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Fw: Final Call : ASIST 2016 SIG III International Paper contest for LIS professionals in developing countries
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 12 May '16

12 May '16

Sorry for cross postings On Thursday, May 12, 2016 3:50 PM, "Afuh, Awasom" <awasom.afuh(a)ttu.edu> wrote: Final Call!! **** Apologies for cross postings*** The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) hereby announces the opening of its 16th International Paper Contest for LIS Professionals in Developing countries, for the 2016 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark from October 14-18, 2016. https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016. The theme of the Annual Meetings is: "Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology". This theme provides an opportunity for information science researchers - including academics practitioners, to discuss the impact of their research on industry, government, local/national/global community groups, individuals, information systems, libraries/museums/galleries, and on other practice contexts. It highlights the focus on Applied Research, which recognizes that basic research in information science is also inspired by, and/or connected to, information practice contexts. Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of the theme from a local and/or international perspective. Topics include, but are not limited to the following core areas: * Impact on Individuals: information behavior, information retrieval, human-computer interaction, social media use, information literacy, etc. * Impact on Society: digital citizenship, cultural engagement, archival preservation, policy development, copyright, intellectual property, infometrics, information access, etc. * Impact on Organizations: information architecture, knowledge management, competitive intelligence, linked data and big data, digital curation, records and archives management, etc. * Impact on Systems & Technology: cloud computing, digital libraries, automatic indexing, social tagging, classification, semantic web, database design, web usability, etc. * Impact on Information Contexts: health, education, law; environment, agriculture, business, etc. A panel of judges will select three winners. The panel is composed of Innocent Awasom (Texas Tech University, USA), J.K. Vijayakumar (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia), and Maqsood Shaheen (IRC, US Embassy, Islamabad). Judging criteria: The papers will be judged on the following:- - Originality of paper in the developing world and global information ecosystem - Relevance to the paper contest theme and - Quality of argument, presentation and organization Eligibility Information for authors: Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners of the 2010-2015 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and submitted in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. Award: The award for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIS&T. In case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIS&T membership. In addition, depending on SIG III fundraising for this competition, the first place winner will receive a minimum of $1,000 towards offsetting the costs of attending the ASIS&T Annual Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark from Oct. 14-18, 2016. (https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016/) Style: The international paper contest committee requires that submissions follow the International Information and Library Review instructions to authors. Detailed information is available under the heading, Guide for Authors at: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=ulbr20&page=… Publishing opportunities: Submitted papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the International Information and Library Review, subject to the peer refereeing process of that journal. ASIS&T Copyright Policy: ASIS&T will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its web site or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author. Deadline for submission of full papers: Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5,000 words, by May 31st, 2016 via email to awasom.afuh(a)ttu.edu<mailto:awasom.afuh@ttu.edu>, [awasomdotafuhatttudotedu] preferably as Microsoft Word or PDF attachment. Thanks and look forward to receiving your submissions. Awasom Afuh (Innocent) Associate Librarian (Science) Texas Tech University Libraries Box 40002 Office M110 Lubbock, TX 79409 T 806 834 2385 F 806 742 1964 awasom.afuh(a)ttu.edu<mailto:awasom.afuh@ttu.edu> ________________________________________ ASIS&T 2016 Annual Meeting Copenhagen, Denmark | Oct. 14-18, 2016 Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology ________________________________________ Asis-l mailing list Asis-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l

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Karnataka SET Dec-2015 Grievance
by Rajesha H T 12 May '16

12 May '16

Dear LIS Professionals, If anybody applied for Karnataka SET Dec-2015 Grievance, please give information of response by the K-SET Authority. I was got in this exam less then 2 marks for eligible, Due to some health issue i was not able to apply for grievance. And they were not post in website also,so please help me through giving a information of response by the K-SET Authority. -- *thanks and Regards * *Rajesha H.T.* *M.L.I.Sc <http://M.L.I.Sc>, M.Phil* *Project Executive - Library* *Indian Institute of Management * *Bangalore - 560076* *Contact No : 7899920337* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Grab the opportunity to digitize library (DSpace) and design your website (WordPress)
by vinod mishra 12 May '16

