Assistant Library & Information Officer (UR) at National Institute of Malaria Research, Delhi

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH

(Indian Council of Medical Research)

Sector-8, Dwarka, New Delhi:110077.

  

Applications are invited up to 30 Aug 2012 for  the post of Assistant Library & Information Officer (Unreserved)  at NIMR, Delhi  in Pay Band-2 of Rs.9300-34800+Grade Pay Rs.4600 plus usual allowance as admissible under the rule.

    

Essential:    M.A/M.Sc./M.Com + B of Library Science  with  3 years experience as  Library Assistant in Grade

                     pay Rs.4200 in  a Scientific Institute/Organization.

                                                             

Desirable:  (i)  Experience in handling biomedical information through printed and computerized  databases.

                   (ii) Experience  in handling computers and software relating to library operations.

                  (iii) Postgraduate degree in library/ information science.

Age :  Below 28  years  as on 30 August 2012 SC/ST/OBC candidates and  working Govt. employees  are

          allowed age relaxation  in  accordance with DOPT guidelines.

         He/She will be governed by the new Restructured Defined Contributory Pension system as laid down under Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs (ECB & PR Division) Notification No.5/7/2003-ECB &PR dated 22.12.2003 effective from 1.1.2004. 

                                                      

         Other  benefits as per Govt. of India Rules in force.

     Application forms and other details are obtainable  from the Office of the Director, National Institute of Malaria Research, Sector-8, Dwarka, New Delhi:110077 or can be down loaded from Institutes website www.mrcindia.org . Forms duly completed should be addressed  to the Director at the  same address along with  a crossed IPO for Rs.100/-  payable to the Director, NIMR, New Delhi, SC/ST  candidates are exempted from this payment. Council’s employees are not exempted from application fee and are required to pay a sum of Rs.100/- towards application fee. Any canvassing on behalf of the candidate or attempting to bring  external influence with regard to selection/recruitment shall be considered  as DISQUALIFICATION.

Librarian Vacancy at Sona Modem Public School, Khanpur, Delhi

Librarian Vacancy at MNDP School, New Delhi

Graduate Trainee, Library and Information Science at IIT-Madras

No of Post- 08

Last Date- 13 August 202

Source and Courtesy- Ashok Das (https://www.facebook.com/ashok.das.96)
http://www.iitm.ac.in/trainingeduprogramme
http://www.iitm.ac.in/downloads/notices/GT2012InstructionCandidatesjuly242012.pdf

A closed chapter in the annals of book culture

With only one employee left to take care of Baba Farid Cultural Centre in Faridkot, the book culture is losing out to the fast-growing popularity of the Internet among city residents. 

The annals at Baba Farid Cultural Centre, Faridkot, issued last book in February. A class-4 worker 

is the only one left at job since the employee competent to issue books retired on January 31. The library's 40,000 records were locked when the last worker remaining reported sick on July 18. "The library will reopen on July 22," read the notice outside.

Last month too, the library was shut for about two weeks on same account. Of its four sanctioned posts, librarian's fell vacant in 2000 upon the official's transfer. No sweeper, no restorer; the facility is left to only an attendant. The additional charge of the librarian is with another official since 2000. "The director of public instructions, colleges, in charge of the library, has released no money for the facility," said a source in the official set-up.

Readers want the library back in the main city, for the current site is too outside Faridkot.

Years ago, it was shifted to the Baba Farid centre. "A new restorer will join this week to replace the retired employee," said Raman Kumar Marwah, who has the additional charge of librarian. "After he takes over, readers will be issued books regularly."

More News at :http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Bathinda/A-closed-chapter-in-the-annals-of-book-culture/SP-Article1-894460.aspx

Librarian Vacancy at Asian Public School, Gurgaon

Source: The Hindustan Times, 24 July 2012

Librarian Vacancy at Maharaja Agarsain Public School, Delhi

Source: The Hindustan Times, 24 July 2012

Librarian Vacancy at R.D. Rajpal School, Dwarka, New Delhi

Source: The Hindustan Times, 24 July 2012

Librarian writes world’s only Encyclopedia of Abbreviations

Do you look at confusing and unfamiliar acronyms and abbreviations and wonder whom to ask? The International Encyclopedia of Abbreviations (IEA) might help you. The recently launched book, authored by I B Verma, a retired librarian, includes commonly used abbreviations and their expanded forms along

with some brief information about them. 

