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Refresher Course
by Nadeem Akhtar khan 23 May '09

23 May '09

Dear Colleagues The UGC Academic Staff College in collaboration with the Department of Library and Information Science (University of Kashmir) is organizing a Refresher Course from 7th to 30th July, 2009 for working Assistant Librarians, Chief Librarians and faculty members on the theme of Modernization And Networking of Academic Libraries. The participants will be accommodated on first come first serve basis and will be paid TA/DA as per UGC norms. The interested and eligible participants are requested to contact: Prof. S M Shafi Head, DLIS, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006 Email: smshafi(a)kashmiruniversity.ac.in Cell: 9419008599 The form and further details can be downloaded from the University website http://www.kashmiruniversity.net/events/35.pdf or can be obtained from Head, DLIS, University of Kashmir, Srinagar. There are some problems with earlier email id: smshafi(a)kashmiruniversity.net Now you can send the mail at smshafi(a)kashmiruniversity.ac.in or Shafi_sm(a)rediffmail.com Inconvenience is highly regretted. Thanks Nadim Khan Assistant Professor Department of Library & Information Science University of Kashmir Cell 09419900303 E mail. nadim(a)kashmiruniversity.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Article
by Ajay Kum Sharma 22 May '09

22 May '09

Dear Professional, One of my research scholar has need of article entitled as "Plasma Modification of Porous Low-k Dielectrics" Authors: Q. T. Le; C. M. Whelan; H. Struyf; H. Bender; T. Conard; S. H. Brongersma; W. Boullart; S. Vanhaelemeersch; K. Maex, from Journal : Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters Vol. 7 No.9 Year 2004 [Pagn. F49-F53 ]. It will be highly appreciated if you arrange the soft / hard copy of the above mentioned article at an earliest for his research purpose. Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Journal Section, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, Bolpur - 731235, Birbhum, West Bengal Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancies for UGC XIth plan post
by Parul Zaveri 21 May '09

21 May '09

Sir Kindly post the following advertisement on LIS Forum Parul Zaveri Dean Faculty of Library and Information Science SNDT Women's University Advertisement Vacancies on Ad-hoc/Contract basis (till March 2012) at SHPT school of Library Science, SNDT Women’s University for the UGC programme “Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education: Networking and Information Dissemination Cell” for the following positions: 1. Co-ordinator 1 Post Rs. 36,000/- per month 2. Lecturers 2 Posts Rs. 26,000/- per month Reservation policy as per rules. Details available on sndt.digitaluniversity.ac.in Apply to Head, SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women’s University, 1-Nathibai Thackersey Road, New Marine Lines, Mumbai – 400 020 to reach on or before 6th June 2009 by 05:00 p.m. Applications may be sent to above address or by email on shptsndt(a)gmail.com Bollywood news, movie reviews, film trailers and more! Go to http://in.movies.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher course in Library & Information Science 2009
by Nadeem Akhtar khan 21 May '09

21 May '09

Dear Colleagues, The UGC Academic Staff College in collaboration with the Department of Library and Information Science (University of Kashmir) is organizing a Refresher Course from 7th 30th July, 2009 for working Assistant Librarians, Chief Librarians and faculty members on the theme of Modernization And Networking of Academic Libraries. The participants will be accommodated on first come first serve basis and will be paid TA/DA as per UGC norms. The interested and eligible participants are requested to contact: Prof. S M Shafi or Director Head, DLIS, University of Kashmir Academic Staff College Email: smshafi(a)kashmiruniversity.net University of Kashmir, Srinagar Cell: 9419008599 The form and further details can be downloaded from the University website http://www.kashmiruniversity.net/events/35.pdf or can be obtained from Head, DLIS, University of Kashmir, Srinagar. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Report of the Seminar on ICT Measurement and Indicators, held at New Delhi
by Puna Das 21 May '09

21 May '09

Seminar on ICT Measurement and Indicators concluded in New Delhi 19-05-2009 (New Delhi) Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/ev.php?URL_ID=28668&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_S… The Indian Department of Information Technology (DIT), in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), organized a Seminar on ICT Measurement and Indicators in New Delhi (India) from 12 to 14 May 2009. The Seminar focused on issues related to measurement of ICT access, infrastructure and usage, as well as on the impact of ICT on the society in general, and on business, individuals, governance and education in particular. The Seminar provided a platform for national experts, policymakers, practitioners and stakeholders to discuss ICT indicators and topics that are important to national policymaking. The following suggestions were made to improve the availability of ICT statistics in India: * harmonising and scaling up statistics available at ministries, national statistical offices and other agencies; * bridging the data gap between available statistics and those required by the Revised Core List of ICT Indicators; * adapting international statistical tools and guidelines related to gathering, analysing and presenting statistical data; and * building the capacities at the national level in order to maintain the quality and the reliability of data. For further details and Downloading related document Click Here: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/ev.php?URL_ID=28668&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_S… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Own a website.Get an unlimited package.Pay next to nothing.*Go to http://in.business.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Off-campus access to e-resources
by Arup Raychaudhury 20 May '09

20 May '09

Is any library in India using "squid" (a proxy server software) to provide off-campus access to IP controlled e-resources? Arup Raychaudhury Library, Documentation & Information Science Division Indian Statistical Institute 203 BT Road Calcutta 700 108 INDIA This mail is scanned by Ironport -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ethics of librarianship - ILA Rules
by ravindra mendhe 20 May '09

20 May '09

Dear Professionals Greeting! I need information on * " Ethics of Librarianship " rules develop by ILA*. if you have any document pl. send attachement. It is a very urgent requirement, pl. help. Thanks with regards *Ravindra M. Mendhe *Librarian G.H.Raisoni Institute of Engineering and Management, Shirsoli Road, Post Box NO. 112, Jalgaon- 425001, MS. India. Tel.No. 0257- 2262781-82 M- 09403503789 email: ravindra_mendhe(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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Request for research article
by sbmjce library 19 May '09

19 May '09

Dear Professionals One of our professor needs the following article, we request kindly provide the article & oblige Title: family of embedded Runge-Kutta formulae J. R. Dormandand P. J. Prince Appreciate your kind reply at the earliest With Warm Regards, H.N.Manjunath Librarian S B M Jain College of Engineering Jakkasandra Post Kanakapura Taluk Ramanagaram District PIN-562112 Journal Name: Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics Vol.6, No.1, 19-26 pages, 1980. Get your new Email address! Grab the Email name you've always wanted before someone else does! http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/aa/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congrats to Dr. Bidyarthi Dutta for Your PhD Award
by Puna Das 19 May '09

