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Need of vendors to instal Closed Circuit TV Surveillance
by Vijayakumara 22 May '07

22 May '07

Dear All, We are looking for the vendors to instal closed circuit TV surveillance, It will be helpful if you provide their contact information. With warm regards Vijayakumar M \ \ | / / \ \ ~ ~ / / | @ @ | ---------------oooo------ (_)-------------oooo------------------ Vijayakumar M. MSc., PGDLAN., Ph.D. Central Library Birla Institute of Technology, Deemed Univeristy Mesra, Ranchi- 835215, India Tel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401 http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/ coolvg(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The lost world of libraries
by madhuresh.singhal 21 May '07

21 May '07

You may like to read this news item taken from Business Standard Newspaper. You can see online at http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=284978&left nm=5&subLeft=0&chkFlg= The lost world of libraries Gargi Gupta & Arati Menon Carroll / New Delhi/ Mumbai May 20, 2007 The reading pleasure associated with the world of books no longer exists "Lebrerii?" The cycle-rickshawwallah in front of the Sri Digamber Jain Lal Mandir had no idea there was a library in the vicinity, let alone three located within a radius of barely a kilometre from where he stood. There was the Marwari Library some way down Chandni Chowk, the Hardayal Municipal Public Library down the lane that runs off Mati Das Chowk, and Delhi Public Library opposite the Old Delhi Railway Station. But the poor, illiterate rickshawwallah could hardly be blamed - obviously, few people ever asked to be taken to these places. And yet, these are among three of the city's oldest public libraries. The oldest, Hardayal Municipal Public Library, traces its history back to 1862, to the Institute Library, a reading club of books memsahibs read on the voyage to India. The Marwari Library, founded in 1915 by Kedarnath Goenka, a freedom fighter, where everyone from Mahatma Gandhi to Madan Mohan Malviya came; and Delhi Public Library, inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951. But, however distinguished the provenance of these three, as also that of the Dayal Singh Public Library in Delhi and other public libraries elsewhere in the country, they are all rather sad places today. Only PhD students come here now to trawl the dusty shelves of uncared for books, rummage through the crumbling cards and brave the apathetic sloth of the staff for the early and rare editions of novels and journals. There's another tribe of visitors - students and those studying for competitive exams, who are more interested in the newer stocks, the textbooks, journals, and (largly pedestrian) reference books. As semi-government bodies, Delhi Public Library and Hardayal Municipal Public Library are no longer single libraries but a network of reading rooms, zonal and regional libraries spread out all over the city. But the result of this outreach has been that most of the money they get go into paying salaries with very little left for adding quality books to the collection or preserving what's already there. A library, everyone will agree, says a lot about a city, a country, its people. And Delhi doesn't do badly on this score. As the capital city, it has a number of good libraries that showcase the range and depth of scholarship in the country, and are a rich source of material for researchers. There are the eclectic collections at university libraries and clubs like the India International Centre and Delhi Gymkhana, more specialised ones at the Delhi School of Economics, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, National School of Drama and archival treasures at the Nehru Memorial Library and National Archives. But these, with a few exceptions, are out of bounds to the general public. So where does someone in Mumbai who wants a book for nothing more than the pleasure of a good read go? David Sassoon Library 152, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Fort This institution, in the Kala Ghoda precinct, at 161 years old, is the oldest library in the city. Having recently been restored, the yellow malad stone facade, cobbled garden (a favourite for cultural soirees) and a grand teak staircase stand proud. The terrace adjoining the reading room on the second floor with its chaise longues and reclining chairs is a favourite among bookworms and nappers alike. Their collection is about 40,000 books strong and with a rather nominal lifetime membership fees of Rs 5,000, the library still relies on the largesse of its patrons. Asiatic Society Town Hall, Fort Born as the Literary Society of Bombay, it met for the first time in 1804. Tucked into the fading grandeur of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai is a cache of antique volumes including a first edition copy of Dante's Inferno. The Society's holdings include over 3,000 manuscripts in Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Prakrit from all over India and Nepal. There is also a numismatic collection but you need permission to view this. Lifetime membership will cost you Rs 10,000. American Center 4 New Marine Lines This one is primarily a research and reference library that focuses on promoting American culture and politics. The 13,000 volumes, therefore, consist mainly of books, government publications and think tank reports that aid that understanding. It does also, though, have 135 magazines that otherwise may be hard (or expensive) to access. Members are charged Rs 400 for a year's access. Shemaroo 3 Om Chambers, August Kranti Marg, Kemps Corner It all began in 1962, when Shemaroo pioneered Bombay's first circulating book library. It still has over 13,000 members. Their packed children and teenage library sections offer hope about the continuing relevance of literature. A lifetime membership costs Rs 800 and you're charged 10 per cent of each book's price as rental fee. British Council library Mittal Tower "A" Wing, 1st floor, Nariman Point Always enormously popular with students who appreciate the modern environment and efficient services, British Council libraries are modelled on the pattern of British public libraries. The range of reading material is probably the most diverse, both recreational and professional, in addition to music CDs and DVDs. They charge an annual fee of Rs 1,400. Regards Madhuresh Singhal Assoc. Res. Scientist - Inf. Sc. Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959; Mobile 098861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ ************************************************************************************************ This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Curriki:The Global Education & Learning Community
by Farooque Shaheen 21 May '07

