Training on "Blogging for Information Services"

Mr Sainul Abideen P, Librarian IIITMK gave training on "Blogging for Information Services" to the Library Staff of the Kerala State Legislative Assembly, Thiruvananthapuram on 20th Aug 2009. This training gave hands on experience on developing Blogs for providing Library and information services. Training was organized by the Training Division of the Legislative Assembly.

Thought for the Week

"The quality of a man’s life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor."

- -Vincent Lombardi

Video on Database Management System Lecture 1

Video on Database Management System Lecture 1 by Prof.D.Janakiram, Department of Computer Science & Engineering ,IIT Madras

Courtesy: http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

Thought for the Week

"In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity."

--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

New Video

Following Videos are recently added to the 'Mu-Dil' Multimedia Digital Library Videos can be accessed from IIITMK LAN.

1. Two Day Joint Academies Lecture Workshop on Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Sciences: Modeling in Analytical Chemistry by Dr S. Achari,CUSAT

Abstract

Discusses about the basics of modeling for analytical chemist and chemical engineers – which is a part of newly emerging subject Environmental Modeling. It gives a clear picture about how chemistry is related to nature, also discusses mathematics’ relation with all matter and application of mathematical principles in forecasting or predicting the natural hazards/calamities. This session also discusses the relevance and quality of Mathematical models, advantages of modeling by digital simulation, defines chemical process, etc. This video also demonstrates application of a digital simulation software.

2. First Open Access Day Meet: Trivandrum Science City Concept by Dr.MS Gopinathan

Abstract

Discusses briefly about open access publishing, lists some of the leading open access journals in science, and difference between paid and open access journals. Discussed the concept of Trivandrum Science City as it is implemented in Chennai, it's need, coverage and procedure to set this concept etc. Also discusses about the importance of interaction between like minded people having different background to materialised such an initiative.


3. Examining the Colorful Wings of the Mysterious Butterflies of the Soul - a Numerical Exercise
Speaker :Asha Gopinathan, Neuroscientist


Abstract

Discuss about Dendrites, which are extensions of neurons. It gives a brief introduction to dendrites- their function, relevance and recordings, and then looks at how voltage changes in dendrites can be modeled. Lastly, It describes a technique she developed in collaboration with one of her colleague in IISc, Bangalore that can model the spatiotemporal change in voltage with better spatial resolution. It ends with a few results and some discussion about future directions in the work.

Librarian re-elected to Executive Committee of KLA

Mr. Sainul Abideen P, Librarian of the Institute has been re-elected to the Executive Committee of the Kerala Library Association (KLA) for the period 2009-2011. KLA is one of the prominent professional bodies in library & information science field. His election was held on 19th July 2009 at 38th Annual General Body Meeting of the Association held at it's Head office in Thiruvananthapuram. He has been in KLA Executive Committee since 2007.

Thought for the Week

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Newly Added Books

Following books are recently added to the Library Collection.

1. Proceedings of the 21st Kerala Science Congress 28-31 January 2009,Yesodharan, E P

2. Computational Organic Chemistry,Bachrach, Steven M

3. First Course in Mathematical Modeling,4, Giordano, Frank R ; Fox, William P ; Horton, Steven B

4. Problems and Solutions to Accompany Donald A McQuarrie's Quantum Chemistry,2, Leung, Helen O ; Marshall, Mark D

5. E-Content Management: Challenges and Strategies,Arora, Jagdish ; Amudhavalli, A; Samyuktha, R .

6. Story of Chemistry,Datta, NC

7. Analytical Chemistry,6, Christian, Gary D

8. Instrumental Analysis,Skoog, Douglas A ; Holler, F James ; Crouch, Stanley R .

9. Solaris 10: The Complete Reference,Watters, Paul A

10. General Knowledge: Objective Type, Full View at a Glance,Competition Review Pvt Ltd

Thought for the Week

"It is impossible to be a hero in anything unless one is first a hero in faith."
--Jacobi

Recently Added Videos

Following Videos are recently added to Multimedia Digital Library.

