Database Backup and Restore - Dpace.5.5 on Ubuntu 16.04

Take a backup of Dspace database and folders

Assume that the old version of Dspace is running. Take a PostgreSQL database backup. Open a Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t) and apply following commands,

sudo su - postgres
pg_dump dspace > dspace.backup

The above command take a backup of Dspace database and store in path of /Computer/var/lib/postgresql/ . Copy the database.backup file to a safe place.

Copy assetstore and log folders

Here we are going to backup essential things. All uploaded files stored in assetstore folder.

sudo zip -r assetstore.zip /dspace/assetstore
sudo zip -r log.zip /dspace/log

After applying the command two zip files will be created in home folder (Locked files), unlock (change the file permission) the file by applying following command

sudo chmod -R 777 assetstore.zip

sudo chmod -R 777 log.zip

Restoration of backup to the latest version of Dspace

Install latest Dspace version. Copy the assetstore, log folders, and database backup (database.backup) to home folder of the system. Extract the assetstore and log folders. Follow the below steps to restore old Dspace backup.

Change permissions and delete the assetstore & log folder (If the folders are locked, unlock by the following command)

sudo chmod -R 777 /dspace/assetstore

sudo chmod -R 777 /dspace/log

Stop Tomcat server (following command works with patch file stored in home folder)

Sh start_server.sh

(O for stop, 1 for start)
 

Copy and paste assetstore and log folders to /dspace folder (Change permissions if folders are locked, unlock by using following command)

sudo chmod -R 777 /dspace/assetstore

sudo chmod -R 777 /dspace/log

Restoration of database

Restart PostgreSQL

sudo systemctl stop postgresql
sudo systemctl start postgresql

Drop the database and create a new one. Apply following commands one by one,

sudo -u postgres psql
DROP DATABASE dspace;
CREATE DATABASE dspace;
\quit

Make sure that the dspace.backup file in home folder. Apply the following command one by one to restore the database backup.
sudo su postgres
psql -f dspace.backup dspace 

Install pgcrypto postgres extension- Execute the following commands one by one,

Make sure that you are in sudo su postgres prompt

tomcat has to be stopped

psql --username=postgres dspace -c "CREATE EXTENSION pgcrypto;"
exit

Apply following commands in admin shell prompt (not in postgresql prompt)

sudo /dspace/bin/dspace database info
sudo /dspace/bin/dspace database migrate
sudo /dspace/bin/dspace index-discovery -b
sudo /dspace/bin/dspace filter-media
sudo /dspace/bin/dspace index-discovery
sudo /dspace/bin/dspace index-discovery -o

Restart Tomcat  (following command works with patch file stored in home folder)

Sh start_server.sh

Press 1 to start

Open DSpace in a browser

http://localhost:8080/jspui

Compiled by:  Prof. Subramanya R A, Dept. of MCA, Maharaja Institute of Technology Mysore.

Reference:

http://dspacegeek.blogspot.com/2016/06/restore-old-versions-of-dspace-to.html

Body language during Interview

Body language during an interview Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech, and apparently, 80 per cent of what you understand in a conversation is read through the body, not the words- Deborah Bull

