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National Workshop on Library Automation and Content Management Using Open Source Software from 11th -15th February 2016
by Shivpal Singh Kushwah 19 Dec '15

19 Dec '15

School of Studies in Library and Information Science, Jiwaji University Gwalior is Organising National Workshop on Library Automation and Content Management Using Open Source Software from 11th -15th February 2016. The workshop will provide practical training and theoretical aspects related to “KOHA” and “Joomla” software. For detail information, please visit the website at: http://www.jiwaji.edu/pdf/notice-board-2012/National%20Workshop%20Library%2… -- Dr Shivpal Singh Kushwah Dy. Librarian National Law Institute University, Kerwa Dam Road, Bhopal, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for Post of Librarian
by Sunita Bakhru 19 Dec '15

19 Dec '15

Dear All,Vacancy for post of Librarian for an International School in Malad west, Mumbai urgently. This is a full time job. SUNITA BAKHRU India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Corporation-academic library collaboration
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

Friends: Corporations and academic libraries collaborate in very meaningful ways in the West. A fine example is the collaboration between Carnegie Corporation and Columbia University. Please see < http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/press/2015/12/columbia-university-librarie… >. When will see such collaborations in India? What should we do for it to happen? Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIPS 2016: Conference announcement and call for paper
by Debal C Kar 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

*Library and Information Professionals Summit (LIPS) 2016* On *From Ownership to Access: Leveraging the Digital Paradigm* Thursday-Friday, 19-20 May 2016 New Delhi, India Jointly organized by *Ambedkar University Delhi*& *Society for Library Professionals (SLP)* Conference Venue: *Ambedkar University Delhi* *Lothian Road, Kashemere Gate* *New Delhi- 110006, India* It gives us great pleasure to inform you that next Library and Information Professionals Summit (LIPS) 2016 on From Ownership to Access: Leveraging the Digital Paradigm will be held Thursday-Friday, 19-20 May 2016 at Ambedkar University Delhi, Delhi LIPS 2016 will be an excellent opportunity for all including Librarians, Information Professionals, Researchers and Practitioners to share experiences, ideas, research results, meeting and networking. Don’t miss out on the many opportunities which will allow you to share your experiences and learn from other professionals. The principle objective of this event is to provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge and skills relevant to students, professors and Information professionals. This conference will offer an opportunity to put forward innovative plans, debate classic ideas, and promote closer cooperation among colleagues. It will solicit high quality research papers and provide an international forum for researchers, developers and practitioners to present applied and theoretical research findings. *Conference Theme* The conference aims to address the main issues of concern within the framework of *From Ownership to Access: Leveraging the Digital Paradigm* issues. Some of the important areas, which conference intends to engage itself with are listed below: 1. *E-**Books Access in Libraries* · New ways for Library Resource Access · Procurement and Management including Right management of E-books · Trends, New models and tools · Impact of eBooks on learning · E-books Accelerating - Will print books disappear? · Future of eBooks *2. **Web Based Access in Libraries* · Semantic Web · Text mining · Cloud Computing and Libraries · Social Media and Applications in Libraries · Social Networks, Virtual Organization and Networked Information · Web Archiving and Preservation · Next-generation web services *3. **Future Models of Accessing the Libraries * · Acquisitions and Collection Development · Access, Ownership and Resource Sharing · Economics of access versus ownership · Licensing Pricing IPR & Privacy Issues · Threats to Digital Lending · Database Ownership: Myth or Reality · New & Emerging Resources, Products, & Services · Library Outreach, Marketing & Advocacy · Open Access Participants are invited to contribute papers for presentation on the above themes and related aspects. The papers should be based on research surveys; case studies or action plans rather than theoretical explanations. Papers are to be sent to Conference Secretariat at: *LIPS2016may(a)gmail.com* <LIPS2016may(a)gmail.com> Submission of full papers (not more than 6 pages) with an abstract in approximately 200 words, keywords and references on A4 size paper with margin 1.5 cm on all sides in MS Word format in 10 points New Times Roman type single line spacing. Length of the paper should not exceed 4000 words. Details such as name of the author, designation, title of the article, abstract, name of the affiliating institution, mailing address, telephone number, fax number and E-mail address are to be included. The paper submitted must not have been previously published or presented elsewhere. The Programme Committee will have the right to edit the papers. Selected papers will be published in the proceedings. The selected papers will be published as edited book with ISBN number in print or digital format. *Registration Fees* Early Bird Registration till 31st March 2016 1st April 2016 onwards Indian Delegates Rs.1500/- Rs.2000/- Students/ SLA Members / Accompanied Person/ Retired Professionals Rs. 1000/- Rs.1200/- Foreign Participants US$50 US$60 *Date to Remember* Last Date for Submission of full paper February 15, 2016 Authors to be intimated of accepted papers March 15, 2016 Early Bird Registration March 31, 2016 Accepted papers will be included in the proceedings, only if Registered on or before March 31, 2016 Conference Secretariat *Dr. Debal C. Kar* *Organising Secretary * *Library and Information Professionals Summit -2016* Ambedkar University Lothian Road, Kashmere Gate, New Delhi-110006 Ph. 23865084, 9811392242 Email: debal(a)aud.ac.in http://www.aud.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Add one reference to Wikipedia
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: From: "Subbiah Arunachalam" <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, December 18, 2015 6:39 am To: "LIS-Forum" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear friends in libraries and info centres: CILIP invites you all to contribute (at least) one reference to Wikipedia in January 2016. Please read "Wikipedia needs you in January," < http://www.cilip.org.uk/uk-einformation-group/news/wikipedia-needs-you-janu… ?<utm_source=Communicator_membership_list&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=Untitled33&utm_campaign=Weekly+News+from+CILIP%2c+17+December+2015>. -- Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 Posted on 14 December 2015 Wikipedia needs you in January! #1Lib1Ref (One Librarian, One Reference) is a campaign during the week of January 15â23, 2016, calling on librarians around the world to apply their special expertise in research to add just one more reference to Wikipedia. The campaign is part of Wikipedia's 15th anniversary celebration. #1Lib1Ref Imagine a World where Every Librarian Added One More Reference to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a first stop for researchers: let's make it better! Everything you need to start can be found on The Wikipedia Library 1Lib1Ref <http://tinyurl.com/j5rlrao> page... which starts: "Wikipedia is an invaluable part of every researcher's process: every reference added by a librarian means one more reference in any Wikipedia article that helps the next researcher, or librarian helping a researcher, ensure that the best information gets shared with the public. Join us, and make a small contribution to the sum of all human knowledge! Because anyone can edit Wikipedia, the Wikipedia community developed a core strategy for ensuring quality of information in its articles: including footnotes to reliable sources to allow Wikipedia readers to "verify" the information. This strategy helps the global volunteer community effectively work towards meeting Wikipedia's vision: "the sum of all human knowledge." On English Wikipedia, and many other language Wikipedias, readers and editors who don't feel confident about the information in an article will add a "citation needed" tag next to that statement. In many ways, these tags are reference questions you would expect at a library reference desk: members of the public asking for that information to be backed by reliable research. English Wikipedia alone has over 350,000 such statements. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of articles just need more references, with 200,000 articles having no references at all. Globally there are hundreds of thousands of librarians. Imagine if every librarian in the world took 15 minutes to solve one of the citation needed queries! Wikipedia would no longer have these gaps." For more information or to start: see The Wikipedia Library 1Lib1Ref <http://tinyurl.com/j5rlrao> page.

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Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 11th Memorial Seminar (2015): Designing e-content portal using WordPress: reminder
by Shivaram Gowda 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

Dear Members, NCSI-Net foundation (http://ncsinet.org) cordially invites you to the Dr. TB Rajashekar Memorial 11th Seminar (2015). This year’s seminar topic is, Designing Web Portal / Gateway Services Using Wordpress. It is a one-day seminar targeted for the benefit of Library and Information Science (LIS) students and budding LIS professionals. The details of the seminar are given below: Title: 11th Dr. TB Rajashekar Memorial Seminar (2015): Designing e-content portal using Wordpress Date: December 19, 2015 (Third Saturday) Venue: Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 560012 About the Seminar Theme: With the explosive growth of online resources, managing such resources has become a challenge for Information professionals. Well designed organization or library web portals / Gateway services helps in the efficient dissemination of online resources to the user community. Today’s online resources includes variety of authoritative web resources (free & priced), integrating the relevant and useful resources into a web portal facilitates in the effective and efficient dissemination of information to the end users. This can be achieved using either commercial or open source content management tools. Various open source CMS tools are available on the Internet. Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, and OpenCMS are few such examples. In this seminar, some basic and useful features and functionalities of Wordpress, one of the popular CMS tools will be featured. Wordpress (http://wordpress.org/ ) is an open source, platform independent content management system (CMS). Its popular features include simple to install and use, powerful blog functionality, customizable, multiplatform, multilingual, web based administration, powerful report generation functionality, well organized browse and search etc. Being a plug-in based modular package, it facilitates in enabling / disabling the functionalities as per the needs of implementers. It has a strong and active user and developer community who provide the much needed support in using the package effectively. Self explanatory online and offline documentation are also available for the package and they are updated frequently. Wordpress is being used in developing different genres of website in various languages. Objective of the Seminar: To demonstrate the basic and essential features and functionalities of the Wordpress CMS as to how this Open Source Web application can be used to build Web Portals and provide Web-based information services. At the end of the seminar, the participants should have a clear understanding of the various features of the Wordpress CMS so that they can plan to make use of this CMS for their user Community Seminar Topics & Resource Persons: Seminar Overview by Francis Jayakanth, IIM, Bangalore The Future of E-content Content and Content Management by Ananda Byrapp, GE Bangalore Wordpress: Introduction and Installation (Demo) by Shivaram BS, CSIR-NAL, Bangalore Wordpress configuration by Maruthu Pandian, IMSC, Chennai Designing competitive intelligent portal using wordpress: case study Career Advice for Information Professional by Dr. Rajendra Babu, Tumkur University Who should attend the Seminar? LIS Students and fellow professionals interested in developing Web portals and in providing web-based information services using a CMS Registration Fee: Rs. 250 for Students (Should carry ID Card) and Rs. 500 for working professionals, for NCSI-Net members Rs. 150. Fee covers Seminar kit, working lunch and tea / coffee Please do note that no arrangements for accommodation are being made for outstation participants. Kindly bring this to the attention of the LIS students and budding professionals and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participants will get an opportunity to interact with fellow professionals working in the industry and academia. For further information, please visit the Seminar website at: http://ncsinet.org -- Shivaram BS ICAST, CSIR-NAL Govt. of India (Autonomous) HAL Airport Road Kodihalli, Bangalore-560017 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Spl Lecture on - Strategic Changes in the Academic Library Landscape at DLIS, UOM on 19th Dec 2015
by Arunachalam Hariharan 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

University of MadrasInternational Centre for University of Madras (ICOM)Department of Library and Information Science & Society for Advancement in Library and Information Science(SALIS) Cordially invite you to attend the Special Lecture on Strategic Changes in the Academic Library Landscape by Dr. Mohan RamaswamyAssociate Head for Research and Graduate ServicesNorth Carolina State University Libraries, USA on 19 December, 2015 (Saturday) at 11.00 a.m. Modern Class Room Department of Library and Information ScienceUniversity of Madras, Chepauk CampusChennai – 600005 Programme 11.00 am - Welcome -- Prof.A.Amudavalli 11.10 am - Special Lecture -- Dr. Mohan Ramaswamy 12.15 pm - Discussion12.30 pm - Vote of Thanks -- Dr. A.Hariharan Tea - 10.30 a.m. Prof.A.AmudavalliDLIS, University of Madras Dr. A.Hariharan Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) 32G, Sabari Nagar Extension, Mugalivakkam Chennai - 600 125 India hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com www.salis.in 044-22522327, 09841601903 Vasippoam Nesippoam ( Let us Read and Love books) - a mass movement by SALIS

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Application are invited for the post of Associate Professor (Library and Information Science) in University of North Bengal (NBU), Siliguri
by Subhodip Bid 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Associate Professor (Library and Information Science) in University of North Bengal (NBU), Siliguri Name of Post: Associate Professor (Library and Information Science) Number of Post: 01 (SC) For more details: http://www.nbu.ac.in/Fresh_Vacancies_in_teaching_posts%281%29.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Internship opportunities at IIT Bombay, Central Library
by manju nayak 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

Applications are invited from fresh Graduates/Post-Graduatesin Library Information Science for Library Internship Programme. Six interns will be selected for period of 1 year andimparted practical training in the latest tools and techniques of informationhandling being used in the Central Library, IIT Bombay. A monthly stipend ofRs. 12,000/- and Rs. 14,000/- will be paid to candidates having B.Lib.Scienceand M.Lib.Science qualification respectively. The selection will be made through a formal interview. Interested candidates may submit their filled application along with self attested photo-copies of educational qualificationand experience in the enclosed proforma to reach the In-charge,Central Library, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076 on or before 31 December2015. Application proforma can be downloaded at below given link:http://www.library.iitb.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Application-form.pdf With Regards Mr.Manju Naika Asst. Librarian Journal and Computer Application Section Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai, INDIA, 400 076 Phone:+91 22 25768929 Fax:91-22-25720227

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Fwd: Call for papers: International conference on Big Data & Knowledge Discovery
by dimple rp 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

