Friday, December 12, 2008

Fw: [LIS-Forum] Congrats to Prof. V.G. Talwar - wishes from SALIS


CONGRATULATIONS
Dr.TALVAR. WE ARE
PROUD OF YOU.
BEST WISHES

RAJASHEKHAR
DEVARAI
LIBRARIAN
MUMBAI
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Subject: [LIS-Forum] Congrats to Prof. V.G. Talwar -

wishes from SALIS
To: nmlis@yahoogroups.com, plnf@yahoogroups.com,

On behalf of the Society
for the Advancement
of Library and Information
Science, I congratulate
and wish Prof. V.G. Talwar
for his new appointment
as V.C of Mysore University.
This is happy news to all
the LIS professionals in
our country.

SOurce: http://www.starofmysore.
com/main.asp?type=news&item=18951

DR. TALWAR TAKES OVER AS VC OF MYSORE VARSITY
Mysore, Dec. 11 (ACP & DM)- The newly-appointed
Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University Prof. V.G. Talwar
took charge today.
Acting Vice-Chancellor Dr. C.P. Siddhashrama handed
over charge to Prof. Talwar at the Crawford Hall.
Admirers of Prof. Talwar burst crackers outside the
Craw-ford Hall as he took charge.
The Governor-Chancellor Rameshwar Thakur
yesterday issued an order appointing Prof. V.G. Talwar,
Professor of Library and Information Science,
Mysore University, as new Vice-Chancellor.
The post was vacant following the retirement of Prof.
J. Shashidhara Prasad on Oct. 22 last year and many
hurdles came in the way of appointing a new Vice-Chancellor.
V.G. Talwar: A man of wide experience
At last, it has happened after a prolonged wait for more
than a year! The news is that Dr. V.G.Talwar, Professor
of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore,
has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of
Mysore. The academic and administrative profile of the
man who is going to head, lead and manage the affairs
of the University of Mysore for the next four years is
proof enough to indicate what the new Vice-Chancellor
is capable of.
Humility and down to earth temperament endowed
with practical wisdom are the hallmarks of the
personality of the new Vice-Chancellor. All those who
know him personally would agree with one voice that
it is indeed a great gesture that a man of simplicity
and self-effacement committed to quality-oriented
higher education has been elevated to the post of a
Vice-Chancellor of a prestigious University struggling
at the moment to keep up its reputation.
He has an uphill task in setting right certain irregularities
committed in the recent past. Harnessing pulls and
pressures of different sorts would be one of the
real challenges awaiting him as he takes up his new
assignment. Looking for and having right people as
part of his team management could go a long and
effective way in meeting the challenges ahead of him.
Having been an insider for many years could be a
great aid.
A man with a heart of wisdom derived from vast and
wide experience as teacher and administrator,
Prof.Talwar, known as VGT in the shortened version
of his name, is a well-known name in the academic and
administrative circle within and outside the University
of Mysore. There is no department that he is not familiar
with. He is aware of the ins and outs of almost all the
Sections at Crawford Hall by virtue of having served as
Registrar of the University for four years and four months
and being a Chairman or a member of one committee or
the other till date.
Prof.Talwar is also known for his outreaching sensitivity.
His friendly and helpful nature could be a great source
of strength and problems as well. A fine sense of a
compassionate worldview, thanks to his humble origin
and family background, pervades his reasoning and
discernments. Free from coterie culture, kitchen cabinet,
and mean and mud-slinging politicking, he has the art of
cultivating the spirit of accommodativeness lest ego
clashes and ghetto interests and conflicts should
overpower the management of academic and administrative
matters of the University.
As an aspirant for the post, he has shared his vision for
the development of the University of Mysore with some
of his friends besides formulating the same in a more
organised manner in his profile documentation made
available to the search committee that selected him as
one of the three persons recommended for the post.
If only politics and interventions of people with vested
interests do not bother him too much, we could count
on his intellectual acumen, dialogic imagination,
team-building spirit, practical wisdom for smooth
management of the University that has been blessed
with a special grant of one hundred crore by the
Government of India besides the other usual budget
already made available by the State Government
and the budget to be generated from local resources.
— A.S. Dasan, University of Mysore
Bio-data
• Born on 1st June, 1950; Son of a farmer, hailing
from Jikanur village in Belgaum District.
• Pursued higher education in Bangalore University
and passed out with a Gold Medal in 1978; started
his career in Bharat Electronics Ltd. Bangalore
( 10 + years), served Mangalore University for
6 + years before joining the University of Mysore
where he has been for the last 17 years;
• Important positions held in the University of Mysore:
Director of UGC – Academic Staff College ( 4 + years);
Registrar of the University ( 4 + years);
• Experience in Research Guidance: has successfully
guided 13 students till date for PhD;
• Publications: 10 books one of which is Legacy of
learning (2002), a comprehensive and significant
reference book on the history of development of
the University of Mysore with a vision for its future,
46 monographs, and 50 articles;
• Has been recognised and honoured by the Govt.
of Karnataka for his meritorious services in the field
of higher education, especially in the field of
library science and digital libraries.

