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Re: [LIS-Forum] Training in LIS
by Mailing List Admin 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:21:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Praveen Vaidya <praveenvaidya(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, After many days there is a good point of discussion in the forum that Mr. Arun has pointed out. It is indeed a very serious issue that he has brought out. There is a general consensus that we lack reading habits. We don't even read newspapers and Magazines to update ourselves. I ask to many of my professional colleagues about reading newspapers and most of them answered me, there is no much to read in newspapers except politics. Then, i said them to develop interest in politics, because in India as a democratic state, every policy is centered to political decisions whether it is education, foreign affairs, economics, Taxation, stock market, art, culture, science or any other subject. in such case if we even don't read newspapers what would be the result!!! It is good that Mr.Arun has suggested a list of authors who are really contributed lot and we have to refer these authors. Our universities are also trying to revamp the Syllabus but, still bigger role is expected from them to change entire system. Even knowledge commission is trying to improve the existing library system, hopefully we may see the change. Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Friends: I am concerned about the quality of training we provide in our country to would be librarians and information scientists. [truncated]

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InfoQuiz 2007 - Participate & Win 50K INR
by Angrosh 14 Apr '07

14 Apr '07

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Training in LIS
by gayathri sen 13 Apr '07

13 Apr '07

Dear professional collegues, I congradulate Vasumati on her thought provoking note sent to Dr.Arunachalam. Life long training is required to ensure that we keep ourselves up to date. Each Head of any type of library should take steps to improve their own library team in terms of soft skills, communication skills, interest in profession, improving their work environment, motivating them to change for the better and also strive to improve their salaries and scales, there by improving their self esteem. "Little drops of rain makes a mighty ocean" Regards, Gayathri Sen PESIT --------------------------------- 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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DSSSB Librarians Vacancy Updates
by Mukesh Anand 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Dear LIS Students & Professionals, Here is the Update about the Bulk Vacancy of Librarians of DSSSB.It is now published in the Employment News as well as appeared also on DSSSB website. Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) Section A : Information about Vacancy Section B : Scheme of Exam. for the post of Librarians Section C : General Instructions & procedure for submission of Applicaion Form Section D : Application Form Print Source : Employment News dated 14-20 April, ' 07, Page # 4-7 Electronic Source : 1. www.dsssb.delhigovt.nic.in 2. Advertisement : http://www.dsssb.delhigovt.nic.in/section-a,b,c%20(14-04-2007).doc 3. Application Form : http://www.dsssb.delhigovt.nic.in/section%20D%20(14-04-2007).doc All The Best & With Warm Regards, Mukesh Anand M Lib I Sc Final Year Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information Today
by Thapar, Amit 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

. Information Today http://infotoday.com/ I have a personal interest in this website for my publisher, which currently features my new book, The Thriving Library, on its front page. Yes, I hope you'll buy it. But there's also plenty of searchable high quality information available here, including content from the conferences it sponsors (Computers in Libraries, Internet Librarian, WebSearch University, etc.) and the periodicals it publishes (Searcher, Information Today, Computers in Libraries, Online,, etc. You'll also find news, blogs, buyers guides, and more. . LibriVox: Free audiobooks from the public domain http://librivox.org/ This "totally volunteer, open source, free content, public domain project" aims to "make all public domain books available as free audio books." Search or browse the existing catalog, and/or volunteer to record additional books for the project. It also offers podcasts. . Yahoo! Widgets http://widgets.yahoo.com/ Thousands of free utilities you can download - newsfeeds, cam viewers, application enhancers, geek stuff, and more. See also the Widgetbox Directory of web widgets for blogs <http://www.widgetbox.com/> and Apple's Dashboard Widgets <http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/> (note that there are over 180 reference widgets, and more than 100 search widgets) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for web articles on Open Access journals
by ingrid2＠kultuur.edu.ee 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Hello! I study librarianship and information sciences. As I subscribed to this forum (although I am not from India), I started to realise that Open Access is very important topic around the world. Now we had to choose our paper themes and mine is, "Open Access Journals". I would be very thankful, if someone could suggest free and relevant articles in Web (those I MUST read, if I wanted to write my paper on Open Access journals). Ingrid Yle (from Viljandi, Estonia) <p2rlmutter(a)gmail.com> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Subject: Training in LIS
by Mailing List Admin 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:35:50 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> Before anything else I believe that any professional course has to be market oriented. I wish a list of marketable skills be compiled first before discussing suitable training package first. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On 4/12/07, Rajan <rajankila(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear All, > > It seems that we need to discuss the issues raised by Shri Arun, in order > to > make the library field a little better. The scenario is far from > satisfactory. There is no need to blame anyone for the sorry state of > affairs. But we need to think of ways for improving the situation. So it > seems that the teacher- friends in the forum should start the discussion > airing their views. Probably they are are the people who can do something > substantial to improve the situation. > > > Regards, > > > K Rajasekharan > Librarian , Kerala Institute of Local Administration > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680591

