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Re: [LIS-Forum] Five-day International Workshop on “Semantic Techniques and Technologies for Data and Knowledge Representation"
by Udaya Varadarajan 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

*Five-day International Workshop on “Semantic Techniques and Technologies for Data and Knowledge Representation”* *February 22 – 26, 2021* *Documentation Research and Training Centre* *Indian Statistical Institute* *Bangalore, India* Workshop website: https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/semtech *Important Dates:* - *Registration opening date: 14th December 2020* * - Registration closing date: 10th January 2021* * - Date of workshop: 22 - 26 February 2021* **Deadline for registration tomorrow** *About the workshop:* Data is the basic unit of every information communication and dissemination activity. It is the single most important input for every informed decision and policymaking (societal, scholastic, political, economic, etc.). However, the huge amount of available data including experimental data, sample data, survey data, library data, census data, etc., are not being used to their fullest potential as much of the data being saved and accessed via computers is primarily designed for human use and consumption and is not really amenable for machine processing. The need is to transform the data into a machine-processable format so that it becomes amenable to software interpretation, reasoning, inferencing, doing analytics, and question answering (e.g., *find me all those works of Rabindranath Tagore that have been translated into other languages*.). The techniques and technologies developed within the Semantic Web (SW) and Linked Data (LD) the research community will enable us to achieve this. *Who Should Attend and Why? * The SemTech2020 is designed for researchers, practitioners, and professionals dealing with data and information cutting across domains and disciplines from both academia and industry. The following are some of the skills that the attendees would acquire on completion of the Workshop. The workshop will enable the participants in learning the procedure of: - producing knowledge artifacts (ontology); - producing data in multi-machine-readable formats with minimal effort; - mixing data collected from various sources in different formats; - integrating the data with the knowledge artifacts giving meaning to data; - producing data in machine-processable formats that can be used by AI (Artificial Intelligence) systems for doing smart jobs (e.g., reasoning, decision making); - LD creation and publication on the Web; - data sharing and communication with the scientific community. *For details please visit the workshop website ► https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/semtech/ Thanking you, Sincerely, Team SemTech2020 On Sat, 9 Jan 2021 at 09:25, Udaya Varadarajan <udayav(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in> wrote: > *Five-day International Workshop on “Semantic Techniques and Technologies > for Data and Knowledge Representation”* > > > > *February 22 – 26, 2021* > > > > *Documentation Research and Training Centre* > > > > *Indian Statistical Institute* > > > > *Bangalore, India* > > > > Workshop website: https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/semtech > > > > *Important Dates:* > > > > > > - *Registration opening date: 14th December 2020* > > * - Registration closing date: 10th January 2021* > > * - Date of workshop: 22 - 26 February 2021* > > > *About the workshop:* > > > > > > Data is the basic unit of every information communication and dissemination > > activity. It is the single most important input for every informed decision > > and policymaking (societal, scholastic, political, economic, etc.). > > However, the huge amount of available data including experimental data, > > sample data, survey data, library data, census data, etc., are not being > > used to their fullest potential as much of the data being saved and > > accessed via computers is primarily designed for human use and consumption > > and is not really amenable for machine processing. The need is to transform > > the data into a machine-processable format so that it becomes amenable to > > software interpretation, reasoning, inferencing, doing analytics, > > and question answering (e.g., *find me all those works of Rabindranath > > Tagore that have been translated into other languages*.). The techniques > > and technologies developed within the Semantic Web (SW) and Linked Data > > (LD) the research community will enable us to achieve this. > > > > *Who Should Attend and Why? * > > > > The SemTech2020 is designed for researchers, practitioners, and > > professionals dealing with data and information cutting across domains and > > disciplines from both academia and industry. The following are some of > > the skills that the attendees would acquire on completion of the Workshop. > > The workshop will enable the participants in learning the procedure of: > > > > - producing knowledge artifacts (ontology); > > - producing data in multi-machine-readable formats with minimal effort; > > - mixing data collected from various sources in different formats; > > - integrating the data with the knowledge artifacts giving meaning to > > data; > > - producing data in machine-processable formats that can be used by AI > > (Artificial Intelligence) systems for doing smart jobs (e.g., reasoning, > > decision making); > > - LD creation and publication on the Web; > > - data sharing and communication with the scientific community. > > > > > > > > > > *For details please visit the workshop website ► > > https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/semtech/ > > > > > Thanking you, > > > > Sincerely, > > Team SemTech2020 > > On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 at 12:57, Udaya Varadarajan <udayav(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in> > wrote: > >> *Five-day International Workshop on “Semantic Techniques and Technologies >> for Data and Knowledge Representation”* >> >> >> >> *February 22 – 26, 2021* >> >> >> >> *Documentation Research and Training Centre* >> >> >> >> *Indian Statistical Institute* >> >> >> >> *Bangalore, India* >> >> >> >> Workshop website: https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/semtech >> >> >> >> *About the workshop:* >> >> >> >> >> >> Data is the basic unit of every information communication and >> dissemination >> >> activity. It is the single most important input for every informed >> decision >> >> and policymaking (societal, scholastic, political, economic, etc.). >> >> However, the huge amount of available data including experimental data, >> >> sample data, survey data, library data, census data, etc., are not being >> >> used to their fullest potential as much of the data being saved and >> >> accessed via computers is primarily designed for human use and consumption >> >> and is not really amenable for machine processing. The need is to >> transform >> >> the data into a machine-processable format so that it becomes amenable to >> >> software interpretation, reasoning, inferencing, doing analytics, >> >> and question answering (e.g., *find me all those works of Rabindranath >> >> Tagore that have been translated into other languages*.). The techniques >> >> and technologies developed within the Semantic Web (SW) and Linked Data >> >> (LD) the research community will enable us to achieve this. >> >> >> >> *Who Should Attend and Why? * >> >> >> >> The SemTech2020 is designed for researchers, practitioners, and >> >> professionals dealing with data and information cutting across domains and >> >> disciplines from both academia and industry. The following are some of >> >> the skills that the attendees would acquire on completion of the Workshop. >> >> The workshop will enable the participants in learning the procedure of: >> >> >> >> - producing knowledge artifacts (ontology); >> >> - producing data in multi-machine-readable formats with minimal effort; >> >> - mixing data collected from various sources in different formats; >> >> - integrating the data with the knowledge artifacts giving meaning to >> >> data; >> >> - producing data in machine-processable formats that can be used by AI >> >> (Artificial Intelligence) systems for doing smart jobs (e.g., >> reasoning, >> >> decision making); >> >> - LD creation and publication on the Web; >> >> - data sharing and communication with the scientific community. >> >> >> >> *Topics:* >> >> >> >> - Knowledge Graph >> >> - Data modelling, Ontology design >> >> - SW Tools and Technologies (e.g., RDF, RDFS, OWL, SPARQL) >> >> - *F*indable, *A*ccessible,* I*nteroperable and* R*eusable (FAIR) >> >> - Knowledge Graph Application >> >> - Ontology-based repositories, services >> >> - Data Integration >> >> - Linked Data >> >> - LD Publication and Access >> >> - Data Visualization >> >> >> >> *Important Dates:* >> >> >> >> >> >> - Registration opening date: 14th December 2020 >> >> - Registration closing date: 10th January 2021 >> >> - Date of workshop: 22 - 26 February 2021 >> >> >> >> >> >> *For details please visit the workshop website ► >> >> https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/semtech/ >> >> >> >> >> Thanking you, >> >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Team SemTech2020 >> > > > -- > Udaya Varadarajan > Documentation Research and Training Centre, > Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre > Bangalore - 560059 > -- Udaya Varadarajan Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre Bangalore - 560059

