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A rare and unique function - Thanks one and all
by Arunachalam Hariharan 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

The SALIS journals release function was held on 6March 2010 at ICSA Seminar Hall, Egmore, Chennai, between 6 P.M and 8.P.M. The programme was started with the invocation by Mrs. Kamatchi, Librarian, NKR College of Education for Women. Mr. A. Hariharan, President, SALIS in his welcome address, highlighted the various objectives of SALIS, programmes being organized, publications of SALIS, etc. He also mentioned on the SALIS honoring the professionals by way of awards, certificate of appreciations, etc. He mentioned the efforts taken by SALIS in filling up the vacant posts of Librarians in Government Colleges in Tamil Nadu. Mr. Hariharan also requested the Presidents of the Madras Library Association (MALA), Tamil Nadu Library Association (TLA), Head Dept Library and Information Science, SALIS, other senior professionals to take up the issue of appointing professional Librarians in schools to effectively disseminate the library services to the school children on one hand and also to solve the unemployment problem faced by Librarians on the other hand. A representation on the same (appointing librarians in schools in phased manner) was handed over by the Presidents of MALA, TLA and SALIS to the Director, Public Library later in the function. They requested the Director, Public Library to use his good office to do the needful. Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras and Editor-in-chief of the SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science (SJLIS) briefed on the journal and spoke on the various activities of SALIS. Mr. M. Mandhirasalam, Sr. Dy. Librarian, KCT, Coimbatore & Editor, SALIS Journal of Information Management and Technology (SJIMT) spoke on the scope and objectives of SJIMT. Mr. Karl Pechatscheck. Director, Goethe-Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan, Chennai who is the chief guest of the function, released the SALIS journals and delivered his address. He narrated the role of library and LIS professionals and appreciated the efforts taken by SALIS in organizing various programmes for the benefit of the library professionals and the society. Mr. G. Arivoli, Director, Directorate of Public Libraries, Chennai received the first copy of both the SALIS journals and in his special address, spoke on various efforts taken by the Government of Tamil Nadu for the upcoming Anna Centenary Library in Chennai. He also pointed out that the Government is showing keen interest in uplifting the library and its activities. He also informed the gathering that the Tamil Nadu Government is shortly announcing the recruitment notice for around 200 posts for the Anna Centenary Library. He also mentioned that the vacancies in the public libraries will be filled up soon. Mr. Karl Pechatscheck and Mr. G. Arivoli presented mementoes and shawls to the retired professionals and Ph.D. awardees. The following retired people were honored and felicitated: Mr. N. Avadaiappan Dr. Manorama Srinath. Mrs. Chitra M Hariharan Dr. K. Nithyanandam Dr. Bhavathi Senthil Murugan The following Ph.D awardees were honored and felicitated: Dr. G. Krishnamoorthy Dr. A. Thirunavukarasu Dr. K. Chinnasamy Dr. R. Ramasamy Dr. L. Rajendran Dr. G. Rathinasabapathy Dr. S. Gopalakrishnan Dr. M. Rajendran Dr. M. Mymoon Dr. P. Rajendran Dr. K. Sivasamy Dr. P. Yesudoss Dr. Paul Pandian Dr. S.K. Ashok Kumar Dr. S. Muralidhar Dr. P. Panneerselvam Dr. S. Surianarayanan Dr. K. Vinitha Dr. C. Martin Arockiasamy Dr. E. Kanniyappan Dr. Bhavathy Dr. K. Paul Raj The following senior professional colleagues spoke on the occasion and expressed their wishes and opinions: Mrs. Vijaya K Sundaram. President, MALA. Dr. R. Ramasamy. RRLF & President, TLA, Dr. Manorama Srinath, Rtd. Professor, DLIS, University of Madras. Dr. A. Amudhavalli. Professor and Head, DLIS, University of Madras, Mr. N. Avadaiappan, Former Director, Connemara Public Library & Special Officer, Anna Centenary Library, Chennai, Dr. K. Nithyanandam, Former Director, Anna University Library, Chennai, Dr. G. Krishnamoorthy, Librarian, Anna University, Chennai, Dr. S. Surianarayanan, Vice-President, SALIS, Dr. S. Muralidhar, Scientist, CVRDE (DRDO), Chennai & Co-Editor-in-Chief, SJLIS. Mrs. Vijaya K Sundaram appreciated the initiatives of SALIS. Dr. R. Ramasamy suggested publishing more articles on public libraries. Prof. A. Amudhavalli stressed on the need for quality research and also suggested to adopt strict referring practice before publication of articles in journals so as to maintain the quality of the journal. Prof. Manorama Srinath stressed on the need for co-operation among the professionals and congratulated SALIS for its activities. Mr. N. Avadaiappan expressed the need for abolishing the Professor-in-charge post in University Libraries to make the University Librarians more competent in library development and also in discharging the library services. He also stressed on the need for appointment of professional librarians in schools. G. Krishnamoorthy spoke on the status of the librarians and requested to change the designations. Dr. K. Nithyanandam appreciated the initiatives of SALIS in honoring the professionals. Dr.S. Surianarayanan suggested appointing librarians from primary schools onwards. Dr. S. Muralidhar suggested starting a School of Excellence to train the LIS professionals at Anna Centenary Library. Dr. P. Panneerselvam, Librarian, BSA Crescent University, Chennai & Secretary, SALIS, Chennai Chapter proposed vote of thanks The programme ended with National Anthem. A few publications of SALIS were presented to the Director, Pubic Library for the Anna Centenary Library. Around 100 professionals from Chennai, Tirunelveli, Tiruchi, Coimbatore, Erode and Karaikudi participated in the function. Mrs. V. SakthiRegha, Dr. K. Vintha, Mrs. Usha Devi and Mrs. Chitra were the event managers. SALIS thanks everyone who have involved directly & indirectly for the grand success of this unique and rare function. SALIS B2-Solai Apartment Mount-Poonamallee Road (opp.to.MGR Garden) Chennai - 600 116 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
by * Mukesh - Monitor * 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

Dear Professionals Here is a new book which tells the world that librarians and archivists were nothing less than some of the finest professionals-not to mention the most interesting people i may know ! Please go through the book details below: This Book Is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All In This Book is Overdue!, acclaimed author Marilyn Johnson celebrates libraries and librarians, and, as she did in her popular first book, The Dead Beat, discovers offbeat and eloquent characters in the quietest corners. In defiance of doomsayers, Johnson finds librarians more vital and necessary than ever, as they fuse the tools of the digital age with love for the written word and the enduring values of truth, service to all, and free speech. This Book Is Overdue! is a romp through the ranks of information professionals who organize our messy world and offer old-fashioned human help through the maze. http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061431609/This_Book_Is_Overdue/index… Happy Reading ! Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services http://books.monitorinfo.com http://twitter.com/BooksMonitor -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO releases new publication on linguistic diversity in the Internet
by Puna Das 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

UNESCO releases new publication on linguistic diversity in the Internet 04-03-2010 (Paris) UNESCO, together with FUNREDES and the Union Latine, launches Twelve years of measuring linguistic diversity in the Internet: balance and perspectives. Written by Daniel Pimienta, Daniel Prado and Alvaro Blanco, this publication is an update to the previous UNESCO study on this subject that was issued for the World Summit on the Information Society in 2005. FUNREDES and Union Latine have designed an original research method to measure linguistic diversity in cyberspace. The aim was to use search engines and a sample of word-concepts to measure the proportionate presence of these concepts in their various linguistic equivalences. Research, undertaken from 1996 to 2008, enabled interesting indicators to be built to measure linguistic diversity. The paper describes the research method and its results, advantages and limitations. It also provides an overview of existing alternative methods and results, for comparison. The paper concludes with the examination of different perspectives in the field which have in the past been considered to have been characterized by a lack of scientific rigor. This has led to some misinformation about the dominant presence of English on the Web. It is a topic that is only now slowly attracting due attention from international organizations and the academic world. The publication is currently available in English and French, for free download in PDF format: click here http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29594&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… . Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29595&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- 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 Veeru 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

Dear all, Can anyone provide this article For Our Research Scholar need this article. Title: *Piezoelectric Fiber Composites with Interdigitated Electrodes Author: **Nesbitt W. Hagood Source: *J*ournal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 8, No. 11, 903-919 (1997) * * * -- with regards Virupaksh BH LIM Trainee, NCSI/JRD Tata Memorial Library , IISc ,Bangalore-50012 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Project Assistant &Trainees for BI Library : Walk-in Interview(No virus check: exceeding max content size)
by Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty, Bose Inst. 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

