Digitization of Rare Books

Source: Maharashtra Times dated 24 February, 2019

Preservation of Rare books

Source: Maharashtra Times dated 24 February, 2019

FOSSEE Summer Fellowship 2019

• All college (bachelors, masters, PhD, etc.) Students from all streams(engineering, science, arts, commerce etc.) are welcomed to participate in the FOSSEE Summer Fellowship 2019.
• FOSSEE works only on promotion and development of Free/Libre and Open Source Software in education. For more updates on the FOSSEE Fellowship please keep checking this website

Important Dates

Registrations open	1 February 2019
Last date of registration and to submit tasks (About 1 month is required to complete the task, please start early)	18 March 2019
Announcement of Results	18 April 2019
Commencement of Fellowship (tentative)	14 May 2019

FOSSEE Summer Fellowship 2019

Source: https://fossee.in/fellowship/2019 (Accessed on February 26, 2019)

20+ Best Indian Blogs To Read From Popular Indian Bloggers (2019 Edition)

Are you looking for the top bloggers and best blogs in India? This is the place where you’ll discover top Indian blogs to read in 2019.

There are only two ways to succeed in blogging: reading and implementing. If you’re not a regular reader of blogs and don’t know what’s going on around your niche, you can never create a successful blog that makes money.

Reading best blogs is a no-brainer if you want to get the latest trends in your industry. Some of my favorite blogs that I usually read are from Indian bloggers. And I like to read Indian blogs because I can relate myself with them. It’s not like that I do not read other bloggers but still love to read Indians.

To read the full article, visit
https://bloggerspassion.com/5-indian-blogs-you-must-read-always/ (Accessed on February 22, 2019)

CELEBRATION OF MARATHI BHASHA DIWAS

CELEBRATION OF MARATHI BHASHA DIWAS

Marathi Bhasha Diwas will be celebrated on 29 February 2019. A few contests have been organized for the occasion. All staff members and students are requested to participate in any one or all of the contests given below:

1. Spin a Story with 100 words: A story written by you and limited to 100 words only.
2. Pen a Poem: Poems penned by you are welcome!
3. Face-A-Book: A short summary of your favourite book which you think is a must-read for all.
4. Cook it Up: Forgotten recipes or your traditional recipes which are passed from one generation to the other.
5. Marathi Personalities: An introduction to all those Marathi people who have carved a niche in our hearts for themselves.

Kindly send your entries to sfitlibrary@sfitengg.org on or before February 26, 2019. Winning entries will be published on the library’s blog at – www.sfitlibrary.blogspot.in

मराठी भाषा दिवस

मराठी भाषा दिवस

दरवर्षीप्रमाणे मराठी भाषा दिवस येत्या २७ फेब्रुवारीला साजरा होणार आहे. त्यानिमित्ताने खालील काही स्पर्धांचे आयोजन करण्यात येत आहे. सर्व शिक्षक व विद्यार्थ्यांना विनंती आहे की त्यांनी खालील पैकी एका स्पर्धेत भाग घ्यावा:

१) शतशब्दकथा स्पर्धा: तुम्ही लिहिलेल्या कथेतील शब्द "१००" पर्यंत मर्यादित असावेत. 

२) कविता: अर्थात स्वतःची!

३) पुस्तक परिचय: तुम्ही वाचलेल्या व आवडलेल्या एखाद्या पुस्तकाचा परिचय

४) अन्न हे पूर्णब्रम्ह: विस्मरणात गेलेली किंवा तुमच्या घरातील पारंपरिक पाककृती

५) आम्ही मराठी: कला, विज्ञान व ईतर क्षेत्रातील मराठमोळी माणसं ह्यांबद्दल वाचावे असे काही

तुमचे लिखाण आम्हाला २६ फेब्रुवारी २०१९ पर्यंत sfitlibrary@sfitengg.org ह्या ई - मेल पत्त्यावर जरूर पाठवा. विजेत्यांचे लिखाण ग्रंथालयाच्या ब्लॉगवर (www.sfitlibrary.blogspot.in) प्रसिद्ध करण्यात येईल. 

Jeffrey Beall: South Asia has a worldwide reputation for being a center of predatory publishing

Jeffrey Beall is best known globally for his fight against predatory open access journals and dubious publishers. His crusading efforts have brought him appreciation worldwide. At the same time, he has faced criticism and fought legal cases for being acutely vocal about potential predatory journals listed in his blog- Scholarly Open Access. Nothing has deterred his mission even after he shut down his blog last year. His splendid work and strong concern for ethical publishing has inspired many professionals globally and made them his avid fans.

Open Interview brings you Beall’s exclusive interview with Santosh C Hulagabali. In this interview, he has answered all pertinent questions with regard to Indian and Asian publishing practices, trends, issues, challenges and ways to mitigate the hurdles.

To read the full interview, visit

https://openinterview.org/2019/01/17/jaffrey-beall-south-asia-has-a-worldwide-reputation-for-being-a-center-of-predatory-publishing/ (Accessed on February 22, 2019)