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INDIAN PUBLIC LIBRARY CONFERENCE- 2015 FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS- SEEKING UR SUGGESTIONS
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

http://iplc.in/ THIS IS RIGHT OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES, - PLEASE GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS (For private circulation and comments) IPLC 2015 DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONSMarch 17-19, 2015, India International Centre, New Delhi IPLC 2015 FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS – DRAFT 1. Public libraries in India should make every effort to conform to the guidelines prescribed by UNESCO in its Public Library Manifesto. i. Public libraries will have to respond to the changing needs of the public, serve them with necessary information resources and contribute to developing a knowledge society. ii. Library services should cut across gender, language, literacy and age barriers so as to make libraries, spaces for ‘social inclusion’.iii. The community should have a say in the functioning of individual libraries; and, carrying out community needs assessment and their satisfaction level must be made an annual feature of every public library.iv. The community should be the focus of collection/service development of each library. v. Public libraries should conform to UNESCO guidelines and look after the communities besides books and journals. vi. Every district library should be linked to all the rural and branch libraries in the district in a hub and spokes model with responsibilities to support, nurture and promote service delivery. vii. Libraries should offer physical and content access to people with disabilities on the basis of their special needs. viii. Libraries should involve the communities served in the management and monitoring of services. ix. Creating and strengthening reading habit among the communities, especially among the children, should be one of the main objectives of every public library. 2. Model Public Library Act/guidelines should be developed. i. Developments in ICTs in changes in society are transforming every facet of every public service. Taking these into consideration, Ministry of Culture (MoC), Govt. of India, should develop a new model public library act or a broad set of guidelines for the effective management and sustainability of public libraries, which the states should be encouraged to follow. ii. There are major variances in the practice of public librarianship amongst the different states in India. The Ministry of Culture should develop some basic guidelines to ensure the minimum service standards and certain accountability mechanism for the provision of public library services. iii. The States that have enacted public library legislation should be encouraged to implement the provisions of the legislation. 3. The apex body, Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, requires remodeling and reshaping with multi-stakeholders engaged in the process. i. There needs to be a national body to provide leadership to the public library system in the country. The MoC may consider restructuring and strengthening the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation to undertake this new role. ii. The Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation should be encouraged to develop a Forum where multi-stakeholders are asked to support the organization. iii. A cost-benefit analysis of RRRLF schemes is required to be carried out to assess its effectiveness. iv. RRRLF functionaries require to be supported with the capacity they require to manage the Indian Public Library System, reporting to a multistakeholder group, and that their capacity development should be modeled on other national systems around the world. 4. An India Public Library Fund (IPLF) should be created to make way for funding support from public and private sources. i. Ministry of Culture should establish an India Public Library Fund (IPLF) on a priority basis, and such a Fund should be managed by multi-stakeholders. ii. IPLF should attract funds from various resources, including that of tapping the 2% CSR funds in the Companies Act. iii. IPLF should seek contributions from various central ministries which directly or indirectly benefits substantially from public library services such as the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Ministry of Skill Development. iv. The Ministry of Culture should help obtain IT exemption for individuals who donate funds to IPLF. 5. An India Public Library Association/Council requires to be formed. i. India Public Library Association/Council, led by the library professional should be established towards strengthening all public libraries in the nation, and, should include all stakeholders of public libraries. ii. All stakeholders of public libraries should be encouraged to join the association/council as members and associate members. iii. IPLA/C should be recognized by the Ministry of Culture as a professional body that helps to improve, innovate and steer the public library movement responding to the changing needs of the community. iv. Considering such public library associations have been found to be effective for the development of public library system in various nations, the Ministry of Culture should pro-actively encourage setting up of similar associations in India. v. State level stakeholders should be encouraged towards establishing statespecific associations, and all such state level associations should be encouraged to be a part of the IPLA. 6. An India Public Library Campaign should be initiated by the Public. i. Media houses, citizens, the private sector and the government to spearhead the movement to create awareness on the use of public libraries. ii. A concerted effort to engage citizens, encourage corporate involvement to tap resources, including that of tapping the 2% CSR funds. 7. Community needs and aspirations should form the basis of service/collection development; hence, a judicious blend of centralized/ decentralized procurement is to be encouraged. i. Public libraries should respond to the changing needs of the communities by engaging them as well as fulfilling the same with services that are demands-driven. ii. Public libraries should be supported to develop its collection/holdings that are relevant to the needs of the specific population, each public library serves. iii. The current system of collection development, managed by the RRRLF is totally ineffective. A blend of centralized/ decentralized purchasing of library materials should be developed to meet the needs of the community. iv. While the local stakeholders of each of the libraries should have a say in the collection/service development plans, to optimize resources, the state level administrative bodies should develop a transparent and user-centred procurement process. v. While books, including the text books should be purchased by public libraries, non-book materials such as tablets, eBooks, and other audio and video collections should also be included in the procurement policies. vi. Access to online resources and library networks should be introduced in public libraries as a priority. The Ministry of Culture and RRRLF have to immediately look into the resource needs of the libraries supported by them. vii.All public libraries should initiate special services aimed at children, with materials that promote joyful learning techniques among them. viii. All public libraries should serve people with disabilities and those with special needs. ix. While purchasing digital material, all public libraries should adhere to international access and usability standards such as WACG 2.0, ePub3 accessibility guidelines and those materials in Unicode format to ensure accessibility by all including the print-disabled. x. A policy for weeding books/reading materials should be developed and implemented. 