Monday, December 1, 2008

Fw: Swets Appoints Rakesh Malik as Country Manager for Greater India

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--- On Mon, 1/12/08, Rakesh Malik <rmalik@in.swets.com> wrote:

From: Rakesh Malik <rmalik@in.swets.com>
Subject: Swets Appoints Rakesh Malik as Country Manager for Greater India
To:
Date: Monday, 1 December, 2008, 1:11 PM

PRESS RELEASE

Lisse, The Netherlands and New Delhi, India
25 November 2008

Swets appoints Rakesh Malik as Country Manager for Greater India

Following the recent opening of its Delhi based Indian office, Swets is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Rakesh Malik as its Country Manager for Greater India.

"We are delighted that Rakesh has joined us," says Debbie Dore, Swets' Chief Commercial officer. "Our ambition is to bring further transparency to the subscriptions and e-content market through our class-leading suite of SwetsWise e-content management services, which help customers acquire, access, manage and evaluate all of their electronic resources. Rakesh brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience of the Indian information industry and with his commercial leadership we are sure to bring great benefits to the Indian academic, corporate and government market as well as the publisher community that serves them."

"I am very impressed with Swets' portfolio of usage evaluation, e-content access management and license management tools and services and look forward to bringing the benefits of these to institutions through out India," says Rakesh Malik. "By helping our customers to make better informed purchase decisions we will ensure that they receive maximum value on their investments and remain compliant with the increasingly complex global publisher license management and pricing standards. Swets stands at the forefront of some pivotal changes in the way e-content is being sourced and managed in India and I am excited to be part of this, working closely with those publishers seeking to access or grow within the Indian market."

Rakesh holds a post-graduate degree in management and has worked in the Indian information industry for the past 16 years, of which most with leading local publisher distributors and subscription agencies.

About Swets
Swets is the world's leading subscription services company. We build on more than 100 years of experience to maximize the return on investments in time and money for clients and publishers in today's complex information marketplace. With clients in over 160 countries and more than twenty offices around the world, Swets is a true "long tail" powerhouse that provides the most comprehensive and sophisticated e-commerce platform currently available in its field.

Swets has been included in E-Content Magazine's "100 Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry" for the past five years, and is consistently featured in the top 25% of FEM Business' "Top 500 Companies in The Netherlands". We are the only subscription services company that is ISO 9001:2000 certified on a global basis for 10 years running--a testament to our stringent operation and client service procedures.

Rakesh Malik
Country Manager

Swets
Rectangle No. 1, Level 4, Office 433
Commercial Complex D4, Saket
New Delhi 110 017, India
T +91 11 40514219
M+91 9999042255
F +91 11 40514052
E rmalik@in.swets.com
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Mumbai attacked by terrorists - Taj - Trident - Nariman House

"Terror Attacks on Mumbai" -

Being Librarians do we have

Any thing to say ?

So many lost their lives, many got injured and struggling

for lifeNow, many are in the trauma of having lost their dear ones

...Home Minister Shivaraj had to resign, distinguished and

dedicated police officers and others died in the process.

The incident and event shook India, shook Mumbai, and

attracted world attention.

About Mumbai these four five days,

: Hope you had watched carefully on TV what happened to

Mumbai. What is our role as a Librarian. Had a

Librarian been at the site of disturbance .... what

would have been his contribution? Can we think of a

situation ... where in a high profile .. highly trianed in

disaster information is posted on the site nearer to

the spot of disturbance. What could be his role in such

a situation. Dont you think ... a could contribute a lot in

mitigating and minimising the losses by offering right

information ... at the neck of the moment? There is

something known as Emergency Librarianship which

deals with the systems and services concerned with

emergency situations .... may be medical urgencies

... may be urgencies in terms of natural calamities....

think about it write back to me. Incidentally there is a

journal titled, "Emergency Librarian" .... unfortunately

I could not get the website of the same as the web

version does not exist. But the journal verymuch exists.

The indication is that Librarians' work apart from

being steady, slow and systematic, also have to deal

with emergecy calls ... and on toes service.

We should

respond to all kinds of situations that the society expects

of us. Then only we can boost of our image as

terminal to the very existence of society.... this kind

of services create our indispensibilities ... which is a

must for evolving a glorious and professional standing.

