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Book worth acquiring
by shweta pandya 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

Dear Colleagues, I am happy to bring to your attention that CEE has published the Indian Edition of State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future. This is a WorldWatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society. Please find information on this book below. If you find it worth procuring for yourself and/or for your library, please contact Paryavaran Edutech (contact details are given below). Regards, Shweta Shroff LIS Officer CEE-Information Service Centre, Ahmedabad -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future As the world moves into forthcoming years, more people will be living in urban areas. India's urban population is also increasing at a faster rate than its total population growth rate. Urban poverty highlights the problems of degraded shelter, deficient water, drainage, sewerage and solid waste disposal. Research in urban economies suggests that cities have played a key role in developing the national economies of developed countries through accelerated urbanization. 'State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future' examines changes in the way cities managed, built, and lived in that could tip the balance towards a healthier and more peaceful urban future. This book deals with providing clean water and sanitation, greening urban transportation, reducing natural disaster risks in cities, urban public health, fighting poverty and injustice in cities and many other urban issues. State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future contains in-depth case studies-city space of cities like Los Angeles, Melbourne, Jakarta, Mumbai, Nairobi, Rizhao and many other, through study of which one can acquire the fair ideas of problems faced in cities, urban planning and solutions. This book assists in making strategies for strengthening local economics, course for public health, energizing cities and farming in the cities also. For libraries, 'State of the World' widens the area of reading in a library. It is helpful for policymakers, urban planners, students in the field of development and this is a great tool in a city planning process. This book has a very rich content by writers from around the world.and can also be used as a reference book. Ordering Information Please send your orders to the following address, enclosing a demand draft/ at par cheque of Rs. 340/- (including postal charges) drawn in favour of 'Paryavaran Edutech' payable at Ahmedabad. Paryavaran Edutech, Centre for Environment Education Thaltej Tekra, Ahmedabad 380 054 Ph: 079 26853739, 26844870, 26844871 Email: edutech(a)ceeindia.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CD Mirroring cum NAS Server
by Ajay Kamble 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

Dear all, We want to purchase a CD mirroring cum NAS Server for our library... We get two proposals of Beeges and Tulsient... I want to know if some other suppliers or companies are there in Mumbai or nearby who can supply CD mirroring cum NAS server with digital library software compliant... Please, send the Name, Address and Contact number for the same... and information about after sales service of that supplier... -- 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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Article requested
by YASHWANT G KANADE 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

Can any one please help me in finding the following: SNYDER,T. E. 1949. Catalog of the termites (Isoptera)o f the world. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. No. 3953, 112: 1-490. Arora, G.L. and S.K. Gilotra, 1959. The biology of Odontotermes obesus (Rambur) (Isoptera). Res. Bull. Punjab Univ. [N.S.] 10: 247255 Thank you very much Best regards Lakshy Katariya -- Lakshy Katariya Int. PhD Biological sciences 2008-09 Prof. Renee M Borges Lab Center for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560 012, INDIA -- YASHWANT G KANADE SGO / Librarian Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science BANGALORE - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in

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NISCAIR Training Calendar 2009-2010
by K.R. Mulla 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

Dear information professionals Here is a list of training programs in India for the people from library and information science. Link in pdf is : http://www.niscair.res.in/ActivitiesandServices/HRD/TrainingCalendar2009.pdf With best regards Asad Khan FIS University of Toronto CA -- K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. Tel. +91-80-2544-1722 / 23 / 3744 Ext 152 ................................................................................................. Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/ **************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Making libraries secure
by ramesh chander 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

Dear Members, Security of every book’ is one of the first concerns of libraries across the US. Thus they deploy scalable and reliable security systems that help librarians manage books and inventory. The average rate of book loss in the US libraries in a year is a mere 4%, whereas in India due to the lack of proper security systems and staff, book loss at libraries is close to 10% to 15%. Poorly managed universities in the interior part of India face even greater book losses. Experts say 4% loss of books is considered to be a genuine rate and is inevitable. In India, due to lack of proper systems, theft of books and frisking of students is commonly seen in a number of educational institutes and libraries. Books that are stolen from libraries are normally of high value or are not available easily outside. While the range is between Rs 250 to Rs 5,000, the average rate of a book lost from libraries is estimated at Rs 2,000. To overcome these problems a number of companies such as 3M and Checkpoint have come up with security systems to ensure the security of books and also to catch hold of any theft. These systems help protect people and assets and facilitate the merchandising, tracking and securing of books at key checkpoints and have been used in the US for the past 30 years. According to Ravi Chandwani, General Manager, 3M India Ltd, “In addition to giving a world-class image, the measurable benefits of using library security systems are reduced loss of books and less expenses on the security staff, whereas the non-measurable benefits are faster checkout of visitors and more time for librarians to help the patrons search for quality material.” With product costs between Rs 2,00,000 to Rs 10,00,000 for a library of 10,000 books, depending on the functionality of the device, these devices are ideal for large libraries. Some early adopters have been IIT Mumbai and ISB Hyderabad that have been using these systems from 2000 and 2003 respectively. With a collection of over a lakh books and thousands of daily visitors, these libraries are effectively managing their inventories with library security products that help the librarians in stock taking, faster issue and return, by using electronically charged RFID tags which do not fail and help in case the library wants to operate 24/7. However, as it is said, no technology is foolproof, so,... http://www.financialexpress.com/news/making-libraries-secure/502688/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With Best Regards, Romesh Chander National Center for Science Information(NCSI), Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore-560012. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians)] State plans 21 model institutions
by K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/19843/state-plans-21-model-institutions…] The Karnataka government plans to convert 21 government degree colleges in the backward districts of the state into model institutions. The proposal is aimed at providing quality education to economically and socially marginalised students . “Out of 349 Government colleges, which are functioning in this state of Karnataka, 21 Government degree colleges will be brought under model college project,” the proposal titled “Model Colleges coming under the economically backward districts in Karnataka” said. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has already approved the project in principle on the basis of a draft proposal. The final proposal was recently submitted to the commission. The entire exercise will be completed during the 11th Plan period. -- Posted By K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian to ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians) at 8/17/2009 03:42:00 AM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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YCMOU MLISC and BLISc results declared
by Ajay Kamble 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

