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Homage to Dr. S. R. Ranganathan - An Online Manual of Open Source Tools
by Dp Tripathi 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

Good Morning Friends!!! With due respect, I render homage to the unforgettable legend Padmashri Dr. S. R. Ranganathan who paved the way for Library Professionals by his enormous contribution to Library Profession. I wish you all a very happy ‘National Librarian’s Day’ and on this occasion I take this opportunity to introduce *‘An online manual of open source tools’* which can be accessed at www.dptripathi.in/manual This e-manual has been prepared based on personal experience, self-practice and browsing different resources which includes the following. *Koha* - Open Source Integrated Library Management System (ILMS) *DSpace* - Open Source Digital Repository Software *Joomla* - Open Source Content Management System for web designing *Data Migration* - How to migrate from one system to another system By reading the content available on this, anyone will be able to understand the basic procedure about how to work in any good library. The content is purely related to working procedure of any academic library. The procedure of every module of every software and also about software handling is given in detail. Each menu further contains sub-menu inside the page which further contains information. This e-manual will enable you to learn the basic functions about library management, establish digital repository and also design & development of web applications. The unique part of this e-manual is Data Migration. Hope the content will be beneficial for your purpose. Some of the portions are left to be filled by content which will be taken care soon. I welcome your honest feedback and suggestions for further improvements. Thanks! ! *D. P. Tripathi* *NIT Rourkela* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr. Ranganathan's birthday
by Mailing List Admin 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 04:43:29 +0000 From: K.S. Raghavan <ksragav(a)hotmail.com> In the last few days I have seen quite a few postings on LIS Forum and other channels on the subject of Dr. Ranganathan's birthday. Dr. Ranganathan's actual date of birth is 9th August; In the official records his date of birth is shown as 12th August. At the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science the practice was to observe the birthday on any day between 9th and 12th August. However, 12th August has been officially declared as Librarians' day. Prof. Neelameghan had once told me that Dr. Ranganathan did not approve of any function / celebrations even on his birthday. But mortals that we are, we need something to ring the bell and wake us up from slumber and I believe that the celebrations are purely for that purpose. Let us remember that library / information service is a support service so that some one who is our customer is able to carry out his task in a more effective and efficient manner. Let us not forget what Dr. Ranganathan preached and practiced. It certainly should not be that we celebrate his birthday and forget his ideals the next day ! Let us put an end to this debate and focus on what needs to be done. Wishing all LIS Professionals a happy Librarians' Day. Regards K. S. Raghavan Member-Secretary, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science K. S. Raghavan Visiting Scientist Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering (KAnOE) PES University 100 Feet Ring Road, BSK 3rd Stage Bengaluru 560085

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Fwd: Released Mobile App for Library Services (Motivation behind deployment)
by Arun Adrakatti 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

