apologies for cross-posting. The Annual Research Symposium of the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS), University of Colombo will be held on 23rd January 2021. This year's event will be organized in partnership with the South Asia Chapter of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), as an online event. It will be 100% free for presenters and participants. The keynote address will be delivered by Professor Bhuva Narayan of the School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Abstracts of completed or near-completed original research and unique experiences are called to reach us on or before the 10th of January 2021. The main theme of the symposium is “Challenges and Opportunities for Libraries in the New Normal”. Subthemes include, but not limited to… Changing faces of the information society The emergence of a new library culture New roles and skills of Librarians Information systems and new business models Big data, Semantic technologies Role of catalogs directories and indexes Information resources and services Information Technology tools and devices LIS education and training Library services amidst the pandemic conditions (cases) Registration and submission details are available at https://nilis.cmb.ac.lk/home/news/2020/nrs20/1490/ *Important dates:* - *Last date for receiving abstracts*: Extended to 10.01.2021 - *Author notification*: 15.01.2021 - *The final version of the abstract and presentation due*: 18.01.2021 - *Symposium date*: 23.01.2021 -- With regards, Sourav Debnath Assistant Librarian National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli India - 620015 https://www.nitt.edu/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: OA2020 Progress Report - December 2020
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 03 Jan '21

03 Jan '21

A progress report of OA2020 (open access 2020) community is published at https://oa2020.org/progress-report ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: "Campbell, Colleen" <campbell(a)mpdl.mpg.de>Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 18:12:17 +0000 Dear Colleagues, The OA2020 community came together in December to reflect on the progress made together in transitioning scholarly journals to open access. Slides from that meeting are now available on the OA2020 Progress Report page (https://oa2020.org/progress-report/) along with a video featuring regional perspectives from OA2020 champions around the world on OA2020’s collective impact and insights into their local efforts. Our partners have demonstrated that it is possible to achieve open access on a large scale for the benefit of our research communities in a matter of a few short years. A clear path has been cut with cost-neutral transformative and transitional agreements, and our next objective will be their expansion and proliferation—scaling up around the world to ensure an equitable and irreversible transition of scholarly communication to open access. With best wishes, Colleen Colleen Campbell Open Access 2020 Initiative ESAC Initiative Max Planck Digital Library campbell(a)mpdl.mpg.de +49 160 9725 1536

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Sci-Hub and Libgen
by vinod mishra 01 Jan '21

01 Jan '21

Someone looting a lot of money from the rich and give it to the poor? Sci-Hub and Libgen Is it like that? With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 URL: http://vinod.itshelp.co.in/ ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874 *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma Gandhi* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Who Owns that Song?: The Battle for Subramania Bharati’s Copyright
by Vasanth 01 Jan '21

01 Jan '21

Dear Sir/Madam, Just to add to the ongoing discussion on Sci-hub and copyright infringement, there is an another interesting work that we should look for "Who Owns that Song?: The Battle for Subramania Bharati’s Copyright" authored by A.R. Venkatachalapathy. This books narrates the story of how people of Tamil Nadu fought for the nationalization of Subramania Bharati's works and eventually government acquired the copyrights and put it in public domain for all to access freely. This is an interesting work on copyright and free access to knowledge------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N.Librarian Mysore

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Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 210101
by Mohan Hr 01 Jan '21

