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Great public libraries
by Subbiah Arunachalam 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Friends: Vancouver and Montreal, both in Canada, have the best public libraries in the world, says a recent study carried out by scholars in a German University. Read this news story (from LA Times). Indian libraries and librarians can learn from the experiences of these libraries. Arun Two Canadian cities have world's best public libraries, survey finds December 20, 2013 <http://articles.latimes.com/2013/dec/20>|By Hector Tobar Two *Canadian cities*, Vancouver <http://www.vpl.ca/> and Montreal<http://bibliomontreal.com/>, have the world's best *public library* systems, according to a new survey by German researchers<http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/fileadmin/Redaktion/Institute/Inform…> . Library mavens at the *Heinrich Heine* University in Dusseldorf studied libraries in 31 major *world cities*, from London and *Los Angeles*, and from Shanghai to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Los Angeles finished in the middle of the pack in the ranking (16th), which took into account the wide array of services that libraries provide to their readers, including availability of printed books and digital information. [image: http://articles.latimes.com/images/pixel.gif] Two U.S. *library systems* finished third and fourth: Chicago and San Francisco. And the very bottom of the rankings were London (30th) and Dubai (31st). "Vancouver is a world-class city and we're extremely pleased and humbled to be recognized as a top world-class library," Vancouver's chief librarian Sandra Singh told the Province<http://www.theprovince.com/news/Vancouver+Public+Library+shares+honour+with…>. "It's gratifying to be in such esteemed library company..." The New *York Public Library* system (ranked 9th overall), scored at the top in terms of digital services, while Montreal was judged to have the best physical facilities and book collection. But Dubai scored at the bottom of both categories, with judges saying they were surprised to find a a mere 10 PCs for patrons. "This old-fashioned public library is in stark contrast to the glittering face of Dubai," the report said. The researchers also took into account the library systems' efforts to reach out to readers. The New York and Los Angeles systems were the two most active libraries on Twitter. But the Vancouver library Twitter feed was quite active too. "Short day, long night. Bright night," the library tweeted Friday morning<https://twitter.com/VPL>. "The Winter Solstice Lantern Festival, tomorrow." A recent survey<https://www.vpl.ca/news/details/vpl_no._1_among_world_libraries_ties_with_m…> conducted for the Vancouver library found that 78% of Vancouverites have visited the library in the last year. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Please circulate
by basavaraj kannappanavar 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Please circulate Dear All Greetings of the Day The first meeting after formation of the FEDERATION was held on 15th February 2014at Hasanath Women’s College, Shivaji Nagar, Bangalore, and Discussed in detail and nominated the office bearers as follows. The main Aims and Objectives are restricted to University and Colleges only. I QUIT THE POST OF GENERAL SECRETARY AND IN MY PLACE Mr. M M HEBBALI WILL CONTINUE AS GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE FEDERATION. Name: KARNATAKA STATE UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION (FUKLA) NEW SECRETARIAT OF THE FEDERATION IS AS FOLLOWS 1. Dr. S.L.Kadadevaramath - President 2. Mr.M.N.N.Prasad - Sr. Vice President 3. Dr. Ganapathi Z Shinde - Vice President 4. Dr. T.Y.Mallaiah - Vice President 5. Dr. H.P. Shekar - Vice President 6. Dr. MallikarjunaVaddanakeri - Vice President 7. M M Hebballi - General Secretary 8. Dr. H.R. Sujatha - Joint Secretary 9. Dr. B.R. Radha Krishna - Joint Secretary 10. Mr. G.R. Chikkamath - Joint Secretary 11. Mr. Umesh K Bagewadi - Treasurer EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS: . 1. Dr. N.Kotresh 2. Dr. N.N. Arabagonda 3. Mrs. D. Sujatha 4. Mr. B.S Malvad 5. Mr. S. Shyamasundar 6. Dr. B U Kannappanavar 7. Mr. B.P. Bandi 8. Mr. Rajesh Kumbar 9. Dr. MallikarjunMulimani 10. Dr. Vasappagouda 11. Mr. Gurumurthy 12. Mr. Guruprasad 13. Mr. Mallikarjun 14 Mr. Gurushankaraiah Dr.B U Kannappanavar Selection Grade Librarian, Sahyadri College Library, B H Road, Shimoga-577203 Karnataka, India. Cell: +91 9480329897 -- 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 Supritha Shetty 23 Feb '14