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One nation one subscription is a threat to country's institutional diversity
by Vasanth 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Dear sir/madam, The Draft 5th National Science, Technology & innovation policy is pitching for "one nation one subscription". There are many dissenting voice against this. It is rightly so, but while rejecting the 'one nation one subscription' model we should not see this in an isolation or in silos. This is the larger framework or the agenda of current dispensation at the centre to impose false nationalism.Along with one nation one subscription we must also reject* one nation one tax* one nation one election* one nation one ration card* one nation one market* one nation one mobility card* one nation one test.The one nation theory itself is antithetical to India's rich diversity in terms of its language, its culture everything. Our country is known for unity in diversity and we must stand for this. One nation model or agenda is an assulat on Indian federal system. Views are personal ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N.LibrarianMysore

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International Conference of Agricultural Librarians and Users Committee-ICALUC-2021
by puneeth bm 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Dear Sir, We cordially invite you to Participate & Depute Library Professionals in the " *International Conference of Agricultural Librarians and Users Committee-ICALUC-2021"*, which is scheduled to be held on *25th & 26th February 2021 at the University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore.* Paper submission date for the ICALUC-2021 is extended up to *15th January 2021.* Please find attached herewith our Invitation letter, Brochure & Registration Form. Registration Form.docx <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Aey4A3Qhhic5-U0arq_p4bOdgN-HTmhy/view?usp=…> ICALUC2021 Broucher.pdf <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m85d2mtTQ4TiZdoSaAQeQIxS0ekxZ0Hy/view?usp=…> With regards Dr.Srinivasa, V. Organising Secretary, ICALUC 2021 & University Librarian University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore- 560065 Karnataka, INDIA email- aaldi.icaluc2021(a)gmail.com Ph.No:- +91 94498 66909, +91 70198 35908

