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BookBole
by madhu sudhan 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

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DRTC Annual Workshop (15-17 February 2010)
by DRTC - General 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

Workshop on Knowledge Transactions 15th 17th February, 2010 Organized by Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Bangalore 560059 Knowledge is perceived and understood differently according to the context and purpose of tasks at hand. Libraries and Information centres have been involved in knowledge transactions in the sense of organization of collections, systems leading to context based indexing and techniques in handling and representing knowledge. In the digital information world representation models are increasingly based on traditional and theoretical foundations of knowledge transactions. Legacy methods based on principles of Knowledge Organization are now being adapted for Knowledge conceptualizations and representation and developing representation languages, knowledge architecture and structures. At the same time knowledge modeling using popular W3C-SKOS, NKOS and RDFs are being implemented especially to structure, organize and manage information resources. Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, announces a seminar on 'Knowledge Transactions' to bring together expertise in information communities and active stakeholders in the domain. The workshop will comprise of contributed papers, invited talks and demonstrations by resource persons, in areas pertaining to Knowledge Organization, Transactions and Management. The objective of the workshop is to provide a platform for discussions on latest developments in methods of knowledge transactions with a direct bearing and applications in Library and Information Science and services. The intended outcome is to enhance the knowledge and skills of the participants in methods of knowledge transactions. It is aimed to achieve the goal through: Invited lectures Contributed papers Demonstrations Discussions The intended participation: Library and Information professionals, faculty, students and researchers in knowledge transactions and related domains. Topics include (but not limited to): Knowledge Transaction Systems Knowledge Organization Techniques Ontologies and Approaches to Building Ontologies Digital Libraries and Knowledge Organization Techniques Knowledge Representation and Processing Knowledge Structures and Mapping Encoding and Formats Multilingual Knowledge Representation and Handling Semantic Web Technologies for Knowledge Representation and Management Emergent Techniques for Search Algorithms and Context Sensitive Indexing MetaData and Interoperability Tools and Techniques in Knowledge Transactions Standards for Knowledge Organization, Representation and Services Case Studies, Analytic Studies in the thrust areas mentioned above Call for Papers: A few case studies/papers will be presented and discussed. Those who intend to present a paper/case study, may send the paper(s) (in A4 size, single line space, and following APA reference style, not more than 10 pages; preferably as Open Office documents (or MS-WORD) no later than 27th December 2009, to Dr. Devika P. Madalli, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore 560059. E-versions in Open Office documents or MS-WORD format may be sent to devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in OR devikapm(a)yahoo.com. The papers will sent for review and authors will be intimated of acceptance by mail. Accepted papers (of registered authors only) will be published in seminar proceedings and also DRTC Digital Library of Seminars and Conference proceedings. Venue: Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post, Bangalore 560 059. ========================================================================== REGISTRATION FORM ========================================================================== Workshop on Knowledge Transactions 15th 17th February, 2010 Registration Form Name: Address: Name and Address of Sponsor/ Employee: *Whether Accommodation required: Yes / No (*on shared basis, subject to availability, on first-cum-first basis; charges apply as per institution rules) Arrival Date: Departure Date: Telephone: Fax: E-mail: Demand Draft No: Date: towards registration fee for Rs. 1800/- drawn in favour of Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Signature of the Sponsoring Authority Signature of the Participant The filled in Registration form may be mailed to: Dr. Devika P. Madalli, Convener, Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road R.V. College Post, Bangalore 560 059 Phone: 080-8483002 to 5 Ext: 497 and 490 FAX: 080-28482711 E-mail: devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in; devikapm(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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First Call for Proposals - The eIFL.net Public Library Innovation Program
by Puna Das 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