Dear Moderator Pl. ciculate thru lisforum ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Friends ADVT. NO. BI/LIB/29/2009-10 Walk-in-Interview will be held on 11th March 2010 from 10:30 a.m. at the Centenary Campus of Bose Institute, P-1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata- 700 054 for the following temporary positions. The initial engagement will be for a period of six (06) months, renewable for a maximum period of one (01) year on satisfactory performance. Details : www.boseinst.ernet.in 1. Position : Library Project Assistant seven (07) Qualification : M.LISc. / ADISc. Degree or B.LISc. with Master Degree in any discipline or with minimum one year experience in any Library Computerization Project. Experience : Working knowledge of Library Software : CDS / ISIS & WINISIS of UNESCO, Knowledge of Digitization (D-space / E-prints Software) at least one year. Consolidated Remuneration : Rs.9,000/- p.m. Age : below 35 years. 2. Position : Library Trainee three (03) Qualification : B.LISc. Experience : Working knowledge of CDS / ISIS / WINISIS Software at least six months. Consolidated Remuneration : Rs.8,000/- p.m. Age : below 30 years. Please bring to the notice of your students. We look forward to your kind cooperation. With kind regards. Yours sincerely, ======================================================================== DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2569 3268, 3270 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in =============================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Knol Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science
by Badan Barman 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

Respected forum members, We are trying to develop an online Encyclopedia of LIS over Knol platform. You are requested to contribute towards it. You can write your articles independently over the knol and submit it for inclusion in the encyclopedia by sending an email to me or by commenting bellow the encyclopedia. You can also collaborate with the existing authors in some articles. For more information please do visit: http://knol.google.com/k/knol-encyclopaedia-of-library-and-information-scie… http://knol.google.com/k/knol-encyclopaedia-of-library-and-information-scie… Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, School of Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati-781006, Assam Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971, Fax: 0361- 2235398. Mobile: +9198642-05166 Website: www.kkhsou.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Today's vacancy for the post of Librarian
by Ajay Kamble 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

Delhi Public School Post : Librarian Location: Lucknow ** Key Skills: Requisite knowledge, skills and ability to work regarding librarian. ** Specialization: Librarian Job Function: Teaching/Education Industry: Educational/Training Qualification: *Post Graduation -* Others -Post Graduate (Others -Relevant Stream) *School & Graduation -* Others -Graduate (Others -Relevant Stream) Level: Junior - Executive, Assistant Experience: 1 - 2 yrs. ** Job Details: Role requires handling the work related to librarian. Additional Information: B.Lib with experience would be preferred. For DPS Jankipuram Note: Candidates with good English communication skills & computer literacy would be preferred. Apply within 5 days. Forms available in the respective school offices. For further inquiries contact: Eldeco Colony, Udyan II, Raksha Khand, Rai Bareilly Road. Ph: 2440194, 2442423 Email: dpseldeco(a)rediffmail.com OR Sector-6, Jankipuram Extn. Ph: 0522-3262724 Email: dpsjankipuram(a)rediffmail.com -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reminder: Monthly Lecture of Karnataka State Library Association(KALA)
by Francis Jayakanth 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

Dear All, On behalf of KALA and SRELS, I cordially invite you for the next monthly lecture of KALA to be held on Saturday 6th March 2010. This lecture is being organized in collaboration with Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS). The details of the lecture are given below: Title: User Interfaces in Indian Languages: Some Experiments and Experiences, by Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science by SRELS Team Venue: Karnataka State Library Association, #702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore- 560010 Date & Time: Saturday, 06 March 2010 at 5.30 P.M. Abstract: Presentation relating to and based on the work of the SRELS team during the past six months to develop Indian language (Kannada and Tamil) user interfaces to Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL) collections. This project has been assigned to and supported by eIFL, Netherlands. It is part of the South Asia GSDL Network development Programme. The team will present some of the language collections developed under the project; the steps in the preparation of the interfaces and related problems and issues; and collaboration with the GSDL team at the University of Waikato in New Zealand With best regards, - Francis for KALA

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Schedule Processes in LIBSYS software – Your Experience
by praba 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Dear Friends, We have been using the LIBSYS software in our library. We are adding the new books and editing some old records if there is error or change. After this we are doing manually rebuild inverted files and update inverted files for indexing. Instead of doing this process manually there is another option in LIBSYS called Schedule Processes. If you set the time for updating, for example 10 p.m., everyday it has to do this update automatically. We would like to know from people those who are using the LIBSYS, any of you used this utility and also what is your experience in installing the utility and the problems if any? With regards, Christina Birdie IIAP, Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for the post of Librarian
by Ajay Kamble 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Dr. K. N. Modi Foundation Position : Librarian Location: OTHERS(Modinagar) ** Key Skills: Requisite knowledge, skills and ability to work regarding librarian. ** Specialization: Librarian Job Function: Teaching/Education Industry: Educational/Training Qualification: *Post Graduation -* Others -Post Graduate (Others -Relevant Stream) *School & Graduation -* Others -Graduate (Others -Relevant Stream) Level: Junior - Executive, Assistant Experience: 1 - 2 yrs. ** Job Details: Role requires handling the work related to librarian. Additional Information: Walk in Interview: on 8th March, 2010 At: Centre for Management Development Modinagar-201204, (U.P.) Tel: 09897782204 >From 9.30 am to 2.00 pm Candidates may also send their Bio-Data along with certificates and two coloured photographs by post to: Registrar at Dr. K.N. Modi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Modinagar-201204 OR E-mail: mailurcv(a)knmodifoundation.com Company Details: 25 Campuses in 150 Acres Land 36,000 students 650+ Faculty 45 Professional Courses 5560+ Placements 9000+ Girls Students 45 Kms from Delhi in NCR. -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kuvempu University national conference 12-13 March 2010
by Drbalabhim Shankarappa Biradar 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Dear Moderator, I request you to publish this message on LIS forum Dear Professionals I am happy to invite you to national conference to be held on 12-13 March 2010. Inaugural function: 12th MArch 2010 at 10 AM Chief Guest Prof. N. Prabhu Dev Hon’bleVice-Chancellor Bangalore University, Bangalore Key-note address Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah Principal Librarian NIMHANS, Bangalore Guest of Honour Dr.A.L. Moorthy Director, DESIDOC, DRDO, Delhi President Prof. B.S. Sherigara Hon’bleVice-Chancellor Kuvempu University Venue: Prof.S.P. Hiremath Hall Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri All are cordially Invited ------------------------------------------ Dr. B.S.Biradar Professor and Chairman Dept. of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University Jnanasahyadri Shankaraghatta-577 451 Karnataka,India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of Librarian / Assistant Librarian
by Ajay Kamble 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

MVN EDUCATION CITY Post : Librarian / Assistant Librarian Location: OTHERS(Palwal (Hry)) ** Key Skills: Requisite knowledge, skills and ability to work regarding librarian. ** Specialization: Librarian Job Function: Teaching/Education Industry: Educational/Training Qualification: *Post Graduation -* Others -Post Graduate (Others -Relevant Stream) *School & Graduation -* Others -Graduate (Others -Relevant Stream) Level: Junior - Executive, Assistant Experience: 1 - 2 yrs. ** Job Details: Role requires handling the work related to librarian. Additional Information: Qualification & Experience as per MDU/AICTE revised norms. You can collect application forms from college campus during working hours or apply on prescribed form available at www.mvneducation.com Bachelor Accommodation available Salary will not be a limiting factor for deserving candidates. Send your CV's through e-mail or post at the below address with two passport size photographs or apply on prescribed form at Website by 18.03.2010. The Director, MVN Education City 74th K.M Stone NH-2, Aurangabad, Palwal (Hry) Cell: 09253306906 Telefax: 01275-270804 E-mail: mvncampus(a)mvneducation.com Company Details: Gopal Sharma Modern Vidya Niketan Instt. Of Engg. & Tech. Les Filles MVN Institute of Engg. & Tech. (For Women) MVN Business School (PGDM) Approved by AICTE and Affiliated to M.D. University. Rohtak (ISO 9001: 2008 Certified). -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Jobs
by Ajay Kamble 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY Location: OTHERS(Rae Bareli, (U.P.)) ** Key Skills: Requisite knowledge, skills and ability to work regarding Librarian. ** Specialization: Librarian Job Function: Teaching/Education Industry: Educational/Training Qualification: *Post Graduation -* Others -Post Graduate (Others -Relevant Stream) *School & Graduation -* Others -Graduate (Others -Relevant Stream) Level: Junior - Executive, Assistant Experience: 1 - 2 yrs. ** Job Details: Role requires handling the work related to Librarian. Additional Information: Non Academic Staff Positions Applications are invited for the posts. For the Job description, eligibility criteria, etc. and download the application form please visit us at: www.rgipt.ac.in (Click Media Releases) RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY Rae Bareli, (U.P.) Company Details: Institute of National Importance Established under the Act of Parliament. -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ministry would try and introduce the Bill for the creation of the National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER)
by Goutam Biswas 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

