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Re: RE: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORUM: ITS ROLE
by Sourav Chakraborty 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

Dear Professionals, I fully appreciate the views expressed by Shri Goudar. Let us all work in that direction. Regards, Sourav. ------- Sourav Chakraborty Aunwesha Knowledge Technologies Webel Bhavan,3rd Floor,Block EP & GP Sector-V,Salt Lake Electronics Complex Kolkata - 700 091 Phone:+91 33 2357 7183 Mobile:+91 98302 81140 Fax:+91 33 2357 1739/7183 email:sourav@aunwesha.com web:http://www.aunwesha.com On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 M Koteswara Rao wrote : >Dear Colleagues, > >I do agree that this LIS-Forum started by Late Dr. Rajashekar is the first >of its kind in the country for library professionals. Over the year it has >helped all of us in many ways. It is an example of a practical work done >by Dr. TBR, and not just 'plain talk' given by many. However, I do not >agree to Mr. Goudar's statement ".... Rather we need (not?) bother about >the quality, importance and relevance of the of the content in the >postings....". I think that the quality and relevance of the content is >also very important in lis-forum. We are already aware that many of the >postings on this forum are too immature and lack quality and sense of >direction. If we need to keep this forum active and alive, we should >definitely adhere to some standards. > > >M. Koteswara Rao >------------------------------------- >Deputy librarian >Indian Institute of Technology Madras >Chennai - 600036, India >Tele: 91-044-22574954 > >On Fri, September 23, 2005 2:14 pm, Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com said: > > RE: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORUM: ITS ROLE > > I agree with Mr Gouder. > > Lis-forum has already become (by virtue of heavy usage, members > > from diverse institutions, and the perceived utility by subscribers) >number one among such forums for librarians and library science. It is >necessary for the professional to keep > > abreast > > of happenings > > in the country. Therefore posts from other foru > > m > > s should be welcome. > > > > Only one minor problems needs to be addressed. As I am > > greedy, I subscribe to several mailing lists: Lis-forum, corp. >librarians, > > Emala, IATLIS,Lis-net etc. When messages are cross-posted a lot of >duplication at the subscriber's end occurs. As many messages > > contain replies to some first link in a thread, one has to read through >a lot of messages before deleting duplicates. > > How can we avoid such duplication? > > Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, > > ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR >District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA > > Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com > > Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: >+91(40)27846631 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > [ mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > ]On Behalf Of I.R.N.Goudar > > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 12:05 PM > > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORUM: ITS ROLE > > Dear Professionals, > > As you are aware LIS-FORUM has emerged as an effective means of > > communication and discussion among LIS Professionals in the country for >the last few years. One of the Lis-Forum member has strongly >expressed > > his feelings that postings covering Regional/State level associations >should not be broadcast on Lis-Forum. But if you see the postings all >these years, forum has been covering items issued by be it MALIBNET, >KALA, MYLISA, RSC-Delhi, IATLIS, SIS, etc or a message from an >University. > > In this way forum is networking LIS Professionals and concerned > > professional associations all over the country, be it fron Kashmir, TN, >West Bengal or Karnataka. > > I am of the opinion that apart from discussing professional matters we >should know what is going on in professional circles elsewhere too. >While each Association can have its own discussion forum, important >announcemnets should be covered by Lis-Forum irrespective of whether >the > > LIS Association is State/Regional level one as long as the matter is of >interest, as has been the case all these days. Rather we need bother >about the quality, importance and relevance of the of the content in the >postings. Infact Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar had posted an item toucing >some > > issues concerned in this matter a year back or so. > > I INVITE LIS-FORUM MEMBERS TO GIVE THEIR OPINION IN THIS MATTER. Goudar > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 > > Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 > > Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 > > National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in >Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India > > http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html > > http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Dear Professionals, I fully appreciate the views expressed by Shri Goudar. Let us all work in that direction. Regards, Sourav. ------- Sourav Chakraborty Aunwesha Knowledge Technologies Webel Bhavan,3rd Floor,Block EP & GP Sector-V,Salt Lake Electronics Complex Kolkata - 700 091 Phone:+91 33 2357 7183 Mobile:+91 98302 81140 Fax:+91 33 2357 1739/7183 email:sourav@aunwesha.com web:http://www.aunwesha.com On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 M Koteswara Rao wrote : >Dear Colleagues, > >I do agree that this LIS-Forum started by Late Dr. Rajashekar is the first >of its kind in the country for library professionals. Over the year it has >helped all of us in many ways. It is an example of a practical work done >by Dr. TBR, and not just 'plain talk' given by many. However, I do not >agree to Mr. Goudar's statement ".... Rather we need (not?) bother about >the quality, importance and relevance of the of the content in the >postings....". I think that the quality and relevance of the content is >also very important in lis-forum. We are already aware that many of the >postings on this forum are too immature and lack quality and sense of >direction. If we need to keep this forum active and alive, we should >definitely adhere to some standards. > > >M. Koteswara Rao >------------------------------------- >Deputy librarian >Indian Institute of Technology Madras >Chennai - 600036, India >Tele: 91-044-22574954 > >On Fri, September 23, 2005 2:14 pm, Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com said: > > RE: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORUM: ITS ROLE > > I agree with Mr Gouder. > > Lis-forum has already become (by virtue of heavy usage, members > > from diverse institutions, and the perceived utility by subscribers) >number one among such forums for librarians and library science. It is >necessary for the professional to keep > > abreast > > of happenings > > in the country. Therefore posts from other foru > > m > > s should be welcome. > > > > Only one minor problems needs to be addressed. As I am > > greedy, I subscribe to several mailing lists: Lis-forum, corp. >librarians, > > Emala, IATLIS,Lis-net etc. When messages are cross-posted a lot of >duplication at the subscriber's end occurs. As many messages > > contain replies to some first link in a thread, one has to read through >a lot of messages before deleting duplicates. > > How can we avoid such duplication? > > Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, > > ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR >District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA > > Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com > > Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: >+91(40)27846631 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > [ mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > ]On Behalf Of I.R.N.Goudar > > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 12:05 PM > > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORUM: ITS ROLE > > Dear Professionals, > > As you are aware LIS-FORUM has emerged as an effective means of > > communication and discussion among LIS Professionals in the country for >the last few years. One of the Lis-Forum member has strongly >expressed > > his feelings that postings covering Regional/State level associations >should not be broadcast on Lis-Forum. But if you see the postings all >these years, forum has been covering items issued by be it MALIBNET, >KALA, MYLISA, RSC-Delhi, IATLIS, SIS, etc or a message from an >University. > > In this way forum is networking LIS Professionals and concerned > > professional associations all over the country, be it fron Kashmir, TN, >West Bengal or Karnataka. > > I am of the opinion that apart from discussing professional matters we >should know what is going on in professional circles elsewhere too. >While each Association can have its own discussion forum, important >announcemnets should be covered by Lis-Forum irrespective of whether >the > > LIS Association is State/Regional level one as long as the matter is of >interest, as has been the case all these days. Rather we need bother >about the quality, importance and relevance of the of the content in the >postings. Infact Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar had posted an item toucing >some > > issues concerned in this matter a year back or so. > > I INVITE LIS-FORUM MEMBERS TO GIVE THEIR OPINION IN THIS MATTER. Goudar > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 > > Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 > > Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 > > National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in >Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India > > http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html > > http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum 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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PMB Open source IntegratedLibrary System
by vimal kumar 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

