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Is Librarian teaching or Non teaching?
by srinivas rao 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

Dear Professionals, There is a lot of talk about the place of librarians in academics. I worked for faculty status and non-faculty status positions. I am happy with either position since I’m doing my job, my work; I can publish and speak regardless of whether or not anyone tells me to. But I never really understood why some libraries had a status while others didn’t. What specifically is the purpose of having a status track for librarians? To encourage publication? To put librarians on the same level as other academic faculty? To create job security? To get the respect we deserve? Maybe that’s why I like discuss here. I don’t get judged for my age, my looks or my chair. I’m judged for what I am and what I do. “Librarian with faculty rank.” The only places I see our “faculty rank” coming into play is in payroll, vacation days, and in the ability to be a part of faculty clubs and other committees. While we have a “place at the table,” we are certainly not seen as faculty members by the faculty. It is clear to me that the faculty members see us as support staff. They see us as people who help them find articles and help their students to learn how to do library research. They don’t see us as teachers, as creators of knowledge, and as experts in our particular field (librarianship). And in spite of our degrees and our knowledge, we are here to support the students and faculty. That’s our job. So while I’d love for faculty members to see me as an intellectual equal and to understand what I do, I don’t think status is what would do it. Some persons arguing against made the valid point that librarians can become involved in faculty committees simply by being given faculty rank. However, they also argued that librarians don’t need the security of tenure because they are collecting knowledge not creating it. There I disagree. There are plenty of librarians who write and who do original research. There are plenty of librarians on the cutting edge of technology and are developing amazing applications. They are creating knowledge. If the purpose of librarians having tenure is to secure academic freedom for us (and the ability to take sabbaticals to do original research and whatnot), I’m all for it. But that is rarely an argument. With faculty status, librarians find it easier to earn the respect of their faculty peers and administrators. They become credible academics who are capable partners in the shaping of teaching and research. As faculty members, librarians are more likely to have a say in establishing the criteria on which academe will judge libraries in the 21st century. Srinivasa Rao G Sr.Librarian Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Bid for KohaCOn 2011 in India
by Vimal Kumar 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

Dear Friends, Members from India are trying to bid for KohaCon 2011 in India. We have to raise our voice in Koha discussion forum. Kindly send mails to Koha discussion forum favoring of organize KohaCon 2011 in India. Eamil is koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz See the links, http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_Conference_Bidding http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/KohaCon2011_Proposals KohaCon 2011 in India will make waves among library professionals. Definitely it will make positive effects in library automation market in India. Your valuable posting in Koha discussion forum can be consider as a vote. Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad Demise of Dr. Padma Upadhya in Manipal
by Manjunath K 19 Jan '11

19 Jan '11

Dear Porfessional Colleagues, Many of you might know Dr. Padma Upadhya from Manipal. It is with deep sorrow to inform you that Dr. Padma suddenly demised yesterday in Manipal due to some health problem. Padma completed her MLIS from Mangalore University in early 80s and started her career as Asst. Librarian at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal. She was awarded PhD from Mysore University in 1999 for her research carried out under the supervision of Dr. I K Ravichandra Rao [DRTC] Later, she moved to teach system related courses in Manipal Institute of Management >From Manipal she moved to Delhi on Govt of India Research Project to promote computer literacy among rural youths and from there she moved to institutions like Indian Business Academy, AIMS, Alliance Business Academy at Bangalore. >From ABA she came back to Manipal and started Computer Training Institute in collaboration GNIT and started Abacus Institute of Management in collaboration with Abacus. She had tremondous potential to take many initiatives and absorb the challenges in life and profession. She had achieved lot in short span of life. We librarians in Manipal were working as small family member for workshops, seminars and other professional activities. Dr. Padma is survived by her husband, two daughters [elder completed her BE in Aeronatical Engg and younger studying PU], aged parents, younger sisters. Being eldest daughter, she took the responsibility of her sisters' marriage. We Librarians from Manipal experess our heartfelt condolenses to the daparted soul and pray the almighty to give strength to her family to withstand the great loss. Manjunatha ------------------------ Dr. Manjunatha K, Chief Librarian, T.A. PAI Management Institute, P.B. No. 9, Manipal - 576 104. Udupi Dist., Karnataka, India +91 0820-2701105 (off) / 2575161(Res) manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in<mailto:manjunath@tapmi.edu.in>; manjunathak(a)gmail.com<mailto:manjunathak@gmail.com> http://www.tapmi.edu.in -------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Sad Demise of Dr. Padma Upadhya in Manipal
by prakash in 19 Jan '11

