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China’s Mars mission, vaccine trust and predatory journals
by Raghavendra pawar 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

China’s Mars mission, vaccine trust and predatory journals <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00394-4?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20210218…> Thank you, Raghavendra R -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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India must protect the independence of its landmark science agency
by Raghavendra pawar 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

India must protect the independence of its landmark science agency <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00327-1> Thank you, Raghavendrda R -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OSF | Social Dimensions of Copyright Infringement and Enforcement.
by madhan muthu 17 Feb '21

17 Feb '21

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Fwd: Extension of ISSI Student Travel Award application deadline
by Shamprasad Pujar 16 Feb '21

16 Feb '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Kevin Boyack <kboyack(a)mapofscience.com> Date: Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 12:11 AM Subject: [ISSI] Extension of ISSI Student Travel Award application deadline To: <ISSI(a)listserv.rediris.es> Dear Colleagues, Given that the ISSI paper submission deadlines were extended, we feel it is also appropriate to extend the deadline for applications for the ISSI Student Travel Award. Applications will now be accepted through March 1, 2021. Details about the application requirements and procedure are available at https://issi2021.org/awards/. Please feel free to encourage your students to apply. The award will be given to (up to) ten individuals, and will consist of a waiver of registration fees for the ISSI conference given that it will be held virtually. Thanks and best wishes, Kevin Kevin Boyack, ISSI Board Member ----------------------------------------------------http://www.ccma.csic.es/dpts/suelos/hidro/issi/home.html ----------------------------------------------------

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Webinar on "Value Based IT Solutions Delivery Through Disciplined Agile on 20th Feb 2021 & Other Events of CSI, ACM & IEEE CS
by Mohan Hr 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

Value Based IT Solutions Delivery Through Disciplined Agile ================================================= CSI Chennai, ACM Chennai & IEEE CS Madras cordially invite you to the webinar Topic: Value Based IT Solutions Delivery Through Disciplined Agile Speaker: Mr. A. Chandrasekaran, CEO cum Founder Director of Infocareer and Agile Evangelist, A certified DA coach and instructor Date: Saturday, 20th Feb 2021 Time: 6 pm to 7 pm IST For presentation details & speaker profile, pl see the PDF invite at http://bit.ly/35beaaa Register at http://bit.ly/2XexaQp Forthcoming Events ================ 27th Feb -- Mobile Forensics and Cyber Crime Investigations http://bit.ly/3c051VO 6th Mar -- Launch of the book “Machine Learning: A Practitioner’s Approach” followed by a presentation on “Machine Learning – An Introduction to Real Life Applications” http://bit.ly/3aAhrBE 12th Mar -- Chatbot Development for Enhancing Customer Experience http://bit.ly/3rcZKia 20th Mar 2021: How NoCode Is Changing The Way We Build Software http://bit.ly/3a85eoS 24th Mar -- Demystifying Cryptography & Encryption Algorithms http://bit.ly/3ri7mzQ For pdf invite, presentation & speaker details of events in: Feb 2021: https://bit.ly/3st0rWd Mar 2021: https://bit.ly/2Ml5VlD For additional events in Feb 2021: https://bit.ly/3nNALA1 Mar 2021: https://bit.ly/2Ogg6Z4 Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 210121: https://bit.ly/3oawwOU

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Webinar on "Research Visibility and Quality in the context of NAAC and NIRF"
by Ishwar Goudar 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

Forwarded message from Sheshadripuram College, Bangalore. Dear all, Greetings from Seshadripuram College Affiliated to Bengaluru City University NAAC Accredited with 'A' Grade Department of Library and Information Centre in association with Anveshana Research Cell is organizing a webinar on "Research Visibility and Quality in the context of NAAC and NIRF". Date: 16/02/2021 Time: 12:30pm to 2:30pm In this regard please find the following registration link to register yourself. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoZjZ5TPfnsJEhzecwGqbg-0okNFn4Ihc… No Registration Fee. E-certificate will be issued to registered participants. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85808253115 Regards Dr. Meera H N Principal Seshadripuram College Yeshwanth Kumar S Librarian Seshadripuram College Raji Pillai Convenor Anveshana Research Cell

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Call for Papers -- Research & Industry Symposium on "IoT Cloud For Societal Applications"
by Mohan Hr 11 Feb '21