Correctly so! Body language is a very important part of who we are. Consciously and unconsciously there are lots of messages that a person has the ability to portray through one’s body language. What is often regarded as a part of the non-verbal communication, body language emits a lot of signal knowingly and unknowingly. So it is important that one learns to control and be in charge of what kind of message is sent across to the other person. The thing with body language is that sometimes it can land you in trouble if you are not careful about the way you choose to handle it. Body language experts often interpret touching or rubbing of nose as a sign of lying. So if you are doing this often in an interview the interviewer might not consider you as a strong candidate for the job. While we would be discussing on how to hold yourself and check your body language during an interview, now this, that the ability to do so in general life will also get you far. A controlled and correct body language will not only make you look confident but it will also build your own confidence level. First impressions This might be one the biggest clichés around but know this that first impression is the last impression. The interview can sometimes begin much before you enter that room of the interviewer. You never know who judges you for what you are doing before entering the final room. You should be confident at all times and hold that head high and be as calm as possible. Be prepared and keep your documents neatly stacked in one folio or folder. Be good Most experts will tell you that even the receptionist that the place you’re interviewing can have a lasting effect on your interview. Some hirers will ask about their receptionists take on you so make sure that you are cordial to all and make people around you comfortable as well. Also if possible try and sit facing in the direction where you think your interviewer will come from. It will make the greeting more graceful. Balance the beam When you are in the waiting room, waiting for your turn make sure you sit in an upright position with your shoulders upright and making sure your back doesn’t hunch back or slouch.  This will not only make you seem confident but also make you seem more assertive. Don’t overdo it; no one likes a pompous and overconfident person as well. Make sure that all your documents, folios or folders are neatly tucked on your lap so that you are not left fiddling with stuff on getting up. This will make you seem like a clumsy and disorganized person. During the interview The most important part now- the interview. Nothing is as important as knowing how to conduct yourself during the interview. First of all make sure that any bag or folders apart from the ones which are to be share with the interviewer are not kept in your lap. It is a hindrance between your interviewer and you and will come across as a barrier around you. During the interview be upright and never slouch. Leaning forward can also make you seem closed off and slouching is a sign of disinterest. Make sure that while gesturing, your hands are always above the desk and below the collarbone. If there is no table then make sure your gesturing is kept around your navel as body language experts claim it to be the ‘truth plane’. Gesturing from here communicates that you're centered, controlled and calm and any higher would make you seem frantic. It is advised you sit a foot away from the table. Do not cross your legs or idly shake one over the other. Not only is it distracting but also shows how uncomfortable you are. The goodbyes Once the interview is over, calmly collect all your belongings and rise slickly. During all this do not forget to smile; I’m sure no one wants to be remembered as the grumpy one. Make sure that your goodbye handshake is as calm and firm as the one that you did while entering. Do not forget to shake hands with the person who had guided you towards the interview, the assistant or the receptionist, especially if they are in the interview room. Do not try to get any cues on how you think your interview went. If your interviewer is trained enough to read your body language he’d be trained enough not to give away any hints just yet. 

Interesting Facts About  Libraries

1. The world’s oldest library is the oldest continually running library in the world is at the St. Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai, Egypt. It was built in the middle of the 6th century and houses the second largest collection of religious material in the world (after the Vatican). However it is not accessible to the public, only by monks and invited scholars.

2. The largest library in the world is The Library of Congress, with more than 158 million items on approximately 838 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 36 million books and other print materials, 3.5 million recordings, 13.7 million photographs, 5.5 million maps, 6.7 million pieces of sheet music and 69 million manuscripts. 

3. The smallest library in the world has appeared on the streets of New York City – and it has space for just one reader at a time.The bright yellow plastic structure houses 40 books and aims to help city-dwellers take a break from the pace of life in the metropolis by chilling out with a good story. The Little Free Library was designed by a pair of innovative architects using recycled materials to protect the books inside from the elements.

4.The highest library according to Guinness World Records is the library on the 60th floor of the JW Marriott Hotel at Tomorrow Square in Shanghai, China, is situated at 230.9 m (757 ft 6 in) above street level. Membership is available to members of the public and the 103 shelves in the library contains an ever-expanding collection of Chinese and English books. The library measures 57 m² (614 ft²). To walk to the library from the lobby would entail climbing around 1,435 steps

5.The first recorded librarian was Zenodotus (Ζηνόδοτος) of Ephesus, holding that post from the end of Ptolemy I’s reign. He was a Greek grammarian, literary critic, and Homeric scholar. A native of Ephesus and a pupil of Philitas of Cos, he was the first librarian of the Library of Alexandria.

 6. The first library classification system was set up during the Han Dynasty. In North America, it is believed that personal collections of books were brought over to the continent by French settlers in the 16th century.

7. The first Bookmobile (mobile library) – The British Workman reported in 1857a perambulating library operating in a circle of eight villages in Cumbria. A Victorian merchant and philanthropist, George Moore, created the project to “diffuse good literature among the rural population.” The Warrington Perambulating Library, set up in 1858, was another early British mobile library. 

8.The world´s largest fine for an overdue library book is $345.14 (£203.29), the amount owed at two cents a day for the poetry book Days and Deeds Checked out of Kewanee Public Library, Illinois, USA in April 1955 by Emily Canellos-Simms. Although the book was due back 19 April 1955, Emily found it in her mother´s house 47 years later and presented the library with a check for overdue fines.