PMB Open source IntegratedLibrary System PMB is a ILS entirely free .This software is easy to install than other Opensource ILS. It can work in Windows and Linux. PMB Website available in French, google transalte tool can use to traslate web content into English. PMB supports French, English, Spanish and Prtuguese. User can cutomise languge modules.Following feature available in the latest version(2.1), Financial management Management of the subscriptions Management of the fines Management of the multiple revivals Management of the tariffs of loans Management of the blocking of the loan DSI Selective dissemination of Information Management of the subscriptions to the innovations Management of the criteria of innovations Diffusion by mall and in the OPAC General interface Pagination of the results Possibility of substituting the messages or the standard wording of PMB by its own texts in file XML. OPAC Skeletal limitation of the posting of the categories to the last descriptor term Masking of the specimens of the sections or localizations invisible Masking of the fields persos when vacuums Parameter setting URL image label of the work Choice of the language in the OPAC by the visitor Possibility of substituting the messages or the standard wording of PMB by its own texts in file XML. Seek on the bulletins by date of publication Categories, sorting in posting Cataloguing Skeletal limitation of the posting of the categories to the last descriptor term Addition of a statute of note to manage visibilities in OPAC, preparation of the module acquisitions, extension of research "all the catalogue" " note in order "... Alarm on duplicated ISBN/ISSN Addition of mention of edition: "N ième edition" Update of notes by Z3950 Addition of the columns of dates of creation/modification on notes and specimens Seek on the bulletins by date of publication Categories, sorting in posting Possible posting of the labels of the monographs Administration Columns of audit of the notes and specimens (which created or modified? ...) Internationalization of the installation Parameter of limitation of the indexing Dewey in importation UNIMARC or Z3950 Circulation/Réservations Calendar of the days of opening and calculations of the return Loans express train: to be able to lend a book not catalogued Mall of information of reservation posed in the OPAC Mall of information to user of the validated, priority reservation compared to letter pdf New column of management of confirmation of validation of reservation résa addressed or not with the reader Information on the borrower provided at the time of the not yet returned loans and return, borrowed books, possible delays, reservations Prolongation of the loans by batch (check box and button) Addition of the columns of date of last loan on specimens and borrowers Possible connection of the readers to a directory LDAP Editions Posting of the delays by possible date Pagination of the states personnalisables PMB need helps transalate existing docuentation in French to English. Vimal kumar, Asian School of Business, Trivandrum P.S. Translated version of PMB installation manual available with me. Anybody interested, please contact me at vimal0212(a)yahoo.com __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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LIS-FORUM : ITS ROLE
by Sadasivan KP 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

