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Fw: Re: Fw: JOURNAL OF LIBRARY MANAGEMENT: Call for Papers
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

EMERGING FRONTIERS OF DIGITAL LIBRARIES PERSPECTIVES, EMPOWERMENT AND ADVOCACY (2011 – 12) March 13 – 14, 2012 Organizers Department of Library and Information Science University of Kashmir Schedule Conference Date: March 13-14, 2012 Important Dates Paper Submission: February 15, 2012 Acceptance of Papers: February 28, 2012 Registration: January 01, 2012 to March 01, 2012 Main topics and subtopics (but not limited to) are: Digital Libraries: Knowledge Advocacy Ø Global Level Activities Ø Regional Level Activities Ø Digital Literacy Ø Digital Libraries: Social, Technical and Economic Perspectives Ø Digital Libraries: Educational programmes and Policies Ø Organizational and Psychological Issues Digital Libraries: Technologies & Standards Ø Digital Publishing Technologies Ø Digital publishing Standards Ø Metadata and Interoperability Ø Interoperability Standards Digital Libraries: Development & Engineering Perspectives Ø Information Architecture, Configuration. Ø Digital Content Creation Ø Digital Library Development: Tools and Infrastructures Ø Digital Library Models Ø Open Source Softwares for Digital Libraries Digital Libraries: Semantics Ø Web 2.0 and 3.0 Ø Semantics 2.0 and 3.0 Ø Artificial Intelligence Ø Ontologies Ø Content Indexing and Rating Digital Libraries: Information Retrieval Ø Information Retrieval Models Ø Vocabulary Control Ø Search Strategies and Techniques Digital Libraries: Social Networks Ø Resource Sharing and Social Networks Ø Impact of Social Networks on the Digital Library Services Digital Publishing, Libraries, Archives & Museums Ø Preserving Heritage and Culture Ø Encoded Archival Description Ø Digital publishing and information services Ø Digital publishing platforms for libraries, archives and museums Digital Libraries: Use & User Studies Ø Use and User Studies Ø Usage Metrics: Tools & Techniques Ø User Studies: Information Needs, pattern and Information Seeking Behaviour Digital Libraries, museums and Archives: Initiatives & Case studies Ø Audiovisual and Multimedia Libraries Ø Children libraries Ø Physically Challenged libraries Ø Public libraries Ø Museums and archives Digital Libraries: Rights Management Ø Legal Issues Ø Intellectual Property Rights Ø Access Management , Security and plagiarism Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, . -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Subject: Re: UGC-NET: Necessary Changes and Amendments(Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:39:15 +0530 > From: Vinit <vinitbhu06@gmail.com)
by Madhurjyamoy Das 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Dear Friends, My heartiest thanks to my colleague Mr. Vinit Kumar (who is fairly experienced in the art of our profession) for his valuable inputs. I seek my colleague’s kind permission to bring about some contextual issues again in this regard. My dear colleague has mentioned ‘The education is just not mugging of facts and by heart some questions’. I exactly agree with his words and want to say in symphony that just mugging up the things, preparing model answers of ten years UGC-NET papers along with plenty model test papers available in the market, practising on how to write answers to these descriptive questions and finally just reproducing the things in the answer sheets in the examination hall on that D-Day, should this be the focus that we expect from the UGC-NET ? Now in the context of exams like IIM-CAT, GATE, etc., I would humbly like to mention that these are not entirely the entrance examinations just to admit students in regular academic courses as has been claimed, but also, the scores in these tests are used equally with that of UGC-NET by the premier institutes viz. IITs, IIMs, et.al. for selecting researchers in the respective disciplines and these facts can easily be tested for genuineness in the respective websites of the above mentioned institutions. With my colleague’s kind permission again, I would like to state here that it is the beauty of these tests to offer to the takers a system that is either almost or absolutely free of repetitions. Let us take an interesting example. There are a lot of articles, newspaper reads, and other relevant documents supporting the fact that the CAT is a kind of test that is being held for decades with it’s unique nature i.e. without any repetition and this has also been observed that the new things are being incorporated in the system in novel fashions. GRE(Graduate Record Examination) is another very significant example and it is used by the best universities worldwide for the selection of research scholars. Anyway, I believe that the possibility of repetition becomes more in the descriptive type papers rather than objective type tests. So, if one mugs up ten years papers by UGC, more are the possibilities for him/her to get repetitive questions in the descriptive paper. I do agree with my colleague that that there is possibility to have some innovative type question in the said type of descriptive model, but the previous year papers available in the UGC-NET site tell us a different story here. Our LIS discipline is facing challenges like never before and it is high time that we need to have smart professionals in our field well conversant in modern techniques as well as the traditional base. In my humble opinion what we need to have is a well mix of things to make our profession in harmony. Either we have to adopt changes in proportion to the need of present day challenges a professional faces in our discipline or we are on the verge to get perished. Finally, I found this platform to be very healthy and thus put a disclaimer that nothing is personal here and not aimed to harm individual’s thoughts, but to enjoy a freedom to express within the given scope. Best Regards, Madhuryamay Das DRTC, ISI-Bsngslore > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:39:15 +0530 > From: Vinit <vinitbhu06(a)gmail.com> > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] UGC-NET: Necessary Changes and Amendments > Message-ID: > <CA+Kko-FJefbhw6OOCy47gJoaPUqugxeR27oV2GBnvUDQpRyypg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear colleagues, > Apropos to the post on UGC Amendments (UGC-NET: Necessary Changes and > Amendments - Madhurjyamoy Das), I second with the thoughts of my dear > budding colleague. There is no doubt that the objective type questions > provide transparency and a fair level playing, but they just ruin the basic > tenets of education. The education is just not mugging facts and by heart > some questions. It trains our mind to think intuitively, observe, analyse > the observations and most importantly *interpret* and* express* the > observations in a standard and unambiguous way. Unfortunately our > educational setup has produced more mugging experts than thinkers. > > The exams (IIM-CAT and GATE) mentioned by my colleague are entrance > examination for a course of study and not for a herculean task of teaching > and research which involve independent thinking and analysis. In the case > of entrance exams objective type questions can be justified as the session > has to be started on time. Where UGC does not have any deadlines to > meet. I think this is the reason till date UPSC for its IAS mains > examination has not opted objective type questions. Here one can easily > argue that the objective type questions can also be > set intuitively to check the conceptual, analytical ability of a candidate. > But after a period of time the questions start getting repeated and then > again the mugging starts. This has been exemplified by the IIT JEE > modification in 2002( the main exam was made objective), now the big cram > shops have opened in every street. > > The point raised by my colleague that this objective type pattern will > handle the problem of inter examiner varibality of marking third paper is > baseless. As in the present system one answer sheet is checked by a panel > of 12-13 experts and not by a single person and this is the reason for > delay in the results. This delay can be justified if the quality evaluation > is the cause of it. > > In my opinion, the only good decision of UGC of having national level test > is everyday diluted by UGC itself and over the passage of time this will > ruin the quality of NET and UGC. > > Rest UGC is known for changing policies frequently. > > With best regards > > > -- > Regards > Vinit Kumar > Assistant Professor, > Dr. Ranganathan Institute of Library and Information Science > Bundelkhand University > Jhansi, U.P. 284128 > Alt email: vinit(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in > Home page: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/~vinit > =============== > Join DLRG : http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg > Submit your articles to LDL : https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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List of Human resourse management journals and forums
by jyoti wadhwani 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Dear Professional Friends, Can Any one could provide the List of Best Indian Journals and Forums in the Field of Human Resourse Management . Please also provide the name of good Associations and Organisations that are working in the field of Management urgently Thanks Jyoti Balani jyoti20wadhwani(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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SEMINAR on Emerging Frontiers in digital library 13-15th march 2012.
by Dr. S M.SHAFI 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

EMERGING FRONTIERS OF DIGITAL LIBRARIES PERSPECTIVES, EMPOWERMENT AND ADVOCACY (2011 – 12) March 13 – 14, 2012 For detailed information please visit home page of http://kashmiruniversity.ac.in professor S M SHAFI cell:9419008599 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nat Conf on Innovative Library Service-inaugural/valedictory function-invitation
by Arunachalam Hariharan 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi & Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science Inauguration Function National Conference on INNOVATIVE LIBRARY SERVICES IN THE DIGITAL ERA Inauguration Function on Friday 20th January, at 10.00 AM in Centenary Centre Dr. A.L. MOORTHY Director DESIDOC, DRDO, Delhi has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest and delivers the inaugural address Keynote Address Dr. M. SURIYA Librarian & Professor, Annamalai University & Special Address Mr. K. JOHN PAUL ANBU University of Swaziland Libraries, Swaziland South Africa VALEDICTORY FUNCTION We cordially invite you for the Valedictory Function of National Conference on INNOVATVIE LIBRARY SERVICES IN THE DIGITAL ERA Saturday, 21st January 2012, at 4.00 P.M in the Electrical Seminar Hall Shri M. MURUGASAN Director General Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest and delivers the Valedictory Address ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SALIS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: JOURNAL OF LIBRARY MANAGEMENT: Call for Papers
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

