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Interesting article on 'ebooks'
by N.S. Harinarayana 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

An interesting article has appeared in recent issue of 'Aslib proceeding' on ebooks. The details are as follows: Article Title: What do faculty and students really think about e-books? Authors: Ian Rowlands, David Nicholas, Hamid R. Jamali, Paul Huntington Link to Page: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Articl… -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- 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] topics for development of LIS professionals
by Sukhdev Singh 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Dear Friends, While Dr Rath wishes to differ with me but I fully agree with him that fundamental research is needed for the future of LIS. In fact no discipline or practice can stand of its on without having a core of theories and organized supporting science. I have been suggesting my following model for LIS Education and Practice. It consists of three encapsulating cores. 1 - CORE - having the essential LIS philosophy, theory, Tools and Best Practices. 2 - MIDDLE CORE - comprising of Information Technologies (All ICE Technologies) that boosts the effectiveness of the CORE (1). 3 - INTERFACE CORE - This is the face that is perceived by Prospective Employers. It takes the feedback from the job market, adjusts the MIDDLE Core to satisfy the Employers' requirements. Dr. Rath would find that Innermost CORE consists of theory and philosophy of LIS. This is where fundamental research in LIS is a must. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Nov 26, 2007 11:39 AM, Prabhash N. Rath <prabhash(a)gipe.ernet.in> wrote: > Dear Dr Sukhdev Singh > > While I see merit in your reaction to Mr Rajesh Rangappa's posting, I beg to > differ little on certain issues. It is true that foreign universities impart > such type of training that any LIS professional can work in any type of > library, simultaneously I feel that some research is needed for conventional > library science topics also. This helps in maintaining the academic flavour > of the subject. You must have noticed that very good qualitative articles on > such topics regularly appear in journals like Library Quarterly, Libraries > and the Cultural Record, Knowledge Organisation etc. > > The problem with most of the LIS researchers here is that they don't do any > research rigorously. Even on convetional topics, good research can be made > and in a social science subject topic, we can't say that some thing is > outdated. For example, many of us don't know 'whys' of many event happened > in the past. Recently, while submitting a paper to Libraries and the > Cultural Record, I was asked some interesting questions by their editor like > what made to the enactment of Press and Registration of Books Act 1867 (with > documentary evidence), and why INB provides both DDC and CC in its entries > etc. So I feel, while recruiting teachers, we need to identify > specialisation on which we require teachers. In India, except specialisation > in IT, I have never seen any advertisement giving any other specialisation. > > With regards > Prabhash N. Rath > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> > To: "Rajesh Rangappa" <deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com> > Cc: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] topics for development of LIS professionals > > > >I fully endorse the feeling of Rajesh. > > > > While interacting with young professionals, I am observing an > > increasing level of frustration. Perhaps they expect much more from > > senior professionals. > > > > While comparing with foreign universities we may remember one thing - > > they compete with other to attract better students. They cost much > > more. The same does not apply to Indian Universities. Competition, if > > any, among Indian Universities is yet to start. > > > > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > > > > > > > > On Nov 22, 2007 4:51 PM, Rajesh Rangappa <deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > Dear Professional, > >> > > >> > Don't we feel the syllabus of MLISc, and even the topics on which your > >> > privileged Universities are undertaking research in LIS are so old and > >> > outdated. Except few topics which are to be integral part of Library > >> professional's, ( like classification and cataloguing). Others are of > >> very > >> > less use, > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Conference on Building Knowledge Repositories
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Dear LIS Professional International Conference on Building Knowledge Repositories: Cross- Sectoral Collaborations during 7-9 February 2008 at Gandhi Darshan Complex, Opposite Gandhi Samadhi New Delhi (India) Last date for submission of paper or presentation is-31st December 2007. For more: http://www.niftindia.com or write to the undersigned SANJEEV KUMAR JAIN Resource Centre/Library NIFT Campus, ITI Colony, Doorbhash Nagar Rae Bareli (U.P.) 209 010 Mobile: +91-94529-68706 Email: sanjeevmlis(a)yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS-Forum guidelines
by Mailing List Admin 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

Dear Member, Currently, an interesting discussion is underway based on Prof. Arunachalam's posting related to the writing of Liz Lyon. While the discussions are most welcome but members should keep in mind that while replying to a posting only the specific portion of the original posting should be included, preferably at top before the reply portion begins. What's been happening now is that with a very few exceptions, rest of the members who participate in a discussion, include the entire message to which they are replying to. This practice will unnecessarily bloat the size of the messages and many a times fellow members may loose track of the on-going discussion. As a reminder, I'm including the guidelines of this list for your perusal. Thanks for your cooperation. With best regards, - Moderator, LIS-Forum Discussion List NCSI, IISc, Bangalore, India LIS-Forum guidelines -------------------- 1. Mails to LIS-Forum should be sent in "Plain text format" only. This can be ensured by making suitable changes in your mail client software. For example, if you have a Yahoo! email id, then to set the email composing mode to 'Plain Text', all that it takes is a few mouse clicks, as indicated below: - Login to your account - Click on 'Option' (right below the search box) - Scroll down to locate 'General Preferences' and click on it - Scroll down to locate 'Composing E-mails' and check the 'Compose messages as plain text' radio button. The above actions will ensure that your mail will be sent in Plain Text' format. 2. Mails with attachments (.doc, .pdf, etc) will not be approved for distribution. Such mails will be discarded. 3. Appropriate 'Subject' should be provided for every posting.. 4. When responding to emails, please retain ONLY any relevant portion of the original, if needed - at the TOP. Do not include one or more threads. 5. Please post mails only for discussing Library and Information Science and related issues. If seeking help (eg an article) - please mention that you have tried other resources and are asking for help from the forum, only because you have not succeeded from other resources 6. Do ensure that your complete Signature details are present (Name, organization, address, phone/fax nos) 7. If the content of your mail is already available online then your mail should just provide the gist of such content and provide its correct URL. 8. Mails meant for LIS-forum should be sent only to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in and not to any other email id 9. Messages are to be posted without the covering note to the moderator. 10. Do not compose the entire mail in capital letters

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Re: [LIS-Forum] topics for development of LIS professionals
by Umme Asima 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

Dear Professionals, I am a student of MLISc from University of Mysore. I would like to respond to the issue raised by Mr. Rajesh Aldarthi on updating the syllabus. I have very limited exposure in the field but still want to record my opinion on the issue. I agree in principle that the changes are required. However, I do not tend to agree with the sweeping remarks, like the one made by Mr. Aldarthi, that the syllabus of universities are 'so old'. For instance, the syllabus I am studying at MyDLIS, Mysore is fairly futuristic and I have heard this comment from external professionals (including the ones coming from outside our country). When I discussed this issue with my teachers, they say that a few universities have already included many upcoming courses relevant to library and information science. As Mr. Sukdev suggested that we have to be careful in adopting the western syllabus. The topics suggested by Mr. Aldarthi confused me further that whether we have to get ourselves trained as "Information Professional (Librarian)" or "Computer professional"? Topics such as "Natural Language Processing", "Advanced Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval", "Graphic Design", "Database Application Design" and so on appears to me as core computer science topics. As a student I am confused about the competencies that I should develop to become a good information professional. N.A. Umme Asima Student of MLISc Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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open repositories conference 2008
by vijay kumar 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

dear library professionals, Repositories play a pivotal role in the evolving scholarly information environment of open access research outputs and scholarly collections. With its theme of "Practice and Innovation", OR08 will create an opportunity for practitioners and researchers to share experiences and to explore the challenges of the new scholarly communication. They call for papers so follow the following links http://or08.ecs.soton.ac.uk/index.html thanks vijay kumar -- 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] Attention please
by Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Yes what Prof Amudha stated is true. Let us do something in action. There is need to promote our profession as suggested by Ms Vasumati Sriganesh since public have a different opinion. 1. Let us write articles in newspapers and telecast talks about the changing face of the profession. I will write one today itself for local newpaper and workout for a telecast in local cable vision. I am ready to write the same for national newspapers also but it should not be duplicated. I think if a working professional from corporate sector writes with his experience it will have more effect. 2. It is time for the LIS departments to to put a note in admision notification that 'candidates with good academic record have positions in corporate sector after completion of the course'. 3. Interaction with working professionals, as suggested by Mr Koteswara Rao, certainly boost the morale of students and motivate them. The departments in metros, where there are industries and business houses, had already initiated such programmes. The problem is with remote departments where they have to find means to meet their TA. 4. Regarding teacher expertise....Collaborative teaching is a viable option though not acceptable to many. Faculty exchange programmes atleast within a state may help to share the expertise of teachers with low cost. thanks varalakshmi -- Dr. RSR Varalakshmi Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam. _________________________________________________________________ Post free property ads on Yello Classifieds now! www.yello.in http://ss1.richmedia.in/recurl.asp?pid=221 -- 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] topics for development of LIS professionals
by Rajesh Rangappa 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

