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Discovery of a Genius True Librarian
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

Dear All, First time in my professional career i have discovered/Met a Genius Library professional who is not having a single degree of Library science but having much talent and knowledge in comparison to many big degree holders including myself who posts some useless topics in forums. Please note my intention is not to criticize any one but only to promote such professionals so that others could learn something from them. He ( https://www.facebook.com/wisdombooks ) has registered for our workshop and send me friend request on facebook, i was thinking that the person is having a high qualifications in LIS because of his age (above 60) and the devotion for LIS. During our discussions on facebook he invited for Excel data conversion for Koha at his institute (Bhaktivedanta Research Centre, Kolkatta) but on volunteer basis. My self and My colleague Mr. D.P. Tripathi agreed and he send his complex data in excel format because we never seen such standard data maintained in excel. The job of conversion was very challenging but we did successfully and went kolkata at midnight 11:30 PM, he picked us and we went to his Small library which was maintained perfectly and neatly almost independently. We were surprised to see all modern equipments as well as latest and old collection of manuscripts, examples of technical preservation of original papers to digital preservation methods, use of technology for w! orking comfortably with accuracy and speed etc. After visit of library we sat and asked for his degree and socked to here that he had taken admission in IGNOU but could not complete B.lib/M.lib due to some personal reasons. Then we started some technical discussions about the library technologies and simultaneously i was thinking that he may not be aware about those but surprised when he discussed and replied about all those technologies and tools. We found almost all tools and technology in such a small library including high end scanner (Bookeye4). Due to some complexity in data migrations it took much time and we had to catch our Flight also at 3:00 AM early morning for Assam Univ. Silchar, we were very tired but not seen a single sign of tiredness on his face and sleepy even up to 3 o'clock but ultimately we success in data migration and system setup of koha. Dear friends the above person has taken Indian citizenship but he is Italian and working with such a devotion and duty in the age of 60 is really surprising therefore i request all LIS professionals to meet with such professionals whenever you have time and spare some time with him to learn the real ethics of Librarianship. Now i can assume what was the devotion of Dr. Ranganathan and others during those days because "Angelo Pugliese" has also made his own temporary scheme for classifying documents and taken many Latest technological initiatives for the Library. 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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FREELY MIGRATE DATA AND IMPLEMENT KOHA, DSPACE, JOOMLA ETC.
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

Dear All, Its my pleasure to inform that we have taken initiative to migrate the data from existing system such as SOUL, LIBSYS, ALICE etc. to Koha and implement other library software's like Koha, Joomla, Dspace, Newgenlib, etc in Govt. institute Libraries FREE OF COST, only TA/DA and honorarium will be accepted as per government rules subject to approval of our competent authority. We have experience of implementing and migrating data of many libraries like IISER Bhopal, Assam Univ. Silchar, Central University of Odisha etc. and we appreciate the efforts of the Librarians of above Systems who has given us opportunity to do the job and saved lakhs of Public money in public interest. Therefore i hope many of our Library professionals will pay attention on our initiative before availing any commercial support because by sharing our expertise we can not only save lakhs of money but strengthening our professionals also for better recognition in the society. I also invite some experts who is having such experience and want to provide such services to the community. Please feel free to contact: V.K. Mishra: 09439420860, vinod_librarian(a)gmail.com D.P. Tripathi: 08895296796, dptkvs(a)rediffmail.com 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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Search IRSpy for Z39.50 Servers
by Viswanath G.S 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

