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NISCAIR Short Term Courses in May 2009
by G Mahesh 25 Apr '09

25 Apr '09

NISCAIR will be conducting the following short term courses during May 2009: 1. Patent Drafting (11-15 May 2009) 2. Science communication through print media (18-20 May 2009) 3. Information Technology for Information Management (25 May - 26 June 2009) For more details, please contact Dr. Narendra Kumar, In-charge, Training (Ph: 26863617, 26965094) or send an email to: training(a)niscair.res.in G. Mahesh Scientist, NISCAIR -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Complete list of Indian libraries
by Vimal Kumar 25 Apr '09

25 Apr '09

Dear Friends, I would like to know the availability of comprehensive list of libraries in India. I made a search using google, but I could found only incomplete lists. Any directory of libraries in India available? Thanks in advance. -- 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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Prof Ajit Kr Mukhopadhyay Birth Centenary Lecture by IASLIC & BLA
by Mailing List Admin 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:19:52 +0530 (IST) From: Pijushkanti Panigrahi <panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com> Prof Ajit Kr Mukhopadhyay Birth Centenary Lecture by IASLIC & BLA � To commemorate the Birth Centenary of Late Prof Ajit Kumar Mukhopadhyay, IASLIC and BLA is going to organize Prof Ajit Kumar Mukhopadhyay Birth Centenary Lecture on April 30, 2009 at 6 pm in the Auditorium of IASLIC. The lecture will be delivered by Mr M N Nagraj and other senior members of IASLIC and BLA. Dr J N Satpahi, President IASLIC will preside over the meeting 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@yahoo.com,��(M) : +91 94342 43522. Joint Secretary, IASLIC, Convenor, Education Division, IASLIC; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-54

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World Book Day
by loan fayaz 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Respected/Dear professionals, Today is the World Book Day (April 23). It is celeberated to salute authors and remind the value of reading (books) to the public. We, the LIS professionals have to play a key role in highlighting this day to keep the habits of reading alive. As we all know, reading helps in all-round development of a person from his cradle to grave.It adds new sight to eyes and new wisdom to mind. A dump person becomes a communicator and a lame climbs mountains of knowledge through reading. However, in the present multimedia society, radio,television, cell phone, computer and the Internet have captured a big slice of time and reading has taken a back seat.These new gadgets of technology have become the "Time Eating Machines" and reading has almost become a closed book. Children, youth and adults alike are more inclined towards new technology for information, entertainment and pleasure. In this media mix, we the LIS professionals have to redesign the strategies to attract the new generation towards reading. With best regards/wishes Fayaz Lone (Documentation Officer) Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar. Now surf faster and smarter ! Check out the new Firefox 3 - Yahoo! Edition http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/firefox/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book Detail
by Charu 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Respected Friends, Greetings for the day, E-mail ID of Dr s Singh is : shankarsingh(a)hotmail.com and details of his awarded book is given as under: 1.Information technology 2.Computer an introduction 3.Internet an introduction 4.Information technology & India 5.New Applications of Internet 6.IT ,Internet & Hindi 7.Internet hindi glossary The book is published by Poorvanchal Prakashan,Delhi in 2007 Regards, Miss Charu Mathur. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two Days NAAC sponsored National Seminar at New Panvel
by Ajay Kamble 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Dear all, Two Days National Seminar on "Re-Accreditation - A process towards Quality Enhancement : Methods and Procedure" on 25th and 26th April, 2009 at Changu Kana Thakur Arts, Commerce and Science College, New Panvel Plot No. 1, Sector 11, Khanda Colony, New Panvel (W), Dist. Raigad, Pin 410206. ph. 022-27464193, 022-2745 5760 -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Started a New page NET/SET Exam : Important Notes and Tips : Please Send Information
by Ajay Kamble 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

Dear all, On demand from some of our members, we have included a new page on our website www.mlsc.co.nr entitled 'Important Notes and Tips' link to which is available at NET/SET Exam page. The direct link to the page is http://sites.google.com/site/mloscsite/net-set-exams-1/net-tips Now, we specially request all our senior LIS professionals and subject experts to send tips and notes which will be important to the new LIS professionals who are preparing for SET/NET Exams. Please, send the information at apassion2002(a)gmail.com or bbhupen2007(a)gmail.com. We also request all our members to send us any information they have found and which will be helpful in preparation of NET/SLET Exams. We will upload it on the page so that all our NET/SET preparers would get benefited... -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NewGenLib installation manual developed at NCSI available at http://dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in']
by Mailing List Admin 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:50:03 +0530 (IST) From: gayathri(a)nls.ac.in NewGenLib installation manual on NCSI is excellent due to its features like 1. Sequential Steps 2 Exactly defines the Steps which needs to be executed, so that the installation happens in an order 3. No scope for mistakes and misconception 4. Followed exactly leads to successful installation. 5. The installer need not have to spend debugging the logs of JBOSS, postgres, etc., 6. It gives a Joy in deploying NewGenLib on Ubuntu - OpenSource Gayathri NLSIU, Bangalore

