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Transformational Technologies: Practical Uses for Web 2.0 in the library environment
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Dear Friends, This seminar was held in Glasgow on the 2nd of November. It focused on what technologies are available for the librarian to exploit and use in their everyday work, to reach and engage the user. So librarians should inhabit the users' world rather than set up worlds of their own, was the message. More details may be obtained by log on to intute web site http://www.intute.ac.uk/blog/2007/11/15/transformational-technologies-pract… Thanking You, dinesh K. S. -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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XXV IATLIS National Conference Concluded
by Rupak Chakravarty 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

November 27, 2008: Make the EducationSystem More Interactive and Dynamic: Prof. R.C. Sobti, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University said in his PresidentialAddress at the Inaugural Session of the XXV IATLIS NationalConference that it is high time that we make our educationalprogrammes interactive and dynamic. There should be a fair blendingof teaching and learning style and a teacher is required to play therole of a parent in the formal and informal settings. Earlier, Prof.Jagtar Singh, the Keynote Speaker and the Dean Faculty of Educationand Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala said that thereis an immediate need for a shift from rote learning to resource-based student-centred-learning. The LIS courses must be affordableand consistent with the emerging job market. He further said that thefaculty must be deeply committed to internalize employable skillsamong the students. Prof. S.L. Sharma, the Chief Guest said that theLIS curricula should be based on the top-down and bottom-up approach.He further emphasized that there is a need to encourag! e students toask questions and actively participate in discussions. Prof. AshuShokeen, Director of the Conference said that efforts must be made tomake the LIS programmes relevant, effective, innovative and dynamic.Prof. C. R. Karisiddappa, President of Indian Association of Teachersof Library and Information Science (IATLIS) explained the mandate andthe activities of IATLIS and said that we must repay the LISprofession by developing employable manpower. Prof. Ranjana Vohrawelcomed the dignitaries and the participants of the conference aswell as introduced the key speakers. Prof. B.D. Kumbar, GeneralSecretary, IATLIS proposed the vote of thanks and Mr. RupakChakravarty conducted the stage. About 75 delegates from all overIndia and resource persons are participating in this nationalconference on Changing face of LIS Education: Learning Stylesand Teaching Methodologies. November 28, 2008 On the Second day of theXXV IATLIS National Conference being organized by the Department ofLibrary & Information Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh anumber of papers were being presented on the topic EmergingLearning Styles and New Methods of Teaching, Symbiosis ofClassroom and virtual Learning and Open Distance Learning andContinuing Education Programmes. The presenters discussed the newlearning management systems required in todays IT scenario,weblogs as learning tools, e-learning initiatives with specialreference to India, Continuing Professional Development for LISProfessionals etc. Various learning management tools both commercialas well as open source were highlighted and the need for adoptingthem by the institutions of higher learning were stressed. Thesessions were followed by General Body Meeting of IATLIS. Chandigarh29 November 2008 TheXXV IATLIS National Conference which began here at Panjab University,Chandigarh with the inaugural session with Prof. S.L. Sharma as ChiefGuest on 27 November 2008 and concluded today with the ValedictorySession. Prof. B.S. Ghuman, Dean Faculty of Arts said in hisPresidential Address said that India is emerging as a knowledgeeconomy and has the demographic advantage of 550 million youth belowthe age of 25 years. Commercialization and privatization of educationis taking place in favour of the elite professions like medicine,engineering and business management, whereas, the social sciencesubjects including library and information science are being pushedto the periphery. There is an immediate need to make our coursesrelevant to the job market to stay in the main stream. More and moreempirical research should be done to generate valuable information toinform social science programmes. He further said that resourcecrunch will be increasing day by day but this does not mean th! at wecompromise on quality of education and training. Our teaching methodsshould be based on the blending of traditional teaching methods andICT-based teaching methods because ICT can help us in the functionalareas but not in the basic understanding of the subject. He alsoemphasized that the relationship between the tradition and modernityshould be complementary and not competitive. Speaking at thisoccasion Prof. C. R. Karisiddappa, President of IATLIS said that theLIS faculty is required to develop the employable skills among thefuture professionals. He further emphasised that there is animmediate need to change the faculty mindset to strengthen the IndianAssociation of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS)he lementered that only 30 % of the faculty is member of the IATLIS.It is high time that we ask ourselves that what we have given to theIATLIS. The faculty must encourage the students to become independentlearners and critical thinker. Earlier Dr. Trishanj! it Kaur,Rapportaur-General, presented a comprehensive report of thepro ceedings this three conference. Dr. Ashu Shokeen, Director of theconference presented 8 resolutions based on the discussions duringthe three days. At the outset Dr. Ranjana Vohra, Organising Secretaryexpressed her satisfaction upon the deliberations of the conference.Dr. Preeti Mahajan, Co-Orgnanising Secretary presented the vote ofthanks and Mr. Rupak Chakravarty, Lecturer in the Departmentconducted the stage. About 75 delegates from all over Indiaparticipated in this National Conference. At the Inaugural SessionProf. R.C. Sobti, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh inhis presidential address emphasised the need to make the LISeducation programmes / courses more interactive, dynamic and full ofpersonal touch. Prof. Jagtar Singh, the Keynote Speaker and Dean,Faculty of Education and Information Science, Punjabi University,Patiala made a case for a shift from rote learning to resource basedstudent centred learning to develop independent learners and criticalthinkers! . Prof. S.L. Sharma, the Chief Guest at the Inaugural Sessionsaid that to make the courses acceptable to the employers, all thestakeholders must be involved in the process of curriculumdevelopment. Few of the snaps can be viewed here: click here Thanks and Regards Rupak Chakravarty Lecturer-cum-Assistant Librarian Department of Library & Information Science Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160014 INDIA Website: http://libsc.puchd.ac.in Phone # (0172) 2700459(R) (0172) 2534775(O) 9217133380(M) Email: rupak2811(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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National Workshop on Manuscriptology and Palaeography
by rajesh singh 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Dear Professionals, We are happy to announce that the Central Library, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi is organising a National Workshop on Manuscrioptology & Palaeography from 10th December 2008 to 17th January 2009 .Details of the program is available in the university web site www.internet.bhu.ac.in/seminar/seminar.htm. Thank u Dr.D. K. Singh Dy. Librarian Banars Hindu University Varanasi -- 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] International Conference on Academic Libraries
by shweta 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Sorry for cross posting..... Dear Friends! This is to inform you that *International Conference on Academic Libraries*is going to held at Conference Centre, *University **of Delhi, October 5, 2009- October8, 2009.* ** For further information please go to this below link. http://library.du.ac.in/ocs/index.php/ical/ICAL ** ** ** ok ----------------------- Best Regards Shweta Pande Assistant Librarian Indus World School of Business ( A Career Launcher Education Foundation Initiative) Greater Noida (U.P) Phone: +0120-3120657 www.iwsb.in "Attitude is a small thing that makes big difference...!" -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FW: Corporate Librarians and special training?
by Aman Jha 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Dear All Last week, I was in an SLA-Asian Chapter conference in Delhi. And one of the sessions was focused on the role of LIS Career and Opportunities. S M Dhawan, former Scientist F, National Physical laboratory, stressed on the three things that would help quality output from the LIS schools in India and one of the key points that he mentioned was lack of 'Best Intake' in this field. He stressed that the profession is still the last career option for many. What is required is that our LIS Schools have to 1) attract best minds in the field and 2) give them best possible training (matching IIT and IIM level). I am sure if these two things are strictly and honestly implemented, the output will be of world class. I have never come across information like LIS departments are training students as corporate librarians. But then yes there is no harm preparing LIS students the way corporations do function. We all know that libraies are always a non-profit institution be it in the corporations. But then nothing is free even in academic libraries. Even if you provide free service to your customer, there is a cost attached to it; for ex: your salary, real estate value, etc. I appreciate what Anita Pujari of DNA has done to the library services by attaching notional value to the information products / service that she provides to her customer. This is the value that she has added for what she does. So, it is the attitude/value/culture that makes corporations better. And I think we must inculcate such values/culture in LIS students. I do agree with what Anand says in terms of skilling the freshers. I WOULD say that there is a big gap in skills we need in the industry [for academic & special libraries and LIS teachers] and the output we get from the LIS schools. Regards, Aman Jha Deputy Director - Library Confederation of Indian Industry 249-F, Sector 18, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Gurgaon - 122 015, Haryana, INDIA Tel: 91-124-4014060-67 Fax: 91-124-4014080 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------- From: [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Byrappa, Ananda (GE, Research) Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 2:30 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Corporate Librarians and special training? (vasanthraj) LIS Schools are thinking about training students for the corporate needs...Is there a big difference between a special library and a corporate library? As many LIS schools offer a specialization in Special Libraries, there may not be a big need for focussing on Corporate Libraries at university level unless ther is a plan for corporate spnoncered/collaboarative effort. Many LIS schools are putting their best efforts in training the students. However, the fact is, there is a big gap in skills we need in the industry and the output we get from the LIS schools. Syllabus is always attractive but often we fail to see the learnings out of it when we interview the students. Many practising LIS professionals know that, we need to teach and train on almost everything to people we recruit. Sometimes, we end up recruiting non LIS people for jobs other than core LIS jobs like classification etc. Majority of the students fail to understand how corporate libraries function. The reasons may be many: - Lack of trained and experienced teachers - Limited/No infrastructure - Lack of cooperation from practicing librarians - Kind of students opting for LIS and - LIS Schools not having enough collaboration with Libraries Its unfortunate that we have this big gap in our profession unlike in other professions - medicine, nursing etc. More open, genuine and collaborative efforts in bridging the gap between theory and practice is required. Teachers and LIS practioners should have more (healthy) debates, discussions and must develop willingness to collaborate for the proposperity of this profession. Regards, Anand Ananda