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Reading habits of Students
by Chitra Prakash Rao 01 May '08

01 May '08

Hi ; To best showcase your Jpurnals and to promote reading habits in users one must always go out to them and not expect them to come to you. first suggestion would be to find out what chapters of books or course is taught and display those books ot make detailed chapter wise bibliographies and put it up on the Library Notice boards.. Second go out to the teachers and students and interact with them ask if they have got all the material they want to study. Have them see the recent magazines and books. Slowly and steadily introduce them to what you have in Library Start a Book Awareness Club where the top ten books recieved in that week/ month are talked about or written. Ensure magazine articles are displayed for all to see. If they do not come to the Library Put it in a place they can see. For BE courses your interaction with the teachers and showing them what is availbale will improve the reading habits of students ie. awareness of what is availble in their Libraries. As they depend on teachers references a lot. Thirdly we all have to make the maximum effort to break this barrier in the initial stages only later on word of mounth from batch to batch will automatically advertise your collection. Last but not the least we have to accept that they have made their own arrangements either from Friends and Book-stores and have organised their reading materials themselves. In which case getting a vendor to sell at your campus at the beginning of the year with more discounts as books will be purchased in Bulk will endear you to them and they will approach you in future if they want any urther information..Try always to be among them and not away where their needs are concerned. best wishes and welcome to the real word of Library management Chitra Rao Library and Information officer NITIE Mumbai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information/Library Assistant
by ACHAR S 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Dear All, Upcoming National Business School which is Associated with International Business School in JP Nagar(Bangalore) requires Information/Library Assistant. Active,Smart fresh/apprentice trained diploma candidates(female) willing to work in a challenging environment. Preferably candidates should be in & around JP nagar, Bangalore.Six Months to One year probationary period followed by confirmation. Contact:Achar, Consultant; cell:9449340789 Send your Resumae along with photo to: Achar, c/o Shanthakumar, "Vasanthakrupa", #163, Thalagattapura Post, Kanakapura Road, Bangalore-560062 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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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LIS research in India- response from LIS professionals is encouraging.
by Manjunath K 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Dear LIS Professionals, (sorry for cross posting--- if already responded please ignore this) Recently I had posted a small questionnaire to our e-forums for compiling directory of LIS doctoral research. The response is encouraging.. Seventy members have already responded to the questionnaire. I request full cooperation from LIS Teachers and Practioners with PhD degree to compile the comprehensive directory. My desire is to complete the task as early as possible so that our professionals get benefited. If you have not yet responded, please spare just five minutes to open the following survey and provide the information. It will take just two-three minutes to fill the questionnaire. http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pGIJhUehDUUas09WOeerUfQ&emai l=true If you cannot open the link, please copy and paste the link on your web browser. If you have already responded... Thank you very much for the cooperation. I have extracted data from inflibnet, Vidyanidhi and University news. Anticipating your full cooperation I am hoping of completing the task by this June end. I will post the cumulated directory on our e-forums for the benefit of our professionals. I need your cooperation. With regards, Dr. Manjunatha K Librarian TAPMI, Manipal - 576 104 Karnataka, Ph: 0820-2573551, Email: manjunath(a)mail.tapmi.org <mailto:manjunath@mail.tapmi.org> ; manju_tapmi(a)yahoo.com <mailto:manju_tapmi@yahoo.com> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job posting - CMC Vellore
by Vasumathi Sriganesh 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Dear library professionals (Apologies for the Cross posting - if you are getting multiple copies of this mail by subscribing to all lists) I have a request from a friend at CMC Vellore to spread a message about this vacancy. ------------------------------------------------ Wanted by the Prof. BV Moses & ICMR Advanced Centre for Research and Training in Evidence Based Health Care, ('ICMR Centre for Advanced Research in Evidence Based Health Care':) Carman Block, Christian Medical College, Bagayam, Vellore, for a 5 year project: SACN 1: Information Specialist / Electronic Resource Librarian (Research Scientist- non-medical): Qualifications: M.L.I.Sc., + One year PG Diploma in Library Automation and Networking and or equivalent and Appropriate Experience in e-resource management. Salary: Consolidated Rs. 25,000 per month; (as per ICMR scales). Accommodation not provided. Job requirements include: Compiling and Maintaining