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Congratulations to Prof.V.G.Talawar
by Vishala BK 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Dear Professional Friends, Very Happy to note that Prof. (Dr.) V. G. Talawar has been appointed as First and Founder Vice Chancellor of Reva University, Bangalore. Hearty Congratulations to Prof. Talawar. Sirs handwork and determination paid off well. Here is a great salute as great as his achievement. Congratulations and let GOD be with him in all his endeavors and wish him continued success. Dr.Vishala B.K. M.Com M.L.I.Sc.,M.Phil.,Ph.D S.G.Librarian ST.AGNES CENTRE FOR POST GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH MERCARA HILL ROAD, BENDORE MANGALORE-575002 Mobile:09448824505 Website: http://drvishala.synthasite.com -- 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] Prof.Talawar appointed as Vice Chancellor
by Mailing List Admin 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:16:14 +0530 From: Rajendrakumar Py <pyrajendrakumar(a)gmail.com> Hearty Congratulations to Prof.V.G.Talawar on his new assignment as Vice- Chancellor of REWA University.I am sure the new University Will grow and develop under his able leadership.On behalf of KALA I wish him all the best in his new assignment. P.Y.Rajendrakumar President,KALA

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Lecture invitation
by SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Dear Moderator: Kindly insert the following invitation to the benefit of the lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer SRELS, Bangalore and Convenor, Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures Commitee, Bangalore ** ************** ** *Government First Grade College, Devdurga* *and* *Prof.M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures Committee, Bangalore* * * *Cordially invite you to the* *Prof. M.r. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures (19)(2013)* *on* *Best Practices for College Librarians* *by* *Dr. Amresh Kumbar* *Librarian* *VCB Degree College, Lingasugur* * * *Mr. Rehamaan Mohammad Sab* *Principal* *Government First Grade College, Devdurga* * * *Presides* * * *on** Tuesday, 16th April 2013 at 11.00 a.m.* * * *Venue: Government First Grade College, Devdurga* * * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library software
by Saket S 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Is there a comprehensive comparison of various commonly used library software? We are a currently using Alice and want to migrate to a new system. Our library holds about 40,000 books and other print materials. One of the key future needs is controlled e-access to our thesis and other e-resources Thanks Saket Sarraf -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for the post of Librarian at Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (We School), Bengaluru
by Mailing List Admin 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:35:16 +0000 From: girish kunkur <girishkunkur(a)hotmail.com> Dear All, Sub: Vacancy for the post of Librarian at Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (We School), Bengaluru Applications are invited from the deserving candidates for the post of Librarian at Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research (We School), for its campus at Bengaluru. This role involves overall management of the Learning Resource Centre (library) including setting and institutionalizing systems, overseeing the administration and negotiating contracts for services and resources, supervision of the library team. Applicant must have Master�s Degree in Library Science/Information Science with 7 to 10 years of experience in a reputed Management or Academic Library.. The candidate should be familiar with library automation and with necessary skills to develop digital library and efficiently handle activities such as collection development, user oriented information services to facilitate the efficient functioning of the library. The incumbent should be able to support faculty and students in academic activities and possess excellent communication skills to be able to guide them effectively. Application and CV should be sent by e-mail to hrd(a)welingkar.org and cc to giridhar.kunkur(a)welingkar.org. Last date for receiving the applications is 23 April 2013 Regards Giridhar Kunkur Librarian Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research L Napoo Road, Matunga (CR) Mumbai 400 019 Tel: 022-2419 8377 website: www.welingkar.orgLibrary Portal: http://elearn.welingkar.org/infowe

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Prof.Talawar appointed as Vice Chancellor
by Mailing List Admin 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:20:05 +0530 From: Yalagouda Patil <yalagouda(a)gmail.com> Congratulations to Prof Talawar for the coveted post of Vice Chancellor offered by Rewa University, Bangalore. Wish him all the best in his new endeavor! Let the new university grow under his able administration and reach to greater heights! Dr.Y.M.Patil Retd. Librarian, RRI, Bangalore.

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Please provide your valuable input to success this research article.
by ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ್ ಸೀನು 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Dear Sir/Madam and Professional Friends, We are collecting data for our research paper entitle on "Job Satisfaction and Expectations of LIS Professionals in India". It would be appreciated if you could spare some time to provide us the following valuable information must helpful to make realization to LIS Profession and with the theme of “Look back & Move forward”. We promise that, the providing information will be used for academic or research purposes only. We are awaiting for your voluble input to our online survey. Thanking you Mr. Suresha GP, XIME, Electronic City, Bangalore, E-mail: sureshgp3028(a)gmail.com Mr. Srinivasa K, IHMR, Electronic City, Bangalore, E-mail: srinivasamlisc(a)gmail.com Please click on the following link OR copy and paste the link on your web browser. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oveTM6UAJKcvuyDbi-5XQMQcVigMEXH0wPyc_hW181… -- @*...,With Regards* * * *Srinivas* *Email: srinivasamlisc(a)gmail.com* *Phone:9900644214* [image: http://astd-intranet/Departments/BA/Green%20Team/Green%20Team%20Resources/C…] -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Involvement, Attitude of Librarian in Research & Development Activities
by Raj K Bhardwaj 14 Apr '13

14 Apr '13

nvolvement, Attitude of Librarians in Research & Development Activities in Academic Institutions: A Study Dear Friends, I am conducting a survey on the topic on "Involvement, Attitude of Librarian in Research & Development Activities in Academic Institutions: A Study”. A questionnaire is prepared to collect data from LIS professionals. In this regards, I request you to kindly spare some time to fill up the questionnaire. I assure you that the data collected will be used for academic purpose and will be kept confidential. Looking forward for your co-operation to provide the important feedback to make this study significant. Click the link below https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1T084Mvm_VGy29SUgimw0pwke3m1YRt aoMYdnSQBhNS0/viewform Sincerely yours Raj Kumar Bhardwaj Colleges Librarian St Stephen's College Delhi-110007 Mobile: 09711508289 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IEEE India Council Newsletter -- IEEE India Info -- Apr 2013 issue
by Mohan Hr 13 Apr '13

13 Apr '13

Dear all, You can now access the Apr 2013 issue of IEEE India Info, the newsletter of the IEEE India Council at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/icnl/1304/icnl-iii-2013-04.pdf and also at the India Council website http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/india_council/newsletters/2013/apr13.pdf You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. Pl. provide your feedback by email to ieeeindiainfo(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan Editor IEEE India Info Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS Madras Email: hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com Blog: http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ Contents ======== http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/icnl/1304/index.html -- Message from Chairman -- Message from Editor -- Announcement: IEEE INDICON-2013 -- Call for Nomination EA Award 2013 -- Advt. -- Jindals / Rowsons -- Accreditation of Educational Institutions and Programs in India -- IT in March 2013 -- In Lighter Sense: MBA Exam Questions through the Ages -- News from Sections: Kerala; Madras -- Announcement: Request for Info -- Information Resources -- Book: Digital and Analog Communication Systems (Wiley India) -- Book: Know Your English (Vol. 1): Idioms and their stories (Universities Press) -- TechQuiz 2013-04 -- Forthcoming Events -- Announcements TechQuiz – 2013-04 ================ (Two Prizes to win. Books reviewed in this issue will be presented to the winners) 1. What is common to these. Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide 2. “Your most unhappy customer is your greatest source of learning”. Who said this? 3. Who has become the first Indian to be inducted into the prestigious Satellite Hall of Fame, Washington. 4. Middle East countries are part of IEEE Region ----- (no) 5. The development/invention of ------ (device) gave rise to the industrial revolution. Email your answers by 10th May 2013 to ieee.techquiz(a)gmail.com with subject “techquiz-2013-04”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. There are TWO prizes to win. Two prizes will be in the form of books which are briefly reviewed in this edition of the newsletter. They are being offered by Wiley India Pvt. Ltd (www.wileyindia.com) and Universities Press (www.universitiespress.com) Answers along with the winners’ info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of TechQuiz-2013-03 =============================== Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment, William Gilbert, FLOPS per watt, The IEEE Medal of Honor, Paro “Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices” from Wiley India to Jebaraj Selvapeter (Bangalore) “Engineering Optimization – A Modern Approach” from Universities Press to Ayush Sagar (New Delhi) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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congratulation
by shivashankar kadadevaramath 13 Apr '13

13 Apr '13

Dear Friends, Hearty Congratulations to Prof. (Dr.) V. G. Talawar for his new assignment as the Vice Chancellor of Reva University, Bangalore Dr.S L Kadadevaramath President Karnataka State College Librarians Assocation(R) Bangalore -- 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] Request for a full text theses
by Byrappa, Ananda (GE Global Research) 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

