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Open Library
by Mailing List Admin 18 Jul '07

18 Jul '07

Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:50:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Friends: I am sure there are many socially committed LIS professionals with high software and programming skills in India and other developing countries who would like to help the new open library launched by folks at the Internet Archives. Please grab this opportunity to provide 'Shram dhan'. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------------------------ >From Peter Suber's blog Open Library launches a working demo site The Open Library (from the Open Content Alliance) now has a working demo site. From the site: What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in English, but simply every booka key part of our planet's cultural legacy. For details, visit http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html

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World Information Society Report 2007: Beyond WSIS / published by ITU & UNCTAD - Fulltext Access
by Mailing List Admin 18 Jul '07

18 Jul '07

Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:16:46 +0530 From: Susmita Chakraborty <susmita3chakraborty(a)gmail.com> Dear Members, A publication on bridging digital divide, may be of your interest: World Information Society Report 2007: Beyond WSIS / published by ITU & UNCTAD The Report finds that the digital divide is shrinking in most technologies, especially mobile telephony, but that limitations in the availability and affordability of broadband remain a cause for concern. Click here to read fulltext report: http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/publications/worldinformationsociety/2007/WISR07… http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/publications/worldinformationsociety/2007/report… Thanks With Best Regards Susmita ____________________________________________________________________________ Ms. Susmita Chakraborty Kolkata-31, India Email: susmita3chakraborty[at]gmail[dot]com Personal Blog: http://susmitachakraborty.blogspot.com/ Please support: MANAS - a Society for Mentally Disturbed Persons their family and friends http://www.geocities.com/manas_teghari/

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Job Opportunities at TCS Library & Information Centres (LICs)
by Kishore Ingale 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

Job Opportunities at TCS Library & Information Centres (LICs) Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is the world-leading information technology consulting services, and business process outsourcing organization. Commencing operations in 1968, today TCS has a presence in 34 countries across 6 continents & a comprehensive range of services across diverse industries. TCS has one of the largest networks of corporate IT libraries in India, with 80 Centres, spread across 13 cities managed by over 100 professionals. With high quality processes & benchmarks, TCS Library & Information Centres (LICs) offer a wide range of information services in alignment with the global business needs. To support its fast expanding information services network, TCS invites applications from talented, enthusiastic, team players for 20 regular positions of LIC officers at Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, and Trivandrum. Eligibility Criteria: 1. M.L.I.S / Masters in (Library Science / Information Science / Information Management) / ADIS / equivalent, preferably with first class in 10th,12th, graduation & post graduation 2. 0 – 3 years experience, preferably in an academic/ special library. 3. IT skills / exposure to information work will be an added advantage 4. Willingness to work in any centre within the city with flexible timings. 5. Excellent communication skills. 6. Age not exceeding 27 years. Application formalities: Resumes in the prescribed format may be mailed to corporate.library(a)tcs.com, before 27th July 2007, indicating the subject as "LIC Recruitment 2007". Candidates will have to clearly mention the preferred location (city) they are applying for and their choice of location (city) for the written test. Candidates who have attended the written test at TCS Hyderabad in May 2007 need not apply. Application to be sent in the prescribed format only & certificates / documents need not be attached Selection Process: A written test for the short listed candidates will be held simultaneously across India (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune & Trivandrum) on Friday the 3rd of Aug 2007. Selected candidates from the written test will be called for a personal interview in the following week at respective locations. Travel cost (return fare) by 2nd class train/bus, will be reimbursed on production of valid tickets for those attending the personal interview. Exact date for the personal interview will be mailed. For any clarifications and information write to <corporate.library @tcs.com>. BP Prakash General Manager & Global LIC Head Tata Consultancy services, Mumbai. Kishore Ramdas Ingale Tata Consultancy Services Ph:- +91-22-6750 5998 Buzz:- 422-5988 Cell:- 9226711630 Mailto: kishore.ingale(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com ____________________________________________ Experience certainty. IT Services Business Solutions Outsourcing ____________________________________________ =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for Library Assistants
by vinay channavenkatesh 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Dear LIS Professionals, There is a vacancy for 2 posts of Library Assistants at SJB Institute of Technology, Uttarahalli Road, Kengeri, Bangalore-60. Professionals with Diploma in Library Science or BLISc., with atleast 1 year experience or Apprenticeship & knowledge of Automation / Computerization with good communication skills, can apply. Contact 28605445/46 or e-mail your resume to sjbitprincipal(a)fastmail.fm. Vinay. C Librarian, SJB Inst. of Technology, Kengeri, Bangalore-60 Phone: 28605445/46 Fax: 28603651 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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RFID and Biometric
by binu david 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Dear All We wish to purchase a library software which support RFID and biometric system. If any colleagues are using such a system. Kindly write which one is the best and the cost required to automate a collection of 10,000. Sincerely Binu -- ______________________________________________ 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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Positions for library professionals at IGNOU, New Delhi
by Mailing List Admin 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:35:23 +0530 From: Amit Thapar <amitt(a)niper.ac.in> IGNOU invites applications for the eGyanKosh project on contract basis in the prescribed form from eligible candidates. The contract can be renewed for a maximum period of 5 years. For details, visit: Please follow the link: http://www.ignou.ac.in/adv/egyankosh/egyankosh.doc - Amit

