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Informatics Studies: Invitation to Contribute Papers on Cultural Heritage Information Systems
by Dr. Gireesh Kumar T.K. 26 May '21

26 May '21

*Sub:* Informatics Studies: Invitation to Contribute Papers on Cultural Heritage Information Systems Dear all Cultural heritage connects people to social and cultural values, customs, beliefs, religions, and the knowledge generated by our forefathers in different spheres of activity including science and technology; accumulated through centuries which we are responsible to sustain and transfer to the next generation. Informatics can provide necessary new digital tools, technologies, and advanced interactive information retrieval techniques to conserve heritage assets and document them and the knowledge embedded in them for dissemination in society. But there are also various issues and challenges in developing and maintaining heritage assets as well as building up reliable efficient cultural heritage information systems. Informatics Studies proposes to bring out a special volume on Cultural Heritage Information System (CHIS) in October 2021. The volume will give stress on various aspects of cultural heritage information such as digitization tools and technologies, policy issues, standards and guidelines, metadata and indexing, access and management, issues and challenges, usability and sustainability, architectural designs, semantic and ontological frameworks and the best practices and case studies pertaining to CHIS. The journal Informatics Studies is in its eighth year of publication and select issues are accessible at: informaticsstudies.org. We invite papers for publication in the special volume on the Cultural Heritage Information System (CHIS) first issue (8 (4) October - December 2021). Papers for publication in volume 8 (4) will be accepted upto1st September 2021. Papers are to be uploaded to the journal site. A copy can be sent by e-mail as MS Word file attaché. For author guidelines and other details you can refer https://www.informaticsstudies.org/ or contact: informaticsstudies(a)gmail.com Regards Dr. T. K Gireesh Kumar Guest Editor, Informatics Studies Department of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India Thanks and Regards Dr. Gireesh Kumar T.K. Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, PIN: 221005 UTTAR PRADESH -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reference Management and Zotero Software Tutorial
by Vimal Kumar V. 26 May '21

26 May '21

Archbishop Kavukattu Central Library, Assumption College (Autonomous) Changanacherry in association with Lore & Ed Research Associates organizes two-day International Online Workshop on Reference Management and Zotero Software Tutorial (with 30-days postworkshop support). Date: 29-30 May 2021 Time: 04:00 - 05:30 PM The workshop offers a unique blend of theoretical and applied elements of bibliography management. Highly useful for postgraduate students, research scholars and faculty members. For more details: https://loreanded.com/blog/f/reference-management-and-zotero-software-tutor… Register for the workshop after making the fee payment. The payment reference number is to be added along with a screenshot. Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/5/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsKRjXfIqjnoP2xqsGraf9_xuJhI-… Fee: ₹500 (For participants register from India) $10 (For participants register from other countries) -- *Dr Vimal Kumar V.* Reference Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala-686560 ------------------------------------------ My Home page:www.vimalkumar.info My Blogs:linuxhalwa.blogspot.com kohageek.blogspot.com moovandan.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------- *"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." Alvin Toffler* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Phil Shaw -- the digital artist
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 25 May '21

25 May '21

I came across Phil Shaw the digital artist. He has a passion of arranging books on the bookshelf in a way to tell stories, by reading their spines. I got introduced to him from a news item in TOI. There is a topical story on corona too, that is making rounds in social media. https://www.instagram.com/philshaw775/ Dr P Vyasamoorthy / 9490804278 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Intereresing Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 210521 and Forthcoming Events
by Mohan Hr 25 May '21

25 May '21

Intereresing Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 210521 Current Post: IRAI-210521: https://bit.ly/3wxw5TG IRAI Archives: https://lnkd.in/ewR3UdD Seven Rules for Delivering Machine Learning Projects on Time 4 Types of Software Maintenance & How They Help Your Organization Phishing 101: How It Works & What to Look For Digital Ways to Keep a Good Track of Your Business During Pandemic 11 Tips for Remote Employee Engagement The Complete Job Interview Preparation Guide: 10 Tips to Get You Hired The power of emerging technologies: Finding value through data Cloud 2.0: Serverless architecture and the next wave of enterprise offerings Mental Models: The Best Way to Make Intelligent Decisions (~100 Models Explained) Experience management 101: The what, why, and how of XM IRAI Quiz -- 210521: https://bit.ly/3bRpQlC Forthcoming Events 12th Jun 2021-- Writing a Textbook: Guidelines and Tips from Experienced Authors & Publisher’s Perspective. https://bit.ly/3hAsn7l 26th Jun 2021-- Surfing in Data Tsunami. https://bit.ly/3oKVNRY For more events in May 2021: https://bit.ly/3t4mSks For more events in Jun 2021: https://bit.ly/3bv7IxI Answers to IRAI Quiz -- 210521: https://bit.ly/3rN7SXF Current Post: IRAI-210521: https://bit.ly/3wxw5TG IRAI Archives: https://lnkd.in/ewR3UdD