To view videos, visit oils.iiitmk.ac.in

Title :Tutorial on Modern Application Development with PLT Scheme and Functional Programming
Speaker: Guillaume Marceau Visiting Lecturer, IIITM-K,Technopark,Trivandrum
Duration :1Hr 30Mnts

Title :Rational Drug Design, In-silico Approaches
Speaker: Venkatraman Mohan, PhD,MBA Honeywell Corporation,USA
Duration :42Mnts

Title :Remembering Steve Irwin
Speaker :Dr Parathasarathy Professor, IIITM-K, Technopark,Trivandrum
Duration :44 Mnts

Title :Introduction to Robotics
Speaker: Rejin Narayanan Manager,R&D, ARS Software,Technopark
Duration :1Hr 37 Mnts

Title :RSI: Prevention and Recovery
Speaker: Guillaume Marceau Visiting Lecturer, IIITM-K,Technopark,Trivandrum
Duration :1Hr 4 Mnts

Title :Mathematical Models of Ecology
Speaker :Dr V. Sundarapandian Professor, IIITM-K, Technopark,Trivandrum
Duration :1Hr

Title :Issues and Emerging Trends in Open Source
Speaker :Dr K.R.Srivathsan Director, IIITM-K,Trivandrum
Duration :1Hr 10 Mnts

Title :Examining the Colorful Wings of the Mysterious Butterflies of the Soul - a Numerical Exercise
Speaker :Dr Asha Gopinathan Neuroscientist-Visiting Faculty member,IMI,IISc,Bangalore
Duration :1Hr 19 Mnts

Title :Plant Biotechnology and the Recent Developments on Virtual Water Trade
Speaker :Dr C.K. Peethambaran Domain Specialist/Professor Emeritus,Virtual University for Agricultural Trade
Duration :57 Mnts

Title :Introduction to LaTex
Speaker :DrV. Sundarapandian Professor, IIITM-K,Technopark,Trivandrum
Duration :1 Hr

Title :Tutorial on Modern Application Development with PLT Scheme and Functional Programming
Speaker: Guillaume Marceau Visiting Lecturer, IIITM-K,Technopark,Trivandrum
Duration :1 Hr 30 Mnts

Title :Building Information Management Systems for Small and Medium Enterprises, Introduction to Community based Information Management Systems and Pantoto
Speaker :Dr T.B.Dinesh Servelots InfoTech,Bangalore
Duration :1 Hr 17 Mnts

Title :Building Information Management Systems for Small and Medium Enterprises, Hands on Workshop on Building a Web Information System using Pantoto
Speaker :Dr T.B.Dinesh Servelots InfoTech,Bangalore
Duration :1 Hr 58 Mnts

Title :Building Information Management Systems for Small and Medium Enterprises, Architecture, Design and Implementation of the Pantoto system, Part 1
Speaker: Mr. V Prashanth and Dr.T B Dinesh Servelots InfoTech,Bangalore
Duration :1 Hr 18 Mnts

Title :Building Information Management Systems for Small and Medium Enterprises, Architecture, Design and Implementation of the Pantoto system, Part 2
Speaker :Dr T B Dinesh Servelots InfoTech,Bangalore
Duration :53 Mnts

Title :First Open Access Day Meet, EGGS - The Education Grid Gateway System - an Open System for Technology Enhanced Education in Colleges, Virtualization , VoD for Open content
Speaker: Dr K R Srivathsan, Director,IIITM-K, Mr.Sukant Kole, Design Engineer, IIITM-K and Mr. David M, Design Engineer, IIITM-K
Duration :43 Mnts

Title :First Open Access Day Meet, KISSAN, Krishideepam and NAIP-AKM - Highlights of Open Content and Open Services for Agriculture
Speaker :Mr Ajith Kumar Information & Systems Analyst, IIITMK
Duration :22 Mnts

Title :First Open Access Day Meet, Open Access Movement in Publications
Speaker :Dr S.Rajendran Division Head, Library, VSSC
Duration :22 Mnts

Title :First Open Access Day Meet, Online Library and Information Services - as Open e-Library and Open Publishing Platform
Speaker :Mr Sainul Abideen P Librarian,IIITM-K
Duration :22 Mnts

