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What if Net Neutrality Opponents are right?
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

What if Net Neutrality Opponents are right? What’s the view from the other side of the debate? Is there any rationale whatsoever for people or entities that support this regime? What has US experienced on this rough road so far? April 21, 20150Pratima HINDIA: Voltaire said something that sounds very profound on a normal day, but somehow when everyone is evangelizing the cause of Net Neutrality, the lines vanish in a fog of passion and the trumpeting march for democracy.“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it!”Have we paused and given any room for that dimension of democracy while we were caught up in this all-righteous crusade of Net Neutrality?After all, how fair would be a debate if voices from the other side are dampened with not logic or rationale but just sentiments and rhetoric, as they might tag it?So, just for a minute, let’s consider what may make the notion of charging more for a better Internet or a faster Internet to someone in particular, really tick for a player or even a customer?Arguing FOR Net NeutralityWhat if providers have a business model backing their idea of blocking some traffic but not at the cost of harming anyone? What if they can ensure faster delivery and charge the dough from companies which have pockets lined well for this sort of expense – the big names of the Technology industry? What is this so-claimed Internet fast lane makes matters easy and life more fast-streaming and less-buffering for end users? What if these players have all the reason to charge more because these poor souls have paid through their nose in investing in that exact kind of robust infrastructure to take speed to another level? What if giving customers the convenience of 3G or 4G means that someone eventually will have to pay for fatter, better pipes?After all some vocal carriers have been claiming this in US and other regions quite audibly that they put in money and time to build up the infrastructure to support high data speeds for a futuristic customer and that makes them prone to charging customers or someone else in the chain a tad more.When the first footprint of Airtel Zero was visible, it was explained as an innovative and open marketing platform that will allow customers to access mobile applications “free of cost”. So can that be a bad proposition for customers?It was even clarified that such a platform would be “free” for all consumers and open to all marketers (and, open to all – big or small) and was told to have got enquiries from 150 start-ups – with majority being small start-ups – after its launch.There were happy feedback lines cited like ‘for a change these players will have an “equal opportunity” to run with the big boys’ and how on an average such platforms can reduce their marketing costs by almost three quarters.Is it wrong when a Telco argues that today, some mobile devices can store 50 or more apps, others can store five and some can’t even do so and that pops a big question – Will Net Neutrality imply that all devices must be standardized and offered at the same price to make the net neutral?The telco also wondered – There are multiple mobile technologies – 2G, 3G, 4G – to access internet. Should all speed and pricing be the same in the garb of Net Neutrality?Don’t some customers pay cheaper data rates based on volume purchased. Does Net Neutrality imply that everyone must pay the same rate irrespective of usage? What if the player is vouching that this play will also drive innovation in the internet and mobile app space by providing a cost-effective and non-discriminatory platform, in particular, to smaller companies?To be fair, at least one point that such Telco players make is right – not everyone is still very clear on what Net Neutrality is all about.There is more rhetoric than reason. So for the sake of reason, or Voltaire, let’s slice the debate with the aid of another knife.Is Net Neutrality advocacy more than chest-thumping?We all love taking up the cudgels and there is nothing more inspiring than standing together for the right cause. But even a fair, objective look (whatever degree of it is possible) distills that even if some of us choose to walk apart from the flag-bearing crowd on some holy march, we would still be a lot on this side of the debate.Here’s how:Ok, so any player who offers Internet as per a category and promises that this model will drive internet adoption through free usage (and companies and app developers would be an equal partner in the process) needs to listen to this.More so when carriers lament that they are stuck in an old Catch 22 between scarcity of spectrum and advent of new generations like 4G or 5G without the money to steer on that road smoothly.Spectrum management experts have long back drilled holes in this vest by saying that what causes the spectrum problems, is not the consumption part but its position, ownership, utilization and optimization. Old protocols have been keeping many robust players from delivering transmission speeds for today’s generation and when the customer is asked to pay more for a 4G data service under the argument that it’s better and new; there are experts who have surmised that it may actually be cheaper for a carrier to offer 4g over 3g services. Most industry biggies are still not clear over the exact definition of 4G.With the advent of a new generation on telco technology, speeds get faster, but they also turn easier and cheaper and when someone is using LTE or Long Term Evolution, it makes the model all the more cheaper for data part of the game.Once a big pipe is constructed, you do not make any extra effort or put extra money to push juice inside that pipe, do you? Then why should the customer pay more for what goes inside that pipe every time?Margins in this industry depend on the spectrum play and how well utilized are these pipes. A nice-laid infrastructure model will allow even those carriers who charge way less than others, to make more money than big boys, and this is based on volumes and pricing options. Price elasticity will come into action at some point but what remains to be dealt with is – would the carrier decide it or would the customer figure it out?That brings the spotlight back to what Net Neutrality in its quintessential avatar has been up to. The rudimentary idea is that whether it is an Internet provider or a cable operator or a cellular company, they should not filter stuff or manipulate the data traffic that flows over their networks, and jeopardize the rights of customers.In the US, FCC or Federal Communication Commission started confronting this issue more strongly when a proposal allowed room for “paid prioritization,” wherein a broadband provider could charge more for companies to deliver their services (like movies on Netflix) to consumers. There was a battle over Netflix as Verizon and Comcast wrestled on who will charge web services extra for delivering the high bandwidth content and make money. The notion that someone can pay to be in the “fast lane” of Internet service, was outrightly capsized. The fight and regulatory roller-coaster has been dramatic and FCC has been grappling some legal suit or another since then – sometimes it’s a Verizon and other times it’s an AT&T.But since then, authorities have realized and promised to crack the whip well on carriers if they are found to abuse their power. Recently, Title II of the Communications Act was a smart move that made the FCC inclined to treat Internet access as a public utility, and created some legal space for more regulatory freedom over net neutrality.Everything boils down to the basic premise – all Internet traffic should be treated equally by both governments and providers and nothing is blocked, while everything is delivered at the same Internet speed and delivery, no matter to whom or from whom.Of course, as tempting as it is to get into the other side of the enforceability of law for a concept like this, especially with the way censorship has worked at government level and for big corporates on various occasions; we will let that rant come up some other day.As of now, the war is far from overVerizon was successful earlier when it sued to overturn the FCC’s “Open Internet” rules and post that FCC chairman Tom Wheeler made moves and plans to enforce net neutrality by swinging Title II of the Telecommunications Act into the game. Now FCC wants to categorize Internet service providers as “common carriers” just like phone utilities. AT&T soon ensued with a preview of arguments around reclassification and now CenturyLink has also joined filing lawsuit charges against the FCC on the issue of net neutrality.Such net neutrality -focused lawsuits are coming from companies like Alamo Broadband, ACA, AT&T, NCTA, CTIA and USTelecom. CenturyLink for instance, calls the new order as “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretions and a violation of federal law.” It has educed the FCC’s decision to control and subjugate the Internet as a mistake and even anachronous in nature. It stressed its stand on maintaining an open Internet network and had even invested hundreds of millions of dollars in order to build an infrastructure to support its claim; and it contends that there is no need for the FCC to implement Title II of the Communications Act since the commission could still achieve its goal of preventing Internet service providers from blocking or degrading lawful content.It