UGC NET Questions - December 2010

Paper III

SECTION – I 
This section contains 2 Questions of 20 marks each to be answered in 500 words 

1. Describe in detail UNESCO’s role in assisting member states to promote access to information?
                                                            (OR) 
Describe the steps taken by UGC (India) to develop network of academic libraries in India? 

2. Libraries are shifting from possession to access. Describe the emergence of virtual libraries and their features in light of this assertion? 
                                                            (OR) 
Discuss the different facets of Human Resources Management in a library environment? 

SECTION – II 

This section contains 3 Questions of 15 marks each to be answered in 300 words 

1. Write briefly about the genesis and development of World Wide Web? 
2. Define Knowledge Management? Discuss briefly its tools and techniques? 
3. A National Information Policy is crucial for over all development of a country. Discuss the components of such policy? 


SECTION – III 
This section contains 9 Questions of 10 marks each to be answered in 50 words 


1. What do you understand by Data mining? Discuss any three tasks that are associated with it? 
2. How will you define Trans Borders Data flow? Discuss its impact on library and information services? 
3. What do you understand by information analysis? Discuss its significance in the area of information repackaging? 
4. Differentiate idea plan, verbal plan and notational plan with examples? 
5. Write an evaluative note on McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, latest edition? 
6. What do you mean by Open Sources Software? Explain any one in brief? 
7. Preservation of e-resources has assumed global dimensions. Discuss any well-known plan in India or abroad? 
8. Discuss correlation and regression ratio with examples? 
9. Define ‘Half-Life’ in the context of library materials. How is it calculated? 


As Posted in LIS Leadership Forum by Masood Raza, Assistant Librarian 
Baddi University of Emerging Sciences & Technology 
Baddi (H.P)- 173 205 
website: www.baddiuniv.ac.in 

Post of Librarian, Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore

Essential Requirements:

1. Postgraduate qualification in Library and Information Science or Associateship in Information Science or equivalent degree from a recognized university.

2. 4-6 years experience in a library.

3. Competence in the use of computers and software for library and information technology. Knowledge on KOHA and D-space is an added advantage.

4. Communication skills for effective interaction with information service providers, user community, and for engaging in inter-institutional partnerships.

Job description: The librarian should have the ability to maintain the relevance of the CSCS library in this fast-changing world in which modes of access to information are continually and rapidly evolving.

The responsibilities of the Librarian include, but are not limited to, the following:

a) Managing the day-to-day functioning of the library and its staff, interaction with user community to continue and update journal subscriptions and book collection; interaction with print and electronic information service providers, making financial projections and working towards the target goals.

b) With the Institute’s requirements in view, initiating necessary action to modernize and/or strengthen the structures to facilitate the research of the Institute.

c) To strengthen the Institute’s current active role in inter-institutional consortia and professional bodies, coordinating their activities, and liaising with local and national institutes’ libraries for exchange of information and for resource sharing.

d) For more information about the CSCS please logon to www.cscs.res.in

How to apply:  The application submitted for consideration should include a bio-data, record of qualifications, a resume emphasizing relevant academic and work experience. Applications should be submitted to Mr. M.P. Nagaraj, Administrative Officer, on email: admin@cscs.res.in. Last date for receiving applications is 7^th January 2010. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed in the second week of January. The selected candidate is expected to join the institution by late January 2011.

Should you have any further queries please contact:

M.P. Nagaraj

Administrative Officer

Centre for the Study of Culture and Society
No. 827, 29th Main Road
Poornaprajna HBCS Layout
Uttarahalli, BANGALORE - 560 061

Phone: 91-80-2642 3266/ 67 /68
Fax: 91-80-2642 3002

Email: admin@cscs.res.in

Half-Life of Scientific Literature

The term "half-life" comes from Burton, R. E., and R. W. Kebler. 1960. The "half-life" of some scientific and technical literatures. American documentation 11: 18-22. It makes an analogy to the radioactive decay of nuclear particles and assumes an exponential curve.


Use of the Library material can be measured a number of different ways (e.g., requests for the document via interlibrary loan or document delivery, citations to the publication, or number of times a book is circulated). Such studies help librarians decide which documents to keep or discard.

The rate and pattern at which usage drops of has been shown to vary by discipline. Generally speaking, documents in the physical sciences receive most of their use early in their "lives" and then drop off rather steeply, whereas documents in the humanities tend to be used on a more consistent basis and have a less steep drop off curve.

To compare the speed of decay in different subjects, "half-life" is used as a measure. Half-life refers to the time during which one half of the current active literature was published.

ISI's Journal Citation Reports (1997) defines "cited half-life" as "the number of journal publication years going back from the current year which account for 50% of the total citations received by the cited journal in the current year."

