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Biographical article on the life and achievements of Dr. R.K. Sharma, Librarian
by Salman Haider 15 Jul '19

15 Jul '19

Biographical article on R. K. Sharma, librarian in the United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan (UNIC), New Delhi. URL: https://www.librarianshipstudies.com/2019/04/r-k-sharma.html *Abstract: *R. K. Sharma (full name, Ravinder Kumar Sharma; born January 1, 1956) is a librarian from India. He is currently working as Librarian in the United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan (UNIC), New Delhi. He is a knowledge management expert in exploring information on the UN system using various online UN information resources. He is a focal point for providing necessary information support to the public at large on the United Nations and global contemporary issues. Dr. R. K. Sharma is also a nodal expert on the digital library for the UN System in India. Keeping the spotlight on the library profession has been Dr. Sharma's key motto. His passion has driven him to intensely network among libraries and library professionals and made me thirsty to understand how in these highly challenging and charged times, new and emerging technologies can assist libraries to claim their rightful space in the sun. Besides having an extraordinary record of serving top academic and research libraries, he has been associated with key national and international professional organizations working for the growth and development of the libraries in the country. Currently, he is serving as the President of the Delhi Library Association. His strong organizational skills and ability to integrate receptive changes have enabled him to achieve his persistent goal of ensuring financial stability for libraries and promoting their overall growth and development. As an active senior professional, Dr. R. K. Sharma has served on many selection committees as a library expert. He has delivered lectures at various platforms, organized several seminars, conferences and workshops and chaired several technical sessions at the national and international seminars, conferences and workshops. Dr. Sharma has contributed many research papers in refereed journals and edited many books. His interests are library & information management, computerization of library information services, web-based library services. He is always keen to explore further means of co-operation by which he could contribute to the information society at large. Salman Haider Librarian -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Extension of time for calendar of events of KALA Elections
by Pandurang Konnur 15 Jul '19

15 Jul '19

Dear KALA Member friends, As you all know that the KALA Elections have been declared and General Body Meeting has been scheduled on 28th of July 2019 Election Notification may be downloaded from the following link: http://kalaonline.com/sites/default/files/election-notification.pdf As per the Election Notification, the last date for submitting the nominations for the membership of the Governing Council of KALA was today @ 5pm the 15th July 2019. However there were totally six nominations were received by the end of the last date. Hence inconsultation with the President and office bearers of KALA, I declare and reschedule the calender of events as under: Last Date for submission of Nominations: 5pm on 22-07-2019 Last date for withdrawal of applications: 5pm on 23-07-2019 Scrutiny and final declaration of valid nominations: 5pm on 24-07-2019 However, the date of General Body Meeting and the Election will be as per the earlier schedule ie,. : 28-07-2019 I request all the KALA Members to take this election process seriously and encourage competent candidates to file their nominations to take the KALA to the greater heights. Thanks & Regards, * Dr. P. V. Konnur* *ELECTION OFFICER, KALA ELECTIONS* *Former LIS Professor*, *Fulbright Scholar* - (UIUC, USA) *Adviser - VTU Consortium, * *Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi - 590 018, * *Chairman* - State Level Book Selection Committee, Karnataka *President* - LIS Academy, Bangalore *Member of Syndicate*, KUVEMPU University, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India *Mobile* : 09449679737 *E-Mail* : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com Website: *www.lisacademy.org <http://www.lisacademy.org/>*

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IFLA WLIC 2019 ATHENS, GREECE
by Krishna Kittur 15 Jul '19

15 Jul '19

Hi friends If any LIS professional from India is attending IFLA WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS (WLIC) to be held at Athens, Greece on August 23-30, 2019 kindly contact me at the following address- Krishna N Kittur, kn.kittur(a)gmail.com, kitturlis(a)gmail.com 9449010207, 8660332805. Thanks Yours sincerely Kittur ============================== Krishna N Kittur 863 25th Main, 11th Cross, Sector 1 HSR Layout BENGALURU 560102 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Customs Duty on Newsprints Also
by Vasanth 15 Jul '19

15 Jul '19

Dear Sir/Madam, The recent budget presented by the Finance Minister Nirmala Seetharaman has imposed the customs duty on books published by foreign Publishers. The custom duty is not only imposed on books but also on newsprints. This is very retrograde in nature. The 10% percent customs duty on newsprints is also going to have negative impact on print journalism. The daily newspaper unlike news media or TV journalism have been critical of governments and by doing so have strengthen the democracy. Government should withdraw its order to impose customs duty on books and newsprints. The increasing customs duty also impact the readers strongly as the price of newspapers and books goes up people think twice to purchase or subcribe books and news papers. Senior Journalist Akar Patel has written an excellent piece on this. Please read. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/aakarvani/statutory-warning-newsp… With Regards------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N.Mysore

