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Excerpts of Conference on ‘Scholarly Communication in India in the Age of the Commons (Open Access)’ organized by ICAST, NAL
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Dear Friends, Excerpts of Conference on ‘Scholarly Communication in India in the Age of the Commons (Open Access)’ organized by ICAST, NAL, Bangalore on 26th March 2009. The inaugural session of the conference begin with worm welcome by Dr. I. R. N. Goudar, Head of ICAST. Prof. Subbaiah Arunachalam, CIS, was briefed the significance of conference in the present scenario. Dr. A. R. Upadhya, Director, NAL was highlighted the importance of open access movement and its impacts on scholarly communication. Keynote address on ‘Journals, open access, copyright, repositories – some viewpoints from a academy’ was delivered by distinguished Vice President of Indian Academy of Sciences, Prof. N. Mukunda. He begins his speech with the Darwinian ideas of evolution and how it relates to open access movement. He emphasized on the number of research publication and how difficult to get the full text articles which are under the clutches of copyrights. Prof. Mukunda was also inaugurated the DRC@NAL. Dr. Poornima, Dy. Head, ICAST was the comparer of all the sessions of the conference and also briefed about the DRC@NAL. The first conference talk starts with Prof. John Willinsky of Stanford University on ‘Global and Local for Making Research and Scholarship Publicly Available’. He has quoted the Charles Darwin’s discovery of science and contributions of Newton. He has explained the today’s implications of openness and research publication of openness. He expressed that, he was very pleasure to speak in India about open access. This is because of Indian scientist convincing tactics on OA. He has quoted the example of Agropedia – the open access online resource. He says that Agropedia has great contribution for agriculture. He was raised the importance of open educations movement, open knowledge resources, open source software and mentioned some of the institutions and society’s open access movement (MIT’s, IIT’s, NAL etc.,). He said that, broadly open access software’s are available in 25 languages which are open to people of idea. He explained how IPR of Science is open to public and increase ness of open science. He has pointed out the role of scholarly societies in OA movement and need to build the effective secondary education in India. He has argues on scientific judgment to access the quality of OA journals. He has concluded with some of the aspects of human rights, how the OA movement reduce the cost of learning resources and increased quality. The second speaker was Dr. D. K. Sahu, MD & CEO of Medknow Publications, he spoke on ‘Economics and Citation Impact of Open Access Journal Publishing in India’. He has presented some of the facts and problems such as lack of qualities, low citations, low impact factors of developing countries journals article. He was emphasized on publicizing model and how research is converting into knowledge. He disclosed how the open access publishers sharing cost of publication. Most of their revenues and expenses are through advertisement (print & web), institutional membership of printed journals etc. He has made graphical representation of economics, visibility, research impact, imprint quality of some of the Medknow published journals. He says that, at present Medknow published 81 open access journals from eight countries and provides immediate free access to the full text articles. He concludes that fee-less-immediate-free model journals from the developing world could gain more readers, authors and improved citations. Prof. Leslie Chan of University of Toronto was the third speaker of the conference on the topic ‘From Institutional Repositories to a Global Knowledge Commons’. He has pointed out that, how OA enables peer to peer sharing networked information economy and he has highlighted the user driven innovations, dissemination of information through philanthropy. He has remembered the OA initiatives & contributions of late Prof. T. B. Rajashekar. He has explained the some of the benefits of OA, which includes, *global dissemination*cross disciplinary enquiry*new tools for discovery*greater control of intellectual output*improved citation ratio*fastening innovation* etc. He has mentioned few reputed OA publishers, they are *Bioline Intl.*Medknow*Public Library of Science* and he was quoted few self archives, they are *arxiv.org*eprints@iisc*opendoar*. The last speaker was Dr. Sunil Abraham, Director – Policy, Centre for Internet Society, Bangalore. His topic was ‘Academic and Scholarly Communications in the Realm of Laws: Copyrights, Patents, and the PUPFIP bill. He has pointed out the fair dealing of IPR, translations, reproduction of broadcast signals and importance of scholarly communication on society and the law. He explained the implications of Protection and Utilization of Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill (PUPFIP). He says that, this bill covers all research done in pursuance to government grants and *IP intangible property* *copyrights*trademark*patent*design*semiconductor design*plant variety*. The last and final session of the conference was panel discussion. The topic of discussion was ‘Scholarly Communication and Openness: Emerging Trends’. Prof. P. Balaram, Director of IISc., was panel chair and Prof. Wiilinsky, Prof. Chan, Dr. A. R. Upadhya, Mr. N. V. Satyanarayana, CMD, Informatics and Prof. Arunachalam were the members of panel. Prof. Balaram opines in discussion that, authors will be happy if articles accepted in reputed journals and most of them will not worry about copyrights. He says that lawyers are most worrying factors in OA movement. Prof. Willinksy opined that, IR are very much necessary and are not sufficient as of now. Dr. Upadhya viewed that, success of OA movement will depend on government policies and OA gives freedom for users than publishers and authors. He also opines that, IR are first hand information. Mr. N. V. Satyanaraya said that, the subscription rates of commercial journals are rising continuously and rate never comes down so far. He has given the costly royalty statistics of authors of commercial publications. He explained the author based model, how commercial publishers making money and cost based consumer behavior. He opines that, author is a major stake holder and author has to take decision in controlling the prices. He has mentioned the importance of IR National Standards especially for Standards for Archives. And also he opined that, OA are real challenges to authors. Prof. Arunachalam said that, National Knowledge Commission has to take initiatives of OA. Finally, the panel concludes that ‘Exclusivity should be broken’ and ‘providing access to scholarly communication is important than pricing’. The conference ends with honoring panelist and vote of thanks by Mr. Satyanarayana of NAL. The conference was well organized and there were around 300 participants from academic, industry, institutions, societies, publishing and other related disciplines. This conference will open wide doors for open access movement in India. Thanking You, Dinesh -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. MLISc., Ph.D. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com www.ksdinesh.webs.com, Official Blog: libraryofncet.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Internet Resources Newsletter: April Issue now available
by MacLeod, Roderick A 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

____________________________________________ Internet Resources Newsletter ____________________________________________ The latest edition of the FREE monthly newsletter for academics, students and researchers is now available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn171/irn171.html No subscription or registration is needed to access this full-text newsletter at the above site. You can also subscribe to the free, full-text email version at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html There's also an RSS feed for the newsletter: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss Featured in this issue: Comment Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS Random Quotes News items of interest A-Z New & Notable Web Sites: About 100 new and notable websites: new services, ejournals, directories, search engines, publishers, government sites, booksellers, calls for papers, software, news services, conferences, research groups, plus anything else of interest, etc, etc. Nice Web Site(s): TweetDeck Blogorama Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and related news items, including Twitter Get a life! Leisure Time After hours Published by Heriot-Watt University Library, and edited by Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk) Catherine Ure and Marion Kennedy Roddy MacLeod MA, DipLib, MCILIP Senior Subject Librarian Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS Tel (0131) 451 3576 Fax: (0131) 451 3164 R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk <mailto:R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk> Home: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/libram/roddy.html Blogging at: http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/ Library workshops: http://www.hw.ac.uk/library/workshops.html Twitter: http://twitter.com/libram Heriot-Watt University is a Charity registered in Scotland, SC000278 -- Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. -- 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 vellivel mohan 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Dear Colleagues, We need of following article, if anyone have access to it, please send it to me. The details of the articles are as follows: Sheela Immanuel, R. Narayanakumar and S. Ayyappan 2008. Sustainable alternate livelihood avocation for coastal women in India. Agricultural Situation in India, Volume 65 No. 2 (May 2008) Page 83-88 Sincerly V. Mohan Technical Officer Library and Documentation Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute P.B. No. 1603 Ernakulam North P.O. Cochin-682 018 -- 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 from Ame. Jr. Roentgenology
by Navin Soni 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Dear LIS Professionals, Can you please provide the following article for research purpose as one of our senior scientist requires the same article for reference: Primary Breast Cancer in Men: Clinical, Imaging, and Pathologic Findings in 57 Patients Mathew et al. Ame. Jr. Roentgenol..2008; 191: 1631-1639 With best regards ================================= Navin Kumar Soni INMAS, DRDO, Min of Defence, Brig SK Mazumdar Marg Delhi-110054. Ph: 01123985466, 09868459805 http://www.drdo.org/labs/inmas/index.html Email: navinsoni22(a)gmail.com, navin(a)inmas.drdo.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 an article
by LIBRARY 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Namaste, If any library has this, could you kindly help by send a copy of this in reply mail or to the address below. Tămăşan, Alexandru(R-CLUJM) Differentiability with respect to lag for nonlinear pantograph equations. Pure Math. Appl. 9 (1998), no. 1-2, 215--220. Thanks & regards, Veena -- -------------------------------------------------- Library TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics Phone: 91-80-66953757 Post Bag No. 6503, Sharada Nagar, Fax: 91-80-66953799 Chikkabommasandra, GKVK Post, URL: http://math.tifrbng.res.in Yalahanka New Town, Bangalore-560 065 Bharat -------------------------------------------------- "Every duty is holy and devotion to duty is the highest form of the worship of God." - Swami Vivekananda -- 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 ramesh chander 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Dear Colleagues, I have a need of following article, if anyone have access to it, please send it to me. The details of the articles are as follows: - 1. Hippocampus as comparator: Role of the two input and two output systems of the hippocampus in selection and registration of information by O.S. Vinogradova Hippocampus <http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/38348/home>: Volume 11 Issue 5 <http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/86513497/issue>, Pages 578 - 598, 10.1002/hipo.1073 About DOI<http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/doiinfo.html> 2. Dendritic morphology and its effects on the amplitude and rise-time of synaptic signals in hippocampal CA3 pyramidal cells by Darrell A. Henze, William E. Cameron, German Barrionuevo * The Journal of Comparative Neurology<http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/31248/home>: Volume 369 Issue 3 <http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/62765/issue> , Pages 331 - 334, 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960603)369:3<331::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-6 About DOI<http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/doiinfo.html> 3. Three-dimensional analysis of the structure and composition of CA3 branched dendritic spines and their synaptic relationships with mossy fiber boutons in the rat hippocampus by Chicurel ME<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=Search&Term=%22Chicu…>, Harris KM<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=Search&Term=%22Harri…>. J Comp Neurol. 1992 Nov 8;325(2):169-82. 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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Excerpts of Conference on ‘Scholarly Communication in India in the Age of the Commons (Open Access)’
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

