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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again. Henry Ford (Source : http://www.inspirational-quotes.info/failure.html)
One who fears failure limits his activities.
Failure is only the opportunity to more
intelligently begin again.
Henry Ford
(Source : http://www.inspirational-quotes.info/failure.html)
Failure is only the opportunity to more
intelligently begin again.
Henry Ford
(Source : http://www.inspirational-quotes.info/failure.html)
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
What do we librarians do in this new connected world? towards a new Road Map!
What do we Librarians do in this new connected world? Towards a new Road Map!
Lbn.Rajashekhar Devarai
Chief Librarian, Asian School of Business Management, Bhubaneswar.
November 13, 2011
Based on different reports and surveys Robert Rego sums up the new connected world in the following ways :
- By 2020 almost everything from cameras to tooth brushes will become connected adding upto 50 billion connected divices.
- Technology will bring about huge changes in the way we work share and care about our fellow human beings.
- 5 billion people will have broad band by 2016 and a majority of them will use the connectivity facility on their mobile phone.
- For every on there has to be the solution that eases the digital life. Taking into account the micro solutions and being able to offer the life changing technology at competitive prices is what we need and can all redefining the digital life style.
- The mobile worker population will exceed one billion this year and 1.2 billion by 2013.
- To enable a true digital life style one needs consumer cloud services platforms which encompasses various aspects of a digital life style.
How prepared are we as librarians to cater to and cope up with this new and emerging digital life style of people. Should technologists, scientists and engineers migrate to librarianship for effective confrontation. Should librarianship open its gates of admissionb to more of science and engineering graduates? Should we think of a four year Library Technology Programme for +2 students? What happens to the librarians who are trainined in age old LIS concepts inclined more towards paper and print?
At times we accept that our profession is at cross road…….. or is it that we are at multiple corss roads? Knowingly or unknowingly every one of us (librarians) viz practitioners, teachers and scholars seem to be puzzled, taken aback, confused over the fast pace of technological changes that push us, sideline us and rubbish us often.
It is indeed a challenge and opportunity as well. Professions are never static these days. Before they consolidate their status and position they are at cross roads very often. And in the process they transform their intellectual assets and skills faster and faster. Nbow this is the age of constant adaptation and change for modern active professionals and professions. Librarinship is not an exception to this. Sooner than later, with or without librarians the modern library / information knowledge clientele will find their appropriate professionals, tools and techniques to serve them to guide them and inspire them. Digital life style is already in. Librarians cannot afford to be away and aloof from this all pervading, all encompassing pressure and influence and invasion of digits.
Let us be awake and aware, lest we will be left behind many miles behind and we would be lost in the wilderness of global competitions and melt downs!
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Reference
1. Robert Rego/You are connected.-Times of India, November 13, 2011
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Friday, November 11, 2011
This day is no less important .... there was no such day as today in history ... and there will not be any such day exactly like today in future ... dont miss today ... be the best ... do the best as you have the best day infront of you. smile and proceed
This day is no less important .... there was no such day as today in history ... and there will not be any such day exactly like today in future ... dont miss today ... be the best ... do the best as you have the best day infront of you. smile and proceed
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Life is neither fair ... nor unfair .....
Is Life Fair : Vaidyanathan makes me speak / LbnRaj
The way I am beginning to respond to the ideas of Vaidyanathan may seem funny, but the issue of getting a question to answer haunts me often. Many a time we have lots of answers … but hardly get to face questions. May be, questions are always there, as are the answers for all of us. As most of you may agree I search for questions for which I seem to think I have answers. The other way round, I seem to have many questions, I don't know whom to ask, where to ask and how to ask. I think most of all of our lives in a day revolves around this dilemma. Am I making any sense?
Now back to Speaking Tree, frankly speaking I subscribe to Times of India for reading Speaking Tree and Sacred Space of the Centre page of TOI … and then glance through other pages as and when I feel like. Now , when I introspect myself …. I look forward for the best answers for the most difficult questions on existence from the best of the thinkers / scholars. At the same time I constantly think that I have lot of answers for these typical unthinkable questions. May be I unconsciously look forward to see others and read others who think alike and write alike. May be others write before I pen. At times I feel amazed at myself how close I am to best of scholars and their thinking. This is human nature … we only understand what we know…. We can only appreciate what we like and know. A thing, thought or feeling that is talked about deliberated by best of scholars however easy or tough it is, cannot go into heads if we don't know about it / that. What I want to say is , every one of us know every ting … we only revisit our thinking when others speak, say, or lecture. Hoe I make sense in what I am trying to say. The thing that we cannot identify is neither meaningful nor meaningless. We like sweet …. Because we know the taste of sweet before we had it for the first in our life. Every thing is already known to every one by birth.
