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Opening of Library Trainee positions at the Resource Centre, DA-IICT Gandhinagar, Gujarat
by Suresh Balutagi 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

Dear Colleagues, Kindly bring the following announcement to the notice of interested candidates and also request you to recommend potential candidates. ---------------------------------- Subject: Opening of Library Trainee positions at the Resource Centre, DA-IICT Gandhinagar, Gujarat The Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information & Communication Technology (DA-IICT) at Gandhinagar http://www.daiict.ac.in/ is looking for young, enthusiastic, dynamic and fresh graduates with minimum First Class in Masters in Library and Information Science to work as 'Library Trainees' for its Resource Centre (Library). Duration of the Training is for a period of one year and selected trainees gets a fixed stipend of Rs.10,000/- per month with no other facilities/benefits, excepting casual leave. Accommodation in student’s hostel on the campus on payment basis will be provided, subject to availability. The Resource Centre http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/ has fully computerized in-house operations and services and provides access to wide variety of digital collection, catering to the needs of the Faculty, Staff and Students. Several new initiatives are being taken from time to time to make this library as one of the leading and resource libraries in the area of ICT in the country. It is a part of regional & national consortia and actively participates in the resource sharing activities. The Resource Centre is kept open till mid night on all working days during the semester and is open on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays. Selected trainees will require to work during these extended hours on rotation basis along with other staff members. Nature of Traineeship: Trainees will be provided with an opportunity to work in different sections of the Resource Centre and learn the modern library management techniques and web based services. The Resource Centre provides a highly professional working & learning environment. The selected candidates will have ample of opportunities to work and learn on emerging IT tools and technologies. Date for Written Test & Interview: 16th July, 2011 (Saturday) at 10.00am Venue for written test and Interview: DA-IICT Campus, Near Indroda Circle, Gandhinagar 382 007, Gujarat Address for sending the application: Please send your application to hr(a)daiict.ac.in (Head, HR & Admin, DA-IICT, Gandhinagar 382 007, Gujarat Tel: 079-30510551, 30510591) The interested candidates who meet the above mentioned basic requirements may send in their application with CV at the above address and directly come for the written test and interview on 16th July, 2011 (Saturday). Candidates are requested to bring with them the documents in support of date of birth and qualifications, and experiences, if any. ---------------------------- Thanks & Regards Dr. T S Kumbar Librarian Resource Centre DA-IICT Gandhinagar 382 007 Tel: 079-30510550 Email: ts_kumbar@daiict.ac.in------------------------------------------------------------------- Suresh Balutagi Resource CentreDA-IICT, Gandhinagar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Guidance please
by veeresh hiremath 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

Dear professionals, We plan to migrate from our inhouse software which is in VB and SQL to e-granthalaya(e-g) for automating our library activities. The modules appear to be good in e-g. I herewith invite suggestions and guidance from my professional colleagues for the same from all of you who are already using the same for your library activities. Regards Veeresh C. Hiremath -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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J-Gate Newsletter - July Issue
by Sumitha 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

Dear All We have pleasure in inviting you to click the below link to access the 3rd Volume (Issue 7) of J-Gate Newsletter. http://www.informindia.co.in/iil_newsletter.htm Awaiting your valuable feedback & suggestion. Thanking You, Sumitha Mani Informatics (India) Limited Phone: +91 - 80 - 40387777 sumitha(a)informindia.co.in <http://in.mc1374.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sumitha@informindia.co.in> www.informindia.co.in <http://www.informindia.co.in/> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of Deputy Librarian @ SREE SANKARACHARYA UNIVERSITY OF SANSKRIT
by Mailing List Admin 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 12:34:33 +0530 (IST) From: Rajan Kumar <rajankumarlibsc(a)yahoo.in> Dear Sir, � Please post this message in your forum. � Applications in the prescribed format are invited from the qualified hands for regular appointment to the Post of Deputy Librarian in SREE SANKARACHARYA UNIVERSITY OF SANSKRIT � for more details click the link given below � http://www.ssus.ac.in/images/tender/dl.pdf

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Recruitment of Project Assistant
by shikha＠isical.ac.in 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

Dear Moderator, Kindly post this message in the LIS-Forum. A Walk-in-interview will be held on 13 July, 2011 at 11.30 a.m.in Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata for recruitment of 1(one)purely temporary Project Assistant to work full time in the internally funded project entitled Reclassification of books under Sociology in the Library, Documentation and Information Science Division of the Institute. Qualification : Essential: A consistently good academic record with Masters degree in Library & Information Science or its equivalent from a recognized University/Institute. Desirable: Familiarity with LibSys. Pay : Rs.11,700/- per month (Rs.9,000/- plus HRA as per ISI rules) Tenure of appointment : The appointment will be offered up to 31 March 2012. Age : Should not exceed 35 years as on 01 July 2011 with usual relaxation for SC/ST/OBC/Women and Physically Handicapped and Extraordinary candidates. Candidates appearing for the interview are required to bring with them an application with full resume addressed to the Director, Indian Statistical Institute along with all original and attested copies of relevant documents/testimonials. Candidates are also requested to send one copy resume to shikha(a)isical.ac.in in advance of the interview. They will have to report at the Office of the Library, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T.Road, Kolkata 700108 on the day of interview half an hour before the time mentioned above. Shikha Bhowmik Indian Statistical Institute,Kolkata This mail is scanned by Ironport -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Peter Suber on OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

Friends: Richard Poynder has recently interviewed Prof. Peter Suber. And Prof. Stevan Harnad has commented on it. Subbiah Arunachalam ******** Peter Suber: Leader of a Leaderless Revolution The July/August issue of Information Today has published an interview I did recently with Peter Suber, the de facto leader of the Open Access (OA) movement. The interview is available onlinehere. Below are a few quotes taken from the interview. On why OA is necessary: “Authors need OA to reach all the readers who could build on their work, apply it, extend it, cite it, or make use of it. Readers need OA to find and retrieve everything they need to read and to allow their software prosthetics to process everything they need to process. “OA doesn’t merely share knowledge. It accelerates research by helping authors and readers find one another. It’s compatible with intermediaries but not with intermediaries who erect access barriers to keep authors and readers apart. “Basically we need it to solve a serious access problem hindering researchers both as authors and as readers. But we also need it to seize beautiful opportunities offered by the internet, especially the opportunity to distribute perfect copies of arbitrary files to a worldwide audience at zero marginal cost.” On the current situation with regard to Green OA: “To me, there’s no single finish line for OA. But we’re rapidly approaching the point where green OA is the default for new research articles, even if it coexists with TA [toll access, or subscription access] from conventional journals. Green OA is already the default for physics worldwide, and for medicine in North America, for different reasons. “The pace of progress varies from field to field and country to country, but the direction of progress is the same everywhere. The curve is up everywhere. And the reason is the same nearly everywhere, namely, the rise of strong green OA policies at funding agencies and universities. Some policies are weak and have little effect, but the spread of strong policies is definitely enlarging the worldwide volume of OA research.” On the current situation with regard to Gold OA: “We’re making progress here as well. The number of peer-reviewed OA journals is growing fast, both among new journals and established journals converting from TA to OA. There are more OA journals making profits or surpluses. There are more OA journals earning reputations for high quality, high impact, and high prestige. “There are more experiments with different business models for OA journals in different niches and more recognition that there are many different business models to experiment with. There are more universities and funding agencies willing to pay publication fees at fee-based OA journals—and significantly, these numbers are growing even in a deep recession. “There’s more recognition that supporting OA journals is an investment in a superior way to support research, researchers, research institutions, and peer review. More OA journals are documenting that their conversion to OA increased their submissions and citation impact. “The growing number of conversions from TA to OA suggests to me that small and medium-sized publishers are starting to see OA less as a threat and more as a survival strategy. The big deals are soaking up library budgets, library budgets are flat or declining, and journals excluded from the big deals have little future under the subscription model. “In fact, I see a growing recognition that the subscription model itself is unsustainable in a world in which the volume of published knowledge grows rapidly, and subscription prices grow faster than library budgets and inflation. “I see more funding agencies and governments—not just libraries and universities coming to the conclusion that price barriers to this critically useful literature create harmful access gaps and undermine the public investment in research and peer review. These institutions have long been committed to green OA, but they’re increasing their commitment to gold OA as well.” Suber’s message to publishers holding out against OA, especially those lobbying against self-archiving mandates: “I’d argue that they should accept the legitimacy of mandating OA for publicly funded research and focus their objections on the length of the permissible embargo. If they don’t, they’re putting their private interest ahead of the public interest and demanding that public agencies do the same. “If they don’t object to green OA mandates for publicly funded research and merely resist the idea of converting to gold OA themselves, then I have no objection. But I’d urge them to allow author-initiated green OA. I’d urge them to study the gold OA publishers who are paying their bills and making profits and study the real sustainability of the subscription business model in a world of rapidly growing research and flat or shrinking library budgets. But the choice is theirs, and I’ve never wanted government policy to go beyond regulating grantees to regulating publishers. “For me, the pitch to subscription-based publishers is fourfold. First, permit green OA. Second, study gold OA. Third, don’t stand in the way as public agencies act in the public interest. Fourth, don’t stand in the way as researchers and research institutions act in the interests of research.” On whether the PLoS ONE peer review model will become the dominant one for scholarly journals: “PLoS ONE is a significant model for a peer-reviewed journal, even against the background of other peer-reviewed OA journals. The rapid growth of PLoS ONE imitators is a significant development in journal publishing overall, especially in light of the fact that some of the publishers with PLoS ONE clones were formerly harsh critics of the PLoS ONE model. “In any science where there is some professional consensus on methodology, it makes sense to separate methodological soundness from significance and to focus prepublication review on soundness. To try to cover significance as well as soundness increases the time and cost of peer review and introduces a subjective element into editorial judgment. “Significance is better judged by the entire community in open discussion after publication than by a few referees in private before publication. The stakes are higher than they might appear, since the longer prepublication review takes, the longer we must wait for the peer-reviewed article to become OA. “The model will spread because it’s less expensive than traditional peer review. It may even have originated because it’s less expensive than traditional peer review. I appreciate the need to save money, especially at OA journals. But my own view is that the cost reduction is a weaker argument in its favor than its speed and focus on questions amenable to scientific judgment. “As with any kind of peer review, it can be done badly. But I don’t worry that it means the end of rigor. We can judge methodological soundness with more rigor than we can judge significance, at least in those fields where there is professional consensus on method. The idea that postponing judgments of significance will reduce rigor is nuts. Where we find lapses of rigor, therefore, we can’t attribute them to the model itself but only to its implementation. “I agree with Stuart Shieber that the PLoS ONE model is bringing some high-prestige publishers to the world of gold OA, which will increase the number of high-prestige OA titles. I also agree that the number of new PLoS ONE clones will increase competition for authors, which will tend to improve terms, for example, with lower publication fees and less restrictive licenses. “I also agree with Phil Davis that if PLoS continues to grant fee waivers no-questions-asked, and if the new PLoS ONE clones don’t, then PLoS could see a steady rise in the number of indigent authors, subtracting any savings it might currently realize from the model. I don’t see a good solution to this problem, except to make the case that all fee-based OA journals, including the new clones, should offer fee waivers in cases of economic hardship. But I don’t expect that argument to carry much weight with publishers who want to maximize profits and minimize the financial stability of a rival.” On whether OA will prove to be a cheaper way of publishing scholarly papers than the traditional subscription model: “There are good reasons to think that OA publishing costs less, and will continue to cost less, than TA publishing at the same level of quality. There are several studies suggesting this. “However, there are also those who dispute the conclusion, generally without evidence or with misleading evidence, such as the experience of behemoth publishers with legacy overhead from the age of print and subscriptions. I’m happy to leave it an empirical question and wait for more decisive data to emerge. But my hypothesis based on present evidence is that OA publishing will cost less.” There is much more in the 9,000-word interview, which is available in full here. Labels: Gold OA, Green OA, Mandates, Open Access, Peter Suber POSTED BY RICHARD POYNDER AT 15:20 1 COMMENTS: Stevan Harnad said... EMBARGOES, PEER REVIEW AND POT LUCK Congratulations to Richard Poynder for another timely, incisive and insightful OA interview. And heartfelt admiration and gratitude to the undisputed leader of the leaderless OA revolution, Peter Suber! …Which doesn't prevent me from mentioning two minor strategic matters! (1) It is a good idea to recommend that non-Green publishers channel any opposition or apprehension they may have concerning OA or Green OA self-archiving mandates into embargoing Green OA self-archiving instead of lobbying against Green OA self-archiving mandates, as Peter recommends. But I don't think it's a good idea to encourage Green OA publishers like Springer (or Elsevier, or APS or any of the other 60% of publishers who are already Green on immediate, unembargoed Green OA self-archiving) to backslide into embargoes rather than lobby against Green OA self-archiving mandates! Let those publishers who wish to lobby against Green OA self-archiving mandates do so, if they wish. The benefits -- to research, researchers, their institutions, their funders, the R&D industry, students, and the tax-paying public -- are so overwhelming that lobbying against Green OA mandates is extremely unlikely to be successful, especially regarding institutional mandates. For whereas not all research is funded, virtually all of it, funded and unfunded, originates from universities and research institutions. Anti-mandate lobbying has had some success in delaying the adoption of Green OA self-archiving mandates at the government funder level, but it has no leverage at the institutional level. (2) The broad-spectrum, low-selectivity pass/fail mega-journalcertainly has a potential niche today (whether OA or non-OA), but not only is that not the only way, the best way, or the most economical way for researchers to provide OA for their articles (Green OA self-archiving is), but it does not provide the level ofquality control that the users of the top journals in each field need and depend on: Deferring that for "postpublication" peer review is not only the equivalent of embargoing it (and with a much less certain outcome), but it deprives authors of the level of immediate scrutiny and feedback that they expect and need from today's top journals, while also depriving users of the immediate indicators of a paper's quality level. The immediate purpose of OA is to free the entire hierarchy of peer reviewed journals, such as they are, from access-barriers for all potential users: the purpose is not to flatten the peer review quality hierarchy and wait for pot-luck thereafter! Stevan Harnad EnablingOpenScholarship JULY 01, 2011 7:25 PM POST A COMMENT -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Requesting School Library collection list
by prathima ramesh 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