Dear Friends, Excerpts of Conference on ‘Scholarly Communication in India in the Age of the Commons (Open Access)’ organized by ICAST, NAL, Bangalore on 26th March 2009. The inaugural session of the conference begin with worm welcome by Dr. I. R. N. Goudar, Head of ICAST. Prof. Subbaiah Arunachalam, CIS, was briefed the significance of conference in the present scenario. Dr. A. R. Upadhya, Director, NAL was highlighted the importance of open access movement and its impacts on scholarly communication. Keynote address on ‘Journals, open access, copyright, repositories – some viewpoints from a academy’ was delivered by distinguished Vice President of Indian Academy of Sciences, Prof. N. Mukunda. He begins his speech with the Darwinian ideas of evolution and how it relates to open access movement. He emphasized on the number of research publication and how difficult to get the full text articles which are under the clutches of copyrights. Prof. Mukunda was also inaugurated the DRC@NAL. Dr. Poornima, Dy. Head, ICAST was the comparer of all the sessions of the conference and also briefed about the DRC@NAL. The first conference talk starts with Prof. John Willinsky of Stanford University on ‘Global and Local for Making Research and Scholarship Publicly Available’. He has quoted the Charles Darwin’s discovery of science and contributions of Newton. He has explained the today’s implications of openness and research publication of openness. He expressed that, he was very pleasure to speak in India about open access. This is because of Indian scientist convincing tactics on OA. He has quoted the example of Agropedia – the open access online resource. He says that Agropedia has great contribution for agriculture. He was raised the importance of open educations movement, open knowledge resources, open source software and mentioned some of the institutions and society’s open access movement (MIT’s, IIT’s, NAL etc.,). He said that, broadly open access software’s are available in 25 languages which are open to people of idea. He explained how IPR of Science is open to public and increase ness of open science. He has pointed out the role of scholarly societies in OA movement and need to build the effective secondary education in India. He has argues on scientific judgment to access the quality of OA journals. He has concluded with some of the aspects of human rights, how the OA movement reduce the cost of learning resources and increased quality. The second speaker was Dr. D. K. Sahu, MD & CEO of Medknow Publications, he spoke on ‘Economics and Citation Impact of Open Access Journal Publishing in India’. He has presented some of the facts and problems such as lack of qualities, low citations, low impact factors of developing countries journals article. He was emphasized on publicizing model and how research is converting into knowledge. He disclosed how the open access publishers sharing cost of publication. Most of their revenues and expenses are through advertisement (print & web), institutional membership of printed journals etc. He has made graphical representation of economics, visibility, research impact, imprint quality of some of the Medknow published journals. He says that, at present Medknow published 81 open access journals from eight countries and provides immediate free access to the full text articles. He concludes that fee-less-immediate-free model journals from the developing world could gain more readers, authors and improved citations. Prof. Leslie Chan of University of Toronto was the third speaker of the conference on the topic ‘From Institutional Repositories to a Global Knowledge Commons’. He has pointed out that, how OA enables peer to peer sharing networked information economy and he has highlighted the user driven innovations, dissemination of information through philanthropy. He has remembered the OA initiatives & contributions of late Prof. T. B. Rajashekar. He has explained the some of the benefits of OA, which includes, *global dissemination*cross disciplinary enquiry*new tools for discovery*greater control of intellectual output*improved citation ratio*fastening innovation* etc. He has mentioned few reputed OA publishers, they are *Bioline Intl.*Medknow*Public Library of Science* and he was quoted few self archives, they are *arxiv.org*eprints@iisc*opendoar*. The last speaker was Dr. Sunil Abraham, Director – Policy, Centre for Internet Society, Bangalore. His topic was ‘Academic and Scholarly Communications in the Realm of Laws: Copyrights, Patents, and the PUPFIP bill. He has pointed out the fair dealing of IPR, translations, reproduction of broadcast signals and importance of scholarly communication on society and the law. He explained the implications of Protection and Utilization of Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill (PUPFIP). He says that, this bill covers all research done in pursuance to government grants and *IP intangible property* *copyrights*trademark*patent*design*semiconductor design*plant variety*. The last and final session of the conference was panel discussion. The topic of discussion was ‘Scholarly Communication and Openness: Emerging Trends’. Prof. P. Balaram, Director of IISc., was panel chair and Prof. Wiilinsky, Prof. Chan, Dr. A. R. Upadhya, Mr. N. V. Satyanarayana, CMD, Informatics and Prof. Arunachalam were the members of panel. Prof. Balaram opines in discussion that, authors will be happy if articles accepted in reputed journals and most of them will not worry about copyrights. He says that lawyers are most worrying factors in OA movement. Prof. Willinksy opined that, IR are very much necessary and are not sufficient as of now. Dr. Upadhya viewed that, success of OA movement will depend on government policies and OA gives freedom for users than publishers and authors. He also opines that, IR are first hand information. Mr. N. V. Satyanaraya said that, the subscription rates of commercial journals are rising continuously and rate never comes down so far. He has given the costly royalty statistics of authors of commercial publications. He explained the author based model, how commercial publishers making money and cost based consumer behavior. He opines that, author is a major stake holder and author has to take decision in controlling the prices. He has mentioned the importance of IR National Standards especially for Standards for Archives. And also he opined that, OA are real challenges to authors. Prof. Arunachalam said that, National Knowledge Commission has to take initiatives of OA. Finally, the panel concludes that ‘Exclusivity should be broken’ and ‘providing access to scholarly communication is important than pricing’. The conference ends with honoring panelist and vote of thanks by Mr. Satyanarayana of NAL. The conference was well organized and there were around 300 participants from academic, industry, institutions, societies, publishing and other related disciplines. This conference will open wide doors for open access movement in India. Thanking You, Dinesh -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. MLISc., Ph.D. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com Blog: ksdinesh.blogspot.com, Official Blog: libraryofncet.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Research in LIS
by Juran Sarkhel 28 Mar '09

28 Mar '09

Wanted Full-time Research Scholars in Library and Information Science Applications in plain paper along with complete Bio-data, attested copies of certificates, marksheets and testimonials are invited for the post of Full-time University Research Scholars at the Department of Library and Information Science of the University of Kalyani, West Bengal. Stipend will be paid as per rules of the UGC/Government of West Bengal Number of Posts: 03 Qualifications: MLIS/ADIS/AIS with 55% marks (For SC/ST 50% marks). Candidates should qualify NET/SET Examination. Applications in plain paper along with complete Biodata, attested copies of certificates, mrksheets and testimonials should reach within 13th April, 2009 to: Prof. Juran Krishna Sarkhel, Head of the Department of Library and Informatiuon Science, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741235, West Bengal DR. J. K. Sarkhel Professor & Head Dept of Library & Information Science University of Kalyani Kalyani-741235 West Bengal; India _________________________________________________________________ So many new options, so little time. Windows Live Messenger. http://www.microsoft.com/india/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SLA Opens Certificate Programs to Non-Members
by sandeep bhavsar 28 Mar '09

28 Mar '09

Respected All http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/pressroom/pressrelease/09pr/pr2906.cfm Opportunities to Enhance Skills and Increase Value to Employers Now Accessible for Non-Members Alexandria, Virginia, March 24, 2009-- Special Libraries Association (SLA) Click University certificate programs, previously available to SLA members only, are now open to non-members who wish to enhance their skills in the fields of knowledge management, competitive intelligence or copyright management. "During tough economic times, information professionals must take advantage of every opportunity to master new skills, stay competitive and provide superior service to their organizations," said SLA CEO Janice R. Lachance. "Opening up the Click U certificate courses to non-members will make this advanced training accessible to any information professional." Most SLA certificate courses are offered online through the association's Click University and are taught by instructors who are thought leaders in their fields. Courses in the competitive intelligence certificate program cover topics such as planning and development, research, analysis, intelligence delivery, and managing intelligence. The popular copyright management curriculum includes instruction in domestic and international copyright law, digital copyright issues, use of copyright-protected materials, digital license agreements, copyright collective agreements (such as the Copyright Clearance Center and Access Copyright), managing content and copyright compliance. The knowledge management certificate courses teach participants how to expertly harness and manage proprietary knowledge, and how to apply and use that knowledge in conjunction with industry information to support enterprise-wide decision making, research and innovation. Students can earn a certificate in knowledge management, a certificate in knowledge services, or a dual certificate combining the two. While the primary goal of these programs is to allow participants to earn one or more certificates, each of the certificate courses has inherent value and any course may be taken à la carte. Continuing education credits (CEUs) from IACET are available to SLA members only. Click U also offers "members-only" programs that are free to SLA members. They include all non-certificate online courses, twice-monthly live Webinars and replays, and the SLA Online Libraries. Also available to SLA members as part of their membership dues are hundreds of summaries of best-selling business and management books through execuBooks, a Web 2.0 training program called 23 Things, software and technology training in the SLA Innovation Lab and SLA Leadership Training. About SLA's Click University Now in its fifth year, Click U provides SLA members with state-of-the-art learning opportunities in partnership with today's information industry leaders. Courses on software and technology, management, communications, and leadership are designed to enhance the skills acquired through traditional library education. Click U also provides accessible certificate programs for information professionals looking to take the next step into a new career and use their traditional information skills in fields such as competitive intelligence, knowledge management, and copyright management. For more information about Click U go to www.sla.org. Thanks and Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601 MUMBAI. INDIA @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 9987049099 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Registration form for Koha workshop at Mysore University
by khaiser nikam 28 Mar '09

28 Mar '09

Dear Moderator Please put this format on Lis forum for participants to fill it up and send it back to us UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE Department of Library and Information Science, Manasagangotri, Mysore-06. International Workshop on *Koha 3.0* April 9-10, 2009, (http://www.osslabs.biz/koha_library_management_system/workshop.html) *Registration Form* * * Name: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Designation: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Address: -------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail : ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Telephone / Mobile: ------------------------------------------------------- Rs. -----------/- enclosed as Registration Fee vide Cash / DD No. ---- Dated ------------------ drawn in favour of The Organizing Secretary, Workshop, Department Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-06. Accommodation Required ------------------------ (Yes / No) Please send the duly filled-in form to the Organizing Secretary, Workshop, Dept. Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-06. Place: -------------------------------- Date: --------------------------------- Organizing Secretary: Dr. Khaiser Nikam, Mobile: 9845328672 E-mail: Khaiser.nikam(a)gmail.com Signature *Plz note the fees Rs. 900/- only *-- Regards, Dr.(Mrs) Khaiser Nikam MLISc,PhD & MBA Chairperson/Reader Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570 006 Karnataka INDIA Cell:98453 28672 91-821-2415202 (R) 2419399(O) email : khaiser.nikam(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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A small welcoming message at your library entrance.
by kannan satheesan 27 Mar '09

