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[Call for papers:IATLIS Conference, 26-28 December 2012 at DRTC, Bangalore
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 11 Dec '12

11 Dec '12

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- - From: "Khushpreet Singh Brar" <khushpreet.singh(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, December 10, 2012 2:18 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DRTC Golden Jubilee National Conference on Library Education Jointly with XXIX IATLIS NATIONAL CONFERENCE, 2012 26-28 December 2012 Theme LIS Education and Research: Contemplating Persistent and Debatable Issues Organized jointly by Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) and Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC),Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore- 560 05*9* IATLIS: Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) is a professional association of more than 600 teachers and professionals in Library and Information Science in India. Since its inception in 1969, IATLIS has been active in taking up several issues of LIS Education in India especially relating to the development of curriculum, teaching methods, infrastructure, teachers training, etc. It actively works for the promotion of the professional interests of LIS teachers. As part of its activities, it conducts national seminars, workshops, training programmes, etc. It brings out its official organ IATLIS Communications besides publishing conference volumes. This year the annual IATLIS conference is being held at Documentation Training and Research Centre (DRTC), at Bangalore on the broad theme of *LIS Education and Research: Contemplating Persistent and Debatable Issues from 26-28 December 2012 DRTC:*Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) established by Prof. S R Ranganathan in 1962, is a research centre at Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) conducting Research, Training and Higher Education in the field Library and Information Sciences and allied areas. In the last five decades, DRTC has been involved in Research, Education, Training and cutting edge applications of Information and Communication Technology to Libraries and Information Centres, Knowledge centers and systems. 2012 marks the Golden Jubilee of DRTC and we are happy to host as part of 'Golden Jubilee Celebrations', the national conference on LIS Education and Research jointly with the XXIX IATLIS conference on *LIS Education and Research: Contemplating Persistent and Debatable Issues from 26-28 December 2012 Theme of the Conference LIS Education and Research: Contemplating Persistent and Debatable Issues Sub-themes: (suggested topics but not limited to the following) - What course components are relevant and irrelevant in LIS Curriculum? - Is LIS research over-emphasizing Survey Research, Citation Analysis, and redundant topics? - What ICT topics should form the core and specializations in LIS Curriculum? - Core vs. Specializations with special reference to Public Library system and School Library system - How to facilitate smooth transition from: - Tradition to modernity - Classification to Ontology - Cataloging to Bibliographic Metadata - Authority files to Metadata Schema - Moving beyond Informatics and work in Data and Text Mining - Information Sources to Information Gateways and Discovery tools - National Mission for Libraries and LIS Education - E-learning in LIS, Open Courseware, LISwiki (Open invitation for voluntary editors) - IPRs and Open Access - Open Source Software in LIS - Open Standards in LIS - Library 2.0: Web 2.0 Technologies - Role of Social Networks in Library Services - Resource Discovery tools: A critique of Web Search Engines Invited talks on: - Data Science: Data Repositories, Linked Data, Data Analytics - Semantic web: Ontology, metadata and Inferencing - Cloud Computing: LIS Clouds Panel Discussion on LIS Education and Research Note: These sub-themes are not exhaustive, rather indicative only. Call for papers: Full articles and research papers (with abstracts) on the above mentioned theme and sub-themes for the XXIX IATLIS* *National Conference should reach to Dr. H. P. S. Kalra, General Secretary, IATLIS, Department of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab) as a hard copy and also as an email attachment latest by *21 December 2012*. The paper should not be more than 3000 words. Please send your paper both in print and electronic form on a CD in Microsoft Word and also a soft copy through email to iatlis2012(a)gmail.com. The paper should include Title, Name and Address of author(s), Abstract and Key Words. References at the end of the paper and their in-text citing should be according to APA Style manual. For further information about this check this link: http://www.wooster.edu/psychology/APA-crib.html Registration Fees: Indian Delegates: Sponsored: Rs. 3,000/- Non-Sponsored Rs. 2,000/- Retired Professionals:Rs.1,500/- Accompanying Person:Rs. 1,500/- Students:Rs.750/- Foreign