21 May '07

Curriki is an online environment created to support the development and free distribution of world-class educational materials to anyone who needs them. Its name is a play on the combination of 'curriculum' and 'wiki' which is the technology using to make education universally accessible. Curriki is the result of work done for GELC - the Global Education and Learning Community - an online project started by Sun Microsystems to develop works for education in a collaborative effort. The leadership team consists of people with a long-time commitment to exploring the use of technology to improve education. To dig more on this visit: http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Search engine Google to digitise 800, 000 books at Mysore varsity
by M Nandeesha 21 May '07

21 May '07

Dear All, The following newsclip from DNA India dt. 20-May-07 may be of interest to you all ----------- Search engine Google to digitise 800,000 books at Mysore varsity IANS Sunday, May 20, 2007 15:16 IST NEW DELHI: At least 800,000 books and manuscripts, including India's first political treatise the 'Arthasastra' written in the 4th century BC by Kautilya, that are lying in Mysore University in Karnataka, will be digitised by Google, the world's leading Internet search engine. "Written in both papers and palm leaves, there are around 100,000 manuscripts in our library, some dating back to the eighth century. The effort is to restore and preserve this cultural heritage for effective dissemination of knowledge," said J. Shashidhara Prasad, vice chancellor of the university. Full-Text ---> http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1097995 Regards, M Nandeesha Tata Consultancy Services L Centre, EPIP, Whitefield Bangalore - 560066 Mailto: m.nandeesha(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com =====-----=====-----===== 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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Fwd: Library on Trains for Physically Challenged persons
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 20 May '07

20 May '07

How do you think this request for newspapers in special compartments for the handicapped in Mumbai can be provided? What may be the cost involved? Can some Mumbaiker give the data? Will some NGO or Govt Library take up the implementation part if funds are available? Vyasamoorthy ============================ Library on Trains for Physically Challenged persons Posted by: "ashok kalra" akkalra_sbbj(a)yahoo.co.in Sat May 19, 2007 10:41 pm (PST) Library on wheels for Physically Challenged We are thankful to Indian Railway for providing seperate compartment for handicapped in Mumbai local trains. For earning the bread and butter, one has to spend hours in local trains every day. This time goes unproductive and can be used creatively. Due to physical limitations, the handicapped persons are unable to carry news papers or good magazines in local train. So it will be better that railways put hangers on walls of the local train and some publishers regularly provide newspapers and magazines free of cost. Can you please do something in this direction. My request is that, please consider the request and do some thing to bring this facility in Handicapped compartment in existence for betterment of this important section of socity. Regards. Please respond to akkalra(a)sbbj.co.im or akkalra_sbbj(a)yahoo.co.in ========== -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Assosiateship in NISCAIR
by budhan singh 20 May '07

