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Beyond OER: Shifting Focus to Open Educational Practices -- OPAL Report 2011 released
by Puna Das 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Beyond OER: Shifting Focus to Open Educational Practices -- OPAL Report 2011 released 22-02-2011 (Paris) The Open Educational Quality Initiative (OPAL) releases its Report 2011, entitled Beyond OER: Shifting Focus to Open Educational Practices. Among its conclusions is the fact that OER are more widely used where programmes or initiatives for open resources exist at the institutional level. The lesser the fear, insecurity or discomfort towards OER, the higher the frequency of their use. The report thus advocates building trust in OER in order to increase their actual usage and to build open learning architectures to transform learning. As a member of OPAL Initiative, UNESCO contributed to the international dimensions of the Report, especially policy development and institutional capacity building, and will also be responsible for its wide dissemination. Institutional policies for OER are still a long way from impacting on educational institutions, according to findings from the OPAL quantitative survey. The perception by respondents that OER lead to institutional innovation still does not translate into implementation at the organization level. This is further compounded, on the one hand, by the very modest levels of support to factors that induce or enable the implementation of Open Educational Practices (OEP) in educational institutions, and on the other hand, by the level of importance attached by respondents to institutional policy barriers to the use of OER. The report presents the following key findings in relation to supporting factors for OER. Policy support for OER: * Support and recognition for OER projects and initiatives is necessary in institutional policy in higher education and adult education. * Support for localization, adaptation and translation of existing OER and support for implementing appropriate licensing schemes are viewed as very important. * Infrastructure, access and availability are seen as necessary conditions. * Promotion of quality assurance for OER is viewed as necessary. Role of networks and partnerships for the diffusion of OER in institutions: * 54% of all respondents stated that partnership with other organizations is a supporting factor for the use of OER. * Future OER-related support initiatives should focus their attention more on partnerships with other institutions. Demand for specific quality assurance processes for OER * The report shows that systematic quality assurance mechanisms for OER are lacking in higher education and adult education in Europe. * Educational professionals give voice to considerable insecurity about how they can demonstrate the value of OER. The Report (PDF, 64mb) can be downloaded from the University of Duisberg-Essen public repository: click here http://duepublico.uni-duisburg-essen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-2…. OPAL is an international network that promotes innovation and better quality in education through the use of open educational resources. Partly funded by the European Commission, OPAL is initiated through international organizations like UNESCO, ICDE and EFQUEL, and a number of universities. UNESCO is contributing to the OPAL Open Educational Practices framework, as well as to the development of the Registry of OER Champions and the Clearinghouse of Open Educational Practices. Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31243&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IMI invites applications for the post of Assistant Librarian for its Bhubaneswar Campus.
by Chinmaya Rout 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Subject: IMI invites applications for the post of Assistant Librarian for its Bhubaneswar Campus Date: Thursday, 24 February, 2011, 19:54 IMI invites applications for the post of Assistant Librarian for its Bhubaneswar Campus. Qualification: M.L.I.Sc. from recognized University. Skill of computer applications in library environment. Job Profile: To set up and manage the library of the Institute. Candidate should have a knowledge of all in house task such as Acquisition, Classification , Cataloguing , and organize electronic resources, softwares etc. Age Max. 35 years Experience: 5â€6 years Interested candidates may email an upâ€toâ€date CV, within ten days to registrar(a)imi.edu and indusharma(a)imi.edu . With Regards:- Chinmaya Kumar Rout Central Library IMS & SUM HOSPITAL BHUBANESWAR- ORISSA 09438236726 (M) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA Monthly Lectures Series - Talk on "Implicit knowledge in Cartoons" by Prof. A Y Asundi on Tuesday, 1st March 2011 @6.00pm