========================================================== International conference on Big Data & Knowledge Discovery Date: 9th to 11th March 2016 ========================================================== Hosted By Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Bangalore, India Much of the research generates, analyses data making it ubiquitous especially in applied sciences whether it is natural, physical and social. Worldwide there has been keen interest in Big Data applications in many a domain. We foresee at least four key players in the emerging Data Science - Library and Information Professionals (involved in acquisition, curation and publishing big data), computer science professionals (creating plat forms for big data like hadoop eco-system), statisticians (analytics and visualization) and domain experts. The situation opens up new and interesting opportunities for professionals to explore and learn all aspects of what has taken the shape, holistically, of DATA SCIENCE. In view of the developments in data, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute announces International Conference on Big Data and Knowledge Discovery (ICBK). The objective of the conference is to offer a platform for exchange of ideas of the international community related to all aspects of data science. The conference offers the opportunity to explore the main theme of Big Data and Knowledge discovery under the following themes. ================ Call for papers: ================ Themes and Topics [not limited to these...] General: - Big Data Acquisition, Integration, Cleaning, and Best Practices - Big Data Quality and Provenance Control - Big Data Persistence, Curation and Preservation - Data security, licensing and privacy - Metadata and Ontology for Big Data - Standards and Protocols for Big Data - Role of Librarians in Data Publishing, Data curation and services - Building Data Repositories - Data Citation Practices - Altmetrics and Big Data - Big Data in Social Networks - Capturing, Analysing and Visualising Streaming Data - Big Data Search and Retrieval - Linked Open Data - Big Data in Semantic Web - Mobile Data Management Social Sciences data - Census data analysis - Econometric data, forecasting systems - Budgeting and Data based policies - Agriculture data production and management - Open Government Data - Big Data in E-Governance - Role of Big Data in building Smart Cities - Big Data in Business Analytics - Big Data for Rural Development Domain Specific Data in Science & Technology: - Technology for Big Data Management, Hadoop Eco System - IoT-cloud Integration - Agriculture Data Management, Data Sharing Policies and Platform - Data Analytics in Health - Bioinformatics Data applications - Other domains: meteorological data, geo-spatial data, genomic data, data based analysis of sports etc. Special Sessions - Social Science data analysis and applications - Open Knowledge and Data in Agriculture and Nutrition - Data for Smart Cities - Government and International Open Data Initiatives ================= Important Dates ================= - Registration Open from: 1st Dec 2015 - Submission of Full paper: 8th Jan 2016 - Notification of Paper Acceptance: 8th Feb 2016 - Early bird registration over: 18th Feb 2016 - Camera reedy paper submission over: 25th Feb 2016 Early Bird Registration Fee India & SAARC Countries: Rs.3000/- Other Countries: US $50 Regular Registration India & SAARC Countries: Rs. 3500/- Other Countries: US $60 Students Registration Students: Rs. 1000/- or $20 The Demand Draft (DD) should be made in favour of Indian Statistical Institute, payable at Bangalore. =================== Important Links: Conference Website -> http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icbk Registration Information -> http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/registration Call for paper -> http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/callforpaper VISA INFORMATION -> https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/ Write to us -> icbk2016@ drtc.isibang.ac.in =================== Venue: Platinum Jubilee Auditorium Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre Address: Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road, RVCE Post, Bangalore - 560059, Karnataka, India. Landmark: Near Bangalore University Contact Person: Prof. A.R.D. Prasad (CONVENOR) Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) 8th Mile Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore - 560059, Karnataka, India. Phone: +91-80/26985490/28482711 Fax: +91-80-28484265 E-mail: icbk2016(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in

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Merging of UGC-Inonet DLC and INDEST
by Ishwar Goudar 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

Dear Professionals, It is learnt that UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium (including N-List) and INDEST Consortium have been merged and combined entity would be operated by UGC-INFLIBNET. A welcome development, a step towards National Consortia. Let us congratulate all those concerned, specifically Dr. Jagadish Arora, Director INFLIBNET. This combined bargaining power can give access to more number of E-Resources to beneficiaries both Consortia. Regards, "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser Bangalore University Library, BANGALORE - 560056 - Ex. Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser, UoM, Mysore - Ex. Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore - Ex. Dy Librarian, IITM, Chennai - Ex. Scientist (Information), IICT, Hyderabad - Fulbright Scholar, Univ. of Michigan and Columbia Univ, USA (1995-96) - British Council Scholar (1982-83) E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com Tel: 080-23215510 Mob: 91+9611165781 (If not reachable pl try land line) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on "Electronic Information resources for teaching and research"
by ronald cutinha 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

Dear library professionals Greetings from MyLISA, Mysuru. MMK & SDM Mahila Mahavidyalaya Library, Mysuru in association with Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association, (MyLISA) is organizing a University Level Workshop on “Electronic Information Resources for Teaching and Research” on December 19, 2015 at MMK & SDM Mahila Mahavidyalaya Library, Krishnamurthypuram, JLB Road, Mysuru, Karnataka Registration is open to all academicians, Research Scholars, Post graduate Students, Teachers and Librarians.Registration fees : Rs 200/-Payment may be made by DD/Cheque in favour of the Principal , MMK & SDM Mahila Mahavidyalaya, payable at Mysore, along with registration form duly filled in.For further details contact: Smt. B. S. PadmaOrganizing Secretary, WEIRTRLibrarian. MMK & SDM Mahila Mahavidyalaya Library, MysuruPh: 9611674602 Or Prof. M. ChandrashekaraPresident, MyLISA, Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, ManasagangotriMysore - 570 006Off. Ph: (0821) 2419398 With warm regards, Ronald Prakash Cutinha PRO, MyLISA, Mysuru. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application invited for the Post of Librarian (UGC) , at CMS College Kottayam Kerala
by Prijith jacob Thomas 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

Dear All, Application invited for the Post of Librarian (UGC) , at CMS College Kottayam Kerala. Age and Qualification as per Kerala Government , UGC Rule. For more details contact college office 0481-2566002, 9446391943 Prijith Jacob Thomas Librarian Fatima Mata National College Kollam Webpage http://prijithjacob.wordpress.com http://prijith.weebly.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 11th Memorial Seminar (2015): Designing e-content portal using WordPress - First reminder
by Francis Jayakanth 15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

Dear All, Here's a gentle reminder about the forthcoming seminar being organized by the NCSI-Net Foundation in memory and honour of the Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar. The response for the seminar has already been overwhelming. As the venue can accommodate more than 100 people, we'll continue to accept new registrations. Spot registration is also possible. Thanks and regards, Francis Francis Jayakanth For and on behalf of the NCSI-Net Foundation NCSI-Net foundation (http://ncsinet.org) cordially invites you to the Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 11th Memorial Seminar (2015). This year’s seminar topic is, Designing e-content portal using Wordpress. It is a one-day seminar targeted for the benefit of Library and Information Science (LIS) students and budding LIS professionals. The details of the seminar are given below: Title: 11th Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 11th Memorial Seminar (2015): Designing e-content portal using Wordpress Date: December 19, 2015; 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM Venue: Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 560012 About the Seminar Theme: With the explosive growth of online resources, managing such resources has become a challenge for Information professionals. Well designed organization or library web portals / Gateway services helps in the efficient dissemination of online resources to the user community. Today’s online resources includes variety of authoritative web resources (free & priced), integrating the relevant and useful resources into a web portal facilitates in the effective and efficient dissemination of information to the end users. This can be achieved using either commercial or open source content management tools. Various open source CMS tools are available on the Internet. Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, and OpenCMS are few such examples. In this seminar, some basic and useful features and functionalities of Wordpress, one of the popular CMS tools will be featured. Wordpress (http://wordpress.org/ ) is an open source, platform independent content management system (CMS). Its popular features include simple to install and use, powerful blog functionality, customizable, multiplatform, multilingual, web based administration, powerful report generation functionality, well organized browse and search etc. Being a plug-in based modular package, it facilitates in enabling / disabling the functionalities as per the needs of implementers. It has a strong and active user and developer community who provide the much needed support in using the package effectively. Self explanatory online and offline documentation are also available for the package and they are updated frequently. Wordpress is being used in developing different genres of website in various languages. Objective of the Seminar: To demonstrate the basic and essential features and functionalities of the Wordpress CMS as to how this Open Source Web application can be used to build Web Portals and provide Web-based information services. At the end of the seminar, the participants should have a clear understanding of the various features of the Wordpress CMS so that they can plan to make use of this CMS for their user Community Resource Persons: NCSI-Net members who have practical experience with the CMSs will serve as resource persons Who should attend the Seminar? LIS Students and fellow professionals interested in developing Web portals and in providing web-based information services using a CMS Seminar Topics: Overview of Content Management System Wordpress & Installation of Wordpress on Windows Demo Useful Plug-ins Themes Administration Case study Career Advice Registration Fee: Rs. 250 for Students (Should carry ID Card) and Rs. 500 for working professionals. Fee covers Seminar kit, working lunch and tea / coffee. Please confirm your participation to info(a)ncsinet.org to reserve your seat. Bank Details for online transfers: Bank: Canara Bank Branch: IISc Campus, Bangalore-560012 Name of the Account: NCSI-Net Foundation A/c No.:0683101029636 IFSC: CNRB0000683 If you happen to make online transfer of registration fee, please send us the transfer details to info(a)ncsinet.org Kindly bring this to the attention of the LIS students and budding professionals and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participants will get an opportunity to interact with fellow professionals working in the industry and academia. Please do note that no arrangements for accommodation are being made for outstation participants. With Regards Madhuresh Singhal on behalf of NCSI-Net Foundation -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Chapters: Digitizing the Modern Library and the Transition from Print to Electronic
by Raj K Bhardwaj 15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

Dear Sir/ Madam I hope this e-mail finds you well! Currently, I am in the process of editing a forthcoming publication entitled “Digitizing the Modern Library and the Transition from Print to Electronic <http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2007>” to be published by IGI Global, an international publisher of progressive academic research. I would like to take this opportunity to cordially invite you to submit your work for consideration in this publication. I am familiar with your research interests and expertise in the area of book and I am certain that your contribution on this topic and/or other related research areas would make an excellent addition to this publication. Please visit *http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2007* <http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2007> for more details regarding this publication and to submit your work. You can also find detailed manuscript formatting and submission guidelines at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you very much for your consideration of this invitation, and I hope to hear from you by Feb 29, 2015! Best wishes, *Sincerely yours,* Dr. Raj Kumar Bhardwaj Deputy Librarian, Nalanda University, Rajgir, Bihar -803116 (India) E-mail: raajchd(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Assistant Library & Information Officers in National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Ministry of Culture, Department of Culture
by Subhodip Bid 13 Dec '15

13 Dec '15

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Assistant Library & Information Officers in National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Ministry of Culture, Department of Culture No. of Post : (UR-02). Pay Scale: Rs.9,300- 34,800 (PB-2) + Rs. 4,600 (Grade Pay) (T.E. Rs. 30,441/- Approx.) + TA and HRA as admissible. General Central Service, Group ‘B’ Gazetted, Non-Ministerial.. QUALIFICATIONS: ESSENTIAL: (A) EDUCATIONAL: Bachelor’s Degree in Library Science or Library and Information Science from a recognized university/institute. (B) EXPERIENCE: Two years professional experience in a Library under Central/State Government/Autonomous or Statutory Organization/PSU/University or Recognized Research or Educational Institution. DESIRABLE: i) Master’s Degree in Library Science or Library and Information Science from a recognized university/institution. ii) Diploma in Computer Applications from a recognized university/institution. DUTIES: The incumbents will be responsible for arranging meetings of the Library Committee for acquisition of new books; managing the day to day activities of the library, rendering library services/assistance to research scholars, art students and general public visiting the library and maintaining News clipping for record and research purposes. HQ: National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. The officers recruited will be required to serve at National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai/Bengluru, but both posts are transferable anywhere in India. For more details: http://upsconline.nic.in/ora/oraauth/candidate/download_ad.php?id=101 -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian in Supreme Court of India
by Subhodip Bid 13 Dec '15

13 Dec '15

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian in Supreme Court of India *Educational Qualification:* 1. Degree in Library Science from a recognised University. 2. Diploma in Computer Applications of a recognised university or Institute. 3. Knowledge of Computer Operation in Library work. It includes-(i) Knowledge and experience of working with any standard "Library Automation Software" for House Keeping activities in the library such as cataloguing, acquisition and circulation etc. and (ii) Knowledge and experience of computerized search both of on-line and off-line databases including retrieval of desired information through various search engines/processes. *Experience:* Minimum two years experience in a Library of any Government organisation/recognised Educational or Research Institution. *Pay Scale:* *INR* Rs.9300-34800 with Grade Pay of Rs. 4600/- *Age Limit:* Below 30 years as on 1.12.2015. For more details: http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/FileServer/2015-12-11_1449833588.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata MOB. NO. - 08820604794 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DLIS, Univ. of Kerala - Announcement of National Seminar on Librametrics to Altmetrics, 26-27 February 2016.
by Sriram V 11 Dec '15

