LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE - JOURNALS

1- General Electronic Publishing http://info. lib.uh.edu/ sepb /rgen.htm
2- Online Full Text Journals -List http://www.isibang. ac.in /library/FreeLib. htm
3- Information Resources ref="http://web.syr">http://web.syr. edu/~jryan /infopro/special. html
4- Council on Library and Information Resources
www.clir.org
5- Association of Research Libraries
http://www.arl. org
6- Emerald http://emeraldinsig ht.com
7- Infolibrarian - the LIS Information website
http://www.infolibr arian.com/
8- Eugene Garfield (Information Scientist) Publications http://www.garfield .library .upenn.edu/pub. html
9- Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography/ compiled by Charles W. Bailey,
Jr.-http://info. lib.uh.edu/ sepb /sepb.pdf
Houston:University of Houston Library, 2005
http://info. lib.uh.edu/ sepb /sepb.html

LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE - BOOKS

1- Digital Libraries. by William Y. Arms
http://www.cs. cornell.edu/ wya /DigLib/index. html

2- INFORMATION RETRIEVAL. by C. J. van RIJSBERGEN
http://www.dcs. gla.ac.uk/ Keith /Preface.html

3- Strategic Issues in Training and Development in the
IT Service Industry at Kolkata Region: A Study. by
Anup Kumar Das.
http://etdindividua ls.dlib.vt .edu:9090/archive/ 00000183/

4- The digital library tool kit. 3rd edition. by Sun
Microsystems.
http://www.sun. com/products- n -solutions/edu/ whitepapers /digitaltoolkit. html

5- The Digital library technology trends by Sun
Microsystems.
http://www.sun. com/products- n -solutions/edu/ whitepapers/ pdf /digital_library_ trends.pdf

6- Understanding metadata by NISO.
http://www.niso. org/standards /resources/Understa ndingMetadat a.pdf

7- Creating an institutional repository: LEADIRS
workbook by Mary R. Barton and Margaret M.Waters . MIT
Press, 2004.
http://dspace. org/implement /leadirs.pdf

8- IFLA List Servers
http://infoserv. inist.fr /wwsympa.fcgi/ lists

LIBRARIES IN INDIA

http://www.manage. gov.in/Agrinet/ libraries. htm

Doctoral Dissertations in Library and Information Science

http://www.tulips. tsukuba.ac. jp/pub/tojo/ archive/Jpnpg/ siryo-ogata- 95_n-s.html

Librarians date book

http://www.hsl. unc.edu/libcal. htm

DIGITAL LIBRARY RESOURCES

http://library. nyu.edu/diglib/ links.html

http://www.nelinet. net/digital/ resources/ index.htm

A list of scholastic journals and electronic resources

a list of scholastic journals and electronic resources that are available online via the worldwide web.

http://www.widernet .org/digitalLibr ary/DigitalLibra ries.htm

Resources for Locating and Writing Theses and Dissertations

http://www.cityu. edu.hk/lib/ instruct/ guides/libguide/ theses.htm

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Introduction About Dr. S. R. Ranganathan

Dr. S. R. Ranganathan was born on August 9, 1892 Shiyali, Madras and died on September 27, 1972 in Mysore. Heearned an MA in Mathematics, and taught at Madras University. In 1924 he was appointed as the librarian of Madras University, a post he held for twenty years. As a newly appointed librarian he travelled to London's School of Librarianship and toured over one hundred libraries in the U.K.

While in England, Ranganathan saw that the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) was the most popular system in use. His analytical mind quickly discovered its fundamental deficiency and its inability to express all the aspects of a specific subject of a document. He also thought that a classification system should allow for future subjects to be combined in unexpected or unplanned ways. In his mind DDC was neither prepared nor adequate to provide for the future situations. While in London he saw a Meccano Set and this gave him the idea to create the building blocks of a classification code that allowed for the blocks to be combined in unlimited ways. Shortly afterward he began work on his classification scheme which he called the Colon Classification (CC).

Ranaganathan started a Library Science School in Madras in 1929 where he taught both DDC and CC. Over his lifetime, he wrote over 2000 research papers, 60 books and founded and edited five periodical publications.

Ranganathan's chief technical contributions to library science were in classification and indexing theory.His Colon Classification (1933) introduced a system that is widely used in research libraries around the world and that has affected the evolution of such older systems as the Dewey Decimal Classification. Later he devised the technique of chain indexing for deriving subject-index entries.