27 Mar '09

Whatever tall claims we have, we should admit one fact-libraries are faced with steep decline in toll. Maybe for an argument anyone can come up with gate register records and issue statistics. But i feel quite sure, serious reading with a widened base is nearing its extinction among the youth in this post Googlian era. In the west, they pay no heed to book loses and librarians wouldn't walk around with rules and canes, maybe that is why libraries still survive there in spite of their very thin digital divide. i admit this is third world, amidst financial crunches and vicious bureaucracy, a librarian may not be able to do himself much. But the same time it should be borne in mind that it is not only the variety of the services and the extend of stock that attracts users and potential users. It is perhaps the ambiance, ergonomics ,the welcoming look of the library and above all the sympathetic behaviour of librarian. Lately, i decided to stick a welcoming message at the entrance of my library and sat with a brief thought, and came up with some thing like this. I would like to share this little piece of thought with one and all, and thanking you in advance if u can add or embellish this with your creativity .. This is your own library.... No one here to ask you, “why are you here?.” You can lay your hands virtually on anything you find here. You need not be here only if you are in search for something specific. And above all,here,you and your questions are always WELCOME. This message ends with a reassuring quote(a quote related with my intitution's motto) motivating the young minds who come in,instilling a feeling that they would fetch/ stumble upon something they need. When we librarians go far with debates on Hi-tech, may be these little things are pushed back to dark. These little things, the guides,the additions list, messages at notice boards etc etc definitely have a severe impact upon users' mind. Right now i expect a bright future for librarians,because at this pace, 10 years from now may be only we librarians would be left with the knowledge of how subjects are interconnected. i am saying this because, google and wikipedia are tools with high PRECISION and they are always accessible, and by using them very often, the upcoming generation is satisfied with a document if they find a specific definition, a formula and most often some key words in it. They are least bothered to know the out of the text book fundamentals and subject interrelations. May be as from job specializtion managers grew up, from subject compartmentalism and precise search and retrieval librarians would sustain and survive in future... Sincierly, Kannan S. Profect Fellow Centre for Earth Science Studies(CESS)Library Trivandrum, Kerala. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open access conference seeks to free research
by Puna Das 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Open access conference seeks to free research Amulya Gopalakrishnan Posted: Mar 26, 2009 New Delhi: When Newton famously remarked that if he had seen further than others, it was by "standing on the shoulders of giants", he wasn't just being modest. He was stating the simple fact that knowledge builds on previous knowledge, that the back and forth of ideas is vital for scientific achievement. Though the current proprietory publishing model is stacked against scholars, an emerging open access movement across the world aims to free scientific content - and India has big stakes in it. A conference in New Delhi brought together open access evangelists including Prof. John Willinsky of Stanford University, Prof Leslie Chan of the University of Toronto, Prof Surendra Prasad of IIT Delhi, Dr D K Sahu of MedKnow Publications, and Narendra Kumar of CSIR. Now, all research papers published from CSIR labs will be made open access, either by putting the full text on freely available institutional repositories or publishing directly in open access journals. Meanwhile, across the world, MIT has become the first university to throw open all its research papers through the online repository software DSpace. Globally, academic tenure and promotion is traditionally linked to research published in reputed, peer-reviewed journals. These journals are owned by commercial behemoths like Springer and Reed Elsevier, who own stables of journals in various disciplines, and dictate terms to university libraries. But in recent years, journal prices have shot through the roof. Now, after years of weary negotiation, and empowered by new digital infrastructure, universities are teaming up via free institutional repository systems, to pool and circulate their collective research. In India, institutes like NIT Rourkela have adopted super-archives like DSpace for another reason — to showcase their scientific output to global peers. "NIT doesn't have the research legacy of IIT or IISC — they needed the visibility," says NIT director Sunil Kumar Sarangi. Such a knowledge commons is especially valuable to developing countries — for instance, in agricultural research or public health, it is inexcusable that countries which could benefit most from the scientific debate are left out of the loop, simply because of prohibitive pricing (some journals cost up to 20,000 dollars, annually). This only widens the gulf between the state of research here and the US or Europe. Even research produced in India with our taxpayer money is sent to big-name commercial journals and all copyright signed away, putting it out of reach for the Indian scholarly community. But all that could change if open access journals become the norm. S K Sahu, who runs MedKnow publications (over 80 open access journals), also busted claims that content on such journals tends to vanish into the ether after a few years online. Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/open-access-conference-seeks-to-free-rese… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cricket on your mind? Visit the ultimate cricket website. Enter http://beta.cricket.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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We may ban in India but UK Kids will be taught blogging, podcasts, wikipedia and other social media
by Sukhdev Singh 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Checkout out the following blog post- Twitter and social media to be taught at UK primary schools. This news actually the makes the front page of a national newspaper!) - http://sn.im/el3wo It quotes the Guardian newspaper that "Children across the UK will be required to learn the ins and outs of a number of various social media platforms as part of draft plans proposed for the national curriculum". I wonder, should India be banning Social Media like Orkut, Facebook, Twitter etc. or including them in curricula? --Sukhdev Singh. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sixth-Sense: A wonderful wearable computer...
by Shamprasad Pujar 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Dear Members, Have a look at the wonderful wearable computer named 'Sixth Sense' being developed by an Indian Mr Pranav Mistry working at MIT Media Labs, USA. It looks similar to Microsoft's new technology Surface, but size and cost match that of your mobile. The video of the device demonstrated by his supervisor can be viewed at the following URL address. http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/481 Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6547 ; 2840 0919 Ext: 547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in Skype: sham.pujar URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in Blog: http://spujar.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy In Central Reference Library , Kolkata
by mukesh jha 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Government of India Central Reference Library (CRL) (Ministry of Culture) Belverde, Kolkata-700027 Applications are invited for filling up posts of Language Sub-Editor in CRL : Language Sub-Editor : 04 posts (UR-2 (Gujarati-1, Telugu-1), OBC-2 (Marathi-1, Malyalam-1), Age : 27 years, relaxation as per rules., Pay Scale : Rs.5500-9000/-, Qualification : Graudate with Bachelor degree in Librarianship or equivalent qualification (b) Proficiency in concerned language i.e. should have studied as a subject upto Matriculation or equivalent standard (c) 2 years experience of work in a reputed Library. How to Apply : Application in plain paper alongwith supporting documents with regards to age, qualifcation etc. should reach the Librarian, Central Reference Library, Kolkata, Ministry of Culture, Belvedere, Alipore, Kolkata-700027 within 30 days. Please visit http://www.crlindia.gov.in to know more Mukesh Kumar Jha M.L.I.Sc (BHU 2008) Trainee (Central Lib BHU) Mob.No.+919654448933 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information regarding Net papers
by ashok upadhyay 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

Subject: Information regarding Net papers Dear Students and Professionals, You can find the Net papers here http://www.freewebs.com/lissetnet/net.html from Ashok Kumar Upadhyay Research Scholar DLIS AMU.,Aligarh e-mail: ashoka143(a)gmail.com Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy at ASCI, Hyderabad
by Thapar, Amit 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

Associate - Library and Information Services Scale of Pay: Rs.12000-420-18300; gross at the minimum of the scale: Rs.38,186/-p.m. including CPF. Minimum Qualifications: A middle level position in the Library to support its functions. A Masters in Library & Information Science or equivalent qualification is essential. Candidates (around 40 years of age) with proven research skills will be preferred. Experience Requirements: Basic Library operation skills with 10 years experience in a professional position in a reputed organization; Academic orientation with interest and ability to work on projects leading to information products; IT skills, including database creation and retrieval; and familiarity with the recent trends in the internet related information sources. Candidates may visit website: www.asci.org.in for full details and apply within 30 days to registrar(a)asci.org.in http://www.asci.org.in/jobs.asp REgards, amit@urservice -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Journal (LJ) Seeks Library of the Year Nominations
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

Dear Friends, Library Journal (LJ) Seeks Library of the Year Nominations Library Journal seeks role-model libraries to vie for the 2009 LJ/Gale Cengage Learning Library of the Year Award. The $10,000 prize celebrates the library that most profoundly demonstrates: service to the community; creativity and innovation in developing specific community programs or a dramatic increase in usage; and leadership in creating programs that can be emulated by others. Along with the cash award, the winner is featured in the June 15, 2009 LJ* *cover story and honored with a gala reception at the American Library Association Annual Conference. Thanking You, Dinesh -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. MLISc., Ph.D. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com Blog: ksdinesh.blogspot.com, Official Blog: libraryofncet.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Regarding SOUL 2.0 V/s Open Source Software
by Aashish Savant 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

I don't think that the debate is around SOUL 2.0 V/S OSS but the larger issue of selection of a Library software solution which is; 1. Technologically and functionally superior 2. Compliant to International Software and Library Standards 3. Has lowest/ Most economical TCO including OS/ Database/ Installation/ Training/ customisation/ Technical Support 4. has demonstrated ability to accomodate and upgrade to evolving Technical and Domain specific standards In case the selection veers to an OSS solution, an important parameter in the selection will be the Service provider, if any. The criteria for selection would primarily be: 1. Experience in the Library Domain. 2. Commitment/ Stakes in the Library Business domain 3. Business Ideology/ Soundness of Revenue model to ascertain continued service support for the product 4. Technical competence in the product support as reflected in the product development/ enhancement contributions and Client referrals Also to understand that not all OSS solutions are better than properiatary solutions but the better OSS solutions will typically attract a large product community following. A large and vibrant product community will also ensure longievity of product life cycle and better technical and functional compliance. The debate on western origin V/S Indian developed s/w products is essentially superflous since a logical extension of this rather Protectionist argument would send us back to the Stone Ages. Reinventing the wheel for the sake of dogmatic patriotism would be a waste of trained resources. A more pragmatic approach would be to participate in a progressive project like KOHA and Localise the necessary features and develop newer ones. We have already made a begining by setting up portal www.kohaindia.org and are committed to devoting technical and functional resources for the same. This would be a contributory project and quite a few senior Librarians and FOSS developers have expressed willingness to work on the same. Adoption of newer technologies and Adherence to international standards is not a luxury but a necessity of the Indian Libraries. Incase the Indian educational and research institutes need to achieve their DUE international standing, Libraries and in turn Library professionals need to embrace the technological change. -- Aashish Savant Director, RDG Microelectronics Pvt Ltd. 203, Blue Rose Industrial Estate, Western Express Highway, Borivli (E), Mumbai 400066. Tel: +91 22 - 65279584/ 6571 9584 email: aashishs(a)rdg.co.in aashish.savant(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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PPTs of National Seminar & Research Conference
by Ajay Kamble 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

Dear All, Please find PPTs of National Seminar & Research Conference on "Library : a Temple of Learning & Knowledge House" held at Guru Nanak Institute of management Studies , Matunga Mumbai at www.mlsc.co.nr (A direct link is given on Homepage) <http://www.mlsc.co.nr> This PPT's were sent by Kuljeet G. Kahlon, Librarian, GNIMS. -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Access Information
by Sambhu Nath Halder 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

Dear Professionals, I want to highlight the webpage of the University of Auckland that contains "Open Access Information". It is a rich site gathering open access directories, which is very much helpful to LIS community. Link is given below for your reference: http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/instruct/il/openaccess.htm Regards, Sambhu Nath Halder Incharge, Library ============================ Narula Institute of Technology 81, Nilgunj Road; Kolkata-109 Moblie No.: +91 9733964714 ============================ New Email names for you! Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new @ymail and @rocketmail. Hurry 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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temporary trainees for JRD tata Memorial Library
by ksc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

