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KELPRO Bulletin Student Paper Contest
by Surendran Cherukodan 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

kelpro bulletin (issn 0975-4911) a bi-nnual journal in Library & Information Science Published by kerala library professionals’ organization Since 1997, through 14 volumes, kelpro Bulletin has been a leader among scholarly journals in Library & Information Science in India. As part of its strategy to encourage budding LIS professionals kelpro Bulletin is announcing a call for “Best Student Paper of 2011”. This competition supports kelpro Bulletin’s goal of publishing the best articles from the next generation of Library and Information Science professionals. We are proud to recognize the best papers with special awards. The main objective of this awards are: To encourage lis students to present research papers addressing, the current trends in Library and information Science; To encourage the students to understand and participate in professional activities and there by promote communication, co-operation and unity among the library professionals. Participants Students include Post-graduate, M.Phil and Research Scholars in lis, below the age of 40 years are invited to submit high quality research papers to this competition. Single author/joint author (Maximum 2 authors) paper are invited. Theme of the Paper The theme is “Open Source Software in LIS field”. Research paper should address the significant issues facing todays Librarians, Information Scientists and Faculty members on the above topic. Case studies, best practices and pure research papers are welcome. Length of the paper should be in the range of 4000-6000 words. Language: English. Abstract should be given in not exceeding 200 words. Bibliographical references should be given on author date system. For more details see Instructions to contributors in kelpro Bulletin. Paper should be submitted in CD format done in MS word together with a printed copy. The paper should be submitted on or before 15th July 2011. Selection of the paper An expert committee constituted by Kelpro will select the best papers for awards. Paper will be judged on the basis of ± Originality of thought and observation. ± Depth of research and scholarship. ± Topicality of the problem addressed ± Quality of ideas, research methods, results or argument ± Quality of writing and referencing ± The decision of the expert committee will be final in this regard. Awards Three prizes will be given in this competition of the Best Student Paper-2011 First Prize - The author of the Best Student Paper will be honoured with a cash prize of Rs. 5,000/-, a Certificate of Merit and free subscription of kelpro Bulletin for 2 yesrs. Second & Third Prize - The author of the second & third Best Student paper will be given a Certificate of Merit and free subscription of kelpro Bulletin for 2 years. (In case joint author paper winning the award, the prize money will be shared equally). The award wining papers and few selected papers will be published in the Special issue of kelpro Bulletin December 2011. Submission of the Paper: Manuscript should be send to Dr. S. Humayoon Kabir Editor, kelpro Bulletin, Dept. of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 034, Kerala. Or Sri. R. Rajendran Pillai, Managing Editor, kelpro, Post Box No. 5543, Kerala University P.O., Trivandrum - 695 034, Kerala. Electronic Submission to: humayoonkabirs(a)gmail.com. The paper should be attached with the following 1. A certificate showing the details of enrolment of the student from the Head of the 2. Proof of Date of Birth of the Student (attested true copy). 3. Declaration stating that the paper is an original work of mine and has not been published in any journal book or presented in any seminar/conference. Regards Surendran Cherukodan Junior Librarian School of Engineering Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin-682022 Kerala. India Mob. 09447579411 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Participation: DiversiWeb2011 -- First International Workshop on Knowledge Diversity on the Web
by Dimple Patel 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

******** Apologies for multiple postings *********** Please forward to interested parties and relevant listservs *********************************************************** Dear Colleagues We welcome your participation to the WWW2011 DiversiWeb Workshop. Kindly see below for details. Best Regards -- Devika Madalli, DRTC/ISIBC Co-Chair, DiversiWeb 2011 *************************************************************** ******** Call for Participation for DiversiWeb 2011 *********** *************************************************************** First International Workshop on Knowledge Diversity on the Web Workshop at WWW 2011, Hyderabad, India, March 28 or 29 (TBD), 2011 Supported by the EU FP7 projects RENDER and Living Knowledge == Organization committee == * Elena Simperl, AIFB, KIT, Germany * Devika P. Madalli, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India * Denny Vrandecic, AIFB, KIT, Germany * Enrique Alfonseca, Google Zurich, Switzerland Website: ========= http://render-project.eu/diversiweb-2011/ Almost 20 years after its introduction, the Web provides a platform for the publication, use and exchange of information, at planetary scale, on virtually every topic, and representing an amazing diversity of opinions, viewpoints, mindsets and backgrounds. The success of the Web can be attributed to several factors, most notably to its principled scalable design, but also to a number of subsequent ICT developments such as smart user-generated content, mobile devices, and most recently cloud computing. The first two of these have dramatically lowered the last barriers of entry when it comes to producing and consuming information online, leading to an unprecedented growth and mass collaboration. They are responsible for hundreds of millions of users all over the globe creating high-quality encyclopedias, publishing Terabytes of multimedia content, contributing to world-class software, and lively taking part in defining the agenda of many aspects of our society by raising their voices, and publicly expressing and sharing their ideas, viewpoints, and resources. The other side of the coin in this unique success story is, nevertheless, the great challenges associated with managing the sheer amounts of information continuously being published online, whilst allowing for purposeful use, and leveraging the diversity inherently unfolding through global-scale collaboration. In this context, diversity includes different opinions, sentiments, preferences, or worldviews that are reflected in the way information is expressed on the Web. These challenges are still to be solved at many levels, from the infrastructure to store and access the information, through the methods and techniques to make sense out of it, to the paradigms underlying the processes of Web-based information provision and consumption. As an example, when searching for blog posts, state-of-the-art technology – be that popularity-based algorithms, recommendation engines or collaborative filters – tends to return either the most popular posts, or those which correspond with a personal profile and therefore with the known opinions and tastes of the reader. Alternative points of view, and new unexpected content, are not taken into account as they are not highly ranked, and posts expressing different opinions are sometimes even discarded. This behavior has particularly negative consequences when dealing with information that is expected and intended to be subject to diverse opinion – as is the case with news reports, ratings of products or media content, customer reviews, or any other type of subjective assessment. The same negative effects apply in a community-driven environment that is designed for collaboration – the most obvious example here being Wikipedia and the blogosphere. The information diversity exposed in such an environment, impressive both with respect to scale and the richness of opinions and viewpoints expressed, cannot be handled without adequate computer support in an economically feasible manner. In the long run, maintaining the current state-of-affairs will change the ways and the extent to which people are informed (or not) on a particular topic, tremendously influencing how they look into that topic, what they find about it and what they think about it. On top of all this, it is meanwhile acknowledged that the current state of affairs hampers true collaboration. Wikipedia is a tremendous success, but it is also a largely meritocratic system with a decreasing number of active contributors, whereas the blogosphere has to deal with the limited attention of the blog authors. What is needed are novel concepts, methods and tools that allow humans and machines to leverage the huge amounts of information created by a community, based on interaction models that support expressing, communicating and reasoning about divergent models simultaneously. This would not only enhance true collaboration, but would also significantly improve various aspects of the information management life cycle, thus addressing information overload in sectors which rely on opinions-driven information sources and mass participation – news, ratings, reviews, and social and information sharing portals of any kind. == Goal of the workshop == The overall aim of this workshop is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss their ideas related to the challenges posed by diversity on the Web. We aim to address a wide array of interdisciplinary questions, which need to be tackled in order to preserve the fragile balance between a world that is continually converging and growing together, the rich diversity of the global society, and the dangers of fragmentation and splintering. This includes but is not limited to questions such as ‘How to model diversity?’, ‘How to discover bias and opinion in blog posts, tweets, forum items, wiki edits, etc.?’, ‘How to rank, aggregate, summarize, and exploit information in a diversity-aware manner?’, ‘What are the applications of diversity-rich information sources?’, ‘How can we use diversity as an asset instead of regarding it as a barrier?’. Topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to: ======================================================= * Risks and advantages of diversity and diversification on the Web * Facets of knowledge diversity and conceptual and formal models for representing and understanding diversity * Discovery and mining of corpora for diversity-related information * Use of Natural Language Processing techniques for diversity mining * Classifying Web 2.0 content items such as blog posts, videos, tweets, and wiki-edits by their biases * Usage and benefits of diversity in the corporate context, e.g. in order to understand feedback and communication with the customer * Enabling or improving communication and collaboration over barriers induced by diversity * Extensions to Web applications taking diversity into account * Exposing and explaining diversity to end users * User experiences avoiding the radicalization of groups by exposing them to alternatives * User interfaces allowing the explicit annotation of content with diversity markers * Studies on the acceptance by end-users of diversified applications. == Organization committee == * Elena Simperl, AIFB, KIT, Germany * Devika P. Madalli, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India * Denny Vrandecic, AIFB, KIT, Germany * Enrique Alfonseca, Google Zurich, Switzerland Contact us at <diversiweb(a)lists.kit.edu> -- Dr.Devika P. Madalli Associate Professor Documentation Research and Training Center (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560059 Karnataka, INDIA Phone: +91-80-28483002 /3/4/5/6 Extsn 497 or 490 Fax:+91-80-28482711 Email: devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Missed ICLAM 2011? View ppts of renowned speakers in Slideshare!
by nandini dutta 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Dear Friends, For all those who could not and also those who could attend the international conference ICLAM 2011, here is an opportunity ! Relive the excitement of all the three-days of ICLAM 2011 conference from February 15 to 17, 2011 at the India International Centre, New Delhi through the Slideshare and Flickr. We have begun uploading selective presentations of renowned national and international speakers to the Slideshare. Please refer to : http://www.slideshare.net/event/international-conference-on-the-convergence… Keep watching, more ppts will be added .....Also check for photos in Flickr ! A golden chance to witness the truly historical event -- ICLAM 2011 was the first international conference in India that promoted the convergence of Libraries, Archives and Museums ! We believe in resource sharing. Happy viewing ! Nandini Dutta -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Conversion of Pounds and Dollars
by murulieps＠excelindia.com 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Dear Professionals, Please help me with the conversion of Dollars and Pounds into Indian Rupees. In different websites it shows different values. If you provide me with some website addresses that is reliable and gives the updated information that would be a great help. Thanking your in anticipation. Muruli Librarian Excel Public School Mysore 97421 33755 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ASIS&T Bulletin February/March
by Dabas Bharat K 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