New Delhi: A draft cabinet note for the creation of an overarching regulatory body in the higher education section has been prepared and circulated across ministries for consultations, Kapil Sibal, Union minister for human resource development, said at a press conference on Thursday. Setting agenda: Union minister for HRD Kapil Sibal, with MoS Purandeshwari Devi, briefs the press in New Delhi on Thursday. Subhav Shukla / PTI Sibal said the ministry would try and introduce the Bill for the creation of the National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER) in the next session of Parliament. A task force to aid and suggest measures for setting up a regulatory body has also been set up. NCHER is being set up on the recommendation of the Yash Pal committee. The committee, which was set up to suggest reforms in the higher education sector, had also recommended that the commission be a constitutional entity to ensure the absolute autonomy along the lines of the Election Commission of India. The suggestion has however been rejected by the Prime Minister’s Office, which has been studying the ministry’s proposal to amend the Constitution for setting up the regulatory body, saying the it should not be used for regulatory purposes, a source said. “It has been a setback because our report (on NCHER) wanted to leave no loopholes that would put the regulator at the risk of political influence,’’ a member of the Yash Pal committee said, requesting anonymity. NCHER, once set up, will replace and subsume the University Grants Commission, the All India Council for Technical Education and the National Council for Teachers Education, which have thus far regulated the higher education sector in India. The HRD ministry had earlier proposed bringing a Bill to set up the NCHER after the Constitution was amended. -- Goutam Biswas University Research Fellow, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal,India. MOBILE NO + 91 9831092149 , Phone:(Office) (033) 2582-8220/8293/8750 (Extn.338); Fax: (91) 033-2582 8282 Email: goutambiswas8(a)gmail.com; Website: http://www.goutambiswasresearch.yolasite.com/ -- Goutam Biswas University Research Fellow, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal,India. MOBILE NO + 91 9831092149 , Phone:(Office) (033) 2582-8220/8293/8750 (Extn.338); Fax: (91) 033-2582 8282 Email: goutambiswas8(a)gmail.com; Website: http://www.goutambiswasresearch.yolasite.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Selected candidates meeting
by Ravindra Rajan S N 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Subject: Selected candidates meeting Dear Friends, Congradulations to all. It is here by informed to all K.P.S.C selected candidates for F.G.C Colleges 167 posts, this week on 06-03-10 saturday, 3.00 P.M at Karnataka State Central Library, Cubbon Park. We meet and discussion about our Appointment and other related issues. All of u come and participant and share ur feelings. Yours truly, S.N.Ravindra Rajan Librarian M.S.Ramaiah College of Law Bengaluru-54 99005 38709 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two day National Conference ( Inter Disciplinary): Call for Papers
by priya gopalkrishna kaimal 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

The Bombay Teachers Training College has been preparing professional Educators for the last 40 years. The college is affiliated to the University of Mumbai and recognized by NCTE. It is one of the Institutions under umbrella of the prestigious Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board. The college is orgnizing National Level UGC sponsored conference on 6th and 7th April, 2010. Theme Of the Conference Landscapes of Learning: A celebration of Diversity The landscape of Learning have already changed over the last decade. Learners being their own individual approach, talents and interests to the learning situation. The context in which some one grows and develops has an important impact on learning. We have few teaching models that appropriately accommodate both consistent educational values and human diversity. Objectives of the conference 1. To create an awareness among the target group about uniformity and diversity in education. 2. To redefine the fundamentals of quality in the educational process and learning outcomes. 3. To foster leadership for human excellence in a multi-cultural competitive society. 4. To develop a multi-cultural approach to education. 5. To explore the potentials of new synergies of education. Sub themes : 1. Striving for Quality Quality is a fundamental consideration at all levels of educational planning and policy making. Quality needs to be identified, strived for and evaluated in terms of learning outcomes 2. Pathways to Life long Learning The field of education encompasses adult, continuing vocational and school education at all levels. Despite the diversity, some features like competency based training, inputs into curriculum design and specific skills development are common. 3. Dimensions of Leadership for Human Excellence Within our multicultural competitive societies the role of education is vital importance to the future of individual and collective development of the world. Leadership is key to the transformation and development of Humanity. 4. Cultural Perspectives for Learning for tomorrow Multiculturalism respects cultural variations rather than requiring that dominant culture assimilate the various cultures. It holds that certain shared cultural tenets are important to society as a whole, but that some cultural differences are important, too. 5. New synergies in education The potential for these linkups are immense, synergies between entities need to be explored to bring quality to educational systems. Target Group The target group is teachers at all levels, student teachers, administrators, teacher educators, researchers, corporate sector, policy workers, curriculum developers and professionals interested in teaching learning process. Submission of Abstract and Paper The participants are requested to send their abstract and paper not exceeding 250 words and the complete paper 1500 words as an e-mail attachment in DOC format or on a CD through post or courier at the college address to reach on or before 31.03.2010. Contact Persons: Mrs. Meenakshi Lath: Email: meenakshilath(a)hotmail.com Dr. Rajeev. I. Jha Email: rajeevmukul(a)indiatimes.com Mr. Bhagwan Balani: 9869252901 E-mail: nationalconference.bttc(a)gmail.com Priya R Pillai Mobile:0091-9930913750 Office:0091-22-22047160 Fax :0091-22-28562999 Mail :priyapillai32@gmail.com/bttclibrary@yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Pay structure and carrier advancemt in IITs library
by Librarian ITBHU 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Dear professionals, Kindly inform me about the pay structure of IITs library professionals particularly of Asstt. Librarians and Dy. Librarians. Is their any carrier advancement scheme for Asstt. Librarian and Dy. Librarians like university library system. If yes, then what is the time span. Are the Asstt. Librarian and Dy. librarians are under non vaccational teaching and getting AGP of Rs. 6000/ and 8000/- like university system. -- Thanks and Regards! Navin Upadhyay Librarian Main Library, IT BHU, Varanasi, UP (India) Tel: 0542-2307006 09794662333 (M) Mail ID: librarian(a)itbhu.ac.in nubhuit(a)rediffmail.com Institute Website : www.itbhu.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Karnataka State College Librarians’ Association and the importance of accountability
by Vasanth 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

Dear Sir/madam, Recently we all the college librarians were trained for five days on various aspects of technologies which can be used for our day to day activities in our libraries in Gulbarga University in collaboration with the Department of Collegiate Education. The Karnataka State Librarians Association (KSCLA) was solely responsible for planning and making it a useful event. The president and the other office bearers must be congratulated for the good job they have done. On the other front we have to be critical of the conduct of the association in certain matters in the interest of stakeholders and the profession at large. As a college librarian it is proud that we have professional organization to protect the interest of the librarians but it has to be more transparent and proactive but not limited to mere felicitation. Why this has been discussed here is in last August the whole librarians’ day was dedicated to felicitation. Chief Guests were hardly left any time to speak on the issues important for the profession. In Gulbarga we all the participants were asked to subscribe “College News” brought out by the association and we did subscribe the magazine. It was not distributed as promised by the office bearers of the association and later they told us that it was posted to your personal address so far it has not reached us. There may be genuine reasons for not posting it. But for the growth of the association it is important to stand for what they promised us. There will be a meeting of college librarian on 5th March 2010 in Mysore. They have asked all the college librarian to come with certain amount of money and the agenda is to discuss six pay commission pay scale and other matters. There are other organizations to look into the matter. There are other problems in college libraries let us fight for that. There is no space for libraries in most of the colleges. Let us fight for providing space for libraries. Financial capital is important but it is intellectual capital we need for association to grow. Collect fund once in year or twice, time and again brought out the balance sheet, inform all the stakeholders involved in about the status. Organize talk by eminent personalities on important issues librarians are facing, associate with other library organizations to expand its scope and activities. [Views are personal] ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N GFGC-Periyapatna Mysore The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of Library Trainees at Physical Research Laboratory
by Veeru 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

