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An interesting ad for a librarian in USA
by S Krishnan 17 Jan '15

17 Jan '15

I found this interesting Krishnan (ex. National Chemical Lab) ________________________________ Collection Strategist Librarian University Library of the University of California, Davis The University Library of the University of California, Davis, seeks a dynamic, innovative Collection Strategist librarian to participate in forming a new and forward-thinking Collection Strategies Department. This is an exciting opportunity to assist in creating an environment of evidence-based collections acquisition, management and review. With primary responsibility to lead and coordinate the development of vital format-agnostic University Library collections, the position contributes to budget planning; collaboratively designs models that promote and sustain content acquisitions, access, archiving and preservation; participates in system-wide planning and consortial resource selection and evaluation; and contributes to national efforts to acquire shared content. Salary: Associate Librarian to Librarian ($60,684 -$81,474) For additional details and information on how to submit an online application, please visit http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/about/jobs/ ________________________________ Disclaimer: This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to the policy statement of the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India. You may review the policy at http://www.ncl-india.org/files/TermsAndConditions/WebmailDisclamer.aspx -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Professional Development Programme
by Shantanu Ganguly 17 Jan '15

17 Jan '15

(TERI) Knowledge Management Division, is organizing a workshop on “Professional Development Programme (PDP) for Information Professionals 2015 on “Managerial Core Competency Development” from 17-19 February, 2015 at TERI, India Habitat Center, New Delhi. For more details click on below url: http://www.teriin.org/library/teri_lib/Teri_Library.html With best regards *Shantanu* ==================================== *Shantanu Ganguly, M.Sc, M.LibSc, MBA, PGDCA, **PhD* Fellow and Area Convenor Knowledge Management Division TERI India Habitat Center Complex Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110003 Tel: 011-24682100 (Extn 2762) Email: shantanu.ganguly(a)teri.res.in ----------------------------------------------------------------- A-67, Chittaranjan Park, First Floor New Delhi-110019 Tel (R): 011-26272596 (M): 9811330235 Email: sganguly67(a)gmail.com, sg.knowledgemanagement(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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A new open science reviewing tool
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Friends: Here is an interesting development from Harvard that helps researchers to discuss their work online. Indian researchers, especially the younger lot, might wish to try. Academic librarians can alert their users to this new tool. Arun < http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/scholarly-life/taking-open-access-to-a-new-leve… > Taking Open Access to a New Level Posted Wednesday, 14 January 2015 Inspired by the growing Open Access publishing movement, PhD candidates Erik Bauch and Georg Kucsko have developed Open Rev., an innovative online platform that enables users to engage in open, interactive discussion of scholarly works. Operating independently of outside publishers, the free tool inspires a review technique Bauch and Kucsko call “collaborative annotation,” offering an online community where scholars can upload papers and pose specific questions or notes to their peers. “Up until now scientific discussions usually occurred at conferences, in journal club, or in hallways on the way to lunch,” explains Bauch. “With Open Rev. we are trying to motivate people to take some of these discussions online and share their knowledge with the whole scientific community.” The project took flight after Bauch and Kucsko, both physics scholars, were awarded a Spark Grant through the Harvard Initiative for Teaching and Learning (HILT). They soon after received second prize at this year’s Bridge@HGSE Education Innovation Pitch Competition. The duo has since tested the tool with great success amid students and instructors in the physics department at Harvard, creating a space to share notes and ideas beyond the classroom. Since its inception, the platform has evolved substantially and now boasts a number of unique features. While the purpose of the endeavor is to inspire open, public debate, users are also afforded the option to create closed groups—ideal for classes, study groups, or discussion sections. Open Rev. differs from the average online forum in that reviewers are equipped with the ability to reinforce textual comments with imagery, sketches, and LaTeX, a commonly used markup tool for scientific publications with complex coding and formulas. By providing an interactive PDF viewer, comments can also be directly linked to the relevant passage in the text. The site also facilitates the process of cross-referencing, making it easy for users to link to specific passages in other works. Open Rev. officially launched in August and now hosts approximately 500 active users, with more than 1,500 posted comments. While the site remains focused on scientific research, its creators have no qualms with the idea of opening it up to other disciplines. For now, however, Bauch and Kucsko are intent on building a continuously evolving scientific knowledge base for the modern scholar. “We hope that via such archiving of scientific discussions,” says Bauch, “we will increase global scientific collaboration and provide valuable knowledge to future generations of researchers.” -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian vacancy@Cochin Refineries School
by Vimal Kumar V. 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Dear Friends, Cochin Refineries School, a Senior Secondary School affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi and managed by Cochin Refineries Educational Aid Society. CRS requires Librarian on contract basis. No. of Vacancies : 01 Salary : Rs.15,000/- consolidated Age Limit: Not exceeding 35 years as on 1 st June, 2015 How to apply Application in the prescribed format duly filled in with full details of qualification, experience, contact address and Phone No., should be sent in an envelope super scribed as "Application for the post of __________, to the above postal address. Last date for receipt of completed application is 07th February , 2015 The Principal, Cochin Refineries School, Ambalamukal 682 302, Ernakulam District, Kerala Email: admin(a)cochinrefineriesschool.ac.in (Apply by post only) Phone: 91-0484 - 2823512 http://cochinrefineriesschool.ac.in/sitemanager/homeFiles/CRS%20ADVT%202015… -- Vimal Kumar V. Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in http://moovandan.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kerala Library Association - Two Day Workshop on WordPress, 14-15 February 2015 at Thiruvananthapuram
by Sriram V 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Dear All, KLA Centre for Professional Development (KLA-CPD) announces its 8th training programme, a Two Day Workshop on WordPress, on February 14 and 15, 2015. The programme will be held at the KLA Centre for Professional Development (KLA-CPD), on the premises of KLA Head Quarters, Thiruvananthapuram. About WordPress: WordPress is a free & open source platform for developing websites, blogs and content management systems. https://wordpress.com/ Who can participate: Working Library Professionals, LIS Students and Researchers in LIS. Venue: Room No. 36, 2nd Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram-695 002. Kerala Date & Time: February 14 & 15, 2014; 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Resource Persons: Shri S. L. Faisal (Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tvpm), Shri V. Sriram (CDS, Tvpm) and Shri Binu K. John (MBCET, Tvpm) Training mode: Demonstration and Hands on sessions Course Fee: Rs 1000/- (includes study kit, working lunch, tea and snacks) Number of seats: 10 (Ten) only Registration: On first come first served mode. Online Registration: click here Last date for registration: 09/02/2015 or until all seats are occupied, which ever is earlier ——————————————————————————– Registration fee must be paid through bank transfer mode or as a Demand Draft Demand Draft should be drawn in favour of Kerala Library Association, payable at Thiruvananthapuram. Kindly send it to Mr. V. Sriram, (Treasurer, KLA), DBRA-80, Cliff House Road, Kowdiar P.O., Thiruvananthapuram – 695003 or By fund transfer to: Name: Kerala Library Association A/c No. 67061603692 IFSC Code: SBTR0000292 Bank Name: State Bank Of Travancore Branch Name: KUOC Trivandrum Branch Address: Kerala University PO, Thiruvananthapuram – 695034 —————————————————————————— Registration will be confirmed only after the receipt of the prescribed fee All communications will be primarily through e-mail. For more details: Shri N. Parameswaran & Shri N. Sukumaran Nair, Coordinators, KLA-CPD Mob:09387822201/09447213155 (npwaran49@yahoo.co.in/sukukla@yahoo.com) Mr Sriram V., Mob: 09447251892 Mr S. L. Faisal., Mob: 09447699724 Kindly forward this to all those who are interested to attend. Thanks and Regards, V. Sriram Treasurer, KLA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on Research Paper Writing in Library and Information Science on 6th & 7th February, 2015
by Bharat Alasandi 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Dear Sir/Madam, Greetings from Bharatesh Education Trust's Global Business School, Belgaum!!! Our institute has been active in organizing Industry-relevant programs since inception. Continuing with this tradition, we have organized a two-day National Workshop on “Research Paper Writing in Library and Information Science” on 6th & 7th of February, 2015. We are please to inform you that, eminent scholar Prof. C.R. Karisiddappa has kindly consented to be the Key note speaker for the workshop and the resource persons are from Management and Library and Information Science domain. Please find the attached e-brochure of the National Workshop. We solicit your participation in this workshop and request you to forward the same to your known, associates, research scholars and delegates for reference & participation in the Workshop. Kindly let us know if any more information is needed in this regards. -- Bharat B. Alasandi Librarian Bharatesh Education Trusts Global Business School B.C. 188 Fort Road Belgaum - 6 Karnataka E-mail : bharatalasandi(a)gmail.com Phone: 9986135406/9686190253 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need Information Regarding Medical Library Staff Positions - reg.
by Manjunath Ealiger 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Dear Professionals, I am working in Medical Library since from four years. Now I want know the *Recruitment Rules * of Librarian and Other Post of Library as per* Medical Council of India (MCI) *norms/rules. I request the professionals to clarify this question. yours, Manjunath Ealiger -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles request
by janet lobo 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Dear Sir/Madam, One of our PG Student needs the following Journal articles. If it is available please arrange to send the articles. 1.Thyroid.2011 Apr;21(4):355-60 Low normal or high normal thyrotropin target levels during treatment of hypothyroidism:a prospective,comparative study 2.Clin Endocrinol (oxf). 2002 Nov;57(5):577-85:Psychological well being in patients on 'adequate' doses of l-thyroxine:results of a large ,controlled community-based questionnaire study 3.Thyroid.1998 Nov 8(11):1029-31 Serum creatine kinase levels in overt and subclinial hypothyroidism 4.Acta Neurol Scand. 2004 Jul;110(1):59-66.cognitive and affective status in mild hypothyroidism and interactions with L-thyroxine treatment 5 .Clin Biochem.2011 Oct:44(14-15):1214-7 Dyslipedemia in subclinical hypothyoidism in an indian population 6.Clin Biochem.2013 Mar;46(4-5):341-5 Reference range of thyroid function(FT3,FT4 and TSH) among Indian adults 7.Semin Thromb Hemost. 2013 Mar;39(2):153-60. With Kind regards Dr Janet Dotty Lobo LIBRARIAN Fr Muller Knowledge Centre, Mangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Conference on “Knowledge Management in Libraries and Information Centers (KMLIC-2015)” on 18th – 19th March, 2015.
by Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Under the UGC-Special Assistance Programme (SAP DRS-I) is going to organize a National Conference on “Knowledge Management in Libraries and Information Centers (KMLIC-2015)” on 18th – 19th March, 2015. *Introduction* Knowledge Management (KM) is an influential tool for promoting uniqueness, realizing and re-engineering the various aspects of day-to-day activities of an organization. Knowledge Management is a new research area which is developing very rapidly. In the current knowledge economy, the survival of organization depends on how good it manages the knowledge to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Information professionals should also evolve and adopt the knowledge environment by implementing knowledge management in their field. Knowledge management represents an opportunity by entrusting new roles and responsibilities for libraries and LIS professionals. LIS professionals have to gain new skills and involve themselves effectively in knowledge management practices to become relevant to their organisations to enable them to have a competitive edge for employment to people from other industries. The ultimate purpose of KM is to increase the effectiveness and sustainability of organizations, particularly in case of libraries and information centers. Although the concept of KM originated in the business field, but in practice it has now spread to the non-profit sector as well. Libraries as non-profit making organisations, improve their communication both horizontally and vertically thus promoting a sharing culture. It is for the same implications that the conference is being organised to pool up both the knowledge and experiences of the professionals working in the areas of KM and discuss the tools of managing the assets of knowledge. The conference is enveloping mostly on the various facets of Knowledge Management and its application in Libraries and Information Centers, thrived particularly with the following objectives: - To create awareness and provide a platform for exchange of ideas concerning tacit and explicit knowledge - To share knowledge and skills among academicians/ LIS professionals/ other knowledge based professionals working in private and public sector. - To understand knowledge management tools and their usage in KM initiatives. - To provide an opportunity to share innovative ideas and plans in the areas of KM. - To identify suitable initiatives in implementing KM in the library and information centers. *About AMU* Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), established in 1920, A.M.U. is one of the oldest central government funded universities in India. It was evolved out of the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College (MAO College), which was set up by the great visionary and social reformer, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in 1877. From its very inception, it has kept its door open to the members of all communities and from all corners of the country and the world. It occupies a unique position amongst universities and institutions of higher learning in the country. The main campus of AMU is located in the city of Aligarh. Quite recently, the University has been ranked among the best educational institutions in India. According to Times Higher Education Asia Ranking 2014, AMU has ranked 3rd among all Universities in India. It Ranked 50th among top 100 institutions of higher learning in BRICS grouping-2014 and 5th in The Week-Hansa Research (Best Universities Survey) 2014. *About Department* The foundation of the Department of Library Science was laid way back in 1950-51 with the introduction of a 'Certificate Course in Library Science,' by the then University Librarian, (Late) Padmashree Prof. S. Bashiruddin, who later on introduced a full time ‘Bachelor of Library Science' course in 1958-59 with full time Lecturers for the first time in the country. Subsequently, 'Master of Library Science' was introduced in1970-71 and Ph.D in 1990-91. A special feature of the revised syllabi is the emphasis on Information Technology and hands-on training on a number of library automation software packages. A well-equipped computer lab supports the revised syllabi with Internet facility. The seminar library of the department is the first fully automated library of the university. The teachers of the department have also received training in Information Technology within the country and also abroad. Presently the department is headed by the chairman Prof. Shabahat Husain, who has been recently conferred with the Prof. S.P Narang Research Promotion Award by Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS). The department has had the distinction of completing a number of DST and UGC major research projects by designing and developing L.I.S. Subject Gateway (*www.lisgateway.com <http://www.lisgateway.com>*), I.T. Subject Gateway (*http://www.itsubjectgateway.info/ <http://www.itsubjectgateway.info/>)* and E-Learning portal (*http://lislearning.in/ <http://lislearning.in/>*). As a Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof Shabahat Husain developed ‘Social Science Cyber Library’(*www.socsccybraryamu.ac.in <http://www.socsccybraryamu.ac.in>*), inaugurated by His Excellency Shri Pranab Mukherjee on 27.12.2013 as a part of inaugural programme of XXXVII Social Science Congress held from 27th to 31st December 2013. The Social Science Cyber Library which is first of its kind in the whole world is being used in 63 countries so far. Under the UGC’s Programme, the Department was awarded Special Assistance Programme SAP (DRS-I) in the financial year 2013-2014 for five years. The theme of the project is Knowledge Management with Prof.Shabahat Husain as its Coordinator and Dr. Naushad Ali.P.M as its Dy. Coordinator. The conference is one of the components of the project which is organised in the area of knowledge management and the strategies of organizing and capturing the knowledge in libraries and information centers. *Who should participate?* The conference would provide opportunities to meet and hear from library professionals, leaders and information scientists in all types of environments particularly from libraries and information centers, some of the categories are: - Academic fraternity in teaching, learning and research - Library and information science professionals - Information technology professionals - Research scholars and students - Information scientists - All stakeholder’s of knowledge management *Call for Papers* KMLIC-2015 welcomes submissions of research and scientific papers, case studies, working papers, etc. related to all aspects of Knowledge Management particularly based on the themes and sub themes of the conference. The paper submitted should have been neither published anywhere nor kept under consideration for publication. All papers will go through a review process and accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings/Edited Book. The papers should be submitted in soft form as an email attachment to: *kmlic.dlis(a)gmail.com <kmlic.dlis(a)gmail.com>* *Author’s Guidelines* The text of paper should be written in MS word, format with A4 size, 1.25 margins (Top, Bottom, Left & Right), 12 font size, Times New Roman, 1.5 line space. The Paper must be written in English and should not exceed 5000 words, with an abstract of 300 words. The style of formatting the article citation and references is APA Style of referencing. *Main Theme: Knowledge Management in Libraries and Information Centers* *Conference Sub-themes* *E-Learning:* - Innovative Pedagogies - Social Networking Technologies and e-learning - Learning Content and Metadata Standards - Peer to Peer Learning - E-learning and Business Models - LMS and CMS Systems - Digital Reading, Content Discovery, Content Navigation, Best Practices, etc. in e-learning. *Knowledge Management:* - KM Strategies and Implementations - Knowledge sharing and collaboration - Knowledge Management Practices - Models for Knowledge Management - Web 2.0 tools for Knowledge Management - Knowledge Management systems - Tools and Technology for Knowledge Management - Inter-organizational Knowledge Management *Open Access and Open Repositories:* - Open Access Resources and Open Access Softwares - Open Access Repositories - Issues concerning Open Access - IPR and Institutional Repositories *Issues concerning with Libraries and Information Centers:* - Innovative Library Services - Management of e-resources - Copyright - Plagiarism - Digital Rights Management - Digital Technologies and Social Media - Information Literacy *Conference Timeline* The Last Date of Submission of Abstracts: 05th February, 2015 Notification of the acceptance of Abstracts: 15th February, 2015 The Last Date of Submission of Papers: 25th February, 2015 *Conference Date: 18th – 19th March, 2015* *Registration Fees* *Category Without accommodation With accommodation* (Including breakfast and dinner) For Students and Research Scholars: Rs. 1000/- Rs. 2000/- For working Professionals: Rs. 1500/- Rs. 2500/- For Sponsored Professionals: Rs. 2500/- Rs. 3500/- The Registration Fee will include conference kit, conference proceeding, meals, refreshment, etc. Accommodation will be provided to the out station delegates in the University Guest House. The duly filled-in Registration Form along with Demand Draft (DD) in favour of *“Organizing Secretary KMLIC-2015”* payable at AMU, Aligarh, may be sent on the following address on or before 10 th March 2015. *Prof. Shabahat Husain*, Organizing Secretary, Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - 202002. E-mail ID: *shabahat12(a)rediffmail.com <shabahat12(a)rediffmail.com>* Mobile No.: +91-9412177121 *Organizing Committee* Patron: *Lt. Gen (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah* (Vice Chancellor, AMU, Aligarh) Organizing Secretary: *Prof. Shabahat Husain* (Chairman, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) Convener: *Dr. Naushad Ali P.M* (Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) Conference Director: *Prof. Jagtar Singh* (Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University Patiala) Rapporteur General: *Dr. M. Masoom Raza * (Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) Committee Members: *Mr. S. Mustafa K.Q. Zaidi* (Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) * Dr. Sudharma Haridasan* (Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *Dr. Nishat Fatima* (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *Dr. Mehtab Alam Ansari* (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq* (Guest Teacher, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *Dr. Shazia Khan* (Guest Teacher, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *National Advisory Committee* Dr. Ashu Shokeen (Kurukshetra University and ILA President) Dr. B.S Nigam (MCRP Vishvavidyala, Bhopal, Noida Campus, Noida) Dr. D.V. Singh (Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra) Dr. Gayas Makhdumi (Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi) Dr. H. N. Prasad (Banaras Hindu University) Dr. I.V. Malhan (Central University of Himachal Pradesh) Dr. Jagdish Arora (Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Prof. Jagtar Singh (Punjabi University, Patiala) Prof. M.P.Satija (Guru Nanak Dev University) Prof. N. Laxman Rao (Osmania University) Prof. N.R. Satyanaraina (BBAU, Lucknow) Dr. Nabi Hasan (IIT Delhi) Prof. P.B. Mangla (Tagore National Fellow, Govt. of India, Ministry of Culture) Dr. P.R. Goswami (Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) Dr. R. K. Chadha (Parliament Library) Dr. Ramesh Gaur (Jawaharlal Nehru University) Prof. S. R.Vara Lakshmi (Andhra University) Prof. S.M.Shafi (University of Kashmir) Prof. S.P. Singh (University of Delhi) Dr. Sangeeta Gupta (University of Jammu) Dr. Shalendra Kumar (University of Delhi) Dr. Tariq Ashraf (South Campus, University of Delhi) Prof. Wajih A. Alvi (IUST Awantipora, Kashmir) Dr. Yogendra Singh (IIT, Roorkee) *For further queries and details please feel free to contact:* Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq Department of Library and Information Science Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - 202002 E-mail ID: naikoomuzamil(a)gmail.com Mobile: +91-8979249718 *Venue:* *Department of Library and Information Science* *Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P* *202002* Conference blog: www.kmlic2015.wordpress.com Best _____________________________ *Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq* Department of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh, U.P., India - 202002 Cell No. : +91-8979249718 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by RAKESH SINGH Bisen 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

