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Congratulations to Dr. Jagtar Singh
by Dr. A.T. Francis 02 Apr '16

02 Apr '16

Dear all, Hearty congratulations to Dr. Jagtar Singh for being taking charge of University Librarian, Panjabi University.I would like to know the administrative set up in Panjabi University.Is the librarians and library science teachers are one category there, similar to that of medical education?If that is the situation, it is a scientific and needed change in all universities.This will ensure strong professionalism and imparting the required practical knowledge to the students as well as librarians/teachers. Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com

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Vacancy for “Library Trainees” at Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad
by Mallikarjun 01 Apr '16

01 Apr '16

Apologies for cross postings Dear All, Vikram Sarabhai Library, Indian Institute of ManagementAhmedabad is looking for fresh post-graduatesin Library and Information Science to serve as “Library Trainees” purely ontemporary basis for one year. For detail advertisement, please click the following linkhttp://www.iima.ac.in/library/public/download/Trainee_Advertisment_2016.pdf Apply Online http://www.iima.ac.in/library/trainee_recruitment.html For more information about Vikram Sarabhai Library,IIMA visits the following linkhttp://www.iima.ac.in/library/ RegardsH. Anil Kumar, Ph. D.Librarian and Head NICMANIndian Institute of Management, Ahmedabadlibrarian(a)iima.ac.in !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!! Mallikarjun Dora Sr. Professional AssistantVikram Sarabhai LibraryIndian Institute of Management, AhemadabadGoogle Scholar Profile !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!!

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For repository managers
by Subbiah Arunachalam 01 Apr '16

01 Apr '16

A useful site for repository managers: <http://ukcorr.org/2016/03/31/technology-words-for-repository-managers/>. 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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Application are invited for the post of Library Professional Trainee in Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISER Bhopal)
by Subhodip Bid 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Library Professional Trainee in Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISER Bhopal) No. of Post: 4 Educational Qualification: Master of Library and Information Science ( M.Lib.I.Sc.) with at least 55% marks or equivalent, obtained after graduation. Desirable Qualification and Experience: Knowledge of Computer Applications, Library Management Software (ex. KOHA, NewGenLib, LibSys etc.) Pay Scale: INR Rs.15,000/- per month Age Limit: 26 years as on last date of application. For more details https://iiserb.ac.in/ALL-UPLOAD/VACANCY/GA-DIGITAL/libarary-trainee.pdf https://iiserb.ac.in/ALL-UPLOAD/VACANCY/GA-DIGITAL/libarary-trainee-form.do… -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The changing voice of the librarian - Taylor & Francis finds out
by Segon, Shafina 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

Taylor & Francis explores the changing role of librarians in India through interviews in a new project, 'Library Voices'. In response to the evolving digital climate, there is a clear shift in the role and responsibilities of the librarian. In a series of interviews<http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/libraryVoices/asia/>, librarians at: South Asian University; Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH); Indian Social Institute; Delhi Technological University; Jawaharlal Nehru University and National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna provide Taylor & Francis with their perspectives on the multi-faceted role of the librarian. These interviews introduce the digital librarian as "educator," "knowledge navigator" and as the central point for virtual social interaction. The way librarians are interacting with users now extends beyond the library's physical space. Social media and library websites were pinpointed, during the interviews as being the most common tools for user engagement and for increasing awareness of the library's products and services. Use of social media in the library, according to Abdulah Amudabin, Librarian, South Asian University also serves a different purpose - to connect patrons not only with librarians but also with each other. Librarians also play a critical role in helping users spend less time researching and more time finding and reading the content. In a climate of digital change, where information can be accessed from a number of sources, Dr Gaur, Jawaharlal Nehru University, highlights how one of the key challenges facing librarians is to "to change their ways of working and [provide] the information" to adapt to the new role, as a, "knowledge navigator" to assist the researcher in acquiring the relevant information. http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=2115 There is a clear teaching element attached to the role of the librarian who is, "not only providing books and journals, but [is] teaching the teachers, students and even the public," as stated by Abdulah Amudabin, Librarian, South Asian University. Some of the librarians featured offer a structured and detailed information literacy program. A key concern is to support research outputs at the institutions and often librarians run training courses on plagiarism, reference management and online resource tools available at the library. As well as identifying and filtering content for their users and teaching patrons how to use the many resources offered, librarians are looking at the different ways that users access their research. Rameshwar Dayal explains that the majority of users are, "using the library online either through the computers or using their mobile device." In response to this need, the Indian Social Institute are planning to launch their own mobile app. Librarians are continually adapting the services they offer to meet the technological needs of their researchers. As Rameshwar Dayal at Indian Social Institute goes on to say, "Time is changing and technology is growing very fast. In this fast moving world, we have to connect with our users and act according to change." As Dr Mahesh Sign comments, "Earlier librarians were the custodians of reading material, but now librarians are the key contacts for any academic institute which disseminates information." Dr Ramesh C. Gaur, Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University attributes the main change in the evolving role of the librarian to the need to offer more "personalized services rather than the physical services." It is clear from these interviews that the librarian's role is expanding to cater to digital demands. Watch the video interviews to explore how librarians in India are reacting to the new trends in digital librarianship.<http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/libraryVoices/asia/> Many thanks to: Abdulah Amudabin, Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur, Shri Rama Kant Shukla, Nasreem Begum, Rameshwar Dayal and Dr. Mahesh Singh for taking the time to be interviewed. Many thanks Shafina Segon Head of Marketing, South Asia Journals & Online Resources -- 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-Kottayam Region -Annual General Meeting and Talk on Research Report Writing
by Vimal Kumar V. 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