Delegates: SARRC Countries:USD 150 Other Countries: USD 300 The registration fee covers conference kit, proceedings of the conference (upon post- publication), and working lunch, dinner and breakfast and session tea for the days of the conference. The registration fee does not include accommodation charges. Papers presented at the conference will be published in the post-conference volume and would be sent to the registered delegates later on. Delegates are requested to include registration fees for accompanying persons while forwarding their registration forms since it would not be possible to entertain last minute request in view of shortage of accommodation. Accompanying persons shall not be entitled for conference kits. Delegates are requested to intimate their travel plan in advance to avoid inconvenience. The Demand Draft for registration fee should be in favour of IATLIS payable at Patiala, and should be sent along with duly filled Registration Form latest by 21 December 2012 to: Dr. H. P. S. Kalra, General Secretary, IATLIS and Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab) Ph.-0175-3046179 and 3046180 Email: hpskalra(a)gmail.com Accommodation: Accommodations in ISI guest house are very limited and will be arranged by the local Organizing Secretary ONLY on first-come-first served basis for those participants who send prior information for it in the registration form. Charges for accommodation are to be borne by the participants as per actuals. Bangalore is host to several hotels and hostels catering to all budgets. Delegates can also make their booking on their own. Climate and Clothing: Weather is generally pleasant in December in Bangalore with temperatures between 15-27 degrees Celsius. Heavy woolens are not required but sweaters and shawls are advisable. How to reach DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute: By Bus The city bus service is known as BMTC (or BTS) and its main terminal is right opposite the city railway station. Please use the subway from outside the railway station to reach the BTS bus station. (The area that covers the railway station, bus station etc. is known as Majestic.) You may take a Kengeri bound bus (nos. 222A, 226A and 403A) from platform no. 19A to come to ISI. Platform no. 19A is closest to the railway station. Ask for a ticket to "Jairamdas Bus stop". (The ISI bus stop is known as 'Jairamdas'.) This bus stop is just after the University Gate bus stop and just before the R. V. College bus stop. The bus journey takes 30-40 minutes. By Air Bangalore International Airport is approximately one and a half hour drive from the Institute about 56 kms. It handles direct flights from a number of national and international destinations. A journey by taxi from the air port to the Institute will cost approximately Rs.1050/- By Rail Bangalore, is well connected with rail and roads. There are plenty of trains from all the major cities of India to Bangalore City. Indian Statistical Institute, which is next to the Bangalore University, is about 12 km on the way to Mysore from the city railway station. A journey by taxi from the railway station to the Institute will take approximately 30 minutes and costs approximately Rs.500. Registration Form XXIX IATLIS National Conference,26-28 December 2012 Documentation Training and Research Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Name: (Prof./Dr./Mr./Mrs./Ms):.. Name of accompanying person/s (if y):. Designation: ... Institution: .. Mailing Address: .. E-mail: .. Phone: (O) .., (M) . Payment Details: Bank: . Draft No. Dated: ................................ Amount: (DD to be drawn in favour of IATLIS, payable at Patiala). Whether accommodation is required: Yes / No. If Yes, number of persons and their names:.. Arrival and Departure Details (Train / Flight No., Date, Time): . Signature Important Dates: Receipt of full papers: 21 December 2012 Conference Dates: 26 28 December 2012 On behalf of Organizing Committee we extend a very cordial invitation to all IATLIS members, LIS teachers, LIS students and Library professionals for participation in XXIX IATLIS National Conference 2012 and to celebrate Golden Jubilee of DRTC. The filled-in registration form along with registration fee is to be sent to the General Secretary, IATLIS C/o Dept. of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab) Ph.-0175-3046179, 3046180. IATLIS Office Bearers: Dr. Jagtar Singh, *President, IATLIS *& Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 Ph.-0175-3046179 and 3046180, Email: jagtardeep(a)gmail.com, iatlis.patiala(a)gmail.com Dr. H. P. S. Kalra, General Secretary, IATLIS and Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab) Ph.-0175-3046179 and 3046180 Email: hpskalra(a)gmail.com Organising Secretary: Dr. Devika P. Madalli, devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in Regards -- Khushpreet Singh Brar UGC-JRF Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002 E-mail: khushpreet.singh(a)gmail.com Mobile: +919815303000

