InfoVision 2012

The 6th edition of InfoVision will be held on October 19 & 20 at SAP Labs, Bangalore. The theme of InfoVision 2012 is “ SMAC ( Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud) is smart”.

SMAC is the latest acronym to enter the jargon-filled technology space. SMAC--an acronym for Social, Mobility, Analytics, and Cloud has entered the business conversations in a big way.  Experts and business heads believe that SMAC will help companies to ride the next wave of business opportunities and is also expected to help Indian companies to innovate and move away from traditional business models. Industry veterans see an integrated SMAC to change the way companies do business in future. Based on the industry trending, a unified Social, Mobile, Analytics (Big Data predominantly) and Cloud based solutions appear to be the 'next big thing'.

The combined potential of SMAC technologies is estimated to be $70 billion to $200 billion over the next three years. And, that's the reason why most of the software vendors today are betting on SMAC.

Source: Gartner Report

Research firm Gartner terms it as the nexus of four IT forces — cloud, social, mobile, and information (in other words analytics). Those forces, along with the continued impact of consumer spending, are expected to essentially set the stage for the next generation of capabilities that drive new business scenarios.

About InfoVision Series

InfoVision is a summit series initiated in 2005 with the aim of creating a platform for bringing together academic researchers in the information sciences and technologies and business heads in the information industry to discuss and deliberate on a chosen theme. Experts from the industry and the academia join the debate and share their views. Best practices and success stories are showcased. InfoVision is an intellectual confederation of all stakeholders – academia, industry, government and the user groups, to meet as partners and to develop a unified framework and formulate strategies for capitalizing knowledge for performance.

• InfoVision 2005 was organised in September 2005 by the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIITB) and Informatics India Limited and theInternational School of Information Management (ISiM) was launched during the first InfoVision Summit. Since then ISiM has been partnering with different organisations to organise the summit series. 
• InfoVision 2006 was organised by ISiM in collaboration with CII in September 2006
• InfoVision 2007 was organised by ISiM in collaboration with Rediff. Com during December 2007
• InfoVision 2009 was organised by ISiM in partnership with Microsoft Research Bangalore during January 2009
• InfoVision 2011 was organised by ISiM in collaboration with Information Excellence Group, a collaborative volunteer community including and with the support of CSI Bangalore chapter, DAMA Bangalore Chapter and TDWI India Chapter during September 2011

WALK-IN-INTERVIEW AT Central Institute of Educational Technology, NCERT, NEW DELHI

Central Institute of Educational Technology

National Council of Educational Research and Training

Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi-110016

WALK-IN-INTERVIEW (Advt. No.04/2012)

The Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) is a constituent unit of the NCERT, an 

autonomous body under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. It proposes to fill up the 

following posts on contractual basis on consolidated monthly payment as mentioned against each post for a period of 

one year:

Download Application Form: http://www.ncert.nic.in/announcements/vacancies/pdf_files/CIET_Posts.pdf

Call papers on Information Literacy in promoting e-resources and its empowerment for LIS professionals

Dear Sir/Madam,

It gives me an immense pleasure in informing you that, the DBIT, Bangalore in association with AKELPA is organizing a two day National seminar on “Information Literacy in promoting e-resources and its empowerment for LIS professionals” on2^nd and 3^rd of November 2012. In this regard, we are intending to bring out the proceedings on the theme of the Seminar and to receive the papers on or before 25^th October 2012 Hence, interested participants are requested to submit the papers in the area of research, technical and also on case studies on or before the stipulated dates  i.e 20^th October 2012

 Themes /Subject of the paper:

·        Information Literacy & eResources

·        E-literacy and empowerment of LIS professionals

·         Planning strategies for information literacy training

·        Networking & Networks in Information Literacy

·        Information Literacy v/s Media

·        Information Literacy v/s Emerging Technologies

·        Information literacy Best practices

·        Information literacy & knowledge management

·        Information literacy & globalization

·         Future trends in information literacy

Important Dates:

