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Emerald - Research Fund awards Year 2007(Management Category)
by Rajneesh Rajpal 08 May '07

08 May '07

Dear Sir, Warm Greetings from Emerald Group publishing Ltd. (Est. 1967). It gives me an immense pleasure to share with you; (EMERALD) is conducting Research Fund Awards in association with AIMS for Indian region under the Management Category for year 2007. In a similar fashion, I would be doing Research Fund Awards for Indian region under LIS (Library & Information Sciences) Category for year 2007 shortly. Emerald/AIMS Research Fund Award 2007 "Supporting the dissemination of knowledge for social good in India" Call for Indian management research proposals This year, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, publisher of the largest collection of international business and management journals, and the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS), formed in 1988 on the basis of a decision to establish a network of management schools in India, are proud to offer a research grant for an Indian project in the field of management. The funding award will amount to up to £2,000 (US$4,000 equivalent). Applications should address the dissemination of knowledge for social good with a specific orientation toward benefit for the Indian economy. Eligibility At least one member of each research team must be based in India. Judging criteria Each application will be judged, by a panel of experts, on the criteria below. The research must: * Be of significance, particularly illustrating how it will benefit the social good. * Demonstrate originality and innovation. * Make an outstanding contribution to theory and its application. * Illustrate the appropriateness and application of the methodology. * Demonstrate sound implications for theory and practice. Application requirements Each proposal, to arrive either by post or by e-mail, should: * Have a one-page summary stating specific goals, outcomes and benefits of the research. This should not exceed 2,000 words. * Display clearly a statement of purpose and intent * State clearly the methodology(ies) applied and explicitly describe the research process * State expected research outcomes and expected impact and possible application * Specify the expected timescales of the research process * Outline projected costs and total research grant required. Contact To view this information online, or to find out about the winners from previous years, please see HYPERLINK "http://www.emeraldinsight.com/awards"www.emeraldinsight.com/awards For further information, or to apply for the awards, please contact: Jim Bowden Research and Publishing Adviser Emerald Group Publishing Limited 60/62 Toller Lane Bradford BD8 9BY UK Tel: 01274 777700 Fax: 01274 785200 E-mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:jbowden@emeraldinsight.com"jbowden(a)emeraldinsight.com Rajneesh Rajpal Emerald Group publishing Limited 301, Vikas Surya Mall, Manglam Place Sec-3, Rohini, New Delhi -110085 Tel: 91-11-27948437/27948438 E-mail- HYPERLINK "mailto:rrajpal@emeraldinsight.com"rrajpal(a)emeraldinsight.com Key dates The closing date for applications is 1 July 2007. The initial short-list will be completed by mid-August 2007. Winners will be announced in early September 2007. Details of the Emerald Research Fund Awards: Library and Information Science (LIS) Category will be announced this summer at HYPERLINK "http://www.emeraldinsight.com/awards"www.emeraldinsight.com/awards About Emerald Established in 1967, Emerald Group Publishing Limited is the world's leading publisher of MANAGEMENT, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, LIBRARY &INFORMATION SCIENCE (LIS) JOURNALS and DATABASES. Emerald celebrates 40 years of publishing excellence in 2007 and publishes over 170 peer-reviewed titles such as Management Decision, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, Journal of Knowledge Management, Industrial Management and Data Systems and The TQM Magazine, along with a core collection of library and information science journals. The Emerald flagship product for the academic sector, Emerald Management Xtra (www.emeraldinsight.com) is dedicated to the development of business schools and management departments worldwide. The key product for the corporate sector is Emerald Management First (first.emeraldinsight.com) the fastest, most reliable online search tool for management information. About AIMS The Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) was formed in 1988 as a network of management schools in the country at the National Conference of the Heads of Management Education Institutions on "National Education Policy and its Implications for Management Education in the Country" held at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore in April 1988. AIMS has since grown into a powerful body for management schools in the country with a membership of about 400 Institutes. AIMS is the second largest network of management schools in the world. The mission of AIMS is to function as the professional association of management education concerned with quality of management, manpower training and development, management research, curriculum development and take all such steps on its own or in collaboration with other agencies for the promotion of Management Education in India. Find out more about AIMS at HYPERLINK "http://www.atma-aims.org/aboutAims.htm"www.atma-aims.org/aboutAims.htm Thanks & regards, Rajneesh Rajpal Country Manager Emerald group publishing Limited --------------------------------------------- 301,Vikas Surya Shopping Mall, Mangalam Place,Sector -3 , Rohini New Delhi -110085 -------------------------------------------- rrajpal(a)emeraldinsight.com www.emeraldinsight.com Mobile no- 91-9810224423 Tel no. -011-27948437-38 ----------------------------------------------------------------- The World's Leading publisher of Library & Information Science, Knowledge Management & Management journals & Databases ----------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/780 - Release Date: 4/29/2007 6:30 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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World Digital Library Project
by K.R. Mulla 07 May '07

07 May '07

Dear Sirs, Madam The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English and non-Western content on the Internet, and to contribute to scholarly research. The Vision Experience the technologies that will put visitors in touch with cultural heritage collections from around the world. The Planning Process Librarian of Congress James H. Billington proposed the establishment of a World Digital Library (WDL) in a speech to the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO in June 2005. The Library of Congress is currently engaged in a planning process to determine how this vision can be realized. Participants in the planning process include national libraries and other libraries and cultural institutions from around the world that have expressed interest in joining the project, as well as UNESCO and IFLA. The planning process is being underwritten by a gift from Google, Inc. http://www.worlddigitallibrary.org/project/english/about/ -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. **************************************************************************** Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/ Skype Me: krmulla ***************************************************************************** -- 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 JUNE 2007
by binu david 07 May '07

07 May '07

Dear All I am preparing for the Library & information Science UGC NET EXAM June 2007. Do any one is aware of any practice CD-ROMS Available for our subject or any other site which publishes previous and sample question papers for the exam. Kindly help Sincerely Binu David -- ______________________________________________ IndiaInfo Mail - the free e-mail service with a difference! www.indiainfo.com Check out our value-added Premium features, such as an extra 20MB for mail storage, POP3, e-mail forwarding, and ads-free mailboxes! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Journal Usage Statistics
by Dr.D.P Prathap 07 May '07

07 May '07

Dear colleagues To get the Journal Usage Statistics, we are planning to paste a Usage Slip on each issue of the Journals, for the users to record whey the refer it. In this connection, kindly provide the following information: 1. items of information to be recorded on the slip 2. where the slip has to be pasted 3. A sample slip (as scanned image), being used in your library Yours sincerely Library Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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model : Writing and Presenting YourThesis or Dissertation
by sri priya 07 May '07

07 May '07

Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation This guide has been created to assist my graduate students in thinking through the many aspects of crafting, implementing and defending a thesis or dissertation. It is my attempt to share some of the many ideas that have surfaced over the past few years that definitely make the task of finishing a graduate degree so much easier. (This Guide is a companion to the Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal.) To know more Visit : http://www.learnerassociates.net/dissthes/ Regards, S.Sripriya --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. -- 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] Training in LIS
by Mailing List Admin 07 May '07

07 May '07

On Fri, 4 May 2007, Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: Dear Ms Vasumathi Sriganesh: Thanks very much for these perceptive and insightful comments. I am overwhelmed with work, meetings and conferences and hence could not reply to anyone who cared to comment on my concerns about training. I fully agree with you that we have very few great librarians. Fortunately, I have had the good fortune of knowing some of them. I also know of some current librarians who are committed and who try hard to excel. But the majority is what I am concerned about. You have mentioned the Knowledge Commission. Please write to Mr Sam Pitroda and suggest that NKC should do something about the dwindling standards in this profession. Best wishes. Arun > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Vasumathi Sriganesh <vasu(a)qmedin.com> > To: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com>; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; naglaxman(a)yahoo.com > Cc: haravu(a)newgenlib.com > Sent: Thursday, 12 April, 2007 12:42:39 PM > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Training in LIS > > Dear Dr. Arunachalam > > You have really touched a very deep chord. We can no longer reject the truth > that we are faced with - however bitter it is. I know I have talked about > all these things to many people on one or more of these lists and definitely > with the individuals cc-ed on this list. I am also aware that there are a > handful of excellent dedicated librarians in India - but the number is > dwindling alarmingly.Also - they are buried deep in their institutions and > do not spread their wings across - mostly because they not permitted to. I > am praying hard that the National Knowledge Commission's findings and > reports may do some resurrection for the profession. > > There are two things about this entire issue: > > 1) There is a "Vicious Circle" that we are talking about. - Poor quality > librarians (being produced in masses) ----> projecting the profession in a > poor light ---> not attracting the kinds of salaries that MBAs / IT > professionals or even next lower levels do ----> and thus no really good > students enter the profession. I mentioned "Circle" and because I am writing > in an email - I had to put down the entire thing in a linear fashion. The > circle obviously has no beginning. One grim reality is - except in rare > situations, the number of librarians who would send their children into this > profession is miniscule. If we ourselves will not - how do we expect good > candidates to come in? Today's scenario is that the average starting salary > for a Fresh MBA from a reputed instn is Rs. 50,000/- and I wonder how many > seniors in the LIS profession, take that much home at the fag end of their > careers (if we leave aside some Corporate librarians) > > 2) Where do we begin? I believe there must be lots of parallel processing. > > a) Strong Foundations - School and college libraries need to be given very > high importance. The focus must be - > i) To inculcate the love of reading and information seeking in children / > teenagers > ii) To sow the seeds of the importance of libraries in their lives > The former will make them good library users AND good educated individuals ; > the latter will make them give the due importance to libraries - whatever > position they may be in.........and importantly if they are in decision > making positions > > b) At a very Massive Level - promote awareness of the importance of the > profession - and make good students take it up. In a country of Dr. SRR, I > think that easily 8-9/10 people to whom I say "I have done Lib & Info Sc" > ask me if it is a Diploma after the 10th or 12th. This is something we need > to be ashamed of. People know about BBA / BMS / BMM etc - courses that are > all just a few years old, but how come they know practically nothing about > Lib & Info Sciences? > > c) While we are getting good students in, we have to parallely ensure that > they have good jobs with good starting salaries, when they graduate. There > has to be some "handshake" between the process of these students getting > trained and organizations taking them in and starting them on doing > something by which they really produce measurable results in at least one > year. Also importantly, Communication and Soft skills simply MUST be > included in the curriculum. > > As I said - fundamentally - all three processes have to go on and then each > feeds into the other. > > Finally - I guess - the real question is "WHO WILL BELL THE CAT"? Take all > this to the major change that we seek? We need a bunch of people who will > work tirelessly towards this - and not give up - and hand over the baton to > the right people as and when required. > > Vasumathi Sriganesh > Director, QMed Services > A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road > Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India > Tel: 91-22-40054474 / 75 Fax: 91-22-40054358 > Indian Medical Sites- www.qmedin.com/medsites > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Subbiah Arunachalam" <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> > To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>; <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com>; > <iatlis-owner(a)yahoogroups.com> > Cc: <haravu(a)newgenlib.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 6:32 PM > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Training in LIS > > >> Friends: >> >> I am concerned about the quality of training we >> provide in our country to would be librarians and >> information scientists. > > > -- > 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 > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! 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Requires - the post - Librarian - in The National Institute of Technology, karnataka..
by sri priya 07 May '07