Dear professionals, *PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY (A UNIT OF DEPT. OF SPACE, GOVT. OF INDIA) NAVRANGPURA, AHMEDABAD - 380 009. INDIA. (Advt. No. 03/2010)* PRL desires to engage Library Trainees for its Libraries in Ahmedabad (*4 Trainees)* and Udaipur (*1 Trainee*) for one year. Qualification: Masters degree in Library and Information Sciences (above 55% marks). Certificate/Diploma in Computer Applications desirable. Candidates appearing for final year exams (i.e. of 2010) for Masters degree in Library and Information Sciences may also apply. However, their final selection will be subject to declaration of final year result and meeting the advertised norms. *Stipend*: Rs.8000/- per month. Age limit: 26 years as on 31/01/2010; relaxable for SC/ST by 5 Years/ OBC by 3 years/ Persons with Disabilities by 5 Years(over & above relaxation of 5 years & 3 years for SC/ST & OBC respectively), as per GOI rules. Candidates may visit our website*: www.prl.res.in* (OpportunitiesJob vacancies) to register their *applications on-line between 19/02/2010 and 08/03/2010. Applications will be received on-line only*. Applications received other than online shall be summarily rejected. Upon registration, applicants will be provided with an on-line Registration Format & Registration Number, which should be carefully preserved for future reference & should not be sent to us unless asked for. Candidates may note that the above position is purely temporary and does not lead to permanent absorption of the candidates in the Laboratory. The candidates will not be treated on par with regular employees of PRL and shall have no right to claim implicit or explicit for their absorption or regularization. Incomplete applications are liable to be rejected. No interim correspondence will be entertained. Candidates how have already availed/being availing Traineeship at PRL, need not to apply. *Last Date:* 8/3/2010. *More:* http://www.prl.res.in/~recruit/libtr/advt.pdf<http://www.prl.res.in/%7Erecruit/libtr/advt.pdf> -- with regards Virupaksh BH LIM Trainee, NCSI/JRD Tata Memorial Library , IISc ,Bangalore-50012 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application invited
by Swati Gajakose 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

On behalf of Jnanapravaha, centre for cultural studies, Queens Mansion, 3rd Floor, A. K. Nayak Marg, Fort, Mumbai Applications are invited for the post of Librarian. Freshers may apply. Interested candidates may send their resume and other relevant documents to drrashmipoddar(a)hotmail.com The applications should reach on or before 15th March 2010 Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancies in British Library
by shankergouda malipatil 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

Jobs in British Library (Bangalore) Posts: 3 Qualification: MLISC With minimum aggregate of 55% Job Location: Bangalore Experience: 2 Years Salary: 2,60,700 per annual More Information Visit: www.britishcouncil.org.in/careers -- Shankergouda.B.Malipatil Project Graduate Trainee ICAST, NAL Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISiM Workshop on Social Network Analysis, April 7-9, 2010, Mysore
by Roopa 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

International School of Information Management University of Mysore Workshop on Social Network Analysis April 7-9, 2010, Mysore Faculty: Prof. Kevin Crowston, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University ******** The Three days workshop on 'Social Network Analysis (SNA)' is organized by International School of Information Management (ISiM), University of Mysore during April 7-9, 2010. Context and relevance Social network analysis as a field of study is growing rapidly and in popularity. It is now evolving into a new paradigm across academia, business, industry, popular culture and folklore. It is both an approach and a tool to uncover and understand the hidden side of connections that drive certain phenomenon involving a network of human players. SNA is the technique of mapping and monitoring the relationships and flow of information/knowledge between individuals, teams, organizations, electronic devices, URLs and other interconnected entities. With the success of social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and Orkut with the masses, their influence on the group behavior and opinions are being increasingly felt every day. SNA has gained currency as an effective tool to study those invisible paths or lines that show the ties or links between people, organizations and phenomena themselves. It has been deployed to uncover and visualize hidden patterns in as diverse groups as academic communities to terrorists communities; as diverse phenomenon as correlating performance and creativity to who will be the next US president. SNA is since being perceived from being a suggestive metaphor to an analytic approach to a paradigm, with its own theoretical statements, methods, social network analysis software, and researchers. Workshop Objective . Introduce the audience to the goals and perspectives of network analysis. o Understanding of network data and issues related to collection, validity, visualization and mathematical/computer representation. o Methods of detection and description of structural properties such as centrality, cohesion, subgroups, cores, roles etc. . At the end of the course, the participants will be, o Able to examine data in 'social networks way' o Identify and formulate network analysis problems o Solve them using network analysis software and o Interpret the obtained results. Software tool used for analysis: Pajek - Program for Large Network Analysis Who should attend? Healthcare Professionals Social network analysis has been used in epidemiology to help understand how patterns of human contact aid or inhibit the spread of diseases such as HIV in a population. Information Managers The evolution of social networks can sometimes be modeled by the use of agent based models, providing insight into the interplay between communication rules, rumor spreading and social structure. Administrative Agencies SNA can also be an effective tool for mass surveillance - for example the analysis of social networks to determine whether or not a particular individual has criminal tendencies. Innovators/Change Managers Diffusion of innovations theory explores social networks and their role in influencing the spread of new ideas and practices. Change agents and opinion leaders often play major roles in spurring the adoption of innovations, although factors inherent to the innovations also play a role. Brand Managers It has been widely accepted that the social networking sites have tremendous influence on forming opinions about products/brand. An understanding of the nature and dynamics of social networking can be invaluable. Marketing Executives The digital marketing age has brought with it a plethora of options to market once products and services. Also, public opinion and reviews have never been taken more seriously than after the advent of social networking sites. An understanding of the network analysis and tools to simulate them can be precious. Academic Researchers Since every discipline in this world- social sciences, humanities, science and technology-involve human actors, SNA has gained currency as an effective research tool .The SNA paradigm offers a new and different set of concepts and analytic tools, beyond those provided by standard quantitative (particularly, statistical) methods About the Speaker: Kevin Crowston is a Professor of Information Studies at the Syracuse University since 1996. Prior moving to Syracuse, he taught for five years at the University of Michigan Business School. He received his A.B. (1984) in Applied Mathematics (Computer Science) from Harvard University and a Ph.D. (1991) in Information Technologies from the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has articles and book chapters on IT and new organizational forms. His current research projects include the NSF sponsored "VOSS: Theory and design of virtual organizations for citizen science" and "Collaborative Research: CRI: CRD: Data and analysis archive for research on Free and Open Source Software and its development." He is visiting faculty @ ISiM. Registration Fee (Regular) : INR. 8000 Registration Fee (Academics) : INR. 6000 Registration Fee ( Students ) : INR. 2000 (Accommodation available on twin sharing mode for 4 nights at Rs. 4000/-) Early bird incentive: Discount of INR. 1000* * (if registered on or before March 25, 2010) Group Registration: 10% discount if 3 or more registrants from the same organization. (Not applicable for students ) Organized by International School of Information Management (ISiM) , University of Mysore, Mysore. Workshop Venue: International School of Information Management (ISiM) University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570006 For more details, please Contact: Mr. Jayanth Jagadeesh - 91 9663376680 Ms. Shweta - 91 9663317770 <http://www.isim.ac.in/snaworkshop/index.htm> http://www.isim.ac.in/snaworkshop/index.htm ********************************************* Thanks and regards, Roopa Project Assistant International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: office(a)isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Please circulated this message
by Goutam Biswas 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

International Journal of Library and Information Science Vol. 2 (1), pp.001– 010, February 2010 © 2010 Academic Journals * Full Length Research Paper* *An evaluative study on the open source digital library softwares for institutional repository: Special reference to Dspace and greenstone digital library* *Goutam Biswas* and Dibyendu Paul* Research Fellow, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India. *Corresponding author. E-mail: goutambiswas8(a)gmail.com Accepted 5 November, 2009 * Abstract* The Dspace and Greenstone Digital Library Software have helped spread the practical impact of digital library technology throughout the world, with particular emphasis on developing countries. As Dspace and Greenstone enters its second decade, this article takes a retrospective look at its development, the challenges that have been faced, and the lessons that have been learned in developing and deploying a comprehensive open-source system for the construction of digital libraries internationally. Open source digital library packages are gaining popularity nowadays. To build a digital library under economical conditions open source software is preferable. This paper tries to identify the extent of adoption of open source digital library software packages in various organizations through an online survey. In this paper an on line survey has been done to find out the usability of these open source digital library software. It lays down the findings from the survey. In this paper also try to compare with the features of this popular OSS digital library software. * Key words:* Open source software, digital library, greenstone digital library, Dspace. Link for full Paper: * http://www.academicjournals.org/ijlis/PDF/pdf2010/Feb/Biswas%20and%20Paul.p… -- * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goutam Biswas University Research Fellow, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal,India. MOBILE NO + 91 9831092149 , Phone:(Office) (033) 2582-8220/8293/8750 (Extn.338); Fax: (91) 033-2582 8282 Email: goutambiswas8(a)gmail.com; Website: http://www.goutambiswasresearch.yolasite.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Do you know what is ipl2 ?
by Sangeeta Narang 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

Dear professionals, This is to bring to your knowledge that *ipl2** *is by the the result of merger of our long time favourite site the Librarians' Internet Index (LII) and the Internet Public Library (IPL) . More can be searched at: http://www.ipl.org/ Sangeeta Narang Librarian Gd-I AIIMS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for inclusion
by Muralidharan, Padma (ELS-DEL) 02 Mar '10