All, This is in continuation of the ongoing discussion and what Mrs. Swati Bhattacharyya and Mukesh Jha has written: CONTU guidelines permit a borrowing library to receive up to 5 articles from a periodical title (not a single issue) per calendar year. However, If your institution library has licensed (not purchased) the content/material, the license agreement is a binding and overrides all other restrictions. Also, your library License agreements and subscriptions from publishers may limit content reuse more strictly than copyright law or the CONTU guidelines. What should librarians and consortia managers do to be copyright compliant? - Negotiate and insert appropriate clause to your license agreements before you start sharing your documents with other libraries. You can get more information from the following document published by CCC in March 2013. - Interlibrary Loan: Copyright Guidelines and Best Practices: http://www.copyright.com/content/dam/cc3/marketing/documents/pdfs/ILL-Broch… Ananda T.Byrappa Global Leader, Whitney Knowledge Centre Six Sigma Black-Belt GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:54:43 +0530 From: mukesh jha <mysjha(a)gmail.com> To: Swati Bhattacharyya <swati(a)iimcal.ac.in> Cc: LIS Forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, dlrg(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in, debmalya das <malya.hat(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Request for a full text theses Message-ID: <CABLod4zn9gBJdp+-hMNuoOfsNjnHrpj=G1Fmw+Vjfiq75KjhPg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear Madam, You are absolutely right, this is show that how, those professional, who very well known about Copyright.How can they violating the rules of the same On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Swati Bhattacharyya <swati(a)iimcal.ac.in>wrote: > This matter has been discussed, time and again, on this list. > > Requesting for one or two articles may be alright. But requesting for the > soft copy of the whole thesis which is almost equivalent to a book and > produced by Proquest, is certainly violating copyright. I hope others too > agree. > > Sincerely, > -- > Swati Bhattacharyya > Librarian > Indian Institute of Management Calcutta > Joka, Diamond Harbor Road > Kolkata - 700104 > Ph: +91-33-2467-8300/01 (extn: O:416; R: 106) > > > Dear Library Professional, > > One of our Research Scholar need a > > theses/dissertation available in ProQuest. > > > > I will be helpful to him for his research work if anyone kindly send me a > > soft copy of that theses for his reference purpose. URL of that is given > > below. > > > > > > Title of the Theses: The literary public sphere in Bengal: Aesthetics, > > culture and politics, 1905-1939 > > Author: Samarpita Mitra > > > > URL: > > > http://udini.proquest.com/view/the-literary-public-sphere-in-pqid:191318411… > > > > -- > > Thanks and regards. > > > > ??? ????? ????? > > > > Ajay Kumar Sharma > > Assistant Librarian & In-charge, > > Journal Section, Central Library, > > Visva Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, > > Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal > > & Webmaster of ABSLA > > Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in > > Mobile No.: +91 9735111064 > > Office Land Line: +91 3463 262783 Ext. 220 > > Web: http://www.absla.org/ajay.html > > Web Blog: http://www.blogger.com/home?pli=1 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dark-side of OA
by D.V. Patwardhan 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

Ref: Lis-Forum, Vol.No.121, No.18, 9th April, 2013. This has reference to the news from Ms. Swati Bhattacharya, IIM-C on “Dark side of the OA and the Indians are always in the forefront.” Article she referred was quite interesting and enlightening. OA involves payment of sizable amount of money by Authors to the publishers as “publishing cost”. This has attracted many “fake publishers” who are bringing out technical journals having name resembling of reputed journals and reputed technical events. We learnt that the “fake publishers” constitute their own “review teams” constituting Professors/scientist from reputed Institutes often not taking formal permission from the Professors/scientist concerned. Review process done is also questionable. In such a situation, it is difficult for a scientist/Professor to identify who is a “black/fake” publisher and who is “white/authentic” publisher. It is learnt that Jeffrey Hall, a Research Librarian at University of Colorado has developed his own “blake list” of publishers and the journals published them. There is need to give wide publicity to the name of publishers in such a list. There is also need for taking adequate safeguards for Open Access publishing. Thanks, d.v.patwardhan sr.librarian Global Academy of Technology Bangalore. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sahitya Akademi Library, New Delhi needs Library Professionals
by sufian ahmad 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

Sahitya Akademi Library is looking for library professionals for the retro-conversion of the following language books: *Kannada, Bengali, Assamese and Sindhi*. Interested candidates may send their resumes or contact the librarian for any clarification. -- Sufian Ahmad (Librarian) Sahitya Akademi, 35, Rabindra Bhawan, Mandi House, Delhi-110001 Mobile # 09873634083 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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congradulation
by D.V. Patwardhan 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

Ref: LIS-FORUM Vol.121, No.18 9 april, 2012. Ref: LIS-FORUM Vol.No.121. Issue No.18 9th April, 2013. Congradulations to Dr.V.G.Talwar, former V-C of University of Mysore, who is being appointed as founder Vice-Chancellor of Rewa University. Dr.Talwar has earned good name as honest, dynamic and progressive V-C at University of Mysore. If the new Instituion provides him good environment then we are sure he will succeed in his future assignment. We wish him all the success. with regrds, D.V.Patwardhan, Sr.Librarian, Global Academy of Technology, Bangalore-560098 -- 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] Two Sr. Library Information Officers @ NIFTEM, MoFPI, Govt. of India
by Mailing List Admin 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:45:26 +0530 From: B Sahoo <sahoo(a)icmr.org.in> Dear Professonal, The post Sr. Library & Information Officer is a group A officer post in Govt. of India Library with Payband 3 + GP 7600.00. The post advertised in NIFTEM is Sr. Lib & Inf. officer with pay band-2 + GP 4200 . How it is possible, the post must be Sr. Lib & Inf. Asst. Dr. B.Sahoo, Ph.D Library & Information Officer Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR) Bhubaneswar-751023 Odisha Tel: 0674-2301412, Fax: 0674-2301351 ________________________________________ From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Mailing List Admin [mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 1:29 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Two Sr. Library Information Officers @ NIFTEM, MoFPI, Govt. of India ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 03:51:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Nihar Patra <niharpatra.lisforum(a)yahoo.com> NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (An autonomous Organisation under Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India) Plot No. 97, Sector- 56, HSIIDC Estate, Kundli - 131008, Distt.- Sonepat, (Haryana), India. Vacancy for the Non - Faculty Positions Advertisement No. N/S/K/NF/40/13 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (NIFTEM) is set up as an apex world class institute of global standards in Food Science & Technology under the aegis of GOI, MOFPI, requires two Sr. Library Information officers. For details please visit @ http://www.niftem.ac.in/NIFTEM/downloads/Detailed%20Advertisement%20non%20f… Nihar K Patra Nihar Kanta Patra National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) (Deemed to be University under De-novo Category) Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India) Address: Plot No. 97, Sector 56, HSIIDC Industrial Estate, Kundli District- Sonipat, Haryana, India - 131028 www.niftem.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prof.Talawar appointed as Vice Chancellor
by Pandurang Konnur 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