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Workshop at University of Mysore
by N.S. Harinarayana 15 Jul '19

15 Jul '19

Dear Colleagues The Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysuru is organizing a Two Day National Workshop on “Quality Research Methodology & Writing, Publishing Skills for Researchers” on 26th & 27th July 2019. The main speaker is Prof. Yateendra Joshi, a freelance copy editor of scientific texts and the author of ‘Communicating in Style’, a member of the editorial board of ‘Information Design Journal’, and an ‘Associate Fellow of Communication Research Institute, Australia’. Other resource persons, including the faculty from the Department, will address the participants on various issues of importance. The workshop will cover various topics including but not limited to review of literature, compilation of bibliography, searching databases, publishing in high-impact-factor journals, reporting for journals/thesis, presentation of data, plagiarism and other issues. *Who can participate?* The workshop is very useful to all the: - Faculty Members - Research Scholars - PhD Course work Students, and - Project Assistants *Registration:* Registration and participation are on first cum first serve basis. The course fee is 1100/- per participant. *Get in Touch: * Prof. Khaiser Jahan Begum Chairperson 9845328672 (Cell) khaiser.nikam6(a)gmail.com With regards ------------------------------------- N.S. Harinarayana Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419395 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Mr. R. Narenthiran Awarded Ph.D.degree
by saravanan 15 Jul '19

15 Jul '19

Dear Friends, It’s my pleasure to inform you that, Dr. R. Narenthiran (see: http://www.ifpindia.org/narenthiran-r) Librarian, French Institute of Pondicherry, Puducherry has been awarded with PhD degree at the Department of Library and Information Science, Annamalai University, Chidamabaram. The title of his thesis is "*/Problems and perspectives in cataloguing and digitization of multilingual script manuscripts libraries in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry: a study/*” under the guidance of Prof. P. Ravichandran, Professor & Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram. Congratulation for Big Achievement! Thanking you, With regards, -- Dr. G. Saravanan Librarian Library and Publication Division French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) UMIFRE 21 CNRS-MAEE / USR 3330 # 11, Saint Louis Street, P.B. No. 33 PONDICHERRY - 605 001 South India, INDIA Tel : 0091 - 413 – 22 31 661 (direct) Fax : 0091 – 413 - 22 31 605 Mail : saravanan.g(a)ifpindia.org Web Site : www.ifpindia.org Web : http://www.ifpindia.org/saravanan-g https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Saravanan_G https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=LGzVAH8AAAAJ&hl=en ***************************************************************** Please consider the environment before printing this email. Thank you. *****************************************************************

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Fwd: Frontiers and Robert-Jan Smits emails reveal how Plan S was conceived – For Better Science
by Subbiah Arunachalam 12 Jul '19

12 Jul '19

How was Plan-S conceived? https://forbetterscience.com/2019/07/11/frontiers-and-robert-jan-smits-emai… Best wishes. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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RIMS - National Conference 2019
by Dr.vedamurthyyn＠gmail.com 12 Jul '19

12 Jul '19

Dear Sir / Madam, Greetings from *Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies/Sciences (RIMS)* !! RIMS in association with the Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) is proud to host the National Conference on *Innovations and Emerging Trends for a Sustainable Global Economy* on *September 6, 2019 *at *Bangalore**.* We invite prospective authors to present their papers, research findings, innovations, creative problem-solving approaches and technology application from the following broad field of Management. *Tracks:* General Management, Marketing, Operations, Banking & Finance, *Library Science* and Human Resource. *The themes of library Sciences are as follows :* •Library Automation •Digital Library •Library Innovation •Usage of Internet in Management College Libraries •Electronic Resource & Service to Academic Library •RFID Technology & ICT in Library The guidelines for the conference are a.The Abstract should not exceed 300 words. It should include the following: ▪ Title of the paper ▪ Name of the author (s) ▪ Designation ▪ Name of the Institution ▪ Contact details ▪ Keywords b.The length of full paper including tables, diagrams, illustrations, references, etc., shall not be less than 3000 words and shall not exceed 8000 words. c.The paper should be typed in Times New Roman 12 point font with 1.5 line spacing. The foot notes shall be typed in Times New Roman 10-point font with 1 line spacing. For citations, APA style to be followed. d.The abstracts to be submitted within July 15, 2019 and the full paper shall be submitted on or before August 15, 2019, to conference2019(a)rimsbangalore.in. The confirmation on the selection of the abstract (s) will be communicated by July 20th, 2019. The registration fee details are Participant Amount(Rs) Corporate delegates 1500/- Faculties (participation only) 1,000/- Faculties (Presentation & Publication) (Only two authors per paper) 1,500/- Research Scholars/Research Students (Only two authors per paper) 1,000/- In absentia (individual) 2,000/- Alumni (MSRF)* 500/- * The payment details are :* Registration fee may be paid by either cash/cheque/demand draft/NEFT favoring: Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies Account No.: 093701002296 Bank: ICICI Bank, Branch: New BEL Road, IFSC: ICIC0000937 *Key Highlights of the conference include, but are not limited to:* § Presented papers will be published in *UGC Approved Journals* and *RIMS Journal of Management* § Outstanding contribution in a research track will receive *Best Paper Award* § Plenary sessions and interface with *Academic & Industry experts* The conference aims to provide an opportunity to the thought leaders to exchange new ideas with industry experts and analysts for a sustainable global and gig economy. We request you to kindly peruse the appended brochure and revert for any further information / clarification, as we look forward for your valued participation. Warm Regards, Regards,, Dr.Vedamurthy.Y.N MLISc,MSW,DHISc,Ph.D,K-SLET Librarian Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies/Sciences New Bel Road ,MSRIT Post M.S.R.Nagar Bangalore-54 9880400501