19 Jan '11

Dear All, It is very difficult to believe that Dr.Padma Upadhya is no more. It is not only shocking but also unfortunate that our profession has lost a bright and nice professional like Dr.Padma. She had made meaningful contribution to the library profession through her teaching and training initiatives. For young professionals she was not only inspiring but also a guide to many. I have known her very closely and have a great respect for her. May her soul rest in peace. I express my heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved family. May God give peace to the departed soul and give strength and courage to the family members to bear the loss. With Regards, Prakash I.N Librarian Prin.L.N.Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research No.102 & 103, Electronic City Phase-I, Next to BSNL Telephone Exchange, Hosur Road, Bangalore-560 100 Ph:080-42678304 Mobile No: 9880446597 E-mail: prakash.nagaraj(a)welingkar.org --- On Tue, 18/1/11, Gayathri Sen <librarian_pesit(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: From: Gayathri Sen <librarian_pesit(a)yahoo.co.in> Subject: Re: [Engg-Lib-Forum] Re: Sad Demise of Dr. Padma Upadhya in Manipal To: Engg-Lib-Forum(a)yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, 18 January, 2011, 11:19 PM Dear friends, I am extremly shocked to know the sudden demise of Padma. She was so dynamic in all respects. It is a great loss to the profession and of course to her family. May God give them the strength to bear the loss and may her soul rest in peace. Gayathri Sen ______________________________ Chief Librarian & Head Library & Learning Resource Center PES Group of Institutions 100 Feet Ring Road, BSK III Stage, BANGALORE - 560085 Ph: (080) 26821983/21722108 Extn: 229 http://library.pes.edu --- On Tue, 18/1/11, Suresh D Horakeri <surhor73(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: From: Suresh D Horakeri <surhor73(a)yahoo.co.in> Subject: [Engg-Lib-Forum] Re: Sad Demise of Dr. Padma Upadhya in Manipal To: "Engg Lib Forum engg-lib-forum" <engg-lib-forum(a)yahoogroups.com> Date: Tuesday, 18 January, 2011, 9:55 PM Dear sir, I am very sorry to know that Dr Padma is no more, I attended one programme conducted in the year 2003 in your institution, TAPMI, during that time we might met across, she may be actively involved in that programme, any how I express our heartfelt condolences to the departed soul and pray the almighty to give strength to her family to withstand the great loss. Thanks, Regards, S D Horakeri Librarian, Hubli On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:22:24 , Manjunath K <manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in> wrote Dear Porfessional Colleagues, Many of you might know Dr. Padma Upadhya from Manipal. It is with deep sorrow to inform you that Dr. Padma suddenly demised yesterday in Manipal due to some health problem. Padma completed her MLIS from Mangalore University in 80s and started her career as Asst. Librarian at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal. She was awarded PhD from Mysore University in 1999 for her research carried out under the supervision of Dr. I K Ravichandra Rao [DRTC] Later, she moved to teach system related courses in Manipal Institute of Management From Manipal she moved to Delhi on Govt of India Research Project to promote computer literacy among rural youths and from there she moved to institutions like Indian Business Academy, AIMS, Alliance Business Academy at Bangalore. From ABA she came back to Manipal and started Computer Training Institute in collaboration GNIT and started Abacus Institute of Management in collaboration with Abacus. She had tremondous potential to take many initiatives and absorb the challenges in life and profession. She had achieved lot in short span of life. We librarians in Manipal were working as family members for workshops, seminars and other professional activities. Padma is survived by her husband, two daughters [elder completed her BE in Aeronatical Engg and younger studying PU], aged parents, younger sisters. Being eldest daughter, she took the responsibility of her sisters’ marriage. We librarians from Manipal experess our heartfelt condolenses to the daparted soul and pray the almighty to give strength to her family to withstand the great loss. Manjunatha ------------------------ Dr. Manjunatha K, Chief Librarian, T.A. PAI Management Institute, P.B. No. 9, Manipal - 576 104. Udupi Dist., Karnataka, India +91 0820-2701105 (off) / 2575161(Res) manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in; manjunathak(a)gmail.com http://www.tapmi.edu.in -------------------------- SURESH D HORAKERI BSc, MLISc, PGDCA, PGDLAN Asst Librarian Central Library & Information Technology Enclave BVB COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH VIDYANAGAR HUBLI 580031. HNO 76 . SRI KOTTURESHWAR KRUPA, SIRUR PARK II STAGE VIDYANAGAR HUBLI 580021 http://www.linkedin.com/in/horakerisd Web :http://sureshdh73.googlepages.com/sureshhorakeri EMAIL : horakeri(a)bvb.edu horakeri_sd(a)rediff.com PHONE : (0836) 2371172 / 9341610603 (R) 2378423 (O) __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (2) Recent Activity: New Members 1 Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Case Study Workshop at JKPS- IMT, Gurgaon- 27-29. Jan.2011
by G. K. Sachdeva 19 Jan '11

