LIBRARY@IIM INDORE

How does climate change affect you?How can you tackle climate change through youth-led solutions?The World Bank's 2009 Youth Essay Competition aims to tap into the ideas of the next generation of green entrepreneurs for dealing with the pressing problem of climate change. The Essay Competition invites youth aged 18-25 to share ideas on how climate change affects them, and how it can be addressed through youth-led solutions. For the first time, the competition will also include photo and video categories which will also vie for prizes ranging from $ 1,000 to $ 5,000. Submissions can be in English, French or Spanish. Participants may submit entries in more than one category (essay, video and photo), but only one submission per category is allowed.For details, click <http://www.essaycom petition. org/> here.

All the best...

Thanks

Kishor

New Information

2009-02-04T07:16:00.000-08:00

National Knowledge Commission Launches Online Contest
www.knowledgecommis sion.gov.inn/contests

NKC's recommendations have been crafted to achieve the objective of tapping into India's enormous reservoir of knowledge, mobilising national talent and creating an empowered generation with access to tremendous possibilities for the 550 million youth.

To accelerate the process of reform and to create a groundswell of public opinion, NKC invites everyone to Online Contests.
Contest Period: 1 February – 1 March 2009
Categories: Film, Debate and Essay
Film Topic: Make a short film (not exceeding 6 mins)
1) How can I make a difference in transforming India
Debate Topics: Give your opinions in video format (not exceeding 4 mins each)
1) India will realise its demographic dividend in the next 15 years 2) Vocational education and training courses should be introduced in all schools Essay Topics: Write your views (not exceeding 2000 words each) 1) How can India unleash its innovation and entrepreneurship potential? 2) Expansion, excellence and inclusion – the three challenges of the Indian education system
Important Dates
Contest Begins: Feb 1, 2009
Contest Closes: March 1, 2009
Results Declaration: March 10, 2009
PrizesWinners get to meet Mr. Sam Pitroda
Cash Prizes of more than INR 1.5 lakhsCertificates to first 500 entries
Log on to http://knowledgeportal.in/contests to participate
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2009-01-02T22:45:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year....

Scholarship Opportunities

The government of Japan and the World Bank are offering scholarships to mid
career professionals from developing countries!

What is it all about?

This highly competitive program offers three study opportunities at the master?s
degree level:
access to universities worldwide. Fields of study should be related to development. For 2009, the Scholarship team recommends programs at 36 universities (see map for more information).
access to 6 universities in Japan with development-related programs designed for international students. Classes are taught in English.
access to 10 universities worldwide for tailor-made academic programs in practical aspects of development policy making.

Both opportunities are for mid-career professionals, from government/public service, private sector and civil society. Selected candidates are expected to return to their home countries on completion of the programs.

For more information go to the following website:

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/WBI/EXTWBISFP/EXTJJWBGSP/0,,contentMDK:20287115~menuPK:562877~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:551644,00.html

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Kishor Satpathy

Best Books 2008 & IndCat

2008-12-20T01:55:00.000-08:00

Best Books 2008
By Ann Burns, Margaret Heilbrun, Barbara Hoffert, Anna Katterjohn, Heather McCormack, Mirela Roncevic, & Wilda Williams -- Library Journal, 12/15/2008

Listen up, Barack Obama! You'll find useful reading on LJ's annual Best Books list, from Stephen Hess's What Do We Do Now? A Workbook for the President-Elect to Mahvish Rukhsana Khan's My Guantánamo Diary: The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me and Raja Shehadeh's Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape. It's not all politics, though. From fiction debuts by Uwem Akpan, Nam Le, and Saša Stanišic´ to works from masters Toni Morrison, Philip Roth, and Marilynne Robinson, from a biography of Shakespeare's wife to a chronicle of Sixties "girls like us," and from accounts of divorce and madness to hot thrillers and cool how-to, this list has enough to occupy anyone for the coming year.
http://www.libraryjournal.com/ article/CA661883 7.html

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IndCat: Online Union Catalogue of Indian Unversities is unified Online Library Catalogues of books, theses and journals available in major university libraries in India. The union database contains bibliographic description, location and holdings information for books, journals and theses in all subject areas available in more than 112 university libraries across the country. A Web-based interface is designed to provide easy access to the merged catalogues. The IndCat is a major source of bibliographic information that can be used for inter-library loan, collections development as well as for copy cataloguing and retro-conversion of bibliographic records. The IndCat consists three components available in open access to users and librarians.

Books: Over ten millions bibliographical records of books from more than 112 university libraries. more details
Theses: Doctoral theses submitted to various Indian universities till date. more details
Serials: Currently subscribed journals by the universities and holdings information on serials available in various university libraries. more details

http://indcat.inflibnet.ac.in/

Thanks

Kishor

MANAGEMENT BOOK FAIR@IIMI LIBRARY

2008-11-10T08:00:00.000-08:00

MANAGEMENT BOOK FAIR
(Showcasing latest publications in the field of business, management and social sciences apart from books meant for general reading and book for children….)
Indian Institute of Management, Indore
(From 4-6 December 2008)
(9.30AM to 8.30 PM)

Introduction
IIM Indore Library has been organizing Book Fair every year to support the information needs of IIM Indore community. The fair can reasonably claim a special status in being the only one of its kind in the area of Business & Management organized by an educational institution in the state of M.P. As a window on the frontierless world of books in diverse fields of thought, the fair gives us an opportunity to update and enlarge our vistas of knowledge. A good number of Publishers/ Publishing Agencies from all over the country participated in the Book Fair in the previous years to display several thousands of books in the field of Business, Management, Economics, Information Science, Social Sciences, and books of interest for the children. The IIM Indore community, particularly the faculty and staff members, the research scholars and students, not only buy books for their own use but also recommend books for procurement by the IIMI Library. The publishers will get a good opportunity to interact directly with the IIMI community & with other educational Institutions who will be visiting the Management Book Fair.

