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Koha 3 released
by Vimal Kumar 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Koha 3 stable version now released. You can download from the usual location: http://download.koha.org/koha-3.00.00-stableRC1.tar.gz 1. Zebra plugin - Zebra is a high-performance, general-purpose structured text indexing and retrieval engine 2. New installer - based on the common Perl module ExtUtils::MakeMaker, the new installer makes it a snap to get Koha running on just about any platform. 3. Standard APIs - Koha 3 supports a number of important library search and retrieval standards and microformats, such as SRU/W, Z39.50 and COinS/OpenURL. Also supported is the popular Internet standard: OpenSearch (http://opensearch.a9.com/) created by Amazon's A9. Records are stored internally in an SGML-like format and can be retrieved in MARCXML, Dublin Core, MODS, RSS, Atom, RDF-DC, SRW-DC, OAI-DC, and EndNote; 4. Cross-platform, multi-RDBMS, Web-server agnostic - Run Koha on the platform of your choice: Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Solaris. Koha 3 also includes better support for multi-RDBMS (MySQL 5.0 and PostgreSQL), and runs under Apache2, IIS, or the web server of your choosing. 5. Multi-lingual support - Koha was designed from the ground up for multilingual libraries. Koha 3 can handle Chinese, Japanese, and even right-to-left languages such as Arabic and Hebrew with ease (BiDi). Koha's index engine (Zebra) can handle record formats containing any UNICODE compliant script, such as Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese and Korean. Zebra has this support via the ICU libraries created and maintained by IBM. 6. New templates - Koha's staff and patron interfaces are developed with a template system that's easy to theme. 7. Koha 3 has quite a few new modules, as well as enhancements to existing modules, including: news writer, label creator, calendar, OPAC comments, MARC staging and overlay, notices, transaction logs, guided reports with a data dictionary and task scheduler, classification sources/filing rules. -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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International Prof Kaula Gold Medal and Citation to Dr. W. Boyd Rayward
by Mukesh Anand 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Respected Members', Dr. W. Boyd Rayward , Professor, Graduate School of Library & Information Science,University of Illinois (United States) is the 23rd receipient of the Award.The International Award Committee of the Kaula Endowment for Library & Information Science has selected Dr. W. Boyd Rayword for the International Prof Kaula Gold Medal and Citation. Prof. Kaula Endowment for Library and Information Science was formed on 13th March,1975, at the 51st Birthday of the world-renowned library educator, bibliographer,library and information scientist, UNESCO Expert & professional journalist of overfive decades, Prof. P.N. Kaula, with Guntur(Andhra Pradesh)as its headquarter. TheEndowment decided to award International Kaula Gold Medal & Citation to a topranking professional who was distinguished himself as a library & informationscientist or educator in library & information science.This Award is given away every year from 1975 onwards.There are 22 distinguished reciepients of the Award from 11 countries & some international organisations. The International Award is named after Prof. Kaula who has been described as the "Apostle" of the world famous Indian Library Science Genious Dr. S.R. Ranganathan. Widely travelled, Prof. Kaula has served UNESCO Expert in UNESCO Regional Centre in Western Hemisphere for Latin American Countries(1967-68) & has been a legendry figure & has received several national & international awards including " Pro-MundiBeneficio" Medal from Brazil, "Deutsche Bucheref" Medal from Germany & "Padmshree"(2004), a top civilian honour from the Government of India & which Dr. Ranganathan himself received in 1957. With Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Officers' Training College for Indian Railways Sanskari Nagari Vadadara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book Require on ILL
by UPENDRA PANDYA 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Dear All, Can any one with-in our forum give me the following book on Inter Library Loan ? Title : Fertilizer Statistics - 2002-2003Pub. : Fertilizer Association of India I have tried to procure the same from publisher and most of the relevant suppliers but not successed. Our Faculty member require the same very urgent. I request to our forum members that, please send the relavent information if any one have and possible to send it on ILL. Sincerely, Upendra PandyaProfessional Assistant-SeniorBook Acq.SectionV S LibraryIndian Institute of ManagementVastrapur RoadAHMEDABAD 380 015Gujarat StatePhone: 079-66324979Mobile : 9879301847e-mail : upendra(a)iimahd.ernet.in _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PGDLAN from Alagappa University, Karaikudi(Directorate of Distance Education)
by Mukesh Anand 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Dear Members', Alagappa University , Karaikudi - 630 003 Directorate of Distance Education Admission Notification - 2008-09 Alagappa University invites applications for admission to the following programme offered through Distance Education for the academic year 2008-09 Post-Graduate Diploma Programme (1 Year) in Library Automation & Networking This course is offered in English Medium only. This course is offered under Non-Semester Pattern Cost of Application & Prospectus Rs. 100/- Applications & Prospectus can be obtained from i. The Director, Directorate of Distance Education, Alagappa University, on payment of prescribed fees by means of DD in favour of "The Director,DDE,Alagappa University" payable at Karaikudi ii. The approved Study Centres (Refer website www.alagappauniversity.ac.in) on payment of prescribed fee. iii. In case of downloading the application through University website www.alagappauniversity.ac.in, the canditate have to remit the cost of application alongwith filled-in application to the Directorate. Last date for Issue & Receipt of Applications : 30th August, ' 08 For details contact Phone :- 04565-229 230 Fax :- 04565-225 216 E-mail :- alagappadde(a)yahoo.co.in Website :- www.alagappauniversity.ac.in Print Access to this Admission Notification :- The Hindu(Chennai City Edition), dated 22nd June , '08 (Sunday), Page # 13 Thanx, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Officers' Training College for Indian Railways Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Benefits of Library Legislation in India?