19 May '09

Dear Friends, I am pleased to inform you that Mr. Bidyarthi Dutta (Librarian, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata) has successfully completed his doctoral degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and received his PhD degree from Hon'ble Governor Shri Gopal Krishna Gandhi. Congrats to Dr. Bidyarthi Dutta for your substantial contributions to the LIS literature, particularly for your insightful articulation on the Growth of Subject. His Thesis details are appended below: TITLE An Analytical Investigation into the Characteristics of a Subject: A Case Study SUPERVISORS Dr. Krishnapada Majumder and Professor B.K. Sen ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate the characteristics of a subject by analyzing keywords collected from various journal articles pertaining to the said subject. The subject chosen for this study is 'Fermi liquid', which is a specific subject under the broad subject 'Condensed matter physics'. In all, 17945 keywords have been collected from the titles and abstracts of 6371 journal articles devoted to the subject Fermi liquid over a time span of 20 years (1985-2004). The titles and abstracts of 6371 journal articles have been collected from the bibliographic database of INSPEC and COMPENDEX. After collecting all the keywords were arranged alphabetically, and then broken in three kernels, viz. keyphrase, modulator and qualifier. The keyphrase articulates the core concept lying behind the entire keyword. The keyphrase is the nucleus of the keyword. The modulator limits the scope and coverage of the core concept, while the qualifier points out a particular state of the 'Modulated' core concept. Each keyword has been rewritten in this sequence, keyphrase -- modulator -- qualifier. All keywords have been rearranged alphabetically after rewriting. At this stage, the occurrence of some flocks of keywords contained some common term(s) therein has been noticed. Such flocks are termed as keyword clusters or clustered keywords. The remaining large number of keywords occurs either twin or without forming any flock, but in single and those keywords are termed as twin and single keywords respectively. The new taxonomy of keywords has been proposed here, and the entire mass of keywords has been classified in accordance with that taxonomy. This taxonomy is based on four major criteria of keywords, these are: associativeness to the content, chronological appearance, frequency of occurrence and category. The number of classes under each criterion is 3, 4, 3 and 6 respectively. It is to be noted that each class under each criterion can overlap with other three classes from remaining three criteria to form a new class, and in total 3*4*3*6 = 216 classes can be formed in this way. If the first three criteria are taken under consideration only excluding the fourth criterion 'category', then the total number of possible classes will be 3*4*3 = 36. Out of these 36 classes, only ten classes consist of 80% of total keywords, and the rest 20% keywords are scattered over the remaining 26 classes. Very few classes are highly populated, and majority of the classes are almost empty. The detailed mathematical modeling of these ten classes is shown here. In this study, eight parameters have been defined to describe the different behaviours of the keyword(s) and/or keyword cluster(s). The spatial index indicates the intellectual space of a keyword. The informative index indicates the information content of a journal article. The obsolescence index and ephemeral index of a keyword class describe the behaviours of obsolete and ephemeral keywords. A new subject access tool has been introduced and named as Keysaurus, as it indicates the quantitative features of the keywords. The functioning of a keysaurus is based on four parameters of a keyword and/or keyword cluster, these are: stability index, integrated visibility index, momentary visibility index and potency index. This study has been executed for the subject Fermi Liquid, and it can be extended for other subject areas also. The behaviour of keyword(s) from one subject area may or may not match with that from some other subject area. As the area of information science is highly empirical in nature, therefore the results of behavioural studies of keywords can be confirmed only after proper experimentation with a suitable sample. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Own a website.Get an unlimited package.Pay next to nothing.*Go to http://in.business.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DELNET Workshop cum Orientation Program: Amrita School of Engineering
by kk_suresh＠blr.amrita.edu 18 May '09

18 May '09

Dear Professional Friends, Greetings all of you from Amrita School of Engineerinng, Bangalore. I would like to inform you that, Amrita School of Engineering, Bangalore in association with DELNET-Developing Library Network, New Delhi is organising a One-Day workshop cum Orientation Programme on DELNET on May 21, 2009 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bangalore. DELNET is a major resource sharing library network in India connnecting more than 1450 libraries in 30 States and UTs in India and providing access to more than 80 lakh records of books, journal articles, etc. This Workshop / Orientation will help Librarians, Students, Researchers, Teaching Faculty and Staff involved in R&D activities. ********************************************************************* Date:21st, May 2009 Time:10.00am to 4.30pm Registration Fees: Rs.250/- for DELNET Members Rs.350/- for Non Members Bus Routes: 1.From Majestic Plate Form No:14 and 15, Bus Route No:- 342,342F,340L 2.From City Market, Bus Route No:- 341B,342 series, Bus Route No :- 341B,341L passes through the college campus. Passes through Kaikondranahalli Sarjapura Road Note: Thursday, 21st May 2009 morning between 8.30-8.45 hrs, Institution Mini Bus at Kaikondanahalli stop(Sarjapura Road) will be available for participants to get them to campus which is around 1.5 Kms from this main bus stop. Please feel free to get back to us for further assistance/clarifications. This is for your kind information. Thanking you, With kind regards KK Suresh Librarian Amrita School of Engineering Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Deemed University Kasavanahalli Off:Sarjapura Road Carmelaram Post Bengaluru - 560 035 PH:080-28441216/17 Web: www.amrita.edu / http://210.212.205.25/opac e-contact:kk_suresh@blr.amrita.edu mv_sivappa(a)blr.amrita.edu Contact: Mr.KK Suresh : 9448519116 Mr.M.V.Sivappa : 9845863409 ********************************************************************** "Information delayed is Information denied" "Knowledge grows when shared" ********************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ranganathan in Audio System
by Charu 17 May '09

17 May '09

Respected Friends Greetings for the day, If anyone interested to hear the auditory of father of library science, i.e. S.R. Ranganathan , then just click on following link and the magic is purely yours--- http://www.miskatonic.org/library/ranganathan-audio.html Regards, Miss Charu Mathur Delhi. ` -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for Library Assistant
by javed mlis 16 May '09

16 May '09

Dear Library professional vacancy for Library Assistant Qualification & Salary: Bachelor Degree in Library Science with computer knowledge is must. salary as per institute norms. Address: Moradabad Institute of Technology, Ram Ganga Vihar, Phase- 2, Moradabad.(U.P.) Rashid Ali Librarian e-mail ID: rashid_lib(a)rediffmail.com .......................................... Javed Asim Moradabad Institute of Technology Moradabad - 244001 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One-Day Workshop cum Orientation Programme for Libraries in West Bengal and Other adjoining States at Central Library, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan
by Ajay Kum Sharma 16 May '09

16 May '09

Dear Library Professional, It gives us pleasure to inform you that DELNET is going to organise a One-Day Workshop cum Orientation Programme for Libraries in West Bengal and Other adjoining States in collaboration with Central Library, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal on Friday, June 5, 2009 at Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. The orientation programme will focus on the DELNET online resources and services. The library automation aspects, including the overview of free open source library management software KOHA and DELPLUS library management software will also be covered. The benefits to students, teachers, researchers and public through online access to DELNET resources will be highlighted. We would very much appreciate if you may kindly attend the programme or depute any other library professional from your library to attend this programme. The participation fee is Rs.250/- per participant for DELNET Member-Institutions and Rs.350/- for Non-Members. No TA/DA will be provided by DELNET for this purpose. The participation fee can be paid either in cash (on-the-spot) or through a demand draft, which should be drawn in favour of DELNET & payable at New Delhi. The host institution will be glad to arrange accommodation in their University for delegates on first cum first served basis against payment by the participants. Participants are required to report at 9:00 A.M. on June 5, 2009 at the venue. Programme will be over by 4:30 p.m. on the same day. Please confirm your participation in the programme by sending an email to Ms Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager, DELNET at sangs(a)delnet.ren.nic.in, sangskaul2003(a)yahoo.co.in or at Mobile:09810329992 as early as possible and you may also kindly contact the Local Coordinator- Dr. Subodh Gopal Nandi, Librarian, Central Library, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan – 731235. Tel: 03463 – 262783 (Telefax), 09434064278 (M), Email: librarian(a)visva-bharati.ac.in, sgnandi2(a)yahoo.co.in You may download the brouchure and registration form from the DELNET website under the Latest programme interface or click the link (http://delnet.nic.in/wborient.doc) -- Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Journal Section, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, Bolpur - 731235, Birbhum, West Bengal Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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code4Lib 2009 conference Presentations
by sandeep bhavsar 15 May '09

15 May '09

Respected All The digital videos for selected Code4Lib 2009 conference presentations are now available at http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/schedule Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr. V N Bedekar Management Studies Thane(W) www.sandeepbhavsar.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy - Librarian
by Ajay Kamble 15 May '09