In a first-of-its-kind initiative internationally, the book has around 8,000 abbreviations arranged in alphabetical order, with cross referenced entries, and it is divided in two volumes. Verma says that his interaction with students revealed that the haphazard growth of abbreviations and their increased usage was creating confusion in the minds of readers. Due to the absence of authentic reference tools, reference librarians were ill-equipped to assist them. 

“When I worked as a librarian, students approached me with queries regarding abbreviations and I had to look for sources to help them. I realized that the problem is faced by students everywhere and this inspired me to compile a comprehensive dictionary containing local, national and international abbreviations,” says Verma. 

His earlier work on the subject includes Sterling’s Encyclopedia of Abbreviations, a book released in 1998, but the book was not marketed in north India. Verma has sent requisitions to the education department of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh for school and college libraries to keep his book for referencing. 

“It is a compilation of several years of collected reading material from books, newspapers, dvertisements, prospectuses of organizations and even scraps and bills. There is no end to abbreviations but I have tried to include the popular ones,” he says. 

Verma also writes in Hindi and his aim is to spread book culture among students. He expresses his optimism regarding the competition the book faces from websites and other internet sources. “Every technology has its constraints. Even in the internet age, people will like to possess the book as it has a permanent value.”

Source | http://www.indianexpress.com/

Outcome of National Anomaly Committee Meeting held at New Delhi on 17.07.2012

Special Allowance & Qualification Pay— The demand for taking special allowance and qualification pay for fixation purposes on promotion w.e.f. 1.1.2006 is agreed to be considered and finalized within one month.

2. Rule 8 of Revised Pay Rules :- It was agreed that taking into consideration, Recruitment Rules the Senior promotee’s pay will be allowed to be fixed at the same stage (especially at the minimum of pay) thus the seniors will get the entry stage pay fixed for direct recruits.

3. Transport Allowance :- Since CCA got subsumed in the Transport Allowance resulting denial of Overtime, action will be taken to review this particular aspect to mitigate the hardship.

4. Revision of Existing Allowances :- Agreed to process the doubling the allowances (Hospital Patient Care Allowance etc.) Cabinet’s approval will be sought. Target date for finalization is one month.

5. Commutation of’ Additional Pension or Revision of Pension in respect of post 31.12.2005 retirees :- Department of Pension to make calculation for knowing the difference of amount between pre 1.1.2006 and post 1.1.2006. Thereafter a view will be taken.

6. Commutation of Revised Pension :- Will be examined further. Copy of Supreme Court Judgement will be given to staff Side.

7. Revision of Base Index for Dearness Allowance :- Calculation sheet will be sent to Staff Side for comments.

8. Fixation of pay on promotion (shouldering higher responsibility) to a post carrying same Grade pay :- Agreed to grant additional increment erstwhile FR-22-C.

9. Anomaly in the Pay Scale. Pay Band and Grade Pay — Library Information Assistant :- will be referred to Department of Culture for comments for considering allotment of Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- in PB-2. 

10. MACPS Anomalies: Secretary (Personnel) while appreciating the points raised by Stall Side has decided that a separate meeting will be held shortly (tentative date 27th July, 2012).

11. 15 Years Period fixed for Commutation is Arbitrary/unjustified :- Official Side stated that the issue will be examined further.

12. Anomalies in the Pay Scale of Official Language Staff — Grant of parity to Rajbhasha Sahayaks :- Railway Ministry’s proposal for granting parity is under active consideration. Favorable decision is expected.

13. Grant of parity in the case of Indian Railways Stenographers :- Staff Side insisted that in the light of Cabinet’s approval for granting parity, the Railway Ministry should issue orders without referring to Ministry of Finance. It was however stated by the Official Side that this being a common category. Ministry of Finance will have to be approached by Railway Ministry. After discussion it was agreed to expedite decision.

