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Online Diversity & Inclusion Summit. 6-7 Sep 2019
by Mohan Hr 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

*Online Diversity & Inclusion Summit. 6-7 Sep 2019* - First-of-its-kind online summit in D&I in India, for you to access anytime, anywhere. - Learn from leaders around the world on the current D&I trends - Listen to the best practices from the experts on their journey, what worked for them; the hurdles faced; the benefits gained; the ideas that failed. - Get a consolidated repository of the industry best practices in the form of e-book. - Manage your talent and reap the benefits of creating diverse and sustainable work spaces. - If you are new to D & I, then begin your journey now. This event is hosted by Ms Viji Hari & Ms Smita Kapoor and the partners of this event are: KelpHR, KRUX108, IEEE CS Madras, ACM Chennai & Studio Navans For more details of the speakers, topics of the sessions & to register pl. visit http://www.onlinediversitysummit.com/ With regards HR Mohan Chair, ACM Chennai Chair-Spl Events & Imm Past Chair, IEEE CS Madras

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Digitisation of rare books on at library
by Raghavendra pawar 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

Nice initiate and inspiring to other libraries holds similar kind of collection, pls go through the link. Digitisation of rare books on at library <https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/digitisation-of-rare-books-on-…> Thank you, Raghavendra R -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MANLIBNET-3B International Travel Grant
by mgsree 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

Dear All, To promote research in LIS, MANLIBNET-Bharat Book Bureau (3B) International Travel Grant of about Rs. 65000/- a year is given to MANLIBNET members for presenting an original and unpublished paper in an International Library Conference held outside India. Terms and Conditions: * Grant shall be given to MANLIBNET (http://www.manlibnet.in/ [1]) members only. They would become eligible for this grant preferably after 3 years of regular membership. * The grant shall cover registration, travel and accommodation charges. Visa Application fee shall not be covered by the grant. * Winners of the award shall be free to apply to other funding agencies to meet the shortfall, if any. However, the same needs to be disclosed to MANLIBNET. * Application for availing travel grant shall be supported by letters from conference organizers about acceptance of paper and invitation to attend the conference. * Winner of the grant shall not be entitled to apply for next five years. Limit shall be 3 years if there are no other applicants during that particular year. Winners of the grant, however, shall be free to apply for any other travel grant constituted by MANLIBNET in the future. * If for any reason, the candidate for the above grant is not available in a particular year, two delegates may be sent the next year. * The decision of the Selection Committee shall be final and binding. The Committee may reject all applications without assigning any reason. * Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification * To keep the accounting process simple, MANLIBNET would encourage the awardee of the grant to use the full amount of this grant either for registration, travel or accommodation expenses. * Upon receipt of MANLIBNET's confirmation about the grant, the awardee would send self-attested copies of the invitation, paper acceptance communication to the General Secretary, MANLIBNET (refer to MANLIBNET website for postal address). * On completion of travel, the awardee has to submit original bills (for an amount equivalent to the grant given by MANLIBNET) to MANLIBNET. Such bills may include air tickets, boarding passes, registration fee receipt, hotel bills etc. * A written declaration has to be submitted to the General Secretary, MANLIBNET within 30 days of returning to the country stating that the grant has been utilised for the purpose it was given to the awardee by MANLIBNET. * In case, for any reason, the awardee is not able to avail the grant, he/she will refund the grant amount in full to MANLIBNET within 30 days of returning to the country. * The awardee will be required to send a brief conference report to the President/General Secretary, MANLIBNET within 30 days of his/her return to the country. * The awardee will be required to share his experience of the travel/paper presentation with delegates of next annual MANLIBNET conference. For attending the conference, MANLIBNET will not provide any financial support to the awardee. However, registration fee will be waived off for the awardee. * In case of any breach of contract/agreement/terms & conditions (as stated above), the awardee will refund the entire grant amount to MANLIBNET within 30 days of receipt of any communication to this effect from MANLIBNET Award Committee. * In case the awardee (on receipt of communication from MANLIBNET) accepts the above, he/she may print all the terms and conditions on a non-judicial stamp paper of Rs. 100/-, give a declaration that he/she accepts all terms of the grant, sign it and send the same to Dr. Akhtar Parvez, University Librarian, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500 032. E-mail: akhtaronline(a)gmail.com Applications should reach the General Secretary [at AKHTARONLINE(a)GMAIL.COM] by September 13, 2019. With regards, Akhtar Parvez Maulana Azad National Urdu University Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032 Phone: 91-40-23006608, 23008380 Mobile: 7389906902 , 9810306902 Links: ------ [1] http://www.manlibnet.in/