> Dear Professional, > > Don't we feel the syllabus of MLISc, and even the topics on which your > privileged Universities are undertaking research in LIS are so old and > outdated. Except few topics which are to be integral part of > Library professional's, ( like classification and cataloguing). Others are > of very > less use, Even though they are suitable for Indian environment and > Infrastructure facilities. > > The student's like us are not exposed to current technology > and > trends, we are studying the same old subjects, what your teachers have > studied in their years of study and research… Its like running a old > horse > in race and betting to win. > > So lets determine yourself to update your knowledge, skills > and > techniques of developing profession .. Hence I have made an attempt to > bring > some topics, which are to be studied by an information professional. This > are based on the syllabus of Master of Science in Information from > School of Information in Michigan US. *Borad topics > * > Archives and Records Management (ARM) > > Community Informatics (CI) > > Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) > > Incentive-Centered Design (ICD) > > Information Analysis and Retrieval(IAR) > > Information Policy (IP) > > Library and Information Services(LIS) > > School Library Media Certification > > Preservation of Information (PI) > > Social Computing (SC) > > They all will include the following topics specific topics on which > current research can be conducted for, Application and implementation for > professional development. I am interested in preparing notes on these topics > , so you all can help to contribute for our profession's future students. > Design of Complex Web Sites > Programming I (Java) > Networks: Theory and Application Human Interaction in Information Retrieval > Natural Language Processing Database Application Design > Recommender Systems > Data Manipulation > Exploratory Data Analysis > Information Retrieval > Searching and Databases > Networks: Theory and Application > Language and Information > Natural Language Processing > Advanced Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval > Evaluation of Systems and Services > Interface and Interaction Design > Fundamentals of Human Behavior > Graphic Design > Information-Seeking Behavior > Multimedia Production > Visual Persuasion > Natural Language Processing > Database Application Design > Recommender Systems > Data Manipulation Exploratory Data Analysis > Security in the Digital World > Information Visualization Information Architecture > Information in Organizations > eCommunities: Analysis and Design of Online Interaction > Environments > Computer-Supported Cooperative Work > Natural Language Processing > Semantic Web > Preserving Information > Digital Libraries > Evaluation of Systems and Services > Information Visualization > Interface and Interaction Design > > > -- > RAJESH ALDARTHI > LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) > #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, > Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 > Email: deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com > Phone: 9886268857 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Made in India (MS Office like- suite)
by Kshirod 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Dear Professionals, Bangalore-based InstaColl, co-founded by Sabeer Bhatia, Sumanth Raghavendra and Kaushal Cavale, today launched an application called Live Documents, which is a hybrid online-offline office suite of applications with features similar to Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. for details about this read the complete articles: http://www.business-standard.com/iceworld/storypage.php?leftnm=8&subLeft=1&… Regards, -- Kshirod Das Information Service Division National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: OpenDOAR hits 1000th Repository
by Subbiah Arunachalam 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

>From Leslie Carr of Southampton University Congratulations to the OpenDOAR team for keeping track of all these repositories. I wish them even more future success! The magic figure of 1,000 is both a milestone for OpenDOAR and an opportunity for reflection by the community. In the computing field some twenty years ago the NeXT workstation was designed to be the first 3'M' workstation - ie one that had more than one Megabyte of RAM, a Megapixel display and Megaflop performance. In the intervening time, workstation performance has increased hugely and my workstation has 2 megapixel display, a 2,000 megabyte memory and performance measured in tens of thousands of megaflops. But the scale of the repository world is measured in thousands (K) rather than millions (M). As well as the 1,000 representing the number of repositories, it describes the size of their contents (repositories commonly hold around 1,000 items) and the size of their constituency (each serves around 1,000 faculty/academic users). So the repository world is currently in a 3'K' state. But what can we expect from the future? University communities are likely to stay the same size but the number of repositories will increase - perhaps by a factor of ten (to include all the institutions across the world) - or perhaps by a hundred (as individual departments and projects get their own repositories). But the real growth will come from capturing an increasing proportion of the thousands of thousands of faculty and researchers and research students for each of those repositories. If every person contributed 10 items every year to their repository (research outputs, publications, posters, data sets, presentations, teaching materials) then over the course of a decade a typical repository would accrue 100,000 items. So in ten year's time I look forward to ten times as many repositories each containing a hundred times as many items as the present. But size isn't everything, and its important to think about how such a change in capacity might lead to new capabilities. Looking back on the computer world, the 3M technical capacity achieved in the NeXT workstation gave Tim Berners-Lee the platform on which he was able to design and implement the first prototypes of the World Wide Web. And so I look forward to unprecedented improvements in scientific and scholarly enquiry created by a huge increase in repository capacity and openly accessible knowledge. Once again, congratulations to Bill, Pete, Gareth, Stephen and all the OpenDOAR technical and reviewing teams! -- Les Carr Caveats: obviously in the above text I'm working in approximate scales, rather than statistically valid estimates. But while some find it unrealistic, I stand by my assertion that every faculty member could reasonably contribute ten "intellectual outputs" per year to their repository. For more figures and calculations to support this, see http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july07/carr/07carr.html ________________________________________________________ You're not bound to your email address, it's a snitch to switch. Give Yahoo! Mail a try. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/isp_targeting2.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Personal library
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

This is really a large personal collection put to students use. Great social work. VRAJ PATEL, Excise inspector His library has 50,000 books on subjects ranging from Mathematics to Metaphysics. Patel trains students for the civil services entrance exams for a nominal fee. Address: Palm View Bldg., 1st Floor, AWing, Flat no. 4, LN Road, Near Swami Narayan temple, Dadar (E), Mumbai - 400 014. # 24125174 (Taken from an article on Silent souls saving the society) -- 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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FW: Attention Please
by Koteswara_Tumuluru 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Prof, Thank you for an interesting discussion and your valid comments on teaming up in the current scenario. I think here is a huge opportunity for everyone to collaborate and improve the situation. I strongly feel LIS schools and LIS professionals are doing good and of course can do better. This cautiously optimistic outlook or operating with the Feel Good Factor (FGF) will help everyone a lot and fosters Synergy. The third major component, I wish to add, is 'Practicing LIS Professionals' in any institution/industry. Just as the IT domain is embarking on the Industry-Academia Collaboration for learning, teaching, research, Knowledge Transfusion (KT), sharing of the best practices & unleashing the next practices etc, the stakeholders of LIS profession also need to collaborate closely to give practical perspective and orientation to the students. Librarian as Teacher (besides as Continuous Learner as you mentioned and questioned by Arun) is one of the important dimension to be explored much better for imparting wisdom on emerging trends and also survival skills to be a successful Information Professional in this information-intensive knowledge era. I strongly feel, the practicing Librarians should collaborate with academicians/professors, visit LIS schools, talk to students, answer some of the unanswered questions in their budding minds or at least briefly share their experience, learning and knowledge. Joseph Joubert said 'To Teach is to Learn Twice' and thus it would benefit all the stakeholders in the best interest of our Profession. I am gradually trying this in my own little way and always ready to visit nearby LIS schools to talk to our students (the budding professional colleagues) to induce confidence in themselves and learn from them myself. These are some of my own thoughts I thought I should share to reflect on this discussion and thank you for reading the note. T Koteswara Rao Librarian Satyam Computer Services Ltd Telephone: 098408 23377 From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of amudhavalli alagusundaram Sent: 21 November 2007 10:52 To: Subbiah Arunachalam Cc: Varalakshmi Rudrabhatla; mala; Sewa Singh; Samyuktha Ravi; vijayakumar kp; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; commodore shekhar; sashi singh; sangita gupta Subject: [LIS-Forum] Attention Please Sir, You are right and free to do so. Students performance and matching the requirements are based on several factors. The two major components are students and teachers. Teachers, you know need to update themeselves and be committed. you can only advise or suggest to this group and it is oneself who will lhave to lead in his/her career. AS far as students are concerned, the input into the schools are very disappointing. Both quantitatively and qualitatively, they are so low, it is extremely difficult to mould them to be even a 'better lot' if not the 'best'. Candidates below the medocre line enter our profession, unfortunately. They have no vision or mission. We try to inculcate that in them to the best of our ability. In 2 two years is everythiing cannot be accomplished though best of our efforts are put into that process. Our curricula has been changed, by and large in most of the LIS Schools across the coun try, particularly in the South. Infrastrcucture has been improvised. What else you need????? Profssional bodies at all levels are initiating lectures, workshops, discussions etc for betterment of the professionals. Not many respond or even iof they do so, not intersted or ready to learn and or change, It has become a very challenging task for all of us. People have to change themselves, I feel. Ther seems to no competency, competition or communcation skills amongst the professionals, which is very disappointing. Yes, We speak and talk and talk, but what is the net result?. Who is to be blamed?? Ofc ourse, Not any one single individual or group. All of us need to team up together to create awareness and upgrade the literacy level. I am willing to take up any task at any time to be involved in this attempt. I Look forward for some concrete suggestions and movements to participate myself. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Friends: Professor Amudhavalli of the University of Madras found the presentation by Liz Lyon of UKOLN http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html very useful. A few others may say the same thing. But what matters is are we preparing our students for the new era? Will the LIS students of today be able to excel in the fast changing technology-dominated environment? Will they be able to find their niche when constantly improving technology and the culture of networking and virtual collaboration among scientists may make intermediaries redundant? Are we training them to become life-long learners who can adapt to any situation? Or are we still in an age when it takes years to get even a minoe change in the syllabus? It seems to me that we need to go a long way. Correct me if my perception is wrong. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ---- From: amudhavalli alagusundaram <amudha75(a)yahoo.com> To: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2007 3:12:34 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science Very Useful Link, Sir. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Friends: I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just stumbled upon this presentation: "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities?" http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html Best wishes. Arun ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control and more space for those important e-mails. http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence ________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. 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TERI announces three-day Workshop on Building Digital Archive using Advanced Features of GSDL, 8 ?10 January 2008
by N Deepa 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

