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Request for participation to Book Fair - 2011 at J. D. Birla Institute (Main Campus) during 11-12 April, 2011.
by Sambhu Nath Halder 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Dear Sir/Madam, We have the pleasure to inform you that the Book Fair-2011 is being organized by J.D. Birla Institute, 11 Lower Rawdon Street, Kolkata-700020 during April 11-12, 2011. The Book Fair will provide an effective forum for intimating and purchasing the latest books on different subject areas. Leading National and International Publishers and Book Sellers will participate in the said Book Fair. All Publishers and Book Sellers are asked to display their current titles on wide variety of subjects. In addition to text books, they also exhibit books on Careers, Competitive Exams, etc. Books on fiction and other Reference Tools like Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, Directories, etc. are also be displayed. Please note that a special *discount of at least 20% (or more) on all books* * **must be offered to all purchaser.** * We earnestly hope that you would be gracious enough to participate in this Book Fair. We are looking forward to welcoming you to Book Fair-2011 to be held at J.D. Birla Institute during 11-12 April, 2011. We hope that you would kindly extend your help and cooperation to our endeavour. With regards, *Sambhu Nath Halder Chief Librarian* ============================= Learning Resource Centre J D Birla Institute (Main Campus) 11 Lower Rawdon Street Kolkata - 700 020 Phone: 2475 5070 / 2476 7340 [Extn:39] Mail to: sambhu.jdbi(a)gmail.com ============================= -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Fwd: Thanks from Tsukuba]
by Shalini Urs 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Dear LIS Professionals, You might have received many mails recently regarding the Japanese spirit, discipline and calm during the disaster. The speed at which the roads in Japan have been repaired is astounding! I am sharing this long winding but a personal diary kind of a mail from a professional personal friend -- Shigeo Sugimoto of University of Tsukuba. I thought of sharing this with you all for the following reasons: 1. To get a sense of the Japanese life, spirit, and mindset from a personal contact 2. Since he also talks about the roles and value to LIS professionals. Thanks Shalini ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Thanks from Tsukuba From: "Shigeo Sugimoto" <sugimoto(a)SLIS.TSUKUBA.AC.JP> Date: Mon, April 4, 2011 10:34 am To: ISCHOOLS(a)MLIST.NTU.EDU.SG -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear All, Three weeks have passed since the quake in the norther part of the main island of Japan. I received many messages from you after the quake. I'd like to express my thanks again to you. I'm writing this message to express my feelings and thoughts at this point. I'm hoping to share my experiences with you because this incident happened in Japan would be useful for us to think about the roles and values of information networks and libraries. The rest of this message is long. If you are busy please ignore the rest of this message and receive my thanks from Tsukuba. Nearly 30K people are killed or missing by the quake. The incident of the Fukushima nuclear power plants is an awful disaster. I think these facts have been reported by many news media. The rest of this message is written purely by my own personal experiences and thoughts. March 11(Fri), I was attending a meeting at a meeting room on 3rd floor, National Diet Library in Tokyo when the first major quake happened at 15:46. The second major one came 30minutes after the first one. Many of us in the room hided ourselves under tables, which means that the shake was significantly large even in Tokyo. We got information from the Internet during the meeting but continued our meeting until 5:30pm. Most of the public transportation services were shut down immediately after the quake. NDL extended their service for the public to 8:30pm, which is very unusual. At NDL closed their service but they allowed their guests in the reading rooms to stay over night and provided blankets and foods which had been prepared for emergency. I stayed over night at an office of NDL and had to stay one more night in Tokyo because of traffic shutdown to Tsukuba. While I was staying overnight at NDL, UStream and Twitter were the main information source for me and my colleagues. Email on mobile phones, which is the most heavily used communication media in our ordinary lives, was working in Tokyo/Tsukuba not reliable because of too much traffic. March 14 to 20, Drs. Schubert Foo and Stu Weibel arrived in Tsukuba as a visiting scholar at my school and research center. Because the living environment in Tsukuba was not perfect especially for non-Japanese speakers who are not familiar with Tsukuba, I decided to go to Kyoto with them for a week to visit some institutions in Kyoto with which I'm collaborating in my research - NDL Kansaikan, Kyoto Manga Museum and Kyoto Univ. (As of today, Tsukuba Express provides four services between Tokyo and Tsukuba for every hour during day time and more in rush hours, which is about 80% of the normal.) March 21 - 27, I returned from Kyoto to Tokyo and stayed two nights in Tokyoãbecause I had to attend several meetings in Tokyo. Frequency of metro trains which I used were a little less than usual but I didn't feel any inconvenience. I found less illuminations in the city and less brightness in showcases in order to save electricity. Tokyo is darker than before but not so dark in the night, and there is no significant change of the safety of the city at this point. The air in Tokyo seems better than before the quake because of less activities, I guess. Radio activity level is a little higher than before and decreasing. There is no significant danger for our health based on news on TV and newspapers. The air is much better than it was 40-30 years ago when the Japanese economy was growing very rapidly. U.Tsukuba canceled the commencement ceremony that was scheduled on March 25 because of the damages on campus and other social and infrastructural problems. At the meetings in Tokyo, there were two interesting discussions from my viewpoint. 1. What libraries, publishers and creators can contribute to the people in the disaster areas and living in evacuation shelters. (a meeting of an advisory panel for promotion of use of digital publishing hosted by agency of culture, ministry of education) - JLA expressed willingness to send copies of books by fax and/or electronically to the libraries in the damaged areas, which is not allowed in the ordinary situation because of copyrights. Delegates from publishers and creators were very supportive. - Publishers communities are providing useful information for free. For example, a publisher which is specialized in medical information provides e-journal for free. 2. How to improve usability of governmental document and records management systems under this disastrous situation. (an advisory group meeting for governmental records management hosted at Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.) - Some local governments lost their servers and paper records. Branch offices of the national government were also damaged. There is a case that very basic registration records of local residents, which were maintained by a local government and backed up the regional branch of the national government, are lost. This would boost cloud-nization of the governmental records keeping system. - Information is not well shared in the government offices and it causes delays and problems in the decision process. This would be a Japanese specific problem but common problem in bureaucratic system, especially under this very emergency and chaotic situation. March 28-present I used this week to clean-up my office. This was the most challenging task with me and because my office was already disastrous before the quake.:-) There is a photos of my lab and office taken right after the quake by my student. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsunagun/ (The bottom six photos show my office.) My office and lab are on the fourth floor and no serious damages. Two PCs and one display were broken when they fallen down. Three weeks since the quake have passed very very fast. I think this is an important opportunity for us to re-think about the value of information and the roles of libraries. Reliability of information and information resources are more crucial than usual under the emergency situation. Significant amount of local memories and records were lost because many public libraries, museums and city/town offices were lost or heavily damaged. Fortunately, no riot or panic has happened by now since the quake, and there is no serious infection of flu or other diseases. However, there are rumor which cause fear among people in the disaster areas. And, news about radio activity have caused some affects on our lives, which are mostly over-reaction by the general public. For example, it is hard to buy bottled mineral water in this week. Bottled tea and soft-drinks are available but plain water. -- KEK's page would be useful for those people who have interests in radio -- activity in Tsukuba. -- Dose rate at Tsukuba (KEK) http://rcwww.kek.jp/norm/index-e.html -- (http://www.kek.jp/quake/en/index.html) Lastly, most of the city infrastructure of Tsukuba has recovered. The distance to the Fukushima nuclear plant is 160KM (=100miles). My impression about our society is that we are mentally depressed a bit because of the serious damage caused by Tsunami and the nuclear plant incident. I and my colleagues at Tsukuba are starting new academic year with new students from April 7. Thanks for your patience. Best wishes, -- Shigeo Dr. Shalini Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in ISiM - Management School of IT. 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request for article
by Dr.D.P Prathap 02 Apr '11