8. Refurbishment of Public libraries should be carried out throughout the nation on a priority basis. i. Library should become inviting places for reading, reference and research in commensurate with the local environment. The national body to oversee the functioning of public libraries should develop prototypes and adopt already established standards to suit different types of public library environments. ii. The Ministry of Culture should issue guidelines to ensure that public libraries are accessible to all including persons with disabilities by providing infrastructure and relevant content useful for all segments of the society. iii. A specially designed children’s corner/section should be an integral part of each and every public library. iv. All public libraries should have proper seats, reading tables, flooring, lights, and facilities like drinking water and toilets to facilitate public to spend some creative time in libraries. v. Public libraries need to redesign their library spaces to attract 21st century users. Innovative approaches to redesigning the public space should be considered with the help of professionals and architects and there should be a redesign competition engineered, specially aimed at public libraries. 9. All public libraries should offer free WIFI and Internet access and all relevant web resources. i. All Public libraries in India are to be connected to the National Knowledge Network, with 1GBPS bandwidth and resources that are accessible to all members of the community. ii. All public libraries should be equipped with ICT infrastructure that includes appropriate hardware, software, internet access, digital archival facilities in all public libraries. iii. Cataloguing of resources available in public libraries should get made in machine readable form. iv. State Centre Libraries and District Libraries must be modernized as a priority, and that these libraries should connect with all libraries in their districts in a hub and spokes model. v. All important and rare copyright-free publications should be digitized through national and private agencies specialized in the job. 10. State Governments should make provisions to organize regular training programs to equip library professionals with right skills, knowledge and attitude for the future.i. In coordination with various training providers and professional public library associations and institutions, continuous professional and leadership development so also skill-development program should be regularly designed and implemented. ii. Every library professional must undergo a minimum of ten days of training each year, and be assessed on the basis of a performance assessment criterion. iii. There is an urgent need for upgrading curriculum in library schools for preparing public library professionals for the future. iv. Performance based incentives should be considered for the staff in public libraries. v. Public library training modules should be evolved to look into specific requirements in different states. vi. States that provide training in regional languages should ensure that latest best ICT content becomes available in the vernacular for use by the library staff. IPLC 2015 DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONSComments & suggestions invited from Public library Stakeholders in India (March 26 – April 4, 2015) - To open / download the draft recommendations, please click here. - For posting comments and suggestions, please click here. To discuss how public libraries can be regained as public places for seeking information and knowledge, for the first time in India, an international conference-cum-workshop on public libraries was organised. The three day event ‘India Public Libraries Conference 2015’ (www.iplc.in) was held at India International Centre (IIC), Lodi Estate in New Delhi during March 17-19, 2015, comprising of a two day conference on the theme “Transforming Public Libraries in India: Envisioning the Future” and a one day parallel workshops for library officials and professionals.The meet was a part of a comprehensive initiative launched by non-profit Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) and Developing Library Network (DELNET) with support from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to strengthen and upgrade public libraries in India along with a host of public library stakeholders and partners. The IPLC 2015 was inaugurated by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India.The respondent to the ‘Recommendations for the Future of Public Libraries in India’ during the valedictory session was Shri Raghav Chandra, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India. The IPLC 2015 had its support from the Ministry of Culture. It was attended by more than 400 participants comprising of international and national speakers, delegates from national, state, district public library domains and other public library professionals.The draft recommendations of the IPLC 2015 have been finalised and are now open to public library stakeholders for comments and suggestions for wider representation of views and innovative ideas to make the public library ecosystem better in India. Already, a lot many suggestions and recommendations have been received during the IPLC 2015 conference.The final set of recommendations shall be submitted to the national and state library authorities including the Ministry of Culture, State Education Departments in charge of public libraries, grant making agencies and other key policy and implementation agencies. Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Member, Advisory Board, National Library, KolkataPresident, Telangana Library Association. UGC-Emeritus Fellow (2009-11) Professor in Library and Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad ( super-annuated). Formerly Director, UGC-Academic Staff College (2006-8). Formerly President of Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science ( IATLIS) and Association of British Scholars ( AP Chapter) . ADDRESS: Plot No A-194, H No 1-8-10/1, Ravindra Nagar, Habsiguda, HYDERABAD- 500007. Mobile: 9493701565. email: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com, naglaxman(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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article request
by Mamtha's Gmail 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