Title :First Open Access Day Meet, Kerala Open Patent Movement
Speaker :Mr Praveen Raj NIIST
Duration :23 Mnts

Title :First Open Access Day Meet, Open WebGIS Developments
Speaker :Mr Radhakrishnan T CTO, IIITM-K
Duration :20 Mnts

Title :First Open Access Day Meet, Trivandrum Science City Concept
Speaker :Prof M.S. Gopinathan IIITM-K
Duration :34 Mnts

Title :First Open Access Day Meet, ACIIL and Interdisciplinary Education Programs
Speaker :Dr K.R.Srivathsan Director, IIITMK
Duration :28 Mnts

Title :First Open Access Day Meet, KISSAN, VUAT, E-Krishi and Open Content in Agriculture
Speaker :Dr C.K. Peethambaran Domain Specialist/Professor Emeritus,Virtual University for Agricultural Trade
Duration :27 Mnts

Title :Three Day Workshop on WebGIS and Ecoinformatics, Internet - Overview, Practicals, Mashups: The Web-Based Approach for Melting Data and Services
Speaker :Prof. Ing. Franz-Josef Behr Stuttgart University
Duration :2 Hr 3 Mnts

Title :Three Day Workshop on WebGIS and Ecoinformatics, Open source GIS, Spatial Analysis with Open Source GIS and Overview/Introduction
Speaker :Prof. Ing. Dietrich Schroder Stuttgart University
Duration :2 Hr 3 Mnts

Title :Three Day Workshop on WebGIS and Ecoinformatics, Geobrowsers: Overview;Google Maps Client: Overview and Demystification; Open Layers: Data Integration in an Open Source Map Browser; Practicals;Open Street Map - A Cooperative Approach for Setting up free Geodata of the Earth
Speaker :Prof. Ing. Franz-Josef Behr Stuttgart University
Duration :2 Hr 40 Mnts

Title :Three Day Workshop on WebGIS and Ecoinformatics, Spatial Analysis with R-Overview/Introduction - Practice / case study
Speaker :Prof. Ing. Dietrich Schroder Stuttgart University
Duration :2 Hr 9 Mnts

Title :Three Day Workshop on WebGIS and Ecoinformatics, Object Extraction using LIDAR Data and True Orthophotos
Speaker :Ms H.A. Nalani Department of Cartography, Photogrammtry, Remote Sensing and GIS, Faculty of Geomatics, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya
Duration :33 Mnts

Title :Three Day Workshop on WebGIS and Ecoinformatics, Introduction of Q GIS, Web GIS Initiatives of IIITMK
Speaker :Mr Radhakrishnan CTO, IIITM-K
Duration :39 Mnts

Title :Three Day Workshop on WebGIS and Ecoinformatics, Role of Remote Sensing in Ecoinformatics
Speaker :Dr Suresh Francis VSSC
Duration :48 Mnts

Title :Three Day Workshop on WebGIS and Ecoinformatics, DAAD: Its Funding Schemes, Educational and Research Initiatives; Opportunities
Speaker: Padmavathi Chandramouli DAAD,Chennai
Duration :45 Mnts

Title :Three Day Workshop on WebGIS and Ecoinformatics, Open Street Map - A Cooperative Approach for Setting up Free Geodata of the Earth. Outlook and Comparison with the Geostatistics Tools of ArcGIS
Speaker: Prof. Ing. Franz-Josef Behr and Mr. Sajid Pareet
Duration :53 Mnts

Title :Three Day Workshop on WebGIS and Ecoinformatics, WebGIS and Community Instrumentation over Geography for Smart e-Governance
Speaker :Dr K.R.Srivathsan Director, IIITM-K
Duration :36 Mnts

Title :Three Day Workshop on WebGIS and Ecoinformatics, Valedictory Function and Feedback
Duration :34 Mnts

Title :Two Day Joint Academies Lecture Workshop on Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, What is New in the Periodic Table?
Speaker :Prof E. D. Jemmis Director, IISER
Duration :31 Mnts

