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Request for full text article
by Mahesh Moolya 20 Mar '13

20 Mar '13

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article. Please send me. Fractures of the Greater Tuberosity of the Humerus Michael S. George J Am Acad Orthop Surg October 2007 ; 15:607-613. with regards Mahesh Moolya Jr. Librarian K S Hegde Medical Academy Dearalakatte Mangalore 575 018 -- 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 design and development of digital libraries using Dspace postponed
by Vimal Kumar V. 20 Mar '13

20 Mar '13

Dear Friends, National workshop on design and development of digital libraries using Dspace (http://goo.gl/x96hL) postponed. New dates for the workshop will announce later. Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request - Full text
by LIJESH TK 19 Mar '13

19 Mar '13

Dear All Professionals, Our Scientist needs the below article. Kindly help me in this regard. Title: A cross-continental test of the Enemy Release Hypothesis: leaf herbivory on Acer platanoides (L.) is three times lower in North America than in its native Europe Author: Jonathan M. Adams; Wei Fang; Ragan M. Callaway; Don Cipollini; Elizabeth Newell Journal: Biological Invasions Volume: 11(4): 1005-1016 Year: 2009 Link: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-008-9312-4 By, Lijesh T.K Project Fellow (Library) Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi, Thrissur, Kerala. PH: 09497249813 Visit: http://www.libraryjobs4u.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Webinar on NewGenLib
by jharavu 19 Mar '13

19 Mar '13

Dear List members On 15th March, EIFL, an international not-for-profit organisation based in Europe conducted a Webinar on NewGenLib. Twenty participants from several countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East participated. The video-audio recording of the Webinar is available at, http://www.instantpresenter.com/eifl/EA53D6868247 The presentations may also be downloaded from http://www.eifl.net/system/files/201303/newgenlibwebinar.pdf Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sharing news about Ms. Sriganesh winning the International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence into Practice Award
by franc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 19 Mar '13

19 Mar '13

Dear Members, Please join me in congratulating Ms. Vasumathi Sriganesh, CEO, QMed Knowledge Foundation. She is winner of the inaugural International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence into Practice Award for 2013. For more details about the award and Ms. Sriganesh's outstanding contributions in bringing evidence into practice in the field of healthcare, pl see the announcement that follows. Congratulations, Ms Sriganesh and may this achievement of yours be an inspiration to the fellow professionals. With best wishes, - Francis JRDTML, IISc Bengaluru > ---------------------------------------- > Subject: Winner announcement: International Clinical Librarian Conference > Evidence into Practice Award > > Date: Thu, Mar 14, 2013 09:47 > > The International Clinical Librarian Conference organising committee are > proud to announce that Ms Vasumathi Sriganesh is the winner of the > International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence into Practice Award > for 2013. > > The International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence into Practice > Award was established this year, to honour a practising librarian or > informationist who has made outstanding contributions to bringing > evidence > into practice in the field of healthcare. The award will coincide with > the > meeting, One Health: Information in an Interdependent World. One > Health > is an international meeting incorporating MLA 13 and the 11th > International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML), the 7th > International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists > (ICAHIS), > and the 6th International Clinical Librarian Conference (ICLC). > > The recipient of the International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence > into Practice Award will receive a certificate at One Health and a cash > award of $500 after the meeting. The cash award is kindly sponsored by > Dynamed. > > Ms. Vasumathi Sriganesh worked as a hospital librarian and later as a > consumer health librarian in Mumbai, India, during the years 1992-1997, > when Medline was on CD ROM and a little later, when Internet access > entered > the Indian scenario. She discovered that she was good at handling these > resources and also that most doctors were quite so successful. She felt > that there was a need to reach out to a large audience and not only her > library users. > > In 1997, she started off as an independent consultant to help health > professionals use Internet resources. In 1999 she set up QMed Services > as > a consulting organization. She later realized that she not only needed > to > offer help, but needed to do a lot of advocacy to ensure that correct > literature searching, reference management and evidence based health care > needed to be taught and actually included in the medical (and allied > health) curriculum. She set up QMed Knowledge Foundation in 2007, as a > Not for Profit Trust, so that there would be better acceptance of her > recommendations and also her workshops. With the support of five > colleagues, she has conducted more than 100 workshops on literature > searching / searching for evidence. She has delivered an equal number of > short lectures on these topics to promote awareness of the need for such > knowledge. She also offers support authors of Systematic Reviews, by > coordinating with Trial Search Coordinators, and helps the South Asian > Cochrane Network & Centre in her country, with her expertise. > > Having created web-based resource manuals, her next activity is to create > E-Learning modules and also initiate Train the Trainer programs to spread > her programs more quickly, in the country. Her goal is to see that > literature searching skills will be included in the curriculum, and that > strong library support will be available to all health professionals for > the provision of evidence based healthcare in the country. > > Sarah Sutton > > Organising Committee International Clinical Librarians Conference -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Links Document Delivery Service (DDS)
by Dr. Badan Barman 19 Mar '13

19 Mar '13

Respected Froum / Group Members, It become a regular fact that people who made a document request did not receive the document. Day by day people stop sharing for the benefit of others. So, I come with a plan to help the people who are in need of a document and at the same time to strengthen the existing library associations just by sharing a document. *Proposed Step by Step Process for LIS Links Document Delivery Service* *Group Address: http://lislinks.com/group/document-delivery-service-dds * *1. Building Union Collection of Electronic Documents:* We are building union collection of database / e-journals / e-books that are accessible to individual librarians through their institutional subscription. It will only include the collection of those librarians who want to participate in the LIS Links Document Delivery Service. If you are interested kindly join this group (http://lislinks.com/group/document-delivery-service-dds) and include your collection in this form ( https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BBczxocBBVd9ZgvtQLJotrQW7ye2Jif9UYmUEoRT_H… ). *2. Ask for Your Document:* As a librarian if you or any one of your library member feel the need of any kind of document particularly e-book, e-journal, electronic article, that are not accessible from your own institute or you are not subscribed to it, then you can ask for the document here ( https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11sFcxwr8dqR0ptgsaJUYBJ37KwYkPaQkujfFNzLm4Z… ). • Now the moderator will consult the union collection of electronic documents, and send the request to only those who have the access to your requested document. • The sender will send the document to the moderator and in turn moderator will send the document to the people who are in need of it. • Those who will send the article will earn a single credit (for every kind of document a single credit), and the people who will receive it, will owe two credit for a single document. • At the end of the year we will charged the people who owe a credit (one credit is equal to Rs. 50/-). • Those who will earn the credit can use his/her credit to get a document or he/she can cash the credit and donate it to any national level library association of India (excluding the cost of cheque clearance fee / cost of demand draft and postal charge). • Kindly note we are not making a profit and will also take necessary action so that others cannot make a profit out of it. *Note:* I really dont know whether this plan will work or not, but I think we should try it. Kindly provide your constructive criticism on my plan or join me in a test. Thanking you, Yours faithfully Address: Dr. Badan Barman, Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Guwahati-781006, Assam, India *Toll Free Number:* 1800 345 3613 *Phone:* 0361-2234964 / 2235971 / 092070 49493 *Fax:* 0361- 2235398. *Institutional Websites:* http://www.kkhsou.in *Personal Websites:* http://www.lislinks.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Kerala Library Association National Seminar, 12-13 July 2013, Thiruvananthapuram: Registration and First Call for papers
by faisal sl 18 Mar '13

18 Mar '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: 1. Evolving Models of Library and Information Centres in the New Millennium 2. Social Media in Libraries 3. Cloud computing and Libraries 4. Recent Developments in Software applicable to Libraries 5. E-reading and E-Devices 6. Library Designing in the Digital Era 7. Human Resource Development in the Digital context 8. Technology Interfaces for Public Libraries 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… (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 the duly filled form and registration 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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Sharing news about Ms. Sriganesh winning the International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence into Practice Award
by franc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 18 Mar '13