Dear Friends, One of our faculty members needs the following refs. If any library has the fulltext of these, kindly arrange to send them. 1. Pines M, Vlodavsky I, Nagler A. Halofuginone: a novel antifibrotic therapy. *Drug of the future*. 1996; 21:569-599. 2. Pines M, Vlodavsky I, Nagler A. Halofuginone: a novel antifibrotic therapy. *General Pharmacology*, 1997; 30:445-450. 3. Pines M, Vlodavsky I, Nagler A. Halofuginone: from veterinary use to human therapy. *Drug develop Res*. 2000; 50:371-378. 4. Granot I, Hurwitz S, Halevy O, Pines M. Halofuginone: an inhibitor of collagen type I synthesis. *Biochim Biophys Acta*. 1993; 1156:107-112. 5. Nagler A, Gofrit O, Ohana M, Pode D, Genina O, Pines M. The effect of Halofuginone, an inhibitor of collagen type I synthesis, on urethral stricture formation in vivo and in vitro study in a rat model. *J Urol*. 2000; 164:1776-1780. 6. Pines M, Domb A, Ohana M. et al.Reduction in dermal fibrosis in the tight-skin(TSK) mouse after local application of Halofuginone. *Biochm Pharmacol.* 2001; 62:1221-1227. -- -- *Thank you & Regards* *Mrs Mamatha P. Kumar* *Chief Librarian* *Central Library* *Yenepoya University* *Yenepoya University **|** University Road, Deralakatte **|** Mangalore 575018 **|** Karnataka **|* * India*T: +91 824 22046668/69/70 *|* Extn 310 *|*F: +91 824 2204667 *|* www.yenepoya.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request (ilangumaran.P)
by planisamy ilangumaran kumar 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

Dear Professionals, our staff member request the  to the following article could you please send it to me.     The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology ,  SPRINGER August 2008, Volume 38, Issue 3-4, pp 321-336 Date: 14 Jun 2007 Design of multi-stage adaptive kanban system, G. D. Sivakumar,   P. Shahabudeen   P.ILANGUMARAN SENIOR LIBRARIAN SETHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KARIAPATI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Help Requested
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

A friend of mine is interested in reading a couple of core articles on "mobilization of senior citizens in rural, urban or tribal areas in India" As social science is not my strength, I request my friends to help. Any specific leads will be useful. Thanks Dr P Vyasamoorthy 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Telangana LL 040-27846631 / Mobile: 9490804278 According to 2011 census there are (were?) 102454 centenarians in India. Anyone known to you possibly included in this statistic? -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by Mamtha's Gmail 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

