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Using RSS Feeds for an external corporate site
by Sukhdev Singh 05 Apr '08

05 Apr '08

Dear Friends, I am forwarding one of my emails to another forum. Later on I thought that I should also share it with you all. [I have tried to protect the privacy of the person asking the question] My answer provide a solution on how sites can be enhanced by aggregating external content without any additional cost or time (after setup). The same solution can be implemented on Library Website of your own Institution. Hope it helps. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [IAMI Gen] RSS Feeds for an external corporate site What you are aiming at goes beyond just RSS Feeds. You will need one more step. Let me try to explain you the steps you will require and examples of my experiments in MASHUP. Step 1. Identifying the Resources: This is actually what you have asked for in your mail. I would suggest you do the following (in that order) a) - PubMed Search Strategy The best resource is PubMed <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/>. However it is a huge database. You will have to design a Search Strategy to get latest and relevant references from PubMed. Once you are satisfied, create a feed as explained in my tutorial (slides). This requires professional skills, I could have created a search strategy for you, unfortunately I am busy for next week. [I will be Chairing a session on "The Cochrane Library and EBM Resources" on 9th April 2008 at CMC Vellore for the 2nd South Asian Regional Symposium on Evidence Based Health Care, 'Investing in Evidence for Better Health - http://www.cochrane-sacn.org/symposium2008/index.asp ] b) - Look for core online Journals Online journals (even the paid ones ) allow TOC of their issues pulled through RSS. Open Access journals like those from BioMed Central <http://www.biomedcentral.com/> would be more useful as full text of their issues can be read immediately. Further you may take help of Directory of Open Access Journals <http://doaj.org> Look for the URLs of their RSS Feeds. There are tools (like Dapper) which can create feeds even for Non-RSS enabled sites. But to start with, it is better to go with only ready-made feeds. c) - Look for Blogs, forums, Wikis etc. If you need more, then you can look for Blogs, Forums and Wikis. Most of them provides RSS feeds. Step 2. You need to subscribe to all the feeds mentioned in above steps. Google Reader is one of the many available services. If you like, you can go for advance tricks for filtering useful content from your aggregation of feeds. Yahoo Pipes is one such tool (It is difficult to learn it). Once you are satisfied move to next step. Step 3. Well this I had touched in my slides but could not explain properly. Reading RSS is different from making them available publicly. This is sort of "MASHUP". There are abundant tools are available for doing it. The simple ones are the likes of SuprGlu / NetVibes. (Google Reader can also do it in limited manner). But these look unprofessional as you won't like their logos etc. You can also create Widgets and add to you site. Tools like feeddigest will allow to do that but they are free only upto a limit. You can also have a blog on blogger and insert you feeds easily (See my experiment mentioned below). I had done few experiments which are still live (and does not cost time or money to me). One is on SuprGlu - http://sukhi.suprglu.com/ . It picks up references from PubMed (slides are included in my presentation) for Medical Informatics in Indian Context. However, you will notice the service (SuprGlu) does some sort of advertisement. Another one uses Yahoo Pipes to filter content. It give only those content which has free full text on the topic - "Medical Informatics". The feed is displayed using a Blog - http://informaticsbits.blogspot.com/ from blogger.com I would be glad to help you in your project but only after I return from CMC (Medical College) Vellore. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 11:35 PM, clh < -- @gmail.com> wrote: > > What types of RSS Feeds would you recommend for a corporate external/ > publice site of a physician group practice management company? > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage
by Mailing List Admin 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

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. St. Xavier�s College was established in 1860. It is now one of the oldest colleges in the South Asian sub-region. The College library holds a golden treasury of very old printed documents, providing from donations of books by the provincial governments and European missionaries in the last century. The documentary collection includes philosophical thoughts of eminent thinkers of eighteenth century, philosophy of sciences, historical accounts, religious scriptures, etc. Unfortunately, this heritage is continuously decaying towards extinction, which would be an enormous cultural loss for India. Selected rare documents of the College library have been recovered, preserved and digitised under this collaborative project. Physical preservation was carried out for 31 614 pages from 52 volumes of books through fumigation, de-acidification and tissue lamination processes. 24 686 pages from 51 volumes of rare books and 99 rare paintings were digitally preserved on DVD-ROMs and intranet server. An exhibition of rare documents took place in March 2008 in the College premises. The oldest article among the exhibited pieces was published in 1632. Digitised collection of rare paintings of St. Xavier�s College, Kolkata: http://picasaweb.google.com/bidyarthi.bhaswati/RarePaintingsOfStXavierSColl… Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26384&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… Thanking You Yours Sincerely Anup Kumar Das New Delhi

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Bidding Farewell to Mr.CHIKKAMALLAIAH-Librarian-IIMB
by Suresh Horakeri 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Dear professionals, Today I came to know that Mr Chikkamallaiah, Librarian, IIMB was retired from the service on 31st March 2008 & his Farewell party to be held on Friday,4th April 2008 at IIMB-Library.Time: 11.00am Venue: Library-IIMB. Mr Chikkamallaiah, Librarian, IIMB has been a great source of inspiration to the young professionals community, a soft spoken gentleman and great Librarian. Naturally every body has to reach superannuation but professional bodies/ organization such as ILA, IASLIC, KALA, SIS and others should make use of his rich experience for the betterment of the profession and development of the library field. I wish him and his family good health, wealth and more peaceful life a head. Thanks, Regards, Horakeri Suresh D Horakeri BSc, MLISc,PGDLAN, Asst Librarian, BVB College of Engg & Tech, Hubli-31, Ph: 9341610603 (R) (0836) 2378422 2378422 (O) Emails ; sdhorakeri(a)yahoo.co.in horakeri(a)bvb.edu http://www.connotea.org/user/suresh1973 http://works.bepress.com/suresh_dh/ http://www.prajavani.net/jun192006/5758220060619.php ----- Original Message ---- From: "kk_suresh@blr..amrita.edu" <kk_suresh(a)blr.amrita.edu> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Cc: mat(a)IIMB.ERNET.IN; lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Wednesday, 2 April, 2008 8:31:43 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Bidding Farewell to Mr..CHIKKAMALLAIAH-Librarian-IIMB Dear Professionals, Sub: Bidding Farewell to Mr.CHIKKAMALLAIAH-Librarian-IIMB. ********** He served sincerely with all his dedication, more than Three decades as a Librarian in Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore.He has been associated with the Institute from the time of its inception. In many ways, Mr. Chikkamallaiah has been instrumental in establishing and developing IIMB Library and also he is the guiding force for all young library professionals in many ways. He was retired from the service on 31st March 2008 & his Farewell party to be held on Friday,4th April 2008 at IIMB-Library. Time: 11.00am Venue: Library-IIMB Those who are interested to attend the farewell function, kindly contact Mr.Mathias S.A. IIMB-Library Mobile:9844584127 Mr.KK Suresh Librarian Amrita School of Engineering Bangalore. Mobile:9448519116 Thanking you, Regards KK Suresh Librarian Amrita School of Engineering Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Deemed University Sarjapura Road Bangalore - 560 035 -- 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 5, 50, 500, 5000 - Store N number of mails in your inbox. Go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop report
by lata＠iihmr.org 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

