tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299006522024-03-14T02:00:55.279-07:00... Lib Info SpaceUpdates in Library Information Profession, Systems and Services...........(From JK Vijayakumar, since June 2006)JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-65858837942674178152013-11-23T01:01:00.003-08:002013-11-23T01:01:24.477-08:00<div id="fb-root"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script>
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JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-15515593564784035402013-04-04T23:11:00.004-07:002013-04-04T23:14:03.823-07:00Open Access Theses and Dissertations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lZ6Vxs9zmUI/UV5rKQwHr9I/AAAAAAAAAf0/QeTY8aI98WA/s1600/oa_logo_100.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lZ6Vxs9zmUI/UV5rKQwHr9I/AAAAAAAAAf0/QeTY8aI98WA/s1600/oa_logo_100.png" /></a>OATD aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access
graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata
(information about the theses) comes from <a href="http://oatd.org/oatd-publishers.html">
over 600 colleges, universities, and research institutions</a>.
OATD currently indexes over <a href="http://oatd.org/oatd/search?q=*%3A*" title="Click for the current total">1.5 million</a> theses and dissertations. URL: <a href="http://oatd.org/">http://oatd.org/ </a><br />
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Additional sources: LibGuide on ETDs <a href="http://libguides.kaust.edu.sa/etd">http://libguides.kaust.edu.sa/etd</a> <br />
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JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-65988901051311356762013-04-04T21:37:00.000-07:002013-04-04T21:37:26.744-07:00Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em id="yui_3_7_2_18_1365136222511_128">Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy:
Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment</em>. URL: <a href="http://acrl.ala.org/intersections/">http://acrl.ala.org/intersections/</a><br /><br />A white paper published by the Association of College & Research
Libraries (ACRL), explores and articulates three
intersections between scholarly communication and information literacy.
The paper also provides strategies for librarians from different
backgrounds <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_18_1365136222511_123" style="font-style: italic;">to initiate collaborations within their own campus
environments between information literacy and scholarly communication</span></span>.</div>
JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-16630792321257765302013-03-30T20:26:00.001-07:002013-04-04T21:38:43.057-07:00Skills for Leading Libraries of the Future | Leading From the Library<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To prepare for future leadership, there are new skills we can all learn
to improve the quality of our leadership, it’s important to make a
commitment to acquiring those skills and helping others to do so.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read more from <a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/03/opinion/leading-from-the-library/skills-for-leading-libraries-of-the-future-leading-from-the-library/">Library Journal</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also found an interesting one <a href="http://www.library.illinois.edu/mortenson/book/10_brey-cassiano.pdf">here</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Worth browsing some resources listed by ALA at<a href="http://www.ala.org/offices/hrdr/abouthrdr/hrdrliaisoncomm/otld/leadershiptraining"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Library Leadership Training Resources</span></a></span></span></div>
JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-77307428966115660912013-03-25T21:44:00.000-07:002013-04-04T21:47:46.015-07:00International CALIBER<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The presentations (PPTs) and program of 9th International CALIBER held at INFLIBNET, Gandhinagar is now <a href="http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/caliber2013/programme.php">available to download</a><br />
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JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-39340157497638060152013-01-21T09:59:00.000-08:002013-01-21T09:59:50.962-08:00ACD Watch Latest Issue<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My ACD Watch column, latest issue available from IFLA ACD Blog <a href="http://blogs.ifla.org/acd/acd-watch/">http://blogs.ifla.org/acd/acd-watch/</a></div>
JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-43144070835337902872013-01-13T02:21:00.000-08:002013-04-04T21:39:29.668-07:00Rejuvenated Libraries for Empowered Users Dr. TAV Murthy Festschrift Volume, 2012-13<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5239"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5238"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5237"><span id="yiv1281946790yui_3_7_2_16_1355394635880_289"><span id="yiv1281946790yui_3_7_2_16_1355394635880_288" style="font-weight: bold;"><span id="yiv1281946790yui_3_7_2_16_1355394635880_287">Sub: Rejuvenated Libraries for Empowered Users</span><span id="yiv1281946790yui_3_7_2_16_1355394635880_412">: Dr. TAV Murthy Festschrift Volume, 2012-13</span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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have received several contributions and proposals to this book project
from different parts of the world. But there are many proposed
contributors who have
requested for more time. This is mainly due to the winter and x-mas
vacations. To accommodate these requests and also to give a chance to
other potential contributors, the last date for submissions is extended
to <span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5169" style="font-weight: bold;">January 15th, 2013.</span> <br /><br /><span id="yiv1281946790yui_3_7_2_16_1355394635880_394" style="font-weight: bold;">We are also happy to announce the availability of two best author awards. </span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5248"><span id="yiv1281946790yui_3_7_2_16_1355394635880_394"><span class="yiv1281946790yui_3_7_2_16_1355394635880_96" id="yiv1281946790yui_3_7_2_16_1355394635880_300">
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authors of two best chapters will be chosen to receive full financial support
for a personal annual membership in any of these international library
associations for a year - IFLA, ALA, CILIP, SLA, ASIST, IATUL, subjected to the eligibility of the winner. These two
awards will be announced before book publication and the decisions by the Board
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addition to this, first authors of all accepted chapters will receive a copy of
the book in print format.</span></span></span></div>
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any.</span></span>We
are pleased to propose to bring out a festschrift edited volume in
honor of Dr.
TAV Murthy, the former director of INFLIBNET Center, India & ex President of Society for Information Science. <br /><br />Dr.