02 Apr '11

dear colleagues Please provide the following article, if available: Nature 1951. v168, p.383-4. chromosome elimination in saccharum / Parthasarathy, N. Sincerely t.shanmuganathan technical officer (library) sugarcane breeding institute coimbatore m:9677502392 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LibLiveCD version 1.2. (Ubuntu 10.10 with DSpace-1.7.0, & Koha-3.2.6 pre-configured and pre-installed)
by Dimple Patel 02 Apr '11

02 Apr '11

Dear all, We are happy to inform about the new release version of LibLiveCD version 1.2. This version is made available on http://sourceforge.net/projects/liblivecd The liblivecd-ver1.2.iso file size is 617 MB. The current version of LibLiveCD contains Ubuntu 10.10, DSpace-1.7.0, & Koha-3.2.6. DSpace and Koha are pre-configured and pre-installed. Along with DSpace and Koha, the CD-ROM also contains following server related software such as:- Apache2 Web Server, OpenSSH Server, VSFTP Server, MySQL Server, PostGreSQL Server, Exim4 Server, Dovecot Server, SquirrelMail Mail Client and minimum Gnome Desktop Support. To input multilingual data in DSpace and Koha, IBus input method is also available with this version. IBus can be started from System-Preferences-Keyboard Input Methods. Add languages which you need from IBUS preferences-Input Method Tab. OpenOffice and multimedia related software are excluded from the CD and these can easily be installed by running "reload" initially from Synaptic and then searching and installing. If the synaptic reload does not work try changing repositories to http://archives.ubuntu.com/ubuntu instead of http://in.archives.ubuntu.com/ubuntu. Abiword for editing/reading word documents as well as Evince for reading PDF files is pre-installed with CDROM. Please write to dlrg(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in for any comments/suggestions. Dr. Sunita Barve NCRA, Pune _______________________________________________ DLRG mailing list DLRG(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/dlrg -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[IFLA-L] Out now: March 2011 issue of IFLA Journal
by Dabas Bharat K 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Dear Colleagues Latest issue of IFLA Journal: Volume 37, No. 1 (March 2011) available at: http://www.ifla.org/en/news/out-now-march-2011-issue-of-ifla-journal Contents: Editorial First Papers from Gothenburg Stephen Parker 3 Articles Sustaining learning for LIS through use of a virtual world Sheila Webber and Diane Nahl 5 Usability and compatibility of e-book readers in an academic environment: A collaborative study Mari Aaltonen, Petri Mannonen, Saija Nieminen, and Marko Nieminen 16 Keeping the information profession up to date: Are compulsory schemes the answer? Judith Broady-Preston and Amanda Cossham 8 Integrating diversity across the LIS curriculum: An exploratory study of instructors' perceptions and practices online Bharat Mehra, Hope A. Olson, and Suzana Ahmad 39 Parliamentary library and research services in the 21st century: A Delphi study Roxanne Missingham 52 Uniting information literacy promotion and reader development in schools: Two forms of ibrary-based intervention Andrew K. Shenton 62 Collection development for immigrants - what to purchase, and why? Findings in Gothenburg, Sweden Ingrid Atlestam, Ann-Christine Brunnström, and Randi Myhre 69 News 80 International calendar 88 Abstracts 90 Happy Readings Regards! Bharat Kumar Assistant Librarian Management Development Institute Gurgaon - 122007, Haryana, India Phone No - (M) +91-9968456404 (O) +91-124-4560390 -- 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 Apr 2011
by hrmohan＠vsnl.com 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Dear all, The 21st issue (Volume 2. issue 5) of CSI eNewsletter dt. 1st Apr 2011 is ready and can be accessed at http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2011-04-01.pdf and also at the CSI KM Portal http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/enewsletter For the archives of this newsletter, pl. visit http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-archives.htm or at http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/archives You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. With regards HR Mohan Chairman, Div IV, CSI & eNewsletter Committee, IEEE CS & PCS Madras http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ Contents ======= -- Reducing Organizational Risk Through Virtual Patching -- 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report -- Information Pioneers -- Top 50 Green and Environmental Engineering Blogs -- Microsoft Azure tutorial: A look at the cloud platform -- Business Intelligence Buyer’s Guide – 2011 Edition -- Data Deduplication Background -- Why Cloud Backup: Top 10 Reasons -- How to Compare Server Online Backup and Recovery Service Providers -- Avoiding the Hazards of IT Consolidation -- Quantum computer slips onto chips -- TheSportsMirror.com Internship & Training Program -- ERCIM "Alain Bensoussan" Fellowship Programme -- Happiness -- It’s All in Your Head -- Modern Panchtantra Story -- ICT News Headlines & Briefs -- Announcements -- Book: E-Business: A Management Perspective -- Book: Innovation Management - Strategies, Implementation, and Profits -- Book: 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know -- Book: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity -- About the CSI-eNewsletter -- Contributions to CSI-eNewsletter -- eNewsletter Committee InfoQuiz–2011-04-01 (Six Prizes to Win – Four Books and Two Awards of Rs. 500/- each) ====================================================== 1. Name the machine, powered by 90 32-core IBM Power 750 Express servers with a total of 16 terabytes of memory which had recently won $ 1 million in the Jeopardy game show defeating the champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. 2. "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" is an adage which began as the caption of a cartoon by ------. 3. InstaCompute and InstaOffice are the cloud offerings from ------. 4. Name the $99 handheld device which delivers the joy of information by offering three million Wikipedia articles. 5. Name the web tool for language translation launched by the former President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, recently at the WWW conference which has an ambitious task of offering web based translation services to 18 Indian languages. Email your answers by 20th Apr 2011 to csi.infoquiz(a)gmail.com with subject “infoquiz-2011-04-01”. 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 (http://www.oup.co.in) & Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd (http://www.shroffpublishers.com) will present the books which are briefly reviewed above. In all, there will be SIX prizes – TWO cash prizes of Rs. 500/- each and FOUR prizes of one book each. Answers along with the winner info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of InfoQuiz-2011-03-01 =============================== Twoosh, Oh My God, Claude Elwood Shannon, qubits, Epson Awards of Rs. 500/= each from SRA Systems to Mr. P. Kumar from Chennai and to Ms. A. Brindha from Thoothukudi. Books from Oxford University Press: “IT Strategy for Business” to Ms. Femina from Chennai & “Entrepreneurship” to Mr. T. Srikanth from Hyderabad. Books from Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd: “Testing in 30+ Open Source Tools” to Mr. Naveen Aggarwal from Chandigarh & “Nothing is Absolute” to Mr. G. Sivashankar.G from Jagatsinghpur, Orissa. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Recruitment of Library Professionals-Reg.
by sankar kumar 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