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Sad demise of M N Seetharaman, Ex Head, ICAST, NAL
by Ishwar Goudar 24 May '21

24 May '21

Dear Professionals, I am very sorry to inform you all that Mr. M. N. Seetharaman (MNS), Ex. Head, Information Centre, NAL, Bangalore around 1.00 pm yesterday, 22nd May due to Covid 19. He was 94. He was admitted to Sakra Hospital, Marathhalli Ring Road 15 days back. He was very active and bold being in the hospital too. Infact he spoke to me 6 days back from hospital and kept on sending messages. In between his covid test was negative. But again got infected including secondary infection along with low BP. MNS worked with Both Dr Neelakantan foudar Director, NAL and Dr. Valluri very closely. He played very imporyamt role in setting up of 4'X4' wind tunnel most important milestone of NAL. He took information centre to the highest level and served as its Head, since the setting up Library in 1960s till 1987. He had set up NICDROM at NAL, under NISSAT. MNS was dreamer and was person who used to put staircase to sky. Once Dr. Valluri told openly and I quote "If I were to allow MNS he would have made NAL as subsidiary of ICAST". Among many firsts to his credit he experimented in collaboration with TIFR and introduced satellite based Online Information service through European Space Agency at NAL in 1980s itself. He built exhaustive collection of Technical Reports. Most of thec ISRO, DRDO, IISc, IIT and other Aerosoace related institutes were depending upon ICAST sources and services. Leave alone LIS, he would talk hours together on any topic under the sun and even beyond. He recruited and trained many colleagues at ICAST. After retirement from NAL, he served as Special Officer at Library of IIT, Chennai. He brought ocean changes there to such an extent that IIT Senate gave him a standing ovation. He hosted 39th ILA Conference at IIT. He boosted image of Librarianship at IIT. Infact I worked under his guidance and supervision at IIT. He only recommenced my name to Prof. Narasimha, then Director, NAL who offered me the post of Head, ICAST. Then onwards he guided me to provide quality and state-of-the-art information services. Till the last hour of getting admitted to hospital he was using Internet profusely and inform us about new developments. I lost a friend, philosopher, guide and above all a great human being. Om Shanthi 💐💐🙏💐💐 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Condolence Meeting - Prof Amudhavalli
by Gnanasekar A 23 May '21

23 May '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Chandrakumar, V. <vcakilan(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun 23 May, 2021, 6:52 AM Subject: Condolence Meeting - Prof Amudhavalli To: chandrakumar <chandrakumar(a)unom.ac.in> Dear All, A Condolence Meeting is scheduled on *24th May 2021 at 5.30 p.m*. via Google Meet to pay tribute to Prof. A. Amudhavalli, Former Professor & Head, Department of Library & Information Science, University of Madras, who passed away due to illness on 17th May 2021 at Palayamkottai. I request you to kindly join the Meeting with following link: https://meet.google.com/stm-ioab-dbi Regards, V. Chandrakumar Professor & Head -- -- Dr. V. Chandrakumar Professor & Head (Chairperson - School of Information and Communication Studies) Dept. of Library & Information Science University of Madras, Chennai 600 005 Tel: 044-2539 9674 (Office - Direct) 044-2257 9313 (Residence) Mobile: 0-94441 14271

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 218, Issue 25
by Abha sinha 23 May '21