T.Byrappa Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Phone: 91-80-25032618 Fax: 91-80-28412114 email: ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:12:07 +0530 (IST) From: vasanth raj <gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Corporate Librarians and special training? To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear sir/madam, This is in response to the LIS-Forum member request to suggest on how LIS departments can train Corporate Librarians? Though my response would not offer any suggestion, but contradicts with the postings itself. - How can LIS departments prepare corporate librarians? ?I am deliberating on the issue why there is much fuss about corporate world. ?Library Science and Information Science (Information Studies-Including wide spectrum of behavioral theories, science and technology) Schools have been training LIS professionals to perform their duties irrespective of the organization they aspire to work.? It was not previously discussed so much about academic library or public library. But we have been making our graduates to be a perfect fit to a corporate world. Again these all have been become forefront in the light of globalization. ?Corporate venture have very strong financial back up to train their workers and they have been successful doing that over the years (Infosys global training centre). Today?s need is to prepare our graduates to work for the people from whom they have got benefitted (local tax payers). ? Andhara Pradesh itself is a naxal prone area with so much of economic inequalities, let our graduate take step in reducing the economic barrier and fill the gap of information rich and poor. There we need training and enrich our people. ? Globalization itself has become a halt, because of recent economics meltdown in US. Economists? likes of Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman have propagating the humanistic economic policy with equal opportunity for every one.? Coming back to the topic ? LIS schools have leveraging the technology and new crop of Information schools are in a way modeled to survive in the information rich world. Syllabuses of some of the information schools can throw some lights on how LIS schools can tune their curriculum to prepare their graduates in the 21st century.? Good thing is that library school basics have not changed lot-then why LIS departments prepare corporate librarians. Holistic approach is the need of the hour. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N Govt First Grade College Periyapatna Mysore Dist. DISCLAIMER:The information in this message may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any information in this message that does not relate to official business shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry. Reach us via our unique Membership Helpline: 00-91-11-435 46244 / 00-99104 46244 (Monday-Saturday: 0900-1700 hrs) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Excellence in Library Profession
by Rajan 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Dear All, Shri K P Sadasivan has put forth a fantabulous framework for bringing excellence gradually into fore in the library field. It is a very good piece to start a proactive discussion on the status or magnitude of the ills mentioned by him, the possible options for revival and the strategic steps the fellow professionals or a cohesive group can take to cure the ills. It seems that one cannot find anything in the piece to disagree with. I propose that he should work out the practical ways, to bell the cat, with an action plan. Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Thrissur -------------------------------------------------- > Original Message: > Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIS EDUCATION VIS-A-VIS CORPORATE LIBRARIANS > Dear All,> ? > This is in response to the recent postings on the above subject matter.> > The Problems ? > 1. There is a widening gap between the demand and supply > 3. There are several factors contributing to this lamentable situation. > They include :? > (a) Poor standard of the students joining for the LIS Course> > (b) Out of date Syllabus followed in the LIS Schools> > (c) Inadequate infrastructure facilities in the Schools> > (d) Incompetent Teachers or Teachers who do not bother to update their > knowledge base> > (e) Reluctance of LIS Schools for proper interactive programmes with > performing libraries &?> ???? librarians > (f)? Poor communication skills and leadership qualities among the > students> > (g) Lack of commitment of students in accepting LIS as a good profession. > They, instead, consider it as a short cut to get a job. ???? Etc., etc.> ? > Well, the above listing is only selective. It is high time to evolve > strategies for revamping the LIS Education / > Profession in India so as to > > SADASIVAN? KP > Former Head, Library & Informatics and Former Consultant (ICT) > NIIST (CSIR), Trivadrum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Trainee Recruitment
by anand bandi 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Dear candidate, The National Institute of Fashion Technology, Ministry of Textiles, GoI, became Center of excellence by act of Parliament. It is the Institute of National importance, training manpower in the field of Design, Management and Technology. The Resource Center of the Institute is the heart of academic and research activities having state of the art infrastructure and the collection. The Institute is looking for the bright and enthusiastic fresh LIS professionals as Trainees. The Candidates will have opportunities to work in various areas of the information archival, mapping, etc apart from the circulation of information to the scholars and to the Industry at large. The state of the art infrastructure give the opportunity to the Trainee to gain confidence and emerge a brightest and confident professional to take on the challenges of Knowledge Management. The selected Trainee Candidates will be paid a stipend of Rs 6000=00 PM. Interested candidates may forward their respective CV to the undersigned latest by 15th December,2008. Dr.A.N.Bandi, Head, Resource Centre, National Institute of Fashion Technology, NIFT Campus, Plot No.15, Sector 4, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai - 410 210. Ph.91-22-27747080/81 Mobile : 09892192799 e-mail: anb321in(a)yahoo.co.in anbandi(a)rediffmail.com website:www.niftindia.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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RSSMicro - Dedicated RSS Feed Search Engine
by sandeep bhavsar 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Respected All http://www.rssmicro.com/ The most comprehensive RSS feed search on the web that searches 4.3 million RSS, feeds RSSMicro was formed to explore new search capabilities where the web contents become extremely dynamic and grow exponentially. This behavior, along with higher user expectations, creates a dilemma that requires a search service whose capabilities go beyond the limits of conventional search engines. Without new data formats or attached date and time to the content, there will be no reliable search service or product that can efficiently index and make the content available for search. RSSMicro is building and exploring a new search service which balances the freshness, relevance, and reliability of the search results along with a substantial gain in search performance and efficiency. 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Self learning of Drupal, Wiki Moodle etc
by Mailing List Admin 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:37:24 +0530 From: "Byrappa, Ananda (GE, Research)" <ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com> Dear Rajasekharan, NCSI-Net (Association of NCSI Staff and Students) is glad to hear that the recently held TBR memorial seminar on Web Content Management (Drupal focused) was useful to you. Many LIS professionals may be interested in knowing how NCSI net is doing these hands-on and effective one day programmes since last 4 years. Objective of these seminars are to enable budding LIS professionals to use the tools and resources (mainly open source) and motivate them to make a better impact at the organization where they work. We choose workshop/seminar resource persons from preferably from NCSI Net, working across the industry. This helps us to make these programmes truly practical and one or two case studies will add to the impact. The programme will also have a session dealing with career building strategies and job opportunities for LIS professionals - which has been greatly appreciated by the participants. Seminar presentations and summary can be accessed from the NCSI-Net portal: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ <http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/> Regards, Anand Ananda T.Byrappa Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Phone: 91-80-25032618 Fax: 91-80-28412114 email: ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Rajan Sent: 27 November 2008 18:05 To: Lis Forum Subject: [LIS-Forum] Self learning of Drupal, Wiki Moodle etc Dear All, The recent Drupal workshop at NCSI was a meaningful attempt to capacitate librarians in opening new ways of information dissemination with a good content management tool. Libraries or institutions having local area network (LAN) can think of using Drupal (or Joomla or similar one) for creating an intranet website that provides information content to the institutional users through a website- like a gateway. Drupal requires apache, mysql & php software - all installed and configured in the computer. The configuration of those software may fail at times. So the easier option for a beginner is to use Xampp software that includes all the three software. So any beginner who is interested to learn Drupal can do so by installing it even in a client computer by using Xampp. The advantage of the content Management System is that we can have local language content and can make search /retrieval, if the information is in Unicode font. By using the same Xampp installation, one can install Wiki software also in the same computer and can develop an internal Wikipedia for creation of frequently used local content for internal users. Even reading materials on key topics can be made available in LAN by using internal Wiki. Media Wiki is a reasonable choice among a wide range of Wiki software available for download. Having an internal Wiki may help the users in learning the process of editing the content in Wikipedia. So the creative users may eventually turn themselves as contributors of Wikipedia, the fastest growing segment in the digital world. Librarians, thus, can have partnership in building the knowledge repository by showing the users a method to build digital knowledge resource. Moodle is an E-Course Management software one can install in the same computer by using the same Xampp installation. Libraries can use it for offering compensatory or additional courses on topics of special interest among the users, with the help of library friendly academics or library professionals themselves. The screenshots of Moodle installation on Windows is available at http://docs.moodle.org/en/Windows_installation_using_XAMPP <http://docs.moodle.org/en/Windows_installation_using_XAMPP> Installation on Linux is also similar. The installation of Drupal or Wiki can be done in the similar manner. Open Journal System is yet another similar tool, the librarians should look into. Exploring all these tools will be a way ahead in empowerment in this bewildering digital world. Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner <http://www.mailscanner.info/> , and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner <http://www.mailscanner.info/> , and is believed to be clean. Think before you print. 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congratulate Dr. Jagtar Singh ji
by Bhupinder Singh 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Respected Teachers and Professional Colleagues, I on behalf of Library Professionals, wish to congratulate *Dr. Jagtar Singh,* Professor and Head, Department of Library Information Science and Dean, Faculty of Education and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala, for his appointment as President of the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) India for a period of three years from November 2008 to November 2011. Wish him all the best. With warm regards, -- Bhupinder Singh Librarian Gian Jyoti Institute of Management & Technology, Phase-2, Mohali Pin:160055 (India) Email: bhupinder82(a)gmail.com Tel: +91(0)9888631058 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS EDUCATION VIS-A-VIS CORPORATE LIBRARIANS
by Sadasivan KP 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