To see some wonderful clippings on emergency

Librarianship do visit this site :

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=LJLw63d3gpo

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=VDt8e3YuWOk

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Friday, November 28, 2008

ZEBA - Librarian - Uttarkhand

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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Dr. Kademani Basavaraj bags ILA _ Kaula Best Librarian Award 2008

ILA- Kaula Best Librarian Award - 2008 shared

between Dr. B.S Kademani, Scientific Officer (F), Sceintific Information

Resource Division, BARC, Mumbai and Dr A.L Moorthy, DESIDOC,

New Delhi inrecognition of their dedicated services to the library

profession. While receiving the award, Dr Kademaniexpressed his

gratitude to ILA. He said “I am humbled and honoured by this

award”. On this occasion, he remembered the elders and great

teachers in theprofession who helped to shape his career and

personality – Late Prof M.R Kumbar, Prof. C.RKarisiddappa,

Prof B D Kumbar, Prof N Laxmanrao and the persons encouraged

and inspired him – Dr.Vijaikumar, Dr M. Koganuramath and

Dr. I.R.N.Goudar. Another recipient of the award Dr. A. L.Moorthy

acknowledged ILA and his library staff on thisoccasion.

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Friday, November 21, 2008

Fw: [LIS-Forum] Ph D in Gauhati University

Ph.D IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

--- On Thu, 20/11/08, Apurba Jyoti Majumder <apurbajyoti@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Apurba Jyoti Majumder <apurbajyoti@gmail.com>
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Ph D in Gauhati University
To: lisforum_orissa@yahoogroups.com, "LIS Forum" <lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, lis-forum-request@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, dlrg@drtc.isibang.ac.in
Date: Thursday, 20 November, 2008, 3:51 PM

Dear Professionals,

Gauhati University has given advertisement for Ph D programme. This year for the first time Admission test will be taken.

You have to apply to the respective departments in Plain paper along with biodata and Rs. 100

Published in The Assam Tribune, 16th Nov.

You can send me a mail for the copy of the adv.

--
Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF
Deptt. of Library & Information Science.
Arts Block, Gauhati University.
Guwahati- 781014
Cell No: 09435268733, 09707626388

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Re: pallabi sarkar

Dear Pallabi,

Good evening. I am very sorry Pallbi dear.

I get many mails ... but I
did not find yours. Any way next time

I would not dely in replying
to you, trust me. I am busy , but not so

busy as such. And what was
your comment, let me know. Only yesterday

I completed my teaching
assingment on "Principles and Practice

of Management". Do belong to
Bangalore or Kolkotta? Why are you

looking for job in Banglaore, any
specific reason? You will get a job in

Banglaore ... sure ... keep in touch
with the local papers of Banglaore.

about your preference for
Banglaore. Let me know more about yourself.

Do send me a copy of your
CV and photograph by email. It is nice to

know that you are participating
in the IASLIC Seminar orgainzed by Bose

Institute. Do attend such c
onferences, you will get chances to talk to

seniors and teachers.
Only thing next time present a paper in such

Seminars. I am not coming there.
I would have met you in Kolkotta had I

participated in the IASLIC Seminar.
Any way we will meet some where in one of the

Seminars again. Keep in touch
and let me know next time about Seminars and

Conferences. Once you attend
the conference you send me a detailed resport...

which I will read. I am
working as a Sr.Librarian at Akruti Citygold

Institute, Mumbai. Ours will be an
university shortly after UGC clearance.

Do visit my professional LIS blog to
know more about my other professional

activities :

http://indialibrarian-intl.blogspot.com/

Feel free to communicate to me or you may

talk to me any time. Best wishes

RajLibrarian
Mumbai
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November 18, 2008

Hello Sir,

Very good evening.I had send a comment

for u, but u did'nt reply, r u busy sir? if

u dont mind plz tell me if there are any

chances/possibilities of finding a job

in Bangalore with my present level of

qualifications/experience? I will be

attending a ILA Seminar/conference in

Kolkata organized by Bose Institue. R U

going there? What are you doing? Reply plz.