Dear professionals, I am a Public ( CBSE) School librarian and our school will be starting 11th and 12th (pre- University) classes next year. I have to purchase books in the field of Science and Commerce. So I request the librarians in the same stream to send me list of books with other bibliographic details of their library collection in the above fields so that it will be helpful for me to do my collection development. Thanks and Regards Prathima Ramesh Librarian Prodigy Public School, Pune e- mail: prathiramlis(a)yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Assistant Librarian job at Central University of Karnataka
by Veeru 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

Dear Professionals, *Central University of Karnataka (CUK) 2nd Floor, Karya Soaudha, Gulbarga University Campus, Gulbarga - 585106 * *ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN-01* Pay Band : ` 15600-39100 (Academic Grade Pay ` 6,000/-) Minimum Qualifications: i. Master’s Degree in Library Science/Information Science/ Documentation Science or an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and a consistently Good Academic Record with knowledge of computerization of Library. ii. Qualifying in the National Level Test conducted for the purpose by the UGC or any other agency approved by the UGC. iii. However, candidates, who are, or have been awarded Ph.D. degree in accordance with the “University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of Ph.D. Degree), Regulations 2009, shall be exempted from the requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of NET/SLET/SET for recruitment and appointment of University Assistant Director of Physical Education / College Director of Physical Education & Sports. Age limit for direct recruits: 35 years *For more details vistit website:* * http://www.cuk.ac.in/Notification%20July-2011/Genl.%20Info.%20Non-Teaching.… * * http://www.cuk.ac.in/Emp.html* -- *with regards Virupaksh BH National Library of India Kolkata. * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congrats! Dr. Chaitali Dutta, DLIS, Jadavpur University for becoming President, WBBSE
by Puna Das 02 Jul '11

02 Jul '11

Dear My Professional Colleagues I am pleased to inform you that Dr. Chaitali Dutta of Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University is becoming the next President of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE). This is a matter of pride to all LIS Professionals in India. Hearty Congratulations to Dr. Chaitali Dutta, DLIS, Jadavpur University for becoming President, WBBSE!!! With Best Regards Anup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kerala Govt Order on WRITING-OFF LOST BOOKS IN LIBRARIES
by tkmit library 02 Jul '11

02 Jul '11

Dear All Kerala govt has issued an order on WRITING-OFF LOST BOOKS IN GOVT INSTITUTE LIBRARIES some times back. If any one has the order kindly mail me. Its very urgent. Regards Research Librarian TKMIT -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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25, 000 e-journals, one database, one gateway for access
by Soji Mathew 02 Jul '11

02 Jul '11

J-Gate has a set a global record and continues to maintain this record as the single largest gateway for access journal literature from 25,000+ e-Journals in English language. The 25,000th title - BMIF Journal (Mathematics, Informatics, Physics Series - Bulletin of PG University of Ploiesti) - was added last month. This is a peer-reviewed journal published from Romania since 60 years, by the PG University Ploiesti Publishing House. The publisher has now made available six year's content (2006 onwards) of the journal for open access. The current total of J-Gate journal listing is 25,150 journals and 223 lakhs articles covering all disciplines. J-Gate is updated daily. Informatics takes pride in the fact that it has developed the world's largest e-Journal database. J-Gate is available in seven subsets and in customizable version for any library or group of libraries. For more information about J-Gate, please contact: Ms. Naveena H Acharya Coordinator POI Email: naveena.acharya(a)informindia.co.in Phone: (080) 4038 7777 Extn: 1010 Regards, Soji Mathew -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two-Year Training Programme in Graduate Trainee(Library). Last Date:08.07.2011
by shashi jena 02 Jul '11

02 Jul '11

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS Advertisement No. IITM/R/3/2011 Dated 19.06.2011 INSTRUCTION TO THE CANDIDATES Number of Trainees: 8 (Reservations will apply as per rules) Educational qualification: PG degree in Library & Information Science (LIS) from any recognized University, with a minimum of 55% marks Eligibility Criteria: Upper age limit is 28 years for UR, 31 years for OBC and 33 years for SC/ST candidates as on last date for receipt of completed application i.e.08.07.2011. Candidates belonging to OBC (non-creamy layer)/SC/ST submit relevant certificate issued by the competent authority in the prescribed format. Those do not submit the required certificate will be treated under General Category, subject to fulfillment of other conditions. Those who have appeared M.L.I.S examination and awaiting result can also apply. Desirable Qualifications: Knowledge of data processing is desirable. Method of selection: Short-listed candidates will be called for test-cum-interview. SC/ST outstation candidates who appear for test are eligible for second class railway fare or actual bus fare to and from Chennai by shortest route as per rules. The Institute reserves the right to select or not to select the candidates for training programme advertised and mere fulfillment of qualifications laid down does not entitle a candidate to be called for test. Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification. Stipend: The selected candidates are eligible for a monthly stipend of Rs.8000/- p.m. (consolidated) for two years. No accommodation or any other facilities are admissible during the training programme. On-Job-training: Training will be imparted on batch system between 0800 hrs and 2400 hrs. They should be prepared to do the physical work of shifting of books and maintenance of book stacks etc. Method of submission of application: The candidate must submit the duly filled in application in the standard proforma (up loaded in www.iitm.ac.in under the link “Notices-Training and Continuing Education Programme” along with a crossed demand draft to the value of Rs.100/- drawn in favour of “IIT Madras” (no fee for SC/ST/PD candidates) as application fee. The application fee will not be refunded under any circumstances. The last date for receipt of completed application is 08.07.2011. Completed application form along with photocopies of Educational Certificates from SSLC onwards, Community Certificate (in the case of SC/ST/OBC) and crossed demand draft to the value of Rs.100/- should be sent to the Librarian, Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600 036 indicating on top of the envelop “Application for Two-year Graduate Training Programme”. Applications should be sent by speed post. Hand delivery or delivery by courier/ordinary post should be avoided. Incomplete applications/applications not submitted in the prescribed form/applications received through email/applications received after the due date and those not accompanied by copies of certificates for proof of age, educational qualification and experience, if any will be summarily rejected. Registrar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Available: Books for donation
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Dear Friends A friend of mine has a collection of nearly 250 books dealing with Korean Language & literature, Learning and teaching the language, Korean Studies etc. These books are in Hyderabad and the owner, retired senior citizen, is interested in donating them. Anyone interested? Please write to me. Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278.My blog: http://vyasa-kaaranam-ketkadey.blogspot.com/ Thanks for everyone who took any pains to create awareness about Elder Abuse! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SALIS 2011 - National Conference - Announcement - NEC & SALIS
by Arunachalam Hariharan 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

