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Vacancies (5) for Professional Trainees in IIT Kharagpur
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Vacancies (5) for Professional Trainees in IIT Kharagpur * * Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur requires Professional Trainees (5 positions) for its Central Library. The training is for a period of One Year. Advt.No.R/3/2007 http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/downloads/prf_trainee.pdf ** *Stipend* - 4,000/- per month *Eligibility* - Postgraduates below 30 years and holding First Class in both B.Lib & I.Sc. and M. Lib & I.Sc. may apply on plain paper enclosing CV along with attested copies of certificates. Candidates with relevant computer knowledge will be preferred. ** *Address to * To the Chairman, Central Library Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, - 721 302 *Closing Date* -* May 2, 2007 * -- With Regards Sanjeev Kumar Jain Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - 721 302 Email: sanjeevmlis(a)yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free Group Mailing Software - Required
by Rajan 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Dear All, Can anyone suggest me any easily useable free group mailing software in Windows that work with my hotmail web mail address and uses my windows address book for managing group mailing to around 100 email addresses. Or is it possible to manage a group of 100 addresses with outlook express alone? Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian , Kerala Institute of Local Administration Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680581 Ph 0487- 2204097 (O), 2201428 ( R) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IIT Kharagpur requires Professional Trainees.
by R K Rakhade Rakhade 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Dear LIS professional, IIT Kharagpur requires Professional Trainees (upto 5 positions) for its Central Library. The training is for a period of One Year. A Stipend of Rs. 4,000/- per month will be given to each trainee. Postgraduates below 30 years and holding First Class in both B.Lib & I.Sc. and M.Lib & I.Sc. may apply on plain paper to the Chairman, Central Library. IIT, Kharagpur - 721 302 on or before May 2, 2007 enclosing CV along with attested copies of certificates. Candidates with relevant computer knowledge will be preferred. Reservation for SC/ST/OBC/PH etc. will be made as per Govt. of India rules. Advt. No. R/3/2007 Assistant Registrar (R) With Regards R K Rakhade Central Library, IIT, Kharagpur. With regards ......................................................... Yours R. K. Rakhade Central Library, IIT, Kharagpur Pin: 721302 --------------------------------- Check out what you're missing if you're not on Yahoo! Messenger -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re : LIBRARY RULES
by sckumaresan 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Dear Mr. Nikhil,Sudou is certainly a good brain teaser and quite challenging, it can be offered as a service in the library. We have the same problem in our library. Instead of restraining the students, you can try alternatively. If you have photocopier in the library take 10 to 15 copies of the sudoku and give it to the interested students who want to solve it. Also inform the same to the students through notice and writing or marking in the library resources is an offence and they can avail the photocopy service. This could prevent students from writing on the papers.RegardsS.C.KumaresanOn Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:59:06 +0530 \"NIKHIL EYEROOR\" wrote Dear friends Let me draw your attention to this \"simple issue\" for your valuable suggestion. As everybody knows\"SUDOKU\" the popular puzzle appear in daily newspapers is the \"culprit\" here! As per library rules writing, underlining, marking library documents are not allowed. I am in a dilemma, whether this \" SUDOKU\! " should be entertained (SUDOKU fans says that it accelerates brain activities), ignored or banned. Doing SUDOKU, CROSSWORDS in library newspapers may motivate users to write, underline books and as it is a time consuming practice this will also create inconvenience for users who are waiting to read the same newspaper. How do you deal with this situation in the library? Friends please open up. Warm regards Nikhil Eyeroor -- NIKHIL EYEROOR LIBRARIAN, P.A.AZIZ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY KARAKULAM , TRIVANDRUM, PIN: 695 564 MOB: 09447515691 -- 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 S.C.Kumaresan SeniorLibrarian, BITS, Pilani - Dubai UAE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Training in LIS
by Mailing List Admin 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:57:47 +0530 From: Mr. B. G. Sunder Singh <bgs(a)nic.in> Sir: The best service one can do, with all that reverence to Dr SRR, is to do what ever one is doing to the best of his/her abilities keeping the entire universe of people first and providing access to human knowledge as best as possible. However, one has the right to express and practice what one believes in. What is the best option for one individual need not be of relevance to another person ( think of saying with a banal finality that If you know, practice and preach what Dr Ranganathan has written about is more than sufficient). sundersingh, bg.