11 Dec '15

Dear Professionals, We have immense pleasure to inform you that the Department of library and information Science, university of Kerala is organizing a two day ‘National Seminar on Librametrics to Altmetrics’ (NSLA 2016) from 26-27 February 2016. Main theme of the seminar is the Evolution of Librametrics, Bibliometrics, Informetrics, Scientometrics,Webometrics ,Altmetrics Sub themes 1) Bibliometric laws 2) Bibliometric models 3) Growth Studies, 4) Collaborative Studies 5) Obsolescence Studies 6) National Science Policy Indicators 7) Mapping of science 8) Citation Analysis 9) Ranking of Individuals, institutions, country etc. 10) Indicators for Science Evaluation 11) Recent Trends a techniques in research evaluation 12) Use of visualization Tools 13) Case studies using alternative methods Dates of Seminar: 26 & 27 February 2016 Fee for registration: Rs. 1000 Research Scholars: Rs. 500 Venue: Dept of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. Abstract submission deadline: 30th January 2016 Full Paper Submission deadline: 5th February 2016 Call for Papers: Contributors can send their research papers (including case studies and historical evolution of the concept of the main theme) on any of the sub themes or the related areas. Papers should be sent to mail id :dliskerala2@gmail.com or dragopikuttan(a)gmail.com on or before the specified dates above. We look forward your presence and contribution to make the seminar a great success. With regards Dr.A.Gopikuttan Professor Department of Library and Information Science University of Kerala Thiruvananthapuram-34. Mob: 09446428163 Thanks and Regards, V Sriram Mob: +91 9447251892 Email: vsrirams(a)gmail.com Blog: https://vsrirams.wordpress.com/ orcid.org/0000-0002-6063-2566 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Text mining by scholars as an exception to copyright
by Subbiah Arunachalam 10 Dec '15

10 Dec '15

Indian researchers and librarians should also have the right to mine texts in professional journals as those in the UK already enjoy and those in Europe will soon enjoy. Please see < http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/77360/EU-Commission-sets-out-plan-to-al… > Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vendors for AV Materials
by Manju Channappa 10 Dec '15

10 Dec '15

Dear professionals, Our college is planning to purchase Audio/Video Materials related to Management. Can u please let me know that vendors who will supply AV Materials Thanks and Regards Manju C Librarian ISBR Business School Bangalore Mob: 9880678301 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Global open data accord
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Please see < http://twas.org/article/leading-science-groups-urge-global-open-data-accord> 7 December 2015 Leading science groups urge global open data accord Science International 2015 launches a campaign for "Open Data in a Big Data World" at Science Forum South Africa in Pretoria. Four international science organizations – ICSU, ISSC, IAP and TWAS – are behind the campaign. PRETORIA, South Africa – Four major international science organisations are calling for global endorsement of an accord to help assure open access to volumes of "big data" that increasingly are the basis of research and policymaking. The four organisations have developed and support an accord <http://www.icsu.org/science-international/> that includes a set of guiding principles on open access to big data, necessary to protect the scientific process and assure that developing countries can participate more fully in the global research enterprise. Limits on access to big data knowledge, they warn, raises the risk that progress will slow in areas such as advanced health research, environmental protection, food production and development of smart cities. Leaders of the organisations that participated in the 2015 Science International meeting called a press conference for 09.15 a.m. Wednesday 9 December 2015 at Science Forum South Africa to discuss the accord and the plans to seek endorsements in a 12-month global campaign. Phil Mjwara, director-general of South Africa's Department of Science and Technology, is expected to attend. The press conference will be held in the Amber Room of the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria. [more ... ...] Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Times Magazine article
by sureshnair.nair＠gmail.com 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Can any one send me the following article from Times (06 Dec 1968)? The Bible - The strategies from scriptures. Warm regards, -- Suresh D Nair B5, Srivari Venkat 1134, 13th Street, Poompuhar Nagar Kolathur, Chennai 600 099 INDIA Ph. 0091-44-25508447/ 9940648447 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NCRTOA2016 : Paper submission date extended
by Sumadevi Goleya 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Dear Professionals, It is our pleasure to inform you that the paper submission date has been extended upto 23 December 2015 for the UGC Sponsored National Conference on the theme “Recent Trends in Open Access”, will be held on 9th, January 2016 at Tumkur University, Tumakuru. We request you to kindly block these dates in your calendar to be at Tumakuru for making this Conference successful! We invite academicians, practitioners, research scholars and students to present their contributions and make this national conference a success. Objectives of the Conference: The conference aims at bringing together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars, to exchange or share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Open Access. It provides the premier interdisciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners and educators, to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, concerns, practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted in the field of Open Access. It also aims to educate the research community and public on the benefits of OA resources and open source software. Sub- themes 1. Open Access to Scholarly Communication 2. Open Access (OA) Movement 3. Open Access Policy perspective, Economics, Opportunities and Challenges 4. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) 5. Open Access to Institutional and Digital Repositories/ Digital Libraries 6. OA Initiatives, Open Access Publishing, OA Models 7. Access tools and services to Open Access :DOAR, ROAR, SHERPA-ROMIO, SPARC 8. Open Access Educational Resources 9. Open Access and Rights of Creators and Stakeholders 10. Role of libraries in promoting Open Access 11. Research and Development Trends in Open Access 12. Management of E-resources 13. Impact of open access on research and scholarship 14. Use and User studies of Open access Scholarly Communication/ Free and Open Source Software. 15. Best practices for maintaining and disseminating OA scholarly communication 16. Plagiarism, Copyright, IPR issues and Creative Commons, Digital Rights Management Call for papers Original contributions in the form of research papers, case studies and surveys are invited on any of the sub themes mentioned above or any other topic related to the main theme of the conference. Guidelines to Authors: A panel will review the papers based on originality of the work, quality and relevance to the main topic of the Conference. Full paper not exceeding 8 pages should be in Times New Roman with 12 font size, line spacing 1.5 typed in MS word format. Follow the APA Style of citation for all references. The abstract carrying 4-5 Keywords and full paper should comprise of title, name of the author/co-author(s), mailing address, E-mail ID and contact number. Kindly submit the soft copy on or before 10th December 2015 through email: ncrtoa(a)gmail.com. The acceptance of paper will be communicated through E-mail to the main author of the paper. All the accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings with ISBN. All the participants are requested to send the duly filled registration form along with the requisite fee applicable. Registration for all authors is mandatory for paper publication and presentation. Registration Fees LIS professionals/ Academicians Rs. 500 Research Scholars/Library trainees/ Students Rs. 300 The Registration Fee includes conference kit and refreshment. Author and Co-author(s) should register separately. Registration on the spot is also entertained. Mode of Payment: The duly filled-in Registration Form along with Demand Draft (DD) drawn in favour of “Principal, University College of Arts” payable at Tumakuru should be sent to the organizing secretary on or before 20th December, 2015. Payment may also be made through NEFT, Name: Principal, A/c. No: 64143861653 Branch: Tumkur University, City: Tumkur, IFSC Code: SBMY0040850 Important Dates Last date for Paper submission: 23th December 2015 Notification of acceptance : 26th, December 2015 Last date for Registration : 26th December, 2015 OOD facility will be provided for registered delegates Further for registration NO Cheques is accepted. Only DD or Fund transfer(Bank Slip Should be attached). For further details visit the conference website http://www.ncrtoa.weebly.com and http://www.tumkuruniversity.ac.in Send the Articles to the following e-mail address: ncrtoa(a)gmail.com Looking forward to overwhelming response from your end With regards, Smt. Sumadevi S Organising Secretary, NCRTOA2016 Asst. Librarian University College of Arts Tumkur University, Tumkur-572103 Karnataka, India Mob:9900138254 E-Mail: ncrtoa(a)gmail.com and sumadevitut(a)gmail.com Websites: http://www.ucalibraryportal.weebly.com http://www.tumkuruniversity.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Teachers should share teaching resources freely
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

Please see <*https://vimeo.com/147551334 <https://vimeo.com/147551334>*> and spread the news among all teachers you know. This seems to be a good model for us to follow in India. <https://vimeo.com/ccanz> CC Pukeko from CreativeCommons AotearoaNZ <https://vimeo.com/ccanz> e Commons License: by <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/> Imagine if every teacher in New Zealand - all fifty thousand of them - shared their resources openly. Everyone would have the best educational content for free, without needing to ask permission. No more building resources from scratch, or reinventing the wheel. At Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand, we’re working to ensure that more publicly funded work is available for everyone, including teachers, to reuse. To get there we need your help - so work with your school to pass a Creative Commons policy and start sharing your resources, openly and legally. To find out more about Creative Commons in New Zealand visit us at creativecommons.org.nz This video by Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand, with support from InternetNZ, OER Foundation and NZ Government Data and Information Programme is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 New Zealand licence. Produced by Mohawk Media. -- Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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second American Library Association (ALA) Library Conference at Sharjah International Book Fair
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

The second American Library Association (ALA) Library Conference at Sharjah International Book Fair will take place 10-12, November 2015 at the Expo Centre Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The Three-day library conference will offer concurrent programs on a wide range of topics for librarians from research, public, academic, government and special libraries in the region, as well as from the US and other countries. The conference will be bilingual English-Arabic and simultaneous translation is available. Topics to be on the conference program include: • New trends and technologies • eResources and managing virtual libraries • Effective information literacy • Staff development and continuing education • Library and Student learning • Outreach and promotion (increasing use of library services, engaging the community) • Collection development • Cataloging and classification with RDA: Resource Description and Access • Proving the value of the library Detailed Program (draft) is available from http://www.ala.org/offices/sites/ala.org.offices/files/content/iro/iroactiv… For conference registration, visa and other details, visit http://www.ala.org/offices/sharjah-international-book-fairala-library-confe… (OR) http://www.sharjahbookfair.com/en/Content/65/2 ---------- Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, Manager, Collections and Information Services, University Library, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on Koha and Joomla- Last date for the submission of Registration form has been extended
by Silpa K 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

Dear Friends, Last date for submission of the scanned copy of Registration form and DD for the 5 day workshop on Library Automation and Content Managemet using Koha and Joomla has been extended to 11/12/2015. Reg.Fee--Rs.2000/- (Rupees Two Thousand only)for TEQIP Institutions Rs.500/-(Rupees Five Hundred only) for Others Interested Professionals can download Application form and Brochure from our Library website *www.library.cethalassery. <http://library.cethalassery.in/>* Preference given to participants from Kerala.... Thanking You,, Silpa K Librarian ( in charge) College of Engineering Thalassery 9447074987, 9400057376 coethalassery(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 11th Memorial Seminar (2015): Designing e-content portal using Wordpress
by Madhuresh Singhal 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

NCSI-Net foundation (http://ncsinet.org) cordially invites you to the Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 11th Memorial Seminar (2015). This year’s seminar topic is, Designing e-content portal using Wordpress. It is a one-day seminar targeted for the benefit of Library and Information Science (LIS) students and budding LIS professionals. The details of the seminar are given below: Title: 11th Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 11th Memorial Seminar (2015): Designing e-content portal using Wordpress Date: December 19, 2015; 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM Venue: Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 560012 About the Seminar Theme: With the explosive growth of online resources, managing such resources has become a challenge for Information professionals. Well designed organization or library web portals / Gateway services helps in the efficient dissemination of online resources to the user community. Today’s online resources includes variety of authoritative web resources (free & priced), integrating the relevant and useful resources into a web portal facilitates in the effective and efficient dissemination of information to the end users. This can be achieved using either commercial or open source content management tools. Various open source CMS tools are available on the Internet. Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, and OpenCMS are few such examples. In this seminar, some basic and useful features and functionalities of Wordpress, one of the popular CMS tools will be featured. Wordpress (http://wordpress.org/ ) is an open source, platform independent content management system (CMS). Its popular features include simple to install and use, powerful blog functionality, customizable, multiplatform, multilingual, web based administration, powerful report generation functionality, well organized browse and search etc. Being a plug-in based modular package, it facilitates in enabling / disabling the functionalities as per the needs of implementers. It has a strong and active user and developer community who provide the much needed support in using the package effectively. Self explanatory online and offline documentation are also available for the package and they are updated frequently. Wordpress is being used in developing different genres of website in various languages. Objective of the Seminar: To demonstrate the basic and essential features and functionalities of the Wordpress CMS as to how this Open Source Web application can be used to build Web Portals and provide Web-based information services. At the end of the seminar, the participants should have a clear understanding of the various features of the Wordpress CMS so that they can plan to make use of this CMS for their user Community Resource Persons: NCSI-Net members who have practical experience with the CMSs will serve as resource persons Who should attend the Seminar? LIS Students and fellow professionals interested in developing Web portals and in providing web-based information services using a CMS Seminar Topics: Overview of Content Management System Wordpress & Installation of Wordpress on Windows Demo Useful Plug-ins Themes Administration Case study Career Advice Registration Fee: Rs. 250 for Students (Should carry ID Card) and Rs. 500 for working professionals. Fee covers Seminar kit, working lunch and tea / coffee. Please confirm your participation to info(a)ncsinet.org to reserve your seat. Bank Details: One can submit the fee to Canara Bank with following details and send the submission proof to info(a)ncsinet.org. Name of the Account: NCSI-Net Foundation A/c No.:0683101029636 Bank: Canara Bank Branch: IISc Campus, Bangalore-560012 IFSC: CNRB0000683 Kindly bring this to the attention of the LIS students and budding professionals and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participants will get an opportunity to interact with fellow professionals working in the industry and academia. Please do note that no arrangements for accommodation are being made for outstation participants. With Regards Madhuresh Singhal on behalf of NCSI-Net Foundation

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Seminar on “Open Access in Research Area: A Strategic Approach” - Free Registration ! Limited Seats upto 50
by Nihal Alam 07 Dec '15