There are few vacancies of temporary trainees at JRD Tata Memorial Library. Those who are desirous of joining may submit their application providing their Curriculum Vitae on or before 31 march 2009 Qualification(essential): MLibSc: I class; BSc or BA:I class Send your applications to Chudamani Deputy Librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library IISc, Bangalore 560012

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Vacancy Of Library Assistant In NCSM
by mukesh jha 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

*National Science Centre (NSC*) (National Council of Science Museums – NCSM) Gate No.1, Pragati Maidan, Bhairon Marg, New Delhi – 01 Application are invited for the following posts : *Library Assistant ‘A’ : 01 post (OBC*), Pay Band : PB-1 Rs.5200-20200 Grade Pay Rs.2800, Qualification : Bachelor’s Degree in Library and Information Science, or Diploma in Librarianship after graduation in Science. One year relevant experience after Degree/ Diploma. *Age : 30* years as on 01/03/09. Relaxation as per rules. *Application Fee* : Rs.25/- in the form of DD in favour of National Science Centre, Payable at Delhi. *How to Apply* : Application in the prescribed format alongwith the attested copies of the testimonials should reach on the above address by 06/04/2009. Application form and other details may be obtained in person or by sending a self addressed envelope of size 25cms x 10 cms duly stamped for Rs.10/- super scribing on the the top :Application form for the post of …………….” before 04/04/09. Application form and other details can also be obtained from the website www.nscdelhi.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prescribed qualifications for the post of Librarain as per AICTE norms
by Hi This is Muthu (ಮುತ್ತುರಾಜ.ಎಸ್ ) 9844110722 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Dear all, I just wanted to know, what is the prescribed qualifications for the post of Librarian in an engineering colleges, which are affiliated to AICTE? Recently Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) had called for 9 posts of Librarian in government engineering colleges in Karnataka State. In that, it had mentioned that NET/SLET is must for the post of Librarian and Physical educational personnel in an engineering colleges. Whereas for the post of lecturers in non-engineering disciplines like English, geology, Chemistry, maths etc. are exempted from NET/SLET, if they have Mphil or PhD degree. My question is Why the same criteria is not applied for the post of Librarian? Is it violation of AICTE norms? Can any one go to the court of law for verdict? What can we do for this? Kindly provide us the necessary details regarding qualifications as per AICTE norms for the post of librarian. Thank you, Prakash M Asst.Librarian Army Institute of Fashion & Design Dooravani Nagar, Old Madras Road Bengaluru. 560 016 Ph:+91 (080) 2561 7559 Mobile: 98457 92358 Email:prakashmh@gmail.com <Email%3Aprakashmh(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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questions for LIS professionals for interview purpose
by ashok upadhyay 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Interview Questions for LIS Professtionals 1. Introduce Yourself 2. What are your strengths & weakness 3. Why did you decide to enter the field of library and information science? OR What motivated you to seek a library degree? 4. Why did you decide to apply for this position? 5. Discuss some of your achievement regarding this field. 6. What kind of work environment do you prefer? 7. How are you qualified for this job? OR What qualifications do you have that make you think you will be a success at this job? 8. Do you have some extraordinary qualities that distinguish you from others? 9. The person in this position needs to be innovative and proactive. Can you describe some things you have done to demonstrate these qualities? 10. How would you rate your communication skills and what have you done to improve them? 11. What experience do you have dealing with academic scholars? 12. What is your experience with automated systems and with computers in general? 13. Tell us about yourself and your ambition. 14. Tell us about some of your contribution to improve our field. 15. What do you think a reference librarian's duties should be? 16. Tell us about your subject background and about your coursework outside of library science. 17. Do you have the skills necessary to create and maintain our WWW home pages? 18. Do you plan to continue your education? 19. Starting with your last job, would you tell me about some of your achievements that were recognized by your superiors? 20. What are some things you would like to avoid in a job? Why? 21. What does success mean to you? How do you judge it? 22. What types of things make you angry? How do you react? 23. In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to our department? 24. Why do you think this library should hire you? 25. Describe your experience in creating documents, proposals, research findings, or any other form of written copy. 26. Mention some popular reference materials. 27. What does librarianship means? 28. Mention some popular online databases with their subject coverage. 29. Briefly discuss about Melvil Dewey. 30. Mention some popular journals in our field. 31. Abbreviate ISBN and ISSN. Describe their role in this information era. 32. What do you mean by "Bibliography”? How will you arrange a bibliography? 33. Discuss the library movement in your country. 34. Which is more important ' Bibliography or Abstract ' for controlling information explosion? 35. Briefly discuss about Library Association in your country? 36. Which is the world's oldest Library Association? 37. What is library science? 38. Which is the largest library in the world? 39. What are the major classifications of the DDC? 40. What are the twenty major classes of Library of Congress? 41. What are the major Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) classes? 42. What are the ten major classes of Universal Decimal Classification? 43. Which is the largest library in your country (both in collection and structure)? 44. Briefly discuss history of library education in your country. 45. Which resource do you prefer - electronic or print, and why? 46. Discuss some major problems of library automation in your country. 47. Which classification scheme would you prefer and why? 48. What do you mean by National Bibliography? Is there any national bibliography published in your country? 49. What do you mean by classification? 50. Mention five popular National Library in the world. 51. Briefly Discuss about IFLA, it's role to promote librarianship around the world. 52. What does information literacy means? 53. What does OPAC means? 54. Discuss briefly the role of OCLC, its functions. 55. How reference services differ from information service? 56. Discuss the benefits of library automation. 57. Why classification is necessary? 58. Which is the largest academic library in your country? 59. Why Public library is called the People's University? 60. Discuss the various types of library that exist in a civil society. 61. Why networking and resource sharing of a library is necessary? 62. Mention two modern information services. -- Ashok Kumar Upadhyay Research Scholar, Department of Library Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002 (M) 91+9412545849, 9368015073 E-MAIL: ashoka143(a)gmail.com Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PROGRAMME OF IASLIC and BLA
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

PROGRAMME OF IASLIC and BLA Dr. Barun Mukherji, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and former Librarian & Teacher of Library and Information Science will deliver IASLIC’s XVth Annual Ranganathan Memorial Lecture, 2008 on Books, Libraries And Culture at the Seminar Room, Bose Institute, P-1/12 CIT Scheme-VII-M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata 700 054 on Thursday March 26, 2009 at 6.00 P..M. Bengal Library Association (BLA) will release a book ‘Bangla Pustak Bargikaran’ (Classification of Bengali Books) edited by Sri Ramkrishna Saha, President, Bengal Library Association at the Seminar Room, Bose Institute, P-1/12 CIT Scheme-VII-M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata 700 054 on Thursday March 26, 2009 . Prof. Pabitra Sarkar, Vice-President, Paschimbanga Bangla Academy and former Vice-Chancellor, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata will release the book and preside over the function. All are cordially invited to participate in the programme. ============ ========= ========= ========= ==== 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@ 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 Get rid of Add-Ons in your email ID get yourname(a)ymail.com. Sign up now! http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Regarding SOUL 2.0 V/s Open Source Software
by savitra sirohi 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Dr. Gupta, I agree that librarians should not be programmers. Have you considered open source AND professional IT support? I don't think there is any need to go backward in terms of software. It is possible to get the quality, innovation, no vendor lock-in, cost benefits of open source with the service quality and security that commercial software vendors offer. For instance we offer a shared hosted Koha instance starting at just Rs. 7,500 per year. This price includes hosting, hardware & software AMC, librarian helpdesk, technology helpdesk, nightly backup etc. I will be very happy to work with you or anybody else on this list to help automate libraries around the country at affordable prices. Thanks, Savitra Sirohi Nucsoft OSS Labs http://www.osslabs.biz > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dr Pawan Kumar Gupta <pawan.jp(a)gmail.com> > Date: 2009/3/22 > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Regarding SOUL 2.0 V/s Open Source Software > To: forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Cc: pku(a)nic.in, "Dr. Jagdish Arora" <jarora(a)inflibnet.ac.in> > > > Dear Upadhyay and other friends, > > I share the views expressed (by Upadhyay and a few others thinking in line > with him). > > This is not the job of a librarian to simply move in to the area of > programmer. If we are not supposed to be electrician, a sweeper, an > engineers, or a doctor; where is the problem if we are not a programmer. > > We should be able to understand the language of the programmer like other > professions, we should be able to express our needs effectively and hire the > services of programmers. > > It would be better if we devote our selves in understanding lib & inf sc > better, as compared to using our major part of the time in understanding > code of open source software. We should use available helpful > semi-commercial (like SOUL, hardly a cost in comparison to other commercial > software), or if we wish to and can afford commercial software like LIBSYS > and so on rather than start understanding the code for OSS. > > "If they could have used even CDS/ISIS or an MS ACCESS database for data > entry at least 60% work could have been over in terms of automation." is a > perfect view. i have devoted some time in counselling in IGNOU programmes > etc. And with regular interactions with LIS personnel, especially in > Rajasthan, I am of the firm view that given the manpower and infrastructure, > and keeping in view the finances available with majority of college and > public libraries they should go with something like WINISIS for generating > their catalogue and afford effective searching for their patrons. Now with > SOUL, not a costly software, and regular support from INFLIBNET (already the > improved free replacement with SOUL 2 available), small and medium sized > libraries should go for such products. > > We need to automate all libraies with the means available at our disposal. > People in the profession having a better understanding should devote to > "migration, data conversion or enterprise integrating those softwares > solutions" used by various libraries. > > Nicely written Mr Upadhyay, needs to be applauded. > With best wishes. > > 2009/3/16 Upadhyay P K <pku(a)nic.in> > > Dear professionals, >> >> My view regarding open source solution vs proprietary are as follows. >> >> 1. There are ceratin myths about open source softwares. It is a good topic >> of discussion and academic study and reserch. But the moment we try to >> implement, problems arise out. Of course in any new implementation/change, >> there are problems. People are the most important component in any solution >> , open source or closed source. >> >> 2. Total cost of ownership(TCO) is high in case of open source solution. If >> you consider the Software installation, server setup, training, AMC, >> hosting, security, follow-up, customization the cost will be high. In >> relation to the total implementation, cost of software is negligible. We >> should not be worry about the open or closed softwares, our motive should be >> Proper Information Systems Solution. The management and parent organization >> never stop if a good proposal with time bound implementation is put for >> financial approval. Government of India has allocated Rs 23000 crore for >> eGovernance during 11th Plan . Many of the organizations are not able to >> spend their ICT bugdet or sometime spend anyhow. >> >> 3. In India we are fighting for the softwares and codes developed by >> Western Countries- both Open Source tools, OS, Systems Softwares and >> majority of the open source softwares( for example Windows, Linux, .NET, >> JAVA, IIS, Apache, etc). They are developing and launching these projects, >> and in developping countries including India we are not able to decide which >> software are to be used. Althogh we should appreciate the efforts of >> NEWGENLIB team from India and many Open Technology Centres have been >> started. >> >> 4. Only people are talking in fashion of open source, freedom of owning , >> because it seems free but it's not if you talk of total solution. It has >> become a fashion to talk of RFID, SmartCard, Web 2.0, Social Networking, >> MARC, UNICODE, Mobile OPAC, Digital Libraries, etc, even if there is no >> basic infrastructure like latest hardware, networking infrastructure, web >> hosting , data entry plan, etc. >> >> 5. Earlier also there were almost free software like CDS/ISIS from UNESCO, >> DELPLUS from DELNET(with only Rs 7500 or so), SOUL for college university >> from INFLIBNET (with Rs 50000), but libraries did not utilize the >> opportunity. Majority of libraries does not have capability to understand >> simple codes of HTML and changing their logo in the software. Actually LIS >> professionals are not supposed to be programmers. They should be information >> systems manager. >> >> 6. Unless somebody takes responsibility of support or stamps the product, >> it is not advisable to use the open source softwares . It may be security >> problem. >> >> 7. I have experience of regularly interacting with many big organizations >> and libraries throughout India that are struggling in selecting the LMS >> softwares since many years. They have not yet started Data Entry of books. >> If they could have used even CDS/ISIS or an MS ACCESS database for data >> entry at least 60% work could have been over in terms of automation. >> >> 8 Some libraries I have seen, are not able to publish their OPAC on >> Internet and maintaning database on local LAN machine. They have used many >> open source softwares of LMS, Digital Library, Repository learnt in >> different forums and training programmes. But when question comes of >> migration, data conversion or enterprise integrating those softwares >> solutions, they need huge money and running here and there. >> >> 9. There are around 5 lakh libraries in the country including schools, >> hardly 10% of these may be automated using Library Management Softwares. We >> have to make them automated using open source or closed at the earliest. >> Here all the stakeholders are required to join and contribute. Only talking >> of open or closed will not be sufficient. >> >> 10. My point in discussing these issues is not to discard the open source >> softwares, but more of providing the right kind Information Systems solution >> in totality for Indian libraries. Of course there is open revolution >> throghout world . >> >> with regards >> >> P K Upadhyay >> NIC , Delhi >> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Online M.L.I.S. degree
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Dear Friends, Online M.L.I.S. degree Rutgers - School of Communication, Information and Libray Studies offers M.L.I.S. degree through online learning. Those who are interested can enjoy the flexibility and convenience of managing coursework from home or from work. All course work for the online program is conducted entirely online.Online classes have the same content as on-campus courses and are taught by the same combination of faculty and adjunct instructors as on-campus program. http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/master-of-library-and-information-science/comp… Thanking You, Dinesh -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. MLISc., Ph.D. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com Blog: ksdinesh.blogspot.com, Official Blog: libraryofncet.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job Titles for Library and Information Science Professionals
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Dear Friends Job Titles for Library and Information Science Professionals There are more than thousand job titles for LIS professionals throughout the world from Academic Information Coordinator to Zoo Librarian. If you want to know the complete designations in LIS log on to http://www.michellemach.com/jobtitles/realjobs.html Thanking You, Dinesh -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. MLISc., Ph.D. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com Blog: ksdinesh.blogspot.com, Official Blog: libraryofncet.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for papers : Date Extended
by Ajay Kamble 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Thakur College of Engineering & Technology Shyamnarayan Thakur Marg, Thakur Village, Kandivali (E), Mumbai 400101, Tel: 67308131 2 DAYS NATIONAL LEVEL SYMPOSIUM ON "Lirarianship in 21st Century: Challenges & Prospectus" on April 8th - 9th , 2009 By Central Library & TCET-ISTE Chapter Last Date of Paper submission extended to 25th March 2009. For Brochure & Format of paper kindly go through this link http://www.tcetmumbai.in/Central%20Library.htm -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Source Software
by N.S. Harinarayana 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