Dear Professional Friends, Let us all congratulate Prof.Talawar on his appointment as First and Founder Vice Chancellor of Reva University, Bangalore. It is a reward for hard working and dedicated person like Prof.Talawar. Let us all wish him a very successful second innings of Vice Chancellorship. Best Wishes, -- *Dr. P. V. Konnur* Professor & Director, School of Applied Sciences, Chairman Department of Library & Information Science, *Rani Channamma University,* Vidhya Sangama, Belgavi – 591 156 Karnataka State, (India) Phone : 91-831-2565216-17 Mobile : 91-9449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(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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Announcement of admission to PG(M.LIB.Sc) programme of study 2013-2014 at Central University of Himachal Presdesh
by Karunkar Nimmala 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Dear Professional Greeting from Central University of Himachal Pradesh ! Announcement of admission to PG(M.LIB.Sc) programme of study 2013-2014 at Central University of Himachal Presdesh . More Information visit at http://www.cuhimachal.ac.in/ -- *************************************************** *NIMMALA KARUNAKAR* Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Central University of Himachal Pradesh POBox:21,Dharamshala,Dist:Kangra Himachal Pradesh-176215 *Mobile:09218522440* Room No:303. Phone number:01892-237285,EPBX:405 Fax:01892-237286 *************************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an authorized representative of an intended recipient, you are prohibited from using, copying or distributing the information in this e-mail or its attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies of this message and any attachments. Thank you ****************************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for a full text theses
by Ajay Kum Sharma 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Dear Library Professional, One of our Research Scholar need a theses/dissertation available in ProQuest. I will be helpful to him for his research work if anyone kindly send me a soft copy of that theses for his reference purpose. URL of that is given below. Title of the Theses: The literary public sphere in Bengal: Aesthetics, culture and politics, 1905-1939 Author: Samarpita Mitra URL: http://udini.proquest.com/view/the-literary-public-sphere-in-pqid:191318411… -- Thanks and regards. अजय कुमार शर्मा Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Journal Section, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal & Webmaster of ABSLA Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Mobile No.: +91 9735111064 Office Land Line: +91 3463 262783 Ext. 220 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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CSI eNewsletter Mar & Apr 2013 (combined issue) -- Primer on CSI History
by Mohan Hr 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Dear all, The CSI eNewsletter for Mar & Apr 2013 (combined issue) can be accessed at http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2013-04-01.pdf and also at the CSI KM Portal http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/enewsletter For the archives of this newsletter, pl. visit http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-archives.htm or at http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/archives You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. =============================================== Primer on CSI History – An Appeal As Computer Society of India (CSI) will be turning 50 in 2015, a series of Golden Jubilee events/activities are planned in the coming two years. There is a proposal to have a curtain raiser in Jun/Jul 2013 at Delhi. In this context, a primer on "CSI History” -- highlighting the significant milestones of CSI from its inception is being brought out. To facilitate the compilation/preparation of this primer, inputs are requested from members and all who have been associated with CSI at various capacities at the chapter, regional, national and international levels. Kindly provide us with all possible information relevant to this primer as write-ups, documents, publications, photographs and in all other forms at your earliest. While soft copies of the inputs can be sent to by email to csi.history(a)gmail.com the hard copies (documents/publications/photos/) may pl. be sent to: Director – Education, Computer Society of India, Education Directorate, CIT Campus, IV Cross Road, Taramani, Chennai – 600 113. Ph: +91-44-2254 1102 / 1103 / 2874. After use, they will be returned back to you if desired. We request your immediate support in this activity as the lead-time for the primer preparation is quite short. =============================================== With regards HR Mohan Editor -- CSI eNewsletter http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ Contents ======= -- The Organization of the Future, and it’s Impact on IT -- The legal and commercial risks and issues to consider when managing emails -- Google Apps v. Office 365 summary: Which is better -- 10 considerations for BYOD cost/benefit analysis -- What Is Crowdfunding And How Does It Benefit The Economy -- Scientists use 3-D printing to help grow an ear -- Video: India 3.0 IT And Education -- Internet freedom in a world of states -- What ails India inc’s executives? -- Inspiring interview with Dr. Vinton G Cerf, Father of Internet -- eBook: Definitive Guide to Next-Generation Threat Protection -- Apple fan launches new blog, YouTube channel -- Virtual learning spaces -- 7 Innovative Solutions to CAPTCHA User Attention -- Webinar: Information Optimization and the Disruptive Power of Big Data -- Video: Insight Into Depression – Sadhguru (11 min 30 secs) -- Evaluating Agile and Scrum with Other Software Methodologies -- Priming Kanban -- Top 40 CRM Vendor report -- Researchers achieve breakthrough in spin storage -- The CS Cloud Computing Special Technical Community (CS CCSTC) -- Video: IT and Masses in India -- Mark Twain Awards for Travel support -- Cicero's philosophy -- Announcements -- ICT Events -- ICT News: Voices & Views -- ICT News: Telecom, Govt, Policy, Compliance -- ICT News: IT Manpower, Staffing & Top Moves -- ICT News: Company News: Tie-ups, Joint Ventures, New Initiatives -- Book: Estimating Software Costs (TMH) -- Book: Internet Marketing: An Hour A Day (Wiley India) -- Book: Know Your English (Vol. 1): Idioms and their stories (Universities Press): -- Book: Listening Skills (Universities Press) -- Book: Semantic Web Services (Springer) -- Book: The Art of Agile Practice: A Composite Approach for Projects and Organizations (CRC Press) -- About the CSI-eNewsletter -- Contributions to CSI-eNewsletter Volunteers to CSI-eNewsletter: CSI eNewsletter is looking for volunteers to take up compiling information, editing and managing the newsletter generation and distribution. Those interested may please email their interest along with their profile to the editor at hrmohan.csi(a)gmail.com InfoQuiz–2013-04-01 ================ (TEN Prizes to Win – FOUR Prizes of Rs. 500/- each and SIX books) 1. “Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web” is now known as ------. 2. Name the 1st Indian to sign up for the Giving Pledge, a forum of wealthy people to pledge for Philanthropy 3. Which course taken by Steve Jobs helped him to excel in his products at Apple? 4. Three Vs of BIG DATA are Volume, Velocity, and ------ 5. RIM (Research In Motion), the company which makes BlackBerry range of smart phones has been renamed as ------ Email your answers by 30th Apr 2013 to csi.infoquiz(a)gmail.com with subject “infoquiz-2013-04-01”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. There are TEN prizes to win. TWO prizes of Rs. 500/= each by SRA Systems (www.srasys.com) and TWO prizes of Rs. 500/= each by VictoryMind Educare Services. SIX prizes will be in the form of books which are briefly reviewed in this edition of the newsletter. They are being offered by Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd (www.tmhshop.com/) Wiley India Pvt. Ltd (www.wileyindia.com) Universities Press (www.universitiespress.com) Springer (www.springer.com) and CRC Press (www.crcpress.com) Answers along with the winners’ info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of InfoQuiz-2013-02-01 ========================== 5th Feb 2013, MIT (JSTOR), Google, Graph Search, Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud Rs. 500/= from SRA Systems: P. Spandana (Anantapur) & T. Sai Sahitya (Eluru) Rs. 500/= from VictoryMind Edu Services: Liny Varghese (Kochi) & P. Thirumurthy (Coimbatore) Book from Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt Ltd: Arti Ahirwar (Gwalior) Book from Wiley India Pvt Ltd: I.Kirubha Shangari (Coimbatore) Book from Pearson: V. Priya (Chennai) Book from SPD: Ishuita Sen Gupta (Moradabad) Book from Universities Press: Sumit Kumar Manna (Kolkata) Book from Springer: A. Ramesh Kumar (Chennai) Book from CRC Press: G.R Srivathsan (Chennai) Book from Wiley: Manju Mittal (Pune) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulation to Dr. Akhtar Perwez
by sufian ahmad 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Dear Professional Friends! Please join me to congratulate Dr. Akhtar Perwez whose post (Librarian) has been upgraded at IIM Indore in Professor's scale. I wish him all the best for his future endeavor. -- Sufian Ahmad (Librarian) Sahitya Akademi, 35, Rabindra Bhawan, Mandi House, Delhi-110001 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prof. V. G. Talawar's new assignment as Reva Univty. VC- Hearty Congrats!
by Sudhier K G Pillai 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Dear Friends, Hearty Congratulations to Prof. (Dr.) V. G. Talawar for his new assignment as the Vice Chancellor of Reva University, Bangalore. I wish him all success in his new post and am sure that he will succeed, as the VC of Mysore University. Once again let me Congratulate him on behalf of the Library Professionals in the University of Kerala and his well wishers and students of the state of Kerala! *Dr. K. G. PILLAI SUDHIER* Library & Knowledge Centre School of Distance Education (SDE) University of Kerala,Senate House Campus Thiruvanathapuram-695 034, KERALA http://www.facebook.com/sudhier.kgpillai http://www.ideku.net/techstaff.php Tel. 09446484561, +91 471 2414461 (R) -- 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] how to get data recovery from PC (Ravi Hullur)
by Dimple Patel 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Mr. Ravi, Though I cannot assure you results (as you say you have formatted your machine), but you could try System Rescue CD (http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage) It has saved my neck plenty of times. I recommend you go through its manual thoroughly before trying it. -- Regards, Dimple Patel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Library & Information Science, Central University of Himachal Pradesh (On Lien from Osmania University) http://oudl.osmania.ac.in http://sites.google.com/site/dimplerp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What we think, we become. ~ Buddha -- 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] Prof.Talawar appointed as Vice Chancellor
by Mailing List Admin 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 17:10:01 +0530 From: Ishwar Goudar <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> Dear Professionals, Prof. Talawar created a record four years back in India as he has been the first VC coming from Library and Information Science Community. His new appointment as Founder VC of Reva University at Bangalore is another feather in his crown. I have seen him for the last 36 years or so as humble librarian initially at BEL later at Mangalore University, then as Professor of Library Science, Director of UGC Academic Staff College, Registrar and four years back as VC at University of Mysore. I had an opportunity of working closely under his guidance as Visiting Professor and Library Adviser at UoM. During his regime as VC the university bagged highest number of projects fetching more than 200 Crores, resulting in enviable infrastructure in terms of buildings, instrumentation, IT, etc. Library, which was in its lowest web got rejuvenated to be one of the best of its kind in the country. A number of new courses were started, both academic and career oriented. For the last 8 years or so he would have slept not more than fours a day as he used sit upon the job seriously irrespective of time and his tiredness. His seriousness and hardworking nature suits much more in private sector. Probably the present assignment private university is a God given reward for his hard work. Lets us congratulate him and wish him all the best for his new assignment on behalf of Library Professionals all over. Regards, -- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Tel: 0821-2419283 mob: 09611165781 E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Pandurang Konnur <pvkonnur(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Professional Friends, > > Let us all congratulate Prof.Talawar on his appointment as First and > Founder Vice Chancellor of Reva University, Bangalore. It is a reward for > hard working and dedicated person like Prof.Talawar. Let us all wish him a > very successful second innings of Vice Chancellorship. > > Best Wishes, > -- > *Dr. P. V. Konnur* > Professor & Director, > School of Applied Sciences, > Chairman > Department of Library & Information Science, > *Rani Channamma University,* > Vidhya Sangama, Belgavi 591 156 > Karnataka State, (India) > Phone : 91-831-2565216-17 > Mobile : 91-9449679737 > E-Mail : pvkonnur(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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Prof.Talawar's appointment as Vice Chancellor
by Dr. A.T. Francis 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Dear all, Library Professional as Vice Chancellor itself is a great achievement. Here, Prof. Talwar became VC as second time in Reva University, Bangalore. It is a true model of achievement and recognition acquired through hard work, professionalism and service. Surely, we the library professionals can learn a lot from his practices. Our heartfelt congratulations to Prof. Talwar. Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY, IT NODAL OFFICER & WEB ADMINISTRATOR College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com -- 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 Use and Awareness of E-Resources
by Rajesh Aldarthi 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

