LISLIB - A New Generation forum for Library professionals

A new generation forum for Library professionals. The moderator Mr.Sakkravarthi Librarian, Anna Centenary Library, Chennai claims his long-awaited dream of developing a Library social network came true in the year 2014 with www.lislib.com . This network aims to serve the Library and Information Science community with value- added service. Hope, It will grows into a platform to enable Librarians at both national and international level to share their ideas, information, knowledge and experience, which will ultimately lead to a new generation of empowered Library and Information Science professionals. Do visit the same and share the news among the professionals...My personal wishes for its success...

TNPSC invites applications for Librarian Grade - I

Department: Directorate of Town and Country Planning (Post Code.1852) 

Service : Tamil Nadu General Subordinate Service (Code No.036) 

Post : Librarian Grade-I 

Qualification

A Degree of Bachelor of Library Science of any University or Institution recognized by the UGC for the purpose of its grants. Note: i. The prescribed qualification should have been obtained in the order of S.S.L.C., H.Sc., U.G. Degree and B.L.I.S degree ii. Candidates claiming equivalence of qualification should upload evidence when called for.

Scale of Pay : Rs.9300 - 34800 Age Limit : 35 Yrs and above. 

Centre for Examination : Examination will be held at CHENNAI Centre (Code No. 001) only. 

Procedure of Selection : Selection will be made in two successive stages i.e., (i) Written Examination and (ii) Oral Test. 

Examination Fee: Examination fee Rs.150/- (Examination Fee Rs.100/- + Cost of Application Rs.50/-) 
(Rupees One Hundred and Fifty only) Candidates claiming exemption from examination fee should pay Rs.50/- towards Application Cost. Mode of Fee Payment: Please select the mode of payment (Online Payment/Offline Payment)

Pls visit : http://www.tnpsc.gov.in/latest-notification.html  for full details

Major global publishers to add new content to WorldCat

OCLC has signed new agreements with leading publishers around the world to add more books, e-books, journals, audiovisual materials and databases toWorldCat, the most comprehensive online database of resources available through libraries worldwide. 

Read further in detail at : http://www.oclc.org/en-US/news/releases/2013/201335dublin.html

DOAJ announces new selection criteria

The Directory of Open Access Journals is delighted to announce new selection criteria and hereby announces that these new criteria are open for public comment until July 15th.

In order to be listed in the DOAJ, a journal must meet the following criteria:

• Journal will be asked to provide basic information (title, ISSN, etc.), contact information, and information about journal policies
• Journal is registered with SHERPA/RoMEO
• Journal has an editorial board with clearly identifiable members (including affiliation information)
• Journal publishes a minimum of five articles per year (does not apply for new journals)
• Allows use and reuse at leastat the following levels (as specified in the Open Access Spectrum, http://www.plos.org/about/open-access/howopenisit/ ):
  • Full text, metadata, and citations of articles can be crawled and accessed with permission (Machine Readability Level 4)
  • Provides free readership rights to all articles immediately upon publication (Reader Rights Level 1)
  • Reuse is subject to certain restrictions; no remixing (Reuse Rights Level 3)
  • Allow authors to retain copyright in their article with no restrictions (Copyrights Level 1)
  • Author can post the final, peer-reviewed manuscript version (postprint) to any repository or website (Author Posting Rights Level 2)You may review the complete list of criteria here.           Source: STM Publishing News.

Two Potential Google Reader alternatives to watch

Google Reader , As of July 1, 2013, the popular online reading platform is closing its virtual doors. There are a lot of other options out there and the race to fill the void is moving along at a blistering pace. There’s Reeder, Pocket, Feedly, and News360 (less known but gaining popularity among teachers & students) to name just a few. 

Source : Edudemic :Read further at : http://www.edudemic.com/2013/06/2-potential-google-reader-alternatives-to-watch/

ZANRAN Search the web for data & statistics

Zanran results are interesting and it gives data in graphic mode, which may be either in pdf or spreadsheet across the web..This is the numerical data that people have presented as graphs and tables and charts. For example, the data could be a graph in a PDF report, or a table in an Excel spreadsheet, or a barchart shown as an image in an HTML page. This huge amount of information can be difficult to find using conventional search engines, which are focused primarily on finding text rather than graphs, tables and bar charts.

Give a try to zanran at :  http://www.zanran.com/q/

EBSCO Information Services Releases Engineering Source

EBSCO Information Services introduces Engineering Source™, the premier collection of engineering-related content. The comprehensive full-text database is designed to support the information needs of engineers at all levels, including research, planning, product development, management and supply chain.

The collection provides unmatched full-text coverage of information relevant to many engineering disciplines, including:  Aerospace, Biomedical, Civil, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical, Software, Structural

http://www.stm-publishing.com/ebsco-introduces-engineering-source-ama-marketing-watch-and-announces-mintel-reports-searchable-in-eds/