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VTU Consortium Training Program in Cluster Level @ Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology on 05th September 2019
by sirmvit library 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

Dear Sir/Madam, We are pleased to inform you that Sir MVIT Library and Information Centre will be hosting the Bangalore Cluster level Training program of all E-resources and Technology Platforms of the VTU Consortium on 5th September 2019 in our Campus. VTU Consortium is concentrating on improvement in the quality of Teaching, learning and research in the member institute. Therefore, VTU Consortium is going, to train the Academicians, faculty members, research scholars, students and LIS professionals on how to use subscribed e-resources more effectively. All concerned publishers are coming to give presentation. No registration fee, certificate will be issued to registered participants. Kindly confirm your presence over online registration form, confirmation of your presence will helpful to us in preparation of further process at our end. Registration link as follows: https://forms.gle/YqeobsN2KKDLrKtt6 kindly go through attached brochure. Brochure links: https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3509636697?profile=orig… https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3509639284?profile=orig… -- *Thanks & Regards,* ============================================= *Mr. RAVISH P . Y* * librarian,* *Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology,* * Krishnadevaraya nagara, * * Off International Air Port Road,* * Bangalore - 562157* *+91 9620222216 <9620222216>* | *ravishpy(a)gmail.com <ravishpy(a)gmail.com>* *Connect: *[image: https://www.facebook.com/ravishpy] <https://www.facebook.com/ravishpy> [image: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravish-py-2831946a/] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravish-py-2831946a/> [image: https://twitter.com/ravishpy] [image: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmxV6MUKPSB59TCfnA8CwrQ?view_as=subscriber] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmxV6MUKPSB59TCfnA8CwrQ?view_as=subscriber> [image: https://www.instagram.com/ravishrachana/]

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Interesting Reads – 2019-09-01
by Mohan Hr 01 Sep '19