07 Dec '15

Seminar on “Open Access in Research Area: A Strategic Approach” 22 December 2015 | Seminar Hall, IHC. Lodhi Road, TERI, New Delhi Free Registration ! Limited Seats upto 50 on First-come-First served basis Open Access has become central importance to advancing the interests of researchers, scholars, students, business, and the public as well as librarians. Increasingly, research institutions require researchers to publish articles that report research findings openly accessible in open domain. Open Access pursues to yield scholarly publishing to spread knowledge and allow that knowledge to be built upon. Price barriers should not stop researchers from getting access to research data. Open Access, and the open availability and search ability of scholarly research that it entails, will have a significant positive impact on everything from education to the research practice in various fields. To explore why Open Access is so important to a number of groups, TERI Library along with The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) as Knowledge Partner is organizing a half day seminar on Open Access in Research Areas: a Strategic Approach” on 22 December 2015 at TERI Seminar Hall, IHC, Lodhi Road, New Delhi Why you Should Attend The Seminar will focus on: • Wider access to scientific publications and research data • Open access typically focuses on access to scientific information and • Challenges and Opportunities of Research Data Programme Outline 13.45 – 14:00 hrs Registration and Networking 14:00 – 14:10 hrs Welcome Address Mr Prabir Sengupta, Distinguished Fellow and Director, KM Division, TERI 14:10 – 14.20 hrs Special Address Dr Sumandro Chattopadhyay, Research Director, The Centre for Internet & Society 14:20 – 14:35 hrs Keynote Address Dr K R Murali Mohan, Advisor, Big Data Initiatives Division, DST 14:35 –14:50 hrs Inaugural Address Dr Chandrima Shaha, Director, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi 14:50 – 15:00 hrs Setting the Theme and Vote of Thanks Dr P K Bhattacharya, Fellow and Area Convenor, LIC, TERI Tea and Refreshments 15:00 – 15:30 hrs Plenary Session 15:30– 17:15 hrs Chair: Dr Ramesh Sharma, Director CEMCA 15:30 – 16:00 hrs Mr Puneet Kishore, Science, Data and Creative Commons* 16:00 – 16:45 hrs Dr Beth Sandore Namachchivaya, Associate Dean of Libraries and Professor University of Illinois Topic: “Developing services, infrastructure, and best practices to conserve and provide access to research data: challenges and opportunities” 16:45 – 17:15 hrs Dr Usha Mujoo Munshi, Librarian, Indian institute of Public Administration *Invited For Registration please contact: Reeta Sharma TERI Tel. +91 11 2468 2100, 2468 2111 Fax +91 11 2468 2144, 2468 2145 E-mail reetas(a)teri.res.in Regards, Nihal Alam TERI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: The CODATA-RDA School of Research Data Science: APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!
by Usha Munshi 07 Dec '15

07 Dec '15

T o CODATA National Members, Please distribute the information below as widely as possible among your networks and members. Applications are now open for the CODATA-RDA School of Research Data Science The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics https://www.ictp.it/, in collaboration with CODATA http://www.codata.org/, RDA https://rd-alliance.org/node and TWAS http://twas.org/, is organising a short course in the data science approaches and skills that are essential for 21st century research. The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School will be held at the ICTP, Trieste, Italy from 1st to 12th August 2016. The ever-accelerating volume and variety of data being generated is having a huge impact on a wide variety of research disciplines, from the sciences to the humanities. The international, collective ability to create, share and analyse vast quantities of data is having a profound, transformative effect. This 'Data Revolution' offers great opportunities for students with modern data skills, both in conducting their research and in entering a jobs market where those skills are in demand. Contemporary research – particularly when addressing the most significant, transdisciplinary research challenges – cannot be done effectively without a range of skills relating to data. This includes the principles and practice of Open Science and research data management and curation, the use of a range of data platforms and infrastructures, large scale analysis, statistics, visualisation and modelling techniques, software development and annotation and more. We define ‘Research Data Science’ as the ensemble of these skills. TO APPLY VISIT http://indico.ictp.it/event/7658/ The deadline for applications is 18 April 2016 ___________________________ Dr Simon Hodson | Executive Director CODATA | http://www.codata.org E-Mail: simon(a)codata.org | Twitter: @simonhodson99 | Skype: simonhodson99 Blog: http://www.codata.org/blog Diary: http://bit.ly/simonhodson99-calendar Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96 | Tel (Cell): +33 6 86 30 42 59 CODATA (ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Advanced Training Programme on SHODHGANGA on 21 – 22 December, 2015 @ Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET), Gandhinagar, Gujarat
by Archita M 07 Dec '15

07 Dec '15

Dear Friends, As you are aware, Shodhganga is a repository of Indian theses and dissertations, which is growing progressively and has crossed the mark of 50,000+ theses in 2015. Centre is receiving requests from Research community to impart specialized training for Shodhganga. In this context, “*2 Days Advanced Training Programme on Shodhganga*” is scheduled on payment basis at INFLIBNET Centre during *21 – 22 December, 2015*. The program will include detailed introduction, its work flow, technical process, creation of metadata and standards, submission of theses, authentication, backup, role and responsibilities of University Coordinator, Anti Plagiarism Check (URKUND) etc. The program will also have hands on training on DSpace which is the backend IR software used for building Shodhganga. If you are Shodhganga University Coordinator, Researcher/ Ph.D Holder, Research Supervisor, you are requested to attend the programme or depute someone who deals with Shodhganga. The registration fee is Rs. 3000/- (Rupees Three thousand only) per person without accommodation and Rs. 5000/- (Rupees Five thousand only) with accommodation (* The amount is inclusive of Service Tax at the Rate of 14.5% ). It includes training kit, lunch and tea (on two training days only). TA/DA and accommodation charges will have to be borne by sponsoring organizations/participants. Please register your name on or before *18th December, 2015*. For More details Please Visit, *http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/shodhganga_brochure.pdf <http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/shodhganga_brochure.pdf>* or Contact directly *Cource Coordinators:Shri Manoj Kumar K Scientist – D (Computer Science) INFLIBNET Centre Phone: 079-23268220 E-mail: manoj(a)inflibnet.ac.in <manoj(a)inflibnet.ac.in>* *H G Hosamani Scientist – C (Library Science)* *INFLIBNET Centre * *Phone: 079-23268313 * *E-mail: hosamani(a)inflibnet.ac.in <hosamani(a)inflibnet.ac.in> * -- With Regards, *Archita M Muchhadia* *Project Officer (LS)* *Shodhganga- IETD* *INFLIBNET Centre* *Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007* *Phone: 079-23268227* *Email: archita(a)inflibnet.ac.in <archita(a)inflibnet.ac.in> , archita4ever(a)gmail.com <archita4ever(a)gmail.com> * -- With Regards, *Archita M Muchhadia* *Project Officer (LS)* *Shodhganga- IETD* *INFLIBNET Centre* *Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007* *Phone: 079-23268227* *Email: archita(a)inflibnet.ac.in <archita(a)inflibnet.ac.in> , archita4ever(a)gmail.com <archita4ever(a)gmail.com> *

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Journal of Library Development - Invitation of articles
by Prahalad G Tadasad 07 Dec '15

07 Dec '15

*Dear LIS Professionals* *Journal of Library Development (ISSN: 2395-518X) has successfully brought out two issues of the first volume in 2015. Now the journal is planning to bring out issues on content specific themes by polarizing on a theme directing to development of Library and Library Science professionals and adds value to library literature. * *To be part of this exploration, a special issue of JLD (Volume 2, Issue 1 to be brought out in January 2016) will be dedicated to School Libraries as the editorial team firmly believes that it will be a timely output of relevance as school libraries are thriving very fast and important for primary education. * *In this direction, original contributions in the form of research articles, case studies, short communications, are invited by the LIS professionals on the theme “School Libraries”. The contributors are informed to submit the softcopy of their article through email to pgtadasad(a)gmail.com <pgtadasad(a)gmail.com> on or before January 10, 2016 which will be considered for publication on merit of the article cum availability of space. Contributors are informed to look into guidelines for authors available at www.jldonline.in <http://www.jldonline.in> * *Dr P G Tadasad* *Issue Editor on School Libraries, JLD* -- Dr P G Tadasad Professor and Chairman Department of Library and Information Science, University Nodal Officer RUSA and Coordinator AAA Nodal Officer - KSET Examinations Vijayapura Center Karnataka State Women's University, Jnanashakti, Torvi Bijapur 586108 Tel: 08352 229012 (O); 08352 240021 (O); 08352 272 436 (R); Mobile: 09448180973 (M) E-mil: pgtadasad(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: [etd] Call for papers - ETD2016 "Data and Dissertations"
by Dr Ramesh C Gaur 06 Dec '15

06 Dec '15

Dear All, Cfp for ETD 2016 is given below. Pl. hurry up as last date for submission if abstract fir paper presentation is January 15, 2016 only. Pl. forward this to all interested. Ramesh C Gaur Member Program Committee ETD 2016 Sent from iPad ************************************ Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067 Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551 Fax : +91-11-26741603 Email: rcgaur(a)mail.jnu.ac.in ;rcgaur66(a)gmail.com URL: www.jnu.ac.in Brief Profile: http://www.jnu.ac.in/Library/RameshCGaur.htm Begin forwarded message: > From: Joachim Schopfel <joachim.schopfel(a)gmail.com> > Date: 5 December 2015 at 3:03:35 PM IST > To: ETD <etd(a)ndltd.org> > Subject: [etd] Call for papers - ETD2016 "Data and Dissertations" > > ETD2016, the 19th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, will take place from July 11 to July 13, 2016, at Lille. The conference will be hosted by the University of Lille 3 and co-organized with the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). > > In 2016, the ETD International Symposium series comes for the first time to France. The theme of the conference is "Data and Dissertations", with a focus on the handling of research data produced by PhD students. As the former events of the series, ETD2016 will again provide delegates the unique opportunity to learn from each other, discuss new projects and initiatives, share experiences and good practices from around the world, and provide perspectives for further research and development. ETD2016 is open for university librarians and other information professionals interested in ETD and research data, scientists and scholars in library and information sciences, and LIS students. The conference language is English. > > Proposals for papers and posters are invited on all relevant topics in the field of electronic theses and dissertations, in particular > > Advanced technologies and infrastructures > Second generation ETD programs > Open science, open access, open repositories > Initiatives for better introducing PhD students to new ETD technologies > Long-term preservation > Identifiers > ETD publishing and embargoes > > Other papers and posters on ETDs can deal with text and data mining, research evaluation (ETDs and CRIS), legal and ethical aspects, semantic enrichment, special collections, digitization programs and national ETD policies. > > The main topic of ETD2016 will be “Data and Dissertations”, with a focus on initiatives, projects and experiences in the field of research data related to ETDs. Some questions for papers and posters: > > How should such research data be handled? > How do PhD students manage their own datasets? > What should be done to improve their data skills? > > And there are many other questions, e.g. legal and ethical issues, formats, identifiers, storage and long term preservation, workflows, best practices etc. > > ETD2016 will be a forum to discuss new developments and infrastructures and to provide insights and perspectives for further progress, in the global framework of open data and open science. > > We invite participants who want to present a paper or a poster at ETD2016 to submit an English abstract between 400 and 500 words. The abstract should clearly deal with the problem/goal, the applied methodology, and anticipated results. The abstract should also include the title of the paper or poster, name(s) of the author(s), and full address information. Each submitted abstract will be reviewed in double-blind by at least two members of the program committee. > > Abstracts for full papers and posters must be submitted on the conference website. Authors will be notified of the program committee's decision by end of February 2016. This notice will be accompanied by further guidelines and recommendations. > > The deadline for full papers is January 15, 2016. > > The deadline for posters is April 15, 2016. > > All information are on the conference website http://etd2016.sciencesconf.org/ > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ETD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to etd+unsubscribe(a)ndltd.org. > To post to this group, send email to etd(a)ndltd.org. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/a/ndltd.org/group/etd/. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/ndltd.org/d/msgid/etd/CAKVDmC-kq4V4uOEsqhwOT6rU…. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/a/ndltd.org/d/optout.