19 Jan '11

Dear All Library Professionals *Please circulate among faculty members of your institute.* Dear Sir / Madam, Greetings from JKPS. JKPS is a member of JK Group which makes it a rare business school in India that has a strong corporate backing right from its inception. The JK Organization, is one of the leading private sector groups in India, was founded more than 100 years ago. It has activities in diversified sectors. The companies in the group have a diverse portfolio, including automotive types & tubes, paper & pulp, cement, v-belts, oil seals, power transmission systems, hybrid seeds, woolen textiles, readymade apparels, sugar, food & dairy products, cosmetics, etc. s Keeping our tradition of imparting knowledge through meaningful and content rich research, training and interaction, we are organizing a *Faculty Development Programme (FDP*) on “National Workshop on Case Study” scheduled from 27-29, January 2011. We are sure that this Faculty Development Programme will be an excellent opportunity for the career development of your talented faculty members. May we, therefore request you to nominate faculty members from your esteemed institute to participate in this programme and gain valuable experience, which will enhance their teaching, research and aptitude skills. Kindly forward the nomination of your faculty members in the prescribed format by 15 January, 2011 and enable us to ensure necessary organizational arrangements. A line of early confirmation in this regard will be highly appreciated. For more details about the institute please visit our website www.jkps.edu.in. Please feel free for any query and mail us at makarandjaipur(a)gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=makarandjaipur@gmail.com>, makarand.upadhyaya(a)jkps.edu.in<http://mc/compose?to=makarand.upadhyaya@jkps.edu.in>or contact at 09560198104 , 09413965890 Looking forward to see you at JKPS. With regards, *Dr. Makarand Upadhyaya* Workshop Convener -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Conference of Agricultural Librarians on - Agricultural Librareis on the knowledge Web - on Feb 24-25, 2011
by Dr.Nabi Hasan 19 Jan '11