07 May '07

National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, a premier institute imparting excellent technical education at Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral levels, invites applications from Indian Nationals who are exceptionally bright and motivated with an established record of independent, high quality research and commitment to teaching/ research for faculty positions at level of Professors, Assistant Professors and Lecturers. This is a Standing Advertisement for Faculty. Candidates who meet the requirement may apply anytime during the year. Applications are also invited for administrative posts of Registrar, Librarian, Physical Director, Workshop Superintendent, Medical Officer and Deputy Registrar(Accounts) for direct recruitment / on deputation. More more details Visit :---- http://www.nitk.ac.in/ Source : Deccan Herald - 2/5/07 Regards, S.Sripriya --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interview with Tim Berners-Lee, Business Week, April 2007
by Babita Pattanaik 06 May '07

06 May '07

Dear Professional, Let's watchout, What The inventor of the Web explains--- how the new Semantic Web could have profound effects on the growth of knowledge and innovation. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Q&A with Tim Berners-Lee [Tim Berners-Lee is far from finished with the World Wide Web. Having invented the Web in 1989, he's now working on ways to make it a whole lot smarter. For the last decade or so, as director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Berners-Lee has been working on an effort he's dubbed the "Semantic Web." At the heart of the Semantic Web is technology that makes it easier for people to find and correlate the information they need, whether that data resides on a Web site, in a corporate database, or in desktop software. The Semantic Web, as Berners-Lee envisions it, represents a change so profound that it's not always easy for others to grasp. This isn't the first time he's encountered that problem. "It was really hard explaining the Web before people just got used to it because they didn't even have words like click and jump and page," Berners-Lee says. In a recent conversation with BusinessWeek.com writer Rachael King, Berners-Lee discussed his vision for the Semantic Web and how it can alter the way companies operate. Edited excerpts follow. ] Q: It seems one of the problems the Semantic Web can solve is helping unlock information in various silos, in different software applications, and different places that currently cannot be connected easily. ANS: Exactly. When you use the word "silos," that's the word we hear when somebody in the enterprise talks about the stovepipe problem. Different words for the same problem: that business information inside the company is managed by different sorts of software, and you have to go to a different person and learn a different program to see it. Any enterprise CEO really ought to be able to ask a question that involves connecting data across the organization, be able to run a company effectively, and especially to be able to respond to unexpected events. Most organizations are missing this ability to connect all the data together. Q: Even outside data can be integrated, as I understand it. ANS: Absolutely. Anybody making real decisions uses data from many sources, produced by many sorts of organizations, and we're stymied. We tend to have to use backs of envelopes to do this and people have to put data in spreadsheets, which they painfully prepare. In a way, the Semantic Web is a bit like having all the databases out there as one big database. It's difficult to imagine the power that you're going to have when so many different sorts of data are available. Q: It seems to me that we're overwhelmed with data and this might be a good way to help us find the data we need. ANS: When you can treat something as data, your querying can be much more powerful. Q: In your speech at Princeton last year, you said that maybe you had made a mistake in naming it the Semantic Web. Do you think the name confuses some people? ANS: I don't think it's a very good name but we're stuck with it now. The word semantics is used by different groups to mean different things. But now people understand that the Semantic Web is the Data Web. I think we could have called it the Data Web. It would have been simpler. I got in a lot of trouble for calling the World Wide Web "www" because it was so long and difficult to pronounce. At the end, when people understand what it is, they understand that it connects all applications together or gives them access to data across the company when they see a few general Semantic Web applications. Q: Some of the early work with the Semantic Web seems to have been done by government agencies such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the National Aeronautics & Space Administration. Why do you think the government has been an early adopter of this technology? ANS: I understand that DARPA had its own serious problems with huge amounts of data from all different sources about all sorts of things. So, they saw the Semantic Web rightly as something that was aimed directly at solving the problems they had on a large scale. I know that DARPA then funded some of the early development. Q: You have touched on the idea that the Semantic Web will make it easier to discover cures for diseases. How will it do that? ANS: Well, when a drug company looks at a disease, they take the specific symptoms that are connected with specific proteins inside a human cell which might lead to those symptoms. So the art of finding the drug is to find the chemical that will interfere with the bad things happening and encourage the good things happening inside the cell, which involves understanding the genetics and all the connections between the proteins and the symptoms of the disease. It also requires looking at all the other connections, whether there are federal regulations about the use of the protein and how it's been used before. We've got government regulatory information, clinical trial data, the genomics data, and the proteomics data that are all in different departments and different pieces of software. A scientist who is going through that creative process of brainstorming to find something that could possibly solve the disease has to somehow keep everything in their head at the same time or be able to explore all these different axes in a connected way. The Semantic Web is a technology designed to specifically do thatto open up the boundaries between the silos, to allow scientists to explore hypotheses, to look at how things connect in new combinations that have never before been dreamt of. Q: The Semantic Web makes it so much easier to find and correlate information about nearly anything, including people. What happens if that information gets into the wrong hands? Is there anything that can be done to safeguard privacy? ANS: Here at [MIT], we are doing research and building systems that are aware of the social issues. They are aware of privacy constraints, of the appropriate uses of information. We think it's important to build systems that help you do the right thing, but also we're building systems that, when they take data from many, many sources and combine it and allow you to come to a conclusion, are transparent in the sense that you can ask them what they based their decision on and they can go back and you can check if these are things that are appropriate to use and that you feel are trustworthy. Q: Developing Semantic Web standards has taken years. Has it taken a long time because the Semantic Web is so complex? ANS: The Semantic Web isn't inherently complex. The Semantic Web language, at its heart, is very, very simple. It's just about the relationships between things. Ms Babita Pattanaik (lecturer) North Orissa Univerisity Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NACLIN 2007 from November 20-23, 2007 at New Delhi
by Sangeeta Kaul 05 May '07