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Call for paper: UGC sponsored National Conference on Recent Trends in Open access NCRTOA 2016
by Sumadevi Goleya 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Dear All, I cordially invite you to contribute your paper in the National Conference on Recent Trends in Open access at University college of arts, Tumkur University, Tumkur on Jan, 9, 2016. Please visit the Conference website www.ncrtoa.weebly.com. http://www.tumkuruniversity.ac.in -- With Regards Sumadevi.S Asst. Librarian University College of Arts Tumkur University Tumkur Mob :9900138254 URL: http://tumkuruniversity.in/ URL: http://sumadevisgoleya.weebly.com/ Email: sumadevi(a)tumkuruniversity.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for DELNET Annual Lecture on December 11, 2015 at IIC
by Dr Sangeeta Kaul 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Please confirm your participation ================================== DELNET-Developing Library Network & India International Centre cordially invite you & your collegues to the DELNET Annual Lecture on “Functioning in Challenging Times: Bridging the Expectation-Fulfillment Gap in Library & Information Services” by Prof. Subrata Chakraborty Former Dean & Director-in-Charge, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow Former Director, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow on Friday, December 11, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. at India International Centre, Conference Room II (above Dining Hall) 40 Lodi Estate, New Delhi-110003 Dr. H.K. Kaul, Director, DELNET will preside Tea: 6:00 p.m. RSVP:9810329992 _______________________________________________________________________________ Dr Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-26742222, 26741266, 9810329992 (M) Fax: 91-11-26741122 Email: sangs(a)delnet.ren.nic.in, sangskaul2003(a)yahoo.co.in Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New version of LibLiveDVD-Version-1.6(DSpace/Koha/Drupal)
by Sunita Barve 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Dear all, We are happy to inform about the new release of LibLiveDVD version 1.6 . This release is made available for 32bit and 64bit machines. Both these versions can be downloaded from following links: http://sourceforge.net/projects/liblivecd/files/Version-1.6/liblive-1.6-64b… http://sourceforge.net/projects/liblivecd/files/Version-1.6/liblive-1.6-32b… The current version of LibLiveDVD contains lubuntu 14.04.03 LTS, Dspace-5.4, Koha-3.20 & Drupal 7.41. All these three software are pre-configured and pre-installed. Along with DSpace, Koha & Drupal, DVD also contains following server related software pre-installed such as:- Apache2 Web Server, Openssh, ftp Server, MySQL Server, PostGreSQL Server, Courier/Exim4 Mail Server, SquirrelMail Web Mail Client, Teamviewer and Minimum desktop environment. Drupal Content Management Open Source Software is added considering the requirements from libraries to create their library websites with dynamic look plus managing variety of content types. Koha is installed through lubuntu packages which will allow users to upgrade Koha with just two commands such as "apt-get update" & "apt-get upgrade koha-common". After installing libliveDVD login to root and upgrade your koha before using it on production machine to have latest version of koha running on your machines as koha brings out new versions almost every fort nightly. The web installation part of Koha is as well preconfigured in the DVD. Koha can directly be run by logging with user 'koha_library' with password 'library'. To input multilingual data in DSpace/Koha, IBUS input method is also installed on the DVD. Teamviewer 10 is preinstalled to share desktop for any help, Abiword for editing/reading word documents, gnumeric for using spreadsheets, vim/gedit for text editing and epdfview for reading PDF files, ssh for remote login. Libreoffice and multimedia related software are excluded from the DVD and these can easily be installed by running "System Tools-Synaptic Package Manager". If the synaptic “reload” does not work try changing repositories links to http://archives.ubuntu.com/ <http://archives.ubuntu.com/ubuntu> instead of http://in.archives.ubuntu.com/ <http://in.archives.ubuntu.com/ubuntu> and then search and install any other required software. lUbuntu operating system (Lightweight Operating System) is chosen considering requirements from libraries where libraries have low configuration desktops in their libraries but still wish to initiate their library web sites, initiate library automation, as well as wish to create digital libraries. With old desktops try to install 32bit version of DVD. For newer configurations of machines install 64bit version of the DVD. Please follow proper installation steps to install LibLiveDVD if you wish to have dual boot i.e. windows as well as linux installation on your machines. After installing if the ClickMe option on Desktop does not work still Firefox can be run through Start-Internet-Firefox and then running http://localhost. This error comes only if proper network is not detected automatically by the system after installation. We request you to let us know if you find any major issues after installing any of the iso's. We would greatly appreciate your valuable feedback. Please send any feed back to: ard(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in ; ardprasad(a)gmail.com OR sunitabarve(a)gmail.com ; sa.barve(a)ncl.res.in with reg, Sunita Barve, Ph. D. Senior Technical Officer National Chemical Laboratory Dr, Homi Bhaba Road Pune 411008, INDIA Email :sunitabarve@gmail.com http://sunitabarve.googlepages.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 Proposals for Open Repositories 2016
by Imma Subirats 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

>From the Open Repositories Conference 2016 organizers December 1, 2015 Read it online: http://or2016.net/call-for-papers/ * Call for Proposals for Open Repositories 2016: Illuminating the World * The Eleventh International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2016, will be held on June 13th-16th, 2016in Dublin, Ireland. The organizers are pleased to issue this call for contributions to the program. As previous Open Repositories have demonstrated, the use of digital repositories to manage research, scholarly and cultural information is well established and increasingly mature. Entering our second decade, we have an opportunity to reflect on where we’ve been and, more importantly, where we’re heading. New development continues apace, and we’ve reached the time when many organizations are exploring expansive connections with larger processes both inside and outside traditional boundaries. Open Repositories 2016 will explore how our rich collections and infrastructure are now an inherent part of contemporary scholarship and research and how they have expanded to touch many aspects of our academic and cultural enterprises. The theme of OR2016 is “Illuminating the World.” OR2016 will provide an opportunity to explore the ways in which repositories and related infrastructure and processes: * bring different disciplines, collections, and people to light; * expose research, scholarship, and collections from developing countries; * increase openness of collections, software, data and workflows; * highlight data patterns and user pathways through collections; and * how we can organize to better support these - and other - infrastructures. We welcome proposals on these ideas, but also on the theoretical, practical, technical, organizational or administrative topics related to digital repositories. Submissions that demonstrate original and repository-related work outside of these themes will be considered, but preference will be given to submissions which address them. We are particularly interested in the following themes. 1. Supporting Open Scholarship, Open Data, and Open Science Papers are invited to consider how repositories can best support the needs of open science and open scholarship to make research as accessible and useful as possible, including: * Open access, open data and open educational resources * Scholarly workflows, publishing and communicating scientific knowledge * Exposure of research and scholarship from developing countries and under-resourced communities and disciplines * Compliance with funder mandates 2. Repositories and Cultural Heritage Papers are invited to consider how repositories and their associated infrastructures best support the needs of cultural heritage collections, organizations, and researchers. Areas of interest include: * Impact of aggregation on repository infrastructure and management * Exposure of collections and cultural heritage from developing countries and under-resourced communities and disciplines * Special considerations in access and use of cultural heritage collections * Reuse and analysis of content. 3. Repositories of high volume and/or complex data and collections Papers are invited to consider how we can use tools and processes to highlight data patterns and user pathways through large corporas including: * Data and text mining * Entity recognition * Linked data * Standardized interfaces * Interaction with large-scale computation and simulation processes * Issues of scale and size beyond traditional repository contexts 4. Managing Research Data, Software, and Workflows Papers are invited to consider how repositories can support the needs of research data and related software and workflows. Areas of interest are: * Curation lifecycle management, including storage, software and workflows * Digital preservation tools and services * Reuse and analysis of scientific content * Scholarly workflows, publishing and communicating scientific knowledge 5. Integrating with the Wider Web and External Systems Papers are invited to explore, evaluate, or demonstrate integration with external systems, including: * CRIS and research management systems * Notification and compliance tracking systems * Identifier services * Preservation services and repositories * Publisher systems * Collection management systems and workflows 6. Exploring Metrics, Assessment, and Impact Papers are invited to present experiences on metrics and assessment services for a range of content, including: * Bibliometrics * Downloads (e.g. COUNTER compliance) * Altmetrics and other alternative methods of tracking and presenting impact 7. Managing Rights Papers are invited to examine the role of rights management in the context of open repositories, including: * Research and scholarly communication outputs * Licenses (e.g. Creative Commons, Open Data Commons) * Embargoes * Requirements of funder mandates 8. Developing and Training Staff Papers are invited to consider the evolving role of staff who support and manage repositories across libraries, cultural heritage organizations, research offices and computer centres, especially: * New roles and responsibilities * Training needs and opportunities * Career path and recruitment * Community support KEY DATES * 01 February 2016: Deadline for submissions and Scholarship Programme applications * 01 February 2016: Registration opens * 28 March 2016: Submitters notified of acceptance to general conference * 11 April 2016: Submitters notified of acceptance to Interest Groups * 13-16 June 2016: OR2016 conference SUBMISSION PROCESS * Conference Papers and Panels * We expect that proposals for papers or panels will be two to four-pages (see below for optional Proposal Templates). Abstracts of accepted papers and panels will be made available through the conference's web site, and later they and associated materials will be made available in an open repository. In general, sessions will have three papers; panels may take an entire session or may be combined with a paper. Relevant papers unsuccessful in the main track will be considered for inclusion, as appropriate, as an Interest Group presentation, poster or 24/7. * Interest Group Presentations * The opportunity to engage with and learn more about the work of relevant communities of interest is a key element of Open Repositories. One to two page proposals are invited for presentations or panels that focus on the work of such communities, traditionally DSpace, EPrints, Fedora, and Invenio, describing novel experiences or developments in the construction and use of repositories involving issues specific to these technical platforms. Further information about applications for additional Interest Groups and guidance on submissions will be forthcoming. * 24x7 Presentations * 24x7 presentations are 7 minute presentations comprising no more than 24 slides. Proposals for 24x7 presentations should be one to two-pages. Similar to Pecha Kuchas or Lightning Talks, these 24x7 presentations will be grouped into blocks based on conference themes, with each block followed by a moderated discussion / question and answer session involving the audience and whole block of presenters. This format will provide conference goers with a fast-paced survey of like work across many institutions, and presenters the chance to disseminate their work in more depth and context than a traditional poster. * "Repository RANTS" 24x7 Block * One block of 24x7's will revolve around "repository rants": brief exposés that challenge the conventional wisdom or practice, and highlight what the repository community is doing that is misguided, or perhaps just missing altogether. The top proposals will be incorporated into a track meant to provoke unconventional approaches to repository services. * "Repository RAVES" 24x7 Block * One block of 24x7's at OR2016 will revolve around "repository raves": brief exposés that celebrate particular practice and processes, and highlight what the repository community is doing that is right. The top proposals will be incorporated into a track meant to celebrate successful approaches to repository services. * Posters * We invite one-page proposals for posters that showcase current work. Attendees will view and discuss your work during the poster reception. * 2016 Developer Track: Top Tips, Cunning Code and Illuminating Insights * Each year a significant proportion of the delegates at Open Repositories are software developers who work on repository software or related services. OR2016 will feature a Developer Track and Ideas Challenge that will provide a focus for showcasing work and exchanging ideas. Building on the success of last year's Developer Track, where we encouraged live hacking and audience participation, we invite members of the technical community to share the features, systems, tools and best practices that are important to you. Presentations can be as informal as you like, but once again we encourage live demonstrations, tours of code repositories, examples of cool features and the unique viewpoints that so many members of our community possess. Submissions should take the form of a title and a brief outline of what will be shared with the community. Further details and guidance on the Ideas Challenge will be forthcoming. Developers are also encouraged to contribute to the other tracks as papers, posters, 24x7 presentations, repository raves and rants 24x7 blocks. * Workshops and Tutorials * One to two-page proposals for workshops and tutorials addressing theoretical or practical issues around digital repositories are welcomed. Please address the following in your proposal: * The subject of the event and what knowledge you intend to convey * Length of session (e.g., 1-hour, 2-hour, half a day or a whole day) * A brief statement on the learning outcomes from the session * How many attendees you plan to accommodate * Technology and facility requirements * Any other supplies or support required * Anything else you believe is pertinent to carrying out the session Proposal Templates The OR2016 proposal templates are a guideline to help you prepare an effective submission. They will be provided in both the Word document and plain-text Markdown formats and provide details around the requirements for conference papers and panels and 24/7's and posters. These will be available from the conference website shortly. Submission system The conference system will be open for submissions by 15 December 2015. PDF format is preferred. CODE OF CONDUCT We will be publishing guidelines for conduct at OR2016. As a reference, the OR2015 Code of Conduct is available at http://www.or2015.net/code-of-conduct/ and the 2015 Anti-Harrassment Policy is athttp://www.or2015.net/anti-harassment-policy/. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME OR2016 will again run a Scholarship Programme which will enable us to provide support for a small number of full registered places (including the poster reception and banquet) for the conference in Dublin. The programme is open to librarians, repository managers, developers and researchers in digital libraries and related fields. Applicants submitting a paper for the conference will be given priority consideration for funding. Please note that the programme does not cover costs such as accommodation, travel and subsistence. It is anticipated that the applicant’s home institution will provide financial support to supplement the OR Scholarship Award. Full details and an application form will shortly be available on the conference website. CONTACT INFORMATION Program Co-Chairs * David Minor, University of California, San Diego * Matthias Razum, FIZ Karlsruhe * Sarah Shreeves, University of Miami contact: or16-program-chairs(a)googlegroups.com Local Hosts * Trinity College Dublin <https://www.tcd.ie/> contact: OR2016(a)conferencepartners.ie Conference Website and Social Media * website: http://or2016.net/ * twitter: @OR2016Dub and #or2016Dub * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ORConference/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nature's fury in Chennai and Tamil Nadu
by Subbiah Arunachalam 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Friends: I live in Chennai. People in this city, neighbouring districts and virtually all of coastal Tamil Nadu are reeling under unprecedented rains. The weather office says that in some places we have had more than *40 cm* of rain in a day. Added to that large swathes of the city were flooded and the water had nowhere to go or drain. We had about four feet of water in front of where I live for more than three days. There was no electricity. For more than three days we stayed indoor in darkness during the night. Honestly we were better off. People living in low-lying areas and smaller accommodations had it worse. The Armed Forces came to the rescue. In times such as these they are our best hope (although we did not see them operating in the area where I live). Some members of this list called me to find out if I was OK., Others might have attempted, but we lost the network! After a long time we have electricity restored and I am not sure how long it would last. I just wanted to tell you all that by and large people in this city seem to be facing the situation with courage and fortitude. And helping each other. No reason for panic. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations to Dr.K.R.Mulla for success of National seminar on “Library consortia in digital age “: opportunities and challenges. On 1st & 2nd December 2015
by Somaraya Tallolli 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Dear Professional friends Congratulations for success of National seminar on “Library consortia in digital age “: opportunities and challenges. On 1st & 2nd December 2015 .It is one of the best programmes which I have attended from last some years, Dr.Mulla has clubbed the all senior library professionals in under the single umbrella to know each other and we discussed the some success stories of our own experiences on the stage and off the stage, got some new ideas from seniors Dr.IRN Gouder, Dr.Bandi, Dr.Siddamallayya, Dr.Ananda Byrappa , Dr.P.V.Konnur and Dr.S.F.Kattimani, Mr.Mohan , to enhance our services. I personally congratulate Dr.K.R.Mulla for success of this programme. keep it up Somaraya B Tallolli Librarian Don Bosco Institute of Technology Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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November 2015 : ILA Newsletter
by Dr. Rajesh Bhardwaj 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Dear Friends The November 2015 issue of ILA Newsletter has been published by Indian Library Association which is available here <https://ilaindia.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/2015_november_ila-newsletter.p…>. The previous issues of ILA Newsletter may also be referred from http://ilaindia.net or direct from here. <https://ilaindia.wordpress.com/newsletter-of-ila/> You are requested to provide the professionals news, current emerging issues, and relevant articles for forthcoming ILA Newsletter. 1. Report of about 100 words with one snap of organised Seminar, Conference, Training & Workshop; 2. Book publications, or highly Impact Factor research outputs or just concluded projects; 3. Announcement for admissions, educational up gradations; 4. Technological innovations, research & development; 5. Any other LIS field related news, please send to Editor: pro(a)ilaindia.net You are also welcome for your constructive suggestions and feedback for betterment of ILA Newsletter. Thanks and Regards Dr. Rajesh Kr. Bhardwaj -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for Person with Disabilities
by Ajit Prajapati 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Dear all, Library & Information Asstt. - 01 Post (for Persons with Disabilities) PB-2 Rs.9300- 34800/- + GP Rs.4200/- -- -- 01 01 OA, OL OAL, BL http://prasarbharati.gov.in/Opportunities/Employment/Documents/PWD%20Notice… Last date 23.12.2015 -- Thanks and Regards Ajit Prajapati 09662048549 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Annamalai University - International Conference - Announcement - Reg
by Dr. R. Balasubramani 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Dear Professionals INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “RE-ENGINEERING OF LIBRARY RESOURCES AND SERVICES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES” 5th & 6th February 2016 Call for Papers Original research contributions are invited from the LIS Professionals on the following Theme. Themes and Sub-Themes: • Transition of Libraries towards Re-engineering in the Digital era • Digital Library/ Institutional Repositories: Initiatives, design and developments • Digital Library Infrastructure, Standards and softwares • Case study of Digital Resources and Services • Content Management Systems and Digital Preservation • Digital Right Management (DRM) and Digital Assets Management (DAM) • IPR and Copyright Issues in the Re- engineering Libraries • Emergence of Web Technologies including Cloud Computing and their application in re-engineering libraries • Use of Social networks in re-engineering libraries • User behavior in the digital library environment • Role of Information Literacy programmes in re-engineering libraries • Capacity building skills and competencies of the manpower in the re-engineering libraries • Impact of Re-engineering on LIS education, training and research • Librametrics to Webometrics SUBMISSION OF PAPERS The soft copy should be mailed to aulisdde(a)gmail.com to the organizing secretary on or before 20th January 2016. Selected papers will be published in the form of Conference Proceeding with ISBN. Registration fee: Faculty members / LIS Professionals - Rs.1500/- ($ 75 for overseas participants) Research Scholars & Students - Rs.750/- ($ 75 for overseas participants) Registrations for all the authors are mandatory. The Registration fee includes Conference kit, working lunch, refreshments. The demand draft may be drawn in favour of “The Registrar, Annamalai University” payable at Chidambaram / Annamalai Nagar / Chennai. Accommodation Only limited accommodation is available in the University Guest House and will be provided with twin sharing on first come and first serve basis. Plenty of Hotels / Lodges are available in Chidambaram with nominal cost. With Kind Regards Dr. P. RAVICHANDRAN Organizing Secretary Head - Library and Information Science Wing Directorate of Distance Eduation Annamalai University Annamalai Nagar – 608002, Tamil Nadu, India Mobile: +919443568717 / +918870799226 Email: aulisdde(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgent: tools to download search result from google scholar
by vinod mishra 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

