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NewGenLib new version 3.0.3
by shivu Komalapura 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

As promised - one major release every 45 days and sub release every 3 weeks, we are happy to release version 3.0.3 update 1. In this email we are summarizing all the features of Version 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3(Including the latest update) .What's new in 3.0? 1. A major change in technologies used: NGL 3.0 uses Java 6.0, Apache Tomcat 6.0, Spring Framework, and Hibernate Framework. 2. For Bibliographic and Authority data searches NGL now uses Solr. Solr is the popular, blazing fast open source enterprise search platform from the Apache Lucene project. This makes your catalog searches very fast. 3. In Cataloging, you can now define your own data entry templates. We have already put a few frequently used templates. 4. You can define your own search indexes. 5. OPAC now displays Book covers, Google previews and is also integrated with Syndetics. 6. OPAC is Zotero compliant. 7. Mobile alerts: NGL can now be integrated to SMS gateways. Mobile alerts will be sent to user's mobiles at the time of check in and check out. The following functionalities are added in the latest release(3.0.3 and 3.0.3 update 1)More sophisticated Circulation privileges - Overall loan limit feature added. For example, your users are entitled to loan 10 books, 5 CDs, 3 Reference material. If you set the Overall loan limit as 10 then the user irrespective of material category can loan only 10 items - Overnight loans feature added: You can now define loan period in hours for reference material. Also, you can collect over dues on hourly basis - Good news for libraries that manage Book banks. You can now set last day of the semester/academic year as a due date - Holidays can be included/excluded while determining due date and calculating over due Utilities for academic libraries - Academic libraries deactivate student memberships at the end of the semester/year and reactivate them at the beginning of the successive semester/year. NewGenLib now provides tools to activate/deactivate user memberships in a batch - Secondly, students are usually identified by their Id, Name, Department and Course. Course when defined with precision like (Bachelor in Engineering 2nd Year), is tend to change every year. NewGenLib now provides tools to promote students from one course to their successive course in a batch Quick information utilityTwo utility information windows have been provided in Circulation. One is Item information and other is User information. These information windows provide complete and detailed information of the item and user respectively.Circulation - Batch import items that must be processed for weeding out is now available. You can also add reason for weeding out in a batch - You can undo the process of weeding out of an item. And also bring weeded out material back to racks - You can undo the process loss of item - For rapid Check outs, Check ins and Renewals, dialog popups for displaying "Task successful" and form letters have been removed. You can now rapidly check out, check in and renew items with very few clicks Web OPAC - In the search results page, you can now click on a record and see it details as a pop-up. This avoids the necessity to navigate to a new page to view details - Display of "Other books in the rack" is available - In the "Search results page", availability details of the books are summarized and shown - Issues related to "Other books in the rack" are resolved - Accessing URLS of bibliographic does not need authentication - Call numbers are displayed in the Search results page - Now you can set a default language for OPAC by setting up DEFAULT_OPAC_LANGUAGE parameter in ENV_VAR.txt (in C:/NewGenLibFiles/SystemFiles), For example: If you set DEFAULT_OPAC_LANGUAGE=el_GR then OPAC will open in Greek language Technical processingQuick add fields are no more hard coded, they are retrieved according the definitions in C:/NewGenLibFiles/MarcDictionary/QuickAdd.properties . This will help you define local fields and use them easily.AcquisitionsIn Dupe check functionality you now see accession numbers for the titles that are part of your catalog. Just double click on the title to see the accession numbers.Changes in technologyNewGenLib can now be configured to use Proxy server to - Fetch book covers - Send SMSs(To the SMS gateway portals) - Fetch Top stories (from RSS feeds) Instant email dispatch functionality has been extended to all functionalities in Circulation.Functional modules presentTechnical Processing(Cataloging), Circulation, Acquisitions, Serials Management, Web OPAC, Reports and Administration. For any queries please do send us an email toinfo(a)verussolutions.biz -- Sincerely K. N Shivakumaraswamy, MLISc,. MPhil., (PhD) Librarian & Head B G S Institute of Technology B G Nagara Contact Number- 9482114199 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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article needed
by Veeru 01 Oct '11

01 Oct '11

Dear Professionals, Can any have these article Full text Please send me its need urgent 1.Kanjilal, Uma (2001). Continuing Libraryand Information Science Professional Education Through the Virtual CampusInitiative. In: Woolls, Blanche and Sheldon, Brooke E. (eds.). Delivering LifelongContinuing Professional Education Across Space and Time: The Fourth World Conference on Continuing Professional Education for the LIS Professions. Munchen: Saur. 35-40. 2.Kanjilal, Uma (2002). Developing a Modelfor Web Enhanced Continuing Education Programs for LIS Professionals. In: Ward,Patricia Layzell (ed.) Continuing Professional Education for theInformation Society: The Fifth International Conference on Continuing ProfessionalEducation for LIS Professions. Munchen: Saur. 188 – 195. 3.Sardana, J.L. and Kumar, Krishan (1984).Continuing Education for Teachers of Library and Information Science: ASystems Approach. In: Sardana, J.L. (ed.) Continuing Education for Librarians:Seminar Papers. Delhi: Indian Library Association. 26–31. -- Thanks and Warm Regards Virupaksh. B. H Library and Information Assistant National Library of India, Kolkata-700027 Email Id: *veerulis(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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Opening for Library Assistant
by Sathish Naik H 01 Oct '11

