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Re: [LIS-Forum] UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage
by Mailing List Admin 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:52:49 +0530 From: Kshipra Sardesai <kshipra.sardesai(a)gmail.com> Madam, I also support your views. There is no imprtance or real valuation of rare things unless we priced it.I found whatever is free to public no one bothers for the services offered by such organisations like Library which are doing a great job of making such things available to public.The profit makers are always in search of ways out to make money.Government may fix some nominal charges on such rare collection and can divert this revenue for digitisation and infrastructure required for libraries to give best services. Kshipra Sardesai Asstt Librarian RBI, Bandra Mumbai 400051 On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Mailing List Admin < mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:19:29 +0530 > From: Susmita Chakraborty <susmitachakraborty94(a)gmail.com> > > With regard to Mr. Leonard Fernandes' comments, I have a question to ask > the LIS community. > > When some (rare) resources are uploaded so that everyone can have it for > free, is it not defeating the purpose if someone (publisher or any other > other profitmaking body) tries to earn profit from it? > On the other hand, I feel that libraries having such rich archives must > go > the digital way(digitization and dissemination of rare materials) by > exploring state/national government or other funds and then try to derive > some revenue from these resources to cover the running costs of those > libraries. > > In these days of finance-crunch, it may point out one way to break-even. > > Regards. > > Susmita Chakraborty > Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur, Howrah, W.B.

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PhD admissions at Osmania University (fwd)
by Mailing List Admin 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:43:47 +0100 (BST) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> hi The osmania university had advertised the admissions to PhD program and the details can be had from the website: www.osmania.ac.in those who r desirous may luk into the advt. all the best laxman rao

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Position for Library Trainees
by JK 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

Currently we are looking for Library Trainees (2 Positions). Candidates doing B.Lib and looking for training can send their CVs to hr(a)totalit.co.in *Contact Person : * Vijeta Kumari HR Executive Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 412-C, Suneja Tower - I, District Centre, Janak Puri New Delhi - 110058 *Regards* *Jaya Kalra* *Senior Consultant - LIS Group* *Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.* *412-C, Suneja Tower - I,* *District Centre, Janak Puri* *New Delhi - 110058* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Swapping Best Practices in Librarianship
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

I agree with Dr Laxman rao. Lots can be done by the librarian who is 1) innovative & 2) ready to sweat it out. Recently a senior professional remarked: "What is there in Lis-forum?. Only forwards of messages from some other Forum. There are no discussions". I asked him how many discussions did he initiate or take part? He became quiet. You see the point? Though I am out of the loop as far as active librarian ship is concerned I do have an active interest in knowing what is happening. How about librarians exchanging best practices. Best practices need not be costly or hightech. For instance the site www.160by2.com permits sending free SMS to mobile numbers from the web. About 50 text messages per day is free. Web based texting permits automation. This can be used by ALSD to send info about meetings to members. Librarians can use it for announcing events. I am using it very successfully to send reminders for meetings concerned with Resident welfare associations. Vyasamoorthy On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > helo > while appreciating the statements of Ms Gayatri, i would like to request > every one to take into consideation of ground realities. > > 1. most important responsibility is librarian. as many teachers and students > r not aware of new books / documents. the librarians need to take more > interest in identification of the new and useful books and bring to the > notice of the teachrs and students. generally they approve it for purchase. > > if this effort is succesful, indirectly we will be able to bring to their > notice about new documents, and then in turn the usability increases. > > 2. there is general complaint about awareness of new documents. the library > professionals use the listserv. and can we use this forum as a place for > giving information to fellow librarians about the new and useful > documents.it solves the problem of awareness about new publications. > > 3. we can find details of many publications and documents are found in these > listserv, but hw many of the librarians are using the facility for > procurement of the collection. > > 4. over all we need to change the culture in the libraries. we all are > luking for ward to the young blood to bring the revolution in the library > services, by using the technology. > > 5 today people comment tht we do only issue and return of the books, in > spite of having so much knowledge on various topics learnt at the schools > and outside.our complaint s tht we hav no resources or no staff. but there > are some librarians , who are able to do wonders with in their resources. > > 6. i suggest tht the forum should hav a special focus on publicising gud > publications, their price and edition. the professionals should give the > details of both priced and free publications. it will help in qualititaive > collection development. > > 7. iam not criticising any professionals but we hav to try to overcome the > limitations to project our services and build the image of the profession, > especially in the context of extensive use of technology. > > laxman rao > > gayathri sen <gayatsen(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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archnet.org
by sri priya 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

This site collects all informations about Historical Monuments ,Contemporary Architecture images,etc... all arround the world. http://archnet.org/library/images/ Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : Fw: Librarians Role in Book Selection
by sckumaresan 13 Apr '08

13 Apr '08

Dear Dr. Saheb,Its is my earnest opinion that we have to involve the patrons in resource selection for our libraries. Only this will help us in having a good and well balanced collection, please do not feel encroached, take it in a positive way and think that its a team play. You should certainly accept that a faculty with a specialization can do a better job in the kind of resource that is required in that field than a librarian, taking in to account the kind of research that is going on in each field and the enarmous development in each field, i think a librarian alone can not do a better job. However try to take the leadership in that team and guide the faculty in the bookselection process, give them criterias to select and options in resources. We should accept that we can not be experts in all the fields so give the devil its due. This is the international practice too. We at BITS, Pilani Dubai involve students also in the resource selection process, but of course ! there is a procedure involved in it but I have the final say in acquiring the resources according to the budget and other factors. When you involve all the stake holders then there will be a sense of belonging that you can feel among the patrons while using the library. They will be more involved in the library activities and even be of immense help in doing a lot of good things to the library. Ultimately it is the patrons who are going to use the library so let them have a say in what they want to read. You will definetly see that there will be a lot of change in the functioning and that will be for good. So my opinion is not to be rigid, but "involve to evolve".Thanks and RegardsS.C.KumaresanSenior LibrarianBITS, Pilani - DubaiOn Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:51:03 +0530 "Rajan" wroteDear All,It seems that Mr. Saheb (?), the original query poser, requires moral support in exerting himself as a professional librarian in his work place where he might have been sideline! d and left to be in defensive without providing the basic support by h is institutional managers. So he should be motivated to do whatever he can in choosing books, classifying them properly, providing better services and in demanding more institutional support.He should not be discouraged or dissuaded just because some others in the profession cannot read, understand, select, classify qualitatively the books or information materials on the emerging subjects and leave aside some critical part of their professional work, either to the book suppliers who can even manage faculty recommendation or to the faculty who remain as 'rent-seekers' of the book supply firms. There can be much variant scenario too in many other better libraries. But specialist faculty members alone are not good book selectors for developing a comprehensive collection, in majority of cases. It doesn't mean that the entire faculty should be kept away, like a leprosy patient, from the entire process of book selection. The former is a strenuous route of deeply involving in book ! selection by utilizing the well read facility and the latter is to leave aside everything to others and get even 'speed money' from the book supplier. This is the practical reality in our library scene which we need not be afraid of to speak.  If you choose the former option, you can become a provider of information or knowledge materials to the most learned professor or academic dean in your institution and can become a most respected knowledge manager on par with your professors. Other wise, your can became a 'store keeper librarian' or a bureaucratic librarian and possibly a 'money maker' too. The option is yours.Almost all our libraries (except a very few) and the library profession, which I belong to, doesn't command respect in India like most other professions as per my experience. The most important delimiting factor is our attitude that doesn't motivate us to grow and our tendency to confine ourselves in some earlier learned rudimentary things without knowing m! uch about the knowledge development and technology environment around us. The 'post Google era' provided us so many tools to develop, grow and flourish ourselves as god knowledge managers due to the imaginative work of the information technology professionals, which we are poorly using.I think that  we, as librarians, should be able to gather about new ideas, important books and digital information in diverse areas which we deal with so as to feed the users as a knowledgeable professor, as we get professors salary and better  facilities.The purpose of this third and last mail is to motivate the query poser to develop a healthy disregard for the status quo in order to him as a good library professional and not to convince others.Best Regards,K RajasekharanLibrarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA)Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , IndiaEmail   rajankila(a)gmail.com----- Original Message ----- From: Dr. M. Koteswara RaoTo: RajanCc: Dr. M. Koteswara RaoSent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:29 PMSubject: [?? Probable! Spam] Re: Librarians Role in Book SelectionDear Colleagues,I do not mean to hurt the sentiments or demoralise the library profession, butlet us be practical in approach. I am aware that librarians are taught about'book selection' in LIS schools, but it does not mean that they should selectbooks for the library. For a specialised library dealing with a subject or two,the librarian can make the selection. Imagine a University library or a medicallibrary or an engineering library where the subjects are specialised and/or toomany, and I am sure that no librarian can really do justice in selecting thebooks. I think it is foolish to think so, and if someone feels that 'we areexperts in all subjects' then we will be called 'jack of all and master ofnone'. In todays world books are written on very narrow subjects, which ourprofessional colleagues are not able to even classify them. I sincerely feelthat we should restrict ourselves to our duties rather than trying to learn allthe s! ubjects of the universe of knowledge. I think that Librarians can stil lcommand respect and participate in the collection building process in many otherways.Dr. M. Koteswara RaoLibrarian, UoH -- This message has been scanned for viruses anddangerous content byMailScanner, and isbelieved to be clean. S.C.Kumaresan SeniorLibrarian, BITS, Pilani - Dubai UAE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Position for the post of "Library Assistant"
by rishi tiwari 13 Apr '08