A.Hariharan

Society for the Advancement of Library and

Information Science

SALIS




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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Fw: [LIS-Forum] Who Speaks for Librarians



 
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--- On Mon, 8/12/08, Charu <lib.wrd.2008@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Charu <lib.wrd.2008@gmail.com>
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Who Speaks for Librarians
To: LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
Date: Monday, 8 December, 2008, 5:49 PM

Respected Friends,

 

In the line of discussion raised by worthy friends regarding some of issues are as follows--------

 

1.   Professional accreditation of librarians in society,

2.   Quality of LIS Education at all level.

3.   Time bound Professional as well as technical  enhancement ,

4.   At par status in parent organisations,

5.   Removal of Financial and Administrative disparities ,

6.    Change of image from CIRUCLATION CLERK to KNOWLEDGE GENRATOR, KNOWLEDGE MANAGER, INFORMATION OFFICER and so on ,

7.   Library Services are as precious , priceless and very much mandatory than any other service in the parent organisation/body,

 
And this is not the end of issues at all. 
 
 
All of us as LIS Professionals are well aware of all these issues and the irony of fate is that we do have the answers also.
 
But the million dollar question is that who speaks first?
 
 Mere discussion on different forums and in conferences does not give any concrete result.
 
I think now the time has come that we all should stand up to change the nomenclature of LIS world. We should come forward and can ask the administrative machinery to change the various recommendations into authenticity.
 
We have number of LIS Associations not only in India but across the globe. Numbers of scholars are there who can sail the ship in right direction for next generation. We have library legislation in 10 states , lucrative recomendations of Knowledge Commisons are also there to guard the LIS issues.
 
So what we all are waiting for................
 
 
Regards,
 
Miss Charu Mathur.
Delhi.
 
 

 
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Fw: [KM-Forum] 2008 MOST ADMIRED KNOWLEDGE ENTERPRISES (MAKE) WINNERS ANNOUNCED



 
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Fw: Prof. V.G. Talwar Becomes V.C. of University of Mysore University


HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS Dr.TALWAR VG
 
RAJLIBRARIAN
MUMBAI

--- On Thu, 11/12/08, B. S. Kademani <bskademani@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
From: B. S. Kademani <bskademani@yahoo.co.in>
Subject: Prof. V.G. Talwar Becomes V.C. of University of Mysore University
To: lotus5673@gmail.com
Date: Thursday, 11 December, 2008, 11:21 AM

Dear Rajashekhar,
I am happy to inform you that Prof VG Talwar, Professor, Dept of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore has been appointed as VC of University of Mysore. He is the first person  from the Library and Information Science field to be appointed as V.C. in Karnataka. Earlier, he was the Registrar of the same university and Director, UGC-Academic Staff College. He was Head & Chairman of the Department.
We are really proud of his great achievement. It is an honour to the entire Library Science Community in the country.