Title :Two Day Joint Academies Lecture Workshop on Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Spectroscopic Methods in Environmental Monitoring
Speaker :Prof S. M. Khopkar Emeritus Professor, IIT,Mumbai
Duration :1 Hr

Title :Two Day Joint Academies Lecture Workshop on Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Nuclear Methods
Speaker :Dr J. Arunachalam Head, CCCM (BARC),Hyderabad
Duration :1 Hr 3 Mnts

Title :Two Day Joint Academies Lecture Workshop on Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Analytical Errors and their Measurements
Speaker :Dr K. N. Ninan Emeritus Professor, IIST,Thiruvananthapuram
Duration :1 Hr 12 Mnts

Title :Two Day Joint Academies Lecture Workshop on Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, IR and Raman Spectroscopy
Speaker :Prof M. S. Gopinathan IIITMK
Duration :45 Mnts

Title :Two Day Joint Academies Lecture Workshop on Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Analytical Chemistry in Oceanography
Speaker :Prof C. S. P. Iyer Emeritus Professor, IIITM-K
Duration :1 Hr 18 Mnts

Title :Two Day Joint Academies Lecture Workshop on Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Separation Methods in Environmental Monitoring
Speaker :Prof S. M. Khopkar Emeritus Professor, IIT,Mumbai
Duration :1 Hr 3 Mnts

Title :Two Day Joint Academies Lecture Workshop on Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Modeling in Analytical Chemistry
Speaker :Dr S. Achari CUSAT
Duration :66 Mnts

Thought for the Week

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

Og Mandino

Mr Yunus T P has been selected for VLIR Scholarship

Mr Yunus T P, Digital Library Trainee, IIITMK has been selected for an international training programme named “ITP Scientific and Technological Information Management in Universities and Libraries: an Active Training Environment" (STIMULATE9) at Vrije Universiteit, Brussel, Belgium ; with the scholarship from the VLIR-OUS, Belgium. This is a three-month Training programme from May to July.

IIITMK digital library team congratulates him for his wonderful Achievement.

Thought for the Week

"The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson".

Tom Bodett

Workshop on Interview Skill Concludes

Digital Library and Information Services Division of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management- Kerala (IIITM-K) organized two day workshop on “Interview Skills: An e-Learning Initiative” for students and job seekers during 28-29 March 2009 under the E-learning and Web bases Courses Project.

This was the first workshop conducted by the Institute using Tutored Video Methodology The workshop was coordinated by Mr Sainul Abideen P Librarian, IIITMK.

We thank all participants, for making the event a grand success.

Some of the Workshop Participants with Mr Sainul Abideen P, Workshop Coordinator

IIITM-K Digital Library Team participated in the 7th International CALIBER 2009

Mr. Sainul Abideen, Librarian and Mr Yunus TP Digital Library Trainee attended 7th International CALIBER 2009 (Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research) at Pondicherry University, Puducherry during 25- 27 February 2009. Mr Sainul Abideen presented paper titled ‘Online Tutorials for Information Services: A Case Study of IIITM-K’ authored jointly by Sainul Abideen P, Sreekutty TS, and Yunus TP.

This paper was published in the Proceedings of the International Caliber 2009.

International CALIBER 2009 was organized by the INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad in collaboration with Central Library, Pondicherry University.

WORKSHOP ON INTERVIEW SKILLS: an e-Learning Initiative

WORKSHOP ON INTERVIEW SKILLS: an e-Learning Initiative
Organized by Digital Library and Information Services Division, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
Date: 28-29 March, 2009 (Saturday and Sunday)
Registration Fee: For Students Rs. 400/= Only, Others Rs. 750/= Only
Last date for registration and payment of fee: 25th March 2009

About the Workshop

Interview is one of the key considerations in the recruitment process of any Job. Effective Job interview is key for getting the right person. Interview is a two way exchange of information and provides an opportunity to candidates to describe their work experience, educational background, career interests, like and dislikes, etc. Similarly, interview provides a chance to the employer to choose right person for the job.