11 Feb '21

Dear all We are pleased to announce "IoTCloud'21", the first Research & Industry Symposium in honour of Mr. F.C. Kohli, the father of Indian Software Industry organised by ACM Chennai, CSI Chennai & IEEE CS Madras Chapters and hosted by AIC-IIITKottayam, IIIT-Kottayam in online mode. Theme: IoT Cloud For Societal Applications. Date: 3rd May 2021 Prizes: Rs. 10000, Rs. 7500, Rs. 5000 to top three papers. Certificates: To all accepted and presented papers. Paper Submission Deadline: 10th March 2021. For details of the Symposium and Call for Papers, pl. visit http://icentre.iiitkottayam.ac.in/iotcloudsymp.html Publication: Apart from online eProceedings, selected papers will be considered for publication in the Special Issue on IoT Cloud in Elsevier Journal https://www.journals.elsevier.com/internet-of-things/call-for-papers/specia… Symposium Coordinators: Dr. Shajulin Benedict, IIIT-Kottayam & Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chair, ACM Chennai For further details, pl contact: Dr. Shajulin Benedict. Email: shajulin(a)iiitkottayam.ac.in Phone No: 0482-2202155, 9443543746 (Whatsapp) Looking forward to your participation. Team ACM, CSI, IEEE CS, AIC-IIITKottayam, IIIT-Kottayam

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Request for Article
by Ajit Prajapati 09 Feb '21

09 Feb '21

Dear Sir/Madam, Kindly send me this article The Reference Librarian <https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wref20/current>Volume 52, 2010 - Issue 1-2 <https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wref20/52/1-2>: Mobile Reference: Papers from the Handheld Librarian Conferences <https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wref20/52/1-2> Article: Tag, You're It! Using QR Codes to Promote Library Services Tag, You're It! Using QR Codes to Promote Library Services: The Reference Librarian: Vol 52, No 1-2 (tandfonline.com) <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02763877.2011.521883> -- *Ajit Prajapati* *M.A., M.L.I.S., M.Phil, Ph.D Pursuing, PGDCA, SLET, NET-JRF* * IGNOU Academic Counsellor,* * LibrarianGovt.Arts and Commerce College, Netrang, Dist. Bharuch Gujarat9662048549/7779089049* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Symposium on 'Open Access to HSS research - Perspectives from Latin America and the United Kingdom'
by madhan muthu 08 Feb '21

08 Feb '21

*Dear Friends:* *You are invited.* *Symposium on 'Open Access to HSS research - Perspectives from Latin America and the United Kingdom'* Organised by Azim Premji University Date: Feb 17, 2021 Time: 06:30 PM India Registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ka4dkgmTT9e5VoJYzf19xA We look forward to your participation. Kindly share this invitation to all you think would be of interest. Host: Dr Venkat Nadella, DST-Centre for Policy Research, IISc, Bengaluru Speakers: Title: *Open Access in HSS in the UK - the conflict between big ideas and small communities* By Dr. Rebecca Darley ( Birkbeck, University of London) Rebecca was part of a project organised by the British Academy, a non-governmental representative body for HSS in the UK, to write a report about the possible impact of UK’s open access policy on HSS subjects. The report < https://bit.ly/3pXySm8>, which was published in 2014, resulted in some changes to the government policy. In this talk, Rebecca will briefly discuss the global and local context of open access debate and the specific forms of open access that the UK makes most use of. Also, she will talk about the role of small publishers, especially learned society journals, in UK HSS publishing and the unresolved conflict between ideological support for open access and the practicalities of publishing. Title: *Social Sciences and Humanities open access scholarly communications in a developing region - policies, initiatives and needed changes in research assessment (the case of Latin America)* By Dr. Dominique Babini and Dr. Laura Rovelli (CLACSO-Latin American Council of Social Sciences) In an international context of Sustainable Development Goals research agendas, and advances in open science policies and practices, SSH research produced and published within developing regions are an important contribution. Dominique Babini and Laura Rovelli will describe how Latin America has advanced in the past two decades with open access policies and initiatives that are collaborative, publicly-funded and non-profit, and the role of the Latin American Forum on Research Assessment (FOLEC-CLACSO) in the promotion of a much needed review of quality, grounded and relevant research evaluation procedures. -- Madhan, M -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Why the academic community should support Sci-Hub | Deccan Herald
by madhan muthu 06 Feb '21

06 Feb '21

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Science Policy, Competition and Profits
by madhan muthu 06 Feb '21