23 Feb '14

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article, Please mail it to me. 1. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2006 Jun;13(2):90-5. Autophagic vacuolar myopathy. Nishino I. Thank you, with regards Librarian K.S.Hegde Medical Academy Deralakatte -575018 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC 2014
by IASLIC Kolkata 23 Feb '14

23 Feb '14

*IASLIC 2014* *IASLIC 26th National Seminar 2014* Theme Roadmap to usher in Knowledge Society Special Interest Group Discussion SIG01 : Social Sciences Information Libraries and Societal Development with special reference to North East India SIG02 : Computer Application in LIS Cloud Computing Applications in LIS *Venue* Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India *Organising Secretary* *Prof N Lahkar, Professor & Head, * Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India *Date * *November 25-28, 2014* For Detail Information Cantact: Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi, General Secretary, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), P-291, CIT Scheme No 6M , Kankurgachi, Kolkata - 700 054, *iaslic.sem(a)gmail.com <iaslic.sem(a)gmail.com>* -- *Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi*, Hony General Secretary, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata - 700054 iaslic(a)vsnl.net or iaslic.india(a)gmail.com www.iaslic1955.org.in *Join IASLIC, Contribute to IASLIC, Strengthen IASLIC* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Do Books Wither Away?' - Discussion at MyLISA
by Vasanth 23 Feb '14

23 Feb '14

Dear Sir/Madam, Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) as a part of its monthly event has arranged a scholarly discussion on 'Do books wither away?' on 28th February 2014 at 4 pm. Three eminent scholars have been invited for giving their thoughts on the subject. Prof. K. Anantaramu, Professor (Retd), University of Mysore and Dr. Niranjan Vanalli, Professor, Department of Communication and Journalism, and also the Director of Center for Proficiency Development and Placement Service (CPDPS), University of Mysore are the main speakers of the day. Prof. C. Basavaraju, Registrar, University of Mysore will Preside over the function and will present his scholarly views also on the subject. The program venue is Manasa Media Center, Mysore University Library, Manasagangotri, Mysore. All are cordially invited. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N. PRO, MyLISA Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Formation of "Librarians" Federation
by Ashok Asundi 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

Dear all professional fraternity, I wanted to be kept away from this as it might raise some controversies. Last time I wrote on Plagiarism, it was relished by few but resented by many. I know there are some basic flaws in the formation of this Federation. First it should reflect the Profession and not positions (it is named as Librarians, but not Library.) as we see medical, Bar council, Engineers' associations etc., and as I see it from my little knowledge in forming a group of 'like minded' people, an Association, a Trust a Society should have broad base. As seen in the formation of the Federation, the first thing is a procedural lacuna. When we form an association, we call first a meeting of promoters then discuss, decide on forming, then we prepare a draft Memorandum of Association, (not Bi-law as Mr.Shekar has mentioned - it should be Bye Laws). Then one of the promoters will prepare to submit a set of documents - Names, designations, occupations, age, addresses of people (Max. 15) etc., along with the Bye Laws with a prescribed fees to the Registrar of Societies (not Registrar of Cooperative Societies). After the Registration process is completed the Registrar will issue you a Certificate of Registration, then the Promoters/Founders will meet and elect the office-bearers. This Federation has already announced the names of Office-bearers, in this context I want to know whether the Federation is Registered, when and what is the Registration No., and so on. I don't see any of this procedure is conformed to or not as the meeting was held on 15.02.2014 and as Mr. Shekar states the Bi-laws are under preparation, what is the date of registration, Registration no., and when promoters met and decided form the body and the election/nomination/selection of Office Bearers. If the procedure is not followed and yet to be conformed to, without the Memorandum of the Association, there is no locus standi for this Federation and collection of any membership announcement may lead to be illegal act. I would also like to add at this juncture, our Associations are not bound by and not under the Indian Labour Act, 1948 and cannot resort to Agitations and Strikes, only after all means and ways have been gone through, and as a last resort, we may indulge into them, and the cause should be social, as Libraries are social and service institutions and not-for-profit organisations. I wish that all professional should, at this juncture come together, do brainstorming, discuss their problems (not only on CAS, Scales, but on Status, Professional identity etc.) and come to a conclusion to form a federation in a systematic and procedural manner. What happened to some of the Associations formed with a bang and now almost no news, for instance, Indian Academic Librarians Association. Indian Library profession has lacked proper leadership, and intent to say a Spade a Spade, and lead all professionals in a homogenous manner. It has been happening since the days our first national association was formed. We must learn lessons from the past and move forward to achieve success and De-accustomize to the game of divide and rule, which had made this country suffer the colonial rule for 200 years. One of my close friend in the University would say often "Only Gandhi's will be shot dead in this Country" and the fraudulent will make merry. I appeal to all professionals to come together and discuss the issues. I think KALA is a right platform of ours as it has a history of not 25 years but of nearly 50 years. Come and join us, we have a wonderful team now, on my part I will associate myself well for the cause of the profession. With regards, Prof.A.Y.Asundi Professor and Chairman (Ret.) Department of Library and Information Science and Officer in charge, IT Centre, Bangalore University, Bangalore - 560056. # 77 3rd Main Road, Prashantanagar, Bangalore - 560079. Ph: 23287786, 9980815468 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Model agreement for OA journals
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