Dear Professionals, Our OPAC (http://library.git.edu) is presence on the web since 2011. The patrons (total 4500+ students and 500+ staff) are finding difficult to login Web-OPAC every time using their credentials for checking the account details and forgetting the credentials several times. The email or sms notification for overdue, renewal and transactions not reaching to patron due to frequently changing their mobile no and email Ids. These concerns leads a major motivation behind development and deployment of mobile app for library. The lot of minutes technical things has been considered from planning to execution of Mobile app project. Mobile apps can be login once using credentials and also can login without credentials using barcode of Ids. The beautiful features and best part of this app is push notification. This feature is not required any email or mobie no of patrons .The push notifications are intimating to patron about return, renewal, overdue,new arrivals etc.. and these notification will not stored mobile. The difference is as similar to other apps comparatively accessing on mobile web. The interoperability features of KOHA leads us to think in direction. Thank you one and all for your compliments..... Thanks & Regards Arun F. Adrakatti Head - Library & Information Center Gogte Institute of Technology Khanapur Road, Udyambag, Belgaum - 590008. Karnataka, INDIA Ph: 0831 - 2498515 Cell: + 91 9739049099 Mail: arun(a)git.edu, Librarian(a)git.edu Web: www.git.edu* <http://www.git.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: vinod mishra <mishravk79(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Released Mobile App for Library Services To: Arun Adrakatti <arun.adrakatti(a)gmail.com> Cc: lis-forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, ilosc(a)googlegroups.com, Engg-Lib-Forum(a)yahoogroups.com Dear Friend, Congratulations ! Please let me know how it is different from bootstrap mobile compatible feature of Koha which provides all the features as you mentioned in the App? Further, if you have internet access directly you can access the Koha through browser in a mobile compatible view and avail all the facility of Koha. Bootstrap: http://www.w3schools.com/bootstrap/ http://getbootstrap.com/ On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 6:41 PM, Arun Adrakatti <arun.adrakatti(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Professional Friends, > > Happy to inform you that, the long awaiting and dream project of Library > mobile app is finally released and its available for free download at > Google Play store. > > The name of the app is GIT Library > <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gitbelgau > m.umar.gitlibrary>. > The mobile app is act like a plug-in and fetching the content from existing > Koha automation software using at Library. Keeping into mind that, mobile > apps used generally focus on brief interactions of fifteen minutes or less. > The GIT Library > <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gitbelgau > m.umar.gitlibrary> > app enables the quick view of essential information such as – issued books, > fine, reading history, and item search along shelf location. > > *Features of App* > > • To check the availability of books. > • To identify the actual location of books. > • To access your Library account. > • To receive push notification for new arrivals of library books > · To receive reminder push notification for overdue books. > > > *Technical part of App.* > > > · The size of the app is only 8.1mb > > · Login with scanning of barcode your ID cards. > > · For data security point, only students can view their Library account > and renew items. > > · Less consumption of battery and minimum mobile data usage etc. > > > > To meet the long lasting demand and requirement of students, the library > service is moved towards next level by using mobile technology. > > Please explore app and use guest book search option. > > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gitbelgaum > .umar.gitlibrary > > -- > Thanks & Regards > > Arun F. Adrakatti > Head - Library & Information Center > Gogte Institute of Technology > Khanapur Road, Udyambag, Belgaum - 590008. > Karnataka, INDIA > Ph: 0831 - 2498515 Cell: + 91 9739049099 > Mail: arun(a)git.edu, Librarian(a)git.edu > Web: www.git.edu* <http://www.git.edu>* > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Released Mobile App for Library Services
by Arun Adrakatti 10 Aug '16

10 Aug '16

Dear Professional Friends, Happy to inform you that, the long awaiting and dream project of Library mobile app is finally released and its available for free download at Google Play store. The name of the app is GIT Library <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gitbelgaum.umar.gitlibrary>. The mobile app is act like a plug-in and fetching the content from existing Koha automation software using at Library. Keeping into mind that, mobile apps used generally focus on brief interactions of fifteen minutes or less. The GIT Library <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gitbelgaum.umar.gitlibrary> app enables the quick view of essential information such as – issued books, fine, reading history, and item search along shelf location. *Features of App* • To check the availability of books. • To identify the actual location of books. • To access your Library account. • To receive push notification for new arrivals of library books · To receive reminder push notification for overdue books. *Technical part of App.* · The size of the app is only 8.1mb · Login with scanning of barcode your ID cards. · For data security point, only students can view their Library account and renew items. · Less consumption of battery and minimum mobile data usage etc. To meet the long lasting demand and requirement of students, the library service is moved towards next level by using mobile technology. Please explore app and use guest book search option. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gitbelgaum.umar.gitlibrary -- Thanks & Regards Arun F. Adrakatti Head - Library & Information Center Gogte Institute of Technology Khanapur Road, Udyambag, Belgaum - 590008. Karnataka, INDIA Ph: 0831 - 2498515 Cell: + 91 9739049099 Mail: arun(a)git.edu, Librarian(a)git.edu Web: www.git.edu* <http://www.git.edu>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Do you know actual librarians day?
by vinod mishra 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

