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State level confernce at SNDT Mumbai
by Bhupendra Bansod 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

SNDT Women’s University Library is organise a State level confernce on Academic Libraries in the Electronic Era (ALEE2012) Electronic Resource Development and Access on 17th and 18th January 2012 * * *Theme*: Electronic ResourceDevelopment and Access in Academic Libraries Sub-themes * * *Scholarly Communication Processes in academic Libraries* · E-Library Resources in electronic environment · Open Access E-Resources · Digital Preservation, Digitization projects * * *E- Resources : Collection Development: Technology, Infrastructure, Policies * · Resource Acquisition and Consortia formulation · Institutional Repositories, electronic theses and dissertations * * *Library Services in electronic environment: Best practices, innovations, eco-friendly Libraries* · Information Literacy · University–College Libraries : Linkages and alliances for e resource management · Use of Social media in academic libraries, web 2.0 tools and their use in academic libraries * * * Usage and User Studies* · Usage and statistics of e-resources · Copyright and IPR issues · Marketing and Promotion of E Resources * * *Call for Papers* : Original contributions based on applications / research / surveys / practices related to the theme are invited for presentations and poster presentations. All papers should be submitted through email only. Email address to send the papers is aleeconf2012(a)gmail.com Guidelines for the Contributors: All papers will be evaluated by a team of experts. Each contributor is required to submit double spaced copy of the full paper (Not exceeding 2000 words –through e mail) and an abstract (Not exceeding 200 words) in MS WORD (2007) format in English in Times New Roman. Contributors are requested to use font size 12 in A4 size set up with one inch margin all around for consistency. References should be given in APA format. Final paper submission must accompany a certificate by the author(s) that the paper is an original piece of work and has neither been published nor submitted for publication elsewhere. * * *REGISTRATION FEE: * Rs.1200/- will include • Conference kit • CD of papers submitted • Conference Lunch & High Tea For students and retired librarians : Fee Rs. 800/- It will not be possible to provide accommodation of any type. But accommodation may be chosen from a wide range of hotels/hostels the details of which will be provided with the intimation of acceptance of paper. * * *IMPORTANT DATES:* Paper and Abstract Submission : 30th November 2011 Conference : 17th and 18th January 2012 Acceptance Notification : 12th December 2011 Registration Deadline : 30th December 2011 VENUE: S.N.D.T. Women’s University, Churchgate, Mumbai – 400 020 *For further information, please contact * *Dr. Sushama Powdwal, * *Organizing Secretary* *University Librarian & Head,* *SHPT School of Library Science* *SNDT Women’s University, * *1, Nathibai Thakersey Road,* *Mumbai 400 020* *Tel. 22085439, (M) 9223450056* * 22072792* *Email sushama_juhu(a)rediffmail.com* * spowdwal(a)gmail.com* -- Bhupendra Bansod, Librarian, PVDT College of Education, SNDT Women's University, Churchgate, Mumbai - 20 Mo. +91 9029092218 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA National Conference on "Libraries and Development: Present and Future" on 9, 10 & 11 February 2012
by rajendrababu.hanumanthappa＠wipro.com 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