One Day National workshop on Use and Awareness of E-Resources Organized by Central Library Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam On 25th May, 2013 The workshop will provide unique opportunity to know more about the access to scholarly journals, databases and other e-resources which are available on Internet and will enable the participants to understand different types of e-resources subscribed and made available for access. The maximum 100 participants will be accommodated on first come, first served basis. Registration Fees is 300/- The Registration fee includes workshop kit (Bag, Course Material, Software CD, and Certificate), Refreshment, lunch. Accommodation Accommodation can be arranged in hotels/hostel/guest house. For which the organizers shall provide necessary assistance if informed well in advance. Mode of Payment Payments from delegates will be accepted in Cheque/ Demand Draft prepared in favour of Organizing Secretary, Workshop/Seminar payable at Tezpur University. Note: Last date for Receipt of Complete Registration form: 10th May 2013. LIS Professionals are requested to participate in the workshop and make it grand success. For any further query please feel free to contact undersigned. Kind regards and best wishes. Dr .Mukesh Saikia Organizing Secretary National Workshop on Use and Awareness of e-Resources Central Library, Tezpur University Napaam, Sonitpur, Tezpur – 784028, Assam, India Mobile: 91995718938 Email: mukesh(a)tezu.ernet.in meqbal(a)tezu.ernet.in http://www.tezu.ernet.in/Library/ -- RAJESH ALDARTHI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Do I Ignore this? Research, Publishing & Open Access
by Satyaranjan Sahu 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Dear All, After reading the posting of Dr. Asundi on 8th March 2013 (Replies to case of Plagiarism and other observations) as a young professional, I had some immediate reaction to express on the prospective of LIS profession in India. But I controlled my feelings and analyzed the changes in profession over the decade after the strong worded editorial of Dr. Abhijit Lahari (http://itt.nissat.tripod.com/itt0201/edtl0201.htm) I rarely attend conferences/seminars but from the mail of Dr. Asundi and subsequent mails, it was obvious that little good has happened in the profession. So I had refrained myself from posting in the forum remembering the words of my beloved ex-teacher late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar, Indian Institute of Science (NSCI) that 'Do more with deeds than words'. But today after reading an article in the journal, International Journal of Advanced Library and Information Science (Open Access), 1(1); 2013, 12pp. (http://scientific.cloud-journals.com/index.php/IJALIS/article/view/Sci-70) which gives wrong data about my serving institute, I could not refrain from posting this mail. In the article, the author's carelessness makes his work null and void and exhibits how casual he/she is. Following are some examples: 1. The number of articles mentioned under methodology is 1423 in Current Science volume 90 to 99 (2006-2010) but the different tables show they are 1698. 2. Under sub-heading "Institution Wise productivity (5.1.8)", the table shows that the articles published by institutes; NIO-323, NGRI-268, PRL-242, BARC-218, IARI-183 (research institutes) and others 369. This is false and contradicting the previous section 5.1.6 where it is mentioned 449 articles for research institutions (26.44%). I strongly object to the false information provided for my institute, National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR). My institute has published only 93 articles during the mentioned period and not 323 articles in Current Science. >From the above article, it is clear that how seriously the research is carried out in the profession. The journal is an open access journal and its standard can be judged from this paper. I am not surprised to see the author as Senior Editor. I am a strong supporter of Open Access movement but it is annoying to see these predator publishers who are corrupting open access (http://www.nature.com/news/predatory-publishers-are-corrupting-open-access- 1.11385). To increase the length of the bio-data and API scoring, there is a competition among the professionals. They increase the number of publications compromising the quality and ethics. I feel sorry for those professionals, who are dedicatedly doing quality research and publish very few articles. Thanking you With regards Satya -------------------------------------------- Satya Ranjan Sahu Scientist National Information Centre for Marine Sciences (Library) CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) Dona Paula, Goa - 403 004 ----------------------------------------------------- -- 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 LIJESH TK 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Title: Taxonomic review of the tree frog genus Rhacophorus from the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Rhacophoridae), with description of ontogenetic colour changes and reproductive behaviour Author: S.D. BIJU; RACHUNLIU G. KAMEI; STEPHEN MAHONY; ASHISH THOMAS; SONALI GARG; GARGI SIRCAR; ROBIN SUYESH Source: Zootaxa 3636 (2): 257–289 website: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/z03636p289f.pdf By, Lijesh T.K KFRI, Thrissur, Kerala. Visit: http://www.libraryjobs4u.blogspot.com/ Library News: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Library-News/146299565539496 -- 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] [Details of Faculty Status for Librarians is required]
by Mailing List Admin 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 15:30:19 +0530 From: Pravish Prakash <pravishprakashbhu(a)gmail.com> BHU Varanasi treated as teching cader for library positions On 06/04/2013, mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > From: "Dr. A.T. Francis" <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> > Date: Thu, April 4, 2013 12:31 pm > > > Dear Professionals, > > Please let me know and provide the details of Universities > in India having Faculty Status (Teaching Staff) for Asst. Librarians, > Deputy Librarians and Librarians. If there, please provide copies of > decisions and/or orders of the University, Governments, Courts or other > agencies in this regard. > > If librarians are designated as Asst. Professor, Assoc. Professor and > Professor, available information of the same also may be given. > > With regards,Dr. > > A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD > HEAD, > LIBRARY, IT NODAL OFFICER& WEBADMINISTRATOR > College of Horticulture > Kerala Agricultural University > Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) > francisaloor(a)yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- Pravish Prakash Assistant Librarian Tagore Library (Central Library) University of Lucknow Lucknow (UP) 226007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nature Special - The Future of Publishing
by madhuresh.singhal 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Dear All, Nature, one of the best scientific magazines, has come out with a special feature entitled "The Future of Publishing". Focus is on Open-Access. Below is the brief write-up about that. "After nearly 400 years in the slow-moving world of print, the scientific publishing industry is suddenly being thrust into a fast-paced online world of cloud computing, crowd sourcing and ubiquitous sharing. Long-established practices are being challenged by new ones - most notably, the open-access, author-pays publishing model. In this special issue, Nature takes a close look at the forces now at work in scientific publishing, and how they may play out over the coming decades." Here, in this Special Feature issue, Nature published several articles in various categories like Editorial, News, News Features, and Comments etc. They are detailed below. I hope you may like to read them. You can access it at http://www.nature.com/news/specials/scipublishing/index.html Editorial - Disciplinary action How scientists share and reuse information is driven by technology but shaped by discipline. News - Sham journals scam authors Con artists are stealing the identities of real journals to cheat scientists out of publishing fees. News Features - The true cost of science publishing Cheap open-access journals raise questions about the value publishers add for their money. News Features - The library reboot As scientific publishing moves to embrace open data, libraries and researchers are trying to keep up. News Features - The dark side of publishing The explosion in open-access publishing has fuelled the rise of questionable operators. Comment - Beyond the paper The journal and article are being superseded by algorithms that filter, rate and disseminate scholarship as it happens, argues Jason Priem. Comment - A fool's errand Objections to the Creative Commons attribution licence are straw men raised by parties who want open access to be as closed as possible, warns John Wilbanks. Comment - How to hasten open access Three advocates for a universally free scholarly literature give their prescriptions for the movement's next push, from findability to translations. Books and Arts - Q&A: Knowledge liberator Robert Darnton heads the world's largest collection of academic publications, the Harvard University Library system. He is also a driver behind the new Digital Public Library of America. Ahead of its launch in April, he talks about Google, science journals and the open-access debate. Careers - Open to possibilities Opting for open access means considering costs, journal prestige and career implications. Best Regards Madhuresh Singhal Senior Manager - Knowledge Services Advinus Therapeutics Ltd (A TATA Enterprise) 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 66553106 Meet us at BIO International Convention, April 22-25, 2013, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Booth # 4256) ************************************************************************************************* This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for full text article
by Ravi Hullur 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Dear Professionals, Our research faculty members required following journal articles, please send this article and help me and our faculty 1. *Naoya Satoh<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014299904008295>, Yoshimi Kitada<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014299904008295> * : Cardioprotective effect of MCC-135 is associated with inhibition of Ca2+overload in ischemic/reperfused hearts *European Journal of Pharmacology<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00142999> Volume 499, Issues 1-2<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00142999/499/1>, 19 September 2004, Pages 179-187* 2. *Sophie Besse<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556504001925> Stéphane Tanguy <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556504001925>a<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556504001925#AFF1>, François Boucher<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556504001925> a <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556504001925#AFF1>: * Cardioprotection with cariporide, a sodium-proton exchanger inhibitor, after prolonged ischemia and reperfusion in senescent rats *Experimental Gerontology <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/05315565> Volume 39, Issue 9 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/05315565/39/9>, September 2004, Pages 1307-1314* 3. Stanley B Digerness<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891584999001847> * <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891584999001847#AFF1>, Kevin D Harris<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891584999001847>Peroxynitrite irreversibly decreases diastolic and systolic function in cardiac muscle Free Radical Biology and Medicine<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/08915849> Volume 27, Issues 11-12<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/08915849/27/11>, December 1999, Pages 1386-1392 4. yuki Namekata<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024320505001475>, Hideki Nakamura<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024320505001475>, Hideaki Shimada<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024320505001475>, Cardioprotection without cardiosuppression by SEA0400, a novel inhibitor of Na+-Ca2+ exchanger, during ischemia and reperfusion in guinea-pig myocardium Life Sciences<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00243205> Volume 77, Issue 3 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00243205/77/3>, 3 June 2005, Pages 312-324 -- ** ** *** Regards Mr.Ravi Hullur Asst.Librarian KLE University, Belgaum Mob.No.9740638831 Blog:http://ravihullurs.blogspot.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Summer Programme on Data Analysis in Social Sciences for Ph.D. students, May 27, 2013 - Jun 05, 2013, TISS, Mumbai
by Puttaraj Choukimath 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Dears, NOFY!: *Summer Programme on Data Analysis in Social Sciences for Ph.D. students* during May 27, 2013 - Jun 05, 2013, at TISS Mumbai. *Pl visit:* http://www.tiss.edu/workshops-seminars-conferences-programme/summer-program… Kindly contact the persons concerned to the programme! *Last date for the receipt of duly completed applications: 10th May, 2013* Best regards, Puttaraj. -- Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (SS) Periodicals Section, SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 (Maharashtra) INDIA T: +91-22-2552 5285 (O); Fax: +91-22-2552 5050 E: choukimath(a)tiss.edu; choukimath(a)gmail.com W: http://library.tiss.edu/ B: http://socialsciencesinfoblog.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INFORMATICS LAUNCHES KOHA ON CLOUD AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES
by Soji Mathew 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

