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Regarding DEPARTMENT LIBRARIES.
by Joseph Zacharia 26 Apr '18

26 Apr '18

Dear professionals, I would like to know the purpose/relevance of *Departmental library* in academic institution (I am Librarian in a self-financing engineering institution). Kindly provide me the details with the following focus; Relevance of departmental libraries in comparison with central library Collection development policy of departmental library Role of central library in mentoring activities of departmental libraries General administration setup of the same Available statutes/documents confirming the above if any Thanks in advance in sharing your view in the field. Regards *JOSEPH ZACHARIA* *Chakkalackel (H)* *Edathua P O-689 573* *Alappuzha (Dist.)* *Mob: +91 9947997767* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Did You Know?
by Dp Tripathi 25 Apr '18

25 Apr '18

Dear Friends, Sharing some useful videos containing the details about Popular Books & their Authors, Important Years in Library Science and important periodicals & their publishers. You may view both the videos at the following link. 1. Did You Know? - Part - 10 - Popular Books & Their Authors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnsAnA0H_Uc 2. Did You Know? - Part - 11 - Important Year in Library Science https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65CU1kjdo5M 3. Did You Know? - Part - 12 - Periodicals & their Publishers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veR19PQEM4Y Trust videos will be helpful for everyone. Many more in next video..... Thanks DP Tripathi -- ********************************* *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> * *********************************

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COLLNET 2018
by fgct＠socio.org.uk 25 Apr '18

25 Apr '18

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Koha JSON public Report to HTML table conversion with table sorter functionality
by vinod mishra 25 Apr '18

25 Apr '18

Dear All, Koha provides facility to make your own reports through staff client and publish it public so that it can be viewed by anyone through web browser (URL). We have created new arrivals public report at NIT Rourkela at http://opac.nitrkl.ac.in/ and displayed in html table format too but its limitation is pop-up and embedded in the Koha main OPAC home page as given in the below manual and same report can be also viewed here <http://opac.nitrkl.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/svc/report?id=44> with JSON format which is not very much friendly: The display of such report in public is a great feature where libraries can make some data dynamically available to all like top issued books, best users in terms of transaction, library new arrivals, budget statistics, vendors list, etc. Click below for Step by Step method to display JSON public report in HTML table format with Table sorter For details please refer at: http://mishravk.com/2018/04/json-tablesorter/ With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 Website: http://mishravk.com/ 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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Athens becomes World Book Capital for the year 2018-2019
by siddu huded 25 Apr '18

25 Apr '18

Dear Professionals, World Book Capital is an initiative of UNESCO, Following the success of World Book and Copyright Day, UNESCO developed the concept of World Book Capital City, selecting Madrid as the Capital for 2001. The successful outcome, lead Unesco’s General Conference to designate World Book Capital as an annual event. On an occasion of World Book and Copyright Day on 23rd April 2018 Athens became World Book Capital for the year April-2018-April-2019. 1. https://www.ifla.org/node/37071 2. https://athens2018.gr/language/en/ 3. https://www.ifla.org/node/19412 *Best Regards* *Siddu M. Huded* *MLISc, PGDLAN, **UGC-NET, K-SET* *Assistant Librarian,* *Azim Premji University Library, BENGALURU (KA)Contact Number: 9538462949* *https://liswebblog.blogspot.in/ <https://liswebblog.blogspot.in/>*

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Admission Notification: PG Diploma in Digital Library & Information Mngt @ TISS Mumbai
by Dr. Akhilesh Yadav 25 Apr '18

