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Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust is looking for information professionals
by Mailing List Admin 01 May '08

01 May '08

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:52:16 +0530 (IST) From: raghavan(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in Dear Moderator: Please arrange to announce the following to all members of LIS Forum: Regards K.S. Raghavan DRTC The Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust is looking for information professionals meeting the following requirements: Name of the position: Librarian for Knowledge Management Center Reference ID: HLFPPT/APRIL-08/KMC TSD Name of the Company: Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust Location: Knowledge Management Center, (KMC) Noida Office Timings: 9.30 am to 6.30 pm (Monday to Friday). Division: Technical Services Division (TSD) HLFPPT Remuneration: The gross salary package in the scale of pay will be in the range of INR 3 to 4 lakh per annum. Two year contractual and will be renewed on the basis of annual performance. Qualification: Bachelor/ Masters in degree in library science with additional Certificate course on Managing information in digital age, training on library software like Greenstone, D Space, LIBSYS and Knowledge Management. Diploma in computer programme and computer skills on DTP, Carol draw, Photoshop, page maker is desirable Experience: Minimum 5 years experience as Librarian & Knowledge Management in recognized institutes. He/She should be familiarity with developing and delivering knowledge sharing programme and establishing effective partnerships within and outside the learning centers and resource centers. Functional Area: Managing resource, update website & intranet, knowledge management · Key responsibilities include: 1. Identify and collection of resources, update the resource in the master list 2. Promote knowledge sharing by using innovation and new IT technologies. 3. Strengthening links between knowledge sharing and the information systems, and improving integration among information systems in the organization 4. He/She maintain the central repository of all communication (IEC/BCC) materials, proposals, reports from the organization. 5. Document the project, divisional information and reports Languages: English compulsory, other regional language like Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil and Bengali is desirable. Start date: As soon as possible (ASAP) Interested and eligible candidates, may mail their application with updated resume at careers(a)hlfppt.org by 10th May 2008. Interview planned during on 3rd Week of May at Noida/Delhi. Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted for further stages. Mr. A. K. Mehta, Sr. Manager HR Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust B-11, Sector-59, Gautam Budh Nagar, Noida - Uttar Pradesh, INDIA 201301 careers(a)hlfppt.org www.hlfppt.org 91-120-4231060, 4231061, Fax: 4231065

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SPECIAL LECTURE PROGRAMME
by Mailing List Admin 01 May '08

01 May '08

Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:43:04 +0100 (BST) From: lalitha aswath <lalithaaswath(a)yahoo.co.in> BANGALORE UNIVERSITY Department of Library and Information Science SPECIAL LECTURE PROGRAMME 2007-2008 Managing Human Resource By Dr. Ramesh Prof. & Head P.G. Department of Management Studies Mount Carmel College Bangalore. Time: 11 am, Date: 3rd May 2008 AND Role of IT in Creative Teaching By Dr. Padma International Academy for Creative Teaching Hebbal, Bangalore. Time: 12.30 pm, Date: 3rd May 2008 Venue: Dr. S. Radhakrishna Hall ALL ARE INVITED Staff and Students Dept. of Library and Information Science Bangalore University, Bangalore-560 056

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Fwd: Promoting Reading Habits
by loan fayaz 01 May '08

01 May '08

loan fayaz <fayazlib(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:32:42 +0100 (BST) From: loan fayaz <fayazlib(a)yahoo.co.in> Subject: Promoting Reading Habits To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear Colleage, As all of us know information is power and this power is absorbed in the body not by eating but by reading. So a person must have reading habits in this information age. Now the question is how to develop them? A single person or organisation cannot develop reading habits in modern multimedia society where new media is distracting the reader from reading materials. Parents , teachers and librarians have to play a great role in creating a reading society. As a librarian you can attract users towards reading by displaying book jackets of new books/the new issues of periodicals, providing SDI services, circulating contents of new issues, motivating the authorities for celeberating World Book Day, Library Week, Librarian's Day, and organising the Book exhibitions. Book talk, Quiz competitions and the like. It is matter of regret that in academic institutions of India emphasis is given on passing the examinations, not on promoting the lifelong reading habits. That is why our biggest population struggles in every field for survival and leading in the none as compared to other developing countries. We must know that "the nations who reads is a nation who leads". Fayaz Lone Documentation Officer CCAS, University of Kashmir. --------------------------------- Best Jokes, Best Friends, Best Food. Get all this and more on Best of Yahoo! Groups. --------------------------------- Best Jokes, Best Friends, Best Food. Get all this and more on Best of Yahoo! Groups. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FW: I Need Your Help !-hoax Mail--- BEWARE THIS MAIL IS NOT FROM ME. I AM IN INDIA
by Manjunath K 01 May '08

01 May '08

Dear friends, Today I got this mail from my nephew who is in dubai... shocking to see this mail under my gmail-id... The below mail is not from me and I am very much in India. It is a hoax mail. If you have received this mail asking for help, please ignore it. I request you to forward this mail to your friends and other forums. Manjunath ------------- Dr. Manjunatha K Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal - 576 104 Udupi Dist. Karnataka, India Ph: +91-0820-2573551(0ff); 2575161(Res) email: manjunath(a)mail.tapmi.org; manju_tapmi(a)yahoo.com web: http://www.tapmi.org ------------- ********** Manjunatha Keralapura <manjunathak(a)gmail.com> wrote: Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 03:05:35 +0100 From: "Manjunatha Keralapura" <manjunathak(a)gmail.com> To: manjunathak(a)gmail.com Subject: I Need Your Help ! How are you doing today? I am sorry I didn't inform you about my traveling to Africa for a program ,the program is taking place in three major countries in Africa which is Ghana , South Africa and Nigeria . It has been a very sad and bad moment for me, the present condition that i found myself is very hard for me to explain. I am really stranded in Nigeria because I forgot my little bag in the Taxi where my money, passport, documents and other valuable things were kept on my way to the Hotel am staying, I am facing a hard time here because i have no money on me. I am now owning a hotel bill of $1550 and they wanted me to pay the bill soon else they will have to seize my bag and hand me over to the Hotel Management., I need this help from you urgently to help me back home, I need you to help me with the hotel bill and i will also need $1600 to feed and help myself back home so please can you help me with a sum of $3,500 to sort out my problems here? I need this help so much and on time because i am in a terrible and tight situation here, I don't even have money to feed myself for a day which means i had been starving so please understand how urgent i needed your help. I am sending you this e-mail from the hotel cafe , I will appreciate what so ever you can afford to send me for now and I promise to pay back your money as soon as i return home so please let me know on time so that i can forward you the details you need to transfer the money through Money Gram or Western Union. please i really need your help . i promise to pay you back . -- Manjunath ------------------------- Dr. Manjunatha K Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute ________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reading habits of Students
by Chitra Prakash Rao 01 May '08

