Monday, August 20, 2018

Books will still be the primary source of information: Expert

S.R. Ranganathan’s work in Library Science lauded

“Revolution in the IT sector has made it possible to access information from various sources other than books. However, technological advancement will never minimise the role of books as the primary source of information,” said Library Science consultant K.N. Prasad of Bengaluru.
Lecture
Delivering the Parvathamma Hombal endowment lecture, ‘The role of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan in the growth of public libraries’, on the occasion of the Library Day programme at Karnatak Vidyavardhak Sangha here recently, Mr. Prasad said: “Information acquired from books will be inclusive in nature because the process of reading foster the process of thinking and reasoning”.
Referring to the role played by the legendary librarian S.R. Ranganathan, he said that the country was highly indebted to him as far as public libraries and Library Science is concerned.
“He was so much committed to the cause of the libraries. Whatever knowledge that he had acquired in this field, he applied it for the growth of libraries and Library Science in post-independent India,” he said and recollected his association with Ranganathan on this occasion.
Mallikarjun N. Moolimani, librarian at the Government First Grade College of Bidi in Khanapur taluk of Belagavi district, was felicitated on this occasion.
Tributes were paid to S. R. Ranganathan on the occasion.
Information acquired from books will be inclusive in nature because the process of reading foster the process of thinking and reasoning
K.N. Prasad,
Library Science consultant

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/books-will-still-be-the-primary-source-of-information-expert/article24722591.ece
(Accessed on August 20, 2018)

Monday, August 6, 2018

FYI I Meet Akshay Venkatesh: The Delhi-born who got the Nobel Prize in mathematics

Meet Akshay Venkatesh: The Delhi-born who got the Nobel Prize in mathematics




Meet Akshay Venkatesh: The Delhi-born who got the Nobel Prize in mathematics
By
Indulekha Aravind
When he was 13, Akshay Venkatesh told a journalist interviewing the exceptionally young high school graduate, “I’d like to do some research in physics or maybe become a mathematician or something like that.” The Delhi-born, Australia-bred mathematician has done that and then some, winning the prestigious Fields Medal this week. It’s deemed the highest honour in mathematics.

The 36-year-old Stanford University professor, set to join the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of  ..

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

ACTIVE USERS OF THE LIRC (1-31 July, 2018)

ACTIVE USERS OF THE LIRC
(1-31 July, 2018)



Sr. No. Member No's.
1 GUPTA PRADEEP FULCHAND RENU 42
2 ANTONY ALEX LEENA 27
3 PATIL MRUNMAYI SANJIV RUCHITA 26
4 MASCARENHAS DANILA MARK CYNTHIA 25
5 PEREIRA COLLIN CHRISTOPHER WAVENEY 24
6 GALA RONAK PARESH BHARTI 24

All the above Active Users are eligible for one extra library book for the month of August, 2018.

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Sonam Wangchuk, innovator who inspired Aamir’s role in 3 Idiots, wins Magsaysay

Ladakhi engineer and innovator Sonam Wangchuk was on Thursday named among the six winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for this year. The 51-year-old was recognised for “his uniquely systematic, collaborative and community-driven reform of learning systems in remote northern India, thus improving the life opportunities of Ladakhi youth, and his constructive engagement of all sectors in local society… setting an example for minority peoples in the world,” the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation said in its citation.

Source: The Indian Express dated July 27, 2018

To read more, visit:
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sonam-wangchuk-innovator-who-inspired-aamirs-role-in-3-idiots-5278515/

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Various steps taken to curb the problem of predatory and sub-standard journals claiming to publish scholarly articles- Shri Prakash Javadekar

Union Minister for HRD Shri Prakash Javadekar, in a reply to a starred question in Lok Sabha, today said that UGC has addressed the problem of predatory and sub-standard journals claiming to publish scholarly articles. Accordingly, the Standing Committee of UGC on notification of journals has been constituted which, after due verification, has removed 4102 substandard journals. UGC currently recognizes only the following categories of academic journals.....

To read more, visit the following link:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=180899

Source Link: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=180899 (accessed on 24 July, 2018)

HRD Ministry asks varsities to review recommended journals

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has directed that by August 30 all universities should review academic journals that they recommend following reports in the press that many journals were publishing papers for a price. In his response to a starred question in Lok Sabha, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the government is taking these steps to stop publishing of predatory and sub-standard journals.
Predatory journals often publish academic papers without peer reviews and charge a heavy price for it.
He added that his ministry is also taking steps to weed out plagiarism and has directed all universities to scan the submitted thesis using softwares to check for plagiarised papers.
A notification issued by HRD Ministry on the issue said that a Standing Committee of University Grants Commission (UGC) has been constituted on notification of journals, and that the committee has, after due verification, has removed 4102 substandard journals.
Javadekar also informed Lok Sabha that the UGC currently only recognizes three categories of journals — journals indexed in web of science or Scopus, journals recommended by standing committee and language committee, and journals recommended by universities.

Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-hrd-ministry-asks-varsities-to-review-recommended-journals-2640906 (accessed on 24 July, 2018)

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