Murthy requires no introduction among the Indian LIS community. He
is the first professional to become the Director of Information and
Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET), equivalent to the rank of a Central
University Vice Chancellor in India. He has played the lead role in
establishing the UGC Infonet and E-Journal Consortium under the
umbrella of University Grants Commission. He has also initiated several
projects for the development of libraries and transformed INFLBNET
into a vibrant organization and made it as a catalyst in higher
education and research libraries and campuses across the modern India. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span class="yiv1281946790yui_3_7_2_16_1355394635880_102">More about Dr. TAV Murthy is at <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.socio.org.uk/reju.php" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355422834_0">http://www.socio.org.uk/reju.php</span></a>. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5262"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5261"><span class="yiv1281946790yui_3_7_2_16_1355394635880_109" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5260">The proposed festschrift volume will include seminal and
methodologically incremental papers, case studies and research articles
in the various themes in Library & Information Science as
described below. The proposed title of the volume “<span style="font-weight: bold;">Rejuvenated Libraries
for Empowered User</span>s”, will focus on how the needs of technologically
empowered users are met by technologically empowered libraries and
librarians. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span class="yiv1281946790yui_3_7_2_16_1355394635880_115">This will include, but not limited to the below sub themes;</span></span></div>
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1. Users: <i>Empowered and Changed</i>2. Library Spaces: <i id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5266">Remodeled and Reorganized</i>3. Search Interfaces and Systems: <i>Enhanced and Integrated</i>4. Collections and Services: <i id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5267">Reformatted and Redesigned</i><br />5. Metrics and Marketing<i>: <i>Redefined</i></i><br />6. (Next Generation) Librarians:<i id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5269"> <i id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5268">Rejuvenated</i></i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5273"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5272"><span class="yiv1281946790yui_3_7_2_16_1355394635880_122" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5271"><b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5270">More details about the topic, submission process and styles can be found from </b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.socio.org.uk/reju.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.socio.org.uk/reju.php</a></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5277"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5276"><span class="yiv1281946790yui_3_7_2_16_1355394635880_125" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5275"><i>We invite the potential contributors</i> to take
part in this endeavor for honoring a library professional, who has
made significant contributions to the uplift of the LIS profession, and
promoting valuable services among Indian academic and research
community. You can submit your paper (s) as contributed chapters to this
proposed volume. Writings can include case studies, applied research,
literature reviews and reports, but general articles may be avoided.
The work can be based on a range of library settings such as academic,
research, public, corporate, government, health/medical, law, and
non-traditional libraries. The Editorial committee with the help of its
international board of reviewers will blind review the submissions,
and inform the author(s) accordingly.<br /><br />
The edited book will be published by Digital Information Research
Ltd, UK (a division of the Society for Information Organization,
Harrow, London, UK and articles/chapters will
be indexed by leading A&I databases.</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5282"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5281"><span class="yiv1281946790yui_3_7_2_16_1355394635880_128" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5280"><b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355422648830_5279">More details about the topic, submission process and styles can be found from </b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.socio.org.uk/reju.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.socio.org.uk/reju.php</a></span><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><b>Editors of Dr. TAV Murthy Festschrift Volume, 2012-13<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Vijayakumar J. K., King Abdullah University of Science
and Technology </span></span></li>
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<strong>International Advisory Board</strong><em>(confirmed)</em><strong> </strong><br /><strong>Dr. TAV Murthy Festschrift Volume, 2012-13</strong><br /><br />
Ajay PratapSingh, Banaras Hindu University.<br />
AkhtarParvez, Indian Institute of Management Indore & MANLIBNET.<br />
Ali Al-Aufi, Sultan Qaboos University.<br />
AnandPratapSingh,GuruGobindSingh Indraprastha University.<br />
Antonella De Robbio, University of Padua& E-LIS.<br />
Bandi M. K., Mangalore University.<br />
Bavakutty M., Kannur University.<br />
ChaubeyO. N., Election Commission of India.<br />
Daisy Jacobs, University of Zululand.<br />
Edward Proctor, Duke University, University of North Carolina & CONSALD.<br />
FrédéricBlin,BibliothèqueNationaleetUniversitaire de Strasbourg& IFLA.<br />
Ganesan A., PRIST University.<br />
Gopakumar V., Goa University.<br />
Harish Chandra, Indian Institute of Technology Chennai, SLA Asian Chapter.<br />
Helen Ladron de Guevara Cox, Mexican Librarians Association.<br />
Ibrahim Ramjaun, National Library of Mauritius &Association of Professional Librarians.<br />
ImmaSubiratsColl, Food and Agriculture Organization & E-LIS.<br />
Jain P. K., Indian Institute of Economic Growth & SLA Asian Chapter.<br />
Joseph Hafner, McGill University & IFLA.<br />
Khan, M.T.M., Galgotias University.<br />
Kishor Chandra Satpathy, National Institute of Technology Silchar.<br />
LalithaPoluru, Nirma University.<br />
Majid Pathan, American University of Antigua.<br />
Manoj Kumar Sinha, Assam University.<br />
Mats Nordström, Malmo Public Library.<br />
MuttayyaKoganuramath, Central University of Gujarat& ILA Journal.<br />
Naresh Kumar, Society for Information Science India.<br />
Negi D.P., HG College of Engineering & Management.<br />
PijushkantiPanigrahi, University of Calcutta & IASLIC.<br />
Prakash K., Karnataka State Open University.<br />
Prem Chand, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies.<br />
PremilaGamage, Srilankan Institute of Policy Studies Library & IFLA.<br />
Raj Kumar, Punjab University & SATKAL Trust.<br />
Rashed S. Alzahrani, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology.<br />
Regine Schmolling, State University Bremen & IFLA.<br />
Sanjay Kumar Bihani, Ministry of Indian Foreign Affairs.<br />
Sanjay Kataria, Banasthali University.<br />
Saraswathy S., Amrita University.<br />
Suhaimi bin Haji Abdul Karim, University of Brunei.<br />
Suresh Chauhan, Jaipuria Institute of Management.<br />
Suresh KumarB.O.,PanditDeendayal Petroleum University.<br />
SusmitaCkakraborty, Bengal Engineering & Science University.<br />
Tamara Pianos, German National Library of Economics.<br />
Temjen T., Nagaland University.<br />
Thiyam Satyabati Devi, University of Swaziland.<br />
VaralakshmiR.S.R., AndhraUniversity.<br />
Vijayakumar K. P., University of Kerala.<br />
Vijayakumar P., Pondicherry University<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><b>About Dr. TAV Murthy </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NrZ8leBYmcY/UKXiv4MubqI/AAAAAAAAAZo/zfPXfNcqJXM/s1600/tav.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NrZ8leBYmcY/UKXiv4MubqI/AAAAAAAAAZo/zfPXfNcqJXM/s200/tav.JPG" width="168" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Dr. Murthy requires no introduction among the Indian LIS community.