IBS Pune welcomes Library Professionals IBS since its establishment in 1995 has grown impressively and achieved widespread recognition from business and industry, academic circles, and professional bodies. IBS is consistently ranked among the top B-schools in India, in the annual B-school surveys every year. Applications are invited from the library professionals for IBS Pune Campus. The candidates should have M.L.Sc / M.Li.Sc or equivalent degree from reputed university with minimum 55% marks, at least 1-6 years of experience in academic / research institutions. All candidates should be computer savvy with good communication skills. Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested candidates may forward their detailed bio-data on or before 12th April 2011 by post / courier / e-mail to The Librarian, IBS C/o IFHE, City Office #52, Nagarjuna Hills Panjagutta Hyderabad-500 082 Email: library(a)ibsindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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consortium
by sadhana chauhan 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Dear Lis Professionals plz send list or link engineering consortium. REGARD: SADHANA SINGH CHAUHAN LIBRARIAN GIIT -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Copyright in Digital Medium: The Way Forward
by rcgaur＠bol.net.in 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Cordially invites you to Kala Nidhi Lecture Series and Outreach Programme (KNL-I) on Copyright in Digital Medium: The Way Forward by Mr. Vakul Sharma Advocate, Supreme Court of India On the Wendesday, April 13, 2011 at 3.00 PM at Lecture Hall, IGNCA Kala Nidhi Building (Ground Floor) 11, Mansingh Road, New Delhi-110001 Shri V.B. Pyarelal Joint Secretary, IGNCA Will preside over Profile of Mr. Vakul Sharma A lawyer practising in the Supreme Court of India and High Court(s), specialising in the field of information technology, data protection, privacy and cyber crimes. Advises the Government of India and various State Governments on Information Technology and practices. He has been nominated by the Central Government on various Expert Committees, Consultative Committees, Panels & Working Groups on Information Technology, Cyber Security, Data Protection, Cyber Crimes, E-governance etc. Having a unique distinction of training superior court judges, civil servants, police officers, law enforcement agencies, and forensic experts all across India on information technology, data protection, privacy and cyber crimes. Has studied International Relations, International Economics, Law and Management from premier Schools/ Institutions in India and Europe and holds LL.B., Masters, M.Phil and MBA degrees. Has written numerous Books, White Papers, Directives and Policy documents. He can be reached . regards ramesh ******************************************** Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) Librarian & Head-Kala Nidhi Division Coordinator- ABIA International Index Project Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts(IGNCA) (An Autonomous Trust under Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India) 11 Man Singh Road, New Delhi-110001 Phone: 91-11-23385442, 23385884 Fax: 91-11-23385884 Mobile: 91-9810487158 URL: www.ignca.gov.in Email: gaur(a)ignca.nic.in; rcgaur(a)bol.net.in ramesh.gaur(a)fulbrightmail.org http://www.ignca.nic.in/PDF_data/Profile_Dr_RC_Gaur.pdf -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for article
by Dr.D.P Prathap 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Dear colleagues Please provide the following article, if possible: Advances in microirrigation - M. Gopalakrishnan Irrigation and Drainage Vol 56, No 2-3 (363-365) Yours Sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute m:9677502392 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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100 years of LIS Education in India
by Pawan Agrawal 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Dear Library Professionals,, Year 2011 brought a special achievement for library professionals in India... We have completed 100 years of Library and Information Science Education in India.... The first LIS course was started in Baroda state in 1911 and 2011 we have successfully competed a millennium.... I congrats all LIS Teachers and Library Professional on this occasion....... -- Thanks and Regards *-------* Join hands, Join eLibrarian www.grou.ps/elibrarian *-------* *Pawan R. Agrawal *Librarian Takshshila Centre for Learning Transpek Silox Industry Ltd. Kalali Road- Atladra Vadodara- 390012 Ph. 9376135580 http://www.pragrawal.wordpress.com http://grou.ps/elibrarian Skype ID: pawanagrawal4u4u -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Wrong Information in UGC NET website
by Thirunavukkarasu TC 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Sir, In UGC NET website there is no information about June2011 NET exam. But if we click Dec 2010 Notification link we are getting information about June 2011 NET exam. So Many people may not get right information * National Eligibility Test * *Important Dates* Application Submission Start Date : *29-3-2011* Application Submission End Date : *25-4-2011* Last date for receiving the documents* at the test center:* 2-5-2011 * Examination Date : *26-6-2011* -- Thirunavukkarasu.T.C. -- 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] Symposium on LIS Education in India: Challenges and Opportunities
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

I am happy to note that Dr. Ali has stressed the importance of national level accreditation system for LIS education in India. I really hope this will become a reality soon. Three years ago, there was an online discussion about changing LIS education, in which I had the opportunity to raise this point (see links below). Our LIS educators, associations and librarians in India need to initiate this soon. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/corporatelibrns/message/3020 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/corporatelibrns/message/3077 Kind regards, Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, Sci Tech Specialist Librarian, KAUST, Saudi Arabia ------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:35:26 -0700 (PDT) From: zafar iqbal <zafar_lib at yahoo.com> Dear Colleagues/Professionals, In order to venerate 100 years of LIS education in India, the Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh organized one day Symposium on â€œLibrary and Information Science education in India: Challenges and Opportunitiesâ€ on March 17, 2011. The Seminar was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Mr. H.K Chegani, Former Director, Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library, Patna also deliver the key note speech. The Chief Guest appreciated the efforts made by the Department holding such a wonderful symposium on suitable theme of the time. He also mentioned that the curriculum should be modified in such a way as the students get opportunity to learn about the various aspects of traditional as well as modern librarianship. President of the symposium Prof. V.K Abdul Jaleel, Registrar, Aligarh Muslim University appealed to the government to implement the National Knowledge Commissionâ€™s Report especially all those recommendations related to the library and information centers. Prof. Shabahat Hussain, Director of the symposium introduced the theme and stated that the libraries were existed in very old universities like Nalanda and Takshila. During his speech, he emphasized the need of introducing course on communication skills at B.L..I Sc level. Dr. Naushad Ali. P.M, Chairman and Organizing Secretary of the symposium in his welcome speech proudly narrated the contribution of the department in LIS education in the country by introducing â€˜Bachelor of Library Scienceâ€™ in 1958-59 with full time lecturers for the first time in the country. He also spoke about the importance of a national level accreditation system for library and information science education in India. Dr. Nishat Fatima, Coordinator of the programme proposed the vote of thanks. The symposium was attended by more than hundred professionals from in and around Aligarh. The symposium was conducted in three technical sessions and twenty two papers in LIS education were presented. The deliberations and the panel discussion ended with a few important recommendations. -- Dr. P.M Naushad Ali Associate Professor Dept. of Library & Information Science Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P-India-202002 pmnaushadali at yahoo.co.in +91-9897258855 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Unlimited download Broadband Connections to Colleges in India under NMEICT project
by Ajay Kamble 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Dear all, 1. Government of India, under National Mission for Education Project of Department of Higher Education, Ministry of HRD, has approved a highly subsidized scheme of providing up to 20 Nos. of Broadband Connections of 512 Kbps speed as VPN to National Knowledge Network with unlimited use of internet to each College/Institute. 2. Colleges approved by UGC/approved by AICTE/ Accredited by NAAC/affiliated to any approved University/12B/2F college Status by UGC are eligible for this services. Annual Charges per connection are as follows Annual Charges : Rs. 5000 BSNL Pays : Rs. 500 MHRD,GOI pays: Rs. 3375 College Pays : Rs. 1125* *Applicable taxes extra. 3. Annual Billing cycle is from 1st December to 30th November to be paid in advance. For more information... Please contact your nearest BSNL office and ask them about GOI NMEICT scheme... Thanks and regards... -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications invited for Library Professionals_reg
by sankar kumar 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

