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ILA & RRRLF's Invitation to attend Ranganathan Memorial Lecture and Panel Discussion on August 12, 2010 at India Islamic Centre, New , Delhi
by Dr Sangeeta Kaul 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

Indian Library Association in collaboration with Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 10:00 AM Cordially invites you to Ranganathan Memorial Lecture and Panel Discussion on the occassion of Librarians' Day (in commemoration of 118th birthday of Padamshri Dr S R Ranganathan) Shri Jawhar Sircar Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India at the Inaugural Session and Prof. Pratap Bhanu Mehta Director, Centre for Policy Research will preside Prof. P B Mangla Ex-Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi Ex-Vice President, IFLA & UNESCO Consultant will deliver the Ranganathan Memorial Lecture on the TOPIC : Padamshri Dr S R Ranganathan : An Overview and Assessment Dr (Ms) T Kumar Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India will preside Venue India Islamic Cultural Centre 87-88, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 Seminar Timings : 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM RSVP 27651743 (11:00 AM - 5: PM) 9868879212, D V Singh, President, ILA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New study examines the economic returns of public access policies
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

>From Prof. Stevan Harnad NEW STUDY EXAMINES THE ECONOMIC RETURNS OF PUBLIC ACCESS POLICIES Washington, DC – Delivering timely, open, online access to the results of federally funded research in the United States will significantly increase the return on the public’s investment in science, according to a new study by John Houghton at the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies at Victoria University. The study, “The Economic and Social Returns on Investment in Open Archiving Publicly Funded Research Outputs,” co-authored by Bruce Rasmussen and Peter Sheehan, was released today by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). Public funding of scientific, technical, and medical research assumes that economic and social returns to taxpayers will exceed the amount of the research investment. A proposal currently before the U.S. Congress – the Federal Research Public Access Act, H.R. 5037 and S. 1373 (FRPAA) – seeks to ensure and maximize the public’s return by delivering open online access to the results of research funded through 11 federal agencies no later than six months after publication in a journal. The Victoria University study outlines one approach to measuring the potential impact of this policy on returns on public investment in research and development (R&D). The new study examines the effect of key variables that influence the potential return on investment from this research. These variables concern both access to research – including content embargoes – and the efficiency with which research is applied in practice. The study also defines the additional data and model developments necessary for an accurate estimate of the policy’s likely impact. Depending on the assumed cost of data repositories, the study’s preliminary models suggest that FRPAA’s enactment could lead to a return on the public’s investment of between four and 24 times the costs. Two thirds of this return would accrue within the United States, with the remainder spilling over to other countries. In the U.S., the study suggests that the benefits of public access might total between three and 16 times the cost of the public’s investment. The study closely examines the model’s sensitivity to critical assumptions and concludes that the benefits of public access would exceed the costs over a wide range of values. As the study’s authors note, “[I]t is difficult to imagine any plausible values for the input data and model parameters that would lead to a fundamentally different answer.” “It's important that discussions about the risks and benefits of public access to government-funded research focus on empirical evidence and rational argument,” added Raym Crow, SPARC Senior Consultant. “The model Houghton and his colleagues have developed facilitates such a logical approach and provides a framework for assessing objectively the economic effect of various scenarios.” The report's findings are based on available evidence. To enable others to explore the modeling, an online model is available from http://www.cfses.com/FRPAA. The full study, “The Economic and Social Returns on Investment in Open Archiving Publicly Funded Research Outputs,” is available on the SPARC Web site at http://www.arl.org/sparc. For more information, please contact Jennifer McLennan Director of Programs & Operations SPARC jennifer [at] arl [dot] org (202) 296-2296 x121 Fax: (202) 872-0884 ## SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), with SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan, is an international alliance of more than 800 academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication. SPARC's advocacy, educational and publisher partnership programs encourage expanded dissemination of research. SPARC is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/sparc. ******************************* SPARC 2010 Digital Repositories Meeting November 8 & 9 - Baltimore, MD http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0223.shtml ******************************* Open Access Week 2010 October 18 - 24. Everywhere. http://www.openaccessweek.org ******************************* http://www.arl.org/sparc -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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"Journey Towards Book - March Towards Library"