13 Apr '08

Birla Institute of Management Technology Plot No. 5, Knowledge Park Phase II Greater Noida,201306 Ph: 0120-2323001-10,Fax: 0120-2323025 Applications are invited for the posts of "Library Assistant". Qualification and pay scales as per AICTE norms. Apply within 10 days on plain paper along with testimonials. Regards Rishi Tiwari Librarian Rishi Tiwari Librarian & ILA Executive Member Birla Institute of Management Technology(BIMTECH) Plot No.5, Knowledge Park-II Greater Noida(NCR) U.P.-201306 Mob.:09810583623 Off.:0120-232301-10 -- 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 12 Apr '08

12 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. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures Committee, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures (14) (2008) on PROMOTING READING HABIT AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN: AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH by Mr. D.N. Nagaraja Rao Consultant, Library and Management Services, Mysore Ms. Usha Mukunda School Librarian and Facilitator for School Libraries, Bangalore presides on Wednesday, 16th April 2008 at 6.00 pm at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, (Near Syndicate Bank) III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NIH Public Access Policy becomes mandatory from April 7th 2008
by Swapan kumar Patra 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

In compliance with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy all peer-reviewed articles published from research funded by NIH to be deposited in the PubMed Central archive, from April 7th 2008. (Source BioMed Central Blog : http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/bmcblog/entry/mandatory_nih_public…) Swapan Kumar Patra Research Scholar School of Social Science Center for Studies in Science Policy Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi-110067 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE
by Swapan kumar Patra 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE (An organ of Ranganathan Research Trust, Regd.:25953, 1995) J8/123, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi Manager Program Committee SUBHASH DESHMUKH A-103, C-DOT Apartments, GH 2, Gurgaon, Haryana 122003 Ph. 95124-2578715, 9873680484 Date : 19th April, 2008 We have the pleasure to announce the 130th Monthly Meeting of RRC on 19th April, 2008 (3rd Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. The Meeting is to celebrate *"World Book Day"* *Venue : National Social Science Documentation Center, * * **Firoz Shah Road**, Near Mandi House Metro Station,* * New Delhi-110 001 * * * *Speaker : Prof. S. Ansari * * Former Librarian & Head, Department of Library and Information* * Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi * * * *Topic : Use of Books in Digital Era* * * Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Swapan Kumar Patra Research Scholar Center for Studies in Science Policy School of Social Science Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi-67 -- 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] UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage
by Mailing List Admin 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:19:29 +0530 From: Susmita Chakraborty <susmitachakraborty94(a)gmail.com> With regard to Mr. Leonard Fernandes' comments, I have a question to ask the LIS community. When some (rare) resources are uploaded so that everyone can have it for free, is it not defeating the purpose if someone (publisher or any other other profitmaking body) tries to earn profit from it? On the other hand, I feel that libraries having such rich archives must go the digital way(digitization and dissemination of rare materials) by exploring state/national government or other funds and then try to derive some revenue from these resources to cover the running costs of those libraries. In these days of finance-crunch, it may point out one way to break-even. Regards. Susmita Chakraborty Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur, Howrah, W.B. On 4/10/08, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > > Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 16:07:57 +0100 (BST) > From: Leonard Fernandes <leonardfernandes(a)yahoo.com> > > Bold step indeed!! > > Being a print-on-demand publisher myself, we had approached the Goa > Central Library with a unique proposal. The Central Library, instituted > during the Portuguese rule in Goa, has a unique collection of rare > manuscripts written in Konkani, Marathi, English and Portuguese, not to > mention a vast archive of newspapers. However, the collection has aged and > is fragile. Therefore, when people come to research on this part of the > world and have to either turn them away or risk damaging the books > further. > > We had proposed that we will scan these books and produce one copy (most > copyrights have expired) that they can use to give to researchers and > other visitors. Print-On-Demand allows printing of just one copy at a time > and the technology is aptly suited for this kind of a situation. We had > also proposed that we will print their books that are stored in microfilm. > Both proposals met with rejection despite the curator being in favour of > them because "books were a step backward when the whole world was going > digital" > > In the context of such hare-brained decisions, one can only admire the > initiative taken by the Xavier college at Kolkota > >>Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Date: Mon, 7 Apr >>2008 11:02:21 +0530 From: Susmita Chakraborty > >>Congratulations to The Librarian, The Principal and the other members of >>the team for doing a tremendous piece of work towards preserving great >>cultural heritage of mother India. > >>Hope many others will get inspired. > >>Regards. > >>Susmita Chakraborty > >>Kolkata > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >

