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New JNU Library website launched http://lib.jnu.ac.in/
by Dr Ramesh C Gaur 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Dear Colleague, I am pleased to inform you that New JNU Library website is fully operational now. It can be access using URL http://lib.jnu.ac.in/ or may used from link given at JNU home page www.jnu.ac.in . The website is totally interactive with a number of new features, and has been developed using latest web tools called Drupal. It is been developed and maintained by a team of professionals from JNU Library only. Pl. use it for your all library needs including request for any article, book on Interlibrary loan, for purchase of books or subscription of new databases or journals or for any other library requirements. Please send your suggestions for any further improvements or to add any other new feature into it. We are committed to serve you with latest and world class library tools and technologies regards ramesh ************************************ Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067 Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551 Fax : +91-11-26741603 Email: rcgaur(a)mail.jnu.ac.in ;rcgaur66(a)gmail.com Www.jnu.ac.in > > __,_._,___ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Free service seems indigestible by many LIS professionals for Koha, DSpace etc.
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

From: "nikesh" <nikeshn(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, February 18, 2015 12:30 pm Dear friends, My humble opinion is that there should not be much controversy on this issue. It is the discretion of the Librarian to decide whether to go alone with OA community support or through a service provider depending on his requirements. I believe It is not good to force anyone one to take support from Somebody only and otherwise tag them as corrupt people. They may have there own requirements and looksfor future support options through agreements. Let them decide. Heartiest congrats to Library professionals who extends free service which is indeed great service to our community which would help in propagating OA culture. Thanks *Nikesh *