12 May '16

Dear All, Just a little reminder about the upcoming Workshop at NIT Rourkela ( http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/images/events/elpes4.pdf ). Our experts will help you in designing and development of your library/personal websites and digital repositories with DSpace during the workshop as well as after the workshop also on voluntary basis. Therefore interested professionals/students are requested to kindly register yourself as soon as possible since we have few seats left. 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/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Useful resource for NET SLET preparation
by Ajit Prajapati 11 May '16

11 May '16

Dear All, Kindly open the below link which is useful for NET/SLET preparation and practice for Exam. http://www.ugcnetforlis.yolasite.com/ -- Thanks and Regards Ajit Prajapati 09662048549 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Make agreements with publishers public
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 May '16

11 May '16

Friends: Non-disclosure agreements librarians and consortia managers sign with publishers are immoral. Especially when we are investing taxpayers' money. Every consortium in India should reveal how much they have spent so far on journal subscriptions - in great detail. Received from a friend. Hi all: The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has released an Open Access Monitoring Report 2013-2015: http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/Monitoringbericht_Open_Access_201… The OA status of 17'000 publications reported to be output of SNSF funded projects published between 2013 and 2014 an have been checked, and an OA share of at least 39% (or 56% if you also count freely papers on websites, but not repositories as green OA) was found. This validated OA ratio is much higher, than what authors have self declared in the grant administration system to be Open Access (20%). Also financial reports of grants have been checked for publications related costs. These costs have not been categorized separately in the grant administration system and therefore no specific data was available until now. The check revealed that the uptake of APCs is still quite moderate, despite the SNSF has started in 2013 to pay explictly APCs up to 3000 CHF during the grant lifetime. The check also revealed that hybrid OA articles were funded, although that’s not in line with the SNSF regulations. For the future a more rigorous control system will be established to prevent paying for hybrid OA. Further it was also noted, that a significant amount of costs were attributed to publication costs not related to Open Access, like overlength charges, color charges or author's contributions. These charges no longer appear to be appropriate and are likely to be covered on a much more restrictive basis in future. It was also announced that the SNSF together with swissuniversities (the association of all Swiss Universities) has commissioned a study „Financial flow analysis of scientific publishing in Switzerland“. The mandate was awarded to Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA), in collaboration with Professor John Houghton, Melbourne. The results are expected to be in by the end of the year and should lead to specific action. See: http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/Finanzflussanalyse_e.pdf Additionally, a Swiss court has ruled recently, that accepted non-disclosure agreements in contracts with publishers can’t annul the local transparency law. So in the specific case, the University of Geneva had to disclose what they have been paying to Elsevier, Springer and Wiley. Here the decision of the court (in French): https://wisspub.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/2016-02-29-decision-cour-de-jus… Best Regards Christian Gutknecht Also, in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, law requires one to make all agreements with publishers public. We should persuade our Members of Parliament to bring about such a law. 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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Position: Library Trainee at Wipro Technologies required at Bangalore location.
by varadaraj.hari＠wipro.com 10 May '16

10 May '16

Dear Sir, Kindly publish this message. Position: Library Trainee at Wipro Technologies required at Bangalore location. Eligibility criteria - Professionals with 1+ year of experience can apply. Desired Qualification: MLISc with any Bachelor's Degree; good communication skill and proficient in basic computer knowledge. Salary: As per the industry standard. Type: On contract and could be extended further based on performance. Please send your resume to: informationservices.division(a)wipro.com<mailto:informationservices.division@wipro.com> Regards, N. Hari Varadaraj The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.wipro.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Hearty Congratulations to Dr. M. Krishnamurthy
by putta swamy 10 May '16

10 May '16

Dear Professional friends, I am happy to inform that, Dr. M. Krishnamurthy, Associate Professor, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, has been awarded ETD 2016 part of Travel Grant to attend 19th International Symposium of Electronic Thesis and Dissertations (ETD) which will be held at Universite de Lille, France, on July 11-13, 2016. On this happy note, our hearty Congratulations for the recognition and wish him a Happy Bon-voyage for his journey who will contribute and continue the research for the betterment of LIS Profession in India and abroad as well. With best wishes, Dr. R.M. Putta Swamy, M.L.I.Sc., M.Phil. Ph.D., MISTE Chief Librarian B N M Institute of Technology 27th Cross, 12th Main, BSK 2nd Stage, Bengaluru - 560 070 India.