The recently held National Workshop report can be downloaded from the follwoing link. http://autolib-india.net/salis/IIHR.pdf ===================================== LATA SURESH Librarian, Organising Secretary, Workshop Institute of Health Management Reserach 1, Prabhu Dayal MArg Sanganer Airport Jaipur - 302033 Rajasthan INDIA Phone: +91-141-2791431-34 ext. 328 Fax : +91-141-2792138 URL : http://www.iihmr.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[lis-forum] another alternative to RSS feed
by bhawna vashishtha 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Dear Friends This is the first time i am writing in this forum. I have noticed that when we try to subscribe any RSS Feed, on many websites we may have an option for RSS Feed or ATOM Feed, as ATOM Feed are becoming a widely used alternative. RSS and ATOM are two different types of XML Feed. XML is the underlying language used to provide the feed. So, for a librarian both the options are same as we are more concerned about the latest information we are getting by subscribing to any feed. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Bidding Farewell to Mr.CHIKKAMALLAIAH-Librarian-IIMB
by kk_suresh＠blr.amrita.edu 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Dear Professionals, Sub: Bidding Farewell to Mr.CHIKKAMALLAIAH-Librarian-IIMB. ********** He served sincerely with all his dedication, more than Three decades as a Librarian in Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore.He has been associated with the Institute from the time of its inception. In many ways, Mr. Chikkamallaiah has been instrumental in establishing and developing IIMB Library and also he is the guiding force for all young library professionals in many ways. He was retired from the service on 31st March 2008 & his Farewell party to be held on Friday,4th April 2008 at IIMB-Library. Time: 11.00am Venue: Library-IIMB Those who are interested to attend the farewell function, kindly contact Mr.Mathias S.A. IIMB-Library Mobile:9844584127 Mr.KK Suresh Librarian Amrita School of Engineering Bangalore. Mobile:9448519116 Thanking you, Regards KK Suresh Librarian Amrita School of Engineering Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Deemed University Sarjapura Road Bangalore - 560 035 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seeking discussion on problems with a balance BOOK SELECTION POLICY & PROCEDURE
by Mailing List Admin 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 12:23:15 +0530 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

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The National Library of Australia launches Library Labs
by Mailing List Admin 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:22:28 +0530 From: DINESH SIDDAIAH <dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends, The National Library of Australia (http://www.nla.gov.au) has been doing a great deal of work toward the design and development of a library automation infrastructure following the service oriented architecture. These efforts show great promise in the creation of a number of key library automation components available as open source software.In recent days, NLA has launched a wiki called Library Labs with lots of information about their work. With regards, Dinesh K S

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Google Reader/ RSS Feed
by Rajan 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Dear Mr Singh, Your presentation on RSS Feed is a window to an easier and deeper use of internet to which most of the users should be exposed to as the growth of new features in the post Google era is so amazing and useful for the information seekers. Unfortunately most of the librarians remain ignorant of such features of internet and hence cannot train their users on the easy ways to gather information from the sites in the so dynamic internet. We expect similar internet use familiarization presentations on similar areas of easier web use from Mr Singh and others. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India Original Message: Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:22:35 +0530 From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Surviving the Web Explosion: Keeping in touch with RSS Dear Friends, For last two years I have been teaching Doctors and Medical Librarians in using RSS Feeds for keeping in touch with latest information on the web. Today I am sharing my slides on it at the following link. http://snipr.com/23ck1 This slide show tells why RSS is better way for alerting us on latest information being posted on web on particular area of interest. I tried to explain what all is required for this new method. I took an example on how to subscribe for feeds on - News (from NDTV.COM) Blogs (Puter Suber's Blog); Open Access Repository (OpenMED@NIC - http://openmed.nic.in ) and from a Database (PubMed). At the end I have given an example to create "MASHUP" from RSS Feeds. Hope it would be of your interest. --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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Latest Open Access Book by Mr. Anup Kumar Das has been Archived at OpenMED@NIC
by Sukhdev Singh 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

We would like to thank Mr. Anup Kumar Das for archiving his following book on 'Open Access' in OpenMED@NIC - http://openmed.nic.in . It is contained in a single PDF of around 12 MB File size. Das, Anup Kumar (2008) Open Access to Knowledge and Information: Scholarly Literature and Digital Library Initiatives – the South Asian Scenario. UNESCO, New Delhi, India. ISBN 9788189218218 http://openmed.nic.in/2789/ Thanks Mr Das. --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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Change of time for the bidding farewell to Mr.Chikkamallaiah
by Mailing List Admin 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 15:42:10 +0530 (IST) From: kk_suresh(a)blr.amrita.edu Dear professionals, Please note the the change in the timing of farewell function. It is at 2.15 pm afternoon. with regards mathias IIMB-Library Regards KK Suresh Librarian Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Bangalore - 560 035