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ISI-CODATA International Seminar on Data Science
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Apologise for cross-posting International Seminar on Data Science (http://drtc1.isibang.ac.in/datascience) ======================================================================= ISI-CODATA International Seminar on Data Science 19th - 20th March 2015 Indian Statistical Institute (ISI),Bangalore, India & International Council for Science: Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), Paris, France Venue: Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre. ======================================================================= Data Science is emerging in a big way. Some of the Schools of Library and Information Science renamed themselves as School of Library, Information and Data Science, whereas some schools are offering either degrees in data science and offering it as a specialisation or as a core topic in their existing curriculum. It is expected there will be a good demand for data scientists in near future. The objective of the ISI-CODATA seminar on Data Science is to present the various facets of data science and how the Big Data and Data Analytics play an important role in data dealing with data in various domains and disciplines. To achieve this objective, the seminar exposes the participants to Indian and International experts who are actively working the Big Data and Data Analytics. Eligible Participants The seminar is targeted at professionals from library and information science and computer science community.Ideal candidates will have some experience as data managers, data encoders, metadata managers, archivists, data exploitation personnel, analysts, data publishers or similar roles. Data experts that help policy makers in data related policies are also included. Invited Speakers Resource persons from five countries will be engaging the participants. They are drawn from research, academics and corporate backgrounds to give holistic knowledge on Data Science. Following are the list of eminent resource persons participating in the seminar. 1. Fausto Giunchiglia (University of Trento, Italy) 2. Sabina Leonelli (University of Exeter, UK) 3. Simon Hodson (CODATA Executive Director, France) 4. Mark Parson (RDA Secretary General, USA) 5. Y.V.N.Krishna Murthy (Director, IIRS Dehradun) 6. Tadepalli Sivaram (CIO Airport Sector, GMR Group, Bangalore) 7. Devika P. Madalli (DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore) 8. ARD Prasad (DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore) ====================================================================== Important Dates: Registration Deadline: 10/03/2015 Registration fee: 2000 INR Registration Details are available at: http://drtc1.isibang.ac.in/datascience/registration.html Venue: Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore For further information and updates please visit this website: http://drtc1.isibang.ac.in/datascience ======================================================================= -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PKK Library IIT Kanpur Launch New Website
by Ramakant 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Dear All, P K Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur has Launch New Website http://pkklib.iitk.ac.in Thanks and Regards Ramakant SLIA PKK Library IIT Kanpur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Free service seems indigestible by many LIS professionals for Koha, DSpace etc.
by indradg 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Dear Satya, I was reading your list of requirements. Much of it is linked to the accounting (financial) framework in Koha. You may already be aware that there is a Koha community RFC in place for a complete overhaul and re-write of the code that handles accounting in Koha. A lot of work has already happened on that. As well as major changes to the underlying acquisitions code. Keeping future upgradeability and maintenance, it is important that emergert requirements like yours are brought into sync with global development. A way to ensure that is greater participation and visibility in the global community (read - regular interactions on Koha-devel / koha users mailing lists, koha bugzilla for feature requests and signoff on patches submitted that directly impacts your specific use-case, Koha's online IRC meetings every month where one can bring in their agenda to discuss and the Koha wiki for proposed RFCs etc). The way ahead is either to self-develop the code in tandem with the community OR sponsor/fund a developer to add these new additions/enhancements to the global Koha codebase. Alternatively, you *could* develop these in-house and/or in tandem with a local vendor AND choose not to share these changes with the global Koha community under GPL license. However, by doing so your code will an isolated fork of Koha's code base. Maintaining it in working status with future versions of Koha would solely be your own responsibility. Almost all major modules/functionality in Koha have been developed as sponsored development from libraries / library consortia across the world. And yes, the features you mention are mostly highly doable :-) Cheers, -idg Sent from Samsung Mobile -------- Original message -------- From: Satyaranjan Sahu <satya(a)nio.org> Date:16/02/2015 