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Success story of MyLISA OPENS
by N.S. Harinarayana 27 May '14

27 May '14

Dear Professionals, Over the years MyLISA has emerged as the voice of the library and information professionals in Mysore - the city of palaces. MyLISA is extending its helping hands to the local libraries and LIS professionals in the matters and issues concerning them. MyLISA is viewed as a forum which furthers the knowledge and skills in library and information field. It is extremely joyous to announce that the training programme - MyLISA OPENS (Orientation Programme for Enthusiasts in NET/SLET exam) has achieved its goal. The programme trained the aspirants of NET/SLET exams to take up the competition with confidence and achieve the success. The program was conducted between September 2013 to December 2013. The exams for the NET and Karnataka SLET were held on 29th and 8th December 2013 respectively. The results of both of these programmes were announced recently. 22 (39.28%) out of 56 participants of the training programme have been qualified in the NET/Karnataka SLET exam, which is no way a small achievement considering the pass percentage of previous years from Mysore. Two participants from MyLISA group have qualified in the NET exam - a national level test conducted by UGC. MyLISA heartily congratulates those participants who have qualified in these exams. The details of those who have qualified are available in the website http://mylisamysore.weebly.com. Smt. M. Veena of Mahajana's College, who attended the training programme, scored the highest marks and shared the first place with another girl in the Karnataka SLET examination. MyLISA congratulates Smt. Veena for her achievement. The training programme was attended by 56 participants. A few participants from Bangalore traveled every week for attending this purpose alone. The classes were very regularly held on Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings for more than two months. In all 37 sessions of 2.5 hours each were conducted. In other words, 74 hours of fruitful teaching/training and interaction was arranged. In all there were 12 week-end sessions and 4 public-holiday sessions. In all there were 66 hours of subject oriented classes (Paper 2 and 3) and also 8 hours of paper 1. Initially, MyLISA had promised to conduct only subject oriented classes and to exclude paper 1 from its classes for two reasons. Firstly, the subjects in Paper 1 are not our forte or falls within the domain of activities of MyLISA; secondly a lot of training programmes were available elsewhere in the city at various places for paper 1. However, as the days proceeded there was an increased pressure from the participants to have some sessions for Paper 1 also. Fortunately we could get for resource persons for Paper 1 viz., Sri Nischit and Sri Y. Narasimhan who despite being young were on par in their teaching with most experienced resource persons. MyLISA could muster a galaxy of excellent resource persons for teaching subject papers 2 and 3. In all there were 11 resource persons for subject oriented teaching among them 4 were from other places other than from city of Mysore. Resource persons were Prof. Mallinath Kumbar, Prof. M. Chandrashekara, Prof. P.G. Tadasad, Dr. C.P. Ramasesh, Dr. K. Prakash, Dr. Ramesha, Dr. N.S. Harinarayana, Dr. Sampath Kumar, Dr. Adithya Kumari H., Dr. Dharani Kumar, Sri Nagaraja S. Dr. Sunil M.V., and Dr. Vasantha Raju N. They were drawn from Department of Studies in Library and Information Science and also Mysore University Library from University of Mysore, Karnataka State Open University, Regional Institute of Education, SDM/IMD, Bangalore University, Karnataka State Women's University - Bijapur, Tumkur University, Kuvempu University and First Grade College, Periyapatna. MyLISA would acknowledge the excellent work done by each one of them and convey its gratitude to them. The resource persons introduced the basic concepts involved in the subjects that they taught highlighting the modern developments/trends. They used well prepared PPTs for their presentation. Each one of them gave their own tips for solving the objective type questions which proved vital for students. Thus the participants have had a number of tips from different resource persons. All most all previous years question papers were solved. The objective papers that were available for the past ten years were solved with the proper explanation to the answers. This was a great benefit for the participants. Reading resources were distributed in the form of PPTs, Weblinks, Printed Notes, etc. Interactive sessions with many questions asked by the participants was an indicator of the quality of discussions held in the class room. As a matter of fact, the resource persons continued informally even after the formal sessions to guide the participants regarding some of the aspects that were not clear to them. They helped outside the class sessions also. All these factors have contributed the success of MyLISA that we are enjoying today. MyLISA once again congratulates the successful candidates. MyLISA wishes everyone good luck. [image: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif] -- N.S. Harinarayana Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article requested
by YASHWANT G KANADE 27 May '14