TERI announces three-day Workshop on Building Digital Archive using Advanced Features of GSDL 8?10 January 2008, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi TERI is organizing the Workshop on Building Digital Archive using Advanced Features of GSDL. The aim of the Workshop is to equip participants with adequate practical knowledge so as to enable them to efficiently carry out digital library projects. The workshop will be held at TERI, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. For more details about the workshop, please visit the website http://www.teriin.org/events_new.php Workshop Objectives: To facilitate the understanding of implications of digitization and with practical knowledge on the digitization process To enable participants to develop the practical skills in the installation and implementation of digital libraries, which they can then utilize in their own institution To offer hands-on experience on advanced features of GSDL software programme: The workshop programme will include tutorial-type presentations, demonstrations, practical sessions, and will cover the following topics: E-resources & their management OAI-PMH GSDL: an overview GSDL installation, configuration and administration Converting CDS/ISIS databases to GSDL Collection building with GLI (GreenStone Librarian Interface), designing and creating standard metadata sets Customization using GLI Customization using macro files and style-sheet : -Home page customization : -Collection specific customization The faculty will comprise of digital library experts from TERI and other institutes. Participants: The workshop is intended for library and information professionals, knowledge managers, information entrepreneurs, and e-content developers, who have the interests, initiatives, and need to set up digital libraries in their organizations. To allow rich and useful interactions, the number of participants is being limited to 25. Registration: The registration fee is Rs 3500/ per participant. Additional registration from the same organization qualifies for 10% and student 15% discount. Please note that registration closes on 28 December 2007. To register for the workshop, you can register online at http://www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop or download registration form from workshop website and fax or mail it to: DL Workshop Secretariat Library and Information Centre, TERI, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145 E-mail: DLWorkshop(a)teri.res.in ************************************ About Library and Information Centre, TERI ************************************ The LIC (Library and Information Centre) at TERI maintains a pioneering research library?South Asia?s finest repository of readings on energy, environment, and sustainable development. The LIC has undertaken digital library initiatives and has developed a comprehensive electronic library that provides rich and structured content through online, remote, and continuous access to resources. It is a common gateway that provides free facility to browse and search various forms of digital publications. The Centre regularly organizes seminar, workshops, and conferences with an objective to create a forum for interaction among library and information professionals to keep abreast of the latest developments in the fields of information science and related IT applications. **** Contact: DL Workshop Secretariat Library and Information Centre TERI Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Tel: 91-11-24682141, 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145 E-mail: DLWorkshop(a)teri.res.in Web: http://www.teriin.org/events_new.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Central building Research Institute requires Research Intern
by Kshirod 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Dear Moderator, Please accept and circulate this message through LIS-FORUM. Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee requires Research Intern in LIS field. for details read the details CENTRAL BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE ROORKEE – 247 667 ADVERTISEMENT No.CBRI - 3/2007 CBRI, a constituent establishment of CSIR, invites applications for Research Intern awards from Indian Nationals. The Research Internship is meant to be a preparatory phase for young interns in imbibing the spirit of inquiry and learning the tools and techniques of research through participation & doing. * RESEARCH INTERN – 25 Positions. Qualifications *: First class or equivalent GPA in B.Arch / B.E./B.Tech(Civil Engg. / Mechanical Engg /Chemical Engg) OR First class or equivalent GPA in MCA / M.Sc.(Computer Science) / B.Tech*. (*Computer Science/ Information Technology) / *M.Lib.& Inf. Science*. OR First class or equivalent GPA in M.Sc. (Physics/ Geophysics/ Geology / Mathematics/Chemistry / Botany) * Age*: 25 years (as on the last date for receipt of applications) which is relaxable upto 5 years in the case of SC/ST/OBC/Physically Handicapped and female candidates. * Stipend*: Rs.7500/- per month consolidated. No other allowances are payable. *Tenure: *Maximum two years, not extendable under any circumstances and subject to satisfactory performance to be evaluated every 6 months. The interns shall have no claim for further extension, absorption or regularization in CSIR after expiry / termination of the internship. *Mode of Selection: *The selection may be based on a candidate's academic records, and/or (b) performance in aptitude test, and (c) interview. The application shall be short-listed after scrutiny by a duly constituted screening committee to restrict the number of candidates for test/interview. The screening committee can adopt its own criteria to shortlist candidates. Mere fulfilling of minimum prescribed qualifications will not vest any right in a candidate for being called for test/interview. * General conditions : * Those who have already availed 2 years research internship will not be considered. Interns would be free to appear for NET /GATE and secure regular fellowships for doing Ph.D. The award of Internship does not imply any assurance or guarantee for subsequent employment by CSIR or at CBRI, Roorkee. If a intern is reported to have been lacking in his or her research assignment or misconduct, the award is liable to be terminated. No TA will be paid for appearing in the test / interview. * How to apply: * The application has to be submitted on prescribed application form. This advertisement along with application form can be downloaded from CBRI website http:// www.cbri.org.in Applications duly filled in (neatly typed / hand written) and complete in all respects, accompanied by attested photograph and copies of the mark-sheets / certificates / testimonials etc. in support of date of birth/age, qualifications, experience and certificate in case of SC/ST/OBC/PH as mentioned in the application should be submitted to – The Director, Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee – 247 667, by mentioning the Advt. No. and the subject of Intern on the envelope within 21 days from the date of publication of this advertisement in Employment News. Incomplete, unsigned applications or applications received after the due date will not be considered at all. CANVASSING IN ANY FORM AND/OR BRINGING IN ANY INFLUENCE WILL BE TREATED AS DISQUALIFICATION. F.76(2)01/2007-PL Controller of Administration -- Kshirod Das Information Service Division National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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An interesting article
by Mailing List Admin 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:12:45 +0530 From: venkata.kesavan(a)timesgroup.com Dear All, Article: Amazon Kindle e-Book Reader Please read an article on Amazon's Kindle e-Book Reader, titled 'The Future of Reading' by Steven Levy, published in the NEWSWEEK magazine (Nov 26, 2007, pp.52-58). The article can be accessed online at: http://www.newsweek.com/id/70983 <http://www.newsweek.com/id/70983> Regards. R. Venkata Kesavan Chief Manager Times Archives & Knowledge Centre Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times Group) The Times of India Building, 2nd Floor Dr. D. N. Road Mumbai 400 001 Ph: (D): ++91-22-22731024 Ph: (B): ++91-66353535 (Ext.: 4470)

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Friends: Professor Amudhavalli of the University of Madras found the presentation by Liz Lyon of UKOLN http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html very useful. A few others may say the same thing. But what matters is are we preparing our students for the new era? Will the LIS students of today be able to excel in the fast changing technology-dominated environment? Will they be able to find their niche when constantly improving technology and the culture of networking and virtual collaboration among scientists may make intermediaries redundant? Are we training them to become life-long learners who can adapt to any situation? Or are we still in an age when it takes years to get even a minoe change in the syllabus? It seems to me that we need to go a long way. Correct me if my perception is wrong. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ---- From: amudhavalli alagusundaram <amudha75(a)yahoo.com> To: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2007 3:12:34 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science Very Useful Link, Sir. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Friends: I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just stumbled upon this presentation: "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities?" http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html Best wishes. Arun ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control and more space for those important e-mails. http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FOSS.IN/2007
by Francis Jayakanth 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Apologies for cross-posting --------------------------- Dear Member: FOSS.IN is one of the world's largest FOSS (free open-source software) events, held annually in India. This year, it is being held at National Science Symposium Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, during Dec 4-8. For more details and registration, please visit, http://foss.in/2007/info/Home Do note that prior online registration will fetch 50% discount on registration fee. With Regards, - Francis NCSI, IISc Bangalore