20 May '07

Dear colleague, I would like to inform all library professionals those who want to get in Associateship in Information Science. NISCAIR invited the applications for Associateship in Information Science for the 2007-2009 batch which is equivalent to the Master's Degree in Library and Information Science. Last Date for submmission of completed application: 18.06.2007 Date of Admission Test : 03.07.2007 Date of Interview : Last week of July 2007 Eligibility: A minimum of 50% aggregate marks in master's degree or four -year plus degree like B.E., MBBS or Bachlors Degree plus B. Lib. Sc. plus one year relevant experiece after B. Lib. Sc. Selection: Twenty Fives candidates would be selected based on admission test and interview. Test centre: New Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore Interview centre: New Delhi Scholarship : Provision for scholarship to non sponsored meritorious students @ Rs. 2000/ per month for nine month exists. How to apply: Prospects and application form can be obtained from Head, ETD from May 28, 2007 onwards by sending a self- addressed envelope (25 cm * 20 cm.size) affixing Rs. 25/ per postege stamp along with a DD for Rupees 200 drawn in favour or Director, NISCAIR, payable at New Delhi and aslo be collected on payment of cash.The form can also be downloded from the web site at http://www.niscair.res.in . With best regard Ajay Kumar Arts Library, University of Delhi, Delhi- 110007 E-mail: singh_budhan(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Office firewalls, cyber cafes, college labs, don't allow you to download CHAT? Here's a solution! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Science is included in WB SET
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 20 May '07

20 May '07

Library Science is included in WB SET The West Bengal College Service Commission has included the subject Library Science (sl no. 21) in its Twelfth State Eligibility Test (SET) to be held on August 19, 2007. The last date of application June 15, 2007. For further details, visit http://www.wbcsc.ac.in It is the first time when the subject Library Science is included in the West Bengal SET. I express my hearty thanks and sincere gratitude to our Senior Library & Information Professionals and others who have taken active and sincere initiatives to make it possible through their movement. Also I thank WB College Service Commission for including Library Science in WBSET 2007. --- Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi 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 --------------------------------- We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post a slogan for UNESCO's celebrating World Information Society Day 2008
by Puna Das 19 May '07

19 May '07

17 May - World Information Society Day World Information Society Day is celebrated each year on 17 May to remind the world of the vision of the World Summit on the Information Society to build “a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented information society” based on fundamental human rights. UNESCO refers to these societies as Knowledge Societies based on four fundamental principles: freedom of expression, universal access to information and knowledge, respect for cultural and linguistic diversity, equal access to quality education. This year, UNESCO dedicates the Day to the principle of universal access to information and knowledge. Post a slogan for UNESCO's celebrating World Information Society Day 2008 on the theme of respect for cultural and linguistic diversity. World Information Society Day 2008 will be devoted to the principle of respect for cultural and linguistic diversity. UNESCO invites everybody to submit proposals for a slogan on the theme of respect for cultural and linguistic diversity. UNESCO intends to select one of the proposals for its campaign for the World Information Society Day 2008. Submit your proposal at: http://www.unesco.org/cgi-bin/webworld/communitycontribution/page.cgi?g=isd… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_bib/ http://www.unesco.org/newdelhi/ http://www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Office firewalls, cyber cafes, college labs, don't allow you to download CHAT? Click here: http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC SAP for MyDLIS, University of Mysore, Mysore
by N.S. Harinarayana 18 May '07