15 May '09

Vacancy for the post of Librarian at Sahakar Maharshi Late Bhaskarrao Shingane Arts College, Khamgaon, Dist. Buldhana. Last date of application : 22nd May 2009. Reference : Lokmat Samachar(Akola Edition), 14th May 2009. -- 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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National conference on Information Access Initiatives and Rural India, June 25-26, Guru Nanak Dev Univresity, Amritsar
by javed mlis 15 May '09

15 May '09

National conference on Information Access Initiatives and Rural India, June 25-26, Guru Nanak Dev Univresity, Amritsar Organizers: ICSSR and Guru Nanak Dev University Theme and Sub-Themes: Information Access initiatives and Rural India Sub-Themes ICT and Academic Libraries Rural-Urban Divide in India Preparing Rural India for Digital Libraries E-resources in Social Sciences E-learning E-literacy Open Access/Web 2.0/Web Blog E-governance and rural India Registration Fees: For Delegates : Rs. 200/- per person *For Student and Retired Persons : Rs. 100/- per person *For Research Scholars : Rs. 100/- per person Fee for registration may please be sent at the earliest (but not later than June 15, 2009) by duly crossed Demand Draft in the name of the Head, Bhai Gurdas Libray, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (payable at Amritsar). Accommodation can be arranged for the delegates who send their consent. Contact Address: Dr. H.S. Chopra Head and Organizing Secretary Bhai Gurdas Library Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar-143001 Phone: (O)+91-0183-2258850 Fax: +91-183-2258819,2258820 Mob: 09815766979 Email: gndu_librarian(a)yahoo.com chopra_gndu(a)yahoo.com ........................................................ With Love Javed Asim Library Assistant Moradabad Institute of Technology Moradabad - U.P. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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TCS Wins SLA B&F 2009 Centres of Excellence Award
by Kishore Ingale 15 May '09

15 May '09

Tata Consultancy Services has won Special Libraries Association (SLA) USA's 'Centre of Excellence Award (COEA ) - 2009' !! TCS Library Network has been globally recognized as excellent by the International community of information professionals. Its for the first time that this award has crossed the American shores since its inception in 2002. By winning this award, TCS joins the league of world class libraries of Wharton School, Microsoft, Verizon, Nike, Ernst & Young, Univ of Michigan, National Geographic and Stanford Univ, among others. ( http://units.sla.org/division/dbf/awards/coe/pastwinners.html) TCS LIC Team under the able leadership of Mr B P Prakash has successfully demonstrated leadership through innovative service platforms, global benchmarks and best practices. --------------------------------------------------- Here is the official announcement from SLA Headquarters. SLA BUSINESS and FINANCE DIVISION ANNOUNCES TATA CONSULTANCY AS 2009 CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER For Release: May 13, 2009 Contact: Michael M. Smith, Chair, COEA Committee SLA Business & Finance Division Tel: 979.845.2902 michaelsmith(a)tamu.edu Terri Brooks, Chair SLA Business & Finance Division Tel: 202.326.5904 brooks(a)ici.org The Business & Finance Division of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) proudly announces the winner of the eighth annual Centers of ExcellenceAward, the Library & Information Centre of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Mumbai, India). The SLA Business & Finance Division is recognizing the Library & Information Centre (LIC) for the quality of its support to an international organization and its exemplary application of management techniques and tools including: strategic planning using core functional teams a strong customer focus through domain-specific alerts and bulletins mature metrics collection including Balanced Scorecards and enterprise-wide satisfaction surveys an employee development program known as Integrated Career and Learning Management System (iCALMS) a focus on process management that includes a global reference desk and service level agreement The Tata Consultancy Services Library and Information Centre is a network of 83 facilities (65 libraries and 18 self-help library corners) spread across 17 cities in India and 10 abroad, and staffed by 130 professionals. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization that has over 130,000 associates spread across 47 countries. TCS is part of the Tata Group, India's largest industrial conglomerate which includes Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Power, Tata Chemicals, Tata Tea, Indian Hotels, and Tata Communications. The SLA Business & Finance Division?s Center of Excellence awards serve to recognize quality as a priority for the successful management and deliveryof information. The awards take their inspiration from the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards, which are given annually to US organizations to recognize and promote quality as a critical part of innovation and competitiveness. The "Centers of Excellence" Awards, like the Baldrige Award, recognize customer-driven quality and leadership in the framework of an organization dedicated to the gathering, analysis and dissemination ofinformation in the business community. The Centres of Excellence Award will be officially presented at the 2009 SLA Conference in Washington, D.C.. Immediately following the award presentation, the award recipient will speak about the best practices for which the organization is being recognized. The presentation of the awards will occur on Monday, June 15, at 5:30pm at the SLA Business & Finance Division Open House and Awards Reception. THE JUDGES The judges were Katherine Ehrlich, Business Researcher, Ernst & Young LLP; Cynthia Lenox, Business Librarian, John Carroll University; Kimberly Morgan, Market Research Specialist, Verizon Communications Inc.; Terese Terry, Business Information Specialist, Lippincott Library, University of Pennsylvania; and Hope Tillman, Director, Horn Library, Babson College, each of whom is an active member of the Business & Finance Division. BACKGROUND The awards serve to recognize the best of "best practices" in three categories: Technology, Service, and Management. Any member of SLA can apply for consideration in any of the three categories and all entries are evaluated by a panel of judges who are members of the Business & Finance Division. The award winners represent excellence and quality at its highest level, and in previous years have included such outstanding organizations as the Science, Industry & Business Library of the New York Public Library; the J. Hugh Jackson Library, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University; National Geographic Society's Libraries and Information Services; Verizon Information Research Network and Stephen D. Cutler Center for Investments and Finance, Horn Library, Babson College. For a list of previous award recipients and further information visit: http://units.sla.org/division/dbf/awards/coe/pastwinners.html Christina de Castell Director, Public Relations SLA Business & Finance Division Christina de Castell, MLIS, FSLA Manager, InfoAction Vancouver Public Library Level 5, 350 West Georgia Street Vancouver, BC V6B 6B1 Tel 604-331-3613 Email infoaction(a)vpl.ca Website http://www.infoaction.ca ================================================================================= Kishore Ramdas Ingale Sr Manager, Corporate LIC Tata Consultancy Services Gateway Park, Road No.13 MIDC, Andheri (E) Mumbai - 400 093,Maharashtra India Ph:- +91 22 6779 3588 Buzz:- 422 3588 Cell:- 09226711630 Mailto: kishore.ingale(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com ____________________________________________ Experience certainty. 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Software neeeded for Documentation
by vaibhav.sonje 15 May '09

15 May '09

Dear LIS Professionals, We have two type of Engineering Drawings and Documents i.e. French Documents & English Documents. We classify those drawings & documents as like Process Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Civil Engineering etc. These are Project Documents, that keep on changing. They are marked with appropriate "Revision No." All departments need to be well informed with a latest revision no. of drawings & documents. Arranging and accessing the drawings & documents we have own numbering system. For such needs can you suggest any software? With Regards, Vaibhav P. Sonje Librarian Pidilite Industries Limited, Ramkrishna Mandir Road, P.O. Box No. 17411, Andheri (East), Mumbai 400059 Ph.: (022) 28357513 Fax : (022) 28357308 Cell : 09967535126 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancies for LIS Professionals
by Mailing List Admin 15 May '09

