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National Workshop on Preserving Our Scientific Heritage - Dr. Vagiswari
by vagiiap＠iiap.res.in 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Dear All, The Indian Institute of Astrophysics, the Indian Institute of Science and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research are joining together to organize a National Workshop on Preserving Our Scientific Heritage on January 21 22, 2008, at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. (Refer to our earlier mail dated 13th September 2007) The objective is to create an awareness of the importance of historical scientific materials available in several organizations in the country, which need special care and use. The librarians, archivists and policy makers will come together during the workshop, to discuss plan and set up archives within their organizations. We welcome participation from librarians, archivists, scientists and students who are already working in archives and also those who have interest in this area. For more details on the workshop kindly visit our homepage: http://www.iiap.res.in/archives Contact: Dr. Christina Birdie, Convener, E-mail: chris(a)iiap.res.in Dr. A. Vagiswari Member, Scientific Organizing Committee E-mail: vagiiap(a)iiap.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Licenses
by shriram pandey 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Hello List, This article published by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is an extract from a draft of Chapter 6 'Open licences' of Copyright for authors, educators and librarians. It was written by Julien Hofman and Paul West. From the introduction: "An open licence, as used in this chapter, is a neutral expression for a licence from a copyright holder allowing anyone to use the copyright material subject to the conditions in the licence. There are many different open licences, some for computer software and some for other forms of copyright material. Each has its own terms, conditions and technical vocabulary and their supporters do not always agree with one another. Some, disliking the business practices of commercial software suppliers and publishing houses, want to replace copyright with open licences. Some want to allow anyone to profit from the work of others without even telling them they are doing this. ." Please read the full article online. at http://www.col.org/colweb/site/cache/offonce/pid/4765 Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore -- 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] Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information andchange' at MyDLIS
by T. Shahab 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Quite interesting discussion1 Myself was once a while working for the Library/Information centre in the Times of India newspaper at Patna (Bihar). I found the job very interesting and hectic. We used to keep index files on various local, national and international issues as well photo shots of different personalities and episodes like a situation of flood, a devastation brought by eathquake,accidental fire, etc.Often during election times, besides the editorial staff, I was supposed to be available in person to let them have materals on the character of a constituency. Sometimes, the editorial dept. would put a telephone call to my residence in nights to let them know how then can locate back year information on a particular case. I also used to interact with the editor as well as. Truly, it said that people in the press keep ready obituary materials in advance so that they can reach first with full coverage to the public.The traffic of users was always heavy. I don't know on what premise the students of journalism are calling the art & science of Libray business 'no more required' as already thigns are available on the net. We librarians are not internet shy. We quite well know the quantity & quality of materials available there. Regards. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of N.S. Harinarayana Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 12:48 PM To: LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information andchange' at MyDLIS Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information and change' : A report On Friday, November 16, 2007, Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore organised an interactive discussion programme, first of its kind in the university campus, with the students and faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication on an interesting topic "Information and Change". Dr. Niranjana, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication along with Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science moderated the discussion. Dr. Niranjana in his introductory remarks appreciated the Department of Library and Information Science and MULISSA for taking this initiative which would foster the mutual relationships. He said that library science and journalism disciplines and their respective professions complement each other like hardware and software in a computer system. The discussion was started with preamble laid by two students, one from each department. In their talk they narrated the role of information in their profession and the changes that both the professions are undergoing. Dr. Niranjana's comment that "Libraries are no more required as the number of users have diminished drastically" triggered a spirited discussion. One student from Journalism trying to reason out the comment said that when the information is easily available on Internet, libraries would become redundant. Moreover the lack of service and good quality collection in the libraries add to the problem, he said. Library Science students, found little offended by the comments, said that librarians alone can not be blamed for the situation. Moreover, the concept of libraries is changing from "four wall libraries" to "Wall less libraries". One student rationally argued, by citing the 10 reasons given by American Library Association, why Internet can't substitute a library. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, who spoke in the mid of the discussion, said that libraries are under the tremendous influence of information and communication technologies. They have seen a paradigm shift in their approach to serve the users. While speaking on their turn, the library science students explained the changes in the profession by discussing interesting issues like "Content Vs. Container", "Access Vs Ownership", "Myths of digital libraries", "Knowledge commission and libraries" etc. Participants from Journalism also talked about media's role in acting as a catalyst to propel the change and impact on change in information society and emergence of e-papers. Dr. Niranjana concluded the discussion by stating that both media and libraries work on the principle of dissemination of information to the society, Both together play an important role in shaping the society. Dr. M. Chandrashekara and Dr. N.S. Harinarayana also participated in the discussion. For more information on MULISSA's activities please visit the blog http://mulissa.blogspot.com/ -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Faculty Advisor for MULISSA Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. 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Open science
by Subbiah Arunachalam 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Friends: I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just stumbled upon this presentation: "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities?" http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html Best wishes. Arun ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control and more space for those important e-mails. http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICIKM 2008
by Mailing List Admin 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:31:29 -0800 (PST) From: Pijushkanti Panigrahi <panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com> ICIKM 2008 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management March 24-29 , 2008, Kathmandu, Nepal ICIKM 2008 is to bridge the knowledge gaps between the developing and the developed countries in the field of information and knowledge management, and the conference will aim to strengthen the academic collaboration and strategic alliances in the development of information and knowledge management across the world in digital form. The conference will provide an international forum for sharing of information, experiences and ideas among researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers from a variety of disciplines such as Library and Information Science, Computer Science, Archival and Museum studies and Knowledge Management. Theme : Information and Knowledge Management in a Connected World: A Challenge for the Developing Countries For early Bird Registration Visit Website : http://www.icikm-2008.com.np Call for Papers Full and short papers will be included in the conference proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Papers must be in English with a limit of 10 pages (approximately 5000 words) for full papers and 2 pages for short papers. All papers must be original contributions (i.e., not have been previously published or currently under review for publication elsewhere). All contributions are to be submitted in electronic form via the ICIKM-2008 submission web page, following ACM format guidelines and using the ACM template. .For Submitting Abstract, follow the Abstract Submission Guidelines Preferred submission formats are PDF or Microsoft Word. Full and short papers are due Feb 29, 2008. For more information, contact Dr. Mohan Raj Pradhan at mpradhan(a)healthnet.org.np. For Questions or comments Contact info(a)icikm-2008.com.np. Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Reader, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. Secretary, Education Division, IASLIC; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-700 054