9. The most stolen library book is probably the Bible, followed by the Guinness World Records book. [

10. The first floating library service started in 1959 using a range of ships. The first custom-built ship was put into service in 1963. It is built at Oma Yard and is 24 m (80 ft) long. The ship is owned by Vinnes Skyssbåtservice, and is used for tourist cruises in the summer

UGC - NET : Library & information Science Question Papers

Previous year questions in UGC –NET
Library & Information Science
Paper III Dec. 2004

Part A : 16 marks questions (300 Words)

1. Explain the concept of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and discuss its implications in library and information services OR
1.Describe the various steps in Information Transfer Cycle giving example.
2. Explain the need for library resource sharing and describe the library network in this regard OR
2. Mention the different types of library extension service. Explain how such services help in promoting the use of public libraries.
3. Define the documentary and non documentary sources of information. Discuss by giving examples, how they differ from each other OR
3. What do you understand by a bibliographic database? Describe the silent features of one such database?
4. Describe the steps you would follow to collect information on Library Automation in India. OR
4. Discuss the usefulness of abstracting journals in reference and information services. Describe the silent features of one such journal in the field of library and information science.
5. Discuss the need for developing standards for bibliographic description. Describe the silent features of one such standard at national or international level. OR
5. Canons of cataloguing provide a frame work for evaluating the rules in different cataloguing code. Discuss.
6. In order to meet the needs of its users effectively, a university library should have a well defined collection development programme. Discuss with particular reference to university libraries in India. OR
6. Explain the need for time management in libraries. Discuss the use of PERT/CPM techniques in this regard.
7. Discuss by giving examples, the impact of information technology on library and information services OR
7. On-line access has greatly augmented the provision of reference and information services in libraries. Discuss by giving examples.
8. Describe the silent features of one library management package developed in India. OR
8. Discuss the criteria for selecting software & hardware for library automation.
9. Mention the various methods of research? Discuss any one method suitable for research in library and information science. OR
9. What are the various techniques used for data collection? Discuss the usefulness of questionnaire method in this regard.
10. Discuss the need and usefulness of user studies. With particular reference to public libraries. OR
10. Explain the concept of digital library and virtual library. How do the resources and services of these libraries differ from these of other libraries?


Part B : 40 Marks question (800 Words)

1. What is need for performance evaluation of library and information centers? Described the criteria used in this regard.

OR
Discuss the need for thesaurus in indexing. Describe the silent features of one such thesaurus in the field of social science or science.

OR
Explain the concepts Pre-coordinate and Post coordinate indexing. Describe the contributions of Mortimer Tanbe in the field of Post coordinate indexing.


Paper III: LIS June. 2005

5 Marks questions (30Words)
1. Mention the barriers to information communication
2. Why do you consider information as a commodity?
3. What are the pre requisites of Resource Sharing?
4. State the functions of IFLA?
5.Describe E – Documents?
6.Distinguish between Information source and information resource.
7.What is faceted classification ?
8. Distinguish between pre-coordinate and post coordinate indexing
9. Distinguish between System Approach and Systems Analysis?
10.What is CIP?
11.What is World Wide Web?
12.What are search engines?
13.Differentiate between Applied Research and Basic Research
14.What is user Education?
15.What do you understand by Cost-Benefit Analysis?

12 Marks questions (200 Words)
1. Discuss the parameters to evaluate the performance of library services
2. Explain the difference between search strategies and search expression.
3. Distinguish between Digital Library and Virtual Library
4. Research comprises methodology and purpose and it is in respect of these components that research in library science found. Comment.
5. Explain WWW and discuss the fundamental technology associated with it.

40 Marks question (1000 words)
1. The information profession is by and large system driven; it shows an enormous interest in processing and storing of information, to the general neglect of the user. Critically examine this statement
2. Expalin the importance of Retrospective Conversion (RECON) in moving from a manual system to an automated cataloguing system.
3.Information policy often takes broad prospective of matters, addressing the main features of the system of activities, especially relating to structure, coordination, information collection and some strategic aspects of management. Examine this statement in Indian context.




Paper III: LIS Dec. 2005

5 Marks questions (30Words)
1. What are intellectual property rights?
2. Enumerate the components of Information Transfer Chain.
3. What is library cess?
4. State the changed functions of ASLIB.
5. Mention different types of databases.
6. Distinguish between Reference Services and Referral Services/
7. Differentiate between Fusion and Fission in the context of modes of formation of subjects?
8.State the impact of categories on faceted classification.
9. What is Decision Making Process?
10.Explain the concept of cost effectiveness?
11.Differentiate between Intranet and Extranet.
12.What is Meta Data?
13.What is interdisciplinary research?
14.What do you understand by User Studies?
15.Define TQM in the context of library services?