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Seminar on KM
by Mailing List Admin 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Date: 20 Nov 2007 13:57:32 -0000 From: raiyan ghani <syedraiyanghani(a)rediffmail.com> Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post Bangalore � 560059 Seminar on Knowledge Management: Tools, Methods and Technologies Some argue that Knowledge management deals with creating, identifying, codifying and sharing knowledge that is valuable to the organization. However knowledge management is essentially about tacit knowledge. It is aimed at making tacit knowledge explicit and then sharing that knowledge for use, across an organization. There are different tools for Knowledge management. The primary focus, however, is on knowledge sharing and collaboration tools. The tools for knowledge management can be conveniently grouped into two categories: (i) Information technologies/ tools and (ii) Web �based (IT) tools. In coming years it will present a set of new tools for managing knowledge by providing an extremely rich common language for representing knowledge. Some of the web-based and web-enabled software tools will be discussed. Speaker: Syed Raiyan Ghani 2nd Year ADIS Student All are cordially invited Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 21.11.07 Time: 2pm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for DRTC Colloquium on 29th Nov
by nitu＠drtc.isibang.ac.in 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRANING CENTRE 8th MILE MYSORE ROAD, BANGLORE-56005 DRTC COLLOQUIUM - 3 (2007-2009) ON Information as a Marketable Commodity ABSTRACT Information is a tradable commodity that is exchanged in the market in the form of information products and services. Attributes like individuality, non-depletability, inherent uncertainty, and other special features like shareability, compressibility, and substitutability characterize it. The idea of information as a commodity is closely connected to the concept of economic exchange. Information is considered to be one of the basic resources for development and hence considered to be an essential commodity. The discussion will be on the production and generation process, demand and supply and finally the distribution aspects of information. Information is product different type of human activity. The demand of any commodity is human needs. Information is now increasingly getting economic importance as a marketable commodity. FACETS SPEAKERS 1. Introduction Jamil Ahmed 2. Generation / Production of Information Nihal Alam 3. Demand and Supply of Information Ajazur Rahman 4. Distribution and Marketing of Information Kaushal Giri 5. Conclusion Nitu Kumari Venue : DRTC classroom Date : 29th of November 2007 Time : 2:00 pm All are cordially invited Prof. K.S.Raghavan (Colloquium Coordinator) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Assistant manager (Library specialist cadre )in State Bank Of India
by vijay kumar 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Dear library professionals, There is one post for Assistant manager (Library specialist cadre )in State Bank Of India, Hyderabad Post position: One Pay scale :Rs 14,200 Maximum age limit :30 years Educational Qualification: BLISc. with a post graduate degree and minimum 5 Years of experience of working in a reputed institute/ University / College /Public sector / Bank you download from the website http://forms.sbi.co.in/sbi_detailed_English_20071107.pdf or Visit http://www.statebankofindia.com/ Last date for accepting application form 01-12-2007 Best of Luck with Regards 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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LibrarySpot.com
by shriram pandey 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

hello list, LibrarySpot.com web site describes itself as "a free virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information." It seeks to bring library and reference sites hand-selected and reviewed by its editorial team together in one user-friendly spot. It is published by StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc. Visit on : http://www.libraryspot.com/ -- Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -- 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] Open science
by T. Shahab 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

The profession of librarianship is undoubtedly under going through great pull & pressure since the advent of ICT; we are expected to prove the rational behind the practices of LIS. The writer has correctly pointed out the fact that the growth of virtual collaboration among scientists may render the intermediate profession of librarians redundant if we don't adapt to changing demands of our users. But the solution doesn't just lie in transforming the syllabus of library science frequently. Everyone has to walk in his/her own size of boot! The librarians need not to be a communication scientist. Librararianship is both a methodolgy and a philosophy. Since the very evolution of the art & science of LIS, there have been some percentage of users who are adept at searching out the required information by themselves. But the majority always look up to the librarians for assistance and guidance. Libraraianship as a profession appear to be more attuned to the need of the masses rather than to a minority of scholars who have the priveleges of direct electronic connectivitiy and access to various kinds of knowledge aids.To me Ranganathan's diagnosis of a library being "at a perpetual disadvantage in developing either its own distinctive functions or the functions common to all administrations along newer, more scientific, and more efficent lines" because it is always facing two opposing forces still rings true. (Library Adminstration by S.R.Ranganathan, 2nd. ed, Bangalore:Sarada Ranganathan endowment for library science, 1959. P.26-27) Regards. ________________________________ From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Subbiah Arunachalam Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 4:05 PM To: amudhavalli alagusundaram; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; naglaxman(a)yahoo.com Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science Friends: Professor Amudhavalli of the University of Madras found the presentation by Liz Lyon of UKOLN http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html very useful. A few others may say the same thing. But what matters is are we preparing our students for the new era? Will the LIS students of today be able to excel in the fast changing technology-dominated environment? Will they be able to find their niche when constantly improving technology and the culture of networking and virtual collaboration among scientists may make intermediaries redundant? Are we training them to become life-long learners who can adapt to any situation? Or are we still in an age when it takes years to get even a minoe change in the syllabus? It seems to me that we need to go a long way. Correct me if my perception is wrong. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ---- From: amudhavalli alagusundaram <amudha75(a)yahoo.com> To: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2007 3:12:34 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science Very Useful Link, Sir. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Friends: I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just stumbled upon this presentation: "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities?" http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html Best wishes. Arun ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control and more space for those important e-mails. http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence ________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51732/*http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/> ________________________________ Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. Do it now... <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/yahoo_com/trueswitch/*http://uk .docs.yahoo.com/trueswitch2.html> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner <http://www.mailscanner.info/> , and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Emerging Technologies for Knowledge Resource Management - new book
by M. Paul Pandian 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Dear All, Emerging Technologies for Knowledge Resource Management by Dr.M. Paul Pandian and Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa Publisher: Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd Place: Oxford Pages: 212p Price: US$69.95 This book mainly covers the aspects mentioned in the UGC Model Curriculum and the latest developments in the emerging technologies for knowledge resource management. There is a detailed account of the factors, which are contributing to an enabled environment for optimum utilization of information resources. The book also deals with the concept of bringing people and information resources together and unified portals as technology to access and sharing of heterogeneous resources. A detailed review off the existing portal models for sharing the resources with some identified gaps in meeting the objectives is also provided. In addition the book provides a framework for the cost effective unified portal model to share the electronic information resources available with the participating libraries in a distributed digital environment. Books can be ordered from: Mr. Ravindra Saxena Sara Books Pvt Ltd 4832/24, Ansari Road, Dariyaganj, New Delhi 110 002. Tel: +91-11-23266107, +91-11-65676781 Fax: +91-11-23266102 email: sarabooks(a)eth.net ravindrasaxena(a)sarabooksindia.com About the Authors: Dr.M.Paul Pandian Dr. M. Paul Pandian is Head, Library and Information Resource Centre at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India. He was earlier the Head, Library and Information Resource Centre at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore, India and Scientist at INFLIBNET, UGC, India Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa is President, Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS), Director, Academic Staff Collegeand Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India. He was Convenor-UGC Subject Panel, Covenor-UGC Curriculum Development Committee. He was awarded IATLIS Motiwale National Best Teacher in Library and Information Science --- Thanks, Pandian Dr.M.Paul Pandian Institute of Mathematical Sciences CIT Campus, Taramani Chennai 600 113 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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librarian required at delhi
by Mailing List Admin 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:01:12 +0530 From: Rajesh Rangappa <deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends Personnel Junction is loking for a Librarian Experience:1 - 2 Years Location:Delhi, Delhi/NCREducation:UG - Any Graduate - Any Specialization PG - Post Graduation Not Required Industry Type:Education/ Teaching/TrainingFunctional Area:Teaching, EducationPosted Date:17 Nov Job Description 1. Maintaining law Books and law journals. 2. Classifying law books and soft copies. 3. Organizing law books and documents. 4. Update law journal subscriptions. 5. Maintaining records of law books, journals and soft copies of documents. Desired Candidate Profile Required: Well organized with high IQ. Desired: Familiarity with Legal Sector. Candidate has to maintain all data source which is required for maintaining Library. Preference Candidates having experience in Law Firms/Institutes/Col Company Profile: India's Topmost Corporate Law Firm Contact Details Company Name:Personnel Junction Website:http://www.personneljunction.com Executive Name:Ms. Pooja Singh Address:Not Mentioned Email Address:careers@personneljunction.com Telephone:011- 41639476 Reference ID:PJ- LI -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com Phone: 9886268857