01 May '08

Hi ; To best showcase your Jpurnals and to promote reading habits in users one must always go out to them and not expect them to come to you. first suggestion would be to find out what chapters of books or course is taught and display those books ot make detailed chapter wise bibliographies and put it up on the Library Notice boards.. Second go out to the teachers and students and interact with them ask if they have got all the material they want to study. Have them see the recent magazines and books. Slowly and steadily introduce them to what you have in Library Start a Book Awareness Club where the top ten books recieved in that week/ month are talked about or written. Ensure magazine articles are displayed for all to see. If they do not come to the Library Put it in a place they can see. For BE courses your interaction with the teachers and showing them what is availbale will improve the reading habits of students ie. awareness of what is availble in their Libraries. As they depend on teachers references a lot. Thirdly we all have to make the maximum effort to break this barrier in the initial stages only later on word of mounth from batch to batch will automatically advertise your collection. Last but not the least we have to accept that they have made their own arrangements either from Friends and Book-stores and have organised their reading materials themselves. In which case getting a vendor to sell at your campus at the beginning of the year with more discounts as books will be purchased in Bulk will endear you to them and they will approach you in future if they want any urther information..Try always to be among them and not away where their needs are concerned. best wishes and welcome to the real word of Library management Chitra Rao Library and Information officer NITIE Mumbai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information/Library Assistant
by ACHAR S 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Dear All, Upcoming National Business School which is Associated with International Business School in JP Nagar(Bangalore) requires Information/Library Assistant. Active,Smart fresh/apprentice trained diploma candidates(female) willing to work in a challenging environment. Preferably candidates should be in & around JP nagar, Bangalore.Six Months to One year probationary period followed by confirmation. Contact:Achar, Consultant; cell:9449340789 Send your Resumae along with photo to: Achar, c/o Shanthakumar, "Vasanthakrupa", #163, Thalagattapura Post, Kanakapura Road, Bangalore-560062 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS research in India- response from LIS professionals is encouraging.
by Manjunath K 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Dear LIS Professionals, (sorry for cross posting--- if already responded please ignore this) Recently I had posted a small questionnaire to our e-forums for compiling directory of LIS doctoral research. The response is encouraging.. Seventy members have already responded to the questionnaire. I request full cooperation from LIS Teachers and Practioners with PhD degree to compile the comprehensive directory. My desire is to complete the task as early as possible so that our professionals get benefited. If you have not yet responded, please spare just five minutes to open the following survey and provide the information. It will take just two-three minutes to fill the questionnaire. http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pGIJhUehDUUas09WOeerUfQ&emai l=true If you cannot open the link, please copy and paste the link on your web browser. If you have already responded... Thank you very much for the cooperation. I have extracted data from inflibnet, Vidyanidhi and University news. Anticipating your full cooperation I am hoping of completing the task by this June end. I will post the cumulated directory on our e-forums for the benefit of our professionals. I need your cooperation. With regards, Dr. Manjunatha K Librarian TAPMI, Manipal - 576 104 Karnataka, Ph: 0820-2573551, Email: manjunath(a)mail.tapmi.org <mailto:manjunath@mail.tapmi.org> ; manju_tapmi(a)yahoo.com <mailto:manju_tapmi@yahoo.com> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job posting - CMC Vellore
by Vasumathi Sriganesh 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Dear library professionals (Apologies for the Cross posting - if you are getting multiple copies of this mail by subscribing to all lists) I have a request from a friend at CMC Vellore to spread a message about this vacancy. ------------------------------------------------ Wanted by the Prof. BV Moses & ICMR Advanced Centre for Research and Training in Evidence Based Health Care, ('ICMR Centre for Advanced Research in Evidence Based Health Care':) Carman Block, Christian Medical College, Bagayam, Vellore, for a 5 year project: SACN 1: Information Specialist / Electronic Resource Librarian (Research Scientist- non-medical): Qualifications: M.L.I.Sc., + One year PG Diploma in Library Automation and Networking and or equivalent and Appropriate Experience in e-resource management. Salary: Consolidated Rs. 25,000 per month; (as per ICMR scales). Accommodation not provided. Job requirements include: Compiling and Maintaining a register of clinical trials conducted in India and other countries in South Asia; maintenance of the South Asian Cochrane Network website (www.cochrane-sacn.org) and institutional research website; teaching health professionals to use PubMed, The Cochrane Library, other health data repositories, how to run searches, how to use reference manager software, etc.; conducting research on publication and dissemination issues Only candidates with proficiency in English and required qualifications and skills need apply. Please send your application by email to paul_signet(a)hotmail.com --------------------------------------------- Regards Vasumathi Sriganesh CEO, QMed Knowledge Foundation A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India Tel: 91-22-40054474 / 75 Fax: 91-22-40054358 Web: www.qmedkf.org.in Indian Medical Sites- www.indianmedicalsites.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 2007 Annual Edition
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 2007 Annual Edition is now available from Digital Scholarship: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/annual.htm Annual editions of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography are PDF files designed for printing. Each annual edition is based on the last HTML version published during the edition's year. The SEPB 2007 Annual Edition is based on Version 70 (12/18/2007). The printed bibliography is over 260 pages long. The PDF file is over 1 MB. In addition to updated URLs, hundreds of additional URLs have been added to the SEPB 2007 Annual Edition. (The additional URLs will be added to Version 72 of the SEPB HTML edition.) The bibliography has the following sections: Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History 2.2 General Works 2.3 Library Issues 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History 3.2 Critiques 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals 3.4 General Works 3.5 Library Issues 3.6 Research 4 General Works 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights 5.2 License Agreements 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata 6.2 Digital Libraries 6.3 General Works 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation 7 New Publishing Models 8 Publisher Issues 8.1 Digital Rights Management 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI Appendix A. Related Bibliographies Appendix B. About the Author New versions of SEPB are announced on DigitalKoans: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/ RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DigitalKoans For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital publications since my resignation from the University of Houston Libraries, see: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/dsoverview.htm -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ DigitalKoans Open Access Bibliography Open Access Webliography Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Promotional Avenues for Professional Assistant
by ANIL SINGH 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Dear Professional Colleagues, Is there any promotional avenues (ACP or time bound Scale) for Professional Assistants in any university in India. If any scheme exists, please inform. DLDI, NCERT New Delhi - 110016 E-mail: rathoreas(a)hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Technology : Catch up on updates on the latest Gadgets, Reviews, Gaming and Tips to use technology etc. http://computing.in.msn.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Some query regarding DDC number
by Jaipal Singh Sisodia 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Dear professionals I would like to know some of the following Title's DDC number. 1. Library and Information Science School of Australia 2. Dictionary of Hindu Rights and Ceremonies 3. Joint selection committe of Indian Parliament 4. Social Status of Bangladesh in Bengal 5. History of Newspaper and Journalism in India 6. Monetary Policy of India 7. Radiological Diagnosis of Gastric Ulcer 8. Termite Pests of Sugar cane crops 9. Cricket coaching 10.Sanskrit Reader for English speaking people 11. Physical Diagnosis of skin diseases of sheeps 12.Aptitute test for Classical Dancing 13. Economic conditions in India during Ashoka period 14. Teachinh methods for mathematics in elementary schools 15. Bone tuberclosis of horse Please help in this regards, as this information required for my research work. with regards -- Jaipal Singh Sisodia Librarian Institute of Technology and Science G.T. Raod Mohan Nagar Ghaziabab-201007 -- 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] Promoting reading habits
by T. Shahab 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

"Librarians work for the mankind"? Forgive me to sound churlish. This textbook comments appear me like rubbing salt to every practicing librarians' open wound. Librarains in the real work situation in most of the institutions in our counrty-whether public or private-have no larger profile than submitting with all docility at their command to the directives or sweet wishes or whims of the governing committee/Principal/Professors/Directors/Vice-Chancellors, etc. I haven't come across any Public or Academic librarian who feel empowered enough to acquire books with a view to cultivating best "Value system", without being in perpetual trepidation of having her/his choices being qestioned. Librarians in our contry may become effective instrunments in the development of an Information literate society provided the significance of libraries as an agent of social transformation is understood by those who are holding the reins of authority and power. Moreover, while seized with the issue of "Information literacy" we should also think of the usefulness of the long forgotten techniques used in library extension services. The true literacy is not really course book based. It is to banish the darknness of ignorance from our minds and to enable us to acuire various forms of competencies that should empower us to be engaged in the contemporary society beneficially for all. Regards. TANWIR -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Sukhdev Singh Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 1:50 PM To: Smita Chandra; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Cc: binu david Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Promoting reading habits Are we just teachers? Or our responsibility goes beyond that? I thought, it just the teachers who "force" their "pupils" to learn whatever is prescribed in their syllabus. A teacher transfers a domain of knowledge to its pupils. S/he deals with one generation (25 years equals to a generation). Fine, I have no objection to this. It is his/her duty. The roles are well defined; the person standing in the class knows the best. Now there is something called social "value system". Conflicts between generations start from here. Call it "Generation Gap" if you like. Here the older generation always feel that their value system is better and more right than that of younger generation. The young feels just the opposite. I am with the younger generation. I feel the younger generation is always right because they know better. After all they are born after 25 years. During these 25 years, the sum total of mankind knowledge gets added up (Quiz - How many times?). And Technology? How much does it change in 25 years? While a teacher (not a researcher) merely transfers the existing known domain knowledge to its pupil, a librarian has more challenging task - s/he builds the knowledge base. S/he acquires the best knowledge produced and recorded; organizes; makes it findable and usable. Librarian does not work for a Generation. Librarian does not work for Money. Librarian does not subscribe to any particular Ideology. Librarian does not work for a particular Society or Community. Librarian WORKS FOR MANKIND. Libraries collectively form the MEMORY of MANKIND. Now coming to philosophy of Library Science. I wonder whether we all have grown beyond Ranganathan. More of us are talking in terms of THIRD LAW (Every Book Its Reader - the promotional aspect) while ignoring the SECOND LAW (Every Reader his/her Book - the collection development aspect). As already hinted in my previous mail, priority should be according to the order of the Laws. For me the FIRST LAW (Books are for use) comes first, so I talk of Open Access. Collection development comes second and promotion comes third. I am very happy that few of us actually pinpointed the root cause. It is the strict adhere to "numerical" and "magic numbers" prescribed by accrediting bodies. Recently, I was invited at CMC Vellore < http://www.cochrane-sacn.org/symposium2008/workshops.html > to chair a session. There I got an opportunity to look to one poster. It was co-authored by Dr. R. R. Pathak, Depratment of Pharmacology, C U Shah Medical College, Surendranagar GUJARAT - 363001 and Sheikh, Rizwan, the Senior Librarian there. I talked at length to Dr. Pathak during his poster presentation. His views are important to me. He is a PG Student of Pharmacology and a Library User. I requested a copy of the poster, which he sent me through email later (I can forward the same to whoever desires, or better if Rizwan is here and listening, I request him to make his presentation in lis-forum) What does this poster say? It bursts the MCI's Library Norms and Magic Numbers. He shows how a private college can fill up "magic numbers" with books and journals that students would never need. He goes ahead with high pitch, which I don't like to circulate over here. So you cannot have Second Law violated and then expect Librarian to operate the Third Law. So Build Your Collection to the Needs of your User. Don't impose your own Value - System on the User. User Knows the Best. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Smita Chandra <smitac_in(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Sorry am back once again... > > The problem indeed lies somewhere else. Reading habits do not evolve > over-night, but it is a long process having its roots in human beings > as kids. Curiosity will no doubt drive anyone to read anything of > his/her interest no matter where it is. But if we are talking of > 'reading' for the sake of inner development and a more mature level of > understanding and a mature society in-turn, then it is the whole wide > spectrum of 'reading habit' that comes into picture. There are n-book > clubs of different trusts/ organizations however there is a deficiency > of a library, librarian, a school library, a public library (pls lets > leave the BCL and USIS out of our 'Indian' list), or a library > association in India involved directly or indirectly in such a > process. (This bring to mind a question I have been pondering, is > there any association at all between the National Book Trust of India > and our libraries, lets say our National Library ?...pls can someone > clarify ? ) > > There are some public libraries in the US, that hand out gift baskets > containing books to 'expectant mothers' to read them out to their unborn ! > ..sounds familiar to our culture too...oh yes thats also Abhimanyu > from Mahabharat !!! So it is at THIS BASIC level that we have YET TO > BEGIN working towards. Else we are all aware of the parallel education > system in our country, of the rote system of learning in schools, of > ... are these the reason why school kids so shy away from their > library periods ? Is there any study between such dynamic relations > /interactions related also to school libraries / national association > in this ? If yes, then has that been out forward to the varied boards > on education set up time and again to bring reforms to the school > syllabus and learning methodology. We see examples here being pointed > from US, are people in such committees aware of the role a library has > in developing lets say 'reading habit' here ? Are there any librarians > or representatives of library associations ? What about the role of libraries in developing reading habits for the special kids ? > > > Regards, > > Smita-- > Smita Chandra > Librarian > Indian Institute of Geomagnetism > New Mumbai > > Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> wrote: > But aren't we trying to reinvent the Wheel? > > Let us go back to our science. > > Read and Understand the Second Law: > > Better Buy a Copy and keep it on your table. I don't have to tell you > the title. http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1220/ > > Also remember the Second Law comes Before Third Law. > > The problem lies somewhere else. Poor students!! Always at receiving end!!. > > One question? Who told them to read SMSes? > Second Question? Who told them to Google? > > Answer = IF SOMETHING IS USEFUL, IT WILL BE USED!! > > So if the Library collection is useful, it will be used. Put your > useful books in Seven Locks, people will still ask for it. Don't you > observe it daily in your library? > > Sorry, the problem lies somewhere else. > Do you still want to know the problem? > > > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Parinita Samant wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > This could be a very interesting point for discussion, as promoting > > reading habits will always be an important topic for all librarians. > > > > Could we professionals work together on this forum and try to list > > out all possibilities for increased readership in libraries? > > > > Thanks & Regards > > > > Parinita Samant > > Hexaware Technologies Ltd > > Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 > > > > 67919595 - Xt- 9707 > > "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that > > is all" -Oscar Wilde > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of binu > > david > > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:13 PM > > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > > > > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Promoting reading habits > > > > Dear Friends > > > > I am a Librarian with a self financing engineering college(only > > BTech/BE) in Kerala. Our library subscribes to around 80 print > > periodicals in the area of engineering and allied subjects. To > > promote reading habits of periodicals among students and faculty we > > have taken initiate like user education, current awareness etc. > > But the response to these initiatives are meagre. Yearly we are > > spending around 2 lakh on periodicals. So i need some valuable > > suggestions from my colleague's in promoting reading habits of our > > periodicals in optimum. > > > > Hope soon I will receive a lot of suggestion from you people. > > > > Thanking you > > > > Sincerely > > > > Binu David > > Librarian > > N J College of Engineering > > Pothandi > > Palghat > > > > > > -- > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > ***************************************************** > > This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and > confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the > > use of the recipients named above. 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REQUIRED TRAINEE APPRENTICE AT BRITISH LIBRARY, BANGALORE - URGENT
by Banda Shankar 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