We at Informatics (India) Limited are pleased to announce the launch of our services for Koha, the world's best open sources library automation system. 1. Our Koha Services Our Koha services will include: - Hosting and software maintenance on our cloud computing platform. This service is based on Amazon Web Services and includes 99.95% uptime, 99.999999999% data durability and ISO 27000 certified Information security - Onsite training for library staff on all Koha modules. We also intend to conduct group training programs in major cities of the country - Conversion of catalog, member and other data from the current library system. We cover conversion from Libsys, SOUL, SLIM and several other systems in use in India 2. Our Koha Team Our Koha team is lead by Savitra Sirohi. Savitra in his previous role with OSS Labs launched the first credible Koha service out of India. He has played a key role in the adoption of Koha by over 50 libraries in India. Savitra has also authored the world's first book on Koha. Our Koha services are backed by the rest of Informatics staff including a sales force and training team spread across the country and a customer service and technology team stationed in Bangalore. 3. About Informatics Informatics was promoted three decades ago with a vision to pioneer the business of e-information in India, with scholarly and research content being the prime focus. Headquartered in Bangalore, the silicon valley of India, Informatics has come a long way in promoting e-information usage culture in the academic and corporate world. With a group turnover of more than US$ 25 million (2011-12), Informatics has a team of over 130 well-qualified personnel, sales offices spread over length and breadth of India and a team of distributors across the globe. The Company currently provides services to more than 1,000 clients globally. 4. Contact Us For Koha enquiries please contact us at: Phone: +91 80 40387777 E-mail: info(a)informindia.co.in Post: Informatics (India) Limited, No 194, R V Road, Basavanagudi, Bangalore - 560 004 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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fake journals and conferences - from NYT
by Swati Bhattacharyya 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

And the dark side of open access and the Indians are always in the forefront. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/health/for-scientists-an-exploding-world-… Sincerely, -- Swati Bhattacharyya Librarian Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Joka, Diamond Harbor Road Kolkata - 700104 Ph: +91-33-2467-8300/01 (extn: O:416; R: 106) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Polytechnic Library website with Question Papers
by Niranjan K 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Dear friends and Professionals I am very happy to inform all karnataka polytechnic college librarians, I am hosted the Library web site for our students and professionals. Anybody can download all semester all subject question papers in pdf format and requested your feedback. Website details is follows Home Page http://dsdnplib.webs.com/ for question papers and syllabus http://dsdnplib.webs.com/downloadsusefullinks.htm With Regards Niranjana K Librarian D.S. Dinakar National Polytechnic JNNCE Campus Shimoga-577204email- niranjanklib(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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how to get data recovery from PC
by Ravi Hullur 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Dear Professionals, I lost my data at the time PC formatting, than how to get my data form that PC and how to recover this any software available free please help me in this regards -- ** ** *** Regards Mr.Ravi Hullur Asst.Librarian KLE University, Belgaum Mob.No.9740638831 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One day Workshop on Digital Asset Management
by Mailing List Admin 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:05:49 +0530 From: Raja Kumar <srajakumar28(a)gmail.com> Deara Friends, VIT University for the past 25 years has made a mark in the field of higher education in India imparting quality education in a cross cultural ambience, intertwined with extensive application oriented research. Established by well-known educationalist and former parliamentarian, *Dr. *G *. Viswanathan, Founder and Chancellor *is a visionary who transformed VIT into a center of excellence in higher technical education. His dream has taken the shape of VIT Chennai. *Dr. V. *R*aju, Former Professor of *S*tate University of New *Y*ork, U*SA*, currently the Vice Chancellor, *strives to internalize the world class educational standards. *Dr. Anand A. Samuel, Pro-Vice Chancellor *leads the team in Chennai with the following objectives: l To maximize the Industrial Connectivity l To Create Centers of Excellence in niche areas of research l To enrich technological and Managerial Human Capital nurtured in a multicultural ambience l To provide a common platform for the agglomeration of ideas of personnel from various walks of life for learning enrichment l To create opportunities and exploit the available resources to benefit industry/society l To encourage participation in the National Agenda of knowledge building l foster International collaborations for mutual benefits in areas of research Resource Persons l Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,Assistant Professor,DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute,Bangalore 560 059 l Dr.S.Gopalakrishnan,Asst. University Librarian Gr.I (Sr.Sc),Anna University,Chennai 600 044 l Dr. S.K.Asok Kumar,Deputy Librarian,The Tamilnadu Dr. AmbedkarLaw University, Chennai-600 028 RegistrationFee Registration Fee: Rs.250/- per head. The participants will be provided with a working lunch, refreshments and workshop kit (includes essential course materials). Participants are requested to send their filled in registration form (Photocopy is also acceptable) to the Organizing Secretary on or before 8th April 2013 along Registration fee will be accepted only by DemandDraft drawn in favour of *"V *IT*University - Chennai" *payable at Chennai along with the completedregistration form. National Level Workshop on Digital Asset Mamagementin Libraries 13th *April 2013 (Saturday) ADDRESSFORCOMMUNICATION Dr.S.Tholkappian,Asst. LibrarianCentral Library,VIT University, Chennai.Vandalur - Kelambakkam Road,Chennai - 600 127. Email: tholkappian.s(a)vit.ac.inMobile No: 9710417795Landline No: 044-3993 1050 Organized by Dr. S. Tholkappian, Asst. Librarian Mrs. S. Kalaivani,Sr. Asst. LibrarianCentral LibraryVIT- Chennai S.Rajakumar

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Two Sr. Library Information Officers @ NIFTEM, MoFPI, Govt. of India
by Mailing List Admin 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 03:51:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Nihar Patra <niharpatra.lisforum(a)yahoo.com> NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (An autonomous Organisation under Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India) Plot No. 97, Sector- 56, HSIIDC Estate, Kundli - 131008, Distt.- Sonepat, (Haryana), India. Vacancy for the Non - Faculty Positions � Advertisement No. N/S/K/NF/40/13 � NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (NIFTEM) is set up as an apex world class institute of global standards in Food Science & Technology under the aegis of GOI, MOFPI, requires two Sr. Library Information officers. For details please visit @ http://www.niftem.ac.in/NIFTEM/downloads/Detailed%20Advertisement%20non%20f… � Nihar K Patra Nihar Kanta Patra National Institute of Food Technology�Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) (Deemed to be University under De-novo Category)� Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India) Address: Plot No. 97,�Sector 56, HSIIDC Industrial Estate,�Kundli District- Sonipat,�Haryana, India - 131028 www.niftem.ac.in