18 Mar '13

Dear Members, Please join me in congratulating Ms. Vasumathi Sriganesh, CEO, QMed Knowledge Foundation. She is winner of the inaugural International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence into Practice Award for 2013. For more details about the award and Ms. Sriganesh's outstanding contributions in bringing evidence into practice in the field of healthcare, pl see the announcement that follows. Congratulations, Ms Sriganesh and may this achievement of yours be an inspiration to the fellow professionals. With best wishes, - Francis JRDTML, IISc Bengaluru > ---------------------------------------- > Subject: Winner announcement: International Clinical Librarian Conference > Evidence into Practice Award* > > Date: Thu, Mar 14, 2013 09:47 > > The International Clinical Librarian Conference organising committee are > proud to announce that Ms Vasumathi Sriganesh is the winner of the > International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence into Practice Award > for 2013. > > The International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence into Practice > Award was established this year, to honour a practising librarian or > informationist who has made outstanding contributions to bringing evidence > into practice in the field of healthcare. The award will coincide with the > meeting, One Health: Information in an Interdependent World. One Health > is an international meeting incorporating MLA 13 and the 11th > International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML), the 7th > International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists > (ICAHIS), > and the 6th International Clinical Librarian Conference (ICLC).**** > > The recipient of the International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence > into Practice Award will receive a certificate at One Health and a cash > award of $500 after the meeting. The cash award is kindly sponsored by > Dynamed. > > Ms. Vasumathi Sriganesh worked as a hospital librarian and later as a > consumer health librarian in Mumbai, India, during the years 1992-1997, > when Medline was on CD ROM and a little later, when Internet access > entered > the Indian scenario. She discovered that she was good at handling these > resources and also that most doctors were quite so successful. She felt > that there was a need to reach out to a large audience and not only her > library users. > > In 1997, she started off as an independent consultant to help health > professionals use Internet resources. In 1999 she set up QMed Services > as > a consulting organization. She later realized that she not only needed to > offer help, but needed to do a lot of advocacy to ensure that correct > literature searching, reference management and evidence based health care > needed to be taught and actually included in the medical (and allied > health) curriculum. She set up QMed Knowledge Foundation in 2007, as a > Not for Profit Trust, so that there would be better acceptance of her > recommendations and also her workshops. With the support of five > colleagues, she has conducted more than 100 workshops on literature > searching / searching for evidence. She has delivered an equal number of > short lectures on these topics to promote awareness of the need for such > knowledge. She also offers support authors of Systematic Reviews, by > coordinating with Trial Search Coordinators, and helps the South Asian > Cochrane Network & Centre in her country, with her expertise. > > Having created web-based resource manuals, her next activity is to create > E-Learning modules and also initiate Train the Trainer programs to spread > her programs more quickly, in the country. Her goal is to see that > literature searching skills will be included in the curriculum, and that > strong library support will be available to all health professionals for > the provision of evidence based healthcare in the country.**** > > Sarah Sutton > > Organising Committee International Clinical Librarians Conference -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IEEE-NIELIT Workshop on Verilog HDL on 6th and 7th April 2013
by Seema A V 18 Mar '13

18 Mar '13

Dear Members, National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Calicut is conducting a workshop on Verilog HDL on 6th and 7th April 2013 Professionals, Faculty & Students from technical Institutions can attend.Details can also be seen on the website http://www.calicut.nielit.in Kindly circulate the attached brochure (http://www.calicut.nielit.in/html/IEEE-NIELIT-Verilog.html) among the staff and students of your technical institution. Seema Asst. Library and Information Officer, NIELIT Calicut. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Endowment Lecture at DLIS, Mysore
by Mailing List Admin 18 Mar '13

18 Mar '13

Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:05:39 +0530 From: N.S. Harinarayana <ns.harinarayana(a)gmail.com> Dear Professional, I am happy to inform you that the Department of Library and Information Science has organized a lecture by *Dr. Douglas W. Oard, *University of Maryland, USA* *on* Beyond the Document: Information Access for Conversational Content *on Tuesday , *the19th March 2013* at *3.30 PM*. This annual lecture is the 10th lecture in the Informatics Endowment Series organized at the Department. Prof. K.S. Rangappa*, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore presides over the function and Sri N.V. Sathyanarayana of Informatics India will grace occasion. You are all cordially invited to the lecture to be held at Seminar Hall, International School of Information Management (ISIM), Manasagangotri, Mysore-570006. For more details you may contact Prof. Khaiser Nikam, Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore 570006. Her Contact details are: khaiser.nikam6(a)gmail.com, Office Phone: 0821 � 2419389, 0821 � 2419390. -- N.S. Harinarayana Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393

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Sharing news about Ms. Sriganesh winning the International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence into Practice Award
by franc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 18 Mar '13

18 Mar '13

Dear Members, Please join me in congratulating Ms. Vasumathi Sriganesh, CEO, QMed Knowledge Foundation. She is winner of the inaugural International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence into Practice Award for 2013. For more details about the award and Ms. Sriganesh's outstanding contributions in bringing evidence into practice in the field of healthcare, pl see the announcement that follows. Congratulations, Ms Sriganesh and may this achievement of yours be an inspiration to the fellow professionals. With best wishes, - Francis JRDTML, IISc Bengaluru > ---------------------------------------- > Subject: Winner announcement: International Clinical Librarian Conference > Evidence into Practice Award* > > * Date: Thu, Mar 14, 2013 09:47* > > ** > > The International Clinical Librarian Conference organising committee are > proud to announce that Ms Vasumathi Sriganesh is the winner of the > International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence into Practice Award > for 2013.**** > > ** ** > > The International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence into Practice > Award was established this year, to honour a practising librarian or > informationist who has made outstanding contributions to bringing evidence > into practice in the field of healthcare. The award will coincide with the > meeting, One Health: Information in an Interdependent World. One Health > is an international meeting incorporating MLA 13 and the 11th > International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML), the 7th > International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (ICAHIS), > and the 6th International Clinical Librarian Conference (ICLC).**** > > **** > > The recipient of the International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence > into Practice Award will receive a certificate at One Health and a cash > award of $500 after the meeting. The cash award is kindly sponsored by > Dynamed.**** > > > ** ** > > Ms. Vasumathi Sriganesh worked as a hospital librarian and later as a > consumer health librarian in Mumbai, India, during the years 1992-1997, > when Medline was on CD ROM and a little later, when Internet access entered > the Indian scenario. She discovered that she was good at handling these > resources and also that most doctors were quite so successful. She felt > that there was a need to reach out to a large audience and not only her > library users. **** > > **** > > In 1997, she started off as an independent consultant to help health > professionals use Internet resources. In 1999 she set up QMed Services as > a consulting organization. She later realized that she not only needed to > offer help, but needed to do a lot of advocacy to ensure that correct > literature searching, reference management and evidence based health care > needed to be taught and actually included in the medical (and allied > health) curriculum. She set up QMed Knowledge Foundation in 2007, as a > Not for Profit Trust, so that there would be better acceptance of her > recommendations and also her workshops. With the support of five > colleagues, she has conducted more than 100 workshops on literature > searching / searching for evidence. She has delivered an equal number of > short lectures on these topics to promote awareness of the need for such > knowledge. She also offers support authors of Systematic Reviews, by > coordinating with Trial Search Coordinators, and helps the South Asian > Cochrane Network & Centre in her country, with her expertise. **** > > **** > > Having created web-based resource manuals, her next activity is to create > E-Learning modules and also initiate Train the Trainer programs to spread > her programs more quickly, in the country. Her goal is to see that > literature searching skills will be included in the curriculum, and that > strong library support will be available to all health professionals for > the provision of evidence based healthcare in the country.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Sarah Sutton**** > > Organising Committee International Clinical Librarians Conference**** > > > > > > -- 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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Peer reviewed journal and referred journal.
by D.V. Patwardhan 18 Mar '13

18 Mar '13

Ref: LIS-FORUM Digest, dt 14th March. This has reference to the Mr.Balesh Kumar (Librarian S. D. College (Lahore) Ambala Cantt.-133 001- Haryana)’s question on “Peer reviewed journal and Referred journal”. A peer reviewed journal is one in which the contents or articles are reviewed by Peers/Experts in thier field before publication. A journal having articles reviewed by peers/experts is called referred journal. Some of the characteristics required for papers to be submitted for academic journals are novelty of the topic, clarity of presentation, error free language, etc. generally Publishers/Editors such as IEEE, ASME, Elsevier, etc. expect papers submitted to them should have very high standard so that editors/publishers can have high impact factor for their journals. As per my knowledge the norms for papers are not uniform for all the publishers. Papers submitted for presention during conferences/seminars do not expect of such a high standard as the orgnisers of events want to receive good number of papers from participants. They desire to encourage new bees. 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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Request for full text article
by Ravi Hullur 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

Dear Professionals, One of our research faculty members required following journal articles, please send this article and help me and our research faculty Thesleff I<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Thesleff%20I%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…>, keränen s<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Ker%C3%A4nen%20S%5BAuthor%5D&cautho…>, jernvall j<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Jernvall%20J%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=tr…> .Enamel knots as signaling centers linking tooth morphogenesis and odontoblast differentiation. Advances in dental research 2001 Aug; 15:14-8. -- ** ***** Regards Ravi Hullur Asst.Librarian KLE University, Belgaum -- 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 Bino jose 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

Dear Sir, Please circulate the following message through LIS Forum;- I would appreciate if any one of you can send me a copy of the following article:- "Geometric Programming; Operations Research Spektrum (Springer); 1981, Vol 2, Issue 3, pp 129-143" With Warm Regards Dr.Bino Jose Chief Librarian XLRI, Jamshedpur Jharkhand State-831 001 India +91-657-6653261 (O) +91-9801444007 (M) +91-657-2227814 (Fax) e-mail: bino.jose(a)xlri.ac.in www.xlri.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Endowment Lecture at DLIS, Mysore
by N.S. Harinarayana 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

Dear Professional, I am happy to inform you that the Department of Library and Information Science has organized a lecture by *Dr. Douglas W. Oard, *University of Maryland, USA* *on* Beyond the Document: Information Access for Conversational Content *on Tuesday , *the19th March 2013* at *3.30 PM*. This annual lecture is the 10th lecture in the Informatics Endowment Series organized at the Department. *Prof. K.S. Rangappa*, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore presides over the function and *Sri N.V. Sathyanarayana * of Informatics India will grace occasion. You are all cordially invited to the lecture to be held at Seminar Hall, International School of Information Management (ISIM), Manasagangotri, Mysore-570006. For more details you may contact *Prof. Khaiser Nikam*, Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore 570006. Her Contact details are: khaiser.nikam6(a)gmail.com, Office Phone: 0821 – 2419389, 0821 – 2419390. -- N.S. Harinarayana Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS - Seminar
by nrusingh dash 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

