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How can we improve the status of the Librarians?
by Tapas Kumar Das 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

Dear Friends I too agree with S K DEsale and P B mangla. We cannot keep on giving endless services and in return expect nothing. The working conditions of the librarians and their status is very poor in our country. Even after earning a post graduation in LIS, many of the librarians are taken on a beginner's scale. As we say for better services a user has to pay. The same thing applies when it comes to salary and working conditions. If you are paid well, you serve better. What Ms. Smita Chandra says is correct and I think these are the very basic things which most of the librarians do. We should also understand that librarians have to depend on the parent organization and libraries come last when budget is to be allocated and comes first when services are to be given. So I would say that IT progresses, ordered and neater libraries can be expected when there are no budget problems and min. man power is a must. And the important facor is the LIS education There are exceptions where librarians don't work inspite of having good budgets etc.are true, indeed, that Librarians are not getting the same status as lecturers and other professionals in the society. The problem is not with Institution but with the individual in itself. I have personally come across many professionals having MLIS or M.Phil but not up-to-mark. Why???? Is it the structure of the course or what they learn? It is very easy to get first class in LIS if you know the basic, but this basic does not help in LIS profession. What they have learnt during their course period - they are unable to utilize the same in their institution. For example how many candidates know to use DDC/Colon effectively and have a proper classification system in the Library. How many of us are good at giving proper user education??? There are many more such issues which cannot be discussed. If you notice many of them (I should not be calling them professionals) use either the Library of Congress Catalogue or British Library Integrated Catalogue to classify the books, which in my opinion - using these for classification of Indian books is misleading and inappropriate for arrangement of books in a library. My dear friend, Classification and Cataloguing is the essence of LIS and if you take them out anybody can be a Librarian. Communication is one aspect which needs to be thoroughly improved. Communication can be improved through regular reading and interacting with the users and not through starting a movement. Here, again, the individual has to take the initiative. I have also come across good Librarians and they are well placed in Asst. Professors grade. To be frank with you, they are really good in their work, in their ideology and have contributed towards the growth of the institution. Some of the Library Assistants are also well placed. There is a saying "First Deserve and then Desire". 'Deserve' is not only qualification but other aspects in an individual. I am of the opinion that with 2-3 years of work experience in a library will easily get him a lecturer's scale. My dear Vivek if you notice, the Library Assistant's are paid in the grade of Rs.5500/-. The fact is that some Institutes take Library Assistant and call them Librarians and thus the Library Assistant feels that they are in Lecturer's grade. The Librarians are not teaching and the ones who teach obviously get a lecturer's/asst professors grade. Imagine the rigorous process which a Library lecturer has to undergo for a job in an institute. As a part of the interview process they have to teach a class in front of the higher authorities and then judged by students and faculty. Does this happen with non-teaching Librarian??? If you notice all Post Graduates are not Lecturers, they opt for different options and those who opt for lecturers/Asst Professor know the art of teaching. An institution cannot survive by taking lectures who do not know how to teach and those who know how to teach are paid the Lecturers/Asst Professors grade. But ironically, all PG in LIS wants Lecturers grade, the moment they join. -- Tapas Kumar Das Technical Assistant Central Library Mangalayatan University Aligarh, U.P. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Scholarly journals - new free service makes keeping up-to-date easy
by MacLeod, Roderick A 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

ticTOCs is a new scholarly journal tables of contents (TOCs) service. http://www.tictocs.ac.uk/ It's free, its easy to use, and it provides access to the most recent tables of contents of over 11,000 scholarly journals from more than 400 publishers. It helps scholars, researchers, academics and anyone else keep up-to-date with what's being published in in the most recent issues of journals on almost any subject. Using ticTOCs, you can find journals of interest by title, subject or publisher, view the latest TOC, link through to the full text of over 250,000 articles (where institutional or personal subscriptions, or Open Access, allow), and save selected journals to MyTOCs so that you can view future TOCs (free registration is required if you want to permanently save your MyTOCs). ticTOCs also makes it easy to export selected TOC RSS feeds to popular feedreaders such as Google Reader and Bloglines, and in addition you can import article citations into RefWorks (where institutional or personal subscriptions allow). You select TOCs by ticking those of interest - thousands of TOCs, within a tick or two (hence the name ticTOCs). The full press release is available here: http://tictocsnews.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/scholarly-journals-new-free- service-makes-keeping-up-to-date-easy/ Please help to spread the word about this new service. Thank you. Roddy MacLeod MA, DipLib, MCILIP Senior Subject Librarian Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS Tel (0131) 451 3576 Fax: (0131) 451 3164 R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk <mailto:R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk> Home: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/libram/roddy.html Blogging at: http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/ Heriot-Watt University is a Charity registered in Scotland, SC000278 -- Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Alumni Association for Deptt. of LIS Amravati University, M.S.
by amol suresh chawande 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