Now the question of Vaidyanathan, "Is life Fair or Unfair"…. This haunts every one so often … may be one does not stop seriously to give a thought to ones state of mind later on, on that moment. Yes life is not perfect, I say this knowing what this perfectness means. As a child as a high school boy I cam across my friends, classmates …. Copying in the examinations … I used to pity, them as I could not convince them. More disappointing was that their parents, brothers, sisters used to be so organized to assist the boy / girl in copying. Now when years passed by , the same boy or the girl gets admitted to best of professional courses / get best of jobs … I felt dejected, I was left confused. Now again often some years I find the same boy / girl in the VIP positions (Sound both by wealth and qualifications and even knowledge) and lecturing on morals and on how bad it is to copy in the examinations. May be they have forgotten what they did … may be they are more practical … may be they have repented … may be nothing of this sort…. AND MAY BE THIS IS THE NATURE'S WAY. May be life is not Fair. Vaidyanathan's concluding words are eye openers …. "While life may seem unfair, if things changed as per every individual's desires and wishes, imagine the chaos and confusion that would result. In a matter of few days, the world would come to the end. The apparent unfairness that we see is indeed for continuity.
Yes, life is neither fair nor unfair, life is neither perfect nor imperfect. Life is what it exists like. Life exists without our consent … the way it is … and more real could be that life exists and continues in tune with laws of nature! Search for questions for which you have answers … it is amazing … it is worth your time spent on it! Wonder! You will know that you have lots and lots of answers … if you know how to come closer to questions, …. Have an open mind …. Introspect …. Meditate … you will find a treasure of questions and answers within yourself !!!!!
Key words : LbnRaj, Rajashekhar Devarai, Life, P.V.Vaidyanathan, Speaking Tree, Times of India
Reference : Vadyanathan P.V / Is Life Fair Or Unfair .- Speaking Tree, Times of India.- November 10, 2011
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” - Collin Powell (Source :http://thinkexist.com/quotations/failure/ accessed on November 8, 2011). Very true .... only thing we (me included) need to come out of the fear of failure - LbnRaj
"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." - Collin Powell (Source :http://thinkexist.com/quotations/failure/ accessed on November 8, 2011).
Very true .... only thing we (me included) need to come out of the fear of failure - LbnRaj
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But d’you know what matters? Not that you do better than everyone else, but that you do as best as YOU can. And that’s within reach of every single one of us”. -Dr.Mani Sivasubramaniam (Source : http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/8747/how-to-be-the-best-at-everything-you-do/ …….. Accessed on November 8, 2011)
"One is comparing yourself with everyone else in your universe, and engaging in a futile struggle to be 'better' than them. The other is only looking within at yourself – and asking "Did I give it my all? Could I have done more?"
Look, in the ultimate analysis, there is only so much you, me, or anybody else can do. We all come with our built-in limitations, restrictions and boundaries. No matter how eager and determined he is, a man without legs cannot win the world high jump competition, and a lady without eyesight can't shoot brilliant world-class photographs.
But d'you know what matters? Not that you do better than everyone else, but that you do as best as YOU can. And that's within reach of every single one of us". -Dr.Mani Sivasubramaniam (Source : http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/8747/how-to-be-the-best-at-everything-you-do/ …….. Accessed on November 8, 2011)
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“One is comparing yourself with everyone else in your universe, and engaging in a futile struggle to be ‘better’ than them.
"One is comparing yourself with everyone else in your universe, and engaging in a futile struggle to be 'better' than them. The other is only looking within at yourself – and asking "Did I give it my all? Could I have done more?"
Look, in the ultimate analysis, there is only so much you, me, or anybody else can do. We all come with our built-in limitations, restrictions and boundaries. No matter how eager and determined he is, a man without legs cannot win the world high jump competition, and a lady without eyesight can't shoot brilliant world-class photographs.
But d'you know what matters? Not that you do better than everyone else, but that you do as best as YOU can. And that's within reach of every single one of us". -Dr.Mani Sivasubramaniam (Source : http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/8747/how-to-be-the-best-at-everything-you-do/ …….. Accessed on November 8, 2011)
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Sunday, November 6, 2011
Life's like driving a car. Keep going forward. Take glances behind you, but don't dwell. Or you might just forget where you're going & crash. — Model Poonam Pandey. http://mmailserver.mailserv.in/intodaypromo/vm.php?m=3857&u=c67e1a6a4f16ce1ec095d9842e97679e
Life's like driving a car. Keep going forward. Take glances behind you, but don't dwell. Or you might just forget where you're going & crash. — Model Poonam Pandey.
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Saturday, November 5, 2011
seminar organized by Dept of LiS Mumbai University..... [ICT in LIS]
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----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Sandeep Bhavsar <fbmessage+a6atoat6@facebookmail.com>
To: ICT in LIS <223907487668698@groups.facebook.com>
Sent: Friday, 4 November 2011 4:21 PM
Subject: [ICT in LIS] Dear All
Sandeep Bhavsar 4:21pm Nov 4 Dear All
I have been desired by Respected Dr. Pratibha Gokhale Madam to convey to you the following seminar information.
