Role of the Government and the Public Libraries in the Emerging Knowledge Society"

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An invited talk on "Role of the Government and the Public Libraries in the Emerging Knowledge Society" was delivered during National Conference on Public Libraries during April 1-3 2009. The Full text talk is being attached with this email. Feel free to send your comments to moni@nic.in

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“Role of the Government and the Public Libraries in the
Emerging Knowledge Society”
“Sewa Ratna” Madaswamy Moni
Deputy Director General
National Informatics centre
Government of India
New Delhi
email: moni@nic.in
Invited Talk
National Conference on Public Libraries
(Theme: “Role of Public Libraries in the Emerging Knowledge Society in India’)
1-3 April 2009
Organized by
Librarians Cultural Forum (LCF) & India International Centre (IIC)
New Delhi – 110 003
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Professor Mangla,
Professor J. L. Sardana,
Dr Narender Kumar,
Madame Sushma Zutshi, and
Distinguished delegates of this National Conference on Public Libraries,
I am very happy to participate in this important Conference. There
are many reasons to participate and deliberate issues related to the topic
given to me. The Topic is “Role of Government and Public Libraries in the
emerging Knowledge Societies in India”. I am given to understand that
this conference lays special emphasis on the growth and development of
public libraries in North East Region of the country as also on the role,
functions, structure etc., of the “National Mission for Libraries”
recommended by the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) of India.
Every one of us, now, uses to interact with terminologies viz., egovernment
& e-Governance (G2G, G2B, G2C, G2E models), Knowledge
economy, Knowledge society, Knowledge management, Networked
Society, Information Society, Citizen engagement, Knowledge creation,
Knowledge dissemination, Knowledge marketing, Knowledge Processing
Organizations (KPOs) cultural barriers, operational barriers, and
bureaucracy in practical form.
Professor Sardana has invited to talk on “Role of the Government
and the Public Libraries in the Emerging Knowledge Society” today. I wish
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to consider first: Emerging Knowledge Society, then the role of Public
Libraries and later the Role of Government.
To begin with,
I wish to quote the Address of Lord Macaulay1 to the British
Parliament on 2nd February 1835:
• “I have traveled across the length and breadth of India
and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who
is a thief, such wealth I have seen in this country,
such high moral values, people of such caliber, that I do
not think we would ever conquer this country, unless
we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her
spiritual and cultural heritage, and therefore, I
propose that we replace her old and ancient
education system, her culture, for if the Indians
think that all that is foreign and English is good and
greater than their own, they will lose their self esteem,
their native culture and they will become what we want
them, a truly dominated nation”.
• Nalanda University (5th Century A.D. to 12th Century A.D.)
With advent of higher learning in India, the agricultural knowledge
society, artisan knowledge society, handicraft knowledge society,
handlooms knowledge society etc., disappeared in India during the British
Raj, and afterwards also in the Independent India.
1 Lord Macaulay was the Member of British Parliament & Member of the Supreme Council of India formed by the British
Government in 1834), traveled India for about 4 years and then wrote to the British Government, as referred below.
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I am really honored to talk to the august gathering of Library and
Information Science Professionals, even though I am not a student of
Library and Information Science. However, I have been a User and
Promoter of “Library” for information and Knowledge dissemination in
the era of “National e-Governance”, to benefit the “Common-Man”.
Also I have a professional ambition to synergize the disciplines of
“LIS” and “Computer Science” for a new discipline called “digital library
science” to take advantage of internet technology for “content &
knowledge management” in research, development, education, extension
and training. I have been constantly articulating this view in all the
professional forums. This discipline will usher in a new job discipline
called “knowledge worker” or “information researcher” for LIS
professionals. Job opportunity will be more for the LIS professionals and
even more than Computer Applications professionals. In addition to this,
India needs a “National University of Library & Information Science”,
incorporating all the Faculties of Library & Information Sciences of
various Universities and Colleges, to cope up with the developments
taking place in the Developed Countries.
Shaping the Digit@l Future for All
Shaping the “Digit@l Future for All” is an in-depth look at
Information and Communication Technology - and how it has enabled an
expanding digital world, inextricably linked to our physical existence but
revolutionary, in terms of, human creativity and thought. New
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technologies for mobile communication, massively distributed
collaboration and real-time information sharing are radically impacting
human expressions, interactions and records. We can anticipate a
continuing demand for powerful information organization, aggregation
and dissemination tools to harness these new information realities. There
is where “Open Access, Stamped Open Source Stack and Open Libraries”
is a much-needed “path” for Library and Information Science
Professionals in the country and elsewhere too.
For the developing world, Open Access is likely to increase
scientists and academics capacity to both access and contribute to world
science. Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. The International
Definitions, commonly referred to as “BBB Definitions” - Budapest
(February 2002), Bethesda (June 2003), and Berlin (October 2003)
Definitions of "Open Access" are the most central and influential for the
OA movement. There have been major OA Statements (Peter Suber,
2007)2, in chronological order, as given below:-
• Budapest Open Access Initiative (February 14, 2002);
• Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing (June 20,
2003);
• ACRL Principles and Strategies for the Reform of
Scholarly Communication (August 28, 2003);
• Wellcome Trust position statement on open access
(October 1, 2003);
• Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the
Sciences and Humanities (October 22, 2003);
2 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/timeline.
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• UN World Summit on the Information Society Declaration
of Principles and Plan of Action (December 12, 2003);
• OECD Declaration on Access to Research Data From
Public Funding (January 30, 2004);
• IFLA Statement on Open Access to Scholarly Literature
and Research Documentation (February 24, 2004);
• Australian Group of Eight Statement on open access to
scholarly information (May 25, 2004);
• Salvador Declaration on Open Access: the developing
world perspective (23 September 2005).
In India too, the Draft Indian National Open Access Policy 2006 has
been framed, in the Bangalore Workshop on “Electronic Publishing and
Open Access”3, towards adopting full Open Access to publicly-funded
research publications, and its statements were running as follows:-
“Building on the Budapest Open Access Initiative
recommendations, and past Declarations of
commitments to the strategy of Open Access,
particularly the Salvador International Declaration
on Open Access for Developing Countries, and
Recognizing the benefits that Open Access will
bring to the strengthening of science, participants
to the Workshop agreed the following model
National Open Access Policy for Developing
Countries.
National Open Access Policy for Developing Countries
The [country-name] Government/Government
Department expects the authors of papers reporting
publicly funded research to maximise the
3 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2-3 November 2006.; and supported by the Open Society Institute (http://www.soros.org/openaccess).
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accessibility, usage and applications of their findings.
To this end: As a condition for research funding,
the [country-name] Government:
1. Requires electronic copies of any research
papers that have been accepted for publication
in a peer-reviewed journal, and are supported
in whole or in par by Government funding, to
be deposited in an institutional digital
repository [IR] immediately upon acceptance
for publication;
2. Encourages Government Grant Holders to
provide Open Access to their deposited papers
immediately upon deposit;
3. Encourages Government Grant Holders to
publish in a suitable Open Access Journal where
one exists.
If the Government of India is yet to announce its OA Policy as
enshrined in the Model Policy Statement, then I will suggest that this
National Conference may adopt as this as one of its Resolutions and
forward to the Ministry of Culture, under whose jurisdictions, Library has
been included as one of its “Business of Allocations”. This Open Policy
shall also be enshrined in the most powerful Indian “Right To Information
(RTI) 2005” ACT. Then only the Open Access will promote “equity”. The
National e-Governance Programme with its 1,10,000 Common Services
Centres can facilitate “Access” to Open information in the Country.
Towards Faster and More Inclusive Growth
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The Theme of the Workshop seems to be more appropriate, when
the Government of India has adopted “Towards Faster and More Inclusive
Growth” during the XI Plan Period, to achieve 10% GDP Growth Rate. This
means, the XI PLAN addressed the UN-REACHABLE, UN-SERVED and
UNDER-SERVED. India marches ahead in “ECONOMIC GROWTH” but
“BHARAT” (i.e. Rural India) attains “DIFFERENT MEANING to DIFFERENT
PEOPLE” status. India has shown its willingness to become a
“KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY” in the 21st Century. All of us know and studied,
the GREAT NALANDA UNIVERSITY had the Curriculum (Knowledge), which
attracted scholars from different parts of the World, during 5th Century to
12th Century A.D. in India.
The Planning Commission, in its XI Five Year Plan titled “Towards
faster and More Inclusive Growth” (www.planningcommission.nic.in), has
suggested that the 11th Plan provides an opportunity to restructure
policies to achieve a new vision based on faster, more broad-based and
inclusive growth, and is designed to reduce poverty and focus on
bridging the various divides that continue to fragment our society
through measures such as : targeting robust agricultural growth at 4 per
cent, reducing disparities across regions and communities in respect of
physical infrastructures, health and education services, recognizing
gender across all sectors, and promoting rights of the common person.
The Document identified, among the others, farming, micro, small and
medium enterprises (MSMEs) to play a critical role in achieving the
objective of faster and more inclusive growth. The 11th Plan aims at
putting the economy on a sustainable growth trajectory with the growth
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rate of approximately 10 per cent by 2012. Some major challenges to be
met during the Plan are as follows:-
• Agricultural crisis: regaining Agricultural Dynamism
• Changing Employment Pattern
• Providing essential services to the Poor
• Increasing Manufacturing Competitiveness
• Developing Human resources
• Protecting the Environment
• Improving Rehabilitation and Resettlement Practices
• Improving Governance
• Disparities and Divides
Looking ahead, the Document has suggested that it was necessary to
move beyond defining the role for Panchayat Raj institutions (PRIs) and
Urban Local Governments in individual programmes towards the
constitutionally mandated procedure for developing District Level Plans,
working from the village / municipal level upwards. The 11th Plan puts
special focus on “Services Sector” which accounts for 54 per cent of GDP
and is currently the fastest-growing sector of the economy. State Wide
Area Network (SWAN), funded by the Government of India provides
connectivity to 6000 Block Headquarters on fibre optic network and
Wireless Technology options are being discussed to provide “last mile
connectivity” to every village from the block headquarters.
Emerging Knowledge Society: Transition from Information
Society to Knowledge Society
A knowledge society is one in which knowledge becomes a major
creative force, and "creates, shares and uses knowledge for the
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prosperity and well-being of its people" (http://digitaalstrategy.gov.nz).
Knowledge has become the most important capital in the present age,
and hence the success of any society lies in harnessing it.
India has, from time immemorial, worshiped ‘knowledge’ in the
form of “Saraswati”, the goddess of knowledge. The 21st century has
been acknowledged worldwide as the 'knowledge century'. With current
technologies, knowledge societies need not be constrained by geographic
proximity. For us to be in the Knowledge society, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam,
our former President of India, while addressing the Faculties and
Students, said that “we need three networks - The Knowledge
Network, the Transport Network and the River Network. India has a
rich civilization and post independent India has focused itself as a
technology leader in Space, Defence, Agriculture and certain areas of
Industry. With IT and telecom emerging as core competence of the
nation, transforming India into a knowledge society, I see the
developed India is not too far” (http://www.iiit.net).
As professionals, we come across terminologies viz., information
society, information revolution, knowledge economy, intellectual capital,
Knowledge building, knowledge divide, meta-knowledge and Open (Libre)
Knowledge. Information Technology and Knowledge Workers have got a
tremendous responsibility to contribute in the areas of tele-medicine,
tele-education and e-governance for rural areas, apart from their
business role. The Mission 2007 observed that “Achieving sustainable
human security is a priority task. This will call for harmony with nature
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and with each other. Knowledge connectivity within and among countries
will help to achieve this goal. This is why we should make ‘Mission 2007:
Every village Knowledge Centre a success”.
India has taken a step forward with the creation of Knowledge
Commission in 2005 with the objective to come forward with creative
ideas to promote the ‘knowledge base’ of our economy and to exploit the
vast potential that lies hidden. "We must leverage it to make India truly
the ‘Knowledge Engine of the world". I wish to quote G.N. Ray, while
delivering his speech titled "Transition From Information Society To
Knowledge Society: An Indian Perspective” in the Press Council of India
(http://presscouncil.nic.in/speech11.htm#_ftn1): “As the greatest
visionary of the modern world, Swami Vivekananda had said "All
knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the
infinite library of the universe is in our own mind."
For developing countries such as India, focusing on the vision of the
Information Society must occur in parallel with other socio-political
developments. Overcoming the divide must therefore be balanced
approach to other targets such as the UN Millennium Declaration
regarding hunger, poverty levels, education, gender inequality, health
and environmental resources.
The transformation of existing societal structures, by knowledge as
a core resource for economic growth, employment and as a factor of
production, must constitute the basis for designating advanced modern
society as a “knowledge society”, as the most valuable asset and
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investment in intangible, human and social capital, together with the
potential global value of our knowledge.
In the process of nation building, the media has a great role to play
by informing the people of developments taking place all around, guiding
them to right path, cautioning them against aberrations taking place and
moulding the views of administration whenever needed. Is it happening in
India? India has launched more than 400 T.V. Channels, 1500 newspapers
(both in English and vernacular languages), Radio channels including FM
channels. What do we witness today? Corruption has risen to a new
height and also the People below poverty level. According to Shri Rahul
Gandhi, member of Parliament, the targeted beneficiary gets only 5 % of
what Government sanctions (and his Father and the former Prime Minister
of India, Shri Rajiv Gandhi said two decades back that, only 17 paisa
reached the beneficiary). Where the 95% does goes? Who is the real
beneficiary?
The National Knowledge Commission Report 2008 ((NKC, 2008)4
gives an overview as: “the emerging knowledge society and associated
opportunities present a set of new imperatives and new challenges for
our economy, polity and society. If we fail to capitalize on the
opportunities now, our demographic dividend could well become a
liability. The widening disparities in our country will translate into social
unrest, if urgent steps are not taken to build an inclusive society. And our
4 NKC (2008): “Towards a knowledge society: Three Years of the National Knowledge Commission”, Report of the National
Knowledge Commission, Government of India, 2008.http://www.knowledgecommission.gov.in.
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growth rate, which is faltering now, will stagnate soon, if a sustainable
development paradigm is not created”.
The World Congress on the Knowledge Society 2009, to be held in
October 2009 (http://www.waset.org) aims to bring together
researchers, scientists, engineers, and scholar students to exchange and
share their experiences, new ideas, and research results about all aspects
of the Knowledge Society, and discuss the practical challenges
encountered and the solutions adopted.
There are more than 5 million unemployed graduates in the
country. We have to find out what skills they lack - based on regional,
national and global requirements - and prepare modules of training, for
upgradation of skills and knowledge subject wise, taking inputs from
students and prospective employers. In other words, open and distance
learning should have a major role in capacity building, rather than just
awarding degrees (Rajasekharan Pillai, 2008)5.
The concept of "knowledge-based society" laid emphasis on
providing education to all, empowering women and the girl child,
leveraging on existing competencies in information technology,
biotechnology, financial services and other select areas. Only this
approach would help the country leapfrog into the new millennium, even
while creating a humane and compassionate society
5 Rajasekharan Pillai (2008): “Building knowledge society with open and distance learning:: Equip, Educate, Empower”, digital
LEARNING, May 2008. He is Vice-Chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Email:
vc@ignou.ac.in
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(Venkatasubramanian, 2003)6. The “knowledge society” would make
greater use of ICTs and increase skills and knowledge of people to
achieve social and individual development.
This contrasts with earlier societies, such as the agricultural
society (when agriculture was the key to survival) and the industrial
society (when mass production of goods generated most of the wealth).
In the emerging knowledge society, as much as land, labour and capital,
knowledge is the key to creating wealth and improving the quality of life.
As per the Dr Abdul Kalam’s “Vision-2020: A developed India by
2020” Document, the long-term economic and security objectives,
evolved through a SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat)
analysis, provide the basis for this framework and help identify different
knowledge areas and priorities for knowledge creation and exploitation.
Though India is recognized as a fast developing nation with a burgeoning
economy, it is yet to create an ecosystem to take the benefits of
innovations in science and technology to the Rural India (i.e. Bharat).
The 95th Indian Science Congress (ISC) 2008 stressed the need for
creating a knowledge-based society to transform India into a developed
country in the coming decades. To undertake the SWOT Analysis, two
important ICT projects: DISNIC (ICT for Micro Level Planning at Grassroots
– http://disnic.gov.in) and AgRIS (Agricultural Resources Information
6 Venkatasubramanian, K (2003): “Panel to give shape to 'knowledge society' concept”, as published in THE Hindu, dated
18th January 2003. He was the Member, Planning Commission during the period 1999-2004.
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System - http://agris.nic.in) are required to be implemented on mission
mode in India.
Public Libraries: The Local gateway to Knowledge
With the advent of satellites, televisions and computers and
advancement in telecommunication technology, there is a great flow of
information and knowledge. The term ‘Knowledge society’, ‘Information
Society’ and ‘Learning Society’ have now become familiar expressions in