I would like to dive into the discussion with my observations as a teacher and a professional assisting, in a small way, the librarians in my city in their automation projects: * For a teacher like me, open source software is a boon. It is difficult for library schools to purchase commercial software. Even if they are purchased, their maintenance and updation would be difficult as they involve financial commitment from the schools. For this reason some library schools delayed the introduction of practical sessions on library automation systems in their syllabus. Experience show that commercial vendors were not very supportive for library schools in offering their software at nominal cost/free of cost. Though some software were available on demo version for library schools, their installation required some other supportive software (RDBMS) which were expensive. As a result library schools were not in favourable position to use those software too. With the emergence of open source software, library schools now have options to include the software training in their curriculum. They can also now stay updated by using the latest version of the integrated library system. * As rightly pointed out by many, Indian libraries have the options for free software (software for a very nominal cost) since late eighties. For instance, CDS/ISIS has become quite popular among Indian libraries. CDS/ISIS has a success story among many Indian libraries. Its success is not just because it is freely available. There are many other factors for its success. The most important reason that I believe for its success is that as CDS/ISIS is developed by a reputed international organization and promoted by a well-known national organization, it has been accepted by professional fraternity with much confidence. I feel that any open software to succeed, there should be a strong and reliable support from a well-known institution. It is not a bad idea to come out with a model where an institution of high stature in India officially adopts/promotes one or more open source software depending upon their merit. * As days go by, I am sure there will be a number of options open for librarians even for choosing of open source software is concerned. Forums like this should be used to exchange not only the success stories but more importantly the failure stories as well. A more articulate professional may come out their results in the form of article(s) in professional journals/conferences. This helps the profession in general. -- N.S. Harinarayana Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgent : Cannon of Abstracting
by manoj kumar pant 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Dear professionals, Could anyone one send me the information regarding "Ranganathan's Cannon of Abstracting" I would be gratful ------------------------------------ Manoj Kumar Pant (BSc., MLISc., CCNA) Lecturer, Deptt. of Library & Information Science Amrapali Institute, Shiksha Nagar, Haldwani, Nainital, Uttaranchal-263139. Ph. No.-09012226260(Mob.) 919219918942(Home), 238201(Office) e-mail - " manojpant2(a)rediffmail.com ". " manojpant2(a)yahoo.co.in ". ------------------------------------------ "Don't walk ahead of me - I can't follow you, don't walk behind me I can't lead you, Walk along with me and be my friend." ------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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More Information about Koha Workshops in Mysore (9-10 Apr) & Mumbai (17-18 Apr)
by savitra sirohi 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

All, More information on these workshops can be found here: http://www.osslabs.biz/koha_library_management_system/workshop.html Those who need accommodation at Mysore, kindly contact Dr. Nikam. We are unable to offer accommodation at Mumbai. I also request those who have registered or are planning to register to fill this form: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cFJnR0JMMEF4cHpwT0MyWUxQTm9… Thanks, Savitra Sirohi 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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PROGRAMME OF IASLIC and BLA
by Mailing List Admin 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:34:46 +0530 (IST) From: Pijushkanti Panigrahi <panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com> PROGRAMME OF IASLIC and BLA Dr. Barun Mukherji, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and former Librarian & Teacher of Library and Information Science will deliver IASLIC's� XVth Annual Ranganathan Memorial Lecture, 2008 on Books, Libraries And Culture at the Seminar Room, Bose Institute, P-1/12 CIT Scheme-VII-M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata 700 054 on Thursday March 26, 2009 at 6.00 P..M. Bengal Library Association (BLA) will release a book 'Bangla Pustak Bargikaran' (Classification of Bengali Books) edited by Sri Ramkrishna Saha, President, Bengal Library Association at the Seminar Room, Bose Institute, P-1/12 CIT Scheme-VII-M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata 700 054 on Thursday� March 26, 2009 . Prof. Pabitra Sarkar, Vice-President, Paschimbanga Bangla Academy and former Vice-Chancellor, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata will release the book and preside over the function. All are cordially invited to participate in the programme. 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

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Fw: MIT Adopts World's 70th Green Open Access Self-Archiving Mandate
by Mailing List Admin 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:50:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Passed by Unanimous of the Faculty, March 18, 2009 The Faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is committed to disseminating the fruits of its research and scholarship as widely as possible. In keeping with that commitment, the Faculty adopts the following policy: Each Faculty member grants to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology nonexclusive permission to make available his or her scholarly articles and to exercise the copyright in those articles for the purpose of open dissemination. In legal terms, each Faculty member grants to MIT a nonexclusive, irrevocable, paid-up, worldwide license to exercise any and all rights under copyright relating to each of his or her scholarly articles, in any medium, provided that the articles are not sold for a profit, and to authorize others to do the same. The policy will apply to all scholarly articles written while the person is a member of the Faculty except for any articles completed before the adoption of this policy and any articles for which the Faculty member entered into an incompatible licensing or assignment agreement before the adoption of this policy. The Provost or Provost's designate will waive application of the policy for a particular article upon written notification by the author, who informs MIT of the reason. To assist the Institute in distributing the scholarly articles, as of the date of publication, each Faculty member will make available an electronic copy of his or her final version of the article at no charge to a designated representative of the Provost's Office in appropriate formats (such as PDF) specified by the Provost's Office. The Provost's Office will make the scholarly article available to the public in an open- access repository. The Office of the Provost, in consultation with the Faculty Committee on the Library System will be responsible for interpreting this policy, resolving disputes concerning its interpretation and application, and recommending changes to the Faculty. The policy is to take effect immediately; it will be reviewed after five years by the Faculty Policy Committee, with a report presented to the Faculty. The Faculty calls upon the Faculty Committee on the Library System to develop and monitor a plan for a service or mechanism that would render compliance with the policy as convenient for the faculty as possible.