Dear Friends,One of our PG student requires the following article. If you have access to the same could you please send it to us.1. Urban transport crisis in India .John Pucher <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X05000272#>a <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X05000272#aff1>, , ,Nisha Korattyswaropam <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X05000272#>a <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X05000272#aff1>,Neha Mittal <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X05000272#> a <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X05000272#aff1>,Neenu Ittyerah <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X05000272#>b <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X05000272#aff2>Transport Policy <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0967070X> Volume 12, Issue 3 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0967070X/12/3>, May 2005, Pages 185–198 -- -- *Thank you & Regards* *Mrs Mamatha P. Kumar* *Chief Librarian* *Central Library* *Yenepoya University* *Yenepoya University **|** University Road, Deralakatte **|** Mangalore 575018 **|** Karnataka **|* * India*T: +91 824 22046668/69/70 *|* Extn 310 *|*F: +91 824 2204667 *|* www.yenepoya.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Paper Submission
by ambika ashok 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

Dear Sir/Madam! Last 5 days left to submit your papers for National Conference Hurry Up! Paper to be sent to  ncash15(a)kssem.edu.in For more details please click on the link below: http://www.kssem.edu.in/ncash2015-science/   Regards, Mrs. Ambika C.A. Librarian K.S. School of Engineering & Management #15, Mallasandra, Off. Kanakapura Road, BENGALURU - 560062 Ph: (080) 28425012 Extn: 200 Mob : 9036486519 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New Book released
by Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai 31 Mar '15

31 Mar '15

Dear Professionals, *New Book Released!* To honour the retiring Professor, Dr. K. P. Vijayakumar (Head, DLIS, University of Kerala), a festschrift volume has been published with the title: *Blended** Libraries and Information Centres: A Blue Print for the Development of Information Profession in India* (Essays in Honour of Dr. K. P. Vijayakumar). The volume has 31 scholarly articles plus the biographical sketch of Dr. Vijayakumar and an exclusive interview with him. The volume is edited by Dr. G. Devarajan, Dr. K. C. Abdul Majeed, Dr. Dineshan Koovakkai, Dr. P. K. Suresh Kumar and Dr. S. Beena. The Publisher is Southern Book Star, Trivandrum. ISBN: 978-81-86660-23-2 Price Rs. 1950/- Regards, -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai *MA; MLISc; PGDEC; PGDCA; DCHN; NET; PhD.* (Founder Librarian i/c, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod) Assistant Librarian-in-Charge Calicut University Study Centre P. T. Usha Road Kozhikode-673 032 Kerala, India Mob: 09447468586 Blog: www.dineshkoovakkai.blogspot.in <http://www.dineshkoovakkai.blogspot.com> <http://www.universitylibrarycuk.yolasite.com> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Abstract for COLLNET 2015: Deadline 5th April 2015 for Papers- 11th Int Conf on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & 16th COLLNET Meeting, Delhi, India
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31 Mar '15