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Father of Library Science In India Dr.S.R.Ranganathan’s Grand Niece Dr.Sandhya Shekhar will speak on LIS Academy Distinguished Lecture Tomorrow
by Pandurang Konnur 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Dear Professional Friends, Please participate in the third LISA Distinguished Lecture being delivered by Dr.Sandhya Shekhar the Grand Niece of Dr.S.R.Ranganathan, the Father of Library Science In India Please do not miss to join us on: LIS ACADEMY DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES (Second Saturday of every month) Third Lecture in the Series by Dr. Sandhya Shekhar Former Founding CEO, IIT Madras Research Park, Advisor and Strategy Consultant. Chennai Date of Lecture: 9 January 2021 Saturday at 3.00 pm Please download the brochure from the following link: https://bit.ly/3bwZdDl Please join us tomorrow Saturday at 3.00 pm on Cisco WebEx Platform Link: https://bit.ly/345v2P0 Meeting Number: 126 271 8771 Meeting Password: lisa THE EVENTWILLALSO BE STREAMED ON FOLLOWING LIS ACADEMYPORTALS: https://www.youtube.com/lisacademyindia https://www.lisacademy.org/ http://www.lisacademyblog.org/ PLEASE SUPPORT LIS ACADEMY TO STRENGTHEN LIS PROFESSION Thanks & Regards, Dr. P. V. Konnur President - LIS Academy, Bangalore Fulbright Scholar - (UIUC, USA) Adviser - VTU Consortium, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi - 590 018, Mobile : 09449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com Website: www.lisacademy.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Webinar on "Open Data for Sustainable Community" on 23rd Jan 2021 & Forthcoming Events of ACM, IEEE CS & CSI
by Mohan Hr 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Webinar on "Open Data for Sustainable Community" ========================================== ACM Chennai, IEEE CS Madras & CSI Chennai cordially invite you to the webinar Topic: Open Data for Sustainable Community Speaker: Dr. Neha Sharma, ACM Distinguished Speaker, Analytics & Insights, Tata Consultancy Services Date: Saturday, 23rd Jan 2021 Time: 6 pm to 7 pm IST For presentation details & speaker profile, pl see the PDF invite at https://bit.ly/2JDSOKI Register at https://bit.ly/39M6Nc8 Forthcoming Events ================= 21st Jan -- Role of Digitalisation in Indian Economic Revival. http://bit.ly/3pYJvo7 23rd Jan -- Open Data for Sustainable Community. https://bit.ly/39M6Nc8 30th Jan -- Experimental AI for Social Good. https://bit.ly/36U5rKF Pl refer for pdf invite, presentation & speaker details of events in Jan 2021 at: https://bit.ly/3h3MJnq For additional events in Jan 2021 scheduled and hosted by organisations including CSI, ACM & IEEE CS, please visit https://bit.ly/3p7GS2Z Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 210101: pl see tte post at https://bit.ly/3aXym2X