19 Jan '11

Call for Papers & Participation National Conference of Agricultural Libraries and User Community 2011 On “Agricultural Libraries in the Knowledge Web” Jointly Organized by 24-25 February 2011 Venue:B.P. Pal Auditorium, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, PUSA, New Delhi-110012 e-Granth Strengthening of Digital Library and Information Management in NARS CeRA Consortium for e-Resources in Agriculture AALDI Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists of India About the Conference Access to Digital Resources is of paramount importance to the researchers, academicians, students and other stack holders. Under the aegis of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, mega efforts are being made to strengthen Digital Library, create open access Institutional Repository, providing access to Digital Resources viz. commercially published journals and databases on the desktop of scientists, enhancing the web presence, eCourses development and hosting, crop specific knowledge portals and web services through World Bank funded National Agricultural Innovation Project. In this era of transition from information age to knowledge society, libraries have much greater challenges to face. It is not only the advancing technology, there is change in the medium from physical to virtual, concept of service delivery has changed from one way to two way interactive and more customized to user needs. The whole perception of library has changed from collection of books to a single window knowledge bank. To be ready to migrate to knowledge society we need to sensitize the Indian National Agricultural Research System (NARS) comprising of State Agricultural Universities and esearch Institutions in agriculture sector. Important Dates Registration Fee S.No Date Particulars Participants Amount (`) 1 10/02/2011 Submission of Full Paper/ Poster Working Professionals 1000 2 15/02/2011 Acceptance of Papers Students 500 3 18/02/2011 Intimation to the Author Retired Professionals Free Registration fee includes Conference kit, lunch, tea etc. Please send Registration fee in the form of Demand Draft in favour of “AALDI-Delhi”, payable at New Delhi. For more details, see the attached Brochure Thanks and Regards, -- Dr. Nabi Hasan Deputy Librarian, Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016, India Phone - +91-11-2659-1452 (Work), 9560978667 (Mobile) FAX - +91-11-26596759 E-mail: nabihasan(a)gmail.com ; hasan(a)library.iitd.ac.in Web: http://web.iitd.ac.in/~library/about/hasan.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Papers / Case Studies--HR Conclave 2011
by G. K. Sachdeva 19 Jan '11

19 Jan '11

Dear All Library Professionals *Please circulate among faculty members of your institute.* HR Conclave 2011 *On* *World Class HR Practices: Strategy and Execution* *11-12**th **February 2011*** * * *Call for Papers / Case Studies*** * * *Dear Sir / Madam*, Warm Greetings! We feel immense pleasure in inviting you to the HR Conclave 2011on the focal theme of “*World Class HR Practices: Strategy and Execution*” to be held on *11-12th February 2011* at *JK *Padampat Singhania Institute of Management and Technology, Gurgaon. *JK* Padampat Singhania Institute of Management and Technology is the business education service provider founded to groom and develop efficient managers and business leaders. JKPS provides services in India under the overall leadership of Shri Govind Hari Singhania (Ex-President-ASSOCHAM, Promoter JK Group). JKPS is backed by JK Organization, one of India's largest industrial groups, founded more than a century ago. JK organization is actively involved in different sectors ranging from manufacturing of fibers & yarns, paper, cement, automobile tyres & tubes, engineering files, pharmaceuticals, sugar, dairy products, agro chemicals, and is also engaged in the field of computer software and education. The HR Conclave will also cover various sub-themes as mentioned in the brochure. This Conclave aims at sharing research and experience based knowledge among researchers, academicians and practitioners on contemporary field of Human Resource Management. The Conclave shall also explore and deliberate on innovative practices and strategies that might assist organizations in strategizing their venture. We invite you and your colleagues once again to the Conclave either as a paper presenter or participant. The Abstracts / Papers may be sent through e-mail to *hrconclave2011(a)jkps.edu.in*** Thanks and Regards, *Dr.Saurabh Gupta* * * *Conclave Coordinator* Please feel free to contact for any queries at saurabh.gupta(a)jkps.edu.in or on 09560198108. * * *Encls:** *Conclave Brochure Thanks & Regards Gulshan Kr. Sachdeva M.No. - 91+9015259302 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] [MLOSC.12273] Fw: Sad Demise of Dr. Padma Upadhya in Manipal
by ravindra mendhe 19 Jan '11