14. Eleven Additional Items given by Staff Side in the last meeting will be prioritized for further examination and discussion.

15. Replacement of Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- with Rs.4800/- in the Railways. Official Side stated that Railway Ministry’s proposal will be considered and a decision given.

16. Transport Allowance at Delhi rates for employees of Faridabad, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad and Noida. After discussion it was agreed to consider positively. Staff Side also pointed out that HRA at Delhi rates are already paid to staff and hence Transport Allowance at Delhi rates should be allowed.

17. Grant of another option to the employees promoted in between 1.1.2006 & 2010.

Row over Thiruvananthapuram Public Library land takes a new turn

The row over the alleged encroachment on the State Central Library (Public Library) land has been given a fresh twist with the Thiruvananthapuram Public Library Protection Council urging the State Government to declare the library ‘heritage property.’

Only the ‘heritage property’ status can save the library and its campus from further encroachment, Council president M Ahmed Kunju and general secretary Attukal Surendran said in a petition submitted to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Education Minister P K Abdu Rabb.

‘’It was the then king Swathi Thirunal who allotted 3.5 acres for establishing the library in 1829. A large chunk of the land was lost in the widening of the road. Now an affidavit filed by the government before the Kerala High Court says the library has only 2.24 acres with it,’’ Ahmed Kunju said.

The controversy over library land has taken centre-stage once again with the Kerala High Court demanding to know as to where a proposed ‘Heritage Block’ - a public library project - was to be constructed.

Controversy started dogging the public library land after the Pattom Thanu Pillai government sanctioned office space for the Grandhashala Sanghom (now State Library Council). According to the Library Protection Council, the Library Council had demolished the said building in 2002.

The Council moved the High Court following attempts to build the EMS Memorial Information Centre on this land plus another 20 cents. The A K Antony government scrapped this order, but the project re-emerged during the term of the V S Achuthanandan government.

More News at :http://ibnlive.in.com/news/row-over-public-library-land-takes-a-new-turn/273649-60-123.html

Assistant Librarian- 1(UR) and Library Clerk-2 (UR) at Govt. Women Engineering College, Ajmer (Rajasthan)

Govt. Women Engineering College, Nasirbad Road Makhupura Ajmer

                         RECRUITMENT OF NON-TEACHING POSITION

1. Assistant Librarian- 1(UR)
2. Library Clerk-2 (UR)

Qualifications:

1. ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN [9300-34800 (4200)]

Essential:

(i)  Master’s Degree in Library/Information Science or an equivalent professional degree.

(ii)  At least three years experience in Library in Educational Institute.

Desirable: 

(i)  Knowledge of computer application.

2. LIBRARY CLERK [5200-20200 (1900)]

Essential:

(i)  Senior Secondary from a recognized Board or its equivalent examination.

(ii)  Certificate/Diploma in Library Science from recognized Board/University.

(iii)  Typing Speed of 30 wpm (English) and 25 wpm (Hindi) on Computer

(iv) Three years working experience in Library of Educational Institute. 

(v)  Good Knowledge of Computer Application.

For More Info: http://www.gweca.ac.in/newgweca/nter2012.pdf

Download Form: http://www.gweca.ac.in/newgweca/non%20teaching%202012-form%20pdf.pdf

Walk-in for Library Trainee at IIM Rohtak

More Information: http://www.iimrohtak.ac.in/11/jobs/trainee.pdf

7th Library Lecture Series and Outreach Programme at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Central Library of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi  Cordially invites all Library and Information Professionals to the 7th Library Lecture Series and Outreach Programme .

Topic: Knowledge Management in Academic Libraries: Southern African perspectives

Speaker
Prof. Priti Jain
Associate Professor
Department of Library & Information Studies, Faculty of Humanities
University of Botswana
http://jainp. webs.com/ resume.htm

Chairperson
Mrs. Kalpana Dasgupta
Former Librarian, National Library of India and
Former Director, Central Secretariat Library, New Delhi
on
Date:Friday, 3rd August 2012 at 3:00 pm 

Venue: Committee Room, Central Library, JNU, New Delhi 

Please make it convenient to attend.

