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NaSIILIC 2011- Call for Papers,Registration, Accommodation Info

2011-01-08T23:27:00.001-08:00

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Dear LIS Scholar,

Greetings from North Bengal University, Darjeeling, WB, India!

WISH YOU a HAPPY 2011 - full of insight, innovation and immense joy.

Please submit abstract/paper to NaSIILIC 2011:

Organised by: Department of Library & Information Science, North Bengal University

Date: 2nd Feb. 2011

Time: 9 AM to 5.30 PM

Venue: Conference Hall, North Bengal University
Subject: 'Implementation of ICT in Libraries/Information Centres' Tentative areas (but not exclusive) are listed below:
1.      Implementation of ICT in Different Types of Libraries
1.1                 Implementation of ICT in Public Libraries
1.2                 Implementation of ICT in Academic Libraries
1.3                 Implementation of ICT in Special Libraries

2.      Use of Web Technologies in LIC
2.1                 Web 2.0 & Library 2.0
2.3                 Folksonomy & Other User Participation Areas
2.4                 Social Networking
2.5                 Other Areas
3.      Library Automation & Library Management Software
3.1                 Using Network Backbone in Libraries
3.2                 Use of Open Source Software
3.3                 Use of Proprietary Software
3.4                 Protocols and specifications for ICT Implementation
4.      Implications of ICT in the Contemporary Library Arena
4.1                 Social Implications
4.2                  Psychological Implications
4.3                 Economic Implications
4.4                 Health & Hygienic Implications
Please send paper/abstract to seminar.dlis.nbu@gmail.comImportant

Important Dates:
Submission of Abstract: 10th Jan. 2011             - Approx. 150 words in MS Word (title, author, keywords, abstract)
Submission of Full Paper: 13th Jan. 2011          - Approx. 3- 7 A4 size pages with 1 inch margin on all four sides
                                                                      - Referencing Style: APA/ MLA/ Chicago/ Harvard
                                                                      - a covering letter stating that the paper has not been published (or sent for consideration) elsewhere and   with 'Author Details' i.e. Name, Organisation, designation,    Educational/Professional             Qualification, Email, Mobile, Landline (Work), etc.
Registration Information:
          Early Bird Registration (Before 20th January):
                  Students: Rs.100/-
                  Others: Rs.250/-
A/C Payee Cheque/Draft is to be made in favour of ' NaSIILIC 2011', payable at Siliguri

For Registration Form (file attached)
Send the (1) Filled up Registration Form, (2) The Cheque/Draft , (3) 1 Hard Copy of the Paper, (4) Covering Letter (as stated above)

To
The Head of the Department,
Department of Library & Information Science,
University of North Bengal,
P. O. North Bengal University,
Raja Rammohanpur,
Dt. Darjeeling,
Pin- 734013

On the Top of the Envelope, please write

           Subject: Registration/Accommodation for NaSIILIC 2011 (please tick the appropriate)

Accommodation Information:
                      -           At Cost as per Availability
                      -          Prior Information Needed
                      -           Approx. Rs.250/- for Twin-Sharing Room
For any queries, please contact: seminar.dlis.nbu@gmail.com

With warm regards,
Dr Susmita Chakraborty (91-9830710918)
DLIS, NBU
Organising Secretary, NaSIILIC 2011
Email: susmitachakraborty94@gmail.com
Prof. Saptarshi Ghosh
HOD, DLIS, NBU
Working President, NaSIILIC 2011
Email: saptarshinbu@yahoo.com

Dr. Pubalika Bhattacharya Maitra
DLIS, NBU
Treasurer, NaSIILIC 2011
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Access full text articles from research journals published by NISCAIR

2010-06-27T23:49:00.001-07:00

Dear OSDD Friends,

You can access full text articles from research journals published by NISCAIR using the follwing links.

Thanks & regards.

Susmita Chakraborty, DLIS, NBU

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NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository

You can now access full text articles from research journals published by NISCAIR! Presently full text facility is provided for all of the seventeen research journals viz. IJBB, IJC-A, IJC-B, IJPAP, JSIR, IJRSP, IJCT, IJEMS, IJMS, IJEB, IJBT, IJFTR, IJNPR (NPR), JIPR, BVAAP, ALIS and IJTK.

Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) [222 Articles]
Bharatiya Vaigyanik evam Audyogik Anusandhan Patrika (BVAAP) [75 Articles]
Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IJBB) [408 Articles]
Indian Journal of Biotechnology (IJBT) [536 Articles]
Indian Journal of Chemical Technology (IJCT) [565 Articles]
Indian Journal of Chemistry -Section A (IJC-A) [448 Articles]
Indian Journal of Chemistry -Section B (IJC-B) [1054 Articles]
Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences (IJEMS) [435 Articles]
Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB) [657 Articles]
Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research (IJFTR) [207 Articles]
Indian Journal of Marine Sciences (IJMS) [456 Articles]
Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources (IJNPR)
[Formerly Natural Product Radiance (NPR)] [568 Articles]
Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics (IJPAP) [872 Articles]
Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics (IJRSP) [230 Articles]
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK) [654 Articles]
Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (JIPR) [315 Articles]
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Fwd: [iatlis] [ELF] Kapil Sibal inaugurates nationwide e-library project

2010-05-06T00:16:00.001-07:00

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[http://www.indiaedunews.net/Today/Kapil_Sibal_inaugurates_nationwide_e-library_project_11521/]
Kapil Sibal inaugurates nationwide e-library project

New Delhi: The "National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST)" was formally launched by Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development, here today.