by Pandurang Konnur 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Dear Friends, I am very happy to note the response given to our call of “Run for the Library” with a caption: *"Journey Towards Book - March Towards Library"* Day by day as our preparations are in progress, we are getting very good encouragement from all sectors of the society. I am now happy to announce to all of you that when we approached to His Excellency *Shri Hans Raj Bhardwaj *The Governor of Karnataka to inaugurate the event on 12th August 2010, He happily agreed and suggested to start the March from Raj Bhavan itself. Hence there is a slite change in the venue of starting point i.e. instead of Gopalagouda Circle, The March will start from Raj Bhavan (Inside) at 8.45 am. All are requested to reach Raj Bhavan before 8.30 am and get organized in the Procession after wearing the T-Shirt and the Cap got prepared for the occasion. We have also invited literary giants, Academicians and Vice Chancellors to participate in the March and give a message to the society for improvement of reading habit. We have also invited all the Media Channels and News Paper Reporters to report the event to the public at large. I request all of you to participate in large number and make this event successful. Your support is our strength 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/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarians Day Celebration by MyLISA, Mysore
by SUNIL M.V. 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Dear Professional Friends, Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Associaiton (MyLISA), Mysore and SDM MMK Women's College, Mysore Coridally invites you for the "Librarians Day Celebration" Chief Guest: Dr. K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sharadha Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore Speical invitee Prof. Balachandrae Gowda Principal SDM MMK Women's College, Mysore Presided Over by: Prof. Mallinath Kumbar President, MyLISA, Mysore Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science, Mysore Date: August 9, 2010 Venue: SDM MMK Auditorium, SDM MMK Women's College, Mysore Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Requirement of library internees
by pradeep gupta 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Post of Library Internees at IIT Delhi<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/lislinksj/%7E3/SNBQTLI2WdE/2013205:BlogPos…> Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:20 AM PDT Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) invites applications in prescribed format for Library Internees for its Central Library till August 19, 2010 Post: Library Internee Minimum Qualification: Two years Diploma in Library Science / B.Lib.I.Sc./ M.Lib.I.Sc. Period of Internship: One year. Stipend: Rs.5,500/Rs. 7,000/Rs. 9,000/-per month (Consolidated) Job description: Since candidates are graduates/Post- graduates in Library and Information Science they can be helpful in doing technical jobs with Jr. / Sr. Professionals. Selected candidates may be required to do the shift duty also. Please note that accommodation facility on campus will not be available to the selected candidates. Interested candidates may send their applications in the prescribed Performa by due date either by post or through email to the undersigned. IIT Delhi may decide the criteria for the selection of the internees which may include Written Test and /or Interview. No TA/DA will be paid for appearing in the selection process. The interested candidates may visit the Website for details and Application Form at - http://web.iitd. ac.in/~library/ pdf.pdf Pradeep Kumar Lib. Assit. ITM University Gurgaon. mob. 09971902232 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INFLIBNET Awarded eINDIA 2010 - Jury Choice Award
