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Best librarian award for Veena, Sreekumar : Tribune News Service
by JK Vijayakumar 16 Jan '05

16 Jan '05

Full Story available at http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050116/cth1.htm#12 Best librarian award for Veena, Sreekumar Tribune News Service Chandigarh, January 15 The board of trustees of Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship (SATKAL) and the British Library today gave away the best librarian awards in three categories. The awards were presented at a special function organised at Government Museum Auditorium, Sector 10. Prof G.S. Randhawa, former Vice-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, inaugurated the function and gave away the awards. While Veena Chawla, Director, American Information Centre, New Delhi, bagged the SATKAL Woman Librarian Award for this year, the Young Librarian Award went to the versatile M.G. Sreekumar, currently Librarian and Head, Development of Digital Libraries at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode. A mathematics graduate from the University of Kerala, Sreekumar pursued his Bachelors in Library and Information Science from the University of Kerala. The recipient of Fulbright award in 1996, Sreekumar went to study at the University of Maryland at College Park and at the National Library of Medicine, USA. A vibrant professional, Sreekumar has been instrumental in the creation of a sound digital system at IIMK, Kozhikode. He now leads several national level research projects in library and information science, and information technology areas. Recently Sreekumar has successfully created an E-learning platform for doctors and the medical fraternity in India, funded by the WHO office in New Delhi. The National Librarian award was presented to Dr E Rama Reddy, Founder Librarian of the Indira Gandhi Memorial Library, University of Hyderabad, who has to his credit several best librarian awards. He is also considered among the best library automation experts in India. Well attended and organised, the function saw valuable suggestions from experts in the field of library sciences. The vote of thanks was extended by Mr Sushant Banerjee, Organising Secretary, SATKAL. -------------------------- Another Full story available at http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050116/cth1.htm#11 Future of library science not bright Aditi Tandon Tribune News Service, Chandigarh, January 15 If statistics are to be believed, the future of library and information science does not appear to be very bright in India. Rough estimates suggest that out of 1,000 libraries, not more than 10 were fully automated in this age of technology. And worse, of the 30,000 librarians that come out of the plethora of library schools in India, few are trained well enough to be recruited without being sent for a re-training. This and much more plagues the discipline which has evolved in other parts of the world. While Singapore leads the world in public library system which is just a decade old, UK spends exorbitantly in reviewing the functioning of its National Library which fetches it a huge revenue. In a recently commissioned review of the National Library, UK, independent consultants reported that against every pound that the British Government spent on the National Library, the library gave it back 4.4 times more money! In India, however, the libraries are low on priority when resource allocation is decided. The reasons, experts attending the annual function of SATKAL (Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship) and The British Library, Chandigarh, held at Government Museum auditorium today, say are many. �The most significant is failure to catch up with the most basic of systems, including the public library system. The state of public libraries is sorry, even the librarians which our universities produce know very little about high quality services. Our courses are outdated, our consolidation of technology poor,� said Mr P. Jayarajan, eminent librarian and former Head, Library and Information Services, British Council India who was present at the function which also witnessed a panel discussion on the required changes in library science syllabi. Among the panelists were Prof H.R, Chopra, Head, Library Science Department, PU, Mr A.R. Sethi, Head Librarian, PU Library. K.C. Ramola, Librarian, Centre-State Library and Ms Devinder Kaur, Librarian, Punjabi University, Patiala. Dissecting the scenario of library and information services in India, Mr Jayarajan, who is now working on retrospective conversion and library automation at prestigious libraries like the Nehru Memorial Library, said, �We have been wasting time. In the 1980s we talked about library automation but not more than 10 Indian libraries are automated; in the1990s we talked about library networks, but I cannot list a single credible network expect DELNET; now are talking about digital libraries but that is not the answer. We must become user friendly by offering high quality services. We must also target non users. Traditional methods are fine but computers have to come in, whether or not public libraries like it�. Another challenge, the expert said, was from new age media like TV, Internet, choices of news channels, upmarket book shops, distribution centres that bring you any book you want. �In such a scenario, we need to change our curriculum, impart library skills to ensure that we churn out fine talent and not mass graduates,� he said adding that the profile of a librarian must be improved by honouring the profession in the first place. President Abdul Kalam a great library user --------------------------------- Eminent librarian Mr P. Jayarajan took the occasion to tell the audience about President Abdul Kalam�s love for libraries. He recalled, �When the President was working at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, he was a frequent library user. So much so that he would not leave the library even after everyone had gone. The library management had to give him a duplicate key for easy access�. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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by xahoor sofi 15 Jan '05