He is the first professional to become the Director of Information and
Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET), equivalent to the rank of a Central
University Vice Chancellor in India. He has played the lead role in
establishing the UGC Infonet and E-Journal Consortium under the
umbrella of University Grants Commission. He has also initiated several
projects for the development of libraries and transformed INFLBNET
into a vibrant organization and made it as a catalyst in higher
education and research libraries and campuses across the modern India.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">He also carries with him a wide and rich experience and expertise
of around 45 years, having worked in managerial level at a number of
major libraries in many prestigious institutions in India. After his
research studies and services in the Catholic University and the Case
Western Reserve University in the USA, he contributed to setting up and
developing libraries of several prestigious organizations in India. He
had a rare opportunity to head several prestigious libraries like the
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, National Library of India,
Central University of Hyderabad, English and Foreign Languages
University, Indira Gandhi National Center for Arts and so on and
contributed towards their modernization and application of latest
technologies. During his professional life he has completed several
projects and programs funded by organizations like FAO, World Bank,
AGRIS, NISSAT/CSIR, SENDOC, ICAR etc.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">He has been associated with many Indian universities and has
supervised number of doctoral researchers and actively associated with
the national and international professional associations, expert
committees and has published more than 150 research papers at various
levels. He authored a few books, edited several conference proceedings
and acted as the editorial board member of several national and
international journals. He visited around 30 countries for professional
activities, represented India in library and documentation related
matters for international organisations like UNESCO, OCLC, SAARC, NAFSA
et, where he tried to promote a truly inclusive and mutually beneficial
global information society. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">He was the President and Fellow of Society for Information Science
(SIS) India, Member Secretary of Ahmedabad Library Network (ADINET),
Council Member of Indian Association for Special Libraries (IASLIC) and
Indian Library Association (ILA). During his tenure in IGNCA New
Delhi, he was a member and Regional Coordinator in IFLA Arts Libraries
Section and instrumental in the organizing of IFLA Conference in India.
He was also associated with organizing of conferences like ICADL,
International CALIBERs, PLANNERs, SIS, ILA, IASLIC and many
international and national programs. He is the recipient of the STAKAL
National Librarian Award, SIS National Fellowship, and so on. He was
invited by several Government and professional bodies as an expert in
India and abroad. </span></div>
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JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-52846033484128480462012-12-12T04:13:00.000-08:002013-04-04T23:38:25.725-07:00Science.gov: The Power of 10<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.science.gov/">Science.gov</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=29900652">/</a> was launched in December 2002 and has broken new ground in
interagency collaboration. Senior information managers representing 13
Federal agencies forged a consensus on how national science
organizations could improve public access to the nation’s rich and
diverse scientific research information and partnered to create the
Science.gov Web portal.<br />
<br />
One of the successful gateways, still existing.... Press release <a href="http://www.science.gov/communications/10years.html">here</a><br />
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JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-45914076702349407702012-12-03T22:31:00.001-08:002012-12-03T22:32:42.016-08:00Google killed Meebo: many libraries scrambled to replace this tool as their virtual reference engine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Competition in the virtual reference market got really hot this past
summer. Recent developments in virtual reference offerings suggest the
market is much more dynamic than most of us would have imagined a short
time ago. With Google’s acquisition of Meebo and its subsequent decision
to shut down the chat widget service, many libraries scrambled to
replace this tool as their virtual reference engine.</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">
In any case, libraries and individual librarians have been using Meebo
since at least 2007 to provide free virtual reference services, so
Meebo’s demise sent them scurrying for a replacement. The good news was
that other significant changes in the virtual reference marketplace were
taking place, providing reference librarians with plenty of options. </div>
</blockquote>
<br />
Read the detailed article by <i>William Breitbach from</i><br />
<a href="http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/oct12/Breitbach--Your-Guide-to-Meebo-Options.shtml"><i>http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/oct12/Breitbach--Your-Guide-to-Meebo-Options.shtml</i></a><br />
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JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-82973071460538102532012-12-03T22:22:00.002-08:002012-12-03T22:32:52.169-08:00The Current State of E-Resource Usage Data in Libraries<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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While COUNTER and SUSHI have helped libraries come a long
way toward improving the adoption and availability of usage statistics for
library market vendors, I soon came to learn that there is still a good amount
of work libraries must do to get the data they need to make critical collection
development and database budgeting decisions. Any librarian who has managed
electronic resources has experienced the—for want of words—<i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">joy</span></i> of gathering and
analyzing usage statistics. Such statistics are important for evaluating the
effectiveness of resources and for making important budgeting decisions.