Source: Maharashtra Librarians Online Study Circle"

The Changing Role of the Librarian

The Changing Role of the Librarian – A Virtual Library and a Real Archive?

By Dr Alex C. Klugkist – University Librarian, University of Groningen, the Netherlands (mailto:a.c.klugist@ub.rug.nl)

Summary

The position of the library and the librarian has not been a matter for debate for centuries. It has been more or less self-evident that the role that the library plays in society is a useful one, and its librarian an esteemed and valued person. However, in the digital information society, there is clearly no longer any consensus on the value of the library and the librarian. Doubts about whether they will be needed in the future are regularly aired.

If libraries are to survive the new developments in information and communication technology, what will they have to look like? What future will there be for their librarians? Will the traditional library functions disappear; will they be replaced by new ones? Will librarians disappear altogether, or will the situation be exactly the opposite, and will they be pivotal to future information facilities?

This paper does not deal with Utopian libraries of the next century, but with the library and the librarian of the next decade. The accent is on libraries within educational and research institutions, especially university libraries.

We shall look at the changes the library is going to be confronted with. We see the library of the future as being characterised by four key aspects. In the first place it will be a gateway to information, whatever format this information comes in and wherever it is located. Secondly, because of the increasing complexity of information networks, the library will be an expertise centre. Nevertheless, there will still be a pressing need for the library to be a physical entity, not only in the sense of being a social meeting place and place of scholarly interaction, but also as a place where students and other users are provided with modern study facilities and adequate user support. Furthermore, during the coming decades, the library will retain its importance as a collection centre of printed material.

The library of the near future can only take on an appropriate shape and will only survive if the institutions that librarians serve in meet the four criteria just outlined. The librarian will have to meet demands on his professional knowledge and skills. He must have good didactic, organisational, communicative and people skills. Generally speaking, this does not mean that the librarian will have to be very different to the way he is now. However, as will be explained, relatively new job responsibilities and job attitudes will be required. There will only be a future for librarians who are willing and able to take these into account.

The full text article is available at: Proceedings of the Second ICSU-UNESCO International Conference on Electronic Publishing in Science held in association with CODATA, IFLA and ICSTI at UNESCO House, Paris 20-23 February 2001

DOI=10.1244/02.eps2/013.1.00 

Library Schools should start placement cells- Prof. RG Prasher.

Library Schools in India should start placement cells to provide better opportunity for budding LIS professionals. A well organized placement drive in collaboration with leading academic, research and development institutions and organization will help the job seekers to be placed as well as the employers to recruit the suitable candidate for their institutions, says Prof. RG Prasher, former Head, Dept. of library and information science, HS Gaur University, Sagar, MP. Prof. Prasher was interacting with the library science students in AMU.


Dr. Naushad Ali, Chairman presided over the function and informed that placement activities have been already started in the department and some students have been placed in various places in the country. Regular job alerts are posted in the department blog and displays in the notice board. He observed that the candidates are not willing to go far places for job, despite there are many enquiries and offer come to the department from inside and outside the country.

For job alerts visit the department blog: www.aligarhdlis.blogspot.com/

Institution Visit

A batch of BLISc Students, accompanied by Prof. CK Sharma, from Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad visited this department last week as part of institution visit. The team was welcomed by Dr. Naushad Ali PM, Chairman and other senior faculty members. An interactive program has been conducted for the students. 

PhD Viva Voce

Mrs Nishat Fatima, (Sr. Lecturer), a PhD candidate in this department will  defend her PhD thesis in an open viva voce will be held on 23th December 2010 (Saturday) at the seminar library of this department. 

We congratulate Mrs Fatima for successfully completing her research and wish all success in her viva examination. 

Prof. RG Prasher, Former Head, DLIS, HS Gaur University, Sagar, MP and 

Prof. JL Sardana, Former Head, DLIS, University of Delhi, will jointly conduct the Viva-voce examination
Mrs Nishat Fatima has participated in many national and international seminar and conferences and presented  research papers. She has published a number of research articles in international and national journals. 

Ph.D Entrance Result Published

Ph.D entrance 2010-11 result has been published. The detailed result available at http://www.amucontrollerexams.com/phd/results/librarysc_interv.pdf

Vacancies

                                                  
                                                  
Vacancies in Aligarh Muslim University
     
 Applications on the prescribed form are invited for the following posts by 20.01.2011
 
University Librarian, Maulana Azad Library  (1)
 
Scale/Pay Band: Rs.37400-67000 Grade Pay Rs 10,000 plus allowances 

QUALIFICATIONS - ESSENTIAL :
 
        1. Master's    degree    in    library     science/information science/documentation with at least 55% of the marks or its equivalent  grade  of B in the UGC seven  point  scale  and consistently good academic record;
        2. At  least  thirteen  years  as  a  Deputy  Librarian  in  a university  library  or  eighteen years'  experience  as  a College Librarian.
        3. Evidence of innovative library service and organisation  of published work.
 DESIRABLE :
           M.Phil.   /Ph.D.  degree  in  library   science/information science/ documentation/ archives and manuscript-keeping. 
 
