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Design And Development of Library Portal for Indian Universities: A Proposed Model
by Sheel Yadav 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

Respected sir/mam.. I am a research scholar from Bundelkhand University, Jhansi. I am working on design and development of library portal for Indian Universities . Therefore I have prepared a questionnaire to know the perception of users regarding the information and services available on the library portals. Your response is very valuable to me. This questionnaire is for LIS educators, LIS practitioners and LIS research scholars.. I request you to click on the below link and fill it.. I will be highly grateful to you. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMNPLRguP1aCgJfydVRUi4-hS_TmsyzeN… -- *Thanks & Regards,* *Sheel Bhadra Yadav* *Teaching Assistant* *Bundelkhand University* *Jhansi (U.P.)* *CONTACT NO. 7985241336* * 07398573091* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Are we Information Literate to become Information Manager?
by Dp Tripathi 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

Dear All, Believe it or not! Today we are talking and talking only about information, information explosion and its management and present situation has forced us to become information manager which is not at all an easy task. To become successful information manager, we are supposed to be information literate first which requires the understanding of the following in my opinion: a. Information – why needed? In order to become successful Information Manager, first we need to identify that information is really needed and we have to understand why information is needed, what, how much, what kind of information is really required and at the same time, we need to identify that information is spread in wide range of formats in different locations (geographically and virtually). And, the skill which we need to develop to articulate a particular question for fetching the information for specific research is very important. We all know that information is not limited to the boundary and inside the boundary of wall but it is available on paper, digital files, and other media such as audio visuals or from different sources. It may or may not be easy to get information to fulfill the need for making a right decision for getting a right answer against right question but we need to develop this skill. b. Available Resources – Understand: An information manager is supposed to develop a skill to evaluate and identify what resources are available on particular topic or particular information and where we can locate them in order to access them. If found also, what type of resources and whether we can use for our purpose. We need to understand the different types of resources such as paper-based, electronic resources, digital resources etc. and when & how to use them considering the merits of types of resources and differences as well. c. Find Information – How? We may be having very good resources but we need to develop technique and at the same time of plan for using the available resources so that we can get best information for the best question. Information literate has to understand that searching should not only be the option to get information but also learn other techniques such as browsing, monitoring information resources etc. Generally, we may find information from the following methods such as: i. Go through several resources ii. Book Indexes given at the back iii. Abstracting and Indexing Journals iv. Use of RSS feed in order to get information from different sources v. Active participation in forum, discussion list, e-mail alerts and bulletin boards etc. vi. Bookmarking the address on Browser such as Mozilla, Chrome etc. vii. Searching the information in search engines using Boolean Logic viii. Develop the understanding to use relevant ranked searching d. Evaluation of Results and Implementation We need to develop skill to evaluate the obtained information for checking the accuracy and its value without biasness keeping the same in mind that the evaluation will not misguide or mislead with incomplete result. Many times it happens that we get information through search engines against our filled question, but we need to evaluate and understand whether the information is trustworthy then only information can help the researcher in right direction. A prior knowledge of author, name of publisher, editor and series may help the researcher to reach the right destination with less effort. e. Disseminate your search results (findings) To become information literate, we need to develop the understanding to analyze the retrieved information to disseminate with accuracy. But before we leave the information for others to use, we need to understand the use of information in a responsible, sensitive and ethical manner. A proper respect to confidentially should be given and at the same time credit to the person who really owes the copyright. We also need to develop the ability to communicate in a manner which is appropriate to information, the user and present situation. f. Manage your findings – How? Finding is never easy against any question and it involves efforts and human interpretation at different stages to get right information for the right purpose. We need to develop the skill to manage the acquired information in most effective way with suitable methods and for that we will have to, sometimes, evaluate critically on our process and findings as well as sources from where we retrieved the information for using the findings and information at later stage. And for that we will have to think as follows: i. Use of used resources in finding the information again ii. Use file cabinets or proper shelves to managing physical resources iii. Arrangement of emails with attachments iv. Planning security and backup of information retrieved for re-locating and use v. Getting updates in changes in documents where you retrieved information vi. Use of Content Management System such as Joomla, Drupal etc. for information management Thanks with regards, DP Tripathi NIT Rourkela -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *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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CLSTL 2019 at IIT Gandhinagar: Deadlines fast approaching for Submitting Proposals/Abstracts for Presentation & Poster & Registration
by TS Kumbar 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

