LIBSPACE: National Workshop on Open Source Library Managemen...

LIBSPACE: National Workshop on Open Source Library Managemen...: National Workshop on Open Source Library Management-Koha  (December 13-15, 2018) Organized By: The LNM Institute of Information Tech...

National Workshop on Open Source Library Management-Koha

National Workshop on Open Source Library Management-Koha 

(December 13-15, 2018)

Organized By:

The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur (Rajasthan)

The basic purpose of the workshop is to equip participants with technical skills for automating their own libraries. The Workshop will enable participants to get exposure on software using Koha through lectures & hands-on-sessions by an expert. The workshop sessions will also facilitate interaction between expert and the participants in order to bridge the knowledge gaps. The deliberations during the sessions of the workshop will help in developing a roadmap for the automation of the libraries.

Seats are limited and available on first come first serve basis. The workshop is specially designed for Library and Information Science Professionals, Academicians, Research Scholars, and Students.

Last date of Registration: 05th December 2018.

Contact: workshop.library@lnmiit.ac.in

International Conference on Digital Transformation: Preservation, Policy and Privacy 29 November- 01 December 2018

https://icdt2018.webs.com/

Thematic Background

ICDT-2018

Digital transformation is the integration of digital technology into different areas, fundamentally changing how you operate and deliver value to stakeholders. Its demands a radical and cultural change that requires organizations to continually challenge, experiment, and get comfortable with failure. This new digital landscape has gathered new tools and technologies and ranges of perspective on digital transformation not only in the education system, but also transform public services through various disruptions, to improvise the sustainable lifestyle using data, information and knowledge.

These stimulus transformations accelerate productivity growth and are instrumental in addressing pressing challenges and harness skills to privacy, security and social interactions too. Digital preservation is a formal endeavour to ensure that digital information of continuing value remains accessible and usable. It combines with three commissions together and integrates such as Policies, Strategies and Actions to fortify access to reformatted and born digital content. Whereas Digital Privacy is a trending social concern, the privacy protection debates have sparked many controversies and bolster issues of social security. 


New age Information and Knowledge Centres are struggling with conflicts over surveillance, secrecy and protection of intellectual freedom in the new paradigm shift which is privacy centric. For effective digital transformation implementation, it is important it should be inclusive, coherent and a holistic approach towards digital rights policy proficient with meteoric pace of changes. This international conference will focus on the discussion and deliberations on many of the issues emerging out in relevance to digital transformation as many sectors of Research and Knowledge industries are still at the early stages of such profound transformation.

Call for Papers  (https://icdt2018.webs.com/call-for-papers)

Themes:

Digital Strategies & Innovation

Internet of Things ,Big Data  & Knowledge Discovery

Data Mining, visualisation and analytics

Text/Web/Social/ User Behaviour Mining

Data Structures, Frameworks, and Models

Data and Information Retrieval

Open Data, Open Access &  Innovation management

Semantic and Ontology, Taxonomy Management

Publishing, Technology and Future of Academia

Trends on E-Publishing and Digital Archives

Sustainable Digital Preservation for Libraries, Archives and Museums

Digital Scholarship and Publishing

Repositories and Libraries: Case Study

MOOCs in Education and Research

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

Artificial Intelligence applications in Education

Social Media & Privacy

E Learning and Social Media Tools

Social Network Analysis

Web 3.0 and Future of Internet

Collaborative Knowledge Creation and Crowd sourcing

 Social Search and Retrieval Systems

Internet Privacy Issues

Knowledge Organisation & Services

Electronic Resource Management

Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining

Knowledge Transfer, innovation and Experience

Convergence of Knowledge

Management and Learning

Service-oriented Architectures and Knowledge

Global Dimension Global Dimensions of IPR

Copyright Laws & Policies

Fair Use & Copyright Infringement

Digital Copyright

Digital Licensing: Issues and Challenges

Digital Rights and Management

Plagiarism and Piracy in digital World

Legal Protection of Databases

Challenges and Pitfall of Technologies

Digital Disruption

OSS and  its implications

Issues of E Deposits, Text and Readings

Natural language indexing and searching

Challenges in Managing Emerging  Technology in Global Economy

Challenges of ICT applications in libraries with special needs

Information Security Management

Participants are invited to contribute their research papers for presentation on the above themes and related aspects.  The paper may be submitted to 2018icdt@gmail.com before October 31, 2018

