International and Comparative Librarianship

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Saturday, September 30, 2006

A catalogue of errors

Multicultural, multiracial, multilingual, errors in catalog, cataloguing (or cataloging), library shelving, etc...
Don't believe? Start visualizing more such at Improbable Research.

See the following:

A catalogue of errors
How many books written in seemingly obscure languages are misfiled and languishing unfindable in libraries? Joyce Flynn’s experience at Harvard suggests the answer is: a lot.

Flynn, a researcher in Celtic languages, discovered some common mishaps that no one discusses much….
So begins this week’s Improbable Research column in The Guardian.
posted by Marc Abrahams in The newspaper column.
Continue reading

PS. Thank you for this information: Dr. Ali Houissa, "Middle East Librarians Association" MELANET-L@cornell.edu

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Thursday, September 28, 2006

IFLA / OCLC Fellows for 2007 named - Looking for 2008?

Application information for the 2008 Fellowship Program is available on the OCLC Web site


IFLA / OCLC Fellows for 2007 named


The 2007 Fellows are:

Mr. Kodjo Elolo Atiso, Librarian, Animal Research Institute, Achimota, Ghana
Mrs. Alicia Chavarria Esguerra, Instructor/Librarian, Bulacan State University, City of Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines
Mrs. Pauline Nicholas, Information Specialist, Mona School of Business, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