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Fwd: Regarding SOUL 2.0 V/s Open Source Software
by Dr Pawan Kumar Gupta 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dr Pawan Kumar Gupta <pawan.jp(a)gmail.com> Date: 2009/3/22 Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Regarding SOUL 2.0 V/s Open Source Software To: forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Cc: pku(a)nic.in, "Dr. Jagdish Arora" <jarora(a)inflibnet.ac.in> Dear Upadhyay and other friends, I share the views expressed (by Upadhyay and a few others thinking in line with him). This is not the job of a librarian to simply move in to the area of programmer. If we are not supposed to be electrician, a sweeper, an engineers, or a doctor; where is the problem if we are not a programmer. We should be able to understand the language of the programmer like other professions, we should be able to express our needs effectively and hire the services of programmers. It would be better if we devote our selves in understanding lib & inf sc better, as compared to using our major part of the time in understanding code of open source software. We should use available helpful semi-commercial (like SOUL, hardly a cost in comparison to other commercial software), or if we wish to and can afford commercial software like LIBSYS and so on rather than start understanding the code for OSS. "If they could have used even CDS/ISIS or an MS ACCESS database for data entry at least 60% work could have been over in terms of automation." is a perfect view. i have devoted some time in counselling in IGNOU programmes etc. And with regular interactions with LIS personnel, especially in Rajasthan, I am of the firm view that given the manpower and infrastructure, and keeping in view the finances available with majority of college and public libraries they should go with something like WINISIS for generating their catalogue and afford effective searching for their patrons. Now with SOUL, not a costly software, and regular support from INFLIBNET (already the improved free replacement with SOUL 2 available), small and medium sized libraries should go for such products. We need to automate all libraies with the means available at our disposal. People in the profession having a better understanding should devote to "migration, data conversion or enterprise integrating those softwares solutions" used by various libraries. Nicely written Mr Upadhyay, needs to be applauded. With best wishes. 2009/3/16 Upadhyay P K <pku(a)nic.in> Dear professionals, > > My view regarding open source solution vs proprietary are as follows. > > 1. There are ceratin myths about open source softwares. It is a good topic > of discussion and academic study and reserch. But the moment we try to > implement, problems arise out. Of course in any new implementation/change, > there are problems. People are the most important component in any solution > , open source or closed source. > > 2. Total cost of ownership(TCO) is high in case of open source solution. If > you consider the Software installation, server setup, training, AMC, > hosting, security, follow-up, customization the cost will be high. In > relation to the total implementation, cost of software is negligible. We > should not be worry about the open or closed softwares, our motive should be > Proper Information Systems Solution. The management and parent organization > never stop if a good proposal with time bound implementation is put for > financial approval. Government of India has allocated Rs 23000 crore for > eGovernance during 11th Plan . Many of the organizations are not able to > spend their ICT bugdet or sometime spend anyhow. > > 3. In India we are fighting for the softwares and codes developed by > Western Countries- both Open Source tools, OS, Systems Softwares and > majority of the open source softwares( for example Windows, Linux, .NET, > JAVA, IIS, Apache, etc). They are developing and launching these projects, > and in developping countries including India we are not able to decide which > software are to be used. Althogh we should appreciate the efforts of > NEWGENLIB team from India and many Open Technology Centres have been > started. > > 4. Only people are talking in fashion of open source, freedom of owning , > because it seems free but it's not if you talk of total solution. It has > become a fashion to talk of RFID, SmartCard, Web 2.0, Social Networking, > MARC, UNICODE, Mobile OPAC, Digital Libraries, etc, even if there is no > basic infrastructure like latest hardware, networking infrastructure, web > hosting , data entry plan, etc. > > 5. Earlier also there were almost free software like CDS/ISIS from UNESCO, > DELPLUS from DELNET(with only Rs 7500 or so), SOUL for college university > from INFLIBNET (with Rs 50000), but libraries did not utilize the > opportunity. Majority of libraries does not have capability to understand > simple codes of HTML and changing their logo in the software. Actually LIS > professionals are not supposed to be programmers. They should be information > systems manager. > > 6. Unless somebody takes responsibility of support or stamps the product, > it is not advisable to use the open source softwares . It may be security > problem. > > 7. I have experience of regularly interacting with many big organizations > and libraries throughout India that are struggling in selecting the LMS > softwares since many years. They have not yet started Data Entry of books. > If they could have used even CDS/ISIS or an MS ACCESS database for data > entry at least 60% work could have been over in terms of automation. > > 8 Some libraries I have seen, are not able to publish their OPAC on > Internet and maintaning database on local LAN machine. They have used many > open source softwares of LMS, Digital Library, Repository learnt in > different forums and training programmes. But when question comes of > migration, data conversion or enterprise integrating those softwares > solutions, they need huge money and running here and there. > > 9. There are around 5 lakh libraries in the country including schools, > hardly 10% of these may be automated using Library Management Softwares. We > have to make them automated using open source or closed at the earliest. > Here all the stakeholders are required to join and contribute. Only talking > of open or closed will not be sufficient. > > 10. My point in discussing these issues is not to discard the open source > softwares, but more of providing the right kind Information Systems solution > in totality for Indian libraries. Of course there is open revolution > throghout world . > > with regards > > P K Upadhyay > NIC , Delhi > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay <psm_bu(a)india.com> > Date: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:18 am > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] OpenSource Debate > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > Dear all > > > > A good logical and time befitting debate started at last. I'm > > completely agreed with Mr. Singh and would like to add a few > > point in that .... > > > > 1. Close source commercial LMSs are non-transparent in the use > > and application of standards, whereas FLOSS based LMSs are very > > clear in this direction (take the example of Koha, right from > > the 1999 it is trying to follow and implement all the global > > internationally agreed upon standards e.g. EDIFACT, NCIP, Z39.50 > > etc.); > > 2. Close source commercial LMSs are still not compliant with Web > > 2.0 tools, techniques and philosophy. FLOSS based LMSs are quite > > accommodative in this regard, for example, Koha 3 is RSS > > compliant (it produce RSS feed for every search query issued by > > users), supports Tag submission by users to describe a resource, > > users can post their comments on a particular resource available > > in the library. In short it follows participative architecture > > or user-at-the centre stage model. Unfortunately no other LMSs > > is presently web 2.0-enableb; > > > > 3. Koha (2.x and 3.x) is web-centric in architecture; > > > > 4. Fully compatible with Unicode 5.1 and thereby ensures > > storing, processing and retrieval of Indic script based resource > > (see www.granthalaya.org for a live demo); > > > > 5. Koha 3 supports information mashup - in fact we are noe able > > to snatch cover page images from Amazon without scanning pages > > or writing a single line of code (see the site of Department of > > LIS, University of Burdwan @ > > http://burdwan01.kwc.kohalibrary.com/ - search digital library > > or LIS related terms). > > > > Hope to see a brave open world > > > > Dr. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay > > Department of Library and Information Science > > University of Burdwan, > > Burdwan, Rajbati - 713104, WB > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> > > > To: "SatishDpnd@Adroit" <satish.dpnd(a)gmail.com> > > > Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] SOUL-NewGenLib-OpenSource Debate > > > Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:16:33 +0530 > > > > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > > > I don't think we should shy away from any debate. But unfortunately > > > LIS Community in India seems to be relatively shy of healthy > > debates.> > > > > > > If I am given a chance to implement a Library Automation > > System, I > > > would prefer a model in the following order: > > > > > > 1. Open Source Solution. For the freedom it provides in terms of > > > 'owning' the systems for long term use. I won't mind taking a paid > > > support service. > > > > > > 2. Free Software. For it won't burden my budgets and won't > > trouble me > > > with approvals of higher authorities. > > > > > > 3. Commercial Solution. I would be going for it if none is available > > > in Open Source domain. I will keep myself ready for migration > > to an > > > Open Source Solution. > > > > > > I still feel that efforts required for training and implementation > > > remains the same for all models of softwares. > > > > > > I would still like to hear more on KOHA Vs NewGenLib. I am impressed > > > with the Delhi Public Library's ( http://dpl.gov.in/ ) > > implementation> of KOHA, though I have no idea of inside story > > about it. I would like > > > to see NewGenLib's implementation available for public view. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > --Sukhdev Singh. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 7:51 PM, SatishDpnd@Adroit > > > <satish.dpnd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > In response to LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 72, Issue 13 : Message > > 2 and earlier > > > > discussions on the topic > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear LIS professionals > > > > > > > > The debate on NewGenLib v/s SOUL is simply not necessary > > because I feel both > > > > are meant for different segments of LIS market. SOUL > > was developed by > > > > INFLIBNET years back under the aegis of UGC to support > > academic Library > > > > community which at that time was unable to invest in > > proprietary LMS. The > > > > initial College edition of SOUL was costing merely > > Rs.15,000/- (until > > > > recently) when proprietary standalone LMS was costing Rs.1 > > lac. There are > > > > more than 1600 SOUL installations in India. Just think > > of them ! What > > > > should they do ? Get free-upgrade of SOUL 2.0 (with > > moderate costs of > > > > installation) or go for NewGenLib/Koha which is free and > > open source. SOUL > > > > 2.0 has added many more facilities to its previous > > version. It's web-based, > > > > many International Standards have been adopted and it is SIP2/NCIP > > > > compatible too. Now think of those smaller libraries > > which have only couple > > > > of staff, what should they do ? Use readily available > > upgraded LMS or > > > > switch over to free, open source NewGenLib or Koha - for > > which neither they > > > > have expertise nor time to devote. > > > > > > > > All of us those who are adopting Open Source software know > > very well that > > > > it needs substantial staff-time-investment - may it be for > > data migration, > > > > customising each function to suit to one's needs or even > > fixing small > > > > problem of default currency. Open Source LMS is only a > > powerful engine, but > > > > whether one can make a racing car out of it or not depends > > upon availability > > > > of the workshop facilities, latest tools and machinery, > > research staff to > > > > support and designing team to take care of its > > dynamics. Therefore I would > > > > not blindly support Open Source just because it is almost > > free compared to > > > > proprietary LMS - but would strongly advocate use of SOUL > > 2.0 by those who > > > > would like to concentrate more on user-services than > > breaking their heads in > > > > customising Open Source LMS. > > > > > > > > SOUL 2.0 is a step towards upgrading efficiency of LIS > > community as a whole > > > > at very negligible input costs. Those who feel the > > SOUL 2.0 rates are high > > > > should enquire for rates for proprietary LMS in the > > market, and also how > > > > much would it cost to customise Open Source with facilities > > which are > > > > offered by SOUL 2.0. > > > > > > > > I have yet not come across any fully operational Open Source > > LMS in any of > > > > the large Libraries in India. Many open source > > agencies claim that each and > > > > every module/facility can be customised, e.g. Template > > designs, RSS Feeds, > > > > Blogs, Federated Search, scheduled auto e-mail generators, > > Customised> > Reports, MIS stats, Online Reservation facility, > > built-in SIP2/NCIP, > > > > Video-streaming facility through web-OPAC, importing records > > from web > > > > catalogues, exporting records in variety of formats, remote > > log-ins, Serials > > > > Management etc., but when it comes to practical > > implementation, it takes > > > > months together to mould them to match needs of the organisation. > > > > > > > > Therefore I will never ever criticise indigenous LMS like > > SOUL. It is/was > > > > developed for specific cause/purpose and not for competing > > with proprietary > > > > LMS or to discourage use of Open Source LMS. We all > > should recommend it to > > > > all those who are short of resources and do not have > > time/expertise to > > > > customise freely available open-source. > > > > > > > > Would certainly welcome your views > > > > > > > > Happy LMSing ! > > > > > > > > satish deshpande > > > > formerly Head British Council Library Ahmedabad > > > > > > > > Mentor, Nirma University Libraries; Adviser, KM&IC, National > > Institute of > > > > Design, Ahmedabad > > > > M : 098250 30460 > > > > email : satish.dpnd(a)gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In response to LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 72, Issue 13 : Message 2 > > > > > > > >> Message: 2 > > > >> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:56:14 +0530 (IST) > > > >> From: "I.R.N.Goudar" <goudar(a)nal.res.in> > > > >> Subject: [LIS-Forum] SOUL-INFLIBNET-NEWGENLIB > > > >> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > >> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0903091302140.24277(a)css.nal.res.in> > > > >> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > >> > > > >> Dear Professionals, > > > >> Herewith I have forwarded my response I sent through lis- > > forum soon after > > > >> the announcement of NewGenLib as open source software. My > > message answers > > > >> few questions raised by few LIS colleagues. Ther is no poin > > in discussing > > > >> the merits and demerits of SOUL, GRANTHALAYA, Maitreyee, > > Suchika, etc. > > > >> At this juncture of avilability of open source software, > > what should be > > > >> our (librarians) stand? What responsible institutions like > > INFLIBNET,> >> NISCAIR, DRTC, NIC, Keshavan Institute, etc > > should do? Government has > > > >> spent lot of money various agencies for the > > development of good library > > > >> automation system. Some of them were cooked half? > > Discontinued further > > > >> developments? some of them never saw the light of the day? > > Some of > > > >> them did not get good support after sale or implementation? > > While I have > > > >> full confidence in the capability and vision of present > > director of > > > >> INFLIBNET for developing SOUL as one of the good system, my > > basic question > > > >> is, at this juncture is it necessary still put efforts and spend > > > >> money on such developments, when so many open source > > softawre are > > > >> available? NEWGENLIB, apart from using open source > > flatform, uses only > > > >> open standards. It has stood test ofthe time. At national > > level we > > > >> should have customization, migration and support service > > > >> arrangements on any open system we adopt. MY LIS-FORUM > > MESSGE SENT ON > > > >> 11 JAN 2008, GIVES SOME SUGGESTIONS IN THIS MATTER (Copy > > enclosed below) > > > >> Goudar > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------ > > -------------- > > > >> Dr. I.R.N. > > Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 > > > >> Sci F & Head, Information Centre > > for 91-80-25235315 > > > >> Aerospace Science and > > Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 > > > >> National Aerospace > > Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in<E-mail%3Agoudar(a)css.nal.res.in> > > > >> Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India > > > >> http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> This message has been scanned for viruses and > > > >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > > >> believed to be clean. > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> LIS-Forum mailing list > > > >> LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > >> 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > > Search for products and services at: > > http://search.mail.com > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > believed to be clean. > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > -- Dr Pawan Kumar Gupta Rajasthan University Library Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Jaipur - 302 055 INDIA +91-141-2707866 -- Dr Pawan Kumar Gupta Rajasthan University Library Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Jaipur - 302 055 INDIA +91-141-2707866 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Journal of Library and Information Science
by Ajay Kum Sharma 21 Mar '09

