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Professional Development Programme from July 17-19 2013 at TERI
by Nihal Alam 16 May '13

16 May '13

TERI in collaboration with NASSDOC, ICSSR is organizing a three days workshop on *“Professional Development Programme for Managerial Librarianship for Social Science Libraries”* from *17-19 July, 2013 *at* TERI, India Habitat Center, New Delhi* aimed at equipping the mid-career LIS (library and information science) professionals with state-of-the art skills and knowledge to meet current and recent challenges in this dynamic knowledge society. Some of the select objectives of this would be to: *• **Transform the mid-career informational professionals belonging to social science libraries knowledgeable in developing innovative information services.* *• **Inculcate infopreneurial attitude among the LIS professionals towards sustainability.* *• **Bridge the gap between what is preached and what is practiced.* The workshop programme as well as course contents have been developed in guidance with eminent subject experts to promote continuous improvement of core competency skills of the participants. The resource persons will comprise of experts from within TERI as well as outside. The pedagogy of this programme will be lectures, presentations, exercises and case based discussion. The course has been developed content rich which primarily focuses on guidance to implementation of best practices. To allow such rich and useful interactions, the number of participants will be limited to 25 drawing participants from social science libraries. Each institute can nominate only one candidate to have appropriate blende of the experiences of the LIS professionals. While the registration for the nominated participants will be free of charge, the transportation and lodging cost will be borne by the participants. The select participants need to fill up a survey form to assess his/her current level of expertise. On full-filling the questionnaire, and meeting the criteria, the select professional incumbent would be invited to attend the course. Please note that during this course, your complete dedication and interactive participation is mandatory. You are requested to kindly attend or nominate one candidate from your esteemed organization for the same before* 31**st May 2013.* For more information contact to: Dr Shantanu Ganguly Librarian and Area Convener Library and Information Centre TERI Email: shantanu.ganguly(a)teri.res.in Phone: 011- 2468 2100 /41504900 extn 2762 For registration you may contact Ms Pallavi Shukla on 011- 2468 2100 /41504900 OR mailto: pallavis(a)teri.res.in Regards, Nihal Alam Research Associate Knowledge Management Division TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) Tel. +91 11 2468 2100, ext. 2758 Mobile: +91 9311305823 E-mail nihal.alam(a)teri.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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REGISTRATION OPEN: Classification & Visualization, The Hague, 24-25 October 2013
by Aida Slavic 16 May '13

16 May '13

*Apologies for cross-posting* === REGISTRATION OPEN === International UDC Seminar 2013 entitled "Classification & Visualization: Interfaces to Knowledge" will take place on Thursday 24 - Friday 25 October in the National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek), The Hague Conference website: http://seminar.udcc.org/2013. The objective of this conference is to explore cutting edge advances and techniques in the visualization of knowledge across various fields of application and their potential impact on developments in the more main stream bibliographic and documentary classifications. The conference will be opened by Emer. Prof. W. Boyd Rayward, well-known historian of the international organization of knowledge and the history of documentation and information science. His keynote address will set the scene for discussions on models and metaphors of knowledge and information visualization that bridge historical and technological perspectives. A series of eminent speakers will follow: Lev Manovich, Kathryn La Barre, Fabrice Papy, Marcel Worring, Luca Rosati, Andrea Resmini, Scott Weingart, Richard Smiraglia, Charles van den Heuvel, Andrea Scharnhorst etc. To learn more about conference programme and to register go to the conference website http://seminar.udcc.org/2013 Early bird registration opens on 15 May 2013: EUR180 early bird fee, students EUR140 (to 30 June) EUR220 regular fee, students EUR180 Contact: seminar2013(a)udcc.org About the organizer: Classification & Visualization is the fourth biennial conference in a series of International UDC Seminars organized by the Universal Decimal Classification Consortium (UDC Consortium). UDCC is not-for-profit organization, based in The Hague, established to maintain and distribute the UDC and to support its use and development (http://www.udcc.org). UDC is one of the most widely used knowledge organization systems in the bibliographic domain. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Physics News 04/04/2010
by Ajay Kum Sharma 16 May '13