15 May '09

Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 15:19:51 +0530 From: Vinod Singh <vikusi(a)gmail.com> Dear Professionals, Posts: 1. University Librarian (16400-450-20900-500-22400): Gen-1--------Post code 1261 2. Library Attendant (2650-65-3300-70-4000): SC-2, ST-3, OBC-6----Post code 4176 3. Library Attendant (2650-65-3300-70-4000): SC-1--------Post code 4181 Last date:June 20, 2009. For Advertisement http://www.bhu.ac.in/Advetisment/Advertisement.pdf For Application form http://www.bhu.ac.in/Advetisment/Form.pdf For selection criteria http://www.bhu.ac.in/Advetisment/ELIGIBILITY.pdf With love Vinod Kumar Singh Research Scholar Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi-110007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Rae Bareli
by Mailing List Admin 15 May '09

15 May '09

Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 07:54:10 +0530 From: "Thapar, Amit" <amitt(a)niper.ac.in> Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT) Ratapur Chowk, Rae Bareli - 229316 (UP) Government of India, through the Ministry of Petroleum and Natual Gas has setup Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT) at Rae-Barelli, UP on the lines of IIT. Applications are invited for following posts including: Senior Library Information Assistant : 01 post, Pay Scale : Rs.9300-34800 Gr.Pay Rs.4200 How to Apply : An application should be sent on the prescribed form in an envelope superscribed as 'Application for the Post...... in RGIPT' on or before 05/06/2009 to : Director Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Ratapur Chowk, Rae Bareli - 229316 (UP) Please view http://www.rgipt.in/uploads/docs/RGIPT%20Non%20Academic%20Rcruitement.pdf for details and application form. regards, amit@urservice

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Help for Web 2.0 applications
by kannika.gp kannika 14 May '09

14 May '09

Dear Librarians/Professionals, I am student of second year MLISc. I am working project to study "Application of web 2.0 in Indian Libraries". Appreciated very much if librarians and professionals associated such library could provide me with some details at least points to the same. Thank you and regards Kannikaparameshwari G. MLISc Student DOS Library and Information Science Manasagangotri, Mysore. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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M.Tech & PGDIM @ ISiM, University of Mysore - Admissions Open
by roopa 14 May '09

14 May '09

For those looking for an exciting career in Information Management across the Industries and Knowledge Organizations. Admissions are now open under Cycle 2 for a multidisciplinary M.Tech & PGDIM Programme in Information Systems and Management offered by the International School of Information Management (ISiM), University of Mysore in collaboration with some of the leading Information Schools across the globe - Dalhousie University, Canada; University of Michigan, USA; University of Pittsburgh, USA; Syracuse University, USA; International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore and Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore. What do we offer? . Cutting Edge Global Curriculum that imparts skill sets across the Information Management space - Databases to Data Mining to Data Analytics; Information Retrieval to Information Systems Design to Software Systems Management; Taxonomy, Ontologies and Semantic Web to Human Computer Interaction. Check out our syllabus for details. . Unique opportunity to be mentored by Industry Leaders from Google, Yahoo, Intel and others through a path-breaking project - WikiGyan . Truly international learning experience - with faculty drawn from our partner institutions. Course would be taught by world renowned experts from across the academia and industry . Need based Bridge courses . World class facilities - a brand new well appointed 24 x 7 accessible Wi-Fi enabled infrastructure in sylvan setting . Internships and projects with leading industry partners . Informal but rigorous pedagogy Eligibility for M.Tech . Engineering Graduates / 4-Year Degree Graduates (10+2+4) / Master's Degree in any Discipline . CAT / MAT / GATE / PGCET / State Level National Entrance Test Score Eligibility for PGDIM . Graduates in any Discipline Important Dates Application Deadline : July 28 , 2009 Offer Decision : August 8, 2009 Acceptance Decision : August 15, 2009 Course Start Date : September 1, 2009 For application forms and more details, please visit www.isim.ac.in or contact us at: International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Mobile: Mr. Lohith Kumar - 9611108789 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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Introducing DuraSpace - an organization creating open technologies for durable digital content.
by ramesh chander 14 May '09

14 May '09

Dear friends, Fedora Commons and the DSpace Foundation, two of the largest providers of open source software for managing and providing access to digital content, are joining their organizations to pursue a common mission. Jointly, they will provide *leadership and innovation* in open source technologies for global communities who manage, preserve, and provide access to digital content. The joined organization, named "DuraSpace," will *sustain and grow* its flagship repository platforms - Fedora and DSpace. DuraSpace will also expand its portfolio by offering new technologies and services that respond to the dynamic environment of the Web and to new requirements from existing and future users. DuraSpace will focus on supporting existing communities and will also engage a larger and more diverse group of stakeholders in support of its not-for-profit mission. http://duraspace.org/index.html With Warm Regards, Romesh Chander National Center for Science Information(NCSI), Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore-560012. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Version 75, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 13 May '09

13 May '09

Version 75 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. This selective bibliography presents over 3,400 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2008 Annual Edition is now available as a paperback book. http://digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/sepb2008.htm For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital publications since my resignation from the University of Houston Libraries (http://tinyurl.com/5en4jt) see: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/dsoverview.htm A backup Digital Scholarship server is available at: http://digital-scholarship.com/ Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents Dedication * 1 Economic Issues* 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History* 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues* 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques* 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals* 3.4 General Works* 3.5 Library Issues* 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements* 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management* 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies* Appendix B. About the Author* Appendix C. SEPB Use Statistics* Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* Digital Libraries* Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials* General Electronic Publishing* Images* Legal* Preservation* Publishers* Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* SGML and Related Standards* Further Information about SEPB The XHTML version of SEPB is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be searched using a Google Search Engine. Whether the search results are current depends on Google's indexing frequency. In addition to the bibliography, the XHTML document includes: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (monthly list of new resources; also available by e-mail--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepw/sepw.htm http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=51756 http://digital-scholarship.org/sepw2/rss2/ (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 330 related Web sites) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepr/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/archive/sepa.htm Annual PDF Editions The 2006, 2007, and 2008 annual PDF editions of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography are also available. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/annual.htm Related Article An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3336451.0007.201 Other Digital Scholarship Publications The following Digital Scholarship publications may also be of interest: (1) Author's Rights, Tout de Suite http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ts/authorrights.pdf (2) DigitalKoans (Weblog about digital copyright, digital curation, digital repositories, open access, scholarly communication, and other digital information issues) http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/ http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/rss2/ (3) Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography http://digital-scholarship.org/etdb/etdb.htm (4) Google Book Search Bibliography http://digital-scholarship.org/gbsb/gbsb.htm (5) Institutional Repositories, Tout de Suite http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ts/irtoutsuite.pdf (6) Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals http://digital-scholarship.org/oab/oab.htm -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ http://digital-scholarship.org/cwb/cwbaileyprofile.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Pazpar2: Open Source Federated Search Technology
by savitra sirohi 13 May '09

13 May '09

All, Wanted to inform the list members of this open source federated search technology. Pazpar2 is developed by the same organization that developed the Zebra search technology used in Koha and other applications. More information is available here: http://www.indexdata.dk/pazpar2/. The technology can simultaneously query multiple target z39.50 servers, target servers can include: - Free online databases like Project Gutenberg - Paid online databases - z3950 compliant Library Systems like Koha It supports among other things flexible rules based merging, relevance ranking, record sorting, and faceted results. Future releases of Koha are expected to be tightly integrated with this technology. We have prepared a demo at this link, the demo is configured to search 3 databases - LOC z3950 server, Project Gutenberg & a Demo Koha installation. >From the results users can navigate to the electronic resource (Project Gutenberg) or to the Koha page of the particular item. http://pazpardemo.osslabs.biz/pazpar2/jsdemo/ Suggested Search Terms: Gandhi, India or Shakespeare Please contact me for further information about Pazpar2 or our services around this technology. Thanks, Savitra Sirohi MD, Nucsoft OSS Labs http://www.osslabs.biz -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha Workshop Material
by savitra sirohi 13 May '09