*Dear All,* *Pl. send this article for research purpose:* *Cell Host and Microbes, 15, 1-2 (2014)* -- RAKESH SINGH BISEN LIBRARY OFFICER & NODAL OFFICER CSIR-IIIM Canal Road Jammu-180 001 bisen.iiim(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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UNESCO-UNAOC MILID Yearbook 2015: Call for Papers
by Jagtar Singh 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Dear Professional Colleagues, Proposals are now being sought for articles to be published in the 2015 Yearbook on media and information literacy and intercultural dialogue. The MILID Yearbook is a peer reviewed academic publication and a joint initiative of the UNESCO-UNAOC University Cooperation Programme on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue. The cooperation programme was launched in 2011 within the framework of the UNESCO university twinning programme (UNITWIN). The MILID university network now consists of 14 universities from all regions of the world. MILID Yearbook 2013 and 2014 published in cooperation with the Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research (NORDICOM). The objectives of the Yearbook are to: · Strengthen and deepen the knowledge concerning MILID on global, regional and national levels including in the frame on human rights and democracy · Widen and deepen the knowledge concerning MILID · Widen and deepen the collaboration and exchange between the partner universities on media and information literacy · Visualize and stimulate research and practices within as well as outside the UNITWIN Network in the field of MILID while promoting a more holistic perspective The theme of the 2015 Yearbook is, *“Media and Information Literacy: Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.”* In the year 2000, governments and development partners all over the world agreed on global eight development targets called the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). 2015 is a pivotal year as it marks the end of the period during which the MDGs are to be reached and the year in which new global development targets are to be set. These new targets are referred to as the Post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals. This process is in its highest gear with ongoing debates and consultative meetings/initiatives globally both online and offline. While much progress has been made, achievement of the MDGs has been mixed across counties. *Key Sub-themes:* a. Governance, citizenship and freedom of expression; b. Access to information and knowledge for all citizens; c. Development of media, libraries, Internet and other information providers; d. Education, teaching, and learning – including professional development; e. Linguistic and cultural diversity as well as intercultural and interfaith dialogue; f. Women, children and youth, persons with disabilities and other marginalised social groups; g. Health and wellness; h. Business, industry, employment and sustainable economic development; i. Agriculture, farming, wildlife protection, forestry and natural resources conservation as well as other areas. All articles submitted must be linked to one of the sub-themes above. Special attention should be given to the intercultural dimensions of these areas. Papers should engage the reader to understand media and information literacy beyond their home country or professional area of competence. The focus of the papers should be on the theme “Media and Information Literacy: Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.” All papers must demonstrate a connection with at least three of the following components: 1. Yearbook theme and sub-themes 2. Global Alliance for Partnership on MIL (GAPMIL) Framework and Plan of Action 3. Content includes research findings, theories, or reflects learned experience and best practices in either application of MIL, teaching or curriculum design 4. Topic is of global interest and lends to increase visibility for the MILID Yearbook 5. Author’s academic or professional leadership in the field The Yearbook will contain articles from MILID university network (called partners or member universities) as well as experts or practitioners outside of the network. Equal value is placed on both groups. The centrality of information and communications to development is irrefutable. The MILID Yearbook will provide a case for media and information literacy (MIL) as a tool for open and inclusive sustainable development. It will draw on research findings, theories and practices of MIL, and development focusing on the theme and sub-themes of the Yearbook. *Please assure that the proposal for your article is received via email no later than 23 January 2015. *Please note that you may author the article yourself or you may work with colleagues within your university or outside your university to write an article. You are the lead person for assuring that we have a paper from your university or region. Please give this your highest priority so that this Yearbook may be a positive accomplishment for our MILID group. More information @ http://milunesco.unaoc.org/unesco-unaoc-mil-intercultural-dialogue-call-for… Authors will be notified of acceptance by 06 February 2015. Authors should be prepared to submit a full article by 06 March 2015. Length: 3,000 to 5,000 words (approximately 10-13 pages double-spaced) Please use the APA Style for the purpose of articles. Proposal submission form attached. Email proposals to: jagtardeep(a)gmail.com Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002 (India) Please address questions to Jagtar Singh jagtardeep(a)gmail.com, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala (India), Alton Grizzle, a.grizzle(a)unesco.org, UNESCO, Paris (France), Sin Joan Yee, sjoan.yee(a)usp.ac.fj, University of South Pacific (Fiji), or Sherri Hope Culver shculver(a)temple.edu Temple University (USA), Center for Media and Information Literacy. *Proposal Submission Form* *Important Dates and Information* All articles and submissions must be in English. Abstracts for proposed articles must be submitted by 23 January 2015. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 06 February 2015. Authors should be prepared to submit a full article by 06 March 2015. Final papers: 3,000 to 5,000 words (approximately 10-13 pages double-spaced) *Email this form to jagtardeep(a)gmail.com <jagtardeep(a)gmail.com> by 23 January 2015. * *Name:* *Title:* *Email:* *Phone: * *Organization:* *BIO: (no more than 100 words)* *Topic:* LINK TO WHICH SUB-THEME (See Guideline) I understand and agree to meet the deadlines noted at the top of this document if my abstract is selected for the 2015 MILID Yearbook. Signature: Print name: -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IMF Data, now Open Access
by Shamprasad Pujar 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