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Talk on Copyright Compliance in Organizations
by madhuresh.singhal 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear All, A one hour talk on Copyright is being organized by NCSI-Net tomorrow 12th April 2008 at NCSI Seminar Hall at 11 AM. Sorry for such short notice. Below is the detail. Topic: "Copyright Compliance in Organizations: Can Library and Information professionals take the challenge?" Speaker: Ananda T. Byrappa, Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre, GE India Technology Centre. Place: NCSI Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. All are welcome to attend the talk. Regards Madhuresh Singhal Deputy Manager - Knowledge Services Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959; Mobile 098861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ ************************************************************************************************* This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Haryana Institute of Engineering & Technology : Jobs
by sri priya 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Haryana Institute of Engineering & Technology 6th K.M. Stone, Ambala Road, Kaithal - 136 027 (Haryana) Phone: 01746-280100, 280102, Fax: 01746-280711 (Under Dr. Puran Chand Dharmarth Trust) Received Letter of Intent from AICTE, New Delhi and is under process of establishment from session 2008-09 Applications are invited for the following posts Librarian, Asstt. Librarian & Library Assistant. Qualification and pay scales as per AICTE/Kurukshetra University norms. Apply within 10 days on plain paper along with testimonials. Source :http://www.careerage.com/cgi-bin/showad.cgi?file=/20080410/cf30d859a02204d0ce8be2fed5818df9.html&kwd=be Regards, S.Sripriya __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Position for Junior Professional Officer, JPO - Maternal and Newborn Health - India
by Tomas Allen 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Position for Junior Professional Officer, JPO - Maternal and Newborn Health Dear Friends I am hoping that as medical Health librarians, you will be willing to share this with potentially interested candidates for the position of Junior Professional Officer, JPO - Maternal and Newborn Health It is a wonderful opportunity for those that qualifyThank you for any assistance in advertising this positionTomas AllenWHO LibraryGenevaThe Belgian government has agreed to sponsor one Junior Professional Officers (JPO) from a developing country to WHO in the area of reproductive health in the Western Pacific Region (Viet Nam) . In order to find the best young and dynamic individual for this post, we would like to kindly request your assistance in spreading the word of this vacancy through your networks via any appropriate means. Details of the positions and how to apply can be found under the following web link: http://www.jposc.org/content/programme/current_vacancies-en.html Thank you so much in advance for helping provide an opportunity to JPOs from the developing world. Yours sincerely, From Tomas of WHO Library but please to contact for further information via email. Cornelia GrissHuman Resources Officer Recruitment, Career Management and Organizational Designjpoapplications(a)who.int _________________________________________________________________ Going green? See the top 12 foods to eat organic. http://green.msn.com/galleries/photos/photos.aspx?gid=164&ocid=T003MSN51N16… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher course
by gopikuttan gopikuttan 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear professionals, Academic staff college of University of Kerala has invited applilactions for refresher course in library science, which is proposed from May 8th onwards. Details can be had from the website of Academic Staff college,University of Kerala. Thanking you Dr.A.Gopikuttan Department of Library & Information Science University of Kerala Thiruvananthapuram 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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Fw: Librarians Role in Book Selection
by Rajan 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear All, It seems that Mr. Saheb (?), the original query poser, requires moral support in exerting himself as a professional librarian in his work place where he might have been sidelined and left to be in defensive without providing the basic support by his institutional managers. So he should be motivated to do whatever he can in choosing books, classifying them properly, providing better services and in demanding more institutional support. He should not be discouraged or dissuaded just because some others in the profession cannot read, understand, select, classify qualitatively the books or information materials on the emerging subjects and leave aside some critical part of their professional work, either to the book suppliers who can even manage faculty recommendation or to the faculty who remain as 'rent-seekers' of the book supply firms. There can be much variant scenario too in many other better libraries. But specialist faculty members alone are not good book selectors for developing a comprehensive collection, in majority of cases. It doesn't mean that the entire faculty should be kept away, like a leprosy patient, from the entire process of book selection. The former is a strenuous route of deeply involving in book selection by utilizing the well read facility and the latter is to leave aside everything to others and get even 'speed money' from the book supplier. This is the practical reality in our library scene which we need not be afraid of to speak. If you choose the former option, you can become a provider of information or knowledge materials to the most learned professor or academic dean in your institution and can become a most respected knowledge manager on par with your professors. Other wise, your can became a 'store keeper librarian' or a bureaucratic librarian and possibly a 'money maker' too. The option is yours. Almost all our libraries (except a very few) and the library profession, which I belong to, doesn't command respect in India like most other professions as per my experience. The most important delimiting factor is our attitude that doesn't motivate us to grow and our tendency to confine ourselves in some earlier learned rudimentary things without knowing much about the knowledge development and technology environment around us. The 'post Google era' provided us so many tools to develop, grow and flourish ourselves as god knowledge managers due to the imaginative work of the information technology professionals, which we are poorly using. I think that we, as librarians, should be able to gather about new ideas, important books and digital information in diverse areas which we deal with so as to feed the users as a knowledgeable professor, as we get professors salary and better facilities. The purpose of this third and last mail is to motivate the query poser to develop a healthy disregard for the status quo in order to him as a good library professional and not to convince others. Best Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India Email rajankila(a)gmail.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Dr. M. Koteswara Rao To: Rajan Cc: Dr. M. Koteswara Rao Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:29 PM Subject: [?? Probable Spam] Re: Librarians Role in Book Selection Dear Colleagues, I do not mean to hurt the sentiments or demoralise the library profession, but let us be practical in approach. I am aware that librarians are taught about 'book selection' in LIS schools, but it does not mean that they should select books for the library. For a specialised library dealing with a subject or two, the librarian can make the selection. Imagine a University library or a medical library or an engineering library where the subjects are specialised and/or too many, and I am sure that no librarian can really do justice in selecting the books. I think it is foolish to think so, and if someone feels that 'we are experts in all subjects' then we will be called 'jack of all and master of none'. In todays world books are written on very narrow subjects, which our professional colleagues are not able to even classify them. I sincerely feel that we should restrict ourselves to our duties rather than trying to learn all the subjects of the universe of knowledge. I think that Librarians can still command respect and participate in the collection building process in many other ways. Dr. M. Koteswara Rao Librarian, UoH -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Teachers/Course Coordinators for Library and Information Science required
by Raman Nair. 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Please publish the following information in LIS Forum Teachers/Course Coordinators for Library and Information Science required for the proposed IGNOU Study Center at Kottayam Public Library. Kottayam Public Library proposes to establish a School of Library and Information Science, which will be offering BLISc and MLISc courses as well as PGD in Library networking etc of the Indira Gandhi National Open University. The School will have a high tech Informatics lab and lecture hall with all modern facilities like computers, LCD projector and Net connectivity. Library is searching for teachers and Course Coordinators for the School. The candidates should have First Class MLISc, good exposure to ICT and automated library systems. Experience will be counted. UGC Net and PhD will be preferable. Interested candidates are requested to send detailed bio data and copies of the certificates to: The President, Kottayam Public Library, Shastri Road, Kottayam, Kerala. Telephone: 0481 2562915. Electronic copies of the data can be mailed to kottayampubliclibrary(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Teachers/Course Coordinators for Library and Information Science for the IGNOU Study Center Kottayam Public Library Proposes to Establish
by Raman Nair. 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Please publish the informatin related to requirement of LIS teacheres at Kottayam Public Library provided below: Teachers/Course Coordinators for Library and Information Science for the IGNOU Study Center Kottayam Public Library Proposes to Establish. Kottayam Public Library proposes to establish a School of Library and Information Science, which will be offering BLISc and MLISc courses as well as PGD in Library networking etc of the Indira Gandhi National Open University. The School will have a high tech Informatics lab and lecture hall with all modern facilities like computers, LCD projector and Net connectivity. Library is searching for teachers and Course Coordinators for the School. The candidates should have First Class MLISc and UGC Net and good exposure to ICT and automated library systems. Experience and PhD will be preferable. Further details if any will be published at http://www.acaemiclibrarian.net.tc Interested candidates are requested to send detailed bio data and copies of the certificates to: The President, Kottayam Public Library, Thirunakkara, Kottayam, Kerala. Telephone: 0481 2562915 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Lis-Forum] Re: Librarians Role in Book Selection]
by Mailing List Admin 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:47:56 +0530 (IST) From: Dr. M. Koteswara Rao <mkrlib(a)uohyd.ernet.in> Dear Colleagues, I do not mean to hurt the sentiments or demoralise the library profession, but let us be practical in approach. I am aware that librarians are taught about 'book selection' in LIS schools, but it does not mean that they should select books for the library. For a specialised library dealing with a subject or two, the librarian can make the selection. Imagine a University library or a medical library or an engineering library where the subjects are specialised and/or too many, and I am sure that no librarian can really do justice in selecting the books. I think it is foolish to think so, and if someone feels that 'we are experts in all subjects' then we will be called 'jack of all and master of none'. In todays world books are written on very narrow subjects, which our professional colleagues are not able to even classify them. I sincerely feel that we should restrict ourselves to our duties rather than trying to learn all the subjects of the universe of knowledge. I think that Librarians can still command respect and participate in the collection building process in many other ways. Dr. M. Koteswara Rao Librarian, UoH > Dear All, > > I presume that there would be some librarians,like me, who think that the > selection of books and other documents in a library is the most critical > factor in bettering the library services in which librarian should play a > very prominent role as a key selector based on the principles he learned > from the subject ' book selection' he studied in the library schools. > [truncated] > Best Regards, > > > K Rajasekharan > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > Email rajankila(a)gmail.com