by majid khan 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

It is a list of Library legislation passed in various states of India 1. Tamil Nadu 1948 2. Andhra pradesh 1960 3. Karnatka 1965 4. Maharashtra 1967 5. West Bewngal 1979 6. Manipur 1988 7. Kerala 1989 8. Haryana 1989 9. Mizoram 1993 10. Goa 1993 11 Gujrat 2000 12 Orissa 2000 13. Rajasthan 2005 14. Uttar Pradesh 2005 15. Uttrakhand 2005 But what is benefits of Library Legislation. In today technological era. The Job of librarian is not so easy as it seemed to be. Due to exponential growth of literature in all fields of universe of Knowledge increasing day by day, the Job of Librarian became more challenging and tuff. and without Librarian It is not Possible to retrieve exact information in minimum possible time. But when talking about the wages and allowances to Librarian that is nil. Nobody in our field think about this. and Librarian became a Clerk and salary below the salary of clerk. No pay scale no facility no allowances but Librarian still ready to work only for saving this field and to serve humanity. Our Government and seniors should be think about the welfare of our field. Otherwise, the existence Library & information science from Universe of Knowledge unseen. And no one want to became a Librarian in New Generation. Majid Khan IET Alwar Rajasthan --------------------------------- Bring your gang together. Do your thing. Find your favourite Yahoo! Group. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Links is Live
by Badan Barman 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Respected All, The ever expecting LIS Links: http://lislinks.110mb.com is now live over the web. Due to various reasons for the time being only home page of the site is available, though other pages are also ready for uploading, together with each sections under the heading of "Subscribe to the Following Alerting Services in LIS in India" 1. Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refresher Courses in LIS: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com/ 2. Jobs in LIS: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ 3. Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS: http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ 4. Admission Notice for Courses in LIS: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/ 5. Latest Happenings & Contemporary Issues in LIS: http://lislatest.blogspot.com/ Many subscription options are also available for all of the above sites. It is my proud privillage to announce that the various components of the site already able to receive overwhelming support and response from the professional, in a sense that the site presently having more than 550 subscriber. More than 400 hits a day. Considering the specialized nature of the site as well as its biassness to India it is a great success. I invite your valuable comments and suggestion for further improvement of the site as well as any of its components. Your valuable comments and suggestions should be drop at http://lislinks.ning.com. You can also join us in the above site to help us in improving our managerial approach to current information in LIS from India. The home page of the site ( http://lislinks.110mb.com/) after clicking on "Contributors to This Site" will also take one to the above site (http://lislinks.ning.com) ----------------------Your comments will bound to make a difference------------ Thanking you Yours faithfully Sri Badan Barman Academic Consultant: Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University Research Scholar: DLISc, Gauhati University -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job Vacancy - SRTPL
by Sridhar Brahma 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Dear All, Please be informed of the vacancy for the post of Information officer at SABIC Research and Technology Pvt Ltd. Information Officer Master of Library Sciences with MSc/ BSc in chemical sciences with minimum 3 years of experience in managing the information system <http://www.careerage.com/> of an R & D centre or an academic institution. Diploma in intellectual property and or information technology <http://www.careerage.com/> with MCSE certification and added advantage. The job requires management, maintenance and upgraduation of the organization's information resources and tools to facilitate access, retrieval, distribution and usage of scientific knowledge and information in a prompt and secure manner. The remuneration for all the positions will be attractive and competitive. Interested candidates meeting the requirements may send/ Email resume to HR Manager. Email ID - jobs(a)sabicind.com Regards, Sridhar Brahma +91-9898107707 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OAI-PMH Interoperability
by JK 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Dear All, I would like to have in-depth information on Open Access Initiative Protocol for Meta Harvesting (OAI-PMH) and its implementation in Digital Library Software We, as information professionals must be knowing about its interoperability framework and functionality which is used to communicate/exchange the bibliographic metadata. Although I know its implementation guidelines in a library software but it would be very beneficial if someone having experience in the same can guide me. Thanks & Regards, Jaya Kalra Senior Consultant – LIS Group Total IT Solutions Pvt Ltd. 412-C,Suneja Tower -1, District Centre Janak Puri, New Delhi - 110058 Website : www.totalit.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Karnataka State Women's University, Bijapur: Professor & Reader Post in LIS
by Mukesh Anand 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Respected Members', Karnataka State Women's University, Bijapur -586 101 No. : BWU/HRM/2008-09/ Date : 5.6.2008 Application in the prescribed form r invited from eligible candidates of Indian Nationality for the following teaching posts.The completed application should reach the Registrar,Karnataka State Women's University on or before 7.7.' 08 Sl.No. - Post Graduate Department 06 - Library and Information Science Professor - 01 Post Reader - 01 Post N.B. :- The prescribed application format, information regarding general instructions qualification for each post can be downloaded from the website www.kswubij.org OR www.kswubij.ac.in Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Officers' Training College for Indian Railways Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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library building - reg
by Vijayalakshmi 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Dear Sir, Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore is building a building for Library and Information Centre above the canteen. The question is 1. Where should be library building located? 2. Whether above the canteen or centrally located in a separate building considering points mentioned in the standard IS:1553? Kindly enlighten me in this regad. (Smt. V.R.DESHPANDE) SENIOR LIBRARIAN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE, CENTRAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, P.B.NO.8066, SADASHIVANAGAR POST, BANGALORE - 560 080 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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