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Christmas Celebrations 2010

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Library Visitors

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Good News for FE Students!

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Hi, We are pleased to offer the Library facility to our freshers (FE and Second Year Direct Admissions). We will be providing them with "Temporary Library Cards" till this month-end as they are yet to get their PID numbers. From September onward, library cards will be issued which will be valid for four years. Do come to the library with the following soon after the Library Membership notice is displayed: 3 stamp-size, colour, recent photos PID number Hoping to see you in the library!
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Mumbai is now home to a State Central Digital Library Centre

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The Government of Maharashtra has opened the State Central Library Digital Centre in Mumbai, located in the Andheri East district. A 3-storey facility, the new library houses digital content in CD/DVD-ROMs as well as various reference and academic books, all of which are available for free to the general public. Each floor gives access to different types of learning – the ground floor is meant for children and senior citizens, housing a multimedia computer with digital academic material, movies, and games, as well as books in Hindi, Marathi, and English. There apparently is also an Xbox360 ! The first floor is meant for the general public, and consists of over 200 CD/DVDs, a legal database of DELNET, Manuputra, and the British Council Library, apart from 48 internet-enabled and well-specced computers. The second floor is meant for reading, and also contains its fair share of books. The third floor houses a cafeteria and an AV room. Certainly one of the first of its kind in India, the ...
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Now, use scratch cards for online learning

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New Delhi. And you thought scratch cards can only win you television sets, gold coins and holiday vouchers! Macmillan India imprint Full Marks has come out with a support website for students of class VI-XII mainly following NCERT books that can be accessed by using a scratch card. The website can be accessed by students, teachers and parents who bought the Full Mark Series of books by registering using a unique access code - the Scratch Card Number - printed on the inside of the back cover. The number can be viewed once a user scratches over the box marked for the purpose. After registration, one can login using a user name and password and access the website. According to Full Marks, its website offers plenty of practice exercises and assignments different from the ones given in its books to build clarity and proficiency in the subject. "Fullmarks.org marks our commitment to be a complete player in the education business. The website opens a world of possibilities for students. ...
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Library Members

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SFIT Library welcomes you... FE Department Ms. Priya Karunakaran Ms. Belinda D’Cunha Ms. Grishalda Mathos Ms. Astrid Mathos Ms. Arti Bhatnagar Mr. Mukund Mangalgiri Mr. Utkal Jadhav Ms. Baby Sushma Mr. Mandar Damle Department of Electronics and Telecommunications Mr. Bhalchandra Gokhale Department of Information Technology Ms. Krupa Mehta Ms. Shaina Utreja Ms. Winnie Main Ms. Purnima Tawde Mr. Mahesh mali Ms. Harshala Yadav Ms. Porshia Nadar Ms. Aruna Pavate Ms. Megha Katwala Ms. Trupti Ghosalkar Ms. Susmita Dutta Mr. A.L. Verma Ms. Karen D’souza Department of Computer Engineering Ms. Anita Patil Ms. Ankita Karia Ms. Ruchika Monga Mr. Prasannaraj Dabre
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IIT’s online material now a must in engineering colleges

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Hi, Have a look at the following newsitem: IIT’s online material now a must in engineering colleges. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has made it mandatory for engineering institutes in Mumbai....... Click on the link below for details.. http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/2/201005242010052402284895772d9ff82/IIT%E2%80%99s-online-material-now-a-must-in-engineering-colleges.html Source: Mumbai Mirror dated 24/05/2010 (Accessed on 24/05/2010)
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New Arrivals

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Hi, Following books have been added to our Central Library: 1) Fundamentals of Database Systems / Elmasri and Navathe 2) Management of Technology / Tarek Khalil 3) Mark Stamp's Information Security: Principles and Practice / Deven Shah
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Watch That Page

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Hi, WatchThatPage is a service that enables you to automatically collect new information from your favorite pages on the Internet. You select which pages to monitor, and WatchThatPage will find which pages have changed, and collect all the new content for you. The new information is presented to you in an email and/or a personal web page. You can specify when the changes will be collected, so they are fresh when you want to read them. Source: http://www.watchthatpage.com/ (Accessed on 20/05/2010)
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'N-LIST Project'

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Kapil Sibal inaugurates 'N-LIST Project' New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal inaugurated the "National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST) Project" here on Tuesday 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 servers 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.Faculty, staff students and researches from colleges covered under section 12B of UGC Act are eligible to access e-resources through the N-LIST project. These colleges are required to register themselves on t...
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NISCAIR ONLINE PERIODICALS REPOSITORY (NOPR)

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Hi, The following journals published by NISCAIR can now be accessed online: IJBB: Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics IJC-A: Indian Journal of Chemistry -Section A IJC-B: Indian Journal of Chemistry -Section B IJPAP: Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics JSIR: Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research IJRSP: Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics IJCT: Indian Journal of Chemical Technology IJEMS: Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences IJMS: Indian Journal of Marine Sciences IJEB: Indian Journal of Experimental Biology IJBT: Indian Journal of Biotechnology IJFTR: Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research IJNPR (NPR): Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources (IJNPR) [Formerly Natural Product Radiance (NPR) JIPR: Journal of Intellectual Property Rights BVAAP: Bharatiya Vaigyanik evam Audyogik Anusandhan Patrika ALIS: Annals of Library and Information Studies IJTK: Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge Source: http://nopr.niscair.res.i...
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Variety Book Sales

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Hi, One more exhibtion for those avid readers!!...Here are the details.... VARIETY BOOK SALES VENUE: PRABHODANKAR THAKAREY AUDITORIUMSODAWALA LANE, BORIVALI WEST TIME: 11.00 AM TO 9.00 PM DATE: 30/04/2010 Contact: Mr. S. Khojem on 9820763302 for details
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Book Fair at Churchgate

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Hi, Ashish Book Centre has organized a Book Exhibition and are offering a discount of 85% on the books. The book "India - 50: the making of a Nation" by Ayyaz Memon and Ranjana Banerjee which originally costs Rs. 2000/- is available at a cost of Rs. 295/- only. Also the book "India: Travel Guide 9 Lonely Planet" which costs Rs. 1500/- is available for Rs. 500/- only. Venue: Sunderbhai Hall Behind Income Tax Office Churchgate Mumbai 400020 Dates: 16 April 2010 to 3 May 2010 Time: 9.30 am to 8.30 pm
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Nature India

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Nature India is a one-stop site for information on Indian science. The website, serving the scientific community of the world’s largest democracy, provides information on jobs, events, the best research and science news from India. Through in-depth features and commentaries, leading members of the scientific community, scientists and journalists reflect on contemporary issues affecting Indian science. It also provides free access to some handpicked premium content from various NPG journals. http://www.nature.com/nindia/index.html Source: Website of Nature India/ Accessed on 13/04/2010
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e-facilities edge out Ahmedabad's old libraries

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e-facilities edge out Ahmedabad's old libraries Priya Adhyaru-Majithia / DNAMonday, April 12, 2010 10:27 IST Ahmedabad: When information is available at the click of a mouse, why browse among dusty, wooden cabinets filled with dog-eared, books, yellowed with age, their pages brittle, and silverfish thriving in them? The city’s traditional libraries with their tall, whitewashed buildings are fast becoming redundant. Booklovers and students in the city are shying off conventional reading places and heading for the stylish ambience of modern, fully air-conditioned libraries with steel racks and books with crisp pages. But what really gives the modern libraries an edge over their traditional elder cousins is the fact that they also make their stock available to their readers online. This obviates the entire process of physically having to go to a library to borrow or return a book. The librarians of the city’s old libraries told DNA that the Indian library scene is set for a radical ...
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