01 Oct '11

Urgent required for Library Assistant In *IZee Education Trust* Post: Library Assistant Qualification: D.LIB/B.LIB & Knowledge of Computer Interested candidate can send their resume to sathishnaikh(a)gmail.com -- Regards Sathish Naik Librarian IZee Education Trust Electronic city Bangalore - 100 Mob. 9980925754 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy
by neeta jadhav 01 Oct '11

01 Oct '11

Temporary Vacancy - school librarian for primary section P.G.Garodia school ICSE 153, Garodia Hagar Ghatkopar- E Mumbai-77 Interested candidate can mail there resume at: nitsjdhv(a)gmail.com or can contact Neeta Jadhav 9702247947. It is possible that selected candidate can continue in future. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One day National Seminar
by dharanikumarp＠indiatimes.com 30 Sep '11

30 Sep '11

Dear Professionals, Kuvempu University, Department of P.G. Studies in Library and Information Science is organizing one day National seminar on “Extension and outreach services to build up academic excellence, on 14th November, 2011 Sub themes of the Seminar • Curriculum support and related services • Support for competitive examinations and soft skill development • Back-up services to curricular, co-curricular and extra-mural activities • Career and placement related services • Continuing Education and professional skill development This seminar will be addressed by eminent scholars in the field of library and information science. The college librarians, faculties of degree colleges and students may be participated. Registration fee for professionals Rs. 500/- Student Delegates Rs. 300/- For detailed information you may contact: Dr. S. Padmamma Organizing secretary DLIS, Kuvempu University Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta Phone: Off: 08282-257319 Mobile: 9480467748 * DD may be drawn in favour of “Organising Secretary”, Payable at SBM, Jnana Sahyadri Branch. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NACLIN-2011
by Ajay Kum Sharma 30 Sep '11