Regards
Dr. Ramesh C Gaur
PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA)
University Librarian 
Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU)
New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067
Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551
Fax : +91-11-26741603
Email: rcgaur@mail. jnu.ac.in ;rcgaur66@gmail. com 
URL: www.jnu.ac.in

BJP leader Mr S S Ahluwalia to head panel on Parliament Library

S S Ahluwalia appointed head of one-man committee

In a surprise development, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has appointed BJP leader and former MP S S Ahluwalia the head of a committee on digitisation of the Parliament library.

This is perhaps the first time that a BJP leader has been appointed to head a committee, other than the Parliament committees, at least in the current Lok Sabha. Confirming his appointment as the one-man committee “to suggest ways to digitisation of the Parliament library,”  Ahluwalia told Deccan Herald that he was appointed by the Speaker, mainly because he has been the vice-president of the International Parliamentary Association of Information Technology (IPAIT) since 2002. The IPAIT is a worldwide inter-parliamentary institution aiming to promote multilateral cooperation in the field of Information and Communication technologies.

Ahluwalia said he was assigned to prepare a report on digitisation of the library and submit it to the Speaker. “ I have been involved in similar projects in IPAIT and probably that was why I was appointed,” said the MP, who lost the last Rajya Sabha election from Jharkhand. 

“My appointment is on the lines of the head of the Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training and there is no time-frame to submit the report,” Ahluwalia said. While former Congress MP Rashid Alvi is the present chairman of the BPST, Renuka Choudhary and Margaret Alva were his predecessors. It was alleged that the appointments were made to help them retain the official bungalows which they are entitled as the head of BPST.

Ahluwalia, however, dismissed suggestions that the Congress was trying to lure him into the party with this post. “I completely deny this. This post has nothing to do with politics. As for bungalows and other perks, I don’t want to comment on small things. For me, the point is how well you are going to deliver the task on hand.” 

The Lok Sabha has this to say about the library: “Parliament Library is the largest library in Delhi and second largest library in India after the National Library. The bibliographic details about the publications received after 1992 are available for online search. The library functions such as acquisition, processing and issue and return of books have been computerised. On-line access of library catalogue provides information about the author, title, subject and keywords-based searches.”

More News at : http://www.deccanherald.com/content/266175/bjp-leader-head-panel-parl.html

Book shelves at Varanasi District Government Library biting dust

VARANASI: Call it decreasing interest in reading or negligence of the district administration towards library, the books shelves at the government district library are gathering dust and entering into oblivion.

Established in 1957 near district headquarters, the plight of the district library is that only four to five readers visit it daily. Records point out that as many as 850 people hold life-time membership of the library. These are the records of 1962.

Librarian Chandradeep Ram Chandela said that the membership is not renewed so it is difficult to identify the members who are regular. "Around 5-6 members have taken the membership this year," he said.

The number of visitors and members is low as compared to other libraries, it also failed to keep stock of good and better conditioned books in the shelves.

Chandela said that there are around 38,000 books in the library. "The books are purchased by Putakalaya Prakoshtha of the state government which sends the books in libraries. We have recently received around 150 books. We do not place a demand of books and topics of books with the state government," he added.

In the past, the library had books of wide range of subjects like history, geography, economics, literature, agriculture, theology, physics, chemistry, biology and other subjects. At present, it had a good stock of Hindu, Urdu and English literature books.

The books are not arranged according to subjects, topics and genre. The almirah and shelves do not mention about the subjects of books. Most of the books stocked in some almirahs were poorly arranged. Bindings and pages of the old books were damaged.

The librarian is not aware about the funds received by library for annual maintenance.

The librarian said that soon it would be made fully computerised. "A computer, scanner and other equipment have reached us. But we lack trained manpower to handle the work as it involved bar coding of books, library cards and other technical aspects. We are waiting if government will provide any assistance for this, till then computers are placed in office itself and not in use," Chandela said.

At present, there is one hall in which over 25 almirahs and shelves are kept along with the reading desk.

In 1994, there were proposals to extend the library with two more halls which would be connected to each other.