British Library, Bangalore invites applications for one year apprenticeship programme. Selected candidates will be paid a consolidated stipend of Rs.7, 000/- per month. Qualification required 1. MLISc or equivalent (completed only) Eligible candidates can send their resume to bl.bangalore(a)in.britishcouncil.org or Manager BritishLibrary Prestige Takt 23, Kasturba Road Cross Bangalore– 560001 Tel: +91-80-22489220 Fax: +91-80-22240767 Number of vacancies - 2 Last date for receiving applications: 03/05/2008 Short listed candidates will be intimated by 05/05/2008 Date of Interview: 06/05/2008 10.30 AM at above address No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview. Please bring all your certificates in original supporting your educational qualification and proof of age. Manager British Library ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Required LIS professionals
by Mallikarjun K 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Dear Moderator, Please post this information in the LIS-Forum. Thank you. We are looking for young LIS professionals (Male Candidates only) with Very good communication skill, preferably residents of Bangalore, to work in Bangalore Management Academy. Qualifications: MLISc or BLISc with minimum of 50% marks. Remuneration: Depending on qualifications and Experience. Those interested may please send their resume with Photograph, To: prakash(a)bmaindia.com or prakash_inp(a)yahoo.com -- *Mallikarjun M Kappi *Asst.Librarian-Knowledge Centre #17, Ashirwad Towers, Doddanekkundi Cross, Mahadevapura Ring Road, Maratahalli Post, Bangalore - 560 037 E-mail: mkmallikarjun(a)gmail.com Mallikarjun(a)bmaindia.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Report on “International Standards in Library Automation and Networking” held at Bangalore University
by Pandurang Konnur 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Report on "International Standards in Library Automation and Networking" held at Bangalore University Introduction Bangalore University, Indian Academic Library Association (IALA) and Kesavan Institute for Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM) together organized this workshop in Bangalore University, Jnana Bharathi Campus. It was attended by 60 librarians from Academic libraries, Research organizations, Corporates and Public Libraries. This workshop took place from 17th March 2008 to 21st March 2008. The overwhelming success of this workshop is evident from the great satisfaction levels of the participants. Resource persons 1. Mr. L.J.Haravu (Kesavan Institute for Information and Knowledge Management) 2. Dr. A.R.D. Prasad (DRTC, Bangalore) 3. Dr. Ramesha (Associate Professor, Bangalore University) 4. Dr. Krishnamurthy (Librarian, Mysore University Library) 5. Mr. E.M.Siddartha (NewGenLib Foundation) Technical sessions The technical sessions started with an overview of metadata standards. In this session metadata standards like MARC21, and Dublin core were discussed, and also the importance of using metadata standards were discussed. The next session was on MARC21. Participants were explained the importance and prominence of MARC21 standard. Practical sessions were held online to make participants understand the structure of MARC21, they were also taught on how to use the documentation of MARC21. In fact the session became so exciting that participants requested for an extra one hour session on MARC21 to further examine the standard and know more about it. MARC21 for Bibliographic data, Authority data and Holdings data were covered during this session. Session on Dublin Core discussed the Dublin core metadata standard in detail. This session created an awareness in Participants about semantic web and describing the web resources A session on "What are Interoperability standards?" has discussed concepts like Z39.50 and other related interoperability standards were discussed. The session on Z39.50 protocol, server and client made the participants know more this protocol A session on SRU/W (Search Retrieve through URLs and Web services) was taken, where it was explained how the web services are taking over the traditional standards in database interoperability. A query language Common Query Language (CQL) was also explained. Most importantly participants were able to do practical sessions on invoking SRU/W based services and also see the results. One of the most exciting sessions was on XML. The importance of XML and its implementations were discussed here. Participants also had practical session ob creating XML documents and interpret XML documents. After this session participants were able to interpret MARC XML documents easily. There was also a session on Unicode. This session discussed the importance and implementations of Unicode One of the current buzz words in library automation is RFID. There was a half day session on RFID and also NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP). RFID equipment was practically shown and demonstrated to the participants The session on OAI-PMH discussed the importance of creating institutional archives, making these archives accessible and its importance was discussed. OAI-PMH harvesters were also discussed in this session. Putting all the things above together a platform or application that could support the global standards was explained. In this session it was discussed on how "Open Source" software can address the above requirements. A discussion on various open source software and their pros and cons were also discussed. Finally there was session on NewGenLib Open source. Participants were explained "What is open source?", Features of NewGenLib Open source, and a hands-on session on installation of NewGenLib Open source -- Dr.P.V.Konnur Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) University Librarian, Bangalore University Library, Jananabharati, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510 Website: http://library@bub.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Advt. Project Linked Personnel in DRTC
by DRTC - General 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE 8TH MILE, MYSORE ROAD, BANGALORE 560059 ADVERTISEMENT Applications are invited for one (1) purely "temporary Project-linked Person" in DRTC at Bangalore Centre of the Institute to work on the project on "Facet Analysis and Enhancement of information Retrieval in the Digital Environment". Qualification : Essential : ADIS from the Indian Statistical Institute or an equivalent qualification in Library & Information Science from a recognized University / Institute OR Masters Degree in Computer Applications (MCA). Pay: Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) per month, all inclusive. Tenure of appointment : The temporary appointment is upto 31 March 2009. Age: Maximum of 30 years as on 01 January 2008. Age may be relaxed for SC/ST/OBC candidates. Typed applications stating (1) Name [In block letters]: (2) Father's /Husband's name: (3) Address: (4) E-mail: (5) Phone No.: (6) Date of Birth: (7) Educational Qualification: (8) Work experience, (if any): accompanied by attested copies of relevant documents/ testimonials addressed to the Director, Indian Statistical Institute, should reach the Head, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RV College Post, Bangalore 560059 on or before 31 May 2008. The Institute reserves the right not to appoint Project-linked Person. T.S.S.R.K. Rao Head, Bangalore Centre -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Faceted browsing with Solr and Ruby on Rails
by Rupak Chakravarty 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