30 Sep '11

Dear Library Professionals, *“**NACLIN 2011**”* *14th National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking* Jointly Organised by DELNET, New Delhi and Central Library, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal During November 15-17, 2011 *Theme: Libraries at the Crossroads* The libraries in the 21st century are confronted with issues involving constantly increasing information overload, changing patterns of resource management, new and growing technologies, specialised needs and expectations of users which are threatening the very existence of the usual functioning of libraries around the world and have pushed them to the crossroads. It is with these concerns in mind that the 14th National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking, NACLIN 2011 is being organised at Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal from November 15-17, 2011. It is planned that the invited experts and the participants will deliberate on these and other pertinent issues and produces a roadmap for libraries and library professionals. The national convention is scheduled for three days. The first day is devoted to conducting tutorials by experts on the following topics: Ø Joomla: Content Management System Ø Koha: An Open Source Library Management Software The next two days will focus on the theme of the National Convention: Libraries at the Crossroads The theme is divided into several sub-themes as detailed below: *Sub-Theme 1* Managing Digital Libraries and Resources Digital Library Technologies Digitisation Modern Library Management Content Management Knowledge Management Digital Preservation Open Access to Knowledge Managing Web Resources: Crossing the Barriers Managing Change in Libraries Institutional Repositories Indigenous Knowledge Public Libraries as Knowledge Centres Open Access to Knowledge *Sub-Theme 2* Knowledge Networking and Consortia Networking Libraries and Information Centres Sharing of Digital Resources Best Consortia Models Archiving Consortia-based Resources *Sub-Theme 3* Technologies Affecting Libraries ICT Web 2.0 Mobile Technologies Library Portal Web-based OPAC RFID Open Access Open Source Software Archiving of E-resources Electronic Publishing Semantic Web Multilingual Technologies Storage Devices: Emerging Technologies *Sub-Theme 4* Library Services and Users’ Needs Library Services: Best Practices ICT-based Services Marketing LIS Products User Satisfaction User Studies *Sub-Theme 5* Copyright and IPR IPR and Digital Environment Open Access and Copyright Infringement Digital Rights Management Digital Libraries and IPR Copyright Management: International Efforts *Sub-Theme 6* Human Resources Management Skill Competencies in LIS Education Information Literacy E-learning Leadership Qualities E-governance Lifelong Learning *Submission of Papers:* Original papers on the above sub-themes or related themes are invited. The papers should be based on research surveys, case studies or action plans. Papers should not normally exceed 5,000 words or 16 double-spaced pages, besides tables, diagrams, etc. Also, each paper should contain an abstract and a keyword list. The abstract should state in about 150 words the sum and substance of the paper and the main conclusions made. Not more than ten key words should be given in alphabetical order, which describe the main issues discussed, empirical investigation, and conclusions. The paper should also contain the authors’ names, title, organisation, address, telephone, fax, and E-mail address. All references should be presented according to the Chicago Manual of Style (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html) Papers should be typed in the following document setup: 8.5” x 11” page size, 1.25” margins, 12 point Times Roman and double spaced. Papers may be typed as Text, Word or in RTF format. Every paper has to be accompanied by copyright declaration according to the format in the conference website www.naclin.org. At least one of the authors listed in the paper must register for NACLIN 2011 within one week after the paper has been accepted for presentation in NACLIN. The completed paper may be sent electronically to hkkaul at gmail.com<http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum> Also a hard copy of the same along with the copyright declaration may be sent to Dr. H. K. Kaul, Director, DELNET, JNU Campus, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070. Last date for submission of papers: October 10, 2011. *Conference Language* The conference language is English. * * *Who Should Attend?* Librarians, Professional Library Staff and other Library and Information Science Professionals, Knowledge Seekers, Leaders in Knowledge Industry, Government Officials, Content Management Experts, Information Management Experts, Professional Staff of IT Companies, Industrialists, Technology Managers, Knowledge Officers, Media Experts, Knowledge Centre Managers and Knowledge Managers. *Participation Fee* *India/SAARC Countries* DELNET Member-Libraries Rs.2500 DELNET Non-Members from outside West Bengal Rs.3000 Participants from West Bengal Rs.1500 Students (Regular LISc, Certficate from HOD is a must) Rs.1000 *NON-SAARC Countries* DELNET Member-Libraries US$ 150 Non-Members US$ 250 Additional delegates from the same organisation will be offered 25 per cent discount. Accompanying Person (non-LIS professional, family member): Rs. 1000 per person for attending the Convention. Accommodation charges will be extra. *Payment Details * Demand Draft may be drawn in favour of “NACLIN 2011” and payble at “State Bank of India, Santiniketan Branch, Code-2121”. For all foreign transactions, the State Bank of India, Santiniketan offers SWIFT CODE: SBIN IN BB343. ATM facility is available at the State Bank of India and Axis Bank within the University Campus. *Dates to Remember* Last Date for Registration: November 1, 2011 (*On the spot registration is also available*) Last Date for Submission of Papers: October 10, 2011 *ADDRESS FOR THE COMMUNICATION * *Registration/Accommodation * *Submission of Papers * *Dr Subodh Gopal Nandi Dr. H.K. Kaul* Organising Secretary, NACLIN 2011 Director & Librarian DELNET-Developing Library Network Visva-Bharati, JNU Campus, Nelson Mandela Road Santiniketan 731235 Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110070 Tel: 03463-262783 Tel.: 91-11-26742222, 26741111, Mobile: 09434064278 26741302 Mobile: 09370642225 Fax: 91-11-26741122 E-mail: naclin2011(a)gmail.com Mobile: 9891016667, 9810329992 subodhgopal.nandi(a)visva-bharati.ac.in E-mail:hkkaul@gmail.com *Please refer the Visva-Bharati Website ( http://visva-bharati.ac.in/News/news.htm) or DELNET website ( http://delnet.nic.in/) to download the 14th NACLIN Brochure.* -- Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Journal Section, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal & Webmaster of ABSLA Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Web: http://www.absla.org/ajay.html Web Blog: http://www.blogger.com/home?pli=1 *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Honor Your Campus Library and Library Colleagues
by Dr. Indira Koneru 30 Sep '11

30 Sep '11

Dear Professionals, Wanted to share a worth-reading article entitled "Honor Your Campus Library", published today on INSIDE HIGHER ED. http://tinyurl.com/6bktnex Regards, Indira -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for NCSI-Net lecture-01st October 2011-Reminder
by shivaram gowda 30 Sep '11

30 Sep '11

Dear Members I cordially invite you all for NCSI-Net monthly lecture scheduled on 01st of October 2011 (First Saturday) at NCSI Seminar hall at 11.00AM. Details of the Talk: Topic: Setting up state of the art information centers for world-class organizations: An experience Speaker: Ananda T.Byrappa, Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre, GE India Technology Centre, Bangalore Date & Time: 01/10/2011 at 11.00 AM Venue: NCSI Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Kindly confirm your participation to NCSI-Net coordinators With Warm Regards NCSI Coordinators Shivaram BS ICAST, CSIR-NAL Kodihalli Bangaluru-560017 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articals required
by s Paulraj 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

Dear professional colleagues, Kindly provide fulltext of the following articles, if available in yourlibrary. 1) " A Novel method for multivariable system reduction" by Manigandan t, Devarajan N & Sivanandam S NAMSE Journal Vol. 61 No. 2 Pages from 63 to 782) "Suboptimal control using reduced order model" by Manigandan t, Devarajan N & Sivanandam S NAMSE Journal Vol. 61 No. 4 Pages from 1 to 18Thanks and regards S. Paulraj Librarian, P A College of Engineering and Technology Pollachi Pin 642002Dear lisforum ! Get Yourself a cool, short @in.com Email ID now! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fulltext article required
by Mamtha's Gmail 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

Dear professional colleagues, Kindly provide fulltext of the following article, if available in your library. 1.Ocular surface drying and tear film osmolarity in thyroid eye disease Gilbard JP, Farris RL *Acta Ophthalmologica 1983, Feb 61(1): 108-16 Thanks and regards *Mamatha PK Chief Librarian Yenepoya University Deralakatte Mangalore -575018 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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