Here is a model agreement for Open Access journals prepared by Stuart Schieber: < http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2014/02/19/a-model-oa-journal-publica… >. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Are research networking sites really OA?
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

An excellent article on sites such as Academia.edu and why they are not really open access: < http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/openvt/2014/02/21/research-networking-sites-and-open… >. Arun Research Networking Sites and Open Access by PHILIP YOUNG <http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/openvt/author/pyoung1/> posted on FEBRUARY 21, 2014<http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/openvt/2014/02/21/research-networking-sites-and-open…> *The Chronicle of Higher Education*'s Vitae site has a post today titled Should You Share Your Research on Academia.edu?<https://chroniclevitae.com/news/345-should-you-share-your-research-on-acade…>Research networking sites may provide services that researchers value- I don't know because I haven't signed up for any of them- but they do not provide open access. In a recent post, Beyond Elsevier<http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/openvt/2013/12/22/beyond-elsevier/>, I mentioned that Academia.edu has the only copy of this paper<http://www.academia.edu/3588790/Exposing_Scholarly_Information_as_Linked_Op…> I was looking for. While it is readable on the screen, if you click the "Download" button, you are prompted to sign in. This is not an open access paper. Open access does not require signing in or downloading software, and it enables uses beyond reading. The Budapest Open Access Initiative<http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai-10-recommendations> states: By "open access" to [peer-reviewed research literature], we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. This paper is essentially being used as bait to sign up new users (if you want do anything other than read a long scroll through small text). Personally, I would not want my work used as an enticement to attract new members to a for-profit site without a business model. We can predict that these sites will find a way to monetize personal information, which raises the question of whether this is a good example for researchers to set for graduate students and future scholars. The marketing pitches of these sites should be taken with more than a few grains of salt. Given the many, many existing institutional and disciplinary repositories that are already providing full open access, their talk of "sharing" and "dissemination" are marketing Kool-Aid. They may not have paywalls, but they do have log-in walls, and those are a barrier for anyone who does not want to trade their privacy for access. Additionally, some of the services treated in a "gee whiz" manner in the *Chronicle* article, such as statistics on views and downloads, have been available in most repositories for years. Academia.edu is hardly the only research networking site (since none of its competitors are mentioned, was there a *quid pro quo*between the *Chronicle* and Academia.edu?). If colleagues in your field are members of different "silos" such as Mendeley or ResearchGate, do you need to join all of them, with their various terms of use and privacy policies? The existence of these silos undermines their claims of "sharing" and "dissemination"- activities that they are clearly not providing on a network level. I hope that those wanting to take advantage of the networking capabilities on these sites will also post their work on the open web, preferably in an institutional or disciplinary repository. The private sector is again in the lead in providing services, though it should be remembered that the privatization of knowledge typically hasn't turned out well (and remember, Mendeley is now owned by Elsevier). Eventually, non-market research networking options will appear and (I hope) disintermediate these private silos. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Insights goes OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

Friends: Insights, the UKSG journal for info professionals is open access from now on. Please visit <http://uksg.metapress.com/content/122388>. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Positions at NIFT Centres
by skumar_31＠yahoo.com 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

Dear ALL National Institute of Fashion Technology advertised positions for Research Asst Resource Centre /Library for its Centres Kannur, Rae Bareli, jodhpur, Mumbai ,Hyderabad etc pl refer the link below : http://www.nift.ac.in/Downloads/adv_7feb.pdf Qualification /Experience : Degree in Library Sc. Certificate / Sp. Course in Computer Applications in library information sc. Two year relevant Experience in Library and Information Sc. Desirable - Basic Understanding of Textiles and Life Style Accessories. Age 25- 35 years thanks Dr Sanjeev kumar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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