Professional Assistants, Maulana Azad Library (10)
       Scale/Pay Band: Rs.9300-34800 Grade Pay Rs 4200 plus allowances 
       QUALIFICATIONS-ESSENTIAL :
        B.A./B.Sc./B.Com.  with  B.Lib.  Sc. or one  year  Diploma  in Library Science with four years experience of working as Semi-Professional in a Library of a University or of Institution of higher learning.
                                   OR
M.A./M.Sc./M.Com.  with B.Lib. Science or One Year Diploma  in Library Science.
         DESIRABLE :
1. Some  experience  of  working  of  Semi-Professional  in  a Library of a University or of Institution High learning for persons having post graduate qualification.
 2.  Knowledge  of  experience of Typing Catalogues in  Hindi  / English / Urdu / Persian / Arabic
Semi-Professional Assistants, Maulana Azad Library (14)
      (01 post reserved for HH)
 Scale/Pay Band: Rs.5200-20200 Grade Pay Rs 2800 plus allowances 
        QUALIFICATIONS-ESSENTIAL :
        M.A./M.Sc/ M.Com. with B.Lib. Science OR  one year Diploma  in Library Science .
                              OR
        B.A./B.Sc./B.Com.  with  B.Lib.  Science  or  one  year   Post Graduate Diploma in Library Science 
         DESIRABLE
Ability   to   prepare   Catalogue   cards   in   English/Urdu Typewriting.
 
 Jr.  Technical  Personal Assistant  (Computer),  Maulana  Azad 
        Library (2)
         Scale/Pay Band: Rs.5200-20200 Grade Pay Rs 2400 plus allowances 
         QUALIFICATIONS-ESSENTIAL :
 1. Bachelor's degree in Library & Information Sciences.
2. Diploma  / Certificate in Computer Application  of  at least one year duration.
3. One  year experience in the field of Library  Automation or working in LIPSIS Software.
More Details at: http://www.amuregistrar.com/ads/4b-2010.txt

NET/ SLET pass a must for lecturers: HC

CHENNAI: In a significant ruling that could affect lecturer aspirants across the country, the Madras high court on Monday held that a pass in the National Eligibility Test (NET) or the State-Level Eligibility Test ( SLET) will continue to be the mandatory qualification to apply for assistant professor posts in colleges.

The first bench comprising Chief Justice M Yusuf Eqbal and Justice TS Sivagnanam, dismissing a batch of writ petitions and appeals filed by candidates with only MPhil qualification who have been seeking either exemption or sufficient time to clear NET/SLET, said: "The regulation and the decision of the central government (insisting on the NET/SLET) cannot, at any stretch of imagination, be held to be illegal, arbitrary or whimsical. The decision is rational and based on public interest and also national policy to upgrade the standard of education in the country."

The writ appeals were filed after a single judge dismissed the petitions against the central policy on April 22.

The petitioners had sought to restrain the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Teachers' Recruitment Board (TRB) from insisting on NET/SLET qualification for candidates who have passed MPhil prior to 1993 for appointment as assistant professors in Tamil Nadu Collegiate Educational Service. Noting that the UGC's regulations notified in July 2009 did not exempt candidates who had obtained their MPhil degrees prior to December 31, 1993, the petitioners also wanted the regulations to be quashed.

Opposing the petitions, additional solicitor general of South India M Ravindran and senior central government standing counsel P Chandrasekaran, representing the Centre, submitted that there were more than 12,000 NET-qualified candidates waiting for employment. If the requests of the petitioners are accepted, it would mean compromising on quality of education and teaching standard in colleges.

P Wilson, additional advocate-general of Tamil Nadu, representing the TRB, said that if the state did not follow the UGC regulations the Centre would not extend grants. Referring to the UGC's recent decision to exempt the candidates who obtained an MPhil degree on or before July 10, 2009 from clearing NET, he said such attempts have not been approved by the Centre. The HRD ministry too had earlier submitted that the UGC's decision is clearly incongruous and hence not acceptable.

Concurring with the submissions, the judges said the HRD ministry formed an experts' committee as it felt the need to upgrade the standard of teaching. After the Prof Mungerkar committee submitted its report, the government asked the UGC to frame guidelines. "But, the UGC, without considering the object and purpose of raising the standard of education, and without considering the global scenario, tried to give certain relaxation to the candidates for appearing in NET/SLET examination. In our opinion, the Central government has rightly refused to approve the decision of the UGC."