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LIBRARY RULES
by NIKHIL EYEROOR 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Dear friends Let me draw your attention to this "simple issue" for your valuable suggestion. As everybody knows"SUDOKU" the popular puzzle appear in daily newspapers is the "culprit" here! As per library rules writing, underlining, marking library documents are not allowed. I am in a dilemma, whether this " SUDOKU" should be entertained (SUDOKU fans says that it accelerates brain activities), ignored or banned. Doing SUDOKU, CROSSWORDS in library newspapers may motivate users to write, underline books and as it is a time consuming practice this will also create inconvenience for users who are waiting to read the same newspaper. How do you deal with this situation in the library? Friends please open up. Warm regards Nikhil Eyeroor -- NIKHIL EYEROOR LIBRARIAN, P.A.AZIZ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY KARAKULAM , TRIVANDRUM, PIN: 695 564 MOB: 09447515691 -- 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] Training in LIS
by Mailing List Admin 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:12:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Rajesh P <rajeshbcd(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, There is absolutely no need to know all about those American authors. If you know, practice and preach what Dr Ranganathan has written about is more than sufficient. Why do you expect a fresh MLISc graduate to know about what American authors are writing about. If he wants to expand his knowledge and scholarship over a period of time he will expand his horizons. Other wise he will continue doing his job and serving the readers !! Isn't that the main Mission of his profession. Regards. Raj

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Increased citation impact for BioMed Central journals
by Swapan kumar Patra 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

*"BioMed Central calculates unofficial impact factors for journals that have published a significant number of research articles but do not yet have an official impact factor. These unofficial impact factors use the same citation data and methodology used by Thomson Scientific's official impact factor calculations.* * * *Newly calculated unofficial 2006 impact factors show a significantly increased citation rate for BioMed Central journals. For example, BMC Biology <http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcbiol/>* and *BMC Medicine<http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmed/> *, the flagship journals of the BMC series, both increased their unofficial impact factors significantly. The 2006 unofficial impact factor for *BMC Biology <http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcbiol/>* is 4.43 (up from 3.81 in 2005) while for *BMC Medicine <http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmed/>* the 2006 figure is 4.17 (up from 2.52 in 2005). (Source: "BioMed Central, The Open Access Publisher" Website http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/bmcblog/entry/20070417" )

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Training in LIS
by Lata Nair 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

Dear Colleagues, Continuing with the ongoing discussion about measures to be taken to improvise the quality of librarianship... LIS schools are equally, if not more concerned about improvising the quality of Librarianship. This was evident at a past students' meet organized by SHPT School of Library Science [SNDT Women's University, Mumbai] recently where one of the faculty members of Mumbai University was also present. It would benefit if we could go back and discuss it with our Alma Mater and extend help wherever required. Seniors like Mr. Manjunath from IGIDR & Ms. Vasumathi,QMed Services not only recruit trainees & provide extensive training, they also ensure that they are well placed. As for school libraries, we return to the root cause of the issue. Unless we have the best of librarians serving in school libraries where reading habits are inculcated and students are trained to use library resources and services, where adequate resources are made available, where the school librarians are encouraged to keep updated with the latest developments in the field, where a student learns to respect the library and the librarian, it would be difficult to expect the same students to behave differently & start favoring libraries during later years. I sincerely hope and wish that the comment on the school libraries is an exception. Imagine to be in a situation where you are not only being paid less with limited growth opportunities, are expected to work with limited resource with very few professional enhacement opportunities but are also looked down upon by your fellow colleagues in the profession!!! Three cheers to Ananda and all the librarians whether they are in academic or corporates who strive to make a difference!!! Regards, Lata Nair Librarian Mumbai Message: 5 >Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:44:41 +0530 > From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Training in LIS >To: "Vasumathi Sriganesh" <vasu(a)qmedin.com> >Cc: ananda thakur <anandathakur(a)yahoo.co.in>, > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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5 Research Intern Awards in Library Science
by Mukesh Anand 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

Dear LIS Students & Professionals, 5 Research Intern Awards in Library Science under " CSIR Diamond Jubilee Research Intern Awards" Scheme by National Institute of Science Communication & Information Resources (NISCAIR).It's a National Information Organisation under Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) 1.Eligibility :-First Class or equivalent GPA in M Lib Sci /M L I Sc. 2.Age Limit :-25 Years as on 7.5.' 07, relaxable up to 5 Years in the case of OBC/SC/ST/PH & Female candidates. 3.Areas :-The selected Interns will work for National Scinece Library, Abstracting / Database services & other related activities. 4.Tentative No. of Research Intern Awards :- 5 5.Stipend :- Rs. 7,500/- per month consolidated. 6.Tenure :-Maximum period of 2 Years, subject to satisfactory performance to be evaluated every 6 months. 7.Mode of Selection :- A Written Aptitude Test & then Interview. 8.How to Apply :- (i) Prescribed Application Form can be downloaded from NISCAIR Website http://www.niscair.res.in (ii) Aplications may also be submitted online through NISCAIR website. (iii) Application should be submitted to The Director, National Institue of Science Communication & Information Resources (NISCAIR), Dr K S Krishnan Marg, Pusa Campus, New Delhi -12 (iv) Last Date :- On or before 7th May, 2007. N.B. :- For Advertisement & Application Form see Employment News 14-20 April.2007 Page # 33 For Online Application, Advertisement & Applcation Form visit http://www.niscair.res.in All the best & With Regards, Mukesh Anand M Lib I Sc Final Year Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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