1.      Last date for Submission of the paper is October  20^th October 2012

2.      Paper acceptance Intimation is October 25^th October 2012

3.      Seminar Date: 2^nd and 3^rd   November 2012

Chief Guests

Dr.V.G.Talawar

Vice-Chancellor

University of Mysore, Mysore

Dr.S.L.Sangam

Professor

Department of Library & Information Science

Karnataka University, Dharwad

Speakers/Resources Persons

Dr. C.P Ramasesh,

Librarian,

University of Mysore,

Dr. Ramesh Naik

Associate Proffessor,

Karnatak University Dharwad

Dr. B Janakiram

Professor & Hod,

Depat of Management,MSRIT

Dr. Dr. Nagappa B

Head, IRC, TCS, Bangalore

Dr. Vinayak Bankapur

Librarian

SDMCET, Dharwad

Mr. Arjunrao Chawla

President,

Wikipedia, India

Dr. Prakash. K,

Librarian

Azim Premji University

Sri.Anand T Byrappa

Manager, WKC,

GE, Bangalore

Dr. Ramesha. B,

Associate Professor,

BU, Bangalore

Mr.B.Sanjay

Lead Librarian

Infosis Technology, Mysore

Dr.M Krishna Murthy

Assistance Proffessor,

DRTC

Dr.V.L..Kalyan

Librarian,

Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore

Dr. Vijayakumar M,

In-charge Central Library

BIT, Meesra

Registration fee:

 All the participants need to pay Rs.500/- as Registration fees in the form of DD/Cheque drawn in favour of “The Principal” DBIT, payable at Bangalore. The Spot registration facility is also available by cash. The registration fee includes Seminar Kit & hospitality.

 For further details please contact:

Somaraya B Tallolli

Librarian & Organizing Secretary
DON BOSCO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
KUMBALAGODU, MYSORE ROAD
BANGALORE-560074
Mobile.No+91 94 4996 0206, 91 8553948128
E-mail: sbtallolli@gmail.com, rrcklibrary@gmail.com
Website: www.dbit.co.in

DU teachers unite to fight copyright breach slur

Authors and teachers came together on Wednesday to show their solidarity against the recent move of the consortium of international publishing houses — Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and

Taylor & Francis, slapping a case against Delhi School of Economics (DSE) photocopy shop citing copyright infringement.

The publishing houses have also claimed Rs 60 lakh as damages. 

“I was the happiest person when my book was put up on the web, giving it open access to all. Knowledge cannot be contained, it has to keep moving,” said

Satish Deshpande, head of the Sociology department.

 “We don’t even get huge royalties by writing these books. We put in a lot of efforts and years in for the people to read them,” added

Deshpande.

Several academic authors signed photocopies of their printed books and donated them to school’s library.

Author and former faculty member of DSE Amartya Sen, who could not come, said, “I am distressed to learn about the attitude of the Oxford

University Press (OUP) on the use of photocopied course packs for the benefit of students.”

“I am personally distressed as an OUP author to learn about this policy decision. I hope something can be done to make the academic arrangements for the education of students less difficult and more sensible,” he said.

Jawaharlal Nehru University professor Nivedita Menon said the fact that the teaching community is able to write is because it is a public-funded institution and the funds come from taxes. “We write to be read. Students pay us, publishers do not pay us,” said Menon.

According to Menon, India has one of the best copyright laws. “Ninety-nine per cent of academic authors even after publishing their books with these publishing houses will call this action illegal,” she added.  As per

Section 52(1) (h) of the Indian Copyright Act, “(h) the reproduction of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work- (i) by a teacher or a pupil in the course of instruction; or (ii) as part of the questions to be answered in an examination; or (iii) in answers to such questions” is permissible and constitutes an exception to the Act. 

There is no quantitative restriction on the amount of material that can be photocopied.

Historian Uma Chakravarty said, “All my works are mine and my labour. The more it is read the more fulfilled I am as a scholar. Copyright go to hell.”