-- On Thu, 3/3/11, ramesh e <librarymrcet(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: ramesh e <librarymrcet(a)gmail.com> Subject: [MLOSC.12727] ASIS&T Bulletin February/March To: iala(a)googlegroups.com Cc: mlosc(a)googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, March 3, 2011, 11:00 PM For more information, please visit the bulletin February/March of ASIS&T. http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-11/Bulletin_FebMar11_Final.pdf Since 1937, the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) has been the society for information professionals leading the search for new and better theories, techniques, and technologies to improve access to information. ASIS&T counts among its membership some 4,000 information specialists from such fields as computer science, linguistics, management, librarianship, engineering, law, medicine, chemistry, and education; individuals who share a common interest in improving the ways society stores, retrieves, analyzes, manages, archives and disseminates information, coming together for mutual benefit. Purpose The Society seeks to stimulate participation and interaction among its members by affording them an environment for substantive professional exchange. It encourages and supports personal and professional growth through opportunities for members to extend their knowledge and skills, develop and use professional networks, pursue career development goals and assume leadership roles in the Society and in the information community. ASIS&T increases the influence of information professionals among decision-makers by focusing attention on the importance of information as a vital resource in a high-technology age and promotes informed policy on national and international information issues by contributing to the formation of those policies. It supports the advancement of the state-of-the art and practice by taking a leadership position in the advocacy of research and development in basic and applied information science. http://www.asis.org/about.html Regards, ELAGANDULA RAMESH Librarian, www.mrcet.ac.in ASIS&T Info-Share 2011 membership awardee 9951365011 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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Computerization of Library
by murulieps＠excelindia.com 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Dear Professionals, As I am taking initiative to computerize my library I am in need of information about how to get in touch with the library software vendor and other issues related to training and follow up. However, I am not aware of any such institutions/agencies that prvode service regard to the same. Alternatively, I have come accross a number of open source softwares such as KOHA, GREEN STONE etc. But I am finding it difficult to download the software and proceed further process as I am not technically sound enough. How do I go ahead with it? Can a freely available software be helpful to my situation? Please advice and educate me on the same. If you provide contact information of such Agencies which are locally available (Bangalore/Mysore), that would be a great help. I look forward with anticipation. 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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Now, NET certificates at your fingertips
by Irshad Ahmed 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Dear professionals Good news for students opting for NET exam. Now you need not to wait for NET certificates for months. click on the link below to read more http://www.deccanherald.com/content/142901/now-net-certificates-your-finger… Irshad Ahmed Information Assitant Deccan Herald Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian scientist is Top1 in in the field of Microbiology
by srinivas rao 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Indian scientist is Top1 in in the field of Microbiology thomson Reuters ranked Dr. G. Balakrish Nair as a highly cited author in the field of cholera. He has contributed to 137 papers that have received 2,197 citations in the past decade, which ranks him at #1 by number of papers and #3 by total cites. He is also in the top 1% of scientists in the field of Microbiology in Essential Science IndicatorsSM Source:-http://sciencewatch.com/ana/st/cholera/11marSTcholNair/ Srinivasa Rao Ganta Librarian Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Questio Papers of Engineering mechanics Pune Univ.
by Mohan Kulkarni 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

One of our faculty has asked for Question papers of subject Engineering Mechanics of April 2010, December 2010, December 2009. All First Year Engineering Pune University. If possible please scan those papers and mail me. In Nashik this Faculty has hunted for a long time but unable to get it. He requested to get it from somewhere. I will be thankful if somebody will send me those papers. Thank you. -- From- Mohan Kulkarni kulkarnimohan(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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world book day and e-reading
by jasim s 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

details of WBD and e-reading can be had from http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/03/world-book-day-teenagers <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/03/world-book-day-teenagers>about WBD http://www.worldbookday.com/about_world_book_day.asp -- Jasimudeen.s MG University Library Kottayam *Life is like a book: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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request for information
by Dr.D.P Prathap 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

dear colleagues please let me know whether SCI of Thompson is the only source in the world for citation analysis or any other similar source available thanking you yours sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore, m:99944-61172 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Continuing Education and Training Program on HELINET at RGUHS
by thimmappa naik 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Three days Continuing Education and Training Program to all the Librarians of affiliated colleges on HELINET Resources and Access updates for the year 2011 at RGUHS to be held during 08-10, March 2011. Librarians of Medical, Dental & AYUSH Colleges- Tuesday, March 08, 2011 10.00 am to 5.30 pm Librarians of Pharmacy, Physiotherapy & Paramedical Colleges - Wednesday, March 09, 2011 10.00 am to 5.30 pm Librarians of Nursing Colleges - Thursday, March 10, 2011 10.00 am to 5.30 pm Venue: Dhanvanthri Hall, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, 4th ‘T’ Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore - 560 041. For Further details contact 080-26961943 regards Thimmappa N. MLISc, PGDHL Bengaluru thimmappa03(a)yahoo.com/ softeyest(a)gmail.com "The Illiterate of the present is not one who cannot read & write, but the one who cannot learn, unlearn, relearn” "Read an eBook, Save a Tree; Buy an eBook Reader, Save a Forest" -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for information
by Dr.D.P Prathap 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

dear colleagues please provide information on the following in the context of violation of publishers' copyrights 1. making available on the web the full-text of journal articles (latest as well as previous ones) published by the Scientists of our Institute Thanking you Yours sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore, m:99944-61172 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for information
by Dr.D.P Prathap 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