a register of clinical trials conducted in India and other countries in South Asia; maintenance of the South Asian Cochrane Network website (www.cochrane-sacn.org) and institutional research website; teaching health professionals to use PubMed, The Cochrane Library, other health data repositories, how to run searches, how to use reference manager software, etc.; conducting research on publication and dissemination issues Only candidates with proficiency in English and required qualifications and skills need apply. Please send your application by email to paul_signet(a)hotmail.com --------------------------------------------- Regards Vasumathi Sriganesh CEO, QMed Knowledge Foundation A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India Tel: 91-22-40054474 / 75 Fax: 91-22-40054358 Web: www.qmedkf.org.in Indian Medical Sites- www.indianmedicalsites.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 2007 Annual Edition
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 2007 Annual Edition is now available from Digital Scholarship: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/annual.htm Annual editions of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography are PDF files designed for printing. Each annual edition is based on the last HTML version published during the edition's year. The SEPB 2007 Annual Edition is based on Version 70 (12/18/2007). The printed bibliography is over 260 pages long. The PDF file is over 1 MB. In addition to updated URLs, hundreds of additional URLs have been added to the SEPB 2007 Annual Edition. (The additional URLs will be added to Version 72 of the SEPB HTML edition.) The bibliography has the following sections: Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History 2.2 General Works 2.3 Library Issues 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History 3.2 Critiques 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals 3.4 General Works 3.5 Library Issues 3.6 Research 4 General Works 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights 5.2 License Agreements 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata 6.2 Digital Libraries 6.3 General Works 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation 7 New Publishing Models 8 Publisher Issues 8.1 Digital Rights Management 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI Appendix A. Related Bibliographies Appendix B. About the Author New versions of SEPB are announced on DigitalKoans: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/ RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DigitalKoans For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital publications since my resignation from the University of Houston Libraries, see: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/dsoverview.htm -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ DigitalKoans Open Access Bibliography Open Access Webliography Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Promotional Avenues for Professional Assistant
by ANIL SINGH 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Dear Professional Colleagues, Is there any promotional avenues (ACP or time bound Scale) for Professional Assistants in any university in India. If any scheme exists, please inform. DLDI, NCERT New Delhi - 110016 E-mail: rathoreas(a)hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Technology : Catch up on updates on the latest Gadgets, Reviews, Gaming and Tips to use technology etc. http://computing.in.msn.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Some query regarding DDC number
by Jaipal Singh Sisodia 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Dear professionals I would like to know some of the following Title's DDC number. 1. Library and Information Science School of Australia 2. Dictionary of Hindu Rights and Ceremonies 3. Joint selection committe of Indian Parliament 4. Social Status of Bangladesh in Bengal 5. History of Newspaper and Journalism in India 6. Monetary Policy of India 7. Radiological Diagnosis of Gastric Ulcer 8. Termite Pests of Sugar cane crops 9. Cricket coaching 10.Sanskrit Reader for English speaking people 11. Physical Diagnosis of skin diseases of sheeps 12.Aptitute test for Classical Dancing 13. Economic conditions in India during Ashoka period 14. Teachinh methods for mathematics in elementary schools 15. Bone tuberclosis of horse Please help in this regards, as this information required for my research work. with regards -- Jaipal Singh Sisodia Librarian Institute of Technology and Science G.T. Raod Mohan Nagar Ghaziabab-201007 -- 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 habits
by T. Shahab 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