Good Afternoon Friends, N.C.Autonomous College, Jajpur, Odisha is organizing an U.G.C. Sponsored National Seminar on “Changing Role of Library in Modern Era: Issues & Challenges”. The tentative date of the seminar is 3rd week of April, 2013. Articles are invited on the said theme and related themes; please do send your articles at the following email ids by 1st week of April, 2013. The organizers of the seminar have planned to bring out a proceeding containing the articles, which would be distributed to the participants during the seminar. akbnccollege(a)gmail.com or nrusingh_99(a)yahoo.com thanks with regards n behalf of Librarian N.C. Autonomous College, Jajpur, Odisha for any further query please don't hesitate to ring to 9937149973 (N.K.Dash) / 9437191297 (Mr. Behuria) Nrusingh Kumar Dash Librarian Silicon Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar-24 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Asian Festival of Children's Content registration is open now
by Mailing List Admin 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:55:04 +0530 From: Arora <sushekher(a)gmail.com> Asian Festival of Children�s Content (AFCC) at Singapore 25-30 May 2013 A festival that brings together content creators and producers with parents, teachers, librarians and anyone interested in quality Asian content for children around the world. www.afcc.com.sg Recommended for school librarians Sushma Arora

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Fw: DOAJ reaches new milestones
by Mailing List Admin 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:10:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar <vjkjk(a)yahoo.com> FYI. -----Original Message----- From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the Information Community� On Behalf Of Lotte Jorgensen Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 6:26 PM Subject: DOAJ reaches new milestones March 12th 2013 DOAJ reaches new milestones: We have just completed the transition to a new environment and launched a new platform with integrated functionality for sharing, exporting and enhanced search/browse functionality: at the article level, search results can be filtered by language and publication year� and by license and publication fee; at the journal level, you can filter by subject, by country, by license and by publication fees. These facets will be developed further in the months to come. (Read more about our enhancements on our home page: www.doaj.org <http://www.doaj.org>.) We are also very proud to announce that the DOAJ has reached two important milestones: 1. For the first time since launch in 2003, more than 50% of the � � journals are providing metadata at article level.We will continue to � � work with the 2000+ publishers to increase this figure. 2. More than 1 million articles are now searchable in DOAJ which means � � more than 1 million article-level metadata entriesare available for � � harvesting!We expect this figure to increase significantly in the � � months to come. We continue to work with key stakeholders to agree on and implement new, tighter criteria for the inclusion of journals in the DOAJ: critieria that will address issues of quality and openness, as well as other kinds of information about the journals. We are very excited about these developments and we are grateful for the continued support from the community. We always need more support so we can continue to provide a better service, so please consider contributing: http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=loadTemplate&template=supportDoaj&uiLanguage=… For more information, please contact Lars Bj�rnshauge <mailto:lars@doaj.org>or Dom Mitchell <mailto:dom@doaj.org> The Directory of Open Access Journals is provided by IS4OA <http://www.is4oa.org>in cooperation with SemperTool <http://www.sempertool.dk>. On behalf of the DOAj-team, Lotte Jorgensen Managing Editor

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NACINPORSE 2013 @ TIRUPATI ( ANDHRA PRADESH )
by Mailing List Admin 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:41:20 +0530 From: renukabai ganathe <grbdcn(a)gmail.com> National Conference on Information Products and Services in the E-environment ( NACINPROSE 2013 ) 27-28 April 2013 Organised by Department of Library and Information Science In collaboration with Prof D Chandran Felicitation Committee Venue: Department of Library and Information Science, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 517502 For details, visit http://lislinks.com/events/national-conference-on-information-products-and-… -- Smt G Renuka Bai, w/o Dr D Chandran, Professor, Dept of Library & Inf. Sc., S V University, TIRUPATI 517502 Res : 3-8-301 kummaramitta, Gandhi road, TIRUPATI 517501 PHONE : RES : 0877 5572559 (0)94401 90250

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Central University- Kerala invites Application for Post of Deputy Librarian: A Challenging Position
by Mailing List Admin 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:23:38 +0530 From: Academic Librarians' Association India <academiclibrary(a)gmail.com> Central University of Kerala invites Application for the Post of Deputy Librarian: A Challenging Position Central University of Kerala (CU-Kerala) is one of the 16 Central Universities established under �The Central Universities Act, 2009. It started functioning at Kasaragod the northern region of Kerala. CU-Kerala's Science Schools for Biological, Mathematical and Physical Sciences functions at the Riverside campus at Kanhangad, about 20 kilometres south of Vidyanagar. Kasaragod is the most serene and peaceful region of Kerala, which is considered as the God�s own country. The Village towns, the archaeological monuments, ritual arts like Teyyam, and the houses and office building blending Indo Anglican architecture and the innocent and frank people will be a an experience that we would never have dreamed off. Post: Deputy Librarian: (i) A Master�s Degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation with at least 55% of the marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC seven point scale and a consistently good academic record. (ii) Five years� experience as an Assistant University Librarian/College Librarian (iii) Evidence of innovative library service and organization of published work and professional commitment, computerization of library (iv) Desirable: A M.Phil/Ph.D Degree in Library Science/Information Science/ Documentation/Archives and Manuscript-Keeping/Computerization of Library. We request all professionals fulfilling the above qualifications, who caliber and innovative ideas to compete for the post. It is going to be a rare opportunity, which comes to competent professionals once in a lifetime if it comes to any. The details are available in CU-K Websites *http://www.cukerala.ac.in/posts/256* www.cukerala.ac.in If details are not available you are advised to contact the Registrar. Addresses and telephone numbers will be available at www.cukerala.ac.in Postal Address is: Central University of Kerala, Vidyanagar P O, KASARAGOD - 671 123

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Revised call for papers.
by Mailing List Admin 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:11:08 +0530 From: Kiran Savanur <kiranpsavanur(a)gmail.com> Dear Professional colleagues, This mail is in continuation of my earlier posting of announcing National Seminar on �Scientometric Indicators for Research Assessment� on 29th-30th March 2013 at SDM CET Dharwad. Due to some reasons the conference has been rescheduled and the details of the same is appended below. SECOND NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON �SCIENTOMETRIC AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT� 20th-21st April 2013 at �MANASOLLAS AUDITORIUM, New Guest House� Karnatak University, Dharwad. It is also proposed to felicitate Prof. S. L. Sangam on his superannuation on the first day of the seminar. THEME OF THE SEMINAR: SCIENTOMETRIC AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Sub-Themes - Philosophical foundations of (Biblio /Sciento /Infor/Webo/Techno) metrics - Issues in (Biblio/Sciento/Infor/Webo/Techno) metrics - New developments in Bibliometrics and research assessment - Mathematical foundations of Scientometrics - Collaborative Studies - Mapping of Science - Scientometric portraits - Citation analysis - Bibliometric laws - Obsolescence studies - Ranking of Universities and institutions KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Sub-Themes � Best Practices in Knowledge management � Information and Knowledge management � Knowledge Networks � Digital Libraries � Knowledge mapping. � Meta data harvesting etc. CALL FOR PAPERS: Contributors can send their research papers on any of the sub-themes or any other theme relevant to the main theme of the Seminar. Papers should be sent to: bankapur(a)rediffmail.com and kiranpsavanur(a)gmail.com on or before 31st March 2013. Papers submitted should compulsorily accompanied by the registration fees. GUIDELINES FOR PAPER SUBMISSION: Papers will be considered for publication and/or presentation provided they are submitted according to the guidelines for paper submission.The paper should be adhered to the following guidelines: Papers should be typed in MS Word and texts should be typed in �Cambria� with font size 12 and double-spaced. Headings and subheadings must be in bold font, justified left side. Title should be followed by name, affiliation and address of the author(s) An abstract not more than 250 words should be supplied with the paper. Four to five keywords must be given after the abstract. Size of the paper to be kept within 5000 words. All papers must be accompanied by one passport size colour photograph with a brief CV of author(s). Tables and graphs should be clearly labelled (e.g. Table-1, Figure-1) The references should be provided in accordance with APA style. REGISTRATION FEE: Working Professionals : Rs. 1000/- Research scholars and Students : Rs. 500/- DD may be drawn in favour of �Prof. S.L.Sangam Felicitation Committee�, payable at the Syndicate Bank, Bhootramanhatti Branch, Belagavi�. IFSC Code: SYNB0000552. Please send your duly filled registration form along with the registration fees to the: ORGANISING SECRETARY, Prof.S.L.Sangam Felicitation Committee Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, Rani Channamma University Vidya Sangama, National Highway - 04 Belagavi-591156, Karnataka. For further details you may contact: Dr. S. B. Patil University Librarian, Karnatak University, Dharwad - 580003 Prof. P. V. Konnur Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, Rani Channamma University Vidya Sangama, National Highway - 04 Rani Channamma University Belagavi-591156, Karnataka. e-mail: pvkonnur(a)gmail.com Mobile No. 09449679737 {Note : Those who have already sent their papers / registration fees may please note these changes and comply to the requirements}.