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Subject: Training in LIS
by Rajan 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Dear All, It seems that we need to discuss the issues raised by Shri Arun, in order to make the library field a little better. The scenario is far from satisfactory. There is no need to blame anyone for the sorry state of affairs. But we need to think of ways for improving the situation. So it seems that the teacher- friends in the forum should start the discussion airing their views. Probably they are are the people who can do something substantial to improve the situation. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian , Kerala Institute of Local Administration Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680591 Ph 0487- 2204097 (O), 2201428 ( R) Message: 1 Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 14:02:23 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Training in LIS To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, naglaxman(a)yahoo.com, iatlis-owner(a)yahoogroups.com Cc: haravu(a)newgenlib.com Message-ID: <37633.41021.qm(a)web43144.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Friends: I am concerned about the quality of training we provide in our country to would be librarians and information scientists. The other day I had received my copy of the Bulletin of ASIST, which I always find very readable. Prof. Blaise Cronin, who won the ASIS&T Award of Merit for 2006, had written a two-page acceptance speech. He is an extraordinarily good writer and I enjoy reading him. In his acceptance speech, Prof. Cronin, whom I first came to know more than two decades ago when I reviewed his cute little book "The Citation Process", had mentioned the names of many outstanding information scientists, spanning more than two generations, whose writings had shaped his career or influenced him in some way. Among them are Hans Peter Luhn Robert Fairthorne Cyril Cleerdon Eugene Garfield Wilfrid Lancaster Gerard Salton Tefko Saracevic Henry Small Don Swanson Howard White Bertram Brookes Michael Buckland Pauline Autherton Cochrane Wiliam Goffman Belver Griffith Robert Hayes John Martyn Stephen Robertson Karen Sparck Jones Irene Farkas-Conn Peter Taylor Alan Gilchrist Elizabeth Lowry-Corry Brian Vickery Robert Williams Ben Ami-Lipetz Derek de Solla Price Nick Belkin Boyd Rayward Jack Meadows. I met a young librarian with a Masters degree from a leading Indian university and a couple of years of work experience and showed him the article and asked him if he had read any of these authors. He was honest enough to admit that he had heard of the name of Garfield in connection with indexing, and his teachers never even mentioned the names of the others. On another day I was asked to meet the final year Masters students of LIS in a famous Indian university. Some students would not speak a word, despite repeated cajoling. Their knowledge was far below what one would expect of a Masters student. Without preparation, they may not be able to appreciate Tefko Saracevic's edited volume "Introduction to Information Science" or Irene Farkas-Conn's history of the field "From Documentation to Information Science." To be fair, they may understand some portions of Garfield's Essays of an Information Scientist, as Garfield often wrote not for the specialists but for the lay readers. Many years ago I was in a selection committee in a chemistry laboratory and I asked a candidate for the post of an assistant librarian if he knew any chemistry as his job would be to serve chemists; scientists may want to make a substructure search and unless one knows chemical structures it will be almost impossible to make such searches. The candidate replied that in the LIS school they taught 'organization of knowledge' and therefore there was no need to know chemistry! When asked to explain 'open access to journal literature' another candidate said that some libraries allowed users to move freely in the library and pick up the books and journals they wanted to read, and he was totally ignorant of making journal literature freely available on the Internet. I have attended a few national conferences. There is hardly any originality in the papers presented and the level of discussion is appallingly low. We need to do something and do it quickly. We need to inculcate the habit of reading in our students. Blaise cronin says that when he was a graduate student at Belfast he "poured over copies of American Documentation, Aslib Proceedings, IP&M, ARIST and the Journal of Documentation with enthusiasm of a kid in a candy store, stumbling upon seminal papers". We need to guide our students to the masters and their great writings. As the field is expanding, the need to keep abreast of developments is becoming more and more important. We need to improve the communication skills of our students. We should award degrees only to the deserving. Years ago I had taught at the INSDOC Training School and I had the great pleasure of working with people like Prof. Thyaga Natarajan and Prof. Guha, and was amazed at their simplicity and passion for reading and teaching. Even the next level faculty had the qualities of good teachers. I have heard about the high quality of training imparted at DRTC, but have no first hand knowledge, except attending a few conferences and giving a few lectures to students. The training imparted at NCSI, largely thanks to the late Dr T B Rajashekar, is indeed very good. We need to make sure that training imparted in every LIS school in the country is of the highest quality. As Greg Chappell said there should be a system where those who do not perform are automatically sent out. According to him that is why Australia performs very well in cricket. Best wishes. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Training in LIS
by Subbiah Arunachalam 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Friends: I am concerned about the quality of training we provide in our country to would be librarians and information scientists. The other day I had received my copy of the Bulletin of ASIST, which I always find very readable. Prof. Blaise Cronin, who won the ASIS&T Award of Merit for 2006, had written a two-page acceptance speech. He is an extraordinarily good writer and I enjoy reading him. In his acceptance speech, Prof. Cronin, whom I first came to know more than two decades ago when I reviewed his cute little book "The Citation Process", had mentioned the names of many outstanding information scientists, spanning more than two generations, whose writings had shaped his career or influenced him in some way. Among them are Hans Peter Luhn Robert Fairthorne Cyril Cleerdon Eugene Garfield Wilfrid Lancaster Gerard Salton Tefko Saracevic Henry Small Don Swanson Howard White Bertram Brookes Michael Buckland Pauline Autherton Cochrane Wiliam Goffman Belver Griffith Robert Hayes John Martyn Stephen Robertson Karen Sparck Jones Irene Farkas-Conn Peter Taylor Alan Gilchrist Elizabeth Lowry-Corry Brian Vickery Robert Williams Ben Ami-Lipetz Derek de Solla Price Nick Belkin Boyd Rayward Jack Meadows. I met a young librarian with a Masters degree from a leading Indian university and a couple of years of work experience and showed him the article and asked him if he had read any of these authors. He was honest enough to admit that he had heard of the name of Garfield in connection with indexing, and his teachers never even mentioned the names of the others. On another day I was asked to meet the final year Masters students of LIS in a famous Indian university. Some students would not speak a word, despite repeated cajoling. Their knowledge was far below what one would expect of a Masters student. Without preparation, they may not be able to appreciate Tefko Saracevic's edited volume "Introduction to Information Science" or Irene Farkas-Conn's history of the field "From Documentation to Information Science." To be fair, they may understand some portions of Garfield's Essays of an Information Scientist, as Garfield often wrote not for the specialists but for the lay readers. Many years ago I was in a selection committee in a chemistry laboratory and I asked a candidate for the post of an assistant librarian if he knew any chemistry as his job would be to serve chemists; scientists may want to make a substructure search and unless one knows chemical structures it will be almost impossible to make such searches. The candidate replied that in the LIS school they taught 'organization of knowledge' and therefore there was no need to know chemistry! When asked to explain 'open access to journal literature' another candidate said that some libraries allowed users to move freely in the library and pick up the books and journals they wanted to read, and he was totally ignorant of making journal literature freely available on the Internet. I have attended a few national conferences. There is hardly any originality in the papers presented and the level of discussion is appallingly low. We need to do something and do it quickly. We need to inculcate the habit of reading in our students. Blaise cronin says that when he was a graduate student at Belfast he "poured over copies of American Documentation, Aslib Proceedings, IP&M, ARIST and the Journal of Documentation with enthusiasm of a kid in a candy store, stumbling upon seminal papers". We need to guide our students to the masters and their great writings. As the field is expanding, the need to keep abreast of developments is becoming more and more important. We need to improve the communication skills of our students. We should award degrees only to the deserving. Years ago I had taught at the INSDOC Training School and I had the great pleasure of working with people like Prof. Thyaga Natarajan and Prof. Guha, and was amazed at their simplicity and passion for reading and teaching. Even the next level faculty had the qualities of good teachers. I have heard about the high quality of training imparted at DRTC, but have no first hand knowledge, except attending a few conferences and giving a few lectures to students. The training imparted at NCSI, largely thanks to the late Dr T B Rajashekar, is indeed very good. We need to make sure that training imparted in every LIS school in the country is of the highest quality. As Greg Chappell said there should be a system where those who do not perform are automatically sent out. According to him that is why Australia performs very well in cricket. Best wishes. Arun ___________________________________________________________ Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/trueswitch2.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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librarian post for INDIA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
by Rohit Kumar 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Dear friends, Application are invited for the Walk in Interview for librarian post for IIS. India International School (IIS) is looking for a dynamic librarian for its institute Required qualification & experience: Master degree in library and information science (MliSc) from a recognize university or equivalent. Bachelor degree in library and Information scienc (BliSc) from a recognize university or equivalent. Working professional experience in any library/ or in any project work with library/ library automation work experience Or 1 year certificate degree in computer applicationh from a recognize Institute or equivalent. (recognize by any state of Govt of Indial) Having a good communication skill in English. Age: no limit Pay scale: 8,000- 10,000 Rs Eligible candidate may send their soft copy of resume to contacts(a)iis.edu.in or hard copy to the school address. (given below) Shortlisted candidates will be called for the interview on 16th April at school. With best wishes (Principal) India Internation School Chikka BeLlaNdur Village Carmelram post, Sarjapura Road Bangalore- 560035 Tel no: 91-80-28439001/02/03 91-80-65366001/02/04 --------------------------------- Check out what you're missing if you're not on Yahoo! Messenger -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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AICTE Norms -Library Exhibition
by veeresh hiremath 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Dear All, I am given to understand that as per AICTE norms, it is compulsory for a library to hold one annual exhibition. Can any of you throw more light on this issue? Veeresh c Hiremath Librarian, K J Somaiya College of Engineering Phone (D):(91-22)66449020, fax:(91-22)25152272 mobile:9867260884 Email:veer9999@rediffmail.com,hiremathvc@gmail.com,vchiremath@indiatimes.com,veereshmlisc@yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Version 67, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