23 May '21

Om shanti 🙏🙏🏵🏵 On Sun, May 23, 2021, 17:30 <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Demise of Sri M N Seetharaman (Koteswara Rao Mamidi) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 23 May 2021 07:23:58 +0000 > From: Koteswara Rao Mamidi <mk-rao(a)hotmail.com> > To: lisforum lisforum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Demise of Sri M N Seetharaman > Message-ID: > < > MEYPR01MB6216F1E440EFF7AC98628AFE98279(a)MEYPR01MB6216.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear friends, > > Sad to hear that Shri M N Seetharaman of NAL has succumbed to Covid-19. I > was fortunate to work under him at IIT Madras Central Library where he > introduced library automation by developing an in-house LMS package, CDROM > network, barcoding, DIALOG online services, and introduced many ICTs, > including the present new millennium library building. > The Indian LIS fraternity has lost another library stalwart who will be > remembered for his contribution to the development of technical libraries. > He was first in the country to introduce the concept of 'library-trainees' > and undertaken many library projects at IIT Madras. > > Let us pray for his soul to rest in peace. Om Shanti! > > Dr. M Koteswara Rao > Hyderabad > > ________________________________ > From: Ishwar Goudar <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2021 11:49 AM > To: lis-forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Cc: Francis Jayakanth <fjayakanth(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Sad demise of M N Seetharaman, Ex Head, ICAST, NAL > > Dear Professionals, > > I am very sorry to inform you all that Mr. M. N. Seetharaman (MNS), Ex. > Head, Information Centre, NAL, Bangalore around 1.00 pm yesterday, 22nd > May due to Covid 19. He was 94. He was admitted to Sakra Hospital, > Marathhalli Ring Road 15 days back. He was very active and bold being in > the hospital too. Infact he spoke to me 6 days back from hospital and kept > on sending messages. In between his covid test was negative. But again got > infected including secondary infection along with low BP. > > MNS worked with Both Dr Neelakantan foudar Director, NAL and Dr. Valluri > very closely. He played very imporyamt role in setting up of 4'X4' wind > tunnel most important milestone of NAL. > > He took information centre to the highest level and served as its Head, > since the setting up Library in 1960s till 1987. He had set up NICDROM at > NAL, under NISSAT. MNS was dreamer and was person who used to put > staircase to sky. Once Dr. Valluri told openly and I quote "If I were to > allow MNS he would have made NAL as subsidiary of ICAST". > > Among many firsts to his credit he experimented in collaboration with TIFR > and introduced satellite based Online Information service through European > Space Agency at NAL in 1980s itself. He built exhaustive collection of > Technical Reports. Most of thec ISRO, DRDO, IISc, IIT and other Aerosoace > related institutes were depending upon ICAST sources and services. > > Leave alone LIS, he would talk hours together on any topic under the sun > and even beyond. He recruited and trained many colleagues at ICAST. > > After retirement from NAL, he served as Special Officer at Library of IIT, > Chennai. He brought ocean changes there to such an extent that IIT Senate > gave him a standing ovation. He hosted 39th ILA Conference at IIT. He > boosted image of Librarianship at IIT. Infact I worked under his guidance > and supervision at IIT. > > He only recommenced my name to Prof. Narasimha, then Director, NAL who > offered me the post of Head, ICAST. Then onwards he guided me to provide > quality and state-of-the-art information services. > > Till the last hour of getting admitted to hospital he was using Internet > profusely and inform us about new developments. > > I lost a friend, philosopher, guide and above all a great human being. > > Om Shanthi > 💐💐🙏💐💐 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > ------------------------------ > > End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 218, Issue 25 > ****************************************** > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Sad demise of M N Seetharaman, Ex Head, ICAST, NAL
by Mohan Hr 23 May '21

