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Koha developer Chris Cormack in ICAL
by vinod mishra 25 Jan '23

25 Jan '23

Dear all As you know Chris Cormack is the original developer of Koha from Newzeland so listening from him about the present and future of Koha will be greatly appreciated. As Koha is now most popular ILMS in India so libraries should understand it's future. Upcoming conference ICAL at Delhi University gives such opportunity to listen this great personality and make future decision in Automation. https://ical2023.du.ac.in Thanking you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Unwetted books not allowed in Florida School Libraries
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 24 Jan '23

24 Jan '23

https://popular.info/p/florida-teachers-told-to-remove-books I can not believe that this kind of censorship on books is enforced in the USA (Florida), known for their democratic approach and openness! Dr P Vyasamoorthy / 9490804278 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Chapter required
by Paramjit Singh 22 Jan '23

22 Jan '23

Dear all Can I have the following chapter, details as: Weller, S. Academic practice: developing as a professional in higher education. (London: Sage, 2019). Chapter 9 Developing inclusive learning and teaching, pp.168–195. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Admission notification for Ph.D programmes for academic year 2022-23 at Netaji Subhas Open University, kolkata
by Subhodip Bid 22 Jan '23

22 Jan '23

Dear Professionals, Admission notification for Ph.D programmes for academic year 2022-23 at Netaji Subhas Open University, kolkata Discipline : Library and Information Science Seats: 12 ( UR-5, SC-3, ST-1, OBC-A- 2, OBC-B-1) For more details: http://www.wbnsou.ac.in/student_zone/admissions/admission_information/2023/… http://www.wbnsou.ac.in/student_zone/admissions/admission_information/2023/… -- Dr. Subhodip Bid M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS, Ph.D 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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IRAI -- 230121 -- Interesting Reads And Information & Forthcoming Events
by Mohan Hr 21 Jan '23

21 Jan '23

*IRAI-230121: Interesting Reads And Information* Read the stories in IRAI -- 230121 at https://lnkd.in/g3kF9ywD Learn Computer Science & Engineering and avoid Career Stagnation with IEEE Computer Society Education Technology Predictions for 2023 Released: IEEE Computer Society Experts Gauge the Future of Tech. Future technology: 22 ideas about to change our world Google Search Operators: The Complete List (42 Advanced Operators) Practical Tips for Creating and Managing New Information Technology Products ChatGPT Advice Academics Can Use Now: Views of 11 academics on "how to harness the potential and avert the risks of this game-changing technology" Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms Business Risks: The 9 Most Common Types ERCIM News No. 132, latest issue on the theme "Cognitive AI and Cobots" Prime Point Foundation Publications as eBooks for free download. Quiz: Amazon: AMZN = 3M: -------- (Answer in the next post IRAI -- 230121) Answer to the Quiz in IRAI -230111 -- Fairchild Stories in IRAI -- 230121: https://lnkd.in/g3kF9ywD Stories in IRAI -- 230111: https://lnkd.in/gyk_sxeq Stories in IRAI -- 230101: https://bit.ly/3G6LVuU Earlier Posts of IRAI and Archives: https://lnkd.in/ewR3UdD *Forthcoming Events* 10th Feb 2023 at 7.30 pm IST. Webinar IEEE CS, ACM & CSI webinar on "Building Safe, Robust Autonomous Vehicles". by Ms. Jyotika Athavale, Senior Technical Leader (Automotive Functional Safety), NVIDIA, USA; 2023 & President-Elect of the IEEE Computer Society. PDF invite at http://bit.ly/3QFkJbe Register at http://bit.ly/3ZElxkH 25th Jan 2023 (Full day online): RISICS’23: Research & Industry Symposium on "Information and Cyber Security" (in honour of Mr. FC Kohli, Father of Indian Software Industry) at CIT, Coimbatore. Brochure: https://lnkd.in/gEX3BbVT Website: https://lnkd.in/gY9JNyhd To attend, register using the link https://forms.gle/n8JEHR5vKKtdk6Z47 Registration fee : Rs. 250/- Bank Details Account Name : Training and Consultancy Account Number : 6717786188 Bank Name : Indian Bank Branch : Peelamedu IFSC Code : IDIB000S107 Payment can be made through NEFT For further details contact 98940 62167 25th Mar 2023. (Full day Symposium - Physical). RISAI’23: Research & Industry Symposium on "AI/ML/DL Techniques and Applications" (in honour of Mr. FC Kohli, Father of Indian Software Industry) at VelTech University, Chennai. Last date for paper submission: 31st Jan 2023. Brochure: https://lnkd.in/gi3h37bj Website: https://lnkd.in/gv3YfEy8 Paper Submission: https://lnkd.in/gp-cVkxA Other events in Jan 2023: https://bit.ly/3WQ0biG