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Colonial Archive
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear Friends, There is a report on William Covey Library of Serampure, near Kolkatta in Business Line (Bangalore Edition) on 11/04/2008. William Covey Library caressess of special interest to historians, linguistics and other branches of humanities Indian & abroad. Thanking You, Dinesh K S -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Celebrating World IP Day in New Delhi
by Puna Das 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

(1) Seminar on Harnessing IP for Nation Development April 26, 2008, FICCI, New Delhi FICCI in association with Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Government of India, is launching a "National IPR Campaign" for public awareness on IPR issues and facilitating capacity building/orientation programmes for Industry, Judiciary, Enforcement agencies and the office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks CGPDTM for generating public awareness. The campaign would begin with a Seminar on "Harnessing IP for Nation Development" on the World IP Day on 26th April 2008 at FICCI, Tansen Marg, New Delhi 110001. The aim of the Seminar is to make the world community aware about India's commitment towards protection of Intellectual Property and to project India as an international destination for manufacturers, innovators, contract research organizations, researchers etc. Should you require any further information in this regard, please contact Ms. Sheetal Chopra, Sr. Assistant Director or Ms. Gouri, Assistant Director, IPR Division at Tel: 011 23766930 (D) or 23357389 (D) / 011 23738760 Extn # 368 or email at sheetal.chopra(a)ficci.com / gouri(a)ficci.com / fax: 011 23765333 (D), 23320714. Programme Schedule & Registration Form http://www.ficci.com/events/events-ahead/apr08/apr26.htm (2) Brainstorming Meet on Open Access, FLOSS and Copyright Law for Scholarly Communication and Literary Work April 26, 2008, INSA, New Delhi Indian National Science Academy an apex body of scientists engaged in nurture, promote and recognize excellence in Science and Technology in the country is organising a Brainstorming Meet on Open Access, FLOSS and Copyright Law for Scholarly Communication and Literary Work at its premises in Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi at 0930 hrs on Saturday, the 26th April 2008. The main aim of the meeting is to give explicit recommendations to the Govt of India for changes in policy and law that may be needed to be in tune with the digital information explosion and Indias aspirations to become the knowledge superpower and to ensure democratic and equitable access to information across the country and across the world. Date & Time : 26th April 2008 at 0930 hrs 1330 hrs Venue : Indian National Science Academy, 1, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002 Should you require any further information in this regard, please contact: A K Tagore/Anoop Kapoor at publ-insa(a)nic.in; Fax (011)2323-1095, Tel (011)23221945 Ext. 335 & 325 Registration Form: www.insaindia.org/news1.htm ------------------------ Thanking you Anup Kumar Das New Delhi --------------------------------- Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Join them now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library section For Visually Handicapped
by priya gopalkrishna kaimal 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear Members, I request contact details of Librarians ( E-mail address) from the Universities in India for My research study. Can any one give details of University Libraries in India Catering Visually handicapped in terms of Braille Books, CDS, Online datas, Audio Casettes, Talking Library etc. Please help me in contacting above libraries . kindly send the address of Librarian with Email address. Priya Librarian Bombay Teachers Training College Apollo Bunder, Colaba Priya R Pillai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Suden demise of Mrs. Ms K Kalaiselvi, Chief Librarian, VIT
by Arunachalam Hariharan 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

We are very sad to inform about the sudden demise of Ms K Kalaiselvi, CHief Librarian, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), University on 9th.Apr 2008 ( yesterday night) at Vellore. She joined at VIT in 1984. She has contributed a lot for the growth of VIT Library since 1984. She was a member of many professional bodies including MALA, SALIS, etc She was the Advisor of SALIS Vellore Chapter also. She has oganised many seminara at VIT On behalf of SALIS, we deeply express our heart felt condolences on the sad and sudden demise of Ms K Kalaiselvi, Chief Librarian, VIT May her soul rest in peace. SALIS Vellore Chapter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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About : World eBook Fair: July 4th to August 4th
by sri priya 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

World eBook Fair: July 4th to August 4th During the rest of the year you may continue to download your selection of about 500,000 PDF eBooks by joining the World Public Library. Annual membership is only $8.95 per year. July 4th 2008 for Third Annual World eBook Fair. To provide Free access for a month to One Million eBooks. 2006 First Annual World eBook Fair: July 4th to August 4th offered 1/2 Million. 2007 Second Annual World eBook Fair: July 4th to August 4th offered 3/4 Million. 620,000 Free eBooks + ~110,000 Commercial eBooks Grand Total about 3/4 Million Total eBook Files Available eBooks in over 100 Different Languages! Created by Contributions from 150+ eLibraries Around the World Last year 1,000 newspapers carried this story when 1/3 million eBooks were offered free of charge at The First World eBook Fair. This year there will be twice as many eBooks!!! Last year The World eBook Fair gave away about 1 million eBooks a day for 30 days between July 4 and August 4. 2007 Additions: 1,000 eBooks for the One Laptop Per Child Computer as seen on "60 Minutes" just two weeks ago. These books were specially commissioned by One Laptop Per Child and created by the World Public Library for use at no charge, (View Collection). 110,000 commercial eBook titles from Digital Pulp Publishing (See Coupon), & eBooks About Everything, eBooksAboutEverything.com (See Coupon) and other fine commercial eBook sources. 220,000 eBooks from The Internet Archive, (Open-Access Text Archive) Archive.org, The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, they provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. 500,000 eBooks from World Public Library, WorldLibrary.net. Membership supported access to 130 Collections of the finest digital books on the Internet (Browse Collections page). Contacts: Michael S. Hart Founder, Project Gutenberg 405 W. Elm, Urbana, IL 61801 hart@pglaf.org,hart@pobox.com US Phone 217-344-6623 John Guagliardo Founder, World Public Library Honolulu, Hawaii john(a)gutenberg.cc US Phone 808-292-2068 http://www.worldpubliclibrary.org Source : http://worldebookfair.com/ Regards, S.Sripriya __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage
by Mailing List Admin 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 16:07:57 +0100 (BST) From: Leonard Fernandes <leonardfernandes(a)yahoo.com> Bold step indeed!! Being a print-on-demand publisher myself, we had approached the Goa Central Library with a unique proposal. The Central Library, instituted during the Portuguese rule in Goa, has a unique collection of rare manuscripts written in Konkani, Marathi, English and Portuguese, not to mention a vast archive of newspapers. However, the collection has aged and is fragile. Therefore, when people come to research on this part of the world and have to either turn them away or risk damaging the books further. We had proposed that we will scan these books and produce one copy (most copyrights have expired) that they can use to give to researchers and other visitors. Print-On-Demand allows printing of just one copy at a time and the technology is aptly suited for this kind of a situation. We had also proposed that we will print their books that are stored in microfilm. Both proposals met with rejection despite the curator being in favour of them because "books were a step backward when the whole world was going digital" In the context of such hare-brained decisions, one can only admire the initiative taken by the Xavier college at Kolkota >Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Date: Mon, 7 Apr >2008 11:02:21 +0530 From: Susmita Chakraborty >Congratulations to The Librarian, The Principal and the other members of >the team for doing a tremendous piece of work towards preserving great >cultural heritage of mother India. >Hope many others will get inspired. >Regards. >Susmita Chakraborty >Kolkata