13 May '09

All, Material used in the Koha workshops we conducted in Mysore and Mumbai in April is available here: http://www.osslabs.biz/koha_library_management_system/resources.html Thanks, Savitra Sirohi MD, Nucsoft OSS Labs http://www.osslabs.biz -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Digital Research Tools Wiki
by Dr. Indira Koneru 13 May '09

13 May '09

Dear Professionals, Digital Research Tools Wiki <http://digitalresearchtools.pbworks.com/> collects information about research tools and resources, particularly in the Humanities and Social Sciences. As digital information proliferates, researchers need tools to find, organize, manipulate, analyze, and share it. But how do you keep up with the hundreds of tools that can help you to be more efficient and innovative and find the ones best for you? "Whether you need software to help you manage citations, author a multimedia work, or analyze texts, Digital Research Tools will help you find what you are looking for. This wiki provides a directory of tools organized by research activity, as well as reviews of select tools in which we not only describe the tool's features, but also explore how it might be employed most effectively by researchers". Here is the path to conduct research more efficiently or creatively: http://digitalresearchtools.pbworks.com/ You can use and also contribute to the directory. If you feel this directory is worthwhile, then add this directory link to your library website. Regards, Dr. Indira Koneru -- 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 Kshema Prakash 12 May '09

12 May '09

Dear Colleagues, Can someone kindly send me a copy of following papers? 1. Tor, Y. Exploring RNA-ligand interactions. *Pure Appl.** Chem.* 2009, 81, 263-272. 2. Zhao, F.; Zhao, Q.; Blount, K.; Han, Q.; Tor, Y.; Hermann, T. Molecular Recognition of RNA by Neomycin and a Restricted Neomycin Derivative. A*ngew.** Chem.** Int.** Ed.* 2005, 44, 5329-5334 3. Tor, Y. The ribosomal A-site as an inspiration for the design of RNA binders. *Biochimie* 2006, 88, 1045-1051. 4. Jaramillo, D.; Wheate, N. J.; Raph, S. F.; Howard, W. A.; Tor, H.; Aldrich-Wright, J. R. Polyamide Platinum Anti-Cancer Complexes Designed to Target Specific DNA Sequences. *Inorg.** Chem.* 2006, 45, 6004-6013 Thanks and Regards, Dr. (Ms.) Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian - Gr I, Contact Person e-Journals (Library) & Coordinator - Distance Library Services DEI Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282 0110 Uttar Pradesh, India Mob: +919897190604 http://kshema-distancelibraryservices.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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seeking help- Rice data from Andhra Pradesh
by Prabhat 11 May '09

11 May '09

Dear all, I am working on a reserach project on "Impact of climate change on agriculture yield in India". I am looking for this data set- *Trends of Rice Production in Andhra Pradesh (1955-56 to 2001-02)* Could you tell me how to get this data set? Any help will be highly appreciated. Regards, Prabhat Barnwal International University of Japan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DRTC Colloquium (5) 2008-2010
by DRTC - General 11 May '09

11 May '09

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8TH Mile, Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 DRTC Colloquium (5) 2008-2010 Importance of Management Information System (M.I.S). Abstract Management Information Systems are important instruments in corporate houses, financial institutions and large organizations to support decision-making process. In this sense they are a class of information institutions along with libraries and KMS. In a way each one of these has emerged in response to user needs. MIS emerged in the 1960s when computers were applied to the routine decision making problems. These systems use the raw (usually historical) data from data processing systems to prepare management summaries, to chart information on trends and cycles and to monitor actual performance against plans or budget. This colloquium will discuss some important aspects of management Information Systems. 1. Overview: Binit Kiran (leader). 2. Decision Support System Shewale Nilesh Ananda. 3. Expert System. & Electronic Resource Management Priyanki Sinha. 4. Project Management2.0 & M.I.S Design: Tarun Kumar 5. Database Technologies Shion Guha. 6. I.T. Service Management Babar Raes. 7. Conclusion Ali Raza. Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 13th May 2009 Time: 2.00pm All are cordially invited (M.Krishnamurthy) Colloquium Coordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Leadership Forum of LIS - Request for Membership
by LISLF Leadership Forum 11 May '09

11 May '09

Dear Professionals, Leadership Forum of LIS is opened for membership at www.lisleader.webs.com. We request all our LIS professionals to become members of the Forum through online or by sending details such as Name, Contact Phone No., Email ID, Designation, Educational Qualifications, Name and address of the working institution to lislforum(a)gmail.com. Some of the important activities of forum are, organizing interactions with experts, job updates & placements, conferences/workshops updates, counseling etc. Also there are seperate pages in the website for LIS Achivers gallery and IPR Bites. Other details of the forum is available @ www.lisleader.webs.com Thanking You, With best regards, Published on behalf of LIS-Leadership-Forum by Raghavendra R Senior Information Officer, Jubilient Biosys, Bengaluru & Dr. Dinesh K. S. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. -- LIS Leadership-Forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NET STUDENTS FIND A SAVIOUR IN RTI
by ramesh chander 11 May '09

11 May '09

Dear friends, Every year millions of students take the National Eligibility Test (NET), which is mandatory for lectureship and award of junior research fellowship. Since the examinees are not allowed to keep the question paper, future aspirants often had a hard time preparing for the exam. But not anymore. They can now file an RTI application and get hold of the old test papers. The good news does not end here. They can also take the bi-annual test online. In a landmark order, the Central Information Commission (CIC) said that since exams are supposed to test the fundamentals of the students and not their rote learning, making a question bank available would not make any difference to the examining bodies. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3945… With Best Regards, Romesh Chander National Center for Science Information(NCSI), Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore-560012. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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AALDI
by visakhi bapaiah pulagam 09 May '09

09 May '09

Dear Professionals! I am glad to inform you that Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentlists of India ( AALDI) which was formed way back in 1971 had gone to hibernation in 1995 and now it has been revived with great enthusiasm and keen interest of Library professionals under Chairmanship of Dr Prem Singh, University librarian, CCSHAU, Hissar during the Workshop held on Krishi Prabha : e- thesis depositories of agriculture during the 24 th and 25th March, 2009 at Nehru Library, CCSHAU, Hissar. During the this great revolutionary event, the 28th Volume ( 2008) of AALDIs official Journal Indian Journals of Agricultural Library & Information Services ( ISSN: 0974-8776 ) was released by Dr. J.C. Katyal, Hon.Vice-Chancellor of CCSHAU, Hisar. and also in order to make it vibrant body, members of association have elected their board of Excutive and Editorail members. Thanking You, Dr( Mrs) P. Visakhi Librarian ICAR & IASRI New Delhi & (Secretary, AALDI ) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian Youth Science Congress in June 5-7, 2009, Chennai
by Mailing List Admin 08 May '09