Dear all, If you have completed B.L.I.Sc. or M.L.I.Sc. from Amravati University, Maharashtra, please contact Dr. V. Choukhande, Department of Library and Information Science, Amravati University, Amravati. Department of LIS is now collection all related information of previous students and form alumni association. Please cooperate regarding this matter. Regards Amol Chawande -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Accreditation of LIS Education
by Sree Kumar Nair 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

Dear Sir, Many thanks for your mail. I appreciate your thoughts and am of the opinion that the syllabus will make a huge difference in solving the recent problems. A strict course curriculum and evaluation will make a candidate to think which profession he/she wants to join. I have the following suggestions to make: The 12 month BLIS/MLIS course should be spread over for a period 16 months with 4 months of compulsory internship in a reputed Library. Theme-oriented assignments/project should be introduced as soon as possible. More emphasis should be given on Computer courses - Online Resources, how to create and maintain a website but not on what is 'CPU' and what is 'mouse'? The LIS correspondence courses should have a minimum 5 – 6 months compulsory class on weekends failing which student will not be able to write the examination. The correspondence course should also have theme oriented project/assignments as part of their course structure. The 2 year and 5 year MLIS programes will help in developing standard of LIS education in India. Why not have 5 year BA. LIS or BSc. LIS etc etc... equivalent to Bachelors Degree (*in 5 year law prog. it is BA LLB or BSc LLB and after that LLM*). This will help to standardize the education in LIS and have specific course structure. This will also help an individual to specialize in one subject area. Sir, *department-wise*, the Library is the only department where you have more no. of people. If you look at other departments, be it teaching or non-teaching, the no. of staff is less. Yet LIS professionals are facing difficulties in getting jobs. A slight improvement in the pattern of LIS syllabus will help a lot. With warm regards, Sree Kumar Nair, SLCU, Bangalore - 29 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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InfoVision 2009, Jan 22-23, Bangalore - Early Bird Registration closes on December 20, 2008!
by Angrosh 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

InfoVision 2009: The Knowledge Summit, January 22-23, 2009, Bangalore Theme: "Content to Intent: Understanding user intent in multimodal, multilingual, mobile, and enterprise Information Access" Please note that the Early Bird Registration closes on December 20, 2008. InfoVision 2009 - the 4th Edition of InfoVision Series focuses on the following: * Mobile Information Access * Multimedia Information Access * Multilingual Information Access * Consumer Created Content * eScience, eResearch and Cyber infrastructure * Enterprise Content and Communication Inaugural Keynote Dr. Mark Maybury, Executive Director, Information Technology Division, MITRE Corporation, USA - an expert in Intelligent Multimedia Information Retrieval will give the Inaugural Keynote at InfoVision 2009 on January 22, 2009. Keynote Title: Intelligent Multimedia: Promises and Challenges InfoVision 2009 offers an intellectual feast of talks by: 1. Dr. P. Anandan, Managing Director, Microsoft Research India, Bangalore 2. Mr. John Blossom, President and Senior Analyst, Shore Communications, USA 3. Dr. Edward Cutrell, Research Scientist, Adaptive Systems Interaction Group, Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA 4. Prof. Dieter Fellner, Director IGD, Fraunhofer Institute of Computer Graphics Research, Darmstadt, Germany 5. Prof. John Girard, Associate Professor of Management, Minot State University, USA 6. Mr. Bruno Goveas, Head, Marketing & Product Management, Akamai Technologies India 7. Mr. Ajay Gupta, Director HP Labs India and Director, Mobility Solutions Group 8. Mr. Srikanth B. Iyer, Co-Founder and COO, Edurite Technologies 9. Dr. Hari M. Koduvely, Senior Risk Analyst, Amazon.com 10. Mr. Balaji Krishnan, General Manager, MindTree 11. Prof. Ee-Peng Lim, School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore 12. Ms. Usha Mohan, Managing Director, Triumph India Software Services, Bangalore 13. Mr. Gopinath Padmanabhan, President, Applications Business Unit, Mphasis 14. Mr. P. Ravindranath, Director - Strategic Development and Govt. & Public Affairs, Hewlett Packard India 15. Prof. Rohini Srihari, Founder CEO, Janya Inc., USA & Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA 16. Mr. Bob Stembridge, Thomson Reuters, UK 17. Prof. Shalini R. Urs, Executive Director, ISiM, Mysore 18. Mr. Mahesh Vyas, Managing Director & CEO, CMIE Don't miss this great opportunity. For registration and updates, please visit: www.infovision2009.org For details and clarifications, please contact: InfoVision secretariat International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Angrosh - 9886970411 Email: office(a)infovision.org.in; office(a)isim.ac.in See you at InfoVision 2009! InfoVision 2009 Summit Team. Thanks and regards, Angrosh ************************************* Angrosh Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: angrosh(a)isim.ac.in ************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Change of Mail address for the Vacancy at LNM IIT, Jaipur
by Shriram Pandey 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