Interview preparation is critical point of the interview. A candidate might have obtained high score in examinations but he/she needs to impress the interviewers with his positive qualities, to win the right job. Such winning interviews require specific knowledge and skills, to impress the employer.

In order to provide you with those crucial interview skills, IIITM-K Digital Library and Information Services Division is organizing a Workshop on Interview Skills during 28-29 March 2009. This workshop provides a chance to the job seekers an opportunity to gain such winning interview skills. The workshop contains expert lectures on different factors of interview skills and preparations to be taken for winning interviews.

Workshop Methodology

Being an e-learning initiative, this workshop is based on the Tutored Video Instruction methodology, wherein video lectures of the experts will be delivered in a non-interactive mode. However, tutor guidance will be made available by the local faculty.

Venue: IIITM-K, Technopark Campus, Thiruvananthapuram – 695581, Kerala

Target audience: Anybody interested can attend. However Students, Job Seekers, and those who are in the early stage of their career will be given preference.

Registration Fee: For Students Rs. 400/= Only, Others Rs. 750/= Only. [Payments to be made via Cash, or DD in favour of "Director, IIITM-K" payable at Canara Bank, Kazhakkoottam Branch]

No. of seats are limited. Kindly confirm availability of seats by sending E-mail to iiitmklibrary@gmail.com before sending registration fee. Registration Fee is non-refundable. No TA/DA will be given to the participants. Participants are requested to make their own arrangements for Accommodation and Travel. Registration form along with the Fee may be sent to the Workshop Coordinator.

Last date for registration and payment of fee: 25th March 2009

For Registration and further details

Sainul Abideen P,
Workshop Co-ordinator & Librarian
IIITM-K, NILA,
Technopark, Karyavattom PO,Trivandrum 695581
Ph: 0471-270965, 2700947, 2700777, 252567 Exn 111, Mobile: 9961814247, 9846929235, 9496252786
E-Mail: iiitmklibrary@gmail.com www.iiitmk.ac.in/interview.htm

Table of Contents of Compendium of e-Governance Initiatives in India

Compendium of E-Governance Initiatives in India

Table of Contents

Foreword by K K Aggarwal (President, CSI) ix

Message from L C Singh xi

(President & CEO Nihilent Technologies Pvt. Ltd.)

Preface Piyush Gupta (NISG) and R K Bagga (IIIT-Hyderabad) xv

Acknowledgements R K Bagga xvii

(Convener, CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards 2006–07)

Part I: e-Governance Overview and Project Assessment

1. A Vision of Citizen-centric e-Governance for India , A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, page3

2. e-Governance Approach in India The National e-Governance Plan—NeGP, Piyush Gupta and A. Sridevi, Page 8

3. Challenges and Role of Standards in Building Interoperable e-Governance Solutions , Renu Budhiraja, Page 24

4. Approach and Methodology for Project Assessment— CSI-Nihilent e-Governance

Award 2006–07 , Piyush Gupta, Pranav K. Vasishta and R. K. Bagga, Page 33

Part II: Government to Business (G2B)

5. Computerized Dealer Service Centre, Suresh Chanda,Page 75

6. e-Governance in Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation—PESO*, M. Anbunathan, Page 83

7. VAT Information Computerization to Optimize Revenue Yields (VICTORY) , Saurbah Gupta, S.N. Behera, Ashok Kumar and Rajiv Ranjan, 100

8. e-Procurement*, Rajkumar, 107

9. VAT Information System*, M.M. Shrivastava, 116

Part III: Government to Citizen (G2C)

10. Samadhan Ek Din Mein (Jan Suvidha Kendra in Mandla District)*, Subhash Jain, 129

11. Basic Services/Amenities Management Programme (PARAKH)*, M. Vinayak Rao, 136

12. Child Record Information System—ChRIS*, Anil Srivastava, 148

13. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGS-AP Software), A. Santhi Kumari, 158

14. Web-Based Rail Reservation (Internet Ticketing)* , Sanjay Aggarwal, 173

15. Gazettes on Web , R. Ramachandran, 181

16. Fast Reliable Instant Efficient Network forDisbursement of Services (FRIENDS Janasevana Kendram), Krishnan B. Nair, 188