argues that these regulations not only have no place in the 21st century economy, but will chill innovation and investment and opined it could lead to higher prices and fewer choices for consumers.Ask Sridhar Saranathan, a Telco veteran who has spent many years covering the breadth and depth of this industry at various stages of evolution in India, about the interesting dance that the debate is caught up in, and he quips that none of the Communication service providers are Global Operations as in the case of Google/ WhatsApp/ FB/ Skype etc. “Though there are global brands, right from the inception of the industry they are governed by the Stately governments, their regulations and resources/ licenses. Mainly this has been protecting the consumer rights as defined by UN, adopted by the relevant states. Dispute/ grievance on service, breach of trust could be redressed under the state law. Please refer TDSAD as consumer protection body in India. Similarly the citizen interests are protected by Regulatory authorities enforcing service coverage, quality and pricing (including unhealthy non sustainable competition).”When we were discussing the general issue of Internet freedom with Electronic Frontier Foundation ‘s Staff Attorney Mitch Stoltz, he poignantly remarked that the concept of net neutrality is also important to guarantee freedom of speech. “The Internet is the preeminent medium for free speech today, but unlike operating a newspaper or speaking in the streets, speech on the Internet is almost always transmitted by commercial intermediaries -Internet service providers. The ISPs’ commercial interests may not always align with a policy of free speech and free access to information. At times, an ISP may find commercial advantage in allowing some websites, apps, services, and content providers faster or more reliable access to Internet users.”But that’s exactly where Mitch peels some hidden layers and how they affect the big picture. “Then, because some Internet traffic is given priority over others, some are better able than others to speak to an audience. Favorable access might be given to those who can afford to pay for it, or simply to people who have a favored relationship with the ISP. An Internet without Net Neutrality rules may come to resemble television networks, where only those with a great deal of capital or political connections can speak to a broad audience.Electronic Frontier Foundation is a notable nonprofit organization and has been championing user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development. Back in India, Alaphia, Risalat, Luis, Alex and the rest of the Avaaz team at online activism site Avaaz, maintain that big telecom companies are trying to control the Internet by bullying us into paying more for services like WhatsApp or Skype.They are understandably disturbed with the possibility that Telecom companies want to create a VIP culture online by breaking the web into fast and slow lanes. “They’ll offer faster download speeds to rich companies who pay them and choke those who can’t. This kills net neutrality — where all websites are treated equal. Let’s stop money power taking over the Internet in India by acting now!” these activists are urging.As to the argument that telecom companies are after all profit-making businesses so they should be allowed to charge what they like, these crusaders are clear that a free and open Internet is a public utility and a global consensus is emerging to keep it that way.They even tag it as the apocalypse of the Internet and fear that it will erase the democratic promise of an information highway for everyone the founders of the World Wide Web imagined.An optimistic Mitch is confident that the U.S. government has just put in place clear new rules to promote net neutrality, and hopes that other countries will follow that example.The OTT services, which will operate over such regulated islands of networks, will also be forced comply to the laws of the land in each country they are providing the services through the local partner, who in this case could be the (already proverbial) pipe/access provider. Refer issues related to restrictions on internet services in China and many other countries. “Saranathan opines here.“As these corporates are parking themselves in the Tax/ Data havens, where the regulatory including Legal Interception (LI) will not be able reach, only way they will be controlled by countries would be by banning them.”Seems like this sentiment is being echoed on the other side of table as well and not limited to the stance taken by Flipkart etc. Matrimony services’ major Shaadi.com is calling the move myopic already.“Internet businesses like shaadi.com, have been successful in disrupting industries and delivering dramatic value to consumers based on a level playing field. It would be myopic to try and tilt that playing field to anything but neutral, since it will eventually lead to inferior experiences for consumers, and adversely impact the success of the internet industry as a whole!” surmises Gourav Rakshit, President & COO – Shaadi.comSatya Prabhakar, Founder & CEO, Sulekha.com stresses that Net Neutrality must be ensured in an absolute sense. “Providing fast or free access to specific destinations, sponsored by the well-heeled companies, discriminates against all others and creates an uneven playing field, ultimately detrimental to the broader society. If internet.org wants to provide free access, it should do so for all web, mobile and app properties, not selectively to a few. This is like laying signal-free, concrete roads to just a few selected shops.”Another growing e-commerce player Infibeam which started in 2007, too took a stand last week and stated it is against all the biased Internet Service Providers (ISPs) of the country. “Access to equal internet speed for any website or mobile app is a right of every consumer who is paying money for data to the ISPs. Hence, the ISPs cannot be biased and have to provide traffic equally. In India with over 15 ISPs, there are about 10 crore internet users. Despite huge number of internet subscribers and mobile users, the ISPs, which are also telecom operators are bleeding heavily. As per industry estimates, of the total revenue of the telecom companies, over 75 per cent is contributed by voice and rest is by value added services including data. Due to high investments and competition, the margins in voice are heavily squeezed. As an impact, the telecom operators are finding one or the other way to increase revenue and profit.”It even asks boldly that if telecom operators are bleeding, should they become biased to make profits?A retail vertical veteran, Sandeep Dhar has another interesting lens to zoom in here. Philosophically, net neutrality has communist undertones; he points out. “It is interesting to see capitalists supporting a communist ideology. On a more serious note, it has no bearing on an e-retailers market penetration. I don’t believe that you need preferential access to boost your sales. I would focus on my product proposition. “At the same time cellular associations in India have started putting things in perspective.Without infrastructure and investment, there will be no Internet access. The operators have invested billions of dollars in license fees, spectrum fees and network roll-outs. Yet the Industry still makes negative return on the capital employed. The industry estimates the country would need an additional capital outlay of Rs. 300,000 to 500,000 crores over the next 10 years in spectrum, new technology, equipment, towers, optical fibre backbone, etc., to meet the PM’s vision of Digital India, and connect 1 billion Indians to the exciting world of Internet. The need of the hour, therefore, is to have a sustainable industry that has the ability to invest in growth of data services and connectivity to all – as COAI was heard arguing this week.To connect a Billion Indians to the Internet means innovations across the ecosystem – affordable smartphones, more efficient networks, even more broad ranging applications (especially in areas such as education, health, governance) and pricing flexibility and a greater digital inclusion; is what it rightly puts the thrust upon.COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India) is clear about its role here – to enable all services to reach customers across the country. “One of the key factors to enable this is that the same rules must apply to the same types of services, including Mobile and IP Voice services. We should ensure customers have the freedom to choose how they want to access the Internet. A customer should be free to choose the device, technology and access platform – paid or subsidized as long as the Internet is always open in terms of access in a non-discriminatory manner. We support this! The interests of a few should not dictate the fundamental right of a customer to choose what he/she wants.” It stated in a press note.The right answers and on top of that- the right questions is what this debate, as we can see visibly enough now, has generated this month.More than anything else- that’s what the industry and the Internet milieu essentially and precisely needs. Let’s stand for what is good, and not just for the sake of it or to be with the majority, but for standing at the right place. 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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Thesis submitted by a research student is not third party information
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