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Why the academic community support Sci hub?
by Gangadhar KC 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Dear Library professionals, It is high time to discuss copyright policies, itsinfringement and why the academic community support open access initiatives includingSci hub. The debate is more relevant at present than ever as you all know aboutthe lawsuitfiled recently in the Delhi High Court by the major publishers against Sci-hub andLibGen for copyright infringement. The journal subscription model is pretty old and isaccepted by the academic community for centuries, but unfortunately somepublishing giants have become too greedy. On the other hand, everyone wants free access toscholarly information, but of course, not by violating copyright laws. Perhaps,we have to think of changing the copyright laws! In the race for free access toresearch information, we are destroying the quality and standard of scientificresearch and scholarship which is evident from copyright infringements, theproliferation of predatory journals with low-quality research papers, and OAjournals charging hefty Article Processing Charge (APC), etc. Ultimately, it isthe knowledge creators’ (authors) responsibility and not the librarians, whohave to ‘bell the cat’ or tame the big publishers to bring down journalsubscription prices. Plea of the commercial publishers Threeacademic publishers namely-Elsevier Ltd., Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., AmericanChemical Society filed a petition in Delhi High Court are asking for blockingof Sci-Hub and Libgen, the two websites who provide free downloads of researchpublications and books to research scholars and students. Thetrio publishers together publish 40% of scientific publications. If we take thefive top major publishers, they control more than 50% of thepublications in Science and Social Sciences worldwide, one of the largestconcentrations of market power in any sector. Profits and market caps for thepublishers have also swelled. Journal publishing is a $10 billion industry,with one of the highest profit margins of any sector. Forexample, Elsevier’s parent company RELX Group, boasts a nearly $35billion market cap. The profit margin of Elsevier is 37%, twice that ofGoogle, which dwarfs, by comparison, the margins of tech titans suchas Apple and Amazon also and is under attack globally for itsmonopoly practices and super-profits. The price of these journals has gone up 521% i.e. more than five timesin the last 30 years against consumer price index rise of only 118%. That meansthe price of these publications have become six times while the rest of thegoods is only twice of what they were 30 years back. This is the super-profits,unideal what we are supposed to pay for what is produced by us only. It isimportant to note the fact that commercial publishers are not paying a singlepi for the authors towards content. There is no practice of benevolence in terms ofcash to the authors nor any expenditure involved in review of paper. So, how far they are entitled forcopyright? Also if the employers claim copyright of the Patent, why don’t thesame logic apply in case of articles especially for scientific articles where aresearcher use the infra structure of the institution for his research. The publishers push the libraries to buy bundledsubscriptions of all their products, charge money for any article that maybe required by a researcher anywhere in the world, charging them from $30 to$60 per article. Hence, the premier publisher Elsevierrocked with 982 million dollars. In anutshell, the publishing giants are demanding that Sci-Hub and Libgen becompletely blocked in India through a so-called dynamic injunction. Thepublishers claim that they own exclusive rights to the manuscripts that theyhave published, and that Sci-Hub and Libgen are engaged in violating variousexclusive rights conferred on them under copyright law by providing free accessto their copyrighted contents. Discussion a. Puzzle The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a scientificsociety started in 1876 founded at New York University. Generally, non-profit organization would have been able to shoulder theresponsibility of free access to research but joined with Elsevier and Wiley infiling a suit against Sci hub. b. ‘Copyright infringement’ Let’slook at the landmark judgement given by the Delhi High Court in 2016 on the Delhi University photocopying case. Threepublishing giants – Oxford University Press, the Cambridge University Press andthe Taylor and Francis Group – had at the time banded together to sue DelhiUniversity and a photocopying shop operating under its license. Academicfraternity use research articles only for academic purpose and not for anyprofit. The court had ruled that compilation anddistribution of copies of texts of books prescribed in the syllabus did notinfringe any copyrights of the publisher as defined in the Copyright Act of 1957.Any number of photocopies could be madeand distributed, the court ruled, as long as it was meant for “purpose ofeducational instruction. d. Copyright policy in practice elsewhere 40 years back, in 1980 Universityof Ottawa (Canada) published guidelines for legal deposit legislation where itclearly states that though the publishers have control over their publication,the objective of accessibility to the national deposit collection cannot beignored. The journal article should be deposited at National Legal DepositInstitution. e. Public opinions Lis-Forum is the e-mail based largest discussion forum of libraryprofessionals in India. Since, last few weeks, huge discussion is going onregarding the plea of trio publishers in Delhi High Court. Many renownedlibrary professionals in India expressed their strong view that they areagainst to ban Sci-hub. Many tweaked in Delhi High court twitter and othersocial media that if it happens, it give rise to digital colonization etc. Let’s discuss alternative ways to tackle commercialpublishers. To overcome copyright issue, authors should know copyright laws,embargo period, and different OA methods to re-invent OA movement to resolvecopyright issue. a. Our scientific communityshould boycott review and publishing to foreign commercial publishers. b. Archiving preprints: To access free fulltext articles apart from searching in free Open Access journals, the next bestoption is uploading preprints of their papers in their IRs. c. Plan S is an initiative for OA Sciencepublishing launched in 2018 by "cOAlition S", aconsortium of national research agencies and funders from twelve Europeancountries. The plan advocates authors to publish their work in openrepositories or in journals that are available to all by2021. The "S" stands for "shock". NationalKnowledge Commission (NKC) & New Education Policy (NEP) can consider thebelow discussed points. i. As per the existing Book Act, submissionof published book in India in any language by the author/publisher ismandatory. In the same way, ruling can be made to submit an article publishedby the author. ii. Well-knownprofessional institutions like IITs, IIMs, IISc etc. can start domain-basedquality journals at par with the journals published byACM, ACS, ASCE and ASME. iii. Government can strengthen Indian ScienceAbstract (ISA) which has been published by (NISCAIR)which is covering around 1500 journals. iv. “One Nation,One Subscription” is our Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi’s ambitious goal thatwill prove to be a game changer for the scientific community and individualresearchers. More significantly, the government has also proposed to buy bulksubscriptions of all the important scientific journals across the world, andprovide everyone in India to have free access to them. This avoids multiplesubscriptions and saves foreign exchange also. Government can boost ISA by taking stepslike a. Includejournals not only from Science but Social Sciences and Humanities also. b. AuthorisedGovt. agencies should recognize peer-reviewed quality journals and assist theauthors to avoid predatory journals. c. Rankingof Indian institutions which has been conducted by National InstitutionalRanking Framework (NIRF) should be based on ISA and not on Scopus. It force theauthors to publish in Indian journals which are open access compliant. In asignificant development, Government India is proposed to bring newScience, Technology, Innovation, Policy (STIP) which aims to establish a systemwhereby all researchers in India can access the research published in topinternational journals at no cost said Akhilesh Gupta, senior advisor to DST ina press release on 6th January, 2021. He continued that, “currentlythe subscription cost is exceeding Rs.1500 crore annually for which individualcolleges cannot negotiate with publishers. Only a small fraction of researchersis now able to benefit from theses subscriptions and we would like to changethat.” Scientific publishing has become a pure businessincreasingly characterized by consolidation, soaring subscription fees, andrising profit margins. As a result, plenty of scientists, students, andjournalists advocate for an empire of academic piracy as a necessity. It alsoleads to the question that what value the publishers add to any articlepublished. Open Access activists likeAlexandria Elbakyan and Peter Suber who advocate OA and provide the paywalljournals free of cost have become darlings of majority of academic communitythroughout the world, for which the greedy commercial journals are onlyresponsible. Commercial journals are a twice-paid product, bought first bytaxpayers and secondly by scientists. Here, we have to notice two points i.e.Academicians are not using the research articles for any commercial purpose andSci-hub, Libgen are not making any monetary benefit out of it. You can access the full article @https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ivtiVxelxw28p2EbQDapF-kERNON0bmH/view?usp=sharing Dr. K.C.Gangadhar, Nitte Meenakshi Institute ofTechnology & Dr.Nagaraja A., RV Institute of Technology & Management, Bangalore

