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Annual Koha conference Kohacon11 is near
by Koustubha Kale 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Hi All, The annual Koha community conference Kohacon11 will be held in India at VPM, Thane, Maharashtra India between 31st October 2011 to 2nd November 2011. The conference will be attended by Librarians, Library Science Experts and Software Developers from all over the world. So far about 150 people from over 23 countries have registered to attend the conference. The conference will be followed by a developer hackfest where international Koha developer community will come together to solve problems, create new features and also to train new people who would like to learn Koha development. So please make sure you participate in this wonderful opportunity to interact with international experts in Library Science, fellow librarians and library software developers. You can register to attend the conference and get all the conference details at http://kohacon11.vpmthane.org/ocs/index.php/k/k11/schedConf/registration Also please consider sharing your experiences in Libraries, Koha or even other Open Source Software with us at the conference. A few presentation slots are still up for grabs. If you would like to present a paper, please see the call for papers at http://kohacon11.vpmthane.org/ocs/index.php/k/k11/schedConf/cfp and submit an abstract as soon as possible.. Hope to see you all at Kohacon11. With warm regards Koustubha Kale -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian's Day celebration on 12th August in Delhi
by Pardeep Rai 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Kindly mail to the Forum INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF SPECIAL LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTRES & DELHI LIBRARY ASSOCIATION *Cordially invites you to the* *Celebration of* *Librarian’s Day* *on Friday, the 12th August 2011 at 10.00 a.m.* *at Ranganathan Bhawan, ’C’ Block Community Centre,* *Naraina Vihar, New Delhi -110028* *Chief Guest* *Prof. M.M Kashyap* *Former Faculty, DLIS, University of Delhi* * * 9th Dr S R Ranganathan Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Dr VELAGA VENKATAPPAIAH Former Member RRRLF * * * Dr. Pardeep Rai * Vice-President, IASLIC(Zone-4) raipardeep(a)gmail.com Phone-9899359373 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarians' Day Celebrations in Bangalore on 12th August 2011
by Mailing List Admin 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 13:47:15 +0530 From: Pandurang Konnur <konnur(a)bub.ernet.in> Dear Professional Friends, I am happy to inform all of you that, as conducted last year it is proposed to celebrate Librarian�s Day in a befitting way. Karnataka Library Association (KALA) and Indian Academic Library Association (IALA) Bangalore University and Department of Public Libraries are the main organizers of this event. A preliminary meeting of all Professional Associations and Senior Professionals in Bangalore City was held on 1st August 2011. Programs and activities as decided in the meeting are as under: *The Programme:* The procession of Librarians wearing T-Shirts and Caps will be flagged off by his Excellency Governor of Karnataka on 12th August 2011 at 09:00AM and the procession will end at Bangalore University, Central College Campus �Senate Hall� at 10:00 AM. After brake fast the main function of Librarians� Day will start at 10:30 AM and will be concluded at 01:00PM with the Lunch. Guests and details about the Librarians' Day Function will be informed later. *Participating Associations and their contribution:* The main organizers KALA & IALA will meet all expenditures and major events will be sponsored by different philanthropists. However, the participating Associations will have to contribute a token contribution of Rs. 5,000/- which will cover one big banner printed after the name of their Associations. As on 1st August following Associations will be participating in the procession: 1. Karnataka Library Association (KALA) 2. Indian Academic Library Association (IALA) 3. Sharada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) 4. Karnataka State College Librarians� Association (KSCLA) 5. Indian Public Library Association (IPLA) 6. Department of Public Libraries Any other Associations who are interested to participate may please contact us to make necessary arrangements The meeting also decided to bring out two to three posters to be pasted on all the Notice Boards of all Libraries at least in Bangalore City. However, we are finding a sponsored to get us the posters printed. Once we get a sponsored and print the posters, arrangements will be made to distribute it to all the Libraries in the city. *Call for participation* Last year a very good support was extended by the Professionals from all the types of Libraries. Specially, young Librarians� participation was overwhelming. This time it is proposed to introduce the Registration of participants to enable us to distribute T-Shirts in advanced. It is also proposed to get OOD Permission from Department of Collegiate Education. I request all the professional friends of Bangalore to kindly spare their morning time on 12th August and join their hands will all the associations to project our professional unity and promote the use of libraries among the public at large. *Many of the professionals may not be able to read this message. Hence, I request you to forward this message to many of your friends and send me the list of emails and their mobile numbers to enable me to communication them also through mails and sms.* We have made arrangement for atleast 400 participants who will be registered on first come first serve basis and if the registrations exceeds 400 number, the participants can participate without the T-Shirt and Caps. Please register yourself with: Mr. Raghavendra Pawar, Vice-President, KALA, Bangalore email address: raghupawar(a)gmail.com with the following details: Name: Designation: Name of the Institution: Phone Nos. Land: Mobile: Email address: T-Shirt Size: 38 40 42 44 *Please alert, awake and activate your profession by your participation.* Thanks -- Dr.P.V.Konnur President, IALA Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) *University Librarian,* Bangalore University Library, Jnanabharati, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510 Website: http://library.bub.ernet.in/