12 Marks questions (200 Words)
1. Examine the characteristic features of Primary Information Sources in non – print media?
2. Discuss the essential aspects of Collection Building and management I libraries.
3. What are the implications of Intellectual Property Rights on Electronic Information Sources?
4. Examine the distinguishing features of AACR2 and CCC with examples.
5. Highlight the important points of users information needs vis-à-vis information seeking behavior.

40 Marks question (1000 words)
1. Considering libraries as agents of change of socio – economic, cultural and educational developments, discuss the role of library as the heart of the knowledge society?
2. Bringout the genesis and growth of INFLIBNET and discuss its role in information management and highlight its efforts towards consortia approach to E-journals?
3. Examine the significance of research in a developing economy focusing the priority areas.

Paper III: LIS June. 2006

5 Marks questions (30Words)
1. What do you understand by research design?
2. What do you mean by PPBS?
3. List out the various output devices?
4.State the various search strategies used in information retrieval?
5.Mention the various kinds of databases?
6.State the different methods of Current Awareness Services?
7.Explain intellectual property right?
8. Define Information superhighway?
9.Describe the key concepts of Knowledge Management?
10.What is Facet – Analysis?
11. Differentiate conventional and non conventional documents?
12. What are primary sources? Why they are called so?
13. Differentiate between Data, Information and Knowledge?
14. State the process of the generation and transfer of the information?
15. What is citation analysis?

12 Marks questions (200 Words)
1. Critically evaluate SOUL software?
2. Discuss the concept of PERT/CPM?
3. Define Thesaurus. Explain how it is used in information Retrieval System?
4. What do you understand by hypertext and hypermedia? Describe their significant features with functions?
5. While examining the need for research in library and information science, identify the different areas?


40 Marks question (1000 words)
1. Discuss the role of information in national development with a particular reference to a developing country like India?
2. Information technology has revolutionized the concept of library and information services world wide. Elucidate the statement with suitable examples?
3. Explain the concept of marketing .What steps would you follow for marketing of library and information services and products?


Paper III: LIS Dec. 2006

5 Marks questions (30Words)
1. State the significance of users study in library?
2. What is programming language?
3. Explain the concept of E – Commerce?
4. What do you mean by Multimedia?
5. What is Delphi Method?
6. Explain content analysis?
7. Define the concept of Information Society?
8. Distinguish between formal & informal channels?
9. What is SWOT analysis?
10. Define informatrics?
11.What is an Open Sources Software?
12.Define Digital Library?
13. Knowlwdge is Power. Elucidate in five sentences?
14.Define OPAC?
15.What is Metadata?




12 Marks questions (200 Words)
1. State the implications of 2nd law of literary science with reference to resource sharing?
2. Discuss the need for continuing education programs for library and information professionals in the present information age
3. Describe the main features of any one library network in operation in India?
4. Explain with suitable examples the role of abstracting and indexing services in information transfer ?
5. Explain the concept of virtual library?

40 Marks question (1000 words)
1. Library resource sharing is essential to provide comprehensive library and information services. Explain the statement in the light of consortia approach.
2. What do you understand by Total Quality Management? Explain its significance in the context of library and information services.
3. Discuss the implications of five laws of library science in the context of information and communication technology?


Paper III: LIS June. 2007

5 Marks questions (30Words)
1. What do you understand by ‘Impact Factor’?
2. Define virtual library?
3. What is knowledge Society?
4. What do you understand by content analysis?
5. What is importance of weeding out of documents in a library?
6. State the components of KWIC?
7. Descibe the concept of IPR?
8. What do you understand by the term ‘hypertext’
9. What e-book?
10. State the various types of computer protocol?
11. List the bibliometric laws?
12. What is information literacy?
13. State the activities of IFLA?
14. Metions the applications of the barcode technology in a library?
15. What do you understand by Boolean operators?

12 Marks questions (200 Words)
1. Discuss the criteria for evaluation of websites.
2. What are the various budgeting techniques? Discuss in detail any one budgeting technique?
3. Explain hoe translation service helps to overcome language barrier with special reference to translation services in India?
4. Discuss the various indexing techniques in a database?
5. What do you understand by Human Resource Management? Explain the various elements of HRM in the context of library and information centre?