dear colleagues please provide information on the following: 1. any institute, other than NISCAIR, in India providing Citation Analysis Service 2. a publication on "Chemistry" brought out recently by IISc, Bangalore, whether priced or free thanking you Sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore, m:99944-61172 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian Library Science Abstracts (ILSA)
by Prof. Juran Krishna Sarkhel 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Dear Moderator, Please post the following news item at LIS-Forum: Indian Library Science Abstracts (ILSA) is the only comprehensive abstracting journal which covers the literature on Library and Information Science (LIS) produced in India. It is published by the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), Kolkata, India. Indian Library Science Abstracts (ILSA), Vols. 34—39, 2000—2005 has been published. It contains 3139 bibliographical entries along with the abstracts of the literature on different facets of Library and Information Science produced in India during the period 2000—2005. Compilation work of ILSA Vols. 40—44, 2006—2010 is in progress and we will be in a position to publish it by December, 2011. IASLIC has already taken initiatives to reduce the time-lag of the publication of ILSA. It is hoped that ILSA will maintain the time schedule in its publication from vol. 45, 2011. Because of the growth of LIS literature in India it became a herculean task to collect and collate data for the publication of subsequent volumes ILSA in time. Different States of India have good number of LIS literature in regional languages to their credit. One important handicapped in respect of coverage of ILSA is the availability of data on the literature on LIS published in major regional languages of India, thus making it difficult to hold a proper control over these publications. Hence, we invite publishers of LIS literature, state library associations, members of the LIS_FORUM, and individual LIS professionals to furnish data on the literature on LIS published in regional languages either to Prof. Juran Krishna Sarkhel, Editor, ILSA, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres, P 291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata-700054. Copy of the Indian Library Science Abstracts (ILSA), Vols. 34—39, 2000—2005 (Price: Rs. 2,500.00; $ 300.00) can be obtained from the IASLIC by sending a Demand Draft/Cheque of Rs. 2,000.00 (after 20% discount of its price) to be drawn in favour of “IASLIC” payable at Kolkata. A collection charge of Rs. 50.00 should be added for outstation cheque. Sincerely, Professor Juran Krishna Sarkhel Editor, ILSA Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres, P 291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata-700054, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2011 ASIS&T SIG-III International Paper Contest
by atanu 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Please see the announcement below. [From: Shaheen Maqsood, posted on 25 January 2011 at IFLA-L list] Announcement of the 2011 ASIS&T SIG-III International Paper Contest The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to announce its eleventh competition for papers to be submitted for the 2011 Annual Meeting, which will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 7-12, 2011. (http://www.asis.org/asist2011/am11cfp.html) Building from the overall conference theme, the theme for this year’s paper contest is: "Bridging the Gulf: Communication and Information in Society, Technology, and Work". Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of the theme from a global and/or international perspective. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following core areas: 1. Intercultural Information Ethics: Critical reflection on the ethical challenges related to the global and cross-cultural production, storage, and distribution of information, as well as the ethical dimensions of the global development and implementation of information systems, infrastructures, and policies. 2. Information Behavior: Information needs, information seeking, information gaps and sensemaking in various contexts including work, interests or every-day life activities by individuals or groups. 3. Knowledge Organization: Indexing, index construction, indexing languages, thesaurus construction, terminology, classification of information in any form, tagging (expert, userbased, automatic), filtering, metadata, standards for metadata, information architecture. 4. Information Systems, Interactivity and Design: How people use and communicate with information systems; the design, use and evaluation of interactive information technologies and systems, including interfaces and algorithms; search and retrieval, browsing, visualization, personalization. 5. Information and Knowledge Management: Information and knowledge creation, transfer and use at the personal, group, organizational and societal levels. The management of the processes and systems that create, acquire, organize, store, distribute, and use information and/or knowledge. Selected papers will be published in the International Journal of Information Management. 6. Information Use: How people re-purpose existing knowledge from a variety of sources (scientific, humanities, news, family, friends, colleagues), forms (articles, books, video, audio, tweets), locations (work, home, in transit) and mediums (cell-phones, PDAs, digital libraries) to advance knowledge, solve problems, improve information literacy, and learn. 7. Information and Society: Economic, Political, Social Issues: Copyright issues, policies and laws; national and international information policies; privacy and security; economics of information, personal rights vs. freedom of information; surveillance; globalization and the flows of information; computerization movements; social informatics. Selection Criteria There will be up to six winners who will be selected by a panel of judges including: Maqsood Shaheen (IRC, US Embassy Islamabad), Johannes Britz (UW-Milwaukee), Maria Haigh (UW-Milwaukee), Hong Xu (University of Pittsburg), Catherine Johnson (Western Ontario), Anindita Paul (University of Missouri), and Borchuluun Yadamsuren (University of Missouri). The judging criteria will be based on: 1. Originality of paper in the developing world and global information ecosystem (originality of the project described, etc.) 2. Relevance to the paper contest theme 3. Quality of argument, presentation and organization Eligibility & Information for authors Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners in the 2007-2010 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and submitted in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. Award The award for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIS&T. In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIS&T membership. In addition, depending on SIG III fundraising for this competition, the first place winner will be rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration, and accommodations while attending the ASIS&T Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 7-12, 2011. Style The international paper contest committee requires that submissions follow the International Information and Library Review instructions to authors. Detailed information is available under the heading, Guide for Authors at: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622845/authori… Publishing opportunities Submitted papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the International Information and Library Review, subject to the usual peer refereeing process, for that journal. ASIS&T Copyright Policy ASIS&T will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its web site or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author. Deadline for submission of full papers: Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5,000 words, by May 31, 2011, to Maqsood Shaheen at ShaheenMA(a)gmail.com, preferably as Microsoft Word or PDF attachments. Maqsood Shaheen Chair, Committee on International Paper Contest Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) Email: ShaheenMA(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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Article request
by Swati Bhattacharyya 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Dear Moderator, Please post this message on lis-forum: Hello All, I would request you to please let me know if your library has one or more of the following journals (years are indicatd against each title) in either print or electronic format. I need a few articles from these journals. 1. Newspaper Research Journal 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995 2. Journalism and Mass Communication 1995 3. Journalism Quarterly 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994 4. Presstime 1996 5. Mass Communication and Society 2001 6. Journal of Communication 1983 7. Communication Research -1994 Thanks, Swati Bhattacharyya -------------------------------------------------- Librarian Indian Institute of Management Joka Diamond Harbor Road Calcutta - 700104 Phone: 091-33-24678300 Extn: 416 FAX: 091-33-2467-8062 Email: swati @iimcal.ac.in -------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: [LISEA] Call for Participants to A-LIEP 2011 Pre-conference Workshop 21 June and A-LIEP 2011 Conference 22-24 June 2011
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

From: Rafidah Abdul Aziz <rafidah3802(a)SALAM.UITM.EDU.MY> Subject: [LISEA] Call for Participants to A-LIEP 2011 Pre-conference Workshop 21 June and A-LIEP 2011 Conference 22-24 June 2011 To: LISEA(a)MLIST.NTU.EDU.SG Date: Wednesday, 2 March, 2011, 8:40 The organizing committee cordially invites you and colleagues to participate in the A-LIEP 2011 conference with its main theme encompassing Library, Information and Records Management-Practice and Education in these 3 related fields. There are also 3 pre-conference workshops that you and colleagues may be interested in. Please visit the web site: http://fim.uitm.edu.my/a-liep2011 for more details. Kindly forward this to your colleagues, students, and people in the information industry who may benefit from it. Thank you for your kind attention and response. Regards, A-LIEP 2011 Committee Faculty of Information Management Universiti Teknologi MARA Puncak Perdana Campus Shah Alam, Selangor. MALAYSIA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar on Networking of Libraries
by Kishor Satpathy 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

National Seminar on Networking of Library and Information Centres of North East India in Digital Environment (NLICDE-2011) (21-23 March 2011) ORGANISED UNDER THE AEGIS OF National Library, Kolkata Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India Organized by Central Library, National Institute of Technology Silchar THEME Networking of Library and Information Centres of NE India in Digital Environment SUB-THEMES 1. Networking of Educational & Research Institutes of NE India 2. Library Consortia, Networking and Resource Sharing of LICs of NE India 3. Impact of ICTs on LICs of NE India: Issues and Challenges. 4. Web 2.0 / Lib 2.0 and Its Implications in LICs of NE India 5. Open Access, DL/ IR Initiatives in LICs of NE India OBJECTIVES 1. The principal objectives of this seminar is to provide a platform for exchange of knowledge, ideas & learning experience among the Librarians, Information specialists, Information providers & persons related to LIS. 2. To identify constraints, problems and challenges relating to networking & information sharing of LICs of NE India. 3. To develop inter-institute links within the North East India to facilitate effective exchange of information resources among the information professionals of NE India. 4. To initiate a library Consortia in North East India & to suggest the mechanisms to set up North East India Library & Information Network (NEILIBNET). WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Practicing Librarians, Retired Library Professionals, Teachers, IT Professionals, Knowledge Workers, Students and Faculties of LIS etc of the country in general and of the North East India in particular are the targeted participants. CALL FOR PAPERS Papers based on Case studies, Researches, Practical experiences, etc. on the main theme and sub-themes of the Seminar are invited from the interested persons. The Paper should be within 6000 word including Abstract of about 300 words with 4 keywords and typed in MS-WORD in 12-point Times New Roman. All the references should be properly tagged and referred following Chicago Manual Style. The authors should agree with the transfer of the copyright of the papers to NL, Kolkata and the NIT Silchar. The same should be sent as e-mail attachment to the Organizing Secretary on or before 10th March 2011. All the received papers will be peer–reviewed. Only the accepted papers will be published in an edited book format to be published under the aegis National Library, Kolkata. REGISTRATION Interested delegates need to resister for the Seminar. Registration, Boarding and Lodging for the Seminar is free. Due to limited financial resources, only the selected participants (presenting papers) from North-East Region shall be paid TA on production of Train/Bus/Sumo fare receipts. Please note that there will be no telephonic or on-the-spot registration, so please send your registrations before 10th March 2011. CONTACT DETAILS Kishor Chandra Satpathy Librarian & Organising Secretary. National Institute of Technology (A Deemed University-Institute of National Importance under Ministry of HRD, GOI) Silchar-788010, Assam, India Telephone : +91-3842-240055 (Off) +91-9435175531 (M) E-mail : kishor_satpathy(a)yahoo.com and ksatpathy(a)gmail.com Seminar updates can be accessed at: http://nerlibnet.blogspot.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 Information
by Dr.D.P Prathap 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Dear colleagues If anybody has access to the following book chapter, please provide : Title: Transgenic plants : methods and protocols, Series: Methods in Molecular Biology 286, 2004 (Springer) *Chapter: histochemical and fluorometric assays for uicl a (us) gene detection.* *p.203-213* thanking you Sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore, M:99944-61172 -- 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 Eswar rao Nadiminti 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