The N-LIST project provides access to more than 2,100 electronic journals and 51,000 electronic books to students, researchers and faculty from colleges and other beneficiary institutions through server(s) installed at the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre.

"Authorized users from colleges can now access e-resources and download articles required by them directly from the publisher's website once they are duly authenticated as authorized users through servers deployed in the INFLIBNET Centre," said an official press release.

Faculty, staff students and researches from colleges covered under section 12B of University Grants Commission (UGC) Act are eligible to access e-resources through the N-LIST project. These colleges are required to register themselves on the N-LIST Website.

Currently, 665 colleges are registered members. Registered colleges are issued Log-in IDs and passwords for their authorized users including faculty, staff, researchers and students. Colleges that are not covered under 2F/12B Act of the UGC may join as N-LIST Associate Members.

The N-LIST Project is being jointly executed by the UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium, INFLIBNET Centre and the (INDEST-AICTE) Consortium, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

The project provides for cross-subscription to e-resources subscribed by the two Consortia, i.e. subscription to INDEST-AICTE resources for universities and UGC-INFONET resources for technical institutions.

It also provides access to selected e-resources to colleges. Also present at the launch were Ashok Thakur and Sunil Kumar, Additional Secretaries in the Ministry of HRD and also N.K. Sinha, Amit Khare and Dr. Anita Bhatnagar Jain, Joint Secretaries in the Ministry of HRD.

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Fwd: [INDIA-LIS] Fw: [salis_info] Free online resources

2010-01-20T04:28:00.001-08:00

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Date: Jan 20, 2010 3:26 PM
Subject: [INDIA-LIS] Fw: [salis_info] Free online resources
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Subject: [salis_info] Free online resources

Friends:

Please spread the word. The following resources are free to all.

(see http://plip. eifl.net/ sections/ services/ negotiations/ free-e-resources /other)

Free e-resources

Click on the links below for information free e-Resources which are available to all.

ABC Chemistry
African Index Medicus
Arab Portal for media and communication studies
Bioline International
Biology & Science
CiteSeer
DLIST-Digital Library of Information Science and Technology
Digital Book Index
Digital Library of the Commons
E-LIS
E-biosci
E-books directory
EBSCO GreenFILE
Electronic Journal of Biotechnology
Environmental Health Perspectives
Free Electronic Math Journals
Free Medical Journals
Free e-Books
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Global Health Library (GHL)
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Los Alamos ePrint Archive
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Online Access to Research in the Environment
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PLOL, The Public Library of Law
Pandora, Australia's Web Archive
PhilSci Archive
Project Gutenberg
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SIGNETS
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Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health
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UNESCO Open Training Platform
VIBES-Virtual International Business & Economic Sources
Wikipedia
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Fwd: [iatlis] Fwd: Int. Training Program on INFORMATION - scholarships [1 Attachment]

2009-10-21T09:19:00.001-07:00

An International Training Program on "INFORMATION":

STIMULATE
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Scientific and Technological Information Management in Universities and Libraries:
an Active Training Environment
(Edition 10)

Announcement

Information about this training program can be found on the WWW starting from:
http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/itp/

The program will very probably take place mainly in Brussels, Belgium, for 3 months, October-November-December in 2010.

Final official approval by the sponsors has not yet been received 2009-08.

Language used is English.

Our motto is

?Helping educators and innovators to advance knowledge and to enrich lives?

Context and evolution of the program:

The initiative has been approved by the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR) and is sponsored by the Belgian Government (the directorate named DGOS since December 2002). This fits in a series of similar international training activities that have been organized since 1991, named MIST 1, 2, 3, KNOW-HOW, and STIMULATE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

This initiative is aimed primarily at persons with a university degree (Bachelor or Master), who work in universities, information and documentation centres, and libraries, including of course university libraries, and who have a few years of practical experience.

Aim / goal of the training program:

This International Training Program offers a stimulating learning environment to information experts in the area of science and technology, who are in the early phase of their career. The aims are to sharpen their skills in collecting, storing, retrieving, presenting and managing information. This can be of great benefit to the teaching and research activities going on in their institute and to the further development of their organisation and region.

This initiative corresponds well with the basic, general aim of all the International Training Programs that are supported by VLIR: to train young scientists and professionals from developing countries in a domain that is relevant for the further development of the country, and to stimulate the participants to transfer their increased knowledge and skills to their colleagues and other stakeholders in their home country.