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reg... infolibrarian website
by Rajesh Rangappa 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Dear professional, I found that its not opening since 10-15 day... The possible reasons i can think of is some technical problem they (website organisers) are not aware of it.. or posssible they are updating(making attractive page and easy enough to user) See in the other website which is opening insted of infolibrarian http://portlandcp04.portlandx.com/suspended.page/ its is mentioned their is some temprory technical problem.. we have to inform website organiser if they are not aware of things.. or hope to get it rectified soon -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com Phone: 9886268857 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Infolibrarian.com
by Rasmita Mohanty 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Dear professional ! Do anybody noticed that one of the major gateway/Resource in the field of Library and Information Science viz. http://www.infolibrarian.com has been hacked or due to some other problem it is not being accessed now a days.If we will type the URL then another site i.e.http://portlandcp04.portlandx.com/suspended.page/ is comming out. can anybody tell , what is the reason behind this.and I m requesting all the professional to findout the solution for this -- RASMITA MOHANTY J.R.D.Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science Bangalore- 560012 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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urgent need of kidney doner
by Rajesh Rangappa 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Respected sir/ Madam Dear mentor please add this in your issues of LIS- Forum because its a matter of life of library professional. Dear professionals, A young library professional is suffering form failure of both kidnies .. he needs transplantation to serve this profession more.. very talanted, kind hearted and loved by all friends and co-workers, dedicated worker.. Think once, a person of just 25 years getting worse in condition day by day. Specification is blood group should be o+ve, free from BP and diabeties Please help him... he wants to serve your profession.... any one intersted can contact at given address. Waiting with a ray of hope.. Thank you -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com Phone: 9886268857 -- 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 Preserving Our Scientific Heritage - Dr. Vagiswari
by vagiiap＠iiap.res.in 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Dear All, The Indian Institute of Astrophysics, the Indian Institute of Science and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research are joining together to organize a National Workshop on Preserving Our Scientific Heritage on January 21 22, 2008, at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. (Refer to our earlier mail dated 13th September 2007) The objective is to create an awareness of the importance of historical scientific materials available in several organizations in the country, which need special care and use. The librarians, archivists and policy makers will come together during the workshop, to discuss plan and set up archives within their organizations. We welcome participation from librarians, archivists, scientists and students who are already working in archives and also those who have interest in this area. For more details on the workshop kindly visit our homepage: http://www.iiap.res.in/archives Contact: Dr. Christina Birdie, Convener, E-mail: chris(a)iiap.res.in Dr. A. Vagiswari Member, Scientific Organizing Committee E-mail: vagiiap(a)iiap.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Licenses
by shriram pandey 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Hello List, This article published by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is an extract from a draft of Chapter 6 'Open licences' of Copyright for authors, educators and librarians. It was written by Julien Hofman and Paul West. From the introduction: "An open licence, as used in this chapter, is a neutral expression for a licence from a copyright holder allowing anyone to use the copyright material subject to the conditions in the licence. There are many different open licences, some for computer software and some for other forms of copyright material. Each has its own terms, conditions and technical vocabulary and their supporters do not always agree with one another. Some, disliking the business practices of commercial software suppliers and publishing houses, want to replace copyright with open licences. Some want to allow anyone to profit from the work of others without even telling them they are doing this. ." Please read the full article online. at http://www.col.org/colweb/site/cache/offonce/pid/4765 Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information andchange' at MyDLIS
by T. Shahab 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Quite interesting discussion1 Myself was once a while working for the Library/Information centre in the Times of India newspaper at Patna (Bihar). I found the job very interesting and hectic. We used to keep index files on various local, national and international issues as well photo shots of different personalities and episodes like a situation of flood, a devastation brought by eathquake,accidental fire, etc.Often during election times, besides the editorial staff, I was supposed to be available in person to let them have materals on the character of a constituency. Sometimes, the editorial dept. would put a telephone call to my residence in nights to let them know how then can locate back year information on a particular case. I also used to interact with the editor as well as. Truly, it said that people in the press keep ready obituary materials in advance so that they can reach first with full coverage to the public.The traffic of users was always heavy. I don't know on what premise the students of journalism are calling the art & science of Libray business 'no more required' as already thigns are available on the net. We librarians are not internet shy. We quite well know the quantity & quality of materials available there. Regards. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of N.S. Harinarayana Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 12:48 PM To: LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information andchange' at MyDLIS Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information and change' : A report On Friday, November 16, 2007, Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore organised an interactive discussion programme, first of its kind in the university campus, with the students and faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication on an interesting topic "Information and Change". Dr. Niranjana, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication along with Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science moderated the discussion. Dr. Niranjana in his introductory remarks appreciated the Department of Library and Information Science and MULISSA for taking this initiative which would foster the mutual relationships. He said that library science and journalism disciplines and their respective professions complement each other like hardware and software in a computer system. The discussion was started with preamble laid by two students, one from each department. In their talk they narrated the role of information in their profession and the changes that both the professions are undergoing. Dr. Niranjana's comment that "Libraries are no more required as the number of users have diminished drastically" triggered a spirited discussion. One student from Journalism trying to reason out the comment said that when the information is easily available on Internet, libraries would become redundant. Moreover the lack of service and good quality collection in the libraries add to the problem, he said. Library Science students, found little offended by the comments, said that librarians alone can not be blamed for the situation. Moreover, the concept of libraries is changing from "four wall libraries" to "Wall less libraries". One student rationally argued, by citing the 10 reasons given by American Library Association, why Internet can't substitute a library. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, who spoke in the mid of the discussion, said that libraries are under the tremendous influence of information and communication technologies. They have seen a paradigm shift in their approach to serve the users. While speaking on their turn, the library science students explained the changes in the profession by discussing interesting issues like "Content Vs. Container", "Access Vs Ownership", "Myths of digital libraries", "Knowledge commission and libraries" etc. Participants from Journalism also talked about media's role in acting as a catalyst to propel the change and impact on change in information society and emergence of e-papers. Dr. Niranjana concluded the discussion by stating that both media and libraries work on the principle of dissemination of information to the society, Both together play an important role in shaping the society. Dr. M. Chandrashekara and Dr. N.S. Harinarayana also participated in the discussion. For more information on MULISSA's activities please visit the blog http://mulissa.blogspot.com/ -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Faculty Advisor for MULISSA Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open science
by Subbiah Arunachalam 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Friends: I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just stumbled upon this presentation: "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities?" http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html Best wishes. Arun ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control and more space for those important e-mails. http://uk.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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ICIKM 2008
by Mailing List Admin 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:31:29 -0800 (PST) From: Pijushkanti Panigrahi <panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com> ICIKM 2008 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management March 24-29 , 2008, Kathmandu, Nepal ICIKM 2008 is to bridge the knowledge gaps between the developing and the developed countries in the field of information and knowledge management, and the conference will aim to strengthen the academic collaboration and strategic alliances in the development of information and knowledge management across the world in digital form. The conference will provide an international forum for sharing of information, experiences and ideas among researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers from a variety of disciplines such as Library and Information Science, Computer Science, Archival and Museum studies and Knowledge Management. Theme : Information and Knowledge Management in a Connected World: A Challenge for the Developing Countries For early Bird Registration Visit Website : http://www.icikm-2008.com.np Call for Papers Full and short papers will be included in the conference proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Papers must be in English with a limit of 10 pages (approximately 5000 words) for full papers and 2 pages for short papers. All papers must be original contributions (i.e., not have been previously published or currently under review for publication elsewhere). All contributions are to be submitted in electronic form via the ICIKM-2008 submission web page, following ACM format guidelines and using the ACM template. .For Submitting Abstract, follow the Abstract Submission Guidelines Preferred submission formats are PDF or Microsoft Word. Full and short papers are due Feb 29, 2008. For more information, contact Dr. Mohan Raj Pradhan at mpradhan(a)healthnet.org.np. For Questions or comments Contact info(a)icikm-2008.com.np. Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Reader, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. Secretary, Education Division, IASLIC; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-700 054

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Celebration of National Library Week
by srels 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore ............ Dear Friends, LAXMINARAYANA CHADAGA MEMORIAL CHARITABLE TRUST(R) "Adarsha" No. 307, 2nd Block, 17th Cross, R.T. Nagar, bangalore 560 032 TARALABALU KENDRA 3rd Main Road, 2nd Block, R.T. Nagar, Bangalore 32 LIONS CLUB OF BANGALORE R.T. NAGAR Bangalore 32 SHIVARAMA KARANTHA VEDIKE (R) R.T. Nagar, Bangalore 32 CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK (14-11-2007 to 20-11-2007) Valedictory Function Date: 20-11-2007 (Tuesday) Time: 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Inauguration: Lion P.S. Venkatachalam District Governer - District 324 - D6 Chief Guest: Dr. K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Venue: Main Auditorium of Tarala Balu Kendra 3rd Main, 2nd Block, R.T. Nagar, Bangalore 560 032 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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HOW TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS YOU HAVEN'T READ
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