Dear All, This is in response to the recent postings on the above subject matter. The Problems 1. There is a widening gap between the demand and supply of really competent LIS professionals in our country, irrespective of the nature of institutions where they are expected to perform. Corporate sector is undoubtedly one such area with tremendous job potential. 2. But sadly, majority of the products of LIS Schools are mediocre in nature ! Few exceptions are always there from any School or most of the products are OK from a very very few Schools. 3. There are several factors contributing to this lamentable situation. They include : (a) Poor standard of the students joining for the LIS Course (b) Out of date Syllabus followed in the LIS Schools (c) Inadequate infrastructure facilities in the Schools (d) Incompetent Teachers or Teachers who do not bother to update their knowledge base (e) Reluctance of LIS Schools for proper interactive programmes with performing libraries & librarians (f) Poor communication skills and leadership qualities among the students (g) Lack of commitment of students in accepting LIS as a good profession. They, instead, consider it as a short cut to get a job. Etc., etc. Well, the above listing is only selective. The Solutions 3. The solutions are partly embedded in the problems listed above. But still, let me repeat a few : (a) There is an immediate need for restructuring the LIS Syllabus uniformly across the country. The exercise should not just be confined to NCSI or NISCAIR or DRTC or a handful of Universities, like, University of Mysore, Madras University, etc. Rather, these front-runners (and other stake holders too) should think of initiating a dialogue for a commonly acceptable quality/standard syllabus for all Schools in the country, in the larger interest of the profession. (b) Poor communication skills & leadership qualities of students constitute a major issue. Unless this is effectively resolved, we are not going to succeed in generating competent professionals. The course-ware , the methods of teaching and grading of results/scores should not, at all ignore these factors. Not much seriousness is attributed to the so called 'Soft Skill Development' among our young professionals at present. (c) Making them IT-savvy is another essential ingredient. (d) How to attract really brilliant students to this course is another big question. Career prospects is perhaps one aspect. We must evolve a proper assessment of the market-needs of our professionals. Then mould them appropriately, by complying with other curriculum-related issues (discussed earlier). An explicit outcome should be a mechanism for Assured Placement after their course of study. 4. We, the professionals by and large are lured to concentrate in segmented areas as part of our modernization. It could be anything like CDS/ISIS, WINISIS, Digital Libraries with its fragmented approaches, IR, Webopac, OAI, E-Print, DSpace, etc., if we examine the chronological events. But what is lacking is a Total Framework encompassing all these segments and much more, so as to make it as a body of knowledge for LIS Education & Practice. This has to be planned and designed at a fairly 'higher level' so as to implement the same uniformly and mandatorily as learning modules in the academic programmes. 5. Now, the question of Corporate Librarians.The existing teaching-learning practices and the curriculum contents should invariably be changed to suit the special needs of the sector, which is diffrent from the conventional systems. Rigorous training in soft-skill development and management practices, etc., are needed for moulding them to perform proactively in the newgen LIS domain. Be it 'old bottle or new bottle', it has to be filled with 'new wine' . 6. But who will bell the cat? Possibly a selfless 'Think Tank Group' should evolve for initiating the task. Even a 'Social Network' for the purpose can trigger the operation. Then it will assume the inertial strength required for the 'take off'. 7. A mandatory mechanism for LIS domain, like Medical Council of India in the Health Education Sector, Bar Council of India in the Legal Sector, AICTE for Engineering / Technical Education, etc., has to be evolved for a proper co-ordination to ensure quality education. 8. Responsible Professional Societies in LIS in India including IATLIS cannot shy away from this crisis situation. 9.Certain recommendations of NKC may also be examined in this context. The Time Targets Well, an overnight solution is not possible. What is proposed is a long term strategy. But the time factor should not be stretched to infinity, if we really want to salvage our profession and give it an impressive and acceptable shape. It is high time to evolve strategies for revamping the LIS Education / Profession in India so as to Seek the comments of our esteemed LIS Forum Members. SADASIVAN KP Former Head, Library & Informatics and Former Consultant (ICT) NIIST (CSIR), Trivadrum Poor management and communication skills among the students/products. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Requirement of Library trainees
by NIMR Library 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

We are looking for 3 young professionals to work as trainees in our library. Qualifications: MLIS or equivalent degree from a recognized university/institution Tenure : 12 months Salary : Rs.5000/- per month. (Consolidated ) Trainees will get opportunity to work in a highly professional environment. Science graduates with computer knowledge are preferable. Interested candidates are requested to send their details bio-data (including qualification, percentage of marks, year of passing etc) by email to librarian(a)mrcindia.org or librarian.nimr(a)gmail.com The last date for receiving the application is 10th December, 2008. The short listed candidates will be called for interview, the dates for which will be communicated later over the email. Thanks and regards Dr B.N. Nagpal Dy. Director National Institute of Malaria Research, 22-Sham Nath Mg, Delhi-54 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library assistants
by C T K 29 Nov '08

29 Nov '08

We are looking for diploma holders for the post of Library assistants. Only male candidates can apply. The candidates should be ready to work in shift duties. Send your resume to the following address or send through email. -- *********************************************** C T Kantharaj Librarian Cambridge Instittute of Technology K R Puram, Bangalore - 560036 email: ctkantharaj(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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UGC NET QUESTIONS
by binu david 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Dear all If any one remember the Paper 3 questions for Library Information Science for UGC net of December 2007. please mail me. Thanking you Binu David Librarian Engg College Palghat Kerala -- ______________________________________________ IndiaInfo Mail - the free e-mail service with a difference! www.indiainfo.com Check out our value-added Premium features, such as an extra 20MB for mail storage, POP3, e-mail forwarding, and ads-free mailboxes! -- 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 School Libraries 10-11 Feb. 2009 - NCERT
by Mailing List Admin 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:48:31 +0530 (IST) From: Paramjit Singh Kawatra <ps_kawatra(a)yahoo.co.in> National Seminar on Role of School Libraries in Quality Education, 10-11- Feb. 2009 Organiser : NIE Library, NCERT For more information, you may have a look at : http://www.ncert.nic.in/html/pdf/DLDI.pdf � Thanking you � P. S. Kawatra, Head, DLDI

