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PROF KC SAHU- expired today morning
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 27 Jan '15

27 Jan '15

Dear Professional friends It is with the deep sense of shock and sorrow to know about sad demise of Prof. Kailash C. Sahoo on today(Tuesday) about 5.15 A.M. at Bhubaneswar. He was born on 22nd July 1947 at Jagatsinghpur Distt.(Odisha). He was retired as a Professor and Head of DLIS and Dean, School of Information Studies, Dr. H.S. Gour University Sagar(M.P.) in 2010.He is a good friend and was a good teacher in LIS. I join other friends to condole his death and pray almighty to give peace to his soul Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Alternate sources to Google on health / medicine
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 26 Jan '15

26 Jan '15

What many Information Scientists dealing with health /medicine have been facing all along, has been succinctly explained here. How to convince our readers (or for that fact the doctor his patients) that all that they read on the Web is not final , nor debated, tested or verified? http://www.vox.com/2014/9/8/6005999/why-you-should-never-use-dr-google-to-s… Dr P Vyasamoorthy 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Telangana LL 040-27846631 / Mobile: 9490804278 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CFP -- CSI & IEEE CS Supported events by Vel Tech Univ at Chennai in Feb 2015
by Mohan Hr 25 Jan '15

25 Jan '15

Dear All, Computer Society of India Chennai Chapter and IEEE Computer Society Madras Chapter are supporting the following THREE events that are being organized and hosted by Vel Tech University, Chennai. - *International Conference on Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing :: **On 5-7 Feb 2015 at Hotel Hilton, Chennai * - *Two days' Workshop for Networking Business Incubators & Knowledge Driven Entrepreneurs :: On 6-7, Feb 2015 at Hotel Hilton, Chennai* - *5th International Engineering Project Competition & Exhibition :: On 23-24 Feb 2015 at the Vel Tech University Campus in Avadi, Chennai.* Please participate in these events and get benefited. Member benefits are available wherever applicable. The PDF version of this CFP is available at: http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2015/veltech-univ-events.pdf For additional info, please contact: P. Chandra Kumar, Assistant Professor & TS to Founder - President, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science & Technology, No. 42, Avadi-Vel Tech Road, Avadi, Chennai-600062, Tamil Nadu, India Tele Fax: 044 26840605 :: Mobile: 09600040254 :: Email ID: veltech(a)vsnl.com With regards HR Mohan President, CSI, Chair, IEEE CS Madras *International Conference on Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing :: **On 5-7 Feb 2015 at Hotel Hilton, Chennai * Vel Tech Dr RR & Dr SR Technical University, Chennai is organizing an important conference with innate focus on *Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing*. *With the support of DST, DRDO, Computer Society of India, **IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) *and a host of high learning institutions, this event is being organized by Vel Tech University and ESCI - The Institution of Engineers (India) at Chennai during *5 -7 February, 2015*. Contents of this event have immense relevance to engineering institutions and technical universities. Many international experts (Germany, France, USA, Taiwan & Canada) and Indian experts (DRDO, CSIR, IITs, NITs, ARAI, IEI, IISc, BARC and ISRO) would be speaking at the event. In essence, about 400 plus delegates comprising user groups from academia and industries in aerospace, automotive, biomedical, electronics, mechanical, metallurgy and tooling are expected at this event. Conference proceedings are being brought out by *Springer International* with *Dr.Ing. Andreas Gebhardt, Dean, University of Applied Sciences, Aachen as the Chief Editor*. For Participation, please visit http://veltechuniv.edu.in/icam3d/index.php *Two days' Workshop for Networking Business Incubators & Knowledge Driven Entrepreneurs :: On 6-7, Feb 2015 at Hotel Hilton, Chennai* Vel Tech -Technology Business Incubator TBI (Funded by DST) is organizing two days workshop for *Networking Business Incubators & Knowledge driven Entrepreneurs* with the support from DST (NSTEDB), Computer Society of India, IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) during 6th & 7th February 2015 at Hotel Hilton, Chennai. The targeted outcomes of this Workshop are: 1. To Showcase Technology Innovation as a Pathway for Entrepreneurship & 2. Leverage Disruptive Technology for a Future in Entrepreneurial Endeavors We expect Administrators of TBIs and the incubatees registered under NSTEDB/MSME centres located in various parts of India would be participating. We invite faculties/Students to Participate. For details, please visit http://www.veltechtbi.com/event4.html *5th International Engineering Project Competition & Exhibition :: On 23-24 Feb 2015 at the Vel Tech University Campus in Avadi, Chennai.* The exhibit will have 160 innovative projects and bring together Technical institutions across the globe and create a forum to share students' technical prowess. This VISAI 2015 is supported by Quest Global, EDS Technologies, Computer Society of India, IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS). VISAI forum invites Innovative Projects in the following streams - Mechanical Stream: Mechanical, Aeronautical, Automobile, Civil &allied - Electrical Stream: Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation & allied - Computing Stream: CSE, IT, Computer Applications & allied - Biochemical Stream: Bio-Medical, Biotech, Chemical & allied Three best projects in each stream will be selected for Awards and Prizes. We have declared a prize money Rs.1,00,000 for the winners. Projects will also be awarded for best performances under the categories like Best Interdisciplinary Project, Best Innovation, Best Teamwork, Best Display and Best Design. There will also be Consolation Prizes and Surprise Gifts, 40 Innovative Projects will be identified in 2 phases. Please provide wide publicity for this international project competition among your students & research scholars so that good quality projects are submitted from your institution before the deadline. For Guidelines to participate, pl. visit http://veltechuniv.edu.in/VISAI2015/index.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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welcome to ONE DAY SEMINAR ON INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES at Mahbubnagar, Telangana
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 24 Jan '15