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Repeatation of information
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

dear all sometime i find that an information which has been posted in LIS forum is also sent to individual e-mail unnecessarily. it is just a repeatation of effort. we the member of the forum get the information. through mailing list. those are mainly forwarder messages from mailing list. it should be avoided. sometime itis a matter of great harrasment. -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Department of Library & Information Science Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014 Ph: 0-94352-68733 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on LIS research
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Diamond Jubilee Year, Gauhati University *National Workshop on Trends in Library and Information Science Research* 7th - 9th May, 2008 As part of the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of the Gauhati University, Assam , the Department of Library and Information Science is organizing a three days National Workshop on "Trends in Library and Information Science Research" during 7th - 9th May, 2008. Working librarians, researchers and other prospective researchers representing especially different Social Science organizations from NE India are eligible to participate. The aims and objectives of the workshop are to analyse the trend of research in LIS and to identify the thrust areas of studies for future. Moreover, the workshop will train researchers for quality output of research works. Main Theme: "*Trends in Library and Information Science Research*" Sub-Themes *Trends in LIS Research in India; Research and Library Development; Research Methodology in Library and Information Science; Literature Search in an online environment; Standard Citation Style for preparing References and Bibliographies; Statistical Methods in LIS research; Documenting a Research Work; and others* Intake Capacity: The intake capacity is Twenty five (25). Registration: Interested LIS professionals are suggested to apply in the prescribed form attached. The filled in form is to reach us on or before *25th April, 2008*. Application may be submitted through email also either to dlisgu(a)gmail.com or nlahkar(a)gmail.com. Selected candidates will be informed immediately through Email or by post (if, no Email address is available). Participants are entitled to get working launch and tea during sessions. Registration Fees: The Registration fee is Rs. 200/- (Rupees Two Hundred) only. Selected candidates on hearing from the Workshop Co-ordinator are to deposit the amount in the form of DD to be drawn in favour of Director, ICSSR Payable at New Delhi latest by 7th May (ie at the Registration Desk). Workshop Dates: May 7-9, 2008 (Monday - Wednesday). Accommodation: Participants are to arrange accommodation of their own. However, Organizing Committee will help them in getting accommodation in reasonable price either in university Guest House or in other Guest Houses. For further details please contact Dr. Narendra Lahkar Workshop Director Prof. & Head, DLISc, GU Mobile: 098640-53349 Email: nlahkar(a)gmail.com or Dr. Rajani Kanta Barman Co-Ordinator Reader, DLISc, GU Mobile: 094353-08676 Email: rkbarman1(a)gmail.com . N.B: Application format can be obtained online on requst . send ur request to badanbarman(a)gmail.com, or apurbajyoti(a)gmail.com -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Department of Library & Information Science Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014 Ph: 0-94352-68733 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Surviving the Web Explosion: Keeping in touch with RSS
by Sukhdev Singh 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Dear Friends, For last two years I have been teaching Doctors and Medical Librarians in using RSS Feeds for keeping in touch with latest information on the web. Today I am sharing my slides on it at the following link. http://snipr.com/23ck1 This slide show tells why RSS is better way for alerting us on latest information being posted on web on particular area of interest. I tried to explain what all is required for this new method. I took an example on how to subscribe for feeds on - News (from NDTV.COM) Blogs (Puter Suber's Blog); Open Access Repository (OpenMED@NIC - http://openmed.nic.in ) and from a Database (PubMed). At the end I have given an example to create "MASHUP" from RSS Feeds. Hope it would be of your interest. --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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Environmental Protection Agency reopens all its libraries
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Dear Friends, The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) had closed 3 of the 10 regional libraries and two libraries at the agency's Washington headquarters because of limited public use and resources being available online. This closings prompted criticism from lawmakers. Now EPA plans to reopen five closed libraries to the public by this september 30. These libraries house scientific documents on health and the environment and are used by both agency employees and the public. More details could be obtained in http://www.chron.com. 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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Astronomy: PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT - LISA VI
by Library 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Dear Moderator: Kindly announce the following in LIS Forum. Y.M.Patil, RRI,Bangalore. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT: LISA VI Conferences on Library and Information Services in Astronomy (LISA) have been held periodically with the aim of providing a platform to discuss the state-of-the-art in astronomy librarianship in respect of information management, storage, retrieval, delivery and preservation and to discern the new directions in which our profession is evolving. Over the last two decades, five conferences were held covering a wide range of subjects including acquisition, organization and maintenance of books, journals, preprints and other specialized materials both in print and electronic formats, use of information resources, astronomical information seeking on the internet/world wide web, bibliographic and full text astronomy databases, online astronomical catalogues, changes in libraries and librarians' tasks, Astronomical Data Centres, conservation and archiving, preservation and history of astronomy, electronic publishing trends,bibliometrics, astronomy user expectations, astronomy libraries in developing countries, astronomical information network, beyond ADS and GOOGLE, cutting edge technologies and Virtual Observatory. Between 1988 to 2006, there were five international seminars, viz. LISA I: July 1988, Washington, D.C.,USA LISA II: May 1995, Munich, Germany; LISA III: May 1998, Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain LISA IV: July 2002, Prague, Czech Republic LISA V: June 2006, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA We are pleased to announce that the LISA VI conference will be held in India, hosted by the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), at Pune, in the State of Maharashtra. This conference will be organized under the auspices of FORSA (Forum for Resource Sharing in Astronomy and Astrophysics), a group of astronomy and physics related Institutes in India, during 14-17 February 2010 as per the tradition of organizing LISA once in every four years and also to enjoy the favorable weather conditions at Pune, India. The generally accepted theme of the conference will be: "21st Century Astronomy Librarianship: from new ideas to action" We are seeking expression of interest from potential participants for this conference and any other suggestions at this stage. We request you to kindly indicate your interest in participating in this conference in India to Mrs. Nirupama Bawdekar at IUCAA, Pune, before 30th April 2008. Kindly send your responses to: Mrs. Nirupama Bawdekar, Scientific Officer "D", Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Post Bag No.4,Ganeshkhind, PUNE - 411 007, India. e-mail:nub@iucaa.ernet.in xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dr.Y.M.Patil Librarian & FORSA Coordinator, Raman Research Institute, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore 560 080. ympatil(a)rri.res.in Dr.Christina Birdie, Librarian, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034 chris(a)iiap.res.in Mrs. Nirupama Bawdekar, Scientific Officer "D", Library, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Post Bag No.4, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007. nub(a)iucaa.ernt.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Surface computing in libraries?
by Suvarsha Walters 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Hello everyone, An interesting article on the possibilities of Surface Computing in libraries. http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6545452.html?industryid=47077 with regards, Suvarsha Information Analyst, HP Labs, India. ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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They don't know that DRTC/ADIS is equivalent to M. Lib. Sc.
by librarymahad 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

