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Call for Papers: 38th IATLIS National Conference, 03-04 December 2022 at MLSU, Udaipur
by Khushpreet Singh Brar 02 Nov '22

02 Nov '22

Dear All *XXXVIII IATLIS National Conference* *03 – 04 December 2022* *On the theme* *“**ICT, NEP 2020 and LIS Education & Research in India**”* Jointly organised by *Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS); &* *Department of Library and Information Science, **Mohanlal Sukhadia University at Udaipur, Rajasthan* *About the IATLIS* The 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, teacher training, etc. It actively works for the promotion of the professional interests of LIS teachers. As part of its activities, it conducts national seminars and webinars, workshops, and training programmes. It publishes conference proceedings and also an electronic journal “IATLIS Journal of Library Education and Research”. For more details about the association, kindly go to www.iatlis.org *About Udaipur* The city of lakes, Udaipur is a beautiful city situated in the lap of Aravalli Range of Rajasthan, India. Udaipur is regarded as one of the most romantic cities of the world and subsequently, also known as the “Venice of East”. Udaipur has been capital of Mewar of centuries. It is the land of lake side scenic sights, hilltop fortesses, and luxuriant gardens with fountains. The surrounding Udaipur has many attractions such as world famous Jaisamand lake (50K.M.), Kumbhalgarh Fort (85K.M.), Ranakpur Jain Temple (90K.M.), Nathdwara (48K.M.), Chittorgarh (105K.M.). The climate of Udaipur is very pleasant in the month of December. *How to reach Udaipur:* By Air – The nearest airport is Maharana Pratap Airport, which is around 14 km. from the venue. By Train – The Ranapratap Railway station is around 2 km away from the venue and city station is 7km. By Road – The Udaipur can also be reached by road. The best service is by private transportation which ply buses from Jaipur, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Ajmer, Gandhinagar, etc. *About the University* Mohanlal Sukhadia University at Udaipur, Rajasthan (India) is A grade UGC recognized multi-faculty affiliating state university established by an Act in the year 1962 to cater the needs of higher education in Southern Rajasthan. The University has 36 departments under four constituent colleges. The university has more than 193 affiliated colleges with an enrollment of about 2.25 lakh students. As a mark of respect in the memory of late Sri Mohanlal Sukhadia the architect of modern Rajasthan, the university was renamed as Mohanlal Sukhadia University in 1984. *About the DLIS* The Department of Library and Information Science was started in the year 1975 as a separate department in the University College of Social Science & Humanities. In the year 1994 the department was upgraded to a PG department as Master in LIS course was started as a regular one year programme. Subsequently in the session 1999, the facilities of Ph.D programme were initiated and considered as second full-fledges department having facility of UG, PG & Ph.D in the Rajasthan State. This department is first in the whole state of Rajasthan by which all the courses of LIS from Certificate to Ph.D are being run. *Call for Papers* Proposals are invited from IATLIS members, LIS teachers, researchers, practitioners, and students on the following theme and sub-themes of the conference. Those interested to submit their papers are required to submit a one-page (250 to 500 words) abstract as an MS-Word mail attachment, and latest by 31October 2022 to *iatlisconference2022(a)gmail.com* <iatlisconference2022(a)gmail.com> Date of notification of acceptance: *03November 2022* Last Date of Submission of Full Paper and PPT: *19 November 2022* *Theme of the Conference:* *ICT, NEP 2020 and LIS Education & Research in India* Suggested sub-themes include, but are not limited to: · Technology related components in LIS education · Technology related infrastructure in LIS departments · National Education Policy 2020 and its implications for LIS education · NEP and the role of libraries and information centres · Education policy and technology · Technology and e-resources for learning · Open access, open educational resources and open courseware. · Media and information literacy · Technology and HRD for LIS education & research · Interdisciplinary research These sub-themes are indicative, and papers on other sub-themes related to the conference theme are also welcome. *REGISTRATION DETAILS* Indian Delegates: Sponsored Rs. 2000/- Non-Sponsored Rs. 1500/- Retired Professionals Rs. 1,000/- Accompanying Person Rs. 1,000/- Students/Researchers Rs. 500/- Foreign Delegates: SAARC Countries $ 100 Other Countries $ 200 *REGISTRATION LINK* For registration click on the link: https://tinyurl.com/m32p3fy8 The registration fee covers conference kit, proceedings of the conference (upon post-publication), and working lunch, and session tea for the conference days. The registration fee does not include breakfast, dinner and accommodation. A limited accommodation is available in the university guest house/hostel. Accommodation and food (Breakfast and Dinner), if required, will be arranged at additional cost on first come first served basis. Papers presented at the conference will be published in the post-conference volume that would be sent to the registered delegates later on, as per the decision of the General Body. 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 requests for accommodation. Accompanying persons shall not been titled for conference kits. Delegates are requested to intimate their travel plans in advance to avoid last minute inconvenience. The Demand Draft/ Multicity cheque for registration fee should be in favour of IATLIS payable at Patiala, and should be sent along with the duly filled in Registration Form latest by 21 November 2022. Delegates can also transfer the registration fee online in account no. 65048083922 of State Bank of India, Punjabi University, Patiala branch (IFSC Code: SBIN0050009). The account is in the name of Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS). In case of online transfer, the proof of transfer should be sent with the registration form. The participants who are paying the registration fee through Bank DD/Multicity Cheque need to send their Bank DD/Cheque with registration form to the General Secretary, IATLIS, Department of Library and Information Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, Phone: 9815303000 latest by 21 November 2022. *Chief Patron * *Prof. I.V. Trivedi, *Vice-Chancellor, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur *Patrons* *Prof. C.R. Suthar, *Dean,UCSSH, MLSU *Prof. Pradeep Trikha, *Associate Dean, UCSSH, MLSU *Prof. Jagtar Singh, *Director,Collaborations and Partnerships, IATLIS *Prof. HPS Kalra, *President, IATLIS *Conference Coordinators * *Dr. Khushpreet Singh Brar, *General Secretary, IATLIS *Dr. P.S. Rajput, *Head, DLIS, MLSU For further details, please contact: *Prof. H.P.S. Kalra* President, IATLIS and Professor, Department of Library & Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala hpskalra9(a)gmail.com *Dr. Khushpreet Singh Brar* General Secretary, IATLIS and Assistant Professor, Department of Library & Information Science Panjab University, Chandigarh khushpreet.singh(a)gmail.com *Dr. P.S. Rajput* Assistant Professor and In-charge (Head) Department of Library and Information Science, MLSU, Udaipur drpsrajput(a)mlsu.ac.in With Warm Regards Khushpreet -- Dr. Khushpreet Singh Brar General Secretary, Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS); Senior Vice President, Punjab Library Association (PLA)< http://www.punjabla.org <http://www.punjabla.org/office.aspx>>; and Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Arts Block-IV Panjab University, Sector-14 Chandigarh-160014 (India) Mobile: +919815303000 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the position of school librarian
by meera anand 02 Nov '22

