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Future of this site will depend on its members and subscribers.
by Badan Barman 12 Apr '09

12 Apr '09

Respected forum members, This is for information of all the members and subscribers of “LIS Links” that I will leave the project from May 31, 2009 making it a complete volunteer based open forum. So, in simple the future of LIS Links and all its sister works including LIS Links: Connecting LIS Professional in India: http://lislinks.ning.com/ Link Library of Open Access English Language Journals: http://lislinks.blogspot.com/ LIS Links: A Link Library in LIS: http://lislinks.110mb.com/ Online Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science: http://sites.google.com/site/lisencyclo/ Jobs in LIS in India: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops and Refresher Courses in LIS in India: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com/ Latest Happenings and Contemporary Issues in LIS: http://lislatest.blogspot.com/ Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS: http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ Admission Notice for Courses in LIS in India: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/ Indian Library and Information Science Book Review: http://lisbr.blogspot.com/ Reports of Seminars, Conferences and Workshops in LIS in India: http://lisreport.blogspot.com/ will depend on its more than 850 members and 2400 subscribers. Read the complete news from the following URL <a href=" http://lislinks.ning.com/forum/topics/lis-links-invite-people-to"> http://lislinks.ning.com/forum/topics/lis-links-invite-people-to</a> With regards, Badan Barman -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for the Post of Librarian
by mukesh jha 11 Apr '09

11 Apr '09

Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Aligarh (UP) Advertisement No. 1/ 2009 Applications on the prescribed form are invited for the Librarian posts by 23/05/2009. *University Librarian, Maulana Azad Library* : 01 post, Pay Scale : Rs.16400-22400/- How to Apply : Apply in the prescribed format may either be delivered personally at the Reception Counter of Administrative Block or sent by post, super scribing on the top left of the cover the post applied for, advertisement number and date, to the Deputy Registrar, (Selection Committee), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh-202002, so as to reach him by 23/05/2009. Kindly visit http://www.amuregistrar.com/8april09.html for complete details of the vacancies and application form is available at http://www.amuregistrar.com/Form.doc With Regards Mukesh Kumar Jha M.L.I.Sc(BHU) Library Trainee(BHU Central LIbrary) Mob.No.09654448933 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures(15)(2009)
by SRELS 10 Apr '09

10 Apr '09

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to announce the following lecture programme for the benefit of lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore ***** Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures Committee, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures(15)(2009) on CHANGING LIBRARY LANDSCAPE by Mr. I.H. Jahagirdar Formerly, Manager, British Library, Bangalore Dr. P.V. Konnur University Librarian, Bangalore University, Bangalore presides on Thursday, 16th April 2009 at 6.00 p.m. at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross,, (near Syndicate Bank) III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010. RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph:(080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by Francis Jayakanth 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

Dear Members, One of our faculty is need of the following publication: The impossibility of comminuting small particles by compression by K. KENDALL Nature 272, 710-711 (20 April 1978) | doi:10.1038/272710a0; Received 7 November 1977; Accepted 13 February 1978 I would appreciate if someone could send me a hard/soft copy of this article. I did try to locate the full article through Google Scholar and OAIster but it looks like the OA version of this article is not available yet. Many thanks for your attention. - Francis Jayakanth National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) IISc, Bengaluru, India

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Call for Papers for World Digital Libraries: An International Journal
by Debal Chandra Kar 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