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[Final Reminder] Dr T.B. Rajashekar Memorial (17th) Webinar-based Online Lecture, 2022, on Saturday, 21 January 2023, at 11 a.m.
by Francis Jayakanth 20 Jan '23

20 Jan '23

Dear All, Greetings from the NCSI-Net Foundation (https://ncsinet.in/). NCSI-Net Foundation, in association with the J.R.D. Tata Memorial Library, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, cordially invites you and your colleagues/students to Dr T.B. Rajashekar Memorial (17th) Lecture, 2022, on "Role E-Prints/Preprints in Scholarly Communication." By: Dr T. S. Kumbar Advisor (Library & Institute Archives) Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 055| Gujarat. Date & Time: Saturday, 21 January 2023 at 11 a.m. Webinar Link: http://bit.ly/3HQAYjA Note: the webinar will be held on the Microsoft Teams platform. If you try to join the meeting using a smart phone, you will have to install the Teams application on your smartphone. The talk will be presided over by: Professor Subbiah Arunachalam, Visiting Professor, DST Centre for Policy Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Abstract of the talk: The traditional model of scholarly communication is undergoing a major change. For a long time, peer-reviewed journals formed as a widely accepted and recognised research communication channel. This model of communication has its advantages and disadvantages. With the advent of the web, a greater push for open access, especially open science frameworks and the urge to share research results among the scientific community much faster than the traditional journals lead to the emergence of preprints. Recently, COVID-19 accelerated the process and focused on Preprints more than before. The physics, mathematics and computer science researchers took the lead and redefined how scholarly communication must take by setting up a preprint archive, viz. arXiv.org as early as 1991. This preprint archive has set an example and brought in major changes. As a result, we now see more than a dozen active preprint archives that have gradually embedded themselves as one of the accepted channels of scholarly communication by researchers, funding agencies, publishers, and institutions. Considering that the fast and significant developments are taking place in preprints which should be of greater interest to library professionals, the talk will focus on the history of preprints and the current landscape, perspectives on preprints: advantages, disadvantages, concerns and challenges. The talk will also cover other areas such as technical infrastructure, models of preprint servers, key players in the preprints landscape and their roles, developments in the Open Science Framework Platform, aggregators, discovery platforms and other related aspects. An attempt will be made to briefly cover the role that the librarians can play in creating an awareness among researchers, academicians, and institutions not just to value preprints as a source of information, but also to recognise them as the very first place to share their research. A small case study carried out recently by IIT Gandhinagar Library will also be covered. An effort will be made to draw attention to ongoing discussions about social media coverage, open peer review and future developments as expressed by the experts in the scholarly communication domain. About the speaker: Dr T. S. Kumbar is currently (Nov 2021) working as Advisor (Library & Institute Archives) at IIT Gandhinagar. He has worked at the same Institute for almost a decade (since Feb 2012) and was actively engaged in setting up a state-of-the-art library service. Prior to this, he worked as Chief Librarian at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, where he set up the library services from the very beginning. He was also with INFLIBNET Centre as Scientist D, where he initiated a number of new programs, including SOUL Software, E-Resources Consortium, Union Catalogues, ETD, DDS, and Retrospective Conversion, to name a few. Before moving to INFLIBNET, Dr Kumbar worked as Assistant Librarian at IIT Bombay, supervised serials, information services, and resource sharing and was involved in automating the library. Dr Kumbar holds PhD in Library Science from Gulbarga University, for which he was awarded Gold Medal. He has published more than 30 research papers and edited quite a few volumes in the areas of Library science. He is a recipient of • Fulbright Fellowship in Library & Information Technology 2001 • Canadian Faculty Research Fellowships 2006 • American Library Association Fellowship 1995-96 He has been awarded ‘Best Young Librarian’ by Satkal Trust and ‘Best Librarian’ by MANLIBNET in recognition of his contributions to the Profession. IIT Gandhinagar also honoured him with a long service award in 2022. He is a member of over a dozen national and international professional associations, including IFLA, ALA, SLA and NDLTD, and has been actively contributing to their activities and has been a member of committees setup by DST, MoE’s E-ShodhSindhu National Consortium. He currently serves as a member of the Library Advisory Committee of two universities and was on the Board/Council of ACM & IEEE, USA. About Professor Subbiah Arunachalam Prof. S. Arunachalam is globally known for his expertise in Scientometrics and their use for assessing the research impact on a wide scale ranging from individuals and departments to institutions and countries. He is probably the first in India to do scientometrics research and to talk about and advocate open access. His interests include scientometrics, science policy, information science, public understanding of science, openness in scholarly communication, ICT for Development and rural knowledge centres and improving information access for both scientists and the rural poor. He is one of the earliest in developing countries to use citation indexes to study developments in science and science policy. He was instrumental in CSIR, DBT and DST adopting Green open access as official policy. He is probably the only Indian Hon. Fellow of CILIP, UK. We look forward to seeing you at the event. With best regards, Francis Francis Jayakanth J.R.D. Tata Memorial Library IISc, Bengaluru - 560012 francis at iisc.ac.in