Version 67 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. This selective bibliography presents over 2,960 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html New versions of SEPB are announced on DigitalKoans: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/ RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DigitalKoans The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2006 Annual Edition is also available from Digital Scholarship. Annual editions of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography are PDF files designed for printing. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/annual.htm For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital publications since my resignation from the University of Houston Libraries, see: http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2007/02/18/summary-of-baileys-d… Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues* 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History* 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues* 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals* 3.4 General Works* 3.5 Library Issues* 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements* 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management* 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies Appendix B. About the Author Appendix C. SEPB Use Statistics Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* Digital Libraries* Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials* General Electronic Publishing* Images Legal* Preservation Publishers* Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* SGML and Related Standards Further Information about SEPB The XHTML version of SEPB is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be searched using a Google Search Engine. Whether the search results are current depends on Google's indexing frequency. In addition to the bibliography, the XHTML document includes: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (biweekly list of new resources; also available by e-mail--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepw/sepw.htm http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=51756 http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 270 related Web sites) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepr/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/archive/sepa.htm Related Article An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/bailey.html -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Digital Scholarship http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ DigitalKoans/Flashback http://www.digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/ http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/category/flashback-weekly-news/ Open Access Bibliography/Webliography http://www.digital-scholarship.org/oab/oab.htm http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/oaw.htm Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography/Weblog http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepw/sepw.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy
by arun yadav 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

Dear Professionals Vacancy fo Library Asst on contract basis for three years.For details please visit at www.pnbiit.com/recruitment.htm ARUN YADAV Acharya Narendra Dev Public Library Lucknow (M) 9838150983 --------------------------------- Check out what you're missing if you're not on Yahoo! Messenger -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LibSite.org - A Recommendation Service for Library-related Websites
by Mallikarjun 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

Dear Professional http://libsite.org/ LibSite.org is built around the premise that library-related projects need and deserve a higher profile, that the current technology allows us to engage this material in any number of creative ways. FEATURES For that reason, the site features a blog, a wiki, RSS feeds and email alerts -- the last two being configurable down to individual tags. Users can rate sites and add them to a "favorites" page. There's even a LibSite Widget that people can put on their own sites: http://libsite.org/wiki/features USER-GENERATED Fundamental to the concept is user-involvement. Users can post recommendations ("webCites"). Users can add their own tags. Based on this input, others can then create RSS feeds and email alerts. All can participate if only to leave constructive comments and rate the work of others. http://libSite.org With regards Mallikarjun Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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AICTE Norms (Library) for PGDBM / MBA Institutions ( Existing), Vide AICTE : Handbook 2007, No 12.5
by Subir Das 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

