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Thursday, March 13, 2014
Miranda House library shows the way...by Vijetha S.N. (Source: The Hindu, 13 March 2014)
Miranda House library shows the way
Author: Vijetha S.N.
NEW DELHI: Dingy corners, zero natural lighting, dusty books -- replete with yellowing pages -- that seemed to have never left the shelves: all this pictured in a crumbling library set up all those years ago is sadly what you come to expect when you walk into almost any college library in Delhi University’s North Campus. But Miranda House is truly an exception – be it for its square footage, colour-coded books, Braille library or the multiple seating arrangements sans dust. “The total carpeted area is around 21,275 square feet, we have about one lakh books dating from the founding days in the 1940s which are being constantly rebound, we also have e-books available as well as a digital resource centre,” said college Principal Pratiba Jolly, while conducting a tour of the library building which is a stand-alone structure of mammoth proportions in a corner of the college. “The original building was in the style of the 1970s when it was built, but we recently had the red-bricks added to the outer structure to blend in with the rest of the college,” she added. Renovations are still going on at the three-floored library, with a lift in the works. Ms. Jolly explained that any construction work had to be timed in order to not inconvenience the students. Miranda House is also one of the few colleges which keeps its library open until 7-30 p.m. Almost every other college library shuts shop at 3-30 p.m. This is in addition to the department libraries which are located in different buildings. The new four-year undergraduate course which has sought to do away with text-books has also prescribed a long reading list, and even here Miranda House seemed to be one of the few colleges which seemed to be consciously making sure enough copies were available. Another factor that tipped in favour of this college’s library was the importance given to reading for pleasure. An entire section was decided to fiction and poetry, contemporary and old. There was English and Urdu, Punjabi and even Tamil. “We organise book sales where we procure books from faculty and alumni and sell them for a smaller price to students and faculty.” There are separate seating arrangements to read and reference with enough natural and artificial lighting, and most importantly a separate section for the faculty is also being renovated. The college funding is not more than the funding given by the UGC to its neighbouring colleges whose libraries are not spaces that anyone would wish to spend any time in. But as Miranda House has displayed, the other colleges too -- now flushed with funds after the OBC expansion – can easily take a leaf out of this book.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Prof. Assistant, SPA, and JLIA vacancy at Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, Kalkaji, New Delhi-110019
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Monday, February 10, 2014
Vacancy of Librarian in College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi
College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi
Sheikh Sarai (Tirveni), Phase-II, New Delhi-17
1. Librarian : 15,600
– 39,100 + 6,000 (GP)
I. A
Master’s Degree in Library Science / Information Science / Documentation
Science or an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% marks (or an
equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and a
consistently good academic record with knowledge of computerization of library.
II. Qualifying
in the national level test conducted for the purpose by the UGC or any other
agency approved by the UGC.
Forms can be obtained from the office 10am to 5pm or can be downloaded from college website mentioned below.
Application fee Rs. 250.00 for UR and OBC, AND 100 for SC/ST
LAST DATE TO APPLY 28-2-2014
Phone: 011-29258792, 29258544
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Vacancy of Librarian, PA, SPA and Library Attendant at Hansraj College, Delhi
Source: The Hindustan Times, delhi ed; 04 January 2014
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Recruitment Notice for the post of College Librarian on Ad-hoc Basis at MAHARAJA AGRASEN COLLEGE, Delhi
Recruitment Notice for the post of College Librarian on Ad-hoc Basis
Candidates meeting the eligibility criteria for the post of College Librarian are invited to appear before the Selection Committee on December 16th 2013 at 11:00am in the College Committee Room.
The appointment shall be purely on ad-hoc basis for a period of 4 months terminable even before without assigning any reasons thereof and without prior notice. The term may be renewed and will be governed as per University of Delhi rules for ad-hoc appointment.
Scale of Pay: 15600-39100 with AGP: Rs.6000/- plus usual allowances as admissible for Ad-hoc appointments as per University of Delhi rules.
Eligibility Criteria:
1) A Master’s Degree in Library Science / Information Science / Documentation Science or an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and a consistently good academic record with knowledge of computerization of library.
2) Qualifying in the national level test conducted for the purpose by the UGC or any other agency approved by the UGC.
(Principal)
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Announced date of Exam of SPA and JLIA at University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi
SPA Exam Date-18.12.13
JLIA Exam Date- 20.12.13
Download your Admit cards:
www.ucms.ac.in
Friday, November 1, 2013
Vacancy of 2 Assistant Professors in DLIS in UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
Advt. No. Estab.IV/247/2013 Dated: 23rd October, 2013
FACULTY POSITIONS
Applications are invited for the posts of Assistant Professor in various departments in the Faculties of Arts, Applied Social Science & Humanities, Commerce, Education, Science, Inter-Disciplinary & Applied Sciences, Law, Management Studies, Mathematical Sciences, Music & Fine Arts and Social Sciences in the Pay Band (PB-3) of 15600-39100, AGP 6000.