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Celebration of National Library Week
by srels 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore ............ Dear Friends, LAXMINARAYANA CHADAGA MEMORIAL CHARITABLE TRUST(R) "Adarsha" No. 307, 2nd Block, 17th Cross, R.T. Nagar, bangalore 560 032 TARALABALU KENDRA 3rd Main Road, 2nd Block, R.T. Nagar, Bangalore 32 LIONS CLUB OF BANGALORE R.T. NAGAR Bangalore 32 SHIVARAMA KARANTHA VEDIKE (R) R.T. Nagar, Bangalore 32 CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK (14-11-2007 to 20-11-2007) Valedictory Function Date: 20-11-2007 (Tuesday) Time: 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Inauguration: Lion P.S. Venkatachalam District Governer - District 324 - D6 Chief Guest: Dr. K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Venue: Main Auditorium of Tarala Balu Kendra 3rd Main, 2nd Block, R.T. Nagar, Bangalore 560 032 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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HOW TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS YOU HAVEN'T READ
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

I hate to forward a post from another group in full. This is an exception. If you an avid reader, this review (or the reviewed book) may interest you. It is also of interest to librarians who are "about" persons (- the librarian is interested only what a book is all about and he is not interested in knowing the actual contents per-se). Vyasamoorthy ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: goodbookz <openoffizz(a)yahoo.co.uk> Date: Nov 11, 2007 9:07 AM Subject: [goodbookz] HOW TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS YOU HAVEN'T READ To: gb <goodbookz(a)yahoogroups.com> HOW TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS YOU HAVEN'T READ By Pierre Bayard. Translated by Jeffrey Mehlman. 185 pp. Bloomsbury. $19.95. Faking It By JAY McINERNEY Published: November 11, 2007 Carrying this book around recently I've caught more than a little flak, not least from my kids, who once thought of me as a literary intellectual, or at the very least as a guy who espoused the virtues of reading. Hey, really, I told them - as well as my wife and the guy sitting next to me on the subway - no kidding, it's a serious book, written by a professor of literature who's also a psychoanalyst. A French professor/shrink, no less, who's written books on Proust, Maupassant, Balzac, Laclos and Stendhal, among other canonical heavyweights. So lay off. It seems hard to believe that a book called "How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read" would hit the best-seller lists in France, where books are still regarded as sacred objects and the writer occupies a social position somewhere between the priest and the rock star. The ostensible anti-intellectualism of the title seems more Anglo-Saxon than Gallic, an impression reinforced by the epigram from Oscar Wilde: "I never read a book I must review; it prejudices you so." Bayard's critique of reading involves practical and theoretical as well as social considerations, and at times it seems like a tongue-in-cheek example of reader-response criticism, which emphasizes the reader's role in creating meaning. He wants to show us how much we lie about the way we read, to ourselves as well as to others, and to assuage our guilt about the way we actually read and talk about books. "I know few areas of private life, with the exception of finance and sex, in which it's as difficult to obtain accurate information," he writes. There are many ways of relating to books that are not acknowledged in educated company, including skimming, skipping, forgetting and glancing at covers. Bayard's hero in this enterprise is the librarian in Robert Musil's "Man Without Qualities" (a book I seem to recall having read halfway through, and Bayard claims to have skimmed), custodian of millions of volumes in the country of Kakania. He explains to a general seeking cultural literacy his own scheme for mastery of this vast, nearly infinite realm: "If you want to know how I know about every book here, I can tell you! Because I never read any of them." If he were to get caught up in the particulars of a few books, the librarian implies, he would lose sight of the bigger picture, which is the relation of the books to one another - the system we call cultural literacy, which forms our collective library. "As cultivated people know," Bayard tells us, "culture is above all a matter of orientation. Being cultivated is a matter of not having read any book in particular, but of being able to find your bearings within books as a system, which requires you to know that they form a system and to be able to locate each element in relation to the others." Musil's librarian is a