40 Marks question (1000 words)
1. While examining the significance of research methods, discuss any one method suitable for research in library & information science.
2. Information is considered as one of the three basic elements of man made environment, only after matter and energy. Discuss the statement critically.
3. Planning is considered with developing courses of action to achieve the predetermined aims. Critically discuss this statement.

Paper III: LIS Dec. 2007

5 Marks questions (30Words)
1. What do you understand by blog?
2. Define digital library?
3. What is Information Society?
4. Enumerate the steps of information consolidation?
5. List the significance features of UDC?
6. Descibe the concept of copyright?
7. Enumerate the steps of database designing?
8. What do you understand by Metadata?
9. What is the role of RRRLF in the development of public libraries in Indian?
10. State the barriers of communication?
11. Distinguish between FAQ & Ask librarian
12. What is Web OPAC?
13. What do you understand by applied research?
14. Describe the concept of citation analysis?
15. Diffrenciate between Pre Co-Ordinate & Post Co-Ordinate indexing?
.
12 Marks questions (200 Words)
1.Discuss the criteria for evaluating an Information Retrieval System.
2. Describe the search strategies used in retrieving the information
3. The book is no longer the primary sources while for communication of current information. Discuss the statement.
4. Describe the different methods of formulation of budget and explain which method is most suitable for university library?
5. Discuss the various steps involved in the digitization of information resources in a library?

40 Marks question (1000 words)
1.Explain the significance of research in a developing economy such as India by focusing on the priority areas?
2.Online access has greatly augmented the provision of reference and information services in libraries. Discuss this statement with suitable example.
3.Explain the importance of Information policy in strategic management of information collection, organization and services?


June 2008

5 Marks ( 30 Words)
1. What do you understand by technology transfer?
2. Explain the community information centre?
3. Define numeric database?
4. What do you mean by online search?
5. Name the tools of translation service?
6. Explain the term Knowledge Management?
7. Explain the concept of faceted classification?
8. Clarify the concept of Reengineering?
9. Mention the important activities of RRRLF?
10. Define the Grey literature?
11. Explain the significance of motivation in library management?
12. Explain the Hybrid library
13. Give the meaning of metadata
14. List metropolitan Area networks in India?
15. What is Delphi Method?

12 Marks questions (200 Words)
1. In light of the need for revision o f a classification system describe the silent features of the DDC 22nd edition.
2. Performance appraisal is crucial for promotion of employees in organizations like libraries. Discuss the statement?
3. Discuss the role of public libraries as mass media?
4. Describe and justify the different elements of DCMES?
5.State the importance of various services provided by OCLC

40 Marks question (1000 words)
1. Critically discuss the major recommendations on libraries by the National Knowledge Commission contributed by the Government of India? Library Automation
2. Discuss the major trends of studies & research in library classification?
3. Computer technologies are becoming a part of many jobs and as we progress the role of technology in information services are expanding. It is certain in that developing good computer skills is essential for the librarian of the feature. Critically elucidate the statement?

Dec. 2008

5 Marks ( 30 Words)
1. What are the different barriers of communication?
2. Explain the importance of library cess?
3. Distinguish between a Dictionary and a Glossary?
4. Explain the concept of Information Repacking?
5. State the significance of Decision making process?
6. Explain cost effective - analysis?
7. Explain the Teleconferencing?
8. Functions of Web-browsing?
9. Importance of style manual?
10. Define Open source software?
11. Distinguish between Use studies and user studies?
12. What is meant by TQM?
13. Explain ISDN?
14. Concept of Digital Repository?
15. What is user interface?

12 Marks questions (200 Words)
1. Explain the role of multimedia in libraries
2. Discuss the features of CCF
3. Illustrate the different modes of formation of subjects.
4. Explain the Spiral of Scientific Method
5. Major steps involved in the evaluation of IR Systems.

40 Marks question (1000 words)
1. Critically discuss the activities of major data networks in India or
2. The more things change the more they remain the same. Inspite of electronic resources the reference librarian still depends on traditional reference sources available comments on the statement.
3. Explain why have many University & Colleges libraries, still far away from library automation and networking despite the reasonably good support from the UGC?


December 2009.