Dear Professional I would like to bring your kind attention on LNM Vacancy for Asst. Librarian, that i have posted yesterday. Please send your application on library.lnmiit(a)gmail.com not library(a)lnmiit.ac.in(The inbox is almost full and may be your mail will not reach to us) Regards, Shri Ram Pandey - MLIS(BHU), IKM(IISc), UGC-NET (JRF) LNM Institute of Information Technology(LNM IIT) Jaipur(Rajasthan) -- 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] Prof V G Talwar, is the Vice chancellor of Mysore University
by Mailing List Admin 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

Date: 11 Dec 2008 13:35:19 -0000 From: Dr. S M.SHAFI <shafi_sm(a)rediffmail.com> It is a rarest tribute to capabilities of pof V G Talwar, Ex- chairman of one of the best Departments of LIS at Mysore and gives more creditibility to the subject and profession which is facing meeting new challanges and getting best opportunities in Knowlege Society. We congratulate profesor Talawr and wish him a succesful tenure in the Mysore Unversity. S M SHAFI Professor and head Department oF L&IS , KU (J&K) On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 Harish Chandra wrote : >Great news Dr. Laxman. Really LIS professionals are proud of Prof. VGT >Regards and thanks > >Dr. Harish Chandra >Librarian >Indian Institute of Technology Madras >Chennai - 600036 INDIA >http://www.harishchandra.com <http://www.harishchandra.com/> >http://www.linkedin.com/in/harishsushila >http://www.iitm.ac.in <http://www.iitm.ac.in/> >http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in <http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in/> >Phone: 91 044 22574951-O >FAX :91 044 22570509 > > > From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. [mailto:naglaxman@yahoo.com] >Sent: Wed 12/10/2008 22:21 >To: list forum; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com; iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com; ifla lis education list; amudhavalli alagusundaram; anjali gulati; BASAVARAJ KADEMANI; bs_biradar(a)rediffmail.com KUVEMPU >Cc: A S chandel; AbbasKhan A.A. Khan; Abdus Sattar Chaudhry NTU SINGAPORE; Aditya Tripathi; al moorty; Altaf Mazid; anand varala; anand bandi; anil binwal; Anjana Bhatt; aparajita suman; ardprasad drtc; aruna sivakami; Arundhati A; Ashu Shokeen; Bar NK; Baradol ashok; beena c; beena chitrampatt; bramesha(a)hotmail.com; bravi33(a)yahoo.co.in; c karisiddappa; Chadha Ravinder Kumar; chandra psrkrishnan; CHANDRAN D; chandrasekhar rao braou; chandrasekhararao v; CK RAMAIAH; Dinesh K. Gupta; enukondar(a)yahoo.co.in; eshwer reddy db; Gayasjamai makhdumi; Gobinda Chowdhury; goudar bangalore; Hari Krishna Reddy; Hari Nath Prasad; harvinder kaur; hrmohan; hrmohan(a)vsnl.com; infolibrarian; Ismail H Abdullahi; Jagtar Singh; Jagtar Singh; Jahagirdar India Iqbal >Subject: Prof V G Talwar, is the Vice chancellor of Mysore University >