SALIS 2011 NATIONAL CONFERENCE on NETWORKING OF LIBRARIES, RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGIES AND USERS IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY October 13, 2011 : Pre-Conference Tutorial October 14-15, 2011 : Main Conference Organized by Central Library NATIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE Kovilpatti – 628 503 Jointly with Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) Venue: NATIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE (An Autonomous Institution) K.R.Nagar, Kovilpatti – 628 503. Thoothukudi DT, Tamil Nadu. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE AND OBJECTIVES Networking of Libraries, Resources, Technologies and Users in the Knowledge Society Libraries are undergoing tremendous changes worldwide in the recent past due to various factors such as globalization of education, ICT revolution, information explosion, escalation of cost, etc. The expectations of the present day users from the library and LIS professionals are changing enormously. Knowledge resources are being made available in many formats, media and standards. LIS professionals need to acquire many skills to know about various knowledge resources and also to acquire, organize, store, retrieve, and disseminate the resources using various modern IT tools and techniques. It is impossible for any library to acquire all the published documents, technologies and expertise due to various constraints to provide access to the users. Networking of libraries, institutions and resources are paramount important in the knowledge era to share not only the resources but also expertise, experience and best practices among institutions and professionals. OBJECTIVES The objective of the National Conference is to provide a platform to the professionals to explore, discuss, debate and share ideas and knowledge in the following areas of the conference themes among professionals To network the Libraries for resource sharing To empower the users in the knowledge society To sensitize the Librarians to deliver the user-oriented services in the knowledge society To connect the right users to the right resources To know more about the knowledge resources, technologies, tools and techniques for sharing the resources To discuss, debate and exchange the knowledge and ideas towards redefining the Library and Library services in the knowledge society A platform for the practicing Librarians to know about the users' expectations and requirements in the knowledge society ABOUT THE THEMES Papers are invited for presentation in the following sub-themes conformance with the main theme. Original case studies and reports on best practices will be appreciated. The given sub-themes are only indicative and not exhaustive. 1.Users' expectations, requirements, studies and behaviour in the Knowledge Society 2.Knowledge Resources and collection building and organisation 3.Connecting the right users to the right resources 4.Knowledge Resource sharing among Libraries: e-resources, models, consortia, cost- benefit, limitations, key players, etc 5.Digital Libraries: standards, software, initiatives, Knowledge / Institutional Repositories/Archives, case studies, preservation 6.Open Access Initiatives (OAI) - Open Source tools and technologies for sharing knowledge and dissemination 7.Technology implementation for networking institutions, resources and users – standards, Internet, web tools, etc.. 8.Marketing and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) 9.IPR and Copyright issues in sharing knowledge resources 10.Information Literacy, LIS Education and Human Resource Management INVITED PAPERS Each session will focus on a specific emerging topic with special keynote address by subject experts from various reputed institutions across the country. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Authors are requested to submit two hard copies of full papers and a soft copy on CD as per the specifications: format: MS-WORD, font: Times New Roman, size: 12, space: 1.5 Line, paper size: A4, column: single, reference style: APA style, keyword: 2-5 words, abstract: 100 - 200 words, full paper length: 3 to 8 pages in camera-ready form along with the Registration Fee. Charts, graphs, photographs if absolutely essential only any be inserted at the proper place in the paper. Maximum of three authors only can contribute a paper. An author can send maximum two papers only. Papers will be accepted only if it is prepared as per the conference specifications and with registration fee. A declaration by the author(s) should be given separately stating that the paper has not been presented / published elsewhere. Papers accepted for presentation will be intimated to the first author by e-mail. The decision of the editorial committee regarding the acceptance of the paper for presentation will be final. Last date for submission of Papers : 13.09.2011 Last date for Registration : 07.10.2011 PRE - CONFERENCE TUTORIAL Topic : Social Networking Tools Date : 13th October 2011 PANEL DISCUSSION Topic : Next Generation users' expectations Date : 15th October 2011 at 04.00 p.m. REGISTRATION FEES Programme Individual Deputed Conference & Tutorial Rs. 1000.00 Rs. 2000.00 Conference Rs. 800.00 Rs. 1500.00 Tutorial Rs. 600.00 Rs. 800.00 25% concession will be given to regular students in the registration fee. Non-member has to pay Rs. 100/- extra. The Registration fees may be paid through D.D. in favour of The Principal, National Engineering College payable at K.R.Nagar,Kovilpatti and addressed to the Organizing Secretary. Best paper Awards: Best paper awards for the students and working professionals will be given separately for the best paper published and presented in the conference. Good quality papers presented in the conference maybe considered for publication in SALIS Journals. Conference website: All the announcements about the conference will be made available in the conference website only @ www.nec.edu.in and also at: http://autolib-india.net/salis Participants are requested to visit the conference site regularly to know about the progress of the conference. NATIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE (NEC) National Engineering College was established in the year 1984 by a renowned philanthropist Kalvithanthai Thiru. K. Ramasamy, and is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to Anna University of Technology, Tirunelveli. The college is accredited by NBA, New Delhi. NEC offers six undergraduate and seven postgraduate courses in Engineering, Technology, Research and Doctoral programme in various departments. It has the state-of-the-art laboratories, a well-stocked Library and the best computing facilities besides well qualified and experienced faculty. Since its inception NEC has achieved national standing in terms of academic performance, co-curricular and extra curricular activities and also in its growth and commitment to social service. The standard of excellence of our teaching is reflected in the success of our students in industry both in India and abroad. CENTRAL LIBRARY Central Library is the Learning Resource Centre which acts as the knowledge hub for the academic activities of our institution with a mission to provide knowledge gateway to the user community with the state of the art technologies. A fully air-conditioned modern Library building is housed in an area of around 29585.68 sq.ft. An e - Library is equipped with the 2 mbps broad band Internet, 20 mbps leased Line connectivity and 2 mbps wireless (RF) connectivity for the users. All the library services have been automated on modern line. Library is enabled with wi-fi technology and security systems with Closed Circuit Television System (CCTV). SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (SALIS) SALIS is a registered professional body, which actively involves in the development of all spheres of Library and Information Science by organizing various programmes such as seminar, lectures, training programs, conferences, etc., on emerging areas. It has many chapters across the country to provide services in the respective regions. One of the objectives of SALIS is to train the LIS professionals to handle the latest IT tools and techniques more effectively and efficiently in order to provide quality based services. SALIS publishes journals, books, newsletter to disseminate latest information to the professionals. SALIS instituted many awards to encourage the LIS professionals. ABOUT KOVILPATTI National Engineering College is located on the Kovilpatti – Tirunelveli National Highway (NH7), 4 km south of Kovilpatti - a town well connected by road and rail. The airport at Madurai is 90 km from NEC. Kovilpatti is surrounded by a lot of entertainments, historical and spiritual places such as Courtallam Falls, Nellai Gandhiamman temple, Tiruchendur Murugan temple, Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple, Pathmanathapuram Palace, Rameswaram, and Vivekananda Rock at Kanyakumari. Chief Patron Kalvithanthai. Thiru. K. Ramasamy, Chairman, NEC Patron Thiru.K.R. Arunachalam, Member, Managing Committee, NEC Co-Patrons Dr. Kn. K.S.K. Chockalingam, Director, NEC Dr. P. Subburaj, Principal, NEC Convener Dr. S. Tamil Selvi, Officer in Library, Professor / ECE, NEC Organizing Secretary Mr. K. Karunai Raghavan, Librarian, NEC Conference Director Dr. S. Surianarayanan, President, SALIS National Advisory Committee Dr. S. Ally Sornam, Head, Asso.Prof., PG&RDLIS, Bishop Heber College, Trichy Dr. K. Chinnasamy, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai Dr. J. Dominic, Karunya University, Coimbatore Dr. S. Elavazhagan, Head, LIS, Goethe-Institute, Chennai Dr. A. Ganesan, Head, AVVM Sri Pushpam College, Poondi, Thanjavur Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras, Chennai Dr. Jesudas Manalan, Librarian, Bishop Heber College, Trichy Dr. G. Krishnamoorthy, Librarian, Anna University, Chennai Dr. J. P. S. Kumaravel, Dy. Librarian, MK University, Madurai Mrs. Lata Suresh, Manager, Information Division, IIHM & R, Jaipur Dr. A. Manoharan, Asso.Prof., PG&RDLIS, Bishop Heber College, Trichy Dr. A. L. Moorthy, Director, DESIDOC, Delhi Mr. M. Muniasamy, P.S.Yadav Engineering College, Madurai Dr. S. Muralidhar, Scientist ‘F’, CVRDE, Chennai Dr. M. Nagarajan, Head, DLIS, Annamalai University, Chidambaram Mr. S. Parisutharaj, National Institute of Technology, Trichy Prof. C. Puthiyasekar, National Engineering College, Kovilpatti Dr. Sanjay Kataria, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Noida Mr. R. K. Shukla, Delhi Technical University, Delhi Dr. S. Srinivasa Ragavan,Head,DLIS, Bharathidasan University, Trichy Dr. M. Suriya, Prof. and Librarian, Annamalai University, Chidambaram Dr. A. Thirumagal, Librarian, M.S. University, Tirunelveli Dr. A. Thirunavukarasu, Librarian, Alagappa University, Karaikudi Organising Committee Members Dr. R. Balasubramani, Bharathidasan University, Trichy Mr. A. Esakki, District Library Office, Tirunelveli Mr. B. Jeyaprakash, Bharathidasan University, Trichy Mrs. S. Kamatchi, Anna Centenary Library, Chennai Mr. V. Krishnamurthy, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore Dr .A. Lawrence Mary, T.D.M.N.S College, T.Kallikulam Mr. M. Mandhirasalam, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore Dr. Martin Arockiasamy, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai Mr. N. Murugesan, Angel College of Engg. & Tech., Tirupur Dr. P. Panneerselvam, Crescent University, Chennai Mrs. V. Sakthi Regha, MSSW, Chennai Mr. A. Sankaran, The Hindu, Chennai Mr. G.G. Sivakumar, Alpha College of Engineering, Chennai Mr. S. Swaminathan, SRMV College of Education, Coimbatore Mr. A. M. Venkatachalam, Chettinad College of Engg. & Tech., Karur Local Organising Committee Members Mr. R. Muthuraj, Asst. Librarian,NEC Mr. S. Natarajan, Assistant Librarian,NEC Ms. S. Saraswathi, Assistant Librarian,NEC Mr. K. Kamalanathan, Assistant Librarian,NEC Mr. D. Seenivasan, Library Assistant,NEC Mr. S. Nellaiappan, Library Assistant,NEC Mr. S. Rajagopal, Library Assistant,NEC Registration Form Name Mrs./Ms./Mr./Dr. : …………………………………………. Designation : …………………………………………. Institution : …………………………………………. Address : ………………………………………….. ………………………………………….. ………………………………………….. Telephone : ………………………………………….. E – mail : ………………………………………….. Are you attending :  Tutorial & Conference  Tutorial  Conference Are you a SALIS member :  Yes / No  Are you presenting a paper :  Yes / No  Whether accommodation is required:  Yes / No  If Yes,  Hostel  Guest House  Hotel (Please indicate the accompanying person if any) Arrival details : …………………………………………. (Train No.,Date, Time etc..) Whether you have been deputed:  Yes / No  Payment Details : Amount Rs.…………………………….. Bank Draft No. / Cash : …………………………………………. I shall abide the rules and regulations of the conference. Signature of the participant FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS K.Karunai Raghavan Organizing Secretary & Librarian National Engineering College K.R.Nagar, Kovilpatti – 628 503, Thoothukudi Dt, Tamil Nadu necsalis2011(a)gmail.com, tnneclibrary(a)gmail.com Cell: 91765 76503, 94437 21864,97904 38230 Phone : 04632 – 248 990, 222 502, 230 277 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Hariharan SALIS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgent Required: Article
by Ajay Kum Sharma 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Dear Library Professionals, One of our student from Department of Agricultural, urgently needed below mentioned article for his research purpose. It would be highly appreciated if any one can send a soft copy of this article at an earliest. Article Name: Cold stogare experiment of potatos Author Name: Kulkarni, G.S. Souces Journals: Proceeding of Indian Science Congress, 1945, Vol. 29 Issues No. 3 Page No. 223-224 Hopeing the research co-operation. -- Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Journal Section, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal & Webmaster of ABSLA Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Web: http://www.absla.org/ajay.html Web Blog: http://www.blogger.com/home?pli=1 *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Please arrange to post this message in our Professional Forum
by basavaraj kannappanavar 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Dear Moderator Sorry for the cross posting. Please arrange to post this message in our Professional Forum Dear Sir/Madam, I am very happy to bring it to your kind notice that, Kuvem[pu University College Librarians Association, Shimoga in association with Karnataka State College Librarians association, Bangalore is going to organize two day “National Conference on Collection Management in Changing Context: Problems and Prospects” on 19th and 20th August 2011. This Seminar will enrich our professional knowledge & benefit for professional activities with respective libraries. Hence I request you all please attend the same and make the event a grand success. We look forward from your participation on 19th and 20th August 2011. · Paper Submission Date Extended to : 15th July 2011 ISBN Number (978-81-921937-0-0) Call for Papers: Programme committee solicits high quality research papers, case studies, technical updates, etc. related the theme and sub theme of the conference. Main theme: Collection Management in Changing Context: Problems and Prospects Sub-Themes: Information needs and expectations of the users Collection management and access management Content development and management Knowledge organization Information handling: tools and techniques Resource sharing, networking and consortia Human Resource Management Manpower Development and continuing education Electronic resources and services Copy Right Issues Change management Weeding out of books: policies and procedures Guidelines for submission of the paper: Papers, composed preferably in MS-Word or compatible format can be submitted through e-mail attachment file. The length of the paper should not be more than 5000 words. The references in the paper should be cited according to the guidelines based on the APA style manual. The paper should neither be published anywhere nor should have been kept under consideration for publication elsewhere. A passport size photograph(s) of author(s) is required to be submitted with the paper either in print or in digital format. The authors of the accepted papers need to be transfer the copyright to the conference organizers for publishing the paper into the conference proceedings. Submit only original research papers and win Best paper award: The papers will be accepted based on their originality and relevance to the topic of the conference. The accepted papers will be tested with the anti-plagiarism software and plagiared papers will be rejected and the details of their plagiarism will be posted on the LIS discussion forums. Best paper of the conference will be awarded with Rs.10, 000 prizes. Note: Paper accepted for presentation on the theme of the conference will be included in conference proceedings with ISBN Number (978-81-921937-0-0) only on receiving non- refundable registration fee. Send your soft copy of the paper to nccm2011(a)gmail.com Registration fees: For Delegates: · With Accommodation: Rs. 1500 · Without Accommodation: Rs. 1200 For Students: · With Accommodation: Rs. 1000 · Without Accommodation: Rs. 800 DD’s may be drawn in favour of Organizing Secretary, “NCCM2011”, payable at Shimogga and the same should be sent to the organizing Secretary before 15th July 2011. Important Dates: · Submission of Full Papers: 15th July 2011 Dr.B U Kannappanavar Selection Grade Librarian, Sahyadri College Library, B H Road, Shimoga-577203 Karnataka, India. Cell: +91 9480329897 -- 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 13th Annual National Convention of MANLIBNET at University of Delhi South Campus
by J Sharma 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