5 Marks questions
Questions based on memory
1 . 1996 national copyright act
2. Define consortia
3. PERT in library management
4. Seven lamps in professional ethics
5. Translation Tool
6. Define intute
7. Trend report
8. Protocol TCP/IP
9. World cat
10.Use of webometrics for internet resources
11.Features of DL
12.UGC Infonet

12 marks questions
1. National knowledge Commission recommendation on LIS education.
2. Information gatekeeper, technology gatekeeper, Intermediates, sociometric stars
3. Evaluation criteria of web resources
4. Indexing PRECIS
5. Hypothysis Role of LIS

40Marks scores

1. ICTs challenges for LIS professional skills.
2. Consortia – changing scenario of information access & delivery , example INFONET.

Paper III: LIS June. 2010

20 marks questions 20X2=40
1. a) Online access to information promotes fulfillment of 3rd and 4th law of library science disuss. OR
b) Discuss various budgeting techniques. Choose a budgeting technique for university
justification.
2. a) Information literacy forms the basis for life long learning in contemporary society elucidate critically. OR
b)Network topologies.


15 marks questions 15X3=45
3. What is digital divide? How the libraries can bridge the gap between information haves & information have-nots.
4. Discuss the emerging issues in copyright in the wake of E-Resources environment.
5. State the importance of scientific method in research. Explain spiral scientific method.

10 marks questions 10X9=90
6. Distinguish between information economics & economics of information.
7. Discribe the operation of SDI
8. Hoe will you differentiate between Assigned Term Indexing & Derived Term Indexing.
9. Research design, its objectives and components.
10. What do understand about OAI?
11. Explain the primary resources, secondary resources and tersuary resources.
12. Explain the information communication, Channels of information communication.
13. Search tactics & search strategies.
14. Discuss the librarian in cyberian.

Paragraph 25 Marks 5X5 = 25











Paper III: LIS DEC. 2010

This section consists of two essay type questions of twenty (20) marks each, to be answered in about five hundred (500) words each. (2 × 20 = 40 marks)

1. Describe in detail UNESCO’S role in assisting member state to promote access to information. OR
Describe the steps taken by UGC to develop network of academic libraries in India.

2. Libraries shifting from possession to access, discuss the emergence of virtual libraries & its features in the light of this assertion. OR
Describe the different facts in HRM in library environment.

This section contains three (3) questions of fifteen (15) marks each, to be answered in about three hundred (300) words. (3 × 15 = 45 Marks)
3. Define briefly genesis & development of WWW.
4. What you mean by knowledge management. Its tool & techniques.
5. National information policy & its role in overall development of country. Explain the components of such polices.

5X10 = 50 Marks
6. Data mining & any three tasks associate with it.
7. Trans Border data flow & impact on Library information services.
8. Idea, Verbal & nonverbal plane.
9. Information analysis & signature in information repaching.
10. Note on TMH encyclopedia of science & technology.
11. Open source software, any one example.
12. E-resouces preservation in global context. Any well plan in India & abroad.
13. Correlation & regression ration.
14. Half life of library materials & how it is calculated.

PARAGRAPH

New Year Resolutions

2008 was unlucky for me and I got lots of pain, disappointments and unforgotten able things in that year. But New Year 2009 I have a positive feeling & I hope every thing will go on well.


2009 Resolutions

Ø Pass NET exam
Ø Learn spoken English
Ø Read at least one book completely

Open Access English Language Journals in Library and Information Science

Search Here for Open Access English Language Journals in Library and Information

1. Journals published in English language only
Ariadne
The Bonefolder, an e-journal for the bookbinder and book artist
Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Bulletin of the Medical Library Association
Chinese Librarianship: an International Electronic Journal
Code4Lib Journal
Communications in Information Literacy
Coordinates : Online Journal of the Map and Geography Round Table of the American Library Association. Series A
Coordinates : Online Journal of the Map and Geography Round Table of the American Library Association. Series B
Cybermetrics: international journal of scientometrics, informetrics, and bibliometrics
D-Lib Magazine
E-JASL: The Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship
Electronic Journal of Health Informatics
Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management
European Journal of ePractice
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
High Energy Physics Libraries Webzine
Information Research: an international electronic journal
Information Technology and Disabilities
Informing Science The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline
Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Learning and Learning Objects
Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management
International Journal of Digital Curation
International Journal of Doctoral Studies
Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship : a quarterly publication of the Science and Technology Section, Association of College and Research Libraries
Journal of Digital Information
Journal of Electronic Publishing
Journal of eLiteracy
Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries
Journal of Information Literacy
Journal of Information, Information Technology, and Organizations
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Journal of southern academic and special librarianship
Journal of the Association for History and Computing
Journal of the Medical Library Association
The journal of the Rutgers University Library
Library & Information Research : Research into Practice for Information & Library Services
Library Philosophy and Practice
Library Student Journal
Libres: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal
MLA Forum
North Carolina Libraries
School Library Media Research
South African Journal of Information Management
Sprouts : Working Papers on Information Systems
Technology Electronic Reviews, TER
Urban Library Journal
Virginia Libraries
Webology