Dear LIS Professionals, KALA is happy to announce The National Conference on "Libraries and Development: Present and Future" to be held on 9th ,10th & 11th February 2012 in Shravanabelagola, Karnataka. Conference Theme: “Libraries and Development: Present and Future” Sub Themes: Privatisation of libraries (public libraries) with emphasis on public-private partnership Financial resource mobilization including fee-base services Karnataka Public Libraries Act (1965) Metrics Management Measuring Scholarly Impact Public Libraries: · Community Information centers; Information kiosks; Tele centers vis-à-vis public libraries. · Public Library situation in different states (situation reports) · Public Libraries vis-à-vis distance education · Collection development/ Evaluation · Staff position · Use/ User studies · Rural Libraries School and College Libraries · Library services in Schools and Colleges · School library management · Collection Development and Organization · New models of acquisition (e-books, e-journals) · Case Studies and Best Practices · Use/ User studies · Digital Libraries · Library Automation · Institutional Repositories (IR) · Library website · College Library consortia Special/ Industrial Libraries · Best practices · Web based information services · Innovative information services · Competencies/ Skills required Call for Papers Original contributions based on applications/ deployments/ research/ surveys/ best practices related to the theme and subthemes mentioned, are invited for conference presentations and poster presentations. Based on technical committee's recommendations, papers for the national conference shall be selected and published in the conference volume. Registration for all authors is mandatory for paper presentation. Paper Submission · Authors may submit their papers on or before 22nd December 2011. · Papers should be submitted in a detailed format suggested in the conference website. · Acceptance of paper for presentation will be intimated to the authors by 16th January 2012. · In case of co-authors, correspondence will be sent to the first author only. · The deadline for registering for the National conference is 31st January 2012. · Accepted papers will be called for presentation based on editorial committee's scrutiny. All the submitted papers for the conference would go through the Plagiarism Detection Process. If the plagiarism is >10%, the article would be referred back to the author for necessary revision. · Papers can be submitted through an email to Dr. K N Prasad: kadaba.n.prasad(a)gmail.com<mailto:kadaba.n.prasad@gmail.com> Author Guidelines Manuscripts Requirements · Length: Not >10 pages maximum for a paper. However, authors are advised to write as much precise as possible. · Theme Font: Times New Roman · Font Size: Heading -20, Sub Heading -16, and rest of the text - 12. · Title: The title should be concise. · Paper Format: The paper should have the following details: o Sub-Theme of the paper to which the paper belongs to o Author's / Co-Author's name o Communication address o Contact details such as telephone number and email o An abstract of 100-150 words along with 8-10 key words · Headings and Sub-headings should be short and defined clearly · Footnotes may be used wherever necessary, which should be identified in the text by consecutive numbers, placed as superscript. · Case Studies proposed may preferably be supported by real life case examples from business/academic situations · Quality of Illustrations, Photos etc. must be good with original caption and in black and white · Tables and Figures, if any must have a brief caption written on the bottom of the figure and provide the due reference of the original work. · All text should be justified References must be in standard format as given below: · For Books: Author (Surname, initials), (year), title, publisher, place of publication. · For Journals: Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Article title. Title of Periodical, Vol (Issue), pp-pp · For Web pages: Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Title of the web page. Retrieved from http://... [Accessed on Date, Month & Year]. Venue: Auditorium, Library Building, Behind Bus Stand, Shravanabelagola, Hassan District, Karnataka. Date: 9th ,10th & 11th February 2012. Registration Fee: Rs. 2200.00: With Tutorials for Delegates (Conference Kit, Gift, Food, Accommodation, Local Site seeing and Yoga) Rs. 2000.00: Without Tutorials for Delegates (Conference Kit, Gift, Food, Accommodation, Local Site seeing and Yoga) Rs. 1500.00: For the family members accompanying the delegates (Gift, Food, Accommodation, Local Site seeing and Yoga) Tutorials would be held on 9th February 2012 for the duration of three hours. Tutorial on “Building/ Developing a Library Website Using Drupal” by experts in the Industry. The participants shall get the tutorial material on CD, including the related software. Early bird registration option is available for the registration before 31December 2011. A discount of Rs 200 will be extended for all the above registration options Payment The DD/ Cheque should be drawn in favour of “Karnataka State Library Association” payable at Bangalore, Karnataka. Please send the filled in Conference registration forms and DD / Cheque to the address as below Rajendra Babu H General Secretary Karnataka State Library Association C/o Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) # 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block Rajajinagar, Bangalore - 560 010 Contact: +91-9916457890 / +91-9880297932 Advisory Committee: · Sri Sri Sri Charukeerthi Bhattaraka Swamiji, Shravanabelagola and Chief Patron. · Prof. V G Talawar, Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore, Mysore · Mr. P Y Rajendra Kumar, Conference Director and President KALA, Bangalore · Mr. D Surendra Kumar, Dharmastala, Karnataka · Mr. S Jithendra Kumar, President K.J,A · Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiah, Former President, Kannada Sahithya Parishat and Kannada Writer, Bangalore. · Prof. C R Karisiddappa, Former UGC Emeritus Fellow. Karnatak University, Dharwad. · Mr. N V Sathyanarayana, Chairman & Managing Director, Informatics India Ltd, Bangalore · Dr. I R N Goudar, Rtd, Head ICAST, NAL and Visiting Prof. and Lib Adviser, University of Mysore · Prof. I K Ravichandra Rao, Professor, DRTC,ISI, Bangalore. · Prof. Shalini R Urs, Executive Director, ISiM, University of Mysore, Mysore · Mr. K G Venkatesh, Director, Department of Public Libraries, Bangalore. · Mr. Ashok Kumar, Executive Officer, Sri Muth, Shravanabelagola Technical Committee: · Dr. K N Prasad, Executive Officer, SRELS, and KALA-GC member, Bangalore. · Prof. A Y Asundi, Rtd. Professor, Bangalore University, Bangalore · Prof. K S Raghavan, DRTC, ISI, Bangalore · Dr. M S Sridhar, Rtd. Head, Library and Doc. Centre, ISRO, Bangalore · Dr. N S Harinarayana, Associate Professor, DLISc, University of Mysore, Mysore · Mrs. Usha Mukunda, Member, Knowledge Commission, Karnataka Organizing Committee: · Dr. P V Konnur, Librarian, BUB, Bangalore · Mr. V L Kalyan, Library Advisor, DRTC, ISI and KALA-GC member, Bangalore · Dr. M M Bachalapur, Librarian, KIT, Tiptur and KALA-GC member, Bangalore · Mrs. Gayathri Sen, Librarian, PESIT and KALA-GC member, Bangalore · Mr. Raghavendra, Library Executive, Jubilant Biosys, and VP, KALA, Bangalore · Dr. K R Mulla, Spl officer, VTU, Balgaum and Joint Sec, KALA, Bangalore · Mr. Shreenivas H E, Asst. Libn, Alliance University, and Joint Sec, KALA, Bangalore · Dr. Nagappa B, Branch Head, TCS, Bangalore. · Mr. S K Hosamani, Chief Librarian, DPL, Bangalore For the conference Brochure, Registration form and other details, please visit www.kalaonline.com<http://www.kalaonline.com> Regards, Rajendra Babu H General Secretary, Karnataka State LIbrary Association (KALA). 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National Seminar at Jammu
by sangeeta gupta 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