*Call for Papers* *11thInternational Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS)* *&* *16th COLLNET Meeting * *November 26-28, 2015 New Delhi, India* *http://www.slp.org.in/collnet2015/* <http://www.slp.org.in/collnet2015/> *Conference Venue: **Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), University of Delhi Enclave, Delhi-110007, India * *Organized by Society for Library Professionals in association with Asian Chapter, Special Libraries Association, Institute of Economic Growth * *&* *COLLNET* *General Chair: *Hildrun Kretschmer (Germany, China) *Steering Committee Chair: *P. K. Jain (India) *Technical Program Chair: *Debal C. Kar (India) *Call for Oral Presentations and Posters, Important Dates:* - *April 05, 2015 (Deadline)*, Extended Abstract for Oral Presentation, (3 pages, abstracts less than 2.5 pages are not accepted ) Please send your extended abstracts to: Hildrun Kretschmer kretschmer.h(a)onlinehome.de Please send also a copy to: P K Jain collnet2015(a)gmail.com - *May 01, 2015*, Acceptance Notification - *May 15, 2015* (Deadline), Abstract for Poster Presentation (1 page) - *July 31, 2015* (Deadline), Full Paper (Camera-ready version, maximum 10 pages including tables, figures, references) The extended abstracts will be peer reviewed by the Programme Committee. The accepted full papers will be published in the proceedings. - *November 15, 2015 **(Deadline)*, Registration - *November 26*-*28, 2015,* Conference *Programme Committee**:* *COLLNET Members**http://www.collnet.de/* <http://www.collnet.de/> *and* *Local Programme Committee:* * Advisory Committee Chair: *P R Goswami, Director (Library), IGNCA, Delhi, India * Finance, Website Engineering, Graphics: *Parveen Babbar, Deputy Librarian, JNU, Delhi *Content, Communication: *N K Wadhwa, NPL (CSIR), Delhi, India *Co-ordinators: * Shantanu Ganguly, Fellow and Area Convenor, TERI, Delhi Tariq Ashraf, Librarian, South Campus Delhi University, Delhi Salek Chand, Library and Information Officer, Election Commission of India, Delhi M Madhusudan, Deputy Dean and Asst. Professor, Dept. of LIS, DU, Delhi Sujit Bhattacharya, Senior Scientist, NISTADS, Delhi Divya Srivastava, Scientist “F”, Indian Council of Medical Research, Delhi *Regional Chairs:* Regional Chair of Africa, America, Australia and Europe: Valentina Markusova (Russia) Regional Chair of China: Liang Liming (China) Regional Chair of India: Ramesh Kundra (India) Team: N.K. Wadhwa (India) Divya Srivastava (India) Sujit Bhattacharya (India) P.K. Jain (India) Regional Chair of Iran: Farideh Osareh (Iran) *Scope* The broad focus of the conference is on *collaboration and communication in science and technology*; science policy; quantitative aspects of science of science; and combination and integration of qualitative and quantitative approaches in study of scientific practices. The conference thus aims to contribute to evidence-based and informed knowledge about scientific research and practices which in turn may further provide input to institutional, regional, national and international research and innovation policy making. *Themes:* *A.**Theoretical, Methodological and Applied Aspects in Webometrics, Informetrics, Scientometrics, for example:* - Emerging issues in Scientometrics / Informetrics /webometrics and history - Science Policy and collaboration - New Metrics (Altmetrics), their Potential Value and their Relationship to Established Measures - Collaboration Studies for Science & Society - Collaboration, Knowledge Management & Industrial Partnership - Collaborative Bridge between Academic Research and Industry - Techniques for Collaboration Studies - Visualization Techniques in Collaboration Studies - Quantitative Analysis of S&T Innovations - Informetrics Laws and Distributions, Mathematical Models of Communication and Collaboration - Nature and Growth of Science and of Collaboration in Science and its Relation with Technological Output - Evaluation Indicators - Collaboration in Science and in Technology from both Quantitative and Qualitative Points of View Please, note that these examples listed above give a broad outline of the scope of the workshop theme but do not limit it. *B. Data Management* - Data Analysis and Data Mining - Open Access Management and its Impact *C. Information Technology, Management and Services* - Information and Knowledge Services Measurement - Information Literacy Program - Performance Measurement and Competitiveness Quality Assessment - Technology & Innovations in Libraries and Impact Measurement - Development and Assessment of Digital Repositories - Development of Information and Knowledge Services - IPR and its Impact - Economic Co-operation and Development - Historical and Comparative case studies related to Librarianship *D. Change Management* - Change of Libraries and Managerial techniques - Changes in Learning, Research and Information needs *COLLNET and WIS History (WIS: Webometrics, Informetrics, Scientometrics)* COLLNET is a global interdisciplinary research network of scholars who are concerned to study aspects of collaboration in science and in technology (see COLLNET web site at: http://www.collnet.de/) This network of interdisciplinary scholars was established in January 2000 in Berlin with Hildrun Kretschmer as coordinator. Since that time there have been thirteen meetings: the first in Berlin, September 2000, the 2nd in New Delhi, February 2001 and the 3rd in Sydney (in association with the 8th ISSI Conference), July 2001. The 4th COLLNET Meeting took place on August 29th in 2003 in Beijing in conjunction with the 9th International ISSI Conference; the First International Workshop on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics *(WIS)*and 5th COLLNET Meeting in Roorkee, India, in March 2004. The 6th COLLNET Meeting took place in association with the 10th ISSI Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, in July 2005. The Second International Workshop on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics*(WIS)* and 7th COLLNET Meeting was organized in Nancy, France, in May 2006. The Third International Conference on *WIS*and Science and Society & Eighth COLLNET Meeting took place in New Delhi, India, in March 2007 (http://www.collnet-delhi.de) the Fourth International Conference on *WIS*&Ninth COLLNET Meeting in Berlin, Germany in July 2008 (http://www.collnet-berlin.de) and the Fifth International Conference on *WIS*& Tenth COLLNET Meeting in Dalian, China, in September 2009 (http://www.wiselab.cn/collnet-dalian/).The Sixth International Conference on *WIS*&Eleventh COLLNET Meeting took place in Mysore, India, in October 2010,the Seventh International Conference on *WIS*&Twelfth COLLNET Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, in September 2011 ( http://collnet.cs.bilgi.edu.tr/) the 8thInternational Conference on *WIS* &13thCOLLNET Meeting in Seoul, Korea, October, 2012, Seoul, Korea, http://collnet2012.ndsl.kr*; *the 9thInternational Conference on *WIS*&14thCOLLNET Meeting, August, 2013in Tartu, Estonia, http://www.etag.ee/international-research-cooperation/collnet-2013/?lang=en*, *September 3-5, 2014 in Ilmenau, Germany*, **http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/collnet2014 <http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/collnet2014>* *Registration Fee* Early Bird Registration 1st September 2015 onwards Till 31st August 2015 Indian Delegates Rs.3500/- Rs.4000/- Other countries Delegates € 200 or US$ 300 € 225 or US $325 SAARC countries Delegates US$ 100 US$ 125 *Students, SLA members, accompanied persons, retired professionals and additional participants from the same organization can avail 20% discount. Registration fee covers • All Conference sessions • Conference bag and materials • Catering: Lunches (3 days), tea/ coffee breaks (3 days) and Dinner • Conference social programme and City tour Brochure is attached *Contact Person:* Dr. P K Jain Institute of Economic Growth University of Delhi Enclave Delhi- 110007. India e-mail: pkjain1310(a)gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hildrun Kretschmer PD, Dr. sc. phil., Dr. oec., Dipl.-psych. Honorary Professor, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China Former Professor at the Dalian University of Technology, China Honorary Director and Special Fellow of WISELAB of the Dalian University of Technology, China COLLNET Co-ordinator (www.collnet.de) Editor, COLLNET Journal of Scientometrics and Information Management Homepage: www.h-kretschmer.de E-mail: kretschmer.h(a)onlinehome.de Regards Debal C Kar, PhD University Librarian Ambedkar University Delhi Lothian Road, Kashmere Gate, Delhi 110006, India debal(a)aud.ac.in, debal.kar(a)gmail.com Ph: +91-11-26273558(R), +91-11-23865084(O), 9811392242 *Steering Committee Chair- COLLNET 2015* http://www.slp.org.in/collnet2015/ *President- Asian Chapter, Special Libraries Association (SLA) * http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application for the post of Jr. Library Assistant in National Book Trust, New Delhi
by Subhodip Bid 31 Mar '15