Thesis submitted by a research student is not third party informationView Source Thesis submitted by a research student is not third party information Central Information Commission (CIC): “Thesis submitted to a university is not private or personal information of the candidate who submitted it, but the property of the University, which has to discuss and decide whether it deserves the award of Ph.D or not”, held CIC while directing ARID Forest Research Institution to provide the copy of thesis sought by the appellant. The Commission was hearing an appeal filed by a researcher who alleged that her co-researcher cunningly took the theme and her work from her research work and submitted it as her thesis to the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, and hence, she must obtain the copy of the submitted thesis to prove her allegation. The appellant through RTI application sought copy of minutes of meeting of pre-thesis submission seminar of the researcher, copy of her thesis, all correspondence related to research work, rules and regulation of research work and related records. The appellant also submitted that she was denied information by ARID Forest Research Institution on the ground that the said information was third-party information. After perusing the material on record and hearing both the parties, CIC observed that, “One of the purposes of seminar of pre-submission and viva voce of Ph. D candidate is to ascertain whether research work of candidate is original and the work done by the candidate only. It is not third party information. Moreover, there is a public interest in knowing the originality of otherwise of the thesis, especially when a serious allegation of appropriating the research work is made by the co-researcher, it is the duty of the academic institution to clear the allegation after due verification.” While ordering the disclosure of the required information, CIC also directed the Institute to treat the RTI application as a complaint against the researcher, against whom allegations were made and to carry out inquiry in the matter. [Meeta Sharma v. PIO, ARID Forest Research Institution, 2015 SCC OnLine CIC 606 , decided on 30.03.2015] Source | SCC Online | | | | | | | | | | | SCC Online | | | | View on www.scconline.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | | 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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6 Day Training Programme on Maintenance and Operation of Computer peripherals and Networking in Automated Office Environment
by Usman Karassery 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