OSS WebOPAC: A next generation library catalog written in ruby, using solr as theunderlying search engine. All you have to do is export your marcrecords, index them with the scripts provided, start up ruby on rails,and you're on your way to faceted browsing bliss.Check this out: http://blacklight.rubyforge.org/ 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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Promoting Reading Habits
by Rajan 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Dear Mr Singh, It is true that you should build the collection to the needs of the user and should not impose your value system to him. The user knows the best, most of the time, but not always. When you speak about the user, please don't think of the students or faculty now there in the academic rolls of the institution alone. Think of the tenure of a library book and all possible users which may run into a few generations. So, in many cases you need to foresee creatively and arrive at a conclusion about the real needs of the users of the book rather than what the users speak when you decide to purchase. That means, don't avoid inclusion of a book which you visualize to be of useful later and cannot be obtained then eventhough you dont have a user right now. As well, when you think of the user, you should think of the diverse kinds of users during the entire tenure of the book too. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> So you cannot have Second Law violated and then expect Librarian to operate the Third Law. So Build Your Collection to the Needs of your User. Don't impose your own Value - System on the User. User Knows the Best. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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A browser plugin for libraries
by Romesh Chander 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Dear colleagues, LibX is a browser plugin for Firefox and Internet Explorer that provides direct access to your library's resources. LibX is an open source framework from which editions for specific libraries can be built. Currently, 345 academic and public libraries have created public LibX editions. To find more information, follow the following link:- http://www.libx.org/ With Regards, Romesh Chander Sharma IKM Trainee, National Centre for Science Information(NCSI), Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore-560012 Mob. no. 9880959707 Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Science Directory
by Mailing List Admin 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:54:23 +0200 From: Imma Subirats <imma.subirats(a)gmail.com> Open Science Directory http://www.opensciencedirectory.net/ Search tool for open access journals and journals in special programs for developing countries. The *Open Science Directory* has been developed by *EBSCO* and the *Hasselt University Library* based upon a request by marine information management experts collaborating within the framework of the *IOC<http://ioc.unesco.org/> *'s (*Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO*) *IODE<http://www.iode.org/> * (*International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange*) programme. *Goal: * - To create a global search tool for all open access and special programs journal titles. - To enhance the access of these collections by creating direct links to the journals and their articlesincluded in this A-to-Z-list. - All information about the included journal collections is available at the websites of the included projects. These websites are directly accessible from the Open Science Directory. - The Open Science Directory will not replace these programs. Also the different programs have their own regulations and eligibility conditions. As a interested user, you or your institute will have to register on their sites if you want to make use of special programs like HINARI, AGORA, INASP-PERI, OARE, eIFL and eJDS. *Target groups: * - Institutes (universities, research units, …) and their researchers in developing countries. - Every organization and researcher interested in these collections. *Content:* - About 13000 scientific journals are now available in the 'Open Science Directory'. When all the special program journals will be included, the Open Science Directory will contain more than 20000 titles. - Open Science Directory contains collections of Open Access Journals (full – partly) and journals in the special programs (Hinari, Agora). Other programs will be added in the near future: OARE, INASP-PERI, eIFL, eJDS. *Open Acces Journals:* The most important collections are: - The Directory of Open Access Journals <http://www.doaj.org/> covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are about 3000 in the directory (Dec 1, 2007). DOAJ is developed by the Lund University Libraries. - BioMed Central <http://www.biomedcentral.com/home/> is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. BioMed Central contains 184 journals (Dec 1, 2007). Many are citation-tracked and already have Impact Factors. - A division of the Stanford University Libraries, HighWire Press<http://highwire.stanford.edu/>hosts a large repository of high impact, peer-reviewed content, with 1079 journals and 4,552,400 full text articles from over 130 scholarly publishers. HighWire-hosted publishers have collectively made 1,823,449 articles free. You will find the journals in the Open Science Directory with the embargo information included. - PubMed Central (PMC) <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/> is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. Journals in special programs: - HINARI <http://www.who.int/hinari/>: The Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI), set up by the World Health Organization (WHO) together with major publishers<http://extranet.who.int/hinari/en/partners.php>provides free or very low cost online access to the major journals in biomedical and related social sciences to local, not-for-profit institutions in developing countries. Over 3750 journal titles are now available to health institutions in 113 countries<http://www.who.int/hinari/eligibility/en/>. - AGORA <http://www.aginternetwork.org/>: The AGORA program, set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) together with major publishers <http://www.aginternetwork.org/en/part.php>, enables developing countries to gain access to an outstanding digital library collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA provides a collection of 1132 journals to institutions in 107 countries<http://www.aginternetwork.org/en/el.php>. - OARE <http://www.oaresciences.org/>: Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE), an international public-private consortium coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Yale University, and leading science and technology publishers<http://oare.oaresciences.org/content/en/partners.php>, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of environmental science research. Over 1,300 peer reviewed titles owned and published by over 340 prestigious publishing houses and scholarly societies are now available in more than 100 low income countries <http://www.oaresciences.org/eligibility/en/>. *Not available yet in the Open Science Directory: in negotiation* - INASP <http://www.inasp.info/>-PERI: PERI<http://www.inasp.info/file/104/peri-programme-for-the-enhancement-of-resear…>is a programme to support capacity building in the research sector in developing and emerging countries by strengthening the production, access and dissemination of information & knowledge. The programme comprises five components: 1: Delivers information (Access to journals and research content). 2: Strengthens national research publications. 3: Enhances ICT skills. 4: Supports country collaboration and networking. 5: Research and development. This project already includes: over 20,000 full text online journals, many of the world's leading citation, bibliographic and reference databases, document delivery from over 20,000 research journals, CD-ROM (or DVD) format can be provided where they are available. - eJDS <http://www.ejds.org/>: The electronic Journals Delivery Service (eJDS) is a prototype programme geared to facilitate the access to current scientific literature free of cost in the fields of Physics and Mathematics. The goal is to distribute individual scientific articles via e-mail to scientists in institutions in Developing Countries who do not have access to sufficient bandwidth to download material from the Internet in a timely manner and/or cannot afford the connection. The eJDS was made possible through agreements with several important scientific publishing companies and societies<http://sdu.ictp.it/ep/publishers.html>who provide access to their journals for free in the fields of Physics and Mathematics. - Finally, even if it was impossible to add an eIFL collection to the Open Science Directory, it is still a relevant program for institutes in search of support for access to scientific literature. eIFL.net<http://www.eifl.net/>is a not for profit organisation that supports and advocates for the wide availability of electronic resources by library users in transitional and developing countries. Its core activities are negotiating affordable subscriptions on a multi-country consortial basis, supporting national library consortia and maintaining a global knowledge sharing and capacity building network in related areas, such as open access publishing, intellectual property rights, open source software for libraries and the creation of institutional repositories of local content. eIFL.net currently offers 6 core programs to the consortia in its network:1. Negotiating affordable access to commercially available e-resources<http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/negotiations>; 2. Supporting the creation of sustainable national library consortia; 3. Open access publishing and the building of institutional repositories of local content; 4. Intellectual property rights and libraries; 5. Free and open source software (FOSS) for libraries; 6. Knowledge sharing and networking. *The Open Science Directory is developed by EBSCO - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO) Hasselt University Library (Bibliotheek Universiteit Hasselt)* -- Imma Subirats E-LIS Chief executive E-LIS, E-prints in Library and Information Science URL: http://eprints.rclis.org/ URL: http://openlib.org/home/subirats/ imma DOT subirats AT gmail DOT com

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Lasetjet 1020
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Dear Friends I have a HP Laserjet 1020 printer attached to my PC. PC runs on XP. When the printer is temporarily out of order (say no tomer or no paper) I can print the matter to "print-to-file" This asks for a file names and saves the printer output specific to HP 1020. How do I get a physical paper print out this printed file? Any clues? -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278 http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Promoting reading habits & collection sharing
by gayathri sen 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Dear Chudamani, Most of the engineering colleges are already members of INDEST and getting the foreign journal access at a reduced rate. As far as sharing of books is concerned DELNET is doing a wonderful job by sending books through courier in the fastest possible time for all its member libraries. I get many books which are out of print or out of stock for reference through DELNET and my users are overjoyed by this. It is only when we provoide what the user wants, in the shortest possible time, somehow or the other, their faith in the library system increases, and you can see you readership and usage increasing by leaps & bounds. Provoide what they want, of course keeping the quality collections in mind. You can see the result yourself. When you cannot get what they want communicate the reason, either by mail or over phone to explain. Regards, Gayathri Sen PESIT --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISiM Special Lecture 3 - April 28,2008
by Shalini Urs 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