First Call for Proposals - The eIFL.net Public Library Innovation Program The new eIFL.net Public Library Innovation Program seeks to spark the development of innovative public library services with and for their communities. This first Call is designed to gather great ideas that introduce technology to meet user needs and help people improve their lives. This program is supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. eIFL.net invites public libraries or other organizations in developing and transitioning countries to submit proposals to develop innovative services for and by public libraries. A maximum of 10 best proposals will be awarded up to $30,000 USD each for a 1 year project to implement the service in support of community needs. What kind of institutions may apply? The call is open to public libraries. Other organizations can apply in partnership with the public library to develop innovative services for and by the public library. Applications must be received by the deadline of 18:00 (Rome/Italy) time February 28th, 2010. Selected projects will start in April 2010 and end in March 2011. Further Details: http://plip.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/plip/proposals ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The 9th Indian Science Communication Congress (ISCC-2009) at Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Dispur, Guwahati, Assam
by Badan Barman 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

Respected forum members, National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC/ DST), New Delhi Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University (KKHSOU), Guwahati Indian Science Writers’ Association (ISWA), New Delhi Announce The 9th Indian Science Communication Congress (ISCC-2009) Science Meets Communication Venue Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Dispur, Guwahati, Assam December 15-19, 2009 Last Date for Submission of Abstract (500 Words) : November 28, 2009. Last Date for Application for Travel Fellowship : November 28, 2009. Last Date for Submission of Full Paper : December 10, 2009. Last Date for Registration : November 30, 2009. Note: Travel Fellowship: Limited number of travel fellowship by Bus / Train / Air are available. More: http://sites.google.com/site/kkhsou/iscc-2009 Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, School of Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati-781006, Assam Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971, Fax: 0361- 2235398. Mobile: +9198642-05166 Website: www.kkhsou.org Note: If you forward this e-mail, please delete my e-mail address to reduce Spam, Viruses & Identity Theft! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Minutes of 5th TBR Memorial Seminar-2009
by shivaram gowda 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

Dear Members It is great news to share that NCSI-Net successfully organized 5th TBR Memorial seminar on Building Institutional Repositories using Dspace on 14th November 2009 at Choksi hall, IISc, Bangalore. We are over whelmed by the kind of response got from students and budding LIS professionals. We had 92 registrations among which 73 were students and 19 young professionals from various universities and organizations. Seminar started with invocation song by Kum. Rajalaxmi, Mr. Francis Jayakanth briefed about NCSI, NCSI-Net and Objectives of the seminar. He highlighted late Dr. TBR’s passion towards teaching and educating young professional about latest developments in the field. First technical session started after coffee/tea break by Shri Francis Jayakanth with “An Overview on Institutional Repositories”, he spoke about history, issues, advantages and IR’s in Indian Scenario. Second talk was by Shri Filbert Minj on ‘Introduction to Dspace’, he highlighted various features, hardware & software requirements, etc, of Dspace, followed by Dspace Installation session by Shri Francis, Shri. Obaiah, and Shri. Arun. They showed installation of dependent software’s like JDK, PostgreSQL, Maven, Tomcat and Dspace. Second session stared after lunch. Prof. Giridhar Madras, Chairman NCSI, addressed gathering and emphasized the importance of Institutional Repositories and how LIS professional can play important role in setting up IR’s in their organizations. Prof. Giridhar Madras was felicitated on the occasion for his recent achievement (he was awarded with Shanthi Swarup Bhatnagar award by CSIR, Govt of India). Shri Obaiah demonstrated the administration and customization of Dspace. Shri Satya Ranjan Sahu presented case study of NIO where they have setup IR using Dspace. He shared their experience and challenges faced in implementing their IR, and showed the usage Statistics of NIO IR. Shri KP Raghuram delivered interesting talk on Digitization & Preservation, where he covered different technologies for digitization, various file formats, OCR and issues concerning to preservation for future usage. After the tea break there was an interesting session on career advice, objective of this session was to help the students to build their career. Panelists from different background, Shri Satya Ranjan Sahu (Government R & D), Kum. Archana and Shri Anand Byarappa (Corporate) and Shri Francis Jayakant (Academic) shared their opinions. Smt. Suvarsha Minj moderated the discussion. Shri Rajendra Babu proposed vote of thanks. Our sincere thanks to all participants, Chairman and teaching faculty of various Universities, Principals, Heads of various colleges and organizations for deputing their students and young professionals for the seminar and making the seminar very successful. With regards NCSI-Net Coordinators Shivaram BS MTRDC, DRDO BE Complex, Jalahalli Bangaluru-560013 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Registration - 27th IASLIC All India Conference 2009
