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Developing SocArXiv — a new open archive of the social sciences to challenge the outdated journal system.
by Vimal Kumar V. 11 Jul '16

11 Jul '16

While STEM disciplines have developed a number of mechanisms to challenge the time-lags and paywalls of traditional academic publishing, options in the social sciences remain few and far between. Philip Cohen of the University of Maryland argues a cultural shift is taking place in the social sciences. He introduces SocArxiv, a fast, free, open paper server to encourage wider open scholarship in the social sciences. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2016/07/11/developing-socarxi… Vimal Kumar V. Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blogs: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.inhttp:// dspacegeek.blogspot.in http://moovandan.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fifth National Conference of Institute of Scientometrics on Scientometrics, Social Media/Networking and Recent Trends in LIS
by Vijayakumara 11 Jul '16

11 Jul '16

Dear Sir/Madam, It's ourimmense pleasure to inform you that, Central Library, Central University ofRajasthan, is going to organise 5th National Conference of Institute of Scientometricson " Scientometrics, Social Media/Networking and Recent Trends in LIS" during 22-23 October 2016.Thisconference aims to create a platform for stimulating discussions &deliberations on the conference theme – Scientometrics, Social Media/Networkingand Recent trends in Library and Information Science. Call for Papers: Send your research papers on any of thesub-themes or any other theme relevant to the main theme of the Conference.Papers should be sent to slsangam(a)gmail.com and copy to librarian(a)curaj.ac.in on or before 30thAugust 2016. The manuscriptshould in MS Word format in Times New Roman with font size 12 & 1.5 linespacing and reference of the paper should be in APA style. Part –IScientometrics¨ EmpiricalLaws of Bibliometrics¨ Evolution:Librametrics, Bibliometrics, Informatics, Scientometrics, Webometrics & Altmetrics¨ GrowthStudies¨ CollaborativeStudies¨ Obsolescencestudies¨ NationalScience Policy Indicators¨ CitationAnalysis¨ Rankingof Universities & Institutions etc.¨ JournalImpact Factor & H-Index¨ Othersrelated to Scientometrics, including recent Trends Part –II Social Networking/MediaTools in Libraries¨ Wikipedia¨ Facebook¨ Twitter¨ ResearchGate¨ YouTube¨ Linked-in¨ Othersrelated to Social media/networking Tools Part –III Recent trends in LIS¨ Cloudcomputing¨ Big dataanalyses & data mining¨ DigitalLibraries¨ Collectiondevelopment¨ E-Resources:Evaluation, Maintenance and Organization ¨ OpenAccess/education/courseware/source software¨ Role ofLibraries and Librarians in current scenario ¨ WebDiscovery Tools¨ IPRissues in digital environment¨ Othersrelated to Recent trends in LIS Registration & Accommodation: The registration fee for this conference is Rs.2000.00 per participant and Rs. 1000 for regular students. The registration fee includes conference kitand working lunch/snacks only. No TA/DAwill be provided to attend this conference. On request, accommodation will be provided on twin sharing basis on first comefirst serve basis on payment of Rs. 1000per participant (for 2 days and 2 nights on conference dates only) DD should bemade from any nationalised bank in favour of ''Central University of Rajasthan'' payable at Kishangarh. For more details contact librarian(a)curaj.ac.in in 01463238572/ 01463238540 Thanking you Dr. Vijayakuma MOrganising Secretary __ Vijayakumar M. MSc., MCA., Ph.D., UGC-NET. Central LibraryBirla Institute of Technology, A Technical University Mesra, Ranchi- 835215, India Tel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/-*- || Thank you for considering the environment before printing

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CDS and Cassettes for Indian Languages.
by Pragnya Pathak 11 Jul '16

11 Jul '16

Dear Sir, Please forward my quarry to our forum. We are interested to have the addresses of suppliers of audio CDs and cassettes to learn Indian languages. If anybody knows please forward to us. Thanks And regards, *Ms. P. J. Pathak* *Librarian* *Gujarat Vidyapith Library* *Ashram Road* *Ahmedabad-380014* *PH: 079-40016260* *M: 9824045900* Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun. - Mary Lou Cook -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Over two thirds of researchers who have never peer reviewed would like to, new research reveals
by Segon, Shafina 11 Jul '16

11 Jul '16

Read new research on motivations, training and support in peer review<http://bit.ly/29FUrVD>, as the latest supplement to Peer review: a global view is published. Exploring researchers' views on their motivations behind publishing in peer reviewed journals and in undertaking peer review, and their attitudes and opinions towards support in peer review, the research gathers views from authors, peer reviewers and journal editors from across the globe. Watch a snapshot of the findings<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tbkKjvJgB8> and read the supplement now<http://bit.ly/29FUrVD>. http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/peer-review-global-view/ Best wishes Shafina Segon Head of Marketing, South Asia -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kerala Library Association - 45th Annual General Body Meeting, 31 July 2016 (Sunday) 2p.m.
by Sriram V 10 Jul '16