IFHE welcomes Library Professionals The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh is a Deemed to be University. It comprises of IBS Hyderabad, Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) and Faculty of Law (FOL). IBS Hyderabad is consistently ranked among the top B-schools in India, in the annual B-school surveys every year. Applications are invited from the library professionals for IFHE Hyderabad Campus. The candidates should have M.L.Sc / M.Li.Sc or equivalent degree from reputed university with minimum 55% marks, at least 1-4 years of experience in academic / research institutions. Freshers with master’s degree in library science may be considered as library trainees. All candidates should be computer savvy with good communication skills. Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested candidates may forward their detailed bio-data on or before 10th April 2011 by post / courier / e-mail to The Librarian, IFHE, City Office #52, Nagarjuna Hills Panjagutta Hyderabad-500 082 Ph: 9290311498 ;Email: library(a)ibsindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Royal Society: Knowledge, Networks and Nations: Global Scientific Collaboration in the 21st Century
by Rafiq 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Hello All, A new post <http://lisstudycircle.blogspot.com/2011/03/royal-society-knowledge-networks…>( http://lisstudycircle.blogspot.com/) about a recently published report of Royal Society on Knowledge, Networks and Nations: Global Scientific Collaboration in the 21st Century<http://lisstudycircle.blogspot.com/2011/03/royal-society-knowledge-networks…>is available on LIS Study Circle <http://lisstudycircle.blogspot.com/>. Become a follower to get posts in your email box. -- *MUHAMMAD RAFIQ* *Senior Archive Specialist|**Cell: +93-(0)-78-41-95-490* *USAID, IRD-AVIPA* *(Afghanistan Vouchers for Increased Production in Agriculture)* *Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, AFGHANISTAN* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Symposium on LIS Education in India: Challenges and Opportunities
by Mailing List Admin 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:35:26 -0700 (PDT) From: zafar iqbal <zafar_lib(a)yahoo.com> Dear Colleagues/Professionals, In order to venerate 100 years of LIS education in India, the Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh organized one day Symposium on “Library and Information Science education in India: Challenges and Opportunities” on March 17, 2011. The Seminar was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Mr. H.K Chegani, Former Director, Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library, Patna also deliver the key note speech. The Chief Guest appreciated the efforts made by the Department holding such a wonderful symposium on suitable theme of the time. He also mentioned that the curriculum should be modified in such a way as the students get opportunity to learn about the various aspects of traditional as well as modern librarianship. President of the symposium Prof. V.K Abdul Jaleel, Registrar, Aligarh Muslim University appealed to the government to implement the National Knowledge Commission’s Report especially all those recommendations related to the library and information centers. Prof. Shabahat Hussain, Director of the symposium introduced the theme and stated that the libraries were existed in very old universities like Nalanda and Takshila. During his speech, he emphasized the need of introducing course on communication skills at B.L..I Sc level. Dr. Naushad Ali. P.M, Chairman and Organizing Secretary of the symposium in his welcome speech proudly narrated the contribution of the department in LIS education in the country by introducing ‘Bachelor of Library Science’ in 1958-59 with full time lecturers for the first time in the country. He also spoke about the importance of a national level accreditation system for library and information science education in India. Dr. Nishat Fatima, Coordinator of the programme proposed the vote of thanks. The symposium was attended by more than hundred professionals from in and around Aligarh. The symposium was conducted in three technical sessions and twenty two papers in LIS education were presented. The deliberations and the panel discussion ended with a few important recommendations. -- Dr. P.M Naushad Ali Associate Professor Dept. of Library & Information Science Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P-India-202002 pmnaushadali(a)yahoo.co.in +91-9897258855

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NMEICT Project by BSNL and Govt of India
by Ajay Kamble 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