Subir Das <subirmlis(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: Dear All the Librarians of Management Institutions, As per AICTE's Library requirements for PGDBM / MBA Institutions (Existing): Vide AICTE Handbook 2007, No 12.5 No.of Books : 150, No.of Vols.:1000, No of Journals: 30, But we are all aware that most of the self financing Institutions ( Private Management Institute ) are facing financial problems for the purchase of Journals due to short of funds and also for business based mindset of the institute owner. Moreover the prices of the Journals are rising up on a regular basis. The Top Management authorities are not showing their interest to procure the costly Journals. Here, I am submitting the lists of top ten (10) renowned & peer reviewed journals ( Not Magazines!!!) which will be very much fruitful for AICTE purpose as well as for the MBA/PGDBM faculties, students & staffs of thier recognized Institutions. The later part of the 20 journals / Magazines will be given shortly for those who are interested and further reply me for that purpose. The Lists are as follows: 1) 'Metamorphosis : A journal of Management Research'.( Twice a Year ) Published by Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, Annual Subscription: Rs.500 Bank Demand Draft in favour of 'Indian Institute of Management Lucknow' payable at Lucknow Order to be Placed : Editor in Chief, Metemorphosis Indian Institute of Management; Lucknow Prabandh Nagar, off Sitapur Road, Lucknow-226013, U P, India. 2) 'Vikalpa: The journal of Decision Makers'.(Twice a yr) Published by: Indian Institute of Management; Ahmedabad. Annual Subscription: Rs.800 Bank Demand Draft in favour of 'Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Payable at Ahmedabad Order to be Placed: Editor, Vikalpa, Indian Institute of Management,Ahmedabad, Vastrapur-380015. 3) 'IIMB Management Review'. ( Quarterly ) Published by: Indian Institute of Management; Bangalore, Annual Subscription: Rs.900 Bank Demand Draft in favour of 'IIMB Management Review' payable at Bangalore Order to be Placed: The Subscription Desk IIMB-Management Review, IIM Bangalore, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore-560076 4) 'Decision' (Twice a Year) Published by: Indian Institute of Management; Calcutta. Annual Subscription : Rs.400 Bank Demand Draft in favour of 'Indian Institute of Management Kolkata' payable at Kolkata Order to be Placed: Publication Division, IIM Calcutta, D.H.Road, Joka, Kolkata-700104. 5) 'Bank Quest' ( Quarterly ) Published by: Indian Institute of Banking & Finance. Annual Subscription: Rs.140 Bank Demand Draft in favour of ' Indian Institute of Banking & Finance ' payable at Mumbai Order to be Placed: The Director of Administration Indian Institute of Banking & Finance The Arcade, World Trade Centre, 2nd Floor, Tower-4, Mumbai-400005. 6)'Indian Journal of Training & Development' (Quarterly ) Published by: Indian Society for Training & Development Annual Subscription: Rs.500 Bank Demand Draft in favour of ' Indian Society for Training & Development payable at New Delhi Order to be Placed: Executive Director, Indian Society for Training & Development B-41,New Mehrauli Road. New Delhi-110016. 7) 'Personnel Today' (Quarterly ) Published by: National Institute of Personnel Management. Annual Subscription: Rs.300 Bank Demand Draft in favour of ' National Institute of Personnel Management ' payable at Kolkata Order to be Placed: Executive Director for NIPM 45, Jhowtala Road, 1st.Floor, Kolkata-700019. 8) 'Bhavishya' ( Bi-Annual ) Published by: Future Business School Annual subscription: Rs.300 Bank Demand Draft in favour of 'Director, Future Business School' payable at Kolkata Order to be Placed: Chief Editor; Future Business School. Sonarpur Station Road, Kolkata-700150, India. 9) 'Foreign Trade Review' ( Quarterly ) Published by: Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. Annual Subscription: Rs.275 Bank Demand Draft in favour of ' Indian Institute of Foreign Trade ' payable at New Delhi Order to be placed: The Editor, Foreign Trade Review B-21, Qutab Institutional Area New Delhi-110016. 10) 'Finance India' ( Quarterly ) Published by: Indian Institute of Finance, Delhi Annual Subscription: Rs.1200 Bank Demand Draft in favour of ' Indian Institute of Finance ' payable at Delhi Order to be Placed: The Editor, Finance India, Indian Institute of Finance, Ashok Vihar II, Delhi-110052, India So you have just spend Rs 5000 and getting ten top level of Indian Management Journals for your valuable Library user as well as it is very impressive outcomes for query of AICTE team year by year. Before purchase please must see the website of the perticular journals for last minute change, if any. Feel free to write me for any query for quick communication. with regards, SUBIR DAS FIEM, KOLKATA-150 librarian(a)fiemonline.org subirmlis(a)yahoo.co.in SUBIR DAS --------------------------------- Check out what you're missing if you're not on Yahoo! Messenger -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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6th Colloquium (DRTC) on Open Access Movement
by Sanjeev Kumar Sunny 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8th Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059 6th Colloquium (2006-08) On Open Access Movement ABSTRACT Journal prices were affordable till 1970s, when they began to rise faster than inflation. Prices have risen four times faster than inflation since 1986. Fortunately, just as journal prices were becoming unaffordable, the Internet emerged to offer an alternative - in the form of Open Access Movement. "Open Access" defines a movement that promotes free, unrestricted Internet access to the primary research literature as a public good. What make it possible are the Internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder. OA is entirely compatible with peer review, and all the major OA initiatives for scientific and scholarly literature insist on its importance. There are two primary vehicles for delivering OA to research articles: OA archives or repositories and OA journals. There are open-source software for building and maintaining OAI-compliant archives. The development and usage of these archives are gaining worldwide momentum. Topics Speakers 1. Overview Sanjeev K Sunny 2. What's happening worldwide? Mithun Raj M. 3. Open Access Journals Ayesha Khatoon 4. Disciplinary Archives Syed Raiyan Ghani 5. Institutional Archives and Repositories Anila S. 6. OAI Tools: Software Mita Sarkar 7. Conclusion Radha Rani Rit Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 18th of April 2007 Time: 2:00 pm All are cordially invited. Prof. K.S. Raghavan (Colloquium Coordinator) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Banning of books in libraries
by N.S. Harinarayana 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

Hi, After reading the articles, I am again prompted to bring the below mentioned two articles appeared in Library Review to the attention of the fellow professionals. Article Title: Library Review: The banning of books in libraries Authors: W.C. Berwick Sayers Article Type: Viewpoint Keywords: Censorship, Librarianship history, Libraries Pages: 194-196 Link to Page: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Articl… Article Title: On reading "The banning of books in libraries" Authors: Paul F. Burton Article Type: Viewpoint Keywords: Censorship, Ethics, Libraries Pages: 197-199 Link to Page: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Articl… -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library position in IISER, Kolkata
by Thapar, Amit 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

See the below link : http://www.iiserkol.ac.in/index.htm Advertisement No. IISER-K/8/2007, Dated 3rd April 2007. Documentation Officer - 1 post Scale of pay: 8,000-275-13,500/- Qualification and experience: A Post graduate degree in Library Science/ Information Science/ Documentation with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade and a consistently good academic record OR Master's degree in Art/Science/Commerce with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade with Bachelor's degree in Library Science/ Information Science/ Documentation or an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% or its equivalent grade plus a consistently good academic record. Experience in computerization of Library Services will be preferred. The above posts carrys as admissible to Central Government Employees posted at Kolkata. Reservation for SC/ST/OBC/PH etc. will be made as per Government of India rules. Interested candidates are requested to send their detailed bio-data along with copies of certificates and testimonials to: The Registrar, IISER - Kolkata, IIT Kharagpur Kolkata Campus, Block - HC VIII, Sector - III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700 106. Applications should reach the above address on or before 2nd May, 2007. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Repository 66
by Mallikarjun 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

Dear Professional Repository 66 : OA Digital Reposiotry Map Stuart Lewis of the University of Wales Aberystwyth has created a Google Map mashup called Repository 66 (http://maps.repository66.org/ ) that shows worldwide open access digital repositories using data from ROAR and OpenDOAR. With regards Mallikarjun Dora Mallikarjun Dora Dept. of Information Science University of Madras, Chennai-600005 ...The Future is here, Its just unevenly distributed........ http://curiouslib.blogspot.com/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar announcement
by JANARDHANA RAO A. N 09 Apr '07