24 Jan '15

welcome to ONE DAY SEMINAR ON INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES Jointly organised by TELANGANA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION andZILLA GRANTHALAYA SAMSTA, MAHBUBNAGAR, TELANGANA STATE onON 8 FEBRAURY, 2015 AT ZGS, MAHBUBNAGAR Dear friends TELANGANA LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONJOINTLY WITH ZILLA GRANTHALAYA SAMSTHA, MAHBUBNAGAR, TELANGANA STATE is organizinga one day seminar on INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES on Sunday, February8, 2015 at Conference Hall, WITH ZILLA GRANTHALAYA SAMSTHA, MAHBUBNAGAR,TELANGANA STATE. The inauguration of the program will be at 10.am and theprogram will go till 5 pm. The program will have a meeting, felicitations tothe personalities worked for the cause of public libraries, informal talk onconsolidation of library resources, services and technologies for the benefitof the citizens especially through public libraries. It will be followed bylectures on innovative technologies that can be and are being used forproviding quality library services to our reach every one. All the library professionals and those interested in publiclibraries and consolidation of library services and resources are invited tojoin this one day seminar. Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Member, Advisory Board, National Library, KolkataPresident, Telangana Library Association. 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] No vacancy for LIS professionals in govt first grade degree colleges
by Koteswara Rao 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