I hate to forward a post from another group in full. This is an exception. If you an avid reader, this review (or the reviewed book) may interest you. It is also of interest to librarians who are "about" persons (- the librarian is interested only what a book is all about and he is not interested in knowing the actual contents per-se). Vyasamoorthy ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: goodbookz <openoffizz(a)yahoo.co.uk> Date: Nov 11, 2007 9:07 AM Subject: [goodbookz] HOW TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS YOU HAVEN'T READ To: gb <goodbookz(a)yahoogroups.com> HOW TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS YOU HAVEN'T READ By Pierre Bayard. Translated by Jeffrey Mehlman. 185 pp. Bloomsbury. $19.95. Faking It By JAY McINERNEY Published: November 11, 2007 Carrying this book around recently I've caught more than a little flak, not least from my kids, who once thought of me as a literary intellectual, or at the very least as a guy who espoused the virtues of reading. Hey, really, I told them - as well as my wife and the guy sitting next to me on the subway - no kidding, it's a serious book, written by a professor of literature who's also a psychoanalyst. A French professor/shrink, no less, who's written books on Proust, Maupassant, Balzac, Laclos and Stendhal, among other canonical heavyweights. So lay off. It seems hard to believe that a book called "How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read" would hit the best-seller lists in France, where books are still regarded as sacred objects and the writer occupies a social position somewhere between the priest and the rock star. The ostensible anti-intellectualism of the title seems more Anglo-Saxon than Gallic, an impression reinforced by the epigram from Oscar Wilde: "I never read a book I must review; it prejudices you so." Bayard's critique of reading involves practical and theoretical as well as social considerations, and at times it seems like a tongue-in-cheek example of reader-response criticism, which emphasizes the reader's role in creating meaning. He wants to show us how much we lie about the way we read, to ourselves as well as to others, and to assuage our guilt about the way we actually read and talk about books. "I know few areas of private life, with the exception of finance and sex, in which it's as difficult to obtain accurate information," he writes. There are many ways of relating to books that are not acknowledged in educated company, including skimming, skipping, forgetting and glancing at covers. Bayard's hero in this enterprise is the librarian in Robert Musil's "Man Without Qualities" (a book I seem to recall having read halfway through, and Bayard claims to have skimmed), custodian of millions of volumes in the country of Kakania. He explains to a general seeking cultural literacy his own scheme for mastery of this vast, nearly infinite realm: "If you want to know how I know about every book here, I can tell you! Because I never read any of them." If he were to get caught up in the particulars of a few books, the librarian implies, he would lose sight of the bigger picture, which is the relation of the books to one another - the system we call cultural literacy, which forms our collective library. "As cultivated people know," Bayard tells us, "culture is above all a matter of orientation. Being cultivated is a matter of not having read any book in particular, but of being able to find your bearings within books as a system, which requires you to know that they form a system and to be able to locate each element in relation to the others." Musil's librarian is a purist, but a perusal of the reviews in this and other publications would probably yield, if only we had the proper instruments, many less extreme examples of literate nonreading. Book reviewers generally imply that they have read the entire oeuvre of the author under discussion, as well as those of his peers, and I have no doubt they will continue to do so. You'd think Nicholson Baker's "U and I" (a short book I read in its entirety), in which the younger novelist writes a kind of critique of John Updike based on his admittedly fragmentary and incomplete reading, would have cured us of the omniscient stance in book reviewing. But I don't see many phrases like "From what I've read about 'Moby-Dick ..." or "the part of 'Finnegans Wake' that I tried to read ..." in the review pages. Bayard, though, regards such disclaimers as understood. He doesn't blame us for fudging, and he doesn't want us to blame ourselves. He proposes, and employs, a new set of scholarly abbreviations to go along with op. cit. and ibid.: UB: book unknown to me; SB: book I have skimmed; HB: book I have heard about; and FB: book I have forgotten. For Bayard, who is well served by Jeffrey Mehlman's fluid and elegant translation, skimming and sampling are two of the most common forms of reading behavior, particularly with regard to Proust. Paul Valéry, in his funerary tribute in La Nouvelle Revue Française, makes a virtue out of his admittedly sketchy knowledge of Proust by claiming: "The interest of the book lies in each fragment. We can open the book wherever we choose." Bayard defends skimming as a mode of reading. "The fertility of this mode of discovery markedly unsettles the difference between reading and nonreading, or even the idea of reading at all. ... It appears that most often, at least for the books that are central to our particular culture, our behavior inhabits some intermediate territory, to the point that it becomes difficult to judge whether we have read them or not." Lest the reader, or the nonreader, think that Bayard underestimates the power of reading, he proposes that we are all essentially literary constructs, defined by our own inner libraries: the books we've read, skimmed and heard about. "We are the sum of these accumulated books," he writes. (And make no mistake about it, this prof is far more literate and widely read than he pretends to be.) After anatomizing the different types of nonreading, Bayard addresses the social implications in a section called "Literary Confrontations." I commend his advice for meeting an author and being forced to say something about his or her new book: "Praise it without going into detail." The funniest section in the book describes the encounter between the anthropologist Laura Bohannan and an African tribe, the Tiv, whom she has been living among. She tries to read "Hamlet" to them in the hopes of demonstrating the universality of the story, but the way in which the tribe rejects those parts of the tale that don't square with their own cultural traditions - they don't believe in ghosts, for instance - renders the attempt ludicrous. Bayard proposes the term "inner book" to designate "the set of mythic representations, be they collective or individual, that come between the reader and any new piece of writing, shaping his reading without his realizing it." This notion coincides with Stanley Fish's concept of "interpretive communities" of readers, although Bayard's own inner book may be more indebted to home-team text destabilizers like Derrida and Lacan. Indeed, Bayard sounds more French in the later pages as he employs phrases like "consensual space" and dissolves the boundaries and false oppositions between reader and writer and book into one big sloppy pool of écriture. To what end? Bayard finally reveals his diabolical intent: he claims that talking about books you haven't read is "an authentic creative activity." As a teacher of literature, he seems to believe that his ultimate goal is to encourage creativity. "All education," he writes, "should strive to help those receiving it to gain enough freedom in relation to works of art to themselves become writers and artists." It's a charming but ultimately terrifying prospect - a world full of writers and artists. In Bayard's nonreading utopia the printing press would never have been invented, let alone penicillin or the MacBook. I seriously doubt that pretending to have read this book will boost your creativity. On the other hand, reading it may remind you why you love reading. Jay McInerney's most recent books are "The Good Life," a novel, and "A Hedonist in the Cellar: Adventures in Wine." ================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information and change' at MyDLIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 17 Nov '07

17 Nov '07

Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information and change' : A report On Friday, November 16, 2007, Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore organised an interactive discussion programme, first of its kind in the university campus, with the students and faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication on an interesting topic "Information and Change". Dr. Niranjana, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication along with Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science moderated the discussion. Dr. Niranjana in his introductory remarks appreciated the Department of Library and Information Science and MULISSA for taking this initiative which would foster the mutual relationships. He said that library science and journalism disciplines and their respective professions complement each other like hardware and software in a computer system. The discussion was started with preamble laid by two students, one from each department. In their talk they narrated the role of information in their profession and the changes that both the professions are undergoing. Dr. Niranjana's comment that "Libraries are no more required as the number of users have diminished drastically" triggered a spirited discussion. One student from Journalism trying to reason out the comment said that when the information is easily available on Internet, libraries would become redundant. Moreover the lack of service and good quality collection in the libraries add to the problem, he said. Library Science students, found little offended by the comments, said that librarians alone can not be blamed for the situation. Moreover, the concept of libraries is changing from "four wall libraries" to "Wall less libraries". One student rationally argued, by citing the 10 reasons given by American Library Association, why Internet can't substitute a library. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, who spoke in the mid of the discussion, said that libraries are under the tremendous influence of information and communication technologies. They have seen a paradigm shift in their approach to serve the users. While speaking on their turn, the library science students explained the changes in the profession by discussing interesting issues like "Content Vs. Container", "Access Vs Ownership", "Myths of digital libraries", "Knowledge commission and libraries" etc. Participants from Journalism also talked about media's role in acting as a catalyst to propel the change and impact on change in information society and emergence of e-papers. Dr. Niranjana concluded the discussion by stating that both media and libraries work on the principle of dissemination of information to the society, Both together play an important role in shaping the society. Dr. M. Chandrashekara and Dr. N.S. Harinarayana also participated in the discussion. For more information on MULISSA's activities please visit the blog http://mulissa.blogspot.com/ -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Faculty Advisor for MULISSA Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Text book reprinted
by Jai Haravu 17 Nov '07

17 Nov '07

Dear Members I had many requests for a copy of my book Library Automation: Design, Principles and Practice published in 2005 by Allied Publishers. The first imprint was sold out and now Allied Publishers has reprinted the book. Interested professionals may like to get in touch with Allied Publishers in Hyderabad or other cities where Allied has an office. Thanks. Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Talk on Libraries as Knowledge Resource Centers ~V a User~Rs Perspective
by Mailing List Admin 16 Nov '07