Dear All, Sometimes it is very irritating/confusing situation when we do not know the exact date of birth of any great person. We librarians used to celebrate Librarians day on 9th or 12th of August each year in honor of Dr. Ranganathan birth date but it is a very embarrassing situation in my view. We library professional must decide together one particular day for librarians day celebration because it divides library professionals into two groups in one of the most important days for the library profession. Some say’s Ranganathan official DOB is 9th and some say on 12th August and vice versa. Imagine a situation if top leaders/intellectuals from another domain of knowledge ask this question to some top library professionals in a meeting conducted to upgrade the librarian states or to give huge funds to celebrate librarians day and if two dates will be disclosed by LIS professionals then it will be really a situation when people sitting in the meeting have to say all Librarians to first decide a particular day for your librarian day then come to upgrade your status etc? Dear friends these are the small things which can be easily improved and bring library professionals on one single platform but ignorance of such small but most important thing is the major cause of declining library profession and professionals status in my view. Therefore i appeal all the professionals to come together and decide when is your actual librarians day (9th or 12th August) and celebrate it together in mass. Thanking You. Please visit for some references at: http://mishravk.com/2016/08/librarian-day/ -- *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/ <http://mishravk.com/>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IALA representation to seventh UGC Pay Review Committee
by Pandurang Konnur 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

Dear Library Professionals, I am very happy to inform you that Indian Academic Library Association (IALA) submitted several representations to last UGC sixth Pay Review Committee and thoroughly explained about the issues of University LIS Professionals to all the members of Pay Review Committee and achieved almost all benefits on par with teachers except couple of issues. You are aware that recently UGC has constituted Pay Review Committee under the Chairmanship of Prof V.S. Chauhan for pay revision of academic staff of Universities and Colleges based on seventh pay commission. As IALA is planning to submit representation to seventh UGC Pay Review Committee, all the University LIS Professionals are requested to send all their Pay related issues/problems and anomalies concerned to University LIS professionals at the earliest so as to enable IALA to send representation to UGC as early as possible. Please send your anomalies to the following address: pvkonnur(a)gmail.com pevramana(a)gmail.com An early action in this regard is highly appreciated. Best Regards *Dr. P. V. Konnur* *Director Prasaranga,* *Adviser, VTU Consortium,* *Visvesvaraya Technological University,* *Belagavi - 590 018* Present Res: # 1075, "*Ganga Nivas*" 5th 'A' Main, Ist stage, IInd Phase, Gokul, Bangalore- 560 054 Karnataka State, (India) Mobile : 09449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Generating a SQL report of subject wise list of titles with no of copies in Koha.
by Indranil Das Gupta 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

Dear all, Last week one of our readers, a college librarian from West Bengal with a forthcoming NAAC visit, wrote in to us with the request for a custom SQL report in Koha Integrated Library System that can generate subject wise title list with details of author, number of copies, the subject, biblionumber along with sequential numbering of the rows of the report. The following blog post describes a method of getting that to work. Further there is link to an online hosted Koha instance where anyone can try out the SQL report using the username and password provided in this blogpost. http://blog.l2c2.co.in/index.php/2016/08/08/a-custom-subject-wise-report-of… With regards, -idg -- Indranil Das Gupta L2C2 Technologies Phone : +91-98300-20971 Blog : http://blog.l2c2.co.in IRC : indradg on irc://irc.freenode.net Twitter : indradg -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- For a free editor supporting ODF, please visit LibreOffice - http://www.documentfoundation.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Installation of DSpace behing proxy server
by vinod mishra 07 Aug '16

07 Aug '16

Dear All, Recently we have installed Koha and DSpace at INMAS, DRDO during installation of DSpace we face some problem due to internet connectivity behind the proxy server. So myself along with my colleague Mr. Kapil Kumar Gupta discovered the solutions for installation of DSpace behind the proxy server. The details are explained on my website at: http://mishravk.com/2016/08/inmas/ Thanking You. -- *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/ <http://mishravk.com/>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Conflict Management
by Dp Tripathi 07 Aug '16