06 Feb '21

https://www.indialegallive.com/column-news/open-science-policy-e-shodh-sind… As far as commercial publications are concerned, under the present laws, we will have to depend upon a more efficient and expanded version of E-ShodhSindhu. This would mean that the service should be available to any organisation at bulk subsidised rates in a cafeteria format. The charges could be indexed so that smaller bundles cost less and the charges increase progressively with the size of the bundle. In the meantime, the government can also set up a website where sources (national and international) providing free downloads of documents on different topics are listed. Meanwhile, we must be quite clear that Sci-Hub and Library Genesis are providing an enormously useful service to scholars all over the world. It will be a long time before any official agency in India will be able to provide a comparable service. The best we can hope for is that the court cases against them languish for as long as possible as they do for much less laudable causes. -- 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] LISA Distinguished Lecture – 4 by Prof.Sudha Rao, Former Vice Chancellor KSOU, Mysore- A Distinguished Educationist
by Pandurang Konnur 05 Feb '21

05 Feb '21

Dear Professional Friends, The LIS Academy has taken the initiative to organise LISA - Distinguished Lecture Series. The Fourth Distinguished Lecture will be delivered by Dr.Sudha Rao, Former Vice Chancellor KSOU, Mysore, Senior Adviser to AICTE (1992-96), Former Executive Director and Member Secretary, Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Bangalore, Fulbright Scholar, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. The lecture entitled " Changing Educational Scenario: Challenges Before Libraries” will be delivered at 03.00 pm on Saturday, 13th February 2021. Please find a copy of the event Brochure from the following link: https://bit.ly/3axQkap You may register for the event from the following Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYFxfpCIjjg3EgPVGIPceLFoW67yLpd8s… You are requested to kindly participate. Please fill out the following form for registration and participation. I am sure that you will be greatly benefitted. Looking forward to the pleasure of meeting you in the LISA - Distinguished Lecture Series. The Quiz Program is organised after every event. The questions on the lecture delivered will be given in the Quiz link and displayed for the Participants answer them in 10 minutes during the Question and answer session. Memento and Certificate will be awarded to the winner of the Quiz program. Please find the earlier quiz winners' mementos in the following Link: First Lecture Quiz winner: Kaustav Chakraborti https://bit.ly/3oOfhDC Third Lecture Quiz winner: Arun Kumar Gadepalli https://bit.ly/3cJGQf0 ALL ARE REQUESTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT AND THE QUIZ Thanking You, Dr.P.V.Konnur President LIS Academy, Bangalore Thanks & Regards, Dr. P. V. Konnur President - LIS Academy, Bangalore Former LIS Professor, 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 Thanks & Regards, *Dr. P. V. Konnur* *President* - LIS Academy, Bangalore *Former LIS Professor*, *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 <http://www.lisacademy.org/>* On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 2:48 PM Pandurang Konnur <pvkonnur(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Professional Friends, > The LIS Academy has taken the initiative to organise LISA - > Distinguished Lecture Series. The Fourth Distinguished Lecture will be > delivered by Dr.Sudha Rao, Former Vice Chancellor KSOU, Mysore, Senior > Adviser to AICTE (1992-96), Former Executive Director and Member > Secretary, Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Bangalore, Fulbright > Scholar, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. > The lecture entitled " Changing Educational Scenario: Challenges > Before Libraries” will be delivered at 03.00 pm on Saturday, 13th > February 2021. > > Please find a copy of the event Brochure from the following link: > > https://bit.ly/3axQkap > > You are requested to kindly participate. Please fill out the following > form for registration and participation. I am sure that you will be > greatly benefitted. Looking forward to the pleasure of meeting you in > the LISA - Distinguished Lecture Series. > > Quiz Program is organised after every event. The questions on the > lecture delivered will be given in the Quiz link and displayed for the > Participants to answer them in 10 minutes during the Question and > answer session. Memento and Certificate will be awarded to the winner > of the Quiz program. > > Please find the earlier quiz winners' mementos in the following Link: > > First Lecture Quiz winner: Kaustav Chakraborti > https://bit.ly/3oOfhDC > > Third Lecture Quiz winner: Arun Kumar Gadepalli > https://bit.ly/3cJGQf0 > > > ALL ARE REQUESTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT AND THE QUIZ > > > Thanking You, > > > Dr.P.V.Konnur > President > LIS Academy, Bangalore > Thanks & Regards, > Dr. P. V. Konnur > President - LIS Academy, Bangalore > Former LIS Professor, > 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 >

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Advertisement for the post of 'Library Assistant' on contract basis
by Shamprasad Pujar 05 Feb '21