Mahadasara 2007-08

‘Maharaja Institute of Technology, Mysore’ organized is first annual day function called Mahadasara on 26-04-08. That was a beautiful evening function in the college campus. Chief guest Mr.Ananth Koppar inaugurates the function and he spoke about MIT and its background. Dr.G.Hemanth Kumar delivered the presidential speech as well as principal Dr.K.B.Boraiah also spoke about the college function. All the guest members and staff members including secretary Dr.Y.T.Krishnegowda & Dr.B.G.Naresh Kumar distribute the prizes to winners of cultural and sports competitions, which was held from 17-04-08 to 26-04-08. Students were actively participated in the competitions & their cultural programme was an excellent and audience enjoyed with them. Totally Mahadasara made the history in MIT

Summer days

Summer day morning and evening are very beautiful because, it’s the time of an attractive Sunrise & sunset.

Competition World

Today we living in competition world here we can’t neglect any thing. Yesterday I saw a TV program of children’s dance & all the participants performed very well and judges were struggled to judge them. In an entertainment program has the competition, think it other fields in the whole world. Ensure the competition world & get ready to participate.

Librarians work

Librarianship seems to the world as simple and work less job but it's not like that in my little experience at M.I.T. Mysore. It has 6000 collections related to Computer Science, Information Science, Electronics & Communication, Mechanical and other general books. Classification scheme is highly essential for systematic arrangements of books, access and as well as locating the books. I am trying to convenience them to purchase the classification scheme but they are worried about economic factor. Management peoples are academicians still lack of library administration knowledge, i can't convenience them. There are many discussion was held between us still i am not succeed , they are suggested me to have the own classification method. I don't know how to let them know, this is pained me a lot.



"Librarianship is not a simple job"

Try it, Feel it!

Librarianship

Professionally I am a Librarian Since from 31-7-2008 at Maharaja Institute of Technology, Mysore. It’s newly established an engineering college still building construction progressive well. After my MLISc suffered a lot to get a job finally I got the job at MIT. First day start the work with book accessioning, at that time there is no Library building at least chair and table. Initially wrote the accession register on ground. From 1-8-07 to 14-1-08 Library is established with 6000 collections, 9 racks (5 self’s, 6*9 feet), 45 chairs, 8 reading tables and 2 tables, 1 Almera and 1 computer for staff. Still bar coding, classification and cataloguing is remaining.




Library Classification

Initially documents are classified as their respective branches of computer science, Information science, etc.. Further classify the documents according to DDC (Dewey decimal classification), class numbers are downloaded form LOC online database. We make this variation for user convenient, some of the books from different branches deals with the same subject for example a book of mechanical subject have the subordinate number of electronics in DDC.

Example;

1] Mecanical

Title: Basic and applied thermodynamics Class No.: 621.402

2] Electronics

Title: Engineering electromagnetics Class No.: 621.3

Main class number of both mechanical and electronics are same, if arranged the documents respective their class numbers both branch students easily can’t retrieve the documents cause of this we comes for this decision.

Cricket

Today cricket controversy between India and Australia made world sports news; this is black mark for Australians and Ampires of the 2nd test match. As a game players are should take both defeat and tribute equally, game for entertainment not for other purposes
. I am loveable to Australians game know I hate their behavior
Ampiring is responsible, believable work, world looks them for their decision but what Ampires have made is shameful.

Anil Kumble is really a good captain he lead the team India at that time as a good captain. Winning the match is not important, how to win? That’s the main thing regarding this team India is the real champion.

Work

Work is worship. Really what a sentence? When we love, truthful to our work, it will brings you the respect, satisfaction and many more things that will helps to lead a good life.

