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CPD23: Week 1 Thing 1 – Blogs and Blogging The more I read about Librarians and the joy of “Librarianship” per se, the more I tend to glorify the need for reflective practice. So here goes me... Image Courtesy: MS Office Images I started my career in 2004 with St. Francis Institute of Technology , Mumbai after having done a Master’s in Library and Information Science from the coveted SHPT School of Library Science ( SNDT Womens’University , Mumbai, Maharashtra – INDIA. My research interests include: Digital Preservation, Disaster Management in Libraries, Information Literacy and e-learning. Thing 1 – I learnt about CPD23 from the Wiki Educator page of Dr. Indira Koneru – a very informed and tech-savvy librarian, I must admit! I registered for the CPD23 online course in its second stint as I wish to learn how efficiently social media can be put to practice in academic libraries. I am happy since this is a self-paced course and as such does not pressurize me to m...

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APRIL 23 - WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY DESIGN A BOOK-MARK   Theme: TAKE TIME TO READ!   Hand-made book-marks are expected, no computer-generated book-marks please! BOOK REVIEW WRITING COMPETITION Tell us about the influence of a book on your life in approximately 1500 words, 12-point font, double spaced. The book could be from your childhood, or one you just finished reading. It may have been a novel, you read for pleasure or for a class assignment.   Include a cover page with the book review, indicating your name, PID no./ Employee ID, branch and contact number. Submit your entry in a sealed envelope to the Librarian or electronically at sfitlibrary@gmail.com . Submit your entries to the LIRC till 30 th April, 2012.

By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright. 23 April is a symbolic date for world literature, since 23 April 1616 was the date of death of Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. 23 April is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors such as Maurice Druon, K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo. Translation is the first step towards the rapprochement of peoples, and is also a decentralizing experience, teaching diversity and dialogue. Translation is one of the driving principles of our creative diversity, which enriches each language through contact with all the others.   Irina Bokova, Director General Message for World Book and Copyright Day 2012 This is why UNESCO chose this date to pay a worldwide tribute to books and their authors on this date, encouraging everyone, ...

AICTE to power desi FB for tech students Himanshi Dhawan TNN New Delhi: It’s our desi facebook. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Microsoft have collaborated to host acommunication service that offers e-mail, instant messaging, Microsoft Office web apps, and 0GB inbox for 7.5 million engineering students and 5 lakh faculty members spread over 10,000 technical institutes acros s the country. Live@edu — to be up and running in the next three months — will use cloud deployment to expand students’ access to highquality technical education. This will allow students to interact and share content both for work and social networking, and even initiate collaborative research projects. HRD minister Kapil Sibal said, “This is an era of collaboration and we hope to empower 7.5 million students and 5 lakh teachers. It is the first project of its kind.’’ Live@edu will be a social networking site linked to its portal, allowing engineering students to interact with each other about...

Airtel's 4G service to be launched in Bangalore in 30 days PTI |Apr 11, 2012, 10.51AMIST NEWDELHI: Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said it will be ready to launch 4G service in Bangalore in the next 30 days. "We will be ready for launching it (4G service) in Bangalore in 30 day s time. We have selected Huawei (as network equipment vendor) for Bangalore,"Bharti Airtel CEO Sanjay Kapoor told reporters during a conference call. The company today announced launch of fourth generation (4G) telecom service using TD-LTE technology in Kolkata. It has selected Chinese telecom equipment company ZTE for providing technology and equipments for the service. The company has not got approval to provide voice and sms service to users on 4G network, Kapoor said. Airtel has selected Nokia Siemens Network for its launch in Maharashtra and is y et to finalise telecom equipment vendor for Punjab circle. Airtel has selected Pune and Chandigarh to start 4G service in Maharashtra and Punj...