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ISiM-CXO Lecture by Ajit Balakrishnan postponed (due to Mumbai Mayhem)
by Shalini Urs 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Dear Professional friends, We regret to inform that 'The ISiM - CXO Lecture by Ajit Balakrishnan Founder Chairman and CEO of Rediff. Com' had to be postponed due to the Mumbai Mayhem. Ajit Balakrishnan a resident of Colaba, Mumbai could not get out of his house on November 27th morning as per plan to catch his plane to Bangalore. We will announce the new dates of our CXO Lecture later on. ISiM joins the nation and the world in praying for peace and normalcy. Thanks and Regards Shalini Dr. Shalini Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 ISiM-Management School for IT, Technology School for IM www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KV Pattom releases New Library Bulletin
by faisal sl 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Dear All, The Library Media Centre at Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram released its New Library Bulletin on 26 Nov., 2008. To read http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/library-bulletin-vol1-issue… -- S.L.Faisal Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom,Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala India Ph.09447699724 http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com http://librarynext.wordpress.com http://kvlblogs.wordpress.com http://homeworksonline.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Maybury, MITRE Corp., USA, Keynote @ InfoVision 2009 - Early Bird Registration - 3 Weeks to Go!
by Angrosh 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Dr. Mark Maybury, an expert in Intelligent Multimedia Information Retrieval and Executive Director, Information Technology Division, MITRE Corporation, USA will give the Inaugural Keynote at InfoVision 2009 on January 22, 2009. Please note that the Early Bird Registration closes on December 20, 2008. InfoVision 2009 - the 4th Edition of InfoVision Series focuses on the following: * Mobile Information Access * Multimedia Information Access * Multilingual Information Access * Consumer Created Content * eScience, eResearch and Cyber infrastructure * Enterprise Content and Communication The overarching theme of InfoVision 2009 is ""Content to Intent: Understanding user intent in multimodal, multilingual. mobile and enterprise content Information Access" InfoVision 2009 offers an intellectual feast of talks by: 1. Dr. P. Anandan, Managing Director, Microsoft Research India, Bangalore 2. Mr. John Blossom, President and Senior Analyst, Shore Communications, USA 3. Dr. Edward Cutrell, Research Scientist, Adaptive Systems Interaction Group, Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA 4. Prof. Dieter Fellner, Director IGD, Fraunhofer Institute of Computer Graphics Research, Darmstadt, Germany 5. Prof. John Girard, Associate Professor of Management, Minot State University, USA 6. Mr. Bruno Goveas, Head, Marketing & Product Management, Akamai Technologies India 7. Mr. Ajay Gupta, Director HP Labs India and Director, Mobility Solutions Group 8. Mr. Srikanth B. Iyer, Co-Founder and COO, Edurite Technologies 9. Dr. Hari M. Koduvely, Senior Risk Analyst, Amazon.com 10. Mr. Balaji Krishnan, General Manager, MindTree 11. Prof. Ee-Peng Lim, School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore 12. Ms. Usha Mohan, Managing Director, Triumph India Software Services, Bangalore 13. Mr. Gopinath Padmanabhan, President, Applications Business Unit, Mphasis 14. Mr. P. Ravindranath, Director - Strategic Development and Govt. & Public Affairs, Hewlett Packard India 15. Prof. Rohini Srihari, Founder CEO, Janya Inc., USA & Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA 16. Mr. Bob Stembridge, Thomson Reuters, UK 17. Prof. Shalini R. Urs, Executive Director, ISiM, Mysore 18. Mr. Mahesh Vyas, Managing Director & CEO, CMIE Don't miss this great opportunity. For registration and updates, please visit: www.infovision2009.org For details and clarifications, please contact: InfoVision secretariat International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Angrosh - 9886970411 Email: office(a)infovision.org.in; office(a)isim.ac.in See you at InfoVision 2009! InfoVision 2009 Summit Team. ***************************************** Angrosh M.A. Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: angrosh(a)isim.ac.in; office(a)isim.ac.in ****************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Self learning of Drupal, Wiki Moodle etc
by Rajan 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Dear All, The recent Drupal workshop at NCSI was a meaningful attempt to capacitate librarians in opening new ways of information dissemination with a good content management tool. Libraries or institutions having local area network (LAN) can think of using Drupal (or Joomla or similar one) for creating an intranet website that provides information content to the institutional users through a website- like a gateway. Drupal requires apache, mysql & php software - all installed and configured in the computer. The configuration of those software may fail at times. So the easier option for a beginner is to use Xampp software that includes all the three software. So any beginner who is interested to learn Drupal can do so by installing it even in a client computer by using Xampp. The advantage of the content Management System is that we can have local language content and can make search /retrieval, if the information is in Unicode font. By using the same Xampp installation, one can install Wiki software also in the same computer and can develop an internal Wikipedia for creation of frequently used local content for internal users. Even reading materials on key topics can be made available in LAN by using internal Wiki. Media Wiki is a reasonable choice among a wide range of Wiki software available for download. Having an internal Wiki may help the users in learning the process of editing the content in Wikipedia. So the creative users may eventually turn themselves as contributors of Wikipedia, the fastest growing segment in the digital world. Librarians, thus, can have partnership in building the knowledge repository by showing the users a method to build digital knowledge resource. Moodle is an E-Course Management software one can install in the same computer by using the same Xampp installation. Libraries can use it for offering compensatory or additional courses on topics of special interest among the users, with the help of library friendly academics or library professionals themselves. The screenshots of Moodle installation on Windows is available at http://docs.moodle.org/en/Windows_installation_using_XAMPP Installation on Linux is also similar. The installation of Drupal or Wiki can be done in the similar manner. Open Journal System is yet another similar tool, the librarians should look into. Exploring all these tools will be a way ahead in empowerment in this bewildering digital world. Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Journals for donation
by Mankad, Manish 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

We have the following journals for donation. 1. Archives of Bio chem biophys 2. Arch of dermatology 1991-92 3. Biochem journals 1950-1992 4. Biochemistry 1962-1992 5. Biochimica et biochemica acta 1961-1975; 1982-83 6. Food tech 1947-1974 7. Immunology today 1983-1993 8. IJMR 1960-1983 9. Jl of bio chem1950-1992 10. Jl of immunology 1981-1988 11. Jl of molecular biology 1960-1974 12. Jl of national cancer inst 1971-1977 13. Jl of physiology 1970-1974 The packaging and forwarding costs will have be paid by the party accepting this offer. Regards. Manish Mankad Manager-Knowledge Management 080 39830958 Hindustan Unilever Ltd 64 main Road Whitefield Bangalore 560066 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Paper: National Seminar at Guwahati
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Dear professional, This is the final call for papers for the National Seminar at Gauhati University Theme: "*Digitization and Networking of Library and Information Centres in * *North East India"* ** Sub theme: *Application of ICT in LICs of NE India: present and future* *Digitization of library resources: planning* *Role of LIS schools * *NE India Library Network (NEILIBNET)* Deadlines: Submission of Full Paper December 10, 2008 Registration January 02, 2009 Visit: http://gulis.110mb.com/activity.htm for more details -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Deptt. of Library & Information Science. Arts Block, Gauhati University. Guwahati- 781014 Cell No: 09435268733, 09707626388 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Internet Resources Newsletter - December Issue
by MacLeod, Roderick A 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

____________________________________________ 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/irn168/irn168.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 An RSS feed for the newsletter is available: 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 Publisher newsletters 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): SciFeeds ticTOCs CiteULike Current Issues FeedNavigator MyJournals.org Zetoc RSS Blogorama Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and related news items Recent Internet books in the Library 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 -- 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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Librarian required for Advinus Pune
by madhuresh.singhal 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Dear all, Advinus Therapeutics Pvt Ltd (A TATA Enterprise), Pune requires a self-motivated and dynamic Library Officer. Below is the detail. Please send your CV to madhuresh.singhal(a)advinus.com mentioning subject as Librarian - ATPL, Pune. Last date for sending your CV is 08 Dec, 2008. About Advinus Advinus Therapeutics is an R&D driven company that is focused on the new drug discovery and development of pharmaceutical and agrochemical products. Advinus is one of the leading R&D alliances and pharmaceutical research outsourcing companies, promoted by the TATA group, one of India's largest and most respected business houses. See our website www.advinus.com for more details. Responsibilities * Maintain Library and do routine operation like book purchase, cataloging, issue/return etc. * Assist scientists in doing searches and getting reference material * Assist in managing various online systems like intranet, Library Management System, Portals etc * Patent and IP related search * Manage Lab Note Books including issue/return and archiving * Create awareness about various online resources/databases and effective utilization of available resources * Track and provide competitive Intelligence information to management * Work with IT in managing various scientific s/w Profile Requirements * The applicant should be M. Sc. in Chemistry and Master/ Bachelor in Library and Information Science OR B.Sc. in Chemistry and Masters in Library and Information Science with 2+ years of experience * Relevant experience in Pharma or in chemistry structure searching is preferable * Candidates who have worked on Open Source s/w (KOHA, Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress etc) will be preferred. * Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) * Should be well versed with various offline and online databases especially in chemistry and biology. For example Scifinder, STN, Crossfire etc Salary will not be a constraint for right candidate and it will be the best in industry. Please make sure before sending the mail * Attachment CV filename must contain your name. Filenames like CV.doc, Resume.doc etc will not be acceptable. * Vacancy is for Pune. If you are not in Pune, you should be ready to relocate there. Regards Madhuresh Singhal Deputy Manager - Knowledge Services Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959; ************************************************************************************************* This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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India’s Best Blogger in LIS Award, LIS Links, India
by Badan Barman 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