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Asian Festival of Children's Content registration is open now
by Arora 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) at Singapore 25 – 30 May 2013 A festival that brings together content creators and producers with parents, teachers, librarians and anyone interested in quality Asian content for children around the world. www.afcc.com.sg Recommended for school librarians Sushma Arora -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Inaugural Session of the XXIX IATLIS National Conference, DRTC, Bangalore
by Jagtar Singh 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Dear All, The Inaugural Session of the of the XXIX IATLIS National Conference, and the DRTC Golden Jubilee Celebrations will be held on 20 March 2013 at 03.00 pm in the ISI Auditorium, opposite the Guest House, DRTC, Bangalore. All are welcome to join us at the inauguration. The programme schedule will be made available on the spot on 20 March 2013. Warm regards, Jagtar Singh Dr. Jagtar Singh, President, Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) & Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Tel: +91 (0)175 304 6179 (Work) +91 (0)175 228 2727 (Home) Fax: +91 (0)175 228 3073 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Various Librarian Vacancies
by Paramjit Singh 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Various Librarian Vacancies S. No. Description School/Institution Remarks 1 Librarian Alliance World School, C- 54 A, sector-56, Noida, contact: 0120-2589073, 2580920 Interview on March 16th 2013 2 Librarian Hillwoods Academy, Greater Noida ha_grnoida(a)yahoo.com send application within 7 days 3 Asst. Librarian Apeejay School, Faridabad, 0129-2284535 skool.ms.fbd(a)apj.edu Prescribed forms available from school 4 Librarian St Vyas School; BK-1, East Shalimar Bagh,ND-88; 011-27495145, 32925145; stvs1234(a)gmail.com apply by e. mail or by post 5 Librarian Bharti Vidya Niketan Sr. Sec. Public School, A-26, Ranjeet Vihar, Chandar Vihar, Nangloi, Delhi-41, 011-28364224, 9911464726 Walk in Interview 17-03-2013 (10AM-1 PM) 6 Librarian Banasthali Public School, G&H Block, Vikas Puri, ND-18, 011-28543824 Walk in Interview 17-03-2013 (9AM-2PM) 7 Librarian New Era Public School, Sec-24, Dwarka, ND-75; 011-65377223, 65545086 Prescribed forms available from school 8 Librarian (Rs. 9300/- Rs. 34800/- GP Rs. 4600/- Darbarilal Dev Model School, BN Block, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi Prescribed forms Rs. 100/- available from school 9 Librarian Saffron Public School, Ashoka Enclave-II, sec-37, Faridabad -- Thanks & Regards *Paramjit Singh* P *please consider the environment before printing this email !!!* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICDL-2013: Call for Papers
by Nihal Alam 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Dear Moderator: Kindly arrange to announce the following information for the benefit of forum members. Call for Papers International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL 2013) 27-29 November 2013, New Delhi The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is organizing International Conference on Digital libraries (ICDL 2013) during 27-29 November 2013 at New Delhi. The conference will also aim at further strengthen the academic collaboration and strategic alliance in development of DL in the world. Theme of the conference is Vision 2020: Looking back 10 years and forging new frontiers. In recent past TERI had organized three major ICDL conferences during 2004, 2006 and 2010 which were proved to be useful tools to bridge digital divide between developed and developing countries. It was able to create awareness and enthusiasm among the community. Please visit www.teriin.org/events/icdl for further details. Aim: ICDL 2013 is expected to be a major forum focusing on digital libraries and related technologies and issues. This conference would facilitate exchange of ideas and experiences to bridge knowledge gaps in these areas and sustain the knowledge thus gained. It is expected to become a platform to bring together a galaxy of experts, researchers, academics, students, and others. Call for Paper Important dates Submission of full papers 20 July 2013 Notification of acceptance of paper with comments 15 September 2013 Submission of the final paper after incorporating comments 10 October 2013 ICDL 2013 invites original submissions focusing on the theme of the conference— Vision 2020: Looking back 10 years and forging new frontiers. Contributions are invited for conference sessions and tutorials. Topics for contributions (but are not limited to) include the following. • DL development, architecture, and management • Information storage and retrieval • Multi-linguality and interoperability issues • Digital rights management • Digital preservation and access management • DL best practices • E-learning and e-publishing • DL standards and policy • Open archives initiatives • ODOL (Open, distance, and online learning) • Multimedia content • Sustainable DL model • DL service marketing • Digital research libraries • Social media and network analysis • Collaborative knowledge creation • Information quality management • Enterprise 2.0 and collaborative model • Knowledge management business models • Convergence of knowledge management and learning system • Mobile technology and service-oriented architecture • Information and communication model • Knowledge management best practices Paper submission guidelines and date ICDL invites original papers typed on MS Word 2000. The word limit for each paper is 5000 words. All papers should be written in English for acceptance for presentation in the conference. Each submitted paper will be reviewed by a panel of experts and only well-researched and well-written papers will be accepted for presentation. It is expected that all accepted papers will be presented at the conference by the author(s). A few papers shall also be selected for the poster session presentation. The conference proceedings that will be distributed to the participants will include the selected papers (for presentation at the conference) and abstracts (selected for presentation in the poster session). Papers may be submitted either in hard copy format to the ICDL secretariat or online, using the conference website or electronically at < ICDL2013(a)teri.res.in >. For details of paper submission guidelines and submission, visit www.teriin.org/events/icdl. Mailing Address: ICDL 2013 Secretariat The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) India Habitat Centre Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, India Tel: +91 11 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 24682144 Email: ICDL2013(a)teri.res.in Website: www.teriin.org/events/icdl Regards, Nihal Alam RA, TERI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Revised call for papers.
by Kiran Savanur 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Dear Professional colleagues, This mail is in continuation of my earlier posting of announcing National Seminar on “Scientometric Indicators for Research Assessment” on 29th-30th March 2013 at SDM CET Dharwad. Due to some reasons the conference has been rescheduled and the details of the same is appended below. SECOND NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “SCIENTOMETRIC AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT” 20th-21st April 2013 at “MANASOLLAS AUDITORIUM, New Guest House” Karnatak University, Dharwad. It is also proposed to felicitate Prof. S. L. Sangam on his superannuation on the first day of the seminar. THEME OF THE SEMINAR: “SCIENTOMETRIC AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT” Sub-Themes • Philosophical foundations of (Biblio /Sciento /Infor/Webo/Techno) metrics • Issues in (Biblio/Sciento/Infor/Webo/Techno) metrics • New developments in Bibliometrics and research assessment • Mathematical foundations of Scientometrics • Collaborative Studies • Mapping of Science • Scientometric portraits • Citation analysis • Bibliometric laws • Obsolescence studies • Ranking of Universities and institutions KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Sub-Themes · Best Practices in Knowledge management · Information and Knowledge management · Knowledge Networks · Digital Libraries · Knowledge mapping. · Meta data harvesting etc. CALL FOR PAPERS: Contributors can send their research papers on any of the sub-themes or any other theme relevant to the main theme of the Seminar. Papers should be sent to: bankapur(a)rediffmail.com and kiranpsavanur(a)gmail.com on or before 31st March 2013. Papers submitted should compulsorily accompanied by the registration fees. GUIDELINES FOR PAPER SUBMISSION: Papers will be considered for publication and/or presentation provided they are submitted according to the guidelines for paper submission.The paper should be adhered to the following guidelines: Papers should be typed in MS Word and texts should be typed in “Cambria” with font size 12 and double-spaced. Headings and subheadings must be in bold font, justified left side. Title should be followed by name, affiliation and address of the author(s) An abstract not more than 250 words should be supplied with the paper. Four to five keywords must be given after the abstract. Size of the paper to be kept within 5000 words. All papers must be accompanied by one passport size colour photograph with a brief CV of author(s). Tables and graphs should be clearly labelled (e.g. Table-1, Figure-1) The references should be provided in accordance with APA style. REGISTRATION FEE: Working Professionals : Rs. 1000/- Research scholars and Students : Rs. 500/- DD may be drawn in favour of “Prof. S.L.Sangam Felicitation Committee”, payable at the Syndicate Bank, Bhootramanhatti Branch, Belagavi”. IFSC Code: SYNB0000552. Please send your duly filled registration form along with the registration fees to the: ORGANISING SECRETARY, Prof.S.L.Sangam Felicitation Committee Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, Rani Channamma University Vidya Sangama, National Highway - 04 Belagavi-591156, Karnataka. For further details you may contact: Dr. S. B. Patil University Librarian, Karnatak University, Dharwad - 580003 Prof. P. V. Konnur Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, Rani Channamma University Vidya Sangama, National Highway - 04 Rani Channamma University Belagavi-591156, Karnataka. e-mail: pvkonnur(a)gmail.com Mobile No. 09449679737 {Note : Those who have already sent their papers / registration fees may please note these changes and comply to the requirements}. -- 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 reshma rana 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to publish my request for an article on LIS forum. Thanks. Dear Professionals, One of our research scholar needs following article for reference. Agnes Grant *Studies in American Indian Literatures* Series 2, Vol. 6, No. 1, Feminist and Post-Colonial Approaches (Spring 1994), pp. 43-62 Published by: University of Nebraska Press<http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=unp> Article Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/20736781. Regards *Reshma Rana Verma, * *Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute -------------------------------------* *"When there is faith and victory in the mind, success can be gained. If the thoughts are weak, there is defeat."* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article required
by Shyamal Ghosh 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