01 Sep '19

*Interesting Reads – 2019-09-01 * Read the Current Interesting Reads Post at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/09/interesting-reads-2019-09-01.html Current IR Quiz at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/09/ir-quiz-2019-09-01.html Archives of Interesting Reads Posts at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-201… *Articles* - 13 Leading Data Science Products From India That Made It Big In 2019 - Great Global Meetings: Navigating Cultural Differences - Putting a Finger on Our Phone Obsession - Do Plants Have Something to Say? - 40+ Corporations Working On Autonomous Vehicles - 16 inventions getting us off fossil fuels and into renewable energy - The massive plastic-cleaning device invented by a 24-year-old is running into problems in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Take a look at its difficult journey. - Terms of Service; Didn't Read - Digital transformation: 10 counterintuitive tips - The Multi-Billion Dollar India-SaaS Opportunity (250+ SaaS Startups) - How a Bitter Divorce Battle on Earth Led to Claims of a Crime in Space - Open-Source Software Has Changed The Way Software Is Developed. Here’s Where The $33B Industry Is Headed - Project Management Guide for Beginners - 113 Design Guidelines for Homepage Usability - TED Talks: Spoken-word fireworks. (9 talks) *Events / Announcements* - Mini Tutorial on “Demystifying Data Analytics" on 7th Sep 2019 - Online Diversity & Inclusion Summit. 6-7 Sep 2019 - Corenote session on Business Agility on 7th Sep 2019 - Presentation on Workplace Safety & Compliance of Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act. On 13th Sep 2019 - Transforming Healthcare With IT: THCIT-2019 at Hyderabad in Sep 2019 - TIC 2019: Tamil Internet Conference. 20-22 Sep 2019 at Chennai - National Workshop on “Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure” at SETS Chennai during 27-28 Sep 2019 - TENCON-2019: 17-20 Oct 2019 at Kochi - INDICON-2019. 13-15 Dec 2019 at at Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat - UDS 2020: 1st International Conference on Urban Data Science. 20-21 Jan 2020 at IIT Madras - CSI-2020: 53rd Annual Convention. 16-18 Jan 2020 at Bhubaneshwar *IR-Quiz* Participate in the IR Quiz – 2019-09-01 and win Rs. 250/- worth Amazon Gift Voucher from Dynamic Group. Visit https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/09/ir-quiz-2019-09-01.html *Access Links* Read the current Interesting Reads Post at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/09/interesting-reads-2019-09-01.htm <https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/09/interesting-reads-2019-09-01.html>l Current IR Quiz at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/09/ir-quiz-2019-09-01.html Archives of Interesting Reads Posts at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-201… *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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Call for Book Chapters/ Research Papers - Innovative Library Services for Research Output
by Dr. Sandeep Bhavsar 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

Call for Book Chapters/ Research Papers Edited Book Title Innovative Library Services for Research Output Introduction Ranking and Accreditation plays important role in measuring the quality of the institutions. We all have seen the importance given to Research in Ranking Systems of the world/ India Ranking (NIRF) and also in accreditation (NAAC/NBA). Library plays a pivotal role in promoting Research services such as Literature Review, finding out Research grants, Citation Management Tools, Anti- Plagiarism software etc. In today’s Technologies era, libraries are using mobile apps, citation technologies, open content, the Internet of Things, electronic publishing ,semantic web, linked data, machine learning, deep learning, artificial intelligence, and so on are playing a major role in providing 21st century library services. This book will explore the emerging and innovative technologies to promote the innovative Library Services for Research Output. We encourage the submission of original works based on practical implementation. Objective The objectives of this book are not only to examine the use of different types of new innovations, best practices and technologies in library and information science domain in present era but also to look for what types of new innovations, best practices and technologies will be taking place in library and information science area in future perspectives. This book intends to make the every library and information science professionals aware regarding new innovations, trends and technologies are being taken place and can be used in library and information science area so that they will be ready to use them in the best way and with their full potentials. This book is focusing on to investigate regarding how library and information science professionals can play important roles in assessing, understanding, exploring, implementing and using different innovations, trends and new technologies in the library and information science sector by using their competencies, best practices and so on. Target Audience The target audiences of this book are library and information science professionals, knowledge managers, Information scientists, library and information science teachers, research scholars, students of library and information science area, Web librarians, executives, consultants, instructors, IT specialists, managers, trainers libraries, library and information science schools/ institutes and other library and information science professionals etc. Recommended Topics The Tentative TABLE of Contents is given below but not limited to the following topics or subject areas: - Citation Management Tools - Citation Styles - Research Ethics - Anti-Plagiarism Software - Reference Tools - Institution Repository to OpenDOAR - Datasets - Libguides - Survey Software’s - ORCID/Research ID - Library Analytics - Google Scholar /Scopus /Web of Science - Bibliometrics/ Scientometrics/ Webometrics - Social Media for Research Visibility - Innovative Practices - Best Practices in Libraries - Intellectual property rights - Search engines and search engine optimization - E-learning and online learning - Library and information science associations and awards - Discovery services - Copyright - Other topics Related to Library and Information Science Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners of library and information science and other area are invited to submit on or before 20th Sep, 2019, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by 25th Sep, 2019, about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. All interested authors must follow the guidelines for manuscript submissions i.e Font Times New Roman, 12 fonts and 1.5 space is required for text submission. The text will be scanned through Anti plagiarism software and accordingly informed for any changes. For bibliographic organization APA style latest edition is recommended All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Please send your articles on drsandeepbhavsar99(a)gmail.com and kalbanded(a)gmail.com Note: There is Nominal fees (Rs.500/-) for manuscripts submitted to this book publication. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by International Publisher. Inquiries Editor's Name: Dr. Subhash Chavan Editor's Affiliation: Director and HOD, SHPT School of Library and Information Science, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai Mob. no. 9422711790 Editor's Name: Dr. Sandeep Bhavsar Editor's Affiliation: Librarian, Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (AUTONOMOUS) Mob. no. 9870 18 9999 Mail Id:- drsandeepbhavsar99(a)gmail.com Editor's Name: Dr. Dattatraya Kalbande Editor's Affiliation: Librarian, J.W. Sadhubella Girls Collge, Ulhasnagar, Dist. ThaneMail Id: -kalbanded(a)gmail.com RegardsDr. Sandeep BhavsarHead- LRCWelingkar Institute of Management Development and ResearchMumbai9870 18 9999