This question should be addressed to the concerned ministry in Karnataka. On 23 Jan 2015 16:00, Naveen Kammar <naveen.kammar(a)gmail.com> wrote: Why there is No single post for lis professionals in Karnataka first grade degree colleges out of 1289 posts called for -- Naveen Kammar Dharwad +91-9742938979 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SALIS 2015 - National Conf on Advancement in Library and Information Science & Technology - Announcement - reg
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: "Arunachalam Hariharan" <hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com> Date: Fri, January 23, 2015 2:11 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Conference on Advancement in Library and Information Science & Technology: Challenges and Opportunities (ALIST 2015) Date: July 10 - 11, 2015 Organized by Central Library, BS Abdur Rahman University, Chennai And Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science About the Conference The term Library Science is often referred as Librarianship, Library Studies, Documentation, Information Science and Library and Information Science (LIS). It is an interdisciplinary field that applies the concepts, practices, methods, techniques, applications and tools of other subjects such as education, mathematics, statistics, economics, psychology, management, linguistics, philosophy, IT, etc., for selecting evaluating, acquiring, organizing, storing, preserving information resources in print and electronic formats and disseminating to the users worldwide for learning, teaching and research using various channels such as intranet, internet, web, email, mobile and social networking tools. Acquisition, classification, cataloguing, organization, documentation and management of information System and services are the core areas of LIS in the past as wells in the present. The Information explosion and the revolution in IT in this digital world made tremendous impact and changes in the traditional core activities and services of LIS in terms of how information is acquired, organized, retrieved, preserved and disseminated. In the recent past, LIS uses the technologies and tools of computer, communication, electronic, database, barcode, RFID, network, wireless, web, digital, cloud, media and mobile technologies, Expert system, AI , E-publishing, etc for Information Storage and Retrieval (ISR) and also the principles and practices of modern management including KM for the managing the information systems, servcies and resources. LIS embraced these technologies to provide timely and high quality information services to the users of Google generation in the knowledge society whenever and wherever they are. These technologies thrown many challenges and also employment opportunities in LIS and also in other fields to LIS professionals which resulted many advancements and developments in LIS. The LIS professionals have to update their knowledge and skills in the aforesaid areas not only to cope up with the fast developments in the digital world but also use the opportunities for the betterment of their lives. Conference Objectives The conference is intended to provide a forum for LIS professionals to discuss, deliberate and exchange knowledge and ideas about the advancement in LIS. The objectives are to discuss the: Advancements and developments in LIS Explorations and innovations in LIS New functions and innovative services of Libraries Changes that are required in Education, Research and Training New roles of LIS professionals Challenges and career opportunities in LIS Professional skills Themes and Sub-Themes I. Libraries and Society & Social Responsibility New vision, mission and policy for creating knowledge society Information to all - Freedom of access - Right to Information Widening Access: Information rich and poor - the haves and the have-nots Social, political, ethical and cultural context of Libraries Information/Knowledge Society Integration of Libraries and Media Changes, challenges and opportunities in Public, Academic, R & D, Corporate-Media, Museum and Special Libraries Green Libraries - Open Library 2. LIS Education, Research and Training for the Future Advances LIS and Librarianship Fission - Fusion of subjects - convergence of technologies with LIS New Areas for LIS Education, Training and Research to meet the digital challenges Information Work place- Digital Humanities- Social Media Tools Semantic IRS and Web- Search Engines-Information behavior on the Web Citation studies-Scientometrics Digital Libraries-Open Source Software Technology 3. Innovative Library Services Redefining the traditional Library services Virtual Community services Collaborative Campus Service National Shared service Knowledge based library services Integration of Social Networking Tools and Digital Media Commons Information Literacy Programmes 4. Technology Enabled Library Services Bits to Bigdata- Web data mining- Storage and accessibility Knowledge Discovery Tools- Web and Linked data Integration of next generation social media tools-Web service Web enabled cloud Library system and services Email and SMS integrated services Mobile Services E-resource access and management 5. Exploration- Innovation and New Roles in LIST New Avenues and Convergence: Psychology-Behavior Science-Education-Statistics- Marketing-Law-Management IT-DBMS-Information Architecture-AI and Expert System Media Common E-commerce- Outsourcing Event Management KM-IPR and Copyrights-Plagiarism-RTI Web editors - Meta data creators- aggregators 6. Collection Development and Resource sharing Policy for Print and E-resources â accessibility and preservation Collection to content relevant - Availability to Accessibility New approached for ILL, Document Delivery and Resource Sharing - consortia Networking and Collaboration: People- library - institutions- Regional-National â International 7. Challenges and Opportunities Challenges and constrains of : budget - infrastructure - physical space Lack of skilled manpower - training Birth and death of new technologies -Convergence of technologies Information explosion - availability and quality of resources and services Deployment of other professionals 8. Management and Capacity Building Professional Skill Development Modern Management - Principles, Techniques and Practices - KM Skills- Stress and Time Management Evidence-based library and information practice (EBLIP) Best and New Practices and Process, ISO and TQM Submission of Papers Original and unpublished papers on the conference themes (but not limited to!) are invited for presentation at the conference. Papers will be accepted only after strict review by the Editorial Committee. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings with ISBN. Selected papers may be published in SALIS journals. Author Guidelines The full paper in word file (with an abstract not exceeding 200 words and at least 3 keywords) should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to alist2015(a)gmail.com. Paper should not exceed 6 pages (line space: 1.5, font size: 12, font: Times New Roman, Reference style: APA). Important Dates Submission of full-paper 30.04.2015 Communication of Acceptance 15.05.2015 Last date for Registration 31.06.2015 Papers will not be accepted without registration fee. Conference Websites www.bssauniv.ac.in www.salis2015.wordpress.com www.salis.in Target Participants Librarians, Information professionals, LIS Teachers, Students and Research scholars. Accommodation The delegates will be provided accommodation in the University hostel on sharing basis against an advance payment of Rs.500/- on first cum first served basis. In case of non-availability of rooms in the hostel, accommodation will be arranged in the nearby hotels on extra payment. Participants can also make their own arrangements for accommodation at hotels available at Tambaram and Chennai. Transport The University is located in the outskirts of Chennai city on the G.S.T. Road, (Chennai-Trichy National Highway) 7 km from Tambaram, 2 km from Vandalur Railway Station, 17 km from the International Airport and 35 K.M from Central Railway station. Being adjacent Address for Correspondence Dr. P. PANNEERSELVAM Organizing Secretary, ALIST2015 Librarian B.S.Abdur Rahman University G S T Road, Vandalur Chennai â 600048 Tamil Nadu, India. Phone: 044-22759207 Fax: 044-22750250, Mobile: 0 9940614272 E-Mail: alist2015(a)gmail.com Web: www.bsauniv.ac.in & The President, General Secretary & SALIS GC