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Registration - 27th IASLIC All India Conference 2009 Register yourself for participating in the 27th IASLIC All India Conference on Library /Information Users in digital era to be held during December 26-29, 2009 at KIIT/KIMS Bhubaneswar. Download brochure from www.iaslic1955.org. For further details contact Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty Hony. General Secretary Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) P-291, CIT Scheme 6 M Kankurgachi, Kolkata – 700054 Phone (O) (033) 2362-9651 E-mail: iaslic(a)vsnl.net Website : www.iaslic1955.org Dr. Ranjit Kumar Das Organising Secretary Librarian, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KIIT University, KIIT Campus-5, Kushabhadra Campus, Bhubaneswar -751 024. e-mail: library(a)kiit.ac.in Mob: +91-94371 77669 - Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Joint Secretary, IASLIC =================================================================== Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Professor, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, 3rd Floor Asutosh Building, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. Joint Secretary, IASLIC, Convenor, Education Division, IASLIC; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-54 The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar Circular
by DRTC - General 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8TH Mile, Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 Seminar on Data Mining Technologies and Decision Support Systems Abstract: Information overload caused by the massive influx of raw data has generated the need for the new interdisciplinary field of data mining that encompasses both classical statistical and modern machine learning tools to support data analysis and knowledge discovery from databases. Data mining technologies and Decision Support Systems represent a spectrum of Analytical Information Technologies (AIT) and provide a unifying platform for optimal combination of data dictated and human driven analytics. This seminar will provide an overview of Data Mining Tools and technologies. Student Presenter : Binit Kiran Venue : DRTC Class Room Date : 25th November 2009 Time : 2:00 pm. All are cordially invited. K.S Raghavan Seminar Coordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for paper
by Kshema Prakash 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Apologies for X-postings. Dear friends, Can someone kindly send me a full-text copy of the paper in below reference? Lengauer T. , * Upper and lower bounds on the complexity of min cut linear arrangement problem on trees* , SIAM J. Alg. and discrete methods, 1982, Vol 3(1) , pp 99-113 Thanks and regards, Kshema Dr. (Ms.) Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian - Gr I, Contact Person e-Journals (Library) & Coordinator - Distance Library Services DEI Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282 0110 Uttar Pradesh, India Mob: +919897190604 http://kshema-distancelibraryservices.blogspot.com/ Jonathan Swift<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/jonathan_swift.html> - "May you live every day of your life." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Demise of Mr Subrarta Dutta
by Dr. A.T. Francis 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Dear Professionals, The demise of Mr Subrarta Dutta is a great loss to Indian Librarianship, especially to the IASLIC. He was a sincere and dynamic professional leader. Always he was in the forefront of IASLIC and its programmes. All LIS professionals in Kerala Agricultural University join to convey our heartfelt condolence to his family for this irreparable loss. With regards, DR. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com francisaloor(a)gmail.com ________________________________ From: "lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Mon, 16 November, 2009 10:55:16 AM Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 80, Issue 11 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Bhongir School Library Project (BSLP) (prafulla tv) 2. State level Seminar on 'Information Literacy in Electronic Era' in Mumbai (Ajay Kamble) 3. Tracking the citations using Web of Science (Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai) 4. Information (G.R. Sabapathy) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:22:39 +0530 (IST) From: prafulla tv <tallurivpc(a)yahoo.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Bhongir School Library Project (BSLP) Message-ID: <550292.99451.qm(a)web95209.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Dear Friends, We are pleased to announce the launch of BHONGIR SCHOOL LIBRARY PROJECT (BSLP) today, on the occasion of Children?s Day and commencement of National Library Week. Goal: To offer library and information services to all recognized schools (78 in number) in Bhongir Mandal, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh. Total number of students to be covered: 8000+ Medium of Instruction: English, Telugu & Urdu Start Date: November 14, 2009 End Date (for establishment of all libraries): November 13, 2010. Library services to continue indefinitely with proper systems of sustainability in place. Managed by: Student volunteers under the supervision of School Headmaster and a Teacher Incharge. Training: Will be provided by LIS professionals on simple methods of accessioning, cataloguing & classification, circulation, fund raising, etc. Sources of Funding: Donations from students and the general public. Metal Book Rack We are happy to inform you that Shri Ashok Linga, one of the leading metal furniture manufacturers based in Hyderabad, has agreed to provide metal book racks at a very reasonable price of Rs.3350 per rack plus Rs.150 for transport & handling charges. Each rack (5.5? high, 