purist, but a perusal of the reviews in this and other publications would probably yield, if only we had the proper instruments, many less extreme examples of literate nonreading. Book reviewers generally imply that they have read the entire oeuvre of the author under discussion, as well as those of his peers, and I have no doubt they will continue to do so. You'd think Nicholson Baker's "U and I" (a short book I read in its entirety), in which the younger novelist writes a kind of critique of John Updike based on his admittedly fragmentary and incomplete reading, would have cured us of the omniscient stance in book reviewing. But I don't see many phrases like "From what I've read about 'Moby-Dick ..." or "the part of 'Finnegans Wake' that I tried to read ..." in the review pages. Bayard, though, regards such disclaimers as understood. He doesn't blame us for fudging, and he doesn't want us to blame ourselves. He proposes, and employs, a new set of scholarly abbreviations to go along with op. cit. and ibid.: UB: book unknown to me; SB: book I have skimmed; HB: book I have heard about; and FB: book I have forgotten. For Bayard, who is well served by Jeffrey Mehlman's fluid and elegant translation, skimming and sampling are two of the most common forms of reading behavior, particularly with regard to Proust. Paul Valéry, in his funerary tribute in La Nouvelle Revue Française, makes a virtue out of his admittedly sketchy knowledge of Proust by claiming: "The interest of the book lies in each fragment. We can open the book wherever we choose." Bayard defends skimming as a mode of reading. "The fertility of this mode of discovery markedly unsettles the difference between reading and nonreading, or even the idea of reading at all. ... It appears that most often, at least for the books that are central to our particular culture, our behavior inhabits some intermediate territory, to the point that it becomes difficult to judge whether we have read them or not." Lest the reader, or the nonreader, think that Bayard underestimates the power of reading, he proposes that we are all essentially literary constructs, defined by our own inner libraries: the books we've read, skimmed and heard about. "We are the sum of these accumulated books," he writes. (And make no mistake about it, this prof is far more literate and widely read than he pretends to be.) After anatomizing the different types of nonreading, Bayard addresses the social implications in a section called "Literary Confrontations." I commend his advice for meeting an author and being forced to say something about his or her new book: "Praise it without going into detail." The funniest section in the book describes the encounter between the anthropologist Laura Bohannan and an African tribe, the Tiv, whom she has been living among. She tries to read "Hamlet" to them in the hopes of demonstrating the universality of the story, but the way in which the tribe rejects those parts of the tale that don't square with their own cultural traditions - they don't believe in ghosts, for instance - renders the attempt ludicrous. Bayard proposes the term "inner book" to designate "the set of mythic representations, be they collective or individual, that come between the reader and any new piece of writing, shaping his reading without his realizing it." This notion coincides with Stanley Fish's concept of "interpretive communities" of readers, although Bayard's own inner book may be more indebted to home-team text destabilizers like Derrida and Lacan. Indeed, Bayard sounds more French in the later pages as he employs phrases like "consensual space" and dissolves the boundaries and false oppositions between reader and writer and book into one big sloppy pool of écriture. To what end? Bayard finally reveals his diabolical intent: he claims that talking about books you haven't read is "an authentic creative activity." As a teacher of literature, he seems to believe that his ultimate goal is to encourage creativity. "All education," he writes, "should strive to help those receiving it to gain enough freedom in relation to works of art to themselves become writers and artists." It's a charming but ultimately terrifying prospect - a world full of writers and artists. In Bayard's nonreading utopia the printing press would never have been invented, let alone penicillin or the MacBook. I seriously doubt that pretending to have read this book will boost your creativity. On the other hand, reading it may remind you why you love reading. Jay McInerney's most recent books are "The Good Life," a novel, and "A Hedonist in the Cellar: Adventures in Wine." ================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information and change' at MyDLIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 17 Nov '07