09 Apr '07

Kindly announce to the LIS-Forum members. Dear colleagues *First Consortium of Students in Library and Information Science (COSLISR) on M*ay 26, 2007 *Organizers:* M.S Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore and Digital Information Research Foundation, Chennai. We are organizing a one-day Seminar on First Consortium of Students in Library and Information Science (COSLISR). This Seminar is specially designed for the Research Students and Practitioners in library & Information Science. COSLISR aims to - To provide a quality interaction forum for researchers in Library & Information Science. - To provide an opportunity for professional networking among LIS research students, academicians and practitioners. - To orient LIS professionals in a right track of research. - To train LIS professionals for writing quality research papers and thesis. *Activities in COSLISR 2007 include* · Presentations of research topics/plans/papers by students · Suggestions by experts from the LIS field · Panel discussions on recent topics CALL FOR PAPERS We invite research students (MPhil/ Ph.D) from Autonomous Institutes, Universities and organizations to send complete research papers in their research areas. Papers will be published after editing by experts. *Guidelines for sending papers* Papers would be reviewed and selected for presentation by a panel of eminent academicians. The paper must be essentially based on the author's thesis work. The manuscript should not exceed 15 pages (A4-size) in length including figures, tables, references, acknowledgments, Bibliography & Appendices. Full paper may be E-mailed in MS Word format to info(a)dirf.org and copy to msrimlrao(a)yahoo.com *IMPORTANT DATES:*** 15 May 2007 - Receipt of Full paper along with registration fee. * * *Registration Fee*: Rs 500/- Per Participant. Interested members conform your participation by e-mail, phone or enclosed form latest by 19th May 2007, along with a cheque/cash for Rs 500/- favoring *M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore.* * * *For Registration Contact:* * * * Janardhana Rao A N* *Librarian * *M. S. Ramaiah Inst. of Management* MSRIT Post Bangalore-560054 Ph:080-23606909, 23608230, Extn-111 Fax.080-23601947 *Mob: 09880021875 * *E-mail:* jraoan(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancies
by Muniraj. T 09 Apr '07

09 Apr '07

Dear all, Anjuman College of Education --- Librarian Qualification as prescribed by State govt. Apply immediately with certificated of qualification and experience To General Secretary, Anjuman Hami-e-Muslimeen, Main Road, BHATKAL 581320 (Karnataka) Posts for an Engineering College --- Librarian Qualification, Salary and Experience as per AICTE norms. Apply with in 10th April 2007 To Box No: 81447 C/O Deccan Herald, MG Road, Bangalore-1 Eligible candidates will be called for the interview on 13th April 2007 at Bangalore. Camlin School MGs Infant school --- Librarian Salary according to merit. Apply in own hand writing with full bio- data with in 5 days. Salary includes management PF. To MGs Infant school, Bilekahalli, Baneerghatta Road, Bangalore76 PH: No --- 65628565/26581151/9886663833 Regards, MUNIRAJU.T IV Sem. MLISc Department of Library and Information Science. E-mail: t_muniraj(a)yahoo.co.in Blog: http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ Web Site: http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ --------------------------------- Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free online and distance education courses provided by Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo
by Puna Das 09 Apr '07

09 Apr '07

Dear All I hope that the online and distance education courses provided by Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo are helpful, beneficial and interesting to you. So I recommend you to encourage your colleagues, subordinates and friends to register for these courses so that they can also study and benefit from these courses. These courses are offered free of charge. Current courses: 1) E-Business Strategies 2) Online E-Learning Policies Forthcoming Courses: 1) E-Governance 2) Computer Courseware Development 3) Workforce Development For Registration visit: www.adbi-dlc.org I wish you all the best with your studies. Thank you. Best regards Anup Kumar Das Anasua Mukherjee Das New Delhi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das Personal webpage: www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Jargon and Lingo service:
by sri priya 08 Apr '07

08 Apr '07

Library Jargon and Lingo service : provides some useful " specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject" and Some Common Library Terms Defined " Library Jargon and Lingo service: Visit :--- http://library.morrisville.edu/lingo.html http://lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subject/lingo.html http://library.uwb.edu/tour/LibraryLingo.html http://lib.colostate.edu/lingo/a.html http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/lingo.html http://lu.com/odlis/ Regards, S.Sripriya --------------------------------- Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Five Weeks to a Social Library
by sandeep bhavsar 07 Apr '07

07 Apr '07

Respected All http://www.sociallibraries.com/course/ Five Weeks to a Social Library is the first free, grassroots, completely online course devoted to teaching librarians about social software and how to use it in their libraries. It was developed to provide a free, comprehensive, and social online learning opportunity for librarians who do not otherwise have access to conferences or continuing education and who would benefit greatly from learning about social software. The course will be taught using a variety of social software tools so that the participants acquire experience using the tools while they are taking part in the class. It will make use of synchronous online communication, with one or two weekly Webcasts and many small group IM chat sessions made available to participants each week. By the end of the course, each student will develop a proposal for implementing a specific social software tool in their library. The course content will be freely viewable by interested parties and all live Webcasts will be archived for later viewing. The course will cover the following topics: Blogs RSS Wikis Social Networking Software and SecondLife Flickr Social Bookmarking Software Selling Social Software @ Your Library Best Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W). 400601 MUMBAI @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 09870484626 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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volunteer required in Delhi_dspace
by kiran＠cseindia.org 07 Apr '07

07 Apr '07

Volunteer required We seek help of a young volunteer based in Delhi to install and experiment the relevance and benefits of DSpace. This is a 15-day project aimed at understanding use of open access digital asset management systems for developing institutional repositories in the Special libraries/resource centres. Interested volunteers with very good knowledge about Dspace and with interest to experiment with similar systems are requested to contact Kiran Dwivedi at kir_nov(a)yahoo.co.in 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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Work shop on D space at MyDLIS- MULISSA-Friday talks
by khaiser nikam 07 Apr '07