the educational parlance, communicating emerging global trends with
far-reaching implications, for growth and development of any society.
These are not to be seen as mere cliché or fads but words that are
pregnant with unimaginable potentialities. Information revolution,
information technologies and knowledge industries, constitute important
dimensions of an information society and contribute effectively to the
growth of a knowledge society (Source: NCERT’s “Vision 2020 –
Education” Document)7.
The UNESCO Library Manifesto (1994) states that “the public library,
the local gateway to knowledge, provides a basic condition for lifelong
learning, independent decision-making, and cultural development of the
individual and social groups”. Empowering the community to support
library services is worth considering (Harkrisyati Kamil, 2003)8.
7 planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/bkpap2020/14_bg2020.pdf
8 Harkrisyati Kamil (2003) : “The Growth of Community-based Library Services in Indonesia to Support Education”, in the
World Library and Information Congress & 69th IFLA General Conference and Council, 1-9 August 2003, Berlin.
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In a knowledge society, the levers of development is the creation,
circulation and appropriation of knowledge, i.e. non-material processes
that, in principle, may take place “anywhere” and at “any-time”. The
creation of knowledge is no longer the prerogative of formal settings such
as schools and work places; and hence the introduction of the term
knowledge society is paralleled by a shifting emphasis from education
(whose entry point is a teacher in an institutional setting) to learning
(whose entry point is the learner in any given spatio-temporal context).
The definitions of libraries and of librarians change accordingly. The
enormous increase in Internet-based communication serves to shift
attention to the virtual, rather than the physical, library. Digital
reference services, free access to large-scale data banks and secure
retrieval become vital areas of professional development, and there is
certainly more to come in this decisive domain of innovation.
Public libraries, in their physical as well as their virtual versions,
are spaces that people enter at liberty and often in their spare time. In
shaping new visions for public libraries in the knowledge society, perhaps
this image is their most fundamental value. For, it offers public libraries
a unique chance of catching on to the multi-sited nature of learning in
a knowledge society.
Public libraries can build on those trends by redefining the physical
libraries as informal knowledge centres and by developing their
professional competences in close collaboration with other knowledge
partners, both in the private and public sectors (Table-1). Such a
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development must respect the democratic principles of free access for
all, principles to which public libraries are committed as cornerstones of
action.
Table 1: Library innovation and socio-cultural conditions
(Kirsten Drotner, 2005)9
Industrial
society
Information
society
Knowledge society
Aim of library use Cultural
discrimination
(taste)
Personal relevance
of cultural choice
Universal and free
access to
information
Information literacy
Universal and free use of
information and
fiction
Multimodal literacy
Definition of
library/librarian
Cultural custodian
Cultural guide
Information
disseminator
Knowledge facilitator
Definition of
material/content
Material entity,
physical artefact
Non-material
process
Effective, reliable
information processing
Material artefacts and
non-material
processes
Information and fiction
Definition of user Receiver of choice
cultural
consumer
Information producer
and evaluator
Knowledge producer,
cooperator and cultural
citizen
Library is an effective source of information to be shared by people
of all kinds. Complete computerization of all the libraries and a
dedicated, centralized server to host information available at different
libraries will help in effective sharing of information. A library is
completely computerized only if the user irrespective of background or
9 Kirsten Drotner (2005): “Library innovation for the knowledge society”, in http://www.splq.info/issues/vol38_2/07.htm).
Email:drotner@litcul.sdu.dk.
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knowledge, is able to access information available in the library from
anywhere just by typing few letters/words (Perera Kamani, 2007)10.
Automation and Networking of Libraries and Integration
Knowledge Resources
Rural Connectivity is the lifeline of Indian economy. India is a land
of diversity with different types of terrain, various agro-climatic
conditions, different levels of socio-economic conditions, and varied
levels of regional development. At the beginning of the new millennium,
260 million people in the country did not have incomes to access a
consumption basket, which defines the poverty line. Sustainable
livelihood is a multi-faceted concept. Rural India thus desires to take
advantage of “knowledge-intensive” techniques for its sustainable
development and sustainable consumption. Grassroots level Information
access (Contents) and Grassroots level access to Information (Networking)
are the two essential components for grassroots level development
strategies through ICT. Community Information and Communication
Centres (CICC), as a concept and model, aim to “boost efficiency and
enhance market” integration through Internet/ Intranet technologies for
sustainable remote/regional development at grassroots level.
Community Information & Communication Networks in India
empower disadvantaged community for effective information &
communication, in view of the stated pronouncement of “India to
10 Perera, Kamani (2007): Changing roles of library professionals in the knowledge society”, in
https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/handle/1849/378, 2007.
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become Knowledge Society by 2008”, and also facilitate “social inclusion”
of marginalised rural poor to access knowledge and information. There
are about 56000 Public Libraries (which include 51000 at village level),
400000 School Libraries, 11000 University/College Libraries, 13000 R&D
Libraries, 28 State Libraries, and 526 District Libraries in India. Only 8.4
% of the Villages have access to Public Libraries in India.
Rural Public Libraries are a part of this revolution and will serve as
the backbone for “literacy mission and poverty alleviation”. There are
empirical evidences to support that rural digital libraries will sustain
Community Information & Communication Centres (e-Community
Centres). Networked Library environment play an important role in
rural revitalization, as libraries have emerged as a sunrise industry
due to globalization and liberalization at regional level, and
decentralization trends at grassroots level.
In March 2005, I was invited to present a Paper at the ADB Institute
Regional Workshop at Agra (India) and the Workshop deliberated ADBI
Regional Workshop on "Managing sustainable e-
Community Centres". I presented the Paper titled
“eGranthalaya: Moving towards Rural Digital
Library for Sustainable Livelihoods” and how
“Rural Libraries” should facilitate:
• Reaching the Unreached : Public
Services
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• From Digital Divide to Digital Opportunities for
sustainable development and economic growth.
• Fostering agricultural growth, poverty reduction and
sustainable resources use.
• Water, Energy, Education, Health, Agriculture & Rural
Development, Biodiversity : Sustainable Development &
Earth Care Policies
• “Sustainable Societies in Viable Rural Space” : A Cluster
of Villages is a viable rural space
• Globalisation, Liberalisation and Privatisation
I emphasized during my lecture that :
• “The way forward -“Information Systems as an
Investment and not Expenditure”
• “Local Government is about meeting people's needs”
• “Sustainable Development and Sustainable Lifestyles”
• “Change social problems 􀃆 opportunities”
• “Libraries : the life-force for learning”
• “Convert people needs 􀃆 21st century services”
• “Bringing ICT closer to people needs. (i.e. the new wave
of ICT, the related infrastructures and applications and
services, will address today's key societal challenges.)”
• “ICT Diffusion and Fusion of Technologies for economic
growth and sustainable development”
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This Lecture has attracted the Chairman of National Knowledge
Commission of India, who asked me to make a presentation to the
Commission. During October 2005, I made the presentation to the
Commission and some Members of the Commission expressed their
opinions stating that “when Internet search engines were available and
there were a lot of Internet Resources available, what would be the
usefulness of automation and networking of Libraries in India”. However,
Dr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman suggested NIC to showcase such models.
This led to me to include the Schemes, as mentioned above for the XI
Plan of NIC. However, I was very happy to learn that the NKC had set up
“National Task Force on Library” and included recommendations related
to “Automation and Networking of Libraries” in their Report to the Prime
Minister of India, submitted in December 2006. However, I was not
found in the National Task Force.
I strongly recommend that “Libraries across the country should
be developed as Knowledge Kendras / Centres and all Library
Resources should be digitized and shared across the country”.
Transitioning from e-Government to e-Governance in the
knowledge society
In e-Governance/e-Government, “electronic” means support and
stimulate good governance, which is expected to mature in four phases
(Gartner Report, 2000), as given below:
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Box-B
• Information 􀃆 Presence : Web sites
• Interaction 􀃆 Intake processes : e-mail,
serach engines, download forms and documents
• Transaction 􀃆 Complete transactions :
Network and Information Security
• Transformation 􀃆 Integration and Change :
Virtual counter
The Gartner Model does not imply that all institutions have to go
through all the phases and all at the same time. Most of the governments
start by delivering on-line information, but public demand and internal
efficiency soon require more complex services. The five main target
groups that can be distinguished in e-governance/e-Government concepts
are Government (G), Citizens (C), Business (B), Employees (E) and
bilateral/multilateral Institutions (X). A good approach towards
implementation of e-governance is to combine short-term projects and
long-term goals. In this regard, I wish to quote the DISNIC Programme of
NIC envisaged development of information system in 28 sectors and
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initiated an “information system revolution” in districts during the later
part of 1980s with the establishment of NICNET node in every districts of
the country (Moni and Vijayaditya, 1990)11.
Each State Government has now its own model for implementing egovernance
initiatives / programmes, but the basket of services
(NEMMADI Kendras of Karnataka, e-SEVA of Andhra Pradesh, KAMADHENU
of Rajasthan, e-JAN SAMPARK of Chandigarh, SUVIDHA of
Punjab, RASI MAIYAMS of Tamilnadu, INFOGRAM of Goa,
FRIENDS of Kerala, GYAN DARSHAN of Gujarat, LOKVANI of
Uttar Pradesh, JAN MITRA of Himachal Pradesh, JAIKISAN of Uttrakhand,
e-Gram Suvidha of Madhya Pradesh, e-SUVIDHA of CICs in North Eastern
States, NAIDISHA of Haryana, SUCHNA MITRA Kendra of Chhattisgarh,
etc.) remains more or less identical across states. The GISTNIC
Programme of NIC initiated during 1980s was got drowned in this
process. According to Joya Chakraborty, when a centralized model is
developed, be it for Community Information Centres (CICs), Common
Services Centres (CSCs) or any other ICT4D initiative, the
regional/cultural aspects go missing (Source: solutionexchangeun.
net.in).
Various Study Reports corroborate that the current state of various
government departments, in terms of usage of ICT, is not in a “holistic
manner” so as to achieve profound impact on ROI [in terms of people,
process and knowledge]. Government Departments both in States and
11 Moni,M & Vijayaditya,N (1990) : “DISNIC – A NICNET Based District Government Informatics Programme in India”,
Indian Computing Congress, Hyderabad (India), December 1990.
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Central Governments are yet to announce their “Informatics Policy” for
productivity increase in their subject domain. The subject domain is
classified as Central list, State list, Concurrent list and Local body list.
Their workflow process is being defined through the “business of
allocation”. ICT Policy of many governments is more or less related to
ICT industries.
e-Governance Roadmaps of many Government Departments, as of
now, do not reflect the “pyramid upside down”. G2G, G2B, G2C
components of e-Governance Framework require “institutional
approach”, i.e. training, extension, development, education and research
approach. It requires moving beyond “technology” component. Mainly
ICT Infrastructure is being used for email, word processing, and in some
cases process based applications (File tracking, scheme monitoring,
public grievances monitoring, etc). Content Generation, Workflow
applications, Decision Support Systems, Data Analysis, Framework
based Web Services etc., have taken a back seat. John Roberts (2001)12
estimated that only 10 per cent of government bodies around the world
would be able to move towards to e-governance by 2005 and India was
absent from the picture due its poor infrastructure, and its slow response
to the cyber culture. Now, we witness SWANs and State Data Centres
(SDCs) in every State, in addition to NICNET establishments. According to
the Bangalore based Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), the
Government websites are not accessible to Users with special needs
(i.e. disabled citizens) and do not even fulfill the basic access criteria
12 John P.Roberts, Vice –President and Director (Gartner Research) in Gartner Summit on Information Technology,
New Delhi, August 2001.
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set out in the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Guidelines (Deccan
Herald, 8th December 2008).
Internet Data Centers – Mainframe Architecture of Yester
Years
Data Centers are the key to application delivery. As desktop
virtualization takes root, Data Center will be the central hub containing
all the processing power, with very little or no processing at the user's
desk, leading to yester year’s Mainframe Architecture. System
Administrators (SAs) and Network Administrators (NAs) will have better
control over centralized resources and will be able to provision and deprovision
resources in a more organized fashion without disrupting
operations. Network availability, its security, and its scalability will be
the important factors for “business success”, in a world dominated by
Web 2.0 and SaaS. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) comes as a boon to many
businesses in India, especially from the medium-sized space, as they try
to deal with the prohibitive cost of owning and upgrading software
licenses on limited IT budgets. Thanks to SaaS, CIOs can move a
significant part of IT spend from capex to opex. India is a key market in
SaaS adoption, according to the Forrester Research Report 2008.
The Service, labeled as IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS) and is similar to
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)13 model, enables cost-conscious users to
13 Software as a service (SaaS) is a software application delivery model where a software vendor develops a web-native
software application and hosts and operates (either independently or through a third-party) the application for use by its
customers over the Internet. Customers do not pay for owning the software itself but rather for using it. They use it through an
API accessible over the Web and often written using Web Services or REST. The term SaaS has become the industry preferred
term, generally replacing the earlier terms Application Service Provider (ASP) and On-Demand. (Soruce : WIKIPEDIA)
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adopt technology without paying large license fees, but by paying only
periodical installments. This model is gaining popularity and is expected
to be a key trend in the coming years (Economic Times, 6 March 2008).
While the impact of virtualization on the data center is expected to
be clear and profound, what dynamics SaaS would bring to the data
center is still a guess. Currently, data centers across industries such as
banking, financial services, e-Governance, and other service entities
remain huge server farms with loads of cooling requirements. Study
Reports on capacity utilization rates of Data Centres established under
the national / State e-Governance Programmes are not yet available.
Even it turns out to be “low”, large scale adoption of virtualization will
change.
With all that riding on data centers as well as networks, one
important factor to consider for enterprises would be risk management.
Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Management (BCM) will
have to be taken into account in IT strategies by organizations. Indian
enterprises may not have the scale to provision for expensive DR and BCM
solutions, but these could be the key in threat situations where entire
networks or outsourced data centers are jeopardized. Virtualization
brings in huge cost-savings and some of these resources could be utilized
to plan and provision for DR and BCM situations.
While talking of Outsourced Data Centers, they may have many
benefits such as cost and space savings, but their future is uncertain, as
virtualization could provide these benefits without outsourcing. This
allows organisations to have better control over their resources than in
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the case of an outsourced data center (Tabrez Khan, 2008)14. The Power
team for Workhorse IT now consists of (a) SOA & Web Services, (b)
SaaS/PaaS, (c) ITaaS, (d) Enterprise Content Management, and (e)
Virtualization.
Public Libraries: A Part of e-government/e-Governance (G2C)
in the knowledge society
Governments are investing heavily both politically and financially in
the knowledge society as a route to economic growth and international
competitiveness. Web technology provides an efficient, cost-effective
platform for national knowledge management, with e-government in
particular being welcomed as means of engaging citizens directly in
knowledge creation and dissemination. The discourse of the knowledge
society assumes a robust enabling role for government, downplaying its
declining role in national policymaking and possible divergence of 'public'
and 'national' interests. Additionally, in conceptualizing e-government as
a facilitator of the knowledge society, governments tend to underplay the
significance of entrenched cultural and operational barriers in public
sector bureaucracy and citizens' reluctance to engage. Ailsa Kolsaker
(2007)15 argues that it is only by factoring in such complexities that
governments can truly understand e-government in the knowledge society
and proposes the adoption of well-established marketing practices to
provide pragmatic, user-centric approaches to knowledge-driven citizen
14 Tabrez Khan (2008): “The Changing Face of Data Centers”, in www.cxotoday.com, dated May 19,
2008..
15 Ailsa Kolaskar (2007): “Understanding e-government (G2C) in the knowledge society”, International Journal of Information
Technology and Management, Vol. 6, No.2/3/4 pp. 138 - 1472007
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engagement. In the context of emerging era of knowledge society, the
need of the hour is to make public libraries as vibrant centres of
learning and communication and as community hubs for people to
access networked information.
Access to information is prime component in the development of
society and in this context, Library and Information Centre are playing
dynamic role in provision of needed information. The information
society or the knowledge society does have the potential to transform
the Library as knowledge centres. Education and Knowledge Centre
have an integral relationship. According to Kothari Commission on
Education System (1964-65), the knowledge centre increases research
output by providing the following:-
• To provide resources necessary for research;
• To aid the faculty keeping abreast of new developments in the
new field;
• To provide facilities and services for success in all formal
programmes of instructions;
• To open the door to the wide field of resources;
• To bring resources, users and scholars together;
In a nutshell, I wish to convey that all the Stakeholders of the e-
Governance/ e-Government programmes are required to be exposed to
these areas, which will facilitate “design and development” of
“Knowledge Management” in the e-Governance/e-Government
Programmes.
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Let the 56000 Public Libraries become “Networked Knowledge
Centres” and be a part of “Emerging Knowledge Society” in India. Let
them be connected to various Internet data centres (NDCs, SDCs) and
State wide Area Network (SWAN) / NICNET under the National e-
Governance Programme (NeGP).
Madaswamy Moni
Deputy Director General, NIC
3rd April 2009
(Speech concluded)
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National Knowledge Network gets inaugurated..........