Pallabi Sarkar

K.Shanthi - Librarian - Wipro

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Correction in the Date of my Seminar

thanks

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--- On Sun, 16/11/08, Nihal Alam <nihal.drtc@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Nihal Alam <nihal.drtc@gmail.com>
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Correction in the Date of my Seminar
To: LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
Date: Sunday, 16 November, 2008, 3:36 AM

I am extremely sorry that by mistake i had mentioned my seminar date 19/11/2009. In fact it will be on 19/11/2008.
Indian Statistical Institute

Documentation Research and Training Center

8^th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post

Bangalore -560059

Seminar

                                 On

                            Semantic Relation and its application in Information Science

    Semantic Relation and its application in information science

Of late, then interest of many researchers is to examine the nature Free Add On semantic relations and their main application in the information science. Concepts (language) and relations (text) provide the foundation of knowledge and thought. When we look at the world, we perceive not only a mass of colors but also objects that automatically assign categories labels. Our perception system automatically segments the world into concepts and the Categories. Language is used not for the sake of communicating the concepts and the relations, but also employed to represent, store and reason with concepts and relation. Research and development in information science have focused on concepts and terms with increasing emphasis in identification, processing, management of the relation to achieve greater effectiveness and refinement in information science techniques.
This seminar presents:
(i)                  an overview of the semantic relation used in the knowledge structure such as thesauri and Ontologies,
(ii)                main techniques used in the automatic extraction of the semantic relations from text, and
(iii)               the use of semantic relation in the information extraction, information retrieval, question-answering, and automatic text summarization.

Speaker: Nihal Alam
               2^nd Y ADIS
                                           All are cordially invited

Venue: DRTC Classroom                                               Seminar In charge
Date: 19/11/2008                                                     (Dr. Devika P. Madalli)
Time:   2 PM

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Bangalore-059
Karnataka
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Monday, November 17, 2008

Congratulations Dr.Kademani

on being conferred ILA Kaula

Best Librarian Award.

Best wishes

Rajashekhar Devarai

Congratulations Dr.Koganuramath

Congratulations Dr.Koganurmath
on the successful accomplishment
and hosting of
International LIS Conference.
Bet wishes

Rajashekhar Devarai
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Fw: [LIBJOBS] Qatar, Doha, Image Resources Curator

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--- On Sat, 15/11/08, Ryan F Ellington/FS/VCU <

rfellington@vcu.edu> wrote:

From: Ryan F Ellington/FS/VCU &
lt;rfellington@vcu.edu>
Subject: [LIBJOBS] Qatar, Doha,
Image Resources Curator
To: libjobs@infoserv.inist.fr
Date: Saturday, 15 November, 2008, 2:38 AM

Greetings.

I would like to submit a request to add this position
announcement to the IFLA LibJobs Mailing list.
___________________________________________________________
Virginia Commonwealth University
School of the Arts in Qatar

Position: Image Resources Curator
Position Number: FA4340
Location: Doha, Qatar
Position Begins: July 1, 2009

VCUQatar (www.qatar.vcu.edu) is a four-year, degree granting campus of
Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts, ranked by U.S. News and
World Report as the leading art and design program among all U.S. public universities.
The fully accredited School is located in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. VCUQatar is
affiliated with the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community
Development (www.qf.org.qa). Celebrating ten years of operation, VCUQatar offers
BFA degrees in Fashion Design, Graphic Design, and Interior Design with the majority
of students from the Gulf region and approximately 30% international. A Master of Fine
Arts in Design is undergoing final review for implementation in Fall 2009, becoming the
first MFA in Design in the Gulf. VCUQatar was the first campus established in Education
City and has since been joined by Carnegie-Mellon University (Business and Computer
Science), Cornell University's Weill School of Medicine, Georgetown University School
of Foreign Service, Northwestern University (Journalism and Communication), and
Texas A & M University (Engineering). The VCUQatar Library advances the University's t
eaching, research and service mission with its specialized collections and services
focusing on the design curriculum. The collections include books and media, j
ournals, an image library and electronic resources; a materials library is proposed
to support the new MFA. The VCUQatar Library receives support from VCU Libraries,
including document delivery services, to supplement its collections.