Unfortunately, the data are usually tedious to collect, inconsistently
organized, of dubious accuracy, and anything but a joy to work with.</div>
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How can we make this better? Read this article by <b><i>Josh Welker</i></b><i></i>:</div>
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<br /></div>
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<a href="http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/nov12/Welker--Counting-on-COUNTER.shtml">http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/nov12/Welker--Counting-on-COUNTER.shtml</a>
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JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-14780593372584707392012-11-20T04:41:00.001-08:002012-11-20T04:42:24.034-08:00IFLA Congress 2013 Singapore: Sponsorship for delegates of developing countries<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div>
The Singapore Government is pleased to offer *<a href="http://conference.ifla.org/ifla79/sponsorship-for-delegates-of-developing-countries-2013">partial sponsorship</a> for
delegates of developing countries to attend the IFLA annual conference during <span class="yshortcuts ycalshortcuts" data-action="calevent" id="lw_1353415148_0" title="Add an event at this date">17-23 August, 2013</span>.</div>
<div>
<b><br /></b></div>
<div style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">
<b>*The amount of the sponsorship covers:</b></div>
<ol>
<li>Accommodation
at a designated hotel (check-in one day before the start of the
conference, and check-out one day after the last day of the conference)</li>
<li>A daily per diem of SGD40/day from the first day to the last day of the conference</li>
<li>Local airport transfers</li>
<li>Group Accident and Hospitalisation Insurance during the stay in Singapore</li>
<li>Airport meeting services</li>
</ol>
<div>
(please note: the sponsorship does <b>not</b> cover <b>conference fee</b> and <b>airfare</b>)</div>
<h2>
Deadline</h2>
<div>
Application deadline is <b><span class="yshortcuts ycalshortcuts" data-action="calevent" id="lw_1353415148_1" title="Add an event at this date">28 February 2013</span></b>. All selected applicants will be notified via email by <b><span class="yshortcuts ycalshortcuts" data-action="calevent" id="lw_1353415148_2" title="Add an event at this date">April 2013</span></b>.</div>
<div>
Offer
is on first come first serve basis for eligible applicants. We
apologise if we are unable to accept your application due to
overwhelming response.</div>
<div class="yiv1721555397important">
All decisions are final and we will not be responding to any queries on the outcome of application.</div>
<div class="yiv1721555397important">
<br /></div>
<a href="http://conference.ifla.org/ifla79/sponsorship-for-delegates-of-developing-countries-2013">Details at </a> </div>
JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-68032555202661056972012-11-15T23:38:00.000-08:002012-11-15T23:38:46.975-08:00The Atlas of New Librarianship <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After hearing the keynote of R. David Lankes at Internet Librarian International, I am trying to read his <a href="http://www.newlibrarianship.org/wordpress/?page_id=9">The Atlas of New Librarianship </a><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9neTxjGdhZw/UKXteY3iV7I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/BW14cPWB_Vo/s1600/Atlas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9neTxjGdhZw/UKXteY3iV7I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/BW14cPWB_Vo/s640/Atlas.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
The vision for a new librarianship must go beyond finding
library-related uses for information technology and the Internet; it
must provide a durable foundation for the field. Lankes recasts
librarianship and library practice using the fundamental concept that
knowledge is created though conversation. New librarians approach their
work as facilitators of conversation; they seek to enrich, capture,
store, and disseminate the conversations of their communities. </blockquote>
<br />
This book must be read by all library science teachers, and by practicing librarians. Supplements are available from <a href="http://www.newlibrarianship.org/wordpress/">http://www.newlibrarianship.org/wordpress/</a><br />
</div>
JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-40957779968890077432012-11-15T22:43:00.001-08:002012-11-15T22:45:06.416-08:00ORCID is the DOI for an author/researcher<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For an author, ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes themu
from every other researcher and, through integration in key research
workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated
linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your
work is recognized. They can include their ORCID identifier on their Webpage,
publications, apply for grants, and in any research workflow to ensure them get credit for their work. <br />
<br />
ORCID
is the DOI for an author/researcher. They work or corss link with major
A&I databases and publisher's ID systems (like Scopus Author
ID or Thomson Reuters’ ResearcherID® )<br />
<a href="http://about.orcidid.com/news/2012/10/16/orcid-launches-registry"><br /></a>
<a href="http://about.orcidid.com/news/2012/10/16/orcid-launches-registry"><span id="yui_3_7_2_18_1353047813897_115" style="font-weight: normal;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_18_1353047813897_114" style="font-size: 16px;">ORCID just launched their Registry</span></span></a> <br />
<br />
Other researcher identifier systems are currently in use serving
specific populations or types of research work. ORCID does not compete
with these systems, but rather provides a switchboard for crosslinking.
Elsevier is providing a way for researchers to link their Scopus Author
IDs to ORCID and synchronize their publication information between the
two systems. Thomson Reuters’ ResearcherID® will link to ORCID and allow
researchers to synchronize their publication information. Several
research information system providers are also planning to integrate
ORCID identifiers, including figshare, KNODE, Faculty of 1000, and
ImpactStory. Through its affiliate ORCID EU, ORCID is working with
DataCite to link ORCID identifiers with research datasets.<br />
<br />
This needs to be informed to your researchers and faculty.</div>
JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-20474078656542360312012-11-14T23:33:00.001-08:002012-11-14T23:33:16.576-08:00Is OPAC dead or dying?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<![endif]-->Melissa A. Hofmann and Sharon Q. Yang from Rider University disclosed their study results on 260 academic libraries OPACs in the USA. They found discovery tool use has practically doubled in the last two years, from 16 percent to 29 percent. A total of 96 percent of academic libraries using discovery tools still provide access to their legacy catalog. The percentage of institutions using ILS OPACs with faceted navigation has increased from 2 percent to 4 percent. Combining the use of discovery tools and faceted OPACs, at least 33 percent of academic libraries are now using a faceted interface. Discovery tools that aim to be the “single point of entry for all library resources” are the most recently popular. The findings identify trends that may inform academic libraries in the quest to providing next generation interfaces to their varied resources.<br />
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Discovering” what’s changed: a revisit of the OPACs of 260 academic libraries<br />
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JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-8285119227893348512012-11-02T23:12:00.000-07:002012-11-15T23:18:23.520-08:00Internet Librarian International 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have presented this year's <a href="http://www.internet-librarian.com/2012/">Internet Librarian International 2012</a> at the session <a href="http://www.internet-librarian.com/2012/speakers.php?speaker=JKVijayakumar">Seamless and digital - lessons from new libraries</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=29900652"> </a>(London 29-31 October 2012)<br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">With my wife Manju (KAUST Library Admin Consultant)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have attended this year's UKSG Annual Conference held in Glasgow, Scotland (26-28 March 2012). </span><br />