The term Active Training Environment in the title of the training program reflects our wish to create an environment in which each participant is stimulated to get involved actively, supported by the lecturers and the infrastructure provided by the training program. This fits well into the general, worldwide trend away from "teaching" to "learning management".

More specific objectives of the training program:

-- The participants have a clearer view on the importance of information in general and for their environment in particular, and they can apply quantitative methods in reporting and decision making related to information systems and services

summarised: ?Management in libraries and information centres?

--The participants can better cope with modern information and communication technology, in view of the increasing importance of ICT;
summarised: ?Information and communication technology for libraries and information centres?
-- The participants improve their ability to retrieve information that is publicly accessible on an international scale:
summarised: ?Information retrieval/searching?
and
-- The participants are better able to store, organise, present, and publish information resources at personal, institutional, regional or national level:
summarised: ?Information architecture?

Contents of the program:

3 months means about 10 weeks or about 50 days.

During about 3 days per week for 10 weeks = 30 days, the participants will be guided by professors and other experts.

During the other 2 days per week for 10 weeks = 20 days, they will work on tasks=assignments as individuals or in groups, and their reports will be presented and discussed afterwards, again guided by professors and other experts.

The sessions are organised in such a way that
--the first month = introduction level,
--the second month = intermediate level, and
--the third month = more advanced level.
Thanks to this approach and organisation, it may make sense to participate exceptionally during only one or two of the three months, depending on expertise. However, the available scholarships are granted only to persons who will participate for the full three months.

To start with, the participants are offered an orientation tour of the University and the University Library. Then some of the following subjects are covered. Of course, due to the limited available time, not all the mentioned subjects can be discussed in each training program, but a SELECTION will be made by the organisers. The concrete content of each training program depends on the availability of suitable expert lecturers from Belgium and from abroad during the period of the training program. As soon as possible, the concrete schedule is made available through the WWW site of the program.

1. Management in libraries and information centers:

Statistics to support decision making for information science and for library management.
Business plans for libraries and information centers.
Using spreadsheets in the management of libraries and information centers.
Collection development.
Consortia of libraries for the acquisition of electronic journals and databases.
Scientific writing methods.
ISBD = International Standard Bibliographic Description.
Formats for computer-based cataloguing; MARC formats.
National libraries and national bibliographies.
Knowledge organisation: subject classification schemes; thesaurus systems, ontologies.
Citation analysis.
Assessing the influence of scientific journals; citations and impact factors.
The bibliometric laws.
Scientometrics.
Architecture of libraries and information centers.
Orientation of information users; relations with information users.
Interlibrary lending and co-operation; document delivery.
Development of a national or regional information network.
The information society.
Cultural aspects of the information society and information technology transfer.
Copyright; information security; trans-border data flow.
Writing a project proposal (for instance related to the establishment of an information network).
Conservation/preservation of printed documents.
Conservation/preservation of digital documents.
Informetric aspects of the Internet.
Artificial intelligence and knowledge representation in information science.
Electronic journals: implementation in a library.
Integration of e-learning environments and library services.
Libraries involvement in scientific publishing.
International co-operation projects.

How to upgrade the level of information literacy?

2. Information and communication technology relevant for libraries and information centers:

Microcomputer systems: evolution of hardware.
Disks for computers.
CD-ROM.
CD-ROM in a local area network.
CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW.
Microcomputer operating systems.
Microcomputer systems: applications software.
Text editing; word processing; desktop publishing.
Presentation of data, using a microcomputer.
Creating charts to present information.
Image processing; graphics file formats; photo/image editing.
Multimedia / Hypermedia.
Data communication; computer networks; Internet.
Internet services.
Client-server systems.
Electronic mail.
World-Wide Web; hypertext and hypermedia.
Data-communications networks and librarians.
Selecting and procuring a computer system; writing a proposal for a computer implementation.
Providing access to information through public Internet workstations.
Methods for access to databases through Internet: telnet, http/WWW, Z39.50 and ISO239.50, Open Archives Initiative - Metadata Harvesting Protocol.
Scanning.

Digital cameras for digitisation.
PDF.

Optical Character Recognition.

3. Information retrieval/searching/discovery:

Introductory concepts about information.
Internet-based information resources: introduction.
Bibliographic databases.
The information industry and the information market.
Online information retrieval and database searching; search tactics and strategies.
Internet search engines.
Information available free of charge; open access.
Online access databases about books and about journal articles.
Electronic newsletters and journals.
Computer-network based interest groups.
Patent information.
Online systems versus CD-ROM.
Citation searching.
Theoretical and quantitative aspects of information retrieval.
Evaluation of information retrieval strategies and systems.
Evaluating the quality of information sources.