sir, Required the following article: G. Anand, Rambabu Kodali, (2008) "Benchmarking the benchmarking models", Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 15 Iss: 3, pp.257 - 291 shyamal ghosh -- ******************************************************** *Shyamal Ghosh (**শ্যামল ঘোষ/श्यामल घोष)* *Department of Library & Information Science, Rabindra Bharati University Kolkata - 50 Phone: 9474094073 http://shyamalghosh.wordpress.com/ ********************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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XXIX IATLIS National Conference, 20-22 March 2013
by Jagtar Singh 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Dear contributors, Kindly mail us the PPTs of your papers, your brief CVs, travel plans, and the accommodation requirements. We shall be able to provide accommodation on shared basis only to those contributors and delegates who inform us in advance. If someone suddenly appears at the IATLIS Conference, we won't be able to help. Please take care and let us know if you need accommodation. Reaching DRTC Guest House from the Bangalore airport, railway station, and the bus stand would be the responsibility of the delegates. Please read the conference brochure for instructions on how to reach DRTC. Looking forward to welcome you all at DRTC, Bangalore on 20 March 2013. All the best, Jagtar Singh Dr. Jagtar Singh, President, Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) & Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Tel: +91 (0)175 304 6179 (Work) +91 (0)175 228 2727 (Home) Fax: +91 (0)175 228 3073 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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peer reviewed and referred
by Balesh Kumar 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Please let us know whether there are any set/defined norms for considering/stating a journal 1. referred, 2. peer reviewed journal' as today anybody starts publishing a journal says that it is peer reviewed and referred journal. Balesh Kumar Librarian S. D. College (Lahore) Ambala Cantt.-133 001 (Haryana) (M) 09416073008 -- 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 Harish Y S 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Dear Professionals One of our Faculty member has urgently required the below mentioned article for her research purpose. It would be highly appreciated if anyone can send this article to us. Solid particle erosion of reinforced composite materials Joseph Zahavi∗,Israel Institute of Metals, Technion, Haifa Israel George F. Schmitt Jr. Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories Materials Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433 U.S.A. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0043-1648(81)90337-9, How to Cite or Link Using DOI http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0043164881903379 Wear Volume 71, Issue 2, 8 September 1981, Pages 179–190 -- Regards Harish Y S Librarian National Institute of Engineering, Manandavadi Road, Mysore-8, Mob - +919886384826 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Study on Impact of Social media in librarianship
by Prijith jacob Thomas 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Dear Colleagues, In this era of drastic and dynamic changes we, the library professionals, have to act as a catalyst of information bridging. Our role is changed from the custodian information to information broker or change agent. As the pioneers of the changes in information society we should keep an eye on the minute reflections in the areas of information resources, information access and the marketing of information. We would like to conduct a study regarding the impact of social media in our professional life. For that we designed a questionnaire and posted herewith for your response. Please go through the weblink below and complete the survey based on your own experiences and perceptions. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JKq5hd29bRaqcAlnkwp2LgUorRDXFB_ke8UkzBCIQG… Prijith Jacob Thomas Webpage http://prijithjacob.wordpress.com http://prijith.weebly.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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reply to A Y Asundi LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 120, Issue 10
by Librarian 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Sir, Many times I use to refer NUCSSI. It is very good tool to locate the journals in the library with respected cities. I also made some requests using the NUSSI Portal but unfortunately I did not get any answers from the respected libraries. Regards, Ram Laut Tyagee -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 1:06 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 120, Issue 10 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Article request (Dr. M Tamizhchelvan) 2. Need Article - reg. (Manjunath Ealiger) 3. Article required (Shyamal Ghosh) 4. Job opportunities in PRL- Ahemdabad ( Library Trainees) (Veeru) 5. Request for Article - Clarifications (Ashok Asundi) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 17:08:52 +0530 From: "Dr. M Tamizhchelvan" <tamizhchelvan(a)gmail.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Article request Message-ID: <CANcy5kG+6k5wJXXvTX3PSFmyiRoXQ6v2Xa0N1bocR6hHZvhP1A(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear Friends, One of our faculty wanted the below article appeared in South Asian Studies. It was T&F publications. Please help me out to get this paper. The Ramasvami Temple, Kumbakonam Vivek Nanda, Anna Dallapiccola, George Michell South Asian Studies Vol. 13, Iss. 1, 1997, pages 1-15 with regards M. Tamizhchelvan Deputy Librarian Gandhigram Rural Institute - Deemed University Gandhigram -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job opportunities in PRL- Ahemdabad ( Library Trainees)
by Veeru 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Dear All, *Physical Research Laboratory* *(A Unit Of Dept. Of Space, Govt. Of India)* *Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009 India* *(Advt. No. 03/2013) Date:06/03/2013* * **PRL desires to announce programme for Library Trainees for its Libraries in Ahmedabad (5 Trainees) for one year.* * **Qualification: Graduate + Masters degree in Library Science/ Library and Information Science (60% marks & above). Candidates appearing for final year exams (i.e. of 2013) for Masters degree in Library Science/Library & Information Science may also apply. However, their final selection will be subject to declaration of final year result and meeting the **advertised norms.* *Stipend: Rs.10000/- per month.* *Age limit:* 26 years as on 31/01/2013; relaxation as per GOI rules. (ÆOpportunitiesÆJob vacancies) to register their applications online between 06/03/2013 and 21/03/2013. Applications will be received on-line only. Applications received other than online shall be summarily rejected. Upon registration, applicants will be provided with an on-line Registration Format & Registration Number, which should be carefully preserved for future reference & should not be sent to us unless asked for. Candidates may note that the above position is purely temporary and does not lead to permanent absorption of the candidates in the Laboratory. The candidates will not be treated on par with regular employees of PRL and shall have no right to claim implicit or explicit for their absorption or regularization. Incomplete applications are liable to be rejected. No interim correspondence will be entertained. Candidates, who have already availed/being availing Traineeship at PRL, need not to apply *Candidates may visit our website*: http://www.prl.res.in/~recruit/libtr/advt.php <http://www.prl.res.in> :* http://www.prl.res.in/~recruit/libtr/advt.pdf* <http://www.prl.res.in> <http://www.prl.res.in> -- Thanks and Warm Regards Virupaksh. B. H Library and Information Assistant National Library of India, Kolkata-700027 Email Id: *veerulis(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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National workshop on design and development of digital libraries using Dspace
by Vimal Kumar V. 09 Mar '13

09 Mar '13

Dear Friends, Marian College, Kuttikkanam, Kottayam District, Kerala is organising a two days workshop on Dspace digital library software. Date: March 22-23, 2013 (Friday and Saturday) TARGET PARTICIPANTS Participants of the Workshop are Librarians from Universities, Colleges, Schools, and other Institutions. Library and Information Science students and teaches can also participate in the Workshop. OPERATING PLATFORM & METHODOLOGY Lectures, demonstration, discussions and extensive practical sessions will be available. RESOURCE PERSONS The workshop sessions will be handled by experts from reputed academic institutions. CONVENER Mr Jobin Jose, Librarian, Marian College Kuttikkanam REGISTRATION · A maximum of 30 participants will be permitted. · Admission is on first-come-first-serve basis. · The registration fee: ‘Rs.2000/- (To be paid by Demand Draft in favour of The Principal, Marian College Kuttikkanam payable at Peermade) The Registration fee includes workshop kit, food and accommodation. For Registration please visit www.mariancollege.org or mail to mcklibrary at gmail.com, jobinjobinjo at gmail.com, MARIAN COLLEGE KUTTIKKANAM Founded in 1995 as an Aided College affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Marian College Kuttikkanam epitomizes the educational mission and objectives of the Catholic Diocese of Kanjirapally. The college is situated at Kuttikkanam in idukki district, among the undulating mountain ranges of the Western Ghats offering a beautiful environment conducive to education. High standards of quality are ensured in all pursuits at Marian. As a centre of knowledge generation and empowerment, the College has always taken up new initiatives and new vistas of exploration. Marian is committed to quality education in all dimensions. Marian prepares students to meet the challenges and competition that await them beyond the College walls, and gears them up for career and life. -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.org Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Papers for JLICT, Vol 2, No 1 (Jan to June 2013) ISSN: 2278 –3482
by M. Ram 09 Mar '13