Important dates

• Call for Papers opens: 05 September 2018
• Deadline for Paper Submission: 31 October 2018
• Notification of Acceptance: 05 November 2018
• Last date for registration: 15 November 2018

Speakers and Associates

https://icdt2018.webs.com/speakers-and-associates

Lecture on 'Research Ethics and Plagiarism'

Talk on 'Research Ethics and Plagiarism' 

At Amir-ud-Daula Public Library, Lucknow, 16.09.2018. 
Organized by: Indian Public Library Movement (IPLM).


Resource Person: 
Dr. Maneesh Kumar Bajpai, 
Dy. Librarian and Librarian In-charge, 
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow.

Thanks to the Librarian Madam of the  Public Library and Mr. Vishwanath Singh and IPLM Team

Librarian's Day, August 12, 2018 at Ameruddaulla Public Library, Lucknow

G8 efforts made by Mr. Vishwanath, Mr Vivek and his team, IPLM and Librarian Madam of the Ameruddaulla Public Library, Lucknow.

An update on UGC - List of Journals

An update on UGC - List of Journals

(https://www.ugc.ac.in/journallist/An%20update%20on%20UGC%20-%20List%20of%20Journals.pdf)

The UGC List of Journals is a dynamic list which is revised periodically. Initially the list contained only journals included in Scopus, Web of Science, and Indian Citation Index. The list was expanded to include recommendations from the academic community. The UGC portal was opened twice in 2017 to universities to upload their recommendations based on filtering criteria available at https://www.ugc.ac.in/journallist/methodology.pdf. The UGC-approved List of Journals is considered for recruitment, promotion and career advancement not only in universities and colleges but also other institutions of higher education in India. As such, it is the responsibility of UGC to curate its list of approved journals and to ensure that it contains only high-quality journals.

To this end, the Standing Committee on Notification on Journals removed many poorquality/predatory/questionable journals from the list between 25th May 2017 and 19th September 2017. This is an ongoing process and since then the Committee has screened all the journals recommended by universities and also those listed in the ICI, which were re-evaluated and re-scored on filtering criteria defined by the Standing Committee. Based on careful scrutiny and analysis, 4,305 journals were removed from the current UGC-Approved List of Journals on 2nd May, 2018 because of poor quality/incorrect or insufficient information/false claims.

The Standing Committee reiterates that removal/non-inclusion of a journal does not necessarily indicate that it is of poor quality, but it may also be due to non-availability of information such as details of editorial board, indexing information, year of its commencement, frequency and regularity of its publication schedule, etc. It may be noted that a dedicated website for journals is one of the primary criteria for inclusion of journals. The websites should provide full postal addresses, e-mail addresses of chief editor and editors, and at least some of these addresses ought to be verifiable official addresses. Some of the established journals recommended by universities that did not have dedicated websites, or websites that have not been updated, might have been dropped from the approved list as of now. However, they may be considered for re-inclusion once they fulfill these basic criteria and are re-recommended by universities.

The UGC’s Standing Committee on Notification on Journals has also decided that the recommendation portal will be opened once every year for universities to recommend journals. However, from this year onwards, every recommendation submitted by the universities will be reviewed under the supervision of Standing Committee on Notification of Journals to ascertain that only good-quality journals, with correct publication details, are included in the UGC-approved List. 

The UGC would also like to clarify that  4,305 journals which have been removed on 2nd May, 2018 were UGC-approved journals till that date and, as such, articles published/accepted in them prior to 2nd May 2018 by applicants for recruitment/promotion may be considered and given points accordingly by universities.

The academic community will appreciate that in its endeavor to curate its list of approved journals,  UGC will enrich it with high-quality, peer-reviewed journals. Such a dynamic list is to the benefit of all. 