15 Jan '05

Fellow Professionals Our profession has contributed tremendously to almost every educational endeavour. However, our school libraries have not recieved the treatment that they deserved. Our union govt. is launching various mass education programmes like Sarva Shikhsha Abhiyan/ Rashtriya Saksharta Mission/ TLC etc. However, least consideration is given to the libraries in institutions who carry forward these programmes. I request all of you to advocate a programme for libraries which i suggest should be named Sarva Pustakalia Abhiyan. Hope you all start you efforts from today onwards. Zahoo Ahmad Research Scholar University of Kashmir Dept. of Lib. & Information Science. zahoor_sofi(a)yahoo.co.uk xahoor_61(a)hotmail.com --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! Fellow Professionals Our profession has contributed tremendously to almost every educational endeavour. However, our school libraries have not recieved the treatment that they deserved. Our union govt. is launching various mass education programmes like Sarva Shikhsha Abhiyan/ Rashtriya Saksharta Mission/ TLC etc. However, least consideration is given to the libraries in institutions who carry forward these programmes. I request all of you to advocate a programme for libraries which i suggest should be named Sarva Pustakalia Abhiyan. Hope you all start you efforts from today onwards. Zahoo Ahmad Research Scholar University of Kashmir Dept. of Lib. & Information Science. mailto:zahoor_sofi@yahoo.co.uk zahoor_sofi(a)yahoo.co.uk mailto:xahoor_61@hotmail.com xahoor_61(a)hotmail.com http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/default/messenger/*http://uk.messenger… ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!

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career opportunities after M.Phil.
by Achar 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

Dear Mrs.Vaishnav, After M.Phil., /NET, you can apply Ph.D. in IGNOU in March every year. Also, you can try with universities for teaching profession. You can write articles and apply for fellowships with foreign universities. This will take you to world of opportunities. You can take up small time consultance for library set up or teaching with open universities, correspondance courses,refresher courses etc. Hope this will help you in continuing education. All the best. Achar Librarian Ohio-manipal School of Business Bangalore Dear Mrs.Vaishnav, After M.Phil., /NET, you can apply Ph.D. in IGNOU in March every year. Also, you can try with universities for teaching profession. You can write articles and apply for fellowships with foreign universities. This will take you to world of opportunities. You can take up small time consultance for library set up or teaching with open universities, correspondance courses,refresher courses etc. Hope this will help you in continuing education. All the best. Achar Librarian Ohio-manipal School of Business Bangalore

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Libraries affected by the Tsunami
by vasanth raj 13 Jan '05

13 Jan '05

Dear Madam, Please refere The LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 22, Issue 3 dated 6th Jan 2005, there is Sri Lankan Libraries Call for Assistance, or contact VUpali Amarasiri, Director General, National Library and Documentation Services Board (NLDSB), 14, Independence Avenue, Colombo 7. Sri Lanka. Website http://www.natlib.lk or http://www.lankapage.com E-mail: dg(a)mail.natlib.lk Tel. +94 11 2687581 Fax: +94 11 2685201 Regards Vasantha Raju N Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Madam, Please refere The LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 22, Issue 3 dated 6th Jan 2005, there is Sri Lankan Libraries Call for Assistance, or contact VUpali Amarasiri, Director General, National Library and Documentation Services Board (NLDSB), 14, Independence Avenue, Colombo 7. Sri Lanka. Website http://www.natlib.lk/ http://www.natlib.lk or http://www.lankapage.com/ http://www.lankapage.com E-mail: http://in.f83.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dg@mail.natlib.lk&YY=92862&order… dg(a)mail.natlib.lk Tel. +94 11 2687581 Fax: +94 11 2685201 Regards Vasantha Raju N http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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FW: [LIS-Forum] Popular Science Books
by Benny 13 Jan '05

