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Hi, Trial Access to Knovel has been activated for the period August 20 to September 15, 2012. You are requested to make optimum use of the database during the above period. Please note that the trial access is IP based only. For accessing the database, go to www.knovel.com   The access would be provided from the Library webpage shortly. Until then you may go to the Knovel website and proceed. Wishing you all a novel search!! ****************************** ****************************** ********** A little about Knovel... Knovel is a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools to drive innovation and deliver answers engineers can trust. Knovel users include thousands of engineers and applied scientists worldwide representing 74 of the Fortune 500 companies and more than 300 leading universities. Knovel provides subscribers with access to more than 4,000 leading reference works and databases from more than 90 internat...

The Annual Stock Verification is over and the LIRC is due to open on July 16, 2012 at 8.00 am. Till then, we would be re-shelving the books for better recall! All the same, the LIRC was open to students for Internet access for their BE project work. Happy to mention that not a single day passed by when there were no students asking access to IEEE and Springer!

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Week 7 Thing 9: Evernote I am in the process of downloading Evernote..it is taking a bit more time for download since my Internet connection is slow and besides the file size is also 48.5 MB. More on this next time after I explore it! Yes..I have finally downloaded Evernote..and started using it too..made entries for the to-do list. Also downloaded the Web Clipper..yet to use it. - Chinmayee Bhange

Week 6 Thing 8: Google Calendar I have been using Google Calender off and on for the last 3+ years. I actually use it when I have to go on a vacation and still not forget my professional meetings. I am in the process of integrating the Google Calendar in my library blog to keep a record of all the library activities and events. _ Chinmayee Bhange

Week 5 Thing 6: Online Networks and Thing 7: Real-Life Networks "Social Networking"...the term keeps popping in every now and then! And that's the essence of it..we cannot   do away with socializing - be it apparent or virtual. Networking enriches your growth, if practiced in a meaningful manner. In the olden times, we networked ( is equal to socialized) with our family and friends at festivals and get-togethers. However, it assumed a new meaning with the onset of online networks. The inherent meaning remains unchanged, although new dimensions creep in! Having said that, let me become a bit more professional: LinkedIn: Yes, I am on LinkedIn. Facebook: I and my library - both are on FB. LISPN, LAT and CILIP: I am not a member of any of these groups but let me tell you about a few on this side of the World: LIS-Forum :  A first of its kind in my knowledge in the series of online networks! Since 1995 NMLIS (New Millennium LIS Professionals):  Since 1999. G...

Week 4 - CPD23 Thing 5: Reflective Practice [Image Courtesy: Microsoft Office Image] Took a long time for this Thing 5 on Reflective Practice. Well, I actually was honest and reflected eagerly on what I have learnt in the past 3 weeks. Being in the field of Information Science needs that we acquaint ourselves with the right information at the nick of time. As such, I am thankful to CPD23  for making available this wonderful learning tool. To start with, I already had a blog from April 2010, but being in CPD23, meant I kept our library blog updated to hook the potential information aspirants. And, let me confess, that is a tedious task. I am still working on it. Secondly, although I had my personal Facebook page, I recently created one for the library to keep them updated about the new arrivals or the newspaper clippings. Twitter is yet to be explored! The CPD23 impressed me a lot as it threw open an enormous list of blogs of my fellow librarians, most of which ...