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Promoting reading habits
by binu david 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Dear Friends I am a Librarian with a self financing engineering college(only BTech/BE) in Kerala. Our library subscribes to around 80 print periodicals in the area of engineering and allied subjects. To promote reading habits of periodicals among students and faculty we have taken initiate like user education, current awareness etc. But the response to these initiatives are meagre. Yearly we are spending around 2 lakh on periodicals. So i need some valuable suggestions from my colleague's in promoting reading habits of our periodicals in optimum. Hope soon I will receive a lot of suggestion from you people. Thanking you Sincerely Binu David Librarian N J College of Engineering Pothandi Palghat -- ______________________________________________ IndiaInfo Mail - the free e-mail service with a difference! www.indiainfo.com Check out our value-added Premium features, such as an extra 20MB for mail storage, POP3, e-mail forwarding, and ads-free mailboxes! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Today's Job Alerts in LIS
by Badan Barman 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

For a more Job Alerts in LIS please make a time to visit the site Jobs in LIS: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ This is with reference to the massage posted to the LIS-FORUM on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:16 PM with the subject "Today's Job Alerts in LIS". The email address that is mention (bstpharmay(a)rediffmail.com) is not a valid one. Firstly when I receive a number of massage regarding the post, I thought that it may be due to my typing mistake, but when I recheck the particulate newspaper i.e The Telegraph, Tuesday 22 April, 2008 p. Jobs 3. I found that it appear as wrong in the newspaper itself. So after consultation of the website I found its correct address as bstpharmacy(a)rediffmail.com. So, candidates interested in the particular post are hereby requested to send their resume to bstpharmacy(a)rediffmail.com. The mistake was also corrected in the Jobs in LIS: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/. <http://lisjob.blogspot.com/> Finally, sorry for the inconvenience. -- Thanking you Yours faithfully Sri Badan Barman Research Scholar DLISc, Gauhati University ---------------------------------------------------------- Important Resources for LIS Professionals Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refresher Courses in LIS: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com/ Jobs in LIS: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS: http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ Admission Notice for Courses in LIS: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/ Latest Happenings & Contemporary Issues in LIS: http://lislatest.blogspot.com/ Search all OA LIS Journals: http://lis-journals-swicki.eurekster.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Confidentiality: This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any unauthorized disclosure or use of this information is prohibited. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture invitation
by SRELS 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to announce the following invitation for the benefit of lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore ***** Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lectures c/o. Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Prof. L.S. Seshagiri Rao Former Chairman, Kannada Pustaka Pradhikara, Bangalore will deliver the 7th Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lecture Prof. H.M. Marulasiddaiah Professor of Social Work (Retd.), Bangalore University presides on Monday , 5th May 2008 at 6.00 pm at the premises of Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science You are cordially invited RSVP: K.N. Prasad - 080-23305109 Chairman and Members E-mail: prasadkn(a)vsnl.net Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lectures Committee, Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Latest DPC Technology Watch Report - 'PDF should be used to preserve information for the future'.
by Shamprasad Pujar 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

-- Original Message -- From: Carol Jackson <carol(a)DPCONLINE.ORG> To: EPIC-LST(a)NIC.SURFNET.NL Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:00:02 +0200 Subject: Latest DPC Technology Watch Report - 'PDF should be used to preserve information for the future'. ***Apologies for cross postings*** PDF should be used to preserve information for the future Good news the already popular PDF file format adopted by consumers and business alike is one of the most logical formats to preserve todays electronic information for tomorrow. According to the latest report released today by the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), Portable Document Format (PDF) is one of the best file formats to preserve electronic documents and ensure their survival for the future. This announcement will allow information officers to follow a standardised approach for preserving electronic documents. Information management and longterm preservation are major issues facing consumers and businesses in the 21st Century. This report is one of a series where The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) aims to think about and address the challenges facing us. This report reviews PDF and the newly introduced PDF/Archive (PDF/A) format as a potential solution to the problem of longterm digital preservation. It suggests adopting PDF/A for archiving electronic documents as the standard will help preservation and retrieval in the future. It concludes that it can only be done when combined with a comprehensive records management programme and formally established records procedures. Betsy Fanning, author of the report and director of standards at AIIM, comments, A standardised approach to preserving electronic documents would be a welcome development for organisations. Without this we could be walking blindly into a digital black hole. The National Archives works closely with the DPC with issues surrounding digital preservation and will continue to do so. Adrian