Supreme Court Judgement on Ph.D. through Distance Mode

Supreme Court Judgement on Ph.D. through Distance Mode

http://www.lislinks.com/forum/attachment/download?id=2013205%3AUploadedFile%3A943348

1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS.4667-4668 OF 2018 (ARISING OUT OF SLP(C) NOS.8497-8498 OF 2015) ABDUL MOTIN APPELLANT(S) VERSUS MANISANKAR MAITI & ORS. ETC. RESPONDENT(S) With C.A. No.4669/2018 (@ SLP(C) No.11708/2015) C.A. No.4670/2018 (@ SLP(C) No.13663/2015) C.A. Nos.4673-4675/2018 (@ SLP(C) Nos.25129-25131/2015) C.A. Nos.4671-4672/2018 (@ SLP(C) Nos.18396-18397/2015) O R D E R C.A. Nos.4667-4668/2018 (@ SLP(C) Nos.8497-8498/2015), C.A. No.4669/2018 (@ SLP(C) No.11708/2015) and C.A. No.4670/2018 (@ SLP(C) No.13663/2015) Leave granted. The West Bengal College Service Commission (for short, the ‘Commission’) prepared a panel for the post of Principal of Non-Government Colleges affiliated to the Universities of the State of West Bengal. In the said panel, Dr. Nandan Bhattacharya ranked first, Dr. Abdul Motin stood second and Dr. Mani Shankar Maity stood third. Since Dr. Bhattacharya refused to accept the offer of appointment for the said post, the Commission recommended the name of Dr. Abdul Motin who ranked second in the panel for appointment as Principal. Thereafter, 2 two writ petitions were filed separately – one by Dr. Mani Shankar Maity and another by Dr. Abdul Motin. In Writ Petition being W.P. No.20024(w) of 2012, Dr. Mani Shankar Maity challenged the acceptability of the Ph.D degree granted by the Netaji Subhas Open University as an essential academic qualification for the post of Principal. According to him, Dr. Motin who ranked second in the panel was an ineligible candidate as his Ph.D degree which he obtained from Netaji Subhas Open University, cannot be accepted as a valid Ph.D degree by the Commission. Dr. Maity contended that since first empanelled candidate viz., Dr. Nandan Bhattacharya having refused to accept the offer for his appointment for the post of Principal, and the second empanelled candidate viz., Dr. Motin being ineligible, he should be appointed as Principal by the Commission. On the other hand, in Writ Petition being W.P. No.10296(w) of 2013, Dr. Abdul Motin sought direction to the concerned Authority for appointing him to the Post of Principal as he ranked second in the panel and the first empanelled candidate viz., Dr. Nandan Bhattacharya refused to accept the appointment for the said post. Learned Single Judge of the High Court allowed the writ petition filed by Dr. Maity, and held inter alia that Ph.D degree obtained by Dr. Motin from Netaji Subhas Open University cannot be accepted as a valid Ph.D degree for the post of Principal and accordingly, a direction 3 was given to recast the panel for the post of Principal. The writ petition filed by Dr. Motin was dismissed by the learned Single Judge for an identical reason. The learned Single Judge made it clear that Dr. Motin whose Ph.D degree was conferred by Netaji Subhas Open University did not hold equivalent qualification to that held by Dr. Maity because Ph.D degree of the latter was conferred by Calcutta University which is a formal conventional university. Being aggrieved, Dr. Motin preferred two appeals being MAT No.1068 of 2014 and MAT No.20007 of 2014 before the Division Bench of the High Court. The Division Bench dismissed the said appeals with a direction that selection process may be concluded in the light of the judgment and order passed by the learned Single Judge subject to the condition as imposed by it vide the impugned order. Hence, these appeals by special leave being preferred by Dr. Abdul Motin and the other appellant i.e. the Registrar, Netaji Subhas Open University. The only issue that arises in the instant appeals is whether a Ph.D degree conferred by an Open university under the Netaji Subhash Open University Act, 1997, and a Ph.D degree conferred by a regular University ought to be treated differently for the purpose of appointment for the post of Principal/Lecturer/Reader etc., in the non-government colleges where such Ph.D degree is an 4 essential qualification. We have heard learned counsel appearing for the parties and perused the record. At this stage, we might note as a matter of fact that Dr. Mani Shankar Maity who ranked third and was proposed to be appointed as Principal in pursuance of the judgment/s of the High Court, would have retired in January, 2018, even if he had accepted the appointment in pursuance of the said judgments of the High