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Comment on "Blogers predict extinct of libraries."
by Sukhdev Singh 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

I would like to react to the following lines. [Commenting on our Library Associations is not worth it.] > Blogers predict extinct of libraries. > It is the habit of IT professionals, when they start clicking the mouse, they consider >themselves as "Bill Gates". We would be cutting our own roots if we keep on ignoring the warning signals expressed in blogs of common citizens. We can level them insane - but let me stress again here - Perception is more important than the product. For example look at the perception of a citizen of Lawrence: "Libraries are limited, obsolete" <http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/oct/02/libraries_are_limited_obsolete/> "As a long-time resident of Lawrence, and one who has devoted his entire life to education, I have followed the debate concerning a new library for Lawrence with great interest. As a parent of three students, two in college and one teenager at Southwest Junior High, I have witnessed a stunning transformation in the way kids access and use information technology. All that I see as a parent reinforces what I see at work every day" He continues - 1. Libraries are inefficient. 2. Libraries are limited. 3. Libraries are obsolete. "...ask yourself a few questions. When was the last time you were at the library? When was the last time you logged on? Why is that?..." On the other hand people like Michael Stephens, who is technology and web 2.0 savvy and promoting the concept of Library 2.0 are defending the role that libraries could play in the online scenario. Check out his reaction to the above perception - "why libraries are important to all communities" <http://tametheweb.com/2006/10/ten_things_i_know_about_librar_1.html>. He has Ten points in his argument: -Libraries are not going away. -Online Social Libraries Build Community -Libraries do need to focus on emerging trends, tech or otherwise, to be nimble and viable -Libraries need better marketing strategies and a re-invigoration of the brand -Technology changes, but libraries don't -Libraries will benefit from the next wave of MLIS grads -Libraries need to serve all users and offer them materials and access of their liking -Librarians can be guides, counselors and teachers -Libraries need to share their stories -It's up to us I do agree with him that ultimately "IT'S UP TO US" whether we sense an opportunity in the next generation libraries or keep feeling insecure and get extinct. But I have high hopes from fresh MLIS Graduates. "DILLI AB DOOR NAHI". --Sukhdev Singh. http://sukhdev.blogspot.com On 04/10/06, sankaran arumugam <sankaran_thehindu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear friend, > > We wish u success in ur new project. > > Blogers predict extinct of libraries. > > It is the habit of IT professionals, when they start clicking the mouse, they consider themselves as "Bill Gates". > > As ur topic is Intenet, first try to locate the official websites of Indian Library Association,( ILA), and Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC). The links available in different websites, search engines lead to some online library services and not to the websites of Associations. For the past two months I have been trying to locate them without referring any print medium source. > > It is very sad the associations are not aware that their website address is misused by some others. Don't they check their websites now and then. > > Some of the websites i checked: infolibrarian.com, harishchandra., american library association. > > This is the status of our associationswhich issupposed to take care of the welfare of library professionals. > If it is so, > why not bloggers predict the extinct of libraries. > > If u get the correct website address, please inform me. > > Thanks & Regards > > Sankaran A > Dy. Librarian > THE HINDU > Chennai - 2 > shaji joykutty <sjoykutty(a)yahoo.com> > wrote: > Dear fellow companions > I have registered for my doctorate, the broad topic is Internet, growing preference of WWW google among students faculty research scholars, new roles for librarians. I would like to have your scholarly inputs in this regard. Specially when blogers are predicting the extinct of libraries to the like of dodo and dinosaur, we should prove that libraries and librarians can never die but they are going to evolve yet again with redefined roles and competencies. Kindly put in your scholarly inputs > lovingly > your fellow companion in the race to reinvent our profession > saramma shaji > ethiraj college for women > chennai > --------------------------------- > Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business._______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > Want to be your own boss? Learn how on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41244/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index Yahoo! Small Business. > > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > >

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Google Launches Literacy Portal
by Farooque Shaheen 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Google has launched a portal to connect literacy organisations around the world. Users can search for information in digitised books and academic articles, and share information through blogs, videos and groups. The tool also allows people to find literacy organisations around the world using a searchable and zoomable map. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5403456.stm Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt. Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 Google has launched a portal to connect literacy organisations around the world. Users can search for information in digitised books and academic articles, and share information through blogs, videos and groups. The tool also allows people to find literacy organisations around the world using a searchable and zoomable map. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5403456.stm Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt. Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105

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Sad demise of Prof. N B Pangannaya
by gayathri sen 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

I had the fortune of co-ordinating with Prof. N.B. Pangannaya, for the M.Lib. Sc., Distance Education Practical Training Programme for the Bangalore Centre. I met him many times during this programme held from 10th to 25th July, 2006. On 26th September, 2006 the entire day was spent with him in Bangalore at PES Institute of Technology. Never in my dream did I think he will become dear to God so soon. Myself and my colleagues at PESIT are extremely grieved at this demise and pray that his soul rest in peace. Let his untiring energy be passed on to some able selfless person to carry on the Karnataka State Open University Distance Education Programme. Mrs. Gayathri Sen Chief Librarian PES Institute of Technology 100 Ft. Ring Road, BSK III Stage, BANGALORE 560085 www.pes.edu --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. I had the fortune of co-ordinating with P rof. N.B. Pangannaya, for the M.Lib. Sc., Distance Education Practical Training Programme for the Bangalore Centre. I met him many times during this programme held from 10 th to 25 th July, 2006. On 26 th September, 2006 the entire day was spent with him in Bangalore at PES Institute of Technology. Never in my dream did I think he will become dear to God so soon. Myself and my colleagues at PESIT are extremely grieved at this demise and pray that his soul rest in peace. Let his untiring energy be passed on to some able selfless person to carry on the Karnataka State Open University Distance Education Programme. Mrs. Gayathri Sen Chief Librarian PES Institute of Technology 100 Ft. Ring Road , BSK III Stage, BANGALORE 560085 http://www.pes.edu/ www.pes.edu How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman8/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… PC-to-Phone call rates.

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One Year Library training cum Apprenticeship Programme
by dvk library 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Dear Friends, Greetings from DVK central Library, Bangalore! We are happy to inform you that we are conducting a One Year Library Training cum Apprenticeship Programme for the freshers of library and information science. It is a unique formation to the modern librarianship. Interested candidates can send their resume on or before 1st November 2006 . for more details email to: dvklibrary(a)yahoo.com Fr. John Neelankavil CMI Chief Librarian DVK Central Library Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram Dharmaram College Post Bangalore 560 029 Ph:080-41116350, 41116353 --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business. Dear Friends, Greetings from DVK central Library, Bangalore! We are happy to inform you that we are conducting a One Year Library Training cum Apprenticeship Programme for the freshers of library and information science. It is a unique formation to the modern librarianship. Interested candidates can send their resume on or before 1 st November 2006 . for more details email to: http://us.f571.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dvklibrary@yahoo.com dvklibrary(a)yahoo.com Fr. John Neelankavil CMI Chief Librarian DVK Central Library Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram Dharmaram College Post Bangalore 560 029 Ph:080-41116350, 41116353 Get your own http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43290/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains web address for just $1.99/1st yr . We'll help. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41244/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Small Business .

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research assistance
by shaji joykutty 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

Dear fellow companions I have registered for my doctorate, the broad topic is Internet, growing preference of WWW google among students faculty research scholars, new roles for librarians. I would like to have your scholarly inputs in this regard. Specially when blogers are predicting the extinct of libraries to the like of dodo and dinosaur, we should prove that libraries and librarians can never die but they are going to evolve yet again with redefined roles and competencies. Kindly put in your scholarly inputs lovingly your fellow companion in the race to reinvent our profession saramma shaji ethiraj college for women chennai --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business. Dear fellow companions I have registered for my doctorate, the broad topic is Internet, growing preference of WWW google among students faculty research scholars, new roles for librarians. I would like to have your scholarly inputs in this regard. Specially when blogers are predicting the extinct of libraries to the like of dodo and dinosaur, we should prove that libraries and librarians can never die but they are going to evolve yet again with redefined roles and competencies. Kindly put in your scholarly inputs lovingly your fellow companion in the race to reinvent our profession saramma shaji ethiraj college for women chennai Get your own http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43290/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains web address for just $1.99/1st yr . We'll help. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41244/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Small Business .