02 Mar '10

Dear Lis Forum Manager. Could you please include this in your next newsletter? NASI-SCOPUS YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARDS 2009 In a short ceremony, held at the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi on the 19th of February, 2010, ten winners from six subject disciplines were awarded the NASI SCOPUS YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARDS. The Honourable Minister of State, Shri Prithviraj Chauhan, gave away the awards to the winners. ELSEVIER and NASI (National Academy of Sciences,India) congratulate the winners and thank all the young intelligentsia who applied for the award. Further information about the winners can be had from Elsevier's (http://southasia.elsevier.com) and NASI's (http://nasi.nic.in) Further information can be had from Padma Muralidharan at p.muralidharan(a)elsevier.com <mailto:p.muralidharan@elsevier.com> Thanks & regards, Padma Muralidharan Senior Manager - Account Development Elsevier India (Science & Technology) 14th Floor, Building 10B, DLF Cyber City, Phase II Gurgaon - 122 002 Email : p.muralidharan(a)elsevier.com Phone : +91-124-4774202 l +91-9810739993 For all information regarding Elsevier, please visit http://southasia.elsevier.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- This communication is confidential and may be privileged. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you receive this message by mistake, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message from your system. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICRIER Working Paper "Socio-Economic Impact of Mobile Phones on Indian Agriculture"
by Puna Das 02 Mar '10

02 Mar '10

ICRIER Working Paper No. 246 Socio-Economic Impact of Mobile Phones on Indian Agriculture by Surabhi Mittal Sanjay Gandhi Gaurav Tripathi ABSTRACT Information asymmetry acts as one of the major constraints on the growth of agricultural productivity in India. The more rapid growth of mobile telephony as compared to fixed line telephony and the recent introduction of mobile-enabled information services provide a means to overcome existing information asymmetry. It also helps, at least partially, to bridge the gap between the availability and delivery of agricultural inputs and agriculture infrastructure. This paper investigates a series of questions that explore this topic: What kinds of information do farmers value the most to improve agricultural productivity? Do mobile phones and mobile-enabled agricultural services have an impact on agriculture? What are the factors that impede the realisation of the full productivity enhancing potential of mobile phones? The study found evidence that mobiles are being used in ways which contribute to productivity enhancement. As mobile penetration continues to increase among farming communities and information services continue to adapt and proliferate, the scope exists for a much greater rural productivity impact in the future. However, to leverage the full potential of information dissemination enabled by mobile telephony will require significant improvements in supporting infrastructure and capacity building amongst farmers to enable them to use the information they access effectively. Full text in PDF: http://www.icrier.org/publication/working_papers_246.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SALIS Seminar on Emerging Technologies in Digital Libraries and e-Learning
by Arunachalam Hariharan 02 Mar '10

02 Mar '10

Emerging Technologies in Digital Libraries and e-Learning Organized by K.L.N.Collegeof Information Technology , Pottapalayam, Madurai & Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS), MaduraiChapter Date: 13th March 2010 K.L.N.COLLEGEOF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Registration fee: Library Professional & others: Rs.200/- Library Science Students: Rs.150/- (Fee includes course kit, certificate, lunch & tea) The Registration fee is to be paid through demand draft drawn in favour of “The Principal, K.L.N.Collegeof Information Technology”, Payable at Madurai. Spot Registration will also be made For further details, please contact: Sri. A.G. GANESAN Organizing Secretary & Librarian K.L.N.Collegeof Information Technology Pottapalayam- 630 611, Sivagangai Dist, TN. Mobile: 09843740240/09486026488) Ph(off) : 0452 – 6562566,6454167 E.Mail: ganeshanag@yahoo. com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Travel Scholarships available for ETD 2010
by Shalini 02 Mar '10

02 Mar '10

For those interested and working in the areas of ETDs. ----- Travel Scholarships - ETD 2010 In keeping with the spirit of open access and inclusiveness, the NDLTD offers travel scholarships to delegates in need of financial assistance to attend the ETD 2010 symposium. Travel scholarships are awarded based on need and reviewed according to NDLTD Conference Handbook guidelines. Scholarships may cover some or all transportation, registration and lodging costs. Travel scholarship recipients are typically individuals from developing nations and/or graduate student awards program winners. This year's goal is to fund participation for 8 to 12 conference delegates. A required post-conference survey will be collected to assess the outcomes of delegate attendance. To apply for a travel scholarship for ETD 2010, please complete the Financial <http://www.lib.utexas.edu/vprovost/ETD_10_Financial_Assistance_form.doc> Assistance Form and email to etd2010(a)austin.utexas.edu by March 15, 2010. Applicants will be notified of scholarship decisions by March 22, 2010. Doug Barnett Chief of Staff, Office of the Vice Provost University of Texas Libraries Phone: 512-495-4388 | Fax: 512-495-4347 dougbarnett(a)austin.utexas.edu | www.lib.utexas.edu ------- Dr. Shalini Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in ISiM - Management School of IT. Technology School for IM -- 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 Knowledge Management at University of Kalyani
by Juran Krishna Sarkhel 01 Mar '10

01 Mar '10

Dear Moderator, Please do the needful in circulaing the following announcement among the members of the LIS-Forum. UGC-sponsored National Seminar on Knowledge Management: Issues and Perspectives on 25th March, 2010 at the University of Kalyani, West Bengal The Department of Library and Information Science and the Department of Business Administration of the University of Kalyani are going to jointly organise a UGC-sponsored National Seminar on Knowledge Management: Issues and Perspectives on March 25, 2010 at 11.00 AM at Acharya Prafulla Chandra Sabhakakhya, Administrative Building, University of Kalyani. Sub-themes of the Topic Knowledge management and Information management; Knowledge generation and communication; Knowledge Organisation: Tools and Techniques; Knowledge management and Social challenges: Education, public health, food security, water supply, employment, gender and youth; Best practices from industries like IT, pharma, manufacturing; Knowledge Management and Governance: KM impacts on service delivery in public sector institutions; Knowledge Management and ICT. Target Participants Management and IT personnel from industries and corporate houses, Teachers, Research Scholars and Students. Call for Papers/Posters Papers/posters on the abovementioned themes should be submitted by hand/post either to Dr. Satyajit Dhar, Department of Business Administration or Prof. Juran Krishna Sarkhel, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741235, WB. Please send your paper both in print and electronic form on a CD through email to jksarkhel(a)hotmail.com J. K. Sarkhel Professor, Dept of Library & Information Science University of Kalyani Kalyani-741235 West Bengal; India Mobile:09433175705 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Huge Congrats to Prof M P Satija
by nirmal swain 28 Feb '10

28 Feb '10

Huge Congrats to Prof M P Satija on being selected for IASLIC Best LIS Teacher Award N.K Swain ----------------------------- N.K. Swain, Assistant Professor Dept of Library Science, Vani Mandir Building Banasthali University, Rajasthan - 304 022. (India) Tel: 01438-228687 (R) M: 09414543231 E:Mail : nkswainlisfaculty(a)gmail.com Blog: nirmalkumarswain-liseducation.blogspot.com Website: nkswainlisfaculty.googlepages.com/home -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kuvempu University National Conference:12-13 March 2010
by Drbalabhim Shankarappa Biradar 28 Feb '10

28 Feb '10

Dear Professionals I am very happy to inform you that Kuvempu University, Dept. of Library and Information Science, is holding national conference on “Content management in Digital era: Opportunities and Challenges” during 12-13th March 2010. For this conference we have received over 100 articles out of which editorial committee has accepted 88 papers including 23 invited papers which are written by senior professionals who are having competency in each sub-theme of the conference. Inaugural function will held on 12th March 2010, at 10 AM in the Prof.S.P. Hiremath Hall, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta. Inaugural function: Chief Guest: Prof. Prabu Dev, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Bangalore University , Bangalore President: Prof.B.S. Sherigar, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta. Valedictory function on 13th March 2010 at 4 PM in the Prof.S.P. Hiremath Hall, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta. Chief Guest: Prof. V.G. Talawar, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore , Mysore President: Prof.B.S. Sherigar, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta. ------------------------------------------ Dr. B.S.Biradar Professor and Chairman Dept. of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University Jnanasahyadri Shankaraghatta-577 451 Karnataka,India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC 16th Annual Ranganathan Memorial Lecture
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 28 Feb '10

28 Feb '10

IASLIC 16th Annual Ranganathan Memorial Lecture, 2009 Topic Need for revamping LIS education in India Speaker Prof. M. P. Satija, Dept of Library & Information Science, GuruNanakDevUniversity, Amritsar-143005 Chairman Prof. B.P. Muklherjee, Former Head, Department of Library & Information Science, JadavpurUniversity, Kolkata Date & Time March 04, 2010 Thursday at 5.30 pm Venue Bose Institute, P-1/12 CIT Scheme VII-M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata 700 054 All are cordially invited to participate in the programme. Message posted by Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Joint Secretary, IASLIC ==================================================================== Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Professor, 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. Joint Secretary, IASLIC, Convenor, Education Division, IASLIC; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-54 The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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British Library launches archive of UK websites
by jasim s 27 Feb '10