We wish him all the best in his endeavours.


Dr. B. S. Kademani
Vice Chairman, BOSLA
Scientific Officer – F
Scientific Information Resource Division
Knowledge Management Group
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,
Trombay, Mumbai - 400 085, INDIA
E-mail: bskademani@yahoo.co.in
Tel.:2559 2793 (O); 2555 44 82(R)
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Monday, December 8, 2008

Fw: TISS,Mumbai Launches M. A. in Library and Information Management (MA-LIM) and Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Library ( PGDDL) Courses



 
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--- On Mon, 8/12/08, B. S. Kademani <bskademani@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
From: B. S. Kademani <bskademani@yahoo.co.in>
Subject: TISS,Mumbai Launches M. A. in Library and Information Management (MA-LIM) and Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Library ( PGDDL) Courses
To: lotus5673@gmail.com
Date: Monday, 8 December, 2008, 6:16 PM

Dear Rajashekhar,
I wish to inform you the following information.
 
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai Launches M. A. In Library and Information Management (MA-LIM) and Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Library ( PGDDL)
TISS, Mumbai launched recently MA in Library and Information Management  and PG Diploma in Digital Library Management Courses. These courses were inaugurated by Prof C.R. Karisiddappa,UGC Professor Emeritus, Department of Library and Information Science, Karnataka University, Dharwad on 12th November 2008 at International Conference on Knowledge for All: Role of Libraries and Information Centres held at TISS during 12-15th November 2008. For more details please contact Dr. Muttayya Koganuramath, University Librarian, Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library, TISS, Mumbai.

With regards,

 
Dr. B. S. Kademani
Vice Chairman, BOSLA
Scientific Officer – F
Scientific Information Resource Division
Knowledge Management Group
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,
Trombay, Mumbai - 400 085, INDIA
E-mail: bskademani@yahoo.co.in
Tel.:2559 2793 (O); 2555 44 82(R)
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Saturday, December 6, 2008

Fw: Congratulations to Dr. Mallikarjun Angadi, Information Scientist, TISS,


Congratulations Dr.Mallikarjun Angadi., we are proud of you indeed.
Best wishes
 
From,
Rajashekhar Devarai
Librarian
 

 
 
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--- On Fri, 5/12/08, B. S. Kademani <bskademani@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
From: B. S. Kademani <bskademani@yahoo.co.in>
Subject: Congratulations to Dr. Mallikarjun Angadi, Information Scientist, TISS,
To: lotus5673@yahoo.co.in
Date: Friday, 5 December, 2008, 6:26 PM

Dear Rajashekhar,

Iwish to inform you that Dr. Mallikarjun Angadi, Information Scientist, TISS, Mumbai has bagged the prestigious SIS-Raizada Memorial Young Information Scientist Award 2008 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the profession for more than 10 years. This award will be presented to him 6th December 2008 at Silver Jubilee Year National Convention and Conference of SIS at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore. This is the happiest moment for all the LIS professionals in India and motivation to all the budding Library and Information professionals.

 

I wish him all the best in his future endeavours and many more such awards and rewards.

 
With regards,
 
Dr. B. S. Kademani
Scientific Officer – F
Scientific Information Resource Division
Knowledge Management Group
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,
Trombay, Mumbai - 400 085, INDIA
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Thursday, December 4, 2008

Fwd: Letter TO Priminister



 
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Subject: Fwd: Letter TO Priminister
To: "Vijay Deshabag" <deshabag@gmail.com>, "vidya. a" <vidya.a@istqsolutions.com>, "soori gen" <soorisuri95@gmail.com>, sonali.m@istqsolutions.com, shabana.r@istqsolutions.com, "shantala iddalagi" <shantala_iddalagi@yahoo.co.in>, kirtisapna@yahoo.co.in, "Librarian Raj Lbn / KnowledgeProfessional" <lotus5673@gmail.com>, "Ramesh Kuri" <rameshkurimlisc@gmail.com>, "Santosh Navalur" <santoshncsi@gmail.com>, "shivaleela kalyani" <shivaleelassk@gmail.com>, "akshaya shetty" <hiakshere@gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, 4 December, 2008, 3:04 PM

Its inteesting, just read it.......