"Librarians work for the mankind"? Forgive me to sound churlish. This textbook comments appear me like rubbing salt to every practicing librarians' open wound. Librarains in the real work situation in most of the institutions in our counrty-whether public or private-have no larger profile than submitting with all docility at their command to the directives or sweet wishes or whims of the governing committee/Principal/Professors/Directors/Vice-Chancellors, etc. I haven't come across any Public or Academic librarian who feel empowered enough to acquire books with a view to cultivating best "Value system", without being in perpetual trepidation of having her/his choices being qestioned. Librarians in our contry may become effective instrunments in the development of an Information literate society provided the significance of libraries as an agent of social transformation is understood by those who are holding the reins of authority and power. Moreover, while seized with the issue of "Information literacy" we should also think of the usefulness of the long forgotten techniques used in library extension services. The true literacy is not really course book based. It is to banish the darknness of ignorance from our minds and to enable us to acuire various forms of competencies that should empower us to be engaged in the contemporary society beneficially for all. Regards. TANWIR -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Sukhdev Singh Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 1:50 PM To: Smita Chandra; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Cc: binu david Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Promoting reading habits Are we just teachers? Or our responsibility goes beyond that? I thought, it just the teachers who "force" their "pupils" to learn whatever is prescribed in their syllabus. A teacher transfers a domain of knowledge to its pupils. S/he deals with one generation (25 years equals to a generation). Fine, I have no objection to this. It is his/her duty. The roles are well defined; the person standing in the class knows the best. Now there is something called social "value system". Conflicts between generations start from here. Call it "Generation Gap" if you like. Here the older generation always feel that their value system is better and more right than that of younger generation. The young feels just the opposite. I am with the younger generation. I feel the younger generation is always right because they know better. After all they are born after 25 years. During these 25 years, the sum total of mankind knowledge gets added up (Quiz - How many times?). And Technology? How much does it change in 25 years? While a teacher (not a researcher) merely transfers the existing known domain knowledge to its pupil, a librarian has more challenging task - s/he builds the knowledge base. S/he acquires the best knowledge produced and recorded; organizes; makes it findable and usable. Librarian does not work for a Generation. Librarian does not work for Money. Librarian does not subscribe to any particular Ideology. Librarian does not work for a particular Society or Community. Librarian WORKS FOR MANKIND. Libraries collectively form the MEMORY of MANKIND. Now coming to philosophy of Library Science. I wonder whether we all have grown beyond Ranganathan. More of us are talking in terms of THIRD LAW (Every Book Its Reader - the promotional aspect) while ignoring the SECOND LAW (Every Reader his/her Book - the collection development aspect). As already hinted in my previous mail, priority should be according to the order of the Laws. For me the FIRST LAW (Books are for use) comes first, so I talk of Open Access. Collection development comes second and promotion comes third. I am very happy that few of us actually pinpointed the root cause. It is the strict adhere to "numerical" and "magic numbers" prescribed by accrediting bodies. Recently, I was invited at CMC Vellore < http://www.cochrane-sacn.org/symposium2008/workshops.html > to chair a session. There I got an opportunity to look to one poster. It was co-authored by Dr. R. R. Pathak, Depratment of Pharmacology, C U Shah Medical College, Surendranagar GUJARAT - 363001 and Sheikh, Rizwan, the Senior Librarian there. I talked at length to Dr. Pathak during his poster presentation. His views are important to me. He is a PG Student of Pharmacology and a Library User. I requested a copy of the poster, which he sent me through email later (I can forward the same to whoever desires, or better if Rizwan is here and listening, I request him to make his presentation in lis-forum) What does this poster say? It bursts the MCI's Library Norms and Magic Numbers. He shows how a private college can fill up "magic numbers" with books and journals that students would never need. He goes ahead with high pitch, which I don't like to circulate over here. So you cannot have Second Law violated and then expect Librarian to operate the Third Law. So Build Your Collection to the Needs of your User. Don't impose your own Value - System on the User. User Knows the Best. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Smita Chandra <smitac_in(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Sorry am back once again... > > The problem indeed lies somewhere else. Reading habits do not evolve > over-night, but it is a long process having its roots in human beings > as kids. Curiosity will no doubt drive anyone to read anything of > his/her interest no matter where it is. But if we are talking of > 'reading' for the sake of inner development and a more mature level of > understanding and a mature society in-turn, then it is the whole wide > spectrum of 'reading habit' that comes into picture. There are n-book > clubs of different trusts/ organizations however there is a deficiency > of a library, librarian, a school library, a public library (pls lets > leave the BCL and USIS out of our 'Indian' list), or a library > association in India involved directly or indirectly in such a > process. (This bring to mind a question I have been pondering, is > there any association at all between the National Book Trust of India > and our libraries, lets say our National Library ?...pls