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Report Require from CRISIL database
by Gaurang Raval . 17 May '19

17 May '19

Hello One of our patron wants the following report very urgently. "Peer comparison for Spencers Retail, Titled --- "Strong promoter backing improves the financial flexibility of retail players. Dated: 30 April 2019." If you have this report kindly send us as quickly as possible Thank you very much Regards, *GAURANG RAVAL* Library Assistant (Out-Source) B C Roy Memorial Library Indian Institute of Management - Calcutta Joka, Kolkata - 700104, West Bengal, INDIA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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M-Learning Usage among LIS Students
by Shibin S B 17 May '19

17 May '19

Respected Sir/Madam, I am doing a survey regarding "*Mobile Learning Usage among** Library and Information Science Students*". I wish to collect the valuable responses of LIS students from your institution. So, I kindly request you to share the online questionnaire in the following link with your students. https://forms.gle/4CbjYtBKCZCQ281X8 Thanking you -- *Shibin S B* Adhoc Library Assistant National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Cloud Based Services in Library - Boon or Curse?
by Dp Tripathi 16 May '19

16 May '19

Dear Friends, I am in process to write a research paper on Cloud Based Services in Library - Boon or Curse? I am sharing the questionnaire for your honest feedback. Requesting you to please spare five minutes times to fill up the details and assist me to complete my paper. I shall be highly thankful to you for your assistance. In any case, your name and e-mail ID will not be shared anywhere and will be used only in aggregate. The purpose of this paper is only to find the fact about effectiveness of cloud based services in library. Please add your opinion / experience via the link mentioned here…. https://forms.gle/HS3z74E71JN751JZ9 Should you have any query / question, please do write to me at dptnitrkl(a)gmail.com Thanks DP 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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Last five days remain to Register for Conference at NIT Rourkela
by vinod mishra 15 May '19

15 May '19

Dear All Its my pleasure to inform you that we got very good number of response from different part of country in our upcoming conference at NIT Rourkela. We have invited Resource persons from different type of libraries like University Library, Faculty of LIS department, IIT Library, IISER library, CSIR Library, Software Developer, etc. I believe all our resource person's ( https://elpesnitr.wordpress.com/experts-speakers/ <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Felpesnitr.wordpress.com%2Fexpe…> ) are excellent in imparting the Knowledge in the field of library science as well as having rich practical experience of handling and implementation of latest technologies in Libraries. Good number of paper has been also received which focuses mainly on practical implementation of technology and case studies. Please avail the benefits to interact with various participants and resource persons which will be definitely helpful for professional growth in future. Please note that almost all seat for Pre-conference Workshop on Koha and Dspace has been filled. With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874 *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma Gandhi* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting Reads – 2019-05-15
by Mohan Hr 15 May '19

15 May '19

*Interesting Reads – 2019-05-15 * Read the Current Interesting Reads Post at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/05/interesting-reads-2019-05-15.html Current IR Quiz at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/05/ir-quiz-2019-05-15.html Archives of Interesting Reads Posts at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-201… *Articles* - Digital ID: A key to inclusive growth - The Concept Paper for a New Product: The Kickstart of a LPPD Project - The ever-changing store: An agile approach to redesigning retail formats - 100+ Blogging Tips, Tools, and Resources to Grow Your Business in 2019 - 19 Stories of Incredible Connection at 30,000 Feet - How an Ancient Indian Art Utilizes Mathematics, Mythology, and Rice - 14 Corporate Innovation Lab Products That Changed The World - Leading your organization to responsible AI - Planning For Servitization Success - Book: Women Know Cyber: 100 Fascinating Females Fighting Cybercrime - The secret’s in: how technology is making public interest disclosures even harder - Will builders be replaced by robots? More than 7,000 Robots Will Work in Construction by 2025 - The 10 Vital Skills You Will Need For The Future Of Work - Drones surveying area around Chernobyl provide the most detailed look yet at fallout from the 1986 disaster - Bonus: 8 ways to fuel innovation (8 videos) *Events / Announcements* - The first AI based search engine for scholarly content now available - ACM, IEEE CS & CSI: Mini Tutorial on “Demystifying ML & AI” on 18th May 2019 - SETS - Cyber Security Training Programs - 3D Printing- MMA –CADD CENTRE Two Day Certificate Course on 21-22, May 2019 at Chennai - TIC 2019: Tamil Internet Conference. Tutorial-cum-Hackathon Workshop 7-9 Jun 2019 & 6-7 Jul 2019 - TIC 2019: Tamil Internet Conference. 20-22 Sep 2019 at Chennai - Call For Papers: IEEE TENCON 2019 at Kochi during 17-19 Oct 2019. Last date 20th May 2019 - ACM-W Lady Ada Programming Competition. Last date 10th Jun 2019 - IEEE INDICON-2019 at Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat during 13-15 Dec 2019 *IR-Quiz* Participate in the IR Quiz – 2019-05-08 and win Rs. 250/- worth Amazon Gift Voucher from Dynamic Group. Visit https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/05/ir-quiz-2019-05-15.html *Access Links* Read the current Interesting Reads Post at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/05/interesting-reads-2019-05-15.html Current IR Quiz at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/05/ir-quiz-2019-05-15.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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Submit your success story under Story Telling section in ICDL 2019
by Vijay Vikram S Parihar 15 May '19