08 May '09

Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 14:40:04 +0530 (IST) From: janaki raman <aj_karthick(a)yahoo.com> Dear Friends, I would verymuch appreciate if you could kindly dispaly the enclosed Conferernce announcement prominently on your College / Office / Library Notice Board. Indian Youth Science Congress in June 5-7, 2009, Chennai Jointly organised by M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Chennai, and SRM University, Chennai The following eminent scientists are being invited to present the challenges before the youth and be the guiding force. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Former President of India Prof. M. S. Swaminathan, Chairman, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India Dr. T. Ramaswami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST) Dr. M.K. Bhan, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Dr. Samir Brahmachari, Director General, Council of Scientific & Indust Res. (CSIR) Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission Dr. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Dr. Kiran Majumdar Shaw, Chairman and Managing Director, Biocon Dr. P. Balaram, Director, Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Dr. K.K. Narayanan, Managing Director, Metahelix Dr. Sunita Narain, Director, Center for Science and Environment Participants should also send their abstract by e-mail to ysc2009(a)mssrf.res.in The abstracts will be reviewed and selected for presentation at IYSC 2009. Among the selected abstracts, some will be chosen for oral presentation and all others will have to be presented as posters. The selection of the abstract for oral or poster and the guidelines for preparation of the poster and oral presentation will be communicated by e-mail by 20th May, 2009, and also published in the websites (www.mssrf.org, www.srmuniv.ac.in, www.rgniyd.gov.in) The participants whose abstract was not selected or presentation at IYSC 2009 can participate as observer. REGISTRATION FEE Delegates Rs. 1000/- Research Scholars Rs. 600/- Students Rs. 400/- LAst Date Extended To 15th of MAy 2009 For More Details and Registaration - http://mssrf.org/events_conferences/june2009.htm Thanks AnD Regards Janakiraman A Manager- Library Services M S Swaminathan Research Foundation 3rd Cross Street Taramani, Chennai - 113 OAA Link - http://59.160.153..186/ OPAC- http://circulation1/opac/opac.asp

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Survey of IRs in developing and transition countries (fwd)
by K. Thulasi 08 May '09

08 May '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 05:14:17 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Subject: Survey of IRs in developing and transition countries >From *Open Access News* *Survey of repository activity in developing countries<http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/05/survey-of-repository-activity-in…> * Several partners are running a survey<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Wdi_2buyQ_2b1wSDIrTQahrbQg_3d_3d>of OA repositories in developing countries. From yesterday's announcement <http://threader.ecs.soton.ac.uk/lists/boaiforum/1624.html>: This study is part of a cooperative program between eIFL.net, the University of Kansas Libraries, the DRIVER project and Key Perspectives Ltd., and aims at creating an inventory of current digital repository activities in developing and transition countries, at both the infrastructure and services level.... The results of this survey will be made available online via a wiki. All participants in this study will receive an invitation to look at and comment on the results of this inventory for their own country. This is the first time that such data will be collected about digital repository activity in developing and transition countries, and we hope this will serve as important resource for promoting open access and repository development in these regions.... We encourage all repository managers in developing and transition countries to participate. Please forward this message to other repository managers or colleagues who may be interested in participating. The survey will take approximately 30-45 minutes to complete. The link to the survey is here<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Wdi_2buyQ_2b1wSDIrTQahrbQg_3d_3d> .... (To help you prepare you can view a PDF preview of the survey questions here<http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-oa/oa-news/2009_05_06_evalua…> ....) [image: Permanent link to this post]<http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/05/survey-of-repository-activity-in…>Posted by Peter Suber at 5/07/2009 11:45:00 AM. Subbiah Arunachalam

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Queries
by Gautam Mukhopadhyay 08 May '09

08 May '09

Dear Professionals, I shall be evergratefull if you let me know the answers of the following two questions: 1) Is there any UGC prescribed standards/norms for collection development and book selection in College libraries? 2) What is the cost (in conversion rate) of DDC Abridged Edition (14th), 2004 ? With thanks, Yours sincerely, Gautam Mukhopadhyay, Project Assistant, ISI Library, Kolkata. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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BMJ Archival Collection
by Charu 07 May '09

07 May '09

Respected Friends, Greetings for the day. BMJ is an international peer review journal. As per their statement, this is purely online journal and they updated this on daily basis. They did not follow any road to get the open access, in other words, author and reader do not required to pay any penny to get published or to read the article in this internationally acclaimed journal. Now to add a new feather in their cap , BMJ has included all articles, published since 1840 on open access arena, and a single click of finger of research scholar can open the flood gate in form of archival collection of said time period. Beside BMJ want to share their pleasure with their esteemed users. In want of detail news, please visit the following link---- http://openlink-charu.blogspot.com/ Thanks and Regards, Miss Charu Mathur, Delhi. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian Youth Science Congress in June 5-7, 2009, Chennai
by janaki raman 07 May '09

07 May '09

Dear Friends, I would verymuch appreciate if you could kindly dispaly the enclosed Conferernce announcement prominently on your College / Office / Library Notice Board. Indian Youth Science Congress in June 5-7, 2009, Chennai Jointly organised by M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Chennai, and SRM University, Chennai The following eminent scientists are being invited to present the challenges before the youth and be the guiding force. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Former President of India Prof. M. S. Swaminathan, Chairman, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India Dr. T. Ramaswami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST) Dr. M.K. Bhan, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Dr. Samir Brahmachari, Director General, Council of Scientific & Indust Res. (CSIR) Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission Dr. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Dr. Kiran Majumdar Shaw, Chairman and Managing Director, Biocon Dr. P. Balaram, Director, Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Dr. K.K. Narayanan, Managing Director, Metahelix Dr. Sunita Narain, Director, Center for Science and Environment Participants should also send their abstract by e-mail to ysc2009(a)mssrf.res.in The abstracts will be reviewed and selected for presentation at IYSC 2009. Among the selected abstracts, some will be chosen for oral presentation and all others will have to be presented as posters. The selection of the abstract for oral or poster and the guidelines for preparation of the poster and oral presentation will be communicated by e-mail by 20th May, 2009, and also published in the websites (www.mssrf.org, www.srmuniv.ac.in, www.rgniyd.gov.in) The participants whose abstract was not selected or presentation at IYSC 2009 can participate as observer. REGISTRATION FEE Delegates Rs. 1000/- Research Scholars Rs. 600/- Students Rs. 400/- LAst Date Extended To 15th of MAy 2009 For More Details and Registaration - http://mssrf.org/events_conferences/june2009.htm Thanks AnD Regards Janakiraman A Manager- Library Services M S Swaminathan Research Foundation 3rd Cross Street Taramani, Chennai - 113 OAA Link - http://59.160.153..186/ OPAC- http://circulation1/opac/opac.asp Now surf faster and smarter ! Check out the new Firefox 3 - Yahoo! Edition* http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/firefox/?fr=om_email_firefox -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[lisnet] Call for papers for XXVI IASLIC Conference 2009
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 07 May '09