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Invitation for Book Release and JNU Central Library 8th Library Lecture Series
by Devendrappa T M 11 Dec '12

11 Dec '12

Dear Sir, Kindly post the Book *Release and Central Library JNU *8th Library Lecture Series and Outreach Programme invitation. All the LIS professionals are cordially invites to attend the programme. Below is the programme details. *Central Library, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)* In collaboration with *SATKAL Trust* cordially invites you to the *Release of the Book* *Pioneers of Library Movement in India: A Tribute by SATKAL * *(Published by Panjab Library Association & SATKAL Trust)* *Padmashri Alok Mehta*, Member, RRRLF & Chief Editor, National Duniya, New Delhi will release the book *Dr. K. K. Banerjee*, Director General, Raja Rammohun Library Foundation (RRRLF), Kolkata will be the Chief Guest *Prof. Jagindar Singh Ramdev*, Chief Patron & Founder, Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship (SATKAL) will be the Guest of Honour *SATKAL Annual Lecture* on *Essential Skills for LIS Professionals * by *Dr. H K Kaul* Director, DELNET, New Delhi *Chairperson: Prof. P. B. Mangla * Former Dean & HoD-DLIS, DU, University of Delhi Date: *Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 11.00 am * Venue:* Lecture Hall-I, Convention Centre, JNU, New Delhi* with regards ----------------------------------------- Devandrappa T M Professional Assistant JNU Central Library New Delhi-110067 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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urgent
by monisha mishra 11 Dec '12

11 Dec '12

Dear professionals , Good afternoon.Can anyone send me the fulltext of the below mentioned article as it is being urgently required by one of our research scholars. U.K. Chauhan, Sanjeev Dubey and Shilpa Mishra. 2012. Diabetes Mellitus and its Treatment with the Help of Aloe Vera. International Journal of Biotechnology & Biochemistry (IJBB) Volume 8: 35-45 With regards. Truely,l *Monisha Mishra* *Librarian Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar Orissa* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation-Lecture by Prof Leslie Chan
by Ishwar Goudar 11 Dec '12

11 Dec '12

Dear Professionals, You along with your faculty members and researchers are cordially invited for a special lecture on: "Emerging Trends in Scholarly Communications and Impact Measures in the Open Knowledge Environment" by Prof. Leslie Chan Department of Social Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada Organized by Mysore University Library Department of Studies in Library and Information Science (DLIS-UoM) Mysore Library and Information Scientists’ Association (MyLISA) and SDM Institute of Management Development, Mysore Venue: Manasa Media Centre, Mysore University Library, Manasagangotri, Mysore Date: Wednesday, 19th December 2012 at 3.30 p.m. Who Should Participate: Faculty, Researchers, Scientists, Students, Librarians RSVP: Dr. C.P. Ramasesh, University Librarian, MUL, Mob: 9731343004 Dr. Khaiser Nikam, Professor & Chairperson, DLIS, UoM, Mob: 9845328672 Prof. Mallinath Kumbhar, President, MyLISA, Mob: 9844355929 Dr. M.V. Sunil, Librarian, SDM-IMD, Mob: 9986439832 Dr. I.R.N. Goudar, Visiting Professor and Library Adviser, UoM, Mob: 9611165781 About Speaker: Leslie Chan is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Toronto Scarborough, where he serves as the Program Supervisor for the International Development Studies program. A pioneer in the use of the Web for knowledge exchange and learning, Leslie has been the Director of Bioline International, a collaborative platform based at CRIA Brazil for open access distribution of research journals from close to twenty developing countries. This activity is part of Leslie’s long-term teaching and research interests in the roles of openness and control in the flow of knowledge and information and their impact on local and international development. In particular, Leslie has worked with organizations such as the Open Society Institute, UNESCO, and IDRC, in the development of alternative forms of knowledge media and communicative practices enabled by social network and collaborative software, and in the evaluation of human centered design principles and participatory approaches to media for community development. With Alma Swan, Leslie co-founded the Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook (OASIS) and the Global Open Access Map. A Trustee of the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, Leslie is on the editorial board of Open Medicine, and the advisory board of the Scholarly Communication in Africa project based at the University of Cape Town. He is also a member of the Research Dissemination Committee of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences. Request: Please inform your colleagues in library, your faculty and researchers about this lecture -- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Tel: 0821-2419283 mob: 09611165781 E-mail: goudarishwar(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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Training Programme on “Utilization of e-Resources in Agriculture” in Kerala Agricultural University
by Dr. A.T. Francis 11 Dec '12