02 Nov '22

Dear professional friends, Greetings! JAIN Group of Institutions, Bangalore invites applications for the position of school librarian. Eligibility: Graduation or Post- Graduation in Library Science. 1) School Experience. 2) Sound knowledge of Library Management System (Must). Responsibilities (General): 1. Overall responsibility for the administration of the school library. 2. To encourage the use of the library resource center by the school community and to foster an environment conducive to positive learning experiences for service users. This will include ensuring a high standard of display and promotional material is available. 3. Should be a multitasker and willing to accept any additional duties assigned by school leadership Responsibilities: (Daily, Weekly, Monthly): 1. To develop a library collection that supports the school's curriculum 2. To ensure that the library is organized with all collections in proper order 3. To oversee the loan and return of materials to staff and students 4. To verify the receipt of books, newspapers, periodicals, and so on 5. To maintain cumulative records of library stock and issues and send out overdue notices. 6. To arrange monthly displays on newly arrived learning materials. Interested candidates may send their soft copy of their resume to hr(a)jgi.ac.in and post the hard copy to the following address on or before November 07, 2022. Office of Strategic Communications and Human Resources #44/4, District Fund Road, Jayanagar 9th Block Behind Big Bazaar, Near Bangalore Central Bangalore - 560 069 Phone 080- 43432570 E-Mail: hr(a)jgi.ac.in With Best Wishes, Dr. Meeramani N Librarian JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) Bangalore Ph: 080 46501720 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IATUL 2023 Conference- Call for papers
by nikesh 01 Nov '22