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SALIS Awards for the year 2014 - Announcements - reg
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: "Arunachalam Hariharan" <hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com> Date: Fri, January 23, 2015 2:11 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear all, SALIS invites an application/nominations from the members of LIS community for the following SALIS 2014 awards . 1. Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award (National Level Award) (Sponsored by Late Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras) 2. AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Librarian Award (Sponsored by AutoLib Software System, Chennai) 3. AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Young Librarian Award (below 40 years) (Sponsored by AutoLib Software System, Chennai) 4. A.N.Marappan Memorial National Best Young Librarian Award (below 40 years) (National Level award) Sponsored by Dr.A.M.Venkatachalam,Senior Librarian, KSR College of Technology, Tiruchengodu A committee constituted by the President, SALIS will select a suitable candidate for each award among the nominations/applications received strictly based on the criteria fixed for the award. If suitable candidates are not found for the award, the committee will nominate deserving LIS professionals strictly based on the criteria fixed for the award. All the awardees will be presented memento, shawl and citation during the two day SALIS 2015- National Conference on "National Conference on Advancement of Library and Information Science & Technology: Challenges and Opportunitiesâ on 10th July 2015 during the inaugural function. Last date for the receipt of application/nomination is 30.3.2015. Application forms will be made available for download at www.salis.in. You may also send a mail to salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in for receiving the application by mail with the subject name as 'Application for SALIS Awards". All the details of the awards, eligibility, instructions, application form, etc are available at SALIS website @ www.salis.in The filled-in application form along with the supported documents ( hard copies ) should be sent by post only to: The President SALIS 32G, 2nd Main Road Sabari Nagar Extension, Mugalivakkam Chennai - 600 125 Eligibility Criteria: 1. Applicant should be a citizen of India. 2. The applicant should be a working library professional who holds at least Bachelors degree in library science or its equivalent. 3. Interested professionals should apply in the prescribed application form only 4. Senior professionals can also nominate deserving candidates using the prescribed application. 5. The application form can be obtained from the SALIS office or downloaded from the SALIS website. Downloaded application as per instructions given should reach SALIS office on or before 30.3.2015 6. A committee constituted by SALIS will scrutinize the received application/nomination forms from eligible candidates and select one applicant for each award based on the criteria set for the award. If suitable candidate for each award is not found, the committee will nominate eligible candidate for the award strictly based on the criteria for the award. 7. Please note that application with documentary evidence will be accepted only in hardcopy. Softcopy of the application will not be accepted. 8. The decision of the committee constituted by SALIS, to select the candidate for the award is final. 9. Award Committee has the right to post-pone or cancels the award for any unavoidable reason. 10. All correspondence should be addressed to the â The President, 32G, 2nd Main Road, Sabari Nagar Extension, Mugalivakkam, Chennai â 600 125 with best regards Founder President, President, General Secretary and SALIS Governing Council Vasippoam Nesippoam ( Let us Read and Love books) - a mass movement by SALIS