Position Description
This position manages the day-to-day operations of the Image Resource Library
and Archives and delivers user services. The Visual Resources Curator will c
ollaborate and work closely with faculty and other IRL staff to continue
the development of a pro-active service to support curriculum, research, and administrative activities. This person will be responsible for ongoing collection development in coordination with the
Head of Image Resources and Archives, and will perform cataloging and
database management using the Luna Insight system. They will provide
workshops and individual support for faculty use of image resources for
teaching, learning and scholarship. This position will report to the Head

of Image Resources and Archives.

Qualifications
Required: Masters degree in Art History or related field, or Masters Degree
in Library/Information Science with additional degree or substantial
knowledge of the field of Art History, or equivalent. Substantial
experience working with image resources collections including digital formats,
with knowledge of the issues around the creation, maintenance, and access of
an image resources collection and familiarity with standards for visual materials.
Experience working with digital imaging technologies. Strong commitment to
pro-active library service and enthusiasm for work with students and faculty.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, and ability to work in a collaborative setting.
The ability to successfully initiate, track, and manage projects. Fluency in
written and spoken English.
Preferred: Experience managing digital and analog visual resources collections
including: cataloging and processing of images; copy stand and photography skills;
collection automation and data management software; conservation issues and s
trategies; current digital resources and technologies; legal and ethical issues
related to visual resources management. Knowledge of standards and technologies
for the creation, storage, archiving, dissemination and use of digital images in
the classroom. Familiarity with Luna Insight.

Review of applications begins December 1, 2008 and continues
until position is filled.

Application Process
Qualified applicants who have a record of achievement appropriate to
VCUQatar should submit a letter of interest with a curriculum vitae,
unofficial transcripts, and the names of five references including email
and telephone contact information to Ryan Ellington (rfellington@vcu.edu),
Human Resources Administrator. Only Electronic submissions will be accepted.

To read the full job description and for information about
benefits and VCUQatar, please visit
www.vcu.edu/arts/employment/qatar

Virginia Commonwealth University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

______________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
Ryan

Ryan F. Ellington
Human Resources Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
School of the Arts in Qatar
325 North Harrison Street
Richmond, VA 23284-2519
________________________________
VCU School of the Arts in Qatar

Phone: 804.827.1993
Fax: 804.827.0683
Email: rfellington@vcu.edu

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Re: Pallabi Sarkar - School Librarian - West Bengal - attaching my cv

17 November 2008

Dear Pallabi,

Very Good morning Pallabi. I have gone through your cv, it is great.

I am sure you will come up in the profession. You need to realise that

you have a distinguished academic record and live up to it. Be active.

The first thing I suggest is that you should become a life

member of

IASLIC and ILA, start working towards your M.Phil, write a paper and

publish it in the next two months, keep in touch with your professiors

and seniors continuously.

You are the best, continue to be the best, be the best, do the best .....

success always follows persons like you. I am not pampering you ...

it is just my sincere wish, opinion and advice.

Feel free to contact me any time over email : lotus5673@yahoo.co.in .

Visit my blog : http://indialibrarian-intl.blogspot.com/ and offer your

comments. Would like to be an author for this blog? If so let me know.

Bye for now

take care

best wishes

RajLibrarian

_________________________________________________________

From: Pallabi Sarkar <palysarkar@gmail.com>
Subject: attaching my cv
To: lotus5673@yahoo.co.in
Date: Sunday, 16 November, 2008, 3:55 PM

Hi Thanks for ur mail and want to help me.if u have any informaton

regarding in my field plz inform me and my contact no

already giving

u through my resume.if necessary then call me or email me.again

i thanking u.take care. pallabi

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

LIS Links: Jobs in LIS in India: Librarian in Ministry of Finance, Board of Industrial & Financial Reconstruction, New Delhi (by transfer, on deputation basis)

LIS Links: Jobs in LIS in India: Librarian in Ministry of Finance, Board of Industrial & Financial Reconstruction, New Delhi (by transfer, on deputation basis)

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Friday, October 24, 2008

Fw: [free-forall] Fwd: [IFLA-L] FW: MLA - Cunningham Fellowship

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From: Arlene Cohen <arlenegcohen@gmail.com>
Subject: [free-forall] Fwd: [IFLA-L] FW: MLA - Cunningham Fellowship
To: free-forall@yahoogroups.com
Cc: "Bruce Madge" <Bruce.Madge@uprightmri.co.uk>
Date: Friday, 24 October, 2008, 2:42 AM

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bruce Madge <Bruce.Madge@ uprightmri. co.uk>
Date: Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 5:40 PM
Subject: [IFLA-L] FW: MLA - Cunningham Fellowship
To: ifla-l@infoserv. inist.fr, medlibs@infoserv. inist.fr

FYI

2010 Cunningham Fellowship

Applications Sought

Applications are now being accepted through December 1, 2008, for the
2010 Cunningham Memorial International Fellowship.