The UGC had last year notified its new regulations on minimum qualifications for teaching faculty as per which a pass in the NET was mandatory for appointment as assistant professors. This regulation had invited strong protests from a cross-section of the academic community and also led to multiple litigations in various high courts.



Read more: NET/ SLET pass a must for lecturers: HC - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/NET/-SLET-pass-a-must-for-lecturers-HC/articleshow/7056145.cms#ixzzo0uCfIGj6

Post in digital marketing

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Job description

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Defines new asset types and impact on system requirements

Works with Local Users and Library services to validate and ensure content is relevant and up to date and is consistent with AZ’s standards, rights, and taxonomy strategy.

Coordinates with legal and compliance groups to ensure policy changes are executed through asset mgmt tool

Works with Library Services Mgrs to implement changes and keep currency of asset use, standards, rights

if interested,contact

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SLA International Conference Travel Award

The North Carolina Chapter of the Special Libraries Association is sponsoring a one-time International Conference Travel Award. The purpose of the award is to provide an opportunity for a librarian outside of the United States and Canada to attend the annual Special Libraries Association (SLA) conference, to be held in Philadelphia, PA. USA, June 12-15, 2011. Applications must be received by January 15, 2011 for consideration. Please see the full announcement for details regarding eligibility requirements and application procedures.
Contact Susan Forbes at forbes16@gmail.com if you have questions about this opportunity.

http://ncslainfoshare.blogspot.com/2010/10/ncsla-international-travel-award.html

Masjid Libraries: An Indian Initiatives

Library initiative to cover all mosques


New Delhi, Dec. 1: Every mosque in the country that has space to spare may soon have a library and a reading room.

Initiated by the Zakat Foundation of India, a Delhi based NGO, the library initiative has the support of all leading Muslim organisations, including the Jamiat Ulema, Jamaat Islami and the Milli Council.

The project has already been inaugurated in Kashmir and is scheduled to be launched in all states shortly. There are around 2 lakh mosques in the country.

Zakat foundation president Syed Zafar Mahmood said the plan was to sponsor a reading room, with a computer and books, in every mosque ready to provide space.

He said the idea of having a library in mosques was not new but simply a revival of tradition. “Mosques are supposed to be places of learning, as they were in the past. Of late, they have become synonymous with closed thinking. We want to change that perception,” he said.

The foundation has written to the heads of all mosques and to community leaders about the project. “All that the mosques will have to do is provide us some space. We will provide everything, right from providing books to Internet connection,” Mahmood said.

The library will have books for general reading as well those that are specifically religious, apart from Urdu, Hindi and English newspapers. “We want to inculcate the habit of reading among youngsters, which is lacking now,’’ he said.

Mahmood said the libraries could also double as information centres that provide data on welfare schemes for the Muslim community. If anybody was interested in having a library-cum-reading room in a mosque in his/her vicinity, all they needed to do was persuade its management and contact the foundation, he said.

The response to the library proposal had been quite encouraging, he said. “I am getting calls from as far away as Tripura and Tamil Nadu asking for details. Surely the community is changing for the better.”

The Imam Sangh, a national body of imams, sounded enthusiastic about the idea. “Mosques are usually open during the day and it would be great if the time and space can used for betterment of the community,’’ said Moulana Ilyasi of the Imam Sangh.

Source: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101202/jsp/nation/story_13248182.jsp#

Retroconverstion

Retroconversion of documents

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A Day in a LIS Professional’s Life

  On a typical day a librarian might perform some of the following duties:-

 

1. Analyse users’ needs and provide the information they need;
2. Show users how to efficiently search for information on the Internet and in other online resources;
3. Select and purchase materials and prepare those materials by classifying them according to subject matter;
4. Supervise assistants who prepare cards, computer records, or other access tools that direct users to resources;
5. Collect and organize books, pamphlets, manuscripts, and other materials in a specific field, such as rare books, genealogy, or music;
6. Coordinate programs such as storytelling for children, and literacy skills and book talks for adults;
7. Conduct classes as per need for junior professionals;
8. Publicize services;

Om Shashi Shekhar Singh 
Chief Librarian, Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mewat - 122108, Haryana,
E-mail: shekharlib@yahoo.co.in

Source: Employment News  Nov 13-19 2010

PhD Viva Voce

Mr. Ashok Kumar Upadhyay, Research Scholar will defend his PhD thesis entitled “Retro-conversion of documents in Central Secretariat Library, Zakir Husain Library, JMI, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library: an evaluative study” in an open viva voce will be held on 27th November 2010 (Saturday) at the seminar library of this department.
Mr. Upadhyay conducted this research under the guidance of Prof. (Dr.) Masoom Raza. We congratulate Mr. Upadhyay for successfully completing his research and wish him all success in his viva examination and best wishes in future career.
Mr. Upadhyay has participated in many national and international seminar and conferences and presented FIVE research papers. He has published FOUR research articles in international journals and TWO in national journals. We hope his active contribution for the LIS profession in India in the coming future also.