Brown, head of digital preservation at The National Archives said: This report highlights the challenges we all face in a digital age. Using PDF/A as a standard will help information officers ensure that key business data survives. But it should never be viewed as the Holy Grail. It is merely a tool in the armoury of a well thought out records management policy. The report is a call to action, organisations need to act now and look hard at their information policies and procedures to anticipate the demand for their content (documents and records) in the future. Everybody has different criteria, types and uses for documentation so you need to find one that works for your organisation. If you would like to read the full report please go to the Digital Preservation Coalition website. This can be accessed here:<http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/reports/index.html#twr0802>www.dpconline.org/graphics/reports/index.html#twr0802 For further information about: The National Archives please contact, Tim Matthews,<tim.matthews(a)nationalarchives.gov.uk>tim.matthews(a)nationalarchives.gov.uk, or 020 8392 5277. Digital Preservation Coalition please contact Frances Boyle,<fb(a)dpconline.org>fb(a)dpconline.orgor 01904 435 320 About The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is a cross-sector member organisation established in 2001 to foster joint action to address the urgent challenges of securing the preservation of digital resources in the UK and to work with others internationally www.dpconline.org *********************************************************************************************************************************** Carol Jackson Administration and Events Manager Digital Preservation Coalition Innovation Centre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG e-mail:<carol(a)dpconline.org>carol(a)dpconline.org tel: +44 (0) 1904 435 362 https:<http://www.dpconline.org>www.dpconline.org Dr S.M. Pujar Deputy Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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TED : Ideas worth spreading
by vimal kumar 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Dear Friend, TED (stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a platform for exchange ideas brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. More than 200 talks are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted. www.ted.com Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 http://www.asb.edu.in/vimal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- 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] promoting reading habit - organising journal clubs
by T. Shahab 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

"Right information to the right recepients at the right time on right price" is the philosophy that drives the quest for Information Literacy all over the globe. Librarians at different levels of education and in a variety of library environment can play a very useful role towards the task of universal Information Literacy through diligence and professional committment. But the present age of "copy, cut and paste" is making it a very difficult task. In our own University, previously students used to depend heavily on downloaded materials from the net for their assignments which used to have repititative information haphazardly arranged. Now, they have been asked to derive materials mainly from the journals. This has rekindled in them the the zest for literature survey and brought back the smile on librarians face. We have already burnt our hands while practicing the CAS and SDI. The academics are a smug community. We thought that our best foot forward will also enliven them to come over to the library to benefit from its knowledge resources. But we only received phone calls for photocopies. The library management was already hardpressed because of insufficent D group staff. Now, who will photocopy and who will distribute the materails to each desk. After a few months this initiative died. Otherwise the hands of a librarian are mostly tied in an acdemic library og higher education to take independent decisions that involves the precious commodity, money. Private organizations may be better placed to tailor made their policies and arrange resources accordingly. Neverthess, best wishes for the professionals who are honestly holding to their committment towards promting Information Literacy. Regards. ________________________________ From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Kumaravel C Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 2:28 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] promoting reading habit - organising journal clubs This is response to the optimum use of journals subscribed. This is a problem not unique to any particular college alone. To satisify the norms of the councils like MCI, PCI, AICTE, DCI, INC and various other councils, the libraries are forced to subscribe to journals inspite of the shrinking budget. Apart from routing of journals to the particular college/depts., we organize 'Journal Club' where a student from every college/department has to present a paper from the latest journal issue on a particular day of a week. Again the initiative has to come from the concerned department head and a faculty will monitor the session. This method seems to have a double impact wherein the student and the faculty are forced to go through the latest journal articles. Kumaravel.C Sr.Librarian, MTIHS, Puducherry. Kumaravel.C JS RED<http://imadworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/adimage.cgi/2087310_2079 844/creative_2087453.jpg> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner <http://www.mailscanner.info/> , and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Query regarding SDI service
by Shabu Allijan 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Dear all, Is there any software available for the SDI service? ( ie to prepare the user profile to compare with document profile) regards, Shabu M.A. DCSMAT Trivandrum. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Attachment Programme (ATP) at the INFLIBNET Centre