Dear All, IMF has introduced a new platform to provide open access (Free) to all its data sets. The data sets include: International Financial Statistics, Balance of Payment Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, and Direction of Trade Statistics. IMF will run both systems (the old eLibrary and the new dissemination system) in parallel for three months to help transition users to the new platform. The new platform may be accessed at: http://data.imf.org Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-2841 6547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar at JNU on 28th Jan. 2015 Hurry up for Registration
by Ramesh C Gaur 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

New Millennium LIS Professionals National Seminar on Transforming UNIVERSITY Libraries: JNU Leading the way Date: January 28, 2015 at 9:00 A.M Venue: Auditorium-I, Convention Centre, JNU Supported by Concept Note: The role of university library systems over a decade has undergone varied diverse changes. The university libraries have had to compete with the “world wide web” and IT savvy users to get the eyeball attention. These libraries, are not only started opening 24X7 physically but also making the available, all resources, at a touch of the key 24x7. In the University Library Systems, JNU is leading the way with modern, advanced services available round the clock not in campus but anywhere, anytime through the virtual world. The message has been loud and clear to the library leaders that transformation of university libraries is essential to deliver a fast, simple and systematic services through various tools to integrate all of the library’s’ diverse resources. The National Seminar intends to showcase and launch the services and tools recently initiated in the university library as a role model. In this series it includes New JNU Library website; Web Scale Discovery Solution; Athens Cloud based Access Gateway and Launch of Website of ETD 2015: 18th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. i. The new JNU Library website has been designed on a open source and with attractive appearance, updated content, more functionality and usability with modern library world services integration. ii. The JNU Library through its dynamic design of “single search box” of Discovery Services intends to bring patrons back, to the library, as their first point of call for their information needs. The traditional tools provided by the library to search various library databases, catalogues and other electronic resources, all of which are in different silos and have totally uncommon characteristics leading to underutilized usage of library resources, among other challenges. Similarly, the Athens cloud solution adopted by JNU will ensure that all the patrons of JNU can now have access to virtually every subscribed information resource on their finger tips from the comfort of their homes or any other part of the world. iii. JNU library will be organising ETD 2015: 18th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, which is an international symposium and a platform for gathering of current and future researchers and practitioners in the area of Electronic Theses and Dissertations. This event will be held in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Campus, New Delhi, India during 4th - 6th November 2015 with a theme “Evolving Genre of ETDs for Knowledge Discovery”. It is a unique event, first time to be organised in India. The event will provide an international forum where professionals and practitioners will deliberate upon the challenges and problems which they encounter while setting up ETD Archives. Tentative Programme Time Programme 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Registration 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Welcome Address and Introduction to the Seminar Dr Ramesh C Gaur, University Librarian Inaugural Address Prof. S K Sopory, Vice-Chancellor, JNU Special Address by Guest of Honor Prof. Dr. Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Secretary, University Grants Commission Launch of i. New JNU Library Website; ii. ETD 2015: 18th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations Website (etd2015india.in); iii. Ebsco Discovery Service and Open Athens Service at JNU Vote of Thanks Deputy Librarian, JNU 11:00 AM – 11:15 A.M High Tea 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM Session-1 Topic: Discovery Services in Academic Libraries Session Chair: Dr Ramesh .C Gaur, University Librarian, JNU 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Speaker-1 - Dr Ramesh C Gaur, JNU Topic: Impact of Discovery Service on Usage of Resources @ JNU 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Speaker2 - Dr. R. Samyuktha, Pondicherry University Topic: Web-Scale Discovery Services: Google-like Search experience 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Discussants 1 - Dr Sanjeev Kumar, Director of NRC of NIFT Discussants 2 - Dr Rajendran, SRM University Discussants 3 - Dr S K Bose, IISER Discussants 4 - Dr Narender Kumar, University of Delhi Discussants 5 - Dr Vardhrajan, University of Hyderabad Discussants 6 - Mr Shaji John, Vice President EBSCO Information Services Pvt Ltd 12:15 AM - 12:30 PM Question and Answers 12:30 AM – 1:30 PM Session-2 Panel Discussion 12:30 AM – 1:30 PM Panel Discussion on: Resource Sharing and Setting of local consortia among academic libraries of Delhi & NCR Panelist -1 Prof Dinesh Singh, VC, University of Delhi/ Representative/University Librarian Panelist -2 Dr Kavita A Sharma, President, SAU or Representative/ Librarian Panelist -3 Prof Talat Ahmad, VC, JMI or Representative/University Librarian Panelist -4 Prof Nageshwar Rao, VC, IGNOU or Representative/University Librarian Panelist -5 Prof Shyam Mennon, VC, AUD or Representative/University Librarian Panelist -6 Prof Anil K Tyagi, VC, GGSIU or Representative/University Librarian Panelist -7 Prof Ranbir Singh, VC, NLU or Representative/University Librarian Panelist -8 Prof R K Shevgonkar, Director, IIT or Representative/ Librarian Panelist - 9 Prof M C Misra, Director, AIIMS or Representative/Librarian Panelist -10 Dr G M Aazi, VC, Jamia Hamdard or Representative/ Librarian Panelist -11 Prof Chandrima Shaha, NII or Representative/Librarian ***Confirmation is awaited*** 1:30 PM – 2:15 P.M Lunch 2:15 P.M - 3:45 PM Session-3 Topic: Remote Access Services in Academic Libraries Session Chair: Dr Gayas Makhdumi, Jamia Millia Islamia 02:15 AM - 02:30 AM Speaker-1 - Dr Parveen Babbar, JNU Topic: Remote Access to E-Resources Anytime Anywhere 02:30 PM - 03:45 PM Discussion Chair: Dr Ghaisas, Pune University Discussants 1-: Prof Jaideep Sharma, IGNOU Discussants 2- : Dr.Namita Khot, University of Kolhapur Discussants 3- : Dr. Chandra Mouli, Andhra University Discussants 4-: Dr Debal C Kar, Ambedkar University, Delhi Discussants 5-: Dr.Mayank Trivedi , MS University Baroda Discussants6: Dr.Bijayalakshmi Rautaray, KIIT University Bhuvneshwar Discussants7: Dr. Rishi Tiwari, Bimtech, NOIDA 03:45 AM - 04:00 PM Question and Answers 4:00 PM- 4:15 PM High Tea 4:15 P.M - 5:15 PM Session-4 Topic: E-Resource Services in Academic Libraries Session Chair: Dr.Rajib Bandopadhyay Jadhavpur University 04:15 PM - 05:15 PM Discussants 1-: Sh. Subhash Deshmukh, Indraprastha University, Delhi Discussants 2-: Dr Sanjay Kumar Gulati, Barkatullah University Discussants 3-: Mr Prabhakaran, TIFR Discussants 4-: Dr Tariq Ashraf, University of Delhi Discussants 5-: Dr Nabi Hassan, IIT, Delhi Discussants 6-: Dr Manorama Tripathi, JNU Discussants 7: Dr. Sanjay Kataria, JIIT, NOIDA 5:15- 5:30 PM Concluding Remarks by Dr Ramesh C Gaur, University Librarian, JNU Registration The conference is open to all Library and Information Science professionals. The academicians/researchers interested in modern libraries and librarianship may also attend. There is no registration fee. Registration is restricted to only 200 participants on "first-cum-first serve basis". Registration is mandatory. Only 200 participants on first-cum-first served basis will be registered. Please use the below link for registration: https://www.signupforms.com/registrations/3838 For any further information please feel free to contact: Dr. Ramesh C Gaur University Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles request
by janet lobo 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Dear Sir/ Madam, One of our student needs the following Journal articles. If it is available please send the articles at the earliest. 1. The cytologic diagnosis of Mycobacterium kansasi tuberculosis by fluorescence microscopy of Papanicolaou-stained specimens, TH. KÜPPER, K. WEHLE, S. MARZAHN andP. PFITZER, Cytopathology, Volume 6, Issue 5, pages 331–338, October 1995 2. Morphological study of bacteria of the respiratory system using fluorescence microscopy of Papanicolaou-stained smears with special regard to the identification of Mycobacteria sp.TH. KÜPPER1, U. STEFFEN2, K. WEHLE1,G. RICHARTZ1 and P. PFITZER, Cytopathology, Volume 6, Issue 6, pages 388–402, December 1995 3. Kupper T, Wehle K, Pfitzer P: Fluorescence microscopy of papanicolaou-stained preparations. Acta Cytol 1994, 38:641 4. Braunstein H. Adriano SM. : Fluorescent stain for tubercle bacili in histologic sections: Diagnosis efficiancy in granulomatous lesions of lymph nodes> Am J Clin Pathol 1961, 36:37-40 Thanking You, With Kind Regards, Dr Janet Dotty Lobo Librarian Fr Muller Knowledge Centre Mangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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TISS is looking for LIBRARIAN
by Anand Dodamani 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Dear All, Apologies for cross-posting. Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai has invited applications from eligible and interested candidates for the position of Librarian. TISS was established in 1936 and is a deemed university fully funded by the University Grants Commission, Government of India. TISS has a well established library system which also offers academic programmes like MLISc, PGLIM and Ph.D. So it is looking for an experienced and dynamic librarian who can guide and take its library services and teaching programmes to new heights. The last date for application is *31st January, 2015.* *For more information, please visit* *http://www.tiss.edu/lefttop/jobs-tenders/faculty-positions-1 <http://www.tiss.edu/lefttop/jobs-tenders/faculty-positions-1> * With best regards, Anand Dodamani -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MyDLIS Golden Jubilee Special Lecture - 4
by chandrashekara m 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Dear Professionals, MyDLIS (Department of Studies in Library and Information Science) University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, and MILAN (Mysore University Information and Library Science Alumni Network) cordially invite you to the MyDLIS Golden Jubilee Celebrations 2014-15 Special Lecture -4 on “Web Scale Management and Discovery” by: Dr.H.S. Siddamallaiah Visiting Professor, Faculty of Informatics, Mahasarakham University, Thailand, and Former Principal Librarian and Information Officer NIMHANS, Bangalore, India Chief Guest: Prof. K.A. Raveesha Professor of Botany Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) University of Mysore, Mysore Date: January 19, 2015 Time: 11.30 AM Venue: Seminar Hall, MyDLIS, Manasagangotri, Mysore Prof. M. Chandrashekara Chairman, DLIS, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419398; Mob: 9448600970 Sri N.V. Sathyanarayana President, MILAN -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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245 - Title Statement - MARC to RDA Mapping
by Salman Haider 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