19 Jan '11

Dear Professionals We the members of Khandesh Library Association from Jalgoan ( Maharashtra) experess our heartfelt condolenses to the daparted soul and pray the almighty to give strength to her family to withstand the great loss. Khandesh Library Association ( KLA) Jalgaon ( Maharashtra), India with regards Ravindra M. Mendhe Deputy Librarian,Central Library SVKM's NMIMS University,Mumbai Mukesh Patel Technology Park Shirpur Campus, Bank of Tapi River, Mumbai - Agra Road, Shirpur, Dist- Dhule- 425 405, MS, India Tel: 02563 -286545 email: ravindra.mendhe(a)nmims.edu, , ravindra_mendhe(a)rediffmail.com Blog: www.ravindramendhe.blogspot.com On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com>wrote: > > > From: Manjunath K <manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in> > Subject: Sad Demise of Dr. Padma Upadhya in Manipal > To: "Acharya Institute Management and Sciences (aimslibrary(a)hotmail.com)" > <aimslibrary(a)hotmail.com> > Date: Tuesday, 18 January, 2011, 12:24 > > Dear Porfessional Colleagues, > > > > Many of you might know Dr. Padma Upadhya from Manipal. > > > > It is with deep sorrow to inform you that Dr. Padma suddenly demised > yesterday in Manipal due to some health problem. > > > > Padma completed her MLIS from Mangalore University in 80s and started her > career as Asst. Librarian at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal. She > was awarded PhD from Mysore University in 1999 for her research carried out > under the supervision of Dr. I K Ravichandra Rao [DRTC] > > > > Later, she moved to teach system related courses in Manipal Institute of > Management > > > > From Manipal she moved to Delhi on Govt of India Research Project to > promote computer literacy among rural youths and from there she moved to > institutions like Indian Business Academy, AIMS, Alliance Business Academy > at Bangalore. > > > > From ABA she came back to Manipal and started Computer Training Institute > in collaboration GNIT and started Abacus Institute of Management in > collaboration with Abacus. > > > > She had tremondous potential to take many initiatives and absorb the > challenges in life and profession. She had achieved lot in short span of > life. > > > > We librarians in Manipal were working as family members for workshops, > seminars and other professional activities. > > > > Padma is survived by her husband, two daughters [elder completed her BE in > Aeronatical Engg and younger studying PU], aged parents, younger sisters. > Being eldest daughter, she took the responsibility of her sisters’marriage. > > > > We librarians from Manipal experess our heartfelt condolenses to the > daparted soul and pray the almighty to give strength to her family to > withstand the great loss. > > > > > > Manjunatha > > *------------------------* > > *Dr. Manjunatha K,*** > > *Chief Librarian,*** > > *T.A. PAI Management Institute,*** > > *P.B. No. 9,*** > > *Manipal - 576 104.*** > > *Udupi Dist., Karnataka, India*** > > +91 0820-2701105 (off) / 2575161(Res) > > manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in <http://mc/compose?to=manjunath@tapmi.edu.in>; > manjunathak(a)gmail.com <http://mc/compose?to=manjunathak@gmail.com> > > http://www.tapmi.edu.in > > -------------------------- > > > > > -- Ravindra M. Mendhe Deputy Librarian,Central Library SVKM's NMIMS University,Mumbai Mukesh Patel Technology Park Shirpur Campus, Bank of Tapi River, Mumbai - Agra Road, Shirpur, Dist- Dhule- 425 405, MS, India Tel: 02563 -286545 email: ravindra.mendhe(a)nmims.edu, , ravindra_mendhe(a)rediffmail.com Blog: www.ravindramendhe.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CFP:DiversiWeb2011 Workshop at the WWW2011, India
by Dimple Patel 19 Jan '11