09 Mar '13

Call for Papers for JLICT, Vol 2, No 1 (Jan to June 2013) ISSN: 2278 –3482 The Journal of Library and Information Communication Technology (JLICT) ISSN: 2278 –3482 is a peer-reviewed journal (half yearly) is published by editorial board of JLICT. Journal of Library and Information Communication Technology (JLICT) cover all areas of library science related with ICT. The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence, and will publish: • Original articles in basic and applied research • Case studies • Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) to: jlict2012(a)gmail.com Format for Submission the papers: Font: times new roman, Size: 12 and in single space with linked references (APA Style) as examples are given below: References/Bibliographies: 1. Book: Kidder, T. (1981). The soul of a new machine. Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Frank, R. H., & Bernanke, B. (2007). Principles of macro-economics (3rd ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. 2. Edited Book: Gibbs, J. T., & Huang, L. N. (Eds.). (2001). Children of color: Psychological interventions with culturally diverse youth. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 3. Article/Papers: Ku, G. (2008). Learning to de-escalate: The effects of regret in escalation of commitment. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 105(2), 221-232. Sanchez, D., & King-Toler, E. (2007). Addressing disparities consultation and outreach strategies for university settings. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 59(4), 286-295. 4. Journal article from a subscription database (no DOI): Colvin, G. (2008, July 21). Information worth billions. Fortune, 158(2), 73-79. Retrieved from Business Source Complete, EBSCO. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com 5. Magazine article, in print: Kluger, J. (2008, January 28). Why we love. Time, 171(4), 54-60. 6. Newspaper article, no author, in print: As prices surge, Thailand pitches OPEC-style rice cartel. (2008, May 5). The Wall Street Journal, p. A9. 7. Corporate author, author as publisher, accessed online: Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2000). Tasmanian year book 2000 (No. 1301.6). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Author. Retrieved from http://www.ausstats .abs.gov.au /ausstats/subscriber.nsf /0/CA2568710006989... $File/13016_2000.pdf *The article may be send to the following e-mail address only upto 15th April jlict2012(a)gmail.com Editor in Chief Dr. P. P. Rawat, ,Chief Librarian (Retd), SGPGI, Lucknow (UP) Managing Editors Dr Mange Ram, Dy Librarian (I/C) Central Library, Dayalbagh University, Dayalbagh, Agra Dr Niranjan Singh, Librarian, Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (MHRD), Agra -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Article - Clarifications
by Ashok Asundi 09 Mar '13

09 Mar '13

Dear Librarians, We find several request for articles from Journals are mailed to th LIS-Forum. I understand that many librarians are aware of NUCSSI available for Online search via Web. However for your information; you refer to National Union Catalogue of Scientific Serials (NUCSSI) brought out by NISCAIR is also available for Online search. Its URL is: http://nucssi.niscair.res.in/Search.aspx You can search by Journal, City and Library. It gives the holdings List of the each library for the title/s you searched. You can send an email to the nearest library for the required article. Sometimes the library may not have email facility under the circumstances you can write to the Library to get the article/s I am giving here an example from the recent mail sent to LIS-Forum from the Librarian of the Gandhi Gram Institute. I find a request made by Gandhi Gram Institute for an Article appeared in South Asian Studies, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1997, which is available in two Libraries. 1. Archeological Survey of India, Delhi from Vol, 1, 1986 onwards 2. Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute, Pune. from V1-V13, 1985-97 only Volumes 8 and 10 are missing. NUCSSI has mostly Scientific Serials but sometimes you will find some interdisciplinary subjects too like the above example of South Asian Studies. With best wishes, Prof. A.Y.Asundi # 77 3rd Main Road, Prashantnagar, Bangalore - 560079 # 9980815468, 23287786 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article required
by Shyamal Ghosh 09 Mar '13

09 Mar '13

Required the following article: Whither Library History? A Critical Essayon Black's Model for the Future of Library History, With Some Additional Options *Authors: *Davis, Donald G.; Aho, Jon Arvid *Source:* Library History <http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/lbh>, Number 1, 2001 , pp. 21-37(17) *Publisher: *Maney Publishing <http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney> Send me the following address: sg.libsys(a)gmail.com -- ******************************************************** *Shyamal Ghosh (**শ্যামল ঘোষ/श्यामल घोष)* *Department of Library & Information Science, Rabindra Bharati University Kolkata - 50 Phone: 9474094073 http://shyamalghosh.wordpress.com/ ********************************************************* -- 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 Dr. M Tamizhchelvan 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

Dear Friends, One of our faculty wanted the below article appeared in South Asian Studies. It was T&F publications. Please help me out to get this paper. The Ramasvami Temple, Kumbakonam Vivek Nanda, Anna Dallapiccola, George Michell South Asian Studies Vol. 13, Iss. 1, 1997, pages 1-15 with regards M. Tamizhchelvan Deputy Librarian Gandhigram Rural Institute - Deemed University Gandhigram -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reply to plagiarism and an appeal to all professionals
by Ashok Asundi 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

Dear LIS Professionals, In a feeling of dismay, the way things are going on in our academic circles, especially in the incessant conduct of conferences and seminars and in this context my intension was just bring an improvement in the professional literature generated by our hardworking teachers and practioners. I have been in this profession for the last 4 and a half decades and it becomes my yeomanhood that I uphold the morale of the professionals. So in the moment of consternation of the professional quality I wrote a very strong letter addressed to all professionals through this forum; to our young and senior professionals, and not directing to any single individual. If it has been felt so it is directed to all as an appeal to the entire LIS community including me. In this context if has hurt any of my good friends in the process, I feel very sorry for the same and I once again appeal that it is not directed to any one or more individuals and if it is pointed so in the letter it is only contextual and cannot be taken as personal. The young friends have sought our opinion as a senior professional on the issue, and have given a detailed account of happenings. Since I am not directly concerned with the issue, as I am not involved in the case to evaluate the worthiness of the papers, but I was involved to sit on the judgment. This provoked me to write in detail about the things that are happening and could not be relishing too any serious and senior professional. So my intention is very clear not to hurt and damage the image of any body as I know that they are doing exceedingly well in the profession sometimes better than that I performed. So it is my appeal to forget and forgo the comments and take it as directed to the improvement of the professional scholarship, if they too have a similar intentions. With regards, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for an article
by ddp 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to publish my request for an article on LIS forum. Thanks. Dear Professionals, one of our faculty member needs following article for reference. Ortrun Zuber-Skenitt (1993) "Improving learning and teaching through action learning and action research", Higher education research and development , Vol.12 issue no.1, 1993 ( pages 45-58 ) Journal is Taylor and Francis. kindly send me the soft copy. Regards. D. D. Prdnekar Homi Bhabha Centre For Science Education Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research V. N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd Mumbai 400 088. Te.No. : 022-25072337 / 25072303 E-Mail : library(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in / ddp(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Revised Call for papers to Prof.S.L.Sangam Felicitation Seminar
by Pandurang Konnur 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

*Dear Professional colleagues,* *This is in continuation with the last call letter sent through these forums calling for articles for the National Conference on Scientometrics organised to Felicitate Prof S.L.Sangam on 29th and 30th March. * The Organising Committee felt that March end will be too Busy for all Librarians and decided to postpone the date to 20th and 21st April in Karnatak University Dharwad. Further few more facets also added to the theme of the seminar to fecilitate the Non-Scientometrician Professionals. I request all the professionals and Students of Prof.Sangam to note the changes in the following notification and contribute your papers to the conference. *REVISED CALL FOR PAPERS** * SECOND NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ON *“SCIENTOMETRIC AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT”* 20th-21st April 2013 at “MANASOLLAS AUDITORIUM, New Guest House” *Karnatak University, Dharwad.* * It is also proposed to felicitate Prof. S. L. Sangam on his superannuation on the first day of the seminar.* *THEME OF THE SEMINAR:* *“SCIENTOMETRIC AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT”* *Sub-Themes* • Philosophical foundations of (Biblio /Sciento /Infor/Webo/Techno) metrics • Issues in (Biblio/Sciento/Infor/Webo/Techno) metrics • New developments in Bibliometrics and research assessment • Mathematical foundations of Scientometrics • Collaborative Studies • Mapping of Science • Scientometric portraits • Citation analysis • Bibliometric laws • Obsolescence studies • Ranking of Universities and institutions KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Sub- Themes · .Best Practices in Knowledge management. · Information and Knowledge management · Knowledge Networks. · Digital Libraries · Knowledge mapping. · Meta data harvesting etc. CALL FOR PAPERS: Contributors can send their research papers on any of the sub-themes or any other theme relevant to the main theme of the Seminar. Papers should be sent to: bankapur(a)rediffmail.com and kiranpsavanur(a)gmail.com on or before 30th March 2013. Papers submitted should compulsorily accompanied by the registration fees. *GUIDELINES FOR PAPER SUBMISSION:* Papers will be considered for publication and/or presentation provided they are submitted according to the guidelines for paper submission.The paper should be adhered to the following guidelines: Papers should be typed in MS Word and texts should be typed in “Cambria” with font size 12 and double-spaced. Headings and subheadings must be in bold font, justified left side. Title should be followed by name, affiliation and address of the author(s) An abstract not more than 250 words should be supplied with the paper. Four to five keywords must be given after the abstract. Size of the paper to be kept within 5000 words. All papers must be accompanied by one passport size colour photograph with a brief CV of author(s). Tables and graphs should be clearly labelled (e.g. Table-1, Figure-1) The references should be provided in accordance with APA style. REGISTRATION FEE: Working Professionals : Rs. 1000/- Research scholars and Students : Rs. 500/- DD may be drawn in favour of “Prof. S.L.Sangam Felicitation Committee”, payable at the Syndicate Bank, Bhootramanhatti Branch, Belagavi”. Please send your duly filled registration form along with the registration fees to the: ORGANISING SECRETARY, *Prof.S.L.Sangam Felicitation Committee* Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, Rani Channamma University Vidya Sangama, National Highway - 04 Belagavi-591156, Karnataka. For further details you may contact: *Prof. P. V. Konnur* Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, Rani Channamma University Vidya Sangama, National Highway - 04 Rani Channamma University Belagavi-591156, Karnataka. e-mail: pvkonnur(a)gmail.com Mobile No. 09449679737 -- Dr.P.V.Konnur Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) Professor & Chairman Department of Library & Information Science, Director, School of Applied Sciences & University Librarian Rani Channamma University, Vidhya Sangama, Belgavi – 591 156 Karnataka State, *India* Phone : 91-831-2565215 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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Documentation Officer in Rubber Board-Kerala
by Veeru 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