The Editor of World Digital Libraries: An International Journal (WDL) announces a Call for Papers for the June 2009 and December 2009 issue. World Digital Libraries: An International Journal is a peer reviewed bi-annual journal on digital libraries. The first issue of this journal has just been published. Content can be found at http://bookstore.teriin.org/journal_inside.php?material_id=477&qty=1. You are requested to subscribe the same or recommend to your library to subscribe. The third issue will be published in June 2009. The aim of the journal is to advance the theory and practice of acquisition, organization, management and dissemination of digital information on a sustainable basis. The journal will seek quality research papers that present original theoretical approaches as well as experimental case studies related to digital library development and maintenance. In doing so, the journal will keep readers abreast with the current developments in the field. The journal will include articles, reviews, current developments, and case studies dealing with § theoretical and methodological issues that relate to the interrelationships among electronic resources management, digital preservation, multiple access, multilinguality, copyright issues and security aspects; § initiatives taken towards digitization through lucid case studies; § current developments across the globe; and § dialogues between the scientific community and society at large. The journal will be having global coverage with local focus and would provide a platform for decision-makers, planners, consultants, library and information science professionals to share their experiences. It will also facilitate dialogue among the digital library communities. Articles and reviews should examine concepts, analyses, new approaches, and techniques pertaining to this field. Case studies covering new initiatives, as well as procedural breakthroughs of important issues in the digital library field would be included. Book reviews will cover recent books in the field, reviewed by an independent reviewer. All submissions will be peer-reviewed using the criteria of originality, accuracy, and quality of contribution in these fields. The journal will also provide an update on topical developments in the field; notes on important breakthroughs; information on forthcoming conferences, workshops, seminars and relevant events; and highlight activities of national and international importance in the field. We would like to request all of you to submit paper for the same to dckar(a)teri.res.in address below. Editor-in-Chief: Prof N Balakrishnan, Professor & Associate Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Editor Debal C Kar, Fellow, TERI, New Delhi Editorial Board: Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, India Prof. José Luis Borbinha, INESC-ID - Information Systems Group, Engineering School, Lisbon Technical University, Portugal Prof. Daniel Chandran PhD, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Prof. Ching-chih Chen PhD, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmond College, USA Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, UK Dr P R Goswami, Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, Prof. Alan Hopkinson, Head of Library Systems, Learning Resources, The Sheppard Library, Middlesex University, UK Prof. Ee-Peng Lim, PhD, School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore Prof. Gary Marchionini, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Dr. A. Lakshmana Moorthy, Director, Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre, India Dr Usha Mujoo-Munshi, Librarian, Indian Institute of Public Administration, India Prof. Dr Erich J Neuhold, Professor, Computer Science, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Research Studios Austria, University of Vienna, Austria Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Mr John Paschoud, Information Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of Economics, UK Dr. A.R.D. Prasad, Documentation Research & Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India Prof. Dr Michael Seadle, Director, Berlin School of Library and Information Science, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Dr. V N Shuka, Director (Application), CDAC, India Prof. Ingeborg Torvik Sølvberg PhD, Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Prof. M G Sreekumar Phd, Librarian, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India. Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto, Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies, University of Tsukuba, Japan Prof. P. Tapio Varis Ph.D. , Acting President, Global University System., Unesco Chair in global eLearning with applications to multiple domains, Professor and Chair of Media Education, University of Tampere, Finland Prof. Shalini R. Urs PhD, Executive Director, International School of Information Management, University of Mysore, India Prof. Om Vikas PhD, Director, ABV Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, India Prof Ian H. Witten PhD, Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand Thanking you and with personal regards Yours sincerely, Debal C Kar, Fellow Library and Information Centre ************************************************************ TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) Darbari Seth Block IHC Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 (India) Tel. +91 11 2468 2100, 2468 2111 Ext 2724 Fax +91 11 2468 2144, 2468 2145 E-mail dckar(a)teri.res.in Web site www.teriin.org ************************************************************ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NISCAIR Short Term Course on Access and Managemen of E-Resources
by gmahesh＠niscair.res.in 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

NISCAIR announces its short term course on "Access and Management of e-Resources" Duration: 3 days (29 April - 1 May 2009) Venue: NISCAIR, 14-Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi - 110067 Course fee: Rs. 1200/- (without accommodation) / Rs. 1600/- (with accommodation) How to apply: Application form is available at www.niscair.res.in or can be obtained by sending an email to training(a)niscair.res.in. Filled in application form along with the appropriate course fee is to be paid by Demand Draft drawn in favour of "Director, NISCAIR" and sent to In-Charge (Training), Education and Training Division, NISCAIR, 14-Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi - 110067 For more information, contact: Dr. Narendra Kumar (011-26863617 / 011- 26965094) or Email at: training(a)niscair.res.in G. Mahesh Scientist, NISCAIR ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using NISCAIR's web mail service. "" http://niscair.res.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DLA - One day National Conference on " Financial Management of Library & Information Centres in E-environment" on 31 May, 2009
by Rajesh Bhardwaj 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