"The halls are half built as the funds were not proper utilised by the then incharge and at present we are using the place as store," said Chandela.

Source:  http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-22/varanasi/32787907_1_books-shelves-library-cards-books-and-topics

Winner announced for the IFLA Library and Information Science (LIS) Student Paper Award 2012

19 July 2012

The IFLA LIS Student Paper Award, which is sponsored by IFLA and ekz.bibliotheksservice GmbH, Germany, aims to encourage LIS students from across the world to submit a paper that addresses the current IFLA World Library and Information Congress theme and to then reward the best student paper submission. Beyond this, the award gives LIS students the chance to learn more about IFLA activities and encourages the new generation of LIS professionals to participate in IFLA activities.

The prize for the winner of the IFLA LIS Student Paper Award 2012 includes a grant of €1000 to support travel and accommodation costs and the IFLA conference fee and should help to enable the winner to participate in the IFLA Congress 2012, furthermore one year's IFLA membership and the recommendation for the winning paper's publication in the IFLA Journal.

This year, the selection panel chose the paper of two LIS students from the Philippines:

Martin Julius V. Perez & Mariel R. Templanza
School of Library and Information Studies,
University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Topic: "Local Studies Centers: Transforming History, Culture, and Heritage in the Philippines"

The award will be presented to Martin and Mariel during the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Helsinki, Finland, 11‐17 August 2012 during the Highlights & News session on Monday, 13 August 2012, 09:30 ‐ 10:45, Session 88, Room 5.

Martin and Mariel will present their paper at the Asia and Oceania Open Session onWednesday, 15 August 2012, 13:45 ‐ 15:45, Session 180, Room I.

The criteria for the IFLA LIS Student Paper Award have been developed to measure the quality and relevance of the student papers, focusing on:

Relationship to the theme of the IFLA Congress and the sub theme/s of the relevant Section
Relevant discussion of current issues in the topic field including reference to appropriate literature
Quality of ideas, research methods, results or argument
Quality of writing and referencing.
Congratulations to this year's winners! IFLA and ekz.bibliotheksservice GmbH are thanked for their generous sponsorship of this award.

For further information, please contact Petra Hauke (Berlin, Germany), member of the SET Standing Committee and contact person for the IFLA LIS Student Paper Award: petra.hauke@bock‐net.de.

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/winner-announced-for-the-ifla-library-and-information-science-lis-student-paper-award-2012

Why go to the library for research--SOBHANA K

New Delhi, July 20: Struggling over your civics homework or history thesis? No problem, just file a Right to Information Act application with the National Archives of India, and its officials will find the answer for you. The problem has gone beyond a joke, say administrators at the National Archives of India (NAI). They are breaking their back to locate the answers from their mountains of documents as people, including researchers, bombard them with RTI queries as a short cut, sparing themselves long hours in the NAI’s reading room going through musty records. The NAI is receiving about 120 RTI applications a month. With the act setting no limit on the number of questions that can be asked, sometimes a single application contains queries on multiple subjects. “The library is open to one and all. There is no reason why people should seek information through the RTI when they can come themselves and look for it here. They are just looking for an easy way out,” NAI director-general Mushirul Hasan complained. Forced to double as researchers, the archive’s administrators are planning to request the government to amend the RTI Act to exempt libraries from its ambit. It’s easy to sympathise with them: one query asked for “a list of all the names inscribed on the India Gate in Delhi and who they are”. The monument carries 90,000 names: soldiers who died fighting for British India in World War I (1914-18) and the Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919). Another demanded a “record of all people hanged since 1947 onwards and those who got amnesty”. The one question that seems to have started the trend came from a 10-year-old schoolgirl in Lucknow. Aishwarya Parashar had sent an RTI application to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in February asking how Mahatma Gandhi secured the tag of “Father of the Nation”. The PMO forwarded it to the home ministry, which sent it to the NAI. Flummoxed NAI officials discovered there never had been an official declaration and replied that no documents on the information sought were available. Parashar’s question spurred others to file similar queries, this time directly to the NAI. “We have received several questions asking the same thing, only framed a little differently. Some ask for the gazette notification in which Gandhi was declared ‘Father of the Nation’; others ask for file notings if there are any,” a senior official said. Another favourite RTI topic is the Emergency. “How many people were sterilised during the Emergency?” asked one applicant. “Please give details of people arrested and detained,” requested another. Some seek historical dates, such as the date of birth of 1857 revolt hero Mangal Pandey . A “whole lot” of applicants demand information on the wealth and properties of the erstwhile royals, who had to submit an inventory of their assets at the time of accession, a senior NAI official said. “People demand photocopies of the inventories, mainly to settle court cases,” he explained. Then there are the queries filed by researchers. “Most of them are very honest and accept that they have filed the RTI application to help them collect the data,” the official said. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120721/jsp/nation/story_15754904.jsp#.UAqO42Fh9CY

