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Classify and RDA: A New approach to classification and cataloging
by Badan Barman 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

Respected forum members, The classification and cataloging undergoing a major shift and changes. You are requested to go through my two topics that i posted over the following URL's 1. “Classify: An experimental classification web service” from OCLC: My Experience: http://lislinks.ning.com/forum/topics/classify-an-experimental 2. Resource Description and Access (RDA) Published Over the Web: Enjoy Free Open Access until August 31, 2010: http://lislinks.ning.com/forum/topics/resource-description-and-1 Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant in LIS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Getting your feet wet: An introduction to Open Access
by Shamprasad Pujar 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

** Sorry for Cross Postings, if any ** Dear Members, Research Information Network [RIN], UK has published an interesting guide on Open Access, to give researchers, librarians, publishers and information professionals a basic understanding of the Open Access movement. You may access the guide at: http://www.rin.ac.uk/system/files/attachments/open_access_booklet_screen.pdf This could be of interest to you. Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Commonwealth Professional Fellow-2008 Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6547 ; 2840 0919 Ext: 547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in Skype: sham.pujar URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in Blog: http://spujar.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[ELF] Research journals to get UGC funds
by Engg-Lib-Forum from India 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Research journals to get UGC funds The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to sanction funds for bringing out research journals and hosting seminars as presentation of research papers by college teachers will, for the first time, be considered for their promotion. “Since there may not be sufficient journals in which college teachers could publish their papers and subject associations like History Association or the Economics Association played an important role in bringing together scholars, giving them an opportunity to present papers and publish these in the journals brought out by the associations, the UGC would support these associations in order to help them upgrade their activities,” UGC chairperson Sukhadeo Thorat told Deccan Herald. “This annual assistance can be to the tune of Rs 10-15 lakh per association or journal,” he said. Similar support could also be provided to good quality journals being published by university departments and other research institutions. At present, the UGC has no such specific scheme. The commission had earlier taken a decision to support a few umbrella associations such as the Indian Science Congress and the Indian Social Science Congress. The objective of the scheme will be to support subject associations in social sciences and humanities in organising specified activities in order to encourage teachers and researchers to participate in conferences/seminars/workshops and to present papers leading to publication, wherever possible. The scheme will be open to all national subject associations which fulfil certain criteria such as minimum membership size, duration of existence and regular audits for at least three years. A core annual assistance of upto Rs 3 lakh per year will be provided to national-level subject associations for secretariat support, day-to-day office expenses, communication and dissemination of their activities and outputs. It will also provide financial support of upto Rs 7 lakh for holding annual conference of national subject associations and for publication of conference proceedings. The support under the head “Journals” will be subject to a maximum of Rs 5 lakh for academic association and Rs 3 lakh for university department or 50 per cent of the audited cost of publication, distribution and dissemination of the journal, whichever is less. An assistance of Rs 2 lakh will be available for holding national and regional conferences, seminars as well as workshops for the upgradation of teaching and research. Associations such as the Indian Science Congress or the Indian Social Science Congress may be provided an assistance of upto Rs 20 lakh annually. -- Posted By Engg-Lib-Forum from India to ELF at 7/02/2010 09:17:00 PM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Copying of a Subject of a letter published in lisforum
by sabuj kumar chaudhuri 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Dear friends, Mr. Badan Barman of lislinks has published one news on1st July 2010 (http://lislinks.ning.com/forum/topics/university-of-calcutta) has copied subject heading of my letter published on 30th June 2010 in lisforum in the following subject heading-- "[LIS-Forum] Revolutionary & Landmark Step in the Field of Library & Information Science" sabuj kumar chaudhuri sabuj_c at yahoo.co.uk Wed Jun 30 22:06:10 IST 2010 e-mail has also copyright for its content (qualitative as well as quantitative).Because it is the creation of the author.Before using my punch word (Revolutionary & Landmark Step in the Field of Library & Information Science) he should seek permission from the author.He has failed to do so and unfortuanately violated the copyright of the author.Considering unintentional , I hope, in future, he will be very cautious and serious about the matter before uploading any such plagiarised content. with best wishes Dr. Sabuj Kr. Chaudhuri ---------------------------------------------- Dr.Sabuj Kumar Chaudhuri [M.Sc in Marine Sc.(First Class First, Univ.of Calcutta, AIS (NISCAIR,CSIR, New Delhi), MLIS, UGC(JRF)NET, PhD (Jadavpur Univ.), W.B.C.S.(Ex.)] Librarian (W.B.C.S.C.) Basanti Devi College (Govt. Sponsored)[http://www.basantidebicollege.org] (An affiliated college under the University of Calcutta) 147B, Rash Behari Avenue Kolkata-700 029,West Bengal India Phone:(033)24197449 ; Mob-9434457215 email:sabooj_c@yahoo.co.in ;sabuj_c(a)yahoo.co.uk Website:www.geocities.com/sabuj_c/sabuj.html Blog:http://sabooj.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Announcing International Conference on Digital Library Management (ICDLM) 201