4. Information architecture and digital libraries:

Basic, fundamental, theoretical concepts.
Software packages for local storage and retrieval of bibliographic information.
Introduction to the ISIS software package family for information storage and retrieval.
The application of ISIS: searching, editing data in a database, output of selected data to file or printer; developing a database structure; indexing data for fast retrieval; ISIS for Windows; WINISIS; history and future of ISIS; programming in ISIS.
Formats: MARC; application of MARC in ISIS.
Databases (and ISIS in particular) through the WWW.
Downloading of information and record format conversion.
Relational databases.
Library automation.
Online Public Access Catalogues (OPACs).
Archives and records management.
Archives in the domain of science and technology.
Digital archiving.
Institutional document repositories.
Setting up a digital library with open source software such as Greenstone supported by UNESCO.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS): an introduction.
Developing a web site; HTML, CSS, XML, XSL; intranets; developing an intranet.
Evaluating web sites.
Dynamic web pages.
Developing co-operative community WWW sites; Web contents management systems.
Setting up an electronic newsletter.
Extensions of the classical WWW. (Client-based and server-based).

Study visits:

In addition to the courses taking place at the university campus, study visits are organised.
A selection from the following possible visits is made:

--to the university library of the University of Antwerp/Antwerpen, Belgium
--to the university library of the University of Ghent/Gent, Belgium,
--to the university library of the ULB in Brussels, Belgium,
--to the old central library and to the modern science and technology library of the KUL (university) in Leuven, Belgium
--to the Royal (National) Library, in Brussels, Belgium
--to the European Patent Office in Brussels, Belgium
--to the Information Service of the Geology Department of the Royal Museum on Africa, in Tervuren near Brussels, Belgium
--to the inter-university postgraduate school on information and library science at the University of Antwerp, Belgium
--to the various branches of the university library of the University of Antwerp, Belgium
--to the library of the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerpen / Antwerp, Belgium
--to the historical city library of Antwerpen / Antwerp
--to the public library of Antwerpen / Antwerp
--to the VLIZ marine science information and documentation centre and to the UNESCO-IOC-IODE offices, near the sea coast in Oostende / Ostend, Belgium
--to the central library of the University of Gent / Ghent, Belgium
--to the Documentation Department of the KIT (the Royal Tropical Institute), and to the high school on libraries, documentation and information, both in Amsterdam, Nederland / The Netherlands
--to the headquarters of IFLA and to the National, Royal Library in Den Haag / The Hague, in Nederland / The Netherlands
--to the Institute for Social Studies (ISS) in Den Haag / The Hague, in Nederland / The Netherlands

More culturally oriented guided visits are organised by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. These may include trips to the old cities of Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges, Amsterdam, Paris, and to the North Sea coast.

About half of the time, the participants are guided by experts who are invited to the university. They use the other half time to solve problems, to make exercises, to use microcomputers and the Internet, to prepare discussions, for self study...

Besides the formal, guided course activities, the participants have access like any regular student at our university
--to several rooms equipped with microcomputers connected to the Internet,
--to the university library which offers printed material, CD-ROMs and PCs with Internet access,
--to the university restaurant and to sport facilities at low student prices.

Poster session by participants:

Each participant creates a poster to present information to the other participants of the training program as well as to other interested persons who may be present, about

the location of their professional organisation/institute
the aims of their professional organisation/institute
their personal professional function and expertise
their professional needs, expectations, wishes, desires, priorities

The posters are shown once in a poster session that lasts for about 1 hour.

This is organised as soon as possible, probably on day 2 of the program.
The hope is that during this session, the participants can get to know each other better and they can make interesting professional contacts.

The poster can consist of several sheets A4 or better A3 size, with printed text and figures and can contain a leaflet or brochure about their home organisation.

The secretariat of the program will provide adhesive tape to mount the poster on a wall.

In this way, participants and some professors get to know each other efficiently and the participants learn to present information in the format of a scientific poster.

The poster should not cover more than 1 square meter.

Each participant should collect some supporting materials like folders, leaflets, photos, maps, etc? well in advance for inclusion in their poster and bring these to the program!

Scientific tutorial presentations by participants:

Each participant is expected to present a tutorial presentation during the program of maximum 15 minutes, with 10 minutes of questions and answers plus discussion foreseen. The audience is composed of the other participants. The topic of each presentation is one aspect of their expertise. The aims are the following:

- participants improve their scientific presentation, teaching and communication skills,

- they share their knowledge with the other participants,

- participants get to know each other better,

- the session may form a basis for possible later co-operation, etc?

Recommendations by participants:

Near the end of the program, each participant completes a presentation supported by slides managed on computer, with concrete, constructive comments and recommendations

--to the organisers of this training program and

--to the director(s) / manager(s) of their own organisation.