From: MANLIBNET Secretariat <manlibnet.secretariat(a)gmail.com> Subject: JOURNAL OF LIBRARY MANAGEMENT: Call for Papers To: Date: Monday, 16 January, 2012, 23:23 CALL FOR PAPERS and SUBSCRIPTION JOURNAL OF LIBRARY MANAGEMENT VOLUME 1 ISSUE 1 January-March 2012 Quarterly Journal of Management Libraries Network Published in Association with Indian Research.com Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board: Dr. H. Anil Kumar Managing Editor: Dr. Akhtar Parvez Editors: Dr. Tariq Ashraf and Mr. Jitender Sharma Management Libraries Network (MANLIBNET), India’s premier library association, is pleased to announce the launching of its journal titled “Journal of Library Management” - a print journal of the LIS discipline dedicated to publish peer reviewed original research papers, survey reports, and reviews & opinions pertaining to the subject of Library Management. Published on quarterly basis, the Journal of Library Management intends to provide a dedicated platform to LIS professionals for regularly contributing to LIS literature in the niche area of Library Management. By publishing quality refereed papers of issues of vital importance, the Journal proposes to act as a crucial link between the research community and practitioners in the profession which help keep up with the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methodologies in the areas of library management and of interest and value to senior managers and academics within the library and information profession. Authors are requested to contribute by submitting their unpublished research papers for the publication in the journal on the following broad areas of library management: · Collections Development & Library Services · Data Protection and Copyright · Digital Libraries/ Institutional Repositories · Documentation Services · Electronic Resources· · Emerging Technologies · Information Use · Leadership & Professional Development · Leadership and Human Resource Management· · Library & Society · Library 2.0 · Library Automation · Library Finance & Budgeting · Library Research · Managing Change · Marketing and Communication· · Marketing of Library Services · Outsourcing · Performance Measurement · Publishing Industry · Quality Management · Strategic Management · Teamwork · User Needs And Services· Contributions must be submitted in Microsoft® Word format; be typewritten in English; in single space; have a one-inch (2.5 cm) margin on all sides; have text left-justified; have text set as 11-pt. Times New Roman font; include the title on the top of the first page; list the authors and their affiliations and countries directly under the title. References: The authors are requested to ensure that all information in the paper that is taken from another source is substantiated with an in-text reference citation. Please also note that your references must strictly follow APA (American Psychological Association) style. Please e-mail your papers at manlibnet.secretariat(a)gmail.com and indianresearch.com(a)gmail.com Appeal for Subscription Launching of this Journal is a defining moment in the short history of MANLIBNET and achieving of yet another milestone. On behalf of MANLIBNET, we request you to support the Journal through regular subscription. We are sure that you will extend your helping hand to the publication by adding to your subscription list for year 2012. We assure you that the Journal would be a valuable addition to your library and open a new and ground breaking vista in the realm of LIS literature. Copy of subscription form is attached herewith. Sincerely, Dr. Akhtar Parvez General Secretary, MANLIBNET and Managing Editor, Journal of Library Management Mobile: +91-7389906902 e-mail: akhtaronline(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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Fwd: JOURNAL OF LIBRARY MANAGEMENT: Call for Papers
by J Sharma 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Dear All Request to send your valuable research papers for the journal and subscribe the same for your library. regards, Jitender Sharma Treasurer - MANLIBNET Librarian & Marketing Manager - Journal of Marketing & Communication NIILM Centre for Management Studies Plot No. 53, Knowledge Park - V Greater Noida - 201306 Tel: 0120-2397006, 09899695953 (Mob) E-mail: jsharma(a)niilm.com, jitendersharmaji(a)gmail.com, jitendersharmaji(a)yahoo.com -----Original Message----- From: MANLIBNET Secretariat <manlibnet.secretariat(a)gmail.com> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:23:43 +0530 Subject: JOURNAL OF LIBRARY MANAGEMENT: Call for Papers CALL FOR PAPERS and SUBSCRIPTION JOURNAL OF LIBRARY MANAGEMENT VOLUME 1 ISSUE 1 January-March 2012 Quarterly Journal of Management Libraries Network Published in Association with Indian Research.com Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board: Dr. H. Anil Kumar Managing Editor: Dr. Akhtar Parvez Editors: Dr. Tariq Ashraf and Mr. Jitender Sharma Management Libraries Network (MANLIBNET), India’s premier library association, is pleased to announce the launching of its journal titled “Journal of Library Management” - a print journal of the LIS discipline dedicated to publish peer reviewed original research papers, survey reports, and reviews & opinions pertaining to the subject of Library Management. Published on quarterly basis, the Journal of Library Management intends to provide a dedicated platform to LIS professionals for regularly contributing to LIS literature in the niche area of Library Management. By publishing quality refereed papers of issues of vital importance, the Journal proposes to act as a crucial link between the research community and practitioners in the profession which help keep up with the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methodologies in the areas of library management and of interest and value to senior managers and academics within the library and information profession. Authors are requested to contribute by submitting their unpublished research papers for the publication in the journal on the following broad areas of library management: · Collections Development & Library Services · Data Protection and Copyright · Digital Libraries/ Institutional Repositories · Documentation Services · Electronic Resources· · Emerging Technologies · Information Use · Leadership & Professional Development · Leadership and Human Resource Management· · Library & Society · Library 2.0 · Library Automation · Library Finance & Budgeting · Library Research · Managing Change · Marketing and Communication· · Marketing of Library Services · Outsourcing · Performance Measurement · Publishing Industry · Quality Management · Strategic Management · Teamwork · User Needs And