Dear Sir, Kindly arrange to publish the information of '*6 Day Training Programme on Maintenance and Operation of Computer peripherals and Networking in Automated Office Environment'* on LIS forum Thank you. USMAN KOYA P.T. Librarian College of Engineering Thalassery Kannur, Kerala - 670107 Mob: 09400057376 Dear friends, *W*e are happy to announce that College of Engineering Thalassery is organizing *6 Day Training Programme on* *Maintenance and Operation of Computer peripherals and Networking in Automated Office Environment. * The objective of the Training Course is to enable participant to manage all computer related equipments and software with sound confidence and also to provide sufficient training on trouble shooting of equipments and networking. Course content is designed to provide thorough knowledge on the basics of computer hardware, software, daily use equipments- printer, scanner, photocopier, barcode scanner etc. and Networking. The Training Course is scheduled to be held from *25. 05. 2015 to 30. 05. 2015*. Interested persons, who wish to participate in the Training Course, may send their Application form in prescribed format (available in College website www.cethalassery.ac.in or www.library.cethalassery.in ) along with the Registration fee. Selected candidates shall be intimated accordingly. *Training Programme* During six days of the Training programme , the participants will be given hands on training in operation, maintenance, servicing and trouble shouting of Computers, automation related equipments, networking and resource sharing. *Course Content* · Basics of Computer · Hardware & Software · Operating system- Windows and Linux · O S Installation and Configuration · Basics of Networking · Installation and Configuration of peripherals · Sharing of resources · Troubleshooting *Medium of Instruction : Malayalam* *Eligibility* Target participants of the Training Course are Non -Teaching technical and Non- Technical staff of Administrative wing/ Libraries / Laboratories from Academic institutions/ R & D institutions/ industries/ Govt. or Private Undertakings. Seats are limited. *How to apply* The application form With brochure can be downloaded from College website www.cethalassery.ac.in or www.library.cethalassery.in Filled Applications forwarded by the concerned authorities, along with DD of Rs. 750/- (in favor The Principal, College of Engineering Thalassery, Payable at SBT Thalassery) should reach the *Course Coordinator, **(Maintenance and Operation of Computer peripherals and Networking), **Central Library, College of Engineering Thalassery, Eranholi- PO, Kannur, Kerala - 670107* on or before 15- 05- 2015. Send scanned copy of filled application form by E- mail in advance to libraryevents20(a)gmail.com *Applicant will be registered on first come first served basis. Number of seats is limited to 30. * *Address for Communication* Workshop Coordinators 1. Mr. Sunil P.K. Ph. +91 9847181948 2. Usman koya P T +91 9846974035 E- Mail : libraryevents20(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 shashi bhat 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