Friends, I don't think there is any need for a debate on this issue. It is precisely the job/prerogative of the moderator. I am sure, a periodical review/analysis by NCSI, of the messages that inadvertantly bleed beyond the boundaries of its policy, could resolve the aberrations. SADASIVAN KP / RRL(CSIR) TRIVANDRUM / 26.09.2005 --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Friends, I don't think there is any need for a debate on this issue. It is precisely the job/prerogative of the moderator. I am sure, a periodical review/analysis by NCSI, of the messages that inadvertantly bleed beyond the boundaries of its policy, could resolve the aberrations. SADASIVAN KP / RRL(CSIR) TRIVANDRUM / 26.09.2005 Yahoo! for Good http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

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Role of LIS Forum
by chandrashekhar navalgund 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

Dear Professional Freinds, I agree with what Dr. Shalini Urs has mentioned about the Role being played by the LIS-Forum being run by NCSI. Here I would like to share my personal views how the forum is helpful to the people in general and Library professionals in particular. All members are not actively participating in communicating / sending the messages and that does not mean that only few members are using the LIS- Forum for example me itself. Though I am not sending the messages regularly but, regularly, I go through the messages and lots of things I am able to know by going through the messages sent to this forum be it the professional activities , knowing some of the technical details, new web sites found by someone etc. etc. like this many such things I come to know from this forum. So, like me, many others are getting such benefits though this forum though they are not acticve communicators to the forum. C U Navalgund Dy. Librarian National Law School of India University Nagarbhavi Bangalore - 72 Tel : 080-22729259 email : mailto:cun@nls.ac.in cun(a)nls.ac.in

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Postings at lis-forum
by gayathri sen 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

Dear friends, Lis-forum is one place where we stay connected with each other professionally and come to know many latest developments in the field through discussions. Why should it be limited to any state association, or area or university or even country. Except personal wishes, which can be communicated directly to individuals, all other professional topics can be discussed for our benefit. Lis-forum is one of the best forums that I have come accross amongest my different subscriptions. Gayathri Sen PESIT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear friends, Lis-forum is one place where we stay connected with each other professionally and come to know many latest developments in the field through discussions. Why should it be limited to any state association, or area or university or even country. Except personal wishes, which can be communicated directly to individuals, all other professional topics can be discussed for our benefit. Lis-forum is one of the best forums that I have come accross amongest my different subscriptions. Gayathri Sen PESIT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Local Association Postings on LIS-FORUM
by N.S. Harinarayana 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