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ?
by Mailing List Admin 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 03:21:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Umeshareddy Kacherki <umeshred(a)yahoo.com> Dear Professional friends, I totally agree with the views expressed by Dr.Jeevan. I know Prof. Konnur for more than 15 years now. The level of his contribution to the profession is so high that his academic honesty, integrity and dedication towards the profession is unquestionable. After all what is there to achieve for a senior professionals like him by publishing plagiarised papers?. In case of empirical study, research guide usually focus on analysis and interpretation of results. No guide for that matter would check history of the paper for knowing its authenticity. When results of the study are totally original and statements are reproduced by a research student just to express the original facts, Prof. Konnur need not plead guilty as he has done his duty as a supervisor with academic honesty. Rather than detection, prevention is what we need to work on if we are really intent to eliminate the problem. Prevention of plagiarism is possible only when the research students are made aware of what plagiarism is and its consequences. Because, majority of the instances of plagiarism being caused by research students are due to lack of clear understanding of what constitutes plagiarism. I sincerely hope that the recent discussions on this forum about plagiarism prevention will certainly help in establishing ways to eliminate plagiarism. Best Regards Umeshreddy Kacherki Deputy Librarian IISER Pune. ________________________________ From: Dr. V K J Jeevan <vkjjeevan(a)email.com> To: nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com; pvkonnur(a)gmail.com Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [nmlis] Fwd: [LIS-Forum] Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ? Dear Colleague, � Nobody will�believe a senior professional like Prof. Konnur shall plagiarise a paper. What for? I think the main problem is the lack of maturity of not all, but�some Ph.D. students. The concerned student's�explanation shows he is not even aware of good publishing habits.�Till MLIS level, we practice spoon feeding and more marks only if you repeat what is in the book or what the teacher taught. And then none can expect a research scholar to acquire innovative thinking and scholarship overnight. May be some of the measures hinted by Prof. Varalakshmi help to improve the situation.�Due to the prevalent rules, a Professor can guide more scholars than a Lecturer and a Professor hardly gets time, due to multiple academic and administrative duties being a senior teacher,�to oversee what each and every student does.�Thus cutting down on the number of students a teacher can guide may help to be more vigilant with such doubtful practices adopted by some students. Permitting retired teachers to continue guiding students and involving qualified and interested librarians to guide students may improve the demand supply crisis we are facing now in LIS research guidance. � As usual, with apologoes for taking your time, V K J Jeevan Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi New Delhi 110 068

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Re: [LIS-Forum] kindly mail 2 forum members. Open source software
by Mailing List Admin 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 10:03:27 +0530 From: Sunil MV <sunilmysore(a)gmail.com> Dear LIS Friends, Decisions regarding the adoption or selection of software by a library depends on various factors. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. I completely agree with the posting made by Shri Haravu regarding adoption of OSS or commercial software in an organization. I think the adoption of OSS in libraries requires passion, interest, and the ability to take bold initiatives by both librarians and decision makers. The lack of technical skills to manage or administer software by librarians is a primary reason why libraries have succumbed to the decisions of either management or commercial vendors. An important reason for low acceptance of OSS in Indian libraries is because of the inadequate marketing by OSS providers and partly because of their poor support. Koha has had excellent funding from consortiums abroad. On the other hand, NewGenLib built totally out of the passion of a few people has had no funding from Govt. or private sources. It is a pity that we librarians criticize poor support from vendors, but how many of us who are better equipped have taken the initiative to help other libraries? In other words, we do not believe in helping ourselves. It is a good move by major LIS industry service providers like Informatics to extend the OSS service support for Koha, Open Journal System (OJS), Open Conference System (OCS), etc. Such OSS service supports, strong service support by the OSS developers and the OSS community will definitely increase the adoption of OSS in libraries. Today we have Koha and NewGenLib which are rich in required standards in integrated library systems or library automation software. The features and capabilities of these two software(s) are better than several Indian grown LMS packages and much expensive software from abroad. I strongly recommend Koha for any type of library and for those who take Serials Control seriously, I suggest NewGenLib. I stand by my recommendation based on a research study. Recently, the study has been published as book Open source library automation software: features and capabilities<http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/open-source-library-automation-software-mv-…>. The success stories of University of Mysore, Goa University, Delhi Public Library, Bangalore University, etc., and my own institute SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore are some of the examples, to name a few. Having heard about the stories from librarians who are in the clutches of commercial software (both government and non-government) paying huge AMC, it is good to consider Koha and NewGenLib in your software selection list seriously. OSS will certainly reduce cost, give freedom to change to another software package, and build confidence to adopt new technologies. I would also like to disabuse the detractors of OSS for libraries on the question of support. True, in the past this may have been poor. My experience with NewGenLib since last two years has been excellent. All support is now received via remote desktop and an issue is resolved very efficiently. Thanks and Regards, On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 5:52 PM, jharavu <jharavu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I think Mr. Sridhar is making sweeping comments without substantiating his > views. The selection and use of an open source library management system > (LMS) as opposed to a commercial LMS is not a black or white situation. > There have been many libraries who initially chose a commercial LMS for > good reasons, viz., there were no open source LMS (worthwhile or not) at > that time. When they saw that the commercial LMS did not satisfy their > needs for one or other reason, they looked for alternatives in one or other > spaces (open source or commercial). I don't think we should conclude that > they squandered money because of this. We are constantly seeing new > products of all kinds and software is no exception. If an organization > moves its database from say, MS-SQL Server to Oracle at a cost, I don't > they think it is a waste of resources. Such migration if supported by > objective reasons of better performance, new reports, better support, I > think, should be seen as a progressive step. I think this is true of > libraries who moved from a commercial to open source LMS. > > Regarding support by open source vendors, I would like to say again that it > is unfair to sweepingly say that support is poor. I know that many OSS LMS > have taken to remote desktop support which is both cost-effective and > timely. > > Ultimately, choice of a LMS should be made on detailed considerations of > benefits -vs- costs. > > Please make a detailed survey of those who are using LMS in the two spaces > and share your findings. > > Haravu > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Sridhar Gutam <gutam2000(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have some points to make here on FOSS>... >> >> When anyone buys a Propriety Product .... it includes the support.... >> >> Whereas in FOSS.... the Support is from outside.. Either Community >> (Free) or Commercial/Private (Paid)... >> >> FOSS is peoples/community developed products.... its easy if we learn >> about it... you would love to know what it is and how it is build.... >> you can empower yourself... >> >> In Propriety Software.... you are free to have cup of tea... and leave >> the job to the Customer Service Support Person.... And after first >> year... the next year comes as AMC at a percentage of the total cost >> of the product... >> >> in FOSS... Community is there to help you out... many spends time and >> energy in developing FOSS products for the community... >> >> Now you decide.... >> >> Sridhar >> >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> Sridhar Gutam PhD, ARS, Patent Laws (NALSAR), IP & Biotech. (WIPO) >> Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology) Central Institute for Subtropical >> Horticulture >> Joint Secretary, Agricultural Research Service Scientists' Forum >> Convenor, Open Access India >> Country Representative, YPARD >> Rehmankhera, Kakori Post >> Lucknow 226101, Uttar Pradesh, India >> Phone: +91-522-2841022/23/24; Fax: +91-522-2841025 >> Mobile:+91-9005760036/8005346136 >> Publications: http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/

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Conference on Scientometrics and KM - Invitation
by Mailing List Admin 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 23:21:39 +0530 From: Ishwar Goudar <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> Dear Professional Colleagues, A two days Conference on "Scientometrics and Knowledge Management" has been organized at Karnatak University during 20-21 April 2013. We have received very good response both in terms of number of papers and participation. Many senior professionals are expected attend this important event. The occasion will a good opportunity for youngsters to interact with them on various aspects of the profession, apart from the topic of the conference. *Still there is time till 10th April to submit papers for presentation*.Few good papers received after 10 April may be allowed for presentation. Attempts are being made to bring out the volume of papers. Prof. S.L. Sangam, a noble and humble LIS teacher, who just retired is being felicitated during the evening hours of 20th April. The function will be followed by a dinner in his honour. A volume of papers on the respective research topics by 26 of his Ph.D. students is being dedicated to him. An article on biographical sketch and achievements written by Prof V.G. Talawar, Ex VC of University of Mysore forms part of this volume.A number of well wishers of Prof. Sangam, colleagues, Library professionals and participants of the conference will be attending this function. The details of the conference and subtopics are available at the web site of Karnatak University. http://www.kud.ac.in/viewitems.aspx?type=Events&id=U0001-720134111472111 Accommodation: Accommodation is being organised at University Guest House against nominal rent. For this purpose you can send mail to Prof. P.V. Konnur ( Mob; 9449679737) at pvkonnur(a)gmail.com with a copy to Dr. S.B. Patil (Mob: 9945808961) at sbpatil7(a)gmail.com I on behalf of the Organising Committee invite Professionals to participate in conference and the felicitation function. Regards, -- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Formerly Scientist 'G' and Head, Information Centre, NAL, Bangalore Tel: 0821-2419283 mob: 09611165781 E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com