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 ok -- N.ESWARA RAO Assistant Professor in Library Science GODAVARI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING COLLEGE ,RAJAHMUNDRY. NH-5 ,CHITANYA KNOWLEDGECITY VELUGUBANDA (V), RAJANAGARAM ( M),RAJAHMNDRY-533296 -- 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 Mar 2011
by hrmohan＠vsnl.com 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Dear all, The 20th issue (Volume 2. issue 4) of CSI eNewsletter dt. 1st Mar 2011 is ready and can be accessed at http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2011-03-01.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 ======= -- eBook: Storage Virtualization for Dummies -- 7 Virtualization Challenges -- Is SOA Being Pushed Beyond Its Limits? -- Design Considerations for Software plus Services and Cloud Computing -- Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Design -- Business Insight = Business Infrastructure = BI Platform -- Red Hat PaaS: Bringing Open Choice & Application Portability to the Cloud -- The Fundamental Principles of Network Security -- Desktop Virtualization: Drivers, Challenges, and Best Practices -- 9 Essential Requirements for Web 2.0 Security -- Data Center Project: Standardized Process -- Blade server technology faces virtualization hit in the data center -- MCA programme: Eligibility, Best Institutes, more -- Careers & Courses: Software Testing -- Web 3.0 Emerging -- How to divorce your tech vendor -- Design Rules by Eric S. Raymond, the author of the book The Art of Unix Programming. -- Some startling facts in India -- ICT News Headlines & Briefs -- Announcements -- IT Events: Call for Papers & Participation -- Book: IT Strategy for Business -- Book: Entrepreneurship -- Book: Testing in 30+ Open Source Tools -- Book: Nothing is Absolute -- About the CSI-eNewsletter -- Contributions to CSI-eNewsletter -- eNewsletter Committee InfoQuiz–2011-03-01 (Six Prizes to Win – Four Books and Two Awards of Rs. 500/- each) ================================================================= 1. ------ is a tweet that is exactly 140 characters long. 2. In SMS/Chat lingo “OMG”means what? 3. Who is considered as the "Father of information theory?" 4. Classical Computer : bits = Quantum Computer : ------ 5. Identify the company whose tagline is “Exceed Your Vision” Email your answers by 20th Mar 2011 to csi.infoquiz(a)gmail.com with subject “infoquiz-2011-03-01”. 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-2011-02-01 =============================== Vodafone, handsets from Motorola, Chatter, twttr, Tally Awards of Rs. 500/= each from SRA Systems to Mr. R. Jayakanthan from Chennai and to Ms. S. Sangeetha from Walajapet. Books from Oxford University Press: “Mechatronics: Integrated Technologies for Intelligent Machines” to Mr. N.M. Zaheer from Chennai & “Skills Development for Business and Management” to Mr. M.Elavazhagan from Kanchipuram. Books from Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd: “97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know” to Ms. L. Kannagi, from Guduvancherry & “Heads You Win Tails You Win” to Mr. S. Shankar from Hosur. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Opportunities for Library professionals
by Swati Bhattacharyya 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

lis-forum coordinator - please post this message: Opportunities for Library professionals A Human Resource Agency (Updater Services Ltd. Kolkata) is inviting applications from trained Library and Information Science graduates, for placing them in the library of a Kolkata-based institute. The requirements are: 1. Minimum qualification: M.Lib.Sc with good result and strong aptitude towards working in fully computerized environment. 2. Desirable: Training in MS-Office (ability to work with MS Access and spreadsheet) and other software necessary for library work. 3. Experience: A few of the positions will be filled up with professionals already having working experiences in large libraries. At the maximum level, the experience should be in the area of one or more of (i) working with MARC-21 record structure (ii) working with library software such as Libsys, Softlink, Virtua, KOHA (iii) record management for electronic resources (iv) knowledge of cataloguing, classification, metadata. Rest of the positions will be filled up with professional with less experience (in terms of the area of experience and/or years of experience). Fresh graduates may also be considered if found suitable. 4. Remuneration: Rs 9,000 Rs 18,000/ p.m. depending on range and number of years of experience. 5. Duration: The positions are purely on contractual basis and initially for one year. Hence permanent position holders must not apply. Interested individuals may send their resume. Those who want their current experiences to be considered must provide details of experiences (duration of experience, nature of job done) duly certified by the organization. Please email your application to udskolkata(a)uds.in with subject line: Attn Mr. P.K. Sen for Library positions. Applications can also be mailed to the undersigned (swati(a)iimcal.ac.in) which will be forwarded to the agency. Swati Bhattacharyya -------------------------------------------------- Librarian Indian Institute of Management Joka Diamond Harbor Road Calcutta - 700104 Phone: 091-33-24678300 Extn: 416 FAX: 091-33-2467-8062 Email: swati @iimcal.ac.in -------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DCSMAT Invites applications for library trainees.
by Rajesh M N 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

*DCSMAT* Institutions invites Applications for the post of *Professional Trainees* for our Vagamon Campus Library. For more details follow the link below. http://www.dcschool.net/php/showAnnouncementDetails.php?ann_id=7 With regards, Rajesh M N Assistant Librarian Library and Research Centre DC School of Management and Technology Vagamon -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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3 days training program on Content Management using Open Source Tool-DRUPAL
by shivaram gowda 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Dear Professionals/Memmbers, The Information center of CSIR-NAL, ICAST, an ISO-9001: 2008 Certified Center (http://www.icast.org.in) is imparting 3 days training program on Content Management using Open Source Tool-DRUPAL. This training program is targeted to professional interested in and responsible for creating, managing and providing web based information service. The details of the training program are given below: TITLE: Content Management using Open Source Tool-DRUPAL DATE: 19-21 April 2011 VENUE: NAL-ICAST Lecture Hall, NAL, Bangalore - 560017 TARGET AUDIENCE: Librarians, Information and KM managers, Content Managers, Information systems managers, etc, with adequate knowledge of IT applications. TRAINING PROGRAM OBJECTIVE and COVERAGE: The objective of this training program is to enable individual and organisations to initiate building their library and subject specific web portals. The specific goal of the training program is to impart practical training to participants in using the package for creation and maintenance of their library portal. Focus is on installing, configuring, customizing and administration of this package. The main objective is to acquire complete knowledge and skill sets required to build one’s own subject specific web portal. Training Program Contents: Introduction to Content Management An Overview of Drupal Installation of Drupal on Linux/Windows Modules, Themes, Menus & Blocks Configuration Content Creation Functionality Custom Content Kit (CCK) & Taxonomy Views Configuration User management Site Configuration Multilingual Content Report Generations & Backup Number of Participants: Restricted to 25, it will be FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS. Registration fee: Rs. 2000/- per participant, DD should be drawn in favor of Director NAL, payable at Bangalore. NOTE: Limited arrangements for accommodation at NAL Guest house for outstation participants on first come first serve basis. For further information, please visit the Seminar website at: http://www.icast.org.in/cm/contmgnt.html To register kindly send an E-Mail to Training program Coordinator. Dr. Poornima Narayana Head, ICAST National Aerospace Laboratories Bangalore - 560 017 E-Mail: poornima(a)nal.res.in; adminicast(a)nal.res.in Telephone: Tel: 080-25086080, 81, 82, 83. Fax: 080-25268072 Registration Form Participant’s Name: Ms./ Mr./ Dr. Position: Organization: Address: City: Pin: Telephone: Fax: Email: Registration details: Registration Fee per participant Rs. 2,000/- I need accommodation in NAL Guesthouse: YES / NO (Note: Accommodation charges are as per guest-house rates. Bill to be settled in the guest-house directly) Dates of accommodation requirement: From: To: Payment details: DD No. & date: Bank drawn on: Amount:(Note: DD to be drawn in favor of “Director NAL” payable at Bangalore) with warm Regards ICAST, CSIR-NAL, Bangalore-17 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Autobiograghy of S R Ranganathan
by silent listener 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Dear fellow professionals, I would like to get a copy of the book "A Librarian Looks Back" autobiography of Ranganathan the Great. Can anybody suggest where it will available. Regards Joseph Zacharia -- 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 Mamtha's Gmail 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Dear Friends, Kindly provide full-text of following articles, if available in your library. 1. Decrease in the total antioxidant activity of saliva in patients with periodontal disease Randa Diab-Ladki, Bernard Pellat Ramez Chahine * **Clinical Oral Investigations*<http://www.springerlink.com/content/1432-6981/> * (2003)* Volume 7, Number 2<http://www.springerlink.com/content/1432-6981/7/2/>, 103-107, 2. Aerobic exercise reduced oxidative stress in saliva of persons with Downs Syndrome Zambrano JC, Marquina R., Sulbaran N., Rodriquez-Malaver AJ, Reves RA * **Res Sports Med.*<javascript:AL_get(this,%20'jour',%20'Res%20Sports%20Med.');> * 2009 *;17(3):195-203. Thanking You. Best wishes Mamtha Pk Central Library yenepoya university Deralakatte -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need information.
by Manjunath Ealiger 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Dear Professionals, I am working in Health Science/Medical Library since from around one year. Now I want know the qualification required for the below mentioned posts as per* MCI* norms/rules, 1 Librarian 2. Deputy Librarian 3. Documentalist 4. Cataloguer 5. Library Assistants 6. Daftaries 7. Peon I request the professionals to clarify this question. yours, Manjunath Ealiger -- With Regards, Manjunath Ealiger GENOHELIX Librarian Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for MLIS example project report
by banani banik 26 Feb '11