Dear all, THE RUBBER BOARD *(Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India)* *KOTTAYAM, KERALA* *ADVT.NO.2013-01* *Documentation Officer*- One (01) vacancy (UR). *Scale of pay*: Rs.15600-39100 (PB3) Grade Pay Rs.5400/ *Age*: 40years. *Qualifications:Essential:* (1) Bachelor’s degree in any subject preferably in Science from a recognised University or institution. (2) Master’s degree or equivalent postgraduate qualification in Library and Information Science of arecognised University or institution. (3) Five years experience as Head of a Library or Seven years experience as Assistant Librarian or Ten years experience in a library with high standing, preferably in a Research Institute/University. *Desirable*: Training in Documentation *For more Details visit website*- * http://rubberboard.org.in/appointmentsdisplay.asp* * http://14.139.183.217:9000/Admin/advertisement.jsp* *For online Application* :*www.rubberboard.org.in* -- Thanks and Warm Regards Virupaksh. B. H Library and Information Assistant National Library of India, Kolkata-700027 Email Id: *veerulis(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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Replies to case of Plagiarism and other observations
by Ashok Asundi 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Dear LIS Professionals, Dr. Ananda Doddamani has made an accusation of plagiarism about the paper presented by Dr. Dharanikumar and Dr. B.S.Biradar in the recently concluded 58th ILA International Conference held from 24th to 27th February 2013 in Karnatak University, Dharwad. Dr. Dharanikumar in a rejoinder has written to many senior LIS professionals for their opinion and I have already replied to it as one of the Sr. professionals. In addition I have also made an appeal to all young professionals on the quality of papers and the presentations and on the host of unremitting conferences organised by LIS profession. The text of my observation and experiences of attending these conferences is reproduced below for the knowledge and information of all professionals to ponder over and interospect. Truly yours, Prof. A.Y.Asundi Former Professor and Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science, and Officer in Charge, IT Centre, Bangalore University, Bangalore - 560 056. Cell: 9980815468, 23287786 ashokasundi(a)rediffmail.com, ashok_asundi(a)yahoo.com Dear LIS Professionals, especially our younger generation : I (we) have received a mail from Dr. Dharanikumar, a rejoinder to Dr. Anand Doddamani’s accusation that the former has involved in the act of Plagiarism, referring to the paper presented by Dr. Dharanikumar at the recently concluded 58th ILA International Conference held at Karnatak University, Dharwad, between 24th to 27th February 2013. Incidentally the paper by Dr. Dharanikumar and Dr. B.S.Biradar : “Mobile Alerting Service for Commerce PG Students of Kuvempu University: A Case Study” won the Best Paper Award. I have my own reservations on giving this award to this paper. However I honour the Judge’s decision in this regard. The paper title seems to be generalist only, does specify the context in which the alerting service to the clientele it is directed. A paper by Dr. Anand Doddamani and Dr. Keshav entitled “Cell phones as Powerful Information Delivery Tools in Academic Libraries: An Experiment in Government First Grade College Library, Gudageri”. Here the author at least states it is in the context of Academic Libraries. SMS Mania Both the papers state they are using Way2SMS an SMS service provider. In fact Way2SMS service can be used for any service, how come it is specific to Libraries only? There are also some merits and demerits of these services, and the authors would have highlighted them for the benefit of the Researchers in this area. And there is a set procedure to use these services also which the authors have not detailed. In the Academic Institutions the use of SMS services to alert the students has become very common, regarding, fees, classes, exams and other academic programs of their respective institutions for which the Institution management charges some fees to the student (somewhere around Rs. 1000 to 1500 per student per annum), and that SMS service providers charge fees separately for such bulk SMS services. I am making some specific remarks on your papers and for the guidance of others. In fact the SMS service has been highly commercialized, as one can see their widespread use in TV advertising, in Reality shows ( to vote a best artist) and even in Film Awards. Each one of us experience to receive JUNK SMS on our mobiles which have no relevance or need to our requirements. For instance I am old man, I receive at least 10 SMSs per day on “Beauty care, skin care” and it has become a nuisance for me to delete them. Let me first deal with the contents of the two papers and the lacunae therein. 1. In real sense of using Mobile technology in library services is by using the Mobile for creating a website using the latest web technologies (Android Applications for example). This website will serve as a User Interface for the “to and from” communication between Users and the Library. In this context I give the following Reference of a book which uses the Web-based Mobile technology for Library Services. I was in University of Florida, USA in 2011 where I had an opportunity to go through this book available in the University Library. So I reiterate that using SMS service provider is not specific to library it can be for any service. : Ref: The Anywhere library: Primer for the mobile web. By Courtney Greene, Missy Roser, Elizabeth Ruane and ACRL, Chicago, 2010. Given below is the XHTML Encoding for designing a Website on Mobile: XHTML Mobile 1.1 <?xml version=’1.0’encoding=’UTF-8’?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC’-WAPFORUM/DTD XHTML Mobile 1.1//EN’ ‘http://www.openmobilealliance.org/tech/DTD/xhtml-mobile11.dtd’> <html xmlns=http://www/w3.org/1999/xhtml> <head> <title>Site Name</title> <meta http-equiv=”content-type”content=”application/xhtml+xml”/> <meta http-equiv=”cache-control”content=”max-age=600”/> <link rel=”stylesheet”type=”text/css”href=”mobile.css”/> </head> <body> <H!>My Page Title</H1> All of my exciting content. Also, contact us! <a href=”tel:22961311”>call us at 22961311</a> <a href=”sms:9980815468”>Send SMS to 9980815468</a> </body> </html> XHMTL Basic 1.1 <?xml version=”1.0”encoding=”utf-8”?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC”-//W3C//DTD XHTML Basic 1.1//EN” ‘http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-basic11.dtd”> <html xmlns=”http://www/w3.org/1999/xhtml” xml:lang=”en”> <head> <title>Site Name</title> <meta http-equiv=”content-type”content=”application/xhtml+xml”/> <meta http-equiv=”cache-control”content=”max-age=600”/> <link rel=”stylesheet”type=”text/css”href=”mobile.css”/> </head> The highlighted portion is on library telephone number and mobile number of the user to whom the SMS goes and this has to be authenticated by a written consent from the User of the Library. 2. Secondly, the style of writing Research paper is not correct. One should not use ‘Personal nouns” like “I” “We” in the descriptions of the content. I request you to kindly go through some books on “Writing Research Papers”. I am surprised that the co-authors of both the papers ( Research guides themselves) have failed to notice this, and I suggest that before approving any paper under their joint authorship, the guides must look into these norms and should thoroughly discuss with their Research students as they reflect on their ability to guide students for research. They should stress more on QUALITY but less on QUANTITY. 3. References given at the end of both the papers are not at all relevant to the content and subject of the papers. They seem to be quite casual and ritualistic. Even there is a reference to some idea borrowed by the paper by Dr Doddamani but no reference is given to that statement. 4. Regarding the statistical data presented by both the papers. Dr. Dharanikumar has made some tables. Dr. Doddamani’s paper sans Tables. How one is sure that the authors have administered some sort of questionnaire to collect data. In recent years it is found by me while reviewing some papers for some International Journal that the authors have somehow compiled some hypothetical data without administering the Questionnaire. I wish that the authors of both papers would make available a specimen questionnaire (duly filled in) and that should be the practice in future while presenting the papers. 5. The use of SMS Service provider requires some Registration procedure. None of the papers have made any attempt describe the method of using the SMS Service provider like “Way2SMS” and also should have given some samples SMSs sent by them and response. The Service provider has a practice of sending an enquiry about some lapses in sending the SMS, and the quantum of number of SMSs at time and should have given some sample numbers and the names of the users for verification. How come that so many students have allowed the authors to know their Mobile/Cell numbers, which many consider it is purely private. The Web on mobile will not be constraint as it is users’ wish to seek the information directly from the Library staff. So under the circumstances, it is a matter of relevance of the subject, to get a best paper award, where it is has not used best practice for the serving users. According to me both the papers fall outside the relevance of using Mobile for Library Services. I wish that the researchers especially the younger generation should make thorough study of the applications and find their relevance to Library situations. Recently I met some young professionals and made some suggestions in this context. Let me present my observations on papers submitted and presented in the LIS “Conferences and Seminars” during the last 3-5 years. 1. There is a galore of Conferences and Seminars on LIS – National, International(?????) and so on. In the year 2011 about 350 such LIS conferences and seminars were organized – on the average one conference a day. There is no modes operandi to name the conference “National or International”. The criterion for the name International refers to the mode of technical sessions. Every session of presentation of contributed papers is preceded by a Plenary which is led by an international expert on one of the facets of the Theme of the conference, and it is a usual practice in most International conferences and I have been participant to at least 8-10 of them. 2. The Themes selected for the conferences are highly repetitive and the sub-themes cover everything under the sun. In the year 2012 back to back there were three conferences on “Information Literacy” within a short span. At least half a dozen on “E-resources and Digital Libraries, Open Access”. I have even opportunity to read papers where the libraries have no such cases for instance “Digital Library Consortia” and write papers. 3. Coming to the plagiarism, it is jokingly mentioned once to me the paper is generated out of “Ctl A + Ctl C + Ctl V”. Hope one can understand this computational process. During the last 3-5 years I had an opportunity to be on the Editorial Board of Conference papers and might have gone through about 1000 papers and some I had an opportunity read for my teaching and special lectures. In one case a paper has appeared in three conferences and the author has not presented his/her paper. 4. Once I saw a senior professional has been joint author for at least half a dozen papers in a single conference, either he/she or his/her research students has not come to present the papers (despite being present on the venue). The senior professional has to his/her credit at least 20 papers and has not presented even one. This way he/she add to their CV 20 papers as presented (but not presented) in conferences. Sometimes authors are so busy that they are the part and parcel of the organizing the conference. In an international conference 5. I have by accident came to know that a paper is 100% copied from an LIS Encyclopedia article on “Knowledge Management” and in one paper the entire data on Institutional Repositories is taken from Web from another study including the analysis part. I have come across three papers submitted in three different conferences by two authors, one of them is a Professor of LIS, only the Title is changed and the some additions to Introduction (irrelevant) and the data is identical in all the three papers. If I go on quoting it will be a D.Litt thesis such instances. I have considering the quality of these papers tend to decline to be on the Editorial board of these conference proceedings. Recently in one of the International Conferences (?) I have seen a paper on KO which is patchy taken from a PPT presentation available in Slideshare and some portion is from Wikipedia. The author has not cared to organize it and the same is accepted. If anyone wants to see the evidences I am ready to share them conditionally. 6. Some of the subjects which are of very high tech in nature, some papers on Social Networking, Security, RFID Technology are so technical that they have no relevance to LIS, a paper on Social Networking/Book Marks, Social Media etc. are presented more than once by two authors and have just profiled the SN Sites as given on the web (Copy and Paste). Has anyone worked on the cost benefit analysis of using RFID Technology is the Library. Recently I had a discussion with a Librarian of a reputed Institution, his contention is that, the Institution Management is prepared to spend the amount, so we are not worried. I retorted, is not your duty to discuss on the cost analysis of adopting such technology in your library. He could not answer. The paper on Web and Data Security is highly technical and most of the diagrams are copied from the web. What is the point in writing and acceptance of such papers which are totally irrelevant. 7. I understand that the Vice Chancellors are asking every teacher to organize one conference each in a year. I did not understand the logic and the logistics of organizing the conferences. Instead each teacher should be given a small amount say about Rs. 5000 per annum to collect data from the rural base and also to utilize to publish papers (in a reputed peer reviewed journal). 8. It is found that UGC is insisting on conference volumes should bear ISBN. Is ISBN a quality tag? What is the logic ? ISBN is a tag devised by Book/Publishing Industry for physical inventory (even RFID). 9. In the Refresher/Annual Seminars held at DRTC, each paper should end with a proposition(s) and they were discussed at length. I have had opportunities to attend number of such conferences held in the past. In the Seminar on “Reference Service in Action”, a suggestion was made to design a proforma for recording the reference queries and the discussion on the design of such a proforma lasted for nearly 30 minutes and it was finally approved after a prolonged discussion. I still have the specimen of that proforma the copy of which was sought by a Teacher from Punjabi University. How many teachers teaching Information Sources (reference sources) refer to the Grogan’s Case studies, I think they might have been derived from such an exercise. 10. There are no propositions generated out of the papers presented at the conferences now. No discussion are forthcoming from the present papers. The resolutions and recommendations drafted after the Conclusion of the conference deliberations are drawn much without reference to the papers presented at these conferences. 11. The attendance in the conferences is very poor, even though the number of Registered delegates runs to the extent of 200-300 even more. Most the delegates after Registration go on excursions and never return afterwards. Some times organizers make announcements on issue of certificates only to those who have presented papers, but in most cases it does not work. It is better that Organisers write to the Institutions on such lapses by the Delegates. 12. In a National Conference Celebrating the 100 years of LIS Education, for the Valedictory, which was attended by the Great grandson of Sayyaji Rao Gaekwad, we had hardly 20 registered delegates. We had to seek the presence of LIS Students to make the audience. Each of the technical sessions for presentation of papers list out 10-15 papers when the Chairman of the session takes stock of authors presence, it is less than 5 and once it was such dismal situation that a request was made to a senior professional to make a presentation from his treasure of experience to fill up the gap to kill the time up to the break ( tea or lunch). 13. The conferences will have a gala opening ( with all grandeur) honouring, appreciations, it takes sometimes half a day, and the technical sessions are put on hold and then will follow as ritual. Much importance is entrusted to grand opening ceremonies. 14. The information industry is highly diversifying and it found that the “Product Presentation” are given just a ritualistic slots. It is better that we collaborate with the Industry and make some live presentation to have a better view of the product and their benefits to the service of users. No papers so far have been generated from such collaborations. End note: The controversy of two papers has made me to react on the recent declining quality of LIS literature and no efforts are found to have attempted to link between classical thoughts and recent developments in the profession. I have appended my serious concern on the issues I thought would be seriously considered by the professionals specially youngsters to come out with quality contributions for the better of their self and for the profession as a whole. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainees
by Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Dear All, *Central University of Kerala located at Kasaragod, Kerala needs Library Trainees for its Library. Qualification required: BLISc/MLISc (preferably MLISc). Computer Knowledge is essential. * * * *The selection will be based on practical test and interview. Stipend: Rs. 9000/- per month.* * Training period: One year.* * Those who are interested may attend the walk-in-interview and practical test with all original certificates (and one attested copy) on 20th March 2013 at 10am at the Central University Office at Nayanmarmoola, Kasaragod.* * Contact Phone No. 04994- 255533* -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai *MA; MLISc; PGDEC; PGDCA; DCHN; NET; PhD.* Assistant Librarian & Co-ordinator, NMEICT Nodal Officer, Higher Education Survey Associate Editor, CUK Newsletter Central University of Kerala Vidyanagar P.O. Kasargod, Kerala, India Mob: 09447468586 Blog: www.dineshkoovakkai.blogspot.com Visit our library website at: www.universitylibrarycuk.yolasite.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Phd
by subhash khode 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