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Use and Perception of Sci-Hub by Library and Information Science (LIS) Professionals: From an Indian Perspective
by Vasanth 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

Dear Sir/Madam, Here is a brief survey of use and perception of Sci-Hub by Indian LIS professionals. It is a small survey done in December 2019. Hope this may be of interesting to LIS forum members. This brief paper along with data analysis has been posted in SocArXiv. You can download or view the article from the following link.DOI of paper: 10.31235/osf.io/2jzng ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju NLibrarianGFGC-TalakaduMysore

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Online All India Convention 'Make Knowledge Free, Not Private Property' | 9 January
by madhan muthu 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

Online All India Convention 'Make Knowledge Free, Not Private Property' Date and time: 9 January 2021, Saturday, 4 PM. *Speakers:* - Prof. P Balaram, former Director, IISc Bangalore - Prof. S C Lakhotia, INSA Senior Scientist, Banaras Hindu University - Prof. Soumitro Banerjee, General Secretary, Breakthrough Science Society and Professor, IISER Kolkata The recent lawsuit filed in the Delhi High Court by the publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society against Sci-hub and LibGen for copyright infringement has brought to the fore the debate between legality and ethicality of limiting access to knowledge. This discussion will address key concerns. *Register Online for the convention <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfh4tU7AIYBds7d-ndZIaa8fK-rO_oyw6F…>* We look forward to your participation in the convention. Mr. Pratyush Sikdar On behalf of Breakthrough Science Society 8A Creek Lane, Kolkata-700014 www.breakthroughindia.org -- Madhan, M

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Delhi High Court is hearing a petition by Elsevier against Sci-Hub
by madhan muthu 06 Jan '21

06 Jan '21

Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) tweeted at 0:07 pm on Wed, Jan 06, 2021: Delhi High Court is hearing a petition by Elsevier against Sci-Hub and LibGen seeking restraining orders on publication of articles which infringe the copyright of Elsevier. https://t.co/jX39Qj02HW (https://twitter.com/LiveLawIndia/status/1346707434228731904?s=03) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download?s=13 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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What is post corona procedure to admit readers into the library ?
by Narenthiran R 05 Jan '21

05 Jan '21

Dear Friends, I would be grateful if any of you shared the guidelines for post corona procedure to admit readers (non-staff) into the library. Of course we will adhere to basic rules of using sanitizer, thermometer ..etc. Thanks Narenthiran -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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