IRSpy website helps you find the list of Z39.50 Servers around the world. It also gives details about the host name, address, port, reliability info, search attributes and other useful data for achieving. http://irspy.indexdata.com/ -- ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- *Viswanath G S* *Library Assistant,* *IIITM-K, * *Technopark,* *Mob:-9447713578* *viswanathgs.weebly.com <http://viswanathgs.weebly.com/>* ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Special Lecture at DRTC
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore 59 Cordially invites you to attend a Special lecture on " New Directions for Libraries in the United States and Around the World " by Mr. William C. Middleton Information Resource Officer South Asia Region, US Department of State US Embassy, New Delhi on Friday, 25th April, 2014 at 3.30 pm. at DRTC Class Room Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 Professor and Head, DRTC -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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On the eve of World Book & Copyrights Day KALA is organizing a Talk on ?Copyrights, Cyber Crimes and Laws" on April 26, 2014
by Nagappa B 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

Dear All, On the eve of World Book & Copyrights Day, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) is organizing a Talk on ?Copyrights, Cyber Crimes and Laws" by VJ Praneshwaran on Saturday?. Date: April 26, 2014 Time: 4.30pm to 6.00pm Venue: Judges Reading Room, First Floor, High Court of Karnatakata, Opp to Vidhan Soudha, Bangalore, Karnataka About the Speaker: Mr. VJ Praneshwaran, Vice-Principal, CMR Law School, Bangalore has practiced as Advocate for six and half years as well as teaching since 10 years. KALA cordially invite all Teachers, Librarians, Research Scholars, Students from LIS & related fields for this talk. All interested professionals are requested to send their nomination to Dr. Govinda Reddy Email: gk46345(a)gmail.com on or before April 25, 2014. Registration: It?s mandatory but free. Important Note: No. seats are limit to 50 only on first come first serve basis. Feel free to contact me for any clarification in this regard. ******************* With Best Regards Dr. Nagappa B Joint Secretary, Karnataka State Library Association, Bangalore & Head | Information Resource Centre | Tata Consultancy Services Pioneer Building, International Tech Park | Padandhur Agrahara | Whitefield Road | Bangalore - 560 066 | Karnataka | India Ph:- +91 80 67251330 | Buzz:- 4851330 / 4224 | Cell:- 91-8147001193, Mailto: nagappa.b(a)tcs.com =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MyLISA - Workshop on "Soft skills for LIS Professionals"
by N.S. Harinarayana 22 Apr '14

22 Apr '14

Dear Proessionals, We are happy to announce that the Centre for Proficiency Development and Placement Services (CPDPS), University of Mysore, Mysore in collaboration with Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) is organizing a one-day workshop on "Soft skills for LIS Professionals" on April 28, 2014. This highly interactive workshop intends to train the participants the soft skills such as Communication Skills, Listening Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Public Relations, Customer Service, Leadership Skills and Teamwork, Negotiating Skills and so on. Professional trainers in soft skills will engage the sessions. For more details please visit mylisamysore.weebly.com. With regards, -- 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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Final Call For INDEST Meet
by Kishor Satpathy 22 Apr '14

22 Apr '14

Dear Sir/ Madam, Greetings from NIT Silchar! You will be pleased to know that National Institute of Technology Silchar is organizing the 10th Annual Meet & Workshop of INDEST-AICTE Consortium on 5-6 May 2014in collaboration with IIT Delhi at NIT Silchar. This is for first time the Annual meet is being organized in the North Eastern Region. I invite all INDEST members (Core, Active and others) to register at the earliest by 25th May. Other interested library professionals can also register for the meet. THere will be no registration after 25th May & there is no spot Registration. For more details please visit to the website: http://www.nits.ac.in/, http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest/& http://indest2014.blogspot.in/. Looking forward to seeing you at NIT Silchar. With warm regards, Yours sincerely, Kishor Satpathy …………………………………………………………………………………… Kishor Chandra Satpathy, PhD Librarian & Organising Secretary, INDEST 2014 National Institute of Technology Silchar (Institute of National Importance under Ministry of HRD, GOI) Silchar-788010, Assam, India Tele : +91-3842-240055 (Off) +91-9435175531 (M) E-mail : ksatpathy(a)gmail.com http://indest2014.blogspot.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: 2014 ASIS&T SIG-III International Paper Contest for Developing Countries
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 22 Apr '14