11 Dec '12

Dear all, In order to equip the scientific community with modern tools of digital knowledge resources and e-learning, a Series of Training Programmes on “Utilization of E-Resources in Agriculture” has been organized by the KeralaAgriculturalUniversity for Scientists, Teachers, and Research Students. First of this Training Programme is being organised on 12-12-2012. The Training Series and first programme will be inaugurated Prof. (Dr.) P. Rajendran, Hon. Vice Chancellor, KAU in a function chaired by Prof. (Dr.) E.K. Mathew, Registrar. Major topics covered in the training are “Searching techniques of CAB Database & E-Books”, “Consortia based Knowledge Resources”, “E-Resources of KeralaAgriculturalUniversity”. Most welcome to the registered participants as well as all others to the Inaugural function at 10.00am at the University Library, Thrissur. With regards, Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY & IT NODAL OFFICER College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by LIJESH TK 11 Dec '12

11 Dec '12

Dear All Professionals, Our Research scholar need below article. Kindly help me in this regard. Title:Morphological and Phytochemical characterisation of different accessions of Hemidesmus indicus Authors:Satheesh George; Unnikrishnan K.P; Udayan P.S; Tushar K.V; Anu Augustine; Indira Balachandran Source:Journal of Tropical Medicinal Plants Vol/Issue:8(1): 97-103 Link:http://www.tropmedplants.com/article.php?aid=312 By, Lijesh T.K Project Fellow (Library) Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi, Thrissur, Kerala. PH: 09497249813 Email: tklijesh(a)yahoo.com or lijeshalapad(a)gmail.com Visit: http://www.libraryjobs4u.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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9th Annual Meet and Workshop of INDEST-AICTE consortium at IIM Ahmedabad
by Bibhuti B. Sahoo 11 Dec '12

11 Dec '12

Dear All, We are happy to announce that the 9th Annual Meet and Workshop of INDEST-AICTE consortium is being held at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) and is jointly organized by IIM Ahmedabad and IIT Gandhinagar. The venue of the meeting is IIMA Campus during January 18-19, 2012. We invite all INDEST members (Core, Active and others) to register at the earliest to avail campus accommodation as we have limited number of rooms available. Other Library professionals interested can also register for the meet. For more details please visit to the following website: http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/indest/ or http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest/ Details of programme will be posted soon on the workshop website. -- Thanks and Regards Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo Central Library, INDEST - AICTE Consortium Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016 -- 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 Dr. Vinod Kr. Sharma 11 Dec '12

11 Dec '12

Dear Professional Friends, If you have access, please forward me a copy of the below mentioned article required by one of our senior faculty member for his research work - Saxena S, Kesharwani RK, Singh V, Singh S. Designing of putative siRNA against geminiviral suppressors of RNAi to develop geminivirus-resistant papaya crop.Int J Bioinform Res Appl. 2013;9(1):3-12. doi: 10.1504/IJBRA.2013.050655. Link: http://inderscience.metapress.com/content/p004805646270355/?genre=article&i… Thanks in advance for your kind cooperation. Regards, -- *Dr Vinod Kr Sharma,* *Librarian/Information Scientist National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, P B No.10531,J.N.U. Campus, New Delhi - 110067. Ph. : 91-11-26735101(Direct) 91-11-26741612, 14, 17 Ext. 101, 102 * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by Manas Samanta/মানস সামন্ত 10 Dec '12

10 Dec '12

Dear all Kindly send me the following article Magnetic Properties and Giant Magneto-Impedance Effect of Ductile Amorphous Microwires Without Glass Coating *Authors: *Zhukova, V.; Umnov, P.; Molokanov, V.; Shalygin, A.N.; Zhukov, A. *Source:* Sensor Letters <http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/senlet>, Volume 10, Numbers 3-4, March/April 2012 , pp. 731-735(5) Reference link: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/senlet/2012/00000010/F0020003/art… with regards -- ---------------------------------------------------- Manas Samanta Computer Sc(H). MLIS Technical Assistant CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory Jamshedpur . Ph.No.- 0657-2345112(O) Mobile No. - 8102387227 (Jharkhand), 9126345586 (West Bengal) man_lis(a)rediffmail.com , lis_man(a)hotmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for papers:IATLIS Conference, 26-28 December 2012 at DRTC, Bangalore -
by Khushpreet Singh Brar 10 Dec '12