05 Feb '21

Dear Professionals, IGIDR library is looking for a 'Library Assistant' on a contract basis. The interested candidates may apply for the post using the prescribed application form given in the advertisement. The advertisement details may be found at the following URL address: http://www.igidr.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Advt-Jan-2021-rolling-con… Regards, Shamprasad M. Pujar, PhD Chief Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-2841 6528 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS
by Nazneen Rahman 04 Feb '21

04 Feb '21

Dear LIS-FORUM members, Following is a questionnaire prepared as a part of my dissertation work titled ‘ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS’. The study is conducted among the library and information professionals of India, which intends to find out the Perspectives of library and information professionals towards AI and to analyse the impacts of AI on the profession. It will be very helpful if you spare a few minutes for me. I kindly request you to fill out the following form. Please click the following link to fill out the form. Please ignore the message if you have already filled out the form. https://forms.gle/vHkdY7954babAsBg9 Yours Faithfully NAZNEEN RAHMAN MLISc Student -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Webinar on Global Standards in LIS
by Ishwar Goudar 03 Feb '21

03 Feb '21

Dear Sir/Madam Greetings from Seshadripuram Evening Degree College Seshadripuram, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India We are organizing an International Webinar GLOBAL STANDARDS IN LIBRARY SCIENCE on 4th February 2021, Thursday at 5.00 PM IST (12.30 PM, Sweden) in association with MYRA School of Business, Mysuru, India. Inaugural Address: Christine Mackenzie, The President, International Federation of Library Associations, Australia. Theme Speaker 1: Catharina Isberg, IFLA Governing Board member & IFLA Division Chair, Library Director, Helsingborg City Libraries, Sweden. Theme Speaker 2: Dr. Shalini Urs, Founder & Chairperson, MYRA School of Business, Mysuru, India. Presided by: Sri. W.D. Ashok Trustee Seshadripuram Educational Trust Mode: ZOOM For Registration click the link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfbWlgWt4CiH0gpljBVBnhfFWmXY9aONCo… ** No Registration Fee E-certificate will be provided to the participants. For queries Contact: Dhareppa Konnur, Programme Coordinator Mob: 9008599700 E-mail: konnur.dharish(a)gmail.com Thanks and Regards, YOGANDNDA S.V LIBRARIAN 9845641830

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Webinar on "Stitching Experience Design into Agile Methodology" on 13th Feb 2021 & Events of CSI, ACM & IEEE CS in Feb 2021
by Mohan Hr 03 Feb '21

03 Feb '21

Stitching Experience Design into Agile Methodology ========================================== IEEE CS Madras, ACM Chennai & CSI Chennai cordially invite you to the webinar Topic: Stitching Experience Design into Agile Methodology Speaker: Ms. Kavitha Kalyan, Design Director - Borderless Design Business Growth, TCS Design, Author, Speaker Date: Saturday, 13th Feb 2021 Time: 6 pm to 7 pm IST For presentation details & speaker profile, pl see the PDF invite at http://bit.ly/2XQogcr Register at http://bit.ly/3bP5nhY Forthcoming Events ================ 6th Feb -- Educational Reforms -- Education on Demand -- NEP 2020 and Beyond http://bit.ly/2Lt775I 13th Feb -- Stitching Experience Design into Agile Methodology http://bit.ly/3bP5nhY 20th Feb -- Value Based IT Solutions Delivery Through Disciplined Agile http://bit.ly/2XexaQp 27th Feb -- Mobile Forensics and Cyber Crime Investigations http://bit.ly/3c051VO For pdf invite, presentation & speaker details of events in: Feb 2021: https://bit.ly/3st0rWd Mar 2021: https://bit.ly/2Ml5VlD For additional events in Feb 2021: https://bit.ly/3nNALA1 Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 210121: https://bit.ly/3oawwOU

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“Preservation of open access articles – is long-term storage guaranteed?”.
by Aditya Ranjan 03 Feb '21

03 Feb '21

The journal “The Publication Plan” issued an article entitled “Preservation of open access articles – is long-term storage guaranteed?”. This article mentions the ongoing collaboration between DOAJ, CLOCKSS, Internet Archive, Keepers Registry/ISSN International Centre and Public Knowledge Project (PKP) regarding diamond OA journal preservation. The article is available here: https://thepublicationplan.com/2021/01/28/preservation-of-open-access-artic… *Thanks and regards.* Aditya Ranjan Assistant Librarian, Azim Premji University, Bangalore. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Weimar on social sciences
by Nellore Harilakshmi 01 Feb '21