can someone > clarify ? ) > > There are some public libraries in the US, that hand out gift baskets > containing books to 'expectant mothers' to read them out to their unborn ! > ..sounds familiar to our culture too...oh yes thats also Abhimanyu > from Mahabharat !!! So it is at THIS BASIC level that we have YET TO > BEGIN working towards. Else we are all aware of the parallel education > system in our country, of the rote system of learning in schools, of > ... are these the reason why school kids so shy away from their > library periods ? Is there any study between such dynamic relations > /interactions related also to school libraries / national association > in this ? If yes, then has that been out forward to the varied boards > on education set up time and again to bring reforms to the school > syllabus and learning methodology. We see examples here being pointed > from US, are people in such committees aware of the role a library has > in developing lets say 'reading habit' here ? Are there any librarians > or representatives of library associations ? What about the role of libraries in developing reading habits for the special kids ? > > > Regards, > > Smita-- > Smita Chandra > Librarian > Indian Institute of Geomagnetism > New Mumbai > > Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> wrote: > But aren't we trying to reinvent the Wheel? > > Let us go back to our science. > > Read and Understand the Second Law: > > Better Buy a Copy and keep it on your table. I don't have to tell you > the title. http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1220/ > > Also remember the Second Law comes Before Third Law. > > The problem lies somewhere else. Poor students!! Always at receiving end!!. > > One question? Who told them to read SMSes? > Second Question? Who told them to Google? > > Answer = IF SOMETHING IS USEFUL, IT WILL BE USED!! > > So if the Library collection is useful, it will be used. Put your > useful books in Seven Locks, people will still ask for it. Don't you > observe it daily in your library? > > Sorry, the problem lies somewhere else. > Do you still want to know the problem? > > > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Parinita Samant wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > This could be a very interesting point for discussion, as promoting > > reading habits will always be an important topic for all librarians. > > > > Could we professionals work together on this forum and try to list > > out all possibilities for increased readership in libraries? > > > > Thanks & Regards > > > > Parinita Samant > > Hexaware Technologies Ltd > > Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 > > > > 67919595 - Xt- 9707 > > "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that > > is all" -Oscar Wilde > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of binu > > david > > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:13 PM > > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > > > > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Promoting reading habits > > > > 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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > ***************************************************** > > This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and > confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the > > use of the recipients named above. 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REQUIRED TRAINEE APPRENTICE AT BRITISH LIBRARY, BANGALORE - URGENT
by Banda Shankar 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

British Library, Bangalore invites applications for one year apprenticeship programme. Selected candidates will be paid a consolidated stipend of Rs.7, 000/- per month. Qualification required 1. MLISc or equivalent (completed only) Eligible candidates can send their resume to bl.bangalore(a)in.britishcouncil.org or Manager BritishLibrary Prestige Takt 23, Kasturba Road Cross Bangalore– 560001 Tel: +91-80-22489220 Fax: +91-80-22240767 Number of vacancies - 2 Last date for receiving applications: 03/05/2008 Short listed candidates will be intimated by 05/05/2008 Date of Interview: 06/05/2008 10.30 AM at above address No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview. Please bring all your certificates in original supporting your educational qualification and proof of age. Manager British Library ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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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Required LIS professionals
by Mallikarjun K 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Dear Moderator, Please post this information in the LIS-Forum. Thank you. We are looking for young LIS professionals (Male Candidates only) with Very good communication skill, preferably residents of Bangalore, to work in Bangalore Management Academy. Qualifications: MLISc or BLISc with minimum of 50% marks. Remuneration: Depending on qualifications and Experience. Those interested may please send their resume with Photograph, To: prakash(a)bmaindia.com or prakash_inp(a)yahoo.com -- *Mallikarjun M Kappi *Asst.Librarian-Knowledge Centre #17, Ashirwad Towers, Doddanekkundi Cross, Mahadevapura Ring Road, Maratahalli Post, Bangalore - 560 037 E-mail: mkmallikarjun(a)gmail.com Mallikarjun(a)bmaindia.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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