07 Apr '07

Dear All , I am pleased to inform that the students of MLISC-2007 department of Library and Information Science,(MyDLIS), University of Mysore ,Mysore, under the auspecies of MyDLIS- MULISSA -Friday Talk are organising a one day work shop on "Dspace for Global access to Science Information - all the FOSS about building Institution Repositories "" on the friday 13th of April 2007 under the executive guidance of the Faculty Advisor Dr Khaiser Nikam.. Objective : The objective of the workshop is to expose the Gennext - Information professtionals ( Current students) to Dspace and its nitty gritties with handson experience Occassion : The year long Friday Talks are coming to an annual halt as the students are busy preparing for their exams .It is said thah all good things have to come to an end - so also our exciting friday talks for this year are closing its bells. Participamts- All the informational professionais in and around Mysore a re well come .There is no registration fee for the workshop .However, interested participants can send thier request to - mail - khaiser.nikam(a)gmail.com Resource person : DR .M Krisnamurthy ,Librarian ,ISI ,Bangalore Additional fecilitator : Dr Khaiser Nikam Guest of Hounor: Sri Iqbal Jagirdar ,Manager ,British Library ,Bangalore From : Dr Khaiser Nikam reader University of Mysore Mysore - 570 006 9845328672 --------------------------------- Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC okays uniform academic calendar
by A. B. NAIKAL 07 Apr '07

07 Apr '07

UGC okays uniform academic calendar LIFE will soon become easier for students migrating from one college to another or from another university. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved a uniform academic calendar for all universities across the country. This would mean that results of all courses will be declared before June and classes for first year students shall commence by the first week of August. The uniform calendar requires every university to ensure that the first year classes for courses begin no later than the first week of August and for students of second year onwards, by no later than the third week of July. This academic calendar will not be applicable for professional courses. The calendar, based on the report of an expert committee comprising M Anandakrishnan, former vice chancellor, Anna University, Chennai; SN Hegde, former vice chancellor, Mysore University and Dayanand Dongaonkar, secretary general, Association of Indian Universities. A flexibility of two weeks may be followed for professional courses in commencement of classes for students of second year and later keeping in view the requirement of project work, summer schools and internships in these programmes. UGC approved the calendar on February 26 and the new regulations have been sent for publication in the Gazette of India to come into force from their date of publication in the official gazette. Source: Economic Times Dated 06/04/2007 http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RVRNLzIwMDcvMDQvMDYjQX… Best regards Naikal ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Catalysis EPrints database growing fast
by Subbiah Arunachalam 06 Apr '07

06 Apr '07

Friends: The Catalysis EPrints Database put together by India's National Centre for Catalysis Research is growing fast. When I checked this afternoon, it had 508 papers. Congrats to NCCR and the individuals behind this excellent repository! Other professional societies (and Academies) in India will do well to follow this example and make all the papers of their members (Fellows) freely available. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ___________________________________________________________ What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis of your email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail Championship. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture invitation
by srels 06 Apr '07

06 Apr '07

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to announce the following invitation to the lis-forum members. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross (near Syndicate Bank) III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 ****** ****** Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures Committee, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures(13)(2007) on Library Technology and its Implications for the Library and Information Science Professional by Dr. Devika Madalli Faculty, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Dr. I.K. Ravichandra Rao Head, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore presides on Monday, 16th April 2007 at 6.00 p, at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross (near Syndicate Bank) III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: 080-23305109 ; E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Openings for First class MLIS (or equivalent) Applicants
by guhamba 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

Informatics India Ltd located in Jayanagar, requires first class MLIS (or equivalent) applicants (15 Nos.) having 1-3 years experience to be trained in standards such as Anglo American Cataloging Rules (AACR), Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), Library of Congress (LC) Classification and Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). Salary will be around Rs.1.2-1.5 lacs p.a. Those interested may respond with CV to guhamba(a)informindia.co.in Regards, Guhamba -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on LIS Education in Digital Era
by D Jotwani, Librarian IIT Bombay 05 Apr '07

05 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IRMA: positions:Sr.Library Assistants
by krishna raghavendra yeri 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

Dear Moderator Kindly arrange to put the following announcement on mailing list: Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) requires: 2 Sr.Library Assistants For more details please visit: http://www.irma.ac.in/career/libassistant.html Thank you. Sincerely Krishna Yeri Mr KR Yeri Librarian Institute of Rural Management Anand Post Box No.60 Anand 388 001 www.irma.ac.in krishna(a)irma.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Searching books on "Depository receipts"
by Jyotsna Sawant 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

Dear LIS Forum team, request you to put my query to all forum members. Thanks from Jyotsna. Dear All We are searching urgently for books on "depository receipts" or "American Depository Receipts" for our organization. We have received some links on internet, but still we need something in book form which will be easy to refer and to make copies of some pages if found useful. Please let us know the same. Thanks & regards Jyotsna Sawant Information Centre, VSNL, Mumbai ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free online PDF conversion
by sri priya 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

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Open access case repository
by vimal kumar 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

Dear Friends, I would like to know Any Open access repository available for case studies alone on Business and Management? Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in --------------------------------- Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seeking suggestions to Classification Problems
by Shikha Bhowmik 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Dear LIS Professionals, Can you please give any suggestion regarding my problems of classification? I am now following 20th ED. of DDC, but I like to shift to the 22nd ED. The major areas in which I am facing problems are 570-590. In these areas, the class numbers existing in the 20th ED. are scattered and intermingled in the 21st and 22nd ED.in such a way that if I shift to the new numbers, the other areas are being largely affected, and hence, any 'see also' reference is likely to be impossible to be rendered in the catalogue. But if the newly emerging subject areas are to be taken into account, I must shift to the latest edition. Reclassification may only be the solution, but it is not feasible everytime there is a major change, and as there is a large no. of collections. I am seeking your views and help. Regards, Shikha Bhowmik Associate Scientist, Indian Statistical Institute Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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colloquium on E-Learning and Open Source Software
by Mailing List Admin 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Date: 30 Mar 2007 08:25:32 -0000 From: Sucheta Lahiri <such_bhu(a)rediffmail.com> � INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8th Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059 DRTC Colloquium - 5 (2006-08) E-Learning and Open Source Software ABSTRACT Internet and World Wide Web are dramatically changing education and training as they enable people to access information and communicate with others across boundaries and cultures on a global scale. They offer the potential for sharing high quality learning resources, exchanging information and working in learning groups. There are so many E-learning design modules �commercial and open source. Though, this form of education and training is becoming easily accessible and increasingly important, there are many issues and challenges in the e-learning environment. How we can make E-learning more effective by using good software? What are the impacts of E-learning on LIS? In this colloquium, the purpose is to discuss some of these. TOPICS SPEAKERS 1. Introduction Ayesha Khatoon 2. Tools & technology for e-learning Anila S. 3. System (e-learning) design module Mita Sarkar 4. Moodle Radha Rani Rit 5. Manhattan Sanjeev K Sunny 6. Role of libraries in e-learning Mithun Raj M environment 7. Conclusion S.R.Ghani Venue : DRTC Classroom Date : 4th April,2007 Time : 2:00 pm ALL ARE CORDIALLY INIVITED.