18:07 (GMT+05:30) To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Free service seems indigestible by many LIS professionals for Koha, DSpace etc. Dear All, The subject of the mail raises few questions on the implementation of Open Source Software in India. Few months back I was in a loop of mails on success of Open Access Institutional Repositories (IRs) in India. There was some logical questions raised and answered by well known professionals from India & abroad in the field of Open Access. Few points I would like to highlight here from that private discussion which I feel relevant with respect to the below mail as per subject. Does the implementation of Open Source mean "Installation & basic configuration/customization"? or it includes value addition and future upgradation/migration etc. Most of the libraries use only OPAC and/or circulation in KOHA. Some of the features in KOHA is not well defined for a library which wants to use it in a copybook style. Then who will help in these aspects. Since last 15years or more CSIR-NIO library is using computerized Library Management System (menu based to browser based). The current browser based ILMS was developed in-house, using CDS/ISIS database (in Unix/Linux OS), TCL/TK programming language, etc. The software was developed carefully as per the theory of automation to minimize the manual work. When CSIR-NISCAIR initiated a network project (KNOWGATE) in 2013 to make OPAC of all CSIR laboratories public, KOHA software was considered as suitable one. So CSIR-NIO library started exploring the features of KOHA in comparison to current ILMS in 2014. During the process, we contacted few KOHA experts (based on mailing activities in lis-Forum) in India to explore our requirements. But the responses were disappointing. Some could not help on Linux installation and some on the script level. If a commercial service provider can help in modification/customization of the software as per the library requirements then it should not be an issue. Although NIO library is working on script level customization without any help of commercial service support but does not discourage institutes for taking commercial firm service if they do value addition in KOHA. I put this view after realizing the level of IT skills needed to work with KOHA scripts & databases. Is there any expert (non-commercial) who can help in developing the following features? Acquisition: 1. User recommends a document for procurement using the "Your Purchase Suggestions" form. I want duplication check before "submit of recommendations" with OPAC & pervious recommendations. 2. Under suggestion management: a) There should be duplicate checking facility in pending suggestions. b) A mail should generate to a group of users (subject experts) when the status changes form pending to checked. c) Accepted documents TAB should provide option to ORDER (create basket) there than from "Vendor" side. 3. If the basket is created today for a vendor so all the order created for that particular vendor will attached to the same basket. The first statement is true unless the basket is open not closed, if it is closed a new basket would be created for the vendor. 4. Update of Exchange Rates based on Order Date there in the "Accounting Details" 5. Creation of Invoice with a choice of Vendor than the default way. 6. Receiving orders with the right Price Estimate than the Estimated Cost at the time of Order. 7. Order/Cancel of order should be mail based to the vendors We are trying to included few other features (as per the theory of automation) to minimize manual work. So if non-commercial experts can help in such requirements then there is no need of commercial support. धन्यवाद सादर - सत्य Thanking you Regards - Satya ------------------------------------------- सत्यरंजन साहु/ Satya Ranjan Sahu वैज्ञानिक एवं पुस्तकालय मुख्य/Scientist & Head of Library सीएसआईआर - राष्ट्रीय समुद्र विज्ञान संस्थान/ CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography दोना पाउला/ Dona Paula, गोवा/ Goa भारत/ India - 403 004 Phone: 0832-2450275 (O); Fax-91-(0)832-2450601 -------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Vinod Kumar Mishra Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 7:45 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com; libtech(a)yahoogroups.com Cc: dptkvs(a)gmail.com Subject: [LIS-Forum] Free service seems indigestible by many LIS professionals for Koha, DSpace etc. Dear All, We(myself and Mr. D.P. Tripathi)have taken initiative to implement open source software like Koha, DSpace, Joomla etc. in libraries and time to time motivating for the same to library professionals. I was thinking i am doing the great job free of cost but when i saw today a Tender of renowned Institute for Just installation of Koha, data migration from SOUL/Current ILMS and little training to staffs, i shocked and realize that real heroes are those people who have given opportunity for the same and successfully they are running Koha. They have expended Just on our TA/DA and honorarium as per government rules and saved Lakhs of Public money. In present case although i proposed the institute for the same task and given example of a renowned near by library where we have did the job and Koha is running successfully but even though they opted for the Commercial firm service which could be easily done by us in a much