Court. Thus, there is no rival claim on the said post today. Dr. Abdul Motin who ranked second in the panel, has not reached the age of superannuation till date. In these circumstances, Mr. Anip Sachthey, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent– Commission, states that they have no objection in case Dr. Abdul Motin is appointed to the post of Principal in question. We, accordingly, direct the respondent-Commission to recommend the name of Dr. Abdul Motin for appointment as Principal for the non-Government Colleges within a period of one month from today. It is made clear that the above arrangement shall take care of the claims of the rival parties. However, we find that the impugned judgment/s passed by the Division Bench of the High Court needs to be considered for it does not lay down good law. 5 The High Court relied on the judgment rendered in the case of Annamalai University vs. the Secretary to the Government, Information and Tourism Department & Ors. – (2009) 4 SCC 590, for holding that a qualification conferred by an Open University cannot be treated at par with a qualification conferred by a regular university. Having heard learned counsel appearing for the parties and having considered the ratio in the case of Annamalai University (supra), we are of the view that the effect of that decision is to the contrary. In Annamalai University (supra), this Court observed that the University Grants Commission Act which was enacted by Parliament under Entry 66 List I of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, was so enacted for effectuating co-ordination and determination of standards in Universities. Its provisions are binding on all universities whether conventional or open and its powers are very broad. The Regulations framed under that Act apply equally to open universities as well as also to formal conventional universities vide para (40), (41) and (42) of the said judgment which read as under : “40. The UGC Act was enacted by Parliament in exercise of its power under Entry 66 List I of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India whereas the Open University Act was enacted by Parliament in exercise of its power under Entry 25 of List III thereof. The question of repugnance of the provisions of the said two Acts, therefore, does not arise. It is true that the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Open University Act shows that the formal system of education had not been 6 able to provide an effective means to equalize educational opportunities. The system is rigid inter alia in respect of attendance in classrooms. Combinations of subjects are also inflexible. 41.Was the alternative system envisaged under the Open University Act in substitution of the formal system, is the question. In our opinion, in the matter of ensuring the standard of education, it is not. The distinction between a formal system and informal system is in the mode and manner in which education is imparted. The UGC Act was enacted for effectuating co-ordination and determination of standards in Universities. The purport and object for which it was enacted must be given full effect. 42.The provisions of the UGC Act are binding on all universities whether conventional or open. Its powers are very broad. The Regulations framed by it in terms of clauses (e), (f), (g) and (h) of sub-section (1) of Section 26 are of wide amplitude. They apply equally to open universities as also to formal conventional universities. In the matter of higher education, it is necessary to maintain minimum standards of instructions. Such minimum standards of instructions are required to be defined by UGC. The standards and the coordination of work or facilities in universities must be maintained and for that purpose required to be regulated. The powers of UGC under sections 26(1)(f) and 26(1)(g) are very broad in nature. Subordinate legislation as is well known when validly made becomes part of the Act. We have noticed hereinabove that the functions of UGC are all-pervasive in respect of the matters specified in clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 12-A and clause (a) and (c) of sub-section (2) thereof” We might also take note of communications dated 05.5.2004 and 14.10.2013 made by the University Grants Commission to the Registrar/Director of all Universities, which are as follows : 7 “F1-52/2000 (CPP-II) 5 th May 2004 The Registrar/Director of all the Indian Universities (Deemed, State, Central Unversities/Institutions of National Importance) Subject : Recognition of Degrees