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MyLISA Lecture on Designing and Implementing Library Website
by SUNIL M.V. 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

Dear Friends, MyLISA (Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association), Mysore Cordially invite you for the lecture on Designing and Implementing Library Website BY Mr. Mohamed Minhaj HOD, Department of Computer Science St. Philomena's College, Mysore On Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 4.00pm Venue: Vidhyanidhi Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore MyLISA --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. Dear Friends, MyLISA (Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association), Mysore Cordially invite you for the lecture on Designing and Implementing Library Website BY Mr. Mohamed Minhaj HOD, Department of Computer Science St. Philomena's College, Mysore On Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 4.00pm Venue: Vidhyanidhi Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore MyLISA Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42297/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailb… all-new Yahoo! Mail.

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Call for Participation: ICADL2006 The 9th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries in Kyoto, Japan
by Taro Tezuka 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

**** FYI. Apologies for cross postings **** Call For Participation The 9th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL 2006) November 27-30, 2006, Kyoto, Japan The International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL) is an annual Asian event of international participation focusing on digital libraries and related technologies. Inaugurated in Hong Kong in 1998, ICADL has since been hosted in Taipei, Seoul, Bangalore, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, and Bangkok. The 9th ICADL (ICADL2006) will be held in Kyoto, Japan in the late November. It will provide an international forum for sharing experiences and up-to-date technologies among researchers, developers, educators, practitioners and policy makers from a variety of disciplines. ICADL2006, as well as the previous ICADL conferences, focuses on the use, adoption and adaptation of digital libraries, which include work surrounding digital libraries and related technologies, the management of knowledge in digital libraries, and the associated usability and social issues. This year, we will have the following invited talks. (in the order of presentation). The Age of Content and Knowledge Processing Makoto Nagao (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan) Cyber Science Infrastructure and Scholarly Information for the Promotion of e-Science in Japan Jun Adachi (National Institute of Informatics, Japan) Working Together in Developing Library and Information Science Education in the Asia Pacific Schubert Foo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) (To be announced) Daniel Clancy (Google, USA) One Billion Children and Digital Libraries: With your help, what the $100 laptop and its sunlight readable display might enable Mary Lou Jepson (MIT, USA) Dr. Nagao is one of the most famous information science researchers in Japan, who is also well-known for his contributions to digital libraries. Professor Adachi is one of the leading researchers of digital library systems. His talk will be on promoting e-Science using digital libraries. Professor Foo is a leading researcher of digital library systems in Singapore. He will talk about library and information science education in the Asia-Pacific region. Singapore is well known for their advanced education on information science. Dr. Clancy is the engineer director who is in charge of Google Book Search Project (originally known as Google Print), which is attracting much attention recently. Dr. Jepson is one of the leading members of the $100 laptop project, which aims to provide inexpensive but effective laptop computers for children's education. She will talk about the architecture that enables children to read books through their laptops. For more information, please see the conference website at http://www.icadl2006.org/ Early registration is available on or before October 27th. The final deadline for registraion is 18:00 of November 13, 2006, Japan Standard Time (GMT+9). Kyoto, which is globally known as the historical city and the heart of Japan, will welcome you to ICADL2006 in a very beautiful autumn. We look forward to seeing you at this invaluable occasion. Taro Tezuka Publicity Co-chair of ICADL2006 (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University)