better way than any commercial firm. I do not know why they opted for the same and what is lacking from our side, however one can avail community support for installation/training on Koha and if desire later they can avail commercial support (AMC) for maintenance, by this method also they can save lakh of money on initial implementation of Koha. I would simply like to ask a question from such Professionals that: WILL YOU TAKE SAME DECISION IF YOU HAVE TO INVEST MONEY FROM YOUR OWN POCKET? OR WHAT DIFFICULTY YOU FACED IN INVITING ANY CAPABLE EXPERT FOR THE SAME TASKS FROM LIS COMMUNITY? I would like to request all leaders/Decision makers of the LIS community to avail such services from LIS community it will not only save money but strengthen our library profession and reputation as well as you will be called as a good leader and decision maker in LIS domain. You may visit http://mishravk.com/ for LIS related other activities and free support. Thanking You. Vinod Kumar Mishra Assistant Librarian NIT Rourkela -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on Research ethics, Academic writing and data analysis
by Usman Karassery 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Respected all LIS Professionals, The last date to receive application and demand draft for the *National Workshop on* *Research ethics, Academic writing and data analysis *has been extended to 27th February 2015 as we have received lot of request to extend the date. *W*e are happy to announce that the Central Library, College of Engineering Thalassery is organizing *3 Days National Level Workshop on* *Research ethics, Academic writing and data analysis **(Two days hands in sessions on SPSS with AMOS**)* The objective of the Workshop is to enable the participants to understand research ethics, academic writing tools need for statistical tools in research, and to impart the data analytical capabilities of project leaders, business analysts, faculty, research scholars and post graduate students. The Workshop is scheduled to be held from 06. 03. 2015 to 08. 03. 2015. Interested persons, who wish to participate in the Workshop, may send their Application form in prescribed format available in the College websitewww.cethalassery.ac.in, along with the Registration fee. Selected candidates shall be intimated accordingly. *College of Engineering Thalassery* The College of Engineering, Thalassery is one of the earliest colleges started by the CAPE under Govt. of Kerala. It is started functioning in the year 2000. The college is situated on the top of a panoramic hill called Kundoormala and is six kilometers away from Thalassery town and is just 1.5 kilometers north from Thalassery - Coorg State High Way, which cuts to the college road at Nayanar Road Junction. The college is recognized by the AICTE and affiliated to Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) Cochin. There are six branches of engineering in the B. Tech. and Two M. Tech. programmes. It has become one of the biggest engineering colleges in the northern part of Kerala. The college has been selected for the grant of aid under phase II of the TEQIP and the workshop is being conducted under this programme. Central Library has a very good collection of Books, CDs, Journals, archives and E- documents. Library subscribes more than 100 print Journals and 7 packages of online journals such as ASME, IEEE, Mc- Graw Hill, Elsevier, Wiley, J-gate etc. The Central Library is fully automated since 2010 by using GRANDA Library Automation Software. Now we are shifted to KOHA Integrated Library System. We are also in the path of Digitalization by using D Space. *Workshop content* During the three days of the workshop, the participants will be given knowledge in research ethics, and the tools used in Academic writing. Hands on training sessions will be given on the use of various literature search tools. Final two days will be meant for SPSS training. SPSS is statistical software suitable for data analysis. *Eligibility* Target participants of the Workshop are Faculty members, Library and Information Professionals, Project coordinators and research scholars (Part- time) form Academic, R & D institutions/ industries. Seats are limited. *How to apply* The application form is available in the College website www.cethalassery.ac.in Filled Applicationsforwarded by the concerned authorities, along with DD of Rs. 1200/- (in favor The Principal, College of Engineering Thalassery, Payable at SBT Thalassery) should reach the *Workshop Coordinator, ** Central Library, College of Engineering Thalassery, Eranholi- PO, Kannur, Kerala - 670107* on or before 27- 02- 2015. *Registration fee* * Registration fee Rs. 1200/- *(includes course kit, Software DVD, Lunch and Tea) *Accommodation* Accommodation may be arranged for Candidates at their own cost. *Important Dates* Last date of Receipt of Application: 27/02/2015 Intimation of Selection: 02/03/2015 (by Phone/ e-mail) Confirmation by participants: (by Phone/ e-mail- *coethalassery(a)gmail.com <coethalassery(a)gmail.com>*) *Address for Communication* Workshop Coordinator 1. Silpa. K +91 9447074987 2. Usman koya P T +91 9846974035 E- Mail : coethalassery(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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Commercial Library Services/startups are flourshing !
by Emmanuel E (RBEI/ETI) 18 Feb '15