The award is given annually to citizens or permanent residents from
countries outside the United States and Canada who have both an
undergraduate degree and a master's level library degree and are working
or preparing to work in a health sciences library in their countries.

The program will provide a three-week learning experience including
attending MLA 2010 and a one-to-two week stay at one or more medical
library host sites. Two Cunningham awards of $3500 each are available.

The Cunningham Fellowship was established in 1967 and named in honor of
Eileen Cunningham.

For more information, contact Lisa C. Fried, Credentialing, Professional
Recognition, and Career Coordinator at 312.419.9094, ext 28 or
mlapd2@mlahq. org

Go to www.mlanet.org/ awards/grants/ for links to a fact sheet and
application

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Fw: [LIS-Forum] Felicitation Function of Prof. N. Laxman Rao, DLIS, OU on 31st October, 2008 at 3.00 PM

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From: Dimple Patel <dimple148@yahoo.co.in>
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Felicitation Function of Prof. N. Laxman Rao, DLIS, OU on 31st October, 2008 at 3.00 PM
To: "New Millenium Library & Info Professionals" <nmlis@yahoogroups.com>, "iatlis" <iatlis@yahoogroups.com>, "LIS-Forum" <lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, "DLRG" <dlrg@drtc.isibang.ac.in>
Date: Friday, 24 October, 2008, 3:22 PM

Dear Professional Colleague,

The faculty, students, research scholars of Department of Library & Information Science and LIS professionals

Cordially invite you to the felicitation function of

Dr. N. Laxman Rao,
Professor,
Department of Library & Information Science, &
Director, UGC Academic Staff College,
Osmania University, Hyderabad.

on his superannuation on

Date : 31st October 2008 (Friday)
Venue : Room No. - 57, University College of Arts & Social Sciences, Osmania University, Hyderabad
Time : 3.00 PM

Your participation will make the felicitation function a grand success. Further you are requested to kindly communicate to other professional colleagues and ensure their participation.

The last date for submission of paper for the Festschrift Volume, being brought out in honour of Prof. N. Laxman Rao is extended to 20th November, 2008. You may please contribute your research article for the festchrift.

With Best Regards,
Prof. S. Sudarshan Rao,
Department of Library & Information Science,
Principal, University College of Arts & Social Sciences,
Osmania University,
President, Academy of Library Science & Documentation

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Re: IDAMS SOFTWARE

14th October 2008

Thank you Archana for the valuable information.

Principal Moderator

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From: archana singh <bhadouria.archanasingh@gmail.com>
Subject: IDAMS SOFTWARE
To: lotus5673@yahoo.co.in
Date: Tuesday, 14 October, 2008, 4:01 PM

IDAMS SOFTWARE of UNESCO

During a workshop, UNESCO' Internatinal Developed Data Analysis and Management Software(IDAMS) was demonstrated as a possible solution for needs in terms of software for data collection and management and, in particular, to the development of a "generic model" for the collection, application and sharing of migration data. It would allow an emergine approch with focus on national ownership and capacity-building through UNESCO's expertise in conntributing to the production of sophisticated, multilinguel and advanced information processing tools, which are provided free-of-charge, upen request. It is available in English, French and Spanish. Arabic and Russion version are expected to be released shortly. The Greenstone Digital Library software was also demonstrated . Its powerful searching facilities and structured access method serve as a tool to build large collection of documents which can then be published either on CD-ROM or on the Web.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Sugunasri Maddala's Column - "Many eyes"

PEOPLE share their videos on YouTube and their photos at Flickr. Now they can share more technical types of displays: graphs, charts and other visuals they create to help them analyze data buried in spreadsheets, tables or text.

At an experimental Web site, Many Eyes, (http://www.many-eyes.com/), users can upload the data they want to visualize, then try sophisticated tools to generate interactive displays. These might range from maps of relationships in the New Testament to a display of the comparative frequency of words used in speeches by Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.