26 Feb '11

Hi, I am Banani, an MLIS student from IGNOU. Currently I am preparing for my Master's project. Any example report will help me to frame my final thesis, specially questionnaire to find a statistical report from the user of the library. Thank in advance for fowarding any example set of question!!! Best Regards Banani Banik -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reaching out to Government school libraries.
by usha mukunda 26 Feb '11

26 Feb '11

Dear friends, I would like to send out this appeal to all of you residing in Karnataka to ask if you would be willing to be involved in a programme of mentoring high school libraries in your vicinity You may be required to pay a visit to the school about once a month. As a member of the Karnataka Knowledge Commission, I have been closely associated with "Arivu" , an initiative which covered 225 high schools in helping them set up active open libraries in their schools. In this regard, they were provided with open racks, a carefully selected set of books in Kannada and English, along with a user-friendly manual written especially for this purpose. In addition we held workshops with the participating teachers where we helped them raise questions and generate ideas towards running an open library with the active help of the students themselves. The schools have now embarked on this programme about a month ago. We feel that to make this an effective model, monthly visits by mentors would be essential. Therefore the idea was to gather a pool of resource people who would be willing to give some of their valuable time to perform this invaluable task and serve the profession as well. Our plan is to link each school with a library professional who is based in the same district. Please contact me for any clarification and to respond with your name, place of residence and availability so that we may begin the process of linking schools with mentors. With many thanks and hoping to hear from you, Usha Mukunda School Librarian Member, Karnataka Knowledge Commission (Committee on Libraries and Knowledge Networking.) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Beyond OER: Shifting Focus to Open Educational Practices -- OPAL Report 2011 released
by Puna Das 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Beyond OER: Shifting Focus to Open Educational Practices -- OPAL Report 2011 released 22-02-2011 (Paris) The Open Educational Quality Initiative (OPAL) releases its Report 2011, entitled Beyond OER: Shifting Focus to Open Educational Practices. Among its conclusions is the fact that OER are more widely used where programmes or initiatives for open resources exist at the institutional level. The lesser the fear, insecurity or discomfort towards OER, the higher the frequency of their use. The report thus advocates building trust in OER in order to increase their actual usage and to build open learning architectures to transform learning. As a member of OPAL Initiative, UNESCO contributed to the international dimensions of the Report, especially policy development and institutional capacity building, and will also be responsible for its wide dissemination. Institutional policies for OER are still a long way from impacting on educational institutions, according to findings from the OPAL quantitative survey. The perception by respondents that OER lead to institutional innovation still does not translate into implementation at the organization level. This is further compounded, on the one hand, by the very modest levels of support to factors that induce or enable the implementation of Open Educational Practices (OEP) in educational institutions, and on the other hand, by the level of importance attached by respondents to institutional policy barriers to the use of OER. The report presents the following key findings in relation to supporting factors for OER. Policy support for OER: * Support and recognition for OER projects and initiatives is necessary in institutional policy in higher education and adult education. * Support for localization, adaptation and translation of existing OER and support for implementing appropriate licensing schemes are viewed as very important. * Infrastructure, access and availability are seen as necessary conditions. * Promotion of quality assurance for OER is viewed as necessary. Role of networks and partnerships for the diffusion of OER in institutions: * 54% of all respondents stated that partnership with other organizations is a supporting factor for the use of OER. * Future OER-related support initiatives should focus their attention more on partnerships with other institutions. Demand for specific quality assurance processes for OER * The report shows that systematic quality assurance mechanisms for OER are lacking in higher education and adult education in Europe. * Educational professionals give voice to considerable insecurity about how they can demonstrate the value of OER. The Report (PDF, 64mb) can be downloaded from the University of Duisberg-Essen public repository: click here http://duepublico.uni-duisburg-essen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-2…. OPAL is an international network that promotes innovation and better quality in education through the use of open educational resources. Partly funded by the European Commission, OPAL is initiated through international organizations like UNESCO, ICDE and EFQUEL, and a number of universities. UNESCO is contributing to the OPAL Open Educational Practices framework, as well as to the development of the Registry of OER Champions and the Clearinghouse of Open Educational Practices. Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31243&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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IMI invites applications for the post of Assistant Librarian for its Bhubaneswar Campus.
by Chinmaya Rout 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Subject: IMI invites applications for the post of Assistant Librarian for its Bhubaneswar Campus Date: Thursday, 24 February, 2011, 19:54 IMI invites applications for the post of Assistant Librarian for its Bhubaneswar Campus. Qualification: M.L.I.Sc. from recognized University. Skill of computer applications in library environment. Job Profile: To set up and manage the library of the Institute. Candidate should have a knowledge of all in house task such as Acquisition, Classification , Cataloguing , and organize electronic resources, softwares etc. Age Max. 35 years Experience: 5â€6 years Interested candidates may email an upâ€toâ€date CV, within ten days to registrar(a)imi.edu and indusharma(a)imi.edu . With Regards:- Chinmaya Kumar Rout Central Library IMS & SUM HOSPITAL BHUBANESWAR- ORISSA 09438236726 (M) -- 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 "Implicit knowledge in Cartoons" by Prof. A Y Asundi on Tuesday, 1st March 2011 @6.00pm
by Babu Rajendra 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Dear LIS Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) is happy to invite you to the Monthly Lecture Series. The second talk of the series has been scheduled on Tuesday 1st Mar 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: Implicit knowledge in Cartoons - A study of cartoons of famous Indian Cartoonists with particular reference to R.K.Laxman. Speaker: Prof. A Y Asundi Abstract: The content analysis of News Papers is one of the common features in mass communication channels for extracting the knowledge. They focus on news items or feature articles. But the analysis of the cartoons' implicit knowledge is uncommon. In cartoons, the caricature, the content and the context of the useful satiric knowledge is implicit and inherent. Yet it is common perception that they are for 'fun' and to 'children' only sections. In fact children are more often prevented from watching cartoons, with the fear of becoming 'cartoon addict' in early days by reading cartoon books and now watching cartoons channels on Television broadcast. But there is sufficient hidden knowledge that can be explicated and also can be creative and innovative, and need to be extracted for assimilation both by children, adults and the aged, especially the latter can guide the children to the innovative knowledge embedded in cartoons. The talk would attempt to identify the implicit knowledge of cartoons of R.K.Laxman, to surface for explicit knowledge in their socio-political and administrative and other contexts contemporarily. The talk also tries to categorise the cartoons on the basis of content and cartoonists point of views. Several cartoon examples are explicated to highlight their hidden themes. About Speaker: Dr. A Y Asundi is a post-graduate in library and information science. He has done his ADR from INSDOC (First Rank). He has done his PhD from Gulbarga University on Classification. He has over 40 years of experience as a Librarian, Scholar and Teacher of LIS in the premiere institutions, namely, Indian Institute of Management (IIMB) and Bangalore University. He served as a Professor & Chairman (Rtd.), Dept of LIS, Bangalore University & in charge of IT centre of UGC/INFLIBNET at Bangalore University. He is one of the few in the country who have digested the Classification from its core. Taught for MCA & MIEB in Bangalore and Karnataka Universities. He has guided 8 PhDs, written 5 books and >100 research papers. He was a Member of core committee of CDC of UGC for the preparation of syllabus. He is a Life member of ILA, SIS, ITALIS & Karnataka State Library Association (KALA). He has organised couple of National Conferences, that of IASLIC and ITALIS. He was rapporteur General of 48th ILA Conference held at Bangalore in 2002. 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] information
by Mailing List Admin 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:06:59 +0530 From: Librarian <Librarian(a)intasbiopharma.co.in> Dear Dr. DP Pratap, Open the pdf file in adobe professional find file menu in menu bar and click on reduce file size, there you can use lower version of acrobat like acrobat 5 or lower. And save it at different location or in different name. Hope this work for you. Thanks Sincerely Ram Laut Tyagi Information Resource, Intas Biopharmaceuticals Ltd., Plot No. 423/P/A/GIDC, Sarkhej-Bavla Highway, Moraiya, Ahmedabad-382213 Gujarat Mob: +919725608963 Message: 4 Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:41:27 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> To: Vinit <vinitbhu06(a)gmail.com> Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] information Message-ID: <AANLkTinW4ibZiZGUNxQe=1hktyKy2mCpGvVfwTBO_m6X(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I can suggest the following from our experience with http://medind.nic.in (i) For new publications or publications in the process of printing: (a) get hold of DTP Version (normally in PageMaker) from your publication in-charge or your printer. (b) Open the DTP Version in its native format (Normally with PageMaker) and export the publication into PDF format. (c) PDF files obtained in such a manner are light and best as compared to other methods. (ii) For Publications where DTP Version is not available: (a) Scan pages having TEXT ONLY with scanner resolution 200 DPI in black and white. (b) Scan pages having B/W DIAGRAMS with scanner resolution 300 DPI in black and white. (c) Scan pages having COLORED DIAGRAMS with scanner resolution 300 DPI in COLOR. (d) Scan pages having COLORED PHOTOs with scanner resolution 600 DPI in COLOR. (e) Save as Multi-page PDF file. (iii) In case text searching is required, but display quality does not matter: (Files obtained by scanning as above) (a) Use CAPTURE Feature of ACROBAT (iv) In case text searching is required but display quality can not be compromised: (Files obtained by scanning as above) (a) Use a OCR Package and save as Document File format (Word) (b) Proof read Document Files obtained and manually correct errors introduced in OCR Process. (c) Print / Convert Document Files as PDF Hope it helps, SUKHDEV SINGH, NIC. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Vinit <vinitbhu06(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Dr. DP Prathap, > > Use any good pdf editor and optimize the file for web use. The quality will > be a bit diminished so you can give an option to download the file of size > in addition. > > > > On 22 February 2011 17:05, Dr.D.P Prathap <sbilibrary(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> dear colleages >> >> please clarify.... >> >> when we convert printed pages into pdf ?by scanning, the file size is very >> big (in MB even for a few pages), kindly provide information as how to >> reduce the file size. >> >> while downloading pdf articles from the Net / online databases, the file >> size is very small (in KBs only) for a few pages. >> >> thanking you >> >> Sincerely >> Library >> Sugarcane Breeding Institute