27 May '14

Dear Moderator, Could you please arrange to broadcast through LIS-FORUM With Regards Yashwant G Kanade CES, IISc, Bangalore-12 ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Paper request From: "Sandeep Pulla" <sandeep(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in> Date: Mon, May 26, 2014 1:29 pm To: "'Librarian'" <ceslib(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, Could you kindly check if the following paper is available via the library network? IISc does not have access to it. http://amstat.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00031305.1973.10479003?journal Goodness of Fit in Generalized Least Squares Estimation A. Buse The American Statistician Vol. 27, Iss. 3, 1973 Thanks, -- Regards, Sandeep Pulla Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science -- YASHWANT G KANADE SGO / LIBRARIAN Library and Information Sciences 1st Floor, B Wing Division of Biological Sciences Indian Institute of Science BENGALURU - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in; ceslib(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in Phone: 080-22932786 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Writing for LIS Journals - Emerald
by Vandana Mahajan 27 May '14

27 May '14

How to get published So many librarians have worthwhile ideas to contribute to the profession, yet many unfortunately refrain from writing for publication. Common reasons include fear of rejection, concern about the quality of their writing, and the perception that they have nothing to say. "Publish, don't perish" banishes some of the mystique surrounding the library publishing process, giving practical tips for improving your writing, improving your odds, and breaking through the self-imposed barriers that keep too many of us from writing and submitting our work. Written by experienced librarian author and editor Rachel Singer Gordon, "Publish, don't perish" encourages all librarians and information professionals to think about what they want to say and what they have to contribute. Publish, don't perish is available to Emerald for Librarian members and subscribers. Membership access is user-friendly and easy to arrange, just follow the link from the site home page and fill out our free membership form. Subscriber access: Anyone who purchases an Emerald LIS product receives complete access to Emerald for Librarians resources. Simply select the "login" bar above the left-hand menu at the top of the page and use your current username and password. - See more at: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/librarians/writing/publish_index.htm#… Please feel free to contact us in case of any further assistance. Thanks & Regards Vandana Mahajan Account Management Executive | India | Emerald Group Publishing (India) Pvt. Ltd. Ph - 011-43362211 / 9582432097 Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Registered Office: Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley, BD16 1WA United Kingdom. Registered in England No. 3080506, VAT No. GB 665 3593 06 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Webinar on "Encouraging Openness and how stakeholder policies can support or block it!"
by Imma Subirats 26 May '14

26 May '14

We are please to invite you to take part in the webinar on "Encouraging Openness and how stakeholder policies can support or block it!" that will take place on 5th June at 11:00-12:00 (CEST) and also at 16:00-17:00 (CEST). This webinar is part of the activities related to the Pathway Developing a strategy and policies for openness, and organized by the CIARD Community. http://www.ciard.net/news-and-events/news/webinar-encouraging-openness-and-… #About the Webinar# Funders, authors and readers may want open access to research, but can they achieve it? A researcher who has been encouraged to make their work open has to deal with regulations, guidance, and mandates from their institution, their funders, their publisher and their national government. These policies are often complex and can be ambiguous, or in conflict with each other. A supportive policy environment and guidance through the relationship of one policy to another has proved to be essential for real progress in opening access to research. How should policies support the researcher and the research process? How can policies based on commercial profit fit into an open environment? What role do funders have in protecting their investment and the public interest? #Presented by Bill Hubbard# Bill Hubbard is the Director of the Centre for Research Communications (CRC) at the University of Nottingham, incorporating the work of SHERPA. The CRC has a portfolio of Open Access projects and services and is a recognised centre of expertise for OA development, policy, repositories and infrastructure. Bill created the award-winning OA services RoMEO, JULIET and OpenDOAR, which are used around the world to unpick details of stakeholder policies, development policy and which underpin repository use. The CRC have also recently launched FACT, to support researchers in complying with specific RCUK and Wellcome Trust OA polices. Bill has also worked closely with OA publishers and advised on the transitions involved for commercial publishers from traditional to OA business models. #Two Webinars# Justin Chisenga, Knowledge and Information Management Officer at FAO Regional Office for Africa, will moderate the session at 11:00CEST, and Barbara Hutchinson, Global Rangelands Initiative and Managing Director, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Arizona will moderate the session at 16:00CEST. #Registration# We are looking forward to your participation. Please register by sending an e-mail to information(a)ciard.net containing the following information: #name #affiliation #role #country #webinar you would like to attend: 11:00-12:00 CEST or 16:00-17:00 CEST Best regards, Imma Subirats On behalf of the CIARD Editorial Board http://www.ciard.net/ -- 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] Role of public libraries
by Mailing List Admin 26 May '14