Assistant Professor- Library and Information Science, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Shortlisted list of Eligible Candidate Declared

For full list of shortlisted candidates please visit: www.cuhimachal.ac.in

Librarian Vacancy at Directorate of Training and Technical Education, Govt of NCT of Delhi

Post: Librarian

No of Vacancy: 09

Salary: 21330/-

Source: The Times of India, Page no. 14, 21 July 2012

http://www.tte.delhigovt.nic.in

INTERESTING LIBRARY POSTERS

Director of Library Technology at Chicago Public Library, Chicago

Director of Library Technology
Chicago Public Library, Chicago, Illinois
Salary: Not Specified
Status:Full-time
Posted:07/19/12
Deadline:08/14/12
Director of Library Technology
The position of Director of Library Technology for the Chicago Public Library is open for application on the City of Chicago’s job application website. The job description and application instructions may be found atwww.cityofchicago.org/careers.  The closing date for this position is August 14, 2012.  If you have any questions regarding the application process, you may contact the City of Chicago’s Department of Human Resources at 312-744-4976. The annual salary for this position is $126,996.

Library Director at Altoona Public Library, Wisconsin, USA

Altoona Public Library, Altoona, Wisconsin
Salary: Not Specified
Status:Full-time
Posted:07/19/12
Deadline:
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The Altoona Public Library seeks an experienced and energetic Library Director. Qualifications: Applicants must possess a master’s degree in library science from an ALA-accredited institution. Five years of progressively responsible public library work experience. Salary: $45,000-$55,000 (negotiable) with an excellent benefit package. Please mail your resume, cover letter and three letters of reference by August 8, 2012 (4 p.m. CST) to Library Search Committee at 1303 Lynn Ave., Altoona, WI 54720

"The Bookless Library" Opinion piece from The New Republic

Amy Watts

David A. Bell, Professor of History at Princeton University and Contributing Editor to The New Republic, opens his July 12 piece, "The Bookless Library" with a comparison of the physicalities of the New York Public Library's main building and an iPhone, and concludes by pointing out that "there are now far more books available, far more quickly, on the iPhone than in the New York Public Library." He continues:

It has been clear for some time now that this development would pose one of the greatest challenges that modern libraries—from institutions like the NYPL on down—have ever encountered. Put bluntly, one of their core functions now faces the prospect of obsolescence. What role will libraries have when patrons no longer need to go to them to consult or to borrow books? This question has already spurred massive commentary and discussion. But in the past year, as large-scale controversies have developed around several libraries, it has become pressing and unavoidable.

He goes on to discuss the e-book vs print collection dilemma, pointing out the availability of books through projects like Google Books, Project Gutenberg, JSTOR, and the DPLA (Digital Public Library of America.) He also highlights the rising infiltration of American households by cellular technology, which is increasingly likely to include internet access. He then lays out the tremendous cost communities face in keeping up these large spaces that house libraries. He posits a nightmare future scenario in which a newly elected New York City mayor announces a deal with Googlezon and the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building is sold and turned into the "Bryant Park Mall." Librarian services are, of course, outsourced - to Manila. His caution to libraries on how to avoid that scenario begins: 

If libraries are to survive, and thereby preserve their expertise, their communal functions, their specialized collections, and the access they provide to physical books, they must find new roles to play. The critics of the NYPL Central Library Plan claim that it has put the library’s standing as a premier research institution in jeopardy, but they finally fail to acknowledge that the very nature of premier research institutions—and all other libraries—is changing in radical and inexorable ways. Clinging to an outdated vision of libraries is in fact the best recipe for making them look hopelessly obsolescent to the men and women who control their budgets...