I had applied for the post of Dy. Manager (Library) in Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Aircraft Division. Ojhar, Tal Niphad, Dist. : Nashik, Maharashtra. All the requirements were fulfilling but they said that my Qualification is not Valid. Even though I have confirmed them that ADIS = Associateship in Documentation and Information Science from Documentation Research and Training Center, Indian Statistical Institute, is a recognized one and equivalent to M. Lib. Sc. But they didn't agreed even though I am having the proof. They even charged Rs. 200/- as application fees. I would like to get feedback from DRTC, ISI, Bangalore. If it is happening so, where shall we stand afterwords. If a Govt. organisation is not admitting DRTC's ADIS course where shall we go? This is for your kind information and necessary action please. What we DRTCian should do in such situation? 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 ================================================ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MEET on Open Access, FLOSS and Copyright Law at INSA on April 26, 2008
by Sangeeta Kaul 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Brainstorming Meet On Open Access, FLOSS and Copyright Law for Scholarly Communication and Literary Work 26th April, 2008 at Indian National Science Academy, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg New Delhi The Indian National Science Academy (INSA) is organizing brainstorming session on the 26th of April, 2008 at its premises. The major aim of the meet is to draft the recommendations for changes in Policy and Law to the Government of India to be in tune with changing technologies in the new information era and the international developments. The meet will start at 9.30 AM on the 26th. The first session will concentrate on OA and FLOSS. Lectures by Prof Subbiah Arunachalam, Dr Sunil and Dr Sahu will be followed by a discussion on and finalization of the Recommendations for changes in Policy and Law for enabling an Indian initiative in OA and FLOSS. After a Coffee break between 11.30 AM and 12.00 Noon, there will be talks on Copyright for Scholarly Communication and Literary work by Prof N. Balakrishnan and Shri Pravin Anand. From 1.00 PM to 1.30 PM, the draft recommendations will be brainstormed and finalized. The meet will end with a Lunch. The outcome of the meet will affect you directly or indirectly. If you are a Student, Teacher, avid reader, Publisher, Scientist, Technologist, Government Employee, Policy maker, Lawyer and a concerned citizen who likes to believe in democratization of Knowledge, we need you and your inputs in shaping up the recommendations to the Government. Please register at www.insaindia.org or by sending an e-mail : publ-insa(a)nic.in or fax : 011-23231095. All are Welcome _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-32471010, 32471002, 32471011, 9810329992 (M) Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information Economy Report 2007-2008 – Science and Technology for Development: The New Paradigm of ICT, UNCTAD, 2008
by shriram pandey 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Dear professionals. The Information Economy Report 2008 - Science and technology for development: the new paradigm of ICT, analyses the current and potential contribution of information technology to knowledge creation and diffusion, In particular, the Information Economy Report 2007-2008 addresses the following issues: * Trends in ICT access and use consisting of basic ICT indicators and an analysis of how ICTs impact on enterprises in developing countries; * The ICT producing sector and the emerging South examines the role of the sector from the perspective of South-South trade, while exploring issues of the relationship between ICTs and employment, FDI and outsourcing; * Measuring the impact of ICT on productive efficiency through a case study of Thailand confirms that developing countries can benefit as much as developed ones from increasing ICT use; * ICT, e-business and innovation policies highlights the need for balance between policy stability and flexibility to meet the needs of evolving ICTs and feedback from policy implementation; * E-banking and e-payments explains the potential of ICTs to improve overall business efficiency and assist in bringing SMEs and micro-enterprises into the formal economy; * ICTs for the poor are discussed within the scope of the increasing use of mobile telephones and supportive policy measures and the potential of telecentres to promote livelihoods by providing access to relevant information and business opportunities to rural and poor populations. more detail on :http://www.unctad.org/Templates/WebFlyer.asp?intItemID=4462&lang=1 -- Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Create and search your own library on Google Book Search
by Rupak Chakravarty 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

You can now create personalized libraries on Google Book Search whereyou can label, review, rate, and of course, full-text search, acustomized selection of books. Check this out: http://books.google.com/googlebooks/mylibrary/ 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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TISS-SaciWATERs 14-day workshop on research methodology (17-30, Apr, 2008; TISS Mumbai)
by Puttaraj Choukimath 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

Dear All, TISS-SaciWATERs Workshop on Research Methodology, April 17 - 30, 2008, Mumbai The Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, in collaboration with the South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs), Hyderabad, invites applications for a 14-day workshop on research methodology. The workshop will comprehensively train participants in the philosophy, methodology and design of social science research, with a view to learning to use an interdisciplinary approach and multiple perspectives to produce research that has an impact. The workshop is designed for PhD scholars registered at an academic institution in India, who have completed at least one year of course work and who already have a research proposal or an advanced conceptualisation of their proposed research. The proposed research must be related to natural resource management, preferably on issues related to water. Selection will be competitive. About ten selected participants will be given free boarding and lodging. Travel support is being considered. Participants who successfully undergo the training this year will be given preferential selection for an advanced workshop on analysis and writing to be held next year. The application must include: (1) A 4-6 page essay on the proposed research. (2) A one-page note on what the applicant is seeking from such a workshop. (3) A curriculum vitae detailing the applicants academic background, current academic affiliation, work experience, if any, and contact details. Applications may be sent either (and preferably) as softcopy to Ms. Sharmila Joshi, Research Associate, at: rmtiss(a)gmail.com. Or as hardcopy to Dr. Lakshmi Lingam, Professor, Centre for Womens Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088, India. regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- 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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Apprentice Trainees Position at ISI Bangalore Centre
by meera bunglow 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