MANAGEMENT LIBRARIES NETWORK ,New Delhi ANNOUNCES 13th Annual National Convention Being jointly organised with University of Delhi South Campus. New Delhi on Repositioning Libraries for User Empowerment: Policy, Planning & Technology October 13-15, 2011 Management Libraries Network (MANLIBNET) takes pleasure in inviting you to register, contribute papers and participate at the 13th Annual National Convention 2011 on Repositioning Libraries for User Empowerment: Policy, Planning & Technology. MANLIBNET 2011 is organized to bring together Library and information science professionals, academician and educationist in the field of Library and Information Science and Knowledge Industry to present papers, discuss, exchange views and experiences on various issues related to Repositioning Libraries for User Empowerment. CALL FOR PAPERS Original papers for the below mentioned areas of interest are invited. The areas mentioned below are only indicative and not exhaustive in coverage. The contributor can include any other topic falling under the broad gamut of the main theme of Convention. THEME Repositioning Libraries for User Empowerment: Policy, Planning & Technology SUB-THEMES Policy 1. Neo Information Environment & User Empowerment 2. Changes in emerging user characteristics, behaviors, and expectation 3. User Studies/ users expectations in the emerging environment/ 4. Diverse demographics of library users 5. Changing Information Seeking Behavior 6. Libraries as partners in the knowledge generation; 7. Information Literacy & Competency 8. Management Models and Framework, Library Services 9. Emerging management models for libraries; 10. Manpower structure in ICT environment 11. Role of Education and Training & Research Planning 1. Evolving ways and means for better relationship for working with faculty; 2. Community Information Services/Public Libraries 3. Collaboration and Networking Programmes 4. Reference Services/Virtual Reference Service/Just –in -Time Services 5. Collection management and technical services 6. Information Instructional Programmes 7. Knowledge Management 8. Marketing of Services and Products 9. Out Reach/Library Development Programmes/ 10. Empowering staff to meet the challenges, professional leadership and development, and new models of academic library governance; 11. Academic Communication/Soft Skills 12. Best practices on modern library services; Technology 1. Technological Innovations: library management and services 2. Role of Digital/ Emerging Technologies 3. Library Services and WEB.2.0 4. Enhancing Access: Role of Cataloguing and Metadata 5. Onsite/Off Site access 6. E-learning /Virtual Learning/ Resource-based learning, virtual and independent learning 7. Technology/Infrastructure/Policy Issues 8. Web Publishing/Library Portals 9. Management systems and standards; 10. Role of Social Media SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Papers on the theme and subthemes enumerated above or any other issue related with the broad theme of the convention based on research or practical experience in the field may be submitted for presentation at the convention. Case studies will also be accepted. The length of the paper should not exceed 3000 words. Title page of the paper should contain title of the paper, authors' name, designation and official address of the author (including telephone number and E-mail address); and an abstract of the paper in about 150 words. All papers will go through a process of review by a panel of experts and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Only accepted papers will be allowed to be presented. Papers may also be accepted for poster presentation. Only abstracts of poster presentations will be included in the proceedings. Papers should be sent to the Conference Secretariat at manlibnet.secretariat(a)gmail.com. IMPORTANT FOR AUTHORS Please note that the registered participants under paper presentation category only shall be allowed to present the paper and such papers will be included in the conference volume to be published and released during the convention. A copy of the publication will be provided to all the registered participants. Important Dates Submission of full papers August 15, 2011 Notification to authors August 25, 2011 Camera ready paper and Registration August 25, 2011 Conference dates October 13-15, 2011 REGISTRATION/DELEGATION FEE: Participation Fees for MANLIBNET Members Non-Residential Rs. 2500/- Participation Fees for Non-Members Non-Residential Rs. 3200/- Students Non-Residential Rs. 1500/- Completed Registration Form(s) with all necessary details should be sent to the Organising Secretary along with requisite fee through a Demand Draft/Local Cheque in favour of Management Libraries Network, payable at Delhi on or before September 25, 2011 at the following address: Dr. Tariq Ashraf Organizing Secretary 13th MANLIBNET Annual Convention & Librarian University of Delhi South Campus Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi-110021 Ph: 24110221, Mob: 9868335593 E-mail: manlibnet.secretariat(a)gmail.com Jitender Sharma Librarian & Marketing Manager - JMC NIILM Centre for Management Studies Plot No. 53, Knowledge Park - V Greater Noida - 201310 Tel: 011-2397006, 09899695953 (Mob) E-mail: jsharma(a)niilm.com, jitendersharmaji(a)gmail.com, jitendersharmaji(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kerala Govt granted duty leave from 14-16 July to the participants of KLA National seminar 2011
by faisal sl 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

KERALA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (KLA) National Seminar on CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND LIBRARIES New Vistas for Harnessing Information Dates:14-16 July 2011 Venue: Padmam Auditorium Institute of Management in Government (IMG) Thiruvananthapuram – 695 033 ************************************************************************************************************** Kerala Govt granted duty leave from 14-16 July to the participants of KLA National seminar 2011 ************************************************************************************************************** Download the order from the link given below. http://klanationalseminar2011.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/govt-granted-duty-le… ************************************************************************************************************** FACETS OF THE THEME OF THE SEMINAR  Knowledge Management : New Dimensions  Document Management  Preservation Strategies  Web / Portal Content Management  Enterprise Content Management  Open Access Initiatives / Learning Object Repositories /Institutional Repositories  Digital Learning Systems  Online Learning and Course Management Systems  From Web 2.0 to Library 2.0  Delivery Methods  Info Marketing  Aggregators & Integrators  Case Studies  Tools, Techniques & Devices  Security Technologies  Application in various Information Systems including :  Public Libraries  Academic Libraries  S & T / R & D Institutional Libraries  Corporate Sector Libraries  Media Libraries  CMS Administration & Librarians : Fusion  HR Development  Education  Training In addition, the Seminar will also have a Vendor Session focusing on Tools & Techniques and Products & Services. A Panel Discussion & the Concluding Session are expected to help consolidate the deliberations and plot specific guidelines for practicing professionals. REGISTRATION General : Rs. 1000.00 Concession Rate for KLA Life Members & Students : Rs. 750.00 Download the registration form: http://klanationalseminar2011.wordpress.com/registration/ Accommodation details: http://klanationalseminar2011.wordpress.com/accomodation/ FOR MORE INFORMATION AND SEMINAR UPDATES, http://klanationalseminar2011.wordpress.com/ http://www.keralalibraryassociation.org/ QUICK REFERENCE Mr.K.P. Sadasivan, General Convener & President, KLA, Mob. 919447903282 Dr. A. Gopikuttan , Joint General Convener & Vice President, KLA, Mob. 919446428163 Dr. P. K. Suresh Kumar, Joint Convener & General Secretary, KLA, Mob.919495718460 ********************** Posted by, S.L.Faisal Convener (Publicity) KLA National Seminar 2011 slfaizal at gmail.com/ 919447699724 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2 Million ebooks on a single platform
by Soji Mathew 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

Informatics (India) Limited headquartered in Bangalore with 12 office locations across India is pleased to introduce to the information seeking community, World E-Book Library (WEL) - a platform hosting more than 2 million e-books. For just US$ 2 per user per year, your students, faculty, researcher and staff will have unlimited access to over 2 Million eBooks. This collection of books includes hundreds of thousands of the most popular books of all time, and in a variety of subjects, such as: Language Arts, Math, History, Political Science, Physics, Medicine Biology, etc. These titles have been scanned from their originals and digitally re-mastered to enhance the reading experience. All of the eBooks are in PDF file format, and all of the Audio eBooks are in MP3 file format. These formats have been specially designed to be cross platform compatible with all PCs, Laptops, PDAs, iPad/iPods, eReaders, or Smartphones. With the eBook Library's MARC21 and MARCXML records libraries can easily import all of WEL's 2,000,000+ eBooks and ePublications to your library's OPAC. Your library's patrons may download all the eBooks they could ever read in a lifetime and keep them forever. Unlike other eBook subscription services, WPL eBooks never expire and your users have access to much more new content year on year on every renewal. World E-book Library free trial for 14 days is available through Informatics site after you register yourself as a new user on the following link - http://www.informindia.co.in/iil_index.asp. You will get your login ID and password the next day. Let us know if you need any further information on subscription of the above platform. For any further details, please contact the undersigned at soji(a)informindia.co.in Regards, Soji Mathew | Sales & Marketing Administrator | Informatics (India) Limited | 194, R. V. Road, Basavanagudi | Bangalore - 560004, India | www.informindia.co.in <http://www.informindia.co.in/> | Phone: +91 80 4038 7777 Extn: 1013 | Fax: +91 80 4038 7600 | -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open access book
by Anil Kumar 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

Dear All I am glad to inform you that a four volume work on LIVELIHOOD AUGMENTATION IN RAINFED AREAS has been recently published and is available as open access. The volumes are: * Strategies Based on Natural Resource Management. Removal of poverty and hunger is the first of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted by the United Nations. About 400 million rural poor reside in about 200 poorest districts of the country that constitute rainfed areas. * Entrepreneurial Strategies for Augmenting Rural Livelihoods. With the Green Revolution areas showing signs of fatigue, and public investments in rainfed regions not yielding the desired results, Indian agriculture once again finds itself at the crossroads. The crisis of productivity in agriculture is linked to an impending crisis of food security, reminiscent of the PL-480 days, prior to the Green Revolution. * Catching the Virtual Bus : ICT for Augmenting Rural Livelihoods. guidelines of April 2008, as guiding principles for implementing the programme. The new guidelines give due recognition to the need for improving rural livelihoods through participatory watershed development, with the focus on integrated farming systems for enhancing income, productivity and livelihood security in a sustainable manner. * Creating Social Capital for Livelihood Interventions If one looks at the overall agricultural pattern across the country, almost 85 million ha, that is, about 60% of the 142 million ha of cultivable land is under rainfed conditions. These make a significant contribution to the production of pulses, oil seeds and cereals in the country. Public investment in irrigation has steadily declined. In addition, even if the entire irrigation potential of the country is developed, 50% of the arable land is likely to remain rainfed. There is, therefore, an urgent need to give attention to improving the agricultural productivity and diversifying the economy of these areas. You can download the work from:http://www.dscindia.org/publications.htm Best wishes Anil H. Anil Kumar Librarian Indian Institute of Management Vastrapur Ahmedabad 380 015 Ph: (079) 66324987 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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workshop on Koha
by seema 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