15 May '19

Dear Professionals, There is a great opportunity to all the information and knowledge professionals this year. One can participate in ICDL2019 even before the conference date i.e. 6 - 8 November 2019. WEBINARS:- ICDL 2019 is going to hold a series of "Webinars" before and after the conference date which will address contemporary issues on changing digital landscape. The series of webinars will be open for all free of cost. The next webinar will be held on 6th June 2019. For more information on Webinar reach us at < https://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/webinars.php > STORY TELLING:- Apart from the series of webinars, there is a "Story Telling" platform for you in ICDL 2019 platform where you can participate by sharing your success stories and benchmarks or best practices in the area can open a new avenue for several like-minded organisations or individuals. For more information on Story Telling reach us at < https://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/webinars.php > For more details on ICDL 2019 please visit website < http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/> Important dates: * 31 July 2019 - Submission of full papers * 01 September 2019 - Notification of acceptance of paper with comments * 01 October 2019 - Submission of the final paper after incorporating comments You can submit your original paper to the ICDL secretariat online (<https://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/call-for-paper.php> For further Information Contact: ICDL 2019 Secretariat The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) India Habitat Centre Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, India Tel: +91 11 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 24682144 Email: icdl(a)teri.res.in<mailto:icdl@teri.res.in> Website: www.teriin.org/events/icdl<http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl> Best regards V V S Parihar Information Analyst ====================================================================== Knowledge Resource Centre | The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI ) | India Habitat Centre | Lodi Road | New Delhi | India | T: +91 11 2468 2100 / 41504900 (extn 2758) | F: +91 11 2468 2144 | Mob: 9899031464 | Web: www.teriin.org<http://www.teriin.org> Disclaimer : The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments is intended for the person or entity to which it is addressed, and it may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review or other use of this e-mail or taking any action based on it by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender, and delete all copies of this mail. This e-mail has been scanned and verified by MS Office 365 mail protection. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Gettheresearch (GTR) - AI Based Scholarly Search Engine
by Shamprasad Pujar 15 May '19

15 May '19

Dear All, GTR is a free search engine to help everyone find and understand scholarly research. As claimed by developers it is a context based search engine. It also has a provision to restrict access only to open access articles using unpaywall database. It has been launched recently. The beta version is available at: https://gettheresearch.org I hope you will find it useful for you and your users. Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Chief Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-2841 6528 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in

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Invitation to participate in the 2nd LIS Conference
by Pandurang Konnur 14 May '19

14 May '19

Dear Professional Friends, It gives us an immense pleasure to inform you that, LIS Academy in collaboration with VTU Consortium and Department of Public Libraries, Bangalore is conducting *2nd LISA Conference on “Innovations in Libraries**” (iiL-2018)* which is scheduled on 6-8 June 2019 at Visvesvaraya Technological University, Jnana Sangama, Belagavi: 590018, Karnataka, State. More than 500 participants including the Librarians of Academic, Special and Public Libraries, Principals and Management Representatives of engineering colleges are expected to participate in this seminar. The conference is aiming to enlighten the issues related to Innovations in library services, technologies, content development, and public libraries. You may please find the Conference Brochure detailing about the Conference in the conference website http://iil.lisacademy.org As a well-wisher to LIS Academy, I take this opportunity to invite you to participate in this conference. I anticipate your participation. Thanks & Regards, * Dr. P. V. Konnur* *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/>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Conference on Reshaping Librarianship: Innovations and Transformation (ICRLIT-2019)
by hariharan_ah＠yahoo.com 13 May '19