245 - Title Statement - MARC to RDA Mapping <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2015/01/245-title-marc-rda…> MARC 21 Title Statement 245 tag and subfields with corresponding RDA Rules http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2015/01/245-title-marc-rda… Salman Haider www.google.com/+SalmanHaider -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for fulltext article
by Mamtha's Gmail 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Dear professional friends, One of our faculty members requires the following reference . Kindly please provide a copy of this article if available in your library. Ibrahim RM <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Ibrahim%20RM%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t…> 1, Seniour SH <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Seniour%20SH%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t…> , Sheehab GI <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Sheehab%20GI%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t…> *Recycling of calcium sulphate dihydrate.* Egypt Dent J. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9497665> 1995 Jul;41(3):1253-6. -- *Thank you & Regards* *Mrs Mamatha P. Kumar* *Chief Librarian* *Central Library* *Yenepoya University* *Yenepoya University **|** University Road, Deralakatte **|** Mangalore 575018 **|** Karnataka **|* * India*T: +91 824 22046668/69/70 *|* Extn 310 *|*F: +91 824 2204667 *|* www.yenepoya.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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meeting of STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS IN INDIA
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

dear friends There are 26 State Library Associations in the country. These Associations meet at their state level and do work for promotion of libraries especially public libraries, Many Associations are unable to do much work due to several limitations especially finances.We all know the value of public libraries in the present day environment. They have to play an important role in making access to knowledge / information to every one to make every citizen to make use of knowledge for the benefit of themselves and Society. The year 2015 had been declared by IFLA and UN as the year of access to knowledge for development. Public Libraries have to do a lot for the country and people by working with new spirit and zeal to provide access to knowledge. The experienced professionals have to guide and helpthe public libraries in making them as most resourceful. The Associations have to do a lot for promotion of libraries and consolidation of resources and activities as well as use of technology. Every one knows the value of public libraries both in pre and post independent India. Government is able to give lot of facilities for the cause of public libraries. we have RRRLF and National Mission for Libraries. Unfortunately, the state library associations have no chance to play their role in State and central Government activities / levels. It is high time for all state library associations to work hard for promotion of public libraries. we should guide and support Governments in their promotional activities especially in consolidation and use of Technology. There are many issues that needs to be sorted out to promote the public libraries including building a bridge between public libraries and other libraries as most of other libraries are also run with public funding. To make an consorted effort by all these associations for promotion and cause of libraries especially for public libraries we should join together and form a Federation of State Library Associations. In March 2015, the UP Library Association is organising two day conference and let representatives of all State Library Associations meet at the conference venue to plan and make strategies? I think it is right time for the state associations to put the plans in front of State and Central Governments as well as the appropriate agencies. We should also invite the ILA. IASLIC. pl write the details of president and secretary with email id to make future communications. If the president or secretary of the State Associations donot see this mail, I request other professionals friends to bring this mail to their notice.this may be treated as essential.let us join our hands to bring the library services accessible to every citizen and enrich them. best regards Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Member, Advisory Board, National Library, KolkataPresident, Telangana Library Association. UGC-Emeritus Fellow (2009-11) Professor in Library and Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad ( super-annuated). Formerly Director, UGC-Academic Staff College (2006-8). Formerly President of Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science ( IATLIS) and Association of British Scholars ( AP Chapter) . ADDRESS: Plot No A-194, H No 1-8-10/1, Ravindra Nagar, Habsiguda, HYDERABAD- 500007. Mobile: 9493701565. email: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com, naglaxman(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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Kerala Library Association publishes new Book “Information Technology Interfaces in Libraries and Information Centres”
by Sriram V 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Dear all, Kerala Library Association has published a book titled “Information Technology Interfaces in Libraries and Information Centres”. The contents of this book comprise of selected papers of the National Seminar on "New Information Technology in Libraries and Information Centres" held during July 2013 at Thiruvananthapuram. Papers are from the following themes: 1. Evolving models of libraries and information centres in the new millennium 2. Social media in libraries 3. Cloud computing and libraries 4. Recent developments in software applicable to libraries 5. E-reading and E-devices 6. Library designing in the digital era 7. Human resource development in the digital context 8. Technology interfaces for public libraries. Please visit https://klaweblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/07/kla-publishes-new-book-informati… for more details about the book. Title: Information Technology Interfaces in Libraries and Information Centres ISBN: 978-81-927778-0-1 Price: Rs. 600/- For Institutions and KLA Life Members: Rs. 420/- For others: 480/- How to purchase a copy? Send your order indicating total copies and your complete postal address and mobile / phone numbers. Attach a Demand Draft drawn in favour Kerala Library Association payable at Thiruvananthapuram for price of the book + Rs.50/- (courier charges) Address for sending the orders: Dr. A. Gopikuttan (President, KLA) Dept. of Library and Information Science Kerala University Library Building Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram - 695034 Kerala or Online payment: Payment can also be remitted online by fund transfer to: Kerala Library Association S. B. A/c 67061603692 IFSC Code: SBTR0000292 State Bank of Travancore, KUOC Branch Thiruvananthapuram Please email the transaction details with full contact address and mobile / phone number to kla.org(a)gmail.com Thanks and Regards, V. Sriram Treasurer, KLA Mob: +91 9447251892 Email: vsrirams(a)gmail.com <https://vsrirams.wordpress.com/> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Design Thinking for Libraries
by Sandeep Bhavsar 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

*IDEO’s toolkit for libraries is live!* Aarhus Public Libraries are pleased to announce the release of the Design Thinking Toolkit for Libraries. The toolkit can be used by any front-line library staffer to adapt to library users’ changing needs. *Design thinking for libraries* Chicago Public Libraries and Aarhus Public Libraries worked with design company IDEO to find out how design thinking methods might best be adapted and applied to a library context. The final result is a comprehensive new resource for any library leader or staff member hoping to advance their library by using human-centered design methods. Learn more and download the toolkit here: http://designthinkingforlibraries.com/ *What can I use it for?* The toolkit guides you through Design Thinking so you can start coming up with solutions to everyday challenges within the library. Design thinking, or human-centered design, is all about starting with people — the users that visit your library. IDEO have been using similar methods to envision new products, services, spaces, and experiences in other business areas. IDEO created this toolkit specifically for the library setting in close cooperation with the project teams in Chicago and Aarhus. *More information* The toolkit comes in two parts: the *toolkit guide*, and the accompanying *activities workbook*. If you don’t have much time then download the *”At-a-Glance-Guide”* which introduces how you might get started using design thinking over the course of one day. The toolkit is created with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – The Global Libraries initiative. Learn more and get the toolkit here: http://www.designthinkingforlibraries.com *For more information please contact* Director of Citizens’ Services and Libraries, Rolf Hapel, +45 8940 9300, hapel(a)aarhus.dk Library Transformer Sidsel Bech-Petersen, +45 5157 6462, sibp(a)aarhus.dk -- Warm Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian *Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research* L Napoo Road | Matunga (CR) | Mumbai- 400 019. Tel: 022-2419 8377 | Mob: 9870 18 9999 Library Portal*: http://elearn.welingkar.org/infowe <http://elearn.welingkar.org/infowe>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CFP-Final: National Conference on Emerging Trends & Techniques for Electronic Resource Management in Libraries: Issues & Challenges on February 13-14, 2015 at Rourkela
by Bhojaraju Gunjal 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