26 May '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 16:17:18 +0530 From: Usha Mukunda <usha.mukunda(a)gmail.com> Mr. Subbiah, I totally agree about your observation regarding the multiple possibilities in a public library. For this to happen, I feel it needs the vision and leadership, and then the actual selection of the right individuals can happen after which the third phase if one can put it like that, would be to orient and give ideas to the individuals. Usha Mukunda On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Mailing List Admin < mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 09:54:35 +0530 > From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> > > Friends: > > In the advanced countries public libraries perform many functions apart > from lending books and providing reading space. They hold Summer Reading > Programmes, for example. There are many libraries in developing countries > (including Nepal) which help their clients acquire ICT skills. We should > encourage public libraries in cities and towns, and in rural areas, to > initiate such programmes. > > Arun > > ----------- > > St. Charles Public Library Announces its Summer Reading somProgram > > 9:59 a.m. CDT, May 23, 2014 > > Public libraries throughout Illinois are getting ready for thesummer > reading programs for students and adults of all ages. The St. Charles > Public Library will kick off the 2014 Summer Reading Program on Wednesday, > May 28 through Wednesday, August 7. The Summer Reading Program is a St. > Charles Public Library annual tradition with more than 2,500 kids, teens > and adults joining in the excitement each year. In 2013, a total of 53,248 > books were logged. > > Adults and young adults can register at the Readers Services or the Adult > Reference Desk beginning Wednesday, May 28. Sign-in with your book log at > least once between June 11 and August 6 for a chance to win great prizes. > Readers finishing grades 6-12 may register in Adult or Youth Services. > Those registered who read or listen to books, will receive coupons, a > t-shirt and can enter weekly drawings. > > Infants, preschool children and elementary students can select from one of > five exciting age-appropriate reading clubs in Youth Services at the Book > Club Desk. These programs encourage children, youth, and families to read > and maintain reading skills during the summer months. > > Thirty-eight local businesses are sponsoring the summer reading program > with > a wide-variety of food and/or entertainment reward coupons for each level. > The St. Charles Public Library is located at One South Sixth Avenue in St. > Charles. More information, including a calendar of summer events, can be > found at www.stcharleslibrary.org or call 630-584-0076. > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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We are free during holidays for automation/digitization/workshops
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 26 May '14

26 May '14

Dear All, List of recent holidays has been published and we found some holidays fall on Monday/Fridays so we will have 3 continues holidays, therefore we are free during those days so anybody interested for the above please feel free to contact. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=707849529254452&set=a.4290122938048… Thanking You. With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, (Library In-Charge) Biju Patnaik Central Library, NIT Rourkela, Mob:91+9439420860 91+6612462103 (O) email: vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com : mishravk79(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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Number Crunchers
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 26 May '14

26 May '14

Today I read an interesting story in Deccan Chronicle Hyderabad Edition. (DC Hyderabad 24/5/2014 p17 & 19) titled: "Number crunchers" on a software company called Modak Analytics. They have analyzed a large database of 81.4 crores of Indian Voters (18 terabytes) and have helped a leading political party to win polls. Our interest, as librarians, arises out of their finding (one minor revelation) that the name Srinivas has been spelt in 600 different ways. As persons handling authors in our databases (involving problems due to variant spelling), their work is interesting. http://epaper.deccanchronicle.com/articledetailpage.aspx?id=533139 Many of current library databases and retrieval software provide for some kind of retrieval via Soundex Code. How effective are these? Dr P Vyasamoorthy President: Society for Serving Seniors 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015. 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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Role of public libraries
by Mailing List Admin 26 May '14