17 Nov '07

Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information and change' : A report On Friday, November 16, 2007, Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore organised an interactive discussion programme, first of its kind in the university campus, with the students and faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication on an interesting topic "Information and Change". Dr. Niranjana, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication along with Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science moderated the discussion. Dr. Niranjana in his introductory remarks appreciated the Department of Library and Information Science and MULISSA for taking this initiative which would foster the mutual relationships. He said that library science and journalism disciplines and their respective professions complement each other like hardware and software in a computer system. The discussion was started with preamble laid by two students, one from each department. In their talk they narrated the role of information in their profession and the changes that both the professions are undergoing. Dr. Niranjana's comment that "Libraries are no more required as the number of users have diminished drastically" triggered a spirited discussion. One student from Journalism trying to reason out the comment said that when the information is easily available on Internet, libraries would become redundant. Moreover the lack of service and good quality collection in the libraries add to the problem, he said. Library Science students, found little offended by the comments, said that librarians alone can not be blamed for the situation. Moreover, the concept of libraries is changing from "four wall libraries" to "Wall less libraries". One student rationally argued, by citing the 10 reasons given by American Library Association, why Internet can't substitute a library. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, who spoke in the mid of the discussion, said that libraries are under the tremendous influence of information and communication technologies. They have seen a paradigm shift in their approach to serve the users. While speaking on their turn, the library science students explained the changes in the profession by discussing interesting issues like "Content Vs. Container", "Access Vs Ownership", "Myths of digital libraries", "Knowledge commission and libraries" etc. Participants from Journalism also talked about media's role in acting as a catalyst to propel the change and impact on change in information society and emergence of e-papers. Dr. Niranjana concluded the discussion by stating that both media and libraries work on the principle of dissemination of information to the society, Both together play an important role in shaping the society. Dr. M. Chandrashekara and Dr. N.S. Harinarayana also participated in the discussion. For more information on MULISSA's activities please visit the blog http://mulissa.blogspot.com/ -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Faculty Advisor for MULISSA Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Text book reprinted
by Jai Haravu 17 Nov '07

17 Nov '07

Dear Members I had many requests for a copy of my book Library Automation: Design, Principles and Practice published in 2005 by Allied Publishers. The first imprint was sold out and now Allied Publishers has reprinted the book. Interested professionals may like to get in touch with Allied Publishers in Hyderabad or other cities where Allied has an office. Thanks. Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Talk on Libraries as Knowledge Resource Centers ~V a User~Rs Perspective
by Mailing List Admin 16 Nov '07

16 Nov '07

Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:04:08 +0000 From: Gowri Ravindranth <gravindranth(a)hotmail.com> Dear Friends: The Madras Library Association (MALA) & Tamilnadu Police Academy as part of the National Library Week celebrations Invite you for a talk on Libraries as Knowledge Resource Centers � a User�s Perspective by Mr. Amit Varma, I.P.S. Additional Director General of Police, Tamilnadu Police Academy, Chennai on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 6.00 p.m. Venue: TamilNadu Police Training College, Ashok Nagar (near Ashok Pillar), Chennai 600 083 Tea: 5.30 p.m. We look forward to your participation with your friends and colleagues. Regards, L. R. Gowri Secretary, MALA

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