Dear Friends, Kerala Library Association Kottayam Region cordially invite all library Professionals, KLA members, LIS Students and well wishers to attend talk on CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE PREPARATION OF RESEARCH REPORTS and Annual General Meeting. Speaker: Dr. K.P. Vijayakumar Former Head Dept. of Library and Information Science University of Kerala Date: 5th April 2016 (Tuesday), 10.45 am Venue: Seminar Hall, Mahatma Gandhi University Library Details at https://klaweblog.wordpress.com/ Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Secretary, KLA-Kottayam Region Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blogs: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in http://dspacegeek.blogspot.in http://moovandan.blogspot.in <http://moovandan.blogspot.in> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sale of Damaged Bound Journals & VHS tapes (Video Cassettes)
by Dr. Rajesh Bhardwaj 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

Dear Professionals The FSM Library has 1. (80) Eighty - damaged bound journals and magazines. 2. (163) One hundred sixty three - VHS tapes (Video Cassettes). As per the FSM Library “Policy and Process to write off/ weed out the damaged and unwanted documents” point no. 4 “Disposal of Weeded out documents”, the FSM library offers you to collect any document/s for your institutional use at a token charge of Rs.10.00 (ten rupees) per unit/volume. If interested, you may review and select the document/s as per your requirement. The offer is on first-come-first-served basis and valid up to 25th April, 2016. Fore details please visit http://www.fsm.ac.in/tenders.html, refer serial no. 13 & 14. Regards Librarian FORE School of Management New Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Rome (Italy): Call for Papers: Special Track on Metadata & Semantics for Open Repositories, Research Information Systems and Data Infrastructures MTSR 2016
by Imma Subirats 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Special Track on Metadata & Semantics for Open Repositories, Research Information Systems and Data Infrastructures MTSR 2016 ** Aim and Scope ** The sharing and re-use of research information is becoming an increasingly important aspect of scientific activity. Text publications are traditionally the main way of publishing research output and challenges still exist for their optimal recording and dissemination. Scientific communities increasingly recognise the immense significance of storing, discovering, processing, preserving and re-using data sets as well as other types of research objects like workflows and software. Furthermore, Public Sector Information, potentially valuable for research purposes, is provided openly by governments although not always in forms that enable re-use. Metadata is a critical factor in this area, actually providing the means to promote black-box digital files to discoverable and re-usable objects. Rich metadata about research output needs to be recorded and disseminated, including contextual and provenance information (for example, relationships of publications and data sets with people, organisations, funding information, facilities and equipment). For certain use cases, metadata needs to be uniformly accessed across research domains, to foster collaboration and re-use of data sets among different disciplines and vertical communities. However, the recording and utilisation of domain-specific information is also significant in many circumstances. A range of open research and technical issues have to be addressed towards these goals, while it is also recognised that international harmonisation on standards and technologies is of critical importance. The aim of this Special Track is to serve as a forum for experts to present recent results and experiences, establish liaisons with other groups and reflect on the state-of-the-art of metadata and semantic aspects of open repositories, research information systems and data infrastructures. ** Topics ** Topics include but are not limited to contributions dealing with the following issues: * Metadata, knowledge representation and relevant standards in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures * Semantic interoperability and information integration in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures * Application of semantic web technologies in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures * Data infrastructures (e.g. scientific data, public sector information) * Contextual and provenance metadata in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures * Metadata interoperability for data infrastructures across disciplines * Metadata quality in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures * Mechanisms, tools and infrastructures for shared services in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures * Digital preservation workflows and mechanisms and impact on metadata * Value-added services based on open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures ** Important dates ** * May 15th 2016: Paper submission deadline * June 30th 2016: Acceptance/rejection notification * July 10th 2016: Camera-ready papers due * November 22th-25th 2016: Conference at Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Rome, Italy) ** Submissions ** Interested authors can submit to EasyChair (https://easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?key=35520254.WZiwH12oSYOWyECx) The following types of presentation are invited: * full papers (12 pages) reporting complete research * short papers (6 pages) presenting ongoing or preliminary research Papers should be original and not previously submitted to other Conferences or Journals. All submissions will be reviewed on the basis of relevance, originality, importance and clarity following a double-blind