25 Apr '18

Dear Professionals, Greetings! Centre for Library and Information Management Studies, Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai is a major Centre involved in capacity building of LIS professionals. It offers PG Diploma, Masters and PhD Programmes in Library and Information Science discipline with a focus on digital libraries, knowledge organization, e-Resources Management and web based information services. TISS is happy to announce admissions to the 9th Batch of "Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Library and Information Management" for the year 2018-19. This cutting edge, one year dual-mode programme uses contact classes for on-campus and Moodle e-learning platform for its off-campus sessions.It is aimed at creating trained manpower to handle digital libraries and electronic resources. There is a burgeoning need for trained librarians in the light of national priorities like Digital India, National Mission on Education through Information and Communication technology (NME-ICT) and National Knowledge Commission (NKC). With an emphasis on open source softwares, some of the tools we focus are Digital Libraries (DSpace, Greenstone), Content Management Systems (Drupal , Joomla), Library Automation (Koha), CORAL eResources Management, etc. The salient features of this programme are well crafted curriculum, expert faculty, enhanced emphasis on hands on lab experience, sound theory and experiential learning unique to TISS. Last date for submission of application is 30th June 2018 Please visit the following link to register/apply online. http://admissions.tiss.edu/view/10/admissions/stp-admissions/pg-diploma-in-… We will also be happy to answer your queries. The Secretariat, Centre for Library and Information Management Studies Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library Tata Institute of Social Sciences MUMBAI -400088 Tel: 022-25525272 Email: madhuri.jagtap(a)tiss.edu

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Nee Help
by Vittal varaha murali 25 Apr '18

25 Apr '18

Good Morning one and all professionals, Any one please send the rules and regulations for staff in engineering college (i.e. staff pattern) -- *Thank You * *D.V.M.Vittal* *9949862561* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IFLA.CU 2018: date for abstract submission is extended to 30th April 2018
by Dr. Susmita Chakraborty 24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

IFLA.CU 2018: date for abstract submission is extended to 30th April 2018. Theme: "Transforming the society: libraries as the torch-bearer of change ". Please send your abstract to ifla.cu(a)gmail.com with a copy to susmita(a)caluniv.ac.in. Please see details at: <https://2018.ifla.org/cfp-calls/asia-and-oceania-section-joint-with-educati…> Asia and Oceania Section joint with Education and Training <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2F2018.ifla.org%2Fcfp-calls%2Fas…> Transforming the society: libraries as the torch-bearer of change 2018.IFLA.ORG -- With regards, *Susmita Chakraborty* *Recent Book: *Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship, IGI-Global, USA, 2014 at *http://www.igi-global.com/book/collaboration-international-comparative-librarianship/75483 <http://www.igi-global.com/book/collaboration-international-comparative-libr…>* Associate Professor, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc, University of Calcutta, India Commonwealth Fellow 2015 (University College London, UK) *Secretary**, Standing Committee, Education & Training Division, IFLA * *Editor: IFLA SET Bulletin; *Facebook: *https://www.facebook.com/susmita.India* <https://www.facebook.com/susmita.India> *Formerly, Deputy Librarian, Indian Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology Shibpur* *Secretary (2014) & Director (2012-2013)**: Asian Chapter, Special Libraries Association (SLA-Asian)* *PhD, MA (English, Calcutta University), MLibSc (Gold Medalist, Cal. Univ.), Masters in Digital Library Mgmt, Associate in Inf. Sc. (INSDOC, CSIR, Govt of India), Certificate in Italian and Computer Science, Certificate in Online Education Policies (ADBI, Tokyo) *

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A 'Dustbin Man' who built a public library: A Interesting Story of an ordinary man
by siddu huded 23 Apr '18

23 Apr '18

Jose Alberto is a Colombian dustbin man who has collected around 2o000 books which have been thrown away, He has been collecting the books from the last 2 decades, and He has collected around 20000 books and made a public library for all. He never got past primary school as a student, but is now dubbed “The Lord of the Books”. It may be inspires us and our local community. Seems to be a useful information in an occasion of ‘World Book Day’. 1. http://www.bbc.com/news/education-40173423 2. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/news/dustbin-man-built-huge-public-librar… 3. https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/colombian-garbage-man-builds-library-f… 4. https://aleteia.org/2017/06/13/a-colombian-garbage-collector-built-a-free-l… *Best Regards* *Siddu M. Huded* *MLISc, PGDLAN, **UGC-NET, K-SET* *Assistant Librarian,* *Azim Premji University Library, BENGALURU (KA)Contact Number: 9538462949* *https://liswebblog.blogspot.in/ <https://liswebblog.blogspot.in/>*

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Clarification about Barcode label and spine label
by Umesh Umi 20 Apr '18

20 Apr '18

Dear sir/madam When we stick the barcode label to the Books is it compulsory that we need to paste spine label also ? Regards Umesh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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