Author Arundhati Roy also sent photostated copy of her recent book

‘Broken Republic’ lending support to the campaign.

Bonojit Hussain, student leading the campaign, is of the view that the issue is not about disallowing a photocopy shop to make copies of the reading material but to make people aware that photocopying reading material is not illegal.

“All the photocopy shops in DU have suddenly started self-policing by putting up posters that they will not make copies of complete books as it is illegal which is not the case,” he said. He also added that similar incident took place in Pune Univeristy recently. Student alumni of Oxford Univeristy has also sent a petition to OUP regarding such an act,” he said.

Source: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/284567/du-teachers-unite-fight-copyright.html

SALIS speciall programme-National Library Week/Honoring Ph.D/NET/SET/Retired Professionals

Dear Members and Professional Colleages,

Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) is organizing the following Special Programme/events/function:

• National Library Week Celebrations
• Get-together of LIS Professionals
• Special Lecture cum Discussion
• Honoring  Ph.D Awardees
• Honoring Recent NET/SLET holders
• Honoring  Retired Professionals
• Reorganization SALIS Chennai Chapter

 

Date: 18th Nov 2012

Venue: ICSA Headquarters,107, Pantheon Road, Egmore, Chennai - 600 040.

 

Hence, those who have got Ph.D and  cleared NET/SET exams recently and also professional retired recently  are requested to send their names to the following email id in detail.

for Ph.D awardess:

 Name, Designation, topic, awarded year, University, Guide/Supervisor Name)

For NET/SET holders: 

 Name, Designation, NET/SET, Year of completion, Registration No

For Retired Professionals:

Name, Designation, institution (where retired, brief bio-data with achievements)

 

Please note that the mementoes for the Phd Awardees/Net/SET holders will be given only in person. Therefore, those are able attend the function only requested to give their names and other details as given above to:

 

1. rmksivaji@yahoo.com 9444090372

2. pspanneerselvam@gmail.com 9940614272

3 . manimlis@yahoo.com 9942020895

 

For Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS)

Dr. S.Surianarayanan

President

Mr.S.Swaminathan

General Secretary

Mr. GG Sivakumar

Chairman, Chennai Chapter

Dr. P. Panneerselvam, 

Secretary, Chennai Chapter

 

Libraries reinvent themselves as labs of creativity

Local libraries are becoming centers for creativity and innovation – not only places to borrow stuff, but also places to make stuff.

By Cat Johnson, Shareable

A librarian leans over to help a senior citizen use her iPad while learning how to set up and use a Facebook account at a class at a branch of the New York Public Library. Besides teaching online skills, public libraries have begun helping people create things on site, from photographs, books, and music to podcasts.

From their inception, libraries were designed to be hubs of information. What that looked like for a long time was that they housed books and other media including music, film, and historic documents.

These days, being a hub of information looks rather different. In addition to lending traditional media materials, libraries are becoming community centers for creativity and innovation. By providing patrons access to emerging digital and manufacturing tools, libraries are reinventing themselves as laboratories that help bridge the digital divide and move projects from the idea stage into the production stage.

Recently, the Online Education Database published a round-up of the 10 Most Amazing Library Laboratories. Among those featured were some well-known projects: the NYPL Labs at the New York Public Library and theFabLab at the Fayetteville Free Library in Fayetteville, N.Y., as well as some lesser-known labs that are helping to move libraries into the center of future-forward communities.

RELATED: 20 banned books that may surprise you

Through book publication, digital media workshops, "makerspaces," and even organic gardens, these laboratories are demonstrating that libraries aren’t just places to borrow stuff, they’re also places to make stuff.

Catering exclusively to teens, the YOUMedia Lab at theChicago Public Library offers young people a way to create, edit, and produce podcasts, recorded music, blogs, film, photographs, and more. By providing access to digital tools of all kinds, the library gives voice to the teens and nurtures a new generation of creators.