01 Jan '21

*Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 210101* Current Post: https://bit.ly/3aXym2X Archives: https://lnkd.in/ewR3UdD *IRAI wishes it's readers a happy, healthy, prosperous and safe New Year 2021.* *Articles* Employment Want to get — and stay — employed through 2030? 10 jobs to consider How to ace your next online job interview 9 things you can do to make working from home more joyful 14 most in-demand data science skills you need to succeed Artificial Intelligence An executive’s guide to AI The state of AI in 2020 The Missing Pieces of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine DevOps DevOps news and trends to watch in 2021 10 DevOps engineer skills to add to a resume Top 15 DevOps blogs to read and follow 16 DevOps books to level up your skills Information Security Top cybersecurity articles of 2020 Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2020 FAQ's on Cyber Attacks Information Security Awareness for Women Digital Footprints, Wealth & Assets Digging your own digital grave: how should you manage the data you leave behind? What happens to your digital wealth on death and incapacity? Facebook’s accidental ‘death’ of users reminds us to plan for digital death Death and the Internet: Consumer Issues for Planning and Managing Digital Legacies Videos to Watch The most popular TED Talks of 2020 TED Talk Editor's Picks of 2020 New tech, new ethics Innovation & Food Security Vertical Farms Run by AI and Robots To Solve the Land Crisis Denmark’s Wind-Powered Vertical Farm Will Produce 1K Tons of Greens a Year Business & Management 13 Tips for Finding Success In the Business World Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Jurassic Park 3 Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom The 10 biggest business trends for 2021 everyone must be ready for Self Development 10 Great Ways to Show You’re Grateful Today How to listen — really listen — to someone you don’t agree with Education Paperless Schools of the Future: Decoding the potential of digital adoption for schools 10 Critical issues in Educational Technology Health & Wellness Your gut microbiome may be linked to dementia, Parkinson’s disease and MS Coronavirus: how to keep your gut microbiome healthy to fight COVID-19 Gut health: does exercise change your microbiome? Beer Might Actually Be Good for You, According to Science Books & Periodicals 21 inspiring, must-read books for 2021 14 minimalist e-books to maximize your happiness Book: Cryptography and Information Security General 33 Interesting Facts About the Most Famous Engineers & Inventors *IRAI Quiz -- 210101* *Forthcoming Events* CSI, ACM & IEEE CS Events 2nd Jan -- Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Strategies. https://bit.ly/36OiwVI 8th Jan -- MLOps: Evolution of New Era Beyond DevOps. https://bit.ly/3orwgM4 23rd Jan -- Open Data for Sustainable Community. https://bit.ly/39M6Nc8 30th Jan -- Experimental AI for Social Good. https://bit.ly/36U5rKF For the pdf invite, presentation & speaker details of events in Jan 2021 at: https://bit.ly/3h3MJnq For additional events in Jan 2021 https://bit.ly/3p7GS2Z India Science Festival 2021 Program Schedule *Announcements* CII Startupreneur Awards Free ACM membership for students Microsoft launches free Web Development program for beginners Archives : https://lnkd.in/ewR3UdD *Answers to IRAI Quiz -- 210101* Current Post: https://bit.ly/3aXym2X

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Draft 5th National Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy for public consultation | Department Of Science & Technology
by madhan muthu 01 Jan '21

01 Jan '21

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CFP: ISKO UK Conference 2021 - online - 12-16 July 2021
by Aida Slavic 31 Dec '20

31 Dec '20

=== Call for Papers === Knowledge Organization in Exceptional Times: How KO Helps People, Organizations and Societies to Adapt to Change" Online, 12-16 July 2021 Conference website: https://www.iskouk.org/Conference-2021 Abstract submission: https://easychair.org/cfp/ISKOUK2021 Deadline: 1 February 2021 Contact: conference(a)iskouk.org "Knowledge Organization in Exceptional Times ", the 7th biennial ISKO UK Conference, will be an online conference 12-16 July 2021 This ISKO UK conference addresses challenges and opportunities during periods of dramatic change. These can be brought about by pandemics, political change, conflicts, social unrest or technological innovation. This conference will explore the role of knowledge organization in helping people, organization and societies to adapt to change. The conference aims to bridge the divide between theory and practice and we welcome submissions from both practitioners and researchers in knowledge organization. We are looking for papers and/or presentations and posters that will attract a global audience of researchers, practitioners, teachers, and developers. Your proposed paper or presentation should help to deepen the understanding of knowledge organization, describe challenges, innovations and advances in the field, or speculate about the potential of KO to bring progress and benefits. For details about invited topics and to submit your 300-500 word abstract go to https://easychair.org/cfp/ISKOUK2021. ==== ISKO UK - The UK Chapter of the International Society for Knowledge Organization www.iskouk.org ----------------------------------------------- Do not miss our free webinars: ISKO UK Meetups - https://www.iskouk.org/Landing-page Knowledge Organization Education - https://www.iskouk.org/KOED