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Science & Technology Metrics 2019- Revised CFP
by Francis Jayakanth 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

From: fgct(a)socio.org.uk <fgct(a)socio.org.uk> Sent: 29 August 2019 13:21 First International Conference on Science & Technology Metrics (STMet 2019) Bangkok, Thailand December 02-04, 2019 (www.socio.org.uk/stm<http://www.socio.org.uk/stm>) Sponsored by Clarivate Analytics Building metrics is the key to science and technology measurement and translating the measures to work better. Metric is not confined to draw numbers and analyze. Selecting a metric depends on synthesizing multiple directions and evidence-based data. Producing benchmarks and standards in science and technology evaluation and implementing them with real data, mark the full-fledged system. Quite recently, we are witnessing the emergence of new metrics-based models aiming to reflect science and technology growth. The proposed Science and Technology Metrics (STMet 2019) conference is concerned with how the use of many metrics may involve the assessment of different aspects of science and technology which are best expressed using different approaches. Besides the standard conference track and the Doctoral Symposium, the STMetrics will host a number of workshops and tutorials related to the theme of the conference. The purpose of the workshops is to provide participants with a friendly, interactive atmosphere for presenting novel ideas and discussing their application of metrics in Science and Technology System. The goal of the tutorials is to enable the participants to familiarise themselves with theoretical as well as practical aspects and application of metrics. The proposed conference consists of invited talks, presentations, tutorials, workshops and discussions. The STMet has tracks on specialized topics. The STMet address the below themes, not limited. Citation-based metrics Ranking Systems Ranking of Journals, Institutions, and Countries Discipline and Domain Analysis Economic factors Databases and datasets for evaluation Evaluation Tools and Indicators Web-based metrics Visibility and impact Internationalization Text-based Metrics Innovation indicators Wearable Devices Open data Scientific Collaboration and cooperation analysis National Evaluation Systems Open access and open publishing New indices for evaluation Altmetrics Web-based metrics Data Science and Digital Repositories Scientific Visualization e-Science in the Cloud Scientific Journalism Scientific Publications Track 1: Open Science Science relies on the sharing of ideas, research results, data, and methods. Quite often many scientific discoveries and innovations fail to reach the society because of the closed scientific publications. If Science is built based on existing knowledge it needs to reach every one and hence Open Science leads the knowledge transaction. This track addresses the challenges and issues and pave the way to develop and nurture open science. Track 2: Peer Review Peer review is the process by which experts critically examine the research contributions using standard metrics. Peer review helps maintain and enhance quality both directly by detecting weaknesses and errors in specific works. These reviews enable to decide publication, research grants, employment, promotion, and tenure. Peer review promotes accountability and improves the quality of work. Track 3: Content and Text mining based metrics This track enables to present works that use numeric indices to process unstructured (textual) information and to build various data mining (statistical and machine learning) algorithms. Information can be extracted to derive summaries for the words contained in the documents or to compute summaries for the documents based on the words contained in them. One can analyze words, clusters of words used in documents, and we could analyze documents and determine similarities between them or how they are related to other variables. The studies of text mining will “turn text into numbers” (meaningful indices), which can then be incorporated in other analyses. All submitted papers will be reviewed by a double-blind (at least three reviewers), and participative peer review. The review process will enable the selection process of those that will be accepted for their presentation at the international conference. Authors of accepted papers who registered