Providing a way to write books and to publish them on-site, the Sacramento (Calif.) Public Library’s I Street Press turns readers of books into makers of books. Using the Espresso Book Machine, patrons can print their own material or access one of thousands of out-of-print titles. The library also offers writing classes for budding authors.

A digital media laboratory for teens, the StoryLab at the Tacoma (Wash.) Public Library is a production center for digital illustration, filmmaking, photography, music production, and the like. Boasting tools that range from MIDI controllers to tablets (as well as classes on how to use the tools), the lab is an incubator for a variety of projects.

RELATED: 20 banned books that may surprise you

Proving that space doesn’t have to be an issue when it comes to library laboratories, the Allen County Public Library Maker Station is located in a trailer right behind the library in Fort Wayne,Ind. A makerspace open to library patrons, the Maker Station features laser-cutters, 3-D printers, digital sewing and embroidery machines, saws, vinyl cutters, and more. As methods of production become increasingly available to the public, spaces like this will become necessary elements of communities.

While access to digital tools is imperative these days, so is access to healthy food. A community hub of a different kind, the Library Farm at the Northern Onondaga Public Library in Cicero, N.Y., encourages patrons to use its organic garden as a laboratory. Patrons can “check out” a small plot of land and learn from master gardeners how to grow organic produce on it.

There’s also a community area, for those who don’t want a plot to themselves. The stated purpose of the project is to teach food literacy, preserve the knowledge that our grandparents had, and to provide food to local pantries.

• This article originally appeared at Shareable.net, a nonprofit online magazine that tells the story of how sharing can promote the common good.

Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2012/1010/Libraries-reinvent-themselves-as-labs-of-creativity

A centenary long past

A centenary long past

[Published: October 1, 2012 00:00 ]

A view of the magnificent University Library Building at left, with a wing of the Tower Block on the right and the Clock Tower in the background. This picture was taken a year or so after the library building was opened

Much in the headlines recently has been about the University of Madras wishing to celebrate the centenary of its Library -- belatedly. But given the history of the library, several dates could have been chosen -- all of them, however, long before the date zeroed in on.

The first mention of a library for the University is to be found in the will of a William Griffiths (whoever he was) dated September 9, 1897. He left the University Rs.25,619 with which to start a library. This would indicate that for at least the first 40 years of its existence, the University did not take steps to establish its own library. It was to be several years more before the University decided to use this amount that was lying with the Government for the purpose it was meant. This was in 1903, by which time it had received the Col. Mackenzie Collection, the C.P. Brown Collection and a substantial collection from theEast India House in London after the Company had been wound up. With no building of its own for all these collections, the University got permission from the Government to house them in the Connemara Library and have the Connemara look after them.

Then, in December 1905, Government sanctioned Rs.13,600 for additional bookcases to be made for these collections in the Connemara Library. And in 1907, it sanctioned Rs.100,000 and the University Rs.6000 a month for the maintenance of the University’s Library. (For some reason or the other, this date has been long accepted as the founding date of the University’s Library, despite the claims of earlier dates.) This happened during the Vice Chancellorship of Justice Sillery Benson who urged the University to shift its library from the Connemara Library. A separate building for the Library was proposed. It was, however, June 9, 1928, before the Library moved out -- not to its own premises but to Senate House. Supervising the move was the legendary ‘Father of Library Science’, S.R. Ranganathan, who was appointed the University’s first Librarian in 1924 and who, after training in the U.K., took charge the following year.