32? wide, 12? depth) would have four glass covered shelves. It is proposed to purchase them in bulk to take advantage of the best price and save on transport costs from Hyderabad to Bhongir. As we are buying directly from the manufacturer, there are no dealer/seller costs. Shri Ashok Linga has immensely liked this project and assured us of his continued support. Please donate liberally for the purchase of book racks. Your contribution would be gratefully acknowledged through an inscription on the book rack such as: Presented to ____ School Library by Shri/Smt,/Ms. ________ . Donated to ____ School Library by Shri/Smt./Ms. ________ in memory of Late Shri/Smt./Ms. __________. Donated by Master/Miss _______ on the occasion of his 13th birthday. Donated by Mr. _______ and Mrs. _________ on the occasion of their 25th marriage anniversary. Purchase of Books We have contacted several leading publishers/booksellers for supply of books and they have agreed to provide books at a good discount rate ranging from 20-45%. Please contribute towards the purchase of books. A donation label containing details of the donor would be pasted inside every book donated. Donations received so far Today while I was drafting this email, I received a phone call from one of my schoolmate friends, Shri G. Sree Ramamurthy, Vice President, Health Safety, Environment and Fire, Reliance Industries Limited, Gadimoga, near Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. On being told about the BSLP, he wished this Project all success and assured a donation of Rs.10,000. We feel divine grace has already started flowing!! We are happy to announce that Shri YVSRS Sai, Editor and Publisher of Rachana, a reputed Telugu literary magazine, has promised to provide 100 copies (worth Rs.2000) of the book titled Edu Chepala Katha (The Story of Seven Fish) freely to BSLP. Also, Shri Dasari Venkataramana, one of the leading authors of children?s stories and a regular contributor to Chandamama (Children?s monthly), has provided his book Amma Manasu (Mother?s Heart), a collection of stories, at a 50% discount. Hundred copies of this title have already been procured for distribution to all the BSLP units. An anonymous husband-wife team has contributed Rs.3500 towards the purchase of a book rack on the occasion of their 25th marriage anniversary. Our Commitment We assure that every Rupee donated by you would be spent honestly and properly for the execution of BSLP. No TA or DA would be paid to any volunteer working for this project. All volunteers would work honorarily and without any selfish motives. Please send your contribution by DD or a cheque in favour of T.V. Prafulla Chandra payable at Secunderabad. Wherever possible, we will send original receipts of the purchases made to the donor. We appeal to all the LIS professionals and library lovers to extend their cooperation and support to BSLP. Let?s join hands to light these small lamps of knowledge in one of socio-economically poorer regions of Andhra Pradesh. Even if you are unable to extend any monetary help at this point of time, please drop a post card or email if you like this project and wish to be a part of it. Thank you in advance for all your help and consideration. Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor, Dharma Vana Arboretum Flat G3, Phase 4 Saptagiri Apartments Padmarao Nagar Secunderabad 500 025 Mobile: 93962 51106 Phone Office 040 3911 4202 Residence 040 2750 5908 The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:35:48 +0530 From: Ajay Kamble <apassion2002(a)gmail.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, mlosc(a)googlegroups.com, ilosc(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [LIS-Forum] State level Seminar on 'Information Literacy in Electronic Era' in Mumbai Message-ID: <8641f3070911140405o29914d4fh106c6ce636356f7c(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear all, Patuck-Gala College of Commerce and Management, Mumbai has organised one day state level seminar on "Information Literacy in Electronic Era" on 24th November, 2009 from 8.30 to 4.00 pm. Registration Fees : Rs 250 for delegate Rs. 150 for student Please contact the following for more details The Librarian Patuck Gala College of Commerce and Management, 100, Nehru Road, Vakola Bridge, Santacruz (E), Mumbai - 400055 Phone 022 - 26692477 -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- 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 Mr Subrata Dutta
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

Sad Demise of Mr Subrata Dutta We are indeed sad to inform that Mr Subrarta Dutta, former Hony General Secretary, IASLIC has passed away due to massive cardiac arrest on November 21, 2009 at 3:00 am. The untimely demise of Mr Dutta is irrepairable. He served INSDOC, Kolkata as Scientist for a long period. After his retirement Mr Dutta was attached with CALIBNET for promoting its functioning and services. During his tenure as Hony General Secretary he took many positive steps to popularize the activities of IASLIC. I join all my professional colleagues to convey our heartfelt sympathies to the to the bereaved family for this irreparable loss. Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Professor, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, 3rd Floor Asutosh Building, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. Joint Secretary, IASLIC, Convenor, Education Division, IASLIC; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-54 The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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