LETTER TO PRIMEMINISTER

Dear Mr. Prime minister

I am a typical mouse from Mumbai. In the local train compartment which
has capacity of 100 persons, I travel with 500 more mouse. Mouse at
least squeak but we don't even do that.

Today I heard your speech. In which you said 'NO BODY WOULD BE SPARED'.
I would like to remind you that fourteen years has passed since serial
bomb blast in Mumbai took place. Dawood was the main conspirator. Till
today he is not caught. All our bolywood actors, our builders, our Gutka
king meets him but your Government can not catch him. Reason is simple;
all your ministers are hand in glove with him. If any attempt is made to
catch him everybody will be exposed. Your statement 'NOBODY WOULD BE
SPARED' is nothing but a cruel joke on this unfortunate people of India.

Enough is enough. As such after seeing terrorist attack carried out by
about a dozen young boys I realize that if same thing continues days are
not away when terrorist will attack by air, destroy our nuclear reactor
and there will be one more Hiroshima.

We the people are left with only one mantra. Womb to Bomb to Tomb. You
promised Mumbaikar Shanghai what you have given us is Jalianwala Baug.

Today only your home minister resigned. What took you so long to kick
out this joker? Only reason was that he was loyal to Gandhi family.
Loyalty to Gandhi family is more important than blood of innocent
people, isn't it?

I am born and bought up in Mumbai for last fifty eight years. Believe me
corruption in Maharashtra is worse than that in Bihar. Look at all the
politician, Sharad Pawar, Chagan Bhujbal, Narayan Rane, Bal Thackray ,
Gopinath Munde, Raj Thackray, Vilasrao Deshmukh all are rolling in
money. Vilasrao Deshmukh is one of the worst Chief minister I have
seen. His only business is to increase the FSI every other day, make
money and send it to Delhi so Congress can fight next election. Now the
clown has found new way and will increase FSI for fisherman so they can
build concrete house right on sea shore. Next time terrorist can
comfortably live in those house , enjoy the beauty of sea and then
attack the Mumbai at their will.

Recently I had to purchase house in Mumbai. I met about two dozen
builders. Everybody wanted about 30% in black. A common person like me
knows this and with all your intelligent agency & CBI you and your
finance minister are not aware of it. Where all the black money goes? To
the underworld isn't it? Our politicians take help of these goondas to
vacate people by force. I myself was victim of it. If you have time
please come to me, I will tell you everything.

If this has been land of fools, idiots then I would not have ever cared
to write you this letter. Just see the tragedy, on one side we are
reaching moon, people are so intelligent and on other side you
politician has converted nectar into deadly poison. I am everything
Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Schedule caste, OBC, Muslim OBC, Christian
Schedule caste, Creamy Schedule caste only what I am not is INDIAN. You
politician have raped every part of mother India by your policy of
divide and rule.

Take example of former president Abdul Kalam. Such a intelligent person,
such a fine human being. You politician didn't even spare him. Your
party along with opposition joined the hands, because politician feels
they are supreme and there is no place for good person.

Dear Mr Prime minister you are one of the most intelligent person, most
learned person. Just wake up, be a real SARDAR. First and foremost
expose all selfish politician. Ask Swiss bank to give name of all Indian
account holder. Give reins of CBI to independent agency. Let them find
wolf among us. There will be political upheaval but that will better
than dance of death which we are witnessing every day. Just give us
ambient where we can work honestly and without fear. Let there be rule
of law. Everything else will be taken care of..

Choice is yours Mr. Prime Minister. Do you want to be lead by one person
or you want to lead the nation of 100 Crore people?
Prakash B. Bajaj
Chandralok 'A" Wing, Flat No 104
97 Nepean Sea Road
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Fw: Re: [LIS-Forum] How we can improve status of Librarian professionals?