National Knowledge Network
(To share knowledge without constraints of distance, time and physical location -
Says Hon’ble President Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil)
9th April 2009
Hon’ble President Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil on 09.04.2009 inaugurated the initial
phase of National Knowledge Network from Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi through
Video-conferencing. On this occasion Hon’ble President lauded the role of Information
Technology in the country’s progress, and wished that the National Knowledge Network
(NKN) will provide a platform to bring together all stakeholders - scientists, researchers
and students from different backgrounds and diverse geographies - to work closely for
faster development in critical and emerging areas. Hon’ble President said that the NKN
will make it possible to share knowledge without constraints of distance, time and physical
location.
At the inaugural function, Sri R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to GOI,
appreciated the role of National Informatics Centre and DG, NIC for implementation
of NKN.
It was shared by Institutions that “The NKN is going to transform teaching and research …
especially considering the shortage of quality faculty”. And, “It is a great boon to the
remote areas of the northeast”. To make it happen, one student of IIT-Patna asked a
question on cloud networking. The answer was given by Dr. Gautam Barua, Director, IITGuwhati.
The inaugural function through Video-conferencing was well attended by Prof. S.
Dandapat , Dean IIT-Patna, Prof. Subhash Pandey, Registrar, Prof. Naveen Nichachal,
Faculties and students from IIT-Patna.
Mr. Santosh Kumar , State Informatics Officer and Mr. Ranjan Kumar Singh , Senior
System Analyst co-ordinated the function to make it successful at IIT Patna. The Director
and faculties of IIT Patna appreciated the role and contribution of NIC in general and Bihar
State Centre in particular.