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Conference paper submission date extended- National Conference on Smart Libraries-reg
by Shekar H P 20 Jan '23

20 Jan '23

Dear Professional Friends, Greetings of the day. We wish to inform you that, the JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) in association with Karnataka State College Librarians Association (KSCLA) is hosting a National Conference on Smart Libraries on 10-11 March 2023 at Bangalore. As requested by many of the Librarians / Students and Research Scholars the last date for submission of full papers is extended till 31st January 2023. *For Conference Registration please click Here*: https://forms.gle/UdbMXnPeDwsaZNbC7 *To Know about Conference Registration Fee/ Paper Submission Guidelines Click Below:* https://bschool.cms.ac.in/pdf/National-conference-smart-libraries-March-23.… Thank You with best regards -- Dr. Shekar H P Librarian and Area Head, Department of Library and Information Science JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) Bangalore www.jainuniversity.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CSI, IEEE CS & ACM symposiums & webinars.
by Mohan Hr 18 Jan '23

18 Jan '23

25th Jan 2023 (Full day Symposium - Online) RISICS’23: Research & Industry Symposium on "Information and Cyber Security" (in honour of Mr. FC Kohli, Father of Indian Software Industry). Supported by Association for Computing Machinery, Chennai & Coimbatore; Computer Society of India, Chennai & Coimbatore; and IEEE Computer Society, Madras and hosted by Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Avinashi Road, Civil Aerodrome Post, Coimbatore – 641014. Brochure: https://lnkd.in/gEX3BbVT Website: https://lnkd.in/gY9JNyhd 10th Feb 2023 at 7.30 pm IST. Webinar IEEE CS, ACM & CSI webinar on "Building Safe, Robust Autonomous Vehicles". by Ms. Jyotika Athavale, Senior Technical Leader (Automotive Functional Safety), NVIDIA, USA; 2023 & President-Elect of the IEEE Computer Society. PDF invite at http://bit.ly/3QFkJbe Register at http://bit.ly/3ZElxkH 25th Marc 2023 -- Symposium -- Physical -- Call for Papers -- Last Date: 31st Jan 2023 RISAI’23: Research & Industry Symposium on "AI/ML/DL Techniques and Applications" (in honour of Mr. FC Kohli, Father of Indian Software Industry) Symposium Date: 25th Mar, 2023 (Full day, Physical Mode) Organised by: Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai Supported by: Association for Computing Machinery, Chennai; Computer Society of India, Chennai; and IEEE Computer Society, Madras Papers submission last date: 31st Jan 2023. Prizes: Best three papers presented will be awarded cash prizes of Rs 10K, 7.5K and 5K respectively. Brochure: https://lnkd.in/gi3h37bj Website: https://lnkd.in/gv3YfEy8 Paper Submission: https://lnkd.in/gp-cVkxA Forthcoming events in Jan 2023: https://bit.ly/3WQ0biG Interesting Reads and Information (IRAI) IRAI -- 230111 at https://lnkd.in/gyk_sxeq IRAI Archives: https://lnkd.in/ewR3UdD

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Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial (17th) Webinar-based Online Lecture, 2022 on Saturday, 21 January 2023 at 11 a.m.
by Francis Jayakanth 17 Jan '23