01 Feb '21

National Webinar on Research Methodology in Social Sciences Date: 5th to 6th February, 2021 Dear Professionals Friends, Greetings Sri Venkateswara University Library, Tirupati, Invites you to participate in the National webinar titled “National Webinar on Research Methodology in Social Sciences” Date: 5th to 6th February, 2021 Time: 10:AM to 5:30 PM Organiser: Dr. K. Surendra Babu, Associate Professor & Librarian I/C, S. V. University Library, Tirupati-517502. Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zxn5HN0RK2rApXZwcc2haZJE9XKIJp9t-_BU6OCJW-… No Registration Fee. Webinar Platform: Microsoft Teams meeting E-Certificate will be provided to those who registered and participated in the webinar. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Informatics Studies- Special Issues on Agricultural Informatics - Published
by Centre for Informatics Research and Development 01 Feb '21

01 Feb '21

Dear Scholars Informatics Studies has just published its latest special issue on Agricultural Informatics at: informaticsstudies.org. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest. Thanks for the continuing interest in our work, Dr. Raman Nair R. Executing Editor. Trivandrum - 43, *Informatics Studies. Vol 8, No 1 (2021): Agricultural Informatics* Table of Contents http://52.205.22.215/index.php/informatics/issue/view/51 Agricultural Informatics to Address Challenges in Increased Food Production (P. 03-04) - Editors, Informatics Studies. Food and Environment: Informatics for Walking the Tightrope (P.05-18) -Swaminathan MS. Need for National Information Infrastructure and 'Central Research Institute for Agricultural Informatics' under DARE/ICAR (P.19-40) - R Raman Nair Dr. A M Michael: Pioneering Water Conservation and Agricultural Informatics (P. 41-56) - Gireesh Kumar T K, and Jayapradeep M Mobile Technology: Concept, Framework and Implications in Agro-Advisory Services (P. 57-64) - Pankaj Kumar Ojha AGROVOC and Knowledge Management in Agriculture (P. 65-76) - Bakker Jane Scientometric Analysis of Contributions to the Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science (P. 77-94)- Ghouse Modin Nabeesab Mamdapur, Manjunath B Hadimani, Manjunath Devappa Kaddipujar, and Engin Senel The coming Issues of the Journal will be special issues on application of Information and Communication technology in the fields of biosciences and health /medicine. Papers are invited. Papers can be uploaded at: informaticsstudies.org Informatics Studies. http://52.205.22.215/index.php/informatics -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Access Global Trends and CMU Experiences: Lecture video and slides
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 30 Jan '21

30 Jan '21

The KAUST University Library Annual Outreach Lecture 2021 on "Open Access global trends and CMU experiences" was delivered by Prof. Keith Webster, Dean of University Libraries Carnegie Mellon University, the USA on 28th January 2021. This lecture reviewed the growth of open access in recent years and considered the position of major publishers as they adjust their business models. Key developments explained include the impact of Plan S, the shift towards transformative read and publish agreements and the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the commercial landscape. The lecture also illustrated the opportunities and challenges for individual institutions like CMU. While introducing the speaker, Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar, the KAUST Library Director has announced the transformative open access agreements established at KAUST. The video of the live-streamed lecture is available at https://youtu.be/rsnhEw29aCw (please skip the first 5.30 minutes of the video). The slides used for the lecture can be downloaded from the CMU repository https://kilthub.cmu.edu/articles/presentation/Open_Access_Global_Trends_and… ---------- Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, University Library Director, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), www.kaust.edu.sa

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Job notification: Librarian
by Deepak Mehta 30 Jan '21

30 Jan '21

Dear Sir, Greetings from BITS Pilani! We are notifying the position of Librarian at Pilani and the Job Description is attached herewith. You are requested to kindly post the notification in your forum. The details are available on the Institute's website (http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/pilani/ntpositions) Please use http://discovery.bits-pilani.ac.in/ntpositions/index.aspx to submit the application. For any technical issues during application submission, please reach out to us at hroffice(a)pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in. The last date to submit the application is February 11, 2021. Kindly confirm once the details are posted on your website. Thanks and with best regards, With Regards Deepak Mehta

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National webinar on "Reference Management in Scholarly Writing using Mendeley"
by meera anand 30 Jan '21