Dear all professionals It is pleased to announce 2 days workshop on KOHA OSS at Indian Institute of cost and Management Studies and Research(IndSearch) on 15th and 16th July 2011 between 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. Seema Digrajkar Asst. Librarian IndSearch Pune Outline & Registration Form, Text Box: Registration Fee Rs. 1000/- The Registration Fee includes:- Workshop Kit on CD-ROM Working Lunch/Tea/Breakfast Timmings: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Last Date for Registration : 10th July, 2011 No Accommodation will be provided during workshop A Demand Draft drawn on any Nationalized Bank in favour of "Director, INDSEARCH, Pune " payable at Pune must reach at the following address:- Ms. Seema Digrajkar Assistant Librarian Indsearch Library Pune. Email:usseema@gmail.com Phone:9225578167 Text Box: Registration Form Name: Dr./Mr./Ms. ________________________________________________ (Surname) (First Name) (Middle Name) Designation:___________________________________ Qualification:__________________________________ Address: City: _____________ State:_______________________ Pin: ___________________________________________ Telephone : Office :____________________________ Residence :___________________________ Mobile :_______________________________ E-Mail :_______________________________________ Detail of Payment : Amount Rs.___________________________________ DD No._________________Date:_________________ Drawn on Bank : _______________________________________________ Signature Workshop on Koha Open-Source Integrated Library Management Software Text Box: 15th July -16th July 2011 Venue INDSEARCH Library Law college Road Campus Email:usseema@gmail.com Ph Phone: 9225578167 Text Box: About Workshop INDSEARCH Pune is pleased to announce a workshop on " Koha" an Integrated Library Management Software from 15th - 16th July 2011. The purpose of the workshop is to familiarize participants with the Koha software which is an open source software, developed by Katipo Communications, New Zealand. The training provides the technical know-how to the participants from the installation, customization, backup /restore, upgrade as well as running various modules of the software. Text Box: About Koha Koha is a full-featured open-source integrated library system developed initially in New Zealand by Katipo Communications Ltd and first deployed in January 2000, for Horowhenua Library Trust. It is currently maintained by a team of software providers and library technology staff from around the globe. Software supports all modules of Library Management System such as Acquisitions, Cataloguing, Circulation, Serial Control and Web based OPAC. The software is UNICODE compliant. It runs on any operating system such as Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, and Solaris. The software is easy to install, upgrade and is distributed under the General Public License (GPL). Software is built using library standards and protocols to ensure interoperability with other systems and technologies and provide a platform-independent solution. The workshop will cover latest module installation and configuration of Koha. Koha has been widely all over the world and in India many libraries are switching over to Koha from proprietary software available with them. Text Box: Workshop Contents * Introduction to Linux Operating System * Introduction to LiveCD and Installation of LiveCD * Koha Introduction & Features Overview * Koha System Administration * Demonstration of all modules of Koha (Acquisitions, Cataloguing, Circulation, Serial Control & OPAC) . MARC 21 Introduction . Koha backup/restore . Koha upgrade . OPAC CustomizationText Box: Workshop Faculty Dr. Sunita Barve, NCRA, Pune & Dr. Nanaji Shewale, GIPE, Pune -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar Circular
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 Seminar on A Comparison of Indexing Tools in Digital Libraries Abstract: Digital library is no more a new term to the world. Many digital library instances are live on web. Technological requirements of a DL depends on the characteristics of its collection and the requirements of the users. DL deals with documents in different formats , images and other multimedia materials etc. The most important point to be considered while choosing a DL software should be how it indexes, what it indexes and what search facilities it provide. As the DL collections are increasing day by day its necessary to evaluate the existing indexing and searching facilities provided by different DL packages. Efficient retrieval of information in DL depends on the back end process such as indexing, searching and ranking. Now DL developers have more choice in selecting the software as plenty of them are available as either free of cost or proprietary, This study is an attempt to compare the indexing and searching facilities provided by MGI, MG II and Lucene. Presenter : Anila S, Junior Research Fellow Venue : DRTC Classroom Date : 04/07/2011 Time : 2:00 pm All are cordially invited A. R. D. Prasad Seminar Coordinator -- 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 narayan ghosh 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

Dear Sir/Madam, We are in need for the following two articles. If anyone holding the same and kindly send us reprints will be a great help. 1. Frontiers in Bio-science (Elite Ed). 2011 Jun 1;3: 1273-1288 2. Frontiers in Bio-science (Elite Ed). 2011 Jun 1;3: 1349-1364 Thanks in anticipation, Regards, Narayan C Ghosh Head Library & Documentation Division Indian Institute of Chemical Biology CSIR, Govt. of India 4, Raja Subodh Mullick Road, Kolkata - 700032 Phone: (033) 24995713/2473-3491/3493, Extn.713/769 Mobile: 09432248877 E-mail: ncghosh@iicb.res.in;librarian@iicb.res.in Web: www.iicb.res.in/library.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[ELF] Two Day National Workshop jointly Organized KSIT, Bangalore & AKELPA on...
by Engg-Lib-Forum from India 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Dear Moderator, Sorry for the cross posting. Please arrange to post this message in our Professional Forum Dear Sir/Madam, I am very happy to bring it to your kind notice that, K. S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore and AKELPA, Bangalore is going to organize two day National Workshop on "EMERGING TRENDS IN E-RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND MADATORY LIBRARY STANDARDS” on 15th and 16th July 2011. This Seminar will enrich our professional knowledge & benefit for professional activities with respective libraries. Hence I request you all please attend the same and make the event a grand success as we all did in our previous AKELPA events. We look forward from your participation on 15th and 16th July 2011. Thanking you. With due regards Dr. K. R. Mulla, General Secretary, AKELPA. Ph: 9448031969 -- Posted By Engg-Lib-Forum from India to ELF at 6/29/2011 07:03:00 AM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC XXVIII All India Conference
by jeelani shah 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Dear Moderator, Kindly post the following information on LIS-Forum. With regards Ghulam Jeelani Shah Jr. Professional Assistant Library Innovation & Support Centre Allama Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir IASLIC (Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres) has scheduled its 28th All India Conference to be held at University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Main theme of the conference is *Library Vision 2020*. *Important Dates:* Conference: * October 10-13, 2011* Submission of Papers: July 15, 2011 Acceptance of Papers: July 31, 2011 Last date of Registration: August 25, 2011 Full paper with abstract (within 500 words) not exceeding 2500 words should reach IASLIC office by 15th July, 2011. For further information, please contact: * * - Mr. Reyaz Rufai Organizing Secretary University Librarian Allama Iqbal Library University of Kashmir Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K email: *rufai(a)kashmiruniversity.ac.in* - Dr. Abdul Majid Baba Joint Organizing Secretary Deputy University Librarian Allama Iqbal Library University of Kashmir Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K email: *abmbaba(a)kashmiruniversity.ac.in* * abmbaba(a)rediffmail.com* For downloading conference Brochure and Registration form, please visit University of Kashmir's website at http://www.kashmiruniversity.net/ You can also contact us at: *iaslic(a)kashmiruniversity.ac.in* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA Monthly Lectures Series - Talk on "LIS Profession: Quo Vadis?" by Prof. Shalini Urs on Tuesday 5th July 2011 at TCS, Bangalore.
by rajendrababu.hanumanthappa＠wipro.com 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Dear LIS Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) is happy to invite you to the Monthly Lecture Series. The sixth talk of the series has been scheduled on Tuesday 5th July 2011 @6.00pm at the following Address: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), SJM Towers, No.18, Seshadri Road, 6th Cross, Gandhinagar (Near Ananda Rao Circle) Bangalore - 560 009 Karnataka, India. Title: LIS Profession: Quo Vadis? Speaker: Dr. Shalini R. Urs, Executive Director and Professor, International School of Information Management (ISiM), University of Mysore, Mysore. Abstract: Quo Vadis! is a Latin phrase, meaning "Where are you going?". There are some professions, which are always in a state of flux and LIS is definitely one of them. Given the pervasive and invasive nature of impact of the Internet and the attendant evolving nature of everything in this society, it is but natural that a profession such as LIS which is intertwined with the world of information is at the cusp of things. For a pessimist, it could be the end of the road; for an optimist there is the promised pot of gold along the road; for a realist it is time for a reality check. It is time that the LIS profession studies the law of the land of information in all its ramifications and redefines and repositions to the changed scenario. The framework for the redefining process begins at the notion of information (content) and its use (consumption). The digital medium has wrought in transformative changes; one of them being "access" and the concomitant issues of "democratization" and "participation". This talk will throw more questions than answers. One fundamental question this talk will pose is- with the internet heralding the new golden age of access, what is the role of LIS profession, which has always prided itself as the bridge between "content" and the "consumer?" The second pertinent question is about the social nature of the profession. Social networking is happening online riding the bandwagon of with the web 2.0 technologies. What can the LIS profession do? Can we reclaim or do we reposition? What are our choices? These are some of the questions, the talk will ponder over. About the Speaker: Prof. Shalini R Urs has been a faculty at the University of Mysore, since the last 32 years. She has done her Bachelor's degree is in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics; Master's degree is in Library and Information Sciences, and post graduate diploma in computer applications. Her doctoral research on 'relevance' in information retrieval brought out the strong correlations between cognitive sciences and information science. As Executive Director of ISiM, She is currently working towards making ISiM a world class educational enterprise in collaboration with University of Pittsburgh, Syracuse University, University of Michigan in USA and Dalhousie University in Canada and through strong linkages with industry majors such as Google, Microsoft, InfoSys, Rediff.com and others. She has initiated an annual International Summit series called InfoVision (www.infovision.org.in <http://www.infovision.org.in/> ). She has spearheaded the digital library movement in India, through various academic endeavors such as organizing major international conferences, workshops, meetings and carrying out R & D projects. She was a visiting professor at the DRTC, ISI, Bangalore during 1998 and 1999. She was a Fulbright scholar and visiting professor at Virginia Tech, USA during 2000-2001 and taught a course on digital libraries at Virginia Tech, along with Prof. Edward A. Fox. Her major accomplishments include - the Vidyanidhi Digital Library project (www.vidyanidhi.org.in <http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/> ), which is one of the internationally known Indian digital libraries initiative. She is a member of many high level committees and organizations including the National Knowledge Commission's subcommittee on libraries, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology's Working Group on Digital Libraries and also a member of the Steering Committee of the Working Group on National Digital Preservation Programme. Currently she is the Vice-Chair and Chair elect of the Steering Committee of the Asian Digital Libraries. She has been successful in mobilizing enormous resources totaling about Rs. 5 crores for various initiatives including R & D Projects, Workshops, and Training Programmes. She published over 100 research papers. Along with Ed Fox, She has have authored the review paper on digital libraries published in the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology published by the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Prof. Shalini's areas of research interests include - Digital libraries; Social networks and Research collaborations; Topic Maps, Ontologies and Semantic web; Text mining and data analytics; OCR and Natural Language Processing. --------- Please confirm your participation as we need to make arrangements for your entry. RSVP: Raghavendra Patil (Mob: 9900606332, e-mail: raghav.patil(a)tcs.com <mailto:raghav.patil@tcs.com> ) & Anuradha (080-67246007, e-mail: anuradha.a(a)tcs.com <mailto:anuradha.a@tcs.com> ). Thanks and Regards, Rajendra Babu H General Secretary Karnataka State Library Association (KALA). Regards, Rajnedra Babu H Consulting Manager Talent Transformation Wipro Technologies, EC-1, Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bangalore - 560100. Ph: +91-80-39152411 M: +91-9880297932 mail: rajendrababu.hanumanthappa(a)wipro.com <mailto:rajendrababu.hanumanthappa@wipro.com> Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.wipro.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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journals & Magzines for Library
by Mailing List Admin 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:41:21 +0530 From: Rathod Gopal.k <gopalk.rathod(a)gmail.com> Respected All Library Proffesonal Please help me , if anybody know BBA&BCA ,journals & Magzines for Library Thanks & Regards Gopal K Rathod Librarian PES,College of BBA & BCA

