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UGC NET
by Ratheesh K 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Dear Friends, Thank you for your comments about UGC NET Examination pattern.... But I raise another issue...what is the use/value of a Library Science & Inf. Science NET certificate in Kerala.... I cleared NET in 2009 June, three years over...I did not get a single chance to apply for a UGC post in Kerala government / state university..... Now I am working at Cochin University of Science and Technology as Professional Assistant ....my fifteen(15) library professional colleagues ,who cleared UGC NET are still working in lower positions........ Is it justifiable...? I invite your comments..... Regards, Ratheesh.K M.A.,M.L.I.Sc.,M.Phil,UGC-NET(L.S.) Professional Assistant University Library Cochin University of Science and Technology Kochi-22,Kerala. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nominations Invited for IIPA-DST Training Programme on Knowledge Management July 23-29, 2012 -
by Usha Munshi 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

*IIPA-DST Programme on Knowledge Management July 23-29, 2012.* I am glad to inform you that the Indian Institute of Public Administration will be offering a Programme on *Knowledge Management (KM) *during July 23-29, 2012. The training programme is sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India KM is a core competency which transforms an organization’s business competitiveness, through integration of knowledge and decentralized intelligence to empower knowledge workers to do a better job all around. The future of knowledge lies in its increasing propensity for value, social networks and enrichment of knowledge, and that of KM depends on the right approach to organizational elements that lead to economic value (tangible and intangible). Knowledge (in the present century) reigns supreme, cutting across the core of an organization. In an era of connectivity, knowledge transfer and exchange via cooperation, coordination and creativity, studies have shown that 20% of an organization’s core knowledge can effectively operate 80% of daily transactions. Organizations all over the world began the process of learning how to use and “manage” the new resource called – knowledge. Thus the understanding of importance, role, and performance assessment of the Knowledge Management System in organizations, particularly in knowledge intensive service institutions is very crucial for survival and growth of such organizations to achieve the cutting-edge differentiation. The programme will deal with various issues, tools and techniques that would facilitate a complete array of activities in building KM system from , execution, implementation and assessment to deployment . Besides, the various modules will be covering aspects like Understanding Knowledge & Working Smarter in Knowledge Economy, cognition and Knowledge Management, KM Planning & Execution in Organizations and system evaluation, Pillars of KM in S&T Sector, Key enablers of KM (ICT & Human capital), legal & ethical aspects of KM. One of the important features of the programme is the opportunity provided to the participants to have a holistic approach for strategizing action plan for stimulating knowledge-centric culture in organizations. Thus developing an open-mind to pursue Knowledge-creation, acquisition- Unlearning, Relearning and Sharing with examples of best practices and case studies are drawn from different sectors. Eminent faculty from IIT’s, leading Management institutions, Government Sector and from Corporate domain will be pooling their knowledge resources for building a robust KM system in organizations. *The other key feature is the field visits and learning on site. * * * *Target Group* All Levels of Scientists and Technologists working in various research and academic institutions of Government of India.** * * *Course Fee : (Free)/ Lodging/Boarding * The Department of Science and Technology will bear the entire cost of the training. Only the expenses related to TA/DA of the participants for attending the training programmes at IIPA, and reporting back to their respective places of duty, are to be borne by the nominating organizations. The Institute will take care of the lodging/boarding. The Institute has a Hostel where board/lodging facilities are made available to all the participants on twin sharing basis. Please note that the programme is residential and the accommodation is only for the participants.** *For unwinding,* the institute generally makes arrangement for co-curricular activities. A certificate on completion will be awarded to the participants at the end of the programme.** We look forward to receiving nominations from your organization/s. For more details and programme brochure, kindly send mail to DST Cell IIPA < trgdstiipa(a)gmail.com or umunshi(a)gmail.com. *The nominations may be sent at the earliest (preferably by 13th July, 2012) , so that the requisite arrangements can be made.* Please note that only a maximum of 25 participants can be accommodated in the said training programme. In case there are any queries, please feel free to get in touch with us by either e-mail or phone *Supervisor (Training) 011-91-2346-8338 or *to the* Programme Coordinator *Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi (011-91- 2346-8320, 9717967686) or* Co-Coordinator* Dr. Roma Mitra Debnath (011-91-* *2346-8376 , 9310338939). We look forward to your cooperation in sending a few nominations for the programmes at the earliest. With regards, Yours sincerely, Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi Phone: 011-2346 8320 Mobile : 09717967686 e-mailumunshi(a)gmail.com, umunshi(a)iipa.org.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Second Workshop on Koha under LAN/NMEICT Project
