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Reporting IASLIC Conference 2007
by Mailing List Admin 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 10:55:49 +0530 From: T. Shahab <tshahab(a)jamiahamdard.ac.in> Dear friends As a participant and non-official spokesperson, I like your valuable attention to the following reportage. The 26th All India annual IASLIC conference was held from 26-29 December at the University auditorium of the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), a central University located in south Delhi. The theme of this year conference was "DIGITAL MEDIA AND LIBRARY INFORMATION SERVICES". Over 200 delegates participated from all over the country hailing from various universities and private institutions. Of them, them two were foreign representatives one each belonging to Pakistan and Bangladesh. The opening cermoney started with the recital of verses from the Holy Quran exhorting the mankind to read and research what he doesn't know. Later the JMI musical club presented the beautiful Jamia tarana. Prof. Mushiru Hasan, the vice-chancellor of JMI and Prof. Abdul Aziz, the vice-chancellor of AMU as the chief guiest graced the inaugural function. Whereas, Prof. Hasan drew the attention of the gathered librarians and information professionals to the importance of human factor in making the library professionals successfully deliver the information related needs of the users, the chief guest layed stress on the role of the librarians in meeting the challanges of information literacy; he also advocated the Kerala model where public libraries became the hub centres of information collections & disseminations; he also stressed the significance of digital conversion of the valuable unrecorded information sources so that posterity may benefit from it.The inaugural session came to a close with the singing of the national song Jana Gana.The 2nd. day plenary session received the thought provoking talk on significance of digital identity and the role of librarian in making information delivery sound and secure through digitisation; it was delivered by retd, Prof Syed Ismail Ahson from the dept. of Computer science, JMI. The day third plenary session started with a lively talk on practices in digitisation by Mr. Shukla from the CDAC centre NOIDA. The concluding day plenary session opened with the very informative talk delivered by Dr. Moni, Dy. Director General NIC.His talk was delivered in the backdrop of the Knowledge commision report on the significant role of libraries in bridging the digital divide as well as fulfilling the task of inclusive growth before the nation. Now on the fillip side. Whereas a record more than 100 academic papers touching the subject under discussion were repotedly received by the organisers only 75 out of these could be selected for publication in the IASLIC proceeding. Moreover, only 25 were actually read out during the conference. The level of discussions was mostly medicore. The responses from the scholars to the queries and supplementaries from the audience were at best half hearted. Regards. Shahab

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Mysore University Library Website
by T. Shahab 01 Jan '08

01 Jan '08

Yours is a welcome initiative. By putting our library resources as well as other relevant information sources on the knowledge portal we can act as a window through which users near and far can benefit. This shall aid the open access movement towards knowledge creation and dissemination. We at Hamdard University, New Delhi have also put a step forward in that direction. Our library portal and the various web pages linked to it can be viewed at: www.jamiahamdard.ac.in/LibrayInformationSystem Regards. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Mailing List Admin Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 1:15 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Mysore University Library Website Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:13:51 +0530 From: madaiah krishnamurthy <mkrishna_murthy(a)hotmail.com> Dear Professional Friends, Best wishes for New Year. On behalf of University Librarian and Staff of Mysore University Library, I am happy to inform you that, we have launched our Library Website on the Internet. You may access the same through the following URL:http://mul.uni-mysore.ac.in Most of the links, like online journals, open access are connected. One can also access the UGC-Info net online access journals. Prof P.Ishwar Bhat, Acting Vice Chancellor Inaugurated the virtual Zone, and he said "It is a big leap by the University library for having launched its own website. Students, research scholars and lecturers will be benefited through this website", he was speaking after inaugurating the virtual zone of Mysore University Library. The launch of this website will help many students in their research, information gathered such websites will be of great use to the students and the teaching faculty. Students should use more the facility in their endeavor towards success", he added. On this occasion the University library website was inaugurated by journalist, Rajashekar Koti. Inaugurating the website, he said, "The Library is like a brain to any university or institution. University grant commission has been granting crores for the development of libraries in various universities".Mysore University Registrar B.G .Hosmat, I.F.S, launched the Data Base and University Finance Officer M.K.Sannaswamy released the "Outline of Library Website and Database" on this occasion. Your suggestions are most valuable to us. Thanking You, Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc., PhD. University Librarian University of Mysore Manasagangothri, Mysore 570006 Ph: 91-0821-2514808/2419388 Fax: 91-0821-2419335 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, 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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Invitation for Seminar on IT & IL and Opening of UNESCO-SALIS e-Learning Portal on Awareness Raising on Information Literacy for Southern Asia
by Arunachalam Hariharan 01 Jan '08