16 Nov '07

Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:04:08 +0000 From: Gowri Ravindranth <gravindranth(a)hotmail.com> Dear Friends: The Madras Library Association (MALA) & Tamilnadu Police Academy as part of the National Library Week celebrations Invite you for a talk on Libraries as Knowledge Resource Centers � a User�s Perspective by Mr. Amit Varma, I.P.S. Additional Director General of Police, Tamilnadu Police Academy, Chennai on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 6.00 p.m. Venue: TamilNadu Police Training College, Ashok Nagar (near Ashok Pillar), Chennai 600 083 Tea: 5.30 p.m. We look forward to your participation with your friends and colleagues. Regards, L. R. Gowri Secretary, MALA

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Social networking and LIS Professionals-come to InfoVision 2007-Early bird offer closes
by Shalini Urs 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

Dear LIS Professionals, Welcome to the 3rd edition of InfoVision - The Knowledge Summit Series (www.infovision2007.org) Come to InfoVision 2007, listen to and interact with the 'who is who' of the Social Networking Community at The Maratha, Mumbai - Dec 17-18. Why should LIS professionals participate in InfoVision 2007? . InfoVision is a platform and a forum to know, understand and implement the cutting edge Information Management Tools and technologies in one of oldest Knowledge Portals - the libraries . InfoVision will provide an opportunity for LIS professionals to reinvent, reposition and be relevant in the current information world by adopting/adapting contemporary tools and technologies The theme of InfoVision 2007 - 'Social Networks, Knowledge Discovery and Innovation' is one of the current buzz words. American Society for Information and Science and Technology (ASIS & T) 2007 annual conference held during October 2007 at Milwaukee, was on the same theme. Social computing and networking platforms and software have emerged as the key technologies that are changing the paradigm and landscape of the information world. InfoVision 2007 will help you - To build library 2.0 - a participatory library model. Learn social networking technologies to build library user communities, Friends of Friends communities and such other online communities to serve your patron better; To learn and implement social networking technologies for serving library patrons better, to provide engaged library services, and publicise and promote libraries as knowledge hubs. Key take-away for the LIS profession: 1. An over view of Social networking software that let libraries interact online with the communities they serve. 2. Understanding the implementation of Web 2.0 technologies and tools including blogs, RSS, wikis , folksonomies and other types of social networking systems, even down to pod casting and IM for providing web services . 3. To learn from the users and designers their processes of knowledge discovery in order to integrate them with library services. 4. An opportunity to learn some of the emerging platforms for collaborations and community. 5. Listen to case studies that to assess, implement and use web 2.0 software successfully, offering real-world scenarios and examples all along the way So. what are you waiting for? Register online or contact us See you expand your social network at InfoVision 2007! Dr. Shalini R. Urs Program Co-Chair: InfoVision 2007 & Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore - 570006 India Tel : 91-821-2514699 Fax : 91-821-2519209 Email : shalini(a)isim.ac.in URL : www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International CALIBER 2008 - Call for Papers
by Rajesh Chandrakar 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

CALL FOR PAPERS CALIBER (Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research Institutions), an international convention of the INFLIBNET Centre organized every year at different parts of the country in collaboration with universities, invites high quality papers on research & technical works, case studies, technology updates etc. related to the themes and sub-themes of the convention as per mentioned below. The convention provides a unique forum to the library and information professionals, teachers, IT professionals, consultants and users involved in automation and networking of libraries as well as information providers to come together and interact on the subjects of mutual interest. The theme of the 6th International CALIBER 2008 is "From Automation to Transformation". The convention is being organized at the University of Allahabad (a Central University), Allahabad during 28th to 29th February and 1st March 2008. Theme: From Automation to Transformation Sub Themes a.. Impact of ICT in LIS: Major Shifts & Practices b.. Digital Libraries: Federated Search & Metadata Harvesting c.. Content Aggregations & Content Representations d.. Standards & Protocols in LIS e.. Evolving Technologies: RSS Feed, Blogs, Web 2.0, Lib 2.0 f.. Use of e-Resources and UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium IMPORTANT DATES Receipt of full papers : January 15, 2008 Intimation to Author(s) : January 30, 2008 Last date for Registration : February 15, 2008 Convention Dates : February 28 to 29 and March 1, 2008 Detailed Guidelines and Editorial policy for International CALIBER 2008 will be available very soon in the INFLIBNET website http://www.inflibnet.ac.in. Contact Details Paper Submission Sh. Rajesh Chandrakar Convener, International CALIBER 2008 Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone: +91-79-26304695/8528/5971/0002 Fax: +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in; caliber2008(a)inflibnet.ac.in Registration and Accommodation Dr. A P Gakhar Organising Secretary, CALIBER 2008 Librarian, University of Allahabad, Allahabad - 211 002, Uttar Pradesh Phone: +91-532-2460050 (O) +91-532-2644636 (R) Fax: +91-532-2461157 E-mail: ap.gakhar(a)rediffmail.com; apgakhar(a)yahoo.co.in Organizer Dr. Jagdish Arora Director INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Phone: +91-79-26304695/5971/8528 +91-79-26305702 (Direct) Fax:+91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: director(a)inflibnet.ac.in; jarora(a)inflibnet.ac.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET (INFormation and LIBrary NETwork) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Tel. +91-(0)79-26305971/ 8528/ 4695(O), 26873805(R) Mobile: +91-9427527894 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC NET exam postponed
by Ajay Kum Sharma 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

Dear Library Professional, The University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test, which was scheduled for December 16 has been postponed to December 30 in view of the Assembly elections in Gujarat on December 11 and 16. UGC Joint Secretary MV Krishnaswamy in a communication to Acharya Nagarjuna University has said that the timing for the examination will remain unchanged. The UGC has asked the university to inform the candidates of the change in dates. Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Project Associate, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Central Library, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 011-26596627 (O) 09899339808 (M) Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Talk on National Knowledge Commission and its implication on Libraries by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam
by Gowri Ravindranth 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

Dear Friends: Madras Library Association and Roja Muthiah Research Library Trust invite you to a Lecture bySubbiah Arunachalam(Distinguished Fellow, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, ChennaiVisiting Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore) OnNational Knowledge Commission and its implication on Libraries Date: 27 November 2007 Time: 5.30 p.m. Venue:Roja Muthiah Research Library3rd Cross Road, Central Polytechnic CampusTaramani, Chennai 600 113Phone: 2254 2551 / 2 (Tea will be served at 5.00 p.m.) ----------------------------------------Short CV of Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam Subbiah Arunachalam started his career as a research chemist, but found his calling in information science. An avid admirer of the printed word right from school days, it was while he was a student at the Indian Institute of Science his native flair for searchig information came to be recognised. In the past four decades, he has been a student of chemistry, a laboratory researcher, an editor of scientific journals, the secretary of a scholarly academy of scieces, and a teacher of information science. For the past 12 years he is a volunteer with the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation and is associated with the Foundation's information and communication technology-enabled rural development project. He is an honorary fellow of CILIP, a life member of IASLIC and a member of ASIST. He is on the editorial boards of eight international refereed journals including Journal of Information Science, Scientometrics, Journal of Community Informatics, and Current Science. His current research interests include improving information access both for scientists and for the rural poor; scientometrics, and open access. He has travelled extensively and delivered talks in more than twenty countries. He is on the Executive Committee of the Global Knowledge Partnership, on the international advisory board of IICD, The Hague, and a trustee of the Electronic Publishing Trst for Development. His papers have had an influence on Indian science policy. -----------------------------------------Summary of the talk The past two decades have seen a tremendous transformation in India. Largely thanks to the late Prime Minister Mr P V Narasimha Rao and his Finance Minister Prof. Manmohan Singh, a new era was ushered in and like Hercules unchained India started realizig her potential and today we are among the fastest growing economies in the world and capital is flowing in at a rate unimaginable only a few years ago. All of a sudden, the world found that they needed young Indian professionals, to start with in the IT industry but later on also in management and manufacturing industry. It became clear to the rising middle class in India that the learned would be welcome everywhere. The oft repeated cliche that knowledge is power became true in the lives of many young people. India as a whole has come to realise how knowledge can bring about great transformations. It is this realization that led to the setting up of the Knowledge Commission. I will talk about the mandate of the Commission and its working. In particular, I will dwell upon the work and recommendations of two working groups, viz. the WG on Libraries and the WG on open and distance education. And talk about how the benefits of the knowledge revolution could be made more inclusive, a challenge which needs to be addressed immediately. I will touch upon the implications of the Commission's recommendations for libraries - mainly public libraries, but also research libraries. -Subbiah Arunachalam------Hope to see you on 27th. With best wishes, L. R. Gowri Secretary, MALA _________________________________________________________________ Check out some new online services at Windows Live Ideas—so new they haven’t even been officially released yet. http://www.msnspecials.in/windowslive/ -- 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] Reply to Puna Das from the Milion Books project
by T. Shahab 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