Teachers, professors, experts, resource persons:

The following will be invited. They may contribute as they did in previous programs, if their agenda and the limited duration of the training program allow this:

Collier, Mel, University Library, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Dekeyser, Raf, University Library, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
De Keyser, Hogeschool, and Library School, Leuven, Belgium
Dell'Orso, Francesco, University Library, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
De Smet, Egbert, Professor, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium, and INASP, UK
Egghe, Leo, Director of the University Library, Hasselt University, Belgium
Goovaerts, Marc, University Library, Hasselt University, Belgium
Koninckx, Christian, University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
Holans, Ludo, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Hopkinson, Alan, University Library, Middlesex University, London, England, UK
Nieuwenhuysen, Paul, Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
Noordermeer, Trudy, University Library, Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium
Nyssen, Marc, Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
Pikula, Linda, NOAA Central and Regional Libraries, Florida, USA
Questier, Frederiq, Director of the Educational Service Centre and part-time professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
Quiroga, Luz, Professor, University of Hawai, Hawai, USA
Rousseau, Ronald, Professor, Hogeschool Oostende, Belgium
Van Audenhove, Leo, Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
Van Borm, Julien, ex-director of the University Library, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
Witten, Ian (GreenStone software) Professor, New Zealand

Certificat:

At the end of the program, all participants obtain a certificate stating that they have indeed participated, with a reference to the full detailed overview of the program contents on the WWW site of the program.
Several substantial parts of the program are followed by an evaluation (by the responsible expert) of the knowledge and skills acquired by each participant; this can lead to a certificate of ?active and successful? participation.

Social and cultural activities planned:

- Poster presentation by each participant to the other participants and to invited guests, about information management in their home institute, on the same evening as the welcome reception with drinks and appetizers, early in the program.

- Evening with the opportunity to learn more about beer tasting and to taste some of the world-famous Belgian beers and some Belgian food; with beer tasting contest.

- Chocolate tasting contest: identification of ingredients in various types of chocolate produced in Belgium.

- Two photography contests.

- Farewell gathering with drinks and snacks on the final evening of the program

Furthermore the participants can join some of the many activities at the university and in Brussels, which are organized by others.

Participation, registration=tuition fee:

Grants=scholarships:

Participation is free of charge (!) for minimum 12 and maximum 15 participants from selected developing countries. Those participants who receive a scholarship are selected by the Steering Committee of the program, by VLIR (the Flemish Inter-university Council) section for University Co-operation VLIR-UOS, and by DGOS. They also receive a return flight ticket plus a scholarship to cover the costs of transport from the airport upon arrival to their room, accommodation, health insurance during the stay in Belgium, transport in Belgium, and finally transport from their room to the airport.

(Exceptionally, staff members of universities that receive funding from VLIR in a co-operation program can NOT receive a scholarship; if such a staff member is interested to participate, then she/he should request the program co-ordinator of that co-operation program to provide the required funds.)

The ideal participant applying for a grant is younger than 40 years, and will be able to apply what has been learned directly in a professional scientific or technical environment afterwards.
A simple pre-screening form created by VLIR should be available through the Internet starting from the WWW site of VLIR-UOS concerning scholarships:

?http://www.scholarships.vliruos.be/

If VLIR approves the data/information provided by the candidate, then the next step by the candidate is filling in a detailed official printed form to enter the competition for a scholarship and sending this to Brussels, together with formal recommendation letters.

Applications for a scholarship must be received before the end of January!

If you have requested a grant=scholarship for an earlier version of this program and you did not receive one of the scholarships, then you can send a complete, new request following the most recent procedure and using the most recent official forms.

The procedure to request a scholarship is very formal and detailed and takes some time, but when a candidate persists and becomes one of the not so many persons to complete the procedure well, then the chance to obtain a scholarship is high.

Priority countries are selected by the government of Belgium, NOT by VLIR and NOT by the academic organisers of this program. The list changes over the years. The following is copied from the VLIR-UOS WWW site in 2008:

Only residents of developing countries on the VLIR-UOS' List of Developing Countries are eligible for a scholarship. The Belgian Directorate-General for Development Cooperation (DGCD) decided to modify, as of 2008, the country list applicable to university corporation for development activities. Only 41 countries still remain on the list. Please check carefully whether your country of origin is on the list.
The geographical spread of students is a factor: 50% of the participants in an ICP or ITP must come from Sub-Saharan Africa. Efforts will be made to ensure equal representation.
Candidates must reside in their country of origin when they apply and when the programme starts, in case they are selected.

Latin America:
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Cuba
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Nicaragua
Peru
Surinam

Africa:
Algeria
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
DR Congo
Ethiopia
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Madagascar
Mali
Morocco
Mozambique
Niger
Rwanda
Senegal
South Africa
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Asia:
Bangladesh
Cambodia
China
India
Indonesia
Palestinian Administrative Areas
Philippines
Vietnam

Normal registration without scholarship from VLIR:

Besides the persons who receive a grant from the Belgian Government through VLIR, 8 persons can participate after paying a registration=tuition fee that is small in comparison with similar programs.

The costs mentioned do NOT include air travel, transport in Belgium, meals and accommodation, but do include transport from the airport upon arrival, welcome reception, health insurance, printed study materials, study visits, social activities.

-To participate during the full period: 2400 Euro
-Exceptionally, persons who cannot participate for the whole period can nevertheless participate during 2 months only (1800 Euro) or during 1 month only (1000 Euro). It makes sense to attend for instance the first month or the first two months only. It makes less sense to participate only during the second or the third month, as introductions to some activities or topics may be missed.
-To participate to particular items selected from the program: 30 Euro per half day.

