Govt of Kerala decides to make Koha its official software

Dear Friends,The Government of Kerala has been decided to make Koha as its official software for computerization of libraries under Government control. This project initiated by the The Directorate of Technical Education, Govt. of Kerala. Mr Saji T Nair (saji969@yahoo. com) is <saji969@yahoo. com%29%20is> the Project Director. This news appeared in Koha website on August 19, 2008, you can read from here. http://koha. org/about- koha/news/ nr1219098567. html

National Workshop

It is a great pleasure in my part to announce that ILA NationalWorkshop on Digital Library is scheduled to be held on 12th & 13thAugust 2008 at Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KIITUniversity, Bhubaneswar. Papers are also invited for the same.For details log on tohttp://www.kiit.ac.in http://www.kims.ac.in Your Co-operation is highly solicited. Ranjit Kumar DasLibrarian,Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences,KIIT UniversityKIIT Campus-5, Kushabhadra Campus,Bhubaneswar-751 024Mobile No:+91-94371-77669Thanking You.Yours sincerely,Ranjit Kumar Das,Organizing Secretary,National Workshop on Digital Library-2008,Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences,KIIT University,KIIT Campus-5, Kushabhadra Campus,Bhubaneswar -751 024.e-mail: ranjitkdas@kiit.ac.in, library@kiit.ac.inMob: +91-94371 77669

Library Act 15 States

1. Tamil Nadu 1948

2. Andhra pradesh 1960

3. Karnatka 1965

4. Maharashtra 1967

5. West Bewngal 1979

6. Manipur 1988

7. Kerala 1989

8. Haryana 1989

9. Mizoram 1993

10. Goa 1993

11 Gujrat 2000

12 Orissa 2000

13. Rajasthan 2005

14. Uttar Pradesh 2005

15. Uttrakhand 2005

DESIDOC National Conference

National Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation (NCDDP 2008)December 2008Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre (DESIDOC) is organizing a three-day National Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation (NCDDP 2008) on second week of December 2008, aimed to debate various issues on the subject. It will emphasize the ways in which the historical records of an organization can be preserved and made available for dissemination and scholarly use.DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERSAuthors are invited to submit manuscripts as per the following schedule preferably as Microsoft Word attachments at;E-mail. : director@desidoc. drdo.inSubmission of Full Papers : 10 Sept 2008THEMES & SUB-THEMES COVERED„

X Digital Libraries and Digitization issues „

X Preservation / Conservation Procedures „

X Metadata Standards in relation to Digitization / Preservation „

X Copyright Issues „X Networking Techniques and Technologies „

X Storage Solutions/ Specifications „

X Semantic Web „

X Knowledge Management CONTACT PERSONDr. AL Moorthy, DirectorChairman, Organizing CommitteeNCDDP 2008DESIDOC, Metcalf House, Delhi-54Phone: 011-23902527, 23902529, Fax : 011-23819151, 23902449Email: director@desidoc. drdo.inFor more details please visit DRDO website (http://www.drdo. org/ncddp/ ncdp2008. htm)Organized byDefence Scientific Information and Documentation CentreDefence Research and Development OrganizationMetcalfe House, Delhi - 110054

Int. Conference -Crescent College

The softcopy of our International Conference brochure could be accessed at
http://www.crescent college.org/ pdf/internationa l-conference. pdf

pls send me your detailed postal address to send hard copy of the same.

sincerely,

P. Panneerselvam
Organising secretary

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Refresher Course in Sambalpur University

: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:34:52 +0530 (IST)Subject: Applications invited Refresher Course in LIS
Venerated Prof. Laxman Rao
Namaste. Hope this mail finds you and madam in best of health. You will be glad to know that,the Academic Staff College,Sambalpur Univ. (Orissa) is organizing a UGC-sponsored Refresher Course in Library & Information Science on the theme New trends in LIS Research/Research Methods. We are, therefore, inviting applications from the eligible working LIS professionals/ Librarians and LIS teachers in prescribed application form for the purpose. The above Refresher course is scheduled to be held from 2.2.2009 to 22.2.2009. Interested Librarians & LIS teachers can obtain the prescribed form by sending a self addressed stamped enevelop to : Dr.K.C.Panda, Reader & Coordinator, P.G.Dept. of Library & Info.Sc, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar-768019. For further detail, the candidates can contact at email: krushna52@yahoo. co.in (Tel: 0663-2430873 & 0-9437402656) . Sir, I would appreciate, if you could kindly place this information on the lis-forum, nmlis, etc for wide publicity.

Dr.K.C.Panda
Coordinator, P.G.Dept. of Library & Info.Science
Sambalpur University,Orissa