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informationliteracy
by priya gopalkrishna kaimal 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Dear friends, please let me if there is any study conducted in india in the theme of Information Literacy , Information Literacy skills and teachers, Assessment of IL .priya Pillai librarian bombay teachers Trining colleg mumbai Priya R Pillai Librarian Bombay Teachers Training College ApolloBunder, Colaba,Mumbai-39 Dear friends, please let me if there is any study conducted in india in the theme of Information Literacy , Information Literacy skills and teachers, Assessment of IL .priya Pillai librarian bombay teachers Trining colleg mumbai Priya R Pillai Librarian Bombay Teachers Training College ApolloBunder, Colaba,Mumbai-39 http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Open Access Institutional Repositories with NewGenLib
by L J Haravu 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Dear Friends A movie file which demonstrates how ICRISAT, an international agricultural research centre, creates its OAI-PMH compliant open access repository using NewGenLlib may be seen at http://www.kiikm.org/icrisat_open_archive.wmv Either click the URL in this submission or copy the URL to your browser to view or save the file before viewing it. Haravu

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Half Day Workshop on Information Handling in Digital Era
by Harish Chandra 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

Indian Institute of Technology Madras Central Library http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in 23-10-2006 We are pleased to inform you that the Central LIbrary of IIT Madras, Chennai is organising Half Day Workshop on Information Handling in Digital Era on 30-10-2006 at 02:00 PM to 05:00 PM in the Media Resource Center of the Central Library. The worshop will cover Search Engines, Digital Preservation, Meta Data Standards and WIKISPACE. The following Speakers have agreed to deliever the lectures 1. Prof. I.V. Malhan, Prof. & Head Department of Library and Information Science University of Jammu, Jammu 2.Prof. Jagtar Singh Department of Library and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala 3.Dr. P.Pichappan, Associate Professor Department of Library and Information Science Annamalai University, Chidambaram There is no fee for the worshop. Intended participants can register at hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in on or before 30-10-2006 before 01:00 PM Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian IIT Madras, Chennai www.harishchandra.com Indian Institute of Technology Madras Central Library http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in 23-10-2006 We are pleased to inform you that the Central LIbrary of IIT Madras, Chennai is organising Half Day Workshop on Information Handling in Digital Era on 30-10-2006 at 02:00 PM to 05:00 PM in the Media Resource Center of the Central Library. The worshop will cover Search Engines, Digital Preservation, Meta Data Standards and WIKISPACE. The following Speakers have agreed to deliever the lectures 1. Prof. I.V. Malhan, Prof. & Head Department of Library and Information Science University of Jammu, Jammu 2.Prof. Jagtar Singh Department of Library and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala 3.Dr . P . Pichappan, Associate Professor Department of Library and Information Science Annamalai University, Chidambaram There is no fee for the worshop. Intended participants can register at mailto:hchandra@iitm.ac.in hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in on or before 30-10-2006 before 01:00 PM Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian IIT Madras, Chennai http://www.harishchandra.com www.harishchandra.com

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Vacancy announcement
by msnraj 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