16 May '13

Dear Library Professionals, One of our faculty member has urgent required the below mentioned article from Physics News of dated 4th April 2010. Article: "Challenges and Opportunities in the Science Education Scenario in India" Journal : Physics News, of dated 04/04/2010 It would be greatful to him if anyone kindly send this article for his research purpose. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Raj Mallick <mr.mallickraj(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 16:10:23 +0530 Subject: Physics News 04/04/2010 To: ajaysharma.lib(a)gmail.com "Challenges and Opportunities in the Science Education Scenerio in India" Physics News 04/04/2010 Regards RAJ MALLICK -- Thanks and regards. अजय कुमार शर्मा Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Journal Section, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal & Webmaster of ABSLA Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Mobile No.: +91 9735111064 Office Land Line: +91 3463 262783 Ext. 220 Web: http://www.absla.org/ajay.html Web Blog: http://www.blogger.com/home?pli=1 *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum *********************************************************** You can’t change the past but you can change the future, always remember to recycle... -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for articles
by Deepak Sharma 16 May '13

16 May '13

Dear Forum Members, The following articles are urgently required by our faculty member for research purpose. If any one have access to the following resources then please provide the same and oblige. Afuzzy formal concept analysis based approach for business component identification - Zhen-gong Cai<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22Zhen-gong+Cai%22>, - Xiao-hu Yang<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22Xiao-hu+Yang%22>, - Xin-yu Wang<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22Xin-yu+Wang%22>, - Aleksander J. Kavs<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22Aleksander+J.+Kavs%22> Direct Link: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1631%2Fjzus.C1000337 *Applying agglomerative hierarchical clustering algorithms to component identification for legacy systems* Authors: Jian Feng Cui<http://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81330489709&coll=DL&dl=ACM&trk=0&cfid=…> Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xiamen University of Technology, 600 LiGong Rd., Xiamen 361024, China<http://dl.acm.org/inst_page.cfm?id=60092863&CFID=217472800&CFTOKEN=51454153> Heung Seok Chae<http://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81100282270&coll=DL&dl=ACM&trk=0&cfid=…> Department of Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, 30 Changjeon-dong, Keumjeong-gu, Busan 609-735, South Korea<http://dl.acm.org/inst_page.cfm?id=60008783&CFID=217472800&CFTOKEN=51454153> Direct Link: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1968307 Please do the needful. -- Deepak Sharma Assistant Librarian ITM University Sector 23 A, Gurgaon 01242365811 9015433756. I may not be an explorer Or an adventurer Or a treasure seeker Or a gun fighter But I am proud of what I am I ….. am a LIBRARIAN !!! Memorable quote from the movie ‘The Mummy’ "Solve your simple mistakes early before it leads to big problem. Because we always slip from small stones, not from a mountain" "Coins always make sound, But the currency notes are always silent, So, When your value increases, keep yourself calm and silent" -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Publisher Threatens to Sue OA Blogger for $1-Billion
by Dr. Indira Koneru 15 May '13

15 May '13

Dear Professionals, Publisher threatens to sue Jeffrey Beall, scholarly open access blogger for $1-Billion. <http://chronicle.com/article/Publisher-Threatens-to-Sue/139243/?cid=at&utm_…> Be cautious about predatory open access publishers! Regards,Indira -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Bangalore university Question papers
by Manju Channappa 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hi all can any one please send the soft copy of one year PGDM question papers of bangalore university...... to my mail ID Thanks and Regards Manju Librarian ISBR Business School Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Access Theses
by Chief Librarian, SAIACS 15 May '13

15 May '13

http://oatd.org/ OATD aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from <http://oatd.org/oatd-publishers.html> over 800 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes over <http://oatd.org/oatd/search?q=*%3A*&sort=date> 1.6 million theses and dissertations. Best wishes, ________________________________ Yesan Sellan, B.Com., MLISc., PGDLAN, NET Chief Librarian South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS) 363 Dodda Gubbi Cross Road, Kothanur Post Office, Bangalore -560077, INDIA Phone : 91 80 2846 5235/5344/ 5649, Fax : 91 80 28465412, Mobile : 91-9972348251 Website : <http://www.saiacs.org/> www.saiacs.org Alternative Email: <mailto:yesan.sellan@saiacs.org> yesan.sellan(a)saiacs.org or <mailto:yesans@gmail.com> yesans(a)gmail.com ______________________________________ IMPORTANT : This message is intended only for the addressee. It may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message. Thank you. P Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IEEE India Council Newsletter -- IEEE India Info -- May 2013 issue
by Mohan Hr 14 May '13