ISiM Special Lecture Series - 3 "Machine Learning: New Paradigms and Perspectives" By Prof. Sargur Srihari SUNY Distinguished Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering Founding Director CEDAR (Centre of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition) University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA All are cordially invited Date & Time: April 28, 2008: 3.30 PM Venue: Vidyanidhi Hall Mysore University Library Manasagangotri Mysore ------------ Abstract of the Talk: Machine learning methods are a systematic approach to designing high performance information processing systems. The methods of machine learning have been around for nearly fifty years, yet there is now a revolution ongoing with methods such as the fully Bayesian approach and conditional random fields. There is also a move to discover the broad underpinnings of a unified theory, to describe a range of seemingly ad-hoc methods, by using graphical models and the discriminative-generative taxonomy. The talk will begin with a tutorial approach to the central concepts underlying newer methods and then describe some results in the context of MINDS (Machine learning, Information retrieval, Natural language processing, Document analysis/ recognition and Speech recognition). Speaker's Bio Sargur (Hari) Srihari is a SUNY Distinguished Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He teaches and does research in pattern recognition and machine learning in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He served as Principal Investigator on a project that led to the first large scale deployment of automatic reading of handwritten postal systems in the world. He is presently serving on a U.S. National Academy of Sciences committee on "Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Community". An author of over 300 papers he has received several honours including Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) and Distinguished Alumnus of the Ohio State University College of Engineering. Srihari received a B.E. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and a PhD from the Ohio State University, Columbus. ------ 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 - new age school for the knowledge economy 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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LIS DIGEST : New Library and information science journal
by JAGDISH KULKARNI 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

Dear professionals, I am pleased to inform u that a QUARTERLY publication LIS DIGEST is scheduled to publish from Nanded (Maharashtra). All professionals are requested to send research papers and professional literature to this new publication. Papers in English on different topics are expected. Being a new publication all are requested to send their suggestions about how a lis journal should be? What will be difficulties and how it can overcome. Send Ur papers and comments to, The General Editor, LIS Digest, 15, Manorama, Vivekanand Society, Gopalchawadi, Nanded (Maharashtra) e-mail: lisdigest(a)rediffmail.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of Assistant Librarian at GNDU, Amritsar
by Raj K Bhardwaj 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

Dear All, Applications are invited for the post of Assistant Librarian , No of post 3 (2Gen, 1SC/ST) at Guru Nank Dev University , Amritsar. Last date of receipt of application is 21.05.08. For more detail access the below mentioned link http://gndu.ac.in/DOWNLOAD/Advt.No2-2008.pdf Raj Kumar Bhardwaj Hon'ble Judges Library High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh -- http://raajchd.googlepages.com/home " There is a difference between an objective and actions. Unless you understand your objective, you will be wasting your time in actions. Know your objective first " – Swami Vivekananda -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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E-learning and its Prospects
by Raj K Bhardwaj 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

Dear All , As per *William Glasser;* "We learn……. 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we see and hear 70% of what we discuss with others 80% of what we experience personally 95% of what we teach someone else Read the interested article on E-Learning on the following link http://www.employmentnews.gov.in/career_details-e-learning-and-its-prospect… Raj Kumar Bhardwaj Hon'ble Judges Library, High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh -- http://raajchd.googlepages.com/home " There is a difference between an objective and actions. Unless you understand your objective, you will be wasting your time in actions. Know your objective first " – Swami Vivekananda -- 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] Promoting reading habits
by gautam bahl 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

I Totally agree with Mr. Sukhdev that problem lies somewhere else. I think the one should just not see one side of the coin only, the root cause of the problem expressed by Mr. David lies somewhere else i.e. 'Collection development.' But as per AICTE norms (http://www.aicte.ernet.in/12norms_engineering.htm) There should be a minimum of 12 technical journals - 6 Indian and 6 International for each branch of engineering. While this is essential for institutions offering P.G. programme, the number of International Journals may be relaxed, though preferred for those offering only U.G. Programmes. I would like to know through this forum about the situation in other engineering institution libraries what are they doing int their libraries to utilise this mandatory collection. Gautam Bahl Asstt.Librarian A.C Joshi Library Panjab University Sector - 14 Chandigarh - 160014 India ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Promoting reading habits
by binu david 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Dear Friends I am a Librarian with a self financing engineering college(only BTech/BE) in Kerala. Our library subscribes to around 80 print periodicals in the area of engineering and allied subjects. To promote reading habits of periodicals among students and faculty we have taken initiate like user education, current awareness etc. But the response to these initiatives are meagre. Yearly we are spending around 2 lakh on periodicals. So i need some valuable suggestions from my colleague's in promoting reading habits of our periodicals in optimum. Hope soon I will receive a lot of suggestion from you people. Thanking you Sincerely Binu David Librarian N J College of Engineering Pothandi Palghat -- ______________________________________________ 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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Today's Job Alerts in LIS
by Badan Barman 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

For a more Job Alerts in LIS please make a time to visit the site Jobs in LIS: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ This is with reference to the massage posted to the LIS-FORUM on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:16 PM with the subject "Today's Job Alerts in LIS". The email address that is mention (bstpharmay(a)rediffmail.com) is not a valid one. Firstly when I receive a number of massage regarding the post, I thought that it may be due to my typing mistake, but when I recheck the particulate newspaper i.e The Telegraph, Tuesday 22 April, 2008 p. Jobs 3. I found that it appear as wrong in the newspaper itself. So after consultation of the website I found its correct address as bstpharmacy(a)rediffmail.com. So, candidates interested in the particular post are hereby requested to send their resume to bstpharmacy(a)rediffmail.com. The mistake was also corrected in the Jobs in LIS: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/. <http://lisjob.blogspot.com/> Finally, sorry for the inconvenience. -- Thanking you Yours faithfully Sri Badan Barman Research Scholar DLISc, Gauhati University ---------------------------------------------------------- Important Resources for LIS Professionals Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refresher Courses in LIS: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com/ Jobs in LIS: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS: http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ Admission Notice for Courses in LIS: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/ Latest Happenings & Contemporary Issues in LIS: http://lislatest.blogspot.com/ Search all OA LIS Journals: http://lis-journals-swicki.eurekster.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Confidentiality: This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any unauthorized disclosure or use of this information is prohibited. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture invitation
by SRELS 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to announce the following invitation for the benefit of lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore ***** Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lectures c/o. Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Prof. L.S. Seshagiri Rao Former Chairman, Kannada Pustaka Pradhikara, Bangalore will deliver the 7th Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lecture Prof. H.M. Marulasiddaiah Professor of Social Work (Retd.), Bangalore University presides on Monday , 5th May 2008 at 6.00 pm at the premises of Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science You are cordially invited RSVP: K.N. Prasad - 080-23305109 Chairman and Members E-mail: prasadkn(a)vsnl.net Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lectures Committee, Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Latest DPC Technology Watch Report - 'PDF should be used to preserve information for the future'.
by Shamprasad Pujar 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

-- Original Message -- From: Carol Jackson <carol(a)DPCONLINE.ORG> To: EPIC-LST(a)NIC.SURFNET.NL Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:00:02 +0200 Subject: Latest DPC Technology Watch Report - 'PDF should be used to preserve information for the future'. ***Apologies for cross postings*** PDF should be used to preserve information for the future Good news the already popular PDF file format adopted by consumers and business alike is one of the most logical formats to preserve todays electronic information for tomorrow. According to the latest report released today by the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), Portable Document Format (PDF) is one of the best file formats to preserve electronic documents and ensure their survival for the future. This announcement will allow information officers to follow a standardised approach for preserving electronic documents. Information management and longterm preservation are major issues facing consumers and businesses in the 21st Century. This report is one of a series where The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) aims to think about and address the challenges facing us. This report reviews PDF and the newly introduced PDF/Archive (PDF/A) format as a potential solution to the problem of longterm digital preservation. It suggests adopting PDF/A for archiving electronic documents as the standard will help preservation and retrieval in the future. It concludes that it can only be done when combined with a comprehensive records management programme and formally established records procedures. Betsy Fanning, author of the report and director of standards at AIIM, comments, A standardised approach to preserving electronic documents would be a welcome development for organisations. Without this we could be walking blindly into a digital black hole. The National Archives works closely with the DPC with issues surrounding digital preservation and will continue to do so. Adrian Brown, head of digital preservation at The National Archives said: This report highlights the challenges we all face in a digital age. Using PDF/A as a standard will help information officers ensure that key business data survives. But it should never be viewed as the Holy Grail. It is merely a tool in the armoury of a well thought out records management policy. The report is a call to action, organisations need to act now and look hard at their information policies and procedures to anticipate the demand for their content (documents and records) in the future. Everybody has different criteria, types and uses for documentation so you need to find one that works for your organisation. If you would like to read the full report please go to the Digital Preservation Coalition website. This can be accessed here:<http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/reports/index.html#twr0802>www.dpconline.org/graphics/reports/index.html#twr0802 For further information about: The National Archives please contact, Tim Matthews,<tim.matthews(a)nationalarchives.gov.uk>tim.matthews(a)nationalarchives.gov.uk, or 020 8392 5277. Digital Preservation Coalition please contact Frances Boyle,<fb(a)dpconline.org>fb(a)dpconline.orgor 01904 435 320 About The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is a cross-sector member organisation established in 2001 to foster joint action to address the urgent challenges of securing the preservation of digital resources in the UK and to work with others internationally www.dpconline.org *********************************************************************************************************************************** Carol Jackson Administration and Events Manager Digital Preservation Coalition Innovation Centre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG e-mail:<carol(a)dpconline.org>carol(a)dpconline.org tel: +44 (0) 1904 435 362 https:<http://www.dpconline.org>www.dpconline.org Dr S.M. Pujar Deputy Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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TED : Ideas worth spreading
by vimal kumar 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Dear Friend, TED (stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a platform for exchange ideas brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. More than 200 talks are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted. www.ted.com Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 http://www.asb.edu.in/vimal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- 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] promoting reading habit - organising journal clubs
by T. Shahab 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