01 Nov '22

The International Association of University Libraries (IATUL) invites you to submit proposals for papers, posters, and workshops for the #IATUL2023 #conference, which will be taking place in person at Zayed University <https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=48ff6cc8-17645277-48fb5fc7-000babda03…> and the American University of Sharjah <https://www.aus.edu/> from the 13th – 16th of March 2023. Detailed information can be found at: <https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=bb7b0d09-e4e033b6-bb7f3e06-000babda03…> https://iatul2023.zu.ac.ae/ <https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=f9a09745-a63ba9fa-f9a4a44a-000babda03…> #CallForPapers #SubmitNow #LibrariesPushingBoundaries *Nikesh Narayanan *I Assistant Professor I Information Technology Librarian Library & Learning Commons Department Zayed University, Dubai Mobile : +971507097346 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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7the Library Technology Conclave - LTC2023 - Website open for Registration
by Sathyanarayana NV 01 Nov '22

01 Nov '22

Dear Members of LIS Forum LTC2023, the 7th Library Technology Conclave, organized jointly by Informatics and Ashoka University, and hosted by the Ashoka University in its Campus New Delhi-NCR (Sonipat), is open for REGISTRATION, with rescheduled dates now. Date: 15-17 February 2023. Conclave Theme: Evolving library landscape in the AI/Machine Learning Landscape. CONCLAVE HIGHLIGHTS: * Thematic sessions and panel discussions engaging experts in the domain of the conclave theme * Experiential Sessions – This new series of sessions invites contributed papers from LIS faculty and professionals with experience in implementing and working with tools and technologies in libraries. Selected papers are mentored by a program committee member. Papers of selected presentations will be published in a special issue of the SRELS Journal of Information Management (April 2023 issue). The best selected paper will qualify for the LTC2023 Best paper award. * * Case studies on innovations in libraries: As in the past, libraries are invited to showcase their implemented/practiced innovations developed by them. The best five selected nominations will get an opportunity to present their innovations in this session, and to win the LTC2023 - Informatics Innovation Award of the Year. * * Informatics Outstanding Researcher Award: This award is presented to the best researcher in Library and Information Science field selected by Jury (an expert committee of eminent of Library and Information Scientists). The Award carries a travel grant of Rs.1 Lakh for attending an international conference. Nominations are invited. * Visit the site https://LTC2023.org and REGISTER for the CONCLAVE, PRESENTATOPNS, and AWARDS. N. V. Sathyanarayana Conclave Chair | Chairman & Managing Director | Informatics India Ltd. | Bangalore 560004 |INDIA | -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IEEE University Partnership Program on “Library and Life: Be a Lifetime Student”, Keynote Address: Prof. P. Balaram, Former Director, on 2nd Nov. 2022, at Faculty Hall, Main Building, IISc
by Suresh Balutagi 01 Nov '22

01 Nov '22

Dear All, JRD Tata Memorial Library, IISc, and IEEE-IISc Student Branch invites you for an event under the IEEE University Partnership Program on “Library and Life: Be a Lifetime Student”. Date & Time: Wednesday, 2nd November 2022 @ 3.00 p.m. Venue: Faculty Hall, Main Building, IISc Keynote Address: Title: Hunting for Hidden Gems in Real and Virtual Libraries Speaker: Prof. P. Balaram, Former Director, IISc Abstract: Libraries can be endless sources of pleasure for those who wish to learn. I describe four examples of searches for information about little known scientists who did outstanding work in their time. The use of both scientometric data and archives will be illustrated with specific examples. I shall narrate the stories of what I learnt of Sambhu Nath De, who discovered cholera toxin in Kolkata, Dorothy Hamre who discovered the coronavirus in Chicago, Bijoor Sanjiva Rao who isolated morellin at IISc and William Mock who rediscovered a 1905 paper and found the remarkable molecule, cucurbituril. There is joy in searching and indescribable pleasure on finding. Panel Discussion: Prof. L. Umanand, Electronic Systems Engineering Prof. Upendra Nongthomba, Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics Prof. T. Srinivas, Electrical Communication Engineering Quiz – Surprise Gifts for Participants Coffee/Tea: 5:30 p.m. Registration Link : https://bit.ly/iiscieeeday1 with regards, Suresh Balutagi Deputy Librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INDIAN LIBRARY CONGRESS-A PLATFORM FOR INTENSE DELIBERATIONS
by Vimal Kumar V. 01 Nov '22