The "LIS Links" blogs currently making an impact in the LIS blogosphere, whose present subscriber rise to more than 900 with an addition of more than 500 web hits a day. As such, the "LIS Links" to have some more posting and wide coverage like to announce the "India's Best Blogger in LIS Award". There will be three position of the awards that is First, Second and Third. It's my request to all of you not to collaborate in the blogs as "participation to the award" rather please takes it as a means of working collaborately to give some concrete to the LIS in India. The awards will be based on a) Posting new massage over "LIS Links" blogs; b) Participation in the "LIS Links" blogs. Things to avoid a) Posting duplicate massage; b) Posting irrelevant massage. Note: I personally reserve the right to remove or edit any posts that does not meet the criteria of "LIS Links" from any of the blog(s), you have chosen to participate. The Prize: The awards will include a certificate and a small packet of books in LIS. The prizes will dispatch by surface mail to the awards winner(s). The awards competition will run throughout the year 2009 (starting from 1st January, 2009 -31st December, 2009) and jury announcement of the winners will be made on 31st January, 2010, mostly virtually. How you can participate a) Open a Email Account, if you already have it is good. (Gmail is preferred). b) Determine your areas of interest from the following (only one) i) LIS Links: Jobs in LIS in India: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ ii) LIS Links: Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops and Refresher Courses in LIS in India: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com/ iii) LIS Links: Latest Happenings and Contemporary Issues in LIS:http://lislatest.blogspot.com/ iv) LIS Links: Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS:http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ v) LIS Links: Admission Notice for Courses in LIS in India: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/ c) Mail your areas of interest from your Gmail account to badanbarman(a)gmail.com d) After receiving your Email by the author, you will be added as author of your pre-determined blog. e) Now you will be notify regarding adding of you as author in the blog, follow the link, and in your profile page includes your original name; f) Now keep blogging over the blog. For details please wait for further announcements over http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ Note: Please circulate this massage among the LIS professionals in India. -- Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati-781006, Assam, Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971, Fax: 0361- 2235398. Website: www.kkhsou.org, Email: kkhsou(a)gmail.com, kkhsoul(a)gmail.com Research Scholar: Department of Library & Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam. Email: dlisgu(a)gmail.com. ---------------------------------------------------------- LIS in India: What's are going on? LIS Links: A Link Library in LIS: http://lislinks.110mb.com LIS Links: Jobs in LIS in India: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ LIS Links: Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refresher Courses in LIS in India: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com LIS Links: Latest Happenings & Contemporary Issues in LIS: http://lislatest.blogspot.com LIS Links: Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS: : http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ LIS Links: Admission Notice for Courses in LIS in India: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/ Ning: LIS Links Contributors: http://lislinks.ning.com/ Google Groups: LIS Links Users: http://groups.google.co.in/group/lislinks?hl=en&lnk=srg -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Publication of practical guide to computer recycling
by Puna Das 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Publication of practical guide to computer recycling UNESCO is launching a free practical guide to computer recycling for entrepreneurs and project sponsors, on the occasion of a conference on Digital Solidarity being held in Lyon (France). UNESCO’s partners in this project are the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), French consultants Tic Ethic, non-governmental organizations, Emmaüs Solidarité Ouagadougou and Ateliers du Bocage, along with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The publication of this guide comes amidst growing concern over the impact computer equipment waste on health and environment. According to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the Gartner consultancy, there will be almost 4 billion mobile telephones in use by the end of this year, while the number of personal computers has already passed the billion mark. The good news behind these figures is that the digital divide is shrinking - 58% of computers are in developed countries but, this share is expected to drop to 30% by 2014 when the total number of personal computers should reach two billion. But there is another side to the coin: this year, almost 180 million computers have been replaced by new machines, and an estimated 35 million computers dumped, despite the toxic substances they contain. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Computer Recycling is published in English, and will soon also be available in French. The purpose of the guide is to help develop the skills required to handle the growing flux of waste generated by the market for new and used computers so as to protect the environment and public health. This global problem particularly affects developing countries. The project also aims to support the emergence of new business opportunities. It should prove useful for NGOs and local development stakeholders in fostering small and micro entrepreneurships. In addition, the open license of the guidebook will allow interested parties to create versions adapted to local conditions and particular contexts. The guidebook, which can be downloaded free of charge (www.ticethic.com/guide) will be supplemented by an operational module containing an inventory of waste recycling processes, practical advice and case studies from recycling plants in Burkina Faso, France and India. Reuse of obsolete or unwanted IT and computer equipment is the preferred option, rather than destruction. It allows other users to benefit from the equipment at low cost, extends the return on energy and resources used in manufacturing the products and reduces the quantity of devices entering the waste stream. Reuse may require repair, refurbishment or upgrade. Equipment and components not fit for reuse should be disassembled and processed to recover raw materials in an environmentally sound manner. PCs contain valuable ferrous (e.g. iron), non-ferrous (e.g. aluminium and copper) and precious metals, such as gold, palladium, silver, indium and gallium that can be retrieved. The rising value of raw materials makes recycling more economically viable and attractive. Internet support will soon be available with a forum on which entrepreneurs will be able to discuss their experiences. Considering that the number of PCs used in China, for example, is expected to rise from 55 million in 2007 to half a billion in 2015, there should be much to discuss. The Entrepreneur's Guide to Computer Recycling Authors : Benoit VARIN and Pierre-Etienne ROINAT Download the guidebook: http://www.ticethic.com/guide/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.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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Post of LIS professionals @ SMVIT
by kuber kumbar 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Dear professional, We are looking young LIS professionals with Very good academic qualification, computer knowledge, good management skill and communication skill for the following posts. Post: Librarian Qualification: Master of Library and Information Sciences, With Ph.D/NET/M.Phil And Minimum 5 or 8 years experience (preferably engineering college or R & D center working Candidates only) Scale: As per AICTE Norms. Post: Library Assistant Qualification: BLISc or DLSc Scale: Depending on qualifications and Experience. Those are interested may please send their resume within 10 days from the date of this advertisement. To: sirmvitbgl(a)gmail.com or kuberkp(a)gmail.com Librarian Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology Hunasemaranahallli Bangalore-562157 Thanks/Regard KUBERA K.P LIBRARIAN Sir.M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology. Be the first one to try the new Messenger 9 Beta! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/win/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Training for corporate librarianship
by Prabhash N. Rath 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Mr. Byrappa has put up very nicely about the problems faced by LIS departments in their pursuit for providing good training to students. In our country, the problem is that we have a tendency not to take up a holistic view of the entire scenario. Mr. Vasanth Raj is right that there is no need of any special training for corporate librarianship (at least not as part of the syllabus). A person having sufficient knowledge of IT and good communication skills can well be fit to be a corporate librarian. The same applies to any library now-a-days, and we should not have an image of bespectacled dumb fellow as librarian of a public library. So the basic thing is personality development which again depends on individual teachers. Why LIS schools can't give stress on personality development in the way business schools do? Prabhash Narayana Rath, Ph. D. Documentation Officer Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (University estd. under section 3 of UGC Act 1956) 846 Shivajinagar Agarkar Road Pune 411004 Ph: +91-20-25650287 (O.), 25678311 (R.) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Library Week 2008: Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom
by faisal sl 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Dear Friends, The Library Media Centre at Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom , Thiruvananthapuram celebrates National Library Week from 27th Nov. to 2nd Dec.,2008 with various programmes. Dr. Lalitha M., Chief Librarian, SCERT,Govt. of Kerala will inaugurate the week long celebration at11.00a.m. on 27th Nov. in the Library. Dr. Cicy Roy Mathew, Principal, will preside over the function. A Book Fair in collaboration with DC Books, Trivandrum is organized from 27-29 Nov. in the Vidyalaya. In the Meet the Author session on 28th Nov., Dr.Rati Saxena, famous Hindi writer,translator and Kendra Sahitya Academy award winner will interact with students at 11.00 a.m. The valedictory function will be inaugurated by Smt. Vimala Menon, famous children's writer and academician, on 02nd Dec. 2008.She will give away the prizes to the winners of Library competitions. Library competitions Reading competition, Book review competition, Spot poetry writing competition. All are invited. For more information: -- S.L.Faisal Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom,Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala India Ph.09447699724 http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com http://librarynext.wordpress.com http://kvlblogs.wordpress.com http://homeworksonline.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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iQuiz - Online Quiz on December 1, 2008 - Register Now
by AmitVerma 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Good News!!!!! Registration for i-Quiz extended .... Open till 30th November We have given you more time to refresh your memory Participate in the ONLINE QUIZ on December 1,2008....win CASH Prize & Other Awards i- Quiz 2008 is part of the "23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008" at Bose Institute (to commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of Acharya J.C. Bose and 90th Foundation Day of the Institute" during 10-13 December, 2008, being organised by Bose Institute, Kolkata. InfoQuiz is now i-Quiz. i-quiz has 2 rounds: Round 1 - Online Quiz & Round 2 - Stage Quiz. Round 1 - Online Quiz is on 1st December, 2008 and the grand finale - Stage quiz is on December 11, 2008 in Kolkota during 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008. Registration for i-Quiz are on until 30 Nov. '08, at www.i-quiz.in CASH PRIZES and other AWARDS for the Winners and 1st Runners-up. Spread the good word - tell your friends and colleagues... "More, the Merrier" More details visit - www.i-quiz.in I-Quiz Team Informatics India Limited Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library jobs in Engineerings college & Schools
by vivek yadav 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Dear Professionals, *Jobs in Institute of Engineering Technology & Management Libraries * *1. Post: *LIBRARIAN & ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN In *G. L. Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management* (www.glbitm.org) *Experience, Eligibility & Emoluments:* As per UGC/AICTE norms. *Last Date*: Send your resume alongwith two recent passport size photograph and xerox copy of all testimonials with in fifteen days from days from the date of advertisement (Times of india,Delhi, November 26,2008) to the head HR at the following address mentioning the position applied and area on the top of the envelop. *To the Head HR* * Plot no. 2, Knowledge park-III, Greater Noida-201306* * Ph. no. 0120-2323818, Fax: 2323817* * Email:* glbhrd(a)gmail.com *2. Post: *LIBRARIAN IN B.S. Anangpuria Educational Institutes, alampur, Ballabgarh-sohna road, Faridabad-121004. Ph.0129-2206750-53, 2206948-50, fax no. 2206752 *Experience, Eligibility: *M.Lib. with at least 55% marks having 3 years relevant exp. in an educational institute. *Last Date: *Interested candidates may send their resume through E-mail (bsaitm(a)bsact.org ) or plain paper alongwith photocopies of supporting documents at the above address or *camp office:SCF-36 & 37, market part -II,Sector-19, Faridabad-121002 by 11th Dec..2008 * *3.* *Post*: LIBRARIAN & LECTURER (Library Science) in Rajiv Academy for Technology & Management NH# 2, Mathura-Delhi Road P O- Chhatidara, Mathura-281001 (UP) Tel: 0565-2530318 / 348, +919412777999 *E-Mail: career(a)ratm.org.in * *Qualification, Experience & Pay Scales: *As per AICTE/UGC Norms. candidates having Ph D., M. Phill & UGC-NET qualified will be preferred. Higher salary may be offered to outstanding candidtates. *Last Date:* eligible and willing Candidates may forward their latest resumes with recent photo within 10 days (Times of india,Delhi, November 26,2008)to the Director. *Job in Schools Library* *1. Post: *LIBRARIAN * Last Date:* Apply within 10 days (Times of india,Delhi, November 26,2008) on prescribed form alongwith recent passport size photo & a demand draft of Rs. 100/- in favour of Delhi Public School, Panipat city payable at panipat. 77 Milestone, G.T. Road, NH-1, Samalkha, Panipat-132101, Haryana, India Ph. 0180-3200025 Website: www.dpspanipatcity.com ** ** ** ** Thanks & Regards Vivek Kumar Yadav Technical Assistant Central Library, Mangalayatan University Beswan, Aligarh-202145 E-Mail: vivekyadav.mu(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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National Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation, 11-12 Dec. 2008
by Bijay＠DRDO 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