by Babu Rajendra 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Dear LIS Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) is happy to invite you to the Monthly Lecture Series. The second talk of the series has been scheduled on Tuesday 1st Mar 2011 @ 6.00pm at the following Address: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) # 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block Rajajinagar, Bangalore - 560 010 Title: Implicit knowledge in Cartoons - A study of cartoons of famous Indian Cartoonists with particular reference to R.K.Laxman. Speaker: Prof. A Y Asundi Abstract: The content analysis of News Papers is one of the common features in mass communication channels for extracting the knowledge. They focus on news items or feature articles. But the analysis of the cartoons' implicit knowledge is uncommon. In cartoons, the caricature, the content and the context of the useful satiric knowledge is implicit and inherent. Yet it is common perception that they are for 'fun' and to 'children' only sections. In fact children are more often prevented from watching cartoons, with the fear of becoming 'cartoon addict' in early days by reading cartoon books and now watching cartoons channels on Television broadcast. But there is sufficient hidden knowledge that can be explicated and also can be creative and innovative, and need to be extracted for assimilation both by children, adults and the aged, especially the latter can guide the children to the innovative knowledge embedded in cartoons. The talk would attempt to identify the implicit knowledge of cartoons of R.K.Laxman, to surface for explicit knowledge in their socio-political and administrative and other contexts contemporarily. The talk also tries to categorise the cartoons on the basis of content and cartoonists point of views. Several cartoon examples are explicated to highlight their hidden themes. About Speaker: Dr. A Y Asundi is a post-graduate in library and information science. He has done his ADR from INSDOC (First Rank). He has done his PhD from Gulbarga University on Classification. He has over 40 years of experience as a Librarian, Scholar and Teacher of LIS in the premiere institutions, namely, Indian Institute of Management (IIMB) and Bangalore University. He served as a Professor & Chairman (Rtd.), Dept of LIS, Bangalore University & in charge of IT centre of UGC/INFLIBNET at Bangalore University. He is one of the few in the country who have digested the Classification from its core. Taught for MCA & MIEB in Bangalore and Karnataka Universities. He has guided 8 PhDs, written 5 books and >100 research papers. He was a Member of core committee of CDC of UGC for the preparation of syllabus. He is a Life member of ILA, SIS, ITALIS & Karnataka State Library Association (KALA). He has organised couple of National Conferences, that of IASLIC and ITALIS. He was rapporteur General of 48th ILA Conference held at Bangalore in 2002. Please confirm your participation. Thanks and Regards, Rajendra Babu H General Secretary Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ -- 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] information
by Mailing List Admin 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:06:59 +0530 From: Librarian <Librarian(a)intasbiopharma.co.in> Dear Dr. DP Pratap, Open the pdf file in adobe professional find file menu in menu bar and click on reduce file size, there you can use lower version of acrobat like acrobat 5 or lower. And save it at different location or in different name. Hope this work for you. Thanks Sincerely Ram Laut Tyagi Information Resource, Intas Biopharmaceuticals Ltd., Plot No. 423/P/A/GIDC, Sarkhej-Bavla Highway, Moraiya, Ahmedabad-382213 Gujarat Mob: +919725608963 Message: 4 Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:41:27 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> To: Vinit <vinitbhu06(a)gmail.com> Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] information Message-ID: <AANLkTinW4ibZiZGUNxQe=1hktyKy2mCpGvVfwTBO_m6X(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I can suggest the following from our experience with http://medind.nic.in (i) For new publications or publications in the process of printing: (a) get hold of DTP Version (normally in PageMaker) from your publication in-charge or your printer. (b) Open the DTP Version in its native format (Normally with PageMaker) and export the publication into PDF format. (c) PDF files obtained in such a manner are light and best as compared to other methods. (ii) For Publications where DTP Version is not available: (a) Scan pages having TEXT ONLY with scanner resolution 200 DPI in black and white. (b) Scan pages having B/W DIAGRAMS with scanner resolution 300 DPI in black and white. (c) Scan pages having COLORED DIAGRAMS with scanner resolution 300 DPI in COLOR. (d) Scan pages having COLORED PHOTOs with scanner resolution 600 DPI in COLOR. (e) Save as Multi-page PDF file. (iii) In case text searching is required, but display quality does not matter: (Files obtained by scanning as above) (a) Use CAPTURE Feature of ACROBAT (iv) In case text searching is required but display quality can not be compromised: (Files obtained by scanning as above) (a) Use a OCR Package and save as Document File format (Word) (b) Proof read Document Files obtained and manually correct errors introduced in OCR Process. (c) Print / Convert Document Files as PDF Hope it helps, SUKHDEV SINGH, NIC. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Vinit <vinitbhu06(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Dr. DP Prathap, > > Use any good pdf editor and optimize the file for web use. The quality will > be a bit diminished so you can give an option to download the file of size > in addition. > > > > On 22 February 2011 17:05, Dr.D.P Prathap <sbilibrary(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> dear colleages >> >> please clarify.... >> >> when we convert printed pages into pdf ?by scanning, the file size is very >> big (in MB even for a few pages), kindly provide information as how to >> reduce the file size. >> >> while downloading pdf articles from the Net / online databases, the file >> size is very small (in KBs only) for a few pages. >> >> thanking you >> >> Sincerely >> Library >> Sugarcane Breeding Institute

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Its glad to see our librarian in the University of BHU.