Fw: [LIS-Forum] Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures(15)(2009)

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Dr.Prerna, do attend the meeting........   Rajashekhar   Librarianship is a noble profession. lotus5673@yahoo.co.in 1816gbgv   --- On Fri, 10/4/09, Ideas Now & How <ideasnowandhow@gmail.com> wrote: From: Ideas Now & How <ideasnowandhow@gmail.com> Subject: Ideas Now & How - An Unlearning Experience session To: maheshrachh@gmail.com Date: Friday, 10 April, 2009, 12:55 PM Dear Friends,   Greetings...   You are cordially invited to "Ideas Now & How" to listen ,talk, unlearn. We welcome all to freewheeling discussions... No matter who you are...No matter  what you do... We would love to listen to your ideas about life,world & things as you see it & experience it.... Walk In as a Seeker & Walk out with an experience you can share with friends & newbies There is confusion in the air & chaos is reigning supreme... Is it Mumbai or Mosul in war torn Iraq...dug up roads,endless jams,bygone civic sense,shameless corruption,enemies of free & open societies & thinking people... There are questions popping up on every thinking mind ....Why? Why? Why? Why we all are so bogged down by our preconceived ideas,prejudices & notions...   Why we repeat ourself so much...? Why we are like this ?   Let's get closer to answers by speaking about it, by being in quest.. Let's share ...New perspectives,New Ideas, New Views ,New songs, new Poems, new music ,New movies, New Books & New Debates...& above all new spirit... All are welcome with open & free minds...   Please Feel free to confirm via mails...& if you are not able to make it due to your busy schedule do write in what thoughts unlearning brings to your mind on ideasnowandhow@gmail.com.   These are exciting times filled with virtual recession, political theatre ,election jamboree & IPL sitcoms with one consistent lesson of unlearning.    Our Ernest  request is not to mark copies to all. This is a spam free suggestion all our members.  Date:11th April 2009 Time: 6pm onwards Host: Ms.Roopa Icewala Venue: On The Terrace, Between the Moons, Stars             N.D. Trishul building,            Oberoi Complex,            Behind Sab TV, Near Kalinga Restaurant,            Link Rd, Andheri (west),   Kindly note :  Add RSVP Yes/No in the subject column for confirmation. Its imp to send in ur confirmation  Also. please do not send mails/forwards to other members. If u wish to write or share something just send them to ideasnowandhow@gmail.com, we will forward it to others. -- Regards salim Akhtar 93202 25352 Anant Joshi   98926 20532  Ideas Now & How - An Unlearning Experience