05 May '07

Please kindly write to us if you would like to get a formal letter of invitation to participate in NACLIN 2007 =========================================================================== Tenth National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking NACLIN 2007 November 20-23, 2007 Organized by DELNET- Developing Library Network Venue : India International Centre, 40 Lodi Estate, New Delhi-110003 Theme : Libraries without boundaries : Reaching the Unreachable in Knowledge Era Libraries without Boundaries : Reaching the Unreachable in Knowledge Era The enormous growth in the ICT has made the World as Global village and there is an apparent death of distance. The convergence of the computing and communications has also brought a radical change in the way libraries and information centres have been im parting information to the users. There is a paradigm shift from the information based services to the Knowledge based services as Knowledge is considered as a most powerful fact in the development of an economy of a nation and is the fourth wave experien ced by the human lives. In these changing scenarios, the libraries have to take a proactive approach and to work for this tectonic change that the Knowledge Society will encompass in its domain. The library professionals can no longer keep themselves in t he insulated state away from the challenges which needs to be addressed by them. The Government of India has constituted under the National Knowledge Commission a special group on Libraries and Informatics and has proposed a! knowledge based society and the emergence of libraries and network centres as one of the contributing entities for developing a knowledge based society. There is a greater need to provide the citizen focused services and the library services must focus on the common man and we must ensure that the libraries are able to bridge up the gap between the two tiered society of �Knowledge haves� and �knowledge have-nots� It is with this concern that the National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2007) being organized by DELNET at New Delhi in November 2007 to debate various issues on the subject. NACLIN was conceived in the year 1998 and since then Nine National Conventions have been organized in different parts of the country in collaboration with the institutions of great repute. DELNET is celebrating the 10th NACLIN event by hosting it themselv es at New Delhi. DELNET - Developing Library Network DELNET is a major resource-sharing library network in South Asia which covers a wide spectrum of member-libraries and their resources connecting more than 1070 libraries in thirty states in India and six overseas countries. Started in 1988 at the India In ternational Centre in New Delhi it was registered as a society in 1992. Delnet is committed to pool the information about resources scattered in the libraries in the country and consolidate information through union catalogues, union lists and other data bases. This is being done to satisfy the major information requirements of students, researchers, scholars and the public in the country. DELNET is extensively providing Interlibrary Loan facilities to its member libraries in and outside the country and is one of the most widely used and popular services of DELNET. DELNET databases has crossed more than six million records. DELNET has shifted to its newly constructed building in JNU Campus in October 2005. More information ! about DELNET can be obtained at www.delnet.nic.in About the Venue India International Centre more commonly being known as IIC is the Intellectual hub of India. It is located on the outer periphery of the famous Lodi Gardens. Accommodation Accommodation can be arranged to the participants in the Institutional Guest Houses in Delhi furnished with minimum amenities on first come first served basis. Besides, accommodation (Sharing) in the hotels would also be arranged to the participants on re quest and confirmation. Delegates may indicate the request for accommodation in the registration form. Climate The climate in the month of November is pleasant ranging from 15 to 20 degrees. The temperature will be pleasant and evenings will be cool. Return Reservation All the participants are advised to make their reservations on their own in advance to avoid last minute inconvenience. Sightseeing Visits to some of the tourist places in Delhi/Agra will be arranged separately on November 24, 2007 (Saturday) at an extra cost based on the distance and duration of the trip and also the number of delegates. Those interested may kindly write to us separa tely. See more details at www.delnet.nic.in NACLIN 2007 The national convention is scheduled for four days. The first two days are exclusively designed for conducting tutorials by experts on the following topics: RFID Technology in Libraries Open Source Library Management Software The next two days will focus on the theme of the National Convention: Libraries without Boundaries : Reaching the Unreachable in Knowledge Era. The theme is divided into several sub-themes as detailed below: Sub theme 1 : Knowledge Society ? Community based Information Systems ? Knowledge Centres ? Delivery of Services ? Knowledge Based Systems : Case Studies ? E-Governance ? Training of Public in the Use of ICT based resources ? Community Participation Patterns Sub theme 2 : ICT Implementation ? Knowledge Tools/Technology ? Development of Knowledge Portals ? Delivery Mechanisms ? Knowledge Harvesting ? Knowledge Warehouses ? Knowledge Cultivation ? Access Mechanisms Sub theme 3 : Knowledge Resources ? Knowledge Portals ? Digital Libraries ? E-journals ? Creation of Content in Local Languages ? Knowledge Sharing ? Knowledge Networks ? Traditional Knowledge Sub theme 4 : LIS Education, Training & Research ? Skills and Competency Development ? Evaluation of Existing Teaching Facilities : Case Studies ? Continuing Education ? E-learning ? Training Centres ? Status of Research Activities in LIS ? Roadmap for LIS Education and Research Submission of Papers Participants are welcome to contribute papers for presentation at the National Convention on the above sub-themes and related themes. The Papers should be based on research surveys, case studies or action plans rather than theoretical explanations. Paper s should reach The Director, DELNET, JNU Campus, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070 on or before September 30,2007. They should be submitted on A4 size paper along with an electronic copy or sent through E-mail. It must be enclosed with t he details of the author i.e. name of the author, designation, title of the article, abstract, name of the affiliating Institution, Mailing address, telephone number, fax number and E-mail address. The contributors will be communicated about the acceptanc e of the paper by Director, DELNET to enable them to present their papers. Please ensure that the paper submitted should not have already been published elsewhere. The editors will have the right to edit the papers before ac! ceptance is communicated. ADDRESS FOR THE COMMUNICATION Registration/Accommodation Submission of Papers Sangeeta Kaul Dr. H K Kaul Organizing Secretary, NACLIN 2007 Director Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj Vasant Kunj New Delhi - 110070 New Delhi-110070 Tel.: 91-11-32471001, 32471010 Tel: 91-11-32471001, 32471010 Fax: 91-11-32471009 Mobile : 9810329992 Mobile�: 9891016667 Email:sangs@delnet.ren.nic.in Email:hkkaul@delnet.ren.nic.in naclin2007(a)yahoo.co.in hkkaul(a)gmail.com NACLIN 2007 Tenth NATIONAL CONVENTION ON KNOWLEDGE, LIBRARY AND INFORMATION NETWORKING Libraries without boundaries : Reaching the Unreachable in Knowledge Era November 20-23, 2007 Venue: India International Centre, New Delhi REGISTRATION FORM Name (in block letters): Dr./Mr./Ms./Mrs./Prof ................... Designation:......................................................... Organisation: ...................................................... Address:.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... PIN ..........State .............. Country ....... Phone: STD Code...... Office.........Res ............ Mobile ........ Email:..........................................Fax: ................ Accompanying Person(s) : .......... Accommodation required: Yes/No ....... If yes, please mention the dates from ................... to ........ Travel Schedule: Date Time Mode(Train name/Flt details) Arrival Departure Payment details : I am enclosing Demand Draft No .........dated...... for Rs. ....... drawn on ............................ towards participation fee/ and accommodation charges for five days stay in the guest hosue. ( Please pay only the Registration fe e if you do not want the guest house facilities). Place: Date: Signature:............. REGISTRATION FEES (comprising of pre-conference Tutorials and Convention) Delegates from India/SAARC Countries DELNET member Libraries : Rs 2500 per delegate DELNET Non-members : Rs 3500 per delegate LIS Professionals from Delhi and NCR Region : Rs 2500 per delegate Delegates from Non-SAARC Countries : US $ 150 per delegate Please note : Additional delegate from the same organization will be provided 25% discount. Accompanying Person (non LIS professional, family member) : Rs 1000 per person for attending the Convention, Accommodation charges will be extra. Accommodation charges : Rs 1500 per delegate On-the-spot Registration is also available The filled-in registration forms and the payment should be sent to : Ms Sangeeta Kaul, Organizing Secretary, NACLIN 2007 Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070 Payment Details : The payment should be sent through a demand draft to be made in favour of �DELNET� and payable at New Delhi. The Institutions in Delhi, NCR can make the payments through cheque also. Dates to Remember Last Date for Registration November 15, 2007 Last Date for Submission of Papers September 30, 2007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SCHEME FOR IGNOU-DEC RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS (RTA)
by Puna Das 04 May '07

04 May '07

SCHEME FOR IGNOU-DEC RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS (RTA) Objective The objective of the scheme is to attract the best talents in to teaching-cum-research in the areas of Open and Distance Learning/Teaching and Research in discipline-based as well as general Open and Distance Learning pedagogy. This will provide opportunities to the researchers to undertake advanced studies and research and teaching in the field of Open and Distance Learning. The candidate will register for Ph. D. under the rules of the University. Eligibility Consistently top academic records from School to P.G. Level with minimum 55% marks or an equivalent grade B+ in a seven point scale in Master’s degree (50 per cent marks or an equivalent grade in case of SC/ST/PH category). The age limit will be 25 years as on 1st July of the year of Award, relaxable by 5 years for women candidates and SC/ST/PH. Duration The tenure of the RTA will be initially for three years. Upon expiry of this period, the work of the Research & Teaching Assistant (RTA) will be evaluated by experts. If the research work is found satisfactory, his/her tenure will be extended for a further period of two years under the enhanced emoluments of the Senior Research and Teaching Assistantship. Thus, the total period of Research & Teaching Assistantship (RTA and SRTA) will be five years, with no further provision of extension. Financial assistance The value of Research & Teaching Assistantship shall be Rs. 10,000/- + HRA per month for the first three years with an annual contingent grant of Rs. 20,000/-. At the end of three years, the work done by the Research & Teaching Assistant (RTA) will be assessed in a manner as prescribed by the Research Council. The Research & Teaching Assistantship for the fourth and subsequent year will be Rs. 12,000/- p.m. + HRA. There will be no change in the amount of contingent grant and it will remain at the same level as in the first three years. An amount of Rs. 5,000/- per Research and Teaching Assistant (RTA) per year will be paid as overhead charges by the University to the School/Division/Centre/SOUs/CCIs/ DEIs/institutions where the Research and Teaching Assistant (RTA) will be working for providing infrastructural facilities to the Research & Teaching Assistant (RTA). Terms and Conditions (a) The Research & Teaching Assistantship will be tenable at Schools and Divisions in the Headquarters/Regional Centres of the University/ SOUs/ CCIs/ DEIs/any other institution recognized by the University. (b) The Research & Teaching Assistant (RTA) will do whole time research work under the approved guide in a subject selected by him/her and approved by the Research Council. (c) The candidate under the Research & Teaching Assistantship (RTA) scheme has to assist in the teaching/course preparation/design in the concerned School/Division/Institution for a minimum of 5 hours per week along with full time research. (d) The Research & Teaching Assistant (RTA) shall present to the University, through his/her supervisor, half yearly report on the progress of his/her work and the University/Institution will maintain a record of progress done by the Research & Teaching Assistant (RTA) by obtaining the same for every six months during the tenure, of the Research & Teaching Assistantship. (e) If a Research & Teaching Assistant (RTA) wishes to relinquish the Research & Teaching Assistantship during the tenure it should be done with the prior approval of the University. (f) The Research & Teaching Assistant (RTA) shall not accept or hold any appointment paid or otherwise or receive any emoluments, salary, stipend etc. from any other source during the tenure of the award. For More Details See: www.ignou.ac.in/adv/admission_ann.htm Application Form: www.ignou.ac.in/adv/RTA/Form%20RTA-Computer%20Div.doc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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An innovative approach to managing Library
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 04 May '07

04 May '07

Dear Friends Please see the following announcement. We have started a small library for members and others of our society. It is library meant for senior citizens -- books of interest for this age group are specially collected. Our library is co-located in the premises of an already established successfully running subscription library called ARESS Book Club. The collections are maintained in two separate sequences. Maintenace and circulation done by ARESS staff. Clientelete of both libraries stand to gain by a larger collection of books to choose. Both libraries gain by virtue of increased customers. Separate accounts are kept. === Here is the announcement about it ============ Society for Serving Seniors SSS LIBRARY 2nd May 2007 We are happy to announce the starting of Library Services. This is the first time that two libraries under different managements are co-located in the same premises for the mutual benefit of all concerned. Location: The Library is co-located at the premises of ARESS Library. ARESS library is a not for profit circulating library managed by ARESS Group at Plot Number 6, Sitaramnagar, near Diamond Point Sikh Village, Secunderabad 500009 Contact: Ms Radha Devi, ARESS Book Club Phone: 65648869. Or Dr P Vyasamoorthy, President, SSS, 27846631. Timings: 8.30 am to 8.30 pm. Collection: Fiction, Personality development, Health & Medicine, Religion Spirituality, yoga, investment, law & general books. Emphasis will be on books of interest to senior citizens. A list of books is available in the premises for consultation. Most of the books are obtained through donation from members and other individuals. ARESS library has its own rich collection of over a thousand books in Telugu & English, borrow-able upon payment of a "lending-fee". Terms and Conditions: 1. SSS Members Associate Members of SSS can borrow books after payment of a refundable caution deposit of Rs 250/-. Books from SSS Collection will be lent without any lending-fee. Books have to be returned within one month of issue. Books damaged or lost will have to be compensated – by replacement of a copy or by payment of 50% of the price of the book. The value of the book, as determined by Library in charge will be final for this purpose. If SSS member wants to borrow ARESS books he has to pay lending-fee and abide by other terms and conditions, if any. No fresh deposit is needed. 2. ARESS Members ARESS members may borrow SSS books upon payment of lending-fee. ARESS members are encouraged to become Associate Members of SSS – Details enquire at the library counter. We are grateful to several donors like Sri Badrinarayanan, Sri Rajendra Rao, Prof Viruru Subba Rao, Sri Pappu and last but not the least to Ms Radha Devi for book donations through her. Further Donations of Books are welcome. Suggestions for improvement of Library services are welcome. =============== end of announcement ====== Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 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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Govt will have a say in MPhil, PhD progs??? TOI 4/05/07 Mumbai edition
by A. B. NAIKAL 04 May '07