Natioanal Semianr at AKGEC, Gaziayabad

A National Seminar on “Re-engineering the information profession for the emerging knowledge society” was held at AKG Engineering College, Gaziabad on 20th November 2010. The seminar was a great success with the active participation of LIS professionals and the thought provoking discussions and presentation by eminent scholars from various parts of the country.
The research scholars, Mr. Mohamed Musthafa, Roshan Khayal and Muzammil Mustaq of this department attended the seminar.

iLEAD Fellowship for MLIS

iLEAD (International Librarians Enhancing Access and Development) Fellowship Opportunity (deadline: Nov. 30, 2010)

The Department of Library and Information Studies (DLIS) at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) invites applications from international students to its iLEAD Fellows Program. An iLEAD Fellow will be an international student taking the Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) Program, supported by an International Graduate Assistantship (IGA) with tuition waivers. The iLEAD Fellows Program is one of the Department’s iLEAD initiatives http://lis.uncg.edu/about-us/international/.
Two iLEAD Fellows will be selected from the new incoming international students, starting in Fall 2011, on the basis of demonstrated academic ability, evidence of commitment to enhancing library and information access and development in their home country, and financial need. To be considered for the iLEAD Fellows Program, applicants must submit both a UNCG Graduate School application for admission to the MLIS Program and the Department’s IGA application by the stated deadline.
The application includes an essay of 750 words or less on applicant’s experience with and plans to enhance library and information access and development in your home country, especially to diverse and underserved communities.
More information at: http://lis.uncg.edu/admissions/financial-support/ilead-fellows-program/

"Openness and Access: An India Survey"

The Centre for Internet and Society is planning to bring out a book
charting out the state of various kinds of 'opennesses' in India,
tentatively titled "Openness and Access: An India Survey". This book
will include India-focussed surveys of Open Access to Law, Open
Government Data, Open Access to Scholarly Literature, Open Educational
Resources, Open Standards, Free/Open Source Software, and Open Content,
each of which will be a self-contained chapter in the book. We are
presenting an open call for researchers for each of these surveys.

Each of the surveys will broadly have to include:
1) Literature review
2) Policy scan
3) Institutional scan
4) Project scan
5) Case studies and interviews
6) Observations, analysis of policy tensions and recommendations
7) Directory of stakeholders
8) Further readings

Each survey, depending on the subject matter and the scope agreed to
between the researcher and CIS, is expected to be roughly between 22,000
words and 35,000 words. The deadlines of these projects will, of
course, vary, but they will range from between two months and four. Each
researcher will be given a separate travel bursary on a need basis,
which will be agreed upon at the commencement of the research.

The exact remuneration for each survey depends on the extent of the
project as is finally worked out between the researcher and CIS, but the
following can be taken to be indicative:
1) Open Access to Law ~ Rs. 50,000
2) Open Government Data ~ Rs. 50,000
3) Open Access to Scholarly Literature ~ Rs. 80,000
4) Open Educational Resources ~ Rs. 80,000
5) Open Standards ~ Rs. 50,000
6) Free and Open Source Software ~ Rs. 80,000
7) Open Content ~ Rs. 80,000

If you have a background in research, academics, or policy analysis and
would be interested in working on one of these, please write in to
Pranesh Prakash by Tuesday, November 30, 2010,
with a copy of your résumé, your specific interests in the area, and a
writing sample.

details at http://cis-india.org

Training in Advanced WINISIS at NISCAIR

A short term course on 'Advanced WINISIS' will be held during 6-10 December 2010 at NISCAIR.

The course fee is Rs. 2000/- (without accommodation) and Rs. 2600/- (with accommodation). Interested professionals may please send and email to training@niscair.res.in or visit the NISCAIR website.

G. Mahesh
NISCAIR

Safari Books Online Launches Free Global iPad App

New Delhi, India – November 9, 2010 – Safari® Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com), the leading on-demand digital library for technology, digital media and business professionals, today announced that it is offering a free app for Apple’s iPad which allows subscribers of Safari Books Online to view book content in their library. Subscribers will also be able to view content offline. The free app, called Safari to Go, is available for download now at Apple’s iTunes App Store [itms://itunes.apple.com/us/app/safari-to-go/id385824712?mt=8].

Safari Books Online, which is already available for iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberry and Android smartphones on its mobile site, m.safaribooksonline.com, built the new Safari To Go app from the ground up specifically to leverage iPad capabilities such as pinch-to-zoom and drag and drop functions.