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Post - Librarian : CVR College of Engineering
by sri priya 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

CVR College of Engineering Accredited by NBA-AICTE for the branches of EEE, ECE, CSE & IT (Approved by AICTE & Govt. of A.P. and Affiliated to JNT University) Vastunagar, Mangalpalli (V), Ibrahimpatan (M), R.R. District-501 510. Ph: 08414-252222, 252369, Tele Fax: 08414-252396 Website: http://cvr.ac.in Appointments Notification Librarian M.L.I.Sc. with six years experience & exposure in Library Automation. Salary negotiable. Email Principal : principal(a)cvr.ac.in General Information: info(a)cvr.ac.in Advisor/Correspondent: cmr(a)cvr.ac.in Placements info: placement(a)cvr.ac.in Interested candidates may send their resume by Monday 21st April, 2008 either by email or post. To Principal. 2) St. Francis Degree & Post Graduate College for Women (A Catholic Minority Institution) (An Autonomous College of Osmonia University) Uma Nagar, St. No. 6, Begumpet, Hyderabad-16, Ph.: 23403200/ 23418308 Required Library Assistant Visit : http://www.stfranciscollege.ac.in/ Email: mail(a)stfranciscollege.ac.in alumnae(a)stfranciscollege.ac.in curriculum(a)stfranciscollege.ac.in goldenjubilee(a)stfranciscollege.ac.in Regards, S.Sripriya __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA GB MEETING & ELECTIONS
by I.R.N.Goudar 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Karnataka State Library Association Notice for General Body Meeting and Elections The General Body Meeting of Karnataka State Library Association is schedule to be held on 29-04-2008 (Tuesday) at 5.00 pm at City Central Library, Granthangana, RPC Layout, Hampinagar, (near RPC Layout bus terminus), Bangalore - 560040 ( Buses: Megestic 87, Shivajinagar 63, 195, Many Buses comming to Attiguppe from all destinations) All the Members are requested to attend the meeting without fail. AGENDA 1.Presentation & Approval report on KALA activities during the years 2006 & 2997. 2.Presentation & Approval of details of revenue and expenditure during the years 2006 & 2007. 3.Conducting of elections for Office Bearers and EC Members of KALA and announcement of results. 4.Any other matter. Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Prof. T.D.Kemparaju President, KALA. General Secretary, KALA. ============================================================================= 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.