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Fw: RE: Reply from RajLibrarian from India : RE: Suggestions for the library and librarian news

Librarianship is a noble profession. lotus5673@yahoo.co.in 1816gbgv   --- On Tue, 7/4/09, Rajsekhar Knowprof (LinkedIn Messages) <messages-noreply@linkedin.com> wrote: From: Rajsekhar Knowprof (LinkedIn Messages) <messages-noreply@linkedin.com> Subject: RE: Reply from RajLibrarian from India : RE: Suggestions for the library and librarian news To: "Rajsekhar Knowprof" <lotus5673@yahoo.co.in> Date: Tuesday, 7 April, 2009, 5:30 PM LinkedIn Rajsekhar Knowprof has sent you a message. Date: 4/07/2009 Subject: RE: Reply from RajLibrarian from India : RE: Suggestions for the library and librarian news with best wishes, be smiling, be a librarian always!! RajLibrarian lotus5673@yahoo.co.in _________________________________________________________ On 03/21/09 7:57 AM, Niksa Matic wrote: -------------------- I am so glad you answered me on my question. I ama group manager of the group called "Reference librarian worldwide" and i wil be happy if you ask for joining the group and i will accept that. I am also grateful you answered me and send some of the web sites. I am reference librarian in main county public library, in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Also, i am trying to explore and every day trying to find new ideas to help our users to explore the library in many ways. So, i am interesting in many aspects of librarianship, first of all, i am trying to find information for users, help them with literature, use online or cd-rom database, explore them, and after all, i am seeking so many librarians to find how they deal with some problems on their jobs, share the ideas. etc... Can you send me more infromation about your proffessional activites. Regards, Niksa On 03/21/09 5:40 AM, Rajsekhar Knowprof wrote: -------------------- Dear Niksa Matic, Sorry for the delay in the response. There are lots of social tools/groups and blogs providing latest infromation to LIS professionals. I myself maintain a few lis groups and blogs....you are most welcome to join them. I am listing one or two of them over here for your reference; http://indialibrarian-intl.blogspot.com http://lisreviews.blogspot.com http://rajlibrarianslibrary.blogspot.com/ http://behumanbealibrarian.blogspot.com/ Apart from this i have some library groups on orkut. I you mail your email address / gmail address i will invite you to these forums. Nice to find a Librarian asking this question. I am a senior academic librarian working at Mumai(India). Right now I am working for my Ph.D in LIS on the topic of "Application of Project Management techniques for LIS practice. I would like to know more about you and professional activities... Best wishes RajLibrarian email address : lotus5673@yahoo.co.in View/reply to this message Don't want to receive e-mail notifications? Adjust your message settings. © 2009, LinkedIn Corporation

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Re: You have been invited to contribute to RajLibrarian's blog

Dear Mrs.kanwaljit kaur Dhindsa, We are overwhelmed by your interest in getting involved with ILI as a contributor. As on date the contents of the blog focus on : LIS news, book reviews, highlighting of achievements of librarians from different parts of India. You are most welcome to join us as a team member. Thanking you Yours sincerely RajLibrarian-Moderator and Contributors/bloggers Librarianship is a noble profession. lotus5673@yahoo.co.in 1816gbgv --- On Tue, 7/4/09, kanwaljit kaur Dhindsa < kanwaldhindsa@gmail.com> wrote: From: kanwaljit kaur Dhindsa < kanwaldhindsa@gmail.com> Subject: Re: You have been invited to c ontribute to RajLibrarian's blog To: lotus5673@yahoo.co.in Date: Tuesday, 7 April, 2009, 12:59 PM Thanks Sir, Thank you very much to provide me an opportunity to work with the team of professionals, please let me know what type of contents you want on this blog. thanks n bye for now On 4/6/09, RajLibrarian < http://in.mc952.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=no-reply@google.com&gt; wrote: The Blogger user RajLibrarian has invited you to contribute to the blog: "ili". To contribute to this blog, visit: http://www.blogger.com/i.g?inviteID=8524595924579852297&blogID=5137963753363639824 You'll need to sign in with a Google Account to confirm the invitation and start posting to this blog. If you don't have a Google Account yet, we'll show you how to get one in minutes. To learn more about Blogger and starting your own free blog visit http://www.blogger.com/. -- Mrs.Kanwaljit Kaur Dhindsa Librarian Central Library http://www.gnelibrary.co.cc/ Guru Nanak Dev Engg. College Ludhiana (Pb) India

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On Tue, 7/4/09, Kanwal Dhindsa, Librarian, GNDEC, Ludhiana <librarian@gndec.ac.in> wrote: From: Kanwal Dhindsa, Librarian, GNDEC, Ludhiana <librarian@gndec.ac.in> Subject: ["ili"] New comment on Fw: 20090203 - A reflection by Rajashekhar Devarai.... To: lotus5673@yahoo.co.in Date: Tuesday, 7 April, 2009, 12:06 PM Kanwal Dhindsa, Librarian, GNDEC, Ludhiana has left a new comment on your post "Fw: 20090203 - A reflection by Rajashekhar Devarai...": Blog for Librarian with full of Librarianship Posted by Kanwal Dhindsa, Librarian, GNDEC, Ludhiana to "ili" at April 6, 2009 11:36 PM

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Jacky Romo - Librarian - Mexico : speaks

From Jacky: Librarian
Thank you Raj for your wishes! This is really special for me because it is the first time that I librarian from other country sent me wishes in my birthday... I feel speechless... I am sorry! But thank you so much!!

In short about me

Jacky Romo, Coacalco, Mexico


relationship status:
single
birthday:
April 1
age:
40
languages i speak:
English (US), Spanish, English (UK)
here for:
friends
children:
yes - not at home
ethnicity:
hispanic/latino
religion:
Spiritual but not religious
political view:
not political
humor:
friendly
sexual orientation:
straight
fashion:
alternative
smoking:
no
drinking:
no
pets:
i love my pet(s)
living:
alone
passions:
travel
sports:
walking
activities:
handcrafts
books:
The Alchemist - Paulo CoelhoThe Kybalion
music:
Romantic
movies:
Kids movies
cuisines:
MexicanChinese
city:
Coacalco
state:
Estado de Mexico
zip/postal code:
55710
country:
Mexico
education:
Bachelor's Degree
high school:
Colegio Frances Hidalgo
college/university:
Escuela Nacional de biblioteconomia y Archivonomia
year:
2006
occupation:
Librarian
industry:
Scientific
Lets have good will
first thing you will notice about me:
Sincerity
height:
164 centimeters
eye color:
brown
hair color:
dark brown
build:
about average
looks:
average
turn ons:
intelligence, public displays of affection

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K.Santosh Kumar a senior/experienced LIS professional looks forward for a suitable and challenging position

K.Santosh Kumar a senior/experienced LIS professional looks forward for a suitable and challenging positions
___________________________________________________

Name of the candidate : KOMALA SANTOSH KUMAR

Father Name : (Late) K.Lakshmaiah

Date of Birth : 01-05-1972

Sex : Male

Nationality : Indian

Permanent Address : Plot No :187
Nalanda Nagar (A.G.s Colony)
Hyderguda (Village)
Attapur-R.R.
Hyderbad-38
Email : Santosh_lib1972@yahoo.com M.9848333840
Language Known : English, Hindi, Telugu


Educational Qualification:

Master Degree In Library and Information Science form Osmaina University
Hyd, A.P. 1997

Master Degree in Archeology


COMPUTER SKILLS:
Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application


LIBRARY SOFTWARE APPLICATION:

1. LIBSYS











PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: - 10 YEARS

Experienced in wide range of Professional managed Academic Institutions and Research Organization, to work for an institute that promise a creative and challenging career as a Librarian in a progressive environment with can did and cooperative work culture that booster the speedy development of the institute.

LIBRARIAN at:

National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management Under Ministry of Tourism Govt of A.P. Hyderabad, Working on contract basis since April, 2005 to Oct,2008.

All Activates pertaining to library specifications, library classification and cataloguing of books and non – books maters. Manage daily services for Students /Faculty/Research Scholars, including Reference information, circulation Service, Reprography, Abstracting, Indexing paper clipping Services Creating Data Base for Book and journals
Annual Report, Statistics Report. The responsibility involving management of library.
Nithm library is automated with Libsys Software.