27 Feb '10

The British Library<http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/development/web/news/index.cfm?ne…>has launched an online archive of UK websites, based on IBM systems.read more at http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=28831 Jasimudeen.s thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Online Books for Childrens
by विनायक गोंजारे 27 Feb '10

27 Feb '10

Respected All, BigUniverse.com is an award-winning education website for grades K-8. This engaging web community uses beautiful picture books to instill the love of reading, writing and learning, while providing an anywhere-anytime, standards-based, education resource that connects teachers, students and parents. For more detail please visit the website http://www.biguniverse.com/ Thanks & Regards Vinayak P Gonjare Librarian Naik Foundation Mumbai-Nasik Highway, Near Palvi Hotel, Padghe Village, Tal. Bhiwandi, Dist Thane, Maharashtra, India E:vinayak@naikfoundation.org <E%3Avinayak(a)naikfoundation.org> Personal : vinayak.gonjare(a)gmail.com Mobile : + 91 08080028138 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Monthly Lecture of Karnataka State Library Association (KALA)
by Babu Rajendra 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

Dear All, The next KALA Monthly Lecture will be held on Saturday 6th March 2010. The details of the talk follows: Title: User Interfaces in Indian Languages: Some Experiments and Experiences, by Sharada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) Team Date: Saturday, 06 March 2010 Venue: SRELS, Rajajinagar Time: 5.30 P.M. Abstract: Presentation relating to and based on the work of the SRELS team during the past six months to develop Indian language (Kannada and Tamil) user interfaces to Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL) collections. This project has been assigned to and supported by eIFL, Netherlands. It is part of the South Asia GSDL Network development Programme. The team will present some of the language collections developed under the project; the steps in the preparation of the interfaces and related problems and issues; and collaboration with the GSDL team at the University of Waikato in New Zealand You are cordially invited. Regards, Rajendra Babu H Joint Secretary, 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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Prof Ganesh Bhattacharyya Memorial Volume
by Juran Krishna Sarkhel 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

Dear Moderator, Please circulate the following text among the members of the LIS-Forum. Dear Colleagues, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) is planning to brining out Professor Ganesh Bhattachariyya Memorial Volume, IASLIC Special Publication 'INDIA’S CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION'. As we all know Prof.Ganesh Bhattacharyya's contribution to Library and Information Science in immense. He was man of high stature and a thorough professional. Prof.G.B. is taught and practised not only in India but in many countries of the world. He was a Head of the Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute and faculty there for more than two decades. He also headed the department of Library and Information Science, of University of Western Ontario, Canada and School of Information Studies for Africa(SISA), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. On the personal front Prof.G.B. was adored by the professionals he worked with and is always remembered with utmost love and respect by one and all. He is aptly described as a “Man with no Malice.” To commemorate this truly unforgettable personality, IASLIC has planned to bring this memorial volume. The proposed volume will be in two parts. The first part of the volume will deal with the evaluation of Prof. Ganesh Bhattacharya's contribution to the field of Library & Information science as a Teacher and personal remembrance. The second part of the book will cover the papers on different facets of “India's Contribution to knowledge Organization”.The volume shall be enriched by the articles of eminent personalities of the profession and other literary stewards which is to be published by the IASLIC before its forthcoming annual seminar. In this regard we request you to please send your valuable suggestions on the proposed volume and personal remebrance recalling your association with Prof. Bhattacharyya. You are also requested to send papers on 'India's contribution to Knowledge Organisation".Your expertise will go a long in shaping the volume. We look forward to hearing form you. With warm regards, Yours sincerely, Prof. J. K. Sarkhel Dr. A R D Prasad Editors _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Fwd: JISC News Release. Alma Swan: How to build a business case for an Open Access policy
by Subbiah Arunachalam 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

Subject: Fw: News Release: How to build a business case for an Open Access policy 25 February 2010 News Release How to build a business case for an Open Access policy A new report launched today (25 February 2010) shows how universities can work out how much they could save on their profit and loss accounts as well as increasing their contribution to UK plc when they share their research papers through Open Access. The ‘modelling scholarly communication options: costs and benefits for universities’ report, written by Alma Swan, is based on different types of university. It shows how universities might reduce costs, how they can calculate these saving and their greater contribution to society by following an Open Access route. Neil Jacobs, programme manager at JISC says, “This is the first time that universities will have a method and practical examples from which to build a business case for Open Access and to calculate the cost to them of the scholarly communications process. For example working out the value of researchers carrying out peer-reviewing duties or the comparative costs of the library handling of journals subscribed to in print, electronically, or in both formats. “As universities such as Edinburgh, Salford and UCL lead the world to mandate self-archiving and adopt Open Access policies, this report gives evidence to help universities make informed decisions about how their research is disseminated. There are still issues to overcome and the benefits of adopting an Open Access route can be seen through economies of scale, the more researchers disseminate their work through this route the greater the benefits.” The key findings from the report show: • The annual savings in research and library costs of a university repository model combined with subscription publishing could range from £100,000 to £1,320,000 • Moving from Open Access journals and subscription-funding to per-article Open Access journal funding has the potential to achieve savings for universities between £620,000 per year and £1,700,000 per year if the article-processing charge is set at £500 or less • Savings from a change away from subscription-funding to per-article Open Access journal funding were estimated to be between £170,000 and £1,365,000 per year for three out of the four universities studied when the article-processing charge is £1000 per article or less • For the remaining university in the study a move from subscription-funding to the per-article Open Access journal funding saw the university having to pay £1.86m more in this scenario Jacobs adds: “While some research intensive universities may pay more for the subscription-funding to per-article Open Access journal scenario, it should be noted that many research funders, including the Research Councils and Wellcome Trust, may contribute article-processing charges as a part of normal research grants, so that all universities have a potential source of income to cover the majority of such costs. “JISC is working with partners in the sector to overcome the barriers which exist to adopting Open Access.” The report focussed on three approaches to Open Access: Open access journals - content freely available online using a business model that does not rely on subscriptions Open access repositories – the current subscription-based system is supplemented by the provision of Open Access articles in repositories Open access repositories with overlay services – content is collected in repositories and service providers carry out the publishing services necessary, for example the peer-review process Martin Hall, Vice Chancellor at the University of Salford says: “We have recently implemented an Open Access mandate to self-archive. The reason we decided to adopt this approach is that evidence shows that research published online has higher citations and can also be used as a way to promote our competitiveness internationally.” If you’re looking to implement an Open Access policy here are four aspects to consider: • Consult across the whole the university on the barriers and benefits of implementing an Open Access policy • Invest in a university repository; the small investment in setting one up will yield benefits in managing and sharing a university’s research outputs • Set up financial processes to manage income and expenditure for Open Access publication charges; this will help researchers publish in Open Access journals • Promote the Open Access policy and procedures to all staff to provide researchers with clear guidance on the opportunities open to them. Supporting materials: • How to build a case for university policies and practices in support of Open Access: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/programmerelated/2010/howtoopenaccess.as… • Publishing research papers: which policy will deliver best value for your university: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/briefingpapers/2010/publishingresearchpa… • The report was commissioned by JISC and written by Alma Swan from Key Perspectives Limited. Visit http://ie-repository.jisc.ac.uk/442 to download a full version of the report. • Listen to a podcast interview with Alma Swan and Neil Jacobs, http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2010/02/podcast99openaccesspolicy.aspx -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: National Seminar - KLNCIT, Madurai - 13-03-2010
by Vasanthakumar N 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vasanthakumar N <nvasanth74(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:54 PM Subject: National Seminar - KLNCIT, Madurai - 13-03-2010 Dear Professional Colleagues, Greetings ! On behalf of K.L.N. College of Information Technology and jointly with the Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS), we are happy to formally announce the National Seminar. Date: 13th March 2010 (Second Saturday) Venue: K.L.N. COLLEGE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, POTTAPALAYAM-630611, SIVAGANGAI DIST. (Near Madurai) Seminar Topic: *“Emerging Technologies in Digital Libraries and e-Learning”* *Sri. A.G. GANESAN* Organizing Secretary & Librarian K.L.N. College of Information Technology, Pottapalayam-630 611, Sivagangai Dist, TN. *Mobile** : 09843740240* Ph(off) : 0452 – 6562566,6454167 E.Mail: ganeshanag(a)yahoo.com *Seminar co-ordinators:* *Sri. N. VASANTHAKUMAR* Asst Librarian (PG Library), KLNCIT Pottapalayam-630 611, Sivagangai Dist, TN. *Mobile** : 09486026488* Ph(off) : 0452 – 6562566,6454167 E.Mail : nvasanth74(a)gmail.com & Sri. A.Hariharan SALIS B2-Solai Apartment Mount-Poonamallee Road Chennai – 600 089 E.Mail: salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in Thanking you, Regards, Yours, N. VASANTHAKUMAR (09486026488) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the post of “Project Fellow” under the UGC Major Research Project , Karnatak University
by Veeru 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