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World Lecture Hall
by Thapar, Amit 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

World Lecture Hall http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh/index.cfm This oldie but goodie is still one of the best places to discover online course material - syllabi, course notes, audio, or video -- on virtually every topic, from around the world. Equally useful for for students, independent learners, and faculty seeking models for new courses they've been assigned to teach. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Room to Read to be Featured on "Oprah" - next Tuesday, April 3rd!
by Subbiah Arunachalam 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

Thanks very much. I am forwarding the message to many of my friends. Arun --- Room to Read <info(a)roomtoread.org> wrote: > Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:52:17 -0800 (PST) > From: Room to Read <info(a)roomtoread.org> > To: <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> > Subject: Room to Read to be Featured on "Oprah" - > next Tuesday, April 3rd! > > > Dear Friends of Room to Read, > > We are incredibly excited to announce that John > Wood, our Founder and CEO, will be a guest on "The > Oprah Winfrey Show" scheduled to air on Tuesday, > April 3rd. The episode will feature individuals who > are truly making a difference in the world. This is > an amazing opportunity for us to reach a wide > audience and share John's story and the mission of > Room to Read. But wait, the news gets even > better... She will be issuing a challenge to her > audience to support our work through a book drive > through Oprah.com, which will raise funds for new > local language books and libraries! > > We would love for you to help get the word out, so > please consider: > > 1. Hosting a viewing party so more of your friends > can learn about Room to Read! > > 2. Getting a few copies of John's book, Leaving > Microsoft to Change the World, into the hands of > your friends who might want to support Room to > Read's work. The book also will be featured on the > show. > > Thank you again for all of your continued support as > we reach new heights! This is a momentous occasion > for Room to Read and we hope you will tune in on > Tuesday, April 3rd (check local listings for program > information)! If the show and the book drive are a > big success, it could mean the opportunity to bring > the lifelong gift of education to hundreds of > thousands of children across the developing world. > > Warmest regards, > > > The Room to Read Team > > You are subscribed to this list as > arun(a)mssrf.res.in. Click <a > href="mailto:unsubscribe.158145.132198662.7030284947113507523-arun_mssrf.res.in@en.groundspring.org">here</a> > to unsubscribe. > > Our postal address is: > > The Presidio > Box 29127 > San Francisco, California 94129 > United States > ___________________________________________________________ Web email has come of age. Don't settle for less than the All New Yahoo! Mail http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Bulk vacancy of Librarian by DSSSB, Govt. of NCT of Delhi
by Mukesh Anand 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

Dear LIS Professionals & Students, *Govt. of NCT of Delhi, DSSSB*, 3rd Flor, UTCS Building, Vishwas Nagar, Shahdara, Delhi -110 032 Advertisement No.- 02/2007 Opening date for receipt of Applications 16-04-2007. Closing date for receipt of Applications 02-05-2007. Place of submissionof Applications in person or by post : Reception Counter, (Ground Floor), Office of DSSSB, UTCS Building, Vishwas Nagar, Shahdara, Delhi -110 032 Group 'B' Post (Non Gazetted / Non Ministerial Post) Fee Rs. 100/- *Librarian* in Directorate of Education. Post Code - 017/ 07 *Vacancies -* *147 (UR-48, OBC-49, SC-10 & ST -40)* (Including PH (O) - 01, HH-02 & VH (LV)-03 Essential Qualifications - 1. Degree from a recognised University or equivalent, 2. Bachelor's degree or equivalent diploma in Library Science from a recognised University Institute or equivalent, 3. Experience of 2 years in a Library/ Computerization of a Library or 1 year certificate in Computer Application from a recognized Institute or equivalent (recognized by any State or Govt. of India) *Pay Scale* - 5500-175-900. Probation Period 2 Years Age - Not exceeding 30 Years (Relaxable as per instructions or orders issued by the Central Govt.) Group 'C' Post (Non Gazetted / Non Ministerial Post) Fee Rs. 50/- *Librarian* in Directorate of Training & Technical Education. Post Code 018/07 *Vacancy - 01 (OBC)* Essential Qualifications & experience - 1. Graduation from recognized University with Diploma in Library Science 2. One year professional experience OR Bachelor in Library Science Desireable Qualification - Speed of 30 w.p.m. in typing Pay Scale - 5000-150-8000. Probation Period -2 Years Age - Below 35 Years (Relaxable as per instructions or orders issued by the Central Govt.) You may refer: *The Hindu 29/3/'07 Thrusday Page # 9* *Rozgar Samachar / Employment News dated 14/4/'07* You may visit - www.dsssb.delhigovt.nic.in Regards, *Mukesh Anand* M Lib I Sc Final Year *Banaras Hindu University*, Varanasi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free Fulltext Articles
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