His Five Laws of Library Science (1931) was widely accepted as a definitive statement of the ideal of library service. He also drafted plans for a national and several state library systems, founded and edited several journals, and was active in numerous professional associations.

Colon Classification is the system of library organization developed by Ranganathan in 1933. It is general rather than specific in nature, and it can create complex or new categories through the use of facets, or colons.

In it, there are 108 main classes and 10 generalized classes (broadly divided between the humanities and sciences), which are represented by a mixed notation of Arabic numerals and Roman and Greek letters. Each main class comprises five fundamental facets, or groups: personality, matter, energy, space, and time.

Ranganathan's main contribution to classification was the notion of these fundamental facets, or categories. Instead of schedules of numbers for each topic, Colon Classification uses series of short tables from which component numbers are chosen and linked by colons to form a whole. The book number is an integral part of the call number, a departure from Dewey or Library of Congress systems.

Each main class has its appropriate facets and focuses; e.g., literature has language and form. In addition, there are four floating tables that correspond to subdivisions -- e.g., form, geography, time, and language. Further expansion of the tables is allowed through colon addition or omission (if the subject cannot be expanded).

The collection of the University of Madras, India, was utilized in the creation of Colon Classification.

His Life @ a Glance:

He was educated at the Hindu High School in Shiyali, at Madras Christian College (where he took B.A. and M.A. degrees in mathematics in 1913 and 1916), and at Teachers College, Saidapet.

In 1917 he joined the faculty of Government College, Mangalore.

From 1920 to 1923 he subsequently taught at Government College, Coimbatore, and at Presidency College, University of Madras, in 1921-1923.

In 1924 he was appointed first librarian of the University of Madras, and in order to fit himself for the post he traveled to England to study at University College, London.

From 1925 to 1944 he took up the job at Madras in earnest in 1925 and held it until 1944.

From 1945 to 1954 he served as librarian and as professor of library science at Hindu University in Varanasi (Banaras), and from 1947 to 1954 he taught at the University of Delhi.

From 1954 to 1957 he was engaged in research and writing in Zürich.

He returned to India in the latter year and served as visiting professor at Vikram University, Ujjain, until 1959.

In 1962 he founded and became head of the Documentation Research and Training Centre in Bangalore, with which he remained associated for the rest of his life, and in 1965 he was honoured by the Indian government with the title of national research professor in library science.

Dr. S R Ranganathan is considered to be the father, the doyen, messiah of library and information profession in India.

Ranganathan’s Association with ILA

Ranganathan was closely associated with ILA right from its inception till 1954 ie, for about two decades. In fact, Mr K M Asadullah who convened the first All India Library Conference in Calcutta in the year 1933, requested Dr Ranganathan to be its president. But Ranganathan declined this offer as he was busy with the work of Madras University Library and Madras Library Association. However, he agreed to be one of the Conveners of the Conference.

Ranganathan drafted the Constitution of the proposed Indian Library Association on behalf of the Madras Library Association. There were two more drafts-one from the Working Committee and one from the Simla Library Association. Hence a two member committee with Mr Ranganathan and Mr Montague of Simla was appointed to finalise the Constitution. This was adopted on 13 Sep 1933 and thus ILA was founded.

Ranganathan enrolled himself as the first life member of ILA.

He was President, ILA for nearly a decade upto 1953.

When Ranganathan become the President of ILA he was not a member of the Executive Committee of the Association. It was an embarrassment for him when it was pointed out at the EC meeting held in Patna in 1946. Ranganathan then realised the need for amendment to the constitution as the President had no powers except to preside the general body meeting once in two years. Ranganathan got the constitution of the Association revised and adopted in 1949 at the Nagpur Conference.

In the revised Constitution of 1949, the functions of the President were clearly laid-down. He was made the custodian of the constitution with full control over the affairs of the Association.

Publications

Papers for the Biennial Conference: A few months before the biennial conference, Ranganathan appointed an ad hoc Committee to select two or three subject groups in which papers should be solicited for the conference. Facets of each subject group were spelt-out well in advance. The ad hoc committee was also assigned the task of selection of papers, editing, standardization, publication, etc.

Publication Series in English: A publication series in English was initiated in 1949. A sub-committee consisting of the President, Secretary and one Assistant Secretary was appointed for this purpose. Between 1949-53, seven titles were published under this series.

Publication Series in Hindi: A series was also initiated in Hindi. Three of the books of Dr Ranganathan translated into Hindi by Mr M L Nagar were published.