The last date for receipt of applications is 06.12.2013.
For details, please see the University website www.du.ac.in and click work@du link.
No. of POST: 2, 1-SC AND 1-OBC
Any addendum/dedendum/corrigendum shall be posted on the website only.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Walk-in-Interview on 27.02.213 for the Junior Library Information Assistant (JLIA) on the Contractual basis in Delhi
NOTICE
VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE, Vivek Vihar, Delhi-110095
Walk-in-Interview on 27.02.213 (Wednesdav) at 10.00 A.M. for the following posts.
1. Junior Library Information Assistant (JLIA) on the Contractual basis on the consolidated Salary ofRs. 11,550/-per month.
Essential Qualifications:
1.Passed Senior Secondary or equivalent examination conducted by State Board of Education IUniversity /Govt.recognized institutions.
2.Certificate in Library Science / Library & Information Science from a recognized institutions.
3.Computer course at Sr. Secondary level or Basic Course 111 Computer Science/Word Processing from a recognized institution.
15.02.2013
Walk in interview on 27.02.2013 (Wednesday) at 10.00 am for the post of Junior library information Assistant (JLIA) on contractual basis on the consolidated salary of Rs.11,550/-pm. Please see notice board or contact Librarian/Administrative Officer for details and essential qualification.
(Librarian)
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Vacancy of Semi Professional Assistant at University of Delhi, Delhi
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
DELHI-110007
January 21, 2013
NOTICE FOR SEMI- PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT
Applications are invited to fill up one post of Semi Professional Assistant on contract basis in the Department of English, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 on a consolidated salary of Rs.11550/-p.m. with the following Qualifications.
Essential:
1. Graduate in Arts / Science / Commerce or any other discipline or any other higher qualification with 50% marks.
2. B.Lib.Sc. / B.L.I.Sc with First division i.e 60% marks.
3. Course in Computer Applications at Graduate or PG level of 6 months Computer course from a recognized Institution.
Desirable:
1. M.Lib.
2. Knowledge of Library softwares
3. Fluency in English
Applications on plain paper giving details regarding qualifications, experience, e.mail address etc. should reach The Head, Department of English, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 latest by 28th January, 2013.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Applications are invited to fill up one post of Semi Professional Assistant on contract basis in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi
DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, DELHI-110007
Advt. No. ACBR/12/Cont./3106 07th December, 2012
NOTICE
Applications are invited to fill up one post of Semi Professional Assistant on contract basis in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 on a consolidated salary of Rs.11550/- p.m. with the following Qualifications.
1. Graduate in Arts / Science / Commerce or any other discipline or any other higher qualification with 50% marks.
2. B.Lib.Sc. / B.L.I.Sc with 50% marks.
3. Course in Computer Applications at Graduate or PG level of 6 months Computer course from a recognized Institution.
Applications on plain paper giving details regarding qualifications, experience, etc. should reach The Assistant Registrar, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 latest by 14th December, 2012.
The University / Centre reserves the right to cancel any application without assigning any reason.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Delhi university tops, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda 17th in yearly downloads
With over ten lakh downloads, the University of Delhi has topped the chart in usage of Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) facility while M S University is among top 20 universities of the country.
INFLIBNET Centre is an autonomous Inter-University Centre (IUC) of the University Grants Commission that works collaboratively with university libraries to shape the future of the academic libraries in the evolving information environment.
The download statistics of universities reflect that during 2011, University of Delhi topped the chart with 10,44,443 yearly total downloads (YTD). Jawaharlal Nehru University and University of Hyderabad followed Delhi university with 7,68,526 and 7,67,181 YTD.
The statistics reveals that MSU is the only university from Gujarat to be in the top 20 list with 1,82,299 YTD. "In terms of year wise full text download too, there is a healthy trend at our university," MSU librarian Dr Mayank Trivedi told TOI on Monday, adding that if the year 2009 witnessed 1,15,128 full text download, the year 2010 saw 1,38,011 full text download.
"In the year 2011, the full text download increased to 2,13,617," said Trivedi, ahead of the three days National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN) which will kick off at MSU on Tuesday.
MSU in collaboration with New Delhi-based Developing Library Network (DELNET) is organizing NACLIN 2012 on the theme of 'Libraries for the Future: Collection, competencies and cooperation'.