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post of Library Attendent at LNPE, Gwalior
by vijay kumar 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Dear Library Professionals, Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education,Gwalior , Govt of India , invites application for the post of Library Attendent. Total number of post- 1(one) Pay Scale- Rs 2550-3200 For Details see the Employment news dated 5-11 April 2008 Thanks Vijay Kumar NCSI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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application for the apprenticeship at Defence Scientific and Documentaion Center, New Delhi
by vijay kumar 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Dear Library Professionals, Defence Scientific and Documentaion Center invites application for the apprenticeship under the Apperentice Act of 1961 for person holding Degree in Library and information science Total post for Apprenticeship is 6 Monthly Stipened - Rs 1970 For Details see the Employment news dated 5-11 April 2008 Thanks Vijay Kumar NCSI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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"Project Assistant" required for another Project at ISI, Kolkata
by Shikha Bhowmik 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Dear Moderator, Please post this information in LIS-Forum. Thank you. One Project Assistant is required in ISI Library for a period of one year to work in the project entitled "Digital repository of the contributions of Professor P.C.Mahalanobis using open source software (Dspace)". Essential qualification: A consistently good academic record with Masters degree in Library & Information Science or its equivalent from a recognized University/Institute with knowledge in computer applications in library operations. Desirable qualification: Familiarity with the concepts of Digital Library and Open source software (Dspace). Total remuneration is RS.5000/- plus 30%HRA per month. A walk-in-interview will be conducted on 23 April 2008 at 10.30 A.M. Candidates are required to bring with them an application addressed to the Director,Indian Statistical Institute along with bio-data and photocopies as well as original copies of their certificates and they must report at the office of the ISI Library half an hour before the time mentioned. Shikha Bhowmik Indian Statistical Institute Library -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How to get a usage feedback? - Need inputs
by Suvarsha Walters 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Hi everyone, I want to measure usage of Journals/Magazines (J/M) used in the library. Let me give you the setting of the library: Ours is a small corporate library where borrowing and returning of library material works mostly on trust. So it's up to the user to record material that he/she takes out of the library - including books and journals on cards placed in the library. While most of our users sincerely record books taken out, they are not bothered about the J/M. Moreover, J/M are also scanned and read when inside the library and replaced back (which is also usage). For the last few months I tried attaching little slips of paper to new issues and asked people to write their names if they used it. But that was not very successful. I am now looking at new ways to record usage. If you have had any practical experience or can come up with some innovative ideas, do let me know. Thanks very much, Suvarsha Information Analyst, HP Labs India Bangalore __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for article
by sheeba jasmine 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Dear Professionals, I need the full text of the following articles. It will be helpful to me if anyone can send these articles. 1. literature of disasters from the human factors point of view: a descriptive analysis - Nestor L. Oscorio, Jitka Hurych - Collection Building - V.23, 2 - 2004 - p.64-72 - Emerald 2. Bibliometric analysis of tsunami research - Scientometrics - V.73,1 - October 2007 - p.3-17 - Akademiai Klado with Springer Science+Business media Thank you, with regards, Sheeba Jasmine Librarian Valliammai Engineering College Kattankulathur Tamil Nadu 603 203 Ph:044-22391011 Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free access in April from RSC Publishing
by Thapar, Amit 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Free access to RSC journal content in April Free access in April 14 March 2008 Do you enjoy reading journals from RSC Publishing? Would you like to have access to even more RSC content? From April 1st to April 30th 2008, you can! "We are delighted to have this opportunity to reward all our valued customers for their continued loyalty." - Philip Abrahams, Customer Services Director Like any organisation, we are keen to reward our loyal customers. So, to show our appreciation for your continued support of RSC journals, we are giving you free online access to all of our online journals - completely free! Whatever your area of interest, you are sure to find relevant research in RSC journals. And, as an existing customer, you know that you can rely on the high quality of the articles. You can also take the opportunity to check out the award-winning RSC Prospect enhanced HTML articles, which use subject ontologies and identified compounds to link related articles, and provide links to definitions, synonyms and structures. No other publisher can offer these added-value enhancements. All you need is a current institutional subscription (or rights to access online) for one or more RSC journal titles. Then, for the whole of April 2008, you and your colleagues will be able to read all content, published between 1997 and the present day, in the following journals: a.. The Analyst b.. Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry c.. Chemical Communications d.. Chemical Society Reviews e.. CrystEngComm f.. Dalton Transactions g.. Faraday Discussions h.. Green Chemistry i.. JAAS j.. Journal of Environmental Monitoring k.. Journal of Materials Chemistry l.. Lab on a Chip m.. Molecular BioSystems n.. Natural Product Reports o.. New Journal of Chemistry p.. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry q.. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics r.. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences s.. Soft Matter Information for Librarians/Information scientists We have arranged access via the IP addresses you have already supplied, so no action is required. Usage statistics can be made available on request. Usage Statistics See what your institution is using with your own usage statistics. Project Prospect Home For FAQs, examples, contact information and latest news about Project Prospect Journals Home RSC Journals are recognised as the fastest in the field. This is made possible by a dedicated, professional staff and innovative electronic workflow systems. Contact and Further Information Sales and Customer Services Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WF, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 432360 Fax: +44 (0)1223 426017 Email: Sales and Customer Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Organize Books & Music Quickly
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Dear Friends, The Software LIBRA, which is completely free for non-commercial use. It has some nifty features such as the ability to use any web cam as a barcode scanners. You can hold the book in any orientation and it will recognize the barcode. This is a real time saver and takes much of the tedium out of creating the catalogue. One of the important aspect of this is, it pulls information from amazon databases. LIBRA can be download from www.getlibra.com. (Source: PC World, April 2008, Vol. 13, Iss. 10, P.60) Thanking You, Dinesh K S -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Neglected Role of Librarians
by Rajan 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Dear All, Dr Shahab has raised a very pertinent issue. Librarians were appointed, given all the responsibilities and not provided with necessary enabling environments. So libraries are tend to fail in delivering the services normally. Why does this happen? Many librarians are happy with confining themselves to some routine duties and not interested to think, plan and implement library development and services. Some others are incapable of functioning as a professional librarians due to their poor exposure and lack of interest. Other capable and innovative librarians do not get the luxury of a supportive and enabling environment for their professional work. Very few institutions provide reasonable environment for library development. This is a very bad situation. The book selection is considered to be a domain of some experts and librarian is considered not capable of proper book selection. The selection of books should be in tune with the information needs of the users. Book selection can be done without the deeper knowledge of the subject or reading seriously, if you know the criteria to evaluate a book based on the quality consideration of the publisher, book reviews and even the citation statistics, if one is a capable librarian. On the other hand teachers, having doctorate degrees etc and incapable of making a good selection for the library, are provided with the right to selection based on the knowledge that they are experts and librarians are ignorant. We need to change this situation for which the library professional associations should raise this issue, promote the concept and should show good results at least in some institutions where librarians can build a better collection, if provided with a free hand. Unless the librarian is supported with facilities like men money, materials , methods etc, they cannot go ahead reasonably in proper library development. In this age of interdisciplinary studies, proper book selection require very good understanding of the main subjects in general and their inter- relationships. Librarian should develop that knowledge by becoming a generalist, rather than a specialist. Library schools should work as a breeding ground of such new breed of library professionals. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India Original Message Subject: [LIS-Forum] Seeking discussion on problems with a balance BOOK SELECTION POLICY & PROCEDURE From: T. Shahab <tshahab(a)jamiahamdard.ac.in> Dear Memberss, Through the popular LIS-Forum for exchanging professional ideas, I wish to engage the valuable attention of the practicing librarians to the ever increasing problem of breach in librarians' domain by faculty members in light of the shrinking role of librarians in determining the policy and procedures involving many of the library activities, particularly the collection development through BOOK SELECTION. In some libraries that I know, the Acquisition Dept. has been turned into just like a clearance house; the librarian is not consulted on matters of Book selection; even the budgeted amount under the Central library has to be used on the authorization of the Vice-chancellor or one of his/ her nominees. Book suppliers will directly contact the faculty members get the books recommended and pass-on the recommended lists to the Acquisition Dept. for necessary followups. Some times, two or more departments may recommend the same title, and the librarian being unaware of the reason, has only to meekly put his/her signature. Even in matters of acquiring multiple copies of the already purchased books (on students' demand), the hands of a librarian is bound. A Librarian being in close touch with the students is always approached by them with their requests on different library related matters, but the librarian is most of the cases is unable to make any firm committment for a facility or extension of services to the students. This change in power dynamics in Universities is making the job of a librarian a very unsavoury one; most librarians are feeling dejected and professionally emasculated. Please, take the above write-up as a point of discussion. Feel free to express your considered opinion on this matter of great importance. Regards. Dr. T. SHAHAB -- 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] UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage
by Mailing List Admin 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:02:21 +0530 From: Susmita Chakraborty <susmitachakraborty94(a)gmail.com> Congratulations to The Librarian, The Principal and the other members of the team for doing a tremendous piece of work towards preserving great cultural heritage of mother India. Hope many others will get inspired. Regards. Susmita Chakraborty Kolkata On 4/4/08, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > > Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:46:12 +0100 (BST) > From: Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> > > UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage > 04-04-2008 (New Delhi) > > A UNESCO-supported project "Preservation and Conservation of Rare > Documents of St. Xavier's College Library, Kolkata" has recently been > completed. Several thousands of pages of rare documents from the College > library have been recovered, preserved and digitised.

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extremely well communicated presentation (by sukh dev singh)
by Mailing List Admin 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 08:52:16 -0500 From: bhawna vashishtha <bhawnavashishtha(a)gmail.com> We have been regularly telling readers how to subscribe to a RSS Feed through a subscribed database. But i think this presentation has proved to be very useful for us to let them understand how they can get the latest updates from their favourite website. I want to thank Dr. Sukhdev Singh for sharing his efforts through forum. Sir i want to further write that today i came to know that if we are using Mozilla FireFox then we may also opt for "Subscribe this page" option under "bookmarks" menu. Bhawna Vashishtha Semi Professional Assistant Central Library Delhi University -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Cheers to Chikkamallaih on his superannuation
by Mailing List Admin 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 17:38:16 +0530 From: Sulochan <sulochanp(a)gmail.com> Everybody has to give place to new face and Mr Chikkamallaiah is no exception - he has had good and great time of his quality service rendered tirelessly from that stalwart stone building of IIM, Bangalore. The one-point 'service focused' appraoch of Chikkamallaaih was always amazing and today the IIM-B Library stands tall among the best and finest libraries in the country - a tall model to be emulated. So to use the Kannada tone, today Chikkamallaiah is not small, but really deserves to be called 'Doddamallaiah'. Inserting higher qualifications and feathers of recognitions on his head was not his passion. I understand, his single-point passion to render service first and last to the users was great and this focus might have put less 'need and greed' in him towards acquiring higher or doctorate qualification. (Not that one should not go for higher qualification. All professionals do need that, along the line of quality and dedicated service to the users.) Only once or twice I might have some personal interaction with him - which he even may not remember. As Dr IRN Goudar has aptly pointed out, his services and contributions to the profession, his invisible qualities of supporting, inspiring and shaping up of the many young budding professionals on the corridor and campus of that tall stone buliding of IIM-B is as strong as the very shining stones there. Cheers to Chikkmallaiah - you have done it. P Sulochanan, Bangalore.