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

Free access to Springer Journals

Dear Friends,

Springer Publisher is giving Free access to some of the journals from it's publications. You can view&download fulltext articles for free of cost. No registration is required for downloading&viewing. and this upto 30th Nov 2010. Please click on the below link.


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Semi. Professioanl Assistant in AMU Centres

Applications for the post of Semi Professional Assistant (1 post in Malapuram, Kerala and 1 post in Murshidabad, WB)on the prescribed form are invited by 15.12.2010

Scale/PB Rs. 5200-20200 GP Rs. 2800 plus allowances

QUALIFICATIONS-ESSENTIAL :
M.A./M.Sc/ M.Com. with B.Lib. Science OR one year Diploma in Library Science .
OR
B.A./B.Sc./B.Com. with B.Lib. Science or one year Post Graduate Diploma in Library Science
DESIRABLE :Ability to prepare Catalogue cards in English/Urdu Typewriting.

The appointment will be made on ontractual / deputation basis. Candidates are required to fill up the separate appllication form for each post / Centre.

For details visit; http://www.amuregistrar.com/

Academic Ranking of Indian central universities

Mr. Muzamil Mustaq (Research Scholar)presented the following paper at 6th International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS) and 11th COLLNET Meeting held at University of Mysore on 19-22 Oct. 2010.
"Academic Ranking of Indian central universities in Science and Technology as Represented in Science Citation Index - Expanded (Web of Science): A Scientometric Study of last five years from 2005-2009" by Prof. Shabahat Husain and Mr Muzamil Mushtaq.

ABSTRACT:

There are a number of parameters to evaluate an academic institution and one of them being the publication output of the institutions. Keeping this parameter under eye,the present paper was compiled which focuses on the various publication output patterns of Indian Central Universities, depicting the picture of the Scientometric constructs with the data collected from the widely used database-Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E).The Individual Universities were searched out and the data was recorded using the distinct limiting options of the database. The data so obtained were worked out and interpreted in accordance with the Scientometric methods and thus obtained the results. It was found that the University of Delhi occupies the first rank leading other Universities in the country, normal linear growth trend of output with least publications in 2005 and highest in 2009, article form the most widely used, english language to be frequent medium of communication, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology followed by Materials Science, Multidisciplinary with highest publications, Current Science evolves the first ranked journal title, etc.

Technological Motivation of Staff

Mr. Md. Imran Ahmad, Research Scholar presented a paper on "Technological Motivation of Staff in Academic Library in AMU, Aligarh" at National Seminar on Personality Development in the Library Profession (PDITLP) organized by The Dept. of Lib. and Info. Sciece, North East Hill University, Shillog held on 21-23 Oct. 2010

Admission Notification for AMU Centres at Kerala and WB

AMU invites application for MBA and BALLB in newly esatblished centres at Malappuram and Murshidabad. Last date for receipt of application form is 23, Nov. 2010. Admission test will be help at Aligrh, Kolkata and Kozhikod on 19.12.2010.
The detailed inforamtion is available at www.amucontrollerexams.com

Microsoft to launch Wikibhasha

MS to launch Wikibhasha to boost multilingual content

Microsoft revealed that they will soon launch the beta version Wikibhasha, a multilingual content creation tool for Wikipedia. The tool will help to
simplify and speed up the process of creating multilingual content in
Wikipedias.

Wikibhasa derives from the well-known term 'wiki' denoting collaboration,
and 'bhasha' which means 'language' in Hindi and Sanskrit and will serve
multiple purposes to contributors of wiki like finding content from other
Wikipedia articles, translate the content into other languages and then
compose new articles or enhance existing articles in multilingual
Wikipedias. It will support content creation in more than 30 languages and
also enable easy content creation in non-English Wikipedias by leveraging
the large volume of English Wikipedia content as the source of information.

Microsoft Research and Wikimedia Foundation will also work closely with the Wikipedia user communities focusing on content creation in Arabic, German, Hindi, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish. They also hope to inspire a new wave of multilingual content creation. "We're always happy to see work on improving multilingual collaboration between wikis," said Danese Cooper, CTO of the Wikimedia Foundation. "Microsoft Research is doing some interesting work with WikiBhasha, and we're very pleased that it chose to share its client code in open source as well."

The browser-based tool offers a user interface layer on top of the
target-language Wikipedia during content creation, integrating content
discovery with linguistic and collaborative services and focusing the use on content creation in the target Wikipedia through a three-step process which guides the user through content discovery and sourcing, composing a
local-language article and publishing it in the target Wikipedia.