Dear Professional Colleagues, *The deadlines for submitting proposals/abstracts for **presentation/poster and Registration for the conference are fast approaching. Please hurry up!!!* Please consider submitting the proposals/ abstracts for Presentation & Poster and REGISTERING at the 2nd International Conference CLSTL 2019 being held at IIT Gandhinagar from 28th Feb. - 2nd March, 2019 & see the updated information about the conference and workshops. - Deadline for submitting proposal/abstract for presentation & Poster:* 20th January, 2019 (Sunday).* There will be no further extension. - Notifying acceptance of proposal/abstract to Presenter: *25th January,2019 (Friday).* - Keynote speakers <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/speakers/>or the conference announced - Updated list of eminent <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/speakers/> speakers <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/speakers/> & Resource Persons for workshops announced. - Interesting workshops on the following emergin*g topics announced. Please see for the details <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/front-page-features/workshops/> as to what you can take home.* 1. *Creating Data Repository Using Data Verse* 2. *Data Visualization Service in Libraries* 3. *MakerSpaces in Libraries* 4. *Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in libraries* - *There will be a Publication of Post Conference Proceedings edited by team of Internationally known professionals and publisher. * Please visit the conference website for further details, updates and registration: http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/ *Registration* - *Final registration deadline: 31st January, 2019* We would therefore request you to kindly consider submitting a proposal/abstract of your proposed presentation/poster before the deadline ( ie *20th January, 2019*) and actively participate in this event to share innovative ideas, rich experience and best practices followed in your library for the benefit of other conference attendees. We would highly appreciate, if you could kindly spread the word about this conference among your colleagues and professional friends and encourage them to consider participating in this professional event. Looking forward to your participation and support. Kind regards Kumbar -- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for an article
by Naveen. KS 14 Jan '19

14 Jan '19

Dear Sir/ Mam, One of the student in our institution need this article. Could any one have this article kindly help us by sending a copy of the same. to *naveen.ks100(a)gmail.com <naveen.ks100(a)gmail.com>* this id. " Cerebral aspergillosis after burr-hole surgery for chronic subdural hematoma: case report". Link :- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2308684 -- Thanks Naveen K .S *Chief Librarian,* Subbaiah Institute of Medical Sciences, Holehonnur Road, Shimoga. Karnataka. 8884000300. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kerala Migration Survey 2018 Data
by Sriram V 13 Jan '19

13 Jan '19

The Kerala Migration Survey (KMS) 2018 data is now available online for free download. Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram initiated the first Kerala Migration Survey (KMS) in 1998 to gauge the magnitude of both internal and international migration from the state. Since then, CDS has successfully completed 7 rounds of KMS. These surveys have generated a wealth of data having immense significance. These data-sets, questionnaire and code-sheet are now available online for free download and use for research purpose. More info: http://cds.edu/research/ru/migrationresearch/migration-survey-data/ V. Sriram Chief Librarian, KN Raj Library, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram vsrirams(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: Fw: Suggestion - For Requesting Full Text of Article
by Ishwar Goudar 12 Jan '19