"Right information to the right recepients at the right time on right price" is the philosophy that drives the quest for Information Literacy all over the globe. Librarians at different levels of education and in a variety of library environment can play a very useful role towards the task of universal Information Literacy through diligence and professional committment. But the present age of "copy, cut and paste" is making it a very difficult task. In our own University, previously students used to depend heavily on downloaded materials from the net for their assignments which used to have repititative information haphazardly arranged. Now, they have been asked to derive materials mainly from the journals. This has rekindled in them the the zest for literature survey and brought back the smile on librarians face. We have already burnt our hands while practicing the CAS and SDI. The academics are a smug community. We thought that our best foot forward will also enliven them to come over to the library to benefit from its knowledge resources. But we only received phone calls for photocopies. The library management was already hardpressed because of insufficent D group staff. Now, who will photocopy and who will distribute the materails to each desk. After a few months this initiative died. Otherwise the hands of a librarian are mostly tied in an acdemic library og higher education to take independent decisions that involves the precious commodity, money. Private organizations may be better placed to tailor made their policies and arrange resources accordingly. Neverthess, best wishes for the professionals who are honestly holding to their committment towards promting Information Literacy. Regards. ________________________________ From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Kumaravel C Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 2:28 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] promoting reading habit - organising journal clubs This is response to the optimum use of journals subscribed. This is a problem not unique to any particular college alone. To satisify the norms of the councils like MCI, PCI, AICTE, DCI, INC and various other councils, the libraries are forced to subscribe to journals inspite of the shrinking budget. Apart from routing of journals to the particular college/depts., we organize 'Journal Club' where a student from every college/department has to present a paper from the latest journal issue on a particular day of a week. Again the initiative has to come from the concerned department head and a faculty will monitor the session. This method seems to have a double impact wherein the student and the faculty are forced to go through the latest journal articles. Kumaravel.C Sr.Librarian, MTIHS, Puducherry. Kumaravel.C JS RED<http://imadworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/adimage.cgi/2087310_2079 844/creative_2087453.jpg> -- 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, and is believed to be clean.

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Query regarding SDI service
by Shabu Allijan 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Dear all, Is there any software available for the SDI service? ( ie to prepare the user profile to compare with document profile) regards, Shabu M.A. DCSMAT Trivandrum. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Attachment Programme (ATP) at the INFLIBNET Centre
by Rajesh Chandrakar 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Attachment Programme (ATP) at the INFLIBNET Centre The INFLIBNET Centre is happy to launch "Attachment Training Programmes (ATP)" where-in working librarians and computer programmers from North-East can come to the Centre and spend three to six months working in the Centre on ongoing projects with experienced INFLIBNET staff. The trained personnel can go back to their colleges / universities with knowledge and know-how that they can implement in their libraries. Eligibility Criteria Young, qualified professionals working in the universities / colleges or other educational institutions in North Eastern region having at least 3 years of experience are eligible for the "Attachment Training Programmes (ATP)". The candidates for "Attachment Training Programmes (ATP)" in Library Science should have Master Degree in Library and Information Sciences. Applicants having computer knowledge will be preferred. Candidates for Attachment Training Programmes (ATP) in Computer Science should possess BCA, BE (Computer Science / Electronics / Electrical) or MCA. The upper age limit for both the category is 45 years. Professionals who are not working currently are not eligible for the ATP. Duration Duration of the "Attachment Training Programme (ATP)" will be 3 months to 6 months. The applicant can opt for either three months or six months ATP depending on permission from his / her parent institution or his / her own preference. Number of Participants: 4 (Two each in Library and Computer Science) Local Hospitality The INFLIBNET will provide local hospitality to the selected candidates which will include free accommodation at the INFLIBNET hostel, an allowance of Rs. 500.00 per day for a period of 3 / 6 months. The allowance will be paid on monthly basis. The selected candidates will have to manage his / her food expenses from the daily allowance. Travel Expenses The selected candidates will be paid to and fro fare (one-time only) from his work place to Ahmedabad as per the eligibility of the candidates and according to the rules and regulation of the Centre. How to Apply? Eligible Library / Computer professionals from North Eastern Region may apply for the "Attachment Training Programme (ATP)" in the prescribed Application Form along with a recent passport size photograph duly affixed in it, attested copies of certificates, and an undertaking from their employer stating that the candidate will be relieved from his / her duties for the specified period in the event of selection. Application complete in all respect may be sent to the Administrative Officer (P & A) at the address given below within 20 days of publication of the advertisement. Application form can be downloaded from the INFLIBNET website at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ne-form.pdf. The Centre reserves the right to reject any application without assigning any reason. Administrative Officer (P & A) Opp. Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No. 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 380009 Tel: +91 79 26308528, 26304695, 26305971 Fax: +91 79 26300990 and 26307816 With regards, Rajesh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET (INFormation and LIBrary NETwork) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Tel. +91-(0)79-26305971/ 8528/ 4695(O), 26873805(R) Mobile: +91-9427527894 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA-Election-Date-Extended
by I.R.N.Goudar 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

1. Date extended till 27 April 2008 for Nomination for Election of Office Bearers and EC Member posts. 2. Any member can nominate any other member (one) for one post only 3. Self nomination is already allowed An e-mail to Mrs Lakshmi Chinnappa slc(a)indegene.com slc33in(a)yahoo.co.in with a copy to me will do goudar(a)css.nal.res.in Please come forward to make KALA as vibrant as it was few years back. Election details are as mentioned below Goudar KARNATAKA STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Dear Professionals, As already communicated earlier the General Body meeting along with elections of KALA will be held on 29th April 2008 (Tuesday) at 5.00 pm in Granthangana, City Central Library, RPC Layout. I request active members to come forward to contest for election and also elect suitable office bearers. Last date for self nomination is 24 April 2008. Goudar ============================================================================= Details of Election Process and Posts 1.Office Bearers : President - 1 Post Vice President - 2 Post Secretary - 1 Post Joint Secretary - 1 Post Treasurer - 1 Post 2.Date of Election: 29-04-2008 (Tuesday) 6.00 pm 3.Venue - City Central Library, Granthangana, RPC Layout, Hampinagar (near RPC Layout bus terminus), Bangalor 560040 4.Last date for Nomination - 24-04-2008 (Thursday) 5.Withdrawal of nomination - 29-04-2008 Instructions: 1. Members desiring to contest the election for the above posts of KALA should submit self-nomination on plain paper to the Election Officer. 2. The members contesting for election to the said posts must be present physically at the GB Meeting venue. 3. The decision of the Election Officer is final in all the matters of election process. 4. For any other details contact the Election Officer at following address: Mrs. Seethalakshmi Chinnappa Election Officer, KALA Chrystal Meadows, 3556, Flast 2B Doopanahalli, 3rd Cross HAL II Stage, Bangalore-560038 Mobile: 9845042582 Residence: 25281815 Email:slc@indegene.com slc33in(a)yahoo.co.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Sci F & Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MathMLVersion 3.0 Draft Published
by noufal palliparamban 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Hello: The Math Working Group of W3C has published a Working Draft of Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 3.0. This is the third draft of MathML, an XML application for describing mathematical notation and capturing both its structure and content. The goal of MathML is to enable mathematics to be served, received, and processed on the World Wide Web, just as HTML has enabled this functionality for text. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Noufal.PP Assistant Librarian XLRI, Jamshedpur -------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The Free Software Directory
by shriram pandey 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Dear forum members, The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The website catalogs useful free software that runs under free operating systems — particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants. Licenses are verified for each and every program listed in this directory. detail available on : http://directory.fsf.org/ Regards ShriRam Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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google movies
by S.F KATTIMANI 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