10 Dec '12

*DRTC Golden Jubilee National Conference on Library Education* *Jointly with* *XXIX IATLIS* *NATIONAL CONFERENCE, 2012* *26-28 December 2012* *Theme* *LIS Education and Research: Contemplating Persistent and Debatable Issues* *Organized jointly by* * * Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) and Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC),Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore- 560 05*9* * * *IATLIS: *Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) is a professional association of more than 600 teachers and professionals in Library and Information Science in India. Since its inception in 1969, IATLIS has been active in taking up several issues of LIS Education in India especially relating to the development of curriculum, teaching methods, infrastructure, teachers’ training, etc. It actively works for the promotion of the professional interests of LIS teachers. As part of its activities, it conducts national seminars, workshops, training programmes, etc. It brings out its official organ ‘IATLIS Communications’ besides publishing conference volumes. This year the annual IATLIS conference is being held at Documentation Training and Research Centre (DRTC), at Bangalore on the broad theme of *“LIS Education and Research: Contemplating Persistent and Debatable Issues” from 26-28 December 2012* *DRTC:*Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) established by Prof. S R Ranganathan in 1962, is a research centre at Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) conducting Research, Training and Higher Education in the field Library and Information Sciences and allied areas. In the last five decades, DRTC has been involved in Research, Education, Training and cutting edge applications of Information and Communication Technology to Libraries and Information Centres, Knowledge centers and systems. 2012 marks the Golden Jubilee of DRTC and we are happy to host as part of 'Golden Jubilee Celebrations', the national conference on LIS Education and Research jointly with the XXIX IATLIS conference on *“LIS Education and Research: Contemplating Persistent and Debatable Issues” from 26-28 December 2012* *Theme of the Conference*:* * *LIS Education and Research: Contemplating Persistent and Debatable Issues* *Sub-themes: (suggested topics but not limited to the following)* - What course components are relevant and irrelevant in LIS Curriculum? - Is LIS research over-emphasizing Survey Research, Citation Analysis, and redundant topics? - What ICT topics should form the core and specializations in LIS Curriculum? - Core vs. Specializations with special reference to Public Library system and School Library system - How to facilitate smooth transition from: - Tradition to modernity - Classification to Ontology - Cataloging to Bibliographic Metadata - Authority files to Metadata Schema - Moving beyond Informatics and work in Data and Text Mining - Information Sources to Information Gateways and Discovery tools - National Mission for Libraries and LIS Education - E-learning in LIS, Open Courseware, LISwiki (Open invitation for voluntary editors) - IPRs and Open Access - Open Source Software in LIS - Open Standards in LIS - Library 2.0: Web 2.0 Technologies - Role of Social Networks in Library Services - Resource Discovery tools: A critique of Web Search Engines *Invited talks on:* - Data Science: Data Repositories, Linked Data, Data Analytics - Semantic web: Ontology, metadata and Inferencing - Cloud Computing: LIS Clouds Panel Discussion on LIS Education and Research Note: These sub-themes are not exhaustive, rather indicative only. *Call for papers:* Full articles and research papers (with abstracts) on the above mentioned theme and sub-themes for the XXIX IATLIS* *National Conference should reach to Dr. H. P. S. Kalra, General Secretary, IATLIS, Department of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala – 147002 (Punjab) as a hard copy and also as an email attachment latest by *21 December 2012*. The paper should not be more than 3000 words. Please send your paper both in print and electronic form on a CD in Microsoft Word and also a soft copy through email to iatlis2012(a)gmail.com. The paper should include Title, Name and Address of author(s), Abstract and Key Words. References at the end of the paper and their in-text citing should be according to APA Style manual. For further information about this check this link: http://www.wooster.edu/psychology/APA-crib.html *Registration Fees:* *Indian Delegates:* Sponsored: Rs. 3,000/- Non-Sponsored Rs. 2,000/- Retired Professionals: Rs.1,500/- Accompanying Person: Rs. 1,500/- Students: Rs. 750/- *Foreign Delegates:* SARRC Countries: $ 150 Other Countries: $ 300 The registration fee covers conference kit, proceedings of the conference (upon post- publication), and working lunch, dinner and breakfast and session tea for the days of the conference. The registration fee does not include accommodation charges. Papers presented at the conference will be published in the post-conference volume and would be sent to the registered delegates later on. Delegates are requested to include registration fees for accompanying persons while forwarding their registration forms since it would not be possible to entertain last minute request in view of shortage of accommodation. Accompanying persons shall not be entitled for conference kits. Delegates are requested to intimate their travel plan in advance to avoid inconvenience. The Demand Draft for registration fee should be in favour of IATLIS payable at Patiala, and should be sent along with duly filled Registration Form latest by 21 December 2012 to: Dr. H. P. S. Kalra, General Secretary, IATLIS and Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab) Ph.