Dear Friends, One of our faculty needs following article for his research purpose. If any one of you have access to the article please arrange to send. - Cornelius von Wilmowsky, - Tobias Moest, - Emeka Nkenke, - Florian Stelzle, Karl Andreas Schlegel Implants in bone: Part II. Research on implant osseointegration Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery December 2014, Volume 18, Issue 4, pp 355-372http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10006-013-0397-2#page-1 With Regards, Mrs. Shashikala K Librarian, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Constituent College of Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575018. Ph: 0824-2204572, 2204963 (ext.-234) Res: 0824-2202133 Mob: +919448869047. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Questionnaire Design & Statistical Analysis - Workshop Invitation
by Sunil MV 23 Apr '15

23 Apr '15

Dear LIS Members, Greetings from SDMIMD Mysore! This is to bring to your kind information that Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD) Mysore is organizing 2-Day Workshop on Questionnaire Design and Statistical Analysis during May 18 & 19, 2015 at SDMIMD, Mysore. The details about the workshop are available in the webpage available in the following link: http://sdmimd.ac.in/QDSAworkshop/index.html The workshop is designed to introduce the statistical testing and analysis using Microsoft Excel templates designed by the faculty facilitators. The hands-on workshop has restricted the number of nominations to 20. The last date for registration is May 15, 2015. This is for your kind information and active participation. With sincere regards, Dr. Sunil M.V. Librarian Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD) No. 1, Chamundi Hill Main Road, Siddharthanagar Post, Mysore - 570 011, INDIA Mobile: 998639832 | Telephone: 0821-2429722 Extn: 3006 * Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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4th Annual Open Access Award
by Shamprasad Pujar 23 Apr '15

23 Apr '15

Dear All, The Electronic Publishing Trust has announced its fourth annual award to individuals in developing and transition countries* who have made significant contributions to the advance of Open Access and the free exchange of research findings. More info at: http://epublishingtrust.net/4th-annual-oa-award/ Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-2841 6547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC NET JUNE 2015 COACHING
by Nitin S. Joshi Joshi 23 Apr '15

23 Apr '15

Dear friends, Lisquiz.com started free online coaching for NET Exam June 2015.Previous years materials available in google groups. Log into https://groups.google.com, Select Lisquiz-Free Online Coaching Group. View Previous threads. As per syllabus and date given belowRead IGNOU material or any other university booksOr Read any Recommended books for UGC NET or any other material you have.Strictly follow the scheduleIn www.lisquiz.com Important points and Short Notes will be published.As per Online Coaching Schedule, Unit Test will be conducted final day of the Unit.At every Week end MOCK TEST will be conducted for Covered Units 20.04.2015 TO 23.04.2015 - Information,Information Science, - Information Society, - Information as a Resource /Commodity, - Information Transfer Cycle (Generation, Collection, Storage, and Dissemination), - Role of Information (In Planning, Management, Socio-Economic Development, Technology Transfer), - Communication (Channel, Barriers), - Intellectual Property Rights (Concept, Copyright, Censorship,Print and Non Print Media), - Copyright in India, WIPO - Library and Information Policy at the National Level | Day | Topic & Notes | Quiz | | 21.4.2015 | INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION | Quiz 1 | | 22.04.2015 | INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION | Quiz 2 | -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "LISQUIZ-FREE ONLINE COACHING" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to lisquizonline+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lisquizonline. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lisquizonline/56d5b0f2-5345-44c4-8326-5c0…. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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RATIFICATION OF LIBRARIAN POSTS BY JNTUH
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 23 Apr '15