18 Feb '15

Dear All, Sharing with you an article, appeared in ET. In India the public libraries are failing to attract their users whereas commercial Libraries are flourishing. A section of librarians also have the apprehension that e-books, online/offline are taking away their users, if this is correct then how these commercial services which are based on the printed resources are flourishing. We librarians must change our attitude towards Library users, understand their needs, preferences, convenience, user experience etc. We need to learn how & what new techniques, skills, services and technologies they have/using and if possible adopt them in our environment by customizing them according to our needs. Rather a researcher can also take up this topic and do a thorough study and publish the results so that large number of libraries get benefited with this. Following is the article appeared in Economic Times: "As books come home, startups bookmark book-lending sites<http://isourceupdates.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f3ed553733dd66434af…>" The Economic Times (Bangalore edition) - 18.02.2015 Online book library startups first piqued interest among readers with the launch of Just Books and Librarywala.com. Their success ... http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31815&articlexml=As-Boo… Regards Emmanuel -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free service seems indigestible by many LIS professionals for Koha, DSpace etc.
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 18 Feb '15

18 Feb '15

Dear All, We(myself and Mr. D.P. Tripathi)have taken initiative to implement open source software like Koha, DSpace, Joomla etc. in libraries and time to time motivating for the same to library professionals. I was thinking i am doing the great job free of cost but when i saw today a Tender of renowned Institute for Just installation of Koha, data migration from SOUL/Current ILMS and little training to staffs, i shocked and realize that real heroes are those people who have given opportunity for the same and successfully they are running Koha. They have expended Just on our TA/DA and honorarium as per government rules and saved Lakhs of Public money. In present case although i proposed the institute for the same task and given example of a renowned near by library where we have did the job and Koha is running successfully but even though they opted for the Commercial firm service which could be easily done by us in a much better way than any commercial firm. I do not know why they opted for the same and what is lacking from our side, however one can avail community support for installation/training on Koha and if desire later they can avail commercial support (AMC) for maintenance, by this method also they can save lakh of money on initial implementation of Koha. I would simply like to ask a question from such Professionals that: WILL YOU TAKE SAME DECISION IF YOU HAVE TO INVEST MONEY FROM YOUR OWN POCKET? OR WHAT DIFFICULTY YOU FACED IN INVITING ANY CAPABLE EXPERT FOR THE SAME TASKS FROM LIS COMMUNITY? I would like to request all leaders/Decision makers of the LIS community to avail such services from LIS community it will not only save money but strengthen our library profession and reputation as well as you will be called as a good leader and decision maker in LIS domain. You may visit http://mishravk.com/ for LIS related other activities and free support. Thanking You. Vinod Kumar Mishra Assistant Librarian NIT Rourkela -- 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 janet lobo 18 Feb '15

18 Feb '15

Dear Sir/Madam, One of our Postgraduate student need the following article. If available in your Library, please forward to me at the earliest. Title: Occurrence of Infection among Children with Nephrotic Syndrome during Hospitalizations Journal: Nephrology Volume:17 Issue: 8 Date: 2012 Page:681 With Kind Regards Dr Janet Dotty Lobo Librarian Fr Muller Knowledge Centre Mangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Costliest Book Sale? -- Rare Ornithology Book Sells Online for $191, 000
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 18 Feb '15

18 Feb '15

PLEASE do visit the link given at the bottom to see some hand engraved illustrations. ========================== Rare Ornithology Book Sells Online for $191,000 (February 2015) Online book shopping has entered the six-figure era after AbeBooks sold a rare ornithology book from 1765 for $191,000, smashing the record for the most expensive item to sell on the Internet marketplace in its 19-year history. The book's lengthy Italian title can be translated and shortened to A Natural History of Birds. Published in Florence in Italian in five volumes, it contains 600 beautiful hand-colored engraved plates of birds. Commissioned by Maria Luisa, the Grand Duchess of Tuscany, the book took 10 years to complete. This copy's fine condition enhanced its value along with the fact that it is a scarce book - only 10 complete copies have been offered at auction in the past 40 years. The previous most expensive items to sell through the AbeBooks marketplace were a 1937 first edition of The Hobbit and a 1644 copy of Areopagitica, John Milton's defense of press freedom, which sold for $65,000 each in 2003. "We're thrilled to have sold such a valuable book for one of our booksellers," said Richard Davies, merchandising manager at AbeBooks. "We have been expecting a sale of this magnitude for some time. In 2013 we sold a book worth $60,000 and last year we had two sales of books priced over $40,000. A small number of people are comfortable spending large amounts of money online." The book's artwork was drawn and etched by Violante Vanni and Lorenzo Lorenzi, while the text was penned by Saverio Manetti - an Italian physician, ornithologist, and director of the botanical garden in Florence from 1749 to 1782. The artwork was created using dead specimens from an Italian nobleman's ornithology collection as models, and the birds are displayed in rather dramatic, eye-catching poses. Some consider the book to be a commentary on 18th-century Italian high society because the bird poses are almost human. Aside from the remarkable sale of Manetti's masterpiece, January 2015 also saw several other expensive books sell during the month, including an early arithmetic textbook from 1579, The Grounde of Artes, that sold for $22,083 and a set of first editions of the Lord of the Rings trilogy that sold for $19,500. So what else can be purchased for around $191,000 on AbeBooks? 1. Storia naturale degli uccelli trattata con metodo e adornata di figure intagliate in rame e miniate al naturale. Ornithologia methodice digesta atque iconibus aeneis ad vivum illuminatis by Violante Vanni, Lorenzo Lorenzi & Saverio Manetti - $191,000 Translates as a 'Natural History of Birds Treated Systematically and Adorned with Copperplate Engraving Illustrations, in Miniature and Life-Size.' Five volumes containing more than 600 hand-colored engraved plates of birds from around the world. Published in 1765 http://www.abebooks.com/rare-books/most-expensive-sales/ever.shtml?cm_mmc=n… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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