04 May '07

Govt will have a say in MPhil, PhD progs TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mumbai: In a move that has been panned by academicians, the state has asked colleges wanting to offer MPhil and PhD to get a clearance from the government. This will be in addition to the universitys approval process. At present, colleges across Maharashtra are required to apply to the university they are affiliated to if they want to offer these programmes. The varsity, in turn, appoints a local inspection committee, which visits the institution to check whether the required facilities and faculty are available. The state government has no role in this process. As per the new rule, the state government will have a say in accepting or rejecting applications from colleges to offer MPhil and PhD. Principal secretary (higher and technical education) Joyce Shankaran said that with the University Grants Commission (UGC) permitting MPhil degree holders to enter the teaching profession without appearing for the National Eligibility Test (NET) or State Eligibility Test, several students have enrolled for MPhil and PhD. This has prompted the state to step in as it wants to monitor quality standards. Shankaran said the directors (higher education) office will have to be kept in the loop on the approval process. The UGC recently made changes in the eligibility criteria for college/varsity lectureship following the recommendation of the Mungekar Committee, which was set up to review utility, effectiveness and continuity of the NET. Acting on the interim report of the committee, the UGC announced that MPhil and PhD candidates would be exempted from taking the NET. While MPhil candidates will be eligible for teaching at the undergraduate level, PhD fellows will be eligible for postgraduate teaching. However, academicians view this move as government interference. The principal of a well-known college said the state was trying to make money as MPhil and PhD courses were becoming popular. Now, we will have to grease the palms of clerks in Mantralaya to get approvals. When academicians and experts of a university conduct checks on our campus and faculty, why does the government want second-level checks? asked a senior guide in the Pune university. Best regards Naikal __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Japanese man on one-man mission to distribute books by bicycle
by madhuresh.singhal 04 May '07

04 May '07

You might be interested to read this recent news appeared in Monsters and Critics. I am copying below the news item, which is taken from its website http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/article_1298616.php/ Japanese_man_on_one-man_mission_to_distribute_books_by_bicycle Japanese man on one-man mission to distribute books by bicycle May 1, 2007, 6:19 GMT Tokyo - Kazuhiro Doi is on a one-man mission to change the world by pulling a mobile library on a bicycle around Japan. For more than two years, the 28-year-old has been distributing books on the environment, civil disputes and other social issues on a custom-made bicycle with a waterwheel-shaped bookshelf across his native Japan, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reported Tuesday. Doi left his home in the central prefecture of Aichi in January, 2005, initially to ask libraries around the country to carry a book published by a non-profit organization Think the Earth. The book documents the gravity of environmental destruction with about 100 photographs, including those of a mountain of industrial waste, children injured in a chemical factory accident in India and penguins covered with crude oil. When Doi first flipped through the pages, he was shocked and moved. 'I was slapped by what careless deeds human beings have imposed on Earth,' Doi told the newspaper. After spending sleepless nights contemplating what he could do, Doi quit his full-time job and began a bicycle journey to Japan's libraries, but not all libraries have been supportive of Doi's insistence that they carry the photo book. He then decided he had to be the library himself. After modifying his bicycle and building his waterwheel bookshelf, Doi began cycling with a library of about 20 books and giving them away to passersby who show interest in his mission. It's a library, but the users need not return the books. Doi said that instead, he hopes the books circulate among friends and in communities so many readers could learn about what is going on in the rest of the world. Another project he has devised during his travels is to establish book centres. Doi has been leaving a few books at restaurants, community centres and other social venues if the owners make environmentally friendly changes. An owner of a ramen noodle joint, for instance, agreed to use reuseable chopsticks rather than disposable ones, Doi said on a radio talk show. After news of his mission began spreading, Doi has been treated to meals or provided accommodation, but he also lands short-term, part-time jobs to buy food and books to distribute. Doi has so far visited about 1,200 libraries in 13 of Japan's 47 prefectures. By the time he turns 30, Doi said he hopes to have dropped by all the libraries in the country. Regards Madhuresh Singhal Assoc. Res. Scientist - Inf. Sc. Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959; Mobile 098861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ ************************************************************************************************ This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New Websites
by Thapar, Amit 04 May '07

04 May '07

How To Conduct a Job Interview http://www.bnet.com/2403-13056_23-52947.html Advice on how to get the most mileage out of a short interview to get a strong sense of how a job candidate will fit with your organization's needs Visuwords online graphical dictionary http://www.visuwords.com/ This is fascinating, a kind of visual thesaurus. Type in a word and an animation displays a mouseover definition and a kind of neural network of associations and related concepts. "Book," for example, is part of a conceptual universe including account books and ledgers, notebooks, sketch books, coffee table books, paperbacks, holy books, etc. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Require a librarian
by usha alagappan 03 May '07

03 May '07

Please post the following message on the forum: Virgin Animations Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore urgently requires a librarian. Fresher / Retired Librarians can also apply. Interested candidates can send their Resumes to kannan.gsa(a)gmail.com or mail to the following address: The Head of Operations Virgin Animations Pvt. Ltd 16 Houdin Road Ulsoor Bangalore 560 042 Thanks Usha Alagappan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free web address
by K.R. Mulla 03 May '07

03 May '07

Dear friends, Shorten a long Web address Use DigBig to shorten a long *work-related* Web address (URL). DigBig is free to use. Tray it free: http://www.digbig.com/ -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. **************************************************************************** Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/ Skype Me: krmulla ***************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Advanced Workshop on ISIS for Windows (WINISIS) at Thapar University, Patiala - Call for Participation
by Puna Das 03 May '07

03 May '07

Advanced Workshop on ISIS for Windows (WINISIS) Workshop Dates: May 14-18, 2006 Place: Thapar University, Patiala (Formerly Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology) (www.tiet.ac.in) Supported by UNESCO, New Delhi (www.unesco.org/newdelhi) ISIS for Windows (WINISIS) and its predecessor CDS-ISIS have played an important role in automation of library operations in developing countries like India. ISIS has become a preferred first tool for library automation for its easy-to-use features, convenient availability, negligible cost of implementation, continuous development & support from UNESCO and a large user community. Recent developments in WINISIS such as web based enabled interface, handling of digital documents etc have made it a potential tool for development and management of digital libraries. Due to fast expansion of higher education in India in the recent years, a large number of new and established institutions are embarking upon implementation of ICT for provision of library and information services. There is also increasing interest among information professionals to use open source information processing tools WINSIS, Greenstone, DSpace, EPrint, etc. However, limited training opportunities are an impediment to spread of these tools. This 5-day Workshop at Thapar University is an attempt to fulfill this need of Library and Information community, which is being organized in collaboration with Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Government of India and the UNESCO, New Delhi from May 14 to May 18, 2007. Objectives To equip existing and potential user of WINSIS in using advance features of the software, such as hyper-link, and web interface etc. Methodology The Workshop will cover all aspects of WINISIS, however special emphasis will be provided to advance features such as use of web tools like GENISIS, management of full text documents using linking features, use of WINISIS for automation of libraries, and exchange and conversion of WINISIS data to other tools such as Greenstone and vice versa. The format of the workshop has been designed to offer a flexible learning environment that will include lecture demonstration, group activities, visits /access to the library databases for live demonstration and extensive practical training. WINISIS and other supporting products will be given away courtesy DSIR to each participant. Target Audience & Expected Outcomes Practicing or trained- to- be library and information professionals in academic, research and other organizations which are embarking upon library automation and digitization projects. The workshop will be particularly useful for college and polytechnic librarians looking for easy-to-implement out-of-box solutions. Staff working in the small institutions without any formal training in librarianship may also register. Some exposure to computers is a pre-requisite. Knowledge or familiarity with CDS ISIS, though not compulsory, will be helpful. After attending the workshop the participants would be able to install WINISIS and its web application tools such as GENISIS and create and manage databases and its search interfaces. Venue The Workshop will be held at the Central Library of Thapar University, which offers air-conditioned state-of-art training facilities. The facility is equipped with latest computers in wired as well as wireless network Windows and Linux based environments. Registration Participation in this workshop is limited to the registered Indian users of CDS/ISIS, a database maintained by the DSIR. Seat is available on first-come-first serve basis. The participants should be nominated officially. However, non-registered users of CDS/ISIS can submit their nominations for wait-list. The interested applicants should complete the application form included in this brochure and send the same to the Workshop Coordinator at the following address by the due date, along with participation fee of Rs. 200 per person. Participants will have to bear cost of their travel and accommodation. For outstation participants limited air-conditioned / non air-conditioned shared accommodation is available within the campus, priced from Rs. 50 to Rs 100 per day. Single/double rooms are can also be arranged in the University Guest House and nearby hotels from Rs. 300 to Rs. 700 per day. Accommodation can be reserved by indicating your preference in the Registration Form and sending an advance payment of Rs. 500/- which will be adjusted with the final bill. Contact Address : University Librarian Thapar University, Patiala PO BOX 32, Patiala 147001 Email: winisis(a)tiet.ac.in Fax: +91-175-2364012, 2365522 Phone: 0175-2393040, 2393141 Mob: 09417523311 Last date for registration: May 5, 2007 Advance copy of registration forms can be sent by fax/email. Workshop Brochure & Registration Form can be had from http://dspace.tiet.ac.in:8080/dspace/handle/123456789/180 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Send a FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger. 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One Day Seminar on LIS
by ACHAR S 03 May '07

03 May '07

One Day Seminar on Library & Information Science special reference to M.Phil./Ph.D. Students; Date:26th May 2007 at M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Management in Collaboration with Digital Information Research Foundation, Chennai. Papers are invited for presentation on research in LIS on or before 15 May 2007. Registration Fee:Rs.500/- Last Date to send the papers:15 May 2007 Contact persons:Janardhan Rao at jraoan(a)gmail.com; msrimjrao(a)yahoo.com or at ph:09880021875 & Vasanthkumar at nvasanth74(a)gmail.com Venue:MS Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr.Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award - For the year 2007 - Announcement
by Arunachalam Hariharan 03 May '07