A.V.Cente: Establishment of A.V. Centre

LIBRARIAN at: Raja Bhadur Venkatram Reddy Institute of Technology,Hyd From
1 Auguest, 2002 to March, 2005

LIBRARIAN at: Niraj Institute of Professional studies, Hyd, A.P. Worked from 2nd December, 1997 to July, 2002

Resource Centre Trainee at:

NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology, Ministry of Textiles,Govt of India,Hyd.A.P Worked from 26th Auguest,1997 to 6th Nov,1997 Worked as A.V.Centre
Incharge

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M: 09848044969



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Fw: Seminar on Eleven Secrets of Henry Ford's Success

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2, Madhuben Chawl, Contact No.: 9867291894
Hanuman Nagar,
Kurar Village, Malad (East), Email Address: vrushalipawar423@rediffmail.com
Mumbai – 400 097

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PERSONAL PARTIULARS
v Date Of Birth : 4th November,1982.
v Marital Status : Single.
v Nationality : Indian.
v Languages Know : English, Hindi & Marathi.
v Hobbies : Reading.

EDUCATIONAL QUALISFISCATION
v T.Y.B.A. From Nagindas Khandwala College, Malad (West)
in the year March – 2003.
v H.S.C. from Nagindas Khandwala College, Malad (West)
in the year Feb.2000.
v S.S.C. from Mangesh Vidya Mandir, Malad (East)
in the year 1998.




PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
v Diploma in Computer Automation Course from
Keerti Computer Classes.
v English Typing @ 30w.p.m.
v Bachelor’s Degree program in Library & Information Science.(BLIS) in 2006
v Master’s Degree program in Library & Information Science. (MLIS) in 2008.
PROSFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
v Organisation : Tip- Top Institute
v Location : Malad (East)
v Designation : Typist Cum Office Assistant
v Duration : 3 Years ( 2000 to 2003)

v Organisation : Excel Tubes & Cones

v Location : Malad (West)
v Designation : Account Assistance Cum
Computer Operator
v Duration : 2 Years.(19th May,2003 to 19th May,2005)

v Organisation : Diamond A W W A Hostel
v Location : Santacruz (East)
v Designation : Computer Operator
v Duration : 1 Year (2005 to 2006)

v Organisation : Atharva College of Engineering
v Location : Malad (West)
v Designation : Librarian Assistant
v Duration : 13 Months (19th July,2006 to 3rd Sept.,2007)

v Organisation : Childrens Academy School
v Location : Kandivali East
v Designation : Librarian
v Duration : 8 months (4th Sept.,07 To 30 June 08)

v Organisation : Bentel Associates
v Location : Andheri East
v Designation : Documentation Executive
v Duration : (Since 7th July ,2008)

JOB PROFILES
v Maintain Library & All Documentation
OBJECTIVE
Aspiring for a position substantial responsibility & challenges in services profession.

PLACE : MUMBAI
DATE :
(VRUSHALI R. PAWAR )

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I am so glad you answered me on my question - Niksa

Suggestions for the library and librarian news

From:
Niksa Matic
Date:
March 21, 2009

To:
Rajsekhar Knowprof

I am so glad you answered me on my question. I ama group manager of the group called "Reference librarian worldwide" and i wil be happy if you ask for joining the group and i will accept that. I am also grateful you answered me and send some of the web sites. I am reference librarian in main county public library, in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Also, i am trying to explore and every day trying to find new ideas to help our users to explore the library in many ways. So, i am interesting in many aspects of librarianship, first of all, i am trying to find information for users, help them with literature, use online or cd-rom database, explore them, and after all, i am seeking so many librarians to find how they deal with some problems on their jobs, share the ideas. etc...
Can you send me more infromation about your proffessional activites.
Regards,
Niksa
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On 03/21/09 5:40 AM, Rajsekhar Knowprof wrote: --------------------
Dear Niksa Matic,
Sorry for the delay in the response. There are lots of social tools/groups and blogs providing latest infromation to LIS professionals.


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Chillapuram Swapna

Chillapuram Swapna - Ex RCT-MW : NH

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A dialogue with Librarian Badan Barman

10th March 2009

Good Afternoon,

badanbarman@gmail.com: Just want to know are you a LIS professional?
Sent at 2:40 PM on Tuesday

me: happy holi Barman
badanbarman@gmail.com: Thanks. Happy holi.
Sent at 2:40 PM on Tuesday

me: you are doing a wonderful service to librarians through your blogs.........all the best
badanbarman@gmail.com: Why you don't use your original name.
Sent at 2:41 PM on Tuesday
me: yes I am an LIS professional
badanbarman@gmail.com: Lotus.. Its difficult to guess. Thanks for your appreciation.
Sent at 2:41 PM on Tuesday
badanbarman@gmail.com: Did you register with us at http://lislinks.ning.com/
Sent at 2:41 PM on Tuesday
me: My friends who librarians and otherwise know me that way only.......that is why.......
ofcourse
i dd register
badanbarman@gmail.com: Than your name?
Sent at 2:42 PM on Tuesday
me: Rajashekhar Devarai
badanbarman@gmail.com: Its ok. Let me find you over our network.
Sent at 2:43 PM on Tuesday
me: sure .....
Sent at 2:44 PM on Tuesday
badanbarman@gmail.com: I am unable to find you over our network. can you point me to your profile page?
Sent at 2:44 PM on Tuesday
me: by the way are you in teaching?
you can check by RajLibrarian
badanbarman@gmail.com: Yes I know it.
Sent at 2:45 PM on Tuesday
badanbarman@gmail.com: Now I can recall your blog posts also.
Sent at 2:45 PM on Tuesday
me: http://indialibrarian-intl.blogspot.com
badanbarman@gmail.com: Yes I am in teaching, but since our university is a new one, my course is not launched yet.. so remain ideal..
Sent at 2:46 PM on Tuesday
badanbarman@gmail.com: Now just acting as Librarian I/C
Sent at 2:46 PM on Tuesday
me: that is great to hear from you......nice talking to you Barman.....best wishes............
Sent at 2:48 PM on Tuesday
badanbarman@gmail.com: Thanks. You know you tried hard in your blog, its reflecting.. but what i think is that you make a messhed..
Sent at 2:49 PM on Tuesday
me: I could not follow
r u there Barman?
Sent at 2:51 PM on Tuesday
me: I relish and value your feedback and comments on my blogs.........
but be specific.....that will help me
badanbarman@gmail.com: Yes. I am here. What I mean is that you tried hard in developing your blog.. But the way you choose to display it..makes people to think to visit your blog, i mean
Sent at 2:52 PM on Tuesday
badanbarman@gmail.com: Please try to remove some application from the blog and make it a steady flow of ideas..
Sent at 2:53 PM on Tuesday
me: ok
badanbarman@gmail.com: It will attract more visitors, and try to be focussed only to a single theme, it may be any like, Library Acquisition, Library Classification or like that.. I hope if you can
Sent at 2:54 PM on Tuesday
badanbarman@gmail.com: do that you will receives much attention and a wide number of vist from the user base..
Sent at 2:55 PM on Tuesday
me: may be you are right..........i have noted your suggestions.......
badanbarman@gmail.com: Thanks.. Even I myself found very difficult to folllow your blog..
Sent at 2:55 PM on Tuesday
badanbarman@gmail.com: Ok. than bye. Hoping that my next visit to your blog will make me wonders.
Sent at 2:56 PM on Tuesday
me: ic ........ your comments are taken in good spirit.......thank you so much....Barman all the best ..
Sent at 2:57 PM on Tuesday

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At Random from RajLibrarian

3.15pm : Sunday : 2009 March 08

Human mind indeed is more mysterious than we have understood it so far. So many incidences happen from morning till evening. In between we may happen to listen to our family members, friends or relatives or happen to read or see some things. The interesting part is we can interpret these things as we like them as we understand them, as we associate those things to actually what we really are and what we really think in terms of our backgrounds , readings and experiences. Another exciting and interesting thing about our mind is, we hear just the opposite of actually what is heard, we see and visualize things that are just the opposite of what they are. We hear to some one justifying the merits of socialism, and the fun is we reaffirm our stand on the merits of capitalism and democracy. This is one of the uniqueness of our mind. Yesterday night when I slept I had put alarm on my mobile to get up at 6.00pm so that my kids will get up for studies for their examinations (they are half way through their exams), I can plan well for the better utilization of the Sunday. My morning alarm at 5.00am or 5.30 or 6.00am is always a nuisance to Sharada. Everyday she gets up early…..but any thing earlier that she cant tolerate. She cant sleep once she hears the alarm and where as I never get up at the time the bell rings. She says when you cant get up why do you put the alarm? It is to wake me up….. What I think for the last so many years…….whether one achieves whatever is planned/anticipated or one needs to focus on the goal by planning and visualizing continuously non stop., I remember Michelangelo’s words from the quotes, next to “Mind over Matter” of today’s Times(Times of India 8-3-2009). “ The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving the mark”. And it is such of the thoughts that have deep rooted in mind, which continue to push forward on a regular basis to focus on higher aims, irrespective of whether I have ever been able to proceed even an inch forward!

This is my psyche and thought!