*Call for Papers - Final : Submission date extended to January 19, 2015* *Subject: Invitation to attend National Conference on Emerging Trends & Techniques for Electronic Resource Management in Libraries:* *Issues & Challenges on February **13-14, 2015** at Rourkela* Greetings from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, *Dear Sir/Madam/Friends,* It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL) of National Institute of Technology Rourkela is organizing the “*National Conference on Emerging Trends & Techniques for Electronic Resource Management in Libraries: Issues & Challenges*” on *February **13-14, 2015* in association with SLA-Asia and SLP. This conference is the second event under the series “*Empowering Library Professionals to Empower Society (ELPES)*”. The main objectives of this conference are: - Awareness and importance of electronic resources; - Familiarization with the different ways of accessing electronic content; - Acquaint with the review activities associated with e-resources; - Examine copyright and licensing implications for scholarly communication; - An opportunity to develop ideas, strategies and policies for e-resource management (ERM); - Equip participants with skills for collection development and management of e-resources both theoretical and practical; - To discuss the issues and challenges faced during ERM cycle; - To adopt best practices for enhancing usage of e-resources. We request you and your colleagues to participate and contribute a paper for this conference. And also help us to spread this message among library & information science professionals, information scientists, knowledge managers, students & scholars. Kindly register at the earliest to avail campus accommodation as we have limited number of rooms available. For Call for papers and other details please visit: http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/events/elpes2/ and http://library-nitrkl.blogspot.in/ ***Important Dates:* *Extended date of submission of paper* *Last date of submission of paper* *January 19, 2015* *January 09, 2015* *Last date of accepted Notification* *January 25, 2015**Conference Date**February 13-14, 2015* **Looking forward to meet you at NIT Rourkela. ** *Encl: Invitation and Poster* With Best regards, Yours sincerely, *Dr.Bhojaraju Gunjal* Organizing Secretary, ELPES-2 *Connect with BPCL: Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/bpcl.nitrkl> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/BPCL_NITR> | Google+ <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114839086094720039070/> | Blog <http://library-nitrkl.blogspot.in/>** |* ************************************************************************************************************* *Dr.Bhojaraju Gunjal* * Ph.D, MLISc, PGDLAN | Endeavour Research Fellow (Victoria University, Australia)* *Head, Central Library,* ** *Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL),* ** *National Institute of Technology Rourkela,** **769008, **Odisha. INDIA. * *Tel (Off): +91 (0) 661-2462101 <%2B91%20%280%29%20661-2462101> | Cell: +91 9040511891 | E-mail: Bhojaraju.G(a)gmail.com <Bhojaraju.G(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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Senior citizens set up book bank to help college students in Chennai - The Times of India
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Very good initiative by senior citizens (read: pensioners) in Chennai. One good thing that I noticed is that student need not return the books. I spoke to Prof V Chandrashekar who is the man behind this project. He is a part of Senior Citizens Group of Basant Nagar in Chennai. This SCA has over 50 members, average age is 75+. They engage themselves in welfare activities for poor senior citizens and the needy. REcently they distributed blankets to those sleeping on pavements. They do not accept cash donations but donations in kind are welcome. About the free book bank service he comments: "Books represent Sarasawati. We should not sell Saraswati (old books must be given away and not sold to make money)". Well, I am inviting him to join sss-global so that we may hear more about their activities. =========== Senior citizens set up book bank to help college students in Chennai Divya Chandrababu,TNN | Jan 13, 2015, 09.53 PM IST CHENNAI: A group of senior citizens in Chennai have set up a book bank to help college students who are in need of textbooks but cannot afford to buy them. The Senior Citizens Group in Besant Nagar collected over 1,000 books so far. The group has appealed to individuals to donate old college textbooks and reference material. Students who are in need can show their identity cards and collect the books they want. "We will give more than one book based on their requirement. The students need not return the books," said one of the members of the group. "We also request colleges to collect as many books as they want if they want to distribute them to their students," he added. The senior citizens carry out the social work using their pensions. Interested students can contact V Chandrasekhar at 9884224480. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Senior-citizens-set-up-book… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Senior citizens learn to edit Wikipedia in the Czech Republic « Wikimedia blog
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Comments for lis-forum & U3A subscribers: GIven below is a news item showing how a Czech project motivating senior citizens to contribute to wikipedia has been successful. This is also an example to see how libraries can help Third Age Learning / U3A. Please See link below for graphs and images that are missing in the reproduced portion. Lis-forum is text only - hence this approach. ==== Senior citizens learn to edit Wikipedia in the Czech Republic BY VOJTĚCH DOSTÁL ON JANUARY 12TH, 2015 Senior citizens learn to edit Wikipedia in special classes held in Prague’s Municipal Library “Senior citizens class photo” by Pavla Pelikánová, licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Logo for the “Senior Citizens Write Wikipedia” program Logo by Dominik Matus, licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0. When we announced that we were starting a Wikipedia outreach program aimed at senior citizens, the response was mixed. “Do they even know how to work with computers?” our colleagues asked. Indeed, while more than 10,000 students have participated in Wikipedia education programs worldwide in the last four years, there have only been a few small-scale senior citizen education programs. This low Wikimedia outreach towards senior citizens is bewildering. Many of them are retired and thus have more free time than their younger student counterparts. Moreover, they are often well-educated and can contribute articles on a range of topics. Most importantly, senior citizens in developed countries are increasingly computer literate. The aim of this blog post is to shed light on what may be the next big thing in the Wikimedia education movement. Challenges Although we had extensive know-how from our university education program, we realized that the senior education program could not just copy what we learned from students. First, senior citizens do not regularly visit classrooms every day, as university students do. We needed to establish partnerships with institutions that could replace the schools – municipal libraries, senior citizen learning centers and third-age universities proved to be the most valuable. Facebook ads targeted people aged 55 or older; women that were between 55 and 65 years old interacted most with these ads. Facebook graph by Vojtěch Dostál, under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Moreover, we needed to find a way to tell senior citizens about our project, so that they could take part in it. We came up with several promotional strategies: some were successful and some not-so-good. Leaflets distributed and e-mails sent out in large quantities were among the least efficient. Featuring our project in the library and senior center newsletters were key to our success. In addition, promotional talks and introductory lectures on Wikipedia to an audience of senior citizens were quite effective: crucially, these were given by professor Jan Sokol (also a Czech Wikipedian), a prominent figure who was able to attract large crowds. Age-targeted ads on Facebook were also a promising way of reaching out to senior citizens who use the Internet, and especially engaged women aged 55 to 65. Finally, we knew we needed to establish well-organized, regular courses and be as patient and helpful as possible. By designing a course curriculum with approximately 10-12 hours divided into several weekly lessons, we ensured that our participants had enough time to first understand Wikipedia, then learn to discuss and work in a sandbox — and finally edit and write articles. Inevitably, this was time-consuming for the instructor (and program leader) but it led to superior results, as described in the next section. Outcomes Three separate weekly classes were held for the senior citizens of Prague, each in a different part of the city. A total of 37 participants registered to the course extension on Czech Wikipedia (although some of them did not finish the courses). A brief visit to their user pages reveals how valuable these participants are as Wikipedians – most of them have a college education, speak various languages, and some of them are former researchers. Weekly edits by participants to articles (orange), compared to all other pages (blue). Edit graph by Vojtěch Dostál, under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Not only did they learn how Wikipedia works and how to edit it, but they already started working on it. Of 201,912 bytes added by the participants in total, 84,828 bytes were made on pages in the main namespace. Some of the participants even created their first articles – a total of 18 new articles were written. About half of the registered senior citizens still continue to edit (i.e. edited in December 2014 after their course ended at the end of October). This retention rate is superior to that of most university education programs, where success rate of new editor recruitment has been estimated as 3% for the US/Canada Education program. Future directions As a pilot, the program exceeded our expectations. We demonstrated that it is perfectly possible to run a senior citizen education program and had good results with retention. Promotion to our target group was the biggest challenge – this may get easier once word spreads to more senior citizens, as they talk to each other about this successful program. We would like to continue with these efforts and scale up the project, if we can get more funding. Our participants often want to keep meeting in real life to improve their grasp of Wikipedia. They want to practice writing articles and gradually become independent editors. Among other things, we try to help them by creating lists of articles which they can easily start or edit. By organizing similar courses in cities other than Prague, the number of participants is likely to increase. We already have interested libraries in regional towns and cities of Moravia who wish to hold lessons for their senior citizens. The “Senior Citizens Write Wikipedia” project is funded by an IEG grant and runs under the patronage of Wikimedia Czech Republic. The program leader is Vojtěch Veselý, who can be contacted on a Wikipedia discussion page or by e-mail. Vojtěch Dostál, Wikimedia Czech Republic http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/12/czech-senior-citizens-learn-to-edit/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad Demise of V L Kalyan - KALA Should organize a Condolence Meeting immediately
by Pandurang Konnur 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Pandurang Konnur" <pvkonnur(a)gmail.com> Date: Jan 10, 2015 9:49 PM Subject: Sad Demise of V L Kalyan - KALA Should organize a Condolence Meeting immediately To: "LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Friends, It is most shocking news to hear the sad demise of Mr.Kalyan. A Good friend for all of us and most renowned professional. His tenure in BEL and DRTC Libraries is highly remembered by his clientele. His involvement in the professional activities was experienced by most of us. He never posed as a leader any time, but loved to work as a volunteer in most of our professional activities. His tenure as a General Secretary of KALA is most memorable period in the history of KALA. What is really worrying to most of us is that, the young professionals who need to carry the flag of the profession need to show their responsibility and commitment to the profession. We know that the new generation librarians are most intelligent and knowledgable, but they need to work for uniting the professionals and project the profession to the society as an inevitable tool for the society. This role need to be played by the KALA. Now I request the KALA to organize a Condolence Meeting immediately possibly in Central College for the sad demise of Sri.Kalyan. KALA should remember the service rendered by Kalyan while he was its Secretary. Let us set a good tradition to our young Librarians and communicate them the services rendered by the senior professionals who have departed from us. Hope KALA will do this job at an earliest. Thanks, Sent from my iPad Best Regards, Dr.P V Konnur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MURTY'S INITIATIVE TO TAKE INDIAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE TO GLOBAL STAGE
by Ragaavendra R 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

MURTY'S INITIATIVE TO TAKE INDIAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE TO GLOBAL STAGE On Thursday, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen will be inaugurating a series of books in New Delhi which is, arguably, unlike any set of works published before. For, Sen will be launching the first five books of the Murty Classical Library of India (MCLI), set up at Harvard to publish English translations of ancient Indian classical texts, not only from Sanskrit but a host of Indian vernacular languages, from Bengali to Telugu to Hindi to Kannada. The books, five of which will be published every year for the next hundred years, will offer readers around the world and in India access to unique works that one would otherwise find difficult to find in a library, let alone a book store. For instance, among the first works being released is Therigatha, an anthology of poems in Pali written by the first Buddhist women which might well be the oldest examples of women's writing. "I started this (MCLI) four years ago, when I was in Harvard University. In Harvard, for example, if you want to learn classics, they teach you only Greek and Latin. Our question was why only these, why not old Tamil poetry or Punjabi play or Malayalam text? So, now, we're doing these translations and making them available to people in India and the US," Rohan Murty, who had donated $5.2 million along with his family to launch MCLI, had told Business Standard earlier. Murty did his PhD in computer science from Harvard University and had recently taken leave from the university to spend a year as executive assistant to his father and Infosys founder Narayana Murthy. "This is the first time this is being done with Indian texts - people are used to seeing Greek and Latin texts, now they will start seeing books in ancient Tamil, Hindi and other Indian languages," he said. Murty was clear that though there would be some works in Sanskrit the focus would be on the vernacular languages. REF LINK:http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/indian-classi… Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Commissioning of India's first rural high-speed broadband network
by Saji S Nair 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

Dear All, India’s first hi-speed rural broadband network (national optical fibre network, NOFN) under the Digital India Programme has been commissioned in Idukki district of Kerala. Through this, Idukki with a large tribal and rural population becomes the first district in the country to have all its gram panchayats connected through NOFN. NOFN is the largest rural connectivity project of its kind in the world. It seeks to link each of the 2.5 lakh grama panchayats of India through broadband optical fibre network. It is is expected to facilitate broadband connectivity to over 600 million rural citizens of the country over its completion. It will enable the grama panchayats to have 100 Mbps of bandwidth, thereby facilitating the delivery of various e-Services and applications including e-health, e-education, e-governance and e-commerce in the future. In the first phase, NOFN shall be extended to cover 50,000 grama panchayats and the remaining 2 lakh is expected to be covered in a phased manner by 2016. Read the full story at: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/idukki-gets-first-hi… regards -- Saji S. Nair Assistant Librarian Library & Information Services Division Regional Cancer Centre Medical College Campus Trivandrum - 695011 Kerala, INDIA ----------------------------------------------------------- 91 471 2522225 (O) 91 471 2394252 (R) 09446014130 (Mob) Email: saji(a)rcctvm.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Not qualified UGC NET even after scoring Qualifying Marks
by Apurba J Majumder 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Strange!!!! UGC NET December 2013 Qualifying Mark : 60.57 (UR) My friend scored exactly the same marks, still she is not NET Qualified in the result sheet. Roll No: 20590129 Name: Rosy Chakraborty How is it possible? What to do now? ****************************** Apurba Jyoti Majumder Assistant Librarian Rabindra Library (Central Library) Assam University. Dargakona Silchar- 781011 Cell No: 09435268733* www.aus.ac.in We care for tomorrow: Save a tree...please do not print this e-mail unless you really need. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One day National Seminar on "Promoting the Use of Libraries in the Internet era" on 10 February 2014 at Punjabi University, Patiala.
by HPS Kalra 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