The initiative taken by the various centres of CDAC regarding the million book project is no doubt commendable. But we can not call it enough on the scale of number of documents digitised so far and the quality of metadata being maintained to help in retieving materials on any specific subject, say "Biochemistry or Pharmacology or Toxicology". Moreover, it appears that only 107761 books with 32491737 pages have been so far converted into digitised format rather than one million (ie 10 lakh?) as claimed. Let us continue and improve, welcome more libraries to join in this cooperative endeavour! Regards. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Subbiah Arunachalam Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 8:54 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; franc(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reply to Puna Das from the Milion Books project Friends: Prof. N Balakrishnan has provided a clarification to Mr Anup Kumar Das, who had posted a message to this list on 6 November (from Puna Das). Subbiah Arunachalam ===== Dear Arun: The guy is again wrong regarding the CDAC Kolkatta books and has not spent even a minute looking at the web site- Please go to www.new.dli.ernet.in and just click on the left hand side on the search button leaving all fields default- you will get the total number of books as on that date- Next if you choose scanning centre as cdac Kolkatta then you will find 3565 books totaling more than 1.6 million pages- all these are common sense and you must make sure th guys without exploring do not make unsavy comments- we are professional and have done what no one has done so far- Put one million books on the web- Balki Regards Balki > Dear Balki: > > There is some concern expressed about the Million Books project. I am > forwarding a mail I received today. Best wishes. > > Arun > > > --- Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: > >> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 06:49:01 +0000 (GMT) >> From: Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> >> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >> CC: digilib_india(a)yahoogroups.com, >> atanu.garai(a)gmail.com >> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] CMU Million Book Project >> >> Dear Colleagues >> >> Atanu wanted to point out so called 'current status' of Digital >> Library of India project. This is >> very unfortunate that the tech-savvy DLI team could not provide us >> latest statistics on its site. The statistics available here is more >> than a year old. >> Another point I would like to raise, DLI's Kolkata Mega Scanning >> Centre could not provide us access to a single book they have scanned >> using tax-payers money. To my estimate, less than 25% scanned >> documents are available through DLI websites. How can we please help >> out this overburdened project team having a blurred vision? >> >> Thanking you >> >> Anup Kumar Das >> CSSP, JNU >> New Delhi-110067 >> Email: puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in >> Ph. 011-26704400 >> >> ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Anwarul Uloom College Of Pharmacy : Requires Librarian
by sri priya 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Dear Friends Anwarul Uloom College Of Pharmacy Permitted by the AICTE & Govt. of A.P. & Affiliated to JNTU, New Mallepally, Hyderabad. Requires Librarian - Qualification: M.LiSc./B.LiSc. Qualification and experience: As per AICTE norms. Payscale: As per AICTE norms. Interested candidates please apply by email with all copies of certificates or post within 7 days to Sd/- Hon'ble Secretary Anwarul Uloom College Of Pharmacy Permitted by the AICTE & Govt. of A.P. & Affiliated to JNTU, New Mallepally, Hyderabad. Regards, S.Sripriya --------------------------------- Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IRstats for Institutional Repositories
by Mallikarjun 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Respected All IRStats Released IRStats is a tool for analysing usage of Institutional Repositories.It is released as Open Source under a BSD license. Its support both Eprints and dspace. For more details please Visit http://trac.eprints.org/projects/irstats With regards Mallikarjun Dora Sambalpur University, Orisaa Cell-9777034183 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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WORKSHOP ON SAP FOR TIFP
by Mailing List Admin 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Date: 14 Nov 2007 06:34:18 -0000 From: suresh jange <suresh_jange(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Sir / Madam, I am pleased to inform you that a Sensitization and Awareness Program for Technology Information Facilitation Program is being organized at Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka on 17th November 2007 in collaboration with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi. One of the objectives of this program is to identify information requirements of Project Investigators and Academicians working in Academic/Research Institutions and Industries for the cause of promotion and development of information use and access to provide inputs to S&T research and industrial development. I am sure this program would not only enlighten the participants with rich knowledge transfer and use, but also provide an opportunity to discuss with the DSIR officials in formulating the research projects and developmental activities for possible financial support by the DSIR. I request you kindly to participate in this program by registering at the earliest to the Co-ordinator. There is no registration fee and TA & DA has to be borne by the sponsoring institutions. However, local hospitalities and free accommodation would be extended by the University. With kind regards, Dr. Ravi.B.Gaddagimath University Librarian & Coordinator SAP/TIFP Gulbarga University, Gulbarga � 585 106 (Karnataka) Telephone; 08472 � 263260; Fax: 08472 263265; Mobile 9740476888; 9844226604 e-mail rbggug(a)rediffmail.com Dr.Suresh S Jange Assistant Librarian (Sr.) & Head, Digital Resource Centre Gulbarga University, Gulbarga - 585 106 Karnataka, India Mobile - 09880224971

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Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship
by shriram pandey 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

dear colleagues, Do you want to learn more about the potential of social networking Web sites to serve development goals and practitioners ? Please consult this interesting article on "Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship" written by danah m. boyd and Nicole B. Ellison and published by the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JMC). website url : http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/boyd.ellison.html Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Visit also at : http://ram.mlib.googlepages.com/home "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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IATLIS-2007 CONFERENCE INVITATION
by Mailing List Admin 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:10:32 +0000 (GMT) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> Dear Members: INVITATION FOR IATLIS CONFERENCE 2007.ALL ARE REQUESTED TO ATTEND LAXMAN RAO XXIV National Conference On Equity of LIS Education in IT-Based Pedagogical Environment of the Knowledge Society IATLIS - V 2007 19th to 21st November 2007 Organised by the Department of Library and Information Science Karnatak University, Dharwad � 580 003, KARNATAKA INAUGURATION Chief Guest: Dr. S.K. Saidapur F.A.Sc., FNA Vice-Chancellor Karnatak University, Dharwad Keynote Address: Dr. B.S. Maheshwarappa Professor and Chairman Department of Library and Information Science Gulbarga University, Gulbarga President: Shri. N.V. Satyanarayana Managing Director Informatics India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore Date: 19th November 2007 Time: 11-30 a.m. Venue: Manasollasa Auditorium, Karnatak University, Dharwad Director of the Conference Dr. V.G. Talwar Professor Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore VALEDICTORY Chief Guest: Shri. Vinay Luthra I.F.S. Registrar Karnatak University, Dharwad President: Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa UGC Emeritus Professor Director, Academic Staff College Karnatak University, Dharwad Date: 21st November 2007 Time: 1-00 p.m. Venue: Manasollasa Auditorium, Karnatak University, Dharwad ================================================================== Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa Felicitation Committee Department of Library and Information Science Karnatak University, Dharwad � 580 003, Karnataka State, India Felicitation to Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa UGC Emeritus Fellow Director, Academic Staff College, Karnatak University, Dharwad Chief Guest Nadoja Dr. Patil Puttappa M.A. (Journalism) USA Senior Journalist, Hubli Guest of Honour Shri. Vinaya Luthra I.F.S. Registrar, Karnatak University, Dharwad President Dr. S.K Saidapur F.A.Sc., FNA Vice-Chancellor. Karnatak University, Dharwad Date: 20th November, 2007 Time: 4-30 p.m. Venue: Manasollasa Auditorium, Karnatak University, Dharwad All are Cordially Invited Dr. V.G. Talawar Dr. S.B. Patil Dr. B.D. Kumbar President Treasurer Convenor Committee Members SPEAKERS 1. Dr. P.S. Halyal, Professor (Rtd.), Karnatak University, Dharwad 2. Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 3. Dr. Muttayya Koganuramath, University Librarian, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai 4. Shri. N.B. Satyanarayan, Managing Director, Informatics India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore 5. Dr. S.L. Sangam, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad

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SOUL Helpline
by K Prakash 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Dear All, INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad is pleased to announce a dedicated Help Line for SOUL Software users. The help line will be supporting for about 1400+ SOUL software customers for sorting out of any issues related to the software. Please dial 079-2630007 between 0930 Hrs to 1800 Hrs on all working days. With best regards. Bye. _____________________________ Dr. K Prakash, PhD Scientific/Technical Officer-I 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/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New Job
by madaiah krishnamurthy 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Dear Friends, It is my pleasure to inform you that I, Dr. M.Krishnamurthy (Previously Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore ) joined as University Librarian at University of Mysore. As such further communication may please be sent on the following address. Thanking You, Yours Sincerely, M.Krishnamurthy Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc., PhD. University Librarian University of Mysore Manasagangothri, Mysore 570006 Ph :91-0821-2514808 (Direct) Fax: 91-80-2419335 _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Spaces is here! It’s easy to create your own personal Web site. http://spaces.live.com/?mkt=en-in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Tumkur University, Tumkur Re-notification for Various Posts
by Muniraju T 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Dear Professionals Tumkur University, Tumkur, Re-Notification for Professors, Readers, Lecturers & Librarian, Deputy Librarian, Assisstant Librarian, For More Information Please Visit this Link http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?Daily=TOIBG&lo… If This Link not open means see, Times of India Paper 13th November 2007 With Kind Regards, MUNIRAJU.T Central Library PES Institute of Technology t_muniraj(a)yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- 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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