NMEICT Project by BSNL and Govt of India National Mission on Education through Information and Technology (NME-ICT)is one of prestigious project by Ministry of Human Resource Development(HRD) in collaboration with varioust IITs including IIT Bombay and PSU Major BSNL, India. Objective of the NMEICT Project: NMEICT Project is launched with an ambitious vision of catering to the learning needs of more than 50 crore Indians (working population) and of providing a one stop solution to all the requirements of the learning community In order to bolster our knowledge resources, to obtain and maintain the competitive edge in the world, we require a system of identification and nurturing of talent and lifelong learning. Knowledge modules based on the personalized needs of the learner would need to be delivered to him /her at the right time with the right content interactively to take care of his / her aspirations. In due course of time there would be a need to develop and maintain the knowledge and capability profile of every individual learner / worker. Such a system would have to be developed in a cost effective manner over a period of time, integrating, inter-alia the following objectives: 1. Effective utilization of intellectual resources, minimizing wastage of time in scouting for opportunities or desired items of knowledge appropriate to the requirement. 2. Any-time availability of desired knowledge at appropriate levels of comprehension to all for self paced learning 3. Platform for sharing of ideas and techniques and pooling of knowledge resources. 4. Nurturing of scholars and learners. 5. Capability to handle the user base which would ultimately be expected to cross 50 crore in the long term. 6. Use e-learning as an effort multiplier for providing access, quality and equality in the sphere of providing education to every learner in the country. 7. Provide for Connectivity & access devices, content generation, personalization & mentoring, testing & certification and encouragement of talent. 8. Providing e-books & e-journals, utilizing the repository of contents generated so far and the automation of evaluation processes. Creating a high impact brand for e-Journals in leading disciplines with a provision for good incentive-based payment to the researchers publishing their high quality papers in these e- Journals. 9. Spreading Digital Literacy for teacher empowerment and encouraging teachers to be available on the net to guide the learners. 10. Voice support for educational material delivery and interactivity for the content on the portal. 11. Conversion of existing educational tapes into indexed formats compliant with the internationally accepted standards such as SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model). 12. Launching a national movement for content and question generation. 13. Providing Digital/Information Literacy for teacher empowerment. 14. ERP (Enterprise Resource Package) and e-Governance for education. 15. Customisation of Open Source Tools etc. 16. Content delivery through EduSAT and narrowcasting of TV signals. Providing 1000 DTH (Direct to Home)channels on 40 transponders [to be availed through the Department. of Space] so that a separate DTH channel is available for every subject for every class in various languages to the extent possible. 17. Setting up virtual labs and lab centers and finishing schools for quality enhancement. 18. Making broadband affordable for every learner. 19. Reducing ill-effects of internet / web based learning. 20. Coordination and synergisation of knowledge related activities of different Ministries and organizations. For more details about NMEICT Project visit: www.sakshat.ac.in www.bsnl.co.in <http://www.bsnl.co.in/service/mplsvpn.htm> NMEICT Project Document <http://www.sakshat.ac.in/PDF/Missiondocument.pdf> -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- 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 "Intellectual Property Rights" by Bindu Sharma on Tuesday, 5th April 2011 @6.00pm
by Babu Rajendra 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Dear LIS Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) is happy to invite you to the Monthly Lecture Series. The third talk of the series has been scheduled on Tuesday, 5th April 2011 @6.00pm at the following Address: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) # 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block Rajajinagar, Bangalore - 560 010 Title: Intellectual Property Rights (Patent, Copyright). Speaker: Bindu Sharma, Founding partner and CEO, Origiin IP Solutions LLP, Bangalore, India. Abstract: The term "Intellectual Property" basically means "creation of mind" such as machine, process, design etc with creative or useful output. IP, due to its intangible nature, gets protection under law as patent, copyright, trademark; industrial design etc provided it fulfils basic requirements for protection as prescribed by the legislation. On one hand, IP if protected and exploited sensibly is a valuable asset and can fetch great revenues but on the other hand infringement of third party's IP with or without knowledge can be disastrous. Therefore, need of the hour is to get oneself aware on various aspects of IPR so that it can be used as a tool to generate revenues. About The Speaker: Bindu Sharma has eight years of research experience working in reputed institutes of the country such as National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), New Delhi, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and Jubilant Biosys (P) Ltd., Bangalore. She founded Origiin IP Solutions in the year 2006 and has been handling work such as various patent searches, Patent drafting, filing and prosecution at IPO and PCT, office actions including opposition and revocation petitions, drafting agreements relating transfer of technology, registration of copyright, trademark, conducting IP Audit, framing IP Policies and processes etc for knowledge based companies and academics. She has been speaker in several conferences, symposiums and has conducted various awareness workshops on IPR for academics as well as corporates. She is visiting faculty in many reputed colleges in India. She is a Registered Patent Agent at Indian Patent Office, Enrolled as Advocate in Karnataka State Bar Council . Please confirm your participation. Thanks and Regards, Rajendra Babu H General Secretary Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need for open access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Friends: Here is an editorial from the latest issue of PLoS Medicine. The same issue carries an invited commentary Arun On the Path to Global Open Access: A Few More Miles to Go * Article * Metrics * Related Content * Comments: 0 * To add a note, highlight some text. Hide notes * Make a general commentJump to * Author Contributions * References The PLoS Medicine Editors* Citation: The PLoS Medicine Editors (2011) On the Path to Global Open Access: A Few More Miles to Go. PLoS Med 8(3): e1001014. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001014 Published: March 29, 2011 Copyright: © 2011 PLoS Medicine Editors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Funding: The PLoS Medicine Editors are each paid a salary by the Public Library of Science, and they wrote this editorial during their salaried time. No specific funding was received for this paper. Competing interests: The PLoS Medicine Editors' individual competing interests are athttp://www.plosmedicine.org/static/editorsInterests.action. PLoS is funded partly through manuscript publication charges, but the PLoS Medicine Editors are paid a fixed salary (their salary is not linked to the number of papers published in the journal). Abbreviations: HINARI, Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative; OA, open access * E-mail: medicine_editors(a)plos.org The PLoS Medicine Editors are Virginia Barbour, Jocalyn Clark, Susan Jones, Melissa Norton, and Emma Veitch. Provenance: Written by editorial staff; not externally peer reviewed. It has been a couple of months now since the withdrawal of access via HINARI to medical journals in Bangladesh by several publishers caused an upset in the medical publishing world [1]. HINARI (Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative) is a WHO-supported program [2] that partners with subscription-based publishers to allow researchers in the world's poorest countries to access some of their journals under certain conditions (for example, researchers have to access the journal in defined institutions). After much lobbying from researchers, editors, and others following the withdrawal, HINARI access has been—for the time being at least—reinstated, though with a substantial lack of clarity over the longer term plans of a number of the publishers [3]. Although traumatic for the researchers who lost access, the incident has triggered a useful debate on the value of open access (OA; immediate, permanent free access and permanently guaranteed unrestricted reuse, as enshrined in a Creative Commons license [4] and as practiced by publishers such as PLoS) versus free access with no legal rights attached. It is hard to think of a better example to demonstrate the precariousness of this latter type of free access, which can mean that access may be withdrawn for no reason. Now that the heat of the HINARI debate has died down, it is an opportune time to consider how this dispute, and others like it, can be used constructively to move toward a position where universal OA to the medical literature becomes the norm. On the positive side, the debate has brought many new voices into the discussion around access, particularly those on the online discussion forum HIFA2015 [5], where the diversity and strength of opinions expressed was most likely the key instrument in ensuring that the publishers' withdrawal from HINARI was not only brought to light, but also largely reversed. The debacle also allowed constructive discussions around the substantial limitations of HINARI and its inability to provide a long-term sustainable solution to access in the developing world. It also allowed airing of many OA issues, including the difference between free and open access [4]; the logistical difficulties experienced by some researchers in accessing online journals, such as those in locations with low bandwidth; the suspicion of some researchers of online-only journals; and concerns over publication fees. Thus the argument about how to implement such access, particularly in the developing world, is far from over. The issues above are very familiar to OA advocates. When PLoS Medicine was getting started seven years ago, we encountered many of the same questions from the (admittedly mostly developed-world) authors and readers we canvassed then. The phenomenal growth of OA since then has reassured many of those who initially questioned the model and its sustainability: submissions and publications are increasing each year at PLoS and in other open-access journals, reflecting the increased confidence of authors in this model. OA papers are also highly accessed, though our data suggest that most of this access, and most of the authors, still come from the developed world. The HINARI incident thus highlights the fact that HINARI is, sadly, still needed both because of traditional publishers who have not yet implemented OA, even in the developed world, and because substantial gaps remain in our knowledge about how OA will work for the developing world. Hence, there is some way to go before this model of publishing can become the norm worldwide. Despite the best intentions of open-access publishers, we have failed to reach out adequately to debate with researchers and readers in the less-developed world about the potential benefits of open access. Instead, as is often the case when the developed world prescribes for the less-developed world, we have assumed that what works well in Paris, London, or San Francisco will work just as well in Addis Ababa, Beirut, or Lima. Some examples of these active concerns about OA: first, are OA journals being delivered in the best format for readers in the developing world? If print really is better in some places, are we doing our best to ensure that the online journals are optimized for rapid downloading and printing of articles? If access to online journals will be primarily via mobile devices rather than computers, are we delivering the content in appropriate formats? Second, do we understand the reputation metrics outside of Europe or the US that will ensure that the new OA journals are trusted and meet the requirements authors face for academic promotions or other professional needs [6]? Even more importantly, are there OA journals available that cater to the needs of readers and authors across the developing world? Should publishers be helping groups to start their own journals, rather than assuming that the existing OA journals will be accepted? Medical journals have many roles, but, above all, dissemination of medical information is key. This crucial role was stated clearly back in1997 by Neil Pakenham-Walsh (the founder of HIFA2015) and colleagues, and it is no less relevant now [7]: “Providing access to reliable health information for health workers in developing countries is potentially the single most cost effective and achievable strategy for sustainable improvement in health care.” Much therefore remains to be done in improving access to health information in the developing world. By providing a logistical framework for open access (by the adoption of appropriate licenses), and by showing what can be done in the developed world with OA journals, OA publishers have done much to make it possible more widely. The next crucial step is to engage with readers, researchers, and authors in the developing world to understand better their information needs so that we don't fall into the trap of pushing information in only one direction. Open access is about facilitating the movement of knowledge—in all directions. Author Contributions Top Wrote the first draft of the editorial: VB. Contributed to the writing of the editorial: JC SJ MN EV. References Top 1. Kmietowicz K (2011) Publishers withdraw 2500 journals from free access scheme in Bangladesh. BMJ 342: d196. doi:10.1136/bmj.d196. 2. HINARI (2011) HINARI Access to Research in Health Programme. Available:http://www.who.int/hinari/en/. Accessed 16 February 2011. 3. Wise A (2011) Elsevier statement on Research4Life. Lancet 377: 377. FIND THIS ARTICLE ONLINE 4. PLoS (2011) Definition of Open Access. Available: http://www.plos.org/oa/definition.php. Accessed 16 February 2011. 5. HIFA2015 (2011) A Global Campaign: Healthcare Information for All by 2015. Available:http://www.hifa2015.org/. Accessed 16 February 2011. 6. Chan L, Kirsop B, Arunachalam S (2011) Towards Open and Equitable Access to Research and Knowledge for Development. PLoS Med 8: 1016. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001016. 7. Packenham-Walsh N, Priestley C, Smith R (1997) Meeting the information needs of health workers in developing countries. BMJ 314: 90. FIND THIS ARTICLE ONLINE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Coverage of Origiin in Bangalore Mirror
by Bindu 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Dear All, We are happy to share with you that our company Origiin IP Solutions has been covered by Bangalore Mirror today. Have a look at the link below: http://www.bangaloremirror.com//index.aspx?page=article <http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=106&contentid =2011032720110327235856650f5e38bbf> &sectid=106&contentid=2011032720110327235856650f5e38bbf I also take this opportunity to thank you all from Origiin team for your support. Kindly have a look at the attachment too. Best regards, Bindu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LISA
by murulieps＠excelindia.com 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Dear Professionals, Please let me know the uses of LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts). I was taught by my professor saying LISA is a source where we find information about research topics of Library and Information Science which are being dealth with. It helps scholars for selection of a topic. However, I was unable to find such list on the LISA website where I can check topics that has been taken up for a research. Please educate me on the same with a simple navigation of the website. The website I have gone through is http://www.csa.com I look forward for help. thanks and regards Muruli Librarian Excel Public School Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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(no subject)
by kgoel＠icssr.org 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Dear Muruli You will be able to know the studies/researches done in the library and information science by browsing LISA. But, if want to know the consolidated list of researches, you can refere the"Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations" and "University News" published by Association of Indian Universities(AIU). k.goel Dr.(Mrs) Kamlesh Goel Deputy Director NASSOC, ICSSR 35, Ferozshah Road New Delhi - 110001 Phone: 95+011-2307433438 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Questionnaire
by subhash khode 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Respected sir/madam, Few months ago i had posted questionnaire for my research paper entitled “USE OF VARIOUS MAILING LISTS BY LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS IN INDIA: A STUDY and I had 94 responses. My paper is returned with remark your paper is good but you have to revised it with more responses. So i request to fill the questionnaire and link is given below. Thank you very much who had already responded http://www.kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php?surveyID=KNHOII_38430a73 Subhash Khode Chief Librarian Mahakal Institute of Technology Behind Air Strip, Dewas Road Ujjain(MP) subhashkhode(a)yahoo.com<http://in.mc948.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=subhashkhode@yahoo.com> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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A new paper in PLoS Medicine
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Friends: Please look up Chan L, Kirsop B, Arunachalam S (2011), Towards Open and Equitable Access to Research and Knowledge for Development. PLoS Med 8: 1016. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001016. http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.100… Your comments are welcome. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of Librarian at Institute of Clinical Research (India), Bangalore
by Harish SN 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