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Its glad to see our librarian in the University of BHU.
by sanjay kumar 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

*With the Good Wishes*, *From LIS Professionals, Researchers and students of BHU at Varanasi,India. The whole LIS team congretulates to Dr. AK Srivastav's achievement as a Librarian of BHU after 23 years. We expect that he will serve best of his service in the interest of library. * * *-- Regards........ Sanjay Kumar Senior Research Fellow, Deptt.Of Library & Information Science, Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi.UP. Message........ A journey of million kilometres always start with single step. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Commonwealth Professional Fellowships, 2011
by Shamprasad Pujar 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Dear Members, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission has announced professional fellowships for the year 2011. Through this Scheme, the Commission funds fellowships for mid-career professionals from developing Commonwealth countries to spend periods (typically three months) with a relevant UK host organisation in their field for a programme of professional development. Applications should be made by the UK host organisation which acts as the 'nominator', and which can be from any sector. The last date for application is: April 21, 2011. More information may please be found at: http://www.cscuk.org.uk/apply/professional_fellowships.asp Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Commonwealth Professional Fellow-2008 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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National Seminar on Next Generation Library and Information Services - invitation
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

all the professionals are invited to attend the following national conference details can be had at the following URLhttp://www.amu.ac.in/seminar/neglis/ Welcome to National Seminaron Next Generation Library and Information Services (NeGLIS-2011)(2-3 April, 2011) Organized byMaulana Azad Library(1960-2010)(as a part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations)in collaboration withDepartment of Library and Information ScienceAligarh Muslim University, Aligarh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Postponement of Workshop forTwo days
by dharanikumarp＠indiatimes.com 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

The Department of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University is schedule to be organize one week National workshop on Library Automation software (Koha and E-lib) during 14-19 March 2011 has been postponed to 16th to 21st March 2011. I request to convey this message to all professional friends. Registration Fee Rs. 2000/- (excluding accommodation) The registration fee includes Workshop kit (containing course materials, bag, and stationery) and working lunch. Note: Participants strength is restricted to 25 and selection will be on first cum first served basis. Registration Form Name______________________ Address____________________ Pin________________________ Telephone__________________ E-mail______________________ Fax_______________________ Payment Particulars Amount: Rs: DD No. Bank Date Date & Signature You are requested to send the dully filled registration form along with a DD drawn in favour of "Chairman Dept. of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University" Shankaragatta, payable at SBM, Jnana Sahyadri campus, Kuvempu University before 20th February 2011. For further details you may contact P. Dharani Kumar Assistant Professor Dept. of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University Shimoga, Karnataka Phone: 09741501214 email: dharanikumarp(a)indiatimes.com Co-ordinator: Dr. S. Padmamma, Associate Professor & Chairman Dept of Library & Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaragatta - 577 451, Shimoga, Karnataka -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Vaccency of Library and Research Coordinator
by Deepak Sharma 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Dear All, MOTAT is New Zealand’s largest and leading transport and technology museum where history comes to life. It take visitors on an interactive journey through many of the technological achievements that have helped shape New Zealand. MOTAT provides a working environment like no other. It is a vibrant, fast paced and supremely professional organisation that every week attracts thousands of visitors. Here’s your chance to become part of an exciting journey at MOTAT! The Walsh Memorial Library is a reference library open to the public and has a large range of books, archives and images relating to transport, technology and social history. This role will ensure the effective management of gathering, maintaining, storing and referencing reliable collection related data and information. Reporting to the Museum Collection Manager the main duties will include: Raising the profile of the Library within the wider community Management of acquisitions for the Museum Collection Managing and monitoring the quality of inventory, catalogue and database processing Working collaboratively with the wider collection team to promote and engage in research Receive and process all research requests from the public and colleagues Providing an educational, family centric and interactive experience to engage visitors of all ages Skills and experience desired A degree and Post-graduate qualification preferably in library studies People management experience Experience working in an archive preferred Computer literacy – advanced MS Office and Vernon database or equivalent Proven writing and research skills Apply your passion, work ethic and communication skills with this iconic Museum and you’ll love adding value to the wider Auckland community. Being a part of this passionate, professional and approachable team, many of whom are volunteers will utilise your strong networking abilities to build the library to a high profile, recognised research base. Plus, you’ll be based in a truly unique and iconic setting. This is a role for someone who is dedicated to ensuring that generation’s to come enjoy MOTAT’s collection, and share in a love of learning. Apply today by sending your CV and covering letter to hannah.ealson(a)madison.co.nz or for more information please contact Hannah Ealson on 09 3034455 Deepak Sharma Assistant Librarian ITM University Sector 23 A, Gurgaon 01242365811 9015433756. "Solve your simple mistakes early before it leads to big problem. Because we always slip from small stones, not from a mountain" -- 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 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Dear colleagues If anybody has access to the following article, please provide: ELECTROPHORESIS 1995, Vol.16, No.1, p.423-430 Separation and characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana.....detection Sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore-7 m:9994461172 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Felicitation to Prof.J.B.Jadhav Former University Librarian, Shivaji University Kolhapur
by Pandurang Konnur 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Dear Friends, All the well wishers of Prof.J.B.Jadhav have organised a Felicitation function on the occassion of his 75th Birth Anniversary. Prof Jadhav was the University Librarian, Shivaji University Kolhapur. The event is as under: Venue: Wodiyar Hall, Century Club, Cubbon Park, Bangalore-1 Time & Date: 25th February 2011 Time 6.30 pm Guests: Prof.M.I.Savadatti Former Vice Chancellor, Mangalore University, Mangalore Prof.K.Siddappa Former Vice Chancellor Bangalore University, Bangalore Prof.V.G.Talawar Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore. All are welcome. -- Dr.P.V.Konnur President, IALA Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) *University Librarian,* 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 Article
by Pandurang Konnur 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Dear Friends, One of our teachers need the following article. Any one of you having access to the article may please send it to me. Thanks, Konnur. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents December 2006, Vol. 16, No. 12 : Pages 1735-1751 Read More: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/pdf/10.1517/13543776.16.12.1735 -- Dr.P.V.Konnur President, IALA Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) *University Librarian,* 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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information
by Dr.D.P Prathap 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