The site was created by scientists at the Watson Research Center of I.B.M. in Cambridge, Mass., to help people publish and discuss graphics in a group. Those who register at the site can comment on one another’s work, perhaps visualizing the same information with different tools and discovering unexpected patterns in the data.

Ben Shneiderman, a professor in the computer science department at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a pioneer in information visualization, says sites like Many Eyes are helping to democratize the tools of visualization. “The gift of the Internet is that everyone can participate, and the tools can be brought to a much wider audience,” he said.

Presenting results in a static spreadsheet or table may do the job. “But sometimes it’s like driving with your eyes closed,” he said. “With visualization, it might be possible to open your eyes and see something that will help you” — for instance, patterns, clusters, gaps or outliers in the data.

“The great fun of information visualization,” he said, “is that it gives you answers to questions you didn’t know you had.”

Data can be organized many ways on Many Eyes. Above is a chart of Olympic medals.

Note: This is an excerpt from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/technology/31novel.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Lines and Bubbles and Bars, Oh My! New Ways to Sift Data

By ANNE EISENBERG

Published: August 30, 2008

I read about this earlier, perhaps in newspaper. But, before trying it for myself, or forget about it before doing anything with it, I thought of sharing it with our community. Some of us may try it. Visualization may help to make our point more clear and may help many a librarian convince their directors and users.

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Monday, September 29, 2008

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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Where to place `Ions'

We are restructuring Agrovoc thesaurus and assigning all the loose terms to most appropriate Broader term. The top most concepts are something like, Substances, Organisms, Methods etc.
We are placing Elements (Chemical elements) under Substances. Where to place `Ions'. Can you please suggest a BT (Broader Term) for `Ions'

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Library of the Bombay Natural History Society

Library of the Bombay Natural History Society. Librarian - Mrs.Nirmala Reddy.

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Monday, September 15, 2008

Librarian - NIFT Hyderabad

Mrs.J.Padmavathi B.Sc., MLIS : Librarian and Head - Resource Centre - NIFT Hyderabad : She heralds the human and PR face of Library and Information Service. Her utter simplicity, acceessibility to her readers/users/patrons are testimony of her professionalism and workoholics. : rcnifthyd@yahoo.co.in

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Tatyana - teacher, social worker and a family friend from Saint Petersberg-Russia : RajLibrarian

Tatyana Antropsono, St.Petersberg, Russia : antropshino@hotmail.com

Monday, September 8, 2008

procedure for joining an existing blog as an author/blogger

Dear Sir,
My blog titled : Indialibrarian Internation ( blog address :
http://indialibrarian-intl.blogspot.com) has now more than 45 guest
bloggers/authors. When I send my invitation to some of my friends they
are unable to accept the invitation. I mean they are unable to
understand. Do you have some literature to educate budding bloggers in
this regard, which I can post to them for guidelines?
With best wishes

RajLibrarian
email address : lotus5673@yahoo.co.in

On-line presentations galore on slideshare

The moment I came to know about Slideshare, I tried uploading one of my presentations and found several interesting and useful sites. More and more are being added every minute. The one I liked most is at http://www.slideshare.net/pwallin/build-online-presence-apa2008-slideshare-presentation

My presentation is at

http://www.slideshare.net/sugunasrimaddala/a-nostalgic-account-of-forgotten-foods-presentation

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Archana's corner

Allahabad Librarian Archana's Column :

Archana:

Generation Next Motto:
Na hum shaadi karenge,
na apne bachchon ko karne denge.******
"U love sum1U marry sum1 else.
The one u marry becomes ur wife or husband.
And the one u loved becomes the password of Ur mail id"
******There's only 1 perfect child in the world & every mother has it.
There's only 1 perfect wife in the world & every neighbour has it.
******Three dreams of a man:To be as handsome as his mom thinks.
To be as rich as his child believes.
To have as many women as his wife suspects...
******Husband & wife are like liver and kidney.
Husband is liver & wife kidney.If liver fails, kidney fails. If kidney fails,
liver manages with other kidney.
******What's the diff b/w Dava & Daru?
Dava is like girlfriend, that comes with expiry date nDaru is like wife, Jitni purani hogi utna sir Chad ke bolegi.
******Wife ko Begum kyon kehte hain?
Kyonki shaadi ke baad saare gum to husband
ke hisse mein aate hain orWife Be-Gum ho jati hai.

