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Revamp of library system on the cards
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

Dear Friends, Revamp of library system on the cards Upgrading of infrastructure in public libraries in keeping with the cyber age, setting up local-level knowledge centres and educational units in rural areas are among the steps being contemplated under a proposed National Mission on Libraries, a senior official Lov Verma, Joint Secretary (Libraries) said, who was speaking at the inaugural session of a three-day 'National Conference on Public Libraries' recently. "The government is on the threshold of finalising the mission, a roadmap for which was given by the National Knowledge Commission. It has been proposed that it will be converted into a permanent commission in three to five years,". He said that, a national census of public libraries is also proposed to be conducted. The data will help set up uniform standards for qualification and pay-scale of library staff. "The infrastructure of public libraries will have to be upgraded in keeping with the IT age. A 'model library design' can be formulated for this. Another proposal is to set up touchscreen kiosks at libraries for providing knowledge as well as local-level information," he said. Revamping of library science teaching infrastructure by setting up a national-level institute, establishing education centres for neo-literates in rural areas and making libraries more disabled-friendly are among other proposals, he added. Source of Information: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Revamp-of-library-system-on-the-cards/ar… 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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Koha workshop 910 April 2009 Inauguration
by Mailing List Admin 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 15:21:10 +0530 From: khaiser nikam <khaiser.nikam(a)gmail.com> UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE Department of Library and Information Science (UGC-SAP supported) Dr. Khaiser Nikam Chairperson and Convener Cordially invites you *to the Workshop on: KOHA 3.0 Open Source Solution for Integrated Library Management System (OS-ILMS) (9-10 April 2009) Dr. B.G. Sangameswara Professor in Computer Science & Engineering Principal, SJCE College, Mysore. Will Inaugurate Savitra Sirohi Managing Director Nucsoft OSS Labs, Bangalore (http://www.osslabs.biz) Will Speak Date & Time Thursday 9th April 2009 at 10.30 AM Venue MLISc Lecture Hall -- Regards, Dr.(Mrs) Khaiser Nikam MLISc,PhD & MBA Chairperson/Reader Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570 006 Karnataka INDIA Cell:98453 28672 91-821-2415202 (R) 2419399(O) email : khaiser.nikam(a)gmail.com

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Job opportunities at ISEC, Bangalore
by K Prakash 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

Job Opportunities at ISEC The Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) is an All India Institute for Interdisciplinary Research and Training in the Social Sciences, established in 1972. It is registered as a Society under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960, to create a blend of field-oriented empirical research and advances in social science theories leading to better public policy formulation. ISEC is looking for the suitable candidates for the following positions. 1. Professional Assistant (Library) - 1 (Reserved for SC Category) 2. Professional Assistant (Systems) - 1 (General) 3. Technical Assistant (Library) - 1 Post Reserved for BC 4. Technical Assistant (Data Bank) - 1 Post (General) 5. Assistants - 2 (1 Post Reserved for BC) Pay Scale as per the Karnataka State Government: Professional Assistant - 14050-350-14400-400-16800-450-19500-525-22650-600-25050 Technical Assistant - 10000-250-10500-300-12300-350-14400-400-16800-450-18150 Assistant - 8000-200-8600-225-9500-250-10500-300-12300-350-14400-400-14800 Last date for application is May 10, 2009 Filled in application form may be sent to the following address: The Registrar Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) Dr V.K.R.V.Rao Road, Nagarabhavi P.O. Bangalore - 560 072, Karnataka For qualifications, application format please visit the ISEC website: http://www.isec.ac.in/Admn-advrt-0409.htm With best regards, Bye. ------------------------------------------------------- Dr. K Prakash Deputy Librarian Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) Dr. V K R V Rao Road, Nagarabhavi PO Bangalore-560 072 Karnataka, India. http://www.isec.ac.in/librarymain.htm prakash(a)isec.ac.in / prakash.kalvira(a)gmail.com Tel.: 080- 23180507 [D]/ 23215468 / 23215519 Ext. 302 Fax: 080-23217008 Cell: 09448066788 -- 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] UGC mandatory qualification
by Pandurang Shendage 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