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For the post of Librarian and assistant librarian at Veer Narmad South Gujarat University
by vijay kumar 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Dear Library professionals, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University invites application for the post of Librarian(1) and Assistant Librarian(1) Last Date for submission of complete form is 30-04-2008 For Details visit the website http://www.sgu.ernet.in/job/index.php Thanks Vijay kumar NCSI -- 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 and Library attendent at DU
by vijay kumar 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Dear Library professionals, Application are invited on the prescribed form for Assistant Librarian, and also for Library Attendant (for Physically Handicapped Persons) latest by 28 April 2008 For Details visit DELHI UNIVERSITY website http://www.du.ac.in/career.html Thanks Vijay kumar NCSI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation to write text books
by L J Haravu 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Dear Members One of the objectives of the Kesavan Inst. of Information & Knowledge Management (KIIKM) (http://www.kiikm.org) is to provide a forum and assistance to senior professionals in publishing good quality text books for use in library and information science courses. KIIKM will consider getiing such publications edited and published. I welcome experienced professionals to write books on topics of current interest as well as on those which expose important concepts in library and information science/management. Manuscripts may be submitted to me. These will be peer reviewed before a decision to edit/publish it is taken. I also welcome views of members on topics on which text books are needed. Haravu . -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Explore the nexus and..
by Rupak Chakravarty 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Dear All, 1. please explore ResearchID.org (http://www.researchintelligentdesign.org/wiki/Main_Page) It is really a springboard for innovative research ideas. 2. Also build your own newsletter: 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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Annals of Library and Information Studies: Table of Contents
by gmahesh＠niscair.res.in 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Annals of Library and Information Studies Vol 55, No. 1, March 2008 Changing pattern of user expectations regarding the library catalogue as an information retrieval tool: a case study of Mangalore University S.S.Kumbar and T. Y. Mallaiah.................................7 Research publication trends in structural engineering based on Journal of Structural Engineering S. Maheswaran, R.D. Sathish Kumar and K.R. Sridharan...............17 Open access journals and institutional repositories: practical need and present trends in India Mohammad Nazim and Maya Devi...............................27 Citation analysis of Journal of Oilseeds Research 1993 2004 Surendra Kumar and S. Kumar..................................35 Strengthening R&D information systems through library consortium: A case of CSIR laboratories Prakash Chand and Nishy P......................................45 Pramana - Journal of Physics: A scientometric analysis Anil Kumar, E. R. Prakasan, V.L. Kalyane and Vijai Kumar.............52 Use of search engines by research scholars and faculty members of physics departments in the universities of Karnataka State B.S. Biradar and B.T. Sampath Kumar..................................52 Strategic Management Journal: a citations study Tapas Kumar Raut, Sada Bihari Sahu and Shantanu Ganguly..............69 Scientometric profile of the journal Mausam K.C. Garg, Praveen Sharma and Suresh Kumar...........................76 Book Review......................................................81 G. Mahesh Scientist, NISCAIR ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using NISCAIR's web mail service. "" http://niscair.res.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Manuscriptology.
by rajiv tripathi 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Dear Moderator: Kindly announce the following in LIS Forum. Rajivaksh Tripathi mlib student of BHU Banaras. BHU is going to start a new course Manuscriptology. Duration of course is one year for detail contact to BHU website. Rajivaksht Tripathi rajiv.lis2008(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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UNESCO publishes a book on Open Access to Knowledge in South Asia
by Puna Das 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

UNESCO publishes a book on Open Access to Knowledge in South Asia 07-04-2008 (New Delhi) UNESCO Office in New Delhi has released Open Access to Knowledge and Information: Scholarly Literature and Digital Library Initiatives the South Asian Scenario. This book illustrates South Asian initiatives on open access to information and knowledge. It has its genesis in the recommendations and proceedings of UNESCO-supported international conferences and workshops. Universal access to information and knowledge is a key principle in UNESCO's overall mandate to promote the free flow of information by word and by image and thus to place information and knowledge at the doorsteps of communities. In the information society, free flow of information is a fundamental principle for bridging the knowledge gaps between privileged and under-privileged communities. Open access to information and knowledge is an innovative mode of scholarly communication within the digital environment, which is gaining momentum in developed countries that already have necessary information infrastructure. The emerging economies amongst the developing countries are not far behind in building up necessary information infrastructure, essential for sustainable economic development. These emerging countries, however, have limitations in terms of bridging the digital divide within their societies, due to the co-existence of marginalized and privileged communities. The South Asia sub-region is now in the forefront of the open access movement within developing countries, with India being the most prominent partner in terms of its successful open access and digital library initiatives. The book describes successful digital library and open access initiatives in the South Asia sub-region that are available in the forms of open courseware, open access journals, metadata harvesting services, national-level open access repositories and institutional repositories. It may be considered an authoritative source-book on open access development in this sub-region. The publication is available online in PDF format: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26393&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT…. Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26397&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… Thanking You Anup Kumar Das New Delhi India --------------------------------- Bollywood, fun, friendship, sports and more. You name it, we have it. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Farewell to CHIK sir
by Dipen Deka 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

I have met sir while visiting the central library of IIMB last year. And i can say that person like him are rare in the profession. he is friendly and so helpful that whenever i requested for some information immediately he responded. myself on behalf of the Departmentof Library and Information Science, Gauhati University wish him a healthy and happy future. Dipen Deka JRF, DLISc Gauhati University Assam -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2009 Endeavour Award - Australia - Applications close 31 July 2008.
by Bhojaraju G 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

Dear All, *2009 Endeavour Award - Australia - Applications close 31 July 2008.* The Endeavour Awards is an internationally competitive, merit-based program providing opportunities for citizens of the Asia-Pacific region to undertake study, research and professional development in Australia. Awards are also available for Australians to do the same abroad. A smaller number of awards are available for participants from Europe and the Americas. The Endeavour Awards provide individuals with a unique opportunity to take the next step in their academic or professional career. For more details, please refer http://www.endeavour.dest.gov.au/ Thanks & Regards *Bhojaraju Gunjal* **2008 Endeavour Research Fellow School of Computer Science and Mathematics Victoria University Footscray Park, Melbourne Phone: 61 3 9919 4574 Fax: 61 3 9919 4050 Mobile: 61 402 530 568 Email: Bhojaraju.Gunjal(a)vu.edu.au<http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/post?postID=nzp7ATn5JARBH5WP8d0…> Web: http://www.vu.edu.au -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Articles/Papers for Prof. M.P. Satija's Festschrift Volume
by Jagtar Singh 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