Dear Moderator, Please post this information on LIS-Forum Thank You Applications are invited for two temporary positions as specified below at the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre Library, as "Apprentice Trainees" for a period of one year from April 2008 to 31st March 2009. 1. One position with Bachelors Degree and Masters Degree in Library Science and the remuneration will be Rs. 7000/PM. 2. One position with Diploma in Library Science with the remuneration of Rs. 5000/PM Interested candidates may apply with full details of their Educational Qualification/experience to "The Head, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post, Bangalore-560059" so as to reach before 10th April 2008. Online applications also may be forwarded to "meera(a)isibang.ac.in". Fresh candidates with good aptitude also will be considered. Candidates with good academic background and computer knowledge will be preferred. Dr B.M. Meera, In-charge Library Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre Library, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore - 560059 email: meera(a)isibang.ac.in Date: 02 April 2008 Chat on a cool, new interface. No download required. Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free web materials published by facet publishing.
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Dear LIS Professionals Many of recent books have companion websites offering updated weblinks and extra information. Useful for LIS professionals http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/websupport.shtml Sanjeev Kumar Jain C/o Anministration Deptartment National Institute of Fashion Technology, GH-0, Behind Infocity Gandhinagar-382 007 Ph: 079-23240832, 232408034 ext. 106 Email: infolibrarian(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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TLC releases Library Solution Version 4.0
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Dear Friends, TLC is a automation solutions company which includes library automation, cataloging and authority control solutions, automated material handling systems and RFID. TLC has released Library Solution Version 4.0, one of the most significant updates to Library Solution. It introduces new functions such as 'suspend hold', support for borrower photographs, express user configurations and several new "one-click" navigational aids. (Source: http://www.librarytechnology.org/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?) With regards, 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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intership programme - BHU
by Mailing List Admin 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Date: 1 Apr 2008 01:18:21 -0000 From: shyam pai <rajiv01(a)rediffmail.com> dear friends, bhu is going to start intership programme for one year for all his mlib students. it is the first university to start this type of programme. Rajivaksh Tripathi Mlib student of B.H.U,Varanasi

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Emerald Research Fund awards
by Mailing List Admin 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:14:45 +0100 From: Rajneesh Rajpal <RRajpal(a)emeraldinsight.com> I am pleased to share that due to high interests shown by the researcher's , we are extending the deadline till 30th April 2008 for receipt of papers. Thanks Emerald Research Fund Awards 2007/2008 - Indian LIS category Call for Indian LIS research proposals "Supporting the dissemination of knowledge for social good in India" This year, Emerald is proud offer to a research grant for an Indian project in the field of library and information science (LIS). The funding award will amount to up to �2,000 (US$4,200 equivalent). Applications should address the dissemination of knowledge for social good with a specific orientation toward benefit for India. Eligibility At least one member of the research team must be based in India. Judging criteria Each application will be judged, by a panel of experts, on the five criteria below. The research must: * Be of significance, particularly illustrating how it will benefit the social good. * Demonstrate originality and innovation. * Make an outstanding contribution to theory and its application. * Illustrate the appropriateness and application of the methodology. * Demonstrate sound implications for theory and practice. Application requirements Each proposal, to arrive either by post or by e-mail, must contain: 1. A summary stating specific goals, outcomes and benefits of the research. This should not exceed 2,000 words (note that tables, figures, appendices and reference lists, if provided do NOT count to the 2,000 word total). 2. A covering letter containing contact details for all researchers involved in the project. Please state clearly which researcher will be the main point of contact. The 2,000-word summary must: * Display clearly a statement of purpose and intent. * State clearly the methodology(ies) applied and explicitly describe the research process. * State expected research outcomes and expected impact and possible application. * Specify the expected timescales of the research process. * Outline projected costs and total research grant required. Where to send your application Please send all applications (either by post or by e-mail), and address any questions, to: Rajneesh Rajpal Country Manager Emerald Group Publishing Ltd E-mail - rrajpal(a)emeraldinsight.com Ruth Heppenstall External Relations Assistant Emerald Group Publishing Limited Howard House Wagon Lane Bingley BD16 1WA United Kingdom Tel: 01274 785261 Fax: 01274 785200 E-mail: rheppenstall(a)emeraldinsight.com <mailto:rheppenstall@emeraldinsight.com> Key dates The closing date for applications is 1 April 2008. The initial short-list will be completed by mid-June 2008. Winners will be announced in early July 2008. Details of the 2008 Emerald Research Fund Awards: Management Category will be announced in early 2008. Rajneesh Rajpal Country Manager Emerald group publishing Limited --------------------------------------------- 301,Vikas Surya Shopping Mall, Mangalam Place,Sector -3 , Rohini New Delhi -110085 -------------------------------------------- rrajpal(a)emeraldinsight.com www.emeraldinsight.com Mobile no- 91-9810224423 Tel no. -011-27948437-38