Respected all LIS Professionals, I agree with the views about necessity of NET examination but my question is about knowledge. NET Certificate will not prove the professional maturity and efficiency about the work. We cannot say that NET cleared person is more efficient and successful in the field because before 1993 there was no NET exam and lot of successful librarians were there before 1993. So if we say that Only NET qualified person will provide quality services then it will be sign of our professional immaturity. We LIS professionals should behave like professionals. How? Think about it. Do we have value in society? After getting NET Certificate and job as librarian, how this will give you status or value in society. Number of LIS professionals are facing identity problem in society. We can take example of lawyer or Doctor; they are independent professionals and are not fighting for professional status or value in society. It is not required for them because they have achieved the status in Society. We, LIS professionals are running behind equivalent status of teachers only and we are asking it from our society and it is not ready to give such types of approval. No body is discussing on this issue, which is very much important. Dr. S.R. Raganathan has worked a lot and did good job for LIS profession. We have to follow him and make some standards for professional development. We all have to follow the same standards. My request to all senior Professionals, we should act accordingly and make our place in the society. I think NET Examination is only standard criteria for solving saturation problem. I agree with the decision of maintaining standard in Higher education because the standard of education in some universities are very much poor but we can give some chances to improve it otherwise we can take preventive action on such universities. Research in the field is necessary now days. Especially in our field it is very much required. Indira Gandhi National Open University prefers M.Phil. Degree or five years work experience for getting admission for Ph.D. in LIS. For more details, you can refer the prospectus. We all know better that the standard of education through IGNOU. They are not demanding NET or SLET. So we should not compare research degrees with NET/SLET Examinations. Now I will be shift over professional ability and maturity. I want to compare two LIS professionals here. One is fresh MLIS student cleared his eligibility test in One or Two attempts. The other one who have Five years working experience with research degree. The first one will get direct appointment. But the second one has to clear NET/SLET. Is it necessary for him? What is the value for work experience then? Who will work efficiently? I think, the person who is having experience and knowledge about the field because now everywhere all are asking experience for the responsible post. What types of quality services we can expect from such NET cleared librarians? generally at entry level, there is absence of professional maturity, he or she cannot make some decisions or there is always possibility of irrelevant decisions. So there should be some standard and uniform criteria for such appointments too. Thank You Sir PANDURANG SHENDAGE Assistant Librarian Tolani Maritime Institute Induri, Talegaon Dabhade Pune 410507 On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 rajendra kumar panda wrote : >Dear listed members, > > > >Adding to recent discussion of UGC qualification for the post of Asstt. >Librarian in college and university or similar grades in non academic >library, UGC NET/SET qualification should be mandatory (according my >opinion) to maintain the quality of service and job, NET/SET exams are >higher standard in quality, there is no question of partiality and petting >towards candidates, the met question papers are set by chosen top most LIS >people and evaluation method is similar too. Besides ones subject knowledge >candidates must have general ability to think scientifically and logically >to respond an environment judiciously and rationally. > >The functional credibility of some of Indian universities is well known to >most of us. It is not much difficult to obtain M.Phill / Ph.D degree. In >this process always there is nepotism and favoritism prevails. > >On other side, there are plenty of evidence people with having first class >careers could not qualify LIS all India written tests conducted by various >govt. bodies and most of the Govt appointed LIS professionals working in >various top level positions are directly appointed on the basis of career >and qualification marks. > >Since last two decades, there are hearing of dithering between UGC NET/SET >relax and mandatory. Knowledge Commission of India is also suggested in >favour of essentiality. I think every LIS people should prove their >credentials by qualifying highest body exams. > > > >thanks > > >-- >R.K.Panda >Librarian >Kendriya Vidyalaya > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MGU Open Access Theses Archive Selected As Best Web Resource by INTUTE