21 Mar '09

Dear Colleague, The International Journal of Library and Information Science (IJLIS) is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published that will be monthly by Academic Journals (http://www.academicjournals.org/IJLIS) IJLIS is dedicated to increasing the depth of the subject across disciplines with the ultimate aim of expanding knowledge of the subject. Call for Papers IJLIS will cover all areas of the subject. The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence, and will publish: · Original articles in basic and applied research · Case studies · Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) to IJLIS(a)acadjourn.org for publication in the Maiden Issue (April 2009). Our objective is to inform authors of the decision on their manuscript(s) within four weeks of submission. Following acceptance, a paper will normally be published in the next issue. Instruction for authors and other details are available on our website; http://www.academicjournals.org/IJLIS/Instruction.htm IJLIS is an Open Access Journal One key request of researchers across the world is unrestricted access to research publications. Open access gives a worldwide audience larger than that of any subscription-based journal and thus increases the visibility and impact of published works. It also enhances indexing, retrieval power and eliminates the need for permissions to reproduce and distribute content. IJLIS is fully committed to the Open Access Initiative and will provide free access to all articles as soon as they are published. One can contact: Emeje Cynthia Editorial Assistant International Journal of Library and Information Science (IJLIS) E-mail: IJLIS(a)acadjourn.org -- Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, Birbhum - 731235, W.B. 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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IPR-library
by chandra shekar 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