To register and pay the registration=tuition fee, send the form (see below) by classical mail or by private courier, together with an international bank transfer / bank cheque / bank draft, payable to
University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 BRUSSEL, Belgium,
with no need for any bank account numbers.
If however this simple procedure is NOT suitable for you, then you can transfer the required sum of money to the following bank account of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel:

Fortis Bank located at Warandeberg 3 in B-1000 Brussel, Belgium,
account number 001-0686459-66 or IBAN = BE07 0010 6864 5966
and do not forget (!) to mention as a remark:
for internal account VOPA21 BIBLINK3 University Library STIMULATE International Training Program
The money received by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel financial department must be transferred internally; this transfer takes about 1 week, which means a delay in the registration procedure, which is better avoided.
(Without your remark, the money may be not retraceable and lost.)

Realize that some bank transfer costs are involved and that these should be paid besides the requested participation fee that is transferred.

There is no formal deadline. However, we recommend you to register as early as possible, because ?first come, first served?: the arrival of your participation fee determines who can participate. Furthermore the later a participant is registered, the more difficult it becomes to find cheap and suitable accommodation.

There is NO need to ?apply? prior to the registration, to request permission to participate or to be accepted, from the organizers of the program or from their universities. Also there is no age limit. The decision to participate to the program is to be made by the person who is interested and NOT by the organizers. This is like participating to a conference.

Invitation letters can be sent on request if needed, but in principle only when the participation = registration fee has been received. This announcement is in fact an invitation.

It is a waste of time to ask the organisers of the program about sponsors besides VLIR mentioned above.

Didactic materials and notebook pc:

Every participant who receives a grant/scholarship from VLIR-UOS receives next to a scholarship also a lump sum of about 280 euro from VLIR-UOS for the purchase of didactic materials (e.g. books needed for a course, printed course notes, cost of study visits, use of a notebook pc).

Each participant who receives a scholarship from VLIR-UOS pays a lump sum of 150 euro to the program organisers for the didactic costs, during the first week of the program. For participants who are participating without a VLIR-UOS grant/scholarship this cost is included in the registration (=tuition fee).

Because computer applications are important in the program and because the schedule is online and because communication is organised through the internet, it is obligatory that every participant uses a notebook=laptop pc with a wireless network card = component = interface (WIFI) during the program. Each participant should bring a suitable bag to carry and transport the pc safely during the program; ideally this should not look like a special pc bag to avoid theft. Access to a notebook pc can be arranged as follows:?

OPTION 1:

The participant brings a notebook pc. In this case, it is important that the participant should try to bring the official purchasing papers for the notebook pc, so that in the case that a technical problem arises, the participant in question can go to an official dealer for technical support and so that the pc can be exported and imported through the customs at the airports without problem.

OPTION 2:

The participant cannot bring a pc. In this case he/she informs the program organisers as soon as possible and well in advance of the start of the program. Then the program organisers will try to provide a notebook pc which can be rented for the whole duration of the program. Rental cost for three months is 200 euro. Guarantee is 500 euro; this sum is refunded to the participant after returning the notebook pc in good condition at the end of the program. The notebooks provided by the program organisers are suitable for all the tasks required during the program. The provision of a notebook pc by the program organisers cannot be guaranteed, as there is only a limited number of notebook pc?s which the program organisers have available. The participants that inform the program organisers first concerning their need to rent a notebook pc have priority to the others. If the participant prefers not to rent but to buy a notebook pc during the first week of the program, then this can also be arranged, with assistance of the program organisers.

OPTION 3:

The participant cannot bring a notebook pc and the program organisers cannot provide one for rent. In that case, the participant has to buy a new notebook pc during the first week of the program, with assistance of the program organisers, in a shop or from a dealer freely chosen by the participant. Of course in this case the participant should have the needed funds available (minimum 600 euro at the time of writing this text).

Medical insurance:

Participants are covered during their stay by a full medical insurance.
This costs about 40 Euro per month.
This is formalised as soon as possible after arrival in Belgium, with the secretariat of the program and with the department International Relations and Mobility (IRMO).

Accommodation:

The organisers of this program normally book in advance a single, cheap, basic room with access to a shared kitchen, as accommodation for each participant, unless a participant writes us that he/she wants to take care of accommodation personally, for instance by staying with a friend or by renting a room that offers more luxury.

Participants pay for their accommodation directly to the person or organisation providing accommodation in Brussels, as soon as they arrive in Belgium. If we can book many weeks in advance, then we can normally find basic accommodation for about 300 Euro per month, meals not included; however, a late receipt of the registration=tuition fee forces us probably to book a more expensive room.

