Monday, October 25, 2010

Pure consciousness

Pure consciousness

"Self is sakshi, pure witness.  However, if I am not aware of it, I cannot be rich and blissful.  To be truly happy the awakening of the self is required.  This knowledge of the self gives you the understanding that you are pure consciousness - the witness.  It is only through Brahm gyan, pure knowledge, that you come to know about your own true self."  -- Anandmurti Gurumaa

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Both happiness and suffering are part of life. He who has faith gains all; he who is without faith acquires but little. - Guru Harkrishan

Both happiness and suffering are part of life.  He who has faith gains all; he who is without faith acquires but little. - Guru Harkrishan

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WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library: GPO MetaLib - Federated Search Engine for Government Databases

WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library: GPO MetaLib - Federated Search Engine for Government Databases

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Sunday, October 10, 2010

How to be a good librarian?

How to be a good Librarian

Librarians are on the cutting edge of information technology and are always involved in something new and exciting.

Graduate from high school.

Learn about librarianship from the American Library Association website. Also check out the federal government's Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Handbook Online. Investigate what library type you would like to specialize in. Choose your college major accordingly.

Graduate from college with a bachelor's degree in just about anything. Everything you learn is useful.

Choose a graduate school with a school of library and information science. The American Library Association website keeps a list. There are about fifty schools in the country. Some schools offer online courses. Graduate with an "MLS", Master of Library Science or similar degree title.

Do an internship or work part-time in a library while you're in library school so you can build up your resumé and learn more about different types of libraries.

Apply for a job and be glad you choose a fascinating, never a dull moment career with a high job satisfaction rate.

  • Learn management skills. A librarian is a manager first and foremost. You will have to manage people, budgets, leaking roofs, power hungry administrators and problem patrons. There is no "man behind the curtain" to run things, you're it.
  • Be prepared for people who want to stamp you with the "Marion the Librarian", dull and boring stereotype. These are usually people who aren't nice people to begin with and worse yet, don't read very often. Continue to be polite and professional, but open and friendly. This will help them get beyond the stereotype. Try to prove them wrong as much as possible. Show that as a librarian you can be fun and outgoing.

Source of Information : http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Librarian ; Information Access Date : October 10, 2010


 
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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Thought for the day 20101009

Thought for the day

20101009

 

Navaratri is time to drop the separateness and recognize that life is  in every thing.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar/Dip into your own nature.-Speaking Tree, Times of India, October 09, 2010.

 
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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Congratulations Dr.Prema .....Best wishes ......Fw: Fwd: Hi /Bonjour!

Congratulations Dr.Prema .....Best wishes ......
 
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From: PREMA HALLIKERI <prema.kud@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 3:46 PM
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Hi friends !  I am sure you will be glad to know that I have been honoured with a Gold Medal & a Citation, for Excellence in Research & Teaching of French & Francophone Studies, during the 5th International Conference, which was held in Kullu-Manali recently.Please find some pics in the attachments.

With Best Wishes
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Friday, October 1, 2010

Hello Vim

Hi Vim,

So nice, some one is asking about my life. Thank you so much. Life is fine as I wished and as i wanted it to be. It is nothing different from what I wished it to be. How about you Vim? I think we must know more about each other., as Librarians. We can share our experiences with regard to our practice of Librarianship. If you would like to know more about me and my writings in LIS, type RAJASHEKHAR DEVARAI will find some information. I have a professional blog... and in this blog about 50 librarians are writing.... if you wish you too can become a member. Let me know if you are interested. Do you maintain a blog as such? Feel free to communicate to me by may mail address as well : lotus5673@yahoo.co.iI
I relish your communications.
Best wishes and I wait for your response

LbnRaj
Chief Librarian, Asian School of business Management, India

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thought for the day

Grace and Working with "What is"

 

"One partner, blind to his own faults will notice, criticize and condemn the very same imperfections in the other. …. If you acknowledge your imperfections and the imperfections of this world, work hard and rise to the challenge to be aware of them and change and evolve accordingly, "then you are a vehicle for the expression of God's dynamic perfection" writes David Aaron in his spiritual work based on his understanding of the Kabbalah, The Secret Life of God. …  Working with "What is" means to seek meaning within the absurd, peace within chaos, light within darkness, joy within suffering – without the need to deny the reality of absurdity, chaos, darkness and suffering." Marquerite Theophil  ; weave@vsnl.net (Times of India – Speaking Tree, October 1, 2010).