01 Jan '08

Dear Professional Colleagues and Friends, Wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2008 You are cordially invited for the Inaugural Function of the State Level Seminar on Information Technology and Information Literacy for School Librarians On 5th (Saturday) Jan 2008 at 10.00 A.M at Connemara Public Library By Padmashree Dr. Nalli Kuppusamy Chetty And Opening of UNESCO-SALIS e-Learning Portal for Awareness Raising on Information Literacy Competency Skill Development for Southern Asia By Thiru A.Natarajan, Former Director, Doordarshan, Chennai On 10th Jan 2008 at 10.30 A.M And Distribution of Cash Awards for the Winners of (Corporation School Children) the Speech Competition on âLibrary â a Self Learning Centreâ High Tea: 11.00 A.M The Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS), Chennai & Connemara Public Library, Chennai --------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr. G. Krishnamoorthy, University Librarian, Anna University, Chennai
by sankaran arumugam 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

Dear All, Our friend Dr. G. Krishnamoorthy has taken charge as University Librarian of Anna University (Chennai), one of the leading Technical University in India on Dec. 20, 2007. Earlier, he was the Deputy Librarian of The Tamil Nadu MGR Medical University, Chennai, taking care of the Virtual Library, digitization, etc. He has done his research work under the guidance of Dr. A. Amudhavalli, Prof. & Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras. Dr. Krishnamoorthy has nearly 20 years experience in LIS field. He is an active member of several associations, and also former Treasurer of Madras Library Association. Let us wish him all success in his new job. WISH YOU ALL 'HAPPY NEW YEAR' Sankaran A --------------------------------- 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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The Hindu News paper highlights Mysore University Library
by Mailing List Admin 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:52:43 +0530 From: madaiah krishnamurthy <mkrishna_murthy(a)hotmail.com> Dear Friends, The Hindu News paper highlights the Mysore University Library Website. You can access this information from the URL: http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/19/stories/2007121952619300.htm With Regards, M.Krishnamurthy Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc., PhD. University Librarian University of Mysore Manasagangothri, Mysore 570006 Ph: 91-0821-2514808/2419388 Fax: 91-0821-2419335

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save british libraries
by thushanth tl 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

*Save British council libraries* ** ** British council has decided to close British libraries at Bhopal and Trivandrum by the end of February, 2008. It is shocking news for the library patrons. They have asked employees to take VRS or transfer. If this trend continues it will affect British libraries all over India. As library professionals we must do something to stop it. I invite every one in the forum to have a discussion on it and suggest some ways to stop it. Please sign the petition at the below link http://www.petitiononline.com/bcl64lib/petition.html Below are the links to some news regarding the closure http://www.ibnlive.com/news/shutters-to-fall-for-british-councils-libraries… http://www.saharasamay.com/samayhtml/articles.aspx?newsid=91074 http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/004200712181710.htm http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/24/stories/2007122454720300.htm Please visit the following websites http://www.saveourbritishlibrary.org/ http://savebclbhopal.blogspot.com/ Thushanth T L Librarian ICFAI Trivandrum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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eGranthalaya Ver 3.0 Workshop , 9-11 January 2008 at NIC Bangalore
by Veena 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