Dear All, Is there any tool or method to download the more than one thousand search result from google scholar and their citation counts available? If yes please let me know, i will be very thankful to you. -- With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 Website: http://mishravk.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reminder : 5 Day workshop on koha and joomla
by Silpa K 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

Dear Professional Friends, Central Library of College of Engineering, Thalassery, Kannur, Kerala is conducting 5 Day Workshop on Library Automation and Content Management using Koha and Joomla during 16-20 December 2015.. Reg.Fee--Rs.2000/- (Rupees Two Thousand only)for TEQIP Institutions Rs.500/-(Rupees Five Hundred only) for Others Interested Professionals can download Application form and Brochure from our Library website *http://library.cethalassery.in/ <http://library.cethalassery.in/>..* send scanned copy of the Application form and DD on or before 09/12/2015. Submit Hard copy of the same at the time of Registration. Preference given to participants from Kerala.... Thanking You,, Silpa K Librarian ( in charge) College of Engineering Thalassery 9447074987, 9400057376 coethalassery(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Presentation on "Application Guidelines for Graduate Schools in the United States and Canada" on Saturday, 12th Dec 2015 at 4.00 p.m.at IIT Madras
by Mohan Hr 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

Dear all, Pl. find an invite for the presentation on "Application Guidelines for Graduate Schools in the United States and Canada" on Saturday, 12th Dec 2015 at 4.00 p.m. at IIT Madras. For formal invite pl. visit http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2015/mm-151212-higher-studies.pdf Seats are limited. To facilitate logistics please pre-register at https://goo.gl/7D5YQb With regards HR Mohan Chair, IEEE CS & PCS and IPP, CSI http://hrm-infoforuse.blogspot.in http://infoforuse.blogspot.in https://www.facebook.com/mohan.hr.524 INVITE ================================================== IIT Madras Alumni Association, Madras Chapter IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Professional Communication Society, Madras Chapter Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter Cordially invite you for a presentation on Application Guidelines for Graduate Schools in the United States and Canada By Dr. Ram. M. Narayanan Department of Electrical Engineering Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA On Saturday, 12th Dec 2015 at 4.00 p.m. At Seminar Hall, Dept. of Biotechnology, IIT Madras, Chennai – 600036 Cmdr. Mohan Menon, President, IITMAA, Chennai Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS Madras Mr. K. Bhaskaran, Chairman, CSI Chennai Programme ========= 4.00 p.m.: Tea & Fellowship 4.30 p.m.: Presentation About the Presentation ================= The number of foreign students applying for graduate study in the United States and Canada has increased substantially in recent years, driven by the ready availability of school information from the web as well as family and friends. However, the intake of graduate students has not kept up with the rise in the number of applicants. The percentage of applicants offered admission is low (about 10-15%), while the percentage of applicants offered financial assistance prior to entry is even lower (about 5% or less). The speaker has reviewed hundreds of applications over the past 20-25 years and has seen a wide range in the quality of the applications, which is generally not correlated with the quality of the applicants. There have been several occasions when high-quality applicants have been denied admission solely based upon very weak application portfolios, mainly the statement of purpose (SOP) and reference letters. This presentation aims to be a "how to" guide to strengthen your application thereby enhancing your chances of getting admission and financial aid. While the focus will be on engineering studies, several of the guidelines should be applicable to other fields as well, especially science and mathematics. About the speaker ============= Ram. M. Narayanan received his B.Tech from lIT Madras, Chennai in 1976 and his Ph.D. from University of Massachusetts in 1988. He was a Design Engineer in BEL Ghaziabad (1976-83) and a faculty member at University of Nebraska (1988-2003). He is currently Professor of Electrical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. His interests are UWB radar systems and applications, radar networking, microwave tomography, and RF tags. He is a Fellow of IETE, IEEE, and SPIE. Registration ========= Seats are limited. To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at https://goo.gl/7D5YQb Confirmation of registration will be mailed by 10th Dec 2015 or earlier. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for papers -- DRTC/ISI International conference ICBK 2016
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore 560059 International conference on Big Data & Knowledge Discovery Date: 9th to 11th March 2016 Hosted By Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Bangalore, India Much of the research generates, analyses data making it ubiquitous especially in applied sciences whether it is natural, physical and social. Worldwide there has been keen interest in Big Data applications in many a domain. We foresee at least four key players in the emerging Data Science - Library and Information Professionals (involved in acquisition, curation and publishing big data), computer science professionals (creating plat forms for big data like hadoop eco-system), statisticians (analytics and visualization) and domain experts. The situation opens up new and interesting opportunities for professionals to explore and learn all aspects of what has taken the shape, holistically, of DATA SCIENCE. In view of the developments in data, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute announces International Conference on Big Data and Knowledge Discovery (ICBK). The objective of the conference is to offer a platform for exchange of ideas of the international community related to all aspects of data science. The conference offers the opportunity to explore the main theme of Big Data and Knowledge discovery under the following themes. Call for papers: Themes and Topics [not limited to these...] General: - Big Data Acquisition, Integration, Cleaning, and Best Practices - Big Data Quality and Provenance Control - Big Data Persistence, Curation and Preservation - Data security, licensing and privacy - Metadata and Ontology for Big Data - Standards and Protocols for Big Data - Role of Librarians in Data Publishing, Data curation and services - Building Data Repositories - Data Citation Practices - Altmetrics and Big Data - Big Data in Social Networks - Capturing, Analysing and Visualising Streaming Data - Big Data Search and Retrieval - Linked Open Data - Big Data in Semantic Web - Mobile Data Management Social Sciences data - Census data analysis - Econometric data, forecasting systems - Budgeting and Data based policies - Agriculture data production and management - Open Government Data - Big Data in E-Governance - Role of Big Data in building Smart Cities - Big Data in Business Analytics - Big Data for Rural Development Domain Specific Data in Science & Technology: - Technology for Big Data Management, Hadoop Eco System - IoT-cloud Integration - Agriculture Data Management, Data Sharing Policies and Platform - Data Analytics in Health - Bioinformatics Data applications - Other domains: meteorological data, geo-spatial data, genomic data, data based analysis of sports etc. Special Sessions - Social Science data analysis and applications - Open Knowledge and Data in Agriculture and Nutrition - Data for Smart Cities - Government and International Open Data Initiatives Important Dates - Registration Open from: 1st Dec 2015 - Submission of Full paper: 8th Jan 2016 - Notification of Paper Acceptance: 8th Feb 2016 - Early bird registration over: 18th Feb 2016 - Camera reedy paper submission over: 25th Feb 2016 Early Bird Registration Fee India & SAARC Countries: Rs.3000/- Other Countries: US $50 Regular Registration India & SAARC Countries: Rs. 3500/- Other Countries: US $60 Students Registration Students: Rs. 1000/- or $20 The Demand Draft (DD) should be made in favour of Indian Statistical Institute, payable at Bangalore. Important Links: Conference Website -> http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icbk Registration Information -> http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/registration Call for paper -> http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/callforpaper VISA INFORMATION -> https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/ Write to us -> icbk2016@ drtc.isibang.ac.in Venue: Platinum Jubilee Auditorium Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre Address: Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road, RVCE Post, Bangalore - 560059, Karnataka, India. Landmark: Near Bangalore University Contact Person: Prof. A.R.D. Prasad (CONVENOR) Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) 8th Mile Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore - 560059, Karnataka, India. Phone: +91-80/26985490/28482711 Fax: +91-80-28484265 E-mail: icbk(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for article- reg
by ananda. s.k 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

Dear LIS Members One of our faculty member require the following article "*Karthikeyan. S (1990), The fauna of Bangalore- The vertebrate and butterflies of Bangalore: A checklist. Bangalore, World wide Fund for nature- India, Karnataka state office." *Please do forward this article. It will be a great help indeed. Thanks in Advance *With Regards * *Ananda, S K* Librarian EMPRI (Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute) ananda.tthr(a)gmail.com ananda.0315(a)gmail.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 Papers for the National Conference
by Vijaya Lakshmi 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