17. Centralized Allotment Process for theProfessional Course Admissions—CAPNIC* , V.S. Raghunathan, 193

18. System for Computerised Registration—SCORE,Saurabh Gupta, N.K. Prasad and Sanjay Kumar, 201

19. Revenue Administration through Computerized Energy (RACE) Billing, S.N. Behera, 211

20. Stamps and Registration Automationwith Technology and Information (SARTHI), R.K. Sharma, 220

21. Grievance Management Systemthrough Call Centre, Rajendra Kumar, 227

22. e-Mitra , Aparna Arora, A.M. Deshpandey and R.K. Sharma, 237

23. Health Management InformationSystem—HMIS* , Mona Khandhar and Amarjit Singh, 248

Part IV: Government to Government and Government to Employees (G2G/G2E)

24. e-Public Distribution Monitoring System—e-PDMS, M.Vinayak Rao, A.N. Siddiqui and Musharraf Sultan, 260

25. Cooperative Banking in Place—COIN , Saurabh Gupta, 268

26. DC*Suite–Suite of Applications for e-Collectorate*,V.S. Raghunathan and M. Asir Edwin, 278

27. Election Confidential (ELECON), Saurabh Gupta , 288

vi Compendium of e-Governance Initiatives in India

28. Computerisation of Personnel Information Systems (CPIS), Kh. Rajen Singh, 299

29. CM Monitoring Programme , M. Vinayak Rao, 307

30. Integrated Information System for Foodgrains Management—IISFM* , Ranjna Nagpal, 319

31. Online Computerization of Treasuries (e-Kosh) , D. Rama Prasada Rao, 327

32. GIS Based Emergency Planning and Response Systems, Indrani Chendrasekharan, 349

33. Treasury Accounting and Management System of Government of Bihar—e-KHAZANA, Kanhaiya Pandey, Ashok Kumar Mohanty and Saurabh Gupta, 357

34. Loans Grants Investments (LGI) Monitoring System, Nagesh Shastri, 364

35. Human Resources Query Desk, Nagesh Shastri, 370

36. Service and Payroll Administrative Repository for Kerala—SPARK, V.S. Raghunathan, 376

37. ICT in Delhi School Education System* , Ashok Kumar, 382

38. Web-enabled Consumer Management and Energy Billing System*, Ajith Brahmanandam, Jobson Abraham and D. Suman Babu, 401

39. Integrated Workflow and DocumentManagement System—IWDMS, Raj Kumar, 411

Index 419

Author Index 422

Newly Added Books in the Library

1) Compendium of e-Governance Initiatives in India,Gupta, Piyush ; Bagga, R K ;

2) Text Processing in Python,Mertz, David ;

3) Story A Brief History for MySQLers, Part 1 1995 to 2007,Grimmer, Lenz ;

4) Libraries Dynamic Landscapes for Knowlege Creation, Access and Management,Shalini, R Urs ; Rajashekar, T B ; Raghavan, K S .

5) e-Content for Development in India,Manzar, Osama ;

6) Quantum Chemistry,3 Ed.Prasad, R K ;

7) Introductory Quantum Chemistry,4 Ed.Chandra, A K ;

Thought for the week

"Be true to your work, your word, and your friend."

Henry David Thoreau

India (A Reference Annual)

India (A Reference Annual) published by Publications Division, M/o Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India is now also available free full-text online in Hindi & English both, which is detailed below.

India 2009 (A Reference Annual)
Compiled by Research, Reference & Training Division & Published by Publications Division of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Government of India
Pagination iv+ 1259p.,
53rd Edition
ISBN - 978-81-230-1557-6
Year of Publication 2009
Price Rs. 345/-
Available Free Full Text Online at
http://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in/others/India_2009.pdf
File Size 9.90 MB


भारत 2009
Price Rs. 345/-
ISBN - 978-81-230-1558-3
Pagination xii+1363 p.
Year of Publication 2009
53rd Edition
Available Free Full Text Online at
http://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in/others/Bharat_2009.pdf
File Size 14.92 MB