I will try let you know in brief, IPR is a part of Research and development in Industrial age. Most of R&D organizations having IPR as a department. Their major role is filing patents (getting license) in international and domestic market on current working and concerned projects. Patent is one of the most important source of information which can be defined as a formal description of an innovation. Accordingly patent documents are highly useful for R&D activities. Some times IPR dept itself can do all the process according to their requirements; their requirements can be based on sources/facilities which are available in R&D Library like Down loading patents Patents Clipping Service CD-ROM databases Patent Index to Chemical Abstract books Patent related journals / IPR Journals IPR Related books Controller General of Patents and Design Patent Gazettes Online IPR related database Access Conducting Literature Search Intellectual Property Rights Bulletins These are the minimum things one R&D Library should have to run IPR. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Just Published: "Open Educational Resources: Conversations in Cyberspace" by UNESCO Publishing
by Puna Das 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Just Published "Open Educational Resources: Conversations in Cyberspace" Edited by Susan d'Antoni and Catriona Savage Education on the Move series Price: 12,00 € Paris: UNESCO Publishing, 2009. ISBN: 978-92-3-104085-6 Abstract Education systems today face two major challenges: expanding the reach of education and improving its quality. Traditional solutions will not suffice, especially in the context of today's knowledge-intensive societies. The Open Educational Resources movement offers one solution for extending the reach of education and expanding learning opportunities. The goal of the movement is to equalize access to knowledge worldwide through openly and freely available online high-quality content. UNESCO has contributed to building global awareness about Open Educational Resources, through facilitating an extended conversation in cyberspace. Over the course of two years, a large and diverse international community came together in a series of online discussion forums to discuss the concept of Open Educational Resources and its potential. In making the background papers and reports from those discussions available for the first time in print, this publication seeks to share even more widely the contributions made by so many. It is intended for all who may be intrigued by the Open Educational Resources movement – its promise and its progress. Table of Contents Foreword/ Nicholas Burnett Introduction/ Susan D’Antoni SECTION 1 - A FIRST FORUM: PRESENTING THE OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OER) MOVEMENT 1. Open Educational Resources: an introductory note/ Sally Johnstone 2. Providing OER and related issues: an introductory note/ Anne Margulies, Richard Baraniuk, Candace Thille, David Wiley 3. Using OER and related issues: an introductory note/ Mohammed-Nabil Sabry, Peter Bateman, Pedro Aranzadi, Derrick Tate 4. Discussion highlights/ Paul Albright SECTION 2 - ONGOING DISCUSSION 5. A research agenda for OER: discussion highlights/ Kim Tucker and Peter Bateman 6. A 'Do-It-Yourself' resource for OER: discussion highlights/ Boris Vukovic 7. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and OER: Part I - An introductory note/ Boris Vukovic with Claude Martin Part 2 - Discussion highlights/ Boris Vukovic SECTION 3 - A SECOND FORUM: DISCUSSING THE OECD STUDY OF OER 8. Mapping producers and users/ Jan Hylén 9. Why individuals and institutions share and use OER/ Jan Hylén 10. Discussion highlights/ Alexa Joyce SECTION 4 - PRIORITIES FOR ACTION 11. Open Educational Resources: the way forward/ Susan D'Antoni More Info: http://publishing.unesco.org/details.aspx?Code_Livre=4671 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sony e-book reader gets 500,000 books from Google
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Dear Friends, Sony e-book reader gets 500,000 books from Google Google is making half a million books, unprotected by copyright, available for free on Sony Corp's electronic book-reading device. It's the first time Google has made its vast trove of scanned public-domain books available to an e-book device, and vaults the Sony Reader past Amazon.com Inc's Kindle as the device with the largest available library, at about 600,000 books. The books are already available as free downloads in the Portable Document Format (PDF), which works well on computer screens but not on e-book readers. Google will provide the books to the Sony Reader in the EPUB (electronic publication) format, which lets the lines flow differently to fit a smaller screen. Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Sony-e-book-reader-gets-5L-books/rssart… Thanking You, Dinesh -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. MLISc., Ph.D. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com Blog: ksdinesh.blogspot.com, Official Blog: libraryofncet.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FREE-Conf. on Scholarly Commun. & OA
by I.R.N.Goudar 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Dear Professional Colleagues, DON'T MISS THIS GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO WORLD CLASS EXPERTS ON OA AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION. NAL in collaboration with IASc and CIS has organised compact one day conference on "Scholarly Communication in India in the Age of the Commons(Open Access)" on 26 March 2009 at NAL, Bangalore. Apart from Prof. Balaram Director, IISc a galaxy of academicians/scientists/editors/ information scientists like Prof. N. Mukunda, VP, IASc; Prof. Johm Willinsky, Stanford University; Prof Leslie Chan, Univ of Toronto; Dr. AR Uapdhya, Director, NAL; Dr. Sunil Abraham Director-Policy, CIS; Dr. DK Sahu, Medknow Publications; Prof Subbaiah Arunachalam; and Mr NV Sathyanarayana, MD, Informatics India will be delivering talks/ participating in Panel Discussion on " "Scholarly Communication and Openness: Emerging Trends". The registration is free and open to all. I request you to kindly inform about this event to your colleagues. Details are given below. Dr. I.R.N. Goudar ----------- One Day Open Conference( NO REGISTRATION FEE) on Scholarly Communication in India in the Age of the Commons(Open Access) 26th March, 2009: 9.30AM - 4.15PM Venue: S.R. Valluri Auditorium National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore-560017 --------------- ORGANIZERS: National Aerospace Laboratories (as part of its Golden Jubilee Celebrations) Indian Academy of Sciences Centre for Internet and Society PARTICIPANTS: Welcome to Policy makers, Academicians, Scientists, Editors, Publishers, Media persons, Librarians, etc. TOPICS COVERED: Scholarly Communication, Research Publication Issues, Copyrights of Publishing Authors, Publishers Attitude, Open Access (OA) Movement, OA Scenario in the World and India OA Declarations, OA Channels: OA Journals, Repositories, OA Policy: National and Institutional Level, OA Challenges: Economic, Societal Impact of OA on Science Communication INAUGURAL KEYNOTE: Prof. HS Mukunda, Vice President, Indian Academy of Sciences SPEAKERS: Prof. John Willinsky, Stanford University Prof. Leslie Chan, University of Toronto Dr D K Sahu, MedKnow Publications Dr. Sunil Abraham, Director, Centre for Internet and Society PANEL DISCUSSION: 2.45 - 4.15 pm "Scholarly Communication and Openness: Emerging Trends" Prof. P Balaram, Director, IISc & Editor, Curr. Sci. CHAIRMAN Prof. John Willinsky, Stanford University Panelist Prof. Leslie Chan, University of Toronto Panelist Dr. A.R. Upadhya, Director, NAL Panelist Mr. N.V. Sathyanarayana, MD,Informatics India Panelist Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam, Centre for Internet and Soc. Panelist BACKGROUND: Open Access to the scientific literature means the removal of barriers, including price barrier, for accessing scholarly work. In today's knowledge based society the advent of Internet and widespread and easy access to scientific information are facilitating research and innovation. Open Access is not only changing the nature of scholarly communication but even the way research is carried out. Indeed open access is the bedrock on which the emerging global research library initiative is being built. Scientists and scientific institutions in India - some of them to be precise - have moved up in the value chain in that they access information and disseminate their findings often through barrier-free electronic channels. Out of about 4500 open access journals (OAJ) world over, India accounts for 150 titles. The major Indian contributors for OAJ include Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, MedKnow Publications and NISCAIR. About 50 institutes have set up their institutional open access repositories including IISc, NAL, NIO, RRI, IIAP, IITs, etc. Prof. Samir Brahmachari, Director General of CSIR, came up with the Open Source Drug Discovery programme as an alternative to the traditional patent-driven model of drug research. Recently CSIR has adopted open access policy as recommended by its Group of Open Access Science Publications. Thus open access - both for accessing worldwide information and for making our own research more visible - is not new to India. But one must admit that considering the size of India's research and higher education enterprise what we have achieved so far is utterly inadequate to commensurate with our ambition to become a knowledge power. We have a long way to go. And the first step is to adopt open access nationwide. This one day conference on "Conference on Scholarly Communication in India in the Age of the Commons" is organized to take stock of the current developments in Open Access and to highlight the issues that would need to be addressed to enable a wider access to scientific knowledge and to enhance the visibility of research performed in India. PS: While spot registration is allowed, we request you to kindly register through e-mail along with name, designation, address, contact telephone and e-mail. We have not made any arrangements for accommodation. Conference Site: http://www.icast.org.in/events/OA-Conf.html For more information please contact: Dr.(Mrs) Poornima Narayana Deputy Head, ICAST National Aerospace Laboratories Airport Road, BANGALORE-560017 Tel:080-25086083 Fax:25260862 Email: poornima(a)nal.res.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Sci G & Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Financial Crisis and libraries concerns
by Anil Kumar 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Dear All The global financial crisis is moving towards emerging economies like India and one can see clear impact in the library sector. Rising dollar rates and (unfounded) price increase in journals and databases defy the logic of increased demand leads to decrease in prices. On a general note it is quite evident that all libraries have been faced with budget cuts, directly or indirectly. In India the same product today costs about 30-40 % higher than previous year. This is mainly because of the fact that US dollar prices (common currency we pay for foreign titles) has gone up from about Rs. 40 a dollar a year back to about Rs. 51 a dollar today. Add to this the greedy publishers have increased their prices in the range of 7-15%. Now even if we do not look at cut in budget and increase it by 10% as in the bygone days, one cannot subscribe to the same content as we did last year. The point is that where does all this lead to. We may soon have a time when even major libraries will not be able to afford to subscribe to content on a continous basis. With global crisis looming large at our doorsteps we need to work out alternatives in this direction and be prepared to face the worst case scenario. My hunch is that if all libraries and publishers put their head together we may come out with sensible solutions without harming each others survival. Survival may be a strong word but does not have a substitute, atleast for the publishers first. Globally one can see movements to contain the impact of future financial constraints. It is time that we in India, as librarians, get together and plan for the challenges. Maybe we should think of reduction in subscription but not reduction in access (through resource sharing). It is high time that we really looked at proper resource sharing and reducing costs so that we can maintain same or more access levels. Thanks H Anil Kumar Librarian Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Inauguration of School Library
by Library＠Arboretum.org.in 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Dear All, The inaugural function of School Library in Government Primary School, Urban Colony, Bhongir would be held on Friday, March 20, 2009, 10 am. All are cordially invited. How to reach: >From Hyderabad/Secunderabad, catch any bus which goes to Yadagirigutta and get down at Bhongir Main District Bus Stand. Hire an auto. The auto fare would be about Rs.15. Please carry a water bottle and something to eat. Thanks Sincerely Prafulla mobile: 93962 51106 T.V. Prafulla Chandra Research Officer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dharma Vana Arboretum Administrative Office Plot 95/1, Phase 2 IDA Cherlapally Hyderabad 500 051 Andhra Pradesh India Mobile: 93962 51106 Phones Direct +91 40 2726 0930 +91 40 3911 4202 EPABX +91 40 2726 0801 Ext. 202 +91 40 2726 0802 Ext. 202 +91 40 3911 4200 Ext. 202 Fax +91 40 3911 4219 www.arboretum.org.in ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Plz circulate this inaugural invitation
by khaiser nikam 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE Department of Library and Information Science (UGC – SAP supported) National Workshop On NewGenLib Open Source Integrated Library System (OS-ILS) (24 – 26 March 2009) Prof. P. Venkataramaiah Former Vice-Chancellor, Kuvempu University *Will Inaugurate* * * Sri. L.J. Haravu Managing Trustee Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM) Secunderabad *Will Preside* * * *You are cordially invited* Date & Time Tuesday 24th March 2009 10.30 A M Venue: MLISc Lecture Hall -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Khiaser Nikam Chairperson and Convener -- Regards, Dr.(Mrs) Khaiser Nikam MLISc,PhD & MBA Chairperson/Reader Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570 006 Karnataka INDIA Cell:98453 28672 91-821-2415202(R) 2419399(O) email : khaiser.nikam(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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PGDLAN - Last Date extended
by Dr. M. Koteswara Rao 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Dear All, The last date for applying for PGDLAN course at University of Hyderabad has been extended up to 31 March 2009. Coordinator- PGDLAN University of Hyderabad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Patent issues concerned with library
by Hemantha Rao KR 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Dear professionals, I attended seminar on "Issues Beyond Patent, with Focus on: Patent Commercialisation" on 17th, March whcih is conducted in Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. From that I came to know about commercialization of patents, factors impacting patent licensing and many more. That talk was more concententrated on scientist aspects only. I want to know about how these IPR and patent issues concerned with library. Can any one send me useful information. Thanks, Hemantha Rao KR, LIM Trainee, NCSI, IISc Banglore-560012. -- 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 MANUSCRIPTS AND BOOKS CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT -The Thanjavur Maharaja Serfoji's Sarasvati Mahal Library and Research Centre
by Mailing List Admin 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:57:58 +0530 (IST) From: B sundar <haisundarmlis(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear friends. Pls Inform all LIS Professionals & Teachers & Research Scholars ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- NATIONAL SEMINAR ON MANUSCRIPTS AND BOOKS CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT Date : 4th - 6th April 2009 Organised by The Thanjavur Maharaja Serfoji’s Sarasvati Mahal Library and Research Centre,Thanjavur Venue : Sangeetha Mahal, Palace Complex, Thanjavur Objective : To discuss and evolving a common solution for uniform and proper conservation technique to the multifarious problems faced in preservation in the libraries. Topics : Problems of Manuscript and book conservation Traditional and Modern methods of conservation. Proper storage and other management procedures Digitization of manuscripts Microfilming vis-à-vis digitization Restoration and conservation etc., Development and new techniques of future libraries. Registration : Participants are required to pay a registration fee of Rs.500/- The Registration fee is to be paid as crossed Demand Draft in favour of Director, T.M.S.S.M. Library and Research Centre, Thanjavur. Each Participant has to fill up a separate Registration form. The Registration fee covers seminar papers, kits working lunch, local visit etc. Moderate accommodation will be arranged. Call of Papers: Authors are invited to contribute papers on the main theme for presentation in the seminar. Accepted papers / Abstracts will be published as proceedings of the conference. The paper for presentation should not be more than six (A4) pages and font 12 points in times new roman, 1.5 line spacing with softcopy in floppy or CD in MS word format on the main theme for presentation. The last date to receive the completed application with synopsis of papers will be 20th March and last date for full paper will be 30th March 2009. The application may be sent to The administrative officer, T.M.S.S.M Library and Research Centre, Thanjavur. A local visit will be arranged on the last day of the seminar. The Seminar arrangement are being made under the direction of The District Collector and Director T.M.S.S.M Library and Research Institute, Thanjavur 613 009 Organising Secretary Thiru sami. Sivagnanam Administrative officer Organising Committee: 1.Dr. Perumal ., Conservator and Librarian Gr I (i/c) 2. Smt. K. Ramathilagam, Librarian Gr II 3. Dr.S.Sudharsan, Librarian Gr II 4. Smt. Rajalakshmi, Sanskrit Pandit 5. Dr. A. Veeraraghavan, Sanskrit pandit For other details contact Thiru sami. Sivagnanam The Administrative Officer T.M.S.S.M library and Research Centre Thanjavur 613 009. Ph: (04362) 233568 , 234107 Email : tmssmlib@sancharnet .in Dr. Perumal, 9442401129. Dr.S.Sudharsan 9442347147 Application Name (Prof/Dr/Mr/ Mrs)_____ _________ _________ _ Designation ____________ _________ _________ _____ Organisation_ _________ _________ _________ ________ Mailing Address_____ _________ _________ _________ __ Pin Code________ _________ _________ _________ ____ Email_______ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ Fax_________ ______ Phone_______ _________ _________ Mobile no._________ _________ _________ _________ ____ Are you presenting a paper Yes /No If yes, Title of the Paper Accommodation required: Yes / No Registration Fee details DD No. Bank : Amount Date Signature

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No Octroi Tax on Books Transportation - Circular
by Ajay Kamble 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Dear Professionals, Book Exhibition is one of the most important activity carried out by libraries to exhibit or purchase new books for its users. When some library organise Book exhibition, They have to invite various Book Publishers and Sellers to exhibit and sell their books in book exhibition. A Circular Of Maharashtra Government regarding exemption in Octroi Tax will be useful at the time of books exhibition. You may hand it over to your supplier/publisher and help him. If you are travelling somewhere and purchased some books for your library, you can also keep this circular with you to prevent Octroi consequences. The Circular is available at www.mlsc.co.nr. -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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article request- IASLIC cof. SIG Industrial information-dec 2004in
by suresh kumar 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Deatr Members, I would like to get an article presented in 2004 conf.. of IASLIC SIG Industrial information - Digital information Resources for industrial sector- A focus on enterprises growth by Sri Probhir Kumar Day for the use of my research work. I should be most grateful , if anyone can help me in this regard. N.Suresh kumar, Library Officer, FCRI( Govt. of India) , Palakkad - 678623. Mob 09447187206 Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Web based personal cataloging of books
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

There have been questions earlier in this forum about personal library cataloging applications. Here is sort of top ten list: http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2009/10-websites-for-book-lovers/ Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Ph 27846631 / 9490804278 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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