by Rajesh Chandrakar 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Attachment Programme (ATP) at the INFLIBNET Centre The INFLIBNET Centre is happy to launch "Attachment Training Programmes (ATP)" where-in working librarians and computer programmers from North-East can come to the Centre and spend three to six months working in the Centre on ongoing projects with experienced INFLIBNET staff. The trained personnel can go back to their colleges / universities with knowledge and know-how that they can implement in their libraries. Eligibility Criteria Young, qualified professionals working in the universities / colleges or other educational institutions in North Eastern region having at least 3 years of experience are eligible for the "Attachment Training Programmes (ATP)". The candidates for "Attachment Training Programmes (ATP)" in Library Science should have Master Degree in Library and Information Sciences. Applicants having computer knowledge will be preferred. Candidates for Attachment Training Programmes (ATP) in Computer Science should possess BCA, BE (Computer Science / Electronics / Electrical) or MCA. The upper age limit for both the category is 45 years. Professionals who are not working currently are not eligible for the ATP. Duration Duration of the "Attachment Training Programme (ATP)" will be 3 months to 6 months. The applicant can opt for either three months or six months ATP depending on permission from his / her parent institution or his / her own preference. Number of Participants: 4 (Two each in Library and Computer Science) Local Hospitality The INFLIBNET will provide local hospitality to the selected candidates which will include free accommodation at the INFLIBNET hostel, an allowance of Rs. 500.00 per day for a period of 3 / 6 months. The allowance will be paid on monthly basis. The selected candidates will have to manage his / her food expenses from the daily allowance. Travel Expenses The selected candidates will be paid to and fro fare (one-time only) from his work place to Ahmedabad as per the eligibility of the candidates and according to the rules and regulation of the Centre. How to Apply? Eligible Library / Computer professionals from North Eastern Region may apply for the "Attachment Training Programme (ATP)" in the prescribed Application Form along with a recent passport size photograph duly affixed in it, attested copies of certificates, and an undertaking from their employer stating that the candidate will be relieved from his / her duties for the specified period in the event of selection. Application complete in all respect may be sent to the Administrative Officer (P & A) at the address given below within 20 days of publication of the advertisement. Application form can be downloaded from the INFLIBNET website at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ne-form.pdf. The Centre reserves the right to reject any application without assigning any reason. Administrative Officer (P & A) Opp. Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No. 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 380009 Tel: +91 79 26308528, 26304695, 26305971 Fax: +91 79 26300990 and 26307816 With regards, Rajesh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientific & Technical Officer 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA-Election-Date-Extended
by I.R.N.Goudar 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

1. Date extended till 27 April 2008 for Nomination for Election of Office Bearers and EC Member posts. 2. Any member can nominate any other member (one) for one post only 3. Self nomination is already allowed An e-mail to Mrs Lakshmi Chinnappa slc(a)indegene.com slc33in(a)yahoo.co.in with a copy to me will do goudar(a)css.nal.res.in Please come forward to make KALA as vibrant as it was few years back. Election details are as mentioned below Goudar KARNATAKA STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Dear Professionals, As already communicated earlier the General Body meeting along with elections of KALA will be held on 29th April 2008 (Tuesday) at 5.00 pm in Granthangana, City Central Library, RPC Layout. I request active members to come forward to contest for election and also elect suitable office bearers. Last date for self nomination is 24 April 2008. Goudar ============================================================================= Details of Election Process and Posts 1.Office Bearers : President - 1 Post Vice President - 2 Post Secretary - 1 Post Joint Secretary - 1 Post Treasurer - 1 Post 2.Date of Election: 29-04-2008 (Tuesday) 6.00 pm 3.Venue - City Central Library, Granthangana, RPC Layout, Hampinagar (near RPC Layout bus terminus), Bangalor 560040 4.Last date for Nomination - 24-04-2008 (Thursday) 5.Withdrawal of nomination - 29-04-2008 Instructions: 1. Members desiring to contest the election for the above posts of KALA should submit self-nomination on plain paper to the Election Officer. 2. The members contesting for election to the said posts must be present physically at the GB Meeting venue. 3. The decision of the Election Officer is final in all the matters of election process. 4. For any other details contact the Election Officer at following address: Mrs. Seethalakshmi Chinnappa Election Officer, KALA Chrystal Meadows, 3556, Flast 2B Doopanahalli, 3rd Cross HAL II Stage, Bangalore-560038 Mobile: 9845042582 Residence: 25281815 Email:slc@indegene.com slc33in(a)yahoo.co.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Sci F & Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html -- 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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MathMLVersion 3.0 Draft Published
by noufal palliparamban 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Hello: The Math Working Group of W3C has published a Working Draft of Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 3.0. This is the third draft of MathML, an XML application for describing mathematical notation and capturing both its structure and content. The goal of MathML is to enable mathematics to be served, received, and processed on the World Wide Web, just as HTML has enabled this functionality for text. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Noufal.PP Assistant Librarian XLRI, Jamshedpur -------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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