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Congratulation to Prof. V.C. Talwar
by Shailesh Lohiya 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

On behalf of Library & Information Science professional, NIRMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, I congratulate and wish Prof. V.G. Talwar for his new appointment as V.C of Mysore University. This is happy news to all the LIS professionals in our country. -- Shailesh K. Lohiya Librarian (NUIL) NIRMA University Ahmedabad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Great news and a matter of pride for all LIS community that Prof. V. G. Talwar became Vice-Chancellor of Prestigious UOM
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

Dear Friends, It is the great news and a matter of pride for all Library and Information community that Prof. V. G. Talwar became Vice-Chancellor of Prestigious University of Mysore. This honor comes to the legend of Library and Information Science after long time even though he deserves it. On behalf of our professional fraternity, I congratulate Dr. VGT. for his success. I think first person in India belongs to LIS profession occupying this seat. We sincerely hope that the University of Mysore will achieve new heights under his dynamic leadership. Dinesh K. S. -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Seminar On Open Source Library Solutions (OSLS) on 16th - 17th January, 2009.
by krishna nand singh 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

Dear All, Department of Library & Information Science, BHU & Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi are jointly going to organise *National Seminar On Open Source Library Solutions (OSLS)* on 16th - 17th January, 2009. *About Seminar:* The rising cost of technology has compelled the libraries to use Open Source Software (OSS) for library automation, digital library and so on. OSSs are developed in public domain by the technology experts for the libraries. The professional community implements the software solutions and renders feedback to developers, which is a real time testing of software. The OSS products are provided with source code for implementation level customization and future development of software. These solutions are often free for use and could be redistributed. Today, there are OSSs available for different library activities which are better than the commercial solutions using cutting age technology. These solutions range from Operating System to specialized institutional repositories. This has made the library services more cost effective and least dependent on commercial software and vendors. However, there is a concern of the professionals over stability of software implementation and continuing support to these OSSs. There is an equal and opposite concern from the end of developers also towards having a sustainable funding for running the software development projects. Whatever the concerns may be, the increased use of open source software among the library community is very encouraging for open source solution developers. The Department of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi proposes to conduct two days National Convention on Open Source Library Solutions (OSLS), 16th – 17th January, 2009. The proposed seminar would provide a common platform for library professionals to share their experience. Research papers, demonstration and case-studies are invited for presentation and discussion during the convention in following areas: Implementation of OSS in:- Library automation, Digital repositories, Digital preservation, Consortium planning, Community education, Office management, Content development, Event management, E-publishing, Knowledge management, E-governance, Community networks. *Target Participants:* Practicing Librarians and Information Scientists, Faculty Members, Researchers, Students, Information System Personnel, Managers, etc. *Call for Papers:* Full texts paper(s) in English (in A4 size, double space, not more than 10 pages) should be sent to the *Organising Secretary, Deptt. of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221005*. adityatripathi(a)hotmail.com aditya(a)bhu.ac.in Last date for submission of full texts of paper(s) is 20.12.2009. *Registration:* Rs. 500/- per participant. The DD / Cash payable in favour of *"National Seminar on Open Source Library Solutions"*, payable at Varanasi. The Registration Fee includes -Conference Kit & Working Lunch / Tea. *Accommodation:* Limited accommodation is available on payment basis on first come first basis. For further enquiry please contact: Coordinator Prof. H. N. PRASAD Head, Deptt. of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221 005 Tel: +91 542 6701028 (Off.) +91 9415336709 (Mob.) E-mail: hnprasad.bhu(a)gmail.com Organising Secretary Dr. ADITYA TRIPATHI Lecturer, Deptt. of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221 005 Tel: +91 542 6701027 (Off.) +91 9450710628 (Mob.) E-mail: adityatripathi(a)hotmail.com; aditya(a)bhu.ac.in *Registration Form:* Registration form can be downloaded from the Department's website http://www.bhu.ac.in/lis.html or directly from the URL http://www.bhu.ac.in/dlis/osls.pdf KRISHNA NAND SINGH MLIS(BHU) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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