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written! - Paulo Coelho
by chudamani kuppahalli 31 Dec '20

31 Dec '20

 It is not just getting published. Putting in archives leads to an addition to the millions. Organized ease of usability comes through journals. Knowledge organisation is the crux of the problem. A journal is an organised first approach. Chudamani Sent from RediffmailNG on Android From: "Vasumathi Sriganesh (QMed)" <vasu(a)qmedkf.org.in> Sent: Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:58:46 GMT+0530 To: Sathyanarayana NV <sathya(a)informaticsglobal.com> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written! - Paulo Coelho Loved your response! As I keep reiterating - while I believe that knowledge should be available to all, there are costs in producing knowledge. I wonder - will people be happy to just keep their research results in any preprints archive and not have them published in journals? If they do not get them published in journals - what happens to their promotions? Why does everyone want to get their article published only in high impact factor / international journals? I am not wanting to judge anyone's actions. We need to lay them all out, and with all possible data and factors arrive at the right answers.  As you say - we need the right OA (and more?) elements to be sorted out in order to do this The million dollar question is Who will do it? Vasumathi Sriganesh QMed Knowledge Foundation A-3, Shubham Center, Cardinal Gracious Road Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India Tel: 91-22-40054474    Mob: +919867292230 Email: vasu(a)qmed.ngo  Web:www.qmed.ngo MMC Speaker Code - MMC/MASS/00030/2016 Member: Academy of Health Professions Education Our online courses - www.qmedcourses.in On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 9:58 AM Sathyanarayana NV < sathya(a)informaticsglobal.com> wrote: > Dear Madhan, > Interesting call by Paulo Coelho! > The universe owned by the authors should turn Gandhian by changing the > currently used copyright statement “All rights reserved” to a new statement > “All rights unreserved”. > > Gandhi wrote his famous book “Hind Swaraj: Indian Home Rule”  in 1915 > during his  journey by ship from South Africa to India. He released this > book in Gujarathi and English with both imprints carrying the statement > “All rights unreserved”. Gandhi was a lawyer by profession as we know. Back > in India, he intended this book to serve the purpose of launching  his > non-violence style of freedom movement. It is another story that his > Gujarathi edition was banned by the British Government.  They didn’t bother > about Indian edition as they thought that none would read English version! > > The important message here from Gandhi to the authors of the scholarly > communication in particular -- which is a far better message than Paul > Coelho, is:  declare your papers at the pre-print level itself with the > statement:  “All rights unreserved” and post it in a public repository site > like  arXiv or chemrXiv or medrXiv or biorXiv.    This may start a new > “Sathyagraha”  (civil disobedience) movement leading to free the scholarly > journals from the pay-wall controlled subscription model for ever!  Gandhi > taught us to be truthful and not steal from others.  Instead of giving a > call to defend thieves and pirates like  Alexandra Elbakyan,  OA movement > should pursue the leading scientists and researchers of  India and the > world to rigorously pursue the Gandhian model. > > OA movement needs to be re-invented, two decades after its first-round of > limited success so far, waking up the scholarly world only partially!  We > need a Gandhian of the scholarly world to emerge for this.  Who could this > be? > > Sathya > N. V. Sathyanarayana > | Chairman & Managing Director | Informatics India Ltd. | Bangalore 560004 > |INDIA | > | www.informaticsglobal.com<http://www.informaticsglobal.com> | > > > > > From: LIS-Forum <lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Date: Wednesday, 30 December 2020 at 11:08 PM > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything > I’ve ever written! - Paulo Coelho > My thoughts on S.O.P.A. > > Paulo Coelho > > https://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/20/welcome-to-pirate-my-books/ > > As an author, I should be defending ‘intellectual property’, but I’m not. > > Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written! > > The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever. > > First, because all anyone ever does is recycle the same four themes: a love > story between two people, a love triangle, the struggle for power, and the > story of a journey. > > Second, because all writers want what they write to be read, whether in a > newspaper, blog, pamphlet, or on a wall. > > The more often we hear a song on the radio, the keener we are to buy the > CD. It’s the same with literature. > > -- > Madhan, M > > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > _______________________________________________ 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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Interview: A true researcher has to be information literate: Ganga Dakshinamurti
by Santosh C. Hulagabali 31 Dec '20