14 May '13

Dear all, You can now access the May 2013 issue of IEEE India Info, the newsletter of the IEEE India Council at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/icnl/1305/icnl-iii-2013-05.pdf and also at the India Council website http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/india_council/newsletters/2013/may13.pdf You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. Pl. provide your feedback by email to ieeeindiainfo(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan Editor IEEE India Info Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS Madras Email: hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com Blog: http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ Contents ======== http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/icnl/1305/index.html -- Message from Chairman -- Message from Editor -- The Anatomy of Autonomy in Technical Education -- Importance of Academic Skills for Engineering Graduates -- Can engineers make a difference to the Indian society? -- IT in April 2013 -- News from Sections: Bangalore, Kolkata, UP, IEEE OES, Madras -- In Lighter Sense: MBA Exam Questions through the Ages -- Information Resources -- Book: Nanotechnology: The Science of Small (Wiley India) -- Book: Know Your English (Vol. 2): Words Frequently Confused (Universities Press) -- TechQuiz 2013-05 -- Forthcoming Events -- Announcements TechQuiz – 2013-05 ================ (Two Prizes to win – Books reviewed will be presented to the winners) 1. Twenty years back, in 1993, the Mosaic browser was released by Marc Andreessen and ------ of the National Center for Supercomputer Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2. Windows 95 : Chicago = Windows 7 ; ------ 3. “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe”. Who said this? 4. IEEE, is pronounced as ------ 5. A six sigma process is one in which ------ % of the products manufactured are statistically expected to be free of defects Email your answers by 10th Jun 2013 to ieee.techquiz(a)gmail.com with subject “techquiz-2013-05”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. There are TWO prizes to win. Two prizes will be in the form of books which are briefly reviewed in this edition of the newsletter. They are being offered by Wiley India Pvt. Ltd (www.wileyindia.com) and Universities Press (www.universitiespress.com). Answers along with the winners’ info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of TechQuiz-2013-04 =============================== Green House Gases, Bill Gates, U.R. Rao, 8, Steam Engine “Digital and Analog Communication Systems” from Wiley India to Shantanu Singh Chauhan (Goa) “Know Your English (Vol. 1): Idioms and their stories” from Universities Press to Sumit Kumar Manna (Kolkata) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Scientometric Conference volume
by saravanan 14 May '13

14 May '13

Dear Madam / Sirs, Can anyone inform me, whether the Conference Volume of Second National Conference on Scientometrics and Knowledge Management held on 20th & 21st April 2013, at Karnatak University, Dharwad is released? Thanking you in advance, With regards, Mr. G. Saravanan alias Goby Krichenan Librarian French Institute of Pondicherry # 11, Saint Louis Street, P.B. No. 33 PUDUCHERRY - 605 001 South India, INDIA Ph: 0091 - 413 - 2231661 Mail : saravanan.g(a)ifpindia.org Web : http://www.ifpindia.org/Saravanan-G.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop (Two Days) on Contents Management Systems Using Joomla at New Mumbai
by Dattatray Phadke 14 May '13

14 May '13

Dear Sir, Kindly arrange to post the following message to all LIS FORUM member. Thanks Phadke Dear Librarians and LIS Professionals, Pillai Centre for Advances in Library Information Technology and Reserach ,New Panvel is hosting two day's programme ,"Workshop on Content Management Systems Using Joomla" as a part of their course PGDILIT on June 1st and 2nd,2013 at New Panvel,New Mumbai. We are inviting interested Librarians and LIS professionals in this region to attend the workshop and avail the training opportunity. One can visit the following websites to know about registration and other details: http://pgdilit.piit.ac.in/ http://www.pcalitr.piit.ac.in/ -- Thanking you D.N.Phadke, . Consultant Librarian,PIIT C/O Dr.K.M. Vasudevan Pillai's Campus Sector 16,New Panvel,New Mumbai 410206 Contact Phone No.022-27451700/6100,022-27463739(Extn.151) Mob.+919869786186 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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