-0175-3046179 and 3046180 Email: hpskalra(a)gmail.com *Accommodation: *Accommodations in ISI guest house are very limited and will be arranged by the local Organizing Secretary ONLY on first-come-first served basis for those participants who send prior information for it in the registration form. Charges for accommodation are to be borne by the participants as per actuals. Bangalore is host to several hotels and hostels catering to all budgets. Delegates can also make their booking on their own. *Climate and Clothing:* Weather is generally pleasant in December in Bangalore with temperatures between 15-27 degrees Celsius. Heavy woolens are not required but sweaters and shawls are advisable. *How to reach DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute: * *By Bus* The city bus service is known as BMTC (or BTS) and its main terminal is right opposite the city railway station. Please use the subway from outside the railway station to reach the BTS bus station. (The area that covers the railway station, bus station etc. is known as Majestic.) You may take a Kengeri bound bus (nos. 222A, 226A and 403A) from platform no. 19A to come to ISI. Platform no. 19A is closest to the railway station. Ask for a ticket to "Jairamdas Bus stop". (The ISI bus stop is known as 'Jairamdas'.) This bus stop is just after the University Gate bus stop and just before the R. V. College bus stop. The bus journey takes 30-40 minutes. *By Air * Bangalore International Airport is approximately one and a half hour drive from the Institute about 56 kms. It handles direct flights from a number of national and international destinations. A journey by taxi from the air port to the Institute will cost approximately Rs.1050/- *By Rail* Bangalore, is well connected with rail and roads. There are plenty of trains from all the major cities of India to Bangalore City. Indian Statistical Institute, which is next to the Bangalore University, is about 12 km on the way to Mysore from the city railway station. A journey by taxi from the railway station to the Institute will take approximately 30 minutes and costs approximately Rs.500. * * *Registration Form* XXIX IATLIS National Conference,26-28 December 2012 Documentation Training and Research Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Name: (Prof./Dr./Mr./Mrs./Ms):………………………………………………………….. Name of accompanying person/s (if y):………………………………………………. Designation: …………………………………………... Institution: ……………………………………………………………………………….. Mailing Address: ………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………….. E-mail: …………………………………………………………………………………….. Phone: (O) …………………………….., (M) …………………………. *Payment Details: * Bank: ……………………………. Draft No. …………………………… Dated: ………................................ Amount: ……………………………… (DD to be drawn in favour of IATLIS, payable at Patiala). Whether accommodation is required: Yes / No. If Yes, number of persons and their names:……………………………………….. Arrival and Departure Details (Train / Flight No., Date, Time): ……………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Signature *Important Dates: * Receipt of full papers: 21 December 2012 Conference Dates: 26 – 28 December 2012 *On behalf of Organizing Committee we extend a very cordial invitation to all IATLIS members, LIS teachers, LIS students and Library professionals for participation in XXIX IATLIS National Conference 2012 and to celebrate Golden Jubilee of DRTC. * The filled-in registration form along with registration fee is to be sent to the General Secretary, IATLIS C/o Dept. of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab) Ph.-0175-3046179, 3046180. *IATLIS Office Bearers:* Dr. Jagtar Singh, *President, IATLIS *& Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 Ph.-0175-3046179 and 3046180, Email: jagtardeep(a)gmail.com, iatlis.patiala(a)gmail.com Dr. H. P. S. Kalra, General Secretary, IATLIS and Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab) Ph.-0175-3046179 and 3046180 Email: hpskalra(a)gmail.com *Organising Secretary:* Dr. Devika P. Madalli, devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in Regards -- Khushpreet Singh Brar UGC-JRF Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002 E-mail: khushpreet.singh(a)gmail.com Mobile: +919815303000 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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