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Swets new office in India
by Chandrima Roy 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Dear Professionals, Greetings from Swets!!! Swets is pleased to announce that the entire product and service portfolio is now available to all customers and publisher partners throughout India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Middle East. Our office in India, which moved to bigger premises in Netaji Subhash Place - Pitam Pura, New Delhi will continue to play a key role in offering services to publishers, libraries and other institutions across the region. "Swets is renowned worldwide for its class-leading services for libraries, information professionals and publishers," said Elsie Ng, Commercial Director for Asia Pacific and Middle East. "The India office provides us with another opportunity to build on this reputation and bring our exceptional service to this dynamic and exciting region." Swets India office will be helmed by Commercial Manager, Rakesh Malik. His extensive experience in the information management industry and knowledge of the market will prove invaluable and Swets is convinced that his leadership will help the team to provide exceptional service to all our customers in the South Asia and Middle East region. Please feel free to contact us at the address mentioned in the signatures below for any further details. Thanks & regards Chandrima Roy Product Support Manager Swets Office No 806, Pearls Business Park Netaji Subhash Place, Pitampura New Delhi 110034 T: +91-11-45719347 / 45719348 M: +91-9911555451 E: croy(a)in.swets.com <blocked::mailto:croy@in.swets.com> I: www.swets.com <http://www.swets.com/> ISO 9001:2008 Registered EContent100 Sign up for the Swets newsletter at SwetsWise.com/newsletter <http://swets.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=9b83adad14891f9e89dd749d5& id=1cdfab40e7> today Something exciting coming your way........ Click here <http://www.librariesrevolution.com/EDM/swets.html> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CSI eNewsletter dt. 1st Jul 2011
by hrmohan＠vsnl.com 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Dear all, The 24th issue (Volume 2. issue 8) of CSI eNewsletter dt. 1st Jul 2011 is ready and can be accessed at http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2011-07-01.pdf and also at the CSI KM Portal http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/enewsletter For the archives of this newsletter, pl. visit http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-archives.htm or at http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/archives You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. Pl. note that the next issue dt. 1st Aug 2011 will be delayed. With regards HR Mohan Chairman, Div IV, CSI & eNewsletter Committee, IEEE CS & PCS Madras http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ Contents ======= -- Seven principles for selecting software packages -- Trojans in India’s Cyber Security -- 5 Myths About the “Information Age” -- Improving Software Usability: A Manager's Guide -- Critical Communications for Business -- Moving from Legacy Systems to Cloud Computing -- An open cloud -- TLC for Teachers -- Nine gotchas to heed before diving in cloud development -- Video: Information Technology Opportunities in the Energy Sector -- Video: The Future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence -- Why there's no Nobel Prize in Computing -- Webcast: A Common Sense Approach to Windows 7 migration -- The green IT stars of 2010 -- The hottest IT skills are non-certified -- 11 ways to promote infographics -- 7 Shortcuts to Losing Your Data (and Probably Your Job) -- Selecting a Programming Language -- Announcements -- ICT Events -- ICT News: Voices & Views -- ICT News: Government, Compliance -- ICT News: IT Manpower, Staffing & Top Moves -- ICT News: Company News: Tie-ups, Joint Ventures, New Initiatives -- Book: Personality Development and Soft Skills -- Book: Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and Engineers -- Book: Enterprise Multiplatform Auditing -- Book: Developing Analytical Skills -- Book: Information Systems Security -- Book: Game Design Foundations -- About the CSI-eNewsletter -- Contributions to CSI-eNewsletter -- eNewsletter Committee InfoQuiz–2011-07-01 (EIGHT Prizes to Win – SIX Books & TWO Awards of Rs. 500/-) ========================================== 1. Name the ATM card aimed to target no frills account holders in collaboration with banks being launched by The National Payment Corporation of India Ltd. 2. Name the cloud service recently launched by Apple Inc. 3. Identify the company whose tagline is “Work. Online” 4. Name the Japanese supercomputer which has overtaken the China’s Tianhe-1A supercomputer as the world’s fastest computer as per Top 500 list released on 20th Jun 2011. 5. Infosys was started with an initial investment of Rs. ------ Email your answers by 20th Jul 2011 to csi.infoquiz(a)gmail.com with subject “infoquiz-2011-07-01”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. The first person to answer correctly and one randomly selected lucky winner will be awarded Rs. 500/= each by SRA Systems (www.srasys.com) Oxford University Press (www.oup.co.in) Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd (www.shroffpublishers.com) Wiley India Pvt Ltd (www.wileyindia.com) and Jones and Bartlett India Pvt Ltd (www.jblearning.com) will present the books which are briefly reviewed above. In all, there will be EIGHT prizes – TWO cash prizes of Rs. 500/- each and SIX prizes of one book each. Answers along with the winner info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of InfoQuiz-2011-06-01 =============================== Paul Allen, False, Wipro, K.V. Kamath, Kaspersky Labs Awards of Rs. 500/= each from SRA Systems: Mr. J. Jerald Inico from Chennai and Mr. Abhishek Pandey from Visakapatnam. Two books from Oxford University Press: “Online Marketing: A customer led approach” to Ms. Yogita Randive from Pune & “Quality Management” to Ms. Geethalakshmi Balaji from Chennai. Two books from Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd: “The Art of Creative Destruction - Illustrated Software Testing & Test Automation” to Ms. Sweta K. Mittal from Ahmedabad & “Break Your Negative Attitude” to Ms. S. Ameena from Dharmavaram. One book from Wiley India Pvt Ltd: “Cyber Security: Understanding Cyber Crimes, Computer Forensics and Legal Perspectives” to Mr. B. Sundaram from Chennai. One from Infycareer Pvt Ltd: “Road to Success - Project Management & PMP” to Ms. Manjusha Gupta from Mumbai. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dear sir/Madam
by shivu Komalapura 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Respected sir/madam i am doing PhD i, if you have any articles relating to *library collection development * please send me -- Sincerely K. N Shivakumaraswamy, MLISc,. MPhil., (PhD) Librarian & Head B G S Institute of Technology B G Nagara Contact Number- 9482114199 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC 28th All India Conference 2011
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

IASLIC XXVIII ALL INDIA CONFERENCE October 10-13, 2011 Call for Papers Circular I Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) P-291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata – 700054 Gram –IASLIC; Phone: (033) 2362-9651; Website: www.iaslic1955.org.in, Email: iasic(a)vsnl.net 28th All India Conference 2011 – Call for papers IASLIC (Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres) has scheduled its 28th All India Conference to be held at The University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir during October 10-13, 2011. The main theme of the conference is Library Vision 2020. Papers are invited in the following areas for deliberations Information and Development : A Vision for Emerging Infrastructure Information Flows and Gaps: Measuring Tools and Techniques for Library Growth in Future Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Millennium Social networking : use of Web 2.0 tools and Services in Designing New Generations Library Service National Library and Information Policy Exploiting New Technologies for Empowering Researchers in LIS to become effective and self-sufficient Information Seekers Management of Library and Information Centers: Emerging issues Knowledge Organization Innovation: Design and Framework of Organization of Information Issues of Digital Divide in Knowledge Society of the Future. Mobile Commerce: Application for LIS Professional LIS Education and Changing Information Landscape Role and Responsibilities of Library Associations SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) MEETINGS SIG : Social Sciences Information Theme : Change Management Convener : Prof. S B Banerjee Ø Factors, Circumstances and Forces lending to change Ø Rationale for successful and unsuccessful changes in LICs Ø People’s Psychology towards change Ø Changing patterns of attitudes and behaviors of LIS Professionals in the 21st Century Ø Organizational Changes in LICs of the Present Century Ø Nature, Processes and Principles of Change Management SIG :Computer Application in LIS Theme : Institutional Digital Repository Convener: Shri Abhijit Kr Bhowmick § Indian scenario § Policy and Recommendations § Best practices and Work flow § Managing Indic scripts § Software and Standards Important dates Conference: October 10-13, 2011 Paper Submission: July 15, 2011 Acceptance: July 31, 2011 Camera-ready copy: August 16, 2011 Venue: The University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J & K Kashmir, India General Instructions 1. Both invited and contributed papers will be considered. Submitted papers will have participative peer-to-peer reviews. A generalised presentation should be avoided. Full Paper with abstract (within 500 words) not exceeding 2500 words (not more than 10 pages of A-4 Size paper single sided with margin of 1.25" in left / right / top and bottom and duly signed by the author(s) and typed / printed in double space (in duplicate) should reach IASLIC office by 15th July, 2011 . Photographs, graphs, charts, if any should be submitted along with the negative copy/ print / tracing paper. In addition, softcopy of the full paper should also be composed in MS Word and submitted on CD/DVD disc as an attachment through e-mail iaslic.india(a)gmail.com. Author should indicate the sub-theme of the paper The paper should be accompanied with an amount of l000.00 (Rupees one thousand only) which will be adjusted with Registration Fees. Payment may be made by DD in favour of IASLIC, payable at Kolkata and send to the Hony. General Secretary, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No. GM, Kankurgachi, Kolkata - 700054. If the paper is not accepted, the amount will be refunded. Pre-Conference volume will have only Abstracts (within 500 words) of accepted papers. Accepted papers which are presented in the Conference, will only be published in the Post Conference volume within three months of the Conference held. Pre-declaration by the author(s) should be made separately that the paper(s) has/ have not been sent elsewhere for publication/ presentation. This has to be sent by hard copy. 10. All accepted papers will be invited for presentation either in the main thematic session of the Conference or in the SIG Meetings. Presenter will be allowed maximum ten minutes for presentation including introduction and conclusion. There will be provision for Poster presentation. All papers accepted for poster presentation will be allocated time for display of full papers. Abstract of all papers accepted for poster presentation will be included in the pre-conference volume. Such papers will not be published in the post conference volume. All registered participants will receive Post Conference volume free of cost from IASLIC office. Additional Rs.150/- will be charged for postage and handling those who wish to receive the volume through post. First author is entitled to get ten copies of reprints of full paper. The decision of the Editorial Committee will be final and no correspondence regarding the acceptance of papers for presentation in the Conference or otherwise will be entertained. Correspondence regarding papers should be addressed to the Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Hony. General Secretary, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No. GM, Kankurgachi, Kolkata- 700054 iaslic(a)vsnl.net or iaslic.india(a)gmail.com. and for conference update please visit www.iaslic1955.org.in 13 April 2011 Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Hony. General Secretary, IASLIC ========================================================================================================== Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Professor & Head, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, 3rd Floor Asutosh Building, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. Hony General Secretary, IASLIC ; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-54; Member, Library Committee, The Asiatic Society, Kolkata. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Rupee Symbol insertion - Reg
by Mailing List Admin 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:47:40 +0530 From: Eswar rao Nadiminti <e.essugiet(a)gmail.com> Dear colleges Please tell me how to add rupee symbol in WINISIS database instead of Rs. and also let me see in the print format N.ESWARA RAO Assistant Professor in Library Science GODAVARI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING COLLEGE ,RAJAHMUNDRY. NH-5 ,CHITANYA KNOWLEDGECITY VELUGUBANDA (V), RAJANAGARAM ( M),RAJAHMNDRY-533296