The cost of living in Belgium:

According to previous participants and in agreement with the grants provided by VLIR-UOS, 1100 Euro per month should be enough to cover all expenses, including accommodation, local transport, food?
In Belgium, tap water available free of charge is safe and healthy, suitable for drinking.
Hint for participants: bring some food and money (Euros) for the first days, in particular when arriving just before or in a week-end, as shops and restaurants and banks may be closed or far away from your room and as scholarship money will not be available immediately upon arrival.

Total cost:

An estimate of the total cost to participate can of course be made by adding all cost factors which include probably the following:
registration=tuition fee, travel to Belgium and return, accommodation = room, food and drinks, medical insurance, taxi at arrival, local transport mainly in Brussels, study materials, use of a notebook pc, taxi at departure.
Some of these are mentioned and explained above.

How to contact the academic organizers?

E-mail (Internet): stimulate at vub.ac.be (or in case that this does not seem to work, to Paul.Nieuwenhuysen at vub.ac.be)
(change at in @ when you want to use an address)

Fax? 32 2 629 2693 (or 2282)
Tel. 32 2 629 2629 or 32 2 629 2429 or 32 2 629 2609
Telex 61051 vubco-b

Classical mail:
STIMULATE-ITP (or Paul NIEUWENHUYSEN), University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, BELGIUM

However, correspondence about scholarships should not be addressed to the academic organizers, but to VLIR-UOS as explained elsewhere in this text.

Location:

The training is mainly organized at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
The main campus is located south of the older centre of the city of Brussels, and can easily be reached by Metro (subway), tram and bus.

Information about Brussels (and Belgium) can be found through the WWW; see for instance:

http://wikitravel.org/en/Brussels

http://www.agenda.be/ about events going on in Brussels (in French and in Dutch)

http://www.disgruntled.ca/writings/brussels/ offers information on Brussels and some photos, based on the experience of living there for some time

http://www.eric-maerschalck.be/Brussels/bruxelles.php?log=NO offers photos made in Brussels

http://www.eupedia.com/belgium/brussels.shtml

http://www.ilotsacre.be/site/en/default_en.htm offers an interactive map and photos of Brussels

http://www.interknowledge.com/belgium/

http://www.jack-travel.com/

http://www.sievers.nl/visitbrussels/ shows some photos made in Brussels

http://www.timeout.com/brussels/

http://www.trabel.com/brussel/brussels-touristattractions.htm

http://www.use-it.be/

http://www.virtourist.com/europe/brussels/index.html

http://www.visitbelgium.com/

http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/nieuwenhuysen/photos/belgium/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UE3CNu_rtY ?a drop of golden sun? video in the Central Station of Antwerp=Antwerpen

Interesting trips are possible to places in neighbouring countries like The Netherlands and France. Therefore, participants should try to obtain also a visa for those countries (a so called Schengen-visa).

Photo contests:

At the end of STIMULATE, participants can win a small prize by submitting:

- maximum 3 good photos that they have made PERSONALLY of some aspect of Belgium (without STIMULATE participants in the picture)

- maximum 3 good group photos that they have made PERSONALLY of almost all the STIMULATE participants together.

Each photo can be sent by electronic mail as attached files to Paul.Nieuwenhuysen@vub.ac.be
as soon as possible and certainly before the final week of the program.

Send the original master photo at the original size or a cropped version;
in other words, do not resize the photo.

Name each photo file as
stimulateX-subject-photographer
where ?subject? stands for 1 or 2 words that describe the subject of the photo and ?photographer stands for the full name of the photographer.

The best picture of each category will be selected and the two prizes (if awarded) will be given to the winners during the STIMULATE farewell gathering.

Good photos will perhaps be included in the WWW site about the international training programs.

Program and Steering Committee:

The course director is Dr. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, full-time professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Science and technology librarian of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/nieuwenhuysen/professional/

An official, formal Steering Committee is composed of members from the co-operating universities in Flanders:
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Universiteit Antwerpen
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

The STIMULATE Steering Committee is responsible for the general management and policy of the program, i.e. organisation and timing of the sessions, contents, overall financial policy and selection of the interested persons who will receive a grant to participate in co-operation with VLIR and DGOS. This Committee acts as a group and advises the program-promoter who is a member of the committee. To this end the Committee gathers at least twice a year with more ad-hoc meetings as requested by its members.
The program-promoter of STIMULATE deals with the practical organization and financial aspects of the program and supervises all activities, including the work of the administrative secretariat, and reports to VLIR after consultation of the Committee.

??????????????????????????????????????????????????? This document version is dated 2009-10-15

____________________REGISTRATION FORM_______________________

to STIMULATE, University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 BRUSSEL, Belgium

I want to participate. Therefore I send this as a letter AND I pay the registration=tuition fee as described in the announcement of the International Training Program on INFORMATION.

(So the following is NOT the form to request a scholarship/grant.

Use this form only when you pay the registration=tuition fee.)

a. Family name (surname): ...............................

(married female participants please fill in maiden-name as well as name of husband)

b. First or given names (according to your official passport): ..............

Personal address: ...................................

.....................................................

Country:.............................................