03 May '07

Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) B2-Solai Apartments, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Chennai 600 089 Tel: 044-2252 2448/42014772 E-mail: salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award For the year 2007 About the Award: SALIS has instituted a national level award called Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award , sponsored by Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Objecive of the Award: The main aim of the award is to identify a professional every year who contributes more to our profession and recognize him/her every year. Eligibility Criteria: 1. Applicant/Nominee should be a citizen of India and his/her conduct must be good. 2. The applicant should be a working library professional who holds at least Bachelors degree in library science or its equivalent. 3. Interested professionals should apply in the prescribed application form only 4. Nomination can be self or by a responsible library professional 5. Give full details for each category and attach support documents for verification. 6. Enclose separate sheets wherever necessary to give details 7. Applications without full details and support documents will be rejected 8. The application form can be obtained from SALIS office by sending e-mail to salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in or downloaded from SALIS website http://autolib-india.net/salis 9. Filled application should reach the office on or before 30.6.2007 10. The application will be evaluated by a panelist consisting of senior professionals in the country 11. Award Committee has the right to post-pone or cancel the award for any unavoidable reason. 12. All correspondence should be addressed to the Convener, SALIS Award Committee, SALIS, B2-Solai Apartments, Opp. to MGR Garden, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Chennai 600 089. Any enquires about the award may be sent to the Convener at salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in Other Information 1. The award may be presented to the awardee 10th Aug 2007 at the inaugural function of SALIS 2007 National Conference at Anna University, Chennai 2. A silver shield and a Citation will be awarded. 3. TA (IIIrd AC) by shortest route from the Residence to Chennai ( TO and FRO) will be given to the awardee 4. Local hospitality, accommodation, etc will be taken care Application Form (Give full details for each category and attach support documents wherever necessary for verification. Application without full details will be rejected) 1. Personal Data ? Name : Mr. / Ms./Dr. ________________________________________ ? Date of Birth : Age: ? Contact Address : ? E-mail : Tel (Off): Res: ? Years of Experience: 2. Qualification(s) ? Educational ? Professional ? Any other 3. Employment Details (Start with Current) Designation Organisation Pay Period Nature of Duties Major achievements From To 4. Innovative Service(s) introduced(give details) Service / Methods / Scheme a. b. c. 5. Publications (Give full details) ? Articles published in International Journals ? Articles published in National Journals ? Books Published : ? Books Edited : ? Book Reviewed : 6. Paper Presentation in Seminars/Conferences: Papers presented in International Conferences / Seminars : Papers presented in National Conferences / Seminars : 7. Conference / Seminars / Courses Attended (Give details) i). International ii). National 8. Conference / Seminar s / Courses organized / conducted (Give details) 9. Invited Lectures delivered (in conferences / seminars / courses) (Give details) i). International ii). National 10. Membership details: Member of (Give details) ? Name of the Journal - Editorial Board of a Journal ? Name of a committee ? Name of the Professional bodies and the position held ? Any other 11. Research Guidance at various levels (Give details) a. Master b. M.Phil c. Ph.D 12. Project(s) Undertaken and completed(give details) 13. Award / Medal / Citation / Honor / Fellowship Received (Give details) 14. Professional Activities in the capacity of (Give name of the professional body, period and position) ? Member of Professional bodies ? Office-bearer of Professional body 15. Country (ries) visited in official capacity and purpose thereof (give details) 16. Contribution to the profession apart from the above (give details) 17. Please give your self-assessment as to why you may be selected for this award (100 words) 18. Enclose two References (along with details of name, designation, complete address, E-mail and Telephone Number of the referees) who are holding the responsible positions. Among them, one should be the head of the institution/head of the department of the organization where the applicant is working. 19. Any other details to be considered Declaration: Information given above are correct and true to the best of my knowledge. Date: Signature of the Applicant Place: Recommendation: 1. I hereby recommend Mr./Ms./Dr.___________________________________ for the above award. 1. Name 2. Designation 3. Institution 4. Address 5. Email 6. Contact .No. Date Signature 2. I hereby recommend Mr./Ms./Dr.___________________________________ for the above award. 1. Name 2. Designation 3. Institution 4. Address 5. Email 6. Contact No. Date Signature About Dr.Harish Chandra -------------------------- Dr.Harish Chandra is currently working as Librarian of IIT, Madras. Prior to this, he has also worked in IIT, Delhi, GSI and IIFT. He underwent training in Library Automation and Digital Library at University of Cambridge, UK and Tilburg University, Netherlands respectively. His major contributions are in the areas of New Library Building Planning, ISO-9001 application in the Library, Digital Library Initiative, Web based library and information services, etc. Dr.Chandra is a member of Senate, IIT since 1995, a member of Task Force for Higher Education Library System, MHRD. He is also a member in the editorial board of various journals including OCLC Systems and Services. He is also a member of many professional bodies. Dr.Chandra has over 60 publications to his credit and completed various projects and consultancy assignments. He has organized several national and international conferences. He has received several awards, chaired number of technical sessions and delivered number of invited lectures. He has visited more than 12 countries and received several awards. He has also received many awards including SALIS Life Time Achievement Award More information about Dr. Harish Chandra is available at http://harishchandra.net/ Previous Year Award winners: 1. Dr. T.A.V. Murthy, Director, INFLIBNET for the year 2004 2. Prof. (Dr.) M.Suriya, HOD, Dept of Library & Information Science & Librarian, Annamalai University for the year 2005 3. Dr. P.V. Konnur, University Librarian, Bangalore University, Bangalore - for the year 2006 ------------------------------------------ A.Hariharan SALIS __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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33 Reasons Why Libraries and Librarians are Still Extremely Important
by kiran＠cseindia.org 03 May '07

03 May '07

This article will definitely interest members of LIS fourm.It is available at http://www.degreetutor.com/library/adult-continued-education/librarians-nee… An article by Will Sherman, in DegreeTutor. 33 Reasons Why Libraries and Librarians are Still Extremely Important http://www.degreetutor.com/library/adult-continued-education/librarians-nee… An article by Will Sherman, in DegreeTutor. Many predict that the digital age will wipe public bookshelves clean, and permanently end the centuries-old era of libraries. Technologys baffling prowess and progress even has one librarian predicting the institutions demise. He could be right. But if he is, then the loss will be irreplaceable. As libraries relevance comes into question, they face an existential crisis at a time they are perhaps needed the most. Despite their perceived obsoleteness in the digital age both libraries and librarians are irreplaceable for many reasons. 33, in fact. They are listed at http://www.degreetutor.com/library/adult- continued-education/librarians-needed Regards. Kiran Pandey Coordinator-Environment Resources Unit Centre for Science and Environment 41, Tughlaqabad Institutional Area New Delhi-110062 Ms. Kiran Pandey **************************************************************** CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT ( CSE ) 41, TUGHLAKABAD INSTITUTIONAL AREA, NEW DELHI- 110 062 TELE: 29955124 29956110, 29956394,29956399 FAX : 91-11-29955879 VISIT US AT: http://www.cseindia.org Email: kiran(a)cseindia.org ext:233 **************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The information-related Librarian job vacancies UK
by K.R. Mulla 03 May '07

03 May '07

Dear Friends, The information-related Librarian job vacancies. The Jinfo Newsletter now features a CV Makeover, in which a job seeker's CV is critiqued and revised by specialists in the field as well as career tips for all experience levels. Read the latest edition and subscribe free at <http://www.jinfo.com/newsletter/>. -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. **************************************************************************** Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/ Skype Me: krmulla ***************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian: Career Information
by K.R. Mulla 03 May '07

03 May '07

Dear Friends Employment of librarians is expected to grow more slowly than the average for all occupations through 2014 http://careerplanning.about.com/cs/occupations/p/librarian.htm?terms=librar… -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. **************************************************************************** Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/ Skype Me: krmulla ***************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar on Future of e-Access & Grand Finale, 3rd May, Bangalore
by Angrosh 01 May '07

01 May '07

Seminar on Future of eAccess and InfoQuiz Grand Finale May 3rd, 2007, Bangalore Speakers: Mr. Ajit Balakrishan, Founder and CEO Rediff.Com Dr. Prasad Ram , Engineering Director and Centre Head, Google India Mr. Deependra Moitra, Management Consultant, Bangalore InfoQuiz 2007- Grand Finale Six finalists will battle it out for the cash prize and trophy. * Cash prize of INR 40,000 for the winners and INR 10,000 for the runners up sponsored by Rediff.Com * Trophy by Informatics India Venue: KSCA, P2 hall (Chinnaswamy Stadium), MG Road, Bangalore Time: 10.00 AM 1.30 PM Lunch: 1.30 PM 2.30 PM For more details and to register for the seminar and quiz www.isim.ac.in Please register and participate All are cordially invited Enquiries: Angrosh: 9886970411 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Source Bibliography software
by Mailing List Admin 01 May '07

01 May '07

Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 16:40:14 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Dear All, Could you please any one guide me to get the Open source bibliography software for windows version. If any one have the said software, kindly do a favour buy sending the software as an attachment. With advance thanks, Nihar K Patra Assistant Librarian (In charge of IT infrastructure) XLRI, P.B. 222, C.H Area (East) Jamshedpur - 831001

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Internet Resources Newsletter: May issue
by Mailing List Admin 01 May '07

01 May '07

Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 10:56:58 +0100 From: "MacLeod, Roderick A" <R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk> ____________________________________________ Internet Resources Newsletter ____________________________________________ The latest edition of the FREE monthly newsletter for academics, students and researchers is now available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn150/irn150.html <http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn150/irn150.html> No subscription or registration is needed to access this free, full text Newsletter at the above site. You can also subscribe to the free, full text email version at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html <http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html> An RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed for the Newsletter is available: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss <http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss> Featured in this issue: Comment Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS Random quotes If you only read one thing this month, read... News items of interest A-Z New & Notable Web Sites: About 100 new and notable good quality websites: new services, ejournals, directories, search engines, publishers, government sites, etexts, booksellers, portals, calls for papers, software, news services, conferences, research groups, etc, etc. Nice Web Site(s): Scribd, and The Depot Blogorama News of Blogs, RSS, etc Selected interesting Blogs and RSS feeds Press Releases Funding worth more than �15m announced Get a life! Leisure Time After hours Published by Heriot-Watt University Library, and edited by Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk) Catherine Ure and Marion Kennedy