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Congratulations to Dr Shankar Singh
by Charu 17 Apr '09

17 Apr '09

Respected Friends, Greetings for the day , I have immense pleasure and honur in sharing the news regarding that on16 the April 2009 ,First prize won by Dr. Shankar Singh for authoring a book "Information Technology & Internet" in Hindi language. Dr. Shankar Singh has a verstalite personality. Very few people have knowledge of this fact that he is good educator .He used to share his knowledge in very simple and effortless vocabulary and can make a hard core tutorial into an easy way communication. I am thankful to Ms. Sarita Khanna who choose me to share this valuable information among the LIS community. Regards, Miss Charu Mathur, Delhi. Dear Charu, I feel proud to inform you that Dr Shankar Singh,Head ,Deptt of Library & Info Services,Power Finance Corporation Ltd,New Delhi has been awarded with First prize by Information Technology Deptt,Communication & Information Technology Ministry ,Govt of India for writing a book "Information Technology & Internet" in Hindi language. A citation for his excellent contribution and a cheque for Rs.40000.00 were given to Dr Singh by the Secretary ,Ministry of Communication & Information Technology on 16th April in a small function . Congratulations to Dr Shankar Singh Sarita -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Volunteer Force for Open Source Technologies in Libraries
by Jai Haravu 17 Apr '09

17 Apr '09

Dear List members I propose that we should create an all-India volunteer force to help libraries implement and support open source software technologies for libraries. I would like to call such a volunteer force as VOST4LIB (VOlunteers in Open Source Technologies for LIBraries) VOST4LIB is envisaged as a community-driven initiative with the prime objective of marshalling the existing human-power in India, experienced and knowledgeable in the use of open source (OS) technologies and solutions suitable and needed by libraries. This will include OS library management systems such as Koha and NewGenLib; institutional repository systems such as Dspace, Eprints, Fedora; OS operating systems and Servers such as Linux distros; OS content management systems (Drupal, Joomla); newer tool kits such as the eXtensible catalog, OS learning Managment Systems (e.g., Moodle) etc., etc. I envisage that VOST4LIB volunteers will undertake to offer their expertise and knowledge to help libraries within their city, town or nearby areas in tasks such as: a.. Installation of relevant/needed OS software and solutions b.. Trouble shooting and support to installations already having one or other OS application but requring help from time o time. c.. Some training of staff in libraries that do not have well trained staff in the OS application At some time I also see the possibility of VOST4LIB volunteers having Developers among the force. Thess specialists might contribute their programming skills to customize, build third party applications, enhance one or other OS application software, make proposals for new functionality, etc. Such activity would obviously require considerable time and effort and could become a community-driven activity like that of the CODE4LIB group. The purpose of VOST4LIB is not to detract from, or minimize or negate the need for paid data conversion/migration, support and training services that already exist, e.g., for Koha and NewGenLib. I believe that the large libraries, e.g., in Universities and privately funded colleges, special libraries should seek paid support services since their installations are big and any dislocation of service is not in their interest. They should not hesittate to seek and pay for services from authorized providers. If everyone expects free service then the whole edifice of open source technolgies for libraries will crumble to the detriment of all libraries. VOST4LIB, on the other hand, should be targeted to the smaller libraries in schools and small colleges where they may not have well trained staff and/or IT staff to fall back on and also the finances to obtain paid support. I envisage that VOST4LIB Volunteers will provide their service free-of-charge to SEEKER libraries at a time that is convenient to the volunteers consistent with the urgency of the help needed. SEEKER libraries should be willing to provide transportation and/or reimburse expenses to the Volunteers. If the service requires several hours of work on the part of the Volunteers SEEKER libraries should provide them lunch and refreshments and also acknowledge via a letter to the head of the organization of the Volunteer the fact that they benefitted from the Volunteer's help, etc., etc. I would be happy to incubate VOST4LIB as an initiative of Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM). KIIKM will be happy to finnace and create an exclusive web site and host a searchable database of Volunteers who may then be contacted by SEEKER libraries. The site could also have a discussion forum and other useful resources. KIIKM may seek advertisement revenues and donor funding to help it to support and sustain this work. Obviously there would be need for at least one dedicated human resource for upkeep of the web site, administrering and updating its resources, moderating discussions, etc. This would require funding and I hope we could attract a national agency to fund such an activity. The whole edifice of the open source movement is driven and sustained by a contribution culture - the Cathedral spirit. VOST4LIB can, I believe, will be another contribution to the movement. I would really appreciate the views of professionals to the idea of VOST4LIB. Best regards. L J Haravu Trustee, Kesavan Inst. of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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