On September 3, 1936, the present Main Library building was opened and the Library at last moved into its own home. By then, the Mackenzie, Brown and Leyden Collections had all been transferred into the Government’s hands. Today, the Library with a collection of over 600,000 items, including over 100,000 theses (I’m told they are being digitised), is spread over four campuses: the Main block adjacent to the Teaching (Tower) Block, the University Annexe on the Marina, the Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences in Taramani and in the Advanced Centres of Science in Guindy. This column is delighted that even at this late stage, a thought is being spared to celebrate the Centenary of this Library -- whatever the date of its genesis -- but I’d be much happier if the celebrations took the form of cleaning up the University’s libraries and rearranging the books as they should be than merely staging a speech-filled tamasha.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/a-centenary-long-past/article3952987.ece#

Librarian, Dy. Librarian and Asst. Librarian Vacancy at S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat. Gujarat

Source and for More Details visit the given below links:-
http://www.svnit.ac.in/
http://www.svnit.ac.in/jobsatsvnit/ADVERTISEMENTNONTEACHING03092012.pdf
http://www.svnit.ac.in/jobsatsvnit/APPLICATION-HINDI-ENGLISH-NONTEACHING-Final.pdf

Librarian Vacancy at R.K. College of Education, V.P.O, Bhora Kalan, Gurgaon

Librarian Vacancy at Gitarattan Institute of Advance Studies, Sector-7, Rohini, Delhi

Librarian Vacancy at NCERT

Post: LIBRARIAN (Pay Band Rs. 37,400 – 67,000 with AGP Rs. 10,000) 

i. A Master’s Degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation with at least 
55% marks or its equivalent grade B in the UGC seven points scale and consistently 
good academic record set out in the UGC Regulations. 

ii. At least Thirteen years as a Deputy Librarian in a university library or Eighteen years’ 
experience as a College Librarian. 

iii. Evidence of innovative library service and organization of published work. 
Desirable: M.Phil/Ph.D. Degree in library science/information science/  
documentation/ archives and manuscript-keeping. 


General Conditions: 
1. NCERT reserves the right to increase or decrease the number of vacancies advertised 
as per need or cancel the advertisement itself without any notification. 
2. Mere fulfillment of qualifications and other requirement laid down does not entitle as 
candidate to be called for interview. Mere  submission of application will not entail a 
right for claiming interview. 
3. NCERT reserves the right to raise the minimum eligibility qualifications etc. in order to 
restrict the number of candidates to be called for interview. 
4. Applicants serving under Government, Quasi-Government, Public Sector Undertaking 
and Autonomous Organizations should apply through proper channel. 
5. Appointment of selected candidates is subject to verification of Caste and Character & 
Antecedents as the case may be from the concerned Authorities, as per the NCERT 
rules.  
6. The selected candidates are liable to be posted in any constituent unit of the NCERT. 
Therefore, only those candidates who are willing to serve anywhere in India may apply. 
7. Only Indian Nationals need apply. 
8. The relaxation in respect of candidates belonging to SC/ST/Persons with Disabilities 
categories is provided in accordance with the UGC/GOI/NCERT rules. 
9. Age, qualifications and pay scales of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, 
Headmaster and P.G.T.  will be as per the NCERT/UGC/KVS/ Govt. of India norms.   
10. In case a candidate wishes to apply for more than one post, he/she may fill separate 
application alongwith the requisite fee for  each post.  All applications should be 
completed in all respect as each will have a separate reference number.   
11. Wherever the candidate has received letter grades or grade points instead of marks, 
provide equivalent marks and attach a certificate from the concerned university 
explaining the method of conversion.
12. The applications without complete information, required documents and received after 
the due date will summarily be rejected and no correspondence on this will be 
entertained. 
13. Short listed candidates will be called for interview and will be paid train fare as per 
Council’s rules. 


 Application should be sent on the format enclosed along with attested photocopies of 
documents relating to qualifications including mark sheets, recent photograph, crossed DD 
of Rs.500/- (Rs.250/-for OBC , SC and ST candidates) favouring  Secretary, NCERT
payable  at State Bank of India, NCERT,  Branch, New Delhi-110016 (nonrefundable). Persons with Disabilities,  women candidates and Council employees are 
exempted from payment of fees.  Application with complete details be sent to the Section 
Officer, Recruitment-I  Section, Room No. 12, 5
th
  Floor, Zakir Hussain Block, NCERT, New 
Delhi-110016 in the prescribed format within 30 days of the publication of  this 
advertisement in the Employment  News. Incomplete Applications OR 
Application received after the closing date will not be entertained.  