The tool which is supported by MS Machine Translation system and MS
Collaborative Translations Framework and conceptualized by Multilingual
Systems Group currently works on Windows Internet Explorer (7.0 and 8.0) on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 and on Firefox (3.5 or above) on Linux Fedora (11 and 12), Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Source:
http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/MS_launches_Wikibhasha_to_boost_multilingual_content-nid-72808.html?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Subscriber

M.Phil/ PhD Admission 2011

Application for admission to M.Phil/ PhD for the session 2010-2011 is notified in AMU. Last date for application is 10 Nov 2010. Details available at http://www.amucontrollerexams.com/phd.html

IFTAR Get-together

A social get-together on the occasion of Holy Ramadan was organised by the students of the department on 30th August 2010. All Faculty members, Research Scholars, MLISc and BLISC students attended the program. The function was a great success in the sense of organization and participation. We appreciate all those who were in the organizing committee.

DST Research Project Launched

A Research Project on 'Subject Information Gateway in Information Technology' (SIGIT) funded by Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India is launched in the department. The SIGIT, a portal, will fulfill the information requirement of IT professional by providing all relevant web resources at a single platform. Dr. Naushad Ali. PM, Chairman of the department is the project director.

Librarains' Day Celebrated

The Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University celebrated Librarians' Day 2010 with various activities. Earlier, on 12th August, conducted a Debate on "conventional vs digital libraries" in which Ms Mehnas Siddiqi bagged the first prize and Mr. Muzammil Mushtaq second prize. On 13th August, LIS Quiz was conducted. Four teams namely 'Personality', 'Matter', 'Energy', 'Space' participated and the audience was named as 'time'. The Quiz was focused on Dr. SR Ranganathan, his contribution to Library Science. Team 'Personality' bagged first prize and Mr. Mohamed Musthafa acted as Quiz Master. On 14th August, Prof. PB Mangla, a student of Dr. SR Ranganathan delivered ‘Ranganathan Memorial Lecture’. Prof. Mangla stressed on the need for establishing a National Institute of Library and Information Management as an umbrella organization to coordinate various LIS research activities in the country.
Prof. Shabahat Husain, Librarian-in-charge, Maulana Azad Library presided over the function and Dr. Naushad Ali PM, Chairman, DLIS, welcomed the audience. Certificates and prizes were distributed to the winners.

Photos @
http://picasaweb.google.co.in/107080751435141321924/LibrariansDay#

PhD Viva-Voce

Ms Faisul Nisha will defend her PhD thesis in an open viva-voce on 11 August 2010 at the seminar library of the department of LIS, AMU. Ms Fasizul Nisha conducted her research under the supervision of Dr. Naushad Ali PM.

Best wishes.

Celebrating Librarians Day

Department of Library and Information science, AMU organizes various programs in the occassion of Librarian's Day as per the following schedule.
Date: 12-14 Aug. 2010

LIS Quiz
Debate
Ranganathan Memorial Lecture

All are welcome..

PhD Theses Submitted

The following Research Scholars submitted PhD Theses in the department of library science recently.

Mr. Ashok Kumar Upadhyay was doing Research on the topic: “Retro conversion of Documents in Central Secretariat Library, Zakir Husain Library, JMI, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi: An Evaluative Study” under the supervision of Dr. M. Masoom Raza.

Mr. Monnawwer Eqbal was doing Research on the topic: “A Study of Total Quality Management in Central University Libraries of India” under the supervision of Dr. M. Masoom Raza.

we wish all the best to Mr. Upadhyay and Iqbal

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Dr. Raza goes to NEHU

Dr. Masoom Raza, Associate professor, DLISc, AMU goes on leave and join as a professor in the department of Library and information science in North East Hill University (NEHU) Shillog. He will serve DLISc, NEHU as the Head of the Department.

You can reach Dr. Raza at mraza@nehu.ac.in, hodls@nehu.ac.in
http://www.nehu.ac.in/Schools/Economics%20&%20Management/Library%20Science/faculty.php

We wish him all the best in his professional endeavors..

Job posting 17MAY, 2010

1.
Name of Post: Librarian (6 posts)
Organization: Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas
Pay Scale : Rs. 9300-34800 Grade Pay Rs.4600
Last date : 07/06/2010
Qualifications : BLISc
More details @ http://www.nvsroshillong.gov.in/NESD2.htm

2.
Name of Post :Junior Library & Information Assistant - 01 Post
Organization :Sri Aurobindo College,
(University of Delhi), Malaviya Nagar New Delhi – 110 007
Pay Scale :Rs. 5200 – 20200 + Grade Pay Rs. 1900/-
Last date :21 days From 8th May 2010
Advt. No. :SAC/Advt/2010/01