*Here is another interesting service from Google. *** * **Want to know, which movie is being showed in which theater at what time? *** * **Just enter your city name. It lists everything. Really* [image: cool.gif] http://www.google.co.in/movies <http://www.google.co.in/movies> -- S.F.KATTIMANI DEPUTY LIBRARIAN M.S.RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (AUTONOMOUS) M.S.RAMAIAH NAGAR BANGALORE 560054 PH: 080 23600822/23606934 EXT 223 & 107 MOB: 9886821032 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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library vacancies
by S.F KATTIMANI 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Dear Sir/friends, Applications are invited for the following Posts in GULBARGA UNIVERSITY, GULBARGA: 1. Deputy Librarian- No's of post- 01- GM:- Qualifications: 1. MLISc with 55% of Marks 2. 05 Years as College Librarian/Assistant University Librarian 3. Evidence of Innovative Library Services, Published work and Professional commitment, Computerization of the Library DESIRABLE: 1. M.Phil/Ph.D degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation/Archives and Manuscript Keeping, Computerization of the Library 2. Assistant Librarians No's of posts-02- 01 for GM and 01 for Category III-B Qualifications: 1. NET conducted by the UGC or any other agency approved by the UGC; 2. Master's degree in library and information science/Documentation/ or an equivalent degree with 55% of Marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC seven point scale plus a consistently good academic record, computerization of the library 3. M.Phil and PhD holders are exempted from NET 4. Library Assistant/Cataloguer- No's of post- 01- GM Qualifications: 1. Degree of a recognized university or Diploma in Library Science, 2. Two years in a responsible position in Library will be preferred. HOW TO APPLY:- The prescribed application forms can be had from the 'Registrar, Gulbarga University, GULBARGA: 585 106, Karnataka' on production of Demand Draft in favour of 'The Finance Office, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga or Challan at State Bank of Hyderabad, University Branch, Gulbarga for Rs. 300/- (Rs. 150/- in the case of SC/ST Candidates) towards Application Fee. The Candidates who desires to have the application forms by post should send a self- addressed envelope to the Registrar, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga: 585 106. Karnataka. Affixing postage stamps of Rs. 30 with a requisition for the purpose. -- S.F.KATTIMANI DEPUTY LIBRARIAN M.S.RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (AUTONOMOUS) M.S.RAMAIAH NAGAR BANGALORE 560054 PH: 080 23600822/23606934 EXT 223 & 107 MOB: 9886821032 -- 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] Promoting reading Habits
by Raj K Bhardwaj 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Dear Divya , Idea of mapping of interest will surely work, in addition to this if we could organize some quiz, group discussions and book exhibitions that could be a result oriented. Even a Phd work could be initiated on promoting reading habits.Reading habits could be promoted when library services would be qualitative and interesting which inculcate them to visit library and read somthg. Promotg the reading habits is the issue among all academic community and we library professionals should come forward to play the lead role. with regards Raj Kumar Bhardwaj Hon'ble Judges Library High Court of Punjab and Haryana Chandigarh > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Promoting reading habits (divya soni) > 2. Fw: Promoting books and reading (Rajan) > 3. TERI Library, New Delhi, requires Information Assistant (N Deepa) > 4. Re: promoting reading habit - organising journal clubs (T. Shahab) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: 23 Apr 2008 10:55:51 -0000 > From: "divya soni" <divya100ni(a)rediffmail.com> > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Promoting reading habits > To: "Parinita Samant" <parinitas(a)hexaware.com> > Cc: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, binu david <binudavid(a)indiainfo.com > > > Message-ID: <20080423105551.29860.qmail(a)f4mail-234-231.rediffmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear All, > Its really a crucial part of librarianship, we should discussed and search > out some important and special ideas for improving the reading habits. I > have a suggestion regarding this > !. We should maintain a user profile(Specially for faculty, researchers > and special users, where we mapping their interest areas. after this as any > material come to our library we can inform the concern user through a mail, > by this they will feel special attention towards them and they'll come to > read to the library. > I think this idea will work, what all you thinks. > > > Regards > Divya Soni > Assistant Librarian > Development Alternatives > New Delhi-17? > > > > > -- > http://raajchd.googlepages.com/home > > " There is a difference between an objective and actions. Unless you > understand your objective, you will be wasting your time in actions. Know > your objective first " – > > Swami Vivekananda -- 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] Promoting reading habits
by divya soni 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Dear All, Its really a crucial part of librarianship, we should discussed and search out some important and special ideas for improving the reading habits. I have a suggestion regarding this !. We should maintain a user profile(Specially for faculty, researchers and special users, where we mapping their interest areas. after this as any material come to our library we can inform the concern user through a mail, by this they will feel special attention towards them and they'll come to read to the library. I think this idea will work, what all you thinks. Regards Divya Soni Assistant Librarian Development Alternatives New Delhi-17 On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 Parinita Samant wrote : >Dear All, > >This could be a very interesting point for discussion, as promoting >reading habits will always be an important topic for all librarians. > >Could we professionals work together on this forum and try to list out >all possibilities for increased readership in libraries? > >Thanks & Regards > >Parinita Samant >Hexaware Technologies Ltd >Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 > >67919595 - Xt- 9707 >"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is >all" -Oscar Wilde >-----Original Message----- > From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >[mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of binu david >Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:13 PM >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Promoting reading habits > >Dear Friends > >I am a Librarian with a self financing engineering college(only >BTech/BE) in Kerala. Our library subscribes to around 80 print >periodicals in the area of engineering and allied subjects. To >promote reading habits of periodicals among students and faculty >we have taken initiate like user education, current awareness etc. >But the response to these initiatives are meagre. Yearly we are >spending around 2 lakh on periodicals. So i need some valuable >suggestions from my colleague's in promoting reading habits of our >periodicals in optimum. > >Hope soon I will receive a lot of suggestion from you people. > >Thanking you > >Sincerely > >Binu David >Librarian >N J College of Engineering >Pothandi >Palghat > > >-- >______________________________________________ >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. > > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > >*************************************************************************************************************************** >This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the >use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, >distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith >all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . >*************************************************************************************************************************** > > > >*************************************************************************************************************************** >This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the >use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, >distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith >all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . >*************************************************************************************************************************** > > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. > > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Miss. Divya Soni Professional Trainee Library Indian Institute of Management Indore, Pigdamber Rau, Phone-91-731-4228625-628 Mobile No.-09926624935 Indore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CrossCheck from CrossRef- Antiplagiarism Software on Their Authors
by Shalini Urs 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Here is a very interesting and potentially useful tool for strengthening scholarship. CrossRef, a publishing industry association, and the software company iParadigms announced a deal this week to create CrossCheck, an antiplagiarism program for academic journals. For details see the Chronicle of Higher Education story at <http://chronicle.com/free/2008/04/2546n.htm> http://chronicle.com/free/2008/04/2546n.htm. One of the obstacles that I have come across - in ETD movement in India is the issue of plagiarism. Such software solutions should help us combat this obstacle to ETD /Open Access movements. 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 - new age school for the knowledge economy 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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TERI Library, New Delhi, requires Information Assistant
by N Deepa 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

TERI Library, New Delhi, requires Information Assistant Key Responsibility Areas: Circulation, Shelving, Binding, System generated daily reminders, Reference service Desired Skills: Excellent communication skills in written and oral, Knowledge of library software and experience in computerization / Digitization of library; should be a proactive service provider & a good team player. Required Qualification: Diploma or Degree in library science with minimum two/three years experience in similar field. Male candidates are encouraged to apply. Those with required background and qualifications may email their resume with a 1000 word essay explaining why you think you are suitable for this position. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Last Date: April 30, 2008 Email: infodesk(a)teri.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Promoting books and reading
by Rajan 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Dear All, As Mr Singh rightly pointed out, the problem lies certainly somewhere else. If good books are there in libraries, users will certainly visit and use the library even without much promotion. The best seller book The Google Story - a must read for librarians- will tell you that a useful product - like Google - needed no advertisement at all. This lesson is applicable to libraries too.Good library collection will get readers, if other enabling factors are there at work. So the need is to create an enabling factor. Developing a useful collection is not an easy task. It requires a lot of work, in finding out, choosing the right one, assigning priority in purchase and all that. It lead us again to the discussion on librarians role in building book collection, which we had discussed a bit as per Dr Saheb's query.Unless we become good designers of libraries in many aspects including book collection, we cannot make it useful. This topic requires further discussion, it seems. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India Email rajankila(a)gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Message: Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:05:17 +0530 From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Promoting reading habits To: "Parinita Samant" <parinitas(a)hexaware.com> Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, binu david <binudavid(a)indiainfo.com> Message-ID: <c13c85220804230135q40b3ec1do358e05bf64eb3413(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 But aren't we trying to reinvent the Wheel? Let us go back to our science. Read and Understand the Second Law: Better Buy a Copy and keep it on your table. I don't have to tell you the title. http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1220/ Also remember the Second Law comes Before Third Law. The problem lies somewhere else. Poor students!! Always at receiving end!!. One question? Who told them to read SMSes? Second Question? Who told them to Google? Answer = IF SOMETHING IS USEFUL, IT WILL BE USED!! So if the Library collection is useful, it will be used. Put your useful books in Seven Locks, people will still ask for it. Don't you observe it daily in your library? Sorry, the problem lies somewhere else. Do you still want to know the problem? --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CFP - ICADL 2008 Bali, Indonesia, Dec 2-5,2008
by Shalini Urs 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