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NCERT Books Available Online Freely
by madhuresh.singhal 01 May '07

01 May '07

Dear All, NCERT has made available all text books for class I to XII in digital form. Now it is available for everyone to download/read online in PDF. You may follow NCERT website http://www.ncert.nic.in or more specifically http://www.ncert.nic.in/textbooks/testing/Index.htm "NCERT has initiated the step towards making school textbooks available on the Internet for students and teachers. We hope through this endeavour a variety of pedagogical possibilities would open up for students and teachers throughout the country. We also hope that this effort will lead to a situation where teachers begin to adopt a more modular approach, rather than a sequential approach to teaching and learning, through access to a variety of teaching and reference material. New Textbooks are based on National Curriculum Framework 2005." NCERT books are of high standards and are considered useful for writing various competitive exams. Regards Madhuresh Singhal Assoc. Res. Scientist - Inf. Sc. Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959; Mobile 098861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ ************************************************************************************************ This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Digital Library Summer School, 27 - 31 August 2007, The Netherlands]
by Mailing List Admin 01 May '07

01 May '07

Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:08:42 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> For detailed info, visit http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/services/lis/ticer/07carte/index.html > *Digital Libraries Ã la Carte* > > * * > > *Modular, International Digital Library Course* > > *Tilburg** University, The Netherlands, 27-31 August 2007* > > > The International Ticer School (known for its former International > Summer School on the Digital Library) offers a new, modular course for > librarians and publishers: "Digital Libraries Ã la Carte". The course > will be held at Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 27-31 August 2007. > > From its âmenuâ of _six one-day modules_, you can pick your choice: > > * Module 1: Strategic Developments and Library > Management > * Module 2: Technological Developments: Threats > and Opportunities > for Libraries > * Module 3: Hands-on: Open Source Software for > Libraries and XML > * Module 4a: Libraries Supporting Research and > Open Access > * Module 4b: Hands-on: Library 2.0 Technologies > to Reach out to the > Customer > * Module 5: Libraries Supporting Teaching and > Learning >

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MLAI membership rejection - Further Clarification and Thanks for Moral Support.
by Sukhdev Singh 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Dear Friends, I thank all of you for showing solidarity with me in relation to my "Medical Library Association of India" (MLAI) membership rejection. I am really indebted for the moral support that I got from you all. However, I also got few emails suggesting that there could be some administrative mistake at MLAI office. And thus I should check up with MLAI office. I therefore would like to clarify my perception about this whole issue. Otherwise few of you would take it just an instance of minor lapse on part of MLAI. The following paragraph would clarify that it could not be a random error or some administrative lapse. The rejection was deliberate but done in a manner to leave enough doubts in this episode and get away with it anytime. Friends, I have already mentioned in my previous email that one of my colleagues is an Executive Member of MLAI. He was supposedly asked to increase association membership. While he was leaving for the latest MLAI conference at Chandigarh, he took an application of one my colleague along with him. It appears, he did his best to hand over the application – but nobody took it. He came back and mailed it through post. In the meanwhile, I also got interested in MLAI and posted my application in March. There was enough time gap between these two applications. However, the cheques of these two applications were mailed back in a single envelope addressed to my colleague residence. It means, they already knew who we are and how we are related. Let me inform you all that one of our senior colleague (MLAI member) has already written a letter to MLAI Office bearers for seeking reasons for the refusal. A phone call was also made to an "important" MLAI Office Bearer. We have however not received any clarification or communication till date in this regard. I will be informing this forum as and when I receive any explanation from MLAI. I once again thank to all for the moral support I am getting from you all. I would also like to thank my colleagues for offering withdrawing their MLAI membership. Thanks Sukhdev Singh NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Duration of UGC Refresher Course-reg
by msnraj 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Dear Professionals, This is regarding the UGCs recent order regarding the Career Advancement scheme (CAS) for Library Staff in the University and college libraries for the promotion to Senior Grade and Selection Grade. The participation of Two Refresher course, each of not less than four weeks durations is one of the conditions for eligibility for promotion under this scheme. I need some information regarding the followings: 1. All the Refresher courses of UGCs Academic Staff college (ASC) is of only three weeks duration. Is there any ASCs conducts four week refresher course. If yes, Which Academic Staff College?. If not, why this order insists for four week course. Is it a typographic error? If any professional friends has any information regarding this kindly provide the same. Mr.S.Nagaraja Librarian, Regional Institute of Education, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), Manasagangothri, MYSORE- 570 006. Ph. 0821-2413670 Mob: 0991733236 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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InfoQuiz 2007
by pradeep kumar 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

I would like to raise the serious issue of fair play in InfoQuiz 2007. The prvious format of one hour(11 am - 12 pm) provided level playing field to all participants. But the new format of 4 hrs (1-5 pm) do the opposite. For example: Person A takes the quiz from 1-2 pm & knows his scores and right answers after assessment; then his partner B takes the quiz (anytime between 2-5 pm) and scores the highest with getting all right answers from person A. This is what really happening at the moment. so this fact put questionmark on the InfoQuiz itself as how can real knowledge be tested in this format. This issue needs serious debate and rethinking of organising the quiz again to ensure fair practices and to provide equal oppurtunity to all participants. PRADEEP KUMAR JLA, G053, I-BLOCK REFERENCE DIVISION PARLIAMENT LIBRARY OF INDIA NEW DELHI-110001. E-mail: pradip_parlib(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Positions at DELNET for FIELD ASSOCIATES
by Sangeeta Kaul 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

DELNET is looking for FIELD ASSOCIATES. The Candidates with MLISc's with a good academic qualifications, diploma in computer applications, good communication skills and interest in traveling in different regions in India may apply. The Candidates may indicate their preferences for travel to Northern/Western/Central/Eastern parts of the country. Selected candidates will be given training at DELNET, New Delhi. Interested applicants should apply to Director, DELNET, JNU Campus, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070 at hkkaul(a)delnet.ren.nic.in, hkkaul(a)gmail.com on or before May 10, 2007.

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Audiovisual heritage and digital universe
by K.R. Mulla 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

Dear Professional Friends, Sorry for cross posting 25-04-2007 (Paris) The seventh Joint Technical Symposium (JTS) to examine issues affecting the audiovisual archival profession will be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 28 to 30 June 2007.Audiovisual heritage and digital universe<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=579&e=Mzc4Njc=&l=-http--p…> -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. **************************************************************************** Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/ Skype Me: krmulla ***************************************************************************** -- 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] Sad demise of Dipak Kr Nag
by Mailing List Admin 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:53:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Kishor Satpathy <kishor_satpathy(a)yahoo.com> I am deeply shocked to know the sad demise of Sri Dipak Kr Nag, Hon. General Secretary of IASLIC. His untimely sad demise is a great loss to the profession and to the IASLIC. He will be remembered as a dedicated worker of IASLIC. May God give peace to the departed soul and give strength and courage to the family members to bear the loss. Regards, Kishor C Satpathy IIM Indore

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GeoHive Global Statistics
by Mailing List Admin 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:03:47 +0530 From: "Thapar, Amit" <amitt(a)niper.ac.in> GeoHive Global Statistics http://www.geohive.com/ Provides a wealth of comparative information on countries and cities of the world - charts on population, natural resources, wealth, infrastructure, energy consumption and resources, and more. Amit

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details about dcu
by Mailing List Admin 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:52:54 +0530 From: annie Joseph <susjose60(a)gmail.com> I am Mrs Sushela Annie Joeph, Technical Officer B, working in Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory, (DRDO), Cochin -, Kerala can anyone give me details about data capturing units, their cost, and dealers in India. annie

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MLAI membership
by sidda＠nimhans.kar.nic.in 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Dear Professional As per the RTI (right to Information) act, office bearers of the assocation has to provide all the information including bye-law, proceeding and the decision and the latest returns filed to the registrars of the society. We may need to ask for all the documents and the proceeding may be undertaken. With regards Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah

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Library Assistant required
by P K Bhattacharya 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

TERI Library, New Delhi requires library Assistant. Eligibility: B.Lib. Sc./Diploma or Certificate in Library Science with a good academic track with computer literacy and good communication skills. Only male candidates who are ready to work in shifts need to apply. Interested candidates may come for Walk-in Interview between 10 Am to 5 Pm on Monday (30 April 2007) or 10 AM to 12 PM on Tuesday (1 May 2007). Contact: Librarian TERI Library Library Block, 3rd Floor (Gate No.3) IHC Complex Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 Tel: 24682100/2111

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List of UGC refresher cource 07-08
by Sujata Mandal 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Dear Professional friends, I am looking for the list of UGC Refreshers Courses - Science and Humanities Subjects (Specially Library and Information Science) 2007-08. I shall be thankful if anybody can help me to get the list of courses with organising institutions. Regards, Ms. Sujata Mandal Information Officer Virtual Information Centre ICICI Knoweledge Park, Hyderabad Send a FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger. Get it now at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/

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views on Library Professionals:LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 49, Issue 16
by K A. Sardesai 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Respected Rao Sir, I really accept your views and thoughts about our profession in the society.I always feel that the necessecity of Library professional is at every stage of life.When we step-in to the school since then till our death.The ways are different. But the true library professional are always doing the best for every one to whom ,and where thay are attached.Apart from how they have treated.The corporates ,financial organisations,banking industry,B schools ,International schools,Malls every where the services are creating the opportunities but the packages offered are depressive.The qualifications required are masters but the package offered is just Rs 5 to 7000 including universities.The library duties have not been called as core activities even though they are participating in research /asistance etc indirectly. Sir, I accept your views since I was your student in PGDLAN at Hyderabad.Let me know how can we join together to raise our profession? Andhra-Pradesh,Karnataka,Uttar pradesh are comparatively doing well for this profession but in Maharashatra mainly in Mumbai I found there are less jobs and no good network among the librarians.One BHOSLA is there but sorry to say that I am not amember.I feel there should a online network like lis-forum for every new and updates in the profession The Forum should take initiatives to get better packages for Library professionals from Library peon to Librarian, the time bound promotions/uplift of posts in the organisations, training for emerging technologies,,job opportunities , renumeration of packages etc. Sir, there are many such librarians dreamed to be a member or a librarian of any medical,corporate or research libraries and mainly when I read about a schlorship for World Medical Libraries where there was only one Indian.To get these opportuities we all should come together I think online and the great personalities like Yourself,Dr A R D Prasad,Dr Devika ,Dr Manjunath should lead for us.Sam Pitroda has announced Knowledge Information Commission but is it upgrading LIS Professionals in practice or only IT professionals. Librarian should be IT+knowledge manager what I feel. Hoping for best image and assisting for the same in your mission. With regards Kshipra Sardesai Asst Librarian,RBI, Bandra