19 Jan '11

Dear Colleagues We welcome your contributions to the WWW2011 DiversiWeb Workshop. Kindly see below for details. Best Regards -- Devika Madalli, DRTC/ISIBC Co-Chair, DiversiWeb 2011 ******** Apologies for multiple postings *********** Please forward to interested parties and relevant listservs *********************************************************** Call for Papers for DiversiWeb 2011 First International Workshop on Knowledge Diversity on the Web Workshop at WWW 2011, Hyderabad, India, March 28 or 29 (TBD), 2011 Supported by the EU FP7 projects RENDER and Living Knowledge == Organization committee == * Elena Simperl, AIFB, KIT, Germany * Devika P. Madalli, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India * Denny Vrandecic, AIFB, KIT, Germany * Enrique Alfonseca, Google Zurich, Switzerland Website: ========= http://render-project.eu/diversiweb-2011/ Almost 20 years after its introduction, the Web provides a platform for the publication, use and exchange of information, at planetary scale, on virtually every topic, and representing an amazing diversity of opinions, viewpoints, mindsets and backgrounds. The success of the Web can be attributed to several factors, most notably to its principled scalable design, but also to a number of subsequent ICT developments such as smart user-generated content, mobile devices, and most recently cloud computing. The first two of these have dramatically lowered the last barriers of entry when it comes to producing and consuming information online, leading to an unprecedented growth and mass collaboration. They are responsible for hundreds of millions of users all over the globe creating high-quality encyclopedias, publishing Terabytes of multimedia content, contributing to world-class software, and lively taking part in defining the agenda of many aspects of our society by raising their voices, and publicly expressing and sharing their ideas, viewpoints, and resources. The other side of the coin in this unique success story is, nevertheless, the great challenges associated with managing the sheer amounts of information continuously being published online, whilst allowing for purposeful use, and leveraging the diversity inherently unfolding through global-scale collaboration. In this context, diversity includes different opinions, sentiments, preferences, or worldviews that are reflected in the way information is expressed on the Web. These challenges are still to be solved at many levels, from the infrastructure to store and access the information, through the methods and techniques to make sense out of it, to the paradigms underlying the processes of Web-based information provision and consumption. As an example, when searching for blog posts, state-of-the-art technology – be that popularity-based algorithms, recommendation engines or collaborative filters – tends to return either the most popular posts, or those which correspond with a personal profile and therefore with the known opinions and tastes of the reader. Alternative points of view, and new unexpected content, are not taken into account as they are not highly ranked, and posts expressing different opinions are sometimes even discarded. This behavior has particularly negative consequences when dealing with information that is expected and intended to be subject to diverse opinion – as is the case with news reports, ratings of products or media content, customer reviews, or any other type of subjective assessment. The same negative effects apply in a community-driven environment that is designed for collaboration – the most obvious example here being Wikipedia and the blogosphere. The information diversity exposed in such an environment, impressive both with respect to scale and the richness of opinions and viewpoints expressed, cannot be handled without adequate computer support in an economically feasible manner. In the long run, maintaining the current state-of-affairs will change the ways and the extent to which people are informed (or not) on a particular topic, tremendously influencing how they look into that topic, what they find about it and what they think about it. On top of all this, it is meanwhile acknowledged that the current state of affairs hampers true collaboration. Wikipedia is a tremendous success, but it is also a largely meritocratic system with a decreasing number of active contributors, whereas the blogosphere has to deal with the limited attention of the blog authors. What is needed are novel concepts, methods and tools that allow humans and machines to leverage the huge amounts of information created by a community, based on interaction models that support expressing, communicating and reasoning about divergent models simultaneously. This would not only enhance true collaboration, but would also significantly improve various aspects of the information management life cycle, thus addressing information overload in sectors which rely on opinions-driven information sources and mass participation – news, ratings, reviews, and social and information sharing