 
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL LIBRARIANS

SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL LIBRARIANS

Habit 1: Proactivity, fanaticism, and downright aggression

A popular though unacknowledged (here) website notes that "Vision without action is a dream; action without vision is a nightmare". Are there any other words that ring as true as this? Well, of course, but let's stay on task here.

In brief, if you're not going to Do Something About It, just go back to reading the newspaper and drinking coffee. Continuous whining only irritates people. Sure, kicking and screaming aren't going to win you any friends either, but at least you'll get your own way. Eventually.

Habit 2: From Librarianship to World Domination - yes, YOU can!

Although the cynical may doubt the reality of achieving this goal, any tin-pot world dictator will tell you that it doesn't matter where you start, only where you finish.

Of course, they always come to some sort of nasty end and are psychotic sociopaths with no conscience, but they never let these small handicaps interrupt their focus. History has never forgotten those who led military dictatorships, nor brought about senseless war.

Habit 3: Prioritization and Delegation - keeping the trivial in some else's in-tray

How much of your precious time is consumed with doing what ever the heck you are being paid to do? If you've noticed that you're rushed off your feet whilst the person next to you is cruising through their day, YOU are doing something wrong!

If your co-workers claim to also be busy, had you considered the vast untapped human resources that walk into your library every day? Sure, they're not trained for library work, but many will be thrilled to be asked to fix the photocopier, show someone how to set up an email account, download music, scrape gum off chairs, and maybe even do the odd bit of cataloguing. If you don't ask, you'll never know.

Habit 4: Believe in yourself

"Boy, this is a pretty old one" I can hear you thinking. But hey! Unless you are in fact an imaginary character, why shouldn't you at least suspect that you are a real person.

If you manage to convince yourself that you actually exist, then you're well on the way to getting others to agree with you. No longer a faceless servant to the masses, you can rise to a servant with a face! (If you're incredibly ugly, you can skip this one.)

Habit 5: Exceptio probat regulam

Where would any self-respecting list of anything be if it didn't include at least one Latin phrase plucked from a website that's hopefully been written by someone who knows what they are talking about? After all, that's the very essence of online content, isn't it?

So, "the exception proves the rule". For you to become a highly successful librarian, you will have to first let go of the concept that hard work and dedication will help you achieve your ambitions. For proof, look at your colleagues, working away in intense concentration. As they will be doing tomorrow. And the next day. If you want to be the exception, you KNOW what you have to do now. Except you could also become unemployed - it's up to you to weigh the risks against the possible benefits.

Habit 6: Synergy, empowerment, paradigms, viability and other jargon

Talk the talk of management! It will give you a patina of authority, a voice that should be listened to. Much easier than learning a foreign language, your engagement in the mode of articulation of your corporate ecology will contribute to the implementation of your personal agenda.

Besides which, not even the suits themselves understand what they're saying. Don't be intimidated!

Habit 7: Imagination, ingenuity, innovation, inspiration, and inventiveness

Yes, it's the five "I"s of success. It really should have been seven, as this is the seventh and thus final one of the 7 Habits of Highly Successful Librarians.

But seeing how these sounded more suited than "Fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, fiction, figment, and forgery", it's probably better to go with the 5Is. Suit yourself though - if you haven't got access to a thesaurus, you're really not going to get very far in life or in your career. Let alone your plans for world domination!