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JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-3402552362717040482012-04-16T04:48:00.002-07:002012-04-16T04:53:45.644-07:00Google Scholar MetricsIntroduced on 1 April 2012 and are based on the Google Scholar database, which includes more journals and other publications than that used for the IFs. They are based on the h-index, which is defined on the <a href="http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/metrics.html" target="_blank">Google Scholar Metrics page</a>.<br /><br /><br /><blockquote>Google creates a list of all the articles a journal has published in a specified period of time. The citations to each article are counted in order to determine the publication's <em>h-index</em>, which is the largest number "h" such that each of the set of "h" articles were cited "h" or more times. As an example of how the h-index is calculated, consider a publication that has had six total articles having 2, 18, 11, 3, 22, and 9 citations, respectively. This gives the journal an h-index of four. Articles meeting the h-index criterion constitute the <em>h-core</em>. In the example, the core is the articles with 18, 11, 22 and 9 citations. Within the h-core, the median of the citation counts is used to assess the typical influence among the most highly cited set and is reported as the <em>h-median</em>. In the example, the h-median is 14.5. <a href="http://www.significancemagazine.org/details/webexclusive/1788885/Google-starts-ranking-journals.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Read more from here</span></a><br /></blockquote>JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-15526989477672170232012-03-20T20:06:00.008-07:002012-03-20T23:18:01.836-07:00Occupational Classification of Librarians in different countries - Part 1<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Occupational Classification of Librarians in different countries - Part 1</span><br /><br />1. Introduction</span><br /><br />It is interesting to analyze how LIBRARIANSHIP is classified in Occupational Indexes or Occupational Classifications from various International organizations and Government agencies, especially the labor laws enforcing organizations in the world. LIBRARIANSHIP is classified as a professional occupation, along with lawyers, health professionals, teaching professionals, business professional etc<span style="font-style: italic;">. </span><br /><br />What does that mean? A professional occupant requires a professional degree/qualification in the field. A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_professional_degree">professional degree</a> prepares the holder for a particular profession by emphasizing competency skills along with theory and analysis. These professions are typically licensed or otherwise regulated by a governmental or government-approved body (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_professional_degree">Wikipedia</a>).<br /><br />Let us see what the governmental and professional organisations say about our profession.<br /><b><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">2. International Labor Office (ILO)</span><br /><br /></b>An occupational definition of “Librarian” is available from International Labor Office in their International Standard Classification of Occupations -<a href="http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/isco/isco88/2432.htm">ISCO-88</a><a href="https://webmail.kaust.edu.sa/owa/redir.aspx?C=2358b0d85fbe4c24b9239e65501d6813&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ilo.org%2fpublic%2fenglish%2fbureau%2fstat%2fisco%2fisco88%2f2432.htm" target="_blank"></a>.<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><ul class="cb"><span style="font-size:85%;">Librarians and related information professionals collect and store recorded or published material, and retrieve and provide information as requested.<br />Tasks include<br />(a) organising, developing and maintaining a systematic collection of books, periodicals and other printed or audio-visually recorded material;<br />(b) selecting and recommending acquisitions of books and other printed or audio-visually recorded material;<br />(c) organising, classifying and cataloguing library material;<br />(d) organising and administering loan systems and information networks;<br />(e) retrieving material and providing information to business and other users based on the collection itself or on library and information-network systems;<br />(f) conducting research and analysing or modifying library and information services in accordance with changes in users' needs;<br />(g) preparing scholarly papers and reports;<br />(h) performing related tasks;<br />(i) supervising other workers.<br /><br />Examples of the occupations classified here:<br /><br /></span><li><span style="font-size:85%;"> Information scientist, business services</span></li><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><li><span style="font-size:85%;"> Information scientist, technical information</span></li><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><li><span style="font-size:85%;"> Librarian</span></li></ul></blockquote>ILO classifies Librarian as a <a href="http://laborsta.ilo.org/applv8/data/isco88e.html">professional occupation</a> (see below)<br /><div class="titre"></div><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><div style="font-weight: bold;" class="titre"><span style="font-size:85%;">Major Group 2 Professionals</span></div> <div class="corps"> <dl compact="compact"><dt><span style="font-size:85%;">21. Physical, mathematical and engineering science professionals </span></dt><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">211. Physicists, chemists and related professionals </span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">212. Mathematicians, statisticians and related professionals </span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">213. Computing professionals </span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">214. Architects, engineers and related professionals </span></dd><dt><span style="font-size:85%;">22. Life science and health professional </span></dt><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">221. Life science professionals </span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">222. Health professionals (except nursing) </span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">223. Nursing and midwifery professionals </span></dd><dt><span style="font-size:85%;">23. Teaching professionals </span></dt><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">231. College, university and higher education teaching professionals </span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">232. Secondary education teaching professionals </span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">233. Primary and pre-primary education teaching professionals </span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">234. Special education teaching professionals </span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">235. Other teaching professionals </span></dd><dt><span style="font-size:85%;">24. Other professionals </span></dt><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">241. Business professionals </span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">242. Legal professionals </span></dd><dd style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;">243. Archivists, librarians and related information professionals </span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">244. Social science and related professionals </span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">245. Writers and creative or performing artists </span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">246. Religious professionals </span></dd></dl></div></blockquote><b style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">3. United States Department of Labor</b><br /><br /><span id="footer-address"><a href="http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos068.htm">U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics describes</a> </span>Nature of Work, Qualifications required, Job Outlook etc of LIBRARIANSHIP, which is classified as a <a href="http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco1002.htm#education">Professional occupation</a>. Below is quoted from this US Department of Labor's <span style="font-size:100%;">"Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition".</span><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">......Librarian positions focus on one of three aspects of library work: user services, technical services, and administrative services. Librarians in user services, such as reference and children's librarians, work with patrons to help them find the information they need. The job involves analyzing users' needs to determine what information is appropriate and searching for, acquiring, and providing the information. The job also includes an instructional role, such as showing users how to find and evaluate information. For example, librarians commonly help users navigate the Internet so they can search for and evaluate information efficiently. Librarians in technical services, such as acquisitions and cataloguing, acquire, prepare, and classify materials so patrons can find it easily. Some write abstracts and summaries. Often, these librarians do not deal directly with the public. Librarians in administrative services oversee the management and planning of libraries: they negotiate contracts for services, materials, and equipment; supervise library employees; perform public-relations and fundraising duties; prepare budgets; and direct activities to ensure that everything functions properly..... </span></blockquote><h2 id="training"></h2><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><blockquote>......A master's degree in library science (MLS) is necessary for librarian positions in most public, academic, and special libraries. School librarians may not need an MLS but must meet State teaching license requirements........ </blockquote></span><blockquote> </blockquote><p></p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">4. Human Resources and Skills Development of Canada</span><br /><br />National Occupational Classification (NOC) of Canada also classifies L<a href="http://www5.hrsdc.gc.ca/noc/english/noc/2011/Profile.aspx?val=5&val1=5111">IBRARIAN as a professional occupation</a> with Master of Library Science as a basic requirement with below described duties.<br /><h3></h3><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Librarians perform some or all of the following duties:</span><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Recommend acquisition of books, periodicals and audio-visual, interactive media and other materials for inclusion in library collection</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Provide reference services</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Select, classify, catalogue and weed library materials</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Prepare bibliographies, indexes, reading lists, guides and other finding aids</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Develop systems to access library collections</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Perform manual, on-line and interactive media reference searches to assist users in accessing library materials and arrange for interlibrary loans</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Develop taxonomies using various information and data sources</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Provide specialized programs for children, seniors and other groups</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Conduct library information and orientation training programs and tours</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Perform related administrative duties and supervise library technicians, assistants and clerks.</span></li></ul><h3><span style="font-size:85%;">Employment requirements</span></h3><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">A master's degree in library science is required.</span></li></ul></blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. </span><b>American Library Association</b><br /><br />ALA is the famous professional association widely respected all over the world, and their standards are especially followed in library recruitment. They provides a clear description of “<a href="http://www.ala.org/educationcareers/careers/librarycareerssite/typesofjobs">type of library professional jobs</a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Library Assistants</strong> or <strong>Technicians</strong> generally perform clerical duties, and are often mistaken for librarians as they are the first face people see, since most libraries' checkout desks are near the entrance. Library assistants often check materials out and in, collect fines and fees, answer general phone questions, issue library cards, process new library materials, and assist with items on reserve. Library assistant jobs may be part- or full-time and can range from $8 to $15 per hour. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Librarians</strong> help people with homework and research questions, decide what items to purchase and to discard, offer programs and training, help people use the internet, build websites, and more. Specialized librarians may run computer systems, work with seniors and non-English speaking populations, become specialists in a specific subject area, or maintain the records for the online catalog. Librarian jobs are often full-time, although most libraries also rely on a core of part-time and "substitute" librarians to help cover all of the hours many libraries are open. The average starting salary for a full-time new librarian was $37,975 in 2003, with the average for all librarians at $43,090 for 2002.<br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Library Managers</strong> such as department heads, branch managers, and assistant/deputy/associate directors, and are typically middle managers responsible for the operation of departments or other functional areas such as "all library branches." As managers they may be responsible for work schedules, employee evaluations, training, and managing budgets. Branch managers, in particular, can have additional director-like responsibilities, such as overseeing the condition of the facility or involvement in local neighborhood groups and projects. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Library Directors</strong> have the main leadership role in the library. Typical duties include preparing and overseeing the budget, developing employment and service policies, strategic planning, public and governmental relations, reporting to the governing board or official, ensuring compliance with laws, fundraising, hiring, motivating and firing staff, and more. Directors' duties and compensation can vary greatly depending on the size of the library. The director of a small rural library can literally be the only regularly scheduled employee with a salary of $20,000 to the director of a large urban library with hundreds of employees and a salary of $175,000. </span></li></ul></blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">6. Professional Degree for Librarians.<br /><br /></span>If we look at library education sector, there are hundreds of universities run professional library science courses (MLIS, MLS, MSILS, MSIS etc), which <i>enable</i> people to become librarians. A country wise list can be seen from here <a href="https://webmail.kaust.edu.sa/owa/redir.aspx?C=c1d34e1b603e4301acbc9909e1a2dc59&URL=http%3a%2f%2finformationr.net%2fwl%2f" target="_blank"> http://informationr.net/wl/</a> (not sure about its currency). Just like in any other professional courses, curriculum of these schools are also updated time to time. Established professions are not getting thrown away with the technological advancements, rather embrace them and let the profession <i>grow</i> on to much higher and varied dimensions. New generation libraries also follow the same old objective – collect, organise and disseminate knowledge/information – but may be through new (variety of) formats and technologies. Other <i>convenient</i> interpretations will proved to be wrong, by the time.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />7. Conclusions</span><br /><br />We can cite such official or government documents from any country. These are the facts and practices, followed by organisations, especially during professional recruitments, promotions and establishing institutions worldwide. Conveniently or ignorantly persons and institutions alter these practices and codes in several cases. These actions may be interpreted as violations of international practices/codes and professional ethics.