Periodical(s)

In 1949 itself, it was decided to publish a research periodical in English; Another periodical giving a few papers of a slightly lower standard; and a periodical in Hindi.

Finally it was resolved to make all there quarterlies issued simultaneously under one and the same cover under the title Abgila.

A (Annals) B (Bulletin) G (GrantJialaya) of ILA (Indian Library Association). Union Catalogue

Dr Ranganathan took-up the project of the compilation of the Union Catalogue of Learned Periodicals in South Asia and completed it successfully on behalf of the ILA. This has fetched a few thousand rupees to ILA.

During 1992 the Association organised functions to celebrate the Birth Centenary of Dr. S.R. Rnaganathan,the doyan of library science and librarianship in India. The Filately Division of the Department of Post, Government of India, released a Postel Stamp in honour of Ranganathan at the Official Opening of IFLA General Conference on August 30,1992. The stamp release function was performed by Hon'ble Minister of Human Resource Development Shri Arjun Singh in the Siri Fort Auditorium. The Plennary Session of IFLA was also devoted to Dr S R Ranganathan.

The XXXVIII All India Library Conference of the Indian Library Association held at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar was dedicated to Dr S R Ranganathan. A large number of Indian and foreign Library Science journals released special numbers on S R Ranganathan.

The Assistant librarian is responsible for managing the library for the organization.
RESPONSIBILITIES


1.Manage the planning, administrative and budgetary functions of library Activities

a. Establish and implement information policies and procedures

b. Develop and manage convenient, accessible information services

c. Propose and manage the budget for information services

d. Develop and manage cost-effective information services

e. Order materials and maintain records for payment of invoices

f. Analyze and evaluate information services requirements

g. Prepare reports related to information services resources and activities


2.Provide effective access to library collections and resources

Activities

a. Develop and maintain collections management policies and procedures

b. Perform original cataloguing and classification of print, audio-visual and electronic resources

c. Develop and maintain special indexing systems and files for special collections


3.Maintain the organization library materials

Activities

a. Ensure an accurate inventory of resources

b. Ensure efficient retrieval by users

c. Search external database programs for the availability of cataloguing copy

d. Maintain inventories, compile statistics and generate reports as required

e. Develop and maintain cataloguing procedures

f. Distribute materials for cataloguing and determine the type of cataloguing required

g. Process resources for placement on shelf

h. File cards in shelf list

i. Complete cataloguing records where only partial copy is available

j. Index materials for the pamphlet collection

k. Enter cataloguing data into the library automated system


4.Provide library services in response to the information needs of users

a. Respond to daily on-site requests for information

b. Train users to effectively search the catalogue, Internet and other electronic resources

c. Maintain circulation files, records and statistics

d. Provide an inter-library loan service for both book and audiovisual materials and maintain records

e. Maintain records for the inter-Library loan service


5.Manage online resources and helping faculty members

a. Order e-material as desired by faculty

b. Help faculty in their research.

c. Help in preparation of course related material for faculty members and interacting with them.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS
Some Useful Resources for Library and Information Professionals
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Free E-Periodicals/ Newsletters:

     *D-Lib Magazine is a monthly magazine about innovation and research       in digital libraries. (http://www.dlib.org/)

• Ariadne (http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/) - The Ariadne newsletter is aimed at working librarians in academic libraries in the UK.
• First Monday (http://www.firstmonday.dk/) - One of the first peer-reviewed journals on the Internet, about the Internet and the Global Information Infrastructure.
• Free Online Scholarship Newsletter (http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/index.htm) - The purpose of the newsletter is to share news and discussion on the migration of print scholarship to the internet and efforts to make it available to readers free of charge.
• Free Pint (http://www.freepint.com/) - Free Pint is a free email newsletter giving you tips, tricks and articles on how and where to find reliable Web sites and search more effectively.
• Information Today and Tomorrow (ITT) (http://itt.nissat.tripod.com/) - Quarterly newsletter from NISSAT.
• Digital libraries - a column in Library Journal by Roy Tennant, Manager, eScholarship Web & Services Design, California Digital Library
• Bibliozine - the e-magazine for librarians. (http://www.bibliozine.com/index.shtml)
• RLG DigiNews. Produced for RLG by the Cornell University Libraries Department of Preservation and Conservation, RLG DigiNews is a bimonthly Web-based newsletter focused on issues of vital interest to managers of digital initiatives. (http://www.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/)
• Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/) - A quarterly publication of the Science and Technology Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, USA.
• ITPapers.com (http://www.itpapers.com/) - Yellow pages of white papers. Covers several categoires, including libraries.
• Australian Academic & Research Libraries (http://www.alia.org.au/sections/ucrls/aarl/) - Quarterly journal devoted to all aspects of librarianship in university and college libraries.
• THE INFORMED LIBRARIAN ONLINE (http://www.infosourcespub.com/) THE INFORMED LIBRARIAN is a monthly compilation of the most recent tables of contents from over 180 valuable domestic and foreign library and information-related journals, e-journals, magazines,e-magazines, newsletters and e-newsletters.
• Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/index.html).
• Information Today (http://www.infotoday.com/it/itnew.htm) Information industry news services for the information professional.
• LIBRES - Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal (http://libres.curtin.edu.au/).
• Journal of Information, Law and Technology (http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/). 