23 May '21

With deep regret I note the demise of Mr MNS of Ex ICAST and IITM with whom I had very intimate association for several years through different forums regarding online databases, tech literature and building collections. My brother Mr HR Ramu of Ex UBS and Mahalaxmi Enterprises was also known to him very well. I pray HIS ALMIGHTY to shower HIS blessings on the departed soul to rest in peace. With deep regrets HR Mohan Former AVP Systems, The Hindu Message: 2 Date: Sun, 23 May 2021 11:49:49 +0530 From: Ishwar Goudar <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> To: lis-forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Francis Jayakanth <fjayakanth(a)gmail.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Sad demise of M N Seetharaman, Ex Head, ICAST, NAL Message-ID: <CANstONiy=O6mHnbbN60Zt_ByK0o6nZ8Ek=TFUqrZk9tcYc4w4A(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Dear Professionals, I am very sorry to inform you all that Mr. M. N. Seetharaman (MNS), Ex. Head, Information Centre, NAL, Bangalore around 1.00 pm yesterday, 22nd May due to Covid 19. He was 94. He was admitted to Sakra Hospital, Marathhalli Ring Road 15 days back. He was very active and bold being in the hospital too. Infact he spoke to me 6 days back from hospital and kept on sending messages. In between his covid test was negative. But again got infected including secondary infection along with low BP. MNS worked with Both Dr Neelakantan foudar Director, NAL and Dr. Valluri very closely. He played very imporyamt role in setting up of 4'X4' wind tunnel most important milestone of NAL. He took information centre to the highest level and served as its Head, since the setting up Library in 1960s till 1987. He had set up NICDROM at NAL, under NISSAT. MNS was dreamer and was person who used to put staircase to sky. Once Dr. Valluri told openly and I quote "If I were to allow MNS he would have made NAL as subsidiary of ICAST". Among many firsts to his credit he experimented in collaboration with TIFR and introduced satellite based Online Information service through European Space Agency at NAL in 1980s itself. He built exhaustive collection of Technical Reports. Most of thec ISRO, DRDO, IISc, IIT and other Aerosoace related institutes were depending upon ICAST sources and services. Leave alone LIS, he would talk hours together on any topic under the sun and even beyond. He recruited and trained many colleagues at ICAST. After retirement from NAL, he served as Special Officer at Library of IIT, Chennai. He brought ocean changes there to such an extent that IIT Senate gave him a standing ovation. He hosted 39th ILA Conference at IIT. He boosted image of Librarianship at IIT. Infact I worked under his guidance and supervision at IIT. He only recommenced my name to Prof. Narasimha, then Director, NAL who offered me the post of Head, ICAST. Then onwards he guided me to provide quality and state-of-the-art information services. Till the last hour of getting admitted to hospital he was using Internet profusely and inform us about new developments. I lost a friend, philosopher, guide and above all a great human being. Om Shanthi 💐💐🙏💐💐 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Condolence Meeting - Mr. MN Seetharaman
by Ashok Asundi 23 May '21

23 May '21

All LIS Fraternity, In continuation of the condolence message sent through lisforum, I wish to convey that we would arrange a Condolence Meeting shortly via Zoom or other platform. All will be kept informed via this forum about the date and time of meeting, pl.note. Prof. A.Y.Asundi

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Sad demise Veteran Library Scientist Sri M.N. Seetharaman
by Ashok Asundi 23 May '21

23 May '21

To All LIS Professionals, We feel highly painful to hear the sad demise of Sri M.N. Seetharaman, former Head NAL, Bangalore. One of the pioneering library and information scientist of our country at the formative years of the development of library and information systems in our country. I had earliest privilege of visiting the NAL Library in late 1965 as student of library science and on study tour since then I have been in contact with Mr. Seetharaman who was very courteous to and would welcome all young professionals with his fair guidance and help. After I moved to Bangalore my contact with him become closure and I would often visit NAL Library for help and guidance. Mr. Seetharaman's all achievements have been narrated by Dr. IRN Goudar in another post on this forum. But one incident I remember always is the Online Information Retrieval Service he had organised( as a Pilot Project) in 1984 as one of the participant. It was an uphill task and the most notable achievement of Mr. Seetharaman apart from his organisation and professional skills. The NAL got connected to Frescati, Rome via European Space Agency and that to at a time when the Telecommunication technology was in it infancy in India then. Myself and with my IIMB Colleagure Smt. Shailaja participated actively in the project and we could also search several databases online. It was one of the most fascinating experience to reminisce. Mr. Seetharaman was Life Member of KALA and would participate in its activities very enthusiastically and also would extend his cooperation in its professional pursuits. Even at the older age he was very active and would offer his valuable consultancies to the need. Very noble, soft spoken and above all very friendly with all. I have personally known his many achievements communicated through the NAL Newsletter to enlighten the professionals. On behalf of Governing Council, on behalf all members of KALA and on my personal behalf condole the passing away of Mr. M.N.Seetharaman, pray Al Mighty May his Soul Rest in Peace. Prof. A.Y.AsundiPresident, Karnataka State Library Association, On behalf of GC and All Members and LIS Fraternity.

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