13 May '19

International Conference on Reshaping Librarianship: Innovations and Transformation (ICRLIT-2019) Organized by Arignar Anna Central Library, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore and Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science(SALIS Sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research [ICSSR] Conference Date: 16-17, August 2019 OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE To discuss, debate and seek an alternative to manage current libraries To provide a platform for professional discussion among LIS professionals in academics, services, and research disciplines To create an environment for expanding the professional network and reshaping librarianship To Address the innovative problem area and to lead away for managing such problems To Recommend suitable Transformation policy measures To provide an interdisciplinary platform for the academicians, researchers, managers, industrial participants and LIS graduates around the world to share their research findings WHO CAN ATTEND? The conference is an excellent opportunity for LIS professionals to connect, discuss and debate in order to shape the 21sr century academic library ICRLIT-2019 is open to all. CONFERENCE THEME ICRLIT - 2019 will explore two essential areas that drive the modern academic library: The role of libraries in advocating and facilitating librarianship; and the library is an adaption to serve the technically changing needs of collections and their users. Major Conference THEMES The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to the following topics: Reshaping of the Librarianship Managing Modern Libraries: Innovation and Transformation Best Practices in Library Resources and Services Case Studies of Resources and Services Different Aspects Research Innovation Managing e-Contents Digital Content Creation, Preservation and Delivery Resources Sharing Metric Study User Study IMPORTANT DATES Last date for Abstract Submission 5th July 2019 Abstract Acceptance Communication 10th July 2019 Last Date for Full Paper Submission 20th July 2019 Last Date for Registration 25th July 2019 Conference Date 16th and 17th August 2019 REGISTRATION FEE: PARTICIPANTS Indian Delegates (Sponsored) Rs. 2500.00 Indian Delegates (Individual Rs. 2000.00 Indian Research Scholars and Students (Regular) Rs. 1500.00 Foreign Delegates (Individual) $.100.00 Foreign Scholars and Students (Regular) $. 50.00 BANK DETAILS: Beneficiary’s Name : The Organizing SecretaryICRLIT-2019 Bank Account Number : 822610110014437 IFS Code : BKID0008226 SWIFT Code : BKIDINBBCOM MICR No. : 641013011 Name of the Bank & Address : Bank of India, BU Campus, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 641 046, Tamil Nadu, India Note: Registration fee is non-refundable. Registration will be confirmed, only if the form is duly completed and payment received in full. Please note that the conference fee does not include accommodation. Address for Communication Dr. R. Sarangapani Convenor / Organizing Secretary University Librarian / Head i/c Arignar Anna Central Library Bharathiar University Coimbatore – 641 046 Tamil Nadu, India Website: icrlit2019.com e-Mail: icrlit.2019(a)gmail.com Phone: +91-9443098662, +91-422-2428231,36 For more details, please visit: Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science

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Articles for a Festschrift volume in honour of Prof Khaiser M Khan, Mangalore University
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 11 May '19

11 May '19

Dear friendsAs you are aware, Prof Khaiser M Khan, a wonderful LIS teacher and a friend of LIS professionals all over India got superannuated in February 2019 from Mangalore University. He has been a great motivator for all his students and the Library and Information Science fraternity of this region. During this occasion, we thought of bringing out a Festschrift volume in honor of Prof. Khaiser M Khan. Based on our earlier announcement, we got some good response. However, that was not enough for finalizing a Festschrift volume to honor Prof Khan. As such, we are again requesting the LIS fraternity in India and abroad to submit articles on the following themes.The book will be on the following theme and subthemes.Main ThemeDigital revolution and the transformation of librariesSubthemesDigital Resources for libraries: The new forms of digital information resources and their influence in the transformation of modern libraries. Are we equipped well in t he current scenario?Library users in the modern ageExpectations of the users from modern day libraries. Are they equipped to tap the resources of the modern day library?The transformed librarianThe digital revolution has brought lots of changes to the way librarians perform. They have started using new library management tools and techniques. What are the professional challenges before librarians?The Theme and sub-themes will give you a brief idea of what the content of the proposed volume. We request you to contribute an article revolving around the themes mentioned above. *The article should not be published elsewhere. *The article will be subjected to similarity check using Urkund software and will be published only if it is found within in satisfactory limits for the editorial board. *Follow APA style for the presentation of references and citations.*The editorial committee will take the final decision on the publication of the article.The last date for submitting t he article is 31.5.2019Dr GOPAKUMAR V.University Librarian,Goa UniversityTaleigao Plateau, Goa. PIN 403 206gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.comOffice Phone: 08669609012Mobile No: 09447056713

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