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Renovation of 110-year-old building was six years in the making
CHENNAI: Local Administration Minister, M.K. Stalin, inaugurated the renovated Connemara Library here on Wednesday evening.
The 110-year old building of the Library was restored by the Archaeological Survey of India, spearheaded by the Superintending Archaeologist, Chennai Circle, Sathyabama Badrinath, and Senior Conservation Assistant, Bhagwan Sarathy.
The renovation, six years in the making, was funded by the Departments of Culture, Government of India, and School Education, Tamil Nadu.
Rare books, back issues of periodicals and government documents are now housed in the building that Mr. Stalin described as `an object of pride for the state of Tamil Nadu'.
Read further : The Hindu/22.11.2006
The 110-year old building of the Library was restored by the Archaeological Survey of India, spearheaded by the Superintending Archaeologist, Chennai Circle, Sathyabama Badrinath, and Senior Conservation Assistant, Bhagwan Sarathy.
The renovation, six years in the making, was funded by the Departments of Culture, Government of India, and School Education, Tamil Nadu.
Rare books, back issues of periodicals and government documents are now housed in the building that Mr. Stalin described as `an object of pride for the state of Tamil Nadu'.
Read further : The Hindu/22.11.2006
Will Web resources be the death of the Library?
With the prevalence of online resources in today’s academic world, students and faculty alike are wondering what’s in store for public libraries.
Although the use of electronically obtained articles has increased, search engines like Google and Yahoo have become prominent.Yet, the question remains, will libraries become extinct in the “real world” — where the need for in-depth research is usually minimal?Since the invention of the Internet, patrons use the library and read less, the OCLC survey found, and the majority “anticipates their usage of libraries will be flat in the future.”Some people still have an attachment to the traditional nature and purpose of the libraries — a place that supplies books, the survey states, and it’s often nostalgic in nature.
“I don’t see books going out of style any time soon,” Currie said. “It’s one thing to read a journal article online, it’s another thing to read ‘War and Peace’ online. It will take decades to digitize everything that’s in print and that’s without worrying about copyrights.”
Read full article at : http://www.bupipedream.com/pipeline_web/display_article.php?id=3461
Although the use of electronically obtained articles has increased, search engines like Google and Yahoo have become prominent.Yet, the question remains, will libraries become extinct in the “real world” — where the need for in-depth research is usually minimal?Since the invention of the Internet, patrons use the library and read less, the OCLC survey found, and the majority “anticipates their usage of libraries will be flat in the future.”Some people still have an attachment to the traditional nature and purpose of the libraries — a place that supplies books, the survey states, and it’s often nostalgic in nature.
“I don’t see books going out of style any time soon,” Currie said. “It’s one thing to read a journal article online, it’s another thing to read ‘War and Peace’ online. It will take decades to digitize everything that’s in print and that’s without worrying about copyrights.”
Read full article at : http://www.bupipedream.com/pipeline_web/display_article.php?id=3461
262 libraries for villages
Rs. 5.25 crore has been allocated for 46 library buildingshe process of setting up 262 libraries in rural areas will begin soon, said Thangam Thennarasu, Minister for School Education, here on Tuesday evening.
Speaking at the inaugural of the 39th National Library Week celebrations at the Connemara Library, he said that Rs. 5.25 crore has been allocated for 46 new library buildings across the State. Four district libraries are also being refurbished.
The committee for the selection of books to be bought for libraries would be reorganised soon by the Chief Minister, he added.
Later, he gave away prizes to winners of the oratorical competition held for school children to mark the library week.
K. Anbazhagan, Minister for Finance, gave away medals and certificates for the Best Librarian Award 2006 to 30 librarians representing all districts.
He said that the scheme to allow philanthropists to contribute Rs. 1000 to libraries could help the public participate in the upkeep of libraries. He urged publishers to pay more attention towards the type they use and the binding of the books they bring out, since such factors also contributed to a good experience of reading a book.
K. Ganesan, higher education secretary, Tamil Nadu Government, said the statistics that showed 5.27 crore persons visit the 3751 libraries in the State needed to be taken with a pinch of salt.