Words

Hail stone...>Which is fall down from the sky with the rain
Empathy...>Feeling of power
Far...>A long distance
Fortune...>Chance, Luck, Prosperity, Wealth.

New Year Resolution

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  Every year comes with the spirit and new resolutions but it ends without 100 percent completion.2008 is the first year I am going to resoling

2008 Resolutions

Believe God & be honest
Talk less, work hard [Hard work is key to success]
Every day posting blogs
Interacting with LIS-Forum and book marking
Every day learn one new world
At least read any one book completely in this year 2008.

Online Library

An online library now that allows readers to borrow books online and have them delivered to your doorstep within a matter of 24 hours. With a one time registration fee of Rs 499 and a refundable deposit of Rs 499, you can choose a billing plan that allows you to choose books depending on your pace of reading. Charges range from Rs 139/month (for those who want to read three books a month) to Rs 3,000/month (which allows you to borrow 12 books). You can see that library through this URL http://www.librarywala.com/web/Index.aspx

Hiten Turakhia, one of the founders of this library, says he and five other friends were inspired by their college days struggle to get books. Everybody would chip in Rs100 to get reading material for their courses. Sitting at a coffee shop lat year decided to make it easier for today’s generation. Thus librarywala.com was born.

The library six founder members have expertise in related fields like IT, marketing and management. Their market-savvy has clearly paid off, in over two months since its launch.

The website, which is currently operational only in Mumbai with 8,000 titles, hopes to extend its operations to Bangalore and Pune by next year.

As professionals we should think that behind of their inspiration because they are not LIS professionals still they are providing a kind of information service without knowing of fundamental knowledge of regarding fields. As we know we can do such things to improve the library services in an innovative way.

Life

Feel

When we have going to do a any work that time we should be having feeling that work is ours then we will be success in that work

NAAC

Today NAAC commitee visited our department, that's why our department and library looking nice.

TREC project

Introduction
Trec stand for Text Retrieval Conferences. It is retrieval evaluation experiments.Lancaster mentions that probably the first evaluation study in information retrieval was conducted in1953. More recent evaluation studies have been discussed in the annual review of information science and technology some of the recent retrieval evaluation experiments known as Trec experiment
Text Retrieval Conferences
Researchers in information retrieval have concatenate their research on small collection each of the order of thousand of document .The major problem for the researchers was get a text collection large enough to match the real life situation with an infrastructure adequate for conducting with an conducting test on them .In 1991 in order to order t alleviate the difficulty the US Defiance Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) decided to found the TREC the experiment. National Institution Science and Technology (NIST), in order to Annabel information retrieval research to scale up from small collections of data to large experiments.
Smitten and harman- mention that the goals for the TREE experiment have been to :
1) Increase research in information retrieval on large scale test collections
2) Increase communications among academia, industry and government through on open forum
3) Increase technology transfer between research and products
4) Provide a state of the art showcase of retrieval methods of TREC sponsors
5) Improve evaluation techniques
Over a million documents have been used in TREC I, draw mainly from newspapers, newswires and selected journals. The documents range in size: while most of them range between 300-400 terms, some of them several hundred pages. All documents are uniformly formatted into Standard Generalized Markup Language and distributed CD-ROMs.
TREC has sets of activities
the main activity (core in TREC jargon)
subsidiary activities(tracks in TREC jargon)
the core has two types of tasks
Ad-hoc (that corresponds to retrospective retrieval)
Routing (that corresponds to the selective dissemination of information)
Relevance judgement for the old collections and old topic selection are made available in each subsequent TREC series experiment. The routing task involves using some of the old topics on the new collections: the relevance information from the old collection may be use to help formulate the query or the profile.
Out put list from each participating research team are sent to the NIST. Where they are merged for evaluation for each topic the hundred top ranking documents from all the participating teams are merged into a signal set which is then given to the assessor for relevance evaluation. This method called pooling.
First TREC was stated at 1992. From 1992-2005 it held 14th conferences in November month each and every year except TREC- 2. These conferences are co sponsored by DARPA&NIST.

The 15th TREC conference will started in the month of November in this year
Benefits of TREC
Boolean retrieval
passage or paragraph retrieval
combining the results of more than one search
retrieval based on prior relevance assessment
query expansion & query reduction
String & concept based searching.
Dictionary based stemming. And so on.