Services· Contributions must be submitted in Microsoft® Word format; be typewritten in English; in single space; have a one-inch (2.5 cm) margin on all sides; have text left-justified; have text set as 11-pt. Times New Roman font; include the title on the top of the first page; list the authors and their affiliations and countries directly under the title. References: The authors are requested to ensure that all information in the paper that is taken from another source is substantiated with an in-text reference citation. Please also note that your references must strictly follow APA (American Psychological Association) style. Please e-mail your papers at manlibnet.secretariat(a)gmail.com and indianresearch.com(a)gmail.com Appeal for Subscription Launching of this Journal is a defining moment in the short history of MANLIBNET and achieving of yet another milestone. On behalf of MANLIBNET, we request you to support the Journal through regular subscription. We are sure that you will extend your helping hand to the publication by adding to your subscription list for year 2012. We assure you that the Journal would be a valuable addition to your library and open a new and ground breaking vista in the realm of LIS literature. Copy of subscription form is attached herewith. Sincerely, Dr. Akhtar Parvez General Secretary, MANLIBNET and Managing Editor, Journal of Library Management Mobile: +91-7389906902 e-mail: akhtaronline(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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Fwd: Fw: Four Days National Workshop on Bibliometrics / Webometrics / Scientometrics
by Anil Talawar 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Dear Professional Colleagues Greetings from Karnatak University, Dharwad The Department of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad is going to organize a *four days* National Workshop (Under UGC SAP-DRS) on Bibliometrics / Scientometrics / Webometrics in the last week of February 2012. Interested professionals who are pursuing their Ph.D. in these areas / the professionals who are working on these areas can send their Bio-data immediately to the address mentioned below. The exact date and the details of the Workshop will be intimated very soon. Dr. B. D. Kumbar Professor & Chairman Dept. of Library and Information Science Karnatak University, Dharwad - 580 003 Karnataka State, INDIA Phone: Office : 0836-2215260 Residence : 0836-2776085 Mobile : 09945408212 mail: bdkumbar(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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Re: [LIS-Forum] UGC-NET: Necessary Changes and Amendments
by Vinit 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Dear colleagues, Apropos to the post on UGC Amendments (UGC-NET: Necessary Changes and Amendments - Madhurjyamoy Das), I second with the thoughts of my dear budding colleague. There is no doubt that the objective type questions provide transparency and a fair level playing, but they just ruin the basic tenets of education. The education is just not mugging facts and by heart some questions. It trains our mind to think intuitively, observe, analyse the observations and most importantly *interpret* and* express* the observations in a standard and unambiguous way. Unfortunately our educational setup has produced more mugging experts than thinkers. The exams (IIM-CAT and GATE) mentioned by my colleague are entrance examination for a course of study and not for a herculean task of teaching and research which involve independent thinking and analysis. In the case of entrance exams objective type questions can be justified as the session has to be started on time. Where UGC does not have any deadlines to meet. I think this is the reason till date UPSC for its IAS mains examination has not opted objective type questions. Here one can easily argue that the objective type questions can also be set intuitively to check the conceptual, analytical ability of a candidate. But after a period of time the questions start getting repeated and then again the mugging starts. This has been exemplified by the IIT JEE modification in 2002( the main exam was made objective), now the big cram shops have opened in every street. The point raised by my colleague that this objective type pattern will handle the problem of inter examiner varibality of marking third paper is baseless. As in the present system one answer sheet is checked by a panel of 12-13 experts and not by a single person and this is the reason for delay in the results. This delay can be justified if the quality evaluation is the cause of it. In my opinion, the only good decision of UGC of having national level test is everyday diluted by UGC itself and over the passage of time this will ruin the quality of NET and UGC. Rest UGC is known for changing policies frequently. With best regards -- Regards Vinit Kumar Assistant Professor, Dr. Ranganathan Institute of Library and Information Science Bundelkhand University Jhansi, U.P. 284128 Alt email: vinit(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in Home page: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/~vinit =============== Join DLRG : http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg Submit your articles to LDL : https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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librarians are eligible for the post of Principal
by Vasantha M.C 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Maharashtra Government, Department of Higher and Technical Education issued a GO that college *librarians are eligible for the post of Principal*similar to Director of Physical education. this is the milestone for the community. Every one should make effort to pass similar order in their own state. with regards -- *Vasantha M C.* Librarian Bangalore Technological Institute (B T I) Bangalore - 560 035 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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