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Dear professionals, Mahatma Gandhi Universitys Open Access Theses Archive has been selected as a best web resource by the INTUTE. INTUTE is a consortia of UKs Joint information Systems Committee (JISC),and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) The INTUTE evaluated the software, content and various other technical aspects of the database before including the MGU Online theses database in their portal. This is the only Indian archive of PhD theses included by the INTUTE.It is a boost for the Open Access movement in India. Congratulations to Dr R. Raman Nair who took the initiative in creating and uploading this full text thesis database. He has proved to be a successful University Librarian. Dr Raman Nair has his modest beginning in the profession as a librarian in the Trivandrum public library and later served in various colleges in Kerala. We can be proud of this achievement of Dr Raman Nair. The Archive can be reached at: http://mgutheses.org The selection information is available at http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=2009032… Dr GOPAKUMAR V. Chief Librarian, University College,Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, PIN 695 034. http://www.gopakumar.synthasite.com/ gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Mobile No: 09447056713 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2nd Call for Papers - RIBDA 2009 - Technological Innovation in Open Access for Agricultural and Environmental Information
by Imma Subirats 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

XV Inter-American Meeting for Librarians and Agricultural Information Specialists, RIBDA-2009 "Technological Innovation in Open Access for Agricultural and Environmental Information” Peru, National Library, Lima - 27, 28, 29, October, 2009 Official website!!! http://www.aibda.com/ribda/ 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS --- May 1st, 2009!!! The Inter-American Association of Librarians and Agricultural Information Specialists, is pleased to invite all the professionals related to the management of agricultural and environment information, to participate in the fifteenth Edition of the Inter-American Meeting for Librarians and Agricultural Information Specialists Meeting to be held at the National Library of Peru, Lima, on 27th-29th October 2009. TOPICS 1.) Open Access to information in Agricultural Innovation in Latin and North America State of the Art - Research and Analysis. Promotion of Open Access movement (OA), applied to institutions around the world, such as FAO, focusing on the effort to reduce the access barriers to information. 2.) Perspectives on Open Access and Technologies for Information Management Exchange among creators, managers and users of information the technological possibilities for transferring information through Digital repositories, under quality standards for analysis and dissemination. 3.) Professional-Social Networks and Local Information Systems Emphasize the impact of OA movement in Latin America and North America, under Public information Policies, Local Information Systems, Tele-Centers and Specialist Management. Guarantee the multiple and intellectual property on scientific and ancestral knowledge in agricultural sciences through public and ethics information resources. 4.) Other issues and topics related, e.g. difficulties in accessing to agricultural or environmental information PRESENTING PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS * The deadline for submitting the abstract along with complete author's details is by May 1st, 2009 * Abstracts (500 words minimum, maximum 900) to be submitted at http://www.aibda.com/eventos/index.php/ribda/2009/schedConf/cfp * Must include a provisional title which clearly identifies the content, stating the main topic of the work * It can be in Spanish, Portuguese or English. * The author(s) should indicate personal full contact details and include summary curriculum vitae with the abstract Once reviewed, selected abstracts will be published in mid-May 2009 ELECTION OF ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS The work proposed will be reviewed by the XV International RIBDA 2009 Academic Committee, under the following criteria: * Contribution to the conference objectives, addressing the themes proposed * Originality and validity of the analysis method, tools used and results obtained * Inclusive works on ancient knowledge, capturing their best practices * Scientific Consistency, clarity, simplicity and cleanliness in divulging the results. We are looking forward to see you in XV RIBDA 2009! http://www.aibda.com/ribda/ Imma Subirats On behalf of the RIBDA 2009 Organising Committee -------------------------------------------------- Information Management Specialist KCEW, FAO of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome (Italy) Tel: +39 0657054301 E-mail: imma(.)subirats AT fao(.)org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for an article
by deepak＠ximb.ac.in khuntia 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Dear Colleagues, I need following article, if anyone have access to it, please send it to me. The details of the articles are as follows: *" Initial Public Offerings: Going by the Book" , Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 9, Spring (1997), Lawrence Benveniste and William Wilhelm. *with regards* *Deepak Khuntia Librarian Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar - 751013* * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: NewGenLib on Windows Vista