in the conference can have access to the evaluations and possible feedback provided by the reviewers who recommended the acceptance of their papers, so they can accordingly improve the final version of their papers. Mentoring support is available to young researchers and authors of developing countries. Track 4: Technology Transfer Metrics The technology transfer enables the outreach of the research outcomes to a wider level. The technology transfer measures are of interest to practitioners, program managers, and policymakers in the evaluation of technology transfer programs. Building metrics can lead to a better measurement of effectiveness, efficiency, and return on investment. The introduction of newer metrics will be helpful to identify the benchmarking tools. The proposed track will discuss the currently existing metrics and the research on the development of new metrics as well as their applications. Chair: Mohammad Hassanzadeh, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran Track 5: Open Science Metrics The primary goal of this track is to enable to construct, identify, and specify relevant metrics and indicators for open science. Measuring the extent of openness in science and creating or using metrics is important. Measuring Open science help to realize the innovation. We can thus find how collaboration and knowledge sharing occurs and how institutions work on it. Openness also yields enormous data and knoweldge. This track gauge using available data about openness in science. The post-conference modified versions of the papers will be published in the following journals. 1. Journal of Digital Information Management 2. Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia 3. Special Section in Research Evaluation 4. Journal of Scientometric Research 5. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science 6. International Journal of Computational Linguistics Research Committee General Chairs Pit Pichappan, Digital Information Research Labs., UK & India Han Woo PARK, YeungNam University, South Korea Program Chairs Ramesh Kundra, NISTADS, India Daisy Jacobs, University of Zululand, South Africa Program Co-Chairs Kazuyuki, Motohashi, University of Tokyo, Japan Amir Reza Asnafi, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran Important Dates Full Paper Submission September 15, 2019 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection October 15, 2019 Registration Due November 20, 2019 Camera Ready Due November 20, 2019 Workshops/Tutorials/Demos December 03, 2019 Main conference December 02-04, 2019 Paper submission: http://socio.org.uk/stm/paper-submission/ Contact: stm(a)socio.org.uk<mailto:stm@socio.org.uk> -------------------------------

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 197, Issue 45
by Shantha Venkatesan 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

This is a very interesting information. I used to hear similar utterances from many of my colleagues. The fact is open access books collect dust, mites, bacteria etc...Library professionals do get Allergy, Asthama,Skin problems ,eczema,psoriasis,pulmonary diseases and they are considered occupational hazards. For that purpose we have to learn to live with problem and reduce the same to the extent possible. Then percentage of paranoia may diminish! Shantha V. Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook>

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Article request
by Pramod Arote 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

*Information on the Article Requested* *Article Title:* * Common-view comparison system based on the EURO-160 P3 code GPS receiver * *Author: * Zhang Han; Gao Yuan; Zhu Jiangmiao; Liu Mingliang; Gao Xiaoxun *Journal Information:* *ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY* Year 2007, Issue 11, Page 100-103 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Result of LIS Interns Programme in National Library has been announced for the year 2019-20
by Subhodip Bid 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

Dear Professional Result of Young Professional Graduates from Library & Information Science as LIS Interns Programme in National Library for the year 2019-20. https://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/home/download/NWMyOTUyM2EwYjRhMWJjNmZkZT… -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata

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