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Invitation for a talk on "Information and Research Services in Enterprises: A Case Study of GE"
by Maruthu Pandian 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

Dear Friends Sorry for the cross posting. We have missed the time of the talk in our last post. The time is 11.00 AM, Saturday 14 July 2007. ------------------- NCSI-Net, an informal association comprising of NCSI staff, trainees, and its alumni, cordially invites you to the talk on "Information and Research Services in Enterprises: A Case Study of GE" Speaker : Ananda T.Byrappa, Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre, GE Global Research. Venue : Seminar Hall, National Center for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Date & Time : 11.00 AM, Saturday, 14th July 2007 Please confirm your presence to pandiyan.m(a)advinus.com or umpradeep(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Regards Maruthu Pandian B Pradeep Kumar NCSI-NET Coordinators -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Career Advancement Scheme (CAS)
by Jivesh Bansal 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

Dear LIS Professionals, Sub: Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) for Assistant Librarians/ College Librarians In the UGC letter No. F.2-1/94(PS)-7 dated 19.10.2006 on the subject cited above: Para 1,i,b, of the letter under reference states: The refresher courses prescribed in the letter are of minimum four weeks duration, where as the UGC has approved Refresher Course of 3 week duration for Academic Staff Colleges established by the U.G.C. in various universities of the country. "Whereas in case of teachers the wording says, one Orientation Course and one Refresher Course of approved duration as may be specified by the U.G.C." The Orientation Course has no mentioned in the letter, whereas in the wait of new CAS, many professionals whose senior scale is due or going to be due in near future have completed one Orientation Course. This needs to be brought under the notice of U.G.C. and got rectified subsequently. If any association or professional has sought clarification from U.G.C. regarding the said points, Pl. let all the professionals know about it Jivesh Bansal Gautam Bahl Assistant Librarian, Panjab University, Chandigarh Emal: jiveshbansal(a)gmail.com, gautam_b76(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for a talk on "Information and Research Services in Enterprises: A Case Study of GE"
by Maruthu Pandian 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

Dear Friends NCSI-Net, an informal association comprising of NCSI staff, trainees, and its alumni, cordially invites you to the talk on "Information and Research Services in Enterprises: A Case Study of GE" Speaker : Ananda T.Byrappa, Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre, GE Global Research. Venue : Seminar Hall, National Center for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Date & Time : Saturday, 14th July 2007 Please confirm your presence to pandiyan.m(a)advinus.com or umpradeep(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Regards Maruthu Pandian, B Pradeep NCSI-NET Coordinators -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Visiting Canada for participating in PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference 2007, Vancouver.
by Sukhdev Singh 09 Jul '07

09 Jul '07

[Responses if any may kindly be sent directly to me instead of this eGroup]. Dear Friends, I wish to inform you all that I would be participating in PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference 2007 - http://ocs.sfu.ca/pkp2007/ - at Vancouver, BC, Canada from 11th July to 13th July 2007. I have a paper with my colleague to be presented there. The paper is on "Indian biomedical journals and Open Access" - http://ocs.sfu.ca/pkp2007/viewabstract.php?id=6 . I am thankful to the conference organizers to fully sponsor my visit to Canada. I will be back to India from Canada on 15th July 2007. Regards, Sukhdev Singh, Indian Medlars Centre, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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