Today as it happens sometimes, I happened to glance through the centre page paper on Mind over matter(Follow your spirit/Shalini Singh.-Times of India, 8th March 2009). The author seemed to be quite well read with regard to global warming, climate change and spirituality as such. As I understand the paper tries to bring out the side effects of organized religion. Her commentary on the works of a spiritual guru and mass exodus of devotees towards his yoga camps is too rough and unpolished and to a certain extent uncalled for and….. One cannot understand spirituality and divinity by reading and scholarship. If the author has time at all, she should try to understand what it is actually otherwise she should be able to Offer an alternative. The so called educatedness and bookish scholarship does not lead one any where except for misleading the other innocents, who may at times be ill read and ill informed at times ill equipped in terms of logic and reasoning. The whole materialistic World(West), lost in their materialistic and lopsided thinking has been looking at India and Indian guru’s ( may not be connected to religion), for understanding , inspiration and divinity. Let us not forget this!

To Librarians:

Being librarians I know we are too engrossed in our Endeavour to bring quality services to our readers. We need to acquire knowledge, classify, catalogue and disseminate. We have fortunately now arrived at a prominent best practices that lead us effectively from establishing a library/knowledge back to maximizing the impacts of our professional services!

Let us not be lost in the box, let us not succumb to the situations and circumstances.

Let us empathize, look around and interact with the environment with an open mind,. Let us widen our scale of work and thinking. Let us keep-0 our thoughts ventilated. Let us assume consciously different possible roles to bring in fresh air into our set thought processes and isms. Let us be keen observers conscious citizens, pro active, leaders, scientists, social scientists poets, painters, philosophers and pragmatists at times as often – as regularly as possible.

Librarians, welcome home, widen our personal space, identify our uniqueness be ourselves that is what society and people around expect of us, identify ourselves, define ourselves in as clear terms as possible…….. shall we resolve?

Let us be as far away as possible from the so called “ IDENTITY CRISIS!”

(my apologies : the write is not edited for its correctness….it is as typed online and the first version of the author)
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Rajashekhar Devarai ; lotus5673@yahoo.co.in

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Comments on ILI by Barbie - Alessandra

Barbie said...

I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Alessandra*
http://www.craigslistpostingonline.info/
March 4, 2009 6:40 AM
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*What is a craigslist?

What is Craigslist?

If you are an ardent browser of internet, you are sure to have come across Craigslist quite often. There actually exists a person called Craig New Mark, who is the founder of this website in the year 1995.

Though the boundaries of services of Craigslist was confined to San Francisco Bay area, it soon spread its wings far and wide, over nine cities in the United States and now has been established in more than 450 cities. Craigslist has clinched the ninth place among the websites in the USA which is a clear testimony to the rapid popularity, within a short span of time.

The classified advertisements have many categories and make it easier for both the marketers and the viewers to surf and post them. The categories include personal ads, community announcements, selling and buying advertisements and what not. The resumption of mailing operations saw a sudden up-surge in the number of postings and subscribers, which ultimately led to addition of job category and there is a constant demand for addition of more categories.
Craigslist is in itself a community and the spam ads are flagged by the viewers. This is an authentic fact because Craigslist is operated only by twenty four staff members and it would be impossible, without the role of the viewers.

Craigs is a non profitable organization whose main objective is to acquire adequate visibility and establishment, aiming at long term success and basically, to connect the people all around the globe. Craigslist does not offer fund or involve in encouraging the individual organizations.Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/30/2009 - 15:55

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ON BEHALF OF CONTRIBUTORS OF INDIA LIBRARIAN INTL AND ON MY BEHALF...I THANK YOU ALESSANDRA FOR YOUR KIND WORDS....WISH YOU ALL THE BEST..........

RAJLIBRARIAN
lotus5673@yahoo.co.in
BLOG MODERATOR
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Fw: ["ili" INDIALIBRARIAN-INTL : LIBRARIANS CONTINUE TO BE KNOWLEDGE PROFESSIONALS.] New comment on LEARNING HOW TO MAKE MONEY BLOGGING - MEERA DHANJ....

Librarianship is a noble profession. lotus5673@yahoo.co.in 1816gbgv   --- On Tue, 3/3/09, Mohamed Taher <mt2222@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Mohamed Taher <mt2222@yahoo.com> Subject: ["ili" INDIALIBRARIAN-INTL : LIBRARIANS CONTINUE TO BE KNOWLEDGE PROFESSIONALS.] New comment on LEARNING HOW TO MAKE MONEY BLOGGING - MEERA DHANJ.... To: lotus5673@yahoo.co.in Date: Tuesday, 3 March, 2009, 10:03 PM Mohamed Taher has left a new comment on your post "LEARNING HOW TO MAKE MONEY BLOGGING - MEERA DHANJ...": Hi Rajashekhar: Your passion to blog is great and the content is simply flooding. Wish you lots of energy to disseminate and let your inspiration of the Ranganthanalia grow for ever. Regards. Posted by Mohamed Taher to "ili" INDIALIBRARIAN-INTL : LIBRARIANS CONTINUE TO BE KNOWLEDGE PROFESSIONALS. at March 3, 2009 8:29 AM

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Kavita navare's comment on "IndiaLibrarian-intl"

Kavita Navare" kavita.navare@gmail.com

To:

The Moderator - Indialibrarian-intl
lotus5673@gmail.com

Thank u for visiting my blog. Hope u enjoy the posts(marathi). Yes I am a Librarian. I went thr' ur blog. It is indeed a good work. I wonder how do u manage. Keep it up

regards

Kavita Navare
Librarian

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Dr.Taher's comments on ILI and its contents

03-03-2009 Tuesday

Mohamed Taher said...

Hi Rajashekhar:Your passion to blog is great and the content is simply flooding. Wish you lots of energy to disseminate and let your inspiration of the Ranganthanalia grow for ever.Regards.
March 3, 2009 8:29 AM

RajLibrarian said...

Thank you Dr.Taher.....it is the 48 contributors of this blog who deserve a pat....who continue to shape the face ofthis blog ...I only moderate... and encourage.... Credit should go to all of them....Thanks, Ranganathanalia continues to be spirit behind....where ever we are in whatever we do as librarians.....thanks...best wishes

RajLibrarian
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LEARNING HOW TO MAKE MONEY BLOGGING - MEERA DHANJAYA

INFORMATION FROM MEERA DHANANJAY’S BLOG
http://lnsc1.blogspot.com/

LEARNING HOW TO MAKE MONEY BLOGGING

Learning How to Make Money Blogging26th March 2008Author: P CodeThe following paragraphs summarize the work of blogging experts who are completely familiar with all the aspects of Blogging. Heed their advice to avoid any blogging surprises. How can you put a limit on learning more? The next section may contain that one little bit of wisdom that changes everything. There are two major types of business models that entrepreneurs use to make money blogging. The first and most common way to turn a blog into a profit making machine is to sell advertising to different companies and brands who want to reach that blog'sreaders. The second kind of money making blog is one that helps a single brand improve its image by creating positive associations between the blog and the product in the mind of consumers. Both kinds of blogs can make a lot of money, especially if the creator has a keen mind for marketing. If you are blogging with the goal of selling advertising, there are two basic ways that you can go about recruiting sponsors who want to put ads on your site; you can let someone else do all of the legwork, or you can do the work yourself and keep all of the revenue.Within the first group, many people make money blogging by selling space through Google's AdSense program. The advantages of this program are numerous, as it requires very little effort on the part of the blogger or webmaster to begin raking in profits. However, most people discover that they make less money through this method than they had hoped that their blog would earn. Selling advertising directly to companies who want to put banner ads or sponsored links on your blog can take quite a bit of time, but it is often fairly lucrative. If you have a lot of contacts in industries that are related to the topic of your blog, you may want to try to go this route. People who have a strong background in sales and are experienced at pitching proposals can make quite a bitof money by renting blog space to interested companies. The most serious problem with this model is that you often have to build quite a sizable readership before you can attract advertisers, which can mean that you have to do several months of work before you start to make money blogging. As blogging becomes a more and more lucrative business, a lot of established companies are considering how they can get into the action. One way that companies are capitalizing on the blog movement is by having blogs that provide a kind of friendly face fortheir corporation. Often, a company will employ an established blogger to create a weblog designed specifically to appeal to that company's customers and consumers' minds. More than one writer who never even dreamed that he or she could make moneyblogging has been approached by a company and offered quite a pretty penny for this kind of gig. There's a lot to understand about blogging. We were able to provide you with some of the facts above, but there is still plenty more to write about in subsequent articles.Want to work with an outstanding team of mentors that use blogging? You can! Pat Murray and a team of successful mentors will show you how to make good money. Their team has years of hands-on experience online. You will be shown a system that is tested and proven to work. Go check it out now! http://onlinewealthsource.com/