portals of any kind. == Goal of the workshop == The overall aim of this workshop is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss their ideas related to the challenges posed by diversity on the Web. We aim to address a wide array of interdisciplinary questions, which need to be tackled in order to preserve the fragile balance between a world that is continually converging and growing together, the rich diversity of the global society, and the dangers of fragmentation and splintering. This includes but is not limited to questions such as ‘How to model diversity?’, ‘How to discover bias and opinion in blog posts, tweets, forum items, wiki edits, etc.?’, ‘How to rank, aggregate, summarize, and exploit information in a diversity-aware manner?’, ‘What are the applications of diversity-rich information sources?’, ‘How can we use diversity as an asset instead of regarding it as a barrier?’. == Topics == In particular we welcome submissions that * Analyze the capabilities of current information management models, algorithms and technologies to leverage knowledge diversity, * Extend existing models, methods, techniques and tools to accommodate the requirements arising from paying a proper account to diversity-expressed information sources and communication and collaboration environments characterized by a rich variety of opinions and viewpoints. * Discuss the foundations of knowledge diversity on the Web and propose alternative paradigms, * Propose novel evaluation strategies, methods and techniques to assess the impact of diversity-minded information management. Topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to: ======================================================= * Risks and advantages of diversity and diversification on the Web * Facets of knowledge diversity and conceptual and formal models for representing and understanding diversity * Discovery and mining of corpora for diversity-related information * Use of Natural Language Processing techniques for diversity mining * Classifying Web 2.0 content items such as blog posts, videos, tweets, and wiki-edits by their biases * Usage and benefits of diversity in the corporate context, e.g. in order to understand feedback and communication with the customer * Enabling or improving communication and collaboration over barriers induced by diversity * Extensions to Web applications taking diversity into account * Exposing and explaining diversity to end users * User experiences avoiding the radicalization of groups by exposing them to alternatives * User interfaces allowing the explicit annotation of content with diversity markers * Studies on the acceptance by end-users of diversified applications. We explicitly invite experience reports on topics related of diversity from the Web as it is used in India. == Submissions == We aim at four different kind of submission: (1) research papers of the length of 8 pages presenting mature work, prototypes and methodologies, (2) position papers of the length of 4 pages presenting early work and elaborated ideas, (3) demo outlines of the length of 2 pages, and (4) experience reports of up to 6 pages about dealing and managing with diversity, especially within the usage of the Web in India. Submission format is the same as for WWW 2011 (i.e. ACM style). Selected papers will be invited for a special issue of a journal or as bookchapters, pending negotiations. Submissions can be submitted via EasyChair at <https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=diversiweb2011> == Important dates == Submission deadline: * Submission deadline: 11th February, 2011 * Notification of acceptance: 7th March, 2011 Camera ready versions of accepted papers: 19th March, 2011 Workshop date: 28th or 29th March, 2011 (TBD) == Organization committee == * Elena Simperl, AIFB, KIT, Germany * Devika P. Madalli, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India * Denny Vrandecic, AIFB, KIT, Germany * Enrique Alfonseca, Google Zurich, Switzerland Contact us at <diversiweb(a)lists.kit.edu> -- Dr.Devika P. Madalli Associate Professor Documentation Research and Training Center (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560059 Karnataka, INDIA Phone: +91-80-28483002 /3/4/5/6 Extsn 497 or 490 Fax:+91-80-28482711 Email: devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[ELF] Call for Applications to Receive Global Disability Rights Library
by Engg-Lib-Forum from India 18 Jan '11

18 Jan '11

Washington, DC – The Global Disability Rights Library project announces a call for organizations to apply to receive a free digital Global Disability Rights Library (GDRL). Applications are open to disabled people’s organizations, universities, and agencies in developing countries. Sixty organizations will receive the digital library to empower them to disseminate valuable disability rights knowledge and toolkits to their communities. -- Posted By Engg-Lib-Forum from India to ELF at 1/18/2011 01:39:00 AM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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