National Seminar on Empowering Academic Libraries in Knowledge Society : Call for Paper - Date Extended till 15th Nov 2011
CALL FOR PAPERS - Date Extended till 15th Nov 2011.
Sub Themes:
Empowering Academic Libraries in Knowledge based Society :
Innovative practices,
Knowledge management,
Manpower development,
Information Literacy,
Future of Academic Libraries
Changing paradigms in Library Education :
Research Trends,
Teaching- Learning Models,
Continuing Education programmes
Application of ICT in Academic Libraries:
Web 2.0,
Virtual Reference Service,
Open Access Resources,
Security Systems
Open Source Software :
Library Management Systems,
Content Management Systems,
Problems of using OSS
Digital Library :
Digital Library Architecture,
Digital Preservation,
Institutional Repository,
Digital Rights Management,
Metadata & Metadata Harvesting,
Ontology
Industrial & Academic Library Interaction :
Programmes and Activities,
Enhancing Library Services,
Prospects for consultancy
Guidelines for Abstract and Paper Submission
The fulltext paper should be
typewritten on MS Word 2007, 1.5 spaced, in single column on A4 size
paper, in Arial 12 pt. font andsubheadings should be bold, not underlined. The full paper should not exceed 2500 words. The APA style manual should be followed for writing the article. The same should be sent as an attachment to emalks2011@gmail.com by 15/11/11.
All accepted papers will be published in the Seminar Volume with ISBN
Paper should be accompanied by duly filled in Registration Form and Demand Draft
Registration Fees :
Library Professionals : Rs. 1500/-
Students : Rs. 750/- (excluding Seminar Volume)
The registration fee covers seminar kit, seminar volume, lunch and tea
for two days.
A demand draft drawn in favor of Finance & Accounts Officer,
University of Mumbai, payable at Mumbai, should reach the Department
latest by 12th December 2011.
Seminar Venue
Prof. D. N. Marshall Auditorium
Jawaharlal Nehru Library, University of Mumbai
Kalina, Santacruz (E), Mumbai 400 098
Please have a look at the brochure at http://tinyurl.com/3m4jte4
Regards
Dr. Pratibha Gokhale
Head,Department of Library and Information Science
and I/C Librarian,University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari
Kalina, Santacruz (East), Mumbai - 400 098
Phone No: (+91 022) 26528201,26526679 (Office)
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Call for Papers - ASBM NamCon'12 - 9th to 11th Feb 2012
From: "R.S.Devarai, Chief Librarian, Chanakya Central Library, ASBM, BBSR" <chieflibrarian@asbm.ac.in>
To: Rajashekhar Devarai <lotus5673@yahoo.co.in>
Sent: Friday, 4 November 2011 5:41 PM
Subject: Fwd: Call for Papers - ASBM NamCon'12 - 9th to 11th Feb 2012---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Prof. Sunil Pradhan <sunil.pradhan@asbm.ac.in>
Date: Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Subject: Call for Papers - ASBM NamCon'12 - 9th to 11th Feb 2012
To: faculty@asbm.ac.in
Cc: "Prof. Kalyan S. Ray" <kalyan.ray@asbm.ac.in>, "Prof. Biswajeet Pattanayak" <director@asbm.ac.in>, "Prof. Phalgu Niranjana" <phalgu.niranjana@asbm.ac.in>, "Prof. Sumita Mishra" <sumita.mishra@asbm.ac.in>, "Prof. Basistha Chatterjee" <basistha.chatterjee@asbm.ac.in>
Respected Sir/ Mam,We are going to organize a National Management Convention (NamCon'12) from 9th -11th February 2012. To make this event a grand success, I seek your support and cooperation .To begin with, kindly circulate my forwarded mail below to your friends and acquaintances.Thanks and regards,Dr. Sunil K. Pradhan
Convener, NamCon'11Call for Papers -ASBM NamCon'12 - 9th to 11th Feb 2012Dear Sir/Madam,Greetings from Asian School of Business Management (ASBM), Bhubaneswar.It gives us immense pleasure to announce that ASBM is organizing its annual National Management Convention (NamCon'12) from 9th to 11th February 2012. The theme of the Convention is Envisioning the Future Business: Redefining Strategies for Excellence.In this academic endeavour, we request you and your colleagues, research scholars and management students to attend and present papers in the Convention. Please find attached herewith the Convention brochure. The important dates are given below for your ready reference· Submission of Abstracts & Full Papers - 30th November 2011· Intimation of Acceptance of Full Papers - 15th December 2011· Early Bird Registration - 31st December 2011· Cancellation of Registration - 15th January 2012· Convention Dates - 09-11th February 2012Please send both PDF and Microsoft Word versions of the full paper to namcon@asbm.ac.in.The submission guidelines and registration form are available at www.asbm.ac.in/namcon.Selected papers will be published in the form of a book by a reputed publisher and will be released during the Convention.We sincerely believe that your participation will enrich the intellectual content of the event along with opening new vistas of research and academic networking. Kindly circulate this among your colleagues, research scholars and students.We look forward to receive your nominations and research papers.Thanking you,With warm personal regards,Yours sincerely,Dr. Sunil K. PradhanPh.D, MBA, MFTConvenor, NamCon'12Asian School of Business ManagementCorporate Office : 8, Sai Anandam Complex, Patia Square, Bhubaneswar – 751 024Campus : Shiksha Vihar, Bhola, Chandaka, Bhubaneswar – 754 012,Phone – 91 674 2744881/ 2374801Website : www.asbm.ac.in
--R.S.Devarai
Chief Librarian, Chanakya Central Library
Asian School of Business Management, Shiksha Vihar, P.O.- Bhola, Bhubaneswar -754012. Tel : Tel : +91-0674 - 2374832 (D),+91-0674 - 2374833, Fax : +91-0674-2374900 ; Website : www.asbm.ac.in ; Email : chieflibrarian@asbm.ac.in ; lotus5673@yahoo.co.in
Asian School of Business Management will set best standards for management education and business leadership.