01 Nov '22

Welcome to the Indian Library Congress, a platform for intense deliberations to shape ideas for the sustainable and inclusive development of libraries in India as empowering, democratic and inclusive public spaces. Indian Library Congress-2023 January 1-3-Kannur-Call for Papers The Indian Library Congress is scheduled to be held at Kannur from 1-3 January 2023. The Congress aims at a scholarly assessment of the local and global experience in the functioning of libraries. The focus is on formulating an active strategy to assess the prospects and address the present and future challenges. http://peoplesmission.in/call-for-papers/ Papers are invited in the following themes. Themes of Indian Library Congress 1. Evolution and history of libraries Changes in global concepts through the ages – Regional, national and international experiences of libraries in community building – Local self-government institutions and Co-operative movement – Functional integration of public libraries and libraries in academic institutions; Problems and prospects 2. Politics of the public library Critical appraisals of Indian experience – Evolution, growth and challenges-– Public policy and allocation of resources by the State and Union governments. 3. Library – society and culture Social justice and the experiential world of the marginalized – Libraries and women empowerment- culture and literature – Literacy, literature, community and libraries – Sports and public libraries – Libraries and child development and welfare- Librarians and their changing roles in the present 4. Contemporary Kerala – Library movement: Challenges and prospects Kerala development experience -Collective learning and skill development through libraries -The people’s library movement and resource mobilization in the background of the People’s Mission for Social Development 5. Libraries- spatial transformation Libraries and the role of science and technology – Building designs, construction, preservation and expansion of democratic spaces – Green libraries 6. Imagining the future libraries => The last date for the submission of abstracts is 15th November 2022. Completed papers with proper citations and references are to be submitted latest by 30th November 2022. => Presenters are requested to register at www.peoplesmission.in and the registration number should be mentioned in the final paper. Abstracts and papers may be emailed to ilckannur1(a)gmail.com. For details please contact: Dr. P. Mohandas: Convenor, Academic Committee, Mobile No.: 9447755381 Home page: http://peoplesmission.in TO REGISTER CLICK HERE: http://pmsd.in/ILC/backend/web/library-registration/new-registration -- *Vimal Kumar V., PhD* Reference Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala-686560 ------------------------------------------ My Home page:www.vimalkumar.info My Blogs:linuxhalwa.blogspot.com kohageek.blogspot.com moovandan.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------- *"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." Alvin Toffler* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Copyright to research papers should vest with authors
by Subbiah Arunachalam 31 Oct '22

31 Oct '22

Friends and Members of the LIS Forum, In an interview given to *SciDevNet* in 2009, Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram said, "I argue that we should be permitted to put in the repository the full text article as it appears in a journal. For this, countries such as India should have a law specifying that the copyright for articles published with publicly-funded research always vests with the authors and their institutions. [See https://www.scidev.net/global/features/q-a-open-archives-the-alternative-to… ]. Prof. Peter Suber of Harvard University has argued that journals DO NOT NEED exclusive rights to publish papers. Please see https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/article/id/1869/?s=03. Here is Suber's Abstract: "Journal publishers don’t need exclusive rights. Or, they don’t need them for publishing. They don’t need them to make a work public or to add value in the form of peer review, copy editing, metadata, formatting, discoverability, or preservation. Nor do they need them to make enough money to pay their bills and grow. Publishers only need exclusive rights for monopoly control over the published work and any revenue it might yield. Publishers who say they need exclusive rights are saying they need this monopoly control. The best evidence that journal publishers don’t need exclusive rights is that so many peer-reviewed journals do without them, for example, open access journals using CC-BY." Thirteen years have passed since Prof. Balaram wrote about the need for retention of rights. Have the Current Science Association, IASc, INSA, NASI and government agencies such as DST, DBT, CSIR, ICAR, IICMR, DAE and UGC written to the Government of India about this issue? Probably not. I suggest that librarians of all Higer Educational Institutions (HEIs) and other research performing institutions (RPIs) in the country write to the Members of the Lok Sabha from their constituencies requestig them to enact such a law. You may also talk to your Vice Chancellors/ Directors to adopt a Rights Retention policy at your institution. Regards. Arun