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Received article
by Kshema Prakash 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Dear friends, It is for your information that have received the article (Srivastava, K. and Sharma, R. 2007. A Level Structure Based Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm for the Edge Bisection Problem. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Applications (ICCIMA 2007) - Volume 02. Pages 146-150) I requested from Sangeetaji of DELNET. Thanks for cooperation. -- Ms. Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian - Gr I Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282 0110 Uttar Pradesh, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NewGenLib open source - Conversion tools
by L J Haravu 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Dear Members Based on the requests that we have received from libraries who have downloaded the open source NewGenLib, we have developed tools for conversion of data from SOUL and E-Granthalaya. The tools are available as part of the services that are provided to open source users. Interested libraries may send an email to bala(a)verussolutions.biz of Verus IT Services Pvt. Ltd., with details of number of records to be converted. Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr. Jagtar Singh appoined Dean, Faculty of Education and Information Science
by Jagtar Singh 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that our Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor has appointed me Dean, Faculty of Education and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala w.e.f. 1.4.2008 for a period of two years. I hope to get your kind cooperation and expert guidance to enable me to come upto the expactations of the stakeholders. Profound regards -- Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) & Standing Committee Member, IFLA Information Technology Section 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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Here is the Breaking News - An Open Access Society for India
by Sukhdev Singh 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Dear Friends, India now has a number of individuals and institutions working for the cause of Open Access. Time has come to further boost such efforts through a body fully dedicated for it. Such a body can promote better coordination of individual initiatives under a collaborative framework aiming Open Access in India. I am happy to inform you that a group of young professionals has formed a Registered Society under The Travancore Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955 on 19th March 2008 with Registration Number : ER-157/08. It is known as Open Knowledge Society (OKSociety). Its website is located at http://www.oksociety.org This newly formed 'OKSociety' aims to promote Open Access in India through creating awareness and organizing training programmes. However we all know this is not enough. After getting the training on implementing institutional repositories, automation of libraries and on-line journal publishing; people do need some support services in putting their training into practice. These support services or 'hand-holding' are essential at least in initial stages. Unfortunately these support services are not available in the present market scenario. As this is too specialized domain with very small niche. OKSociety would act as a forum to provide support services through an array of volunteers. One another major bottle neck for small and medium institutions is that they do not have high end servers connected to Internet on 24/7 basis. This hinders the visibility of good work done by such institutions. Better servers and Internet infrastructure sometimes become too expensive to justify the exposure of good work done at such institutions. Even in large institutions, libraries may not be able to get good share of the server and bandwidth from the institutional pools. OKSociety could create a pool of high end servers having adequate bandwidth. This pool of infrastructure could be used by member institutions. Such a common reliable infrastructure can also be used for publishing Open Access Journals as well as hosting Institutional Repositories under the supervision of the Society. I wish the society all the success. I am one of its members and hope in near future more people will get associated with it. This Society would need dedicated people to carry forward its mission. I can understand it is just the beginning and more information needs to be put on its site. Which I hope will evolve in due course in time. --Sukhdev Singh. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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POST : ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN AT NIFM (fwd)
by Mailing List Admin 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:00:45 +0530 From: Sanjeev Kumar Jain <sanjeevmlis(a)gmail.com> *NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT* (A Society under Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India) *Sector 48, Pali Road, Faridabad 121001. (Haryana)* *About NIFM:* The NIFM is a Centre of Excellence established by the Government of India, Ministry of Finance for teaching, research and consultancy in the areas of Public Finance, Financial Management, Accounting, Audit and Information Technology. The Institute conducts a two-year full-time PGDBM (FM) Programme besides other training programmes. The NIFM follows Central Govt. Rules in regard to pay & allowances and other service matters. Faculty at the Institute are entitled to other benefits as decided by the Board of Governors including sharing of consultancy income according to Institute's rules. The Institute also has residential accommodation for faculty members which is allotted subject to availability. The institute invites applications from Indian Citizens for faculty positions in the areas of Economics; Finance & Accounts; Information Technology; Quantitative Techniques; Organisational Behavior and Human Resource anagement. *POST : ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN (Rs.8,000- 13,500)* *Qualifications & Experience:* A Master Degree and Ph. D. in Library Science/ Library Information Science with 5 years continuous experience in a reputed and well stocked Library of University recognized by University Grants Commission (UGC), or recognized management institutes of national / international repute. *Age*: Not exceeding 35 years for direct recruitment. *How to apply:* Interested persons may apply for the posts in the format available on NIFM's website www.nifm.ac.in The applications may be sent to the Chief Administrative Officer, National Institute of Financial Management, Sector- 48, Pali Road, Faridabad 121001 (Haryana) so as to reach latest by *11th, April 2008.* Sanjeev Kumar Jain C/o Anministration Deptartment National Institute of Fashion Technology, GH-0, Behind Infocity Gandhinagar-382 007 Ph: 079-23240832, 232408034 ext. 106 Email: infolibrarian(a)gmail.com

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The Federal Depository Library Handbook
by sri priya 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

The Federal Depository Library Handbook The Federal Depository Library Manual was intended to be a practical guide, providing workable solutions for day-to-day challenges in over 1,300 depository libraries. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/fdlm/ Education Loan Rates Education or Student Loans from banks have become a preferred way of financing higher education in India and to study abroad. Banks have also become more market-oriented, making it convenient to avail such loans. Given below are the interest rates from some of the banks like State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and others. http://www.apnaloan.com/education-loan-india/rates.html With Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ OMG, Sweet deal for Yahoo! users/friends:Get A Month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. W00t http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text2.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Oxford Journals launches first peer-reviewed journal dedicated to undergraduate bioscience research
by Kaushik 30 Mar '08

30 Mar '08

26 March 2008 Oxford Journals is delighted to announce the launch of *Bioscience Horizons*, a free online journal showcasing the best undergraduate bioscience research from the UK and Republic of Ireland. As the first peer-reviewed journal dedicated to undergraduate bioscience research, it is the only journal to provide such a forum for students, their supervisors and universities, this journal is unique in its field. It is hoped that by publishing high quality undergraduate research work the journal will strengthen the link between teaching and research in higher education. This exciting new journal is published by Oxford Journals in conjunction with Oxford University Press' Higher Education department, and has been awarded a grant from the University of Leeds for its first year. It will be published twice a year and will include papers covering a wide range of the biological sciences, from molecular biology to ecology. The first issue is available online from today. For further information about this title, and publication details, please visit www.oxfordjournals.org For more information, please contact: Kaushik Ghosh | South Asia Sales Manager Oxford Journals | Oxford University Press Plot No A 1-5, Block GP, Sector V Salt Lake Electronics Complex Kolkata 700091 India + 91 33 2357 3739 / 2357 3947 telephone kaushik.ghosh(a)oxfordjournals.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for an article
by Kshema Prakash 29 Mar '08

