Delhi High Court grants interim relief to Pvt. Technical Institutions regarding E-journal subscription
Dear friends, As all of us know some private technical institutions filed suit in various parts of the country. Yesterday Delhi High Court has granted interim order relief to Education Promotion Society of India (EPSI) members regarding mandatory subscription of online journals. Report is as follows. Online Journal Controversy: Delhi High Court grants interim relief to EPSI members against AICTE MBAUniverse.com News Bureau | 06 Jan, 2012 0542 hrs IST Education Promotion Society of India (EPSI) has got interim relief from the Honourable Delhi High Court on the matter related to 'Mandatory Subscription of Online journals', prescribed by the AICTE for all Technical Institutions. This is a big relief by the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi. This arbitrary decision of the AICTE would have created extraordinary financial burden on technical institutions: Dr. H Chaturvedi, Director, BIMTECH & alternate President, EPSI Education Promotion Society of India (EPSI) has got interim relief from the Honourable Delhi High Court on the matter related to 'Mandatory Subscription of Online journals', prescribed by the AICTE for all Technical Institutions viz. Engineering Colleges, Management Institutes, Architect Institutes, Pharmacy, MCA institutions etc. MBAUniverse.com has learnt that the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi has on January 6, 2012 stayed the AICTE’s notification to compulsorily subscribe to some mandatory online journals. The Hon’ble High Court of Delhi has issued an Interim Order stating that the AICTE Order under Approval Handbook for 2012-13 will remain stayed till January 31, 2012, when court will hear this matter again. Speaking to MBAUniverse.com, Dr H Chaturvedi, Alternate President, EPSI, and Director, BIMTECH said, "This is a big relief by the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi. This arbitrary decision of the AICTE would have created extraordinary financial burden on technical institutions and also lead to siphoning of Rs.1600 crores to US and UK based multinational publishing companies." EPSI says that now all technical institutions are not under any compulsion for buying online journals for extension of approval, or to increase in intake. EPSI has being fighting for this issue since November 18, 2011, when a letter was sent to Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister of HRD. With no relief coming from the ministry, EPSI moved Delhi High Court on the matter. The main plea by EPSI was that all AICTE approved institutions have a fundamental right to administer their respective institutions and buy books, journals, softwares, machines and equipments as per their requirements and choice. In this case, AICTE not only imposed the list of journals from foreign companies publishing those journals, but also prescribed subscription rates in US dollars. Further, on December 20, 2011, AICTE has notified on its website that institutions subscribing DELNET/INDEST may not be required to subscribe an online journal. The final hearing on this matter will now be held on January 31, 2012. Same can be available from this link http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/5379/Interim-relief-to-EPSI-against-AI... Gangadhar K.C. Senior Librarian Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology P.B.No.6429, Yelahanka, Bangalore-560 064. Ph:080-22167882, Cell:93798 35009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Dear All,
National Conference
on
INNOVATIVE LIBRARY SERVICES FOR DYNAMIC KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY.
19th. February, 2012 (Sunday), Faridabad, (Haryana)
Organised by
ECHELON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
&
SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION RESEARCH & STUDIES (SIRs).
knowledge.professional.india@gmail.com
Last date for paper submission Deadline : January 31, 2012.
INVITATION LETTER
Dear Sir/ Madam
It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that we are organizing a National
Conference on INNOVATIVE LIBRARY SERVICES FOR DYNAMIC KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY,19th
February, 2012 (Sunday).
The event shall provide a common platform for the exchange of knowledge
between Academicians, Information managers, Librarians, IT Professionals,
Knowledge based professionals, LIS research Scholars and Students to have a
vital role to play in the process of emergence of new theories, models,
systems, and technologies. They also have a responsibility to harness these
for common good and strive to prevent their possible ill effects in the era
of rapid growth in technologies. This Conference will play a significant
role in generating awareness about the potential and the limitations of new
technologies, concepts, theories, and trends. The chief objective of This
conference is to bring together experts from industries, academia, R&D
institutions and other user communities on a common platform to discuss and
share their expertise and experiences.
Call for papers
Authors are being invited to submit their Original Research papers
previously unpublished, not currently under review by another conference or
journal, are solicited in Library & Information Science including, but not
limited to, in the following areas. All submissions will be subjected to at
least two blind reviews. Acceptance will be based entirely on quality,
relevance and originality.
Theme
These sub-themes are indicative and not exhaustive:
• User centric approaches
• Innovative library services
• ICT based information services
• Digital Libraries to knowledge management – a shift
• Service innovation and management
• Changing nature of E-society
• Impact of open source software on libraries
• Application of Web2.0 in library fields
• Best practices and case studies on innovative library
services
However the research ideas from relevant and related areas are also welcome.
Many eminent experts from India and abroad are expected to participate in
the conference. We will be happy to have you as one of the honorable
participants in the conference. We shall be grateful to receive your
suggestions for the conference. I hope that you will be able to join us as
and grace the event.
Prospective authors are invited to submit their full papers in English
language in soft copy form in MS-Word 2003 or MW-Word 2010 format to the
email:
participants (2)
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Anand -
Gangadhar KC