Dear All, I cordially invite you to contribute your paper in the National Conference on Evolving Role of Libraries and Librarianship at Sri Sarada College for Women, Tirunelveli on Jan, 22 and 23, 2016. Please visit the Conference Blog for further details. The URL is National Conference on Evolving Role of Libraries and Librarianship <https://confsarada.wordpress.com/> Thank You, Sincerely, B.Vijayalakshmi http://vijilibrarian.blogspot.com/ *SRI SARADA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, TIRUNELVELI – 627011* *(Accredited with 'B' Grade by NAAC (CGPA - 2.76))* *(A Branch of Sri Ramakrishna Tapovanam, Tirupparaithurai)* *(Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli)* *We cordially invite you for the* *EVOLVING ROLE OF LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANSHIP* *Sponsored by * *RAJA RAMMOHUN ROY LIBRARY FOUNDATION, KOLKATTA* *MINISTRY OF CULTURE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA* *January 22 & 23, 2016* About the Conference As Information plays an important role in everyone’s life, Librarian needs to play a crucial role in any academic Institution or any Society. Now, vast information is available via Internet. At the same time, Users need is also increasing day by day. In this digital age, users need to be more information literate than ever before, while internet, e-mail, www can contain valid and accurate information, its very nature encourages quick and easy self publication. It is important to make the users to identify, evaluate and use the relevant information effectively. This conference will give a good platform to share and learn Knowledge and Experiences of Library Professionals and Blooming Library Science Students. About the College Among the seven colleges run by Sri Ramakrishna Tapovanam, Sri Sarada College, Tirunelveli was started in 1986 to cater to the educational needs of the women of the southern districts of the Tamil Nadu. Our College aims to transform every student as “Nirai Nangai” - the Perfect Woman, the dream of our Founder Srimath Swami Chidbhavananda Maharaj. Our College is accredited with “B Grade” - CGPA 2.76 out of 4 by NAAC. Our college is publishing “Pragnavani”, the Multi Disciplinary Research Journal with ISSN No 2249 – 6017. About the Library Library facilitates Learning, Dissemination of Information & Knowledge by providing services with technology. Library attracts the User Community towards Library by activities and programmes. Library supports Research Activities and Research Publications of our College. Library facilitates other Library Professionals also to learn new trends & methods to be adopted in their Library. About Our Journal Since 2011, Pragnavani Journal has been published with ISSN Number 2249-6017 by Sri Sarada College for Women, Tirunelveli. The meaning of Pragnavani is Voice of Knowledge. It is bi-annual & multi disciplinary in nature. Our Journal aims to be the forum for Scientists, Researchers & Experts in various field of knowledge to share and discuss their high quality research work. About Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation: RRRLF is a central autonomous organization established and fully financed by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The Headquarter of RRRLF is housed in Kolkatta. It is the nodal agency of the Government of India to support public library services and systems and promote public library movement in the country commensurate with the objectives as embodied in its Memorandum of Association. Organizing Committee: Chief Patron: Srimath Bhakthanandhaji, Administrator,SSC,Tvl. Patron: Yathiswari Saravanabhavapriya Ambaji, Secretary, SSC, Tvl. Advisor: Prof.P.Chandrasekaran(Major), Academic Director, SSC, Tvl. President: Dr.Smt M.Malarvizhi, Principal, SSC, Tvl. Resource Persons Dr. R.Sevukan, Associate Professor & Head, Department of Library & Information Science, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry Dr.K.Elavazhagan, Chief Knowledge Officer, Indian Institute of Management, Tirchirappalli Dr. Susan W. Alman, School of Information, San Jose State University California http://ischoolapps.sjsu.edu/facultypages/view.php?fac=almans Shri. Santosh Hulagabali, Librarian, Library & Information Centre, Nagindas Khandwala College, Mumbai Dr.S.Ravikumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Library & Information Science, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya Dr Smt.A.Thirumagal, Librarian, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. Smt C.Hema, Librarian, The Madura College, Madurai Organizing Secretary: Selvi B.Vijayalakshmi, Librarian, SSC, Tvl Committee Members: Smt S.Gomathi, Assistant Librarian, SSC, Tvl Smt A.Rani, Librarian,Sri Sarada College of Education,Tvl Smt P.Vijayalakshmi, Senior Library Assistant, SSC, Tvl Smt A.Alagu Muthammal, Library Assistant, SSC, Tvl Smt B.Mari, Library Assistant, SSC, Tvl Selvi S.Krishnaveni, Technical Assistant, SSC, Tvl Advisory Committee: Dr.A.Hariharan, Founder, SALIS. Dr.S.Suryanarayanan, Advisor, SALIS. Dr.J.Dominic, President, SALIS. Dr.M.Mandhirasalam, General Secretary, SALIS. Dr B. Suresh, Librarian, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai Dr K.Chinnasamy, Associate Professor & Head, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai Dr.Padma, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai Dr Kumaravel, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai Dr.K.Murugan, Librarian, University VOC College of Engineering, Anna University (Thoothukudi Campus). Dr.T.Raja, Librarian, St.Xavier’s College of Education, Tvl. Dr Smt G.Amutha, Librarian, VHNSN College, Virdhunagar. Dr.R.R.Saravanakumar, Librarian, Sadakathullah Appa College, Tvl. Dr.A.Muthukrishnan, Librarian, District Central Library,Tvl. Smt P.Renuka, Librarian, Parasakthi College, Courtrallam. Dr Sr Mary Johnsy, Librarian, Holy Cross Arts & Science College, Nagercoil. Dr.Jeba Anbu Malar, Librarian, FX Polytechnique,TVL Dr.S.Saravanan, Librarian, V.V. College of Engineering, Tisanvilai. Shri.E.Sugirtakumar,Librarian, Sarah Ducker College, Palayamkottai. Dr.N.Selvaganapathy, Librarian,Pioneer Kumarasamy College,Nagercoil. Smt S.Unnamalai, Librarian,Govindammal Aditanar College,Tiruchendur. Call for Papers Papers are invited on the following themes Soft Skills Information Literacy Information & Communication Technology Library Automation Digital Library Open Source Software Information Retrieval Library Services Library Resources Library Networks Classification Cataloguing Library Techniques Reading Habit Green Library Library 2.0 Social Networks Bibliometrics Webometrics Altmetrics Contributors are requested to send a soft copy of their papers through e-mail and hard copy along with Signed in Copy right transfer form. The document should be typed in, Ø A4 sheet, Single Column. Ø 1.16 line space, Times New Roman font 11 size Ø Titles should be in bold, font size 12, full UPPERCASE. Ø Sub Titles should be in bold, font size 11, First Letter alone Uppercase. Ø Author affiliation below the title should be in font size 10. Ø Abstract should have maximum 100 words Ø Maximum of 5 keywords. Ø Maximum 6 pages. Ø References as per APA Style. *Publication of conference proceedings:* * Selected papers shall be published in the conference volume bearing an ISBN Number. * *The abstracts of the selected papers will be archived on Indian Conference -Abstracting Database ICon-AD. (**www.iconad.in* <http://www.iconad.in/>*)* *Best Papers Awards will be given to best papers with best presentation.* *General Instructions*: Ø The maximum number of authors per paper must be only three. Ø The maximum number of papers either by collaboration or individually, is only two. Ø Only papers submitted along with the registration fee shall be considered for presentation and publication in the conference proceedings. *Registration Fees:* Professionals: Rs 500/- Students: Rs300/- An amount of Rs. 500/- may be paid along with the registration fee to procure a copy of the Conference Proceedings. *Contact: * Soft copies of the abstracts, key words & full text with acknowledgement & any communication regarding the conference may be sent to Address : Sri Sarada College for Women, Tirunelveli - 627011 Email : srisaradalibrary(a)yahoo.com Phone : 0462 – 2520129, 9442481288 SRI SARADA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, TIRUNELVELI – 627011 (Accredited with 'B' Grade by NAAC (CGPA - 2.76)) (A Branch of Sri Ramakrishna Tapovanam, Tirupparaithurai) (Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli) EVOLVING ROLE OF LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANSHIP *Sponsored by * RAJA RAMMOHUN ROY LIBRARY FOUNDATION, KOLKATTA MINISTRY OF CULTURE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA January 22 & 23, 2016 REGISTRATION FORM Name : Designation : Institution : Address : Phone : E-Mail : Website / Blog : Short Profile : Do you want Conference Proceedings: Yes / No *Payment Details:* Amount : Bank : D.D. 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3 - Days Workshop on e - Granthalaya Software for Automation and Networking of KVS Libraries
by Ajit Prajapati 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

Dear All, 3 DaysWorkshop on e-Granthalaya Software for Automation and Networking of KVS Libraries Organized by Zonal Institute of Education and Training Chandigarh In Association with National Informatics Centre Government of India. For more details open the below link http://egranthalaya.nic.in/eGWorkshop_ZIET_Chandigarh_15DEC2015.pdf -- Thanks and Regards Ajit Prajapati 09662048549 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIPS 2016: announcement and call for paper
by Debal C Kar 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

*Library and Information Professionals Summit (LIPS) 2016* On *From Ownership to Access: Leveraging the Digital Paradigm* Thursday-Friday, 19-20 May 2016 New Delhi, India Jointly organized by *Ambedkar University Delhi*& S*ociety for Library Professionals (SLP)* Conference Venue: *Ambedkar University Delhi* *Lothian Road, Kashemere Gate* *New Delhi- 110006, India* It gives us great pleasure to inform you that next Library and Information Professionals Summit (LIPS) 2016 on From Ownership to Access: Leveraging the Digital Paradigm will be held Thursday-Friday, 19-20 May 2016 at Ambedkar University Delhi, Delhi LIPS 2016 will be an excellent opportunity for all including Librarians, Information Professionals, Researchers and Practitioners to share experiences, ideas, research results, meeting and networking. Don’t miss out on the many opportunities which will allow you to share your experiences and learn from other professionals. The principle objective of this event is to provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge and skills relevant to students, professors and Information professionals. This conference will offer an opportunity to put forward innovative plans, debate classic ideas, and promote closer cooperation among colleagues. It will solicit high quality research papers and provide an international forum for researchers, developers and practitioners to present applied and theoretical research findings. *Conference Theme* The conference aims to address the main issues of concern within the framework of *From Ownership to Access: Leveraging the Digital Paradigm* issues. Some of the important areas, which conference intends to engage itself with are listed below: 1. *E-**Books Access in Libraries* · New ways for Library Resource Access · Procurement and Management including Right management of E-books · Trends, New models and tools · Impact of eBooks on learning · E-books Accelerating - Will print books disappear? · Future of eBooks *2. **Web Based Access in Libraries* · Semantic Web · Text mining · Cloud Computing and Libraries · Social Media and Applications in Libraries · Social Networks, Virtual Organization and Networked Information · Web Archiving and Preservation · Next-generation web services *3. **Future Models of Accessing the Libraries * · Acquisitions and Collection Development · Access, Ownership and Resource Sharing · Economics of access versus ownership · Licensing Pricing IPR & Privacy Issues · Threats to Digital Lending · Database Ownership: Myth or Reality · New & Emerging Resources, Products, & Services · Library Outreach, Marketing & Advocacy · Open Access Participants are invited to contribute papers for presentation on the above themes and related aspects. The papers should be based on research surveys; case studies or action plans rather than theoretical explanations. Papers are to be sent to Conference Secretariat at: slp.lib(a)gmail.com Submission of full papers (not more than 6 pages) with an abstract in approximately 200 words, keywords and references on A4 size paper with margin 1.5 cm on all sides in MS Word format in 10 points New Times Roman type single line spacing. Length of the paper should not exceed 4000 words. Details such as name of the author, designation, title of the article, abstract, name of the affiliating institution, mailing address, telephone number, fax number and E-mail address are to be included. The paper submitted must not have been previously published or presented elsewhere. The Programme Committee will have the right to edit the papers. Selected papers will be published in the proceedings. The selected papers will be published as edited book with ISBN number in print or digital format. *Registration Fees* Early Bird Registration till 30th March 2016 1st April 2016 onwards Indian Delegates Rs.1500/- Rs.2000/- Students/ SLA Members / Accompanied Person/ Retired Professionals Rs. 1000/- Rs.1200/- *Date to Remember* Last Date for Submission of full paper February 15, 2016 Authors to be intimated of accepted papers March 15, 2016 Early Bird Registration March 31, 2016 Accepted papers will be included in the proceedings, only if Registered on or before March 31, 2016 Conference Secretariat *Dr. Debal C. 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Invitation to participate in a National Consultation on Open Educational Resources, 1–2 December 2015, Convention Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi ( for first 50 on first-cum- first served basis)
by Ramesh C Gaur 29 Nov '15