18 May '07

We are happy to inform that the Department of Library and Information Science (MyDLIS), University of Mysore, Mysore has been awarded financial assistance of more than 26 Lakhs under the UGC programme of Special Assistance (SAP). The objective of SAP scheme of UGC is to raise the quality of teaching/research in different disciplines. The Departments are carefully selected on their past academic achievements and viable potential for future development. The essence and primary aim of the scheme is to promote group research efforts in pursuit of excellence. MyDLIS is one of Library and Information Science departments in the country to be awarded the level of DRS-1 for the next five years. The thrust area for the MyDLIS SAP is – digital libraries. Believing in building on our strengths in the area of digital libraries, where in we have established a strong presence-nationally and internationally through the Vidyanidhi Digital Library,* *the Department has * *identified ' digital libraries' as the thrust area. We have prepared a plan of action for the SAP- programme. The academic activities under SAP programme will be focussed on the following areas: - Building Digital Libraries: The choice of 'collection' is of critical importance in the success and usability of DLs. The chosen area is 'Mysore Heritage Collection'. * *Erstwhile* *Mysore state, with many firsts in areas such a art, architecture, electrification, industrialization, women's education, legislative assembly and many more and the* *ninety one year Mysore University – sixth in the country and first university to be established in a princely state have carved a unique place in the history of India and the firmament of Indian Higher education system* *respectively. Mysore Heritage Collection will showcase this. - Training workshops various areas of ICT applications for libraries. Nine training workshops (eight national levels and one international level workshop) in the areas of DL and Library automation are proposed* * to be conducted. - Developing an open courseware for LIS *:* This is another area that MyDLIS would like to focus on. It is proposed to create an e-learning environment by using Moodle – an open source software for courseware development. * *Vidyanidhi has already implemented the Moodle for its Training Programmes. * *Building on this expertise, it is proposed to implement the courseware from the forthcoming academic semester itself. - Research and Development in Digital Libraries: It is envisioned to focus the collective research of MyDLIS in the emerging areas such as Ontologies, Metadata, and evaluation of DLs. Dr. Shalini R Urs, Professor, DLIS, Mysore is the co-ordinator and Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Reader and Chairman, DLIS, Mysore is the Deputy co-ordinator for the SAP programme. An advisory committee with the Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore as its chairman has been formed. The other members of the committee include two UGC nominees, senior faculty members of the Department and one external member from the other Department. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on Manuscriptology and Palaeography
by Sneha Tripathi 18 May '07

18 May '07

Apologies if you received multiple copies of this message. ============================================= Dear Professional Colleagues , SayajiRao Gaekwad Central Library, BHU in collaboration with National Mission for Manuscripts is pleased to announce "National Workshop on Manuscriptology and Palaeography" from 29th May, 2007 to 11th June, 2007 For more details, visit http://internet.bhu.ac.in/workshop/index.html Interested professionals are requested to send their duly filled Registration Forms on or before 22nd May, 2007 to Organizing Secretary, Dr. D. K. Singh Dy. Librarian Central Library, BHU-221005 dksingh5@yahoo. or via e-mail at clbhu2007(a)gmail.com \u003cdiv\> \n \u003cdiv\> \u003cdiv\>Regards, \u003cdiv\>Sneha Tripathi\u003cbr\>Member, Organizing Committee\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/blockquote\> \u003cblockquote style\u003d\"padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left:#1010ff 2px solid\"\> \u003cdiv\> \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\> \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\> \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\> \u003chr size\u003d\"1\"\> \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\>\u003ca href\u003d\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt\u003d49935/*http://games.yahoo.com\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>Bored stiff?\u003c/a\> Loosen up...\u003cbr\>\u003ca href\u003d\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt\u003d49935/*http://games.yahoo.com\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>Download and play hundreds of games for free\u003c/a\> on Yahoo! Games.\u003cbr\>-- \u003cbr\>This message has been scanned for viruses and \u003cbr\>dangerous content by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.mailscanner.info/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>\u003cb\>MailScanner\u003c/b\>\u003c/a\>, and is \u003cbr\>believed to be clean. ______________________________\u003cWBR\>_________________\u003cbr\>LIS-Forum mailing list\u003cbr\>\u003ca href\u003d\"mailto:LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in\u003c/a\>\u003cbr\>\u003ca href\u003d\"http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in\u003cWBR\>/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum\u003c/a\>\u003cbr\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/blockquote\>\u003cbr\>\u003cp\> \n\n\n\n \u003chr size\u003d\"1\"\> \nOffice firewalls, cyber cafes, college labs, don't allow you to download CHAT? \u003ca href\u003d\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/ymessenger/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/we…" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>Here's a solution!\u003c/a\> \u003c/p\>",0] ); //--> Regards, Sneha Tripathi Member, Organizing Committee Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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