• Journal of Digital Information (http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/) - E-journal publishing papers on the management, presentation and uses of information in digital environments
  
• Information Research: An international electronic journal (http://informationr.net/ir/) - Information Research is a free, international, scholarly journal, dedicated to making freely accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines.
• Journal of Electronic Publishing. (http://www.press.umich.edu/jep) - The Journal of Electronic Publishing is for the thoughtful forward-thinking publisher, librarian, scholar, or author -- in fact, anyone in this new business -- facing those challenges.
• Current Cites (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CurrentCites/) - monitors information technology literature in both print and digital forms, each month selecting only the best items to annotate for a free publication.

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Indian discussion forums, list services

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• LIS-Forum - Discussion forum for library and information professionals in India 
  Submissions: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
  List info: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum
• IATLIS - Indian Association for Teachers in Library and Information Science discussion forum 
  Submissions: iatlis@yahoogroups.com
  List info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iatlis/
• Corporatelibrns An interactive forum for corporate librarians 
  Submissions: corporatelibrns@yahoogroups.com
  List info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/corporatelibrns/
• Digital Libraries: India 
  Submissions: digilib_india@yahoogroups.com
  List info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digilib_india/
• NMLIS - New Millennium LIS Professionals 
  Submissions: nmlis@yahoogroups.com
  List info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nmlis/
• INDIA-LIS - The INDIA-LIS is a Library and Information Science in India Mailing List 
  Submissions: india-lis@infoserv.inist.fr
  List info: http://infoserv.inist.fr/wwsympa.fcgi/info/india-lis

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L&I websites and portals:

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• Aeroinfo (http://www.cmmacs.ernet.in/nal/icast/) - Information portal for aerospace engineering
• Delnet (http://www.delnet.nic.in/) - Delhi Library Network
• Inflibnet (http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/) - Information & Library Network Centre
• Infolibrarian (http://www.infolibrarian.com/) - infolibrarian.com gives all possible information required by the library professionals in India and abroad
• MylibNet (http://www.mylibnet.org/) - Mysore Library Network
• SciGate (http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/) - The IISc Science information portal
• Unesco Libraries Portal (http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_bib/) - An international information gateway for librarians and library users.
• Vidyanidhi (http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/) - Digital library of Indian theses and dissertations.

Resource lists:

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• Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html)
  This selective bibliography presents over 1,500 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources
  that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet.
  
• Electronic Resources for Information Research Methods (http://informationr.net/rm/)
• World List of Departments and Schools of Information Studies, Information Management, Information Systems, etc.(http://informationr.net/rm/)
• Digital Information Services in Enterprises: A Resource List of Case Studies, Best Practices, White Papers, Guides and Standards (http://scigate.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/raja/is214/214-2001-2002/resources.htm)
  

Free Software:

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• Open Source Systems for Libraries (http://www.oss4lib.org/) - "Our mission is to cultivate the collaborative power of open source software engineering to build better and free systems for use in libraries. Toward this end, we maintain a listing of free software and systems designed for libraries".
• Greenstone Digital Library Software (GSDL) (http://www.greenstone.org/)
• E-Prints Archive Software (http://www.eprints.org/)
• Free /Open Source Software for Library and Information Management (listing) (http://scigate.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/raja/opendl/free-software.htm)

Licensing, IPR, Consortia:

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• International Coalition of Library Consortia - ICOLC (http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia/)
  
• Copyright related resources maintained at the Copyright Clearance Center Inc. (http://www.copyright.com/CopyrightResources/default.asp)
• Liblicense - Licensing digital information: A resource for librarians (http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/index.shtml)

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