by P. S. Mukhopadhyay 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Library Automation and Resource Sharing Network Project (see koha.ignouonline.ac.in) under NMEICT (National Mission on Education through ICT) is going to organize the second workshop (Koha 3.8.2 on Ubuntu platform including MARC 21 bibliographic format and Indic scripts based document management) under a workshop series during July 20-23, 2012, at Bose Institute, P 1/12, C. I. T. Road, Scheme - VIIM Kolkata - 700054, West Bengal, India (see http://bic.boseinst.ernet.in/seminar.html/) The workshop involves no registration fees for librarians of colleges affiliated to UGC/AICTE. It will provide participants Software DVD (an easy-to-install software suite containing Koha and other library related software like Greenstone, DSpace, Joomla, Open Harvester, Open Journal System, easy backup/restore of bibliographic data, and many more in Unicode-compliant Indic Scripts-enabled environment on Ubuntu LTS), Training manual, Working lunch and refreshments. No accommodation and TA/DA are admissible in the project workshop. Interested professionals may send a mail to lan.nmeict(a)gmail.com showing their interest and details info (name and address of college, name of delegate, professional experience, college affiliation, state-of-the library automation, e-mail, mobile number etc.). Participating libraries need to be bibliographic data partner of the project to submit and receive validated MARC data to/from the Z 39.50 server (see http://irspy.indexdata.com/full.html?id=Z39.50%3Akoha.ignouonline.ac.in%3A9…) created by the project team for the purpose. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kalyani, Kalyani - 741 235 (WB), India ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request Article
by srinivas rao 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Dear Professionals, Good morning. Can anybody help me to get the soft copy of full text of the following article which is being needed by one of our research scholar. Details of the article is: S. Chandra: Super Ionic Solids: Principles and Applications (North-Holland Pub. Co., 1981) SRINIVASA RAO GANTA Asst.Professor in LIS VBIT,Hyderabad http://vbitlibrary.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DRTC Alumni Meet
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road R V Collge Post Bangalore 560059 Ph-28483002/3/4/5 Extn. 490 , 28482711 Golden Jubilee DRTC Alumni Symposium ------------------------------------ Towards Innovation in Library and Information Science Research and Education Date: 9th July 2012 Time: 10 am -5 pm Venue: DRTC , ISI Campus, 8th Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore As part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of DRTC/ISI, DRTC Alumni meet will be held on 9th July 2012 at DRTC, ISI campus, Bangalore, just before the Golden Jubilee International Conference ICTK-2012 which is from 10-13th July 12. It is our aim to revisit the goals and objectives of DRTC. The views and suggestions of Alumni will be solicited so that we can redesign our goals and objectives suitable for the present situation. Programme 10-10.30 am Inauguration DRTC Multimedia Presentation 10.30 -11 am Tea/Coffee 11 12.00 pm Session I Address by Head, DRTC Felicitation to Senior DRTC Alumni Down the memory lane 12 1.30 pm Session II Revisiting the goals and objectives of DRTC Teaching and Education 1.30 2.30 Lunch 1.30 2.30 4 pm Session III DRTC Research Agenda 2050 4 4.15 pm Tea/Coffee 4.15 5.15 Resolutions and Valedictory ================================================ (ONLY FOR DRTC ANLUMNI) =================================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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iGoogle is retiring !
by Satish Munnolli 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

iGoogle will be retired in 16 months, on November 1, 2013. http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en <http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2664197> &answer=2664197 Satish S Munnolli Librarian, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) Sector 22 Kharghar Navi Mumbai 410210 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship (5) and (6)
by Athif Mohammed 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship (5) "SPI: Strategic & Operational Model" By Mr. Sid Mookerji, Global CEO & Founder Software Paradigm Inc. Date and Time: July 6, 2012 10:30 AM You are cordially invited Dr.Shalini R Urs Executive Director and Professor Abstract: Mr. Mookerji, a native of Mysore, is a prominent success story in software industry entrepreneurship. Using his in depth experience from founding Software Paradigm Inc., and leading it to global success, he will discuss strategic issues and operational models that entrepreneurs face while running their start-ups. He will also talk about the Outsourcing Industry overall and India's role in it as well as the specifics of how SPI operates. He will try to provide a holistic view and the local eco-system for want-to-be software entrepreneurs in the coming years. Speaker Bio: Mr Mookerji has several years of corporate leadership experience in IT and Business Process Outsourcing particularly for global Retailers. He has received the Indian government's Excellence in IT Exports award twice. In 2008, he helped secure SPI's placement in the Atlanta Business Magazine's list of Top Ten Fastest-Growing Companies. He has been honored for SPI's rapid growth by USPAACC as well as by Inc. Magazine several times. Mysore born entrepreneur Mr. Sid Mookerji made Indians proud as his company - Software Paradigms International (SPI) has been honoured in the US. The company has been named in the list of 50 fastest growing companies in Atlanta, US. Mr. Mookerji holds a BE (Hons) Electrical and Electronics from BITS, Pilani, India and an MBA from Emory University's Goizueta School of Business. _____ ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship (6) "Challenges, Successes, Survival, & Incarnations for an Entrepreneur" By Mr. A. Sadhasivam CEO Ignis Aerospace & Design Pvt. Ltd. Date and Time: July 6, 2012 1:30 PM You are cordially invited Dr.Shalini R Urs Executive Director and Professor Abstract: Mr. Sadhasivam will bring his rich experience of 20 plus years, as the General Manager of Wipro Tech Pvt. Mysore, Co-founder and COO of Majoris Soft Tech Pvt. Bangalore, Director of Preva Test Solutions Pvt. Bangalore, and currently as CEO of Ignis