31 Mar '15

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Jr. Library Assistant in National Book Trust, New Delhi No. of Vacancies 01 post(Un-reserved) for Head Office, New Delhi AGE LIMIT: 18-25 years PB-1 Rs. 5200-20200 + GP Rs. 1900/- For more details http://www.nbtindia.gov.in/writereaddata/jobattachment/monday-march-30-2015… -- 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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Fwd: Invitation to present your talent in one day Seminar on "Managing Knowledge and Learning Resources: Repositioning Libraries in Virtual Era" on May 16, 2015 at DTU Delhi.
by Dr. Rajesh Bhardwaj 31 Mar '15

31 Mar '15

Dear Sir, We are pleased to inform you that *Delhi Technological University* *&* *Asian Library Association, New Delhi *is organizing a one day seminar on Saturday, the *16th May, 2015* at *Library Conference Hall**, Delhi Technological University*, Delhi- 110042 on a very important theme *"**Managing Knowledge and Learning Resources: **Repositioning Libraries in Virtual Era ".* The seminar is expected to be attended by more than hundred top class Corporate, Business, Management & Academic institutions library professionals and faculty members. The programme announcement may be downloaded by clicking from here <https://rajkbhardwaj.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/dce_asiala-2015.pdf> for your kind perusal with the request to kindly attend the programme & depute your staff members to b e the part of this programme. Thanks and Regards *Dr. Rajesh Kr. Bhardwaj* *Visit ...* *https://rajkbhardwaj.wordpress.com/asiala-2015/ <https://rajkbhardwaj.wordpress.com/asiala-2015/> * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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