From: S. Nagaraja. snraj(a)rediffmail.com The Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Manasagangothri, Mysore, arranged a walk in Interview for two Posts of JRFs in Library and Information Science,for its library automation project. The Walk in Interview will held on 27/10/2006 at 10.00 AM in the Institute. Essential Qualifications: Masters/Bachelors degree in Library & Information Science, Experience of Working in Library automation Projects. A good knowledge of working with computers and Library software. Desirable : Diplamo/Certificate in Computers and working knowledge of LIBSYS software. Remuneration: Rs. 8000/-PM. Age below 30 years. For further details Pl.see the notification appeared in Hindu, dated 15th October 2006. or Contact: Mr. S. Nagaraj, Librarian, Regional Institute of Education, Manasagangothri, Mysore-570 006. Phone: 0821-2413670 From: S. Nagaraja. snraj(a)rediffmail.com The Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Manasagangothri, Mysore, arranged a walk in Interview for two Posts of JRFs in Library and Information Science,for its library automation project. The Walk in Interview will held on 27/10/2006 at 10.00 AM in the Institute. Essential Qualifications: Masters/Bachelors degree in Library & Information Science, Experience of Working in Library automation Projects. A good knowledge of working with computers and Library software. Desirable : Diplamo/Certificate in Computers and working knowledge of LIBSYS software. Remuneration: Rs. 8000/-PM. Age below 30 years. For further details Pl.see the notification appeared in Hindu, dated 15th October 2006. or Contact: Mr. S. Nagaraj, Librarian, Regional Institute of Education, Manasagangothri, Mysore-570 006. Phone: 0821-2413670 http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Last Call for Papers : ICSD-2007
by Dr. A.R.D. Prasad 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this reminder] ==================================================== LAST CALL FOR PAPERS & Early Bird Registration International Conference on Semantic Web & Digital Libraries (ICSD-2007) February 21-23, 2006 Documentation Research & Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India ============================================================= http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd ------------------------------------------------------------- *** Paper Submission Date: October 31, 2006*** ***Early Bird Registration: January 01, 2007*** ==== INTRODUCTION ==== The proliferation of digital resources poses an unprecedented challenge to information professionals in generating efficient information services. Most patrons approach the Internet for the digital content but have no clue how to retrieve pertinent information and this has led to a demand for organized information services and resulted in digital library and institutional repositories. Technology and tools have to be deployed for harnessing the content and for retrieval of information from the mass of unorganized resources. Semantic Web Technologies is an area that has invoked much research interest and aims at efficient information representation and retrieval. The aim of semantic web is to build conceptual relations for machine interpretation that eventually will lead to efficient knowledge mapping and organization techniques. However, research in Semantic Web is being understood and experimented in different areas differently and one of the most pertinent applications would be in the area of Information Retrieval. Search and retrieval mechanism in Digital Libraries (DL) are moving slowly towards becoming semantic. Interoperability between digital libraries has to be based on Semantic Web principles, in order to achieve meaningful user-machine interaction. Documentation Research and Training Centre(DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute(ISI), Bangalore, has a long research interest in knowledge organization techniques including its seminal contribution in the form of Prof. S.R. Ranganathans faceted approach to classification. In recent times DRTC has applied the classical theory to practical modeling in the area of Information Retrieval. The team at DRTC has experimented with application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques in IR and has demonstrated systems in automatic classification and indexing. With this experience and as part of the Indian Statistical Institute Platinum jubilee celebrations, DRTC/ISI announces International conference on Semantic Web and Digital Libraries. The objective is to bring together the best expertise in the areas of Semantic Web and Digital Libraries from leading initiatives worldwide. ==== CALL FOR PAPERS ==== Original papers in English are invited on a theme related to those mentioned above. An international review panel will review the papers based on originality of the work, quality and relevance to the main theme of the conference. Peer reviewed and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. The papers should follow the submission instructions that will be furnished along with acceptance note and also on the conference website. The conference aims to explore the topics in themes and sub themes through tutorials, workshops, demonstrations, Invited talks and presentations. Eminent researchers and academicians will be invited to deliver theme papers and invited talks on select topics. INSTRUCTION TO AUTHORS ---------------------- Papers should not exceed eight (12) pages and have to follow the ICSD-2007 formatting guidelines (http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd/guidelines.html) Manuscripts should be submitted electronically as MS_WORD (or Open Office WORD) and PDF via e-mail to the following address: icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in with CC to icsd2007(a)gmail.com At least one of the authors of the accepted article has to be registered for the conference before the delivery of the camera-ready paper. Otherwise the article will not be included in the proceedings. ==== THEMES ==== The conference is based on two broad themes viz. Semantic Web and Digital libraries and the convergence of both the technologies: Digital Libraries: ------------------ * Open Access to Information. Open Standards and Open Source Tools for OA * Digital Libraries Development * Tools and Techniques for managing digital repositories * Digital Resource Management strategies * Content Development: Policies * Content development: tools and techniques * Technology issues in Digital Services * Design of Digital Information Services * Digital Resource Organization * Retrieval issues in digital environment * Standards and specifications for digital objects * Metadata standards, Interoperability and Crosswalks * Varied media and format resources * Multilingual Digital Libraries * Patron interaction and facilitation tools * Digital Library applications and case studies * Digital Library and Semantic Web Projects and Case Studies * Long Term Digital Preservation * Digitization best practices Semantic Web: ------------- * Semantic Web and Information Retrieval * Knowledge Organization and Ontologies * Architecture for Semantic Web * Technology and Semantic Web Modeling tools * Intelligent Agents in Semantic Retrieval * Semantic Portals and Semantic Web Services * Vocabulary and taxonomy development * Methodologies for ontology development * Best-practice examples and case studies * Tools for ontology development, analysis and comparison * Comparison and evaluation of ontologies * Ontology management, maintenance, versioning * Methodologies for ontology merging, alignment, and integration * Applications of Semantic Web * Semantic Web technologies and Digital Libraries * Semantic Markup: Languages and techniques Any other topics under the two broad themes. ==== IMPORTANT DATES ==== Paper Submission * Submission of full paper with abstract: October 31 , 2006 * Notification of acceptance with comments: November 30, 2006 * Submission of CAMERA-READY papers, incorporating comments: December 31, 2006 Registration * Early Bird Registration: January 01, 2007 * Late Registration: January 02, 2007 onwards ==== REGISTRATION ==== * Early Bird Registration: (January 01, 2007) ------------------------ Rs. 4000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); USD 150 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) * After January 01, 2007: Rs. 5000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); USD 175 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) * Tutorial: --------- Rs. 1000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); USD 40 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) ==== CONTACT & ENQUIRIES ==== Dr. A.R.D.Prasad, (Conference Convenor) Associate Professor, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560 059 Karnataka, INDIA Phone: 91-80-28483002/3/4 extn no. 496 or 490 Fax : 91-80-28484265 Email: icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in icsd2007(a)gmail.com (in CC) *******************************************************************

