Monday, December 1, 2008

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 :






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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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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

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

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Monday, November 17, 2008

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


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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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Friday, October 24, 2008

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



 
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--- 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

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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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    --- 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




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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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    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



    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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