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No vacancy for LIS professionals in govt first grade degree colleges
by Naveen Kammar 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

Why there is No single post for lis professionals in Karnataka first grade degree colleges out of 1289 posts called for -- Naveen Kammar Dharwad +91-9742938979 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for fulltext article
by Mamtha's Gmail 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

Dear professional friends, One of our postgraduate student requires the following reference . Kindly please provide a copy of this article if available in your library. 1) Brook I, Bethesda. Aerobic and anaerobic bacteriology of adenoids in children:comparison between patients with chronic adenotonsillitis and adenoid hypertrophy. *Laryngoscope 1981;91:377-382*. -- -- *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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Happy National Lifelong Learning Week! |
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

Interesting article showing how to inculcate reading habit in school kids. Author says just make small children see adults and others walk with books or read them in their vicinity. ========== Happy National Lifelong Learning Week! Posted on January 22, 2015 by Mark Condon in Avid Readers, Community Involvement, Unite for Literacy Actually, it’s National Book WEEK…er MONTH…Wait,…What? Well, actually, this week it’s both of those! Today is the third week of National Book MONTH. That makes it National Book WEEK. We recognize Books like this because they add value to to lives of every child and adult. It’s as simple as that and well worth a celebration. The benefits book reading provides to school-age children are well-documented in decades of research. Book reading enhances vocabulary in ways no other activity can. It gives children an understanding about places, people, topics and ideas that serves them well throughout their lives. Reading quality books enhances writing ability, too. While educators, librarians, parents and others who care about the well-being of kids want them to read well, too often this inexhaustible resource for personal growth and skill building often fades into the undulating light of video games, TV and movies. Why might that be? The problem here is that we all (virtually ALL) have been wholly focused on getting our kids to read well for school. We’re so narrowly focused on that achievement that we forget that after kids finish school, the time left to read for the sheer enjoyment is, on average, about 60 years. That’s 60 years of enjoyment, learning, reflection, growth, connection and fulfillment. Yes. THAT’s why we should want kids to learn to read books well! It’s to ensure that learning doesn’t end when youngsters are handed a diploma or certificate. I haven’t heard many people talk about this, nor emphasize it. Perhaps this lack of dialogue and focus is why fewer and fewer kids engage with self-selected books once they are beyond formal schooling. Perhaps we neglected to tell them that reading isn’t just another school subject, but a valuable, ENJOYABLE skill… a gift for life. Consider the damage that is being done TO reading achievement by us ONLY focusing ON reading achievement. No, really. Consider it. Why do so many people HATE math? Math is a universal language that captures and embodies a way to think and communicate about numerical patterns of life and relationships that create clarity and order. Math provides an elegantly logical way of exploring life. Do you recall ever being involved in a lesson that focused upon that power and joy that mathematics offers us? I sure wasn’t. I think we’re doing the same thing to reading and to the language we use to share our lives with each other by utterly ignoring the importance of ensuring that our culture is focused upon raising not just academic readers, but avid readers. Children need to SEE everyone carrying books around and reading them. Kids need to interact with older readers about what they are reading and why they are reading it. Business people, professionals and public servants could get involved to help children come to know how adult readers select and reject books based upon their personal whims for extending their learning and their personal interests in exploring life. If we actually did that, National Book Week would be called National Learning Week and everyone would take the day off and march down the streets holding their favorite books high in the air in joyful celebration of lifelong learning. Lifelong learning. Now, that’s something worth celebrating! http://about.uniteforliteracy.com/2015/01/happy-national-lifelong-learning-… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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