Dear Sir/Madam, It is a pleasure to announce that DLIS,University of jammu is going to organise National seminar on Innovative challenges in Information Services: Changing paradigm for Sustenance of Library & Information Centers in Digital Era organized by Department of Library & Information Science, University of Jammu, Jammu on March 01-02, 2012. For details please refer http://www.jammuuniversity.in/index.asp All the academicians, faculty members, research scholars, LIS Professionals corporate persons, practitioners and consultants are cordially invited to participate in theSeminar I am sure that with your efforts and help this Seminar will be a grand success. Prof. Sangita Gupta Head and Organising Secratery Deptt. of Library and Information Science University of Jammu Jammu -J & K 180006 Email:sangitauniv@gmail.com 09797597072,09419134620,R-01912433691 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles Request
by Vijay Jalagar 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

*Hello Good morning guys,* * * *One of Research Student needs the following articles urgently for his Thesis work.* * * *If possible send to given e-mail address vijayakashdts(a)gmail.com* * * * * 1. Disinfection by endodontic irrigants and dressings of experimentally infected dentinal tubules. Source: Dental Traumatology, 1990: Vol-6; Issue (4): Pages 142-9 2. chelation in root canal therapy: ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid for cleansing and widening of root canals. Source: Odontologisk tidskrift. 1957; 65, 3-11 3. Materials and technics in root canal treatments in Switzerland–a determination of their status. Source: Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnmed 1995; 105:1265–71. 4. Sonic and ultrasonic instruments for endodontics. 2. Operative sequence and clinical advantages. Source: Stomatol Mediterr. 1989 Jul-Sep; 9(3):259-65. 5. The choice of irrigant during hand instrumentation and ultrasonic irrigation of the root canal: a scanning electron microscope study. Source: Aust Dent J 1995 Apr;40(2):85-90. -- Thanks and Regards, Mr.Vijayakumar Jalagar Librarian B.V.V.Sangha's P.M.N.M Dental College and Hospital, Bagalkot-587101 Karnataka, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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There are three Conferences in Library and Information Science in India in March 1-3, 2012
by Badan Barman 20 Nov '11