dear colleages please clarify.... when we convert printed pages into pdf by scanning, the file size is very big (in MB even for a few pages), kindly provide information as how to reduce the file size. while downloading pdf articles from the Net / online databases, the file size is very small (in KBs only) for a few pages. thanking you Sincerely Library Sugarcane Breeding Institute -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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APLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE POST OF SLIA ON TEMPORARY BASIS AT IIT INDORE LIBRARY
by Gati Krushna Nayak 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Dear All,   It is to inform you that :   Applications are invited for the post of SLIA  on  Temporary basis at IIT Indore.   The eligibility criteria are as follows:   1. Master's Degree in Library & Information Science 2. Good Communication Skills in  English & Hindi 3. Computer skills - Good practical knowledge of MS Office, especially MS Word and & Excel, and a Library Software. Experience in using Libsys will be preferable. 4. Experience in an Institute comparable to IIT will be added advantage. 5. Attitude - Candidate must be willing to work hard and prove himself/herself. Eagerness to learn new skills and adapting to working as a team are essential.   Interested candidates may send their CVs with contact details and photograph to :  anjali(a)iiti.ac.in   best of luck. regards, -- Gati Krushna Nayak Senior Library Information Assistant Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Indore) http://www.iiti.ac.in C/o Institute of Engg. & Technology M Block, DAVV Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore (M.P.) 452  017 Contact : Mob : 09479560578, 07489329869 Tel. +91 - 731 - 2438713 (O) Fax: +91 - 731 - 2361482 http://gatikrushnanayak.blogspot.com/ 23.2.2011 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DRTC: Course Admission Notice 2011-12
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore 560059 M.S. in Library and Information Science ======================================== With the emergence of knowledge-centered economies and the knowledge society, Information & Knowledge Management has emerged as a major area of concern and importance to large corporate houses, R & D Institutions and even governments. The area cuts across several disciplines including Information Technology, Library Science, and Management sciences, to mention a few. The Documentation Research & Training Centre, a unit of the Indian Statistical Institute, founded by Late Prof. S. R. Ranganathan is an internationally recognized centre for advanced training and research in this area. The DRTC now offers a novel M.S. Programme in Library & Information Science with the primary objective of preparing the next generation information managers. This new and unique programme offers an ideal blend of courses spanning library science, information technology, knowledge management and quantitative studies. The graduates of the programme will find excellent openings in industry, especially the IT industry, R & D organizations and institutions of higher education & research. For those with an aptitude for higher studies and research the M.S. Programme provides a solid foundation for Ph.D. programmes. Several universities across the country have recognized DRTC as a centre for doctoral research. ELIGIBILITY ------------ The minimum qualification for admission to the M.S. programme is a Bachelors degree in any discipline from a recognized Indian or foreign university (obtained after a minimum of 12+3 years of education) with at least 60% marks in the qualifying examination. DURATION ----------- The duration of the Programme is 24 months (2 Years); the programme is offered only at the ISI Bangalore Centre Junior Research Fellowship in Library and Information Science ============================================================ ELIGIBILITY A consistently good academic record with first or high second class in M. S. (LIS) awarded by the Indian Statistical Institute or Associateship in Documentation and Information Science of the Indian Statistical Institute or NISCAIR/INSDOC or its equivalent degree(such as Master's degree in Library and Information Science from any University) with at least 55% marks in undergraduate programme. All eligible students will receive fellowship `12,000/- per month (likely to be revised). SELECTION PROCEDURE ------------------- Selection of candidates for the M.S. programme and JRF in (LIS) will be based on academic records and performance of the candidate in an all-India written entrance test and interview. There is no tuition fee for the programme and all eligible students will receive a stipend. HOW TO APPLY? ------------- For details and application form can be obtained from the following offices of Indian Statistical Institute (by post or in person) a) Dean of Studies, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T Road, Kolkata 10008. b) Head. Delhi Centre. Indian Statistical Institute, 7 SJS Sansanwal Marg, New Delhi 110016, c) Head, Bangalore Centre Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore 560059, d) Head, SQC-OR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 110 Nelson Manickam Road (1st Floor), Aminjikarai, Chennai 600029, e) Head, SQC-OR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Street No.8, Habshiguda, Hyderabad 500007, by paying an amount of Rs.450/- (Rs.225/- for reserved categories) in cash (from 11a.m to 2 p.m on working days from Monday to Friday), or by Bank Draft drawn in favour of Indian Statistical Institute payable at Kolkata (Proper). Request for application forms should have the mailing address in CAPITALS. Postal orders, Money orders and cheque will not be accepted. Prospectus and application forms are also available on http:www.isical.ac.in/~deanweb in pdf format. IMPORTANT DATES: --------------- Distribution of Prospectus and Application Form : 09 February 2011 to 07 March 2011 Last date for receiving completed Application Form : 28 March 2011 Date of Selection Test (India and abroad) : 08 May 2011 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library requirement at ISI Bangalore
by Mailing List Admin 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:37:32 +0530 From: tss(a)isibang.ac.in Applications are invited for a temporary position (sanction expected from 1st April 2011, for ONE year) at the level of an Assistant Librarian at the Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore centre Library. The candidate must have atleast 10 years of experience at a senior level in an academic/research Institutions Library, possess a Masters degree in Library and information sciences or its equivalent and be no more than 65 years of age. Preference will be given to those with a Phd in Library sciences. Consolidated remuneration + applicable HRA, will depend on work experience and qualifications. Interested persons may send their CV to : Head, I S I, R V College Post, Bangalore-59 by 4th March 2011. It can also be e-mailed to: headisibc(a)isibang.ac.in Thank you, T S S R K RAO Head, Indian statistical Institute, Bangalore ----------------------------------

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National Seminar on Next Generation Library and Information Services (NeGLIS-2011)
by Shibu.K.M 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