30 Jan '21

Dear Professional friends, Greetings! The Learning Resource Centre, Jain (Deemed-to-be University) invites you to participate in the National Webinar on “Reference Management in Scholarly Writing using Mendeley”. About the Webinar Managing references to sources used in scholarly writing can sometimes be a daunting task. But the availability of reference management software has simplified reference management to a great extent. Mendeley Desktop reference manager provided by Elsevier is feature-rich software that can be used by authors/researchers for easy and systematic reference management. This webinar focuses on demonstrating Mendeley Desktop reference manager and its effective use for managing references in scholarly writing. Learning Outcomes After participating in the webinar, a participant will be able to: •Understand the rudiments of citing and referencing. •Get acquainted with common referencing styles. •Install and use Mendeley Desktop reference manager. •Capture references from online sources. •Insert citations and generate references in various styles. •Perform advanced tasks such as importing references. Day& Date: Thursday, 04 February 2021 Time: 5.00 PM – 6.30 PM (IST) Resource Person: Dr. Rupesh Kumar A, Assistant professor, Department of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtr80idopAPc0sUhyhCQQ2BqnlBfZj-6X… No registration fee. Platform: Zoom After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. E-certificate will be provided to those who register and participate in the webinar after submitting the feedback. Who can participate? Faculties, research scholars, LIS professionals, students and others Looking forward to your active participation. Best Regards, Dr. Meeramani N Librarian and Program Coordinator Jain (Deemed-to-be University) Bangalore Cell: 9845500343 E-Mail: n.meeramani(a)jainuniversity.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Publications
by Chandrakant Sathe 30 Jan '21

30 Jan '21

Dear All, Academics typically write, review and edit publications like journals and textbooks, and they are often not paid for that. Charging their universities huge amounts of money to access these books in a digital format in a pandemic is surely unfair. https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/educ… Thanks and regards, Chandrakant Sathe Mob 9890210410 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One nation, one subscription
by M S Sridhar 29 Jan '21

29 Jan '21

Dear moderator, Request you to post the following in LIS Forum: Dear friends, Widely talked *‘One nation, one subscription’* (draft S&T policy) is not a new idea. Way back in the 1990s a similar proposal that ‘*no two libraries in India will subscribe to the same journal’* was made by Prof. Vishvanathan, then Director, INSDOC (and quoted by an international journal). This happened after too many and too long efforts of ‘rationalisation of subscription to journals’ by DST. Of course, *no two libraries in India will subscribe to the same journal* never took off. As a student (over 50 years ago), while studying information systems of various countries I heard/ read about *VINITI* of USSR, which used to subscribe to *one copy of all significant journals* of the world and translate each issue cover to cover to print to distribute to Russian scholars and researchers. By doing so, they have not only achieved ‘*one nation, one subscription’*, but *overcome barriers to language and OA* within the country. All these were easily possible for them within reasonable expenditure because of the totalitarian nature of the country. One another difference, today, is that we are talking of e-journals and not print journals. In a democratic set up, knowingly that it is impracticable and prohibitively costly, should we go with ‘one nation, one subscription’? If pursued, it will be like *‘networking for resource sharing’* and *‘consortia approach to subscription’* projects of past 2-3 decades where covert objectives of *centralization of resources and authority/ power *are met but not savings and extra service. Issues are certainly debatable! Yours, M S Sridhar, Former Head, Library and Documentation, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Informatics Innovation Award - LTC2021. 30 JAN 2021
by Sathyanarayana NV 29 Jan '21

29 Jan '21

Dear friends LTC2021 – the International Conclave on eScience and Digital Libraries, took off well on 27th Jan, with the inaugural address by Dr. K. Vijaya Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to the. Government of India. Tomorrow is the final day of the LTC2021 with three sessions: 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM. Social Media and Research 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM. Health Informatics 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM. Case studies in Innovation and Valedictory CASE STUDIES IN INNOVATION session presents five best innovations selected by the independent members of Jury, from the nation-wide nominations received for Informatics Innovation Award. The team of Juries chaired by Dr. Anand Byrappa, Head of Data Centre and Libraries, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, has short-listed these case-studies for presentation from 30 innovations received. Best two of these five presentations will be selected for the award based on Juries’ assessment and audience score. Please do not forget to join the Case studies in Innovation Session and to vote for the best presenter to qualify two best for the Informatics Innovation Award. The VALIDECTORY ADDRESS will be delivered by Prof. V. N Rajasekharan Pillai, former UGC Chairman and currently the Vice Chancellor of Somiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai. An eminent educationist, Prof. Pillai served as the Director of NAAC and VC of IGNOU in the past. N. V. Sathyanarayana Conclave Chair | 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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