29 Mar '08

Hello Friends, Can some one help me by sending the full text of the below reference? Srivastava, K. and Sharma, R. 2007. A Level Structure Based Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm for the Edge Bisection Problem. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Applications (ICCIMA 2007) - Volume 02. Pages 146-150 Thanks and regards, Kshema -- Ms. Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian - Gr I Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282 0110 Uttar Pradesh, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIBRARIAN POST
by A.Manimekalai 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

Dear LIS Professionals, Please utilise the opportunity or inform to your friends: 1. * Post: Librairan* Organisation: Iindian INstitute of Management , Bangalore Scale: 12, 000 Requirement: I class or Higher II class in PG in Lib. Sc. or Allied Library Science course Desirable: Mphil or PhD Experience : 8 years in any large Library Environment For Address: Visit the Site *SOURCE: The Times of India- Times Ascent- III, Date: 28th MArch 2008.* ** *2. Post : Librarian :* 4 nos. Qualifications & Pay: AS Per AICTE Contact Mr. RR NARKEHEDE, CHairman, MAthurabai Rambhau Narkhede Memorial Trust IIMT, Sun Hi TEch Shashwat Institutes, B7- EL- 39/5 Bhosari, Pune - 26 Email: mba(a)iimtpune.com Source : *The Times of India- Times Ascent- III, Date: 28th MArch 2008.* ** From: Dr. A. Manimekalai, Asst. Librarian,(Sr.Sc) Faculty of Engg. & Tech. Library, Annamalai University Annamalainagar- 608 002. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job Vacancy at INFLIBNET Centre for Scientific/Technical Officer-I (Library Science)
by Dr K Prakash 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

Dear Members, Job Vacancy at INFLIBNET Centre...for Scientific/Technical Officer-I (Library Science) Advt. No. 02/2008 INFLIBNET Centre invites applications from Indian Nationals for the purely temporary post of Scientific/Technical Officer-I (Library Science) . 1 (One) post for the period of one year only and likely to continue further. Job Description : The incumbent will work in the library and information group of the Centre. He/she will assist the Senior Scientists in the areas relating to library automation,creation of database, digital library consortium, providing information service, conducting training programmes for the library professionals, organizing seminar/workshop/convention etc. Qualification & Experience : M.Lib./MLISc or its equivalent OR B.Lib./BLISc from a recognized universities with 8(eight) years relevant experience. Upper Age Limit : 30 years. Scale of Pay :Rs.6,500-200-10,500 (pre-revised) (At present Gross Rs.16,435/- per month at the minimum of the scale). The scale of pay and emoluments is likely to be revised upon implementation of 6th Central Pay Commission. For more details and application format please visit http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/advt022008.pdf With best regards. Bye. _____________________________ Dr. K Prakash, PhD Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009 India URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com Tel: 079-2630 5971/2630 4695(Off); 2676 3724(Res) Cell: 94270 00758 Fax: 91-079-2630 0990/ 2630 7816 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Digital Bookmobile
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

Dear Friends, Digital Bookmobile (www.digitalbookmobile.com) is launching national tour of public libraries in US from August 2008. The Digital Bookmobile will host hands-on, interactive training events at public libraries in cities around the United States. Libraries will be encouraged to make the Digital Bookmobile a part of multi-day community events, book fairs, and other reading initiatives. 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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Why and How to Use Blogs to Promote Your Library's Services
by Jignesh Amin 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

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Google Docs and Spreadsheets
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

Dear Friends Just in case you do not know. Google Docs and spreadsheets are a great way to compose documents in a co-operative way. Google spreadsheet NOW allows you compose a form for collecting data for a survey, send the form to your friends via email, have them filled out & submitted via submit link in the form, then have the data go directly into a spreadsheet you have made! Only analysis remains! Even this may be automated. This is a boon to librarians doing all kinds of surveys among their clients. No special programming skills are needed. http://docs.google.com/ -- 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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Experience in a workshop
by Jinu Sudhakaran 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear Friends. Last Day(24th-25thMarch. 2008) I attended a National Workshop on Building Digital Libraries using DSpace, (Organised Jointly by School of Engineering & Centre For Information Resource Management (CIRM) Cochin University of Science & Technology in Collaboration with Central Library, IIT Madras). It was such a good experience for me.Unlike other workshops which give importance for the resource persons expertise, this workshop stood different, which gave good emphasis for the participants and I believe that the seminar inculcated good knowledge about Dspace.It dealt with the practical and theoretical session of Dspace. In the practical session good emphasis was given for How to Install Dspace in Windows. Earlier I believed or in other words most of my colleagues told me installing Dspace is a herculean task, which could be installed only with the help of a computer professional. But by attending this workshop, I am confident, and I could confidently say that we Library Professionals also can install dspace with minimal efforts and which would contribute a revolutionary change in the Open Access Movement by setting up our Digital Repositories using Dspace. I would like to Congragulate all the team members especially Resource Person G.Santhosh Kumar and Workshop Co-ordinator Surendran Cherukodan who took all the efforts to organise such a wonderful workshop Thanking You Jinu Sudhakaran Research Scholar DLIS University of Kerala JINU SUDHAKARAN ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Jinu Sudhakaran Research Scholar DLIS, University of Kerala --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Renumeration for Internship
by Swati Gajakose 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