Archana - Allahabad.

Posted with due apologies to Archana.. ... from orkut. principal blogger - rajlibrarian
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Friday, September 5, 2008

Meet Sandhya, the Silent, Sincere and Senior Serials Librarian

It is my privilege and my responsibility to introduce Ms. Sandhya Gir, Senior Library Officer, ICRISAT (Patancheru 502324 Andhra PradeshIndia email : s.gir@cgiar.org ) to our LIS community. She has put in over 30 years of steady service in ICRISAT and has been the pillar post for Library services in ICRISAT, when all others including me left the Library in search of greener and/or easier jobs.

We always see her like this and even this photograph is taken by our colleague Mr. David without her knowledge.

She has a very rich experience in handling serials management. She can be contacted for getting a practical insight into the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of Serials management.

My dear Dr.Charygaru,

Happy Ganesh Chaturthy and happy teacher's day..

I am fine and doing well in my new assignments

in Mumbai. I work for a Trust in Mumbai

(Andheri). My family : wife, children are doing well.

My daughter is in her 12th Class and my son is in 6th Class.

Hope family and kids are doing well. What classes are they in now?

So kind of you in complementing my blog postings....

how about your joining one of blogs as an author?

Look forward to hear more from you.

Rajashkehar Devarai ; lotus5673@yahoo.co.in ;

http://indialibrarian-intl.blogspot.com/

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Dear Rajashekhar Devarai,

Happy Ganesh Chaturdhi to you and your family (belated).

I wish you are fine and doing well..........................

I have browsed your blogs and your posting.

It seems you are very active and spending good

amount of time in networking the professionals.

With regards,

A.S.Charyulu.

Librarianship is a noble profession.

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Thursday, September 4, 2008

Re: Happy Ganesh Chaturti

Thank you Sharmila garu so kind of you to rembember me on the occasion of Ganesha celebrations. May Ganesha bring all happiness and prosperity to you and your family...

Do visit my blog : http://indialibrarian-intl.blogspot.com

Rajashekhar Devarai

--- On Wed, 3/9/08, Sharmila Nagraj <sharmila.nagraj@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Sharmila Nagraj <sharmila.nagraj@gmail.com>
Subject: Happy Ganesh Chaturti
To: sharmila.nagraj@gmail.com
Date: Wednesday, 3 September, 2008, 6:59 AM

May This Day Bring
in
all the good
that was waiting to be
with you

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Re: Happy ganesha

Monday, September 1, 2008

I am going to introduce to our ILI community, Ms.Sandhya, the silent, shy and senior serials librarian shortly.!!

Dear Mr. Devrai,
Greetings and good wishes!

I am going to introduce to our ILI community, Ms. Sandhya, the silent, shy and senior serials librarian - shortly. Whole of last week we were busy with our co-ordinator from FAO.Pl. have a look at this link.

http://www.arboretum.org.in/

Do you personally know Mr. Prafulla Chandra who is in this project?I contacted him via e-mail and I got a response. Beyond this I don't want to disturb him now. I came to know about this when I mentioned to Srinivasachary, (another friend of mine who works in Manage) that I am interested only in growing a few trees and preach only that to people.Their tag line - ...at peace in the lap of nature ... gave me instant peace.I know that a single tree in our own garden gives more peace than 1000 trees in an arboretum. But we have to work - for money!!! Then is it better to work in an arboretum?I nurture one more `dream lifestyle' in the context of this arboretum. But after I hear more from you about this venture and people concerning it.

Thanks for your encouragement and support. Your ILI blog is encouraging and supporting many people like me.Waiting to hear more from you about this project,

Mrs.Sugunasri Maddala - Independent Information Consultant
ILI Blogger/Author
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Thank you Sugunasri garu!

Hello Sugunasrigaru,

Thanks for your good words about ILI! You are part and parcel of blog as a blogger/author. I know Dr.Srinivas and Prafulla chandra as well.

I look forward for your contributions on a regular basis.

Best wishes

RajLibrarian

Librarianship is a noble profession.

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