26 May '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 09:54:35 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Friends: In the advanced countries public libraries perform many functions apart from lending books and providing reading space. They hold Summer Reading Programmes, for example. There are many libraries in developing countries (including Nepal) which help their clients acquire ICT skills. We should encourage public libraries in cities and towns, and in rural areas, to initiate such programmes. Arun ----------- St. Charles Public Library Announces its Summer Reading somProgram 9:59 a.m. CDT, May 23, 2014 Public libraries throughout Illinois are getting ready for thesummer reading programs for students and adults of all ages. The St. Charles Public Library will kick off the 2014 Summer Reading Program on Wednesday, May 28 through Wednesday, August 7. The Summer Reading Program is a St. Charles Public Library annual tradition with more than 2,500 kids, teens and adults joining in the excitement each year. In 2013, a total of 53,248 books were logged. Adults and young adults can register at the Readers Services or the Adult Reference Desk beginning Wednesday, May 28. Sign-in with your book log at least once between June 11 and August 6 for a chance to win great prizes. Readers finishing grades 6-12 may register in Adult or Youth Services. Those registered who read or listen to books, will receive coupons, a t-shirt and can enter weekly drawings. Infants, preschool children and elementary students can select from one of five exciting age-appropriate reading clubs in Youth Services at the Book Club Desk. These programs encourage children, youth, and families to read and maintain reading skills during the summer months. Thirty-eight local businesses are sponsoring the summer reading program with a wide-variety of food and/or entertainment reward coupons for each level. The St. Charles Public Library is located at One South Sixth Avenue in St. Charles. More information, including a calendar of summer events, can be found at www.stcharleslibrary.org or call 630-584-0076.

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Article
by Bijay＠CUO 26 May '14

26 May '14

Dear Colleagues, One of our faculty member require the following article.... 1. *Spatial Distribution of the Biotic Community in the Thermal Gradients of the Two Hot Springs* By Dr. B. B. Jana, D. N. Pal and H. L. Sarkar Acta hydrochimica et hydrobiologica, Wiley online Library Volume 10, Issue 1, <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aheh.v10:1/issuetoc>pages 101–108, 1982 1. Mud-walled territories and feeding behaviour of *Boleophthalmus boddarti *(Pisces: Gobiidae) on the Mudflats of Kuwait by D. A. Clayton<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22D.+A.+Clayton%22>& J. M. Wright<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22J.+M.+Wright%22>in Journal of Ethology <http://link.springer.com/journal/10164>, December 1989, Volume 7, Issue 2<http://link.springer.com/journal/10164/7/2/page/1>, pp 91-95 http://link.springer.com 3 Territorial acquisition in the mudskipper *Boleophthalmus boddarti*(Teleostei, Gobiidae) on the mudflats of Kuwait by D. A. Clayton and T. C. Vaughan in Journal of Zoology Volume 209, Issue 4, <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jzo.1986.209.issue-4/issuetoc>pages 501–519, August 1986 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com 4. Thermal ecology of the mudskippers, *Periophthalmus koelreuteri* (Pallas) and *Boleophthalmus boddarti* (Pallas) of Kuwait Bay by P. Tytler and T. Vaughan in Journal of Fish Biology, Volume 23, Issue 3, <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.1983.23.issue-3/issuetoc>pages 327–337, September 1983 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com Kindly send if available... -- धन्यवाद सादर - विजय Thanking you Regards - Bijay ********************************************** *बिजयानंद प्रधान* ବିଜୟାନନ୍ଦ ପ୍ରଧାନ *Bijayananda Pradhan, M.Sc., MLISc., UGC-NET* *सेंट्रल यूनिवर्सिटी ऑफ़ उड़ीसा* *Central University of Orissa* *कोरापुट -७६४ ०२०* *Koraput-764 020* e-mail: ncsipradhan(a)yahoo.com Ph : 09437491428, 06852-288207 ********************************************** *“A library is a place where a person can go and return empty handed, still carrying a lot of things with him”* Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Article
by Ajay Kum Sharma 25 May '14

25 May '14

Dear Library Professionals, One of our faculty member has urgent need of the below mentioned article for his study and reference purpose. 1. Gerard Fussman, '*Central* *and* *Provincial* *Administration* *in* *Ancient* *India*: *The* *Problem* *of* *the* *Mauryan* *Empire*', Indian Historical Review, 14.1–2 (1987–99), 43–72. It would be highly appreciated if one can send the soft copy of said article on mail for his reference. -- Thanks and regards. अजय कुमार शर्मा Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Journal Section, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal & Webmaster of ABSLA Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Mobile No.: +91 9735111064 Office Land Line: +91 3463 262783 Ext. 220 Web: http://www.absla.org/ajay.html Web Blog: http://www.blogger.com/home?pli=1 *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum *********************************************************** You can’t change the past but you can change the future, always remember to recycle... -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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