DESIDOC is organizing a two day National Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation (NCDDP-2008) during 11-12 Dec, 2008. Eminent library management and technology experts will be invited to speak on the important themes and sub themes. If any one is interested to participate in the above mentioned conference kindly register as early as possible. For details regarding the conference visit the web site (http://www.drdo.org/ncddp/ncdp2008.htm) --Regards *********************************************** Bijayananda Pradhan DESIDOC, DRDO Metcalfe House, Delhi-54 ncsipradhan(a)yahoo.com Ph : 09968251146, 011-23902526/2529 (O) *********************************************** -- 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] Corporate Librarians and special training? (vasanth raj)
by Byrappa, Ananda (GE, Research) 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

LIS Schools are thinking about training students for the corporate needs...Is there a big difference between a special library and a corporate library? As many LIS schools offer a specialization in Special Libraries, there may not be a big need for focussing on Corporate Libraries at university level unless ther is a plan for corporate spnoncered/collaboarative effort. Many LIS schools are putting their best efforts in training the students. However, the fact is, there is a big gap in skills we need in the industry and the output we get from the LIS schools. Syllabus is always attractive but often we fail to see the learnings out of it when we interview the students. Many practising LIS professionals know that, we need to teach and train on almost everything to people we recruit. Sometimes, we end up recruiting non LIS people for jobs other than core LIS jobs like classification etc. Majority of the students fail to understand how corporate libraries function. The reasons may be many: - Lack of trained and experienced teachers - Limited/No infrastructure - Lack of cooperation from practicing librarians - Kind of students opting for LIS and - LIS Schools not having enough collaboration with Libraries Its unfortunate that we have this big gap in our profession unlike in other professions - medicine, nursing etc. More open, genuine and collaborative efforts in bridging the gap between theory and practice is required. Teachers and LIS practioners should have more (healthy) debates, discussions and must develop willingness to collaborate for the proposperity of this profession. Regards, Anand Ananda T.Byrappa Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Phone: 91-80-25032618 Fax: 91-80-28412114 email: ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:36 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 68, Issue 21 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Corporate Librarians and special training? (vasanth raj) 2. Fw: Request to fill the Questionnaire on Library Management System Survey for research work (o u) 3. Free Sanskrit Software Tools and Fonts has been released by DIT, Ministry of Communication and Technology, Govt. of India (Ajay Kum Sharma) 4. Libraian-cum-Documentation Assistant vacancy in Sree Chitra Trivadnrum (Abdunnasar. A) 5. Research Methodology and Techniques (kunwar.air air) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:12:07 +0530 (IST) From: vasanth raj <gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Corporate Librarians and special training? To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <246216.69167.qm(a)web95301.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear sir/madam, This is in response to the LIS-Forum member request to suggest on how LIS departments can train Corporate Librarians? Though my response would not offer any suggestion, but contradicts with the postings itself. - How can LIS departments prepare corporate librarians? ?I am deliberating on the issue why there is much fuss about corporate world. ?Library Science and Information Science (Information Studies-Including wide spectrum of behavioral theories, science and technology) Schools have been training LIS professionals to perform their duties irrespective of the organization they aspire to work.? It was not previously discussed so much about academic library or public library. But we have been making our graduates to be a perfect fit to a corporate world. Again these all have been become forefront in the light of globalization. ?Corporate venture have very strong financial back up to train their workers and they have been successful doing that over the years (Infosys global training centre). Today?s need is to prepare our graduates to work for the people from whom they have got benefitted (local tax payers). ? Andhara Pradesh itself is a naxal prone area with so much of economic inequalities, let our graduate take step in reducing the economic barrier and fill the gap of information rich and poor. There we need training and enrich our people. ? Globalization itself has become a halt, because of recent economics meltdown in US. Economists? likes of Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman have propagating the humanistic economic policy with equal opportunity for every one.? Coming back to the topic ? LIS schools have leveraging the technology and new crop of Information schools are in a way modeled to survive in the information rich world. Syllabuses of some of the information schools can throw some lights on how LIS schools can tune their curriculum to prepare their graduates in the 21st century.? Good thing is that library school basics have not changed lot-then why LIS departments prepare corporate librarians. Holistic approach is the need of the hour. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N Govt First Grade College Periyapatna Mysore Dist. ? 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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Electronic Discussion Lists
by Nihar Patra 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Dear Frineds, Please find some "Electronic Discussion Lists". The purpose of the discussion lists are to facilitate informative discussion about topics and provide quick distribution of news. The following are some of the discussion lists in the field of collections development and acquisitions: ACQNET-L. For those interested in acquisitions work. listproc(a)listproc.appstate.edu ARL-Ejournal. For discussion of all aspects of the management of electronic journals. ARLNAL(a)ARL.ORG Backserv. For exchanging and replacing back issues of serials. Http://lists.swetsblackwell.com/mailman/listinfo/backserv<http://lists.swetsblackwell.com/mailman/listinfo/backserv> COLLDV-L. For those librarians who are interested in collection development issues. listproc@usc. edu ERIL. For discussion of practical aspects related to electronic resources. http://listserv.binghamton.edu/archives/eril-l.html ExLibris. For discussion of issues related to rare books and special collections. Listproc(a)library.berkeley.edu GIFTEX-L. For discussion of gifts and exchanges. Listserv(a)lsv.uky.edu LlBLICENSE-L. For issues related to licensing electronic resources. Listproc(a)lists.yale.edu MEDIA-L. For information about media literacy. Listserv(a)listserv.binghamton.edu Newjour. For new journals announcements. Listproc(a)ccat.sas.upenn.edu SERIALST-L. For discussion of issues related to serials. Listserv(a)list.uvm.edu VIDEOLIB. For discussion of the acquisition and use of video materials in libraries. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/VideoLib/archive.html With regards, Nihar ************************************************************************************************************************************* Nihar K Patra M. Phil, MLIS, PGDLAN, Pursuing PhD Head - Library Science (Assistant General Manager) NSHM Knowledge Campus 60 (124), B L Saha Road Kolkata - 700053, India Phone and Facsimile: +91 33 2403 2300/01 Mobile: +919748741550 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ph D in Gauhati University.
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Dear Professionals, *The date of Ph D admission test for LIS is declared.* *the test will be held on 18-12-2008 at the Department itself.* *Last date of apply is 02-12-2008* *Apply in plain paper with a biodata and Rs. 100 to the HOD, DLIS, GU* *No documents required*. -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Deptt. of Library & Information Science. Arts Block, Gauhati University. Guwahati- 781014 Cell No: 09435268733, 09707626388 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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i-Quiz - Last 2 days to register
by AmitVerma 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Who is the Father of Citation Analysis? a) Sir Garfield Sobers b) Dr. Eugene Clark c) Dr. Eugene Garfield If you can answer this then register yourself for iQUIZ 2008....win CASH Prize & Other Awards i- Quiz 2008 is part of the "23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008" at Bose Institute (to commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of Acharya J.C. Bose and 90th Foundation Day of the Institute" during 10-13 December, 2008, being organised by Bose Institute, Kolkata. InfoQuiz is now i-Quiz. i-quiz has 2 rounds: Round 1 - Online Quiz & Round 2 - Stage Quiz. Round 1 - Online Quiz is on 28th November, 2008 and the grand finale - Stage quiz is on December 11, 2008 in Kolkota during 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008. Registration for i-Quiz are on until 27 Nov. '08, at www.i-quiz.in CASH PRIZES and other AWARDS for the Winners and 1st Runners-up. Spread the good word - tell your friends and colleagues... "More, the Merrier" More details visit - www.i-quiz.in I-Quiz Team Informatics India Limited Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher Course for L&ISc lecturers, College Librarians etc
by Dr Pawan Kumar Gupta 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Dear..., I am getting a number of queries about the Refresher Course in L&IS to be held in the University of Rajasthan. In brief I am placing below information for all members. - The Course is meant for Lecturers in LIS, College Librarians, and Assistant Librarians in the university libraries intending to qualify for personal promotion for senior scale or selection scale etc as per UGC guidelines. - The dates: From 05 Jan to 24 Jan 2009. - Venue Academic Staff College, University of Rajasthan, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Jaipur 302055 - Please apply to Director, Academic Staff College, University of Rajasthan, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Jaipur 302055. - Application should accompany a DD for Rs 500/- in favour of Director, UGC-ASC, University of Rajasthan, payable at Jaipur. - Please get the application form from the Univ Of Rajasthan website: www.uniraj.ernet.in in Academic Staff College area. I hope the information will be of help to intending persons. With best wishes. -- Dr Pawan Kumar Gupta, Deputy Librarian, Rajasthan University Library, Jaipur - 302 020 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 Essay Competition 2009 & Prize in Higher Education Policy Research
by Puna Das 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