Posted by meera vasudevan at 11:06 AM 0 comments : MAKING MONEY WITH BLOGS
Making Money with a Blogs26th March 2008Author: McRand02Writing is one of those careers where you would either make it big or end up in poverty. The difficulties of finding a publisher to print and sell your novel or a magazine to take in your column cannot simply be described. Luckily, this image of a writer may already be a thing of the past, thanks to the recent technological advancements. While in the old days, individuals in the writing profession had to rely on other people to earn; today’s writers can now generate an income out of their craft by turning their passion into business. Hard as it may sound, this endeavor can indeed be an easy-to-achieve possibility with the use of blogs. Surprising, as it may seem, you can indeed be making money with a blog by just whipping up your hidden writing talent. Whether you are new to the world of blogging, or you have been typing your entire life on the Internet for years, making money with a blog is a possibility that you can accomplish. Here are some few tips that could help you do so: 1. Earn using Google - What was once just a search engine is now among the most powerful enterprises throughout the world, not only in terms of its reach, but also in terms of its income generating possibilities. You can earn from Google by using their free service known as AdSense. All you need to do is have a blog and sell space within your page for ads to be posted by AdSense. The service would then allow you to display ad units – ad boxes – that would display advertisements related to the topics you write about in your blog. For instance, you wrote about the sweater you just knit, and then the ad unit might display ads about sweaters or knitting. Every time your visitors click on any of these ads, you would get a certain amount. When your earnings reach at least a hundred dollars, Google would then send you a check. 2. Promote Other Profitable Sites- a lot of online businesses offer affiliate programs. These work by you having their ads posted on your blog. When a visitor clicks the ad and then purchases something from that company, you would then receive a commission or a referral fee. A lot of the bigwigs of Internet shopping run such programs including Amazon.com, LinkShare, and Lands’ End, among many others. The percentages you can earn from their sales vary depending on the company’s policies. 3. Be an Ad Salesman – The downside of Google ads and affiliate programs is you do not really have much control on your earnings and the ads that are displayed on your blog. If you want to play more seriously in the ad selling game, then you can use BlogAds’ free databases where you can set prices for advertisers to post your blog. Some companies look for blogs that match their products and services and rent ad space the way they do with those traditional billboards you find along the freeway. You ad space can then be leased for a certain period of time. You would just need to pay 20 percent of your earnings to BlogAd. 4. Pass the Hat – While begging may not be so attractive as a means of getting many, doing it in style – online, that is – could be quite appealing, and not to mention profitable. There is nothing wrong about asking for money, and you could indeed make money if you ask nicely or if people like you (and your blog). Many blogs have donation buttons on them. And true enough, many avid fans and visitors may be willing to share some of their wealth to you as a sign of appreciation for your well-written, compelling, and riveting blog. Donation buttons may be availed from PayPal, the famous escrow service, who would get a little out of your earnings when people do decide to spare some change. Similar options are offered by Amazon (Honor System) and BitPass5. Start a Gift Shop – if your blog becomes popular enough that hoards of people all over the world visit it everyday. Then you may then profit from selling souvenirs. And the good news is you would not have to press your logo on those T-shirts or coffee mugs, CafePress would do it for you. CafePress offers to sell for you anything from those cute buttons to daring thongs. The selling price is up to you; you just need to pay them the base price of the products. Making money out of a blog is not as hard as it seems. But of course like in any other moneymaking venture, you have to do your job and do it well. Soon enough your days as a poverty-stricken bard would be over.William McRand Author: Freelance Writer specializing in Internet marketing, Self help, Blogging, and online income. If you found his articles helpful, read his Blog which is loaded with more useful content on this, and related topics. http://mcrand-bloggingprofits.blogspot.com/ : Posted by meera vasudevan at 11:04 AM 0 comments
PPC

Five Top Secrets of Pay Per Click Campaigns26th March 2008Author: Meenakshi WaliBusinesses that wish to be a part of internet marketing are now making use of the paid listing of the search engines that is popularly known as the pay per click campaigns. These search engine listings does not only provide a sufficient web presence to the businesses but they also help in generating essential traffic to the websites. The pay per click campaigns run on bidding process, where the websites bid for their keywords, and pay a set amount to the search engines, for every visitor that is generated from these paid ads on the search result pages. In order to make the most out of the pay per click campaign, there are a few secret tips that the website owner or web master must follow. A website is the most important interface between you and your targeted audience, hence it is essential to make it appealing to your targeted audience. Thus, before you begin with your PPC campaign make sure that your website is well constructed and ready to receive visitors that will come through the pay per click campaigns. Identifying your targeted audience is the next essential phase of website designing. It is very important to know where and whom shall your website cater to. There are several things that depend on the targeted audience of the site. Factors like keyword selection, demographic targeting and to some extent the design and content of the website too depends on the search engines. Keyword selection is the most crucial phase in pay per click campaigns. It must be done after sufficient research and development. The keywords are the deciding factor of the success or the failure of your website. Only if your keyword is effective and complimenting the content of your website they will be able to attract visitors to your site.Once the keywords have been selected, it is time now to bid for them in the search engines. If your keyword is a competitive one, bidding for the highest position can get slightly over board your budget as there will be many competitors fighting for the same position. Once you have successfully bid on your keyword it is important to keep the last day of the contract in mind so that when the date is nearing you can renew your contract.Once your pay per click campaign is up and running, in no time you will be receiving traffic to your website. At this point the most necessary thing is to make use of the traffic that is flowing in to accomplish your targeted action. Your targeted action could be anything from filling a form to buying your product and service. In order to ensure that the traffic is flowing in the direction you wish to have them, it is important to set up a landing page for your website. The landing page might not be a part of your website, rather it could just be the junction which will help in getting your target action accomplished. Follow these basic principles in your pay per click campaign and see how it benefits your business.About the Author- Meenakshi Wali is an expert in Internet marketing solutions, presently working with Rupiz Media LTD., one of the leading internet marketing company, offering online marketing services, SEO services and search engine marketing over the globe.This article is free for republishingSource: http://www.a1articles.com/article_495485_7.html

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
working fom home is a dream?
Working From Home Is Forever A Dream? by: Mathias ConnerWorking from home seems like a dream that everyone wishes for, but you can make this dream come true. Working from home might seem much like a scam, but in actual fact, there are companies who are willing to hire people to work from their homes. There are so many job opportunities for you to choose from. From taking online surveys to doing data entry work, just like a normal clerk doing his/her daily job in office. But the difference is, you can get to do this by working at home and you can have your own tea break or maybe even a nap on your comfortable bed. It is true that there are many scam sites out there wanting to con you. But you can prevent that from happening. All you need to do is to do a little research and you can be safe from those scams. Reaping in a hundred and fifty dollars a day can be achieved. But it requires tremendous amount of hard work and research. Imagine having yourself signed up to 15 survey companies out there, and they each have 5 daily surveys for you with a payout rate of 2 dollars per survey. All you have to do is to complete all 75 surveys and you can reach the 150-dollars-a-day target. It may sound simple, but having to do 75 surveys really takes up a lot of your time. But after all, you still get to work from home. And with such a tempting amount of income, who can resist it? There are other ways to earn 150 dollars per day. You can take up data entry job, reading emails, writing articles or maybe you can venture into online marketing for those who are willing to try. All of these jobs require you to just sit down in front of your computer and start working from home. If you are willing to work hard, you might even earn more than 150 dollars a day. It all depends on your willingness to learn and the amount of hard work you put in. Remember, there is no free lunch in this world. Some might think that working from home sounds tough, but let me tell you that if you manage to pull through from all the hard work, everything that you do after the hardship, would be as easy as memorizing the alphabets ABC.About The AuthorMathias Conner now earns a steady flow of income by working from his home. Ever since being bankrupt a few years back, he has managed to pull through and has a relaxing job at home. Visit http://www.legitonlinejobs.com/ to find out how.



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Librarianship is a noble profession. lotus5673@yahoo.co.in 1816gbgv   --- On Tue, 6/1/09, panchanathan NV <p_nerur@rediffmail.com> wrote: From: panchanathan NV <p_nerur@rediffmail.com> Subject: Re: ["ili" INDIALIBRARIAN-INTL : LIBRARIANS CONTINUE TO BE KNOWLEDGE PROFESSIONAL... To: "Professional Librarian" <lotus5673@yahoo.co.in> Date: Tuesday, 6 January, 2009, 10:11 AM   Mr Rajasekhar, I need your help in putting my classification consultancy in your network if u can. Mudra Library services offer Library services in maintaining libraries.For enquries My E mail Id is    p_nerur@rediffmail.com Now more than me my assistants are looking forward to orders.For many librarians the training they get with me and even 3000 Rs what i give is a grat opportunity.I think u will understand.I am mainly attacking classificatin.Whichever library if they have to computerise,they have lot of books they have to classify before they input them.Many librarians will be benefitted if they know that I am giving this jobwork. Do what u can. With kind regards. Mrs Lalitha. On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 Professional Librarian wrote : >  Librarianship is a noble profession. lotus5673@yahoo.co.in 1816gbgv > >--- On Mon, 5/1/09, mahammad rafi havaragi <havaragimm@yahoo.co.in> >wrote: > From: mahammad rafi havaragi <havaragimm@yahoo.co.in> >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Vacancy of "ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN" >To: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Date: Monday, 5 January, 2009, 10:36 AM > >Dear Friends, > >This is to inform you all that NMKRV College for Women >requires "Assistant Librarian" for its Degree college Library > >Consolidated Salary: Rs. 5,000/- per month. > >below 30 years and holding First Class in >B.Lib.I.Sc.or D L I Sc may apply. >Experiance: 1 to 2 years >Apply Within 8 days. >Send your Resume to : havaragimm@yahoo.co.in or mamya.mh@gmail.com >For more detail, please contact Librarian. > > >Mahammad Rafi. M. H. Librarian. NMKRV College for Women 3rd block >Jayanagar. Bangalore-11 Mobile:- 9740069587 Connect with friends all >over the world. Get Yahoo! India Messenger. >-- >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 >Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now. > >-- >Posted By Professional Librarian to "ili" INDIALIBRARIAN-INTL : >LIBRARIANS CONTINUE TO BE KNOWLEDGE PROFESSIONALS. at 1/05/2009 >03:16:00 AM

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