One Day National Seminar on "Promoting the Use of Libraries in the Internet era" is being organized by the Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala on 10 February 2014. Registration fees: Rs. 500/- (payable in cash on the spot) includes lunch, session tea and Certificate. Director of the Seminar: Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor & Head, Department of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala. Tel: 0175-3046179 Sub-themes: · Internet and its use in different types of libraries and library services · Users and use of libraries in the Internet era · Information literacy and its role in promoting use of libraries · Information seeking behaviour · Virtual Reference Service a tool · Role of library and information professionals (LIPs) in the changing scenario · Competencies and skills for LIPs · Library building and new technology Call for papers: The above sub-themes are just indicative and contributions are invited on any topic related with the theme. Kindly avoid generic presentations and submit research papers, articles, case studies, best practices, review papers, and project reports and . The closing date for contributing a paper is 31 January 2015. Kindly send your brief CV along with your paper and a PPT also at the following email address: jagtardeep(a)gmail.com Plagiarism Alert: Contributors are advised to abide by strict academic ethics with respect to acknowledgment of original ideas from others. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Form Name: Designation: Organization: Complete Address: Tel. (Off): Cell Phone: E-mail: (Signature of the Applicant) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICSSR-NASSDOC Sponsored 3 days national Workshop on “Web Discovery Tools and Services” on 16-18 March 2015.
by Vijayakumara 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Dear all, It's my pleasure to inform you that, in collaboration with Indian Council of Social Science Research, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi, BIT-Mesra is conducting 3 days national workshop on “Web Discovery Tools and Services” on 16-18 March 2015. This workshop will create awareness among the participants on availability of various Web Discovery Tools and its services. The program will also focus to develop competitive skills and techniques for social scientist/ scholars/librarians on Web Discovery Tools and Services. There will be no registration fee for participants, Outstation participants will get free accommodation, no TA/DA will be provided by us, participants has to make their own arrangements. The workshop is limited to 30 participants, so we will accept the application on first cum first basis, along with the professional background. The last date to receive the filled registration form is 20th February 2015. Hereby I am enclosing workshop registration form for your needful. If you need any more information kindly contact the Workshop Director, (:0651-2276675 librarian(a)bitmesra.ac.in Thanking you__ Vijayakumar M. MSc., MCA., Ph.D., UGC-NET. Central LibraryBirla Institute of Technology, A Technical University Mesra, Ranchi- 835215, India Tel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/-*- || Thank you for considering the environment before printing -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Late V.L.Kalyan - Great organiser.
by D.V. Patwardhan 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Sorry to read that Sri V.L.Kalyan is more. He was Hon.Secretary of KALA during 1992-93 during which period I has close association with him as I was Joint Secretary. His tenure was a "golden period of KALA" as remarked by my friend Dr.K.N.Prasad, SRELS, for which I too agree with him. We were able to hold monthly lectures which served as platform for exchange of ideas/ discussions for Library professionals. There was no LIS-Forum to communicate among librarians. Hence, we fixed lectures for three consecutive months and mailED one invitation to all KALA members through snail mail.This went on for 4/5 years. Even then Librarians too were responding and attending lectures on first Tuesday of every month. Now, concept of monthly lecture is totally forgotten. National Library Week (in association with dept. of Public Libraries, Karnataka) and special lectures were held with pomp and grandeur. A stamp in the name of Dr.S.R.Ranganathan was released during a function held at G.P.O.in 1992 with former Vice-President Sri B.D.Jatti as Chief Geust. Sri V.L.Kalyanwalked to Newspapers officer offices of Deccan Herald, The Hindu,etc. to get the lecture announcement get published in "Today's egagement" section of newspapers on first Tuesdays of every month. I rarely found such a dedicated Hon.Secretary of KALA afterwards. Sri V.L.Kalyan was a librarian of par excellence and good organiser. My his soul rest in peace. d.v.patwardhansr.librarianGlobal Academy of Technology -- 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 in Vol 4, Issue No. 2 of 'International Journal of Information Research (ISSN: 2249-8273)'.
by Shriram Pandey 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Dear LIS Professionals, Greetings! I am very pleased to inform all of you that with the help of our esteemed editorial board members and reviewer committee, 'International Journal of Information Research (ISSN 2249-8273)' has been released its Vol. 3, Issue 4 of 2014. I am glad to invite you to submit your article for the Vol 4, Issue No. 2 of 'International Journal of Information Research (ISSN: 2249-8273)'. The International Journal of Information Research is a peer-reviewed print as well as open access scholarly journal, and it is being published quarterly by the 'Society for Scholarly Publishing and Open Access Resources (SPOARS)'. This is a print as well as an open access journal for library, information and management (LIM) professionals. In this journal articles, reviews, proceeding papers, and news items, etc are published. SUBMISSION OF PAPER Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts by email attachment to [editorijir(a)gmail.com] or can use online platformhttp://www.spoars.org/journal/online_submission. Access full-text articles: http://www.spoars.org/journal/ Thank you. Warm regards, Prof. H. N. Prasad, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Information Research Department of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.) PIN -221 005 (India) Contact No. +91- 9415336709 (Mob.) Email ID: editorijir(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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Workshop on Knowledge Analytics in Corporate Sector - Reminder
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

From: Ravichandra <ikrrao(a)hotmail.com> Date: Mon 12/29/2014 10:18 AM Workshop on Knowledge Analytics in Corporate Sector (TEQIP-II/COE Sponsored), Tue, 13 January 2015 Venue: Tech Park Seminar Hall, PES Institute of Technology Who can attend? The workshop should be of interest to students, and teachers of Computer science, knowledge and Information management professionals, Faculty and students of PESIT and other engineering colleges as well as professionals from the industry. Registration is free of cost, but all participants must register online well before the event. How to register? To register for a KAnOE Workshop, please goto http://kanoe.org/workshopregistration.html and click appropriate button. Venue: Tech Park Seminar Hall, PES University, BSK 3rd Stage, Bangalore 560085. AGENDA: Tuesday, 13 January 2015 9:30 - 09:50 : Registration and Welcome 9:50 - 10:00 : Opening Remarks by Dr. I. K. Ravichandra Rao, Visiting Scientist, KAnOE 10:00 - 11:20 - Mr. N. V. Sathyanarayana, CEO and Managing Director, Informatics Ltd., Bangalore - Analytics in Information Industry 11:20 - 11:40 - Coffee break 11:40 - 1:00 - Dr. K. K. Chowdhury, Professor, SQC and OR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore - Analytics in Industrial Quality Control 1:00 - 2:00 - Lunch 2:00 - 3:30 - Dr. J. K. Suresh, Designated Partner, KenAble Consultants, LLP., Bangalore - Analytics in Knowledge Management 3:30 - Tea For any queries, please write to ontology(a)pes.edu Director Centre for Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering PES Institute of Technology Bangalore 560 085.

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Sad demise of Kalyan sir
by Ranjan Kumar Barik 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

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Invitation: Book Fair at Visva Bharati Library, Santiniketan from January 21 to 24, 2015
by Ajay Kum Sharma 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Dear All Visva Bharati Library Network, Santiniketan is organizing a book fair at its Central Library premises from January 21 to 24, 2015 (10.00 am to 8.00 pm). All institutes and book lovers are cordially invited. More than 20 leading publishers and suppliers are participating in the book fair. -- Thanks and regards. अजय कुमार शर्मा Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Cheena Bhavana Library & Additional charge, Hindi Bhavana Library Visva Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Mobile No.: +91 9735111064 Web: http://www.absla.org/ajay.html Web Blog: http://www.blogger.com/home?pli=1 *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum *********************************************************** You can’t change the past but you can change the future, always remember to recycle... -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Sri V L Kalyan..
by Dr. Poornima Narayana 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Dear Professionals It's indeed a shocking and sad news to learn about Sri Kalyan's untimely demise. Apart from being a thorough professional to the core he was a very good human being and friendly by nature. He was a very good orator too which all of us experienced at various forums and panel discussions. Me and my colleagues at CSIR NAL convey our deepest condolences to his bereaved family. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Regards Poornima Narayana -- Dr. Poornima Narayana +91-80-25086080(W) Fulbright Scholar +91-80-26682781 (R) Head, ICAST poornima.narayan(a)gmail.com National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL) Bangalore 560017 INDIA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Understand the QS Ranking methodology, Join the first QS event in India
by Sethi, Manik (ELS-DEL) 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

Dear Patron, Greetings! QS Quacquarelli Symonds ,The producer of the widely respected QS World University Rankings and QS University Rankings: Asia is organizing their first event in India "QS in Conversation 2015" QS in Conversation is a roundtable where University leaders from around the world , gather and dicuss about key trends of higher education in their specific areas of interest . This event also gives an oppurtunity to know the indepth methodology of QS ranking framework , and what are the key indicators. www.Scopus.com<http://www.Scopus.com> , World's leading abstract & Index database of Elsevier, supplies data which is used as research impact indicator in QS rankings with 20% weightage. Elsevier is the research partner of "QS in Conversation 2015", and key representatives from Elsevier shall be presenting at the event. Date - 2nd to 4th February 2015 Venue - Raddison Blu Hotel, Noida (Delhi NCR) Event Website - http://www.qsinconversation.com/india-2014/ Thanks & Regards, Manik Sethi Marketing Manager - South Asia Elsevier - Research Solutions Sales -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Change/Migrate/Implement Open Source Library Automation Software
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

Dear All, Its my pleasure to inform you that i have taken one initiative to get the information from those libraries which is not yet automated or willing to change the existing automation software to another open source library management software. The information collected will be shared among the Experts available at http://mishravk.com/experts/ so that either desired library professionals or experts available near your library can contact/visit for the above matter. Library professionals are requested to visit the below link and fill your details so that your library automation related requirements can be fulfilled by Library professionals at least/negligible cost. http://goo.gl/forms/RmPh1g6Irr Vinod Kumar Mishra Assistant Librarian NIT Rourkela -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad news for Mr. VL Kalyan sir
by Gopi Krishnamurty 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

I kn Very well Mr. Dr Kalyan Sir personally. Great human and good teacher in LIS Filed . I pray God to rest his soul in peace. Gopala k City Central Library.CTA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library and Information Science News
by Dr. Badan Barman 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