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Forthcoming Events in Nov & Dec 2022
by Mohan Hr 31 Oct '22

31 Oct '22

Forthcoming Events of CSI, IEEE CS, ACM & HCC in Nov & Dec 2022 *12th Nov 2022 at 6 pm IST -- Webinar * Topic: Trends in Space Technologies and Opportunities for Computing Speaker: Mr. Murali Sundaram, Consultant, Npedia Technologies Date & Time: 12th Nov 2022 at 6 pm IST PDF Invite at https://bit.ly/3TLaGC1 Register at https://bit.ly/3z25nWV *26th Nov 2022 at 6 pm IST -- Webinar * Topic: Machine Learning Beyond Algorithms Speaker: Mr. M. A. Rajeev, Enterprise Architect, Tata Consultancy Services, Kochi. Date & Time: 26th Nov 2022 at 6 pm IST PDF Invite at https://bit.ly/3yPDp0u Register at https://bit.ly/3s7mcLW *30th Nov 2022 at 6 pm IST -- Webinar * Topic: Privacy & Security in every one’s life Speaker: Mr. Sairam Palabindela, Security Researcher, TSARO Labs Inc., Michigan, USA Date & Time: 30th Nov 2022 at 6 pm IST PDF Invite at https://bit.ly/3eRANIN Register at https://bit.ly/3DkJAfv *10th Dec 2022 at 6 pm IST -- Webinar* Topic: Future of Software Testing - Chaos Engineering & Evolving Systems for Reliability Speaker: Mr. Abhilash Gopalakrishnan, Former Principal Engineer, ABB & Researcher at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Date & Time: 10th Dec 2022 at 6 pm IST PDF Invite at https://bit.ly/3fksg12 Register at https://bit.ly/3DNstDy *Call for Papers -- 29th Nov 2022 -- Symposium -- Hybrid* RISICS’23: Research & Industry Symposium on "Information and Cyber Security" (in honour of Mr. FC Kohli, Father of Indian Software Industry) Symposium Date: 25th January, 2023 (Full day, Hybrid Mode) Organised by: Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Avinashi Road, Civil Aerodrome Post, Coimbatore – 641014 Supported by: Association for Computing Machinery, Chennai & Coimbatore; Computer Society of India, Chennai & Coimbatore; and IEEE Computer Society, Madras Papers submission last date: 29th Nov 2022 Prizes: Best three papers presented will be awarded cash prizes of Rs 10K, 7.5K and 5K respectively. Brochure: https://lnkd.in/gEX3BbVT Website: https://lnkd.in/gY9JNyhd Other Events in Nov 2022 at https://bit.ly/3Dt6SzV

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Discourage paying APC to publishers
by Subbiah Arunachalam 31 Oct '22

31 Oct '22

Friends and fellow information scientists, This will be of interest: https://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/2022-10/OpenAccessSurveyReport_Oct… . Please impress upon researchers in your institutions that 1. If research is supported by public funding, then using taxpayers' money to pay APC is immoral and unethical. [Please remember that in publicly funded research APC is almost always paid out of taxpayers' money given to the researcher for the purpose of doing research and not to be given away to publishers] 2. They could gain instant visibility to their work, as soon as it is ready for publication, by placing it in a preprint server virtually at no cost. For a list of OA repositories, please see https://doapr.coar-repositories.org/repositories/. You may also propose the adoption of a Rights Retention Policy by your institution. That would mean no more copyright transfer to the journal publisher. The publisher will only have the exclusive right to publish the paper first. With best wishes, Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Advertisement for the post of librarian at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
by Francis Jayakanth 31 Oct '22

31 Oct '22

Dear Members, IISc has advertised for the above position. The English version of the advertisement is available at the following link: https://iisc.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/English-Advertisement-Librari… Hindi and Kannada versions are available at the links mentioned below: https://iisc.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/HindiAdvertisement.pdf https://iisc.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kannada-Advertisement.pdf Interested individuals are requested to apply online at the following link: http://recruitment.iisc.ac.in/NonTeaching/ along with the certified copies of supporting documents on or before 18/11/2022.e post. Best regards, Francis Francis Jayakanth JRD Tata Memorial Library IISc -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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