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SUPPLY OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS TO LIBRARIES
by MN Seetharaman 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Dear Moderator, I shall be grateful if you could post the following announcement of Curran Associates Inc., New York, who are the world's premier conference proceedings specialists and have been supplying proceedings published by 500 scholarly societies, professional associations and publishers to libraries around the world since 1984. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, M.N. SeetharamanCountry Representative of Curran Associates in India ======================================================================================================================= CURRAN ASSOCIATES INC., REDHOOK, NEW YORK, USA To Our Valued Customers, Published proceedings of international conferences organized by scholarly societies, professional associations and other publishers are considered as vital sources of information about new research breakthroughs, innovations, methodologies and best practices, particularly in the fields of science, engineering and technology. It is only at important national and international conferences that these research findings are reported and debated for the first time long before their formal publication in journals etc. Therefore, conference proceedings have become as one of the most essential ingredients for the success of scientific, technical and academic research and training. For more than 25 years, Curran Associates Inc. has been one of the world’s premier conference proceedings specialists. In recent years, many conference proceedings have shifted from printed format to electronic. Though electronic media provides some advantage, there are many users who prefer print. In order to continue to satisfy our library clients that prefer print, Curran Associates has secured agreements with hundreds of publishers to produce printed versions of conference proceedings from their electronic media. These printed versions are not available from the original publishers. The books are printed and assembled with a perfect bind, using a soft cover (100# semigloss cover stock). They are professional, sturdy, clean, and filled with the same research provided on the electronic media. For an updated listing of all of our titles, please visit our website at www.proceedings.com, where you can browse by publisher or by thirteen different categories. Please check back from time to time, as we are continually adding new titles. We look forward to continuing our relationship and working with you to satisfy your unmet needs for printed conference proceedings. Regards, Dave Curran 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571 USA Ph: 845-758-0400 Fx: 845-758-2633 www.proceedings.com Ordering Information Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571 USA Phone: +1-845-758-0400 /Fax: +1-845-758-2633curran(a)proceedings.com or through any local booksellers. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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About Jones and Bartlett India Publishers P Ltd
by beenu bhalla 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Dear Moderator, Leading Science publisher Jones and Bartlett is in India now please help spread information by posting message to all members. Thanks and regards, Beenu Bhalla General Manager ............................................. Dear Members, Greetings!! Jones and Bartlett Learning www.jblearning.com leading US based publisher has opened office in India at New Delhi and Bartlett India P Ltd" and close to 70 core textbooks are now available in Indian editions in Rupee Price and rest of the original titles too have a special price for India. Titles like Lewin Cells, Gene x, Alcamo Microbiology, Gill Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Linz Automata(new Edition) etc all are available at special price. For any queries and further information feel free to contact the under signed. Thanking you, With best regards, Beenu Bhalla General Manager Jones and Bartlett India P Ltd 4262/3. Ansari Road Daryaganj New Delhi-2 Email : beenu(a)jbpubindia.net Ph : 09818752790, 011 42242290 www.Jblearning.com Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SALIS Awards for the year 2010 - Nomination/Application invited - reg
by Arunachalam Hariharan 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Applications/nominations are invited for the following SALIS Awards for the year 2010. 1. Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award (National Level Award) (instituted by Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras) Previous Awardees 1. Dr. T.A.V. Moorthy, Former INFLIBNET Director (2005) 2. Prof. M.Suriya, Professor and Librarian & Annamalai University (2006) 3. Mr. Avadaiappan, Former Director, Connemara Public Library and Special Officer, Anna Centenary Library, Chennai (2007) 4. Dr. I.V. Malhan, Librarian & Head, DLIS, University of Jammu (2008) 5. Dr. S.K. Patil, Librarian & Head Department of Library and Information Science (2009) A panel of eminent LIS professionals will select a suitable candidate among the nominations/applications received strictly based on the criteria fixed for the award. The selected person will be paid TA (shortest route by AC III Tier ) to receive the award in person. 2. AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Librarian Award 3. AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Young Librarian Award (below 40 years) 4. A.N.Marappan Memorial National Best Young Librarian Award (National Level award) 5. Best Paper Award for LIS Students (for the Best paper to be presented in SALIS 2011 Conference) 6. Best Paper Award for LIS Professionals (for the Best paper to be presented in SALIS 2011 Conference) All the awardees will be presented memento, shawl and citation during the inaugural function of SALIS 2011 National Conference on 14.10.2011 at National Engineering College, Kovilpatti, Near Madurai, Tamilnadu. Last date for the receipt of application/nomination is 15.8.2010. All the details of the awards, instructions, application form, etc are available at SALIS website or send email to salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in A.Hariharan SALIS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need Article.