Library and Information Science News Send a text message <JOIN LLINKS> to 9220092200 10/1/2014 News Government of Odisha, Department of Higher Education pleased to assign the Examination Duties & Other Assignment to Librarians. More: http://goo.gl/X3zBhi Jobs Professional Assistant, Junior Professional Assistant & Library Attendant Post in University of Hyderabad. Last Date: 30/1/2015. More: http://goo.gl/16h6ut Librarian Vacancy at Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai. Last Date: 31/1/2015. More: http://goo.gl/OtgUeO Librarian Selection Grade and Grade I (Deputation Basis) Jobs in AIIMS, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Last Date:14/2/2015. More: http://goo.gl/er5aGJ Events 5 Days Training Workshop on Open Source Integrated Library Management Software Koha 3. Dates: 2-6/2/2015. Location: ISI Kolkata. More: http://goo.gl/h7XVHI National Conference on Contrivance of Academic Libraries in Digital Era. Dates: 6-7/2/2015. Location: Ujjain, MP. More: http://goo.gl/acKAQM National Conference on Emerging Trends & Techniques for E-Resource Management in Libraries. Dates: 13-14/2/15. Location: Rourkela. More: http://goo.gl/GWx9TW Two-day International Seminar on Changing Role of the Librarian in the Era of KM. Dates: 20-21/2/2015. Location: New Delhi. More: http://goo.gl/L24nuc National Seminar on Role of LIS Professionals in Developing Info. Literacy Skills. Dates: 19-20/3/15. Location: Alagappa University. More: http://goo.gl/whqkF1 MANLIBNET 2015. Dates: 7-9/5/2015. Location: Manipal, Karnataka. More: http://goo.gl/yQDGxT Call for Articles Journal of Information Management (JIM) invites articles for publication. Last Date: 30/1/2014. More:http://goo.gl/TbfW7R Regards, Dr. Badan Barman, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Gauhati, Guwahati-781014, Assam, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad demise of Mr. VL Kalyan
by Ishwar Goudar 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

Dear Professional Colleagues, A good friend of many of us Shri V.L. Kalyan passed away around 5 PM on 9th Jan 2015. It is learnt that he was admitted to Ramaiah Hospital on 8th evening probably due to heart attack. I learnt about this sad demise only around 9.15 PM, Only few friends, who learnt about this news bit early and who stayed near to his house could get the opportunity to pay last respects to the departed soul personally as the body was taken around 10 PM to a his village near Dharwad for last rites. He served as Head, Technical Information Centre at BEL, Bangaluru for long period. He was General Secretary of Karnataka State Library Association for a long period and was professionally active even after retirement by way of delivering invited lectures in Seminars/Conferences, IGNOU contact classes, etc. He was very friendly and jolly person, who contributed a lot the professional development. Let us pray the Almighty to give Strength to his family to bear the loss. Let his soul rest in peace. Regards, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser Bangalore University Library, Jnana Bharathi Campus BANGALORE - 560056, India - 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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Sad demise of Dr. V L Kalyan, Former Library Head, Tic (D&E), Bharat Electronics Ltd. Bangalore
by Ravindra Mendhe 10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15

Dear Professionals I knew Dr. V.L.Kalyan, Former Head, Tic (D&E), Bharat Electronics Ltd. Bangalore, personally. He was our National conference 2014 conference chairperson and he was stay at shirpur dist Dule ( Maharashtra). He was the good adviser for new LIS Professionals. Let us we pray god to give Strength to his family to bear the loss. Let his soul rest in peace. regards Ravindra M. Mendhe Jalgaon ( Maharashtra) India ------------------------------------- I knw Dr Kalyan personally. Great human and good frnd. I pray God to rest his soul in peace. Laxman Rao ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Ishwar Goudar" <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> Date: Jan 10, 2015 10:41 AM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Sad demise of Mr. VL Kalyan To: "lis-forum" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: "francis jayakanth" <francis.jayakanth(a)iimb.ernet.in> Dear Professional Colleagues, A good friend of many of us Shri V.L. Kalyan passed away around 5 PM on 9th Jan 2015. It is learnt that he was admitted to Ramaiah Hospital on 8th evening probably due to heart attack. I learnt about this sad demise only around 9.15 PM, Only few friends, who learnt about this news bit early and who stayed near to his house could get the opportunity to pay last respects to the departed soul personally as the body was taken around 10 PM to a his village near Dharwad for last rites. He served as Head, Technical Information Centre at BEL, Bangaluru for long period. He was General Secretary of Karnataka State Library Association for a long period and was professionally active even after retirement by way of delivering invited lectures in Seminars/Conferences, IGNOU contact classes, etc. He was very friendly and jolly person, who contributed a lot the professional development. Regards, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser Bangalore University Library, Jnana Bharathi Campus BANGALORE - 560056, India - 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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National Conference on "Knowledge Management in Libraries and Information Centers" (KMLIC-2015), Date: 18th – 19th March, 2015
by Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq 10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15

Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Under the UGC-Special Assistance Programme (SAP DRS-I) is going to organize a National Conference on “Knowledge Management in Libraries and Information Centers (KMLIC-2015)” on 18th – 19th March, 2015. *Introduction* Knowledge Management (KM) is an influential tool for promoting uniqueness, realizing and re-engineering the various aspects of day-to-day activities of an organization. Knowledge Management is a new research area which is developing very rapidly. In the current knowledge economy, the survival of organization depends on how good it manages the knowledge to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Information professionals should also evolve and adopt the knowledge environment by implementing knowledge management in their field. Knowledge management represents an opportunity by entrusting new roles and responsibilities for libraries and LIS professionals. LIS professionals have to gain new skills and involve themselves effectively in knowledge management practices to become relevant to their organisations to enable them to have a competitive edge for employment to people from other industries. The ultimate purpose of KM is to increase the effectiveness and sustainability of organizations, particularly in case of libraries and information centers. Although the concept of KM originated in the business field, but in practice it has now spread to the non-profit sector as well. Libraries as non-profit making organisations, improve their communication both horizontally and vertically thus promoting a sharing culture. It is for the same implications that the conference is being organised to pool up both the knowledge and experiences of the professionals working in the areas of KM and discuss the tools of managing the assets of knowledge. The conference is enveloping mostly on the various facets of Knowledge Management and its application in Libraries and Information Centers, thrived particularly with the following objectives: - To create awareness and provide a platform for exchange of ideas concerning tacit and explicit knowledge - To share knowledge and skills among academicians/ LIS professionals/ other knowledge based professionals working in private and public sector. - To understand knowledge management tools and their usage in KM initiatives. - To provide an opportunity to share innovative ideas and plans in the areas of KM. To identify suitable initiatives in implementing KM in the library and information centers. *About AMU* Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), established in 1920, A.M.U. is one of the oldest central government funded universities in India. It was evolved out of the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College (MAO College), which was set up by the great visionary and social reformer, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in 1877. From its very inception, it has kept its door open to the members of all communities and from all corners of the country and the world. It occupies a unique position amongst universities and institutions of higher learning in the country. The main campus of AMU is located in the city of Aligarh. Quite recently, the University has been ranked among the best educational institutions in India. According to Times Higher Education Asia Ranking 2014, AMU has ranked 3rd among all Universities in India. It Ranked 50th among top 100 institutions of higher learning in BRICS grouping-2014 and 5th in The Week-Hansa Research (Best Universities Survey) 2014. *About Department* The foundation of the Department of Library Science was laid way back in 1950-51 with the introduction of a 'Certificate Course in Library Science,' by the then University Librarian, (Late) Padmashree Prof. S. Bashiruddin, who later on introduced a full time ‘Bachelor of Library Science' course in 1958-59 with full time Lecturers for the first time in the country. Subsequently, 'Master of Library Science' was introduced in1970-71 and Ph.D in 1990-91. A special feature of the revised syllabi is the emphasis on Information Technology and hands-on training on a number of library automation software packages. A well-equipped computer lab supports the revised syllabi with Internet facility. The seminar library of the department is the first fully automated library of the university. The teachers of the department have also received training in Information Technology within the country and also abroad. Presently the department is headed by the chairman Prof. Shabahat Husain, who has been recently conferred with the Prof. S.P Narang Research Promotion Award by Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS). The department has had the distinction of completing a number of DST and UGC major research projects by designing and developing L.I.S. Subject Gateway (*www.lisgateway.com <http://www.lisgateway.com>*), I.T. Subject Gateway (*http://www.itsubjectgateway.info/ <http://www.itsubjectgateway.info/>)* and E-Learning portal (*http://lislearning.in/ <http://lislearning.in/>*). As a Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof Shabahat Husain developed ‘Social Science Cyber Library’ (*www.socsccybraryamu.ac.in <http://www.socsccybraryamu.ac.in>*), inaugurated by His Excellency Shri Pranab Mukherjee on 27.12.2013 as a part of inaugural programme of XXXVII Social Science Congress held from 27th to 31st December 2013. The Social Science Cyber Library which is first of its kind in the whole world is being used in 63 countries so far. Under the UGC’s Programme, the Department was awarded Special Assistance Programme SAP (DRS-I) in the financial year 2013-2014 for five years. The theme of the project is Knowledge Management with Prof.Shabahat Husain as its Coordinator and Dr. Naushad Ali.P.M as its Dy. Coordinator. The conference is one of the components of the project which is organised in the area of knowledge management and the strategies of organizing and capturing the knowledge in libraries and information centers. *Who should participate?* The conference would provide opportunities to meet and hear from library professionals, leaders and information scientists in all types of environments particularly from libraries and information centers, some of the categories are: - Academic fraternity in teaching, learning and research - Library and information science professionals - Information technology professionals - Research scholars and students - Information scientists - All stakeholder’s of knowledge management *Call for Papers* KMLIC-2015 welcomes submissions of research and scientific papers, case studies, working papers, etc. related to all aspects of Knowledge Management particularly based on the themes and sub themes of the conference. The paper submitted should have been neither published anywhere nor kept under consideration for publication. All papers will go through a review process and accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings/Edited Book. The papers should be submitted in soft form as an email attachment to: *kmlic.dlis(a)gmail.com <kmlic.dlis(a)gmail.com>* *Author’s Guidelines* The text of paper should be written in MS word, format with A4 size, 1.25 margins (Top, Bottom, Left & Right), 12 font size, Times New Roman, 1.5 line space. The Paper must be written in English and should not exceed 5000 words, with an abstract of 300 words. The style of formatting the article citation and references is APA Style of referencing. *Main Theme: Knowledge Management in Libraries and Information Centers* *Conference Sub-themes* *E-Learning:* - Innovative Pedagogies - Social Networking Technologies and e-learning - Learning Content and Metadata Standards - Peer to Peer Learning - E-learning and Business Models - LMS and CMS Systems - Digital Reading, Content Discovery, Content Navigation, Best Practices, etc. in e-learning. *Knowledge Management:* - KM Strategies and Implementations - Knowledge sharing and collaboration - Knowledge Management Practices - Models for Knowledge Management - Web 2.0 tools for Knowledge Management - Knowledge Management systems - Tools and Technology for Knowledge Management - Inter-organizational Knowledge Management *Open Access and Open Repositories:* - Open Access Resources and Open Access Softwares - Open Access Repositories - Issues concerning Open Access - IPR and Institutional Repositories *Issues concerning with Libraries and Information Centers:* - Innovative Library Services - Management of e-resources - Copyright - Plagiarism - Digital Rights Management - Digital Technologies and Social Media - Information Literacy *Conference Timeline* The Last Date of Submission of Abstracts: 30th January, 2015 Notification of the acceptance of Abstracts: 05th February, 2015 The Last Date of Submission of Papers: 20th February, 2015 *Conference Date: 18th – 19th March, 2015* *Registration Fees* *Category Without accommodation With accommodation* (Including breakfast and dinner) For Students and Research Scholars: Rs. 1000/- Rs. 2000/- For working Professionals: Rs. 1500/- Rs. 2500/- For Sponsored Professionals: Rs. 2500/- Rs. 3500/- The Registration Fee will include conference kit, conference proceeding, meals, refreshment, etc. Accommodation will be provided to the out station delegates in the University Guest House. The duly filled-in Registration Form along with Demand Draft (DD) in favour of *“Organizing Secretary KMLIC-2015”* payable at AMU, Aligarh, may be sent on the following address on or before 10 th March 2015. *Prof. Shabahat Husain*, Organizing Secretary, Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - 202002. E-mail ID: *shabahat12(a)rediffmail.com <shabahat12(a)rediffmail.com>* Mobile No.: +91-9412177121 *Organizing Committee* Patron: *Lt. Gen (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah* (Vice Chancellor, AMU, Aligarh) Organizing Secretary: *Prof. Shabahat Husain* (Chairman, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) Convener: *Dr. Naushad Ali P.M* (Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) Conference Director: *Prof. Jagtar Singh* (Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University Patiala) Rapporteur General: *Dr. M. Masoom Raza * (Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) Committee Members: *Mr. S. Mustafa K.Q. Zaidi* (Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) * Dr. Sudharma Haridasan* (Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *Dr. Nishat Fatima* (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *Dr. Mehtab Alam Ansari* (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq* (Guest Teacher, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *Dr. Shazia Khan* (Guest Teacher, Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh) *National Advisory Committee* Dr. Ashu Shokeen (Kurukshetra University and ILA President) Dr. B.S Nigam (MCRP Vishvavidyala, Bhopal, Noida Campus, Noida) Dr. D.V. Singh (Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra) Dr. Gayas Makhdumi (Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi) Dr. H. N. Prasad (Banaras Hindu University) Dr. I.V. Malhan (Central University of Himachal Pradesh) Dr. Jagdish Arora (Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Prof. Jagtar Singh (Punjabi University, Patiala) Prof. M.P.Satija (Guru Nanak Dev University) Prof. N. Laxman Rao (Osmania University) Prof. N.R. Satyanaraina (BBAU, Lucknow) Dr. Nabi Hasan (IIT Delhi) Prof. P.B. Mangla (Tagore National Fellow, Govt. of India, Ministry of Culture) Dr. P.R. Goswami (Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) Dr. R. K. Chadha (Parliament Library) Dr. Ramesh Gaur (Jawaharlal Nehru University) Prof. S. R.Vara Lakshmi (Andhra University) Prof. S.M.Shafi (University of Kashmir) Prof. S.P. Singh (University of Delhi) Dr. Sangeeta Gupta (University of Jammu) Dr. Shalendra Kumar (University of Delhi) Dr. Tariq Ashraf (South Campus, University of Delhi) Prof. Wajih A. Alvi (IUST Awantipora, Kashmir) Dr. Yogendra Singh (IIT, Roorkee) *For further Queries and details please feel free to Contact:* Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq Department of Library and Information Science Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - 202002 E-mail ID: naikoomuzamil(a)gmail.com Mobile: +91-8979249718 *Venue:* *Department of Library and Information Science* *Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P* *202002* Best _____________________________ *Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq* Department of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh, U.P., India - 202002 Cell No. : +91-8979249718 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Sad demise of Mr. VL Kalyan- recently I met him in Mangalore
by Manjunath K 10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15