Aerospace Ltd., to talk about the daunting uncertainties of becoming an entrepreneur, its life-cycle, and what attributes contribute to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Speaker Bio: Mr. A. Sadhasivam, with 40 years of IT industry experience, has significant experience of building organizations from scratch. He has spent 10 years of his career at ECILin Design; Development and Testing. He was instrumental in developing Automated Testing Systems (ATS) for in-house needs and also for Indian Navy. He was the head of micro-computer design and manufacturing activity for a premier IT organization at a time when computer was just a buzz word for most of us. Subsequently, he had joined Wipro and contributed unmatched value to the company for over 20 years. He was responsible for bringing out the first computer from WIPRO and subsequently managed the Engineering and Manufacturing operations for next 10 years. He was a key member involved in technology transfers from USA, Taiwan and Japan for various IT products. Mr. Sadhasivam was CEO of Wipro's System Engineering Division catering to country's Defense, Space and Atomic Energy units and built it to be one of the most successful and profitable business unit. He has worked on several strategic programs of Defense, BARC and NAL. He is regarded as the pioneer in popularizing barcodes in the country. He was the key brain behind establishing the Testing Division of Wipro and nurtured it for 3 years. This division, as strategic business unit of Wipro, has bloomed in to US $ 500 Million revenue and 7000 employees. His stint as the Founder, Director and COO of Majoris Systems was quite remarkable. He has developed first smartcard based payment systems, resulting in a business of Rs.30 Million in a year. He has a BE from Coimbatore Inst. of Technology and holds MBA degree from University of Mysore. He is a recipient of Visveshwariah Award by Institution of Engineers for contribution to Computer Engineering. He is widely respected in the industry as an able administrator and nurturing green field organization and building them to international size. Athif Mohammed Assistant Manager International School of Information Management (ISiM) University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570006. Email- office(a)isim.ac.in M: +91 9886772356 Website: www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Regarding UGC-NET
by Vimal Kumar 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Dear Friends, I would like to challenge Manoj Kumar opinion regarding UGC NET exam. How it is possible to measure one's teaching ability merely through objective questions? Ans: Descriptive exam mode is not the apt tool to evaluate teaching skill. To test teaching skill, UGC has to conduct practical class room teaching test in-front of students. Teaching posts are very few in LIS. Librarian job is considered as a professional one and need skill set. For the selection of library professionals objective mode is good. Objective mode is enough to test a candidates practical knowledge base. But questions should follow the standard. It should not be cut and paste from LIS guides. Great teachers in LIS are not UGC NET holders. In my knowledge, lot of senior good teachers in LIS without UGC NET has been successfully sharing knowledge to students. In our knowledge, Dr. S.R. Ranganathan had not qualified any NET type competitive exam conducted by UGC. But he was a successful teacher. The same way lot of good teachers still in service without NET. The only advantage of this mode is that the paper valuation will be done fastly and easily. Ans: This is one of the great disadvantage or curse of this exam. In certain extent, objective mode can make the UGC NET exam transparent. Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.org Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC-NET-COMMENTS
by Sunny Joseph 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Dear Mr.Manoj, How can the teaching skills can be measured through descriptive written test alone??? Whether Oral presentation skill is more important than writing skills for teachers??? Whether it is tested by UGC??? India may be the only nation where persons become eligible for teaching after only a written test. I know many teachers who cleared UGC NET but miserably fail in class room. Why interview is inevitable for IAS Officers after written test??? Comments please........ Sunny Joseph, Govt.IASE, Thrissur. Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 11:28:43 +0530 From: manoj kumar <manukhd(a)gmail.com> To: LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Reg UGC NET Exam Message-ID: <CAOvHRxrb2kxCv-RiGz1PVT6i3AsfGNhGM=Po0JqVr0YR0waKnA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" In my opinion, making the NET exam in objective mode is a great rubbish by UGC. How it is possible to measure one's teaching ability merely through objective questions? The only advantage of this mode is that the paper valuation will be done fastly and easily. let us wait for the results of the june 2012 exam to draw further conclusions reagrds manojkumar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha Live CD Lite released
by Vimal Kumar 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Dear Friends, Koha Live CD Lite <http://sourceforge.net/projects/kohalivecd-lite/> is based on Ubuntu Linux 10.04 and Koha 3.8.2. File size is 600 MB. Live CD is customized for ready to use. Download Link, http://sourceforge.net/projects/kohalivecd-lite/ Highlights are: - Easy installation steps - Koha customised for ready to use - Zebra server enabled - Customised MARC fields in cataloguing - Scheduled database backup - Build on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - Detailed installation manual and Read Me file - Sample reports If you are using Koha previous version (e.g. Koha-3.6.4), try to upgrade to new version using the instructions in the following link, http://kohageek.pbworks.com/w/page/31795398/upgrade Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.org Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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