Friday, 14 October 2016

Trainees at NIV

 National Institute of Virology, Pune

 
National Institute of Virology, Pune has advertised two vacancies for the post of Graduate Apprentices for a duration of one year. Interested candidate may attend the interview on 27-10-2016.  The details of the advertisement and form is attached as a pdf file.
 
For further details / updates please visit our website http://niv.co.in/career/LIB_APT_ADV.pdf.
 
 
 

UGC NET January 2017


On behalf of UGC, the Central Board of Secondary Education announces holding of the National Eligibility Test (NET) on 22nd January 2017 for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Eligibility for Assistant Professor only or Junior Research Fellowship & Eligibility for Assistant Professor Both in Indian Universities and Colleges. CBSE will conduct NET in 84 subjects at 90 selected NET Examination Cities spread across the country.

Important Dates-
Online Application Form Submission:17th Oct 2016

Last date for Applying Online:16th Nov 2016

Last date of submission of Fee through online generated Bank Challan, at any branch of (SYNDICATE/CANARA/ICICI/HDFC BANK):17th Nov 2016

Correction in Particulars of application form on the website:22nd to 29th Nov, 2016

Uploading of Admit Card 21st Dec 2016
Date of Examination: 22nd Jan 2017

Examination Schedule: National Eligibility Test (NET):22nd January, 2017 (SUNDAY)

Online applications are available from 17 October to 16 November 2016 on
http://cbsenet.nic.in/CMS/Public/View.aspx?page=81

NACLIN 2016

NACLIN 2016

19th National Convention on Knowledge,
Library and Information Networking

Jointly Organised by

DELNET, New Delhi

and

Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam

October 26-28, 2016
 
Inauguration by : Hon'ble Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Vice President, India


Conference Theme : Smart Libraries & Inspired Librarians :
Managing New Technologies, Digital Content & Services.
 
NACLIN 2016 brochure can be downloaded from www.naclin.org

National Seminar at Thrissur

National Seminar on Academic inclusion of Librarians in Digital Era
 4-5 November 2016 (3rd Call for Papers)
 
Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur is organizing a National Seminar on Academic Inclusion of Librarians in Digital Era during 4-5 November 2016, Friday & Saturday. The seminar is organised jointly by KAU’s College of Horticulture (CoH), and University Central Library (KAUCL) in collaboration with the Academic Library Association (ALA) and Kerala Library Association (KLA). Library Professionals, Library Education Teachers, Library Scientists and students in Library and Information Science can participate.
Registration: Registration to the Seminar is free. Expenses towards travel and accommodation should be borne by the participants.
Free Accommodation: Maximum 2 days free shared accommodation will be provided to out of Kerala participants, subject to the availability on first come first serve basis.
Submission of Papers: Original and unpublished papers are invited on the conference themes.  Papers will be accepted only after strict peer review by the editorial committee.
Conference Themes:-
1.      Academic, Research and Extension roles of Librarians; 2.      Academic Inclusion of Librarians; 3.      Academic Status and Career Development of Librarians
4.      Library Services and Quality in Education, Research and Publishing; 5.      Libraries and Academic Impact; 6.      Motivation and Morale of Librarians; 7.      Library Management in Digital Era; 8.      Personnel Management in Libraries; 9.      Change Management in Libraries; 10.  Hardware and Software Management
11.  Library Automation Softwares; 12.  Open Source Software for Libraries; 13.  Library Networking, Resource Sharing and Library Consortia; 14.  Network Security and Data Security; 15.  Use of Social Networking Sites in Libraries; 16.  Application of Web/Web 3.0; 17.  Digitization and Preservation of Knowledge Resources
18.  Library Portals/Websites; 19.  Digital Libraries and Institutional Repositories; 20.  Information Literacy, Library Education, User Orientation; 21.  Re-engineering Library and Information Systems; 22.  Re-structuring Library Services and LIS Education in Digital Era; 23.  Other topics related to effective Library & Information Science
Author Guidelines: Full paper in word file with an abstract not exceeding 200 words and 3-5 keywords should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to francisaloor@yahoo.com
Important Dates:-
Submission of Abstracts: 10th October 2016;        Intimation of Acceptance            : 25th October 2016
Submission of Full Paper: 31st October 2016;     Last date of Registration              : 31st October 2016
Seminar Dates: 04-05 November 2016 (Friday & Saturday)
For Further details contact:-
  1. Dr. A.T. Francis, Organizing Secretary; Phone(o): 0487-2438551; (m) 9496839409; e-mail: francisaloor@yahoo.com
  2. Dr. V.S. Swapna, College of Horticulture; Phone(o): 0487-2438313; (m) 9446434149; e-mail: swapnabenn@gmail.com
  3. Smt. N.B. Nisha, KAU Central Library; Phone(o): 0487-2438553; (m) 9495037603; e-mail: nishanaren97@gmail.com
  4. Websites:- www.kau.edu; www.kaucentrallibrary.org; www.alaindia.org

Tuesday, 4 October 2016

Workshop on Koha at Mumbai

Durgadevi Saraf Institute of Management Studies (DSIMS), Mumbai, in association with Indira Gandhi
Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, is organizing two days 'Workshop on Koha: An Open Source Software for Library Solutions' between November 11-12, 2016 at DSIMS, Mumbai.


Resource persons for the workshop are drawn from academic, research institutions and Koha support provider.  For more details about the workshop, you may please refer to workshop website at :
http://bit.ly/2cy2S1l



We cordially invite you and your colleagues to please register for the
workshop at the earliest, on or before Oct 20, 2016.