07 May '09

Call for papers for XXVI IASLIC Conference 2009 “Library/ Information Users in Digital Era” is the current trends in library and information field. IASLIC with a strong linkage with the Professionals and stake holders is providing a common forum to address various issues relating Library/ Information Users in Digital Era at its XXVII All India Conference to be held at the KIIT/KISS, Bhubaneswar during December 26-29, 2009. The conference will provide an opportunity to review and discuss comprehensively the matters related to Users in digital era and related areas and its applications in library and information services. Theme : Library/ Information Users in Digital Era Papers are invited in the following areas for deliberation (1) INFORMATION RESOURCES : Types of information in digital era and their characteristics. Information as social needs of the citizen. Access to information resources (including Internet resources). Providers of information resources. (2) INFORMATION AND INDIGENEOUS KNOWLEDGE : · Organization of information resources on indigeneous knowledge. · Availability and access to information resources on indigeneous knowledge. · Use of resources on indigeneous knowledge. · Needs for information on indigeneous knowledge. (3) INFORMATION USERS : Types and characteristics of information users. Users and Non-users. Potential users and non-potential users. Utilization of information by users. Users-Participation in collection building. (4) USER STUDIES : Needs for user studies. Studies with users as focus. Trends in users study. Methods and techniques of user studies. Evaluation of user studies. User studies in the digital environment. User survey-needs or types. User expectations & preferences. User-research. (5) STUDY OF INFORMATION USE : Use of information & information resources in different types of Libraries and Information Centres. Information dissemination & utilization studies. Research on information use. Reading habits in using information. Use-Promotion study. (6) INFORMATION NEEDS OF USERS : Needs for different types of information and information resources. Typology of information needs. Nature and type of information sought. Future information requirements. (7) INFORMATION SEEKING AND GATHERING BEHAVIOUR OF USERS : Motives & purpose of seeking information. Nature and types of information required. Delegation of information gathering work. Dependence on sources of information. Inter-personal information –sharing. Formal and informal communications behaviour. (8) USER EDUCATION PROGRAMMES : Planning for User Education Programme. Benefit from Educating the users. Techniques & methods of user education. User-Education programme in digital era. Value of user-education. Evaluation of user education programme. Note : Paper may be written on any one or more facets mentioned above or any other related area but must be oriented towards the main theme. Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings SIG Theme Convener SIG-Computer Application Web-based Information Management Dr. Subarna Das skd_ju2002(a)yahoo.co.in SIG-Library & Information Science Education LIS Education in direct & distance mode - problems & prospects Dr. Sunil Kumar Chatterjee SIG-Humanities Information Humanities and impact of IT Dr. Anup Kumar Gupta SIG-Social Sciences Information Sh. Naryan Chandra Ghosh 09432248877 librarian(a)iicb.res.in, ncghosh(a)iicb.res.in SIG-Informatrics Informetric Indicators Dr. P.S. Mukhopadhyay, psm_bu(a)india.com SIG-Industrial Information Placement of the Industrial Information Centre/ Library/ Documentation Centre in the Organisation. Sri S.B. Banerjee 09433525939 Note : Paper may be written on any one or more facets mentioned above or any other related area but it must be oriented towards the main theme. Submissions of Papers August 17th, 2009 Acceptance of Papers October 5th, 2009 Camera-ready copy of Papers October 24th, 2009 For further detail, please contact iaslic(a)vsnl.net or visit www..iaslic1955.org ============================== 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 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 Now surf faster and smarter ! Check out the new Firefox 3 - Yahoo! Edition http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/firefox/?fr=om_email_firefox -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISiM Special Lecture Series (6) by Dr. Ed Cutrell- 8th May, 2009
by Angrosh 06 May '09

06 May '09

International School of Information Management University of Mysore Special Lecture (6) "Making a better Web Snippet" by Dr. Ed Cutrell Researcher Microsoft Research Redmond, USA Date and Time May 08, 2009: 3:30 PM Venue ISiM Lecture Hall-1 You are cordially invited --------------- Speaker Bio: Dr. Ed. Cutrell is currently a Research Scientist at Microsoft Research in the Adaptive Systems Interaction Focus Group. Cutrell is a cognitive psychologist with a strong background in cognitive neurosciences. In 2000 he joined the Adaptive Systems and Interaction group at Microsoft Research, working to improve the "impedance match" between humans and their technologies. His research consists of the exploration and measurement of human interaction with information technology. Over the years, he has been working on a broad range of HCI topics, ranging from input technologies to visual perception to brain-computer interfaces to intelligent notifications and disruptions. These days he is spending much of his time thinking about information interaction. Abstract of the Talk In this talk, Dr. Ed Cutrell will be describing the work his group has been doing on new ways to represent Web pages for search and re-finding. People regularly interact with a number of different representations of Web pages. A person looking for new information may initially find a Web page represented as a short snippet rendered by a search engine. When s/he wants to return to the same page the next day, the page may instead be represented by a link in his/her browser history. The research is based on asking a few questions: . What is it about Web pages that people actually remember when they want to return to a page? . What is important for finding new information? . How do people explore new or re-visited Web pages? A new compact representation of pages (called "visual snippets") that supports both the identification of new, relevant web pages and the re-finding of previously viewed pages is created and a study exploring how different representations are used in a variety of contexts is carried out. Next, eye-tracking technologies are used to understand how people visually interrogate Web pages. Then, this information is used to build a predictive model of "attentional salience" for Web pages. The research hopes to connect up these models of visual salience to build visual snippets that are informed by these models. Thanks & Regards Angrosh, MA ********************************************* Angrosh M.A. Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: angrosh(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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Help Me.
by Pawan Agrawal 06 May '09

06 May '09

Dear Library Professionals, Our university is going under NAAC accrediation process. in this regards I require help of all of you. If any of you have gone through NAAC inspection. Please give me information in this regards. if you can send me the report for NAAC prepared by you, it would be very helpful for me. -- Thanks and Regards Pawan R. Agrawal Assistant Librarian SBSK Medical Institute and Reseach Centre Library Sumandeep Vidyapeeth University At & Post. Piparia. 02668-245264 Ph. 9376135580 -- 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 Library Assistant
by Vandana Khandelwal 05 May '09

05 May '09

Dear Moderator Please Circulate this Advertise to the members of this Forum... Dear Professionals Applications are invited for Library Assistants. Requisite Qualifications, Skills and Experience : 1. Candidates must possess a degree in Library Science of a Statutory University with a good academic record. 2. Candidates with good working knowledge in Library. 3. ICT skills. 4. Typing skills. 5. 1-5 years of experience in good library. 6. Only male candidates who are willing to work in the evening shift and holidays may apply. Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested candidates may send their resume on or before 10th May 2009 on following email ID vbkhandelwal(a)mitpune.com Interview Dates : 11/05/2009 and 12/05/09 Postal Address : Maharashtra Academy of Engineering (ISO Certified) Alandi (D) Tal. Khed, Dehu Phata Dist. Pune 412 105 Now surf faster and smarter ! Check out the new Firefox 3 - Yahoo! Edition http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/firefox/?fr=om_email_firefox -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FELICITATION TO DR S CHANDRAPPA AND BOOK RELEASING CEREMONY
by JANARDHANA RAO A. N 05 May '09

05 May '09

Please post this invitation to LIS-Forum Dear Friends FELICITATION TO DR S CHANDRAPPA AND BOOK RELEASING CEREMONY INVITATION Dr.S Chandrappa has worked in Trigent software, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and also he has been involved in corporate training and consultant in the area of information management and organized many conferences for the library professionals . Mr. Rmachandra Gowda Honorable Minister Medical education, presided the function And Book titled “ Comprehensive approach in BUILDING MODERN LIBRARIES, edited by Dr. S. Chandrappa released by Mr S Suresh kumar Minister for Law & Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of Karnataka. Dr.K.N PRASAD, Director, Sarada Ranganathan Endowmentfor library Science Bangalore will delivering felicitation talks H. H.Sri. Sri. Sri Mumudi Nervana Swami of Degula Mutta kanakaPura will be blessing the function. This function is being organized by Digital Information Research Foundation, with joint venture of Library forum, and Mr. Janardhan Rao Librarian M S Ramaiah Institute of Management, being the Organizing Secretary. Let us all come together and felicitate the programme. VENUE: SHARANA SEVA SAMAJA West of Chard Road (Next to ISKCON Temple} 1St N Block Rajajinagar Bangalore-10S Date & Time: Saturday 9th May 2009 at 5.00 pm. --

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Employment Announcement and a request to forward all the members
by trb.sarma 05 May '09