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SALIS 2007 National Conference at Anna University, Chennai
by Arunachalam Hariharan 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Conference Announcement SALIS 2007 National Conference on Future Technologies for Empowering LIS Professionals: Threats, Challenges and Opportunities Jointly Organised by University Library, Anna University & Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) Date: 9-11th August 2007 Venue: ANna University, Chennai-600 025 ------------------------------------------------------------- Objetives: Many new ICT and security technologies such as RFID, Wi-Fi, Smartcard, Bio-metric, CCT, Optical, Scanning, Digital, Internet, Web technologies are being introduced in Libraries in recent years in spite of technology limitations, applications, uses and threats. Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and RSS are the other important new concepts that have been used in providing future web based library services. Wikipedia, Weblogs, Second generation search engines are used in organizing, storing, searching and disseminating information. Information sources are being made available in a variety of formats and media. Libraries are moving from print to digital. Existing libraries and information centers and LIS professionals have to gear up rapidly to exploit fully the potential and capabilities of the new technologies. The conference aims at providing a forum for learning and exchange of ideas among those who are actively involved in these areas to meet the future challenges. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABOUT THE THEME Articles/papers are invited for presentation in the following areas in conformance with the main theme. Original case studies and reports on best practices will be appreciated. RFID - RFID concepts, type of Antennas, Readers, EAS, labels , integration, implementation , case studies, problems and solutions Smart Card - Storage, identification, applications, integrations, etc Biometrics - Application for user authentication Wi-fi - Connectivity, application, LAN, Intranet, application in LIS centres Storage Device - types, data back-up, security ,etc Digital Libraries of the future Design, methodology, planning, digital initiatives, HW/SW, standards and formats, metadata, institutional repositories, open source initiatives, networking of libraries, consortia, knowledge management, digital futures and roles of the Libraries E-Resources- E-books, e-journals, access mechanism, pricing policy and e- publishing, standards, etc Scanning Technology - Types of scanners, resolution, file size, format, OCR, application in LIS centres. Digital Preservation - Preservation methods/types, planning, etc Preservation of printed documents Application of technology, methods, procedures and durability Wikipedia, weblogs, search engines, web OPAC, semantic web Feature, function, ontology, trend and use WEB 2.0 and Library 2.0 Key principles, model, design and implementation of library services. Web based Library Services and Portal: Design, service and implementation Bibliomining Technology, trends and application Content Management Systems Design, methodology, strategies, implications and solutions E-Learning- Design, methods, implementation Information Literacy for effective utilization of LIbrary resources Case Studies and Best Practices: on Conference main theme or any sub theme given in the brochure Copyrights in the Network World Standard practice, rights, ownership issues, protection and practical implications Management of technologies - Threats and challenges digital divide, technology threat, HW/SW technology absorption, cost, implementation etc Re-defining the Library Challenges facing libraries, design, methodology, change and strategic management, etc User Needs & Expectations in the Future and Opportunities User requirements and expectations, factors influencing the opportunities - knowledge societies, global competition, etc. Future Research in LIS Trends and developments Professional Development, Skills and Training: Skills building, technical communication, IT, managerial and soft skills; staff development; leadership, training opportunities, role of professional associations & institutions. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INVITED PAPERS Experts from various parts of the country have been invited to present their experience through invited keynote papers in each session, which will also be included in the conference proceedings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PAPER SUBMISSION Authors are requested to submit two copies of full paper (with abstract not exceeding 250 words) in double space on A4 size paper in camera-ready form and also a softcopy on CD in MS-Word along with the Registration fee. Charts, graphs, photographs, if any, should be inserted at the proper place in the paper. The full paper should not exceed 10 pages of A4 size paper. Papers without Registration Fee will not be accepted A declaration by the author(s) should be given separately stating that the paper has not been presented/published elsewhere. Papers accepted for publication will be intimated to the first author by e-mail. The decision of the Editorial Committee regarding the acceptance of the papers for presentation will be final. Last date for submission of paper: 30.06.2007 Last date for Registration: 20.07.2007 Pre - Conference Tutorial Topic: RFID: Technology, Implementation and Integration Date: 9th Aug 2007 (10.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m) Topic: Institutional Repositories Date: 9th Aug 2007 (02.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m) Panel Discussion on Institutional Repositories on11th Aug 2007 at 04.00 p.m ---------------------- REGISTRATION FEES Category Amount Rs. Conference & Tutorials Individual Conference + 1 Tutorial 1400.00 Individual Conference + 2 Tutorials 1600.00 Deputed Conference + 1 Tutorial 1900.00 Deputed Conference + 2 Tutorials 2200.00 Conference Individual 1000.00 Deputed Tutorial 1 Tutorial 500.00 2 Tutorials 800.00 30 % concession will be given to regular students and trainees in the registration fee. Non-member has to pay Rs.100/extra. The registration fees may be paid through D.D. in favour of the Organizing Secretary, SALIS 2007: National Conference on Future Technologies for Empowering LIS Professionals payable at Chennai, addressed to the organizing secretary. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACCOMMODATION The delegates will be provided accommodation in the nearby institutions (if available) and also in hotels on twin basis on advance payment on first cum first basis. The tariff on daily basis ranging from Rs.300 to Rs.2000 with both non-A/C and A/C accommodations. Accommodation can be provided for the family members on additional payment in advance TRANSPORT The Anna University is about 12 km away from Chennai Central Railway Station and 10 km from Chennai airport. The call taxi, auto, bus are available from all parts of the city. Delegates are requested to report their arrival to the reception counter of Central Railway Station. The volunteers will be there to guide them and the transport to the venue will be available from 9th August 2007 morning onwards. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anna University Anna University was established on 4th September 1978 as a unitary type of University. Since December 2001, it has become a large, highly renowned affiliated University. It offers higher education and research in Engineering, Technology and allied Sciences relevant to the current and projected needs of the society. Besides promoting and disseminating knowledge gained there from, it fosters cooperation between the academic and industrial communities Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) SALIS is a registered professional body, actively involved in the development of all spheres of LIS by organizing various programs such as seminar, lectures, training programs on emerging topics. It has chapters in Chennai, Trichy, Coimbatore, Thirunelveli, Vellore, Nagpur and New Delhi to provide service in the respective regions regularly. SALIS has instituted many awards to honor LIS professionals in the country. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About Chennai Chennai , formerly known as Madras , is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is India's fourth largest metropolitan city. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal with an estimated population of 6.98 million (2006). The 368-year-old city is the 34th largest metropolitan area in the world. Chennai is the third largest commercial and industrial centre in India, and is known for its cultural heritage and temple architecture. It is also a hub for south Indian classical music and dance performances. Chennai is considered the automobile capital of India, with a major percentage of the automobile industry having a base here and a major portion of the nation's vehicles being produced here. This has led to Chennai being referred to as the Detroit of South Asia. Many multinational software companies are located in Chennai. It has also become a major centre for outsourced jobs from the West. The 12-kilometre long Marina Beach forms the city's east coast. Chennai is also one of the rare cities to accommodate a national park, the Guindy National Park, within its city limits. Nearest tourist places: Puducherry (erstwhile Pondicherry), Arabindo Ashram, Mahapalipuram, Kanchipuram, Marina Beach, Crocodile park, Vandalur Zoo, Dakshin Chitra, Kovalam beach, Muttukadu boat jetty and Theme parks are some of the near by places to visit. Temples: Many temples are located in and around Chennai Site seeing: A site seeing will be arranged on payment on 12.08.2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Address for communication regarding registration, accommodation and sponsorship and submission of Papers Dr. K. Nithyanandam Organizing Secretary & Special Officer, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai- 600 025, Tamil Nadu E-Mail : k_nithyanandam(a)annauni.edu , salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in Phone : 044-2021382, Cell: 9444337936 URL : www.annauniv.edu Full details of the conference will be posted now and then at SALIS website also at http://www.autolib-india.net/salis REGISTRATION FORM Name : Mrs./Ms./Mr./Prof./Dr. : ________________________________ Designation : ________________________________ Organization/Institution : ________________________________ Address : ________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Telephone : E-mail : Are you attending : Tutorial & Conference Tutorial only Conference only. Are you a SALIS Member : YES/NO Are you presenting a paper : Yes/No Whether Accommodation required: yes / No Hostel / Guest House / Hotel Details of Payments: For Conference Rs.= For Tutorial Rs.= For Accommodation Rs.= Bank Draft No./Cash : ___________________ Arrival details (Train No., Date, Time etc.,) _________________________________________________ Whether you have been deputed: Yes/No Signature : _______________________________ Name : _______________________________ -------------------------------------------------------- A.Hariharan Structural Engineering Research Centre CSIR Campus Taramani Chennai - 600 113 hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com Cell: 9841601901 Off:044-22549133 -------------------------------------------------- SALIS B2-Solai Apatments Mount-Poonamallee Road (opp.to.MGR Garden) Chennai - 600 116 Tel: 044-22522448/42014772 www.autolib-india.net/salis __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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Regarding Vacancy in Pune
by Vandana Khandelwal 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Dear sir, Please pass this message to all forum members. Thanks Maharashtra Academy of Engineering Alandi, requires library Assistant and Library Attendant for its central library. Eligibility: Library Assistant - B.Lib. Sc. with a Good academic track record, having excellent computer knowledge, good communication skills. Typing is must. Library Attendant - Diploma in Library Science with computer literacy. Typing is must. Only the candidates who are ready to work in shifts need to apply. Please send your resume on following email address: vbkhandelwal(a)mitpune.com Vandana Khandelwal Librarian Maharashtra Academy of Engineering Alandi (D) Pune __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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InfoQuiz 2007-Registration Closes Today-Hurry Up!
by Angrosh 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Hi, Welcome to ISiM InfoQuiz 2007 - Organized by International School of Information Management, University of Mysore ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Participate in InfoQuiz 2007 and win upto 50K INR Open for all Students and Professionals Winners get 40K INR Runners take home 10K INR Many more gifts and goodies Prizes Sponsored by rediff.com Registration is Free Quiz theme comprises of Computer Science & Engg, Information Science and Engg, Knowledge Management, Information Management, Data Mining and Data Engg. ------------------------------------------------------------------- --> For details and Online Registration --> visit http://www.isim.ac.in ------------------------------------------------------------------- Date Line- Registration : Apr 13-27 (Ends at 1700hrs IST on April 27, 2007) Online Quiz : Apr 28 (From 1100 to 1200 hrs IST) Top 6 Scorers of online quiz will qualify for stage quiz. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stage Quiz : May 3 in Bangalore (Venue to announced shortly) All the travel expenses of the qualified candidates would be borne by ISiM --------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoQuiz 2007 is Powered by gyanX Please feel free to forward this to your students, friends, colleagues and relatives --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enquires 1. Angrosh : 9886970411 2. Vikram : 9886793701 Email: office(a)isim.ac.in