Dear Professionals, NOTIFICATION Applications are invited for the post of "Project Fellow" under the UGC Major Research project entitled ‘*Performance Evaluation of Library and Information Professionals of Special Libraries in Karnataka State with specific reference to Internet and WWW*" in the Department of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad. The tenure of the project is for two years (Full time) with a consolidated pay of Rs.8000/-PM. They shall not receive any other emolument other than this during the tenure of appointment. The application with less than 40 years of age with second class Master of Library and Information Science degree with a minimum of 55%(50% in case of SC/ST/PH) or M.Phil in the subject concerned or a related subject. The desirous candidates may send their bio-data along with all marks cards (photocopies attested), caste certificates if any (latest and attested) and other relevant documents to Dr.Ramesh .R.Naik , Associate Professor and Principal Investigator of the project, Department of Library and Information Science ,Karnatak University, Pavate Nagar, Dharwad-580 003, Karnataka (Mobile: 09448491955) (rrnaik(a)gmail.com) . The detailed applications should reach the Principal Investigator on or before 15th March 2010. -- with regards Virupaksh BH LIM Trainee, NCSI/JRD Tata Memorial Library , IISc ,Bangalore-50012 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Paper
by M. Ram 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE “JOURNAL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT” ISSN: 0975-878X Dear Sir/ Madam, The Journal will seek quality research papers that present original theoretical approaches as well as experimental case studies related to digitization of libraries. Articles should examine concepts, analysis, new approaches and techniques pertaining to the field above mentioned. Case studies covering new initiatives of important issues in the digital library field would be included. I request you to contribute your valuable papers to this Journal on any topics related to Information Technology and Management All submissions will be reviewed keeping in view the accuracy and quality of contribution in this field. A certificate in this regard may also be furnished that the article has not been published elsewhere. Contributors are requested to send their papers typed in MS Word (Double Space) in hardcopy along with soft copy positively by 30th of March. 2010 at following Address. We look forward to receiving your valuable cooperation in the new announced Journal With kind regards, Ram Chander, Dr. Mange Ram Managing Editors Journal of Library & Information Management Mobile 09968803538, 09410254503 E-Mail: library.journal2010(a)gmail.com Guideline for Contributors 1.Two copies of the manuscript should be sent to the Managing Editor or the Journal. Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced with a wide margin and on one side of the A4 size paper only. Illustrations, if any should be submitted along with the manuscripts on separate sheets. 2.Manuscripts should be sent along with the undertaking/ authorization letter for the originality, IPR and copyright issues in favor of the Chief Editor or Managing Editor that may be published after necessary editing, Copyright shall remain with the Managing Editor, Manuscript should also accompany a brief resume of the authors on a separate sheet. 3.The first page of the article should consist of the title of the paper, name(s), of the author (s) with the details, and abstract of the paper not exceeding 150 words. Second paper should start with the title of the paper again, followed by the text. 4.Manuscript should also arrange to send the soft copy. Manuscript without soft copy shall be rejected. 5.Footnotes and references should be in sequential order and given at the end of the paper. The journal will follow the following style for the footnotes: In the case of a book : Machiraju, H. R. (2005). Indian Financial System. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.” In the case of a journal article : Mustafa, M. (2000). Car Parking Managerial Perspectives: A case study of Delhi. Indian Journal of Transport Management, 24(11), 741 - 745.” Chapter in a Book : Rendel, M. (1986). How many women academic 1912 -1977? In R. Deem ( ed.) Schooling for women’s Work London: Routledge. Journal titles must be given in full and that the author’s first name or initials may be used. Proper care in the presentation of references would be highly appreciated. 6Quotations must have page number with the appropriate reference in the footnote. It is the authors responsibility to obtain written permission to quote material which has appeared consecutively and titled. 7. Tables, diagrams, etc. should be numbered consecutively and titled. 8. All the research papers and review papers will be peer reviewed or doubl blind refereed. The decision of the editorial committee and Chief Editor will be final. 9. Manuscripts may be sent to the Managing Editor, Journal of Library and Information Management, Aggarwal College Ballabgarh, Faridabad-121004: E-Mail: library.journal201011(a)gmail.com Dr.Mange Ram Incharge University Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Dayalbagh Agra-5 (UP)INDIA Mail: m_ram72(a)yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Wirkshop
by M. Ram 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

NATIONAL SEMINAR–CUM-WORKSHOP ON “INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS FOR COLLEGE LIBRARIANS IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT” (MARCH 27, 2010) Main topics of the Workshop are as follows: Explaining the concept, and importance of Information Literacy and Electronic Resources Data base free Electronic Resources for Information Literacy, Web. Resources describing the characteristics of learners and provide Information through the Learning Resource Centre . Sharing training content and materials development ideas, Discussing Information Literacy teaching methods and techniques, Listing effective Information Literacy evaluation techniques, REGISTRATION DETAILS : Registration Charges: Research Scholars Rs. 400 Faculty Rs. 500 Deadline for Submission of Research Paper: 10-3-2010 Notification regarding acceptance: 15-3-2010 FOR ANY QUERY, PLEASE CONTACT Sh. Ram Chander Librarian Aggarwal College Ballabgarh Ph. No. 09968803538, 0129-2241391, Fax 0129-2300769 E-Mail: ramchander72(a)sify.com p_ram72(a)rediffmail.com Dr.Mange Ram Incharge University Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Dayalbagh Agra-5 (UP)INDIA Mail: m_ram72(a)yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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library aast.exam-syllabus pattern-calicut university
by jasim s 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