17 Jan '23

Dear All, Greetings from the NCSI-Net Foundation. NCSI-Net Foundation cordially invites you and your colleagues to Dr T.B. Rajashekar Memorial (17th) Lecture, 2022, on "Role E-Prints/Preprints in Scholarly Communication." By: Dr T. S. Kumbar Advisor (Library & Institute Archives) Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 055| Gujarat. Date & Time: Saturday, 21st January 2023 at 11 a.m. Webinar Link: http://bit.ly/3HQAYjA The talk will be presided over by: Professor Subbiah Arunachalam, Visiting Professor, DST Centre for Policy Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Abstract of the talk: The traditional model of scholarly communication is undergoing a major change. For a long time, peer-reviewed journals formed as a widely accepted and recognised research communication channel. This model of communication has its advantages and disadvantages. With the advent of the web, a greater push for open access, especially open science frameworks and the urge to share research results among the scientific community much faster than the traditional journals lead to the emergence of preprints. Recently, COVID-19 accelerated the process and focused on Preprints more than before. The physics, mathematics and computer science researchers took the lead and redefined how scholarly communication must take by setting up a preprint archive, viz. arXiv.org as early as 1991. This preprint archive has set an example and brought in major changes. As a result, we now see more than a dozen active preprint archives that have gradually embedded themselves as one of the accepted channels of scholarly communication by researchers, funding agencies, publishers, and institutions. Considering that the fast and significant developments are taking place in preprints which should be of greater interest to library professionals, the talk will focus on the history of preprints and the current landscape, perspectives on preprints: advantages, disadvantages, concerns and challenges. The talk will also cover other areas such as technical infrastructure, models of preprint servers, key players in the preprints landscape and their roles, developments in the Open Science Framework Platform, aggregators, discovery platforms and other related aspects. An attempt will be made to briefly cover the role that the librarians can play in creating an awareness among researchers, academicians, and institutions not just to value preprints as a source of information, but also to recognise them as the very first place to share their research. A small case study carried out recently by IIT Gandhinagar Library will also be covered. An effort will be made to draw attention to ongoing discussions about social media coverage, open peer review and future developments as expressed by the experts in the scholarly communication domain. About the speaker: Dr T. S. Kumbar is currently (Nov 2021) working as Advisor (Library & Institute Archives) at IIT Gandhinagar. He has worked at the same Institute for almost a decade (since Feb 2012) and was actively engaged in setting up a state-of-the-art library service. Prior to this, he worked as Chief Librarian at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, where he set up the library services from the very beginning. He was also with INFLIBNET Centre as Scientist D, where he initiated a number of new programs, including SOUL Software, E-Resources Consortium, Union Catalogues, ETD, DDS, and Retrospective Conversion, to name a few. Before moving to INFLIBNET, Dr Kumbar worked as Assistant Librarian at IIT Bombay, supervised serials, information services, and resource sharing and was involved in automating the library. Dr Kumbar holds PhD in Library Science from Gulbarga University, for which he was awarded Gold Medal. He has published more than 30 research papers and edited quite a few volumes in the areas of Library science. He is a recipient of • Fulbright Fellowship in Library & Information Technology 2001 • Canadian Faculty Research Fellowships 2006 • American Library Association Fellowship 1995-96 He has been awarded ‘Best Young Librarian’ by Satkal Trust and ‘Best Librarian’ by MANLIBNET in recognition of his contributions to the Profession. IIT Gandhinagar also honoured him with a long service award in 2022. He is a member of over a dozen national and international professional associations, including IFLA, ALA, SLA and NDLTD, and has been actively contributing to their activities and has been a member of committees setup by DST, MoE’s E-ShodhSindhu National Consortium. He currently serves as a member of the Library Advisory Committee of two universities and was on the Board/Council of ACM & IEEE, USA. About Professor Subbiah Arunachalam Prof. S. Arunachalam is globally known for his expertise in Scientometrics and their use for assessing the research impact on a wide scale ranging from individuals and departments to institutions and countries. He is probably the first in India to do scientometrics research and to talk about and advocate open access. His interests include scientometrics, science policy, information science, public understanding of science, openness in scholarly communication, ICT for Development and rural knowledge centres and improving information access for both scientists and the rural poor. He is one of the earliest in developing countries to use citation indexes to study developments in science and science policy. He was instrumental in CSIR, DBT and DST adopting Green open access as official policy. He is probably the only Indian Hon. Fellow of CILIP, UK. We look forward to seeing you at the event. With regards and best wishes for the new year, Francis Jayakanth J.R.D. Tata Memorial Library IIsc, Bengaluru - 560012 francis at iisc.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LTC2023 - Informatics Outstanding Researcher Award - Last date for filing nomination - 20th Jan
by Soji Mathew 17 Jan '23

17 Jan '23

Dear Researchers, Informatics Outstanding Researcher Award, instituted by Informatics India Limited, is presented to an outstanding researcher from India in the field of Information and Library Sciences to support the international travel to attend a prestigious conference. with the objective of promoting and supporting research. Award carries prize money of Rs. 1 lakh, plaque and certificate and will be presented during LTC2023 scheduled from 15tn to 17th February 2023. Last date for filing nominations is 20th January 2023. Please visit https://www.ltc2023.org/informatics-outstanding-researcher-award/ for more details and filing nominations. Thank you. Regards, LTC2023 Team Soji Mathew | Manager - Subscription & Commercial Operations | Informatics Publishing Limited | 194, R. V. Road, Basavanagudi, Bangalore - 560004, India | www.informaticsglobal.com | T: +91 80 4038 7777 | M: +91 98801 35615 | F: +91 80 4038 7600 | E: soji(a)informaticsglobal.com | P Save trees. Do not print, unless necessary -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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