Delhi Library Association in collaboration with *Indian Agrcultural Reasearch Institute (IARI) * is organizing a One day National Conference on " Financial Management of Library & Information Centres in E-environment" on 31 May, 2009. All professional are cordially invited to submit their papers & presentations to Prof. C P Vashishth <http://dlaindia.org/publications.htm#Rate> or mail at cpv_36(a)yahoo.co.in by 15 May, 2009. <http://dlaindia.org/ncfm.doc> Get more from the DLA website http://dlaindia.org/news.htm -- Kind regards. Rajesh Kr. Bhardwaj, M-9818603208, http://www.rajweb.name Area Convenor and Librarian, Library and Information Centre, TERI The Energy and Resources Institute, Darbari Seth Block IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003- (India) Tel. +91 11 2468 2100, 2468 2111 Ext 2724 Fax +91 11 2468 2144, 2468 2145, E-mail bhardwaj(a)teri.res.in Web site www.teriin.org ------------------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DRTC Colloquium (1) 2008-2010
by DRTC - General 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8TH Mile, Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 DRTC Colloquium (1) 2008-2010 CURRENT TRENDS IN WEB-ENABLED METADATA Abstract The term metadata literally means data about data. In the context of web, it is descriptive information that aids in the identification, description and location of networked resources. Metadata helps to locate useful information; it is also related to the vision of semantic web, which is an extension of the current web in which information is given a well-defined meaning enabling computer and people to work together in cooperation in a better fashion. This colloquium focuses on different types of metadata schema and standards available, the technical aspects of their usage, interoperability issues in the world of web. TOPICS SPEAKERS 1. Introduction Priyuanki Sinha 2. Metadata Schema & Standards Babar Raees 3. Dublin Core and TEI Ali Raza 4. METS and MODS Nilesh Schewale 5. EAD and LOM Tarun Kumar 6. Interoperability issues and current trends Shion Guha 7. Conclusion and Future work Binit Kiran Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 15th April 2009 Time: 2.00pm All are cordially invited. M.Krishnamurthy Colloquium Coordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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World Digital Library Set to Launch on April 21
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

Dear Friends, World Digital Library Set to Launch on April 21 * * The Library of Congress (LC) announced that the World Digital Library (WDL) , an online partnership between LC, UNESCO, and 32 partner institutions to share cultural materials, will launch on April 21. A reception will be held that day at UNESCO’s Paris headquarters for partners and other special guests attending the semi-annual meeting of UNESCO’s executive board. LC officials said the first edition of the site will include a wealth of manuscripts, maps, rare books, films, sound recordings, and prints and photographs, all available free to the public, browseable and searchable in seven languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish) but with content offerings in “dozens of languages.” Source of Informatin http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6650050.html?nid=2673&source=link&r… Thanking You, Dinesh** -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. MLISc., Ph.D. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com www.dineshks.webs.com, Official Blog: libraryofncet.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CCF to MARC 21 Convertor for Download
by Rajesh Chandrakar 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

Dear Professionals I am glad to inform you that the INFLIBNET Centre has developed the CCF to MARC21 Conversion. We have been using this utility for our internal process since very long time with our library management software, SOUL. Recently, the INFLIBNET Centre being one of the promotors of the open source software under the GNU licence, has decided to make this utility free with source code for the community, especially for those who are using the CDS/ISIS / WinISIS software and the CCF bibliographic format for developing bibliographic database. The utility is available for download on http://sourceforge.net/projects/ccftomarcconver/ and the Project Home page of the CCF to MARC21 Converter utility is http://ccftomarcconver.sourceforge.net/. You may also be able to download the utility from the http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/downloads/ INFLIBNET webpage in future. We hope that the library community at large will be benefited with this effort. 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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