IAU/Palgrave Prize in Higher Education Policy Research The theme of the 2009 edition of the Prize is "Equitable Access, Success and Quality - three essential ingredients or three mutually exclusive concepts for higher education development?" The IAU/Palgrave Prize, valued at £1,000, is awarded to the most outstanding essay received from a researcher/scholar working in an IAU Member institution/organization. Deadline for submissions: March 31, 2009 More Details: http://www.unesco.org/iau/pdf/2009_Prize.pdf OR http://cssp-jnu.blogspot.com/2008/11/international-essay-competition-2009.h… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Corporate Librarians and special training?
by vasanth raj 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Dear sir/madam, This is in response to the LIS-Forum member request to suggest on how LIS departments can train Corporate Librarians? Though my response would not offer any suggestion, but contradicts with the postings itself. - How can LIS departments prepare corporate librarians? I am deliberating on the issue why there is much fuss about corporate world. Library Science and Information Science (Information Studies-Including wide spectrum of behavioral theories, science and technology) Schools have been training LIS professionals to perform their duties irrespective of the organization they aspire to work. It was not previously discussed so much about academic library or public library. But we have been making our graduates to be a perfect fit to a corporate world. Again these all have been become forefront in the light of globalization. Corporate venture have very strong financial back up to train their workers and they have been successful doing that over the years (Infosys global training centre). Today’s need is to prepare our graduates to work for the people from whom they have got benefitted (local tax payers). Andhara Pradesh itself is a naxal prone area with so much of economic inequalities, let our graduate take step in reducing the economic barrier and fill the gap of information rich and poor. There we need training and enrich our people. Globalization itself has become a halt, because of recent economics meltdown in US. Economists’ likes of Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman have propagating the humanistic economic policy with equal opportunity for every one. Coming back to the topic – LIS schools have leveraging the technology and new crop of Information schools are in a way modeled to survive in the information rich world. Syllabuses of some of the information schools can throw some lights on how LIS schools can tune their curriculum to prepare their graduates in the 21st century. Good thing is that library school basics have not changed lot-then why LIS departments prepare corporate librarians. Holistic approach is the need of the hour. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N Govt First Grade College Periyapatna Mysore Dist. 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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Research Methodology and Techniques
by kunwar.air air 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Dear LIS Professionals RESEARCH SCHOLARS, 25.11.08 Sub: Research Methodology and Techniques --- Arrangement of apecial Lecture by Dr.Rajendran, Prof. of Management, Anna University -- Request for participation and getting benefit -- Reg. *********** This is to inform my Ph.D. Research scholars that a Special lecfture on"Research Methodology and Techniques" has been arranged at Anna University Library. All are requested to participate and get benefit with regard to their Ph.D. Project. PL. BRING A COPY OF YOUR Ph.D. PROJECT QUESTIONNAIRE IF AVAILABLE. Also bring a scribbling pad. You can interact with the resource person and get clarified. Each Scholar is requested to contribute Rs. 100 towards Honorarium for the Resource person and lunch for everyone. Hence you are requested to convey your willingness to attend the above said programme through mail within 2 days . Ph.D.Research Scholars l are requested to attend the Programme without fail. Topic : Research Methodology and Techniques Name of the Resource Person : Dr. Rajendran, Prof. of Management, Anna University. Date of the Programme : 30.11.08 (Sunday) Time : 9 a.m. Venue : Seminar Hall, Anna University Library Regard:- K. S. Rawat Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai-600036 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free Sanskrit Software Tools and Fonts has been released by DIT, Ministry of Communication and Technology, Govt. of India
by Ajay Kum Sharma 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Dear Library and Information Professionals, It is very good news for us that DIT, Ministry of Communication and Technology, Govt. of India has released a complete set of free Sanskrit Software Tools and Fonts for linking the people through Indian Language Technology in association with the Technology Development for Indian Languages Programme & Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) at Tirupati on November 25, 2008 to bring about a language computing technology revolution in the country. For Your free software CDs, Kindly register at: http:www.ildc.in OR http:www.ildc.gov.in (for download) Sources: Times of India, Kolkata dated November 25, 2008 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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i-Quiz 2008 Contest : Part of 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC
by Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

Dear Moderator Pl. circulate this. Dear LIS students and professionals, Subject : i-Quiz 2008 Contest : Part of 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008 at BI, Kolkata) Important Dates : Round 1 - Online Quiz is on 28th November, 2008 and the Grand finale - Stage quiz is on December 11, 2008 in the Bose Institute, Kolkota during 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008. Register Before : 2nd December, 2008 ___________________________________________________________________________ Informatics is happy to announce the return of Q-Times. Yes, We are back with our popular quiz contest !!!!! We bring the "i-Quiz 2008" to tease your brains and let you win prizes ...... i- Quiz 2008 is part of the "23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008" at Bose Institute (to commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of Acharya J.C. Bose and 90th Foundation Day of the Institute" during 10-13 December, 2008, being organised by Bose Institute, Kolkata. InfoQuiz is now i-Quiz. i-quiz has 2 rounds: Round 1 - Online Quiz & Round 2 - Stage Quiz. Round 1 - Online Quiz is on 28th November, 2008 and the grand finale - Stage quiz is on December 11, 2008 in Kolkota during 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008. Registration for i-Quiz begins on November 21 and closes on 27th, at www.i- quiz.in Please note - you have just 7 days to register for the event. The last date for registration is November 27, 2008. Top 6 scorers in the Online Quiz will be called for the Final Round on December 11,2008 in Kolkata, during IASLIC 2008. CASH PRIZES and other AWARDS for the Winners and 1st Runners-up. Spread the good word - tell your friends and colleagues... "More, the Merrier" More details visit - www.i-quiz.in I-Quiz Team Informatics India ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please Register yourself for the Seminar before 30th November, 2008, after that it may not be possible for us to Register any particpants. http://bic.boseinst.ernet.in/seminar/workshop/library/ Contact : Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2569 3268, 3270 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in ------- End of Forwarded Message ------- DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2569 3268, 3270 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in (Fulbright Scholar 2005-2006) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Registration Open for IASLIC Seminar 10-13 December, 2008 at BI
by Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

Dear Moderator Kindly circulate this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF SPECIAL LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTRE (IASLIC), KOLKATA 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC at Bose Institute, during 10-13 December,2008 Dear All We have the honour to submit that Bose Institute, as a part of year long programme in commemoration of 150th Birth Anniversary Founder Sir J. C. Bose and 90th Foundation Day of the Institute, is organizing and hosting the 23rd National Seminar of Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centre (IASLIC) during 10-13, December 2008. The Seminar will be inaugurated on Wednesday 10th December, 2008 at 4.30 P.M. SIG Meetings will be at 10.00 A.M. on 10th December, 2008. All of your presence would benefit all the library professionals in India and globe. Please register yourself and also depute at least two persons from Library or LIS Department. Some of the objectives of the Seminar are to bring together special library professionals to a common platform, to promote special libraries, and facilitate the exchange of ideas and help to bridge the knowledge gap amongst the professionals associated with special libraries and to develop the professional competent. This seminar is expected to attract more than 500 participants from India and abroad. Registrations are open. You are invited to attend the same. For details please visit: http://bic.boseinst.ernet.in/seminar.html/workshop.html, or http://www.iaslic1955.org/organ.htm, Dates to Remember Last Date for Registration : 30th November 2008 Cancellation of Registration (for any un-avoidable circumstances) before 7th December, 2008 ---- 80% Registration Fees and accommodation charges (if any) will be refunded after deduction of Paper Publication charges (for authors, if any) Registration Fees : http://www.iaslic1955.org/fee.htm Register Online : http://bic.boseinst.ernet.in/seminar/workshop/library/lib_form.htm PANEL of SPEAKERS --- For Panel Discussions --- from India and abroad Payment Details : The payment should be sent through local cheque/ demand draft to be made in favour of "NS-IASLIC-BI-2008 and payable at Kolkata. The filled-in registration forms and the payment should be sent to the Bose Institute address (http://www.iaslic1955.org/regd.pdf) For further information, please contact: Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty Organizing Secretary 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC Bose Institute P-1/12 CIT Scheme VII-M, Kankurgachi, Kolakta 700 054 INDIA Ph. 91-33-25693268/ 3270 Fax: 91-33-23553886 Cell: 09433323424 Email: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in, c_arunK(a)hotmail.com, iaslic(a)vsnl.net Seminar updates : http://bic.boseinst.ernet.in/seminar/workshop/library/, www.iaslic1955.org Dated : 27th October, 2008 (Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty) Hony. General Secretary DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2569 3268, 3270 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture on Use pattern of e-Resource Databases in Modern Libraries at NISCAIR, New Delhi on 28-11-2008
by Puna Das 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

Dear All, You are coordially invited for the lecture on "Use pattern of e-Resource Databases in Modern Digital Libraries" by Dr. Dirk Fernholz on 28th November 2008 at NISCAIR as per the details given below: Speaker Dirk Fernholz Sr. e- Product Manger, Springer, Heidelberg. Topic Use pattern of e-Resource Databases in Modern Digital Libraries Venue Seminar Hall, NISCAIR, 14 Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi -110 067, India Date & Time 28 November 2008. 14:30hrs-16.30hrs Programme 14.30 Hrs. Welcome by Mr. S K Rastogi, Director, NISCAIR 14.35 Hrs. Opening Remarks 15.00 Hrs. Mr. Dirk Fernholz 16.30 Hrs. Closing remarks - Mr. Prakash Chand Regards Prakash Chand National Science Library NISCAIR, New Delhi-110 067, India ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.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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Building Malayalam documents with Greenstone
by Rajan 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