Electronic mail address

Telephone, fax, telex:

Date of birth:???????????????????????????????????? Place of birth:

Nationality:???????????????????? ??????????????????Sex: male / female

Present employment:

a. Name and address of employer: .................

...............................................

b. Since: ../../..

c. Position ? function - specialization

d. Telephone, fax, telex and/or e-mail of the employer:

Education - studies:

Name of institute Degree Date

Knowledge of English: writing: ........ speaking: ........ reading: .......

Have you been abroad earlier? Please specify:

Duties that you will carry out after returning to your country:

.................................................................

Please book a room for me?? OR??

Do NOT book a room for me; I will take care myself of accommodation

Date and signature:????????????????.

Please include a recent photograph, as this will simplify identifying you upon arrival.

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--- On Fri, 16/10/09, Paul Nieuwenhuysen <pnieuwen@vub.ac.be> wrote:

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Subject: Fwd: Int. Training Program on INFORMATION - scholarships
To: "Paul Nieuwenhuysen" <pnieuwen@vub.ac.be>
Date: Friday, 16 October, 2009, 1:59 PM

>file is attached
>or see
>http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/itp/stimulate10/index.html

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[http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/IITs_IIMs_to_be_set_up_overseas__Ministry_of_HRD-nid-61583.html]
Bangalore: Solution to faculty shortages, expansion plans to take Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) move beyond India. The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has indicated that it may allow the IITs and IIMs to set up campuses in foreign countries.

"Setting up of campuses abroad will not be feasible immediately, as there is faculty shortage. The institutes will have to undertake 54 percent expansion in their intake to implement the other backward class quota," said the ministry, reports Business Standard. The Minister of State for education D Purandeswari pinpointed that some memoranda of association will need to be amended, which presently, becomes a bar for any oversea campus establishment.

The government, had earlier turned down a proposal of IIM Bangalore to open a campus in Singapore.
The HRD Ministry did not agree to the proposal on grounds that the Memorandum of Association of IIM, Bangalore, does not empower the institute to open campuses abroad.

IIMs, however, remain optimistic. "We would like to go abroad with the intention of spreading our name if the government permits us. IIMs are the leaders of education in the country and should be allowed to set campuses in developing countries. I think it was a missed opportunity for the IIMs as there is a huge potential out there," says IIM-Ahmedabad Director Samir Barua. Among developing countries, the IIMs favour the Middle East, Malaysia and Africa as these are the growing economies. Barua explained that IIM alumni and visiting faculty can be of help in manning the courses and that will also ensure the quality of delivery.

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NEW DELHI: HRD minister Kapil Sibal's plans to bring in sweeping reforms will soon be put to test. Professor Yashpal's Committee on the 'Renovation
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Going beyond a single regulatory body, the Yashpal Committee has said there was too much inspection, interference and delay in the universities' dealings with the state and central governments.

While not absolving the universities of blame, professor Yashpal has asked the government to devise a different, more efficient funding management system. The committee recommends that universities should become self-regulating partners in managing the overall education system. "Continuous monitoring and inspection cause delays and lead to corruption," professor Yashpal writes.

In line with UPA's effort to formulate a 'brain gain policy', professor Yashpal has said that for enriching the Indian higher education, efforts should be made to invite substantial number of great academics and scientists from abroad instead of "importing mediocre foreign universities to set up shop here". The last could run counter to the government's efforts to open up the Indian higher education to foreign providers.

In a cautionary note, professor Yashpal writes that it would be silly to deny practical role of experts in science, technology, finance, economics and management. Warning against narrow expertise, professor Yashpal makes a case for broadening the ambit of higher education.

The Committee has suggested that the new universities, Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management being set up during the course of the Eleventh plan should have the character of world-class universities.

"There are no great universities in the world that do not simultaneously conduct world-class programmes in science, astronomy, management, languages, comparative literature, philosophy, psychology, information technology, law, political science, economics, agriculture and many other emerging disciplines. All the disciplines breed value into each other." This is the model that the Yashpal Committee would like the new universities to follow.

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An International Training Program on "INFORMATION":

STIMULATE=

Scientific and Technological Information Management in Universities and Libraries: an Active Training Environment (Edition 10)

Announcement

Context and evolution of the program:

Aim / goal of the training program:

More specific objectives of the training program:

Contents of the program:

1. Management in libraries and information centers:

2. Information and communication technology relevant for libraries and information centers:

3. Information retrieval/searching/discovery:

4. Information architecture and digital libraries:

Study visits:

Poster session by participants:

Scientific tutorial presentations by participants:

Recommendations by participants:

Teachers, professors, experts, resource persons:

Certificat:

Social and cultural activities planned:

Participation, registration=tuition fee:

Grants=scholarships:

Normal registration without scholarship from VLIR:

Didactic materials and notebook pc:

Medical insurance:

Accommodation:

The cost of living in Belgium:

Total cost:

How to contact the academic organizers?

Location:

Photo contests:

Program and Steering Committee:

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