12 Jan '19

Dear Professionals, 1.This is in response to Vinod Mishra's query whether the acknowledgement for the receipt of document against article requested should be private or public. Before posting my suggestion I gave a thought, but remained silent. Being private, one is not dumping additional mail on to Forum unnecessarily On the other hand being public all will come to know that there is no need for further attempt by others. So it is left to the discretion of ILL requester. 2. Another suggestion for those libraries having access to J-Gate +. It has incorporated union catalog of University and several other libraries in the country. A link is provided as “Find-in-a-Library for 55 million articles indexed in it. One can easily find out which are the Libraries likely having the journal issue required. More importantly a request can be placed to the library of our choice directly using the e-mail proforma built in without trying trace contact details of library concerned and also type article details. Regards, Goudar "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Ex. Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser Bangalore University Library, BANGALORE - 560056 - Ex. Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser, UoM, Mysore - Ex. Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore - Ex. Dy Librarian, IITM, Chennai - Ex. Scientist (Information), IICT, Hyderabad - Fulbright Scholar, Univ. of Michigan and Columbia Univ, USA (1995-96) - British Council Scholar (1982-83) E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com Mob: 91+9611165781 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Francis Jayakanth <francis(a)iisc.ac.in> Date: Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 7:52 PM Subject: Fw: [LIS-Forum] Suggestion - For Requesting Full Text of Article To: Ishwar Goudar <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> Sir, here are the replies to your posting. You may reply to this mail, but you need to do so by forwaring my mail to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in With regards, Francis ------------------------------ *From:* LIS-Forum <lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> on behalf of vinod mishra <mishravk79(a)gmail.com> *Sent:* 06 January 2019 23:31 *To:* Ishwar Goudar *Cc:* lis-forum *Subject:* Re: [LIS-Forum] Suggestion - For Requesting Full Text of Article Please clarify acknowledgements should be public or private? 4. Don't forget to acknowledge and thank those who sends the article. On Sun, 6 Jan 2019 23:05 Ishwar Goudar, <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > Dear Professionals, > > Many of you send requests through Lis-forum or directly to your contact for > full text of articles. Before sending the requests please do some home > work. > > 1. Search Google scholar. You may find link to the full texts through > Research Gate > or Institutional Repositories or some Open Access Sources. > > 2. Provide DOI Number if available. Most of the articles published today > do have > DOI numbers. > - Please visit the Website of the Journal, see the contents page and > look for > abstract. Usually one gets DOI Number here. > - DOI number helps us to get full text of articles very easily without > wasting much > of our time. and there by many will volunteer to help you including > me. > > 3. Provide full information if you dont get DOI Number. You may have to do > do some > home work for this. > > 4. Don't forget to acknowledge and thank those who sends the article. > > Regards, > > Goudar > > "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" > > *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* > Dr. I.R.N. Goudar > - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University > - Ex. Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser > Bangalore University Library, BANGALORE - 560056 > - Ex. Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser, UoM, Mysore > - Ex. Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore > - Ex. Dy Librarian, IITM, Chennai > - Ex. Scientist (Information), IICT, Hyderabad > - Fulbright Scholar, Univ. of Michigan and Columbia Univ, USA (1995-96) > - British Council Scholar (1982-83) > E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com > Mob: 91+9611165781 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Vacancy for the post of Assistant Librarian at TISB
by Benny M D 12 Jan '19

12 Jan '19

Dear Moderator, Kindly post the below job opening (Assistant Librarian )information to the LIS-Forum . Thank you Benny M.D. HOD, Department of Library TISB -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Professionals, The International School Bangalore (TISB) is a highly successful international boarding and day school that consistently delivers high academic standards in both the IB Diploma Programme and IGCSE and strives to combine traditional values with a modern, global approach to life and learning. To propel its academic, co-curricular and pastoral support programmes, TISB is looking for an Assistant Librarian to join its team of faculty. A successful candidate for this position must: • Have completed a minimum of one year full time Apprentice Training after the completion of MLISc in a Leading educational institution / University. • Have work experience in using any of the major Library Management Software like SLIM, LIBSYS, Koha, etc. • Have practical knowledge of Library Classification Systems like DDC/ UDC / Library of Congress • Have excellent written and oral communication abilities in English. • Enjoy working in a multi-cultural environment. • Have great openness to learn and innovate constantly. • Be computer savvy and comfortable with the use of technology. • Contribute to the richness of life in the boarding houses. • Enjoy the synergy of teamwork. • Delight in spontaneity and share the interests of youngsters. Applicants confident of making a substantial contribution to The International School Bangalore should send a letter of application along with a detailed Curriculum Vitae to hr(a)tisb.ac.in<mailto:hr@tisb.ac.in> Lenora Fernandes HR Executive The International School Bangalore www.tisb.org<http://www.tisb.org/> [cid:image001.png@01D42F0B.C515E840]<http://www.tisb.org/> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NIT Rourkela Library Conference: Sponsorship opportunity
by vinod mishra 11 Jan '19