USE YOUR NEW POWERS WISELY. YOU ONLY GET ONE LIFE.
UNLESS YOU'RE A SERIAL KILLER OR SOMETHING.
Source of Information : http://www.warriorlibrarian.com/JUSTKIDDING/7habits.html


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Monday, September 27, 2010

“Like it or not, if you look at your own mind you will discover it is void and groundless, as insubstantial as empty space” – Padma Sambhava (Sacred Space – Times of India, 27-09-2010)

"Like it or not, if you look at your own mind you will discover it is void and groundless, as insubstantial as empty space" – Padma Sambhava

(Sacred Space – Times of India, 27-09-2010)

 
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

"Know God and all fetters will fall away". .......Shvetashvatara Upanishad


"Know God and all fetters will fall away. 
No longer identifying yourself with the body,
go beyond birth and death.  All your desires
will be fulfilled in Him Who is One without
a second.  Know Him to be enshrined in
your heart always.  Truly there is nothing
more in life to know". - Shvetashvatara Upanishad
Source : Sudhamahi Regunathan, aurovalley@gmail.com
 
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Julia Roberts and Librarians : Julia Robert honoured with Lifetime Achievement award. Julia received the award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain (Times of India : September 22, 2010).

Julia Roberts and Librarians : Julia Robert honoured with Lifetime Achievement award. Julia received the award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain (Times of India : September 22, 2010).
• “Well, perhaps a picture of a middle-aged woman, with her hair up, trying to look at the bottom shelf of books through her bifocals. That would mean standing on one shoulder, weaving her head about to get the titles in focus. Then, right beside that picture, could be the same middle-aged woman, with her hair down (perhaps looking like Julia Roberts will in a few years), helping a student (on a computer), while taking photos of the group for the yearbook. On the other hand, any picture that made librarians look like Julia Roberts or Clive Owen would be beneficial to the admissions offices of schools of librarianship”. Source : http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2009/3/5/how-do-you-draw-a-librarian.html


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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

"When faced with difficulties or obstacles, just tide over and get to your serene nature"-Asaram Bapu (Speaking Tree - Times of India Sept 21, 2010

"When faced with difficulties or obstacles, just tide over
and get to your serene nature"
Asaram Bapu
(Speaking Tree - Times of India Sept 21, 2010)
 
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Monday, September 20, 2010

Fw: Patience


 
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"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have
patience with yourself.  Do not lose courage
in considering your own imperfections, but instantly
set about remedying them - every day begins
the task anew."
Saint Francis De Sales
(Times of India, Speaking Tree,
September 20, 2010).
 
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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Cast away the evil you have done ........Isaiah

" Cast away the evil you have done and get yourself a new heart and a new spirit......... The work of righteousness shall the peace and the effect of righteousness quietness and confidence for ever. "
Isaiah
 
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Friday, September 17, 2010

As the mind clears and becomes focussed, we begin to peorm our actions in the outer world skilfully, selflessly and without clinging to their fruits. We become more familiar with the larger, eternal aspect of ourselves that lies unchanged below the turbulence of daily life.-Rajmani Tigunait

"As the mind clears and becomes focused, we begin to perform our actions in the outer world skilfully, selflessly and without clinging to their fruits.  We become more familiar with the larger, eternal aspect of ourselves that lies unchanged below the turbulence of daily life".
-Rajmani Tigunait(Times of india - Sacred Space : 17-009-2010)
 
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Thursday, September 16, 2010

naa chiTTi chEtulu chakkani vraatalu nErvalEdayyO!



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"Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity, We need only to be aware, alive in the present moment."

"Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity, We need only to be aware, alive in the present moment."
Tich Nhat Hanh (Times of India - Sacred Space : September 16, 2010)
 
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Why we feel that we are alone?...........September 14, 2010

September 14, 2010
"For every one is linked with every one else through the
kinship of the soul - vasudhaiva kutumbakan." -
Acharya Nitya Satyananda (Speaking Tree - TIO Sept 14, 2010).
It is very true .... but we need to remind this this to ourselves
again and again. We either dont know this .... or we keep
forgetting... or we just dont want to know its importance.
And yes we get puzzled .... get isolated .... desperate ....
restless. We keep murmuring i am alone .... no one
cares me. Let us resolve to believe that we all human beings
 .... and other beings are interconnected and interwoven in
separably. No one in this world is alone. It is only a
learnt behaviour , it is only a fobia that
we feel at times that we are alone.
 
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