I completely agree with Snehal. I say you are right Snehal. MLISc and BLISc Graduates are not paid much as interns and also as regular employees and to add insult to injury non-qualified staff (10th and 12th pass people with no library science background) are given status on par with a MLISc/BLISc graduates. Why is it that librarians themselves give step-motherly treatment to the freshers (MLISc and BLISc graduates) in this profession? A measly salary of 3000/- or 7000/- only discourages. Swati Gajakose Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. To know how, go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dspace 1.5 release
by Mallikarjun 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear Professionals The DSpace community is pleased to announce the release of DSpace 1.5! This is an important release of DSpace with many new features, including a completely new theme-able Manakin user interface, SWORD integration, many new configurable options, and scalability improvements. Please Visit http://www.dspace.org// Mallikarjun Dora Professional Assistant(Library) VS Library IIM, Ahemadabad ...The Future is here, Its just unevenly distributed..... http://curiouslib.blogspot.com/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Programme for circulation
by Mailing List Admin 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:52:22 +0530 From: Ratnakar Aspari <aspari_r(a)hotmail.com> RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE J8/123, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi We have the pleasure to announce the 129th Monthly Meeting of RRC on 29th March, 2008 (5th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. Venue : National Social Science Documentation Center, Firoz Shah Road, Near Mandi House Metro Station, New Delhi-110 001 Speaker : Smt. Jayapradha Ravindran National Archives of India, New Delhi Topic : Archival Information and Collection at National Archives of India Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, SUBHASH DESHMUKH

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ALA releases report of its study on library service for non-English Speakers.
by Sukhdev Singh 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear Friends, ALA has released a report of it's study on library service for non-English Speakers. .."The findings presented in this study can provide a venue for developing better and more precise materials, services and programs for those linguistically isolated".. .."American Library Association (ALA) study provides new information about library services and programs developed for non-English speakers, including effectiveness of services, barriers to library use, most frequently used services and most success library programs by language served".. Full report is available from http://snipr.com/22pzh --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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Reduced Sized File of our Panjab University Seminar Paper Presentation
by Sukhdev Singh 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear Friends, Some of you had problems in downloading the power point presentation of our recent paper on OpenMED@NIC [From http://snipr.com/229f4 and http://openmed.nic.in/2762/] . It was due to large size of the file. I have now created a PDF file that contains heavily reduced quality pictures but is of much lighter in size about 2 MB as compared to original presentation of 16 MB. This File has been uploaded to OADL Group under files[ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl/ ] section and should be available from http://snipr.com/22pxt directly. If still you feel that it should be mailed to you, please let me know. Thanks --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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Librarian's E-Library
by vimal kumar 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear Friend, Karen Muller, ALA Librarian and Knowledge Management Specialist, used the Google Co-op Custom Search Engine (CSE) to build this useful tool. and explains the goal of its use is "to be able to focus searches of web-based materials...," adding that, "Although many of the sites [included], particularly the association sites, have 'business information,' they are rich resources for articles on the range of library activitiescollection management, security issues, preservation, reader services, service to special populations, management, statistics, etc. At least at the outset, all the sites are live, active sites that are information rich." Link http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=015271347771663724636%3Acmwvisovdsg 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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UNESCO Training the Trainers (TTT) Regional Workshop on Information Literacy at Punjabi Unioversity, Patiala
by Jagtar Singh 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear All, You would be glad to know that UNESCO had initiated a project entitled "Train the Trainers (TTT) Workshops on Information Literacy". In all 12 Workshops are being organized throughout the globe. Punjabi University is hosting the "TTT Regional Workshop on Information Literacy (IL) for South and South Asia" from 5-7 November 2008. In this workshop, IL trainers and other interested professionals from 14 countries of South and Central Asia are expected to participate. The number of participants will be between 30-50 and facilitators for this workshop will be of international standing. This is only a very brief information for the stakeholders. More information will be flashed in the next mail and also put on a dedicated web page created by us for this purpose. All the information will be available to the interested professionals during the first week of April 2008. Nevertheless for immediate information, please send your queries to: TTTW.Patiala(a)gmail.com or jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Profound regards, Jagtar -- Dr. Jagtar Singh, TTT-IL Workshop Coordinator & Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Standing Committee Member, IFLA Information Technology Section 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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need fllowing papers
by Yashwant G Kanade 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear Moderator, Could you please broadcast this message to LIS-FORUM members? It is needed by one of our Ph.D. student urgently. With Warm Regards Yashwant Kanade. ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: need fllowing papers From: "Ashok Kumar Mallik" <ashok(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in> Date: Wed, March 26, 2008 2:11 pm To: kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Sir, Could you please get me following papers which are published in Russian Journal of Herpetology and Dumerilia. I am writing my PhD proposal so I need them. 1) Orlov N. L. and Ryabov S. A. (2002), A new species of the genus Boiga (Serpentes, Colubridae, Colubrinae) from Tanahjampea Island and description of black form of Boiga cynodon complex from Sumatra (Indonesia), Russ. J. Herpetol., 9(1), 33 56. 2) Orlov N. L., Kudryavtzev S. V., Ryabov S. A., and Shumakov O. V. (2003a), A new species of genus Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae) and color atlas of boigas from Bengkulu Province (Sumatra, Indonesia), Russ. J. Herpetol., 10(1), 33 52. 3) Orlov N. L., Ryabov S. A., Nguyen V. S., and Nguyen Q. T. (2003b), New records and data on the poorly known snakes of Vietnam. Russ. J. Herpetol., 10(3), 217 240. 4) Pauwels O. S. G., Laohawat O.-A., David P., Bour R., Dangsee P., Puangjit C., and Chimsunchart C. (2000), Herpetological investigations in Phang-Nga Province, southern Peninsular Thailand, with a list of reptile species and notes on their biology, Dumerilia, 4(2), 123 154. Thanks Yours sincerely Ashok ================================================= ASHOK KUMAR MALLIK Research Scholar Centre for Ecological Sciences INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE BANGALORE PIN:560012 INDIA ------------------------------------------------- e-mail: ashokgene(a)gmail.com Phone:+919986919048 ================================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner @CES, and is believed to be clean. -- YASHWANT G KANADE Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA Tele Phone:91-080-23600985/ 22932506 Extn.-106,107 Fax: 91-080-23601428 E-Mail: kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in; kanade_yg12(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner @CES, and is believed to be clean.

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JNU, New Delhi's vacancy for Librarian & Library Attendant
by Mukesh Anand 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear Members', Jawaharlal Nehru University has notified for the post of Librarian & Library Attendant. Details r available on following web link. http://www.jnu.ac.in/Career/Advertisement_2008.doc Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Indian Railways Officers' Training College Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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