* Institute of Clinical Research (INDIA)* * Bangalore* ** *Name of The Post: Librarian* * * *Qualification: MLISc / BLISc* * * *Experience: 1-2 years* * * *Job Location : Bangalore* * * * * *Contact Person: Harish S N* ** *Ph No.: 9986538994 * *E-mail: **harish(a)icriindia.com* <harish(a)icriindia.com>* * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NOTIFICATION OF KARNATAKA STATE ELIGIBILITY TEST (K-SET) FOR LECTURESHIP
by prasanna 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Dear Professionals, Mysore University call for KARNATAKA STATE ELIGIBILITY TEST (K-SET) FOR LECTURESHIP – 2011 (Accredited by UGC, New Delhi) NOTIFICATION: Examination Date : 17th JULY 2011 Important dates : i) Last date for Applying On-Line 30-04-2011 ii) Last date for receiving the printout of online 10-05-2011 Application Form(two copies), Attendance Slip(one copy) and Admission Card(one copy) at the respective Test centre Opted center by the candidate (with fee receipt & category certificate(s). The Karnataka State Eligibility Test (K-SET) center, University of Mysore, Mysore will be holding the Test on 17th JULY 2011(Sunday) for determining the eligibility for Lectureship in various universities/colleges/Institutions (Government/Aided/ Private) in Karnataka State. K-SET center will conduct the test in 26 (twenty six) subjects (listed under item no. 6) at 11 (Eleven) selected Centers (listed under Item no. 7) spread across the Karnataka State. The result of the K-SET to be held on 17TH JULY 2011 will be made available on the K-SET center website www.kset.uni-mysore.ac.in and shall also be published in the Employment News as and when it is declared. The candidates will not be individually intimated about their result. Candidates who qualify the K-SET will be governed by the rules and regulations for recruitment of lecturers of the concerned universities/colleges /Institutions (Government/ Aided/ Private) in Karnataka State. for More details please visit: http://kset.uni-mysore.ac.in/notification/ Best Regards PrasannaKumara BMLibrarian Library and Information CenterNew Horizon College Of EngineeringBangalore -- 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 Manas Samanta 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Dear all, If any library holds below mention article. Please send. Duff, R. B. & Webley, D. M. Soil Science.Vol. 95. Page. 105, 1963 regards Manas Samanta. msamanta(a)nmlindia.org Technical Assistant NML. Jamshedpur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Admission for MLISc ( two year integrated programme)
by gopikuttan gopikuttan 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Dear friends and Colleagues, Applications are invited for common PG admission including MLISc (Two year integrated) of the University of Kerala for the academic programme of 2011-2013. Common Entrance examination will be conducted around June/july 2011. For details pls visit the web site www.keralauniversity.ac.in Dr.A.Gopikuttan Associate Professor and Head Dept of Library and Information Science University of Kerala Thiruvananthapuram -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Posts at IIIM(CSIR),JAMMU
by RAKESH SINGH BISEN 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Dear All, IIIM(CSIR), Jammu has advertised various posts(PWD) of the Library. Interested and eligible persons can apply. www.iiim.res.in Download application forms from the above website. RAKESH SINGH BISEN LIBRARY OFFICER IIIM(CSIR) JAMMU-180 001 bisen.iiim(a)gmail.com 9469210220 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Openings for Library Research Assistant and Library Assistant Posts
by anand bandi 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

"The National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai "ivites application for the post of "Research Assistant" and "Library Asiistant"for its Campus, at Navi Mumbai. A Post Grduates in Library and Information Science with First Class from reguler studies, proficiency in English Language and Computer operation may forward their CV to the undersigned latest by 7th March 2011. The candidate for Research Assistant should put in minimum of Two years of experiencein a Library of repute,with two references indicating the contact Telephone Number and e-mail ID of such references.Also the candidate need to enlist in his/Her CV the task performed in the present Job. The selected Candidate will have an opportunity to work and learn in a total Automated & Digitised Library environment of the prestigious Resource Centrer of NIFT. Such selected candidateswill be paid the stipend of Rs 10000=00 PM for the first six Months. The Candidate for "Library Assistant" will have to be a Post Graduate in LIS of the regular studies of the Universities, passed in First Class with proficiency in English Language and familer with Computer applications. Such candidate will be paid a stipend of Rs 8000=00 PM for first six Months.A Candidate must have minimum work experience of One/Two years for the Post. The candidates who are interested may forward their CV to the undersigned clearly mentioning the post the application is submitted. Incomplete application will be rejected. The last date for submitting application online is 18th April, 2011. Dr.A.N.Bandi, Head, Resource Centre, National Institute of Fashion Technology, NIFT Campus, Plot No.15, Sector 4, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai - 410 210. Ph.91-22-27747080/81 Mobile : 09892192799 e-mail: anb321in(a)yahoo.co.in anbandi(a)rediffmail.com website:www.nift.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Assistant Library and Information Officer at National Library Kolkata
by Veeru 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Dear Professionals, *Name of the Post : ASSISTANT LIBRARY AND INFORMATION OFFICER* *No. of Post :* 03( 01 GEN, 01 OBC ,01 SC ) *Essential Qualifications : (i)* Bachelor's Degree of recognized University or equivalent *(ii)* Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Library Science of a recognized University/Institution or equivalent *Experience :*Two years experience in a recognized Library or two years experience in computerization of a recognized Library or Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application from recognized institute or equivalent *Desirable* :Master's Degree in Library Science of a recognized University/Institute or equivalent *Age Limit:*30 years (Age is also relax able for reserved category) *Last Date :*14.04.2011 *Visit:* *www. upsc.gov.in* * or* Employment News 26 March-1 April -- *with regards Virupaksh BH National Library of India Kolkatta. * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Study Circle offers personally picked information
by Muhammad Rafiq 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

LIS Study Circle <http://lisstudycircle.blogspot.com/> ( http://lisstudycircle.blogspot.com/) blog offers personally picked information related to a wide range of disciplines including but not limited to Library & Information Science, Library Management, Information Management, Knowledge Management, Technology: Theory and Applications, Political, Social and Economic Impact of Information, and related areas. You can POST YOUR COMMENT on posts. Comments will be approved/moderated by administrators. Become FOLLOWER to receive new posts in your email. -- Muhammad Rafiq, Senior Archive Specialist, Afghanistan Vouchers for Increased Productive Agriculture (AVIPA), International Relief & Development, Kabul, Afghanistan, Cell: +93 (0) 798 717 195 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for Launch of Web of Knowledge 5
by Dr.Tariq Ashraf 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