05 May '09

Dear Sir, I would grateful, if Lis-Forum could forward this following Employment Announcement to all its members as early possible. EMPLOYMENT ANNOUNCEMENT The Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai, is an ICICI Bank Research Institution and one of India's most prestigious business schools and academic institutions. Established in 1970, it is recognized as an Institution of National Importance by the Ministry of Finance. Since its inception, IFMR's mission has been focused on contributing to growth and development efforts in India with an emphasis on finance and research. Now, IFMR intends to fill up the following positions in its research Library and Information Centre, situated in Chennai, immediately. Name of the position: Library Associate Nature of the position: Permanent Number of positions: Two Academic Qualifications: Masters Degree in Library and Information Science Experience (Desirable): 1. One or Two years experience in Academic or Research Institution Libraries. 2. Computer Awareness and working experience on any one of the library software packages. Salary per month: Rs. 15,000/- (PF, Gratuity, LTC, Food subsidy and Medical benefits as per the institution rules and regulations). Eligible candidates may please forward their filled-in applications to the following address before 31st May, 2009. T.R.B.SARMA Librarian, Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) 24, Kothari Road, Nungambakkam Chennai. 600 034; India E.mail: <mailto:trb.sarma@ifmr.ac.in> trb.sarma(a)ifmr.ac.in; Web: <http://www.ifmr.ac.in> www.ifmr.ac.in Phone No. 044-28303425; Mobile: 09840402210 Fax: 044-28279208

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DRTC Colloquium (4) 2008-2010
by DRTC - General 04 May '09

04 May '09

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8TH Mile, Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 DRTC Colloquium (4) 2008-2010 The Importance of Open Access, Open Source, and Open Standards for Libraries Abstract Open access facilitates the availability and distribution of scholarly communication freely, as a means and effort to solve the problem of inaccessibility, primarily due to financial constraints, particularly in the developing countries. Studies suggest that the articles which are published in open access journals are more cited. In spite of all these, there are still many issues not completely resolved such as pricing models, peer reviewing, indexing, impact factor, archiving, and the stability of this new publishing model for scientific literature. The use of open standards can assure interoperability of diverse systems and long lasting preservation. This colloquium will discuss some important ways to achieve open access by exploiting open source software and open standards in creating institutional repositories. The colloquium will further discusses some light on major issues in achieving this. Facets Speaker Overview Ali Raza (Leader) Open access initiative Babar Raees Institutional Repository Binit Kiran Standards and Tools Shion Ghuha Open source software Nilesh Shewale Implications Priyanki Sinha Conclusions Tarun Kumar Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 6th May 2009 Time: 2.00pm All are cordially invited (M.Krishnamurthy) Colloquium Coordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Geoinformatics Workshop at IISc, 1st -6th June 2009 (fwd)
by Ramachandra T.V. 03 May '09

03 May '09

Workshop GEOINFORMATICS: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT 1st June 6th June 2009 Details are available at: http://ces.iisc.ernet.in http://cistup.iisc.ernet.in http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy Background: Geoinformatics is increasingly being used to solve complex environmental problems in domains such as management of natural resources, land use planning and management, nature conservation, and environmental monitoring, require reliable spatial information and methodologies. Geoinformatics combines expertise from the fields of: - information and communication technology (ICT); - geographical information systems (GIS), remote sensing, GPS and mapping; - environmental and social sciences such as land use planning, geography, and communication. This workshop provides an overview of the key concepts and principles in Geoinformatics and its applications in environmental management, areas of global and national environmental concern. Various tools, which can be used to address environmental problems and the role that the professionals can play in managing environment in their respective areas would be discussed. The workshop is meant for faculty (recognized engineering colleges in India) and CiSTUP stakeholders. TA would be provided to the select teachers. Faculty desiring for Travel allowance need to send a brief write-up on Relevance of Geoinformatics in India and how Geoinformatics workshop would benefit their career. Application and write-up is to be routed through their institution. Selected outstation candidates would be paid TA three-tier train / bus fare by the shortest route from the place of work to IISc, Bangalore and back. The lodging charges at campus guest house is Rs.150 per day (for teachers - sponsored by an education institution) ___________________________________________________________________________ Workshop Registration Fee: 1. Fee waiver for young teaching faculty (< 30 years) 2. TA would be paid to the outstation participants whose write-up is accepted by the committee 3. Fee waiver for women unemployed engineering graduates 4. Fee of Rs 1500 for officials from the State Government agencies (CiSTUP stakeholders) and teaching faculty (>30 years and members of ISTE) 4. Rs.12000 for practicing engineers and scientists from R & D organisations, industries, and others interested in this workshop. The registration fee entitles the candidates to participate in the workshop and receive the workshop materials. _____________________________________________________________________________ Deadlines: Completed Application form (with DD and other enclosures): 20th May 2009 Intimation of Selection: 25th May 2009. Application / announcement copy is available at http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/Geoinfoworkshop.pdf ****************************************************************************** Dr. T.V. Ramachandra * Tel: 91-080-23600985/22932506/22933099 Energy & Wetlands Research Group [CES] * Fax: 91-080-23601428 (CES/TVR) Centre for Ecological Sciences * 91-080-23600085/23600683 (Attn: CES/TVR) CES ERG RNO 215 (TVR/DKS/NVJ) * E Mail: energy(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in Indian Institute of Science * cestvr(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in Bangalore 560 012, India * lake2008(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in URL ----> http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/ *******************************************************************************

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NACLIN 2009 from September 22-25, 2009 at Panjab University, Chandigarh - Call for Papers and Participation
by Sangeeta Kaul 02 May '09

02 May '09

Dear All We take pleasure in informing you that NACLIN 2009 will be organised by DELNET jointly with Panjab University, Chandigarh from September 22-25, 2009 at PUC, Chandigarh. The theme of this year's Convention is "Managing Knowledge, Technology and Change in Libraries". You are requested to kindly contribute papers on the theme/sub-themes of NACLIN 2009. The details are available at www.naclin.org Should you require any assistance or clarifications, please do kindly write to us. Thanking you, Yours faithfully Sangeeta Kaul _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-26742222, 32471010, 32471002, 32471011 Fax: 91-11-26741122 Email: sangs(a)delnet.ren.nic.in, sangskaul2003(a)yahoo.co.in Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Access Medical Journals
by Pawan Agrawal 02 May '09

02 May '09

Dear Professionals, Please check www.sbksmirclib.blogspot.com this site is updated as the nursing section is added to this. -- Thanks and Regards Pawan R. Agrawal Assistant Librarian SBSK Medical Institute and Reseach Centre Library Sumandeep Vidyapeeth University At & Post. Piparia. 02668-245264 Ph. 9376135580 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on KOHA at U. C. College, Aluva, Kerala
by Jeb Gorge 02 May '09

02 May '09

Dear Professionals, The U. C. College, Aluva in cooperation with NRC FOSS/ Anna University is going to organize a two-day workshop on KOHA, an Open Source Integrated Library Management System for Library professionals during 22-23 May 2009. All sessions including hands-on session on KOHA and Linux Operating system will be handled by resource persons from Anna University. Number of participants is restricted to 30. Registration fee of Rs. 300/- may be paid in cash or by way of DD (favouring U. C. College, Aluva). Registration form may be sent to the Workshop Coordinator (KOHA), MCA, U. C. College, U. C. College P.O., Aluva – 683 102. Contact Telephone numbers: Dr. Sunny Kuriakose – 9495677688; Mr. Bruce Mathew- 9447209932 Interested ones may send their Name, Designation, Official address, Telephone no., e-mail id, Payment details, whether accommodation needed etc to the coordinator. Cherian K. George Librarian U. C. College, Aluva, Kerala 30.04.2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Monographs
by Vijayakumara 01 May '09

01 May '09

Dear Professionals, At the outset I am thankful to you, if you are clarifying on "How to get the number for Monographs" ISBN is for book, ISSN is for journal, Simillarly for monographs what is the term we will use and let me know what is the procedure to get the same. Thanking you Vijayakumar -- Dr. Vijayakumar M. MSc., UGC-NET., PGDLAN., PGDCA., Ph.D. University Librarian I/C. Birla Institute of Technology, A Technical University Mesra, Ranchi- 835215, India Tel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401 http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/

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