by khaiser nikam 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Please find the reply from sri Haravuji for the the solution sought and doubts expressed by Dr.Harinarayan who was a *volunteer participant* at the workshop organised by me from 24-26 March 09 at the Department of LIS,UOM,Mysore ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jai Haravu <haravu(a)newgenlib.com> Date: Apr 6, 2009 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] NewGenLib on Windows Vista To: khaiser nikam <khaiser.nikam(a)gmail.com> Cc: "N.S. Harinarayana" <ns.harinarayana(a)gmail.com>, Meher Siddartha E < emsiddartha(a)gmail.com> Dear Dr Nikam The problem was explained quite clearly to Dr harinarayana. To repeat, PostgreSQL-8.3 which is required for Vista is supposed to have integrated the contributed module tsearch2.sql. However, there are some issues in the manner the integration has been done. NewGenLib's database requires the functionality of the tsearch2.sql as was provided in the earlier versions of PostgreSQL. As a result of the differnce, there is a problem with the Vista installation. Our developers have been appraised of the issues and they will no doubt attend to this. Allow me to thank Dr Harinarayana for appreciating the workshop at DLIS. Best regards. Haravu ----- Original Message ----- *From:* khaiser nikam <khaiser.nikam(a)gmail.com> *To:* Jai Haravu <haravu(a)newgenlib.com> *Sent:* Monday, April 06, 2009 2:41 PM *Subject:* Fwd: [LIS-Forum] NewGenLib on Windows Vista plz give asolution to Dr Harinarayan.looks like he was not conviced with you ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: N.S. Harinarayana <ns.harinarayana(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 6:57 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] NewGenLib on Windows Vista To: lisforum <LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> In the wonderful workshop recently concluded at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore, there was a problem of installing NewGenLib on Windows vista platform. I am sure that the NewGenLib developers are working on this issue. In the meanwhile, if any one has already solved the problem and come out with some solution, I would like to know about it. -- N.S. Harinarayana Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- Regards, Dr.(Mrs) Khaiser Nikam MLISc,PhD & MBA Chairperson/Reader Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570 006 Karnataka INDIA Cell:98453 28672 91-821-2415202(R) 2419399(O) email : khaiser.nikam(a)gmail.com -- Regards, Dr.(Mrs) Khaiser Nikam MLISc,PhD & MBA Chairperson/Reader Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570 006 Karnataka INDIA Cell:98453 28672 91-821-2415202(R) 2419399(O) email : khaiser.nikam(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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INFLIBNET Newsletter
by Rajesh Chandrakar 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Dear Professionals The current issue of the INFLIBNET Newsletter, Vol 15, No. 4, October to December 2008 is available online for access on the INFLIBNET website at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/publication/newsletter/Newsletter.October.-Decem…. The interested professionals may download the same. We have included the feature article in this issue on Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 by written by Prof. G Sivakumar, Computer Science and Engineering Department, IIT, Mumbai. This article has been reproduced here from his presentation at International CALIBER 2009 held at Pondicherry University, Puducherry on 25th to 27th February 2009. I would also take this as an opportunity to introduce you the INFLIBNET Centre's Blog and Wiki, which are quite active and available at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/blog and http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/wiki, respectively. The blog contents posting on Library, INFLIBNET and Higher Education including latest technologies pertaining to ICT. 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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Suddden and Sad Demise of Dr. Gayatri Mohapatra
by db_ramesh＠yahoo.com 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Dear LIS Professionals, Dr. Gayatri Mohapatra, HOD, Department of Library & Information Science, Utkal University, Orissa passed away on 4th April 2008 at Cuttack by a massive heart attack at Cuttack. I know Madam Mohapatra for the last two decades. She was a very sincere, straight forward and helpful professional. Her sudden and demise is a great loss to our LIS profession and especially to the Department of Library & Information Science, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. May the departed soul rest in peace. D. B. Ramesh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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