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Call for papers - Special Issue of Annals of Library and Information Studies
by G Mahesh 10 May '16

10 May '16

Call for papers for Special Issue of Annals of Library and Information Studies Special Issue Theme: LIBRARY DISCOVERY SYSTEMS Guest Editor: Dr. Parthasarathy Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kalyani Submission deadline: 31 August 2016 Introduction to theme: The socio-technical environment within which libraries of developing countries operate is changing more rapidly than libraries are changing to meet it. The tools and technologies that facilitate the discovery of diversified resources and access to the globally distributed resources for a wide range of users are of utmost importance for libraries of any type or size. These tools are gaining maturity and popularity rapidly across the world and discussed under the generic term resource discovery systems. This special issue of Annals of Library and Information Studies aims to deliberate issues pertaining to technologies, methodologies, products, metadata models, linking environments and user interfaces in the context of library based resource discovery systems. Facets: Original contributions are invited from researchers and practitioners including but not limited to the following facets - 1. General aspects of resource discovery systems - what, why, how, tools, selection of tools, comparison of tools etc); 2. Architecture and standards related to resource discovery systems including library discovery as integrated search interface; 3. Study/feature analysis of available tools (both open source and close source including associated standards) and Discovery service providers; 4. Applications of open source solutions (VuFind and others) and open standards in the domain including applications of open source text retrieval engines; 5. Library discovery interfaces – ILS interface, Repository and Archival interface, Indexing interface (Apache Solr, Elastic search), End user interface (including analytics, usage statistics, altmetrics etc) 6. Resource discovery systems for non-bibliograhic domains (cultural and heritage objects, museum objects etc) 7. Use of library discovery systems to organize and integrate open access resources, open datasets and linked open data (including projects, initiatives and services) 8. Recommended practices, case studies and trends and future of library discovery systems. Type of papers: Research and review papers Submission details • All papers must be submitted online through http://op.niscair.res.in/ • Please indicate “Submitting for special issue” • Follow the ALIS guidelines for manuscript preparation and submission Please note: Submitted papers should be original and not in consideration elsewhere for publication For more information Please email to annals(a)niscair.res.in or psmukhopadhyay(a)gmail.com Disclaimer ________________________________ Information contained and transmitted by this email is proprietary to NISCAIR and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If this is a forwarded message, the content of this email may not have been sent with the authority of the Company. If you are not the intended recipient, an agent of the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering the information to the named recipient, you are notified that any use, distribution, transmission, printing, copying or dissemination of this information in any way or in any manner is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete this mail & notify us immediately at itd(a)niscair.res.in ________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DOAJ removed 3,300 open access journals
by Avinash D. Chinchure 10 May '16

10 May '16

DOAJ to remove approximately 3300 journals. Today DOAJ will remove approximately 3300 journals for failure to submit a valid reapplication before the communicated deadline; a deadline which was extended twice to allow more time for reapplications. This batch removal is another step in DOAJs two year long project to increase the value and accuracy of the information provided in it. Read More... https://doajournals.wordpress.com/2016/05/09/doaj-to-remove-approximately-3… ------------------- Best regards, -Avinash -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reg. 3 Day Workshop on Koha and Wordpress
by Silpa K 10 May '16

10 May '16

Dear Professionals Central Library of College of Engineering Thalassery under CAPE is conducting 3 Day Workshop on Information Management using Koha and Wordpress during 26-28 May 2016. Reg. Fee: Rs.2000/-for TEQIP Institutions Rs.500/-for others Interested Professionals can download Registration form and Brochure from our library Website www.library.cethalassery.in . no. of seats 25. * Preference given to participants from Kerala* *Silpa KLibrarian(i/c)College of Engineering Thalassery9447074987--Silpa K* *9400057376-- Usman Koya P.T* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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