OCS (open conference system) 2.3.4 Released

Open conference system is one of popular software for creating  conference site which  developed by PKP project has announced the OCS 2.3.4 released

Excerpt from the PKP site

OCS 2.3.4 includes 90+ bug fixes since OCS 2.3.3-1 and is intended as a stable upgrade or install.

A list of important bug fixes included in this release may be found here:
http://pkp.sfu.ca/wiki/index.php/OCS_2.3.3-1_Recommended_Patches

Please see the release notes for a full listing of all bugs fixed in this release:
http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/RELEASE-2.3.4

OCS 2.3.4 can be downloaded via the main OCS download page:
http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs_download

 

Thomson Reuters Launches Book Citation Index for Web of Knowledge

Excerpt from the site

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of information for businesses and professionals, today announced the launch of the Book Citation Index, a new resource within the Web of Knowledge platform covering 25,000 books in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

 

The Book Citation Index is designed to enhance the powerful discovery and analysis capabilities of Web of Knowledge by incorporating comprehensive book citation data. Researchers can search for and identify the most relevant and esteemed literature along with the 12,000 peer-reviewed journals and 150,000 conference proceedings already indexed in Web of Knowledge, enabling users to navigate the links in citations across books, journals and proceedings. Books are indexed at the chapter level, resulting in improved searches and deeper insights into the citing behavior between books and the wider world of scholarly research.

More details visit the link

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/10/idUS27574+10-Oct-2011+HUG20111010

 

 

A Librarian’s Worth Around the World

Dear All,

this is a nice info-graphic which shows the value of libraries and librarian

you may visit the following link http://visual.ly/librarian%E2%80%99s-worth-around-world

by obizmedia via

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EBSCO offers five scholarships to librarians attending 2012 ALA Midwinter Meeting

Excerpt from the announcement

The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO are partnering to offer five scholarships for librarians to attend the 2012 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Dallas. The meeting takes place Jan. 20 – 24, 2012, and offers an opportunity for continuing education, meetings and interaction with colleagues. Each EBSCO scholarship will be in the amount of $1,500, and one of the five scholarships will be awarded to a first-time conference attendee. The scholarship money is to be used for conference registration, travel and expenses.

More details visit the post

 

Call for Paper- Library Conference at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad  with  INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad jointly organizing National Library Conference on “Strategies for Managing Libraries in the Future” on 7-9 December, 2011.

Venue: IIM, Ahmedabad

Call for Paper

Papers are invited on the various subthemes of the conference “A Conference on Managing Libraries in the Future”.

Subthemes:

1.    Collections development
2.    Users needs and services
3.    Marketing and communication
4.    Leadership and Human resource management
5.    Emerging Technologies
6.    Other issues and challenges

To download conference brochure, click here

Important Dates:

Last Date for Submitting Full Paper: November 10, 2011

Last date of registration: November 20, 2011

Seminar Date: December 7-9, 2011

For any query regarding the same you may contact the following ID: librarian@iimahd.ernet.in

For more details you can visit conference website also attached conference brochure and registration form.

http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/libcon/index.php/2011/libcon