23 Apr '15

RATIFICATION OF LIBRARIAN POSTS BY JNTUHall the librarians working in engineering colleges affiliated to JNTUH, the authorities have accepted to ratify librarian appointments, therefore all of you ask your colleges to send ur name and profile for ratification.Our friend Dr Rupsingh Naik had already had dialogue with the JNTUH officials and they have agreed to ratify the librarian posts. treat this as an urgentif you show your membership in Professional Association you will get plus points. therefore all the librarians under JNTUH, immediately join TelanganaTelangana Library Association - TSLA by paying Rs 1000/-- as life member at any State Bank of Hyderabad, favouring TelanganaTelangana Library Association, account is at SBH, Osmania University Branch, SB account number 62379494713 Membership form may be downloaded from this message best wishes 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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E-BOOKS ACCESSIBLE TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED, COURTESY EPUB
by Ragaavendra R 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

E-BOOKS ACCESSIBLE TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED, COURTESY EPUB There is nothing different in the way 37-year-old Avneesh Singh uses his iPhone 5S. Whenever he wants to read an article, he whips out the device from his shirt pocket and slides his fingers on the screen; only that, in Avneesh's case, the phone's voice software begins to read the content aloud. Avneesh, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode who lost his vision due to a degenerative condition after he completed his BTech in computer science, is one of only five members of the Daisy Consortium's technical team that constantly advances the accessible EPUB format that enables millions of visually impaired and print-disabled readers read e-books. Accessible digital format Daisy Consortium, the international body responsible for standards in digitally accessible information system (DAISY), has made efforts in the last six years to bring accessibility to EPUB, the most popular e-book format in the world. Daisy Forum of India is part of the Consortium that drives use of accessible digital format in India. "EPUB 3.0, which is the accessible version has made a popular format more inclusive with the help of igitally accessible information system standards," said Delhi-based DFI President Dipendra Manocha, who was in Bengaluru for the DFI annual board meeting on Friday. "We have partner organisations across the country that convert textbooks into accessible format for school students who are blind. All of them provided an update on their work at the board meeting. Several e-books available to able bodied persons are now accessed by the blind, courtesy accessible EPUB, Manocha explained. For instance, 'Mightier Than The Sword', the latest Jeffrey Archer installment in the Clifton Chronicle series, is sold in Amazon Kindle with 'Text to speech' enabled (accessible) format. "So far, only Braille was the most common form of accessing knowledge. Now, accessible EPUB has made access to books more instant," Avneesh said. E-stores apart, platforms like 'Bookshare' provide nearly 100,000 titles in EPUB. Digital books The DFI board meeting discussed the ways of taking access to digital books to the million or so visually-impaired and print-disabled persons in India.Madhu Singhal, Managing Trustee of Mitra Jyoti and Daisy Forum of India General Secretary, said the organisation is reaching out to textbook societies, universities and school boards to make sure educational materials are provided in accessible EPUB. REFLINK: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/473109/e-books-accessible-visually-impa… Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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RECRUITMENT FOR THE POST OF LIBRARIAN IN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, BHUBANESWAR
by Suraj Panigrahi 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

Dear Professionals, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar invites application for the post of LIBRARIAN-1 UR-15600-39100/GP:5400-B.Sc. with M.Lib & Inf.Sc. with 55% marks, NET pass or experience in relevant field is essential. See Link <http://www.iopb.res.in/job/2015/2015_sys_lib.pdf> -- Best Regards, Suraj Panigrahi ===================================================== IITHLibrary <http://library.iith.ac.in/>*|*IIT Hyderabad*|*PIN-502205*|* Andhra Pradesh, INDIA |T: 91-040-23016025 *| **E. library(a)iith.ac.in <library(a)iith.ac.in>* *|* Web:library.iith.ac.in <http://library.iith.ac.in/>*|* <http://library.iith.ac.in/>Blog <http://iithlibrary.wordpress.com/> *| * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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