Dear Colleagues, We have got tremendous response to our request for articles/papers for Prof. M.P. Satija's Festschrift Volume. It was on select invitation only. But now many friends have phoned me that they also want to contribute to this project. Therefore we have decided to publish the Festschrift in two volumes and issue a public call. Please contribute an article/paper by 15 May 2008and use the APA Style for references and bibliography. Prof. Satija is superanuating on 30 June 2008 and his brief CV is papsted below. You may focus on: Collection Development Knowledge Organization, Information Management Knowledge Management Content Management Open Source Software Web-based Resources and Services Search Engines and Online Searching Reference and Information Services Library Consortia Use and User Studies Portals, Vortles and Gateways Capacity Building Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning Digital Preservation, LIS Education, Research and Training Continuous Professional Development & Workplace Learning. These are only indicative areas, but you are free to choose any other topic of importance to our moorings and the cutting-edge. Please mail me immediately if you are interested to contribute. Paper should not be more than 10 typed pages. Regards, Jagtar Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com *Mohinder Partap Satija*, currently a Professor and Head of the Department of Library and Information Science in the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, is in the library profession for the last three decades. As an author of more than a dozen books, about 150 papers and 200 bookreviews and many conference papers published in India and abroad, he has collaborated with international experts namely, Dr. John Comaromi, Editor DDC (1979-1991), Ms Joan S. Mitichell, current editor DDC, Dr Ray Prytherch, Editor, Harrod's Glossary and Dr. S. P. Agrawal, former Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre, New Delhi. Some of the journals he has been published are *Libri, International Classification*, *Knowledge Organisation,* *Third World Libraries* (USA), *Information Management Report *(UK), *Cataloging and Classification Quarterly* (USA), *Asian Libraries*(Thailand), Emarld journals (UK), *Herald of Library Science, & Journal of Information Management and Scientometrics. *His works have been translated into Hindi, Spanish, German and French. His major contribution lies in enriching library science literature. Many bibliometric studies have found him a prolific author. Having done his Ph. D. on Ranganathan studies, he has been instrumental in interpreting and propagating Ranganathan's works and ideas to the new generation. He has written extensively on Classification, Book Numbers, Ranganathan Studies and Indian Library Literature. Aboard he is known for his expertise on Colon Classification and Indian state of the art on classification. Accordingly, he is often invited to contribute papers in these areas for books and journals. At home, he started the trend of commentative yet readable bookviews in the library and information science. No wonder then he is a sought after bookviewer in the country. His textbooks on Colon Classification and the Dewey Decimal Classification are being used as class texts in many library schools in India. On receiving his long article on Call Number & Book Number (Published in Encyclopedia of Library & Information science *(Marcel Dekker, vol 45) *Prof. Allen Kent the editor described that as a " Master piece". His various writings on the Sears List of Subject Headings have won the commendations of its chief editor Dr. Joseph Miller (H. W. Wilson. Co.). He has visited Germany, France, Finland, England, Nepal, the Netherlands, Belgium and Sri Lanka in connection with professional work. He is associated with many library journals such as *Information Management Report* ( Bowker-Saur, UK), *Library Times International* (USA), *The Lucknow Librarian* (India*), Library Progress* (*Int*) (India), *Ranganathan Research Bulletin *(India) and *Knowledge Organisation* (USA/Germany). He is the Indian Coordinator of the International Society for Knowledge Organisation (ISKO) (USA), and member UDC Consortium. Dr. Satija is a life member of many library and information science associations: and has delivered lectures in many universities and has written lessons for distance education students of IGNOU, Kurukshetra University, Kota Open University and Aligarh Muslim University. In the summer of 1988 he worked with Dr. Ingetraut Dahlberg in Frankfurt for three months to assist her on various then on going projects. He served as a Visiting Fellow for three months in Maastricht McLuhan Institute, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands in the summer of 1999 and the visit was followed by another visit of six weeks in May 2001. The work done there fructified in the publication of *A* *Dictionary of Knowledge Organization,* (Guru Nanak Dev University, 2004). In 2005 he was invited by the University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka to serve as a Visiting Professor. There he was instrumental in instituting library & information science doctoral programme in the Department of Library of Information Science which is the first ever research degree programme in the country. There he also served as bibliography consultant to the National Library Services Board of Sri Lanka. As is an advisor to the Harrod's Librarians Glossary (Gower, UK) he made considerable input to revise entries relating to classification. He is member advisory board of the *International Yearbook of Library and Information Management*(Library Association Publishing, London) *and Indian Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science* (S. Chand & Co., New Delhi). As a trustee of Professor Kaula Endowment for Library Science, he has actively contributed for its development. Important Publications 1. "Book Number and Call Number" *Encyclopedia of Library & information science* (Marcel Dekker, 1990, Vol 45): 18-45. 2. *Manual of Practical **Colon** Classification. **New Delhi*: Sterling Publisher, 1994. 3. *S. R. Ranganathan and the Method of Science. **New Delhi**: Aditya, 1992.* 4. *Dewey Decimal Classification: A Practical Guide. **Dublin** **Ohio *: the OCLC, 1996 (co- author). 1. *Sears List of Subject Headings,* New Delhi: Concept, 2000. 2. *A Dictionary of Knowledge Organisation. **Amritsar**:* GND University, 2004. 3. *DDC: History and Current Status,* New York: Academic Publishers, 1989 (with Dr. John Comaromi). -- Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, & Dean, Faculty of Education and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Tel: +91 (0)175 304 6179 (Work) +91 (0)175 228 2727 (Home) Fax: +91 (0)175 228 3073 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Again About LIS Accreditation
by J. K. Vijayakumar 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

Dear LIS Friends, I would like to request your attention to my earlier mail "LIS Departments need Accreditation System and New Courses". We have a good news that Indian Engineering Degrees will soon be accredited in US and other developed countries. Read the news from Rediff.com [ http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/jul/05eng.htm ] National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is the accreditation agency for Engineering Education in India. They did a good job in getting a provisional signatory membership in Washington Accord, which recognises engineering degrees among the member countries. NBA is allowed 2 years to to bring its academic programmes, curricula and syllabus, examination and evaluation system to the international level and revise its accreditation system to make it fully outcome based, with credit system for flexibility and continuous evaluation for improved learning being the basis of such programmes.If NBA and our technical institutes are successful in achieving this goal, Indian engineering degrees will be internationaly recognised. What is the message for LIS? Thanks ---------------------------------- J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS PhD IFLA-OCLC Fellow Assistant Director of Library American University of Antigua College of Medicine PB No W1451, St. Johns ANTIGUA, West Indies http://students.auamed.net/library ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Recommendations of vi th pay commission for lib professionals highlights
by jasbir singh 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

Recommendations of 6 th pay commission for lib professionals highlights th Central Pay Commission Report, March, 2008 is available on following weblink. http://pib.nic. in/archieve /others/2008/ mar/6th_payrepor t .pdf It's of 658 Pages, File Size 2.54 MB Browse specially :- Content Pages : 5-8 (4 pages) Summary of main recommendations : 651-657 (7 pages) Some Extracts in this report particularly for Library Staff, which I am giving below. Library staff 3.8.13 The Fifth CPC had recommended distinct cadre structure for Librarians. Consequent to upgradation of all Group 'D' posts being recommended by the Commission, the posts of Library Attendant Grade II and I shall stand merged and placed in therevised pay scale PB-1 of Rs.4860-20200 along with grade pay of Rs.1800 after their skills are suitably enhanced. The posts of Library and Information Assistant (present scale Rs.5500-9000) will come to lie in the revised Pay Band of PB-2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.4200. The next higher post of Assistant Library Information Officer (present scale Rs.6500-10500) will be upgraded and placed in the revised Pay Band of PB-2 along with grade pay of Rs.4600 corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale of Rs.7450-11500. All other posts belonging to this category shall be extended the corresponding replacement pay band and grade pay. page # 221 Librarian Staff 7.5.11 Higher pay scales have been demanded for Library Staff in the Department of Industrial, Policy & Promotion. The Commission has made recommendations for the common categories of Librarians in Chapter 3.8. The recommendations contained therein shall apply in respect of Librarians working in this Department as well. Page # 401 Library Staff 7.9.11 The posts of Library Staff shall be regulated as per the recommendations given in Chapter 3.8 relating to common Page # 417 Librarians and the Library staff 7.57.21 Recommendations made in Chapter 3.8 in respect of Librarians and the Library staff shall also be extended to the similarly placed posts in UT of Delhi. Page # 620 Jasbir Singh Learning Resource Center Jaypee University of Information Technology Waknaghat, P.O. Dumehar Kandaghat, Distt. Solan (H.P.), India http://www.juit.ac.in/Library/staff.php --------------------------------- You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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