11 Jan '19

As you are aware that B. P. Central Library is going to organise National Conference on " Advanced Automation Technologies for Next-Gen Libraries (ATNL) on 20-24 May, 2019". https://elpesnitr.wordpress.com/ Therefore we invite sponsorship for above programme from different publishers, Vendor and library service providers, some of the benefits and other conditions are available at below link: https://elpesnitr.wordpress.com/sponsors/ We welcome and thanks Rapidradio Solutions an Ahmedabad Based library solutions provider as our first sponsor. For any details you may contact to: Mr. V.K. Mishra, 9439420860 Mr. D.K. Pradhan, 06612462102 Dr. B.Gunjal, 06612462101 Ms. P. Mishra, 06612462107

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SWAYAM Courses
by amit tiwari 11 Jan '19

11 Jan '19

Dear all, SWAYAM courses on the following Library and Information Science papers are scheduled to be started on 25/01/2019. Enrollments are open and free to all. LIS courses and their respective coordinators are: *1. Information Storage and Retrieval* by *Prof Devika P Madalli* *2. Information Sources Services and Systems* by *Mrs Renu Arora* *3. ICT for Libraries* by *Dr Usha M Munshi* *4. Knowledge Society* by *Prof K S Raghwan* *5. Bibliometrics and Scientometrics* by *Prof I K R Rao* *6. Digital Library* by *Dr Jagdeesh Arora* *7. Management of Libraries, Information & Knowledge Centres* by *Prof* *Dinesh Gupta* For further details visit on: https://swayam.gov.in/learningpath/Post%20graduate With Best Regards, Amit Tiwari -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NewGenLib to Koha migration scripts
by Dr. Saiful Amin 10 Jan '19

10 Jan '19

Greetings to fellow professionals. I have been doing data migration for library systems for more than a decade and found very few of them similar. Even when the source and target systems are same, the configurations and policies are not. Hence it is very difficult to make a generic tool for migration from one system to another. But recently I had an opportunity to migrate a university library system from NewGenLib to Koha. This is not an opinion on any of the systems as both are very capable platforms. The decision to migrate from one system to another are many and often situational. The point of this post is that I found both systems very stable, well structured and both supporting common data standards. Thus compared with my past experience of migration from non-standard systems, this was relatively trouble-free. In fact, it reflects quite well on the standards support in NewGenLib, especially MARC21 for bibliographic data and RDBMS backend for other data. Since no single system is permanent it is always prudent to be on a system that supports established standards which is easy to migrate from, if and when needed. I have decided to make the migration related scripts public without any restrictions. I have removed the customer-specific data mapping and data cleaning sections to make it generic and suitable for simple use cases. I have made the library-specific data mapping configurable using a config file. The code is in Perl and it makes the following migrations possible: 1. Bibliographic and item holdings data. 2. Patrons data with any additional attributes (e.g. Dept, Course). 3. Circulation transactions, including circulation history. The source code is available in GitHub: https://github.com/semanticlib/NGL2Koha I can provide further help as much as my time permits. Regards, Saiful Amin semanticconsulting.com Bangalore +91 9343826438 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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