Successful conduct of "Knowledge for all" - International Conference - Congratulations Dr.Muttayya Koganuramath

Dear Professionals,

I take this opportunity to Congratulate to Dr. Mutthayya.
Koganurmath and his team for successfully organizing the
International Conference on “Knowledge for All: Role of
Library & Information Centers”,
to commemorate ILA Platinum Jubilee Year 2008. I could be,
able to witness the deliberations and able to interact with
my other colleagues who had come from various places of India
and from abroad. All the delegates were really impressed by the
event and were praising Dr. Koganuramath and his team for
extending good hospitality. Indeed it is true that the event
was breathtaking one. Success can be achieved through the
efforts of the good team and the good leader leading the
same. Dr. Koganuramath takes such a keen interest in every
event to make it a grand success, howsoever small or big it
may be. The meticulously and judiciously prepared schedule
of the Conference itself is an evidence.

The LIS luminaries across India gathered and deliberated on
various range of LIS issues. This conference gave me an
opportunity to interact, share and exchange my views with
the great personlities of LIS profession. I am sure all the
participants also must have borrowed a lot from the conference
as they got an opportunity to witness the meaningful and thought
provoking deliberations of all FOUR (hectic) days as there were
about more than 100 papers presented in the conference.

This mega Conference was unique in many ways in real sense. All
the presentations were made by using PPT which was possible only
because of the state-of-the- art technology made available in
the conference hall. And Mumbai, being the commercial hub of
India , gave that cosmopolitan touch and flavor which an
International event requires.

I once again congratulate Dr. Koganuramth and I also congratulate
all the awardees of the Conference.



With Best Wishes,



Dr. Vidya Veeresh. Hanchinal.
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20081202 - December 2, 2008 : Tuesday : Fw: Re: Archana : Your questions : Information literacy :

Librarianship is a noble profession. lotus5673@yahoo.co.in 1816gbgv   --- On Tue, 2/12/08, archanasingh bhadouria <bhadouria_archanasingh@yahoo.co.in> wrote: From: archanasingh bhadouria <bhadouria_archanasingh@yahoo.co.in> Subject: Re: Your questions To: lotus5673@yahoo.co.in Date: Tuesday, 2 December, 2008, 9:40 AM Dear Sir, Thank you very very much. How are you and what are you doing these days.? Anything new n special at your side . I am so glad for saying this, i wrote an article (TOPIC: INFORMATION LITERACY) for SIS-2008 Indore, which is selected for presentation. I am very very happy and thanx again for your suggetion . With Regards Archana From: Rajashekhar Devarai <lotus5673@yahoo.co.in> To: bhadouria_archanasingh@yahoo.co.in Sent: Monday, 1 December, 2008 12:24:13 PM Subject: Your questions Dear Archana, Sorry for the delay in answering your questions : Here are the answers for your questions, forwarded bya friend of mine(Dr.Kademani - Scientific Officer, BARC Mumbai):   First question: Cow and calf relation Second question : Class index entry Third question : Britain   Wish you all the best     RajLibrarian

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

Librarianship is a noble profession. lotus5673@yahoo.co.in 1816gbgv   --- 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 I www.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 Best wishes RajLibrarian lotus5673@yahoo.co.in LISWEBLOG : http://indialibrarian-intl.blogspot.com/ Librarianship is a noble profession. lotus5673@yahoo.co.in 1816gbgv

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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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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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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. Register yourself with Naukri or Times jobs and direct them specifically 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 lotus5673@yahoo.co.in ______________________________________________________________________ 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

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

thanks __________________________________________   Librarianship is a noble profession. lotus5673@yahoo.co.in 1816gbgv   --- 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 8th 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                2nd Y ADIS                                                             All are cordially invited   Venue: DRTC Classroom                                               Seminar In charge Date: 19/11/2008                                                      (Dr. Devika  P. Madalli) Time:   2 PM -- Nihal  Alam ADIS 2nd Year DRTC 8th Mile Mysore Road, RV College post Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore-059 Karnataka Email: nihalalam@drtc.isibang.ac.in Personal Mail: nihal.drtc@gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Congratulations Dr.Kademani

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 lotus5673@yahoo.co.in http://indialibrarian-intl.blogspot.com Librarianship is a noble profession. lotus5673@yahoo.co.in 1816gbgv

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

Librarianship is a noble profession. lotus5673@yahoo.co.in 1816gbgv --- 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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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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Fw: [free-forall] Fwd: [IFLA-L] FW: MLA - Cunningham Fellowship

Librarianship is a noble profession. lotus5673@yahoo.co.in 1816gbgv   --- On Fri, 24/10/08, Arlene Cohen <arlenegcohen@gmail.com> wrote: 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 This message has been scanned by MailController - www.MailController. altohiway. com __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity Visit Your Group Only on Yahoo! World of Star Wars Meet fans, watch videos & more. Yahoo! Groups Cat Group Join a group for people who love cats Y! Groups blog The place to go to stay informed on Groups news! . __,_._,___

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

Librarianship is a noble profession. lotus5673@yahoo.co.in 1816gbgv   --- On Fri, 24/10/08, Dimple Patel <dimple148@yahoo.co.in> wrote: 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 Explore your hobbies and interests. Click here to begin. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Re: IDAMS SOFTWARE

14th October 2008 Thank you Archana for the valuable information. Principal Moderator   On Tue, 14/10/08, archana singh <bhadouria.archanasingh@gmail..com> wrote: 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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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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