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CSI eNewsletter dt. 1st Feb 2011
by hrmohan＠vsnl.com 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Dear all, The 19th issue (Volume 2. issue 3) of CSI eNewsletter dt. 1st Feb 2011 is ready and can be accessed at http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2011-02-01.pdf and also at the CSI KM Portal http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/enewsletter You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. For the archives of this newsletter, pl. visit http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-archives.htm or at http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/archives With regards HR Mohan Chairman, Div IV, CSI & eNewsletter Committee, IEEE CS Madras Contents ======= -- System Administration Soft Skills -- Virtualization: Blessing or Curse? -- The future of eBooks -- The 11 Drivers of Software Innovation in 2011 -- Book: Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Drive Innovation and Transform Industries by David S. Evans, Andrei Hagiu and Richard Schmalensee -- EMC’s cloud certification: Another way to validate cloud competency -- The Internet of Things -- The rise of the networked enterprise: Web 2.0 finds its payday -- Nine ways to avoid open source pitfalls -- 5 big themes in BI for 2011 -- The business focused CIO: The need of the hour for Indian enterprises -- Indian CIOs open up to open source -- Unified Communications: The new mouthpiece in enterprises -- Why don't firewalls work? -- Make a career in the BPO sector: Post your queries! -- Careers & Courses: Animation & Digital Technology -- ITU Report on “Power of ICTs in tackling climate change” -- French Proverbs -- Great One Liners. -- ICT News Headlines & Briefs -- Announcements -- IT Events: Call for Participation & Call For Papers -- Book: Mechatronics: Integrated Technologies for Intelligent Machines -- Book: Skills Development for Business and Management -- Book: 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know -- Book: Heads You Win Tails You Win -- About the CSI-eNewsletter -- Contributions to CSI-eNewsletter -- eNewsletter Committee InfoQuiz–2011-02-01 (Six Prizes to Win – Four Books and Two Awards of Rs. 500/- each) 1. “m-Paisa” – the mobile banking service is from ------ 2. What is common: Milestone, Flipout, Charm, Quench 3. ------ is a Facebook-style social media application for business from Salsesforce.com 4. The original product name/code name of the popular microblogging service twitter was ------ 5. Identify the company whose tagline is “Power of Simplicity” Email your answers by 13th Feb 2011 to csi.infoquiz(a)gmail.com with subject “infoquiz-2011-02-01”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. The first person to answer correctly and one randomly selected lucky winner will be awarded Rs. 500/= each by SRA Systems (www.srasys.com) Oxford University Press (http://www.oup.co.in) & Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd (http://www.shroffpublishers.com) will present the books (Mechatronics: Integrated Technologies for Intelligent Machines, Skills Development for Business and Management) whose brief review appear in this issue. In all, there will be SIX prizes – TWO cash prizes of Rs. 500/- each and FOUR prizes of one book each. Answers along with the winner info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of InfoQuiz-2011-01-16 ================================== IBM, Mobile Applications Stores, Nicholas Carr, Micromax, symbolics.com Awards of Rs. 500/= each from SRA Systems to Mr. J.Vijayaraghavan from Chennai and to Mr. Debasis Ghosh from Kolkata Books from Oxford University Press: “Bioinformatics: Databases, Tools and Algorithms (with CD)” to Ms. Arati S. Nayak from Dharwad & “Leadership and Team Building” to Mr. G. Dorababu from Chennai. Books from Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd: “97 Things Every Programmer Should Know” to Mr. G.Vimal Raj from Chennai & “Time Out for Leaders” to Mr. Ravi Kumar from Chennai. -- 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 Information and Knowledge Dissemination: Present Status and Future Direction
by bidhan chaudhuri 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Dear Members, We invite you all to participate in a national seminar on Information and Knowledge Dissemination: Present Status and Future Direction (IKD-2011) during May 6-7, 2011 organized by Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata. Research papers on the topics mentioned bellow are invited. For more information about the seminar please visit the conference webpage (www.cgcri.res.in/ikd2011) Topics: • Knowledge Dissemination Mechanism and Practices in Knowledge Resource Centre • Open Access and Knowledge Dissemination • Scholarly Communication, Grey Literature etc • Institutional Repositories: Case Studies • Role of Publishing Industries in Knowledge Dissemination • Knowledge Processing, Content Organization • Resource Description Framework (RDF) • Digital Library/Repository • Role of Web 2.0 in Information Dissemination: Blog, Wiki • Information User and Knowledge Dissemination in Digital Era • Issues Involved in Indigenous Knowledge Dissemination • Intellectual Property Right and Knowledge Dissemination • E-Resource Sharing • Right to Information Act with regards, -- Bidhan Chaudhuri CG & CRI Kolkata 700 032 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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?Classic articles in physics-jan 19 request
by jasim s 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