It is really a sad news. Recently, I had met him in a conference recently organized by Besant College, Mangalore. He was very active person and made his presence noticeable with his valuable remarks and advice to college librarians. Our life is a "Jatakaa Bandi", Vidhi is its "saaheba/owner" and he decides our journey. I pray for peaceful life of departed life. Personalities don't' die... they live in friends' heart and memories. We lost a good professional friend and an expert in our field. Manjunath -------------- Dr. Manjunatha K Chief Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute| PB.No.9 Manipal - 576104, Udupi Dist., Karnataka, India Ph: 0820-2701105(Off), 2575161 (Res) e- manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in ; manjunathak(a)gmail.com http://www.manjunathakeralapura.weebly.com ------------ -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Ishwar Goudar Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 4:13 AM To: lis-forum Cc: francis jayakanth Subject: [LIS-Forum] Sad demise of Mr. VL Kalyan Dear Professional Colleagues, A good friend of many of us Shri V.L. Kalyan passed away around 5 PM on 9th Jan 2015. It is learnt that he was admitted to Ramaiah Hospital on 8th evening probably due to heart attack. I learnt about this sad demise only around 9.15 PM, Only few friends, who learnt about this news bit early and who stayed near to his house could get the opportunity to pay last respects to the departed soul personally as the body was taken around 10 PM to a his village near Dharwad for last rites. He served as Head, Technical Information Centre at BEL, Bangaluru for long period. He was General Secretary of Karnataka State Library Association for a long period and was professionally active even after retirement by way of delivering invited lectures in Seminars/Conferences, IGNOU contact classes, etc. He was very friendly and jolly person, who contributed a lot the professional development. Let us pray the Almighty to give Strength to his family to bear the loss. Let his soul rest in peace. Regards, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser Bangalore University Library, Jnana Bharathi Campus BANGALORE - 560056, India - 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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Sad demise of Mr. V.L.Kalyan
by Ashok Asundi 10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15

Dear Professional friends, It is a shocking news to hear that Mr.V.L.Kalyan is no more. One of the very active professional and a very humble professional passed away on 9th Jan 2015 after a brief illness. Mr. Kalyan was very affectionate friend to not only to me and my family but as well to all professionals in the state and admired by his students in IGNOU for which he has been an academic counsellor for more than a decade. He served in various organisations like in ITC, Bharat Electronics for a very long time and after retirement he was library advisor at Indian Statistical Institute for two years. Very active in all professional conferences and seminars and has also served as a resource person for CEP. He was also Gen Secretary of KALA and actively associated with Dept. of Public Libraries. The profession is poorer by his demise and we pray almighty to his soul rest in peace and convey our heartfelt condolenses to his bereaved family. It is a bad period for the profession as we lost four veterans in the span of nearly a month. Prof. A.Y.Asundi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad demise to Prof V Kalyan
by Ambika M 10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15

Dear Library professionals, Morning I heard the sad news that Prof. V Kalyan is no more. We lost a very good resource person. Great loss for Library community. Let his soul rest in peace. -- Thanks and regards *Ambika M* Librarian SAMS Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISI-CODATA International Training Workshop on Big Data
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

======================================================================= ISI-CODATA International Training Workshop on Big Data 9th to 20th March 2015 Indian Statistical Institute (ISI),Bangalore, India & International Council for Science: Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), Paris, France Venue: Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre. ========================================================================== CODATA and the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) - along with other partners - will convene an International Training Workshop on Big Data. This will continue the emerging series of International Training Workshops which CODATA is seeking to establish with a variety of partners. Recent training workshops have been held in Beijing, China and in Nairobi, Kenya. The International Training Workshop will take place at the Indian Statistical Institute in Bangalore, India on 9-20 March 2015. Objective: The intensive, two week residential course has as its objective to train early and mid-career data professionals in using latest technology and techniques in Big Data management and its exploitation. Eligible Participants The workshop is targeted at early and mid-career data professionals. The definition is deliberately flexible to allow candidates from a variety of backgrounds to make a case. However, doctoral students, post-doctoral researchers, young faculty members and early career data experts, data managers etc are the target group. Ideal candidates will have some experience as data managers, data encoders, metadata managers, archivists, data exploitation personnel, analysts, data publishers or similar roles. Data experts that help policy makers in data related policies are also included. Scholarships Students from SAARC countries and from other countries in South and Southeast Asia will be welcome. A limited number of scholarships supporting accommodation and travel may be available. Further announcements will be made, however, interested parties should send a brief CV as soon as possible to Simon Hodson <execdir(a)codata.org> and Devika Madalli <devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in> and you will be contacted about scholarship opportunities. Subjects Covered Introduction What is Big Data? What are its features? Big Data Storage formats scaling Tools and techniques for handling Big Data Standards for Big Data Semantics for Big Data organization and retrieval Data models and services Domain based data Open Government Data Big Data Licensing: access, use, reuse modalities Data and text mining Approaches to structured and unstructured data Case studies, Big data projects and alliances Data Publishing ========================================================================== Important Dates: Application Deadline: 20/01/2015 Selection Notification Deadline: 31/01/2015 Registration Deadline: 10/02/2015 For further information and updates please visit this website: drtc1.isibang.ac.in/bdworkshop ========================================================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for fulltext article
by Mamtha's Gmail 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Dear professional friends, One of our faculty members requires the following reference . Kindly please provide a copy of this article if available in your library. Imberty A <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Imberty%20A%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…> 1, Hardman KD <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Hardman%20KD%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=t…> , Carver JP <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Carver%20JP%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…> , Pérez S <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=P%C3%A9rez%20S%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor…> . Molecular modelling of protein-carbohydrate interactions. Docking of monosaccharides in the binding site of concanavalin A Glycobiology (1991) 1 (6): 631-642 -- *Thank you & Regards* *Mrs Mamatha P. Kumar* *Chief Librarian* *Central Library* *Yenepoya University* *Yenepoya University **|** University Road, Deralakatte **|** Mangalore 575018 **|** Karnataka **|* * India*T: +91 824 22046668/69/70 *|* Extn 310 *|*F: +91 824 2204667 *|* www.yenepoya.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Walk-in-Interview for Project Assistant at CSIR-NISCAIR
by G Mahesh 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

A Walk-in-Interview for Project Assistant in Library Science will be held on 20 January 2015 at CSIR-NISCAIR. Details are available at : http://www.niscair.res.in/Downloadables/Advt-ProjAsst-6Jan15.pdf G. Mahesh CSIR-NISCAIR Disclaimer ________________________________ Information contained and transmitted by this email is proprietary to NISCAIR and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If this is a forwarded message, the content of this email may not have been sent with the authority of the Company. If you are not the intended recipient, an agent of the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering the information to the named recipient, you are notified that any use, distribution, transmission, printing, copying or dissemination of this information in any way or in any manner is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete this mail & notify us immediately at itd(a)niscair.res.in ________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Big data and eScience - Panel discussion on 12th Jan 2015 at RRI - A gentle reminder
by Meera B. M. 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Dear Friends I have pleasure in inviting you all to a half day event on the most upcoming hot topic “Big data and eScience” on 12 th January, 2014. This is an event to mark the “Golden Jubilee Celebrations” of the “Department of Library Science” – University of Mysore. The details of the event are given below. Organisers: Department of LIS, University of Mysore MILAN – Mysore University Information and Library Science Alumni Network Raman Research Institute Nature of the event: Panel Discussion Panelists: Dr. Abhinanda Sarkar Associate Dean and Director of Research MYRA School of Business, Mysore Dr. Sharma Chakravarty Professor, Computer and Engineering department, University of Texas, Arlington, USA Dr. Jayanth Haritsa Senior Professor SERC, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Dr. Shiv Sethi Professor, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore (Program Anchor: Prof. Shalini Urs) Venue: Venue: Auditorium, Raman Research Institute, C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Banglaore - 560080 Date: 12 th January 2015 Time : 3 PM High Tea : 5 PM (We look forward for an RSVP to meera(a)rri.res.in ) For more details – Please visit: http://milan-mysore.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DLISC-MILAN-RRI-FlyerA4.… We welcome all the professionals to share the joy of meeting and learning -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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