*UNIVERSITY OF DELHI SOUTH CAMPUS* *Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi-110021* *Ph: 24110221: Email: librarian(a)south.du.ac.in* * * * * *I N V I T A T I O N * * * South Campus Library in collaboration with Thomson Reuters is pleased to invite you to the launching ceremony of *“Discovery Starts Here :Introducing the New **Web of Knowledge **–*” a * * new platform for * **Web of Knowledge *users on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 . This platform will bring together new features, enhanced functionality, and additional content to provide researchers with more precise searching, a streamlined workflow, and in-depth analysis of results. The primary focus of the event would be to emphasize the additional features of Web of Knowledge platform and how it will benefit the users. *Be one of the first to see the next generation of this powerful research resource from Thomson Reuters .You may win an Ipad too.* * * *P R O G R A M M E* * * *Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Auditorium, SP Jain Management Centre, UDSC* * * *Inauguration : 11.00 AM* *Presentations : 11.30 AM* *Lucky Draw/Prizes : 1 .00 PM* *Lunch : 1 .30 PM * * * * * *C O N F I R M A T I O N S* Dr.Tariq Ashraf Prashant Tomar Delhi University Library System Thomson Reuters University of Delhi South Campus Marketing Project Manager New Delhi, 110021 Tel.: +91 9810697897 Mobile: 9868335593 Email: tariq(a)south.du.ac.in Email: prashant.tomar(a)thomsonreuters.com -- Dr.Tariq Ashraf South Campus, University of Delhi Benito Juarez Road New Delhi (India )110021 Email: tariq22(a)gmail.com ; tariq(a)south.du.ac.in Ph: 011-24110221 (Direct) Fax: 011-24110221 Cell:9868335593 Website: http://www.du.ac.in The information contained in this e-mail message is privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this e-mail message in error, please e-mail the sender. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy announcement Reference Librarian
by Seth, Renu 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Vacancy Announcement Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Delhi invites applications for the position of Reference Librarian Max Mueller Bhavan is part of the worldwide network of the Goethe-Institut Munich and promotes German language and culture abroad. The Regional Library provides comprehensive and up-to-date information about Germany. Responsibilities: Ø Provide reference services about Germany Ø Catalogue and classify the library collection Ø Participate in collection development Ø Develop marketing strategies and outreach programmes to promote library resources and services Ø Develop interactive Web 2.0 and ICT-based services Ø Prepare library newsletter and other promotional material Ø Maintain the library website Requirements: Ø Master's degree from an accredited library school Ø Minimum two years of professional experience Ø Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English Ø Good knowledge of spoken and written German language and culture an advantage Ø Competence in using new technology as a research tool Ø Profound knowledge of computer applications Ø Initiative, flexibility and ability to work in a team environment Ø Strong commitment to public service Remuneration in accordance with the MMB salary scheme and in commensuration with qualifications and experience. Applications received by April 18, 2011 will receive first consideration. Send letter of application, along with two professional references to Renu Seth, Chief Librarian, Max Mueller Bhavan, 3, K.G. Marg, New Delhi-110001 Tel: (011) 23471137 email: seth(a)delhi.goethe.org Visit our web site at www.goethe.de/newdelhi Dr. Renu Seth Chief Librarian Max Mueller Bhavan 3, Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi-110001 Telephone +91-11-23471137 seth(a)delhi.goethe.org http://www.goethe.de/newdelhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NASI SCOPUS YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARDS 2010
by Muralidharan, Padma (ELS-DEL) 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

Dear All, ELSEVIER & NASI are pleased to announce the winners of the NASI SCOPUS YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARDS 2010. The awards were given away by Prof. T Ramasami, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India on the 21st of March, 2011 at New Delhi. Prof. Manju Sharma, past President of National Academy of Sciences represented the Academy at the occasion. Applicants were evaluated in two stages based on key criteria such as publication output, citations and other metrics based on Scopus data, as well as research quality and impact by forty-eight panelists. The winners of the NASI SCOPUS YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARDS 2010 are as follows: Agriculture - Dr. Rajeev K Varshney, International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics, Hyderabad Biological Sciences - Dr. Debnath Pal (Indian Institute of Science) & Dr. Ravishankar Ravichandran (Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow) Chemistry - Dr. Souvik Maiti (Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, Delhi) Earth & Environmental Sciences - Dr. Madineni Venkat Ratnam (National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Tirupati) & Dr S Venkata Mohan (Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad) Engineering - Dr. Parag R. Gogate (Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai) & Dr. Bikramjit Basu(Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) Medicine - Dr. Naval K. Vikram, (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi) Physics - Dr. P.S Anil Kumar (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) & Dr. Priya Mahadevan (S N Bose National Centre For Basic Sciences, Kolkata) We would like to thank all applicants for sending in their applications. Watch out for the announcement of this year's awards in June/July 2011. Thanks & regards, Padma Muralidharan Senior Manager - Account Development Elsevier India (Science & Technology) 14th Floor, Building 10B, DLF Cyber City, Phase II, Gurgaon - 122 002 Email : p.muralidharan(a)elsevier.com <mailto:p.muralidharan@elsevier.com> Phone : +91-124-4774202 l +91-9810739993 For all information regarding Elsevier, please visit http://southasia.elsevier.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- This communication is confidential and may be privileged. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you receive this message by mistake, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message from your system. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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advertisement for the posts of Library Staff
by Mailing List Admin 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:32:07 +0530 From: Rajivaksh Tripathi <rajiv.lis2008(a)gmail.com> Dear Members, SRMS IBS of Unnao has advertised for the posts of Library Staff at various level. If interested, you may apply online or post resume It is an upcoming new B- School and provides an excellent opportunity to work. To The Chairman SRMS Trust, UGF, Krishana Complex, Chandganj Garden Road, Alilganj , Lucknow-226024 Email us- careers(a)ibs.srms.ac.in With regards, Rajivaksh Tripathi Librarian SRMS IBS ,

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Call for Papers: International Journal of Library Science
by Ceser Res 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

International Journal of Library Science www.ceserp.com/cp-jour/ Call for Papers Dear Colleague, Papers are invited for the International Journal of Library Science (IJLS). The IJLS is a peer-reviewed journal, published refereed, well-written original research articles, and studies that describe the latest research and developments in the area of library science and information. This is a broad-based journal covering all branches. It's also published interdisciplinary research. The areas of interest include but are not limited to: · Education for librarianship · Information policy · Information and communication technologies (ICT's) · Information Society · Equity of Access · Sustainability and ICT's · Children's Internet Protection Act · Censorship · Information explosion · Information literacy · Government Information · Decreased funding for established libraries · Copyright · Intellectual property rights · Intellectual freedom · Digital divide · Open access (publishing) · Patriot Act · Public lending right · Slow fires · Serials crisis · Current digital/scanning technologies · Remote Access An original and unpublished manuscripts can be sent to the publisher via e-mail at: cangaley(a)yahoo.com and a copy to cpublib[at]gmail.com . Sincerely, Dr. Michel Nguessan, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Library Science (IJLS) www.ceserp.com/cp-jour/ Governors State University, Illinois, USA E-mail: cangaley(a)yahoo.com E-mail: cpublib@gmail. com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for article
by sdmlaw library 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