29 Nov '15

Dear Colleague UNESCO, the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) and Jawaharlal Nehru University are jointly organizing a National Consultation on the theme ‘Open Educational Resources for Inclusive Development: Identifying Challenges, Addressing Opportunities’. It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the event, which will take place at the Convention Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University on 1–2 December 2015. We have enclosed the concept note for the event, and the detailed programme will be sent to you shortly. The National Consultation will work towards (a) identifying present challenges to the creation and use of OER; and (b) identifying opportunities for intervention for inclusive development through OER at the institutional and national levels. All discussions will be recommendation- and action-oriented. In particular, the Consultation will focus on seven themes, each of which will be addressed by a dedicated consultative session. The themes are as follows: 1. Examining the benefits and implications of the 2014 Open Licensing Policy Guidelines of the National Mission on Education through ICT 2. Examining good practices and case studies on OER-based learning 3. Exploring the role of digital libraries vis-à-vis OER initiatives 4. Adapting existing institutional OER policies 5. Developing and applying frameworks to assess the quality of OER 6. OER for persons with disabilities 7. OER for skill development We would be glad if you would kindly accept our invitation, and confirm your availability and participation by 30 November 2015 at the latest. We would greatly appreciate it if you could be present for both days of the event, and take part in the various sessions. Should you require any further information or assistance, please address your queries to Mr Anirban Sarma, National Programme Officer, UNESCO (a.sarma(a)unesco.org, +91 9999265920) and Dr Manas Panigrahi, Programme Officer, CEMCA (mpanigrahi(a)col.org, +91 9650154010). Yours sincerely, Mr. Shigeru Aoyagi Dr. Ramesh Sharma Dr. Ramesh Gaur Director and UNESCO Representative Director University Librarian to Bhutan, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka CEMCA JNU OER for Inclusive Development: Identifying Challenges, Addressing Opportunities A National Consultation on Open Educational Resources Concept Note[1] 1. Introduction The emergence of open content in 1998 and the release of 50 higher education courses via MIT’s OpenCourseWare in 2002 were foundational moments in the sharing of educational content via the web. MIT’s innovative course-sharing mechanism prompted UNESCO to organize a ‘Forum on the Impact of OpenCourseWare for Higher Education in Developing Countries’ in 2002, at which the term ‘Open Educational Resources’ (OER) was coined. The UNESCO Forum has since been considered a major landmark in the history of the OER movement. Speaking on the occasion, Prof. V S Prasad, the then Director of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council and India’s representative at the Forum, had observed: ‘The OpenCourseWare concept is based on the philosophical view of knowledge as a collective social product; and so it is desirable to make it a social property.’[2] 2. OER and Their Potential Impact on Educational Systems It is necessary to understand what OER are in order to appreciate their potential impact on educational systems. An OER is any teaching, learning and research material that is available in the public domain, or with an open license, free of the cost to reuse, remix and redistribute the material while retaining its rights. The word ‘open’ is of critical importance here – it refers not merely to the availability of the resource but to what one is allowed to do with the material. Copyright law provides for licensing any new knowledge generated, and it is within these same parameters that authors use a specific type of open license to allow full or limited use of the original materials created by them. The advantages of OER are significant. Having an open license affixed to an educational resource / material enables it to remain relevant and up-to-date. As the resource is available online, an author himself / herself is motivated to ensure that its quality is continually improved and its immediacy and relevance are enhanced. Further, the target community or audience for the resource also assumes responsibility for strengthening quality and relevance. This approach helps avoid the duplication of efforts, and enables teachers to focus more on the efficacy of classroom delivery and teaching. An open license also permits the circulation of knowledge, by allowing re-mixing and re-distribution, and sometimes promoting entrepreneurship and livelihood creation. (For example, a short story by A could be translated by B, adapted as a play by C, adapted into a film by D, and further used in a classroom by a teacher E to promote learning. This would be possible only if the original material was available as an OER.) 3. The 2012 Paris Declaration: A Framework for Action[3] In June 2012, UNESCO convened the World OER Congress in partnership with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the Hewlett Foundation to observe the completion of 10 years of the term ‘Open Educational Resources’ and to evaluate the progress of the OER movement globally. The Congress released the now famous Paris Declaration which stated that OER promote lifelong learning; contribute to social inclusion, gender equity and education for special needs; and improve cost efficiency and the quality of teaching and learning. The Declaration also recommended that educational institutes across the world: 1. Promote the awareness and use of OER 2. Improve media and information literacy 3. Develop institutional policies for OER 4. Educate stakeholders on open licenses and copyright 5. Promote quality assurance and peer review of OER 6. Develop strategic partnerships to avoid duplication of work and technologies 7. Encourage and support research on OER 8. Develop tools to facilitate access to OER. 4. The Incheon Declaration – ‘Education 2030’: Towards Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Lifelong Learning for All On 19–22 May 2015, UNESCO together with UNICEF, the World Bank, UNFPA, UNDP, UN Women and UNHCR organized the World Education Forum 2015 in Incheon, Republic of Korea. Over 1,600 participants from 160 countries, including over 120 Ministers, heads and members of delegations, heads of agencies and officials of multilateral and bilateral organizations, and representatives of civil society, the teaching profession, youth and the private sector, adopted the Incheon Declaration, ‘Education 2030’, which set out a new vision for education for the next fifteen years. The final draft of the Incheon Declaration and Framework for Action has recommended the use of OER for the realization of its goals. Sections of the ‘Education 2030’ Framework that cite OER are: 1. Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university. 2. Point 43. A well-established, properly regulated tertiary education system supported by technology, open educational resources (OER) and distance education can increase access, equity, quality and relevance, and can narrow the gap between what is taught at tertiary education institutions, including universities, and what economies and societies demand. The provision of tertiary education should be made progressively free, in line with existing international agreements. 5. OER in India There have been steady attempts to promote and develop OER in India. In 2007, India’s National Knowledge Commission (NKC) formally recognized the role of OER to upgrade the quality of education.[4] NKC recommended the creation of a National Education Foundation to develop a web-based repository of high-quality educational resources in the form of OER through a collaborative process. The NKC noted that ‘an enabling legal framework that would allow unrestricted access without compromising intellectual authorship must be devised for this purpose’. The Creative Commons licensing system has since emerged as a legitimate way to share educational materials. The NKC also recommended faculty development and teacher training in the area of OER to improve quality. Concurrent with the NKC’s discussions on OER, the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL, nptel.ac.in) emerged as the country’s flagship initiative for Engineering and Basic Science courses. In 2009, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India launched the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), which covered the NPTEL, to strengthen connectivity, content and collaboration in Indian higher education. In September 2012, the NPTEL released its materials with CC-BY-NC-SA licenses. The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) also launched an OER initiative, releasing its educational materials under CC-BY-NC-SA. The National Repository of Open Educational Resources (NROER) at the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) however adopted a CC-BY-SA license for its materials. In a landmark development in February 2014, the NMEICT released its ‘Open Licensing Policy Guidelines’, stating its decision to adopt a CC-BY-SA license for all projects and materials funded by it. The Guidelines state that: ‘The release of learning resources, software and technology in an appropriate open license regime would foster an environment of openness, collaboration; and a culture of sharing, reuse and adaptation amongst institutions and teachers to enhance the quality of education in the country. Learners will have easy access to digital and non-digital resources available either freely or at a low cost. Teachers in remote areas will have access to quality resources and can contextualize the materials without worrying about prior permissions and copyright issues. […] Open licensing will also foster innovations in software development and create an ecosystem for the products delivered through the Mission funding.[5] Currently, three universities in India have adopted open licences for their educational materials. They are the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), the Vardhman Mahaveer Open University (Kota), and the Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University (Guwahati). 5. The National Consultation on OER The proposed two-day National Consultation on OER is titled OER for Inclusive Development: Identifying Challenges, Addressing Opportunities. The Consultation will be organized by UNESCO, the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. The event has been scheduled for 1–2 December 2015 at JNU in New Delhi. The National Consultation is expected to work towards (a) addressing present challenges to the creation of OER; and (b) identifying opportunities for intervention for inclusive development through OER at the institutional and national levels. All discussions will be recommendation- and action-oriented. In particular, the Consultation will focus on seven themes, each of which will be addressed by a dedicated consultative session. The proposed themes are listed below, followed by a brief discussion of each theme. 1. Examining the benefits and implications of the NMEICT’s Policy Guidelines 2. Examining good practices and case studies on OER-based learning 3. Exploring the role of digital libraries vis-à-vis OER initiatives 4. Adapting existing institutional OER policies 5. Developing and applying frameworks to assess the quality of OER 6. OER for persons with disabilities 7. OER for skill development 5.1 Examining the benefits and implications of the NMEICT’s Policy Guidelines More than one-and-a-half years into the implementation of the NMEICT’s Open Licensing Policy Guidelines, it is necessary to take stock, evaluate the progress made and identify areas for course correction. This session will explore the challenges to implementation and difficulties of compliance, along with the efficacy of the capacity development measures envisaged by the NMEICT, such as the advice on licensing (upon request) by the central project unit and periodic workshops on the Open License schema adopted by the Mission. 5.2 Examining good practices and case studies on OER-based learning This session will examine good practices and case studies related to OER from India, and up to two cases from other institutes in the South Asia that have demonstrated leadership and innovation in their adoption of OER policies and materials. The good practices of certain open universities in India could be examined, along with practices from the Open University of Sri Lanka and / or the Wawasan Open University in Malaysia. 5.3 Exploring the role of digital libraries vis-à-vis OER initiatives Institutional libraries tend to focus chiefly on research and scholarly material, books, journals and periodicals, but are not usually involved with the management of teaching and learning materials. Consequently, learning materials and OER, where available, are often poorly integrated into the user’s view of library resources. With the increase in the range and number of OER, libraries have an opportunity to capitalize on their already important role in students’ academic development, academics’ professional development, and the institution’s public portfolio. OER ought to be perceived as additional resources that subject librarians could reference in supporting students and researchers. They are also a new form of resource that require certain information literacy skills to assess (e.g. skills such as evaluating the quality of materials, their origin, currency and fit with a user’s existing learning patterns). This session will explore how libraries could actively advise institutions, academic staff and students with regard to: (a) Metadata and resource description; (b) Information management and resource dissemination; (c) Information literacy (finding and evaluating OER); (d) Creating subject-based guides for finding resources; and (d) Managing IPRs and promoting appropriate open licensing. 5.4 Adapting existing institutional OER policies This session will focus on examples of progressive and comprehensive OER policies adopted by Indian institutions. It will encourage other institutes to evolve similar policies, and will focus on developing a set of recommendations for adapting existing institutional policies. 5.5 Developing and applying frameworks to assess the quality of OER Several factors determine the quality of OER – their efficiency in achieving educational goals, their relevance to the target group, technical efficiency (in terms of content, pedagogy and organization of material), and ease of access (searchability and interoperability of delivery platforms). The rapidly growing number of online learning materials makes it necessary for users to be able find the most relevant and high-quality resources, and those which can be most efficiently reused, revised, remixed and redistributed. It is critical that a set of quality indicators and guidelines be applied in an objective manner to assess and enhance the quality of OER. This session will take as its starting point CEMCA’s TIPS Framework: Quality Assurance Guidelines for Teachers as Creators of Open Educational Resources, Version 2.0; and will focus on how to produce quality content for teaching and learning. The session will encourage an open discussion among stakeholders to develop strategies and address challenges relating to the quality assurance of OER. 5.6 OER for persons with disabilities Globally, research has shown that increasing numbers of persons with disabilities (PWDs) are enrolling in open distance learning (ODL) courses, and expressing an intent to utilizing OER. It is critical therefore for OER to be made more inclusive and disability-friendly. This session will focus on prerequisite actions (platform selection, content creation), implementing actions (platform use, accessibility of content, support services) and monitoring processes (assessing platforms and determining the suitability of content) with respect to OER for PWDs. Ongoing initiatives and existing good practices will be closely examined; and using the UNESCO–COL Guidelines for OER in Higher Education (2015)[6] as a basis, the discussion will also focus on developing basic guidelines for institutions, administrators and instructors to integrate accessible OER into the learning experience. 5.7 OER for skill development Skill development is a challenge for most developing countries. In response to the need for skill development, India has created institutional structures to provide skills training to 500 million people by 2022. The National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) that superseded the National Vocational Education Qualifications Framework (NVEQF) mandates that all training programmes should be NSQF complaint by 2018. The NSQF provides course descriptors at 10 levels, recognizes prior learning and several forms of learning, including formal, informal, workplace-based and private study. The need to train a large number of people means that existing systems will need to be upgraded and newer methods of training and certification designed. OER offer an excellent option for delivering skill training to millions. The use of OER can supplement face-to-face or hands-on training initiatives. Moreover, creating a repository of OER on different levels and discipline areas would be a valuable resource that could be be used by all Indian training institutions without duplicating efforts to create training materials. This session is envisaged as an extension of the National Consultation on OER for Skill Development organized by CEMCA in November 2014. The session’s objective will be to arrive at a set of recommendations and action points for the integration of OER into India’s skill development process. 7. Profile of Participants The two-day National Consultation on OER in New Delhi will be attended by 100–150 institutional administrators and decision-makers, Government representatives, librarians, information science practitioners, technologists / service providers, and other domain experts. 8. Expected Outcomes The National Consultation on OER will work towards achieving tangible outcomes at both the policy and programme levels. Each thematic session of the National Consultation will culminate a set of expert recommendations, action plans and a roadmap for activity. Collectively, these recommendations will take the form of a publication produced by the organizers, i.e. UNESCO, CEMCA and JNU. The recommendations will be disseminated to key stakeholders; and key recommendations will be taken up by the organizers and their networks / partners for further dialogue with Government and institutional decision-makers. Key action points could be taken up as part of the organizers’ subsequent programmatic plans and activities. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Parts of this Concept Note draw on the public lecture titled ‘Open Educational Resources for Higher Education’ delivered by Dr Sanjaya Mishra (E-Learning Specialist, Commonwealth of Learning and former Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia) at Krishna University (Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh) on 6 November 2014. [2] Quoted in the public lecture ‘Open Educational Resources for Higher Education’ by Dr Sanjaya Mishra. [3] The complete text of the Paris Declaration is available at: http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/Events/Paris%20…. [4] http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/report2009/eng/report09.pdf [5] The NMEICT’s Open Licensing Policy Guidelines are available at: http://www.sakshat.ac.in/Document/OER_Policy.pdf. [6] http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002136/213605e.pdf ************************************ Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian & Chair- ETD 2015 India Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067 Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551 Fax : +91-11-26741603 Email: rcgaur(a)mail.jnu.ac.in ;rcgaur66(a)gmail.com URL: www.jnu.ac.in Brief Profile:http://lib.jnu.ac.in/Ramesh_C_Gaur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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