Source: Times of India, 20th November 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012
DU students photocopying academic books is legal by Danish Raza
You just cannot produce scholars with a ban on photocopying course material. Literally!” said a miffed Lokesh, an M. Phil student at the Delhi School of Economics, popularly known as D- School, at Delhi University’s North campus. Lokesh is part of a campaign to save the D- School photocopy shop from a petition filed against it by several large publishers.
For students at the varsity, xeroxing course material from the prescribed syllabus is perfectly normal, and the spiral bound black and white pages of different sizes- each bunch weighing anywhere between 2 to 3kg have been an integral part of campus culture for generations now.
Almost every piece of required reading in every syllabus is available with the photocopy shop at a cost. Of course, nobody thought about the legality of it all. Until recently that is!
The copyright infringement petition filed by Oxford and Cambridge university press with Fancis and Tailor against DU and Rameshwari photocopy services in D-School, challenging the practice of photocopying course material, has left varsity students red faced. The petition says that photocopying allows students cheap access to otherwise expensive material.
Photocopying portions of texts for academic purposes is not illegal: Reuters
“The crackdown on photocopy is illegal. The current pricing of academic journals makes it inaccessible to substantial number of students,” said Lawrence Liang of Alternate Law Forum, a Bangalore based law firm that particularly looks at copyright issues.
About the legality of photocopying course packs, Liang said under the Indian Copyright Act, students are entitled to photocopy academic work for study and research purpose.
“Section 52 (1) says that one can reproduce any work by a teacher or a pupil in the course of instruction or as a part of questions or answers to questions. The same section allows a fair dealing with any work other than computer programs when done for private or personal use, including research,” he said.
The petition has brought under the lens, the set norms and definition of ‘mass circulation’. To make a case for violation of copyright act, publishers have challenged a decades old practice in a university, rather than targeting the sale of pirated copies of their books in grey market.
Nor is this the first time publishers have attacked a photocopy service provider to launch a discourse on copyright law. Danish Sheikh, a lawyer at the Alternative Law Forum cites examples from other countries in an article published on Kafila. According to Shiekh’s article, in 1991, eight publishers filed a lawsuit against Kinko’s Graphic Corp in USA on similar grounds. Kinko’s lost the case but it lead to the formation of a system of intermediary agencies which take care of copyright licensing of academic work.
The report also cites an instance where instructors at Georgia State University got in trouble when they posted readings online. Publishers argued that doing so was the equivalent of paper photocopying and pressed for regulations. The case resulted in the court putting a quantitative cap on the portion of a book that can be posted online.
“It is a classic strategy followed by publishers in the West so that all academic institutions get the signal and toe the line,” said Ravi Sundaram, senior fellow at Delhi based Centre for the Studies of Developing Societies.
Students said that in the current academic scenario, one cannot do away with photocopies unless there is an equally viable alternative in place.
“The photocopied compilation is essential for thousands of students from economically weaker sections who cannot afford to buy the original books. Sometimes a prescribed reading is only a chapter of a book. Does the publisher expect each student to buy the whole book to read that particular chapter?” said Lokesh.
“Since college libraries do not have sufficient copies of the designated readings, photocopying is the only viable option,” she added. As part of the campaign, students have launched a Facebook page in support of the photocopy shop, and will conduct a seminar on copyright laws in India.
Part of the problem lies with the fact that after releasing exorbitantly priced hard bound editions, a majority of publishers don’t release affordable versions of their books. On average, an Oxford book on any science topic costs Rs 700 to 800. A photocopied variant of the book costs around Rs 200.
“A course pack is not equivalent to compiling a new book or selling a pirated version. Most of these readings are authorised and prescribed readings of the universities meant for private circulation and academic purposes, and not mass produced or produced for mass commercial purposes. Departments and libraries are all an active part of this enterprise and so all of us must be sued for this, not just Rameshwari photocopy service,” said Subhadeepta Roy, PhD student in D- School.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Professional Assistant and Semi Professional Assistant at Bharati College, Delhi
BHARATI COLLEGE
(University of Delhi)
C-4, JANAKPURI, NEW DELHI-110058
Ref No.: BC/NT/2012/589 Dated: 07-08-2012
| Post | No of Posts | UR | ST | OBC | Pay Band | Grade Pay |
|---|
| Professional Assistant | 1 | 1 | 9300-34800 | 4200 | ||
| Semi professional Assistant | 1 | 1 | 5200-20200 | 2800 |
QUALIFICATIONS:
Professional Assistant: Maximum Age 35 years
Essential:
1. M.Lib.Sc./ MLISc. Or equivalent with 50% marks.
2. Computer Science paper at Graduate/PG level or six month computer science course from a recognized institution.
OR
Master’s Degree in Arts/Science/Commerce or any other discipline with 50% mark and B.Lib. Sc./ B.L.I. Sc. with 50% marks.2. Computer Science paper at Graduate/PG level or six month computer science course from a recognized institution.