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Reg: Openness 'needs both political will and technical skill, fortunately ICRISAT has had both' an interview with Mr. M Madhan]
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 07 Apr '13

07 Apr '13

From: "sanat kumar Behera" <sanatku.behera(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, April 5, 2013 6:18 pm Dear Sir: I would be grateful if you can share with our LIS professionals. Open Access Interviews@AIMS: a new service on AIMS Wed, 27/03/2013 AIMS AIMS announces the introduction of 'Open Access Interviews@AIMS ' as a new quartely service. The objective is to publish use cases on various open access issues affecting access to agricultural research outputs and share experiences on the uptake of openness by institutions in the agricultural domain. This service will share these experiences by means of structured interviews. The inaugural interview focuses on the experiences from the International Crops and Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics<http://oar.icrisat.org/> (ICRISAT), in India - read the interview here<http://aims.fao.org/community/blogs/aims.fao.org/community/open-access/blog…> . Openness 'needs both political will and technical skill, fortunately ICRISAT has had both' an interview with Mr. M Madhan http://aims.fao.org/community/open-access/blogs/openness-needs-both-politic… Thank You Regards Mr. Sanat kumar Behera Research Fellow J.S.K. Library ICRISAT Patancheru Hyderabad India S.Behera(a)cgiar.org Sanatku.behera(a)gmail.com

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Alumni Meet and seminar
by sasikala chagari 07 Apr '13

07 Apr '13

WELCOME TO YOUR ALMA MATER To All the Alumni of Department of Library&Information Science,Andhra University Greetings! The Department of Library&Information Science is organizing an Alumni Meet 2013 on 08-04-2013 followed by a one day seminar. The registration for new members starts at 9am on 08-04-2013 in the Department. We ,the faculty, Research Scholars and the Students* invite all the alumni to participate in the programme and make it as a grand success.* Invitations are attached with this mail. Consider this invitation as a personal invitation and visit your alma mater. With best wishes Prof.C.Sasikala Head, Department of Library&Information Science,Andhra University Visakhapatnam-530003 Ph.9848278454(M);0891-2844386(Off) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two Sr. Library Information Officers @ NIFTEM, MoFPI, Govt. of India
by Nihar Patra 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (An autonomous Organisation under Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India) Plot No. 97, Sector- 56, HSIIDC Estate, Kundli - 131008, Distt.- Sonepat, (Haryana), India. Vacancy for the Non - Faculty Positions Advertisement No. N/S/K/NF/40/13 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (NIFTEM) is set up as an apex world class institute of global standards in Food Science & Technology under the aegis of GOI, MOFPI, requires two Sr. Library Information officers. For details please visit @ http://www.niftem.ac.in/NIFTEM/downloads/Detailed%20Advertisement%20non%20f… Nihar K Patra **************************************************************************************** Nihar Kanta Patra National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) (Deemed to be University under De-novo Category) Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India) Address: Plot No. 97, Sector 56, HSIIDC Industrial Estate, Kundli District- Sonipat, Haryana, India - 131028 www.niftem.ac.in -- 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 Nihal Alam 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

Dear Professionals, One of our researcher need the following article for reference. The Role of Leadership in a Start-up Organization, in a U.S. American Context Author: Erika L. Seid Publication: Capstone Collection URL: http://digitalcollections.sit.edu/capstones/1064/ If it is accessible to anyone of you, kindly send me the soft copy of it. Regards, Nihal Alam Research Associate Knowledge Management Division TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) Tel. +91 11 2468 2100, ext. 2758 Mobile: +91 9311305823 E-mail nihal.alam(a)teri.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Fwd: Details of Faculty Status for Librarians is required]
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

From: "Dr. A.T. Francis" <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> Date: Thu, April 4, 2013 12:31 pm Dear Professionals, Please let me know and provide the details of Universities in India having Faculty Status (Teaching Staff) for Asst. Librarians, Deputy Librarians and Librarians. If there, please provide copies of decisions and/or orders of the University, Governments, Courts or other agencies in this regard. If librarians are designated as Asst. Professor, Assoc. Professor and Professor, available information of the same also may be given. With regards,Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY, IT NODAL OFFICER& WEBADMINISTRATOR College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com

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Anomaly in the Implementation of UGC Scheme (1986, 1996, 2006) in Kerala]
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

From: "Dr. A.T. Francis" <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> Date: Thu, April 4, 2013 12:34 pm Dear Professionals, I would like to highlight a serious anomaly happened and still continuing in KeralaState on the implementation of UGC Scheme (1986, 1996 and 2006) for librarians in universities and colleges in Kerala. Though there is no provision in the UGC Scheme for the promotion from the lower cadre to the UGC Entry Cadre of Asst. Librarian/ College Librarian, in Kerala it is still continuing. While implementing UGC Scheme, in the case of other teachers, the existing Non-UGC Cadre posts like Junior Lecturer and Junior Asst. Professor have been upgraded to Lecturer and Asst. Professor respectively and all the incumbents in the Junior Lecturer and Junior Asst. Professor cadres possessing Masters Degree in the concerned subject (Exempted NET) have been inducted to the UGC Cadre and the then cadres in the Pre-UGC Scheme like Junior Lecturer and Junior Asst. Professor have been closed for ever. Due to some unscientific administrative reasons, either this type of induction to UGC Scheme was not done in the case of librarians or the NET was not insisted to the entry cadre of library professionals like Library/Professional/Reference Asst. Ultimately, now the professionals are divided into several classes and groups and many court cases have emerged only because of the system generated issues. Hence, most of the professionals,instead of concentrating in documentation and information services, they are gathering, thinking and acting on the issues on how get rid of these issues. The only way to solve these issues permanently is implementing UGC Scheme to librarians as envisaged in the Scheme. The following are the actions needed in this regard: 1. As in the case of other teachers, all existing incumbents in Library/ Professional/ Reference Asst. should be inducted to UGC Scheme as on the date of possessing Masters Degree in the concerned subject (Exempting NET). 2. To accommodate all incumbents in the Library/ Professional/ Reference Asst. cadres on induction to UGC Scheme, sufficient number of posts should be upgraded to Asst. Librarians as super numerary. 3. The existing cadre of Library/ Professional/ Reference Asst. may be closed by upgrading few posts as Asst. Librarian and the remaining posts should be downgraded to Jr. Professional/Technical Asst. (JPA/JTA) for CLISc holders. All Dept. Libraries working in one shift should have one AL and JPA/JTA each and all College Libraries and Divisions of the University Library working in two shifts should have two AL and JPA/JTA each (one each for one shift) and the existing posts of Library/ Professional/ Reference Asst. may be upgraded / downgraded accordingly. 4. It is also suggested to introduce Time Bound Promotion on completion of 5 years for JPA/JTAs, instead of the existing system of Ratio Promotion or vacancy/retirement based promotion. Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY & IT NODAL OFFICER College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com

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Fwd: KLA National Seminar, 12-13 July 2013, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: Registration and Call for papers
by faisal sl 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