by Manjunath Ealiger 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Dear Library Professional, One of our Faculty member has urgently required the below mentioned article for his research purpose. It would be highly appreciated if anyone can send this article to us. *Article : **Massive epidermoid metaplasia with keratin cyst formation in a giant fibro-adenoma of breast * *Author : R. Salm* *Source : **The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology * * Volume : 77, Issue No : 01 (January 1959) * * * *Pages : 297 to 299* and *Article : **Extensive squamous metaplasia simulating squamous cell carcinoma in benign breast papillomatosis ** * *Author : **Karl-Ove Söderstrom, Sakari Toikkanen* *Source : Human Pathology ** * * Volume : 14, Issue No : 12 (December 1983) * * * *Pages : 1081 to 1082* -- Thanks and regards. Manjunath Ealiger Librarian ESI- Medical College & PGIMSR, Bangalore - 560010 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One Day Training Programme on Digital Content Copyright: Challenges to Libraries
by Shibu Ray. S 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Sir, Kindly circulate the mail to all users. Inter University Centre for IPR Studies, in association with HRD Chair on IPR, Cochin University of Science and Technology & Kerala Library Association, Ernakulam region is conducting One Day Training Programme on Digital Content Copyright: Challenges to Libraries Date : September 17, 2011 Venue : Cochin University of Science and Technology Objectives of the One Day Training Programme Historically, libraries assume a major role in the process of information dissemination. They always tried to balance the promotion of access to information and the interests of the publishers and authors. This is upset with the advent of new technologies. The challenges to be addressed by the libraries in the near future centers around digitization of copyright contents, which permits multiple use and reduces copyright owners’ control over works. Technological Protection Measures (TPM) and restriction on permitted uses are some of the modes used to overcome this. However, these measures jeopardize the freedom of libraries to facilitate access to information, which is the main objective of copyright protection. This awareness programme attempts to shed light on the challenges posed by the Indian Copyright Act on the functions of libraries. Technical Sessions • General Introduction to Copyright Law • The Role of Libraries in Information Dissemination under the Indian Copyright Act • Technological Protection Measures and its impact on Libraries Target Audience The training programme is essentially targeted to the Library professionals and LIS students. Individuals concerned with copyright laws related to libraries and information centres would also benefit from the programme. Registration: Registration Fees: Free (Working Lunch and Tea will be provided). Seats Limited to 50 on first come first serve basis. Last date for registration : August 31, 2011 For detailed programme and online registration visit http://ciprs.cusat.ac.in/dcccl.php Address for communication: Director, Inter University Centre for IPR Studies, School of Legal Studies Building, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin University P.O., Cochin - 682022, Kerala. Phone: 0484-2862013 Sri. Anoop Varma G, Secretary, KLA Ernakulum Region 9605367450 with regards Dr. Shibu Ray.S Assistant Librarian Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PBAS Proforma for Promotion under CAS and Annual Self Assessment for PBAS
by Ajay Kamble 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

Dear all, As we all know UGC-MHRD has published the Gazette Notification reg.: "UGC Regulations on Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education 2010". 1. Annual Self Assessment of the Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS) is printed on page no. 127-136. This proforma is for Teaching faculty of the universities and colleges. In this proforma, on page no. 136 in the bottom part, it is mentioned that 'Similar PBAS proforma could be developed by the universitities for the cadres of Librarian/Deputy Librarian / Assistant Librarian and (...) based on the API scoring pattern outlined in Appendix III : Tables IV to IX of the UGC Regulations, 2010'. 2. PBAS proforma for Promotion under CAS is printed on page no. 137-149. This proforma is also for Teaching faculty of the universities and colleges. In this proforma, on page no. 149 in the bottom part, it is mentioned that 'Similar PBAS proforma could be developed by the universitities for the cadres of Librarian/Deputy Librarian / Assistant Librarian and (...) based on the API scoring pattern outlined in Appendix III : Tables IV to IX of the UGC Regulations, 2010'. In this regard, if anyone has the proforma with proper subdivision of points and API's mentioned in Appendix III Table VII Category I and II of the said Gazette Notification, please send it to me, as our university has not framed any proforma for librarians. Note : Please don't send the Appendix III : Table VII as it is already with me. If there is some proforma with proper subdivisions of the activities and API's mentioned in this table published by any university for librarians, kindly send it to me please... Thanks and Regards -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Final Reminder : "National Seminar on Perspectives of LIS Research in India towards 2020" and "National Workshop on Web 2.0 Tools and Techniques for LIS Services" from 9 to 11 August 2011