by sanjay kumar 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

*With the Good Wishes*, *From LIS Professionals, Researchers and students of BHU at Varanasi,India. The whole LIS team congretulates to Dr. AK Srivastav's achievement as a Librarian of BHU after 23 years. We expect that he will serve best of his service in the interest of library. * * *-- Regards........ Sanjay Kumar Senior Research Fellow, Deptt.Of Library & Information Science, Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi.UP. Message........ A journey of million kilometres always start with single step. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Commonwealth Professional Fellowships, 2011
by Shamprasad Pujar 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Dear Members, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission has announced professional fellowships for the year 2011. Through this Scheme, the Commission funds fellowships for mid-career professionals from developing Commonwealth countries to spend periods (typically three months) with a relevant UK host organisation in their field for a programme of professional development. Applications should be made by the UK host organisation which acts as the 'nominator', and which can be from any sector. The last date for application is: April 21, 2011. More information may please be found at: http://www.cscuk.org.uk/apply/professional_fellowships.asp Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Commonwealth Professional Fellow-2008 Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-2841 6547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Seminar on Next Generation Library and Information Services - invitation
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

all the professionals are invited to attend the following national conference details can be had at the following URLhttp://www.amu.ac.in/seminar/neglis/ Welcome to National Seminaron Next Generation Library and Information Services (NeGLIS-2011)(2-3 April, 2011) Organized byMaulana Azad Library(1960-2010)(as a part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations)in collaboration withDepartment of Library and Information ScienceAligarh Muslim University, Aligarh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Postponement of Workshop forTwo days
by dharanikumarp＠indiatimes.com 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

The Department of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University is schedule to be organize one week National workshop on Library Automation software (Koha and E-lib) during 14-19 March 2011 has been postponed to 16th to 21st March 2011. I request to convey this message to all professional friends. Registration Fee Rs. 2000/- (excluding accommodation) The registration fee includes Workshop kit (containing course materials, bag, and stationery) and working lunch. Note: Participants strength is restricted to 25 and selection will be on first cum first served basis. Registration Form Name______________________ Address____________________ Pin________________________ Telephone__________________ E-mail______________________ Fax_______________________ Payment Particulars Amount: Rs: DD No. Bank Date Date & Signature You are requested to send the dully filled registration form along with a DD drawn in favour of "Chairman Dept. of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University" Shankaragatta, payable at SBM, Jnana Sahyadri campus, Kuvempu University before 20th February 2011. For further details you may contact P. Dharani Kumar Assistant Professor Dept. of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University Shimoga, Karnataka Phone: 09741501214 email: dharanikumarp(a)indiatimes.com Co-ordinator: Dr. S. Padmamma, Associate Professor & Chairman Dept of Library & Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaragatta - 577 451, Shimoga, Karnataka -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Vaccency of Library and Research Coordinator
by Deepak Sharma 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Dear All, MOTAT is New Zealand’s largest and leading transport and technology museum where history comes to life. It take visitors on an interactive journey through many of the technological achievements that have helped shape New Zealand. MOTAT provides a working environment like no other. It is a vibrant, fast paced and supremely professional organisation that every week attracts thousands of visitors. Here’s your chance to become part of an exciting journey at MOTAT! The Walsh Memorial Library is a reference library open to the public and has a large range of books, archives and images relating to transport, technology and social history. This role will ensure the effective management of gathering, maintaining, storing and referencing reliable collection related data and information. Reporting to the Museum Collection Manager the main duties will include: Raising the profile of the Library within the wider community Management of acquisitions for the Museum Collection Managing and monitoring the quality of inventory, catalogue and database processing Working collaboratively with the wider collection team to promote and engage in research Receive and process all research requests from the public and colleagues Providing an educational, family centric and interactive experience to engage visitors of all ages Skills and experience desired A degree and Post-graduate qualification preferably in library studies People management experience Experience working in an archive preferred Computer literacy – advanced MS Office and Vernon database or equivalent Proven writing and research skills Apply your passion, work ethic and communication skills with this iconic Museum and you’ll love adding value to the wider Auckland community. Being a part of this passionate, professional and approachable team, many of whom are volunteers will utilise your strong networking abilities to build the library to a high profile, recognised research base. Plus, you’ll be based in a truly unique and iconic setting. This is a role for someone who is dedicated to ensuring that generation’s to come enjoy MOTAT’s collection, and share in a love of learning. Apply today by sending your CV and covering letter to hannah.ealson(a)madison.co.nz or for more information please contact Hannah Ealson on 09 3034455 Deepak Sharma Assistant Librarian ITM University Sector 23 A, Gurgaon 01242365811 9015433756. "Solve your simple mistakes early before it leads to big problem. Because we always slip from small stones, not from a mountain" -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Article
by Dr.D.P Prathap 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Dear colleagues If anybody has access to the following article, please provide: ELECTROPHORESIS 1995, Vol.16, No.1, p.423-430 Separation and characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana.....detection Sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore-7 m:9994461172 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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