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Open access comes of age
by madhuresh.singhal 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Dear All, You may be interested to know that Open Access Journals and Articles are growing faster than subscription based. Below are the news items confirming the same. Open access comes of age A study of open-access publishing - published last week in the open-access journal PLoS ONE - has found that the number of papers in freely accessible journals is growing at a steady 20% per year (M. Laakso et al. PLoS ONE 6, e20961; 2011 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020961> ). To many, the growth confirms the health of the free-access, author-pays model. But to a few it is a discouraging sign that open access is not about to take over the world of scholarly publishing. The analysis, by information scientist Mikael Laakso of the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki and his colleagues, also found that the number of fully open-access journals is growing at around 15% every year as new journals are founded and subscription journals switch to the open-access model (see 'Opening up' <http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110621/full/474428a/box/1.html> ). By contrast, subscription journals are growing at about 3.5%. "Most indicators suggest growth is not slowing," says Laakso. "The open-access publishing model has proven itself to work." Read Further at http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110621/full/474428a.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE -20110623 The above Nature article is based on another article published in PLoS One Journal entitled "The Development of Open Access Journal Publishing from 1993 to 2009", which is available at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.00209 61 You may also be interested in this blog post http://poynder.blogspot.com/2011/06/open-access-by-numbers.html Regards Madhuresh Singhal Manager - Knowledge Services Advinus Therapeutics Ltd 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com Visit us at Bio International Convention, 27 - 30 June 2011 in Washington DC., Booth# 1729 ************************************************************************************************* This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by RAKESH SINGH BISEN 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Respected Sir/Madam, Kindly, arrange to send the following article: Larkin, J.C. 1994. Isolation of a cytochrome P450 homologue preferentially expressed in developing inflorescences of Zea mays. Plant Mol Biol. 25(3),1994:p.343-353.(Springer) RAKESH SINGH BISEN LIBRARY OFFICER CSIR-IIIM JAMMU-180 001 9469210220 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Online updates facility in SOUL 2.0
by Laxma Reddy J 26 Jun '11

26 Jun '11

Time to time updates for soul2.0 are available on www.inflibnet.ac.in/souldownloads.Users are requested to utilise this facility. Online and offline updates facility for soul 2.0 is available. With Regards, Laxma Reddy 09908115333 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free upgradation of SOUL 1.0 TO SOUL 2.0
by Laxma Reddy J 26 Jun '11

26 Jun '11

As promised earlier INFLIBNET is offerng free upgradation with soul.2.0 on request only. for details please contact.J.Laxma Reddy coordinator for SOUL Service centre southern Region,9908115333. Laxma Reddy -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Maximizing the Impacts of your Research: A Handbook for Social Scientists
by Shamprasad Pujar 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

** Sorry for Cross postings, if any ** Dear Members, The London School of Economics, Public Policy Group has brought out a handbook on 'Maximizing the Impacts of your Research: A Handbook for Social Scientists'. Even though currently it is in the draft version, the handbook covers various aspects of research impacts and will help researchers in achieving a more professional and focused approach to their research. Some of the topics covered include, citing of publications, citation tracking systems, key measures for academic influence, how better cited etc. I hope you will find this handbook useful for you and your library clientele coming from Social Sciences discipline. Full text of the handbook can be accessed at: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/research/resgroups/LSEPublicPolicy/Docs/LS… ************ best Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-2841 6547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy at National Institute of Design
by Veeru 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

Dear Professionals, *National Institute of Design, Paldi, Ahmedabad -380 007* * **Assistant Librarian and Library Assistant **for R & D Campus, Bengaluru* * * National Institute of Design, India’s premier trans-disciplinary Institute, invites applications from candidates for the position of (i) *Assistant Librarian *(ii)* Library Assistant *for NID - R&D Campus (# 12, HMT Link Road, Off Tumkur Road, Bengaluru-560 022) Resource Centre Services. *ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN* The applicant should be good at handling Library Automation software, with excellent communication and administrative skills. The candidate should be an IT savvy.** *Essential Qualification*: Masters in Library & Information Science with computer literacy *Job Description*: Managing the Resource Centre at the R&D Campus, Managing Acquisition Procedures, Classification and Cataloguing, Subscriptions/Renewals, Managing the special collection of Documents & AV materials, Managing Memberships & Circulation Counter, Inter Library Loan and Reference Services, Reader Assistance, effective use of Library Management Software (VTLS), Information Searching (e-journals, e-books and e-access to other library resources), etc. Experience: 2 to 3 years Age Limit: 35 years Salary: Consolidated remuneration of Rs. 15,000/- to 18,000 p.m. (depending upon relevant experience & qualifications) ........................................................................................... *LIBRARY ASSISTANT* The Applicant should be good at handling Library Automation software, with excellent communication skills and IT savvy. *Essential Qualification*: Candidate must possess Graduation in any discipline and PG in Library and Information Science with skills in maintaining library automation, with technical skill. Diploma in Library Science (3 year diploma holder from Government Polytechnic, Karnataka will also be preferred) *Job Description*: Assisting in Acquisition/Subscription/Renewal of Documents, Handling Circulation Counter, Inter Library Loan and Reference Services, Reader Assistance, use of Library Management Software, Information Searching, Classification and Cataloguing, Data entry, display & filing of books, journals & AV materials, etc. Experience: 2 to 3 years Age Limit: 30 years Salary: Consolidated remuneration of Rs. 8,000/- to 10,000 p.m. (depending upon relevant experience & qualifications) For the above positions, the candidates should have worked in the Library of reputed organization/ educational Institutions. Both the above positions are expected to provide services in shifts as and when required, particularly during extended hours and on Saturdays. The selected candidate would be initially taken on a fixed tenure contract at a consolidated, all-inclusive monthly salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Other factors being equal, preference will be given to SC/ST and other reserved categories. Interested candidates may forward their applications along with CV within 10 days to *The Secretary & Head, General Administration, National Institute of Design, Paldi, Ahmedabad -380 007* or e-mail at*admin(a)nid.edu* * * * * *For more details visit: *http://www.nid.edu/ * * *(Advt. released in Prajavani & Deccan Herald, Bengaluru editions on 15/6/2011)* * * -- *with regards Virupaksh BH National Library of India Kolkata. * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] K-SET has been postponed on 28 August
by Punith.S Puni 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

Hi dear professionals K-Set examination has been postponed from date 17/7/11 to 28/8/11. If you want more informtion please visit mysore university website. Thanking You Best Regards Punith.S -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article requested
by YASHWANT G KANADE 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

Dear Moderator, One of our research student need the following article. I would appreciate if you could please broadcast this through Lis-Forum? With Regards -- YASHWANT G KANADE SGO / Librarian Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science BANGALORE - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in 1.Conflict between humans and elephants on private land in northern Kenya Chris R. Thouless Oryx (1994), 28: 119-127 2.Crop-raiding elephants and conservation implications at Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia Philip J. Nyhus corresponding author 1, Ronald Tilson Sumianto2 Oryx Volume 34, Issue 4, pages 262274, October 2000 3.African elephants and humans in conflict: the outlook for co-existence Richard Hoare Oryx Volume 34, Issue 1, pages 3438, January 2000 Vani Dahiya Graduate Student CES, IISc, Bangalore-12 vani(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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admission in digital medical library
by jyoti verma 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

Dear All LIS Friends If you have science gradute and BLISc/Diploma in library Science then u can apply in Digital medical Library for more detail plz visit the site http://www.sgpgi-telemedicine.org/advt.pdf -- with regards Jyoti Verma Project Assistant (Digital Medical Library) School of Telemedicine & Bio-Medical Informatics,SGPGIMS,LKO -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations Dr. Harish Chandra
by Mailing List Admin 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:07:21 +0530 (IST) From: kuldeep lis <kuldeeplis(a)yahoo.com> I am really glad to�inform you that Dr.Harish Chandra (Librarian) Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai ) received. The 2011 Science -Technology and Engineering Divisions Bonnie Hildditch International Librarian Award .from THE SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION (Science- Technology Division and Engineering Division) on Jun 2011, Philadelphia , PA,USA. � With best regards, � Kuldeep kumar

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Request for article
by Kshema Prakash 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

Apologies for x-postings Dear friends, Can someone kindly spare me a copy of the following paper? Ruslan Abdullah, Edward C. Cocking & John A. Thompson. (1986) Efficient Plant Regeneration from Rice Protoplasts Through Somatic Embryogenesis. Nature Biotechnology 4, Pp.1087 - 1090. http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v4/n12/abs/nbt1286-1087.html Thanks and best regards, Kshema -- Dr. Kshema Prakash Deputy Librarian IIT Rajasthan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two Days National Conference at Annamalai University
by suruli nathi 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

Dear Professionals* * * Design and development of a digital library using open source software* * * * * *Sub Topics* * * *A ) Digital Library Overview & Design * * * *b) Open source software : D-Space, green stone , web 2.0 and Lib 2.0* *c) Content Management and* *d) Professional Competencies & Skill* * * *Paper Submission: * * * Participants are requested tosubmit two copies of full paper with abstracts not exceeding of 250 words along with soft copy in a*CD as a word document with extension as .DOC*. The paper should be typed in double space for A4 size paper in Times New Roman style 12 point. The study should be any type of case study or any other work which are original and relevant to the theme within 8 to 10 pages (A4 sheet). The references should be made as shown in MLA hand book format. The paper should be prepared in the style followed (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citation guide.html * * *Important Dates* *Last Date for Paper Submission 12.07.2011* *Intimation for Acceptance of Paper 15.07.2011* *Last date for Registration & * *Submission of Final Copy 17.07.2011* * * *Registration: *Registration fee for *Faculty/ Librarians/ Professionals - Rs. 450* *Local Participants & Students - Rs. 300* *Contact details for paper submission:* *Dr. A. Manimekalai* *Organising Secretary & *Asst. Librarian Faculty of Engineering & Technology Library Annamalai University Annamalainagar- 608 002. Ph: 04144 239 175 (O) , 04144 228230 ( R) Mobile*: 94435 68782* Email: amanimekalai.au@gmail. -- With regards M. Surulinathi M.com, MLIS, M.Phil., (Ph.D), PGDCA, HDNCC, CGT Assistant Librarian Department of Library and Information Science Bharathidasan University Trichy - 620 024 -- 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 jasim s 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

Dear colleagues Kindly mail me the following article for a library user. DETECTION OF OXYGEN RADICALS IN BIOLOGICAL REACTIONS 1. Wolf Bors1,*, 2. Manfred Saran1, 3. Edmund Lengfelder1,2, 4. Christa Michel1, 5. Christine Fuchs1,2, 6. Christine Frenzel1 Article first published online: 2 JAN 2008 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1978.tb06982.x Issue Photochemistry and Photobiology Volume 28, Issue 4-5, <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/php.1978.28.issue-4-5/issuetoc> pages 629–637, October 1978 -- Jasimudeen.s MG University Library Kottayam Kerala *Life is like a document:what matter is how good it is ,not how long it is" * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Temple Libraries in Chennai
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