I would like to know the candidate who registered for Phd. after July 2009 should stop their phd work if it not acceptable as per UGC rules. Some universities offering some course work for such candidates who awarded the PhD. I also would like know this course work is valid or not. After course work their PhD. will be valid or not. Subhash Khode Mahakal Institute of Technology Ujjain -- 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 Satish S 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

One of our research student is urgent need of the below article, if anyone subscribed for this please send the same. Title -Detection performance analysis for MIMO radar with distributed apertures in Gaussian colored noise Author -Jian Guan and Yong Huang Science in China Series F: Information Sciences Volume 52, Number 9 (2009), 1688-1696, DOI: 10.1007/s11432-009-0139-0 Link- http://springerlink3.metapress.com/content/u1510gl8j27v4161/ With regards... -- SATISH.S MLISc., M.Phil RVCE, BENGALORU. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for Assistant Editors in the Journals’ Editorial team
by sushmita das 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Taylor and Francis Books (I) ltd., is currently looking for Assistant Editors in the Journals’ Editorial team. The job description is as follows: Requirement: * We are looking for candidates with excellent analytical skills, a good working knowledge of English and a fine eye for detail, to work on originality checks for our journals. * The selected candidates will be required to analyse scholarly manuscripts using a text matching software and integrated database of current and archival scholarly literature and report on their findings. * The assistant editors will report to the editor in the Delhi office, who is supported by the UK team. * A good academic background, preferably a post-graduate degree in mathematics, physics or pure sciences is required along with adequate computer skills. * Prior experience of online research and editing preferable. The selection process will include a written test and a face-to-face interview in the Delhi office. Email: careers(a)tandfindia.com. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Institutional Repository ranking 2013-just released
by Madaiah Krishnamurthy 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Dear Professional Colleague, Webometrics institutional repository ranking January 2013just released by ATMIRE, please log on to : https://atmire.com/website/?q=content/webometrics-institutional-repository-… M.Krishnamurthy -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Regarding NET
by pavan gudi 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Dear Members, I want know any body is approached to court to challenge new rules setup by UGC. -- Pavankumar Gudi Librarian, Seshadripuram First Grade College Yelahanka New Town, Bangalore - 560064 www.sfgc.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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