by GIPE Library 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

Dear All I am pleased to inform you that 1. The registration date for the Seminar is extended till 5 August 2011. 2. There will be no registration charges for RETIRED LIS PROFESSIONALS 3. We will be offering 50% discount to LIS Students and Research Scholars. 4. Registration for the "National Workshop on Web 2.0 Tools and Techniques for LIS Services" is closed. About the Seminar (9 August 2011) LIS Research in India has been actively pursued for last several decades and a large number of research results are reported in national and international publications. During the recent past, Indian LIS Profession has a good impact on the LIS research. But at the same time, it is observed that LIS research from India is mostly limiting itself to data driven by use and user studies while there is also some amount of original research in other areas. It is therefore felt that there is a need to get right directions on future research activities for the Indian LIS professionals. On the occasion of the Birth anniversary of Prof. S R Ranganathan, GIPE's one day seminar is planned to address these issues. Eminent personalities will guide the seminar participants to identify and pursue new emerging research theories and techniques. The experts will share their experiences, their expectations from the researchers and provide new thoughtful insights for the future LIS 2020. 9 August 2011 - 08.30 am - 09.30 am - Registrations Speakers: Prof Harsha Parekh Former Head, Dept. of LIS, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai Topic: Research in LIS in India: Opportunities and Challenges Prof Rajas Parchure Offg. Director, Gokhale Inst of Politics and Economics, Pune Topic: Social Science Research Spheres and Library and Information Professionals: An outsiders perception Prof A R D Prasad Professor and Head, DRTC, Bangalore Topic: Semantic Web applications and research avenues for LIS Prof Neela Deshpande Librarian and Head, Dept of LIS, University of Pune, Pune Topic: Turning Weaknesses into Strengths: Strategies for future LIS Research Dr. Muttayya Koganuramath University Librarian, TISS, Mumbai Topic: Digital Library and LIS Education: Where do we go from here? Dr N Koteswara Rao University Librarian, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad Topic: Information Skills and Tools for LIS Research 06.00 pm – 06.15 pm Certificate Distribution Target Audience for the Seminar The target audience for the seminar is anyone working in the field of library and information science, like Librarian, Teacher, and or Student of the Library and Information Science. Number of seats for the seminar is limited to 200 only, i.e. on first come first served basis. Registration Fees for one day Seminar on 9 August 2011 is Rs. 250/- only and can be paid by Cash or Demand Draft / Local Cheque drawn on any nationalized bank in favour of Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics payable at Pune and must reach the Seminar Coordinator on or before 5 August 2011. Please note that the registration fees are not refundable. Registration Fee includes the working lunch and Tea. Accommodation for the participants of the workshop will be available on payment on first come first served basis. For further details please write to gipelibrary(a)gmail.com Certificates of participation will be issued Seminar participants. Extended Date for Registration: 5 August 2011 PS: Registration for the "National Workshop on Web 2.0 Tools and Techniques for LIS Services" is closed. For further details please contact: Ms Manisha Shinde (0 9960613527) Ms Shilpa Kad (0 9763740109) Registration Form for "National Seminar on Perspectives of LIS Research in India towards 2020" and "National Workshop on Web 2.0 Tools and Techniques for LIS Services" from 9 to 11 August 2011. Registration for : Seminar Participant’s Name :____________________________________________ Designation :____________________________________________ Name and Address of the Institution:_____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Telephone : Office : ____________________________________________ : Residence : ____________________________________________ : Mobile : ____________________________________________ E-mail : ________________________________________________________ Do you require accommodation during the Workshop? Yes / No Payment mode : Cash / Cheque / Demand Draft Demand Draft / Cheque No: ____________________________________________ Name of the Bank: ____________________________________________________ Amount: ____________________________________________________________ Date: ________________________________________________________________ Date Signature of the participant Registration Form and the Brochure can be downloded from http://www.gipe.ac.in PS: Registration for the "National Workshop on Web 2.0 Tools and Techniques for LIS Services" is closed. Thanks and Regards Dr Nanaji Shewale Librarian Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 http://www.gipe.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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