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Use of You Tube Channel - Librarian Guide in solving the technical problems in libraries and self-learning - A study
by Dp Tripathi 11 Jul '19

11 Jul '19

Dear Sir/Madam/Friends, I am delighted to share this questionnaire to collect your feedback to complete my study. The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of Librarian Guide - You Tube channel in solving the technical problems in libraries and also in self learning of different professionals. The study targets each professionals working in different libraries and also the students of library and information science in India and abroad too. I hereby humbly request you to please spare 10 minutes from your busy schedule and fill up the questionnaire to complete the study. The link is mentioned below. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScIRuiROahcSsMa7CYNx7Udqhray51mJk8… It will be really great assistance if you submit your feedback on or before July 20, 2019. I hereby assure that your name and all details will remain confidential and will be used only in aggregate. If you have any query / question, please do write to me at dptripathi79(a)gmail.com Thanking you in advance for your valuable time. D. P. Tripathi -- ************************************ *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL Ph.D. (Pursue) Commonwealth Fellow, University of East London ************************************ Assistant Librarian & In-charge Periodicals & E-Resources Section Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ************************************ *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* *UGC-NET Preparation Site <http://ugcnet.dptripathi.in>* ************************************ *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ************************************ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invite for UX meetup with a presentation on Academic UX on 27th Jul 2019 at IIT Madras
by Mohan Hr 11 Jul '19

11 Jul '19

Dear all Pl. find an invite for UX meetup with a presentation on Academic UX on 27th Jul 2019 at IIT Madras The formal PDF invite is at https://drive.google.com/open?id=1g4drFHzwAV5wHC66RrNSNhHXpw_sA4KZ To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at http://bit.ly/30jfLFK With regards HR Mohan Chairman, ACM Chennai INVITE =================================== Interaction Design Foundation, Chennai Chapter Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai ACM Chennai Professional Chapter Cordially invite you for an UX meetup with the following presentation Ms. Ramya Vasan on Academic UX on Saturday, 27th Jul 2019 from 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. at Lecture Hall CS25, Dept. of CSE, IIT Madras, Chennai – 600036 (Located in the 1st floor of the Computer Science & Engineering Dept, adjacent to the CSE Dept. Office) Location map: https://goo.gl/maps/xnVpcox3tz88BCjg9 Programme 9.00 a.m. : Registration 9.30 a.m. : Session 1 11.00 a.m. : Tea Break 11.15 a.m. : Session 2 What you will gain from this event: Session-1: Briefing about difficulties of designers in Design industry and the ways to overcome by Globalised standard design. The Key Notes include: Perspective of UX; Design, Client Satisfaction or User Requirement?; Impacts of Design; Lack of knowledge; Effects of design in an individual; Design for all; Compulsory basic design education in academics; Globalised theory for design; Standard of design in India; and Condition of a designer in Chennai Session-2: A conventional designer concentrates in acquiring technological advancements but ignorant of social issues. Being an environmental designer is more important than being an experienced designer. Social design is completely based on the environmental issues and the importance of giving solutions to such problems through design. The Key Notes include: Social design; Social Issues; Importance of EVS; Role of designers in social issues; Design thinking; Consistency in designing; Support of designers in the growth of a society; Change the term , "Don't design for free"; Society driven designer; and Being social minded About the speaker: Ms. Ramya is a Computer Science Engineering graduate, a staunch UX designer who never hesitates to take that extra step ahead for satisfactory completion. A perpetual explorer of multifarious dimension in designing, she constantly stands by the point that UX designing is more than a profession and it should be evolved eternally. She is a UX mentor believing in absolute empirical knowledge. As an initiative to indulge designing to every layman, she started a community for designers with a vision to inculcate designing right from schooling. She is an avid social worker who realizes that preserving Nature and Environment are the fundamental duties of every human being. She leads a technical team of 10 members in an Environmental NGO named Visai which is working to eradicate ignorance. To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at http://bit.ly/30jfLFK

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