10 Jul '16

Dear Sir/Madam, The 45th Annual General Body Meeting of the Kerala Library Association will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, the 31 July 2016 at KLA Head Quarters, 36, 2nd Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Near Tax Tower, Karamana P. O., Thiruvananthapuram-695 002. Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting. Dr Lalitha. M. General Secretary, KLA Mob: 09495122282 E-mail: kla.org(a)gmail.com Thiruvananthapuram 30.06.2016 AGENDA 1. Presentation and adoption of Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for 2015-’16 and Budget Estimate for 2016-2017 2. Introduction of Resolutions for adoption 3. Other matters admitted by the Chair TIME SCHEDULE FOR HOLDING OF ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING 1. Issue of Notice : 30.06.2016 2. Date of Receipt of Resolutions: 15.07.2016 3. Date of Notice of Resolutions to Members: 19.07.2016 4. Date of Receipt of Amendments to Proposed Resolutions : 25.07.2016 5. Date of Annual General Body Meeting: 31.07.2016 Resolutions, if any, should reach the General Secretary, on or before 15.07.2016. ================================================ Regards, V Sriram Mob: +91 9447251892 Email: vsrirams(a)gmail.com Blog: https://vsrirams.wordpress.com/ orcid.org/0000-0002-6063-2566 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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I want to this artical
by GANESHA SK 09 Jul '16

09 Jul '16

a study of combined spinal epidural anaesthesia indian journal anaesthesia Sivasenthil A,mathankumar R,Balakrishnan K 2000;44:38-42 -- GANESHA.S.K - MLISc SENIOR LIBRARIAN NARAYANA HRUDAYALAYA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES HEALTH CITY BANGALORE - 99 ganesha.k(a)nhhospitals.org MOBIL NO 0919449352489 OFFICE NO 0919538895313 Ext-1694 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MLISC and PGDLAN admissions at VPM's Joshi-Bedekar College, Thane
by Priyamwada Joshi 08 Jul '16

08 Jul '16

*VPM’s Joshi -Bedekar College, Thane* Announces admissions for * MLISc Two Years Integrated Course *and *PGDLAN Course* Details of *Master’s in Library and Information Science (MLISc) Two Years* Integrated Course are · Affiliated to University of Mumbai · Post Graduate Degree · Duration : Two Years (Four Semesters) · Eligibility : Graduation in any discipline from recognized University · Student intake : 20 · Medium : English For the details of *Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking (PGDLAN) Course* please visit website http://www.vpmthane.org/prospect%202006/Prospectus_of_PGDLAN_2011.htm For further information please contact, Prof. N.S. Barse, Librarian and Coordinator, LIS Department: 9969051287, 022-25384591, nbarse(a)gmail.com College Office: 022-25332412 -- Dr.(Mrs).Priyamwada Shouche-Joshi Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Joshi-Bedekar College Thane(W), Maharashtra India Cell-91-9224128510 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 08 Jul '16

08 Jul '16

From: Researchbuzz Interesting: Do Google Scholar, Scopus and the Web of Science speak your language? <http://www.harzing.com/publications/white-papers/do-google-scholar-scopus-a…>"Prior research has shown that Google Scholar has a more comprehensive coverage than Scopus or the Web of Science, especially for scholars in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Most recently, Harzing & Alakangas (2016) showed that, on average, the Web of Science had only 23% of the citations of Google Scholar for the Social Sciences and only 7% for the Humanities. For Scopus the respective figures were only slightly better at 30% and 11%. However, all of the academics in this sample were Associate or Full Professors employed at the University of Melbourne, an Anglophone university that is ranked number one in Australia and ranked 22 worldwide in the Times Higher Education ranking for the Social Sciences. Virtually all of the academics’ publications were in English." Dr P Vyasamoorthy 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Telangana LL 040-27846631 / Mobile: 9490804278 The Tamil FM APP (like similar FM Apps for the smartphones) does not require earphone to be connected. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Princeton goes OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Jul '16

07 Jul '16

Princeton goes open access. http://theconversation.com/princeton-goes-open-access-to-stop-staff-handing… Many other universities and funding agencies around the world have gone open access already. When will Indian universities adopt full (Green) open access? Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: A new development at Bioline
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Jul '16

07 Jul '16

Friends: The Bioline group, publishers of many open access journals from the developing world, is conducting a survey with a view to making their service better. Please circulate the letter among the researchers in your institutions. Thanks and best wishes. Subbiah Arunachalam ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Barbara Kirsop <barbarakirsop(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 9:07 PM Subject: A new development at Bioline To: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> and others Cc: Dora Canhos <dora(a)cria.org.br>, Sidnei Souza <sidnei(a)cria.org.br> Dear All. I think you will be interested to learn that Bioline International, the platform supporting the global distribution of research published in developing countries, is very heavily used, and Bioline management in Brazil and Toronto want to find out who all these users are and why they find articles available from the site so valuable. So we have just launched a brief survey to find some answers to these questions. We want to make Bioline as useful as possible to the research community and hope users will take part in this exercise. The survey, developed by CRIA, is very short to complete, so if you have contacts with users or potential users, please let them know about this development. Maybe we shall find out if users are mainly from the developing world, or from the rest of the research community who are discovering new and important research for the first time. Maybe we shall learn how a particular article led to the completion of a project and a publication? Maybe a single article has led to the formation of new research contacts and subsequent partnerships. Maybe we shall learn how Open Access to this resource has been important in providing new opportunities for low budget organisations, since BI is entirely OA. Maybe we shall learn that Bioline is an easy-to-use resource. Maybe a single article provided the *eureka* key to solving a problem. Maybe it led to career development? We shall analyse the results of the survey and report our findings, which may be of value to other communities. Just link to the Bioline site at http://www.bioline.org.br/ to see the Survey link, and from the Survey form you can link to the Results. Kind regards, The Bioline Team -- Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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