There was a request in our forum on jan 19 asking for the ? two classic articles in physics:it follows as... We wish to acquire the following two articles. If anybody has these articles, could you please send us the pdf of the same (or hardcopy at the address mentioned below, in case pdf is not possible). The articles requested are : 1. Arkiv for Matematik, Astronomi och Fysik, 1942, v.28A (6), p.19- , Alfven,H./ Remarks on the reotation of a magnetized sphere with application to solar rotation. 2. Nature, 1942, v.150, p.405-406, Alfven,H./ Existence of electromagnetic-hydrodynamic waves. The article with serial number two was available over the internet and that with the number first with a broken link and was not accessible.I mailed for assistance for locating it to the Science Reference Librarian of Library of Congress and the British Library.The very next day the Reference Librarian of the British Library responded that it was available there and a processing fees of 10 pound(approx) may be sent to customer service division to procure it.The science Reference Librarian Of LOC was kind enough to sent the scanned pdf file free of any processing charge of the same under fair use privilege for our Library. So it will be useful for all of us to make use of online reference services of the great libraries LOC and the British Library for Precise Information search. The Interesting thing is that the mail bounced back twice when i emailed to the person who requested the articles in our forum ... ;-) Jasimudeen.s MG University Library Kottayam Kerala -- *Life is like a book:what matter is how good it is ,not how long it is" * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Securing Ph.D. degree to become tough
by Dhanukumar Pattanashetti 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Dear Professionals, An interesting article in The Hindu regarding PhD admissions. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article114117… Best Regards, Dhanu ************************************************************** Dhanu Pattanashetti, BE, MLISc IEEE Client Services Manager, India Email - dhanu.p(a)ieee.org Web: http://www.ieee.org/go/clientservices ************************************************************** IEEE. Advancing Technology for Humanity -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by Veeru 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Dear Professionals, Can anyone please provide me the article Title:- * The Future of Project Management in Technical Communication: Incorporating a Communications Approac* Source:- I*nternational Professional Communication Conference, 2006 IEEE*<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=4114138> * * *Issue Date:* 23-25 Oct. 2006 *Digital Object Identifier:* 10.1109/IPCC.2006.320372 Link : * http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.iee… * *with regards Virupaksh BH Senior Research Fellow, University of Agricultural Science, GKVK, Bangalore**,* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Registration of early bird accommodation for CALIBER 2011 extended to 25th January 2011
by Rajesh 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Dear expected delegates Due to the demand from various delegates, the early bird registration for accommodation is extended from 10th January to 25th January 2011. Apart from that there is special tour programmes for the interested delegates who have plan to stay one more day for site scene on 5th March 2011. Details about the programme is available on the CALIBER website at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/caliber2011. There is also possibility for accompanying person. The charges for the accompanying persons are described in the registration column of the above website. With best regards Rajesh Chandrakar Co-convener, International CALIBER 2011 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of Assistant Librarian at MIT Mysore
by ashokar kar 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Dear Moderator kindly post it Maharaja Institute of Technology Mysore invites applications to fill the post of "Asstistant Librarian" fot it's library situated at Mysore. Required Qualifications and Experience: 1. Name of the Post : Asstistant Librarian 2. Educational Qualifications : B.L.I.Sc with Computer background. 3. Experience : One or Two years work experience in Academic institutional library. Applay to ashokarmlisc(a)gmail.com on or before 6-2-2011. Contact No. : 9620228133 Regards Ashoka R, Librarian, Maharaja Institute of Technology Mysore. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of STA 'B' (Library Science) in DRDO
by Navin Soni 29 Jan '11