Dear All, Recent trials on Greenstone 2.81 revealed that Malayalam full text documents (word, pdf etc) containing Unicode fonts can be built up into digital library collections with browsing classifiers and word search in Malayalam. Greenstone emerges, probably, as the only digital library software with capability to have full text search in Malayalam. The experimentation was surprising to many of us, in spite of NCSI team, who worked on this aspect earlier, had told us about this possibility much earlier. The complexity of Malayalam language and the long delay in standardizing the keyboard made many of us believe that it would be a difficult task to handle Malayalam text. Now Malayalam search is a reality in Greenstone. This indicates that Greenstone has a larger scope from now onwards in local language computing and digitization. Malayalam OCR is still under development and may not expect to have more than 80 percent accuracy in the beginning, according to the development team. Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Request to fill the Questionnaire on Library Management System Survey for research work
by o u 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

Dear Sir, Please try to include the following message in LIS- FORUM mailing for the information of professionals in this region. Thanks --- On Mon, 24/11/08, o u <ojwini(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: From: o u <ojwini(a)yahoo.co.in> Subject: Request to fill the Questionnaire on Library Management System Survey for research work To: lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Cc: "Ojas Upasani" <ojaswini.upasani(a)gmail.com> Date: Monday, 24 November, 2008, 4:03 PM Please publish this request on LIS-FORUM Thanx Ojaswini Upasani Hello Professionals, I am a research (Doctorate level) student at Library and Information Sciences faculty of Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU, Nashik) under the guidance of Dr. D.N. Phadke of IIT Mumbai. I need your cooperation in my research project, entitled: Study of migration of Library Management Systems (LMS) in Western regional Indian libraries. This survey is designed to depict a regional picture of the library software / system migration in India . A questionnaire, to seek data about the migration aspects of LMS pertaining to your library is enclosed herewith. The information sought from you will not only help me to investigate the problem in detail but the process will also help in identifying problems in migration of LMS and solving them with standardization and troubleshooting. I would like to assure you that the data will be used only for the academic purpose and will be treated as “Strictly Confidential”. I need to know if any library other than the western region has migration experience which they are willing to share with the professionals. If you let me know your name and address, I will contact you for the details of the same. If you wish to reply my questionnarie for Librarians, the same is available on my blog http://ojas-lms.blogspot.com. Similarly, Questionnarie for Vendors is preapred separately to understand the type of features of LMS and type of services provided by the vendors. Hope to get you kind support & co-operation. Complete address: Mrs. Ojaswini Subodh Upasani A-202, Chandravel Co-op. Housing Society Katrap D.P. Road, Badlapur (East) Dist. Thane. Pin code – 420 503 Mobile: 9324962146 E-mail id : ojaswini.upasani(a)gmail.com Blog: http://ojas-lms.blogspot.com Get rid of Add-Ons in your email ID. Get yourname(a)rocketmail.com. Sign up now! Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. Grab 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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DELNET Annual Lecture by Mr Stephen Abram, President, SLA, USA on, November 28, 2008 at 6:30 pm at IIC
by Sangeeta Kaul 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

Dear Sir/Madam We request you to kindly join us for the DELNET Annual Lecture. Please confirm your kind presence. Thanking you Yours faithfully Sangeeta Kaul ============================================================================= DELNET cordially invites you to the DELNET Annual Lecture on Libraries and the Global Technology Forecast by Stephen Abram President, Special Libraries Association (SLA) U.S.A Vice President Innovation for SirsiDynix Corporation on Friday, November 28, 2008 at 6-30 p.m. at India International Centre (Conference Room II) 40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi 110003 N. Ravi Shankar Joint Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India has kindly agreed to preside. Tea : 6 p.m. RSVP : 26742222 Stephen Abram is President, Special Libraries Association (SLA), U.S.A. He was President 2004-2005 of the Canadian Library Association, President 2002 of the Ontario Library Association and has served twice on the SLA international board of directors, in addition to the Toronto Chapter, CASLIS and SLA as LMD. He is currently also Vice President Innovation for SirsiDynix where he helps predict the future of libraries, technology and user behavior. He has been VP of Corporate Development for Micromedia ProQuest and Publisher Electronic Information for Thomson. He has run libraries for Suncor, Coopers & Lybrand, Smith Lyons Torrance Stevenson and Mayer and The Hay Group. Stephen has been listed by Library Journal as a "Mover and Shaker", one of the key people influencing the future of libraries and librarianship. He has been awarded SLA's John Cotton Dana Award as well as being a Fellow of the SLA. He was Canadian Special Librarian of the Year and Alumni of the Year for the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto. He is an adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Information Studies. Stephen gives well over 50 international keynote talks annually to library and information industry conferences and articles and columns for, among others, Information Outlook, Feliciter, Multimedia & Internet @ Schools, and Library Journal. Recently he has enjoyed a few radio and television appearances promoting libraries. _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-26742222, 32471010, 32471002, 32471011 Fax: 91-11-26741122 Email: sangs(a)delnet.ren.nic.in, sangskaul2003(a)yahoo.co.in, sangskaul(a)gmail.com Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Neem extract for preservation
by YASHWANT G KANADE 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

Dear Members, Could any one please suggest us how neem extract can be used to control the worm attacked to books? Please give the details of the company who does this services? -- YASHWANT G KANADE SGO/Librarian Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science BANGALORE - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner @CES, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS Education
by shriram pandey 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

Dear Madam, There are various approaches that can be adopted by LIS departments and some specialized organizations to prepare corporate librarians. In order to fulfill this requirement, first we have to see that whats are the necessary qualifications and experience needed for a corporate librarians.Most of the corporate libraries are fully automated and use latest technologies to provide best quality based services to their patrons. This includes content management, Community portal development for social networking, CAS services through blogs and through some others web 2.0 technology like wikies. Knowledge Management is also more associated with this and many libraries are now proactively providing "Knowledge Management services". Some of the leading organizations that have already started some specialized programs for LIS professionals include NCSI, Indian Institute of Science, which is providing specialised training in information and Knowledge Management(IKM). This training programme is now being continued as LIM (Library and information management) in collaboration with JRD Tata Memorial Library, IISc. ADIS course (Now MS-Library and information science), ISI , Bangalore has also the latest curriculum and infrastructure to prepare corporate librarians. Library and information Science departments can take reference from curriculum of these organizations and can develop their curriculum based on that. There are several other issues that LIS departments should have to care of like Specialized staff , Infrastructure etc. Regards, Shri Ram Pandey - MLIS(BHU), IKM(IISc), UGC-NET (JRF) NCSI, IISC, Bangalore-560012 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program -2010
by J. K. Vijayakumar 23 Nov '08

23 Nov '08

Introduction This program, jointly sponsored by the American Theological Library Association, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and OCLC, provides early career development and continuing education for library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies. Program overview On an annual basis, up to six individuals, including a theological librarian, are selected for participation in this intensive five-week Fellowship program. Four weeks are based at OCLC's headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA; one week is based at OCLC in Leiden, Netherlands. The program gives Fellows opportunities to meet with leading information practitioners, visit libraries, and explore topics including information technologies, library operations and management, and global cooperative librarianship. The Fellows visit selected North American and European libraries, cultural heritage institutions and library organizations. The Fellows also observe OCLC's governance structure in action, gaining insight into issues affecting the global library cooperative. Fellows give presentations about their home countries and libraries, meet leading information professionals and discuss real-world solutions to the challenges facing libraries today. The Fellows translate their learning and experiences into specific professional development plans that guide their continued growth as well as their personal contributions to their home institutions and country of origin. Application deadline 06 March 2009 Selection April - July 2009 Award announcement August 2009 Program dates April - May 2010 (exact dates to be determined) Full Details are available at http://www.oclc.org/community/careerdevelopment/fellows/default.htm Best wishes for all applicants; Posted by -- -- -- Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR IFLA-OCLC Fellow - 2001 Associate Director of Library Services American University of Antigua PB W-1451, St. Johns Antigua, West Indies www.auamed.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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"Get an edge realize your dream"
by shivakumar shiva 23 Nov '08

23 Nov '08

Dear Professionals, The 5th talk of the 'Friday Talk' series of MULISSA (Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association) was held at the First year Lecture hall of Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore on Friday, 21st Nov. 2008. This week's topic of discussion was 'Get on edge to realize your dream'. Mr. Prashanth Kumar, Managing Director of EDGE (Enhancing Individual Growth and Excellence), Mysore, gave an interactive presentation on how to realize our dreams. He began by defining the word 'success', which means many things to many people. Intent, effort and God's grace are three ingredients for success. He emphasized certain issues such as - Why some people are not successful. - The art of dream conversion being a structured process. - Handling fear - Dealing with criticism He ended with the quote 'Dreams can come true, if you make them come true'. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar presided over the function, welcomed and introduced the guest, Faculty, Research Scholars and students were present on the occasion. -- *Shivakumar H.R.* * II year MLISc * *Manasagangothri * *University of Mysore Mysore.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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