by Debal Chandra Kar 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

International Conference on Digital Library Management (ICDLM) Theme: Extending Benefits of Modern Technology to Public, Academic and Special Libraries Science City, Kolkata, 11-13 January, 2011 Venue: Science City, Kolkata Organiser: TERI, New Delhi Co-Organiser: Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Kolkata Continuous capacity development and awareness programmes are necessary to achieve the objective of transforming the novice into digital librarians of future. The success of ICDL 2004, ICDL 2006 and 2010 has encouraged and motivated TERI, New Delhi and Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata in partnership with Ministry of Culture, Government of India, New Delhi to conduct of the ICDLM 2011 which will provide yet another stimulating forum for DL professionals to share their knowledge, experience and wisdom. The theme of the proposed conference is “Extending Benefits of Modern Technology to Public, Academic and Special Libraries”. The conference will focus on creation, adoption, implementation and utilization of digital libraries, e-learning and a knowledge society. We invite you all to submit your research paper. Objectives · Provide a platform and enable interaction among DL experts and researchers · Facilitate creation adoption, implementation and utilization of DL‘s, and their future implications · Bridging the digital divide through knowledge sharing Who should participate? (a) Professionals from public, academic and special libraries (b) Information Technology professionals. (c) Content and knowledge managers (d) Policy makers (e) Academicians, students and distance learners (f) Archivists and museologists (g) Information providers and vendors. (h) E-publishers and virtual electronic communities (i) Library and Information Science professionals. (j) All stakeholders in the digitization and knowledge business. Call for papers Original papers focusing on the theme of the conference— Extending Benefits of Modern Technology to Public, Academic and Special Libraries are invited for the. Some of the topics are listed below: § DL development and management § Content organization and management § DL architecture and access management § Knowledge management § Digital preservation § DL standards and policy § Thesauri and ontologies, semantics, metadata and retrieval § Open archives initiatives/PMH § Multilingual and interoperability § Copyrights issues in digital environment § DL services and applications § Collaboration and Networking between public libraries º Digital initiatives of public libraries § Open Educational resources Important dates Submission of full papers 20 October 2010 Notification of acceptance of paper with comments 05 November 2010 Submission of the revised paper after incorporating comments 20 November 2010 Registration: Delegates fee | Up to 30 November 2010 | After 30 November 2010 ------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------- | | India and SAARC | Indian Rs 3000 + Rs 309 | Indian Rs 3500 + Rs 360 countries | service tax | service tax ------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------- | | Other countries | US$ 125 | US$ 150 (including | | service tax) | | For more details Contact: DEBAL C KAR, PhD Organizing Secretary ICDLM Secretariat TERI, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110 003, India Telephone 24644654, 24682100, 41504900 Fax 24682144, 24682145 E-mail icdlm(a)teri.res.in Web www.teriin.org/events/icdlm India +91 • Delhi (0)11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer: The information contained in this e-mail is intended for the person or entity to which it is addressed, and it may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review or other use of this mail or taking any action based on it by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender, and delete all copies of this mail.This e-mail has been scanned and verified by McAfee SaaS Email Security, formerly MX Logic. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISKO International Conference -2012
by SRELS 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Dear Moderator: Kindly arrange to announce the following Circular for the benefit of Library and Information Science professionals. K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science *********** INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION (India Chapter) c/o Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010, India Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in ISKO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (ISKO 2012) Topic: Categories, Conceptual Structures, Contents and Relations in Knowledge Organization will be held in Bangalore from 6-9th August 2012 ----------------------- We invite individuals and Institutions to become members of ISKO. Annual Individual Membership: Rs. 1,500\- (for 2010) Annual Institutional Membership: Rs. 3,000\- (for 2010) Membership will entitle you to: • receive issues of Knowledge Organization (Quarterly) (or access to electronic version) • discount in registration fee for the ISKO 2012 International Conference. Membership Fee should be paid by DD favouring ISKO (India Chapter) and mailed to: International Society of Knowledge Organization (India Chapter), Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010, India -- 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] M.Phil degree (subhash khode)
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Dear Professional, Think about status of M Phil degree before 2006. M Phil is still an important degree. Only the special advantage of NET exemption given in 2006 has been withdrawn. some advantages of M Phil: 1. 5 marks in interview 2. Minimum requirement for Ph D in some universities 3. Increments in job 4. exemption from Ph D course work in case of full time M Phil -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Assistant Librarian Rabindra Library (Central Library) Assam University. Silchar- 781011 Cell No: 09435268733, 09707626388 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Libraries a waste of tax money!