This is in response to Dr. Goudar�s call for discussion on appropriateness of postings on activities of local associations. Local associations in their own way are contributing to the growth of the profession. Their activities is normally intended to benefit its members locally. This does not mean that the issues discussed in a local association do not worth national/international attention. �Think globally and act locally� is the motto of most of the local associations. My close association with one of the local associations has shown that whenever we post the activities of the association, invariably we get some suggestions/comments/criticisms/appreciation etc from some corner. We take these inputs seriously and discuss them in our meetings. We also receive request for a copy of the lecture/discussion that we had in our association. We normally oblige these requests. This proves the point that the postings about the happenings at local associations do act as a trigger for further discussion and research. I do not wonder if an activity in a local association sets the agenda for discussion at national/international levels. Hence, I see no reason for banning the postings about local association activities on LIS-FORUM. -- N.S.Harinarayana Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Ph: 2419393

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Must Read Articles for LIS Professionals
by Puna Das 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

Must Read Articles for LIS Professionals ________________________________________ The Top 10 Reasons to Be a Librarian By Martha J. Spear http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/selectedarticles/top10reasons.htm 10 Reasons Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library By Mark Y. Herring http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/selectedarticles/10reasonswhy.htm 12 Ways Libraries Are Good for the Country (A 2000 revision of the list that originally appeared in American Libraries in December 1995) http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/selectedarticles/12wayslibraries.htm _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ Submitted by: Anup Kumar Das New Delhi _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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Information
by dineshmail 25 Sep '05

25 Sep '05

Dear Friends, I am seriously looking for a book "Strategic Management for Academic Libraries" by Hayes, Greenwood Press, If anybody knows the avbailability of this book in any of the libraries in bangalore or other places, kindly inform me. Thanking you, Dinesh K S Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engg. & Tech. Devanahally, Bangalore.

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[Fwd: Re [bytesforall_readers] BBC Program on ICTs vs POVERTY]
by Subbiah Arunachalam 24 Sep '05

24 Sep '05

Source: http://www.dev.tv ICTs vs POVERTY What role do ICTs have in banishing poverty? We have just had a Millennium Summit Plus 5 in New York. To no-one’s surprise, the ambitious so-called "Millennium Development Goals" for halving poverty are not being met. Could that be because in the 21st century we are overlooking the 21st century solution for bridging the divide between Rich and Poor? Namely: to invest more in ICTs – television, radio, computers, the Internet, mobile phones, and so on? On 30 September, at the headquarters of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in Geneva, we are staging a Debate on the emerging agenda for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). An invited audience of 50 ICT movers and shakers will fire questions at a distinguished panel. The Debate will be broadcast on BBC World Television on 22 October 2005, in advance of Phase II of WSIS, which will take place in Tunis, Tunisia, on 16-18 November 2005. This is your chance to have a say by sending your questions to Anita McNaught, moderator for the Debate. Send your questions right up to 12:00 GMT on 29 September 2005 on anita(a)dev.tv, and we will do our best to make sure they are put to the panel. This Debate is staged with support from SDC, GKP, and UNDP-APDIP.

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The knowledge revolution still eludes the Indian farmer -. P. Prabhakaran Nair
by vasanth raj 24 Sep '05

24 Sep '05

Dear Sir/Madam, THREE interesting news items appeared last month. The first referred to the Independence Day promise by the Prime Minister that by the end of the current Plan, every district will have a Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), a new National Rainfed Area Authority to focus on problems of dry-land farming, and one crore hectares to be brought under irrigation. The second was on the recommendation by former space scientist, Dr U. R. Rao, that the new drive on developmental aspirations should be based on the new found "knowledge society". The third pertained to the suggestion by Mr Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies, that people should be moved from agriculture to the manufacturing and services sectors to make India globally competitive on the export front............... Further Information Source: Business line www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/09/24/stories/2005092400201000.htm regards ------------------------- Vasantha Raju N --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Dear Sir/Madam, T HREE interesting news items appeared last month. The first referred to the Independence Day promise by the Prime Minister that by the end of the current Plan, every district will have a Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), a new National Rainfed Area Authority to focus on problems of dry-land farming, and one crore hectares to be brought under irrigation. The second was on the recommendation by former space scientist, Dr U. R. Rao, that the new drive on developmental aspirations should be based on the new found "knowledge society". The third pertained to the suggestion by Mr Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies, that people should be moved from agriculture to the manufacturing and services sectors to make India globally competitive on the export front............... Further Information Source: Business line http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/09/24/stories/2005092400201000.htm www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/09/24/stories/2005092400201000.htm regards ------------------------- Vasantha Raju N http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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