3.
Name of Post :Library And Information Management
Location :Kuwait

Other information With Relevant Qualification and Experienced Candidate Shall only Apply with their passport size photo mentioning Current Salary, Expected Salary, Joining Time Required, Willingness to Relocate. at creative.techno@yahoo.com
More details @ http://educationin-kuwait.blogspot.com/

4.
Name of Post :Library & Information Assistant (Reserved for OBC only)
Organization :Ministry of Defense EME Centre, Secundrabad.
Qualifications : B Li Sc
More details @ Employment News Paper 1-7 May, 2010, page no. 51

Post of Research Associate and Project Fellow

Applications are invited for the following posts to work full time in the Research Project sponsored by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India entitled as “Developing a Subject Information Gateway in Information Technology (SIGIT)” in the Department of Library and Information Science for the period of two years. Appointment will be initially for one year renewable depending upon the performance of the candidate.
1. Research Associate (One Post)
Qualification:
• Essential: Ph.D. (Library Science/Computer Science) with knowledge of handling of computer hardware as well as software, website design and development.
• Desirable: M.Sc. (Computer Science)/PGDCA with working experience in developing search engines/portals etc.
Salary: Rs. 15,000/- per month (fixed)
2. Project Fellow (Two Posts)
Qualification:
• Essential: M.L.I.Sc./M.Sc. (Computer Science)/MCA with minimum 55% marks.
• Desirable: Adequate knowledge of web searching, analysis and presentation.
Salary: Rs. 8000/- per month (fixed)
Application on plain paper with all supporting documents should reach to the Principal Investigator latest by 31st May, 2010.

(Dr. Naushad Ali P.M)
Chairman/Principal Investigator
DST Research Project
Department of Library and Information Science
AMU, Aligarh-202002
AMU, Aligarh
E-mail: naushad.amu@gmail.com

The Letter “Z” Will Be Removed from the English Alphabet

The Letter “Z” Will Be Removed from the English Alphabet
Surprising as it sounds, it looks like the English alphabet will be losing one of its letters on June 1st. The announcement came from the English Language Central Commission (ELCC).
Here is a quote from the press release:
After carefully considering and debating the matter for over two years, the ELCC came to the conclusion that the letter “Z” should be removed from the English alphabet. The main objective of this change is to simplify the phonetic aspect of the language, and to unify the American and British spellings.
What will happen to the words that have the letter “z” in them? It depends on the word. According to the ELCC, words that started with a “z” will now start with an “x”. Examples include:
zero becomes xero
zoo becomes xoo
zone becomes xone
zodiac becomes xodiac
Words that featured a “z” with the “s” sound, on the other hand, will now be officially written with the “s” (i.e., unifying the American and British spelling). Examples include:
visualize becomes visualise
analyze becomes analyse
materialize becomes materialise
What do you think about this change? Will it really simplify the English language, or will it make things more confusing?
Source: http://www.dailywri tingtips. com/the-letter- z-will-be- removed-from- the-english- alphabet/

Job Vacancy 10-5-2010

1. Name of Post : Librarian

Organization :VDF School of Engineering and Technology, Latur

Last date : 22/5/2010

Salary and Qualifications : as per AICTE Rules.

Applications with CV send to: The Secretary, VDF, C/o Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Off Juhu-Versova Link Road, Versova, Andheri (W), Mumbai – 400 053, email: vdf2000@gmail.com

More Details @ The Times of India, 07.05.2010


2. Name of Post : Library Trainee

Pay of Scale : Rs. 16,000/- PM (inclusive all)

Tenure : 24 Months

Organization : INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS
Koramangala, Bangalore – 560034

Qualification : Master of Library Science with basic degree in science (preferable) (Students who have appeared for final exam and waiting for results may also apply)

Additional qualifications : Basic knowledge of computer and preferably working knowledge of any library software and Open Source software

More details @ http://www.iiap.res.in/files/Lib.notifn.pdf

Job Vacancy

1. Name of Post : Scientific Officer E (Library Science)

Organization :Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam- 603 102
Qualification : A first class degree in Science with B.LIS with a minimum of 60 % marks in degree from a recognized university.

Advertisement no. : 2/2010

More details @ http://www.igcar.gov.in/recruitment/adv02_10.pdf


2. Name of Post : Professional Assistant

Pay of Scale : Rs. 9300- 34800 + 4200 (Grade pay)

Organization : Maitreyi College (University of Delhi)
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

Qualification : Essential- 1) MLISc / M LIB.Sc or equivalent with 50% marks;

Or

Master’s Degree in Arts/Science/Commerce or any othe discipline with 50 % and B.Lib.Sc / BLISc with 50 %

2) Computer science paper at Graduate/ PG level or six month computer science course from a recognized institution.

More details @ http://maitreyi.du.ac.in/prof_asstt.pdf