************************************************************************ **** We apologize if you received multiple copies of this Call for Papers. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested. ************************************************************************ **** Call for Papers The 11th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2008) http://icadl2008.org/ Bali, Indonesia December 2-5, 2008 The conference proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the series of LNCS. See the LNCS Authors Instructions page (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) Online Submission: http://icadl08.cs.waikato.ac.nz/openconf/openconf.php The annual International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL) series is a significant forum for digital libraries research, providing an opportunity for researchers, educators, and practitioners to share their experiences. The International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL), initiated in 1998 and rotated among Asian-Pacific countries, has become one of the premiere meetings in digital library. Since its humble beginning in Hong Kong (ICADL 1998), the meeting has been held in Taipei, Taiwan (ICADL 1999); Seoul, Korea (ICADL 2000); Bangalore, India (ICADL 2001); Singapore (ICADL 2002); Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (ICADL 2003); Shanghai, China (ICADL 2004); Bangkok, Thailand (ICADL 2005); Kyoto, Japan (ICADL 2006); and Hanoi, Vietnam (ICADL 2007). ICADL welcomes submissions from a variety of perspectives-previous conferences in this series have included presentations from computer science, library and information science, knowledge management, and areas in the social sciences and humanities. We particularly welcome submissions associated with the ICADL 2008 theme, Digital Libraries: Universal and Ubiquitous Access to Information. With this theme, the digital libraries community can reflect on its progress towards supporting people in finding and using the information that they need. ICADL 2008 will be held in Bali Island - Indonesia, a world renowned travel destination with exotic nature and exquisite culture. Bali has been in many of Conde Nast Traveller's lists of tourist destinations over the years. It specifically mentions on its website that Bali "offers an extraordinary caliber of luxury accommodation" Submissions may include research, system evaluation, digital library infrastructure and architecture, case studies, social and institutional policy issues, and position papers. Topics include, but are not limited to : Mobile services Digital preservation and archives Interoperability issues Content and knowledge management Information retrieval Information seeking and use Intellectual property Data and information mining Collection development and management User communities Interface and interaction design Security and privacy Multimedia digital libraries Multi-language support Digital libraries in education Document genres and categorization Social media / Web 2.0 Metadata and cataloguing Sustainability in digital libraries Open Source tools and systems Information filtering Grid architectures Important Dates : Submission of Full Papers : 22 June 2008 Notification to Authors : 22 August 2008 Contact: Kalarensi Naibaho, E-mail: info(a)icadl2008.org, (or cnaibaho(a)yahoo.com) Organizing Committee: General Chair : Zainal Hasibuan (University of Indonesia, Indonesia) Vice Chair : Liauw Toong Tjiek/Aditya Nugraha (Petra Christian University, Indonesia) Program Co-Chairs : Sally Jo Cunningham (University of Waikato, New Zealand) Rolly Intan (Petra Christian University, Indonesia) George Buchanan (Swansea University, UK) Edna Reid (Clarion University, USA) Tutorial Chairs : Mohammad Aries (University of Indonesia, Indonesia) Publication Co-Chairs : Rolly Intan (Petra Christian University, Indonesia) Publicity Co-Chairs : Henny Widyaningsih (University of Indonesia, Indonesia) Anita Nusantari (Petra Christian University, Indonesia) Local Arrangement Chair : Kalarensi Naibaho (University of Indonesia, Indonesia) Adi Wibowo (Petra Christian University, Indonesia) ---- Shalini ICADL Steering Committee, Vice-Chair 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 - new age school for the knowledge economy 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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promoting reading habit - organising journal clubs
by Kumaravel C 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

This is response to the optimum use of journals subscribed.This is a problem not unique to any particular college alone.To satisify the norms of the councils like MCI, PCI, AICTE, DCI, INC and various other councils, the libraries are forced to subscribe to journalsinspite of the shrinking budget.Apart from routing of journals to the particular college/depts.,we organize 'Journal Club' where a student from everycollege/department has to present a paper from the latest journal issueon a particular day of a week.Again the initiative has to come from the concerned department headand a faculty will monitor the session.  This method seems to have a double impact wherein the student and the faculty are forced to gothrough the  latest journal articles.Kumaravel.CSr.Librarian,MTIHS,Puducherry. Kumaravel.C -- 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] Promoting reading habits
by Pandurang Shendage 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Dear David, Mr. Das has suggested very relevant techniques for promoting reading habits of library users. I want add some. 1. We should present information sources by organizing exhibitions, Programs in the library. 2. We can arrange some quiz/contest regarding search of information and put some sort of gifts as convenient. 3. We can identify best users form faculty side and from student side and put some awards for motivation purpose. Best User Award 4. If possible arrange a program of free distribution of some general periodicals for attracting users to library. Periodical back issues, which we are not binding. 5. Arrange all magazines as per user convenience. If possible keep all magazines near the entrance of library. 6.We should communicate with users, try to understand their needs. We should not wait for them. Take the initiative. Get the right article, find the right user and give it on right time. Generally we are trying a lot. Success is depend on how users are taking it only thing is we should think positively and maintain our interest towards providing better services. Thanks, Pandurang Shendage On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 library_vcil wrote : >Dear David, > >I can suggest the followings for increasing the reading habit : >1. You can send the Current Title Service to all the Engg. student if you >the facilities to do so. >2. You can also make some sort of Gist / Synopsis service for interesting >articles. >3. You can also make phone/sms type of service to the respect faculty for >the respective journals >4. You can have a systematic study about the users' need and accordingly >you can suggest them some readings from the journals. >5. I don't know, if you have some sort of recreational / political >Magazines in your collection. If it not there, you may add some >recreational Magazine which will attract the user and ultimately when they >will find some good articles in the Engg. journals, they may have the chance >to read those. It is just like some kind of browsing facilities in a >different way. >6. You can study the students behavioural interest and what type of project >they are going to do, you can find out that type of articles and can inform >to the respective students. > >Regards, >Pradip Das >================================================= >Pradip Das. M. Phil, ADIS/DRTC, B. Sc. (Chem.) >Sr. Librarian / TPM & Training Co-ordinator, >Pidilite Industries Limited, >A/21, MIDC, Mahad, Maharashtra - 402309. India. >Ph. : 02145- 31444(R), 02145 - 232043 to 46 (Off.) Extn. : 226 >Fax. : 01245 - 232048 >Mobile : 09420836138 >E-mail : librarymahad(a)pidilite.co.in >or, pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com >Web : www.pidilite.com >================================================ >----- Original Message ----- > From: "binu david" <binudavid(a)indiainfo.com> >To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:12 PM >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Promoting reading habits > > > > Dear Friends > > > > I am a Librarian with a self financing engineering college(only > > BTech/BE) in Kerala. Our library subscribes to around 80 print > > periodicals in the area of engineering and allied subjects. To > > promote reading habits of periodicals among students and faculty > > we have taken initiate like user education, current awareness etc. > > But the response to these initiatives are meagre. Yearly we are > > spending around 2 lakh on periodicals. So i need some valuable > > suggestions from my colleague's in promoting reading habits of our > > periodicals in optimum. > > > > Hope soon I will receive a lot of suggestion from you people. > > > > Thanking you > > > > Sincerely > > > > Binu David > > Librarian > > N J College of Engineering > > Pothandi > > Palghat > > > > > > -- > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Thank You Shendage Pandurang Baburao Assistant Librarian Tolani Maritime Institute Induri, Talegaon Dabhade Pune 410507 Phone - (02114 ) 241870-73 Ext- 3401, 3402 Rec. 5272 Mobile- 9921314358 www.tolani.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application for Library Trainee
by Mallikarjun K 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Dear Moderator, Please post this information in the LIS-Forum. Thank you. Applications are invited from fresh BLIS OR MLIS.degree holders (Male Candidates Only) for Library Trainee (One Post) in the Knowledge Centre for Bangalore Management Academy. The selected candidates will be paid a consolidated stipend of *Rs.5,OOO/-p.m*. They may be required to work in shifts and on Sundays. Candidates should have good communication skills with the knowledge of Computer & Library Software will be given preference. Interested candidates are requested to send your detail bio-data with photographs by email to prakash(a)bmaindia.com. The last date for receiving the application is 30th April, 2008. The short listed candidates will be called for interview, the dates for which will be communicated later over the email. *Mr.Praksah I N* Manager-Knowledge Centre Bangalore Management Academy Thanks&regards, -- *Mallikarjun M Kappi* Asst.Librarian-Knowledge Centre #17, Ashirwad Towers, Doddanekkundi Cross, Mahadevapura Ring Road, Maratahalli Post, Bangalore - 560 037 E-mail: mkmallikarjun(a)gmail.com Mallikarjun(a)bmaindia.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Internet Resources Newsletter: Latest Issue
by MacLeod, Roderick A 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '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/irn161/irn161.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 News items of interest A-Z New & Notable Web Sites: About 100 new and notable websites: new services, ejournals, directories, search engines, publishers, government sites, eResources, booksellers, calls for papers, software, news services, conferences, research groups, plus anything of interest, etc, etc. Nice Web Site(s): ScienceWatch.com Blogorama Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and related news items RSS feeds for Professional Society News in Engineering Book Review: Research methods in information, by Alison Jane Pickard 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 Blogging at: http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/ Heriot-Watt University is a Charity registered in Scotland, SC000278 -- Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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