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Friday, November 4, 2011
"Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.
"Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."
~Steve Jobs
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
“Why do only few people reach the pinnacle of their fields and make a name for themselves? What is it that sets them apart from others?
"Why do only few people reach the pinnacle of their fields and make a name for themselves? What is it that sets them apart from others? They all succeed because they have a very strong spiritual line...... Strengthen your spiritual line and become best in your field.... The stronger your spiritual line, the less you will get affected by situations and people around. Your action/ reaction compartment will become smaller and smaller. By reacting to situations and people "karm bandhan" are increased........ Pranam teaches to 'act not react'...... Increase spiritual strength by working on yourself so that goals can be reached effortlessly(smoothly), joyfully and blissfully"… Pranam. – Meena Om (http://www.speakingtree.in/meena.om/blog/The-spirituality-of-Success )
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Nature’s way of rewarding
Nature's way of rewarding
The strength of one's efforts lies in one's conviction in self-capacity. Self-confidence ought to , ideally, surpass one's faith in any other. , be it a deity or person. Embarking on anything new involves existing one's comfort zone for this zone becomes bondage. It raises imaginary fears of failure that stymie the will to rise and go forward. … The paradox of a no-alternative mindset is that it opens up alternatives within us. We become aware of facets within that we never knew existed. …. Serendipity and help from unexpected quarters are nature's way of rewarding courage and conviction to the traveler who chooses to take the plunge. – Deepak Ranade/Reaching the point of No return.-Speaking Tree.- Times of India, November 2, 2011.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Democratising Leadershing studies : A review of Sangeeth Verghese’s book, ‘Decide to Lead’ by Rajashekhar Devarai
| Democratising Leadershing studies : A review of Sangeeth Verghese's book, 'Decide to Lead' by Rajashekhar Devarai (lotus5673@yahoo.co.in) | November 1 2011 | |
| The Book 'Decide to Lead' is an unusual kind of a reading by Sangeeth Varfghese a Leadership Thinker from London School of Economics. He has Started 'Leadcap' what is popularly committed to democratize leadership thinking in India. The beauty of the deliberation is that it is different from the popular presentations on the phenomenon of Leadership. It draws on popular fables, a biography and a set of quotations. It is quite an unique style of Sangeeth in explaining what makes a Leaders. The contents of the book could be summarized by the five steps and nine decisions that puts forth. : 1. Take the Lead : First decision : Answer the deciding moment, 2. Rally a Vision : Second Decision : Bye low and sell high, Third Decision : Embrace high risks to reap high Returns, Fourth Decision : Focus sharper to impact Greater, 3. Communicate and Motivate : Fifth Decision : Sell well to Do well, Sixth Decision : Set high expectations to gain high performance, 4. Deliver Results : Seventh Decision : Grow to Survive, Eighth Decision : Run to Win, 5. Lead for ever : Ninth Decision : Live on to Leave a Legacy. ……………… It is a good read to for any one who is all out to do something significant, who is bent upon creating a difference. Some or the other I am sure one has read this book once will return back to read the book once again., somewhere some times. Let us decide, let us resolve to be democratic in sharing Leadership Thinking. Best wishes, enkindle the Leader in you. – Rajashekhar Devarai, Chief Librarian, Asian School of Business Management, Bhubaneswar. | Sangeeth Varghese/Decide to Lead.-Businessworld Books and Guides, ABP Pvt Ltd, New Delhi : 2009, pp 168. | |
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