As per notification no.Ad.F1/15560/2008 dated 22/11/2008, calicut university invited applications for the selection of library assistants and the exam is proposed to conduct on 7/3/2010.the interesting fact is that the syllabus for written test (objective type) (75 marks) will be based on general english,general knowledge,and test of reasoning and there will be no questions from library science!!!! (i read this from some regional newspapers).the syllabus for written test documented on the hall ticket sent to candidates says the same. in normal case,for a subject based exam,questions should ask from the concerned subject.anyway,the candidates are surprised ... pls comment on the matter as to whether this type syallabuses can be welcomed or not?. one more thing,the interview for the post will be based on library science questions(25 marks). jasimudeen.s thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Junior Research fellow
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Dear professionals, I am a JRF in the Dept of Library & Information Science, Gauhati University, Assam Is it necessary for a JRF to teach students of PG classes.? I am not doing teaching, but in the progress report of the UGC there is a column for no of classes taken per week. please clarify. -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Deptt. of Library & Information Science. Arts Block, Ground Floor Gauhati University. Guwahati- 781014 Cell No: 09435268733, 09707626388 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for articles
by rajesh kusanur 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Dear Professionals, Can someone kindly spare me a copy of the following articles 1. Title: Appreciative Learning cultures: Developing Competencies for globla organzing Author: Barret, F J and Peterson R Journal : Organization Development Journal Year :2000 Volume:18 Issue No: 2 Page :10-21 2.Title: Parenthetic Learning in organization : Toward the unlearning of the unlearning model Author: Klein J I Journal:Journal of Management studies Year : 1989 Vol : 26 Iss No: 3 Page 291-310 3. Title : Technology is not enough: improving performance by building organization memory Author: Cross R and Baird L Journal : Sloan Management Review Year :2000 Volume:41 Issue No: 3 Page :69-78 4.Title : How can organizations learn faster? the challenge of entering the green room Author: Schein E Journal : Sloan Management Review Year :1993 Volume:34 Issue No: 2 Page :85-92 5. Title : The leaders' new work: Building learning organizations Author: Senge P Journal : Sloan Management Review Year :1990 Volume:32 Issue No: 1 Page :7-22 With regards, Rajesh K A Asst. Library Officer HAL Management Academy Bangalore-17 rajesh.ka(a)rediffmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Regarding Seminar
by Hemantha Rao KR 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Dear Professionals, We would like to organize a one day seminar-a-month on topics of interest to the community, at Knowledge Centre, ITC R&D Centre, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore. Please let us know your area of interest, so that we may organise seminars that are most useful to Library professionals. Regards, Hemanth Rao KR, Research Associate, Knowledge Centre, ITC R&D Centre, Peenya Industrial Area, I phase Bangalore - 560058 Ph: 9611695838 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National conference on “Knowledge Management in the Globalized era “
by binod yadav 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Dear Library & Information Professionals! You will be glad to know that AALDI (Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists of India ) in association with IASRI ( Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute), New Delhi is going to organizing three days National conference on “Knowledge Management in the Globalized era “ (NCKM) including Pre-conference tutorials on 21st to 23 April, 2010. The Tutorial will focus on MARC 21 &, WorldCat, Web 2.0/3.0 & Lib2.0 Who should Participate: Library & Information professionals, IT Professionals, Policy makers, Academicians, Students, Distance learner, e-Publishers and Other stake holders Call for Papers : Original Papers focusing on the theme /Subtheme of the Conference are invited for the presentation as well as for the Posters. For Details click:http://www.aaldindia.webs.com/ Authors are requested to prepare full paper on research and practice but not exceeding 2500 words with an abstract of 250 words in MS Word format in A4 size with single column & single space and send to Organizing Secretary by e-mail aaldisecretary09(a)gmail.com as an attachment within 28/2/2010. Dr ( Mrs) P. Visakhi Organizing Secretary, NCKM General Secretary, AALDI Chief Librarian, ICAR H.Q, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi , Head, LIS, IASRI, New Delhi CCPI, e-Granth, NAIP, New Delhi e-mail ;visakhi(a)iasri.res.in aaldisecretary09(a)gmail.com <http://mail.google.com/> Phone : 011-25846135 ( IASRI) 011-23389570 ( ICAR) -- With Warm Regards, Binod Singh Yadav SRF, ICAR-KRISHI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two-Day National Level Workshop on Learning Management Systems (LMS)
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Dear Sir / Madam, Nagarjuna College of Engineering and Technology (NCET) is organizing a Two-Day National Level Workshop on Learning Management systems (LMS) on March 26th & 27th 2010. This workshop facilitates the participants to organize an online learning environment and to create and conduct a course on the LMS using Moodle. It will be extremely useful to library and information science professionals as information facilitators. Eminent personalities drawn from IISc., IIIT, Bangalore will be delivering lectures. I request you to participate / depute your library staff to this two-day workshop and do the needful. About the Workshop: A Learning Management System (LMS) is used to organize an online learning environment. Typically an LMS provides the means to track users, assess performance, deploy content, and access general administrative functions such as management of users records. It will greatly facilitate the conduct of a course. In formal degree programs it can support all the activities from registration to awarding of grades to the students. The server on which this LMS runs is usually located in the college or department or any where in the world. The instructor and the learners can access the system from anywhere with an Internet connection. At its most basic level, an LMS gives educators tools to create a course website and provide access control, so only controlled students can view it. Apart from access control, LMS offers a wide variety of tools to make learning more effective. It provides an easy way to upload and share materials, hold online discussions, and chat, give quizzes and surveys, gather and review assignments, and record grades. Moodle is an open source LMS that universities, colleges, businesses, and even individual instructors use to create and manage their courses. More than 30,000 educational organizations around the world currently use Moodle to deliver online courses and supplement traditional face-to-face courses. Moodle is designed to help educators to create online courses with opportunities for rich interactions. Its open source license and modular design means that people can develop additional functionality. The Workshop facilitates the participants to create and conduct a course on the Learning Management System using Moodle. Target Audience: Library and Information Science Professionals, Faculty from graduate, post graduate, research institutes and universities. Number of Participants is Limited to 60. Registration Fee: Rs. 400.00 (The fee includes course material and working lunch). Payment in the form of DD / Cheque (local only) should be made in favor of "Principal, Nagarjuna College of Engineering and Technology" payable at Bangalore. Accommodation is available with in the campus with reasonable rates (Rs. 200.00 per day including breakfast and dinner). Last date for Registration: 5th March 2010. Download Brochure and Registration Form www.nagarjunaknowledgecentre.webs.com/workshoponlms.htm http://www.nagarjunaeducation.com/ncet/ Address for Communication: Dr. Dinesh K. S. Organizing Secretary and Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Venkatagirikote, Devanahalli, Bangalore - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet(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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Special Function to Release SALIS Journals and to Honor LIS Professionals
by Arunachalam Hariharan 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Dear Professionals, Special Function to Release SALIS Journals and to Honor LIS Professionals A special function is going to be held on 6th March 2010: 1. To formally release SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science and also SALIS Journal of Information Management and Technology. 2. to honor and felicitate the recent Ph.D awardees/ recent retired LIS professionals those who have contributed significantly to the institution/profession/society. Ph.D awardees are requested to send the details of their thesis ( name of the candidate, Research Topic, Name of the University, Year of award, Name of the Guide) The recent retired people are requested to send their brief bio-data highlighting their significant contributions/achievements to the institution/profession/society. Ph.D awardees, retired Professionals, SALIS Members and LIS Professionals who wish to participate in the function are requested to confirm their participation on or before 3.3.2010 to send invitation separately and also making further arrangements to: Dr. Panneerselvam (p_panneer(a)yahoo.com/9841103912) or K. Karunairaghavan (9444885083/karunairag(a)yahoo.co.in) or A.Hariharan (salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in /9841601903) Date, Time and venue are given below: Date: 6th March 2010 Venue: No. 107, ICSA (Inter Church Service Association) Seminar Hall, Pantheon Road, Egmore, Chennai (opp. to EgmoreMuseum) Time: 4.30 P.M to 8.00 P.M Tea: 4.30 P.M Dinner 7.30 P.M Please visit SALIS website for further information or send mail Thanking you and expecting your co-operation and support for the success of the function; SALIS Governing Council -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Updated- UGC Sponsored National Conference-Reg
by sethu swaminathan 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Dear Sir/Madam, Greetings! As you all aware that Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Education is organizing two day UGC Sponsored National Conference on Collaborations and Strategic Alliances for the Development of Libraries in various Institutions of Higher Education on 26 & 27 Feb 2010. Those who are already registered and interested to participte to this conference , please visist our updated website . www.srkvteinfo.org with regards S.Swaminathan Librarian & Convener of the conference. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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free e-book library management software
by Rupak Chakravarty 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Dear ALL, *1st POST* Calibre <http://calibre-ebook.com/> is a *free e-book library management software* that can be used to *view and manage e-books*. Calibre has a built in e-book viewer which can display books in major e-book formats. It contains a table of contents, bookmarks, search box, copy, customizing via the user style sheet and etc. http://calibre-ebook.com/ *FEATURES*: 1. *Users can browse the content in the Caliber e-book viewer* 2. *Calibre e-book library management supports SVG images* 3. *The Recently added books category displays the books that are recently added to the e-book viewer* 4. *Calibre e-book view list the available e-books in title, author, rating, date and series* 5. *It supports multiple languages* 6. *Calibre e-book library management supports a variety of book reader manufactures such as Amazon, Apple, Astak, Barnes & Noble, Bookeen, Ectaco, Endless Ideas, Google/HTC, Jinke and SONY* 7. *Calibre e-book library management supports a large variety of book reader devices including Kindle 1 or 2, Kindle DX, Apple iPhone/iTouch + Stanza, EZReader, EZReader Pocket Pro, Nook, Cybook Gen 3, Cybook Opus, JetBook, BeBook, BeBook Mini, Adroid phone + WordPlayer, Hanlin V3, Hanlin V5, SONY PRS 500, SONY Reader 6" and Touch Edition, SONY Reader Daily Edition, SONY Reader Pocket Edition* 8. *The ebooks can be converted individually or bulk convert* 9. *You can create catalogs of ebooks contain in the Calibre library* 10. *You can transfer the ebook to the device* 11. *Whenever a new version to Calibre e-book library management, you will get notification* 12. *Download social metadata* 13. * The author/title can be overwrite when the program is fetching the metadata* 14. *Calibre e-book library management supports a variety of output format including EPUB, MOBI, FB2, LIT, LRF, PDB, PDF, PMLZ, RB, RTF, TCR and TXT* 15. *Calibre e-book e-book library management supports a variety of input format including EPUB, MOBI, LIT, PRC, FB2, HTML, HTML, XHTM, SHTML. XHTML ODT, RTF, PDF, TXT, RECIPE, PML, SHTM, PDB, AZW, CBC, LRF, TCR, PMLZ, CBR, OPF, RB, CBZ* 16. *You can customize the program interface including the columns, button size, show text in toolbar buttons, user internal viewer, and etc* 17. *Calibre e-book library management supports Windows and MAC OSX operating platform* 18. *Users can perform search as they type* 19. *The news can be deleted from the e-book library when it is transfer to the reader device* 20. *Users can specify the default network timeout* *2nd POST* URL: Website <http://www.edweek.org/ew/events/chats/2010/03/09/> (http://www.edweek.org/ew/events/chats/2010/03/09/) Live Chat: Are Digital Textbooks Starting to Click? *Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 2 p.m. Eastern time * *Guests:* *Brian Bridges*, director, California Resource Learning Network *Neeru Kholsa*, executive director, CK-12 Foundation *Katie Ash*, staff writer, /Education Week Digital Directions/, will moderate this chat. *Note: No special equipment other than Internet access is needed to participate in any of our text-based chats.* *Participants may begin submitting questions 30 minutes before a chat starts.* THANKS -- Rupak Chakravarty Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Panjab University Chandigarh 160014 INDIA Ph: 1722534774 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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