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Darwin goes open access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Oct '06

22 Oct '06

Friends: Here is a story from Guardian Unlimited that should warm the hearts of scientists and open access champions! The entire works of Charles darwin including pictures are now available open access. Arun ------------ Darwin's entire works go online Ian Sample, science correspondent Thursday October 19, 2006 The Guardian A missing notebook clutched by a Shropshire lad who circumnavigated the globe, returned to Britain, and demolished the Victorian hubris that humans stood alone as the pinnacle of creation is published for the first time today. The original notebook, which documents Charles Darwin's observations throughout his five-year voyage to the Amazon, Patagonia and the Pacific aboard HMS Beagle, is presumed stolen, but using a microfilm copy, Cambridge University scientists today make it available free online, along with the entire works of the scientist credited with the most important advance in science of the past 300 years. The collection brings Darwin's breathtaking range of writing together for the first time, with 50,000 pages of searchable text, and tens of thousands of images, many from previously unpublished manuscripts, together with notebooks, diaries and original publications such as The Origin of Species, The Voyage of the Beagle (the Journal of Researches) and The Descent of Man. Audio versions of key works will be free to download at the project website, darwin-online.org.uk. "Nowhere possesses this complete collection. It's a complete run of his papers which has never been assembled in any form anywhere," said John van Wyhe, director of The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online project. Randal Keynes, Darwin's great, great grandson, told the Guardian the project fulfilled the Darwin family's long-standing aim to have all of the scientist's work available for everyone. ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Is India a threat to US domination in technology?
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

Friends: Here is what a US expert thinks about China and India as threats to the US domination in technology. He says we have a poor government in India, our education system (barring a few exceptions) is no good and our infrastructure is crumbling. Should we not do something to improve? Regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ---------------------- In his recent book, "Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East", Clyde Prestowitz quotes a Chinese friend: "We've had a couple of hundred bad years, but now we're back." Yet shrugging off the burden of history is not so easy, particularly when, as recently as 1966-76, the brightest and sparkiest people were dumped in labour camps. The Chinese have been able to turn their country into a manufacturing giant because of their willingness to work harder and longer; but turning it into a service giant, let alone an innovation hub, will require different qualities. China's biggest problem is a culture of deference--a culture that was refined by the mandarin tradition and then reinforced by the Communist Party. For many Chinese it is bad form to question superiors. So far, China has been much more adept at borrowing other people's ideas than producing its own, particularly when it comes to high-level innovation. But there are plenty of other problems, ranging from poor English-language skills to weak intellectual-property rights. Many Western companies are rightly nervous about developing new products in a country where ideas are routinely stolen. India's difficulties have more to do with another intractable problem: poor government. The country's infrastructure is crumbling and the education system is hugely uneven. The Indian Institutes of Technology are very good at producing a highly educated elite, but run-of-the-mill colleges are often of poor quality. The result is graduate unemployment of 17% at a time when the high-tech economy is booming. ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Declining Reading Habits
by librarymahad 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Dear all, In my past experience as a Librarian in GIDC Rofel Institute Of Management Studies I have seen that reading habit of the students is also markably declined. I have found the probable reasons also. 1) They were getting ready-made notes, data, projects, etc. which are available in the markets. It is also pretty clear that when students are getting their required in ready made form, they are not willing to read books and prepared notes from those. Which we used to do. Reading various types of books and getting the best of books for any answer to a question. 2) They are so burdened with lots of activities in the Study period that they were not willing to read books from where they can prepared notes. 3) Some are so lazy that at the time of examination they only want the READY MADE. The other thing we also think about the decline of reading habit is the TV programme. I have seen that the house wifves who used to read 5 or 6 novel in a week from a particular library are not at all visiting the library. I wanted to know the cause. The simple answer now we are not getting time because of TV Soaps. I partially agreed that the reading habit is declined for more use of internet information or e-book. But how many of general people is able to effort for that? We are really using that but in which way that is being used and useful? Who are the person using those? Those all have to be consider in your survey. Regards, Wish you all a very Happy Dipavali!!! Pradip Das ================================================= Pradip Das. Sr. Librarian & Training Co-ordinator, Pidilite Industries Limited, A/21, MIDC, Mahad, Maharashtra - 402309. India. Ph. : 02145- 31444(R), 02145 - 232043 to 46 (Off.) Extn. : 226 Fax. : 01245 - 232048 E-mail : librarymahad(a)pidilite.co.in or, pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com Web : www.pidilite.com ================================================ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Parinita Samant" <parinitas(a)hexaware.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Declining Reading Habits Dear All, It is nice to see such a varied response for Declining Reading habits. What I, as a librarian want to do, is take a survey to find out the varied reading habits of various age groups and what attracts them to reading. Surely there is a motivation to read. What is it that triggers it in various people? I am sure of the fact that reading habits are NOT declining, they are only changing. Just because people do not come to the library to issue out books, does not mean reading habits are declining. Are we as librarians geared up for this change? We as librarians need to change accordingly to meet our reader's requirements. If e-books is what is preferred by say an age group 20-30 then we provide them with e-books and journals. If Just-in-Time information is needed, then so be it. Could we discuss this further? What are your experiences? Thanks & Regards Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library Hexaware Technologies Ltd 152, Millennium Business Park, Sect -IIIA Block, TTC Industrial Area Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 67919595 - Xt- 9707