KERALA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (KLA) NATIONAL SEMINAR 12-13 July 2013, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala MAIN THEME: "New Information Technology Interfaces in Libraries and Information Centres (NITILIC)” SUB THEMES: Evolving Models of Library and Information Centres in the New Millennium Social Media in Libraries Cloud computing and Libraries Recent Developments in Software applicable to Libraries E-reading and E-Devices Library Designing in the Digital Era Human Resource Development in the Digital context Technology Interfaces for Public Libraries Details at http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/annoncement/#more-169 CALL FOR PAPERS The Editorial Committee invites research and technical papers, case studies, technology updates, etc. related to the theme and sub-themes of the Seminar. Details: http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/first-call-for-paper… Kindly send, (a) Soft copy as e-mail attachment to: kla.org(a)gmail.com / klanationalseminar2013(a)gmail.com (b) Print version to : The General Convener, KLA National Seminar-2013, Kerala Library Association, 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana P.O., Thiruvananthapuram– 695 002, Kerala TIMELINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION Receipt of full paper with Abstract: 05 May 2013 Submission of final version (revised after reviewer’s comments): 31 May 2013 Paper acceptance notification: 05 June 2013 Submission of slide presentation: 01 July 2013 Seminar dates: 12-13 July 2013 GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Visit http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com/submission-of-papers/guidelines… REGISTRATION Individual participants: Rs 1250.00 Institutional participants: Rs 1750.00 Concessional rate for KLA Life Members and Research Scholars in LIS: Rs 1000.00 Students: Rs 750.00 Last date for Registration: 05 July 2013 Download Registration form: http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com/downloads/registration-form/ ONLINE REGISTRATION All participants have to register online at http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com along with the submission of duly filled registration form and fee. MODE OF PAYMENT By DD drawn in favour of Kerala Library Association and payable at Thiruvananthapuram or by cash to the General Secretary, KLA. DD along with the registration form may be sent to the General Convener, KLA National Seminar-2013, Kerala Library Association, 36, 2nd Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana P.O., Thiruvananthapuram– 695 002, Kerala. VENUE OF THE SEMINAR The Seminar Hall at Kerala State Science and Technology Museum and Priyadarsini Planetarium (KSSTMPP), PMG Junction, Vikas Bhavan P.O, Thiruvananthapuram - 33. FOR MORE DETAILS AND SEMINAR UPDATES Seminar Blog: http://klanationalseminar2013.wordpress.com KLA Website: www.keralalibraryassociation.org CONTACT General Convener: Dr. A. Gopikuttan , President, Kerala Library Association (E-Mail : agopikuttan(a)yahoo.co.in / Mob. 919446428163) Joint General Conveners Shri M. Chandrakumaran Nair, Vice President, Kerala Library Association (E-mail: ckumarnair(a)gmail.com / Mob: 919447276657) Shri S. L. Faisal, General Secretary, Kerala Library Association (E-mail: slfaizal(a)gmail.com/Mob: 919447699724) ********************************** Regards S.L.Faisal, General Secretary, Kerala Library Association (KLA) 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana P.O. Thiruvananthapuram– 695 002, Kerala slfaizal(a)gmail.com/Mob: 919447699724 -- 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] Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ?
by Byrappa, Ananda (GE Global Research) 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Dear LIS Professionals, Plagiarism is a hot topic on lis-forum, these days. We see one class of people commenting aggressively/passionately about the copyright compliance and plagiarism etc. We are also getting prompt, candid and honest responses from many. In total, a healthy, heated and very relevant discussion happening on lis-forum. Thanks to all those who have initiated these discussions on plagiarism. These discussions have really brought in awareness, fear and commitment for compliance - all the three essential for copyright compliance! I thought of sharing couple of my opinions and thoughts about the ongoing discussion. Copying and/or reproducing any portion of content without rights holder permission or proper acknowledgment is a plagiarism - A broad definition for 'plagiarism'! In couple of discussions, people have complained about following (copying?) a process or a research methodology - survey, questionnaire etc. Does a 'methodology' or a 'process' comes under copyright act? I think these are protected by the Patent Act in India (not by copyright act). In a real world environment, processes, methodologies, basic laws etc. are intended to be applied and tested. I think, the 'academic spirit' should be encouraged by allowing researchers to use and re-use any methodologies, processes and laws since they help us to prove/dis-prove a point or a concept or an outcome. The outcome/results are generally vary depending on various parameters - your scope of study, subject, geography, sample etc. To be precise, what is wrong in re-using any methodology or a process in academic writing, of course with a due acknowledgement to the original author?. However, many argue that, It can be termed as GREY area as it goes by ones interpretation... Someone on Wikipedia writes - Plagiarism is considered as an 'Academic Dishonesty'... Plagiarism is not a crime per se but in academia and industry it is a 'serious moral offence'... How do we control plagiarism in LIS profession? Is there a solution?... AUTHORS - BE ORIGINAL! - Authors should aim to be original! Write about what you understand and grasp out of your readings. Don't copy from your readings and don't forget to acknowledge your readings/articles. 'Copy & paste' techniques will surely expose you one or the other day, it's a time factor! - Once your draft/write-up is ready, run it by a plagiarism detection tool. You find quite a few of them freely available on the net. They may not be perfect but they will surely help you to a great extent. TEACHERS - AIM TO BE IDEAL - We know that, teachers can't check every word and originality of it. It's an unfair expectation from society. However, teachers should teach their students about basics of academic writing and copyright compliance. - Every research scholar should attend at-least one training programme on academic writing and copyright compliance. I remember, Kerala Central University conducting such programmes recently. Such trainings/workshops would create required amount of awareness about copyright compliance and plagiarism and would surely position students and researchers to be much better authors. PUBLISJERS AND EDITORS - FOLLOW PEER REVIEW PROCESS/SYSTEM - People who care for quality and originality in publications should adopt peer review process. Short timelines, lack of experts/expertise and pressure to get more participants and papers to conferences are reasons why editors and organizers don't insist on peer review system/process - If a Conference Organizers and editors don't push for peer review system, they would be responsible for adding sub-standard content/publications to the scholarly world. Now, every conference organizers/editors ask themselves - How much of sub-standard content you have pushed (contributed!) to the scholarly world? I guess, we all senior LIS professionals, have a good share in this! POLICY MAKERS AND CONFERENCE DONERS Insist on quality of publications. Don't fund or donate if you don't see a quality process for publications in place. Best Regards, Ananda Byrappa Global Leader, Whitney Knowledge Centre Six Sigma Black-Belt GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 04:14:21 +0000 From: Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla <rvsn1234(a)hotmail.com> To: "LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, "nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com" <nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] [nmlis] Fwd: Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ? Message-ID: <BAY151-W6127A991BEB2048EEA9C7CD2D90(a)phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Dear Professional friends I would like to share my opinion on the above issue that may lead to further discussion and help to reach a solution. Background: U.G.C. and managements are compelling the departments / libraries to organize conferences / seminars to get NAAC grade points and supporting financially. The organizers need participants hence accepting every paper that is submitted. The professionals need papers for their CAS promotions or selections and the seminars / conferences are a channel for fast track publication. Further they are submitting for journal publication also. These developments are indeed desirable for the development and recognition of the profession. Outcome: However the outcome is not that encouraging as expected to be. The quantitative growth lead to the qualitative depreciation. Reason: Many of the professionals are not familiar with writing standards and skills. They are not familiar with difference between research article and research paper; innovative ideas and opinion studies; pasting and logical presentation; copying and citing; arbitrary citation and standard citation using a style manual These are not a part of their studies. Even if so, one will forget after examinations. Therefore there is no opportunity for the professionals to learn and acquire the skills of writing and presentation and the standards to be followed. Hence the need is to train our professionals in these aspects. Only then we can expect true academic contributions. The way out: There may be many ways to improve the situation but submitting three propositions for discussion 1. Conducting workshops on preparation and presentation of research paper not for name sake but with real zeal. 2. Applying anti-plagiarism software and reject the identified papers. This is good from the quality point of view but may demoralize the professionals. 3. Having a panel of voluntary editors who will review papers and suggest revision / modification of papers instead of outright rejection. This will improve the writing skills of the author and encourage him/her for standard contributions. I think it is high time to find solutions to the problem and enhance the standard of papers. ThanksVaralakshmi Dr R.S.R.Varalakshmi Professor (Rtd) 54-12-64/5, Bhanu Nagar H.B.Colony Post Visakhapatnam - 530 022 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CONGRATS TO Dr Akhter Pervez- FOR his appointment as Librarian, IIM Indore
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

dear friends Dr Akhter Pervez had been selected and appointed as Librarian of IIM, Indore. We all know him, he is an active professional and made the MANLIBNET a dynamic Association.He is soft and simple and works hard, I join hundreds of professional friends to congratulate Dr Akhter on the occasion of his elevation as Librarian of IIM, Indore, We all wish him all the best in his endeavours. God bless him with success and service to the profession LAXMAN RAO Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Visiting Professor, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Hyderabad-500032ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Plot No: A-194, H.No- 1-8-10/1, Ravindra Nagar, Habsiguda, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR 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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Reg: Openness 'needs both political will and technical skill, fortunately ICRISAT has had both' an interview with Mr. M Madhan
by sanat kumar Behera 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Dear Sir: I would be grateful if you can share with our LIS professionals. Open Access Interviews@AIMS: a new service on AIMS Wed, 27/03/2013 — AIMS AIMS announces the introduction of 'Open Access Interviews@AIMS ' as a new quartely service. The objective is to publish use cases on various open access issues affecting access to agricultural research outputs and share experiences on the uptake of openness by institutions in the agricultural domain. This service will share these experiences by means of structured interviews. The inaugural interview focuses on the experiences from the International Crops and Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics<http://oar.icrisat.org/> (ICRISAT), in India - read the interview here<http://aims.fao.org/community/blogs/aims.fao.org/community/open-access/blog…> . Openness 'needs both political will and technical skill, fortunately ICRISAT has had both' an interview with Mr. M Madhan http://aims.fao.org/community/open-access/blogs/openness-needs-both-politic… Thank You Regards Mr. Sanat kumar Behera Research Fellow J.S.K. Library ICRISAT Patancheru Hyderabad India S.Behera(a)cgiar.org Sanatku.behera(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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