He goes on to praise the things libraries have to offer that won't be fulfilled by the best access to e-books that could be offered: the communal space, the workspace, the other patrons, the expertise of librarians, and the unique items held in special collections. He continues by discussing the opening up of scholarship through distance learning, through freely available lectures and courses online, the breakdown of the "ivory tower" when eminent scholars can be addressed via email. Paradoxically, the world of learning at a person's literal fingertips makes the physical contact of research and scholarship that much more desirable, Bell argues. And this is where he sees the public library developing new roles and simultaneously assuring its continued relevance and existence.

And what institutions are better suited to serve this purpose than libraries? Universities tend to be located away from major population centers, and classroom space in them tends to be a tightly controlled and valuable commodity. By contrast, the great public libraries of America occupy some of the country’s choicest and most accessible real estate. From the days of Benjamin Franklin onward, moreover, public outreach and public instruction have been their principal purpose. Until recently, they could serve this purpose above all by providing access to books and periodicals. Now, even as books and periodicals are increasingly available elsewhere, there is more and more public demand for other forms of interaction: lectures and seminars, tied to online courses and readings; authors’ appearances; book groups; exhibitions of art works and films; study centers hosting fellows who contribute to public discussions. Public libraries already do a great many of these activities, but they need to do even more, in partnership with universities, publishers, and anyone else willing and able to help. And since the best initiatives of this sort rarely emerge from programming committees, libraries should have public spaces open to ordinary readers to organize appropriate activities on their own. While librarians were once known for telling readers to hush, now they need to invite them to speak.

Like it or not, the great public libraries of the world simply will not remain what they were, not in an age of severe cost pressures in which a greater and greater proportion of citizens carry about the equivalent of a score of research libraries in their pockets and purses. The transformation is upon us.

It's a thought-provoking and engrossing article, even if it seems to (I'd say wrongly) dismiss academic libraries.

Source: http://lisnews.org/the_bookless_library_opinion_piece_from_the_new_republic

12 Best Quotes for Libraries

1. My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn’t have any excuse to be stupid. ~Joan Bauer
2. It was good to walk into a library again; it smelled like home. ~Elizabeth Kostova
3. [His] library was a fine dark place bricked with books, so anything could happen there and always did. All you had to do was pull a book from the shelf and open it and suddenly the darkness was not so dark anymore. ~Ray Bradbury
4. An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them. ~Stephen Fry
5. Madam, a circulating library in a town is an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
6. The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night. ~Isabel Allende
7. Libraries are our friends. ~Neil Gaiman
8. Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too, that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence. ~Jan Morris
9. I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. ~Jorge Luis Borges
10. She sounds like someone who spends a lot of time in libraries, which are the best sorts of people. ~Catherynne M. Valente
11. What better place to kill time than a library? ~Diane Setterfield
12. Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark…. In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed. ~Germaine Greer

Semi Professional Assistant and Library Attendant at Nagaland University

NAGALAND UNIVERSITY

(A Central University Estd. By the Act of Parliament No.35 of 1989)

Headquarters : Lumami - 798627

Applications are invited for the following Non-Teaching posts under Nagaland University.

• Semi-Professional Assistant-1 (ST)
• Library Attendant-1 (UR)

Qualifications:

SEMI-PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT – Bachelor of Library and Information Science.

Desirable:  i) Proficiency in Computer application

            ii) Work experience in Govt. run Library/Univ./College Library.