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

>From Fox Are Libraries Necessary, or a Waste of Tax Money? Updated: Wednesday, 30 Jun 2010, 1:46 PM CDT Published : Monday, 28 Jun 2010, 9:53 PM CDT By Anna Davlantes, FOX Chicago News Chicago - They eat up millions of your hard earned tax dollars. It's money that could be used to keep your child's school running. So with the internet and e-books, do we really need millions for libraries? Libraries are quiet havens for the community. They take us to other worlds. They even make us laugh. But should these institutions -- that date back to 1900 B.C. -- be on the way out? There are 799 public libraries in Illinois. And they’re busy. People borrow more than 88 million times a year. But keeping libraries running costs big money. In Chicago, the city pumps $120 million a year into them. In fact, a full 2.5 percent of our yearly property taxes go to fund them. That's money that could go elsewhere – like for schools, the CTA, police or pensions One of the nation's biggest and busiest libraries is the $144-million Harold Washington Library in the Loop. It boasts a staggering 5,000 visitors a day!. So we decided to check it out. We used an undercover camera to see how many people used the library and what were they doing. In an hour, we counted about 300 visitors. Most of them were using the free internet. The bookshelves? Not so much. REVENUE FROM LIBRARIES We know we spend a lot on them. But libraries do bring in some revenue: more than $2 million in fines is collected annually by Chicago public libraries. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Royal Society Endorses Immediate Green OA Self-Archiving By Its Authors
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Stevan Harnad <amsciforum(a)GMAIL.COM> To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM(a)LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG Sent: Mon, 28 June, 2010 23:59:07 Subject: Royal Society Endorses Immediate Green OA Self-Archiving By Its Authors ** Cross-Posted ** The Royal Society is now squarely on the side of the angels again, where it belonged all along, historically. With much gratitude to Stuart Taylor, from the research community and posterity! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Taylor, Stuart stuart.taylor-- royalsociety.org Date: Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:02 AM To: harnad -- ecs.soton.ac.uk Stevan I have, today, removed the embargo on authors posting accepted manuscripts (post-prints) in repositories. I shall contact SHERPA to ask them to change us back to "green". In the meantime, do feel free to tell your various communities! Thank you for your help with all this. Best wishes Stuart Dr Stuart Taylor Head of Publishing The Royal Society 6-9 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AG http://royalsocietypublishing.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need help..
by mohan 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Dear professionals , I am trying to find information for my research work that.... 1.Name of online directories/ websites or other sources which gives the information about the library automation software available for automation in India. 2.can any library currently using the following library automation software. Please communicate me the vendor /developing agency address ,contact number if anybody knows. Also I want to know that whether these softwares are commercially available or not? Waiting for response. .1.ARCHIVES 2.TECHLIB PLUS 3.CLMS 4.DELPLUS 5.GOLDEN LIBRA 6. GYNODAYA 7. KRUGAR LIBRARY MANAGER8. LIB-AMS 9.LIBERA 10.LOANSOFT 11.MAITRAYEE 12.MECSYS 13.NALANDA 14.NIRMALS 15.SALIM 16.SANJAY 17.SANGRAHY 18.SUCHIKA 19.TRISHNA 20.TROODON 21.TULIB Katkar M.R. Teacher Fellow S.R.T.M.U. Nanded mrkatkar(a)rediffmail.com mohanrkatkar(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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