--- On Wed, 23/3/11, sdmlaw library <sdmlawlibrary(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: From: sdmlaw library <sdmlawlibrary(a)yahoo.co.in> Subject: request for article Please arrange to post the following request Dear friends, I am in need of the article/material relating to the following topic. Please help me getting the useful article or weblinks. Relevance of Abstracting services in the Electronic Environment Pramila Suman Asst.Librarian, SDM College,Mangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy at Physical Research Laboratory
by praggya pandey 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Dear Professionals, PRL, a premier research Institution for Space Science in India invites applications for the post of Library Trainees (5 posts) Freshers must apply DO NOT MISS !!!!! http://www.prl.res.in/~recruit/libtr/advt.pdf Best Wishes, Pragya Pandey -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation - from AIRC Mumbai - Panel Discussion on Libraries in the 21st Century
by Mailing List Admin 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:56:00 +0530 From: Vasumathi Sriganesh <vasu(a)qmedkf.org.in> Invitation - Panel Discussion on Libraries in the 21st Century Forwarding an invitation on behalf of the AIRC, on their request Vasumathi Sriganesh ----- Original Message ----- From: Karalkar, Tejaswini A To: undisclosed-recipients Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 5:22 PM Subject: Invitation - Panel Discussion on Libraries in the 21st Century Cordially invites you to a Panel Discussion on Thursday, March 31, 2011 Time: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Venue: The American Center auditorium 4, New Marine Lines, Mumbai 400 020 The discussion is based on articles published in the U.S. Embassy bi-monthly publication "Article & Web Alert," March-April 2010. The articles can be accessed at: http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/media/pdf-irc/awamarapr2010.pdf Panelists: Ms. Vasumathi Sriganesh, CEO, QMed Knowledge Foundation - Moderator Ms. Devika Fernandes, Senior Vice President, Knowledge Management, IDFC Dr. Medha Joshi, Head, Department of Library Science, Tata Memorial Hospital Ms. Meghana Sanjeev, Librarian, Vivekanand College of Arts, Science & Commerce Please confirm your attendance to my colleague Ms. Irene Fernandez on 22624590 ext.2202 or send us an e-mail at libref(a)state.gov. We look forward to your participation. Sincerely yours, Angela L. Gemza Cultural Affairs Officer American Center Regards, Tejaswini Karalkar Reference Librarian The American Library 4, New Marine Lines Mumbai 400020 Tel: 91-22-22624590 ext. 2214 Fax: 91-22-22624599 Email: karalkarta(a)state.gov URL: http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov

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Librarian and Assistant Librarian posts at Central University of Rajasthan
by Shamprasad Pujar 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Dear Members, Central University of Rajasthan has advertised for the posts of Librarian and Assistant Librarian. If interested, you may apply online. It is an upcoming new university and provides an excellent opportunity to work. For more details, you may please check at: *www.curaj.ac.in* or * www.cuor.eadmissions.net* for detailed information and on-line application. The last date for application is: April 1, 2011 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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request for article
by Dr.D.P Prathap 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

dear colleagues if anybody has access to the following article, please provide: *Sequence conservation in the coat protein gene of TSV isolates causing necrosis in cotton, mungbean, sunflower and sun hemp in India *Indian Journal of Biotechnology, (Vol 1) Page 350-356, 2002 Dr.Bhat, Choudhry & Ramiah Sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical officer (library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute m:9677502392 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainee
by Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Central University of Kerala located at Kasaragod needs Library Trainees for its Library. The qualification required is BLISc/MLISc (preferably MLISc). Computer Knowledge is essential. The selection will be based on the interview and practical test. The selected candidates will get a stipend of Rs. 5000/- per month. The training period will be one year. Those who are interested may attend the walk-in-interview and practical test with all original certificates on 6th April 2011 at 10 am at Central University Office at Nayanmarmoola, Kasaragod, Kerala. -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai Assistant Librarian Central University of Kerala Vidyanagar P.O. Kasargod, Kerala, India Blog: www.dineshkoovakkai.blogspot.com Visit our library blog at: www.cuklibinfopage.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by Ajay Kamble 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Dear all, One of our faculty member is in need of an article mentioned below : Singh D P, 'Migration in Mumbai : Trends in 50 Years' , Demography India, Volume 36, Number 2, Times of India, September 2006. Please if someone has the article... please send ASAP... Thanks -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for article
by Laksman Sarkar 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Dear Friends I am a research scholar of LIS. I need an article entitled" Cataloguing practices among college libraries in Karnataka state" written by Tadasad P.G., Vijayakumar M., Maheswarappa, B.S. for my research purpose. If anybody send it to me, it will be great pleaser to me. Thanks With regards Laksman Sarkar B-8/71, Kalyani - 741235, W.B., INDIA Office: Central Library University of Kalyani Kalyani - 741235, W.B. INDIA Ph. No. 033-2582-0311 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for Assistant Librarian
by HELP LIBRARY 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

Applications are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian at Health Education Library for People, CST, Mumbai The candidate should possess excellent communication and administrative skills and should be able to get along well with people. *Freshers may apply.Candidates from Mumbai* only please apply. Interested candidates may apply with full details of their Educational Qualification/Experience and post applied for to helplib(a)vsnl.com or helplibrary(a)gmail.com Ms.Anjoo Chandiramani, Health Education Library for People, 206, Dr.D.N.Road, Gr.Floor, Near New Excelsior Building, CST, Mumbai - 400 001. <http://www.giveindia.org/Donatefromigivepage.aspx> <http://www.healthlibrary.com/mdconsult-index.htm> <http://www.healthlibrary.com/> Health Education Library for People, National Insurance Building, Gr Floor, 206, Dr.D.N.Road, Mumbai - 400 001. Tel Nos.65952393/ 65952394/22061101 www.helpforhealth.org www.healthlibrary.com Have a health query ? ASK US FOR FREE - Click here - <http://www.healthlibrary.com/helpdesk.htm> Join us on India's First Self-Care HEALTH GUIDE www.myhealthpedia.in America's Largest selling "HEALTH WISE HANDBOOK" Now in India, available exclusively at HELP- at a Promotional Price.CLICK HERE AND GRAB YOUR COPY NOW <http://cgi.ebay.in/HEALTHWISEHANDBOOK_W0QQitemZ280453250149QQcmdZViewItemQQ…> ! <http://cgi.ebay.in/HEALTHWISEHANDBOOK_W0QQitemZ280453250149QQcmdZViewItemQQ…> Contact Me [image: Blogger] <http://www.helplibrary.blogspot.com/>[image: Youtube] <http://www.youtube.com/my_videos>[image: Twitter]<http://twitter.com/helplibrary>[image: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#%21/pages/HEALTH-EDUCATION-LIBRARY-FOR-PEO…>[image: Orkut] <http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Home?rl=t>[image: Google Calendar]<https://www.google.com/calendar/render?tab=mc&authuser=0>[image: Picasa]<http://picasaweb.google.co.in/helplibrary/HealthInformationGuideHELP>[image: Ebay]<http://cgi.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280496763630&_trkparms=ta…> Signature powered by <http://www.wisestamp.com/email-install?utm_source=extension&utm_medium=emai…> WiseStamp<http://www.wisestamp.com/email-install?utm_source=extension&utm_medium=emai…> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Wanted Librarian for CBSE school
by nag naga raja 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Dear moderator please publish the below mentioned advt in LIS- Forum There is a Librarian post vacant in a reputed newly established school (CBSE).The qualification required for applying the post is Diploma in Lib.Sc or B.L.I.Sc .Candidates should have good fluency in English and ability to handle the school children. The preference will be given to the candidates those who have completed their matriculation in English medium schools and working in CBSE/ICSE schools.Salary depends on qualification and experience.The last date for applying the application is 31.03.2011. For more information contact Mr.A.Nagaraja, Mob: 9449889333 A.Nagaraja Librarian Sri Krishna Institute of Technology Bangalore-560090 NAGARAJA.A -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad demise of Dr.K.Doraswamy, Deputy Librarian, Bangalore University, Bangalore
by Pandurang Konnur 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Dear Professional Friends, I am sorry to inform you all the news of Sad demise of Dr.K.Doraswamy, Deputy Librarian, Bangalore University, Bangalore. Dr.Doraswamy was known for his honest service in Bangalore University Library. On 13th March 2011 at 7 pm he passed away with massive Heart Attack in Basavanagudi club where he used to do gym during every evening. He was 54 years old. His last rituals were made in his village near Gowribidanur, Kolar Dist. Karnataka. We at Bangalore University really miss him and pray almighty to rest his soul in peace. -- All the Staff Members of Bangalore University Library Jnanabharati, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510 Website: http://library.bub.ernet.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Articles
by Dr.D.P Prathap 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Dear colleagues If anybody has access to "Science", please provide the following articles: 1. Science, 1944, V.99, p.331-4, New hybrids.... 2. Science, 1947, v.106, p.547-8...Growth Thanking you Yours Sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute m:9677502392 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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