LIBRARY ATTENDANT –   HSLC passed or equivalent

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Librarian at Shree Bhavan's Bharti Public School, Bhopal

Shree Bhavan's Bharti Public School

Plot No. 46/2, Berkhedi Kalan, 

Kerwa Dam Road, Bhopal - 462044

Contact No. (0755)2696867, 2696850

Email Id: sbbps.bpl@gmail.com

Website: http://www.sbbps.com

Posts which we are looking for:

• Librarian

Eligible Candidates should have following qualitities:

• Min 5 years teaching experience in CBSE public school.
• Should have e-classroom experience and basic knowlegde of Computer operations.
• Should be a Competent, Dedicated and Sincere teacher.
• Good Articulation, Command over English language, CCE implementation experience etc are MUST.
• Should be able in grooming and caring of individual student.

Package/Salary:

• Librarian - 5K to 8K

How to apply:

Visit the School premises asap. Candidate is required to fill up the form before appearing for the interview. 

Important Notes:

- Only bhopal resident candidates will be entertained.- The salary will be given depending upon the candidate's experience and efficiency about the subject.
- Transport facility will be provided by the school.

Salary: Attractive salary for eligible candidates.

Librarian Vacancy at Doon Business School, Dehradun

Job: Librarian

Company: Doon Business School Group

Industry: Educational/Training

Job Function: Learning & Library

Job Application Details: Send your resume at:  jobs@dbs.org.in.

Company Details: For its expansion program require leading Management Faculty preferably with exposure in top 50 colleges of India and sufficient corporate experience, on Full Time, Adjunct, Visiting basis in the following areas.

Job Description Details: Mass Communication, HR & OB, General Management, Marketing, Finance, IT. Salary Best in the Industry.

http://www.doonbusinessschool.com/

Librarian at Asia Pacific Institute of Management in Delhi

Post-Librarian

Job Description

There are three main areas of work related to a librarian job. Theses three areas are user services, administrative services, and technical services.

Librarian shall be involved in every aspect of the following operations.

Librarian who might specialize in one these areas stated above will also perform additional following duties.

Librarian specializing user services, like reference assist visitors in locating the material they are looking for.

As part of the job a librarian must determine the patrons needs and decide what information best fulfills those needs, and then provide assistance in the search for and acquisition of such material.

Demonstrating to patrons how to find and acquire information. For instance, librarians routinely assist patrons in navigating the internet as they look for quality information. Those working in technical services, like acquisitions and cataloguing, have the responsibility of acquiring and preparing materials that will be used and typically do not work directly with patrons.

Librarian administers the management and planning and organizing services of library.

Supervision of library workers, oversees all activities so that the library is running sufficiently.

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Librarian brows reviews, publishers announcements, and catalogues so that their library is stocked with up to date literature and they make decisions related to buying materials from publishers, wholesalers, and distributors.

Librarian also organizes materials into the various subject matters and provides descriptions of the materials so that can be easily located.

Librarian also work in a supervisory role, monitoring assistants, who are in charge of preparing cards, computer records, or other access tools which aid users in locating materials. In larger libraries, normally librarians become specialists in a select area like acquisitions, cataloguing, bibliography, reference, special collections, or administration.

Librarian making sure the users receives efficient services with good teamwork.

Other responsibilities of librarian include compiling lists of books, books, periodicals.

Librarian is also involved in colleting and organizing books, pamphlets and other materials.

Salary: INR 4,00,000 - 7,00,000 P.A. Best in the Management Institutions

Functional Area: Teaching, Education, Training, Counselling

Keyskills: Library Automation, Management library

Desired Candidate Profile

Education: (UG - Any Graduate - Any Specialization, Graduation Not Required, B.A - Any Specialization) AND (PG - Any PG Course - Any Specialization, Post Graduation Not Required, Other)

1. Must be library professional with Pleasing personality.
2. Must have handled AICTE recognised Institute library for atleast 10 yrs.
3. Must be Qualified first class M.Lib and PhD degree.
4. Must have the knowledge of digital library.

Company Profile

Asia Pacific Institute of Management 

http://www.asiapacific.edu

Asia-Pacific Institute of Management is running AICTE recognised PGDM cources since 16 yrs. Association of Indian Univercities has recognised its course equivalent to MBA.

Source: http://jobsearch.naukri.com/job-listings-Librarian-Asia-Pacific-Institute-of-Management-Delhi-12-to-20-190712004377