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Sad Demise of Prof. N.B. Pangannaya
by sathya 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Prof. Pangannaiah was my beloved teacher, very special to me. In my first job as Librarian, I was his proud successor at Udipi, a college library he had build and developed on a very modern line. He made my entry into profession so good and enjoyable that I owe him my success in the first leg of my career profusely to him. He is no more, a very sad feeling indeed. A fine human being, always helpful, he worked for the profession till his last days. I was lucky to have him as my teacher. We miss him. Let us pray for the departed soul. Sathya ----------------------- N V Sathyanarayana Informatics (India) Ltd Bangalore 560003. -----Original Message----- From: N.S. Harinarayana [mailto:ns.harinarayana@gmail.com] Sent: Mon 10/2/2006 9:04 PM To: LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Cc: Subject: [LIS-Forum] Sad Demise of Prof. N.B. Pangannaya Here is my tribute to my beloved teacher Prof. N. Balakrishna Pangannaya who died due to multiple organ failure on October 1, 2006. He was quite active and had no sign of any illness. He attended to the professional work at his office at Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) even on the Friday, September 29, 2006. It is evident that he was contributing richly to the good cause of the profession till his last breath. NBP, as was called fondly by his students, was a teacher par-excellence. Like many of his students, his teachings have a great influence on my professional careers. What I like most in his teachings is his discussions on any topic based on logic and practical utility. He had excellent command over language and the subject. He had the ability to teach any difficult topic with great ease and make even the average students to understand the essence of the topic. His discourse on Information Processing and Retrieval (IPR) still rings in my ears. Prof. Pangannaya is one of the main pillars on which Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore was built. He served the Department for more than three decades. He joined the Department as Lecturer in early 1970s and retired in 2000. For a brief term in-between he served Mangalore University as librarian. I had the fortune of associating myself with him in developing self instructional materials (SIM) for BLISc and MLISc programs of KSOU. He had undergone severe stress during the process of developing the course. In fact, SIM development of MLISc course is half through and he was trying his best to complete the assignment by December this year. It goes to his credit that he alone, single handedly, was able to coordinate the design and development of SIMs both in English and Kannada for BLISc in a record time of just one and half years. It may be noted here this achievement is a record of its kind in KSOU. No other Department was able to develop the SIMs in both the languages. His contributions were recognized and acknowledged by Prof. Sudha Rao, the present Vice Chancellor of KSOU in her key note address during the MLISc contact program held recently. The Department of Library and Information Science has organized a condolence meeting on Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at 4 PM. It will be attended by his students and colleagues in and around Mysore. If you want to send your condolences it may be sent to me before 3 PM. I will pass on your message to the concerned for reading them during the meeting. I pray the Almighty to rest Prof. N.B. Pangannaya's soul in eternal peace. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393

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Call for proposals for UN-Family "21st Century" News Magazine
by Puna Das 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

This project aims at putting ICT to the use of media content development on major societal and development issues such as human rights, peace, tolerance and the fight against discrimination by providing developing countries with training, production and distribution opportunities in these areas. The show consists of feature segments, most often 3 pieces per show, each an estimated six to eight minutes in length. The stories should deal with gripping human problems that have not been widely reported. The programme will feature character-driven, human interest stories that reflect some of the most important issues affecting the world, and our lives, today. Balanced thematically and geographically, each episode will reflect UN priorities for the new millennium. Stories should be targeted to all publics and aim at increasing understanding of the development and societal issues identified as priority fields by UNESCO, namely: * Millennium Development Goals, particularly poverty-alleviation, basic education, gender equality and women empowerment; * Human Rights; * Peace and Tolerance; * Fight against discrimination, based on race, gender or other issues (e.g. HIV status); * Freedom of Expression; and * Intercultural communication and cultural diversity. This project falls within the framework of UNESCO’s project "Harnessing ICT for the audiovisual industry and public service broadcasting in developing countries" and is in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI) and the UN family. Submission criteria: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/22842/1159427733921_Century_-_Submissi… http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=34889&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION… __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Condolence message
by srels 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

On behalf of the Board of Trustees and Staff of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore, I convey our heartfelt condolences on the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Pangannaya. He was a great friend of the Endowment and we cherish his memory for a long time to come. May his soul rest in peace. K.N.Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore. On behalf of the Board of Trustees and Staff of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore, I convey our heartfelt condolences on the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Pangannaya. He was a great friend of the Endowment and we cherish his memory for a long time to come. May his soul rest in peace. K.N.Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore.

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