*National Seminar* *on*** *Next Generation Library and Information* *Services* *(NeGLIS-2011)* * * *April 2-3, 2011* * * *Organized by*** * * ** *Maulana Azad Library* *(1960-2010)* *(as a part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations)* * * ** *in collaboration with* * * ** *Department of Library and Information Science* *Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh*** * * * * *About the Seminar* Maulana Azad Library, the central Library of Aligarh Muslim University, the second largest University Library of Asia and the Department of Library and Information Science, one of the premier schools of Library Science in India, have been organizing national and international conferences, seminars, workshops etc. on different aspects of library and information profession. ‘Next Generation Library and Information Services’ (NeGLIS) is a national seminar to provide a platform for library and information science professionals, scientists, IT professionals, and consultants etc. to discuss the futuristic aspects of information services. It focuses on the prospective building blocks of the library services, extensive application of technology and policy change for better dissemination of information. *Objectives* The goal of the seminar is to bring together librarians, information engineers, IT professionals, researchers, consultants, educators as well as experts and professionals in other related fields to exchange ideas and share research findings about next generation information services. The specific objectives of the seminar are: · To provide a forum for scholars from different fields and backgrounds to share their views and perspectives on information services in coming future. · Identify best practices in all the spheres of new-fangled library services. · To provide strategic directions for the development of technology based new library and information service. * * *Theme: Next Generation Library and Information Services.* * * ***Sub Themes (but not limited to):* * * *Knowledge Organization* Knowledge Architecture and Mapping Standards and Protocols Web Content Management (WCM) Management of User-generated contents in Libraries Knowledge Preservation Technologies: Emerging Trends * * *Web 2.0/Library 2.0* Building Communities using Web 2.0 M-Technology RSS Feeds and its Application in Library Services Social Networks, Twitter, Blogs, Wikis, Mashups Metadata and Social Tagging Federated Search and Discovery Tools Semantic Web Ontology and Thesaurus Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems * * *E-Publishing* Open access v/s commercial publishing E-Resources: New Models for Content Delivery and Deployment Digital Rights Management (DRM) Open Source Journal Publishing – tools, standards etc *E- Learning* Conceptual framework Policies, framework and partnership Technology solutions, innovations Educational content and resources E-Learning solutions User studies *Digital Library* Building Institutional Repositories: Strategies for future Open Source vs. Commercial software Freedom of Access to Information Copyright & Open Licensing IPR & Digital resources Interoperability and metadata *Library Policies* Government’s information policies Collection development policies Library Legislation *Call for Papers* The seminar invites unpublished conceptual and empirical research papers and case studies on the above theme and sub themes. The paper will be published in the form of proceedings/edited Book. * * *Guidelines for Paper Submission* The research paper is expected to contain original work, preferably case studies which have not been published elsewhere in any form. Full paper (not more than 3000 words) related to the main theme or sub themes specified in brochure should carry the Abstract, Key words, Title, Name(s), Affiliations, and Email address. The paper should be composed in MS-Word in A4 size, single spacing with font size- 12 points and Times New Roman font. Submitted papers may follow APA format for bibliographic description. Authors are requested to send the electronic version of the papers to neglis2011(a)gmail.com. * * *Important Dates* Last Date for Submission of full papers 10 March 2011 Notification of acceptance of paper with comments 12 March 2011 Submission of the final paper 15 March 2011 Registration Starts 15 March 2011 *Registration Fee * Delegates from Industries/sponsored Rs 2500 Delegates from academics Rs 1000 Accompanying person Rs 600 Research Scholars/Students* Rs 600 *Research Scholars/students may apply through their principal/HOD *Mode of Payment* Registration fee can be paid by Cash/Bank Draft drawn in favour of ‘Organizing Secretary, Golden Jubilee celebrations, M. A. Library payable at Aligarh. Registration fee includes seminar kit, refreshment, working lunch and dinner. Spot registration facility is available for delegates on a different fee structure. * * *Target Participants* Library and Information Science Professionals, Researchers, LIS Students, I.T Professionals, Content and Knowledge Managers, Educational Policy Makers, Information / Content Providers and Vendors, E-learning Communities, Electronic / Print Publishing Community, IT Service Providers, etc. * * *Accommodation* Accommodation may be arranged on concessional tariffs for the participants in the University Guest House on first come first served basis. Delegates may indicate their requirements for accommodation in the registration form. *Maulana Azad Library* Maulana Azad Library is regarded as the second largest University Library of Asia with more than 13.5 lakh books, E- Books and other documents. The foundation of the Library was laid in 1875 when Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, a great social reformer of his time, established a School that later became Mohammaden Anglo Oriental College in 1877 and finally Aligarh Muslim University in 1920 by an Act of Parliament. The foundation stone of the Library was initially laid by Lord Lytton, the then Viceroy of India. That is why the Library was originally named as Lytton Library. The foundation stone of the present grand seven storied building of Maulana Azad Library was laid on November 12, 1955 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, ex Prime Minister of India, who most graciously came again to inaugurate the Library on December 6, 1960. The library has thus completed 50 years. It was named after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the great Educationist, Statesman and the first Education Minister of independent India. During the last couple of years, library services in the University have been substantially updated and modernized. Developments in the library services with the advent of latest ICT applications include- campus wide access to Online Catalogue, Digital Resource Centre with 2 lakh e-books / Encyclopedias and many language learning softwares, online journals; Automatic Security Gate for books; CCTV etc. As a sequel to that the library has recently received IP based online access to almost all important Internationally reputed Full Text Data Bases namely ‘Web of Science’, ‘Science Direct’, ‘SciFinder Scholar’, ‘ERMED Consortia’, ‘J-Gate’, ‘BIOSIS’ and ‘DELNET’. The Library serves the University community from 8 AM to 2 A.M. (next day). About 5000 students, teachers and other members of the University visit the Library daily. *Department of Library and Information Science* Department of Library and Information Science of Aligarh Muslim University is a premier institution in the field of Library and Information Science in India with a history that reaches back about sixty years. The foundation of the Department was laid way back in 1950-51 with the introduction of a ‘Certificate Course in Library Science’, by the then University Librarian, Padma Shri Prof. S. Bashiruddin. Encouraged by the success of the certificate course, late Prof. S. Bashiruddin introduced ‘Bachelor of Library Science’ in 1958-59 with full time lecturers for the first time in the country. The Certificate course was discontinued in 1968-69. Subsequently, ‘Master of Library Science’ was introduced in 1970-71. Another pioneering step taken by the department in the year 1986-87 was the introduction of Library Science as a subsidiary subject at B.A level in the Faculties of Arts and Social Science. Realizing the need and importance of research in the subject, the Department started M.Phil/Ph.D programmes since 1990-91. The teaching faculty of the department includes one Professor, three Associate Professors, two Assistant Professors, and two Guest Faculties. Using the modern ICT facilities in the dept, the faculty members are engaged in active research on various aspects of LIS. At present, the department has two ongoing projects sponsored by ICSSR and Department of Science and Technology Govt. of India. In the past also few UGC sponsored projects have been successfully completed. The guild of academic activities such as conferences, seminars, workshops and extramural lectures of eminent scholars have always been regular features of the department. *Patron* Prof. P.K Abdul Azis (Vice-Chancellor, AMU, Aligarh) * * *Organizing Secretary* Prof. Shabahat Husain (Librarian-In-Charge, M A Library, AMU, Aligarh) * * *Convener* Dr. Naushad Ali P.M (Chairman, DLIS, AMU, Aligarh) * * *Address for Communication* Convener, NeGLIS Dept of Library and Information Science Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh 202002 Tel: 0571 2700039, 3266444 E-mail: neglis2011(a)gmail.com, chairman.lis(a)amu.ac.in Website: www.amu.ac.in/seminar/neglis For any queries, please contact: Mr. Shibu K.M Dept of Library and Information Science Mob: +91 9536767063 E-mail: shibukm123(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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One day program on "Sharing SUCCESS STORIES".
by GIPE Library 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Dear All SLA Asian Chapter and TCS IRC Pune is organizing one day program on "Sharing SUCCESS STORIES". Here is brief about program. Many of us come across situations/challenges in our professional life and some of these challenges are really tough and sometimes we find out some creative solutions for same. Some of these are situations / problems can be faced by us and there could be alternate solutions for same. If professionals who have implemented or followed some innovative way /methodology which turned out to be a big success worth sharing with others too. Others can deploy similar approach for situations at their end or can think in similar direction for other problems. Some times there is need to do some experiments about which we may have some apprehensions but it turn out to be very productive in long run (may be after some fine tuning) All such SUCCESS STORIES / experiences, small initiatives / problem solving approach /methods etc (* which resulted in well established processes*) can be shared with others. SLA Asian Chapter and TCS IRC Pune jointly organizing one day program for sharing such SUCCESS STORIES on Saturday the 26th Feb 2011 at Tata Consultancy Services Raja Shree Bldg. 8 Tadiwalla Road Pune - 411 001 Where various success stories will be presented by speakers like Mr Venkat Raghavan from Times of India, Ms Parinita Samant from Hexaware, Ms Jyoti Chitale from Cummins College of Engg, Mr Ashutosh Joshi from Mahindra & Mahindra, Mr Mangesh Ghodake from L & T Infotech, Mr Praveen Vaidya from Tolani Maritime Inst and Mr Dharmendra Sachan from EXIM Bank, Ms Seema Utpat from IndSearch, etc. Outline of program is 10. 00 Introduction and formal welcome 10.15 Brief about SLA Activities 10.30 to 5.00 Actual Cases Presentations. Presenters will cover points like Brief description of issue/challenge/ initiative Why it was needed, What was approach, How it was tackled / resolved, Improvements done in due course of time Important learning and Finally after establishing it as standard practice what are tangible and intangible benefits of same. Each presentation will follow question / answers session. Registrations : Registrations are open and total 100 participants on first come first served basis will be registered on payment of registrations fee of INR 150/- Please feel free to contact my colleague Ms Manisha Shinde at 0 9960613527 or write a mail to us at gipelibrary(a)gmail.com for any queries related to registration, etc. You may please ignore this mail if you have received earlier. With regards -- Dr Nanaji Shewale Librarian Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 http://www.gipe.ac.in -- 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 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Dear Sir, Please arrange to post the following message in LIS Forum. Regards, Dr. Dineshan Koovakkai *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 9th March 2011 at 10 am at Central University Office at Nayanmarmoola, Kasaragod.* -- 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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IASLIC Max Mueller Bhavan DLISc-Calcutta University Workshop
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

IASLIC Max Mueller Bhavan DLISc-Calcutta University Workshop You are cordially invited to the inauguration of the IASLIC Goethe- Institut Max Mueller Bhavan, India joint workshop on Digitization Workflow : Tools and Techniques organized in collaboration with the Dept of Library and Information Science, University of Calcutta on February 24, 2011 at 10.30 am in the Chandramukhi-Kadambini Sabhagriha, 4th Floor, Central Library, University of Calcutta, Kolkata. Prof Suranjan Das, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta has kindly given consent to inaugurate the program. Prof Basab Choudhury, Registrar, University of Calcutta will preside over the function. Sri S B Banerjee Convener, Education Division, IASLIC Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi Head, DLISc, CU & 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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