Dear LIS Professionals FreeFullText.com provides links to the full-text content of over 7000 scholarly periodicals that anyone may access online for FREE. The issues which are available for free are indicated for each title below. The design of this site is optimized for users seeking specific articles for which they already have the citation.http://www.freefulltext.com/ With Regards Sanjeev Kumar Jain Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - 721 302 Email: sanjeevmlis(a)yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Integrated Library Software for Engineering College Library
by K.R. Mulla 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Dear professional friends, This is good news for engineering colleges of Karnataka, Do you know that the *Visvesvaraya** Technological University** (VTU) is MOU with PALPAP Chinch Software International (InsProPlus Division)* the company is providing free Software of Campus Network Software, which includes the Library is also one module this is going to link with VTU Main Server. -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. ------------------------------------------------------------ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla Skype Me: K.R.Mulla ------------------------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Regarding Deep Web
by kumar gowdappa patil 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Dear Rajashekaran, a. The Deep Web is nothing but the portion of the World Wide Web which has not been indexed by surface search engines such as Google due to technical reasons or due to limitations because of policy matters. Many specialized search tools/search engines exist for exploring the deep web. Once we have found the right search tool/engine, same search strategies can be employed as in the case of general search engines; but the hard part is to find the appropriate deep web search source. For information regarding using surface search engines to find deep web content please visit http://21cif.imsa.edu/tutorials/micro/mm/invisible/index_html?b_start:int=5. b. There is nothing that can be termed as the most popular and useful deep web search engine. There is no Google equivalent in the Deep Web. The index base of deep web search engines is limited and often restricted to specialized databases and other non-html formats such as PDF and PPTs. Further, it seems, the index of each deep web search engine is unique in its own way and therefore it is next to impossible to find a panacea for search problems when it comes to Deep Net. The way left is to identify the appropriate web source/search engine and do search there. For example, for health related information, one can take help of deep search engines such as mammahealth (www.mammahealth.com/) closurelook (www.closerlooksearch.com/) or specialized health databases. However, the following deep web search engines can be tried: i. Direct Search: http://www.freepint.com/gary/direct.htm ii. CompletePlanet http:// www.completeplanet.com iii. Turbo 10: http://turbo10.com iv. Incywincy: http://www.incywincy.com/ A list of such tools/engines can be found at www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/web/invis/invisible.htm Nothing definite can be told about the popularity of deep web search engines because the existence of deep web itself is not known to the majority of the Internet users. c. http://www.llrx.com/features/deepweb.htm and deepwebresearch.blogspot.com/ offer a rich source of links to deep web related topics. The links lead to highly informative sources and cover the best that is available on the WWW about the deep web. Kumar Patil,Belgaum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google Librarian Newsletter
by sri priya 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Dear Friends, you'd like to sign up for the Google Librarian Newsletter, which is sent on a quarterly basis, visit the Newsletter Archives and enter your email address in the sign-up box at the bottom of the page, or simply join the Google Librarian Newsletter list at Google Groups. http://www.google.com/librariancenter/librarian_newsletter.html Regards, S.Sripriya --------------------------------- TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library professional required - Bangalore
by Vijayakumara 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Dear All, East Point College of Engineering and Technology, Bangalore is looking for a dynamic librarian for their institution. Professional Qualification 1. PG in Library and Information Science 2. PhD/ Mphil in Library and Information Science 3. PG Diploma in Library Automation and Networking or PG Diploma in Computer Application or related computer science diploma/ degree. Professional Expereince 10 years or more in Exclusively in Engineering college, R&D Libraries and/or related libraries. Salary As per professional experience and qualification Send your CV at the earliest to The Principal, East Point College of Engineering and Technology, Bidarahally, Bangalore - 560 049, Karnataka or The Librarian, East Point College of Engineering and Technology, Bidarahally, Bangalore - 560 049, Karnataka Regards Vijayakumar \ \ | / / \ \ ~ ~ / / | @ @ | ---------------oooo------ (_)-------------oooo------------------ Dr. Vijayakumar M, Chief Librarian, East Point College of Engineering and Technology Bidarahalli, Kithaganoor Road, Virgonagar - Post, Bangalore - 5600 049, India Tel:080-8473888, 8473777 Fax:080-8472999, coolvg(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 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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Request for an Article
by GRTP Library 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Dear All Request you to send any articles relating to " Bearings Industry trends" The Mentioned article is very urgentely required. Could you please help to get it by end of the day. Expecting Your Cooperation. Regards Swapna C ForwardSourceID:NT00008266 =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Good news for Govt School libraries
by vasanth raj 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Dear Sir/madam, Education Development Centre (EDC) in collaboration with DSERT and Department of Public instruction has launched a digital library for school children (Indian Educational Digital Library ).It has contain almost 450 interactive program modules of different subjects ranging from Astronomy to Water conservation. This will be a boost for govt public school to provide interactive based education for children's at the primary level along with the existing program like interactive radio programs like Keli-kali (Listen and Learn) and Chukki Chinna.This Digital library provides interesting stuffs to students of all levels with very user friendly interface.There are some modules on Indian freedom fighters and on Indian history. URL of the web site http://www.edudl.gov.in This site is designed and developed by vidyanidhi www.vidyanidhi.org.in ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N --------------------------------- Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CUFTS: Open Source Serials Management
by sandeep bhavsar 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

CUFTS: Open Source Serials Management http://researcher.sfu.ca/cufts As a knowledgebase of over 375 fulltext resources, CUFTS provides Electronic Resource Management services, an integrated serials database, link resolving, and MARC records for your library. Visit the CUFTS screencasts http://researcher.sfu.ca/screencasts to see what CUFTS can do for your library. You can find out more about this product in the CUFTS Administration Guide. In addition to these subscription services, CUFTS also provides some powerful publicly-accessible services used by libraries around the world including: Resource Comparison Journal Search cufts2marc For More Information please contact : Kevin Stranack PKP/reSearcher Support Librarian Email: kstranac(a)sfu.ca Web: http://software.lib.sfu.ca/ IM: stranack(a)gmail.com Ivisit: stranack.6186 Best Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601 MUMBAI @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 09870484626 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ --------------------------------- The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Query: access to tutorials for mouse and keyboard skills
by C V Dookran 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Many thanks for the honour and privilege of belonging to your list-serve. Please let me know if it is possible to access material to teach basic keyboard skills to disadvantaged undergraduates. Please keep in mind that these are young adults who have embarked on distance tertiary education and who have, for various reasons, never touched a keyboard before. They visit the main campus library which is well-equipped with an electronic learning centre. We do have a program but I am always open to other methods of teaching. Amiably, Christina Dookran Instructional Librarian University of South Africa --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message (and attachments) is subject to restrictions and a disclaimer. Please refer to http://www.unisa.ac.za/disclaimer for full details. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- <<<<gwavasig>>>> <<<< gwavasig >>>>

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Engg-Lib-Forum (E-Group for Engineering College Librarians)
by K.R. Mulla 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

We welcome our new members to Engg-Lib-Forum (Engineering College Librarians Forum), from India and elsewhere. About the ELF. . . the Engineering Libraries forum, consists of librarians and information professionals concerned with the support of engineering education. We are involved in the provision of library services and the development of innovative approaches to networking information services. Our role is to promote the role of the library as an integral part of engineering education. In ELF we are at once pragmatic and futuristic. We help colleagues to cope with the everyday problems of library management through services such as our duplicate journal exchange. We also are pioneering the development of digital libraries through our work with technical publishers, universities and computer companies. Our members contribute to the technical literature and are regular speakers at meetings such as the National Online Meeting. The future holds dramatic change for engineering libraries and ELF will be there to help mold those institutions to best serve the coming generations of engineering students. Come join us! Share your experiences, concerns, and innovative ideas in ongoing discussions of best practices. Together let us learn how to evaluate practices, add value, enhance performance and profitability by choosing best practices and re-using that fit our situations and organizations. Hope to see lots of discussions happening in this forum. -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. ------------------------------------------------------------ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla ------------------------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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