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Programme on Information Literacy and Promotion of Reading Habits for Corporation School Students - reg
by Arunachalam Hariharan 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Dear All, As you may aware that the Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) is organizing many programmes for the Corporation School Children since 2003 through its various chapters to promote reading habits and also to motivate the students to use the Library. SALIS is organizing similar programmes in this year also as part of National Library Week Celebrations. The details of the programmes are given below: Objective of the Programmes: 1. To promote Information Literacy/Reading Habits of Corporation School Children Programme Type: Speech Competition Topics: 1. Role of Libraries in Nation Building (OR) 2. Role of Libraries in Career Development of Students Eligibility: Students of Corporation Schools studying IX, X, XI and XII standards. Fee: No Fee Venue: Connemara Public Library, Chennai Preliminary Round : 05.11.2006 â 09.30 A.M Time : 5 minutes No. students to be selected: 6 FINAL Round: Date: 12.11.2006 Time: 9.30 A. Time: 10 minutes No. students to be selected: 6 A panel of judges will select the winners based on the following criteria 1. Oratory Skill 2. Body Language 3. Contents Prizes: First prize : Books worth Rs.1000/- (minimum) Second prize: Books worth Rs.750/- Third prize : Books worth Rs.500/- The winners will receive the above prizes during the National Library Week Celebrations between 14th and 20th, November 2006 at Chennai The date & time of the function will be intimated to the winners to receive the prices. For further details of the programme and registration of names, kindly contact: Mr. P.Panneer Selvam Programme Co-ordinator SALIS Chennai Chapter B2- Solai Apartments (Opp to MGR garden) Mount-Poonamallee Road Chennai â 600 089 e-mail: salis_info(a)yahoo.com cell: 9841103912 All are cordially invited for the programme. Kindly inform the same to all the concerned. . Thank you. Wish you all a very HAPPY DEEPAVALI & RAMZAAN ---------------------------------------------------- A.Hariharan SALIS A.Hariharan Structural Engineering Research Centre CSIR Campus Taramani Chennai - 600 113 hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com Cell: 9841601901 Off:044-22549133 -------------------------------------------------- SALIS B2-Solai Apatments Mount-Poonamallee Road (opp.to.MGR Garden) Chennai - 600 116 Tel: 044-22522448/42014772 www.autolib-india.net/salis __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Reading habit
by Mailing List Manager 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:56:24 +0530 From: Rafiq <rafiq.ansari(a)timesgroup.com> Dear All, We are debating a very subjective issue. People not coming to Library and not borrowing books in no way indicate decline in reading habits. Reading today has shifted from print to electronic. Downloading e-books or taking print out of searched pages from the Internet is as good as physically borrowing books from the Library. In the present milieu (though it has always been so), the world is a university where learning is online. And no learning is possible without reading; I repeat reading - be it physical or online. The crux of the issue, nevertheless, is that "Reading is Living", and a person who does not read dies before time, he may be physically alive, though. So let's strive to promote "reading habit" per se rather than wasting efforts in finding results of surveys indicating that the reading habit is declining. Regards, Rafiq Ansari Senior Manager - Library Television Division The Times of India Group Mumbai Tel - (022) 24810633 rafiq.ansari(a)gmail.com -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:49 AM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Declining reading habits Dear All, Declining reading habits are one of the major concerns of nearly all libraries today. [truncated]

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