07 Aug '16

Conflict Management: Any library professional working anywhere in any library, always has to play the dual role – first one is to understand the behavior of their library patrons and the second one is to understand their superiors and subordinates. In this regard, many professionals have given their opinion and one of them is Mann and Katz who says, there are three skills of managerial and they are: 1. Technical Skills 2. Human Relation Skills, and 3. Conceptual Skills And, out of these three, most importnat is 'Human Relation Skill' which is responsible to establish effective relationship with chiefs, superiors, sub-ordinates and library patrons. A library professional, especially Librarian, has to to be sensitive to the attitutdes, feelings and requirement of staff members otherwise, he/she will not be able to estimate the reaction of library staff of saying and doing. The important human relations are not only those related to achieving the objectives of organizations but those related to maintaining the organization's internal system. There are many factors that kill the interpersonal relationships and CONFLICT is a very influential and one of them. After your best practices and efforts sometimes conflict occurs between individuals and groups as well. Lack of understanding between interacting individuals is the root of interpersonal conflict. However, libraries are considered totaly the institution of library patrons and here in any situation, conflict can not be avoided. It is our (Librarian) responsibility to identify the main areas of conflicts. This may vary from one library to another library depending upon the nature of the library, goal and objectives of the library and type of the library users who are being served. Some of the genral areas where conflict may occur easily and they are: 1. Authorities demanding more and more services to satisfy users' need with limited resources 2. When any change is introduced, (either in infrastructure or library services) it affects the timing of the sub-ordinates and also the acceptance by the working staff (in most cases – introduction of computer) 3. Most important – when we (Librarian) avoid or fail to recognize the special efforts taken by any staff to improve the library system and services 4. When library users demanding more services but resources are very limited or limited allocation 5. When we (Librarian) don't try to identify or recognize the conflicting condition, it develops hostile relationship among staff and authority. Sometime, deliberate conflicting condition is developed by some of the sub-ordinate, that has to be identified seriously. The best method to resolve these conflict is to identify the conflict first and work on it seriously before hostile relationship takes place. Some of the very known procedure may help to adopt and go ahead with any one of them. 1. Suggestion Box: This is the best method to know and solve the conflict. Many times, staff or anyone does not find courage to bring the real condition before the authorities and conflict goes unnoticed. It will also help to submit the problem without getting noticed. 2. Observation: The authority has to be sharp enough to observe the behaviour or change in communication style, nature and behaviour of any staff towards his/her head and also in working environment. Conflict Management is the technique which can help the authority to develop congenial environment and also restrain the staff from fighting and argument. The authority with the conflict management technique can resolve the conflict in constructive manner and easily establish healthy relation between individuals. Some of the mentioned ways may help to resolve the conflict: 1. Approaching personally 2. Participative Decision Making 3. Better understanding and cooperation 4. Building trust and faith for each other 5. Motivation and Encouragement 6. Sacrifice for the benefit of individuals 7. Changes in the system and structure of need sometimes may reduce the conflict. The above lines are based on readings different resources and personal experience. There may be more options to resolve conflict through different methods. Request to share your input also in order to resolve the conflict. Thanks, DP Tripathi NIT Rourkela -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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An appeal during 125th Birth anniversary of Dr. Ranganathan
by vinod mishra 07 Aug '16

07 Aug '16

Dear All As we are aware that on 12th of August, 2016 Dr. Ranganathans 124th birth anniversary will be completed and his 125th anniversary will start therefore I would like to appeal all professional friends and mainly senior/leaders of LIS profession please do not miss this opportunity to popularize Dr. Ranganathan and LIS profession. For details and some initiative which we can take during this period is mentioned on my below website please do not miss this opportunity to expose LIS profession and professionals in the society. For more details visit: http://mishravk.com/2016/08/125th-birth-ranganathan/ Thanking You. -- *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/ <http://mishravk.com/>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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