<br /><i> </i>JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-19822440150111377912011-11-17T01:40:00.001-08:002011-11-18T10:51:28.171-08:00Google Scholar Citations Open To All<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zsfZR7RTehY/TsTWpjpFF_I/AAAAAAAAARY/FIJ4lb9qHzA/s1600/scholar_logo_lg_2011.gif"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 110px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zsfZR7RTehY/TsTWpjpFF_I/AAAAAAAAARY/FIJ4lb9qHzA/s320/scholar_logo_lg_2011.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675897439824189426" border="0" /></a><br />Google made it open to public now.....it will change the new trends in academic profiling systems (institutional or personal). Google Scholar Citations challenges other competitors such as ResearcherID, Mendeley etc. Google Scholar citations uses their own citation metrics and fetches citation data not only from journal articles, conference proceedings from publishers platforms, but also from institutional and digital repositories, with full-text links. Anyone can now track his or her citations via Google Scholar. The free citation service is “a simple way for authors to compute their citation metrics and track them over time,” the company said. Google Scholar has the advantage relative to Web of Science or Scopus, since it is freely available.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >This service has been in limited release but <a href="http://googlescholar.blogspot.com/2011/11/google-scholar-citations-open-to-all.html">now is open to everyone</a>.Try it out. Very easy. <a href="http://googlescholar.blogspot.com/2011/11/google-scholar-citations-open-to-all.html">Link to Announcement, and how to use </a></span><br /><br />Google Scholar citations also receiving criticism. Read some of them from <a href="http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/uncommon-ground/2011/11/google-scholar-citations.html">this link</a><br /><br />My sample profile can be <a href="http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ANA1DucAAAAJ">seen here</a><br /><br /><a href="http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ANA1DucAAAAJ"><br /></a>JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-52989430637581862382011-10-13T15:59:00.000-07:002011-10-13T16:21:06.938-07:00IFLA Conference in San Juan, (Puerto Rico) USA<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">I have attended the </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="title">"<a href="http://conference.ifla.org/past/ifla77/ifla77.htm">World Library and Information Congress</a></span><a href="http://conference.ifla.org/past/ifla77/ifla77.htm"><strong> and </strong></a><span class="subtitle"><a href="http://conference.ifla.org/past/ifla77/ifla77.htm">77th General Conference and Assembly</a>" of International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) at San Juan, Puerti Rico (USA) during 12-18 August 2011. You can read the proceedings and papers from <a href="http://conference.ifla.org/past/ifla77/2011-08-11.htm">program site</a>.<br /><br />I have been elected to the <a href="http://www.ifla.org/en/acquisition-collection-development/standing-committee">Standing committee of IFLA Acquisition Colection Development Section</a> and attended its tw</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7ab90x6wvgA/TpdukJjS_rI/AAAAAAAAAOs/Bpj32WWRWTQ/s1600/StandingCommittee2011.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7ab90x6wvgA/TpdukJjS_rI/AAAAAAAAAOs/Bpj32WWRWTQ/s320/StandingCommittee2011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663116623759998642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="subtitle">o important meetings. See a group photo here. I am standing 4th from left, with other members of this committee comes from around the world. (Click on the photo for a better view). I have been involved with IFLA since 2002, when I received IFLA-OCLC fellowship. I was previously a <a href="http://archive.ifla.org/VII/s2/pub/s2-newsletter-Dec05.pdf">Standing Committee member for IFLA Academic research Libraries Section</a> (2004-2009).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><h1 style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: normal;" id="conference-title"> </h1>JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-26968878066441534672011-10-13T15:48:00.000-07:002012-11-15T22:59:52.237-08:00ACD Watch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I will be contributing regular column called "<a href="http://blogs.ifla.org/acd/acd-watch/">ACD Watch</a>" to the IFLA Acquisition Collection Development Section newsletter. Here is the abstract of that post.</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://blogs.ifla.org/acd/acd-watch/"><b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">ACD Watch:</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";"><a href="http://blogs.ifla.org/acd/acd-watch/"> Latest in Acquisition and Collection Development </a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">–by J.K. Vijayakumar</span><b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">1. TERMS: Techniques for electronic resource management </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">Jill Emery, Collection Development Librarian at Portland State University, and Graham Stone, Information Resources Manager at the University of Huddersfield, through their blog called <i>TERMS: Techniques for ER Management </i>are trying to research around workflow management at the various stages in the life cycle of electronic resources. They will add a new TERM every 2 weeks for interested people to review and comment on each of them. They also encourage any suggestions and tips from your workplace experiences. In this way they hope to crowd source TERMS through open peer commentary with a view to providing a first definitive draft in early 2012. Their plan to keep the TERMS blog live after this date so that TERMS will become a reference point to those who are new to e-resource management and for those who may want to implement its recommendations of best practice.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">Source:</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";"> UKSG Mailing List message sent on 09/14/2011 by Graham Stone from <a href="mailto:G.Stone@hud.ac.uk">G.Stone@hud.ac.uk</a> URL: <a href="http://6terms.tumblr.com/">http://6terms.tumblr.com/</a></span><b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">2. eBook subscription services – are libraries screwed?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">Sue Polanka</span></b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";"> collected several news reports and worrying that, library lending services might be in trouble after the new style of eBooks subscription services, announced by famous Amazon and Macmillan’s new entrant Afictionado etc. Blogger says “I worry about the library perspective because many people who can afford an eBook reader can probably afford a $79 annual subscription for Amazon Prime as well” (and forget libraries!).</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">Source:</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";"> No Shelf Required blog entry dated 09/14/2011 by spolanka URL: </span><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";"><a href="http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/2011/09/14/ebook-subscription-services-are-libraries-screwed/">http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/2011/09/14/ebook-subscription-services-are-libraries-screwed/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">3. </span><b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">OCLC and OhioLINK report on book usage patterns in academic libraries</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">This report is based on a joint study to better understand the usage patterns of books in academic libraries and support further research in these areas. Study incorporated usage data from 2007-2008, was limited to books and manuscripts because these materials typically circulate, and circulation is a significant element in evaluating collections. Our long espoused belief that 80 percent of a library’s circulation is driven by approximately 20 percent of the collection (80/20 rule) is contradicts in this study where it is found that, 80 percent of the circulation is driven by just 6 percent of the collection.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">Source:</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";"> OhioLINK Collection Building Task Force, Julia Gammon and Edward T. O’Neill. 