20 Nov '11

Respected forum members, While going through LIS Links: http://www.lislinks.com website "Events" tab, I just discover that there are three conferences in Library and Information Science in India in March 1-3, 2012. Please find in the following the details of the same. Can any one of them be postponed? Otherwise they all will be affected. 1. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS 2012 March 1, 2012 to March 2, 2012 – Pondicherry. Organized by Department of Library & Information science and Central Library Pondicherry University 2. Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North East Region (PLANNER) - 2012 on "Building Participatory Library Services in Digital Era" March 1, 2012 to March 3, 2012 – Sikkim University, 6th mile, Samdur, P.O.: Tadong-737102, Gangtok, Sikkim, India. Details: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/planner2012/index.html Organized by INFLIBNET 3. National Seminar on “Innovative Challenges in Information Services: Changing Paradigm for Sustenance of Library and Information Centers in Digital Era” March 1, 2012 to March 2, 2012 – University of Jammu Organized by Department of Library & Information Science, University of Jammu, Jammu, Sponsored by UGC Thanking you, Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Guwahati-781006, Assam Toll Free Number: 1800 345 3613 Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971 / 092070 49493 Fax: 0361- 2235398. Institutional Websites: http://www.snkkhsou.org / http://www.clkkhsou.org / http://www.kkhsou.in Personal Websites: http://www.lislinks.com / http://www.lisformats.com / http://www.oajse.com / http://www.netugc.com Note: If you forward this e-mail, please delete my e-mail address to reduce Spam, Viruses & Identity Theft! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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AICTE - E-resource
by nrusingh dash 19 Nov '11

19 Nov '11

Dear friends on a search at AICTE website http://www.aicte-india.org/importantlinks2012-13.html the link Corrigendum to Approval Process 2012 - 2013 attracted my attention so i clicked and found so many changes have been made. Just go through it and update yourself, specially e-resources part thanks Nrusingh Kumar Dash Librarian Silicon Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar-24 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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XXVIII IATLIS National Conference, 26-28 November 2011, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Regarding
by Jagtar Singh 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