awarded by Open Universities. Sir/Madam, …......... …......... …......... …......... May, I therefore request you to treat the Degree/Diploma/Certificates awarded by the Open Universities in conformity with the UGC notification on Specification of Degrees as equivalent to the corresponding awards of the traditional Universities in the country. Yours faithfully, (Dr. [Mrs.] Pankaj Mittal) Joint Secretary University Grants Commission AND “F. No. UGC/DEB/2013 Dated : 14.10.2013 The Registrar/Director of all the Indian Universities (Deemed, State, Central Universities/Institutions of National Importance) Subject : Equivalence of Degree awarded by Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Institutions at par with Conventional Universities/Institutions. Sir/Madam, ….............. ….............. ….............. ….............. 8 Accordingly, the Degrees/Diplomas/ Certificates awarded for programmes conducted by the ODL institutions, recognized by DEC (erstwhile) and UGC, in conformity with UGC notification on specification of Degrees should be treated as equivalent to the corresponding awards of the Degree/Diploma/ Certificate of the traditional Universities/Institutions in the country. (Vikram Sahay) Director (Admn.) University Grants Commission” In view of the observations in the case of Annamalai University (supra) and the above directive, we are of the view that as a consequence, Ph.D degree issued by an Open University and another Ph.D degree issued by a formal conventional university must, therefore, be treated at par having been so issued under the uniform standards prescribed by University Grants Commission Act. In this view of the matter, we allow these appeals, set aside the judgments and orders passed by the Division Bench as also the learned Single Judge of the High Court, and direct that the operative order shall be in force as stated above. C.A. Nos.4673-4675/2018 (@ SLP(C) Nos.25129-25131/2015) and C.A. Nos.4671-4672 (@ SLP(C) Nos.18396-18397/2015) Leave granted. These appeals are disposed of in terms of the order passed in C.A. Nos.4667-4668/2018 (@ SLP(C) Nos.8497- 8498/2015), and connected cases, as above. 9 We, accordingly, direct Respondent No.3 - West Bengal College Service Commission, to recommend the name of appellant viz., Sumana De, for appointment as Lecturer in the non-government degree colleges, within a period of one month from today. ….....................J [S. A. BOBDE] ........................J [L. NAGESWARA RAO] New Delhi; May 02, 2018. 10 ITEM NO.4 COURT NO.7 SECTION XVI S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s).8497-8498/2015 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 24-12-2014 in MAT No.1068/2014 and order dated 24-12-2014 in MAT No. 2007/2014 passed by the High Court At Calcutta) ABDUL MOTIN Petitioner(s) VERSUS MANISANKAR MAITI & ORS. ETC. Respondent(s) WITH SLP(C) No.11708/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No.13663/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) Nos.25129-25131/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) Nos.18396-18397/2015 (XVI) Date : 02-05-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.A. BOBDE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. NAGESWARA RAO For Petitioner(s) Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Saurav Gupta, Adv. Mr. Rauf Rahim, AOR Mr. Gaurav Jain, Adv. Ms. Abha Jain, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Saurav Gupta, Adv. Mr. R.K. Gupta, Adv. Mr. A.K. Singh, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Kumar, AOR Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vishal Prasad, Adv. Mr. Amjid Maqbool, Adv. Mr. Amit Verma, Adv. 11 For M/S. PLR Chambers And Co., AOR Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Mr. Anip Sachthey, AOR Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. Mr. Avijit Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Gaurav Jain, Adv. Ms. Abha Jain, AOR Mr. Apoorv Kurup, AOR Mr. A.C. Boxipatro, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R SLP(C) Nos. 8497-8498/2015, SLP(C) No.11708/2015 and SLP(C) No.13663/2015) Leave granted. These appeals are allowed in terms of the signed order. Pending interlocutory applications, if any, stand disposed of. SLP(C) Nos.25129-25131/2015 and SLP(C) Nos.18396-18397/2015 Leave granted. These appeals are disposed of in terms of the signed order. Pending interlocutory applications, if any, stand disposed of. (SANJAY KUMAR-II) (INDU KUMARI POKHRIYAL) COURT MASTER (SH) ASST.REGISTRAR (Signed Order is placed on the file)