22 Apr '14

On Tuesday, April 22, 2014 1:53 PM, Shaheen Maqsood <mashaheen(a)gmail.com> wrote: Excuse me for cross-posting!! The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to announce its 14th competition for papers to be submitted for the 2014 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA, October 31- November 4, 2014. (http://www.asis.org/asist2014/) Building from the overall conference theme, the theme for this year's paper contest is: "Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities". Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of the theme from a global and/or international perspective. The maximum length for a paper is 10 pages, single-spaced. Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of the theme from a global and/or international perspective. The SIG-III welcomes contributions from all areas of information science and technology. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following core areas: Arts & Humanities; Bioinformatics; Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts; Classification Research; Critical Issues; Digital Libraries; Education for Information Science; Health Informatics; History & Foundations of Information Science; Human Computer Interaction; Information Architecture; Information Needs, Seeking and Use; Information Policy; International Information Issues; Knowledge Management; Library Technologies; Management; Metrics; Scientific & Technical Information; Social Informatics; and Visualization, Images & Sound. Selection Criteria: There will be up to three winners who will be selected by a panel of judges including: Maqsood Shaheen (IRC, US Embassy Islamabad), Alma Rivera (Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México), and, Fatih Oguz (University of North Carolina at Greensboro). The judging criteria will be based on: Submissions will be judged on such criteria as quality of content, significance for theory, method, design, education or engagement, originality and level of innovation, and quality of presentation. Eligibility & Information for authors: Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. The winners in the 2009-2013 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and submitted in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. Award: The award for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIS&T. In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIS&T membership. In addition, depending on SIG III fundraising for this competition, the first place winner will be rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration, and accommodations while attending the ASIS&T Annual Conference which will take place in Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA, October 31- November 4, 2014. (http://www.asis.org/asist2014/) Style: The international paper contest committee requires that submissions follow the International Information and Library Review instructions to authors. Detailed information is available under the heading, Instructions for Authors at: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=ulbr20&page=… Publishing opportunities: Submitted papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the Taylor and Francis's International Information and Library Review (IILR), subject to the usual peer refereeing process, for that journal. ASIS&T Copyright Policy: ASIS&T will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its web site or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author. Deadline for submission of full papers: Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5,000 words, by May 31, 2014, to Maqsood Shaheen at ShaheenMA(a)gmail.com, preferably as Microsoft Word or PDF attachments. ---------------- Maqsood Shaheen Chair International Paper Contest Committee, SIG III Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Website: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/ Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/asist.sig.iii/ ________________________________________ Asis-l mailing list Asis-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l Forwarded by ---------- Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, MLIS, PhD, MSILS (UK), Manager, Library Research & Reference, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. www.kaust.edu.sa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Z39.50 Servers
by Binu Thomas 22 Apr '14

22 Apr '14

Hello Everyone, I am searching to add Z39.50 Servers of Indian Libraries in Koha. I have searched Google and found none. Is anyone of you aware of Z39.50 Servers provided by Indian Libraries. The INDCAT service of INFLIBNET is also a Union Catalog, but there doesn't seem to be any available Z39.50 service for the same. Can any one help me in this direction? Regards, Binu Thomas -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian Job
by Kumara B 22 Apr '14

22 Apr '14

*Bunts Sangha Mumbai Higher Education Institutions* *(Approved by Govt. of Maharashtra)* Bunts Sangho Mumbai pioneer in the field of Education & having various Educational Institutions in the city of Mumbai invites applications from qualified, experienced, committed, self motivated personnel willing to take challenges & responsibilities for its Higher Education Institutions at Kurla (E). *Librarian* *Qualification:* Master Degree in Library Science with NET/SET. *Location:* Mumbai (Bombay) Apply within 7 days to The Secretary *Bunts Sangha Mumbai Higher Education Institutions* Shashi Manmohan Shetty Higher Education Comp =================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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