13 Jan '05

<<ATT25085.txt>> Dear Nagarathna Please visit the following URL for some excellent books on Popular Science http://www.scholastic.ca/education/library/encyclopedias/popscience.html These books are published by the Grolier International Inc. Best wishes Benny M.D. -----Original Message----- From: Casius C Issac To: NCSI LIS forum Sent: 1/13/05 12:34 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Popular Science Books Dear Nagarathna The following publishers have lot of popular science books National Book Trust Delhi Kerala Shastra Sahithya Parishad (Malayalam ) Trichur, Kerala Centre for science and environment Delhi Regards Casius <<ATT25085.txt>>

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Popular Science Books
by Casius C Issac 13 Jan '05

13 Jan '05

Dear Nagarathna The following publishers have lot of popular science books National Book Trust Delhi Kerala Shastra Sahithya Parishad (Malayalam ) Trichur, Kerala Centre for science and environment Delhi Regards Casius Dear Nagarathna The following publishers have lot of popular science books National Book Trust Delhi Kerala Shastra Sahithya Parishad (Malayalam ) Trichur, Kerala Centre for science and environment Delhi Regards Casius

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Regarding "POPULAR SCIENCE BOOKS BY INDIAN AUTHORS"
by A.V. Nagarathna 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

Dear LIS Professionals, I am looking for information relating to list of Popular Science Books authored/edited by Indians (all languages if possible). I request you to provide me the source where I can find this information. Thank you all for your help. Best regards, A.V. Nagarathna Documentation Centre Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, Karnataka.

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Help required for literature.
by vasanth raj 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

Dear Manjunath, There will be enormous resources is avilable on impact of technology on library resources and services. You may get some information if u visit the following sites www.infolibrarian.com www.doaj.org http://www.informedlibrarian.com/ilosearch.cfm (10-16 Jan) and plenty of books are avialable on tecnological impact on libraries. Regards Vasantha Raju N Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Manjunath, There will be enormous resources is avilable on impact of technology on library resources and services. You may get some information if u visit the following sites http://www.infolibrarian.com www.infolibrarian.com http://www.doaj.org www.doaj.org http://www.informedlibrarian.com/ilosearch.cfm http://www.informedlibrarian.com/ilosearch.cfm (10-16 Jan) and plenty of books are avialable on tecnological impact on libraries. Regards Vasantha Raju N http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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Libraries affected by the Tsunami
by Gowri Ravindranth 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

Friends: We would appreciate if you could let us know if you are aware of any libraries/museums which might have been affected affected by the tsunami in South India. Please provide contact details to Mr. M. K. Jagadish, Director, American Information Resource Center, Chennai 600 006. Tel: 044 - 28112000 Extn. 3000 Email: mailto:MysoreJK@state.gov MysoreJK(a)state.gov Regards L. R. Gowri Reference Librarian, AIRC, Chennai 600 006 Trailblazer Narain Karthikeyan. Know more about him n his life. http://g.msn.com/8HMAENIN/2755??PS=47575 Stay in the loop with Tata Racing!

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Yahoo Desktop Search
by Farooque Shaheen 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

Yahoo releases beta version of PC search software available at no charge through the site http://desktop.yahoo.com. Yahoo's application uses X1 Technologies Inc.'s search engine to index emails, attachments, documents, music, images, videos and other content. X1 claims to scan more than 200 different file types, including Outlook email, PDF, HTML, text, ZIP, MP3 and Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. Yahoo Desktop Search currently only works with computers running Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser on Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems. I found it better than Ask Jeeves,Microsoft and Google desktop search in terms of customization, speed, instant preview and various types of files it searches. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor (India) Pvt Ltd. Bull Temple Road. Bangalore. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 Yahoo releases beta version of PC search software available at no charge through the site http://desktop.yahoo.com . Yahoo's application uses X1 Technologies Inc.'s search engine to index emails, attachments, documents, music, images, videos and other content. X1 claims to scan more than 200 different file types, including Outlook email, PDF, HTML, text, ZIP, MP3 and Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. Yahoo Desktop Search currently only works with computers running Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser on Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems . I found it better than Ask Jeeves,Microsoft and Google desktop search in terms of customization, speed, instant preview and various types of files it searches. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor (India) Pvt Ltd. Bull Temple Road. Bangalore. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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