by Rajesh Chandrakar 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Dear Colleagues and Professionals, We are pleased to share the news that the INFLIBNET Centre was awarded "Jury Choice Award e-INDIA 2010" in the category "Digital Learning : ICT Enabled University/Higher Education Institute of the Year" for the Year 2010 for the project entitled "National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST)". Out of 464 nominations for awards in various categories, 444 nominations were selected. There were 20 nominations under the "Digital Learning through ICT in Higher Education Institute" for the year 2010. Background of the Project The project entitled "National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST)" is funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), under its National Mission on Education through ICT, and is being jointly executed by the INFLIBNET Centre and IIT Delhi. The project provides for i) cross-subscription to e-resources subscribed by the two Consortia, i.e. subscription to INDEST-AICTE resources for universities and UGC-INFONET resources for technical institutions; and ii) subscription to selected electronic journals and electronic books for colleges. While the IIT Delhi is responsible for activity listed at (i) above, the INFLIBNET Centre is responsible for extending access to e-resources to colleges. The Centre is also responsible for developing and deploying appropriate software tools and techniques for authenticating authorized users. Under the project, individuals (including students, researchers and faculty) from colleges and other beneficiary institutions have access to more than 2,100 electronic journals, 51,000 electronic books and a bibliographic database called MathSciNet through a proxy server installed at the INFLIBNET Centre. The authorized users from colleges can access e-resources and download articles required by them directly from the publisher's website once they are duly authenticated using technologies deployed for this purpose at the INFLIBNET Centre. Current Status The Project was formally launched by Honourable Union Minister of Human Resource Development Shri Kapil Sibal at New Delhi on 4th May 2010. As on August 5, 2010, a total number of 1296 colleges have registered themselves with the N-LIST programme including 783 colleges covered under the 12B and 2F Section of the UGC Act. Lon-in IDs and passwords for accessing e-resources have been sent to these 783 colleges after obtaining list of authorized users from them. Remaining colleges are being advised to join the initiative as N-LIST Associates. All e-resources subscribed for colleges under the N-LIST Programme are now accessible to these 783 colleges through the N-LIST Website at http://nlist.inflibnet.ac.in. With best regards Rajesh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientist - B (LS) INFLIBNET (INFormation and LIBrary NETwork) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Tel. +91-(0)79-26305971/ 8528/ 4695(O), 26873805(R) Mobile: +91-9427527894 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in Weblog: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/blog Video Gallery: http://www.youtube.com/INFLIBNET ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LA, JLA & LC at Lucknow University, Lucknow
by Vinod Singh 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Dear Professionals Posts: 1. Library Assistant: 1 (SC) 2. Junior Library Assistant: 2 (SC) 3. Library Clerk: 1 (SC) Last date: Aug 09, 2010 Click for more details: http://www.lkouniv.ac.in/appointment/app_reg2.pdf With regards, Vikusi* Senior Research Fellow (Ph.D) Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi-110007 *Vinod Kumar Singh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Requirement of an article.
by Pawan Agrawal 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Dear library professionals, I am in need of following article. If you have an access to these articles. Please forward the articles to me. A history of computer applications in libraries: prolegomena<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1010066> *Rayward, W.B. * *Page(s):* 4 - 15 *Digital Object Identifier :*10.1109/MAHC.2002.1010066 Abstract <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1010066> | Full Text: PDF<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=1010066>(270KB) Thanks and Regards -- Join hands, Join eLibrarian www.elibrarian.spruz.com ------ Pawan R. Agrawal Librarian Takshshila Centre for Learning Transpek Silox Industry Ltd. Kalali Road- Atladra Vadodara- 390012 Ph. 9376135580 http:\\www.elibrarian.spruz.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancies (DL, AL & PA) at School of Open Learning, University of Delhi, Delhi
by Vinod Singh 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Dear Professionals Posts: 1. Deputy Librarian: 1 (Gen) 2. Assistant Librarian: 4 (Gen-1, Sc-1, OBC-2) 3. Professional Assistant: 1 (ST) Last date: Aug 20, 2010 Click for: Advertisement: http://sol.du.ac.in/News/Post_10/ADVT.pdf Application form: http://sol.du.ac.in/News/Post_10/form-non-teaching.pdf With regards, Vikusi* Senior Research Fellow (Ph.D) Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi-110007 *Vinod Kumar Singh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Deputy Librarian (1 post) at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Chandigarh
by Vinod Singh 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Dear Professionals Post: 1. Deputy Librarian (15600-39100, AGP-8000): 1 (Gen) Last date: Aug 30, 2010 Click for: Advertisement: http://iisermohali.ac.in/advertisement10-11.pdf Application form: http://iisermohali.ac.in/Application_new.pdf With regards, Vikusi* Senior Research Fellow (Ph.D) Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi-110007 *Vinod Kumar Singh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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