Source: http://www.ncert.nic.in/announcements/vacancies/vacancies.html

Assistant Librarian (2 Nos) Vacancy at Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, SKRAU , BIKANER, Rajasthan

Post: Assistant Librarian (1 UR and 1 OBC)

Last Date :- 19 October 2012

For Full Details Visit: http://www.raubikaner.org/applications/adManager/upload/Advt_01_2012.pdf

For Application form see: http://www.raubikaner.org/applications/adManager/upload/Application%20form%20for%20Teaching%20Cadre_Adv_01_2012.pdf

For Qualification http://www.raubikaner.org/applications/adManager/upload/Qualifications_Advt_01_2012.pdf

Score card for Direct Selection for Asst. Librarian:

http://www.raubikaner.org/applications/adManager/upload/ScoreCard_Asstt_Librarian_Adv_01_2012.pdf

Invitation & Call for Papers for UGC National Seminar on 03-04 Nov.2012

Dear Friends, We are Organizing A National Seminar on Impact Of ICT in Libraries on 03-04 Nov. 2012 in College of Life Sciences, Gwalior. You all are cordially invited to actively participate in this seminar. I am sending the brochure of the seminar. Kindly find the attachment and display on your Institute Notice Board for others information. Hope to get more participation from your side.

Thanks and Regards

Organizing Secretary                                                                                 

Mrs.Vineeta  Jain                                                             

Assistant Librarian                                                           

College of Life Science                                                    

 Gwalior                                                                                                               

Mob: 08982020754                                                         

 Email: Vineeta24jain12@gmail.com             


With Warm Regards,
DEEPAK SHUKLA
Librarian
International Institute of Health Management Research
Plot No. 3, HAF Pocket, Sector 18A, Phase-II, Dwarka
Near Awas / Kargil Aprt. Sector- 12 Metro Station, New Delhi - 110075
Phone: 011 30418900 Mobile: 9953021551 Fax: 011 30418909
E-mail: deepakshukla@iihmr.org, deepakshuklaonline@gmail.com
Website : http://www.iihmrdelhi.org
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Assistant Head, Research and Information Services Department at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Salary: Not Specified
Status:Full-time
Posted:10/09/12
Deadline:12/08/12
Assistant Head, Research and Information Services Department
JOB SUMMARY: Under the direction of the Head, Research & Information Services (RIS) Department, the assistant department head oversees a unit within the RIS department, which is responsible for the development, implementation, and delivery of information and research support services to the Northwestern University community. This newly conceived unit, devised as a key component of the re-visioning of library’s public services division (PSD), will work in collaboration with other library and campus units to design and deliver general and discipline-specific information and collections-related services to facilitate the research, teaching, and educational mission of the University. The assistant head directly supervises three full-time librarians and one library assistant. For more information about this position, go tohttp://www.library.northwestern.edu/about/library-administration/jobs. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:Master’s degree from an ALA accredited program in library and information science or equivalent combination of education and relevant library experience. At least four years of experience working in an academic and/or research library setting; experience with general reference. Supervisory experience; proven ability to work independently as well as collaboratively; excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Experience with new technologies, including web and mobile applications; ability to coach users and staff on technological matters. PREFERRED: Flexibility; ability to work in a dynamic and changing environment; reading knowledge of a language other than English; experience with management of an information service point. TO APPLY: Send letter of application, resume or vita, and names of three references to the attention of Jan Hayes, Personnel Librarian, electronically to libsearches@northwestern.edu. Applications received by October 26, 2012 will receive first consideration. Northwestern University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Employment eligibility verification required upon hire. Contact Us: libsearches@northwestern.edu
Email libsearches@northwestern.edu to apply for this job. SOURCE: http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=21064