All the contributors and presenters of the accepted papers and abstracts are requested to immediately mail their PPTs, accommodation requirements, and travel plans to Mrs. Geeta Gadhvi, the Local Organizing Secretary of the XXVIII IATLIS National Conference, 26-28 November 2011, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad to avoid last minute problems. The poster presenters are also requested to contact her for any clarifications and necessary information. Her email address is: "Geeta Gadhavi" <geetagadhavi(a)ymail.com> See you at Ahmedabad on 26 November 2011. Please take care. All the best, Jagtar Singh Dr. Jagtar Singh, President, Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) & Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Tel: +91 (0)175 304 6179 (Work) +91 (0)175 228 2727 (Home) Fax: +91 (0)175 228 3073 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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7th TB Rajashekar Memorial seminar minutes
by shivaram gowda 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Dear Members It is a great pleasure to share with all of you that NCSI-Net team along with NCSI successfully organized 7th Dr. TB Rajashekar Memorial Seminar (2011): Designing Web Portal / Gateway Services Using Drupal on Saturday 12th November 2011 at NCSI Seminar hall, IISc, Bangalore. The response for the seminar by the students and the budding LIS professionals was overwhelming. We had 60+ registrations of which most of them were students and young professionals from various universities and organizations in Karnataka andTamil Nadu. Seminar started off with a brief introduction about Dr.T.B.Rajashekar Memorial Seminar Series by Dr. Francis Jayakanth. He also highlighted late Dr. TBR’s passion towards teaching and educating young professionals about the latest developments in the field of ICT and their applications in providing information services The first technical session by Dr. Francis was on Introduction to Web portals/ Gateways & Overview on Drupal. The speaker touched upon different types of content that the LIS professionals need to handle and the associated challenges in managing these content. He also spoke about content and their characteristics, the need for content management, and the ease with which content management systems can be deployed for managing the content. He also highlighted the how libraries can effectively use the CMS to provide gateway and other kinds of information services to the users. After the coffee/tea break Mr. Maruthu Pandiyan demonstrated the Installation of DRUPAL and its dependency tools on the windows XP platform. Mr. Shivaram talked about Modules, their installation and configuration, Content creation, Custom content creation, Multilingual functionalities of DRUPAL. All these features of DRUPAL were demonstrated to the participants. Mrs. Jayashree talked about Themes and site configuration functionalities, she also highlighted number of third party themes available for DRUPAL and how to configure in order to change the look and feel of the web portal, the presentation was followed by demo of these features. After the lunch break. Mr. Pandian demonstrated configuring Menus, Blocks and User management features of DRUPAL. He showed how to create custom menus and blocks as per individual user requirements and also talked about available contributed modules for these features. Mrs. Jayashre demonstrated Views Configuration in DRUPAL, showed two different views for custom content of News paper clips and RSS feed. She also touched CRON settings and Back-up features of DRUPAL. Mr. Madhuresh, as a case study, demonstrated building a library portal for a R & D establishment. He showed how to integrate library services like Feed aggregators, creating structured content with the help of taxonomy functionality, Table of Content service etc, In career advice session Mr. Prasanna spoke about the importance of communication skills, CV preparation, how to prepare for an interviews etc, which are essential for young professionals to build their careers. Mr. Ananda Byrappa advised students and young professionals to emulate successful personalities by way of developing positive attitude, being a constant learner, being passionate about the work and most importantly, to have an impeccable personal value system. Mr. Shivaram proposed the vote of thanks. NCSI-Net is thankful to all seminar participants. Judging by the seminar feedback of the participants, the seminar was a great success. We also thank all the HODs and the teaching faculty of various universities especially Dr. Poornima Narayana, Head ICAST, Dr. KempRaj, Chairman, DLIS, Bangalore University, Dr. Ramesha, Reader,Bangalore University, Principal NMIT, Bangalore and heads of reputed organizations for having deputed their students and staff for the seminar. We are thankful to Director IISc and Chairman of NCSI, IISc, and Staff of NCSI for their support in organizing the seminar. Our special thanks to all speakers of the day and all the NCSI-Net members for their excellent support. All presentation files and Lab Instruction materials used during the seminar are available at http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/material2011.html Your comments and suggestions are most welcome and they may be sent to Shivaram Gowda, shivarams_gowda(a)yahoo.com / Francis Jayakanth franc(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in With warm regards NCSI-NET Coordinators Shivaram BS ICAST, CSIR-NAL Kodihalli Bangaluru-560017 -- Shivaram BS ICAST, NAL CSIR Kodihalli, Bangalore-560017 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SALIS-Nat Library Week Celebration cum Spl Function-27.11.11 at BHC, Trichy
by Arunachalam Hariharan 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) Cordially invites you all to the Special Function on National Library Week Celebration & Felicitation /Honoring LIS Retired Professionals/ Ph.D. Awardees Date: Sunday, 27th November 2011 Venue: Bishop Heber College, Trichy Programme Schedule 09.00 - 10.00 AM. Registration 10.00.- 10.05 AM Prayer 10.05 - 10.15 AM Welcome Address by Dr. S.Surianarayanan, President, SALIS 10.15 - 10.25 AM Address by Dr. S.Muralidhar, General Secretary, SALIS 10.25.- 10.40 AM Special Lecture by the Chief Guest 10.40 - 11.00 AM Honoring Retired LIS Professionals and Ph.D Awardees by the Chief Guest 11.00 – 11.10 AM Tea Break 11.10 – 11.20AM Nomination/Election of SALIS Tiruchi Chapter Office bearers 11.20 – 12.55 PM Certificate Distribution Strengthening SALIS Activities Framing Policy Guidelines Feedback from Chapters Discussion and Future Role of SALIS 12.55 - 01.00 PM Dr. J.Manalan, Co-ordinator Vote of thanks - 01.00 – 02.00 PM Lunch (N.B. Kindly confirm your participation to Dr. J.Manalan (jesudossmanalan @ gmail.com) on or before 26.11.2011 for making further arrangement) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. S.Surianarayanan President, SALIS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ILA conference at Mangalore, D.K.,KARNATAKA
by sandeep bhavsar 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Dear Professional Friends, A warm welcome to you to attend ILA Conference at Mangalore !! On behalf of ILA, I am very much pleased to invite you all to attend the INDIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION -The 57th Annual conference which will be organised by St.Agnes Centre for Post Graduate Studies & Research, Mangalore, Karnataka, in collaboration with Karnataka State College Librarians’Association (R) Bangalore, Karnataka on February 23-25, 2012 on the theme "KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY: INNOVATIONS IN LIBRARIANSHIP".You are requested to consider this as an opportunity to contribute a research paper for the conference. You can make your visit to Mangalore for the conference a memorable one in 'Namma Kudla' (Our Mangalore), by having an outing during your stay by enjoying the beauty and rich culture of Mangalore.Your family/ companion can also join with you if you wish so. Please click on the following link for more information http://ilaconference2012.weebly.com . Please do attend. Dr.Vishala B.K. Organising Secretary ST.AGNES CENTRE FOR POST GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH, ST.AGNES COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) Mercara Hill Road, Bendore , Mangalore-575002 Dakshina Kannda Karnataka State -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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