I am forwarding a news item on temple libraries in Chennai. I heard from acouple of my friends that these are not maintained properly. Retired librarians in Chennai may offer to provide free service for proper upkeep of such libraries. Vyasamoorthy ============== Sacred texts give insights to the Gods June 24, 2011 By J.V. Siva Prasanna Kumar Though searching online has become the latest fad among many, for this group of people, browsing the books at the temple library is an obsession. — DC Some of them are research scholars and many others voraciously pore over the books attempting to gain an insight into the rich tradition and Hindu religious history. “They are not only treasure houses of spiritual knowledge but also serve as centres for learning about Hindu rituals,” says Mr Srinivasan, a regular visitor to the library at Sri Parthasarathy Swamy temple, Triplicane. Though superficially it may appear that casual visitors to the temple ignore them, the libraries functioning at the three major temples in the city attract a steady trickle of ardent devotional literature-lovers. This library contains Kamba Ramayanam and Valmiki Ramayanam, Nalayira Divyaprabandam in Tamil, besides numerous titles in English, Telugu and Sanskrit. It was first started by a devotee Ramanuja Dasan several decades ago and later on came to be known as Ramanuja Nool Nilayam. This library, like the one at Vadapalani Andavar temple and Sri Kapaleeswarar temple, Mylapore, are meant only for reference and are open for four hours in the morning from 7 am and another four hours in the evening from 4 pm. The library at Sri Kapaleeswarar temple was opened in 1958 and it possess a rich collection of Shivaite books. The Vadapalani temple’s audio library has collections of discourses, Suprabhatham and Thiruvachagam and other books. Three persons can utilise the facility at a time. In addition, it has books on Tamil literature, culture, epics, Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas and iconography. Though the patronage to the temple libraries are good, regular visitors urge the state government to completely modernise them and also digitise the rare collections. Urging the government to take steps to popularise the libraries in a big way, BJP state vice-president, Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan, has demanded the constitution of an expert committee to go into the aspects of procuring books, including rare manuscripts, and develop the libraries to be used by the academia and public alike. “There should be a survey on the titles available in these libraries and measures should be taken to procure additional books, if required. Also, the works of Siddhars and Ayurveda texts, including the translated versions, if any, should also be made available,” she added. Sources at the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments department said annually funds are allotted for the upkeep of these libraries, which have been renovated recently, and also for acquiring more titles. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/sacred-texts-give-in… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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EARLY BIRD CLOSES: Classification and Ontology, 19-20 September, The Hague
by Aida Slavic 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

Apologies for cross-posting *** EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION CLOSES 1 JULY*** ================================================= CLASSIFICATION AND ONTOLOGY: FORMAL APPROACHES AND ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE International UDC Seminar 2011 - 19-20 September, The Hague, Netherlands ================================================= http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/index.htm ------------------------------------------------- VENUE: Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of Netherlands) EARLY BIRD FEE: €170 (€130 students) - early bird closes on 1 July Fee includes conference proceedings book (published by Ergon Verlag), refreshment, reception and two lunches. To register and pay online go to http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/php/registration.php Ontology-like representations of classifications are recognized as potentially important facilitators in creating a web of linked data. The objective of this conference is to promote collaboration and exchange of expertise between different fields dealing with knowledge classifications: bibliographic, web and AI. Highlights: Keynote address by Prof. Patrick Hayes, followed by an outstanding selection of speakers from the domains of web technology, ontology, knowledge organization and bibliographic classification: Dan Brickley, Guus Schreiber, Thomas Baker, Dagobert Soergel, Roberto Poli, Ingetraut Dahlberg, Barbara Kwasnik, Rebecca Green, Michael Panzer, Marcia Zeng, Daniel Kless, Joan Mitchell, Richard Smiraglia, Vanda Broughton, Devika Madalli, Claudio Gnoli etc. The preliminary programme with abstracts and speakers biographies is available at http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/programme.htm. To secure your place at this event at early bird rates, register and pay by 1 July. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Aida Slavic UDC Editor-in-Chief UDC Consortium aida.slavic(a)udcc.org ____________________________________________________________________ Web: http://www.udcc.org Blog: http://universaldecimalclassification.blogspot.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/UDCC ____________________________________________________________________ * Multilingual UDC Summary: http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php * Classification& Ontology: http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/index.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KLA National Seminar: Last date for the submission of papers extended
by faisal sl 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

KERALA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (KLA) National Seminar on CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND LIBRARIES New Vistas for Harnessing Information Dates:14-16 July 2011 Venue: Padmam Auditorium Institute of Management in Government (IMG) Thiruvananthapuram – 695 033 **************************************************************************************** Last date for the submission of papers has been extended to 30th June 2011 **************************************************************************************** FACETS OF THE THEME OF THE SEMINAR  Knowledge Management : New Dimensions  Document Management  Preservation Strategies  Web / Portal Content Management  Enterprise Content Management  Open Access Initiatives / Learning Object Repositories / Institutional Repositories  Digital Learning Systems  Online Learning and Course Management Systems  From Web 2.0 to Library 2.0  Delivery Methods  Info Marketing  Aggregators & Integrators  Case Studies  Tools, Techniques & Devices  Security Technologies  Application in various Information Systems including :  Public Libraries  Academic Libraries  S & T / R & D Institutional Libraries  Corporate Sector Libraries  Media Libraries  CMS Administration & Librarians : Fusion  HR Development  Education  Training In addition, the Seminar will also have a Vendor Session focusing on Tools & Techniques and Products & Services. A Panel Discussion & the Concluding Session are expected to help consolidate the deliberations and plot specific guidelines for practicing professionals. REGISTRATION General : Rs. 1000.00 Concession Rate for KLA Life Members & Students : Rs. 750.00 Download registration form: http://klanationalseminar2011.wordpress.com/registration/ SUBMISSION OF PAPERS (a) Soft copy as e-mail attachment to : kps31147(a)yahoo.com /kps31147new(a)gmail.com & (b) Print version to : The General Convener, KLA National Seminar-2011, Kerala Library Association, 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana P.O., Thiruvananthapuram– 695 002 Author guidelines: http://klanationalseminar2011.wordpress.com/submission-of-papers/ (A paper will be selected from among the papers presented at the seminar (excluding the invited lectures) and given with the “Best paper Award”) IMPORTANT DATES Last date for submission of Papers : 30 June 2011 Last date for Registration : 05 July 2011 Release of Souvenir : 14 July 2011 The Event : 14 – 16 July 2011 FOR MORE INFORMATION AND SEMINAR UPDATES, http://klanationalseminar2011.wordpress.com/ http://www.keralalibraryassociation.org/ QUICK REFERENCE Mr.K.P. Sadasivan, General Convener & President, KLA, Mob. 919447903282 Dr. A. Gopikuttan , Joint General Convener & Vice President, KLA, Mob. 919446428163 Dr. P. K. Suresh Kumar, Joint Convener & General Secretary, KLA, Mob.919495718460 ********************** Posted by, S.L.Faisal Convener (Publicity) KLA National Seminar 2011 slfaizal at gmail.com/ 919447699724 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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13th MANLIBNET Convention at Delhi - Announcement
by Rajesh Singh 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

MANAGEMENT LIBRARIES NETWORK ,New Delhi ANNOUNCES 13th Annual National Convention Being jointly organised with University of Delhi South Campus. New Delhi on Repositioning Libraries for User Empowerment: Policy, Planning & Technology October 13-15, 2011 Management Libraries Network (MANLIBNET)takes pleasure in inviting you to register, contribute papers and participate at the 13th Annual National Convention 2011 onRepositioning Libraries for User Empowerment: Policy, Planning & Technology. MANLIBNET 2011 is organized to bring together Library and information science professionals, academician and educationist in the field of Library and Information Science and Knowledge Industry to present papers, discuss, exchange views and experiences on various issues related to Repositioning Libraries for User Empowerment. CALL FOR PAPERS Original papers for the below mentioned areas of interest are invited. The areas mentioned below are only indicative and not exhaustive in coverage. The contributor can include any other topic falling under the broad gamut of the main theme of Convention. THEME Repositioning Libraries for User Empowerment: Policy, Planning & Technology SUB-THEMES Policy 1. Neo Information Environment & User Empowerment 2. Changes in emerging user characteristics, behaviors, and expectation 3. User Studies/ users expectations in the emerging environment/ 4. Diverse demographics of library users 5. Changing Information Seeking Behavior 6. Libraries as partners in the knowledge generation; 7. Information Literacy & Competency 8. Management Models and Framework, Library Services 9. Emerging management models for libraries; 10. Manpower structure in ICT environment 11. Role of Education and Training & Research Planning 1. Evolving ways and means for better relationship for working with faculty; 2. Community Information Services/Public Libraries 3. Collaboration and Networking Programmes 4. Reference Services/Virtual Reference Service/Just –in -Time Services 5. Collection management and technical services 6. Information Instructional Programmes 7. Knowledge Management 8. Marketing of Services and Products 9. Out Reach/Library Development Programmes/ 10. Empowering staff to meet the challenges, professional leadership and development, and new models of academic library governance; 11. Academic Communication/Soft Skills 12. Best practices on modern library services; Technology 1. Technological Innovations: library management and services 2. Role of Digital/ Emerging Technologies 3. Library Services and WEB.2.0 4. Enhancing Access: Role of Cataloguing and Metadata 5. Onsite/Off Site access 6. E-learning /Virtual Learning/ Resource-based learning, virtual and independent learning 7. Technology/Infrastructure/Policy Issues 8. Web Publishing/Library Portals 9. Management systems and standards; 10. Role of Social Media SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Papers on the theme and subthemes enumerated above or any other issue related with the broad theme of the convention based on research or practical experience in the field may be submitted for presentation at the convention. Case studies will also be accepted. The length of the paper should not exceed 3000 words. Title page of the paper should contain title of the paper, authors' name, designation and official address of the author (including telephone number and E-mail address); and an abstract of the paper in about 150 words. All papers will go through a process of review by a panel of experts and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Only accepted papers will be allowed to be presented. Papers may also be accepted for poster presentation. Only abstracts of poster presentations will be included in the proceedings. Papers should be sent to the Conference Secretariat atmanlibnet.secretariat(a)gmail.com. IMPORTANT FOR AUTHORS Please note that the registered participants under paper presentation category only shall be allowed to present the paper and such papers will be included in the conference volume to be published and released during the convention. A copy of the publication will be provided to all the registered participants. Important Dates Submission of full papers August 15, 2011 Notification to authors August 25, 2011 Camera ready paper and Registration August 25, 2011 Conference dates October 13-15, 2011 REGISTRATION/DELEGATION FEE: Participation Fees for MANLIBNET Members Non-Residential Rs. 2500/- Participation Fees for Non-Members Non-Residential Rs. 3200/- Students Non-Residential Rs. 1500/- CONTACT DETAILS: Dr. Tariq Ashraf Organizing Secretary 13th MANLIBNET Annual Convention & Librarian University of Delhi South Campus Ph: 24110221, Mob: 9868335593 E-mail: manlibnet.secretariat(a)gmail.com Mr. Akhtar Parvez Joint Organising Secretary 13th MANLIBNET Annual Convention & Librarian Indian Institute of Management, Indore E-mail: manlibnet.secretariat(a)gmail.com Rajesh Singh -- Thanks & Regards Dr.Tariq Ashraf I Delhi University Library System I University of Delhi South Campus I Benito Juarez Road New Delhi (India )110021 I Email: tariq22(a)gmail.com i tariq(a)south.du.ac.in I Ph: 011-24110221 Fax: 011-24110221 I M:9868335593 I Website: http://www.du.ac.in Dy. Librarian E-Resources & Training Central Library University Of Delhi DELHI-110 007 011-27666404, 27667848 http://crl.du.ac.in/ Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Regarding ebook version of DDC.
by Hanumanthappa Binnal 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

Dear Sir, This is replay mail to Research Librarian TKMIT Requesat on ebook or Electronic version of DDC. I am pleased to offer you the WebDewey service at no charge for the 30 day trial. I hope that this trial will help you and your colleagues experience the increased efficiency that online access to the DDC is already providing for many public libraries. you may log on to WebDewey with this account at www.dewey.org/webdewey I know that you will want to make this essential resource a part of your cataloging workflow following this 30-day introductory period. You may place your order online at any time by using the order forms available from https://www3.oclc.org/dewey. Please feel free to contact me at any time for assistance during your WebDewey trial libbie_crawford(a)oclc.org. or 1-800-848-5878, extension 6346). Sincerely, -- Hanumanthappa Veerabasappa. M.L.I.Sc.,PGDHL.,UGC-NET. Library Assistant,Ragiv Gadhi University of Health Sceince. Karnataka. Bangalore-560041. Mobile-9945268917 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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