Dear all, Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University's results of Master in library and information science and Bachelors in Library and Information Science had been declared... please check the results at http://ycmou.digitaluniversity.ac/Content.aspx?ID=861 -- 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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No PhD, MPhil at open universities
by sureshn＠tafe.co.in 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

How can one say that Open University courses are inferior to the regular? There are many thousands who have done the course through this route. If one takes a look at the statistics of UGC-NET results in L&I area - he/ she can realize that it is the people, who have done their course in open/ distance route, have done well. The people who choose this route do a lot of self study visiting various Libraries, getting exposed to real life conditions, and then acquire their degree. Do not allow our administrators to belittle this breed of professionals. Regards Suresh D Nair Technical Librarian - R&D TAFE Ltd. Hozur Gardens, Sembiam Chennai 600 011 Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:14:28 -0700 (PDT) From: "K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian" <krmulla(a)gmail.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] [ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians)] No PhD, MPhil at open universities... Message-ID: <1249899268894.649370a6-2810-4ad2-a7e3-19984c64952e(a)google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" [http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/no-phd-mphil-at-open-universiti…] It had announced three years ago that these degrees would be considered as an option to NET or SET In a setback to the country?s 14 open universities, the University Grants Commission, or UGC, has barred them from conducting research programmes, namely PhD and MPhil. Pointing out the declining quality of research projects in a ?distance learning? system, UGC has stopped registration for PhD and MPhil programmes at all the 14 open universities, including the India Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). This has sparked angry reactions from academics and students attached to open universities who believe the ?declining quality of research? is a national concern and not confined to open universities. Three years back, UGC had announced that degrees like MPhil and PhD would be considered as an option to the National Eligibility Test (NET) or State Eligibility Test (SET) for recruitment of full-time teachers at colleges. After this announcement, thousands of students registered for MPhil and PhD programmes at open universities. So it has come as a surprise that UGC has not only revoked this decision but also banned research projects at open universities. A notice to this effect has been put up on UGC?s website. -- Posted By K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian to ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians) at 8/10/2009 03:14:00 AM ________________________________ Think Again before printing this. "Save Trees" The information containted and transmitted by this EMAIL is proprietary to TAFE and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law.If this is a forwarded message,the content of this E-MAIL may not have been sent with the authority of the Company. If you are not the intended recipient, an agent of the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering the information to the named recepient, you are notified that any use, distribution transmission,printing, copying or dissemination of this information in any way or in any manner is strictly prohibited.If you have received this communication in error, please delete this mail. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CDS/ISIS records to MARC-21 for Koha
by Vimal Kumar 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

Dear Friends, I just prepared a documentation for the migration of bibliographic records in CDS/ISIS to MARC-21 using MarcEdit software. Many libraries are still using CDS/ISIS for record management and would like to convert their records to open source ILS like Koha. This document focuses on the conversion of CDS/ISIS data to MARC-21 for Koha. Migration from CDS/ISIS to MARC was not easy before. Certain useful scripts are now available for data migration between CDS/ISIS and Koha. Such processes are highly technical and not affordable for the library professionals who are not tech savvy. I hope that, this documentation will be helpful to convert your records from CDS/ISIS to Koha (ver. 3) open source ILS. I extent my thanks to Mr. Sandeep Bhavsar, Librarian, Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, who inspired me to write this documentation. I also extent my thanks to Mr. Amit Gupta, OSS Labs for editing this document. I expect your valuable feed back to enhance the usability of this document. You can access the document from the following link, http://isistomarc.pbworks.com -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in OK Society Volunteer. http://oksociety.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google launches Social gadgets
by Charu 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

Respected Friends, Greetings for the day, Google has created the history on 12 August, 2009 by adding the nineteen social gadgets to its personalized and interactive *iGoogle* page. At present only US users benefitted by these open social tools and With the new social gadgets, they will be able to share content, play games and collaborate with friends right on their iGoogle page. Broadly these tools are categorizing into Content Sharing, Games and Fun and list of communication tools. All iGoogle users in the U.S. will get access to these gadgets over the course of this week and Google plans to expand the reach of these social gadgets beyond the U.S. and Australia in the near future. The detail list of all featured gadgets can be seen at www.google.com/igsocial., http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4AXFZWZ6nI The spinning wheel of victory of Google is not taking a rest here, they are ready with new features called ‘Friends Groups’ and ‘Updates’. A "Friends group"* *is a list of friends users can create based on a subset of users' Google Contacts to be able to interact and share social gadgets with. "Updates" allows users to see what their friends are up to by sharing gadgets, photos, ratings and more from the social gadgets on their iGoogle page. The new social features are completely optional and can be disabled on any social gadget if users do not want to take advantage of the new features. Source: http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/20090812-igoogle-social.html Thanks and Regards, Miss Charu Mathur, http://charu-libraryworld.blogspot.com/ http://charu-virtualworld.blogspot.com/ http://openlink-charu.blogspot.com/ http://charu-openair.blogspot.com/ -- Miss Charu Mathur. http://openlink-charu.blogspot.com/ http://charu-virtualworld.blogspot.com/ http://charu-libraryworld.blogspot.com/ http://charu-openair.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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