31 Dec '20

Dear all, Wishing you all Happy New Year! Happy to share the interview transcript of Ganga Dakshinamurti, a long-time library professional in Canada. With over fifty years’ dedicated service in the library profession in Canada, she has worked in different segments of academic librarianship from college to universities, advocating and practicing information literacy programmes for the effective utilisation of resources. She retired from the University of Manitoba in December, 2015 and is currently a Senior Scholar at the University. In this interview for Open Interview <https://openinterview.org/>, she talks exclusively on information literacy services which she practiced since the mid- 1960s in the Canadian academic libraries. She believes that the basic goal of information literacy is still unchanged irrespective of limited resources in the past and the exponential growth of information sources and tools in the present. She is of the view that there is no foreseeable end to this explosion of information sources and therefore educating the patrons about the effective use of resources is necessary. Please visit the following link and share your valuable comments: A true researcher has to be information literate: Ganga Dakshinamurti https://openinterview.org/2020/12/30/ganga-dakshinamurti-a-true-researcher-… Best regards, -- Santosh C. Hulagabali, PhD <https://santoshch.weebly.com/> University Librarian Central University of Haryana <http://cuh.ac.in/> Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh-123 031 Haryana, India Cell: +91-99874 28147 .. DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail & discard all copies of the original message. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Webinar on "MLOps: Evolution of New Era Beyond DevOps" on 8th Jan 2021 & Forthcoming Events of ACM, IEEE CS & CSI
by Mohan Hr 31 Dec '20

31 Dec '20

Webinar on "MLOps: Evolution of New Era Beyond DevOps" ================================================== CSI Chennai, ACM Chennai & IEEE CS Madras cordially invite you to the webinar Topic: MLOps: Evolution of New Era Beyond DevOps Speaker: Mr. Biswajit Chatterjee, Solution Architect – CoE, Tata Consultancy Services Limited Date: Friday, 8th Jan 2021 Time: 6 pm to 7 pm IST For presentation details & speaker profile, pl see the PDF invite at https://bit.ly/2IjtusP Register at https://bit.ly/3orwgM4 Forthcoming Events ================= 2nd Jan -- Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Strategies. https://bit.ly/36OiwVI 8th Jan -- MLOps: Evolution of New Era Beyond DevOps. https://bit.ly/3orwgM4 23rd Jan -- Open Data for Sustainable Community. https://bit.ly/39M6Nc8 30th Jan -- Experimental AI for Social Good. https://bit.ly/36U5rKF Pl refer for pdf invite, presentation & speaker details of events in Jan 2021 at: https://bit.ly/3h3MJnq For additional events in Jan 2021 scheduled and hosted by organisations including CSI, ACM & IEEE CS, please visit https://bit.ly/3p7GS2Z Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 201221: pl see tte post at https://bit.ly/34vv0QA

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Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written! - Paulo Coelho
by madhan muthu 31 Dec '20

31 Dec '20

My thoughts on S.O.P.A. Paulo Coelho https://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/20/welcome-to-pirate-my-books/ As an author, I should be defending ‘intellectual property’, but I’m not. Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written! The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever. First, because all anyone ever does is recycle the same four themes: a love story between two people, a love triangle, the struggle for power, and the story of a journey. Second, because all writers want what they write to be read, whether in a newspaper, blog, pamphlet, or on a wall. The more often we hear a song on the radio, the keener we are to buy the CD. It’s the same with literature. -- Madhan, M -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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