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Mysore University Library Website
by Mailing List Admin 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:13:51 +0530 From: madaiah krishnamurthy <mkrishna_murthy(a)hotmail.com> Dear Professional Friends, Best wishes for New Year. On behalf of University Librarian and Staff of Mysore University Library, I am happy to inform you that, we have launched our Library Website on the Internet. You may access the same through the following URL:http://mul.uni-mysore.ac.in Most of the links, like online journals, open access are connected. One can also access the UGC-Info net online access journals. Prof P.Ishwar Bhat, Acting Vice Chancellor Inaugurated the virtual Zone, and he said "It is a big leap by the University library for having launched its own website. Students, research scholars and lecturers will be benefited through this website", he was speaking after inaugurating the virtual zone of Mysore University Library. The launch of this website will help many students in their research, information gathered such websites will be of great use to the students and the teaching faculty. Students should use more the facility in their endeavor towards success�, he added. On this occasion the University library website was inaugurated by journalist, Rajashekar Koti. Inaugurating the website, he said, "The Library is like a brain to any university or institution. University grant commission has been granting crores for the development of libraries in various universities".Mysore University Registrar B.G .Hosmat, I.F.S, launched the Data Base and University Finance Officer M.K.Sannaswamy released the "Outline of Library Website and Database" on this occasion. Your suggestions are most valuable to us. Thanking You, Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc., PhD. University Librarian University of Mysore Manasagangothri, Mysore 570006 Ph: 91-0821-2514808/2419388 Fax: 91-0821-2419335

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What is the status of Children Libraries in India?
by Aman Jha 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

Dear Forum Members I am writing a status paper on Children Libraries in India. Grateful if you could provide me useful information (statistics, legal status, NGOs/private initiatives, central/state govt. initiatives, public library status) on this. Regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry 249-F, Sector 18, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Gurgaon - 122 015, Haryana Tel: 91-124-4014060-67 Fax: 91-124-4014080 Reach us via our Membership Helpline (Monday-Saturday: 0900-1715 hrs). Dial: +91-11-43546244 / 9910446244 DISCLAIMER:The information in this message may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any information in this message that does not relate to official business shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry. Reach us via our unique Membership Helpline: 00-91-11-435 46244 / 00-99104 46244 (Monday-Saturday: 0900-1700 hrs) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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World newspapers just at the touch of a button
by Mukesh Anand 29 Dec '07

29 Dec '07

Dear Members', World newspapers just at the touch of a button / Kannal Achuthan (A satellite newspaper kiosk is a fully automated unit that receives the latest editions via satellite transmission) CHENNAI: International tourists and frequent business travellers who seek the familiarity of reading their hometown newspapers in print can now do so right in Chennai. Thanks to satellite technology, about 200 newspapers from 55 countries in 32 languages are available at the touch of a button on a vending kiosk. "At present, our main customers are star hotels who buy foreign newspapers for their guests," said K. Ramasundaram, a resident of Chetpet, who runs the enterprise. The technology is offered by a Dutch firm. How it works A satellite newspaper kiosk is a fully automated unit that receives the latest editions of a network of newspapers via satellite transmission. A copy is printed on demand. Some of the newspapers in the network include USA Today (USA), The Observer (UK), Die Welt (Germany), Le Monde (France), El Pais (Spain) and Komsomolskaya Pravda (Russia) and Sports Nippon (Japan). "The price is about $ 5 (Rs. 240) a copy. The vending machine prints the copy within three minutes of a customer's request," said Mr. Ramasundaram. The copies are tabloid-sized and available in black-and-white format. Colour printing is to be soon available. Mr. Ramasundaram said his regular customers including Swiss guests residing in the Taj liked to read the print versions of newspapers from their countries on the same day of publication. Once the idea becomes popular, the vending machines can be installed in malls, airports and other public places where customers can print their own copies and pay by credit card, Mr. Ramasundaram said. The satellite newspaper service in Chennai can be reached at 28363447. Online Access :- http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007122858120300.h… Print Access :-The Hindu dated 28th Dec., ' 07 (Friday) Page # 3 (Chennai City Edition) Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Indian Railways Officers' Training College 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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