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Professional Training Programme
by Mailing List Admin 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Date: 19 Apr 2007 14:08:01 -0000 From: Smaranika Mishra <smishra_83(a)rediffmail.com> Dear members Central Library, IIT, Kharagpur requires 5 professional trainee for 1 year period.for more detail visit non-teaching position at iitkgp site i.e. www.iitkgp.ac.in or the link below http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/downloads/prf_trainee.pdf With regards Smaranika Mishra Central Library IIT, Kharagpur Pin-721 302 West Bengal

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Re: [LIS-Forum] membership of MLAI
by Mailing List Admin 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:05:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Suresh Horakeri <horakerisd(a)yahoo.com> Dear professional friends, It is unfortunate to know that, denied membership of MLAI to Mr Sukhdev, he is an expert in the area of information science, open archive initiatives etc. All librarians irrespective of their working dept should be allowed to become member of any library professional group. Thanks, Suresh Horakeri

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MLAI Membership Denied - What to do?
by Sukhdev Singh 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Dear Friends, Most of my professional colleagues are member of Medical Library Association of India (MLAI). I also take pride to have one of my colleague as its Executive Member. Few months back, I applied for MLAI Membership in their prescribed form along with required fee. Today, I am shocked to see my cheque returned back along with that of my other colleague. He had also applied for the membership separately long back. (This means, they know who we are?!!). What is killing me is that no reason has been given in rejecting my application. Infact there is not even single line of information attached with the cheques. There appears a definite method in this madness. My qualifications and nature of work is similar to those of my other colleagues. If they can be members than why can't I? What should I do in this situation? Please, Don't just press delete. REACT. Sukhdev Singh, Indian Medlars Centre, http://indmed.nic.in

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Unfortunate
by sidda＠nimhans.kar.nic.in 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Dear Professional colleague It is really unfortunate and the intention looks very clear that Dr.Kumar, Ms.Avani shah and Dr.Rajkumar are thinking that MLAI is their private limited company of 25 to 30 people who area their close group. I Request all the profssionals to unite and fight for such undue advantages derived by some of the professionals Infact these few people have ruined our medical librarianship profession I seriously think to raise these issues in general body meeting or if required to call special general body meeting. Also I suggest that "we can even go to legal action agaianst such favaitism keeping themsleves in public institutions. I assure and ready to take up this issue, which is a open fruad by these group All the professionals are requested to join and fight against such fruads with regards Siddamallaiah

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National Workshop on LIS Education in Digital Era
by D Jotwani, Librarian IIT Bombay 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Dear All Central Library, IIT Bombay in collaboration with IATLIS has planned to organize a National Workshop on LIS Education in Digital Era from 13-15 June 2007. The workshop will be held on the beautiful campus of IIT Bombay. The main objectives of the workshop are : 1. To provide a forum to the LIS Teachers, Research Scholars, Librarians and Academic Administrators to discuss or present their views on the developments in ICT and its applications in LIS Teaching and Library Services 2. To create awareness and understanding about the importance of introducing and executing information technology in LIS teaching to achieve academic excellence. 3. To provide an opportunity to the participants to see the world class Information Technology Infrastructure and other facilities available at IIT Bombay 4. To provide an opportunity to the participants to observe state- of-the-art ICT applications in the Central Library, IIT Bombay and have first hand experience of the web-based library and information services, smart card-based (bar-coded) circulation system, electronic resource management, on-line submission of theses and dissertations, open archives etc. Only 50 participants mainly LIS Teachers, full time Research Scholars and Library Administrators, will be selected on first-come-first-served basis. More details can also be had at http://www.library.iitb.ac.in Thank you. -- D. Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 Phone 91-22-25768920, 91-22-25720227

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Online resources threaten livelihood of libraries
by madhuresh.singhal 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

You may be interested to read this. This is taken from current issue of Nature (2007; 446: 958-9) and available online at http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v446/n7139/full/446958b.html Regards Madhuresh Singhal Assoc. Res. Scientist - Inf. Sc. Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959; Mobile 098861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- Online resources threaten livelihood of libraries Lucy Odling-Smee Closures restrict public access to documents from US agencies. The closure of five of the 26 regional libraries of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last year sparked international protest. Congressional hearings were held, and a government investigation was launched. In February this year, the president of the American Library Association told Congress that the closures have restricted access to information in at least 31 states. The EPA is not alone - last year, the Department of Energy closed its headquarters library in Washington DC. And now, NASA is considering downsizing its network of libraries - including the one at its leading science-research centre, the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Tight budgets could bring even more whittling of libraries in the United States. "When budgets are threatened, agencies tend to say let's put the library on the chopping block," says Tara Olivero, assistant director at the American Library Association in Washington DC. Libraries are already working to reinvent themselves in a digital world in which online access is fast reducing the need for rows of books and stacks of journals. But a full transition to electronic resources might not save money as agencies hope. Officials at the EPA, whose libraries provide a wide range of information about environmental protection and management, initially cited a proposed budget cut of US$2 million - an 80% drop from the previous year - as the main reason for downsizing its library network. Yet critics point out that internal EPA studies have suggested that having a librarian saves between $3 and $7 in professional staff time for every dollar invested. Since the closures, EPA librarians have struggled to maintain the same level of cost effectiveness. On requesting a publication from another library, they are sometimes told that the item is not available and that no one knows where it is, says Bernadine Abbott Hoduski, a former EPA librarian. The agency is working to convert all EPA documents into an electronic format, and its spokeswoman Jessica Emond says that the project "has not incurred additional cost". But critics argue that for agencies considering downsizing their physical libraries, going electronic will almost certainly require more, not less, money. For a start, not everything can be digitized, and dedicated staff are needed to assess what material should be put in digital form. Content must also be produced using technologies that will be usable decades in the future. "In many ways you need a higher level of expertise to produce and maintain an electronic service than a physical one," says Anne Kinney, a NASA scientist and chair of a group that recently assessed how the print materials at the Goddard library could be reduced. The demand for library services other than shelf space has shown no sign of tapering off and, if anything, has increased in recent years. To ensure that electronic resources don't result in costs simply being transferred to individual researchers, those services need sustained funding, librarians say. At the Naval Research Laboratory library in Washington DC, chief librarian James King says that he has seen a dramatic falling-off in the number of people walking through the door. But "space is not synonymous with service", he says. Use of the naval library's online databases has doubled in the past five years. There is a risk of people seeing libraries only as warehouses," King says. He and others argue that in a time of information overload, librarians have an ever-more-valuable role in designing web interfaces that facilitate browsing and focused searches. They also create and operate databases specific to the needs of the research communities they serve, and have intricate knowledge of electronic resources across agency- and university-library networks. And in a world where new journals are continually coming online, librarians say they are best placed to negotiate with publishers to obtain the cheapest site-licence contracts and to monitor the changing needs of a specific community of users. For her part, Kinney envisions a different future for the science library. Instead of silent halls with towering racks of books, smaller meeting places could double up as information centres, where researchers can plug in their laptops, hold discussions, and talk to librarians about how to navigate the myriad resources online. NASA has not yet made any decisions about closing any libraries, but the issue is likely to remain on the table: "The NASA budget isn't getting any bigger," notes Robin Dixon, chief librarian of Goddard. The challenge will be to cut back on physical resources without cutting back on service. ************************************************************************************************ This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************

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Training module on documentary scriptwriting now online
by Puna Das 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Training module on documentary scriptwriting now online UNESCO, in partnership with the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) of India, has just released a training module entitled "How to write a documentary script", an easy-to-use self-training tool providing basic knowledge for potential content creators. The tool, prepared by Trisha Das, analyses the two stages of documentary scriptwriting, the pre-shoot or shooting script and the post-shoot script, providing basic knowldege and useful advice for those being initiated in documentary making. A well-written film script is an instrument through which one can create emotion and epiphany at will. That is one reason why it is possible the most critical aspect of the filmmaking procedure and, often, the most underrated aspect of the documentary process. Through this series of training modules, UNESCO and its partner, the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) of India, intend to support local communication processes by facilitating the democratization of content-making, providing easy-to-use self-training materials that can be inexpensively distributed to potential content creators. The online version of the monograph can be consulted at http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=24367&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… Other materials available in this series: The Video Training Basics 1: Camera Module, Sound module and Editing module; Formats available: DVD (Pal, Multizones); Total duration (of three modules): 79' The Video Training Basics 2: Documenting Reality; Format available: DVD (Pal, Multizones); Total duration: 30' The Video Training Basics can be screened on UNESCO's audiovisual e-platform http://creativecontent.unesco.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das Personal webpages: www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com , www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add online presence to your web pages, find out how here - http://messenger.yahoo.com/addpresence.php

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Vacancy for the post of Professor and Lecturer in LIS
by Ajay Kum Sharma 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Dear all LIS Professionals, Vacancy for the post of Professor and Lecturer in the University of Kashmir Professor (16400 - 22400) Lecturer (8000 - 13500) Details regarding the essential and other qualifications etc are contained in the main advertisement Notice no - F10/Apptt.-Gen) RC/KU dated 03/04/2007 is available on university website www.kashmiruniversity.net -- Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Project Associate, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Central Library, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 011-26591467 (O) 09899339808 (M) Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/

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