The Management Book Fair will also facilitates the meeting of the publishers with IIM Indore authority and IIMI Library members to discuss and address the issues pertaining to smooth process of acquisition of books for the Library.

Theme
While the participating publishers and suppliers used to bring textbooks and reference books in the areas of Business, Management, Economics, Organizations Behavior, HRM, Accounting & Finance, Operations, Marketing & Social Sciences & we have urged them to also bring books in the areas covered under Center of Excellence of IIM Indore. These Center of Excellence are:
· Center for SMEs
· Center for Indian Multinationals Education and Research
· Center for Retail Education and Management
· Center for Media Management
· Center for Manufacturing Excellence

We have also requested the publishers to bring books related to works of Nobel Laureates and works of Celebrated Indian Leaders. Since the library has a good collection of reference and textbooks published up to 2005, publishers have been requested to bring books published in 2006 to 2008.

We have requested the publishers to bring books on literature, fiction, philosophy, and books of interest for the children, who usually constitute a large part of the visitors to the Book Fair.

Important Dates & Timings
Management Book Fair
Date : 4-6 December, 2008
Time : 9.30 AM to 8.30 PM
Venue : Basement of Library, IIMI Campus

All are cordially invited!!

INDEST-AICTE USER MEET @IIMI LIBRARY ON 4 DEC 08

2008-11-10T07:35:00.000-08:00

INDEST-AICTE Workshop
on
E-Resource Management & INDEST-AICTE User Meet
(December 4-6th 2008)

Background
The "Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Sciences and Technology (INDEST) Consortium" was set-up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in the year 2003 with 38 centrally-funded Government institutions including IITs, lISc, NITs, NERIST. ISM, lIlT, IIITM & NITIE as its core members with a provision to extend it to all engineering colleges and technological institutions under its open ended proposition. While the Ministry provides funds required for access to selected e-resources for the core members, other institutions may join the Consortium for any of its resource(s) by paying for them at highly discounted rates and a nominal membership fee. By the end of the first year, the Consortium had 119 members, which included 38 core members, 64 AICTE-supported members and 17 members under self-supported category. The Consortium was re-named as INDEST -AICTE Consortium in December 2005 with the AICTE playing pivotal role in enrolling its affiliated engineering colleges and institutions as members of the Consortium for selected e-resources at much lower rates of subscription. The Consortium has enrolled 788 members as in Oct. 2008 including 461 member institutions under its self-supported category.

The INDEST-AICTE Consortium, on the basis of sheer strength of present and prospective numbers of institutions has attracted the best possible price and terms of agreement from the publishers. The Consortium subscribes to over 6,500 electronic journals, numerous conference proceedings, standards and e-books from a number of publishers and aggregators. The INDEST Web Site hosts a search and browse interfaces to locate journals, their URLs and member institutions. The Consortium supports open access initiatives and has taken-up new initiatives related to content creation under its extended activities.

Objectives
The INDEST-AICTE Consortium Workshop and the User Meet is being organized with the following objectives:

1. To promote the optimal use of e resources.
2. To suggest means to enhance the uses of e resources.
3. To identify the ways and means to increase the INDEST-AICTE Consortium membership.
4. To hold the INDEST-AICTE Consortium users met.
5. To provide a forum to the librarians and academic administration to discuss and share their problems and experiences of using e resources with core as well as members, INDEST-AICTE functionaries, information solutions providers, experts and users.
6. To create awareness and understanding about the importance of introducing and executing information technology in Libraries and Information centers for effective and efficient management of e-resource to achieve excellence.

Scope of the Workshop
The Workshop will have presentations on the core objectives followed by a panel discussion on the subject. The speakers and panellists include known authorities in their respective subject fields. The Workshop will also have presentations from the e-publishers and aggregators whose resources are being subscribed by the Consortium. Scope and contents of the Workshop can further be expanded depending on the feedback received from the participants.

Any one interested to present a paper / case study is requested to contact:
Mr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy, Workshop Director and Librarian
Indian Institute of Management, Indore, Prabandh Shikhar, Rau-Pithampur Road, Indore – 453 331, M.P , Ph : 91-0731-4228626 (O), 4228817(R), Fax: 91-0731-422800, E-mail: statpathy@iimidr.ac.in

Contact Person in INDEST
Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo, Assistant Librarian, Central Library INDEST-AICTE Consortium, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016, E-mail: bibhuti@library.iitd.ac.in Phone: : 011-2659 1444

* IIMI PGP Participants are requested to share their views , highlight the problem faced in searching or accessing the e-resource in the workshop on 4th Dec at 4PM in the Audi.