2011. OhioLINK OCLC Collection and Circulation Analysis Project 2011. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Research. <span style="color: #1f77b5;"></span>URL: <a href="http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2011/2011-06r.htm">http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2011/2011-06r.htm</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">4. Patron Driven Acquisitions (Demand-Driven Acquisition)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">In her blog entry, Amrita Mckinney from Qatar University includes few articles, some blog posts on the subject, and links to vendors (that I know of) providing PDA models.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">Source: Qatar Libraries Special Interest Group Blog URL: <a href="http://qlibtech.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/patron-driven-acquisitions/">http://qlibtech.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/patron-driven-acquisitions/</a> </span></div>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">5. Academic E-books – The Shifting Landscape</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";"></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">Leslie Lees, the VP of Content Development for ebrary discussed changes that are occurring with e-books and implications for libraries and their users in InfoViews blog, in 5 series of entries. He says “</span></b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">E-books have brought a sea of new challenges to the fore, but there is also an opportunity for libraries, publishers, and the academy to enhance research capabilities and experiences by using data to enrich selection choices, business models and publication strategies for the benefit of all”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">Source: InfoViews blog entry on 09/22/2011 URL: <a href="http://mhdiaz.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/series-wrap-up-academic-e-books-the-shifting-landscape/">http://mhdiaz.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/series-wrap-up-academic-e-books-the-shifting-landscape/</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">6. Propositions about the future of academic collections</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">John M. Jackson in his blog, describes the current and future state of collection development as a paradigm shift: from ownership to access, individual use to social use, content management to knowledge management. This 3 part blog entry ends with Ranganathan’s fifth law “library is a growing organism” and like any organism, it adapts to its environment or it risks extinction. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">Source: Ink and Vellum Blog entry on 09/11/2011 URL: <a href="http://inkandvellum.com/blog/2011/09/propositions-about-the-future-of-academic-collections-part-3/">http://inkandvellum.com/blog/2011/09/propositions-about-the-future-of-academic-collections-part-3/</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar is a member of IFLA Acquisition and Collection Development Standing Committee (2011-15). He is Science and Technology Specialist Librarian at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology in Saudi Arabia.</span></i></div>
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JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-89361928576465088042011-10-13T15:33:00.000-07:002011-10-13T15:45:48.667-07:00Two More conferences<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.esociety-conf.org/committees.asp"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 41px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7Ye3tO3P6TI/Tpdos311tMI/AAAAAAAAAOU/8gQBManznRc/s320/cab1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663110176554988738" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.esociety-conf.org/committees.asp">e<span style="font-family: lucida grande;">-Society-2012</span></a><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> will be held in Berlin (Germany) during 10-13 March 2012.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.internet-conf.org/committees.asp"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 50px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kj-SDK4SX-4/TpdplZBZ3XI/AAAAAAAAAOg/VBMhmCnm6LA/s320/cabe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663111147534540146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"><a href="http://www.internet-conf.org/committees.asp">WWW/Internet 2011</a> will be held in </span><strong style="font-family: lucida grande; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color:#135f6c;">Rio de Janeiro</span><span style="font-size:100%;color:#135f6c;">, (Brazil</span></strong><strong style="font-family: lucida grande; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#135f6c;">) during 5 - 8 November 2011.</span></strong>JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-69711690785835654952010-01-15T11:28:00.000-08:002010-01-15T11:37:25.909-08:00Two New Conference<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RrYhTWIGw4I/S1DDbuo0cCI/AAAAAAAAAII/LtKaLaV6dc0/s1600-h/dexa_bw.png"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 216px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 80px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427052432124571682" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RrYhTWIGw4I/S1DDbuo0cCI/AAAAAAAAAII/LtKaLaV6dc0/s320/dexa_bw.png" /></a><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.dexa.org/files/CfP_dexa_14.Jan_.pdf">DEXA-2010 </a>will be held in SPAIN (30 Aug-3 Sept 2010) </div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div>-------------</div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RrYhTWIGw4I/S1DDiC8QcGI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/5Rvc0ZDW3CY/s1600-h/cab1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 49px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427052540654022754" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RrYhTWIGw4I/S1DDiC8QcGI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/5Rvc0ZDW3CY/s320/cab1.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.esociety-conf.org/committees.asp">IADIS e-Society-2010 </a>will be held in Portugal (18-21 March 2010)</div>JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-79241318187743513812009-10-03T06:49:00.000-07:002011-10-13T16:19:48.846-07:00Congrats to IFLA-OCLC Fellows Class - 2010As an IFLA-OCLC Fellow of 2002 Class, let me congratulate the following Fellows of 2010 Class.<br /><br />Miss Sasekea Harris, Librarian, University of the West Indies, St. Andrew, Jamaica<br />Mr. Mahmoud Khalifa, Cataloger Librarian, Library of Congress, Cairo Office, Cairo, Egypt<br />Mr. Elchin Mammadov, Senior Information Specialist, Baku American Center, Baku, Azerbaijan<br />Ms. Catherine Muriuki, University Librarian, Pan Africa Christian University, Nairobi, Kenya<br />Miss Sidra Shan, Assistant Librarian, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan<br />Miss Shao Yan, Group Leader, National Library of China, Beijing, China<br /><br />Applications are invited for 2011 Fellowship....<a href="http://www.oclc.org/us/en/community/careerdevelopment/fellows/default.htm">Apply here</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.oclc.org/us/en/community/careerdevelopment/fellows/class/default.htm#2002">Here is the Photo of IFLA-OCLC Fellows Class -2002</a>JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900652.post-44689480147650951792009-07-21T17:01:00.000-07:002009-07-21T17:03:20.004-07:00International Conference on Academic Libraries (ICAL-2009)The International Conference on Academic Libraries (ICAL-2009) is being organized by Delhi University Library System from 5th to 8th October, 2009. The scope of the conference will be: knowledge sharing, ICT management, digital repository management, e-teaching, e-tutorials, stronger library-faculty relationships, and user centric services. The conference will provide an opportunities to identify the strengths and gaps in the academic library system, and to suggest new management models, mechanisms, policies, and national and international programmes for reshaping academic libraries into next generation libraries for the higher education. <a href="http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09/">More details</a>JK Vijayakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619751088068990694noreply@blogger.com1