 
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--- On Wed, 3/12/08, Smita Chandra <smitac_in@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Smita Chandra <smitac_in@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] How we can improve status of Librarian professionals?
To: "lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, "S K DEsale" <skdesale@gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, 3 December, 2008, 4:46 PM

By working better, improving our communication skills, our marketing abilities, adopting change as IT progresses, by reaching out to the students and installing 'reading habits', by making our libraries neater and the books more ordered. These are some thing just to begin with... there is no other way !
 
Smita C.
Librarian
IIG

--- On Wed, 12/3/08, S K DEsale <skdesale@gmail.com> wrote:
From: S K DEsale <skdesale@gmail.com>
Subject: [LIS-Forum] How we can improve status of Librarian professionals?
To: "lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 10:25 AM

Dear all,
 
Many of you will agree on the fact that Librarians are not getting the same status as lecturers and other professionals in society. Since we all pusses same qualifications, same working conditions, pay scales etc. we deserve the same status which these other professionals enjoying. If we just take the example of our LIS teaching faculty, they are also treated differently than librarians. I think this is not fair.

 Librarians should be considered as a faculty and should be given the same rights given to the teachers. Librarian should have right to represent in board of studied of LIS, he should be given a right to vote and choose his representatives in the board. Since librarian is a person who is actually working in the library he knows what knowledge one should pusses to be successful in LIS profession & what should be taught to new entrants.

Library professionals also should demand separate faculty like other professions e.g. Law, architect, Management, Medical etc. LIS should have its own dean who will represent us at higher level so that we can able to take our profession forward.

These are few things if we able achieve then I am sure it will make lot of difference in our status in the society. We are planing to start one movement to achive this, I want to know your opinion and views on that.

 

With regard

 

Mr. S. K. Desale

Asst. Librarian

Jayakar Library

University of Pune
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Librarians continue to be knowledge professionals. Would you like to communicate to the Principal Blogger of India Librarian directly? email to .- lotus5673@yahoo.co.in
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Fw: ["ili" INDIALIBRARIAN-INTL : LIBRARIANS CONTINUE TO BE KNOWLEDGE PROFESSIONAL...



 
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Subject: ["ili" INDIALIBRARIAN-INTL : LIBRARIANS CONTINUE TO BE KNOWLEDGE PROFESSIONAL...
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Date: Thursday, 4 December, 2008, 8:32 AM


Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. A treemap visualization algorithm helps display the enormous amount of information gathered by the aggregator. It's customizable - so if you aren't interested in, say, entertainment or sports news, you can deselect them - and you can choose countries as well. Interesting to see how different stories have different interest/importance levels in different places.

Newsmap's objective is to divide information into quickly recognizable bands which, when presented together, reveal underlying patterns in news reporting across cultures and within news segments in constant change around the globe. It is not thought to display an unbiased view of the news; on the contrary, it is thought to ironically accentuate the bias of it.

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New visualization tools - Tianomo Web discovery





Tianamo … web discovery is a type of search engine/display. Instead of displaying a list of likely matches in response to a search term, it creates a 3D topoographical surface map. You are presented with a series of mountains and valleys covered with labeled dots that represent the individual web sites turned up by the search. As you move the mouse over the map, a list of the sites in close proximity to the cusor is displayed in a separate window, and updated in realtime. What is most interesting is that some form of clustering or grouping algorithm is used to contextualize the search results. In theory, each mountain peak would represent a cluster of sites closely related, and the taller and more prominent ones would contain a higher number of sites with closest match to your search term. What is also neat is the ability to manipulate the surface by grabbing and turning,tilting,zooming in or out etc. Clicking on an actual dot takes you to the actual site, clicking on the side of a mountain narrows the search parameters etc. , and the inclusion of a chronology steps back in time and builds the topographic map dynamically showing the development over time.

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

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.
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--- 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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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
I www.swets.com
Swets 
 

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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 :






Best wishes


RajLibrarian





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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.

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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