Semi Professional Assistant: Maximum Age 35 years
Essential:
1.Graduate in Arts/Science/Commerce or any other discipline or any other higher qualification with 50% marks.
2. B.Lib.Sc./B.L.I Sc. With 50% marks.
3. Course in Computer Applications at Graduate or PG level or a 6 month computer course from a recognized institution.
For More Info: http://www.bharaticollege.com/
2. B.Lib.Sc./B.L.I Sc. With 50% marks.
3. Course in Computer Applications at Graduate or PG level or a 6 month computer course from a recognized institution.
For More Info: http://www.bharaticollege.com/
Friday, July 20, 2012
Assistant Professors on ad-hoc basis and Guest Faculty at Delhi University
Department of Library & Information Science
(An Associated Project of UNESCO)
University of Delhi
2nd floor Tutorial Building
Delhi-110007
NOTICE
Applications are invited for the appointment of the following posts in the Department of Library and Information Science against vacant posts.
- Two (2) (UR) Assistant Professors on ad-hoc basis
- One (1) Guest Faculty
The interested candidates should apply for the posts on the prescribed format available on the University of Delhi website. The application should be submitted in the Department till July 31, 2012 (3.00 pm)
Head of Department
Phones: 011-27666656
011-27667725/1302
E-mail: office@libinfosci.du.ac.in
Website: http://dlis.du.ac.in
More Information, http://du.ac.in/fileadmin/DU/students/Pdf/du/career/2012/19072012_LibSci_Adhoc_Guest.pdf
Monday, July 9, 2012
GYANODAYA EXPRESS :Fun, knowledge chug along
1,000 DU Girls Embark On Unique Educational Trip By Train
Manash Pratim Gohain TNN
New Delhi: The Safdarjung railway station wore a festive look on Sunday morning as the air reverberated with partriotic song H u m S a b B h ar a t i y a H a i n.A thousand girls from across 36 Delhi University colleges set-off for a train journey to five destinations in Gujarat,Maharashtra,Goa and Kartanaka in a unique educational train journey.
Excited students,accompanied by their guardians,reached the platform way before the 7.30am reporting time.There was anticipation in the air as the students found their way to the respective coaches to mark the first journey of Gyanodaya Express.
This educational train journey will take the students to Ahmedabad,Wardha,Mumbai,Goa and Bangalore and educate them about Navy and dockyards,Sabarmati Ashram and non violence,ISRO and new technologies all aiming to broaden their learning horizons.This train jouney will be a unique experience and a great way of learning about the country which was showcased none other than Mahatma Gandhi.I wish such a train journey was there when I was a student, said the Vice Chancellor of DU,Dinesh Singh,who accompanied the students for a part of the journey.
The train is equipped with a library comprising 400 titles.Students can also access internet on laptops though wi-fi.The journey is a fine balance of fun-filled learning experience since the students will also be engaged in project works during the journey they can choose from 100 projects divided into science and humanities.We have to choose from subjects like color and texture of soil for different types of agriculture,historical/ archeological studies,philosophy for living together for two weeks,a recipe and its cultural explanation,and many more, said Ruchika Sharma of Daulat Ram College.
Accompanying the students till Ahmedabad,Umesh Rai,director of South Campus said: This is not just a train journey but education beyond classroom.Students and even the accompanying teachers (80 of them) will discuss interesting subjects like a local leader and her charisma,the biography of an unknown woman and impressions of a naval ship,among others. Each student must read a book from the library and by the end of the journey they will have to produce a review of the same,along with a group project.
With 940 students and 80-odd teachers,safety and security is of prime concern.According to deputy chief coordinator,Gyanodaya Parminder Sehgal of railway police,We have made strong security arrangements.There is a lady doctor and paramedics on board in case of an emergency.Railway staff will monitor the hygiene and quality of food served.
GYANODAYA EXPRESS
Journey: July 8 to 19
No.of students on the first trip: 940 No.of participating colleges: 36 No.of teachers: 80
Destinations:
Ahmedabad,Wardha,Mumbai,Goa and Bangalore The 16-coach train is equipped with a library having 400 titles,Wi-Fi connectivity Students will undertake 100 projects like mapping and improvement of coaches,study of water quality/soil/ rock/crop of different states,historical/archaeological studies and oral narratives of places or communities.
Source: Times of India, 9th July 2012, Pg. NO. 3
Source: Times of India, 9th July 2012, Pg. NO. 3
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Library in Train (Gyanodaya Express of Delhi University)
Source: Hindustan Hindi Dainik, 5th July 2012, Page No. 5
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