29 Jan '11

Dear LIS Professionals, Please see DRDO Advt. No.: CEPTAM-04 *Post: Senior Technical Assistant 'B' Library Science 5 (UR)* * * *Qualification: Bachelor's Degree in Science with minimum one year Diploma in Library Science,* *from recognized University/ Institute* *Download * *Advertisement : http://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/ceptam/Advertisement04.pdf* * <http://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/ceptam/Advertisement04.pdf>Application Form : *http://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/ceptam/Application%20Form04.pdf *With regards * ================================= Navin Kumar Soni *INMAS, DRDO, * *Min. of Defence, Brig SK Mazumdar Road, * *Delhi- 110054 *Ph: +91-1123985466, +91-9868459805, 9555720136 http://www.drdo.org/labs/inmas/index.html http://lislinks.ning.com/profile/NavinKumarSoni Email: navinsoni22(a)gmail.com, navin(a)inmas.drdo.in =================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SET Notification
by shekara ppa 28 Jan '11

28 Jan '11

Announcement: The University of Mysore, Mysore has been identified by the UGC, New Delhi as a Nodal agency to conduct Karnataka State Eligibility Test for Lecturership (SET) during the year 2011. The following 26 subjects have been approved by the UGC to conduct SET examination. The Notification calling for applications for the SET will be notified during the month of February 2011 and the examination will be held in the month of MAY 2011. For further details contact: The Co-ordinator, KSET, University of Mysore Preeksha Bhavan, Mysore 560 005, Ph: 0821 2419202 http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/news/ -- S Shekarappa, M.L.I.Sc, M.Phil Librarian M.S.Ramaiah College of Law New BEL Road , Bangalore-54 shekarappas(a)gmail.com shekar_001(a)rediffmail.com cell-9980537090 -- 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 "Digital Environment: Users Empowered and Librarians Deserted" by Dr. M S Sridhar
by Babu Rajendra 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Dear LIS Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) is happy to invite you to the Monthly Lecture Series. The first talk of the series has been scheduled on Tuesday 1st Feb 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: Digital Environment: Users Empowered and Librarians Deserted Abstract: Digital world is characterized by user empowerment, content boom, democratization of information, nomadic nature of users, image-based (content) society etc. Huge number of users of libraries has migrated to digital world and the existing knowledge of librarians does not reflect truly the needs and behaviour of digital information users. Digital world has provided a great opportunity to those who wish to understand digital information users in terms of log data of what users have done (as against what users say in legacy studies). Digital environment also has certain inherent threats like dehumanization while excessively emphasizing speed and access, disintermediation/ user-enabling logic, too many complex strategies, multitude of choice and so on. The talk tries to explore the environment to determine what kind of understanding of digital information users is required and through what methodology. Citing the results and findings of selected recent studies discusses values, needs and behaviour of digital information users vis-à-vis exploring whether user-empowerment has isolated and deserted librarians and what kind of strategies like 'embedded librarianship', 'invisible librarian', 'repositioning' or 're-orientation' can save and be more effective in facing the challenges of digital world. The talk also cover the below mentioned items. 1. Features of digital content 2. Characteristics of digital era 3. Need for digital information user studies 4. What to understand? 5. Digital environment: implications, Opportunities and Threats 6. Some findings and results 7. Repositioning alternatives 8. Conclusion: some implications on librarians About Speaker: Dr. M S Sridhar is a post-graduate in mathematics and management and a doctorate in library and information science with over 36 years of experience in different capacities in three premiere institutions in Bangalore, namely, ISRO Satellite Centre, Indian Institute of Management (IIMB) and National Aeronautical Laboratory (NAL). He was heading the Library and Documentation Division of ISRO Satellite Centre for over 30 years till retirement in February 2009. He has published 4 books, contributed 5 chapters to books, over 100 research papers (including 45 in Kannada), 47 conference & seminar presentations and 25 course materials to MPhil, MLISc and BLISc courses. A short profile and publications can be accessed from: 1. http://www.scribd.com/people/view/75039-m-s-sridhar 2. http://www.scribd.com/doc/16996353/List-of-Publications-of-Dr-M-S-Sridhar. 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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