peer review process. Submitted papers have to follow the LNCS proceedings formatting style and guidelines. Authors of accepted papers will be asked to register to the Conference and present their work in the form of either oral presentation or poster presentation. The Conference welcomes Workshops and Tutorial on any issues concerning the main themes of MTSR such as metadata, ontologies, semantic Web, knowledge management, software engineering and digital libraries. ** Publication ** The submissions to the Special Track will be reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee. Accepted papers will be published Proceedings will be published by Springer in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) book series (http://www.springer.com/series/7899) CCIS is abstracted/indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, Scopus. CCIS volumes are also submitted for the inclusion in ISI Proceedings. Revised and extended versions of best papers will be published in selected international journals, including the International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (Inderscience) the Program: Electronic library and information systems (Emerald), and the International Information & Library Review (Taylor & Francis) (list incomplete). ** Special Track Chairs ** * Imma Subirats, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Italy) * Nikos Houssos, RedLink (Greece) For your intention to submit a paper, or any other inquiry, contact track chair via imma.subirats(a)fao.org. ** About MTSR'16 ** The 10th Metadata and Semantics Research Conference will be hosted by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations from 22 to 25 November, 2016. MTSR'16 aims to bring together scholars and practitioners that share a common interest in the interdisciplinary field of metadata, semantics, linked data and ontologies. ** Still in preparation ** *** Special Track Program Committee *** * Sophie Aubin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France * Thomas Baker, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea * Hugo Besemer, Wageningen UR Library, The Netherlands * Gordon Dunshire, University of Strathclyde, UK * Jan Dvorak, Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic * Siddeswara Guru, University of Queensland, Australia * Keith Jeffery, Keith G Jeffery Consultants, UK * Nikolaos Konstantinou, University of Manchester, UK * Jessica Lindholm, Malmö University, Sweden * Paolo Manghi, Institute of Information Science and Technologies-Italian National Research Council (ISTI-CNR), Italy * Brian Matthews, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK * Joachim Schöpfel, University of Lille, France * Kathleen Shearer, Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), Germany * Jochen Schirrwagen, University of Bielefeld, Germany * Birgit Schmidt, University of Göttingen, Germany * Chrisa Tsinaraki, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Italy * Yannis Tzitzikas, University of Crete and ICS-FORTH, Greece * Marcia Zeng, Kent State University, USA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr. A. Gopikuttan - Retirement on superannuation
by Saji S Nair 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Dear All, Dr. A. Gopikuttan, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala is retiring from service after a career that spanned over two decades. A function to felicitate this soft-spoken teacher who has inspired thousands of LIS professionals is scheduled. Date: 2 April 2016 Time: 2 pm Venue: Senate chamber of University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. Dr. A Gopikuttan: a profile Dr. Gopikuttan had his BLISc and PhD from University of Kerala and MLISc from Madurai Kamaraj University. Prior to joining as faculty member in the DLIS, University of Kerala, he was a librarian in Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram. He has more than 34 years of service as teacher as well as professional librarian. His areas include public library system, scientometrics and library automation. He held various positions as Head of DLIS, Director of School of Communication and Library Science, Hon. Director of University Institute of Technology, Chairman of Board of Studies, Member of academic council and Senate of the University, Nodal Officer of Anti-ragging Cell and so on. Phone: 0471 2308034 Email: agopikuttan(a)yahoo.co.in Thanks and regards *--------------------------------- * *Dr. Saji S. Nair * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Library & Information Services Division *I* Regional Cancer Centre Medical College Campus *I* Thiruvananthapuram - 695011 *I **Kerala* *I **INDIA* 91 471 2522225 (*O*) *I* 91 471 2394252 (*R*) *I* 09446014130 (*Mob*) Email: sajikalliyoor(a)gmail.com *I* sajisnair(a)rcctvm.gov.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Scientific Officer: D in Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
by Subhodip Bid 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Scientific Officer: D in Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata No. of Post*: *Scientific Officer D: (OBC:01) Reserved for PWD (VH) Pay Band & Grade Pay : Scientific Officer D: Rs.15600-39100+ AGP : Rs. 6600 *Essential Qualification: * 19 years post qualification experience with minimum 50% marks in B.Sc + atleast 60% marks in BLI'S or equivalent diploma OR 13 years'post qualification.experience with minimum 50% rnarks in B'Sc(H) +at least 60% marks in BLlS or equivalent diploma OR 13 years' post qualification experience with minimum 50% marks in B'Sc + minimum 60% marks in MLIS *Desirable Qualification: (i)Ph.D (ii) PGDCA* For more details http://www.saha.ac.in/web/portal/applications/vacancy/file/28_3_2016_New.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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