Since most of these were repeat visits, the total number of visitors is probably a fifth of the number. There were more than 50 vacancies of librarians in government colleges, he said and urged the Government to take steps to improve facilities in libraries.The Hindu/16/11/2006
Speaking at the inaugural of the 39th National Library Week celebrations at the Connemara Library, he said that Rs. 5.25 crore has been allocated for 46 new library buildings across the State. Four district libraries are also being refurbished.
The committee for the selection of books to be bought for libraries would be reorganised soon by the Chief Minister, he added.
Later, he gave away prizes to winners of the oratorical competition held for school children to mark the library week.
K. Anbazhagan, Minister for Finance, gave away medals and certificates for the Best Librarian Award 2006 to 30 librarians representing all districts.
He said that the scheme to allow philanthropists to contribute Rs. 1000 to libraries could help the public participate in the upkeep of libraries. He urged publishers to pay more attention towards the type they use and the binding of the books they bring out, since such factors also contributed to a good experience of reading a book.
K. Ganesan, higher education secretary, Tamil Nadu Government, said the statistics that showed 5.27 crore persons visit the 3751 libraries in the State needed to be taken with a pinch of salt.
Since most of these were repeat visits, the total number of visitors is probably a fifth of the number. There were more than 50 vacancies of librarians in government colleges, he said and urged the Government to take steps to improve facilities in libraries.The Hindu/16/11/2006
A new one-stop education portal
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER:A new one-stop education portal - www.sakshat.edu.in - launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development ambitiously promises students and teachers in the country access to a comprehensive range of educational resources and services.
Officials claimed that it would address key education and learning-related needs of students, scholars, teachers and lifelong learners.
It has been termed `one-stop' because it promises a solution to learners of all ages - from the kindergarten to the Ph.D. level - including those seeking vocational education and `learning for life skills.' Access to the portal, which has now been launched as a pilot project, is free.
Read more>>>
Officials claimed that it would address key education and learning-related needs of students, scholars, teachers and lifelong learners.
It has been termed `one-stop' because it promises a solution to learners of all ages - from the kindergarten to the Ph.D. level - including those seeking vocational education and `learning for life skills.' Access to the portal, which has now been launched as a pilot project, is free.
Read more>>>
Evaluating Health Information
MedlinePlus offers a great set of material on how to evaluate health information online. It includes links to …
* a flash tutorial called Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
* 10 Things to Know about Evaluating Medical Resources on the Web (also available in Spanish) from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
* An article from the Harvard School of Public Health on Interpreting News on Diet: Research and the Mass Media
* Tips for the Savvy Supplement User: Making Informed Decisions and Evaluating Information from the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
via: CogSci Librarian
* a flash tutorial called Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
* 10 Things to Know about Evaluating Medical Resources on the Web (also available in Spanish) from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
* An article from the Harvard School of Public Health on Interpreting News on Diet: Research and the Mass Media
* Tips for the Savvy Supplement User: Making Informed Decisions and Evaluating Information from the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
via: CogSci Librarian
ZAMZAR
Zamzar is a free online file conversion.Its a handy and nice one,which helps you to convert any file to any desired file format and have them emailed back to you.
It follows in four steps...
1. Select the files to convert(up to 100MB in size)
2. Choose the format to convert to (gives huge file list)
3. Enter your email address to receive converted files
4. Convert by clicking convert (agreeing with their Terms of Service)
visit : http://www.zamzar.com/
It follows in four steps...
1. Select the files to convert(up to 100MB in size)
2. Choose the format to convert to (gives huge file list)
3. Enter your email address to receive converted files
4. Convert by clicking convert (agreeing with their Terms of Service)
visit : http://www.zamzar.com/
President launches free education portal
A pilot scheme to boost education through a 'one stop education portal' Sakshat, was launched by President APJ Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on Monday,30th Oct'2006.Observing that nearly 10 million youth were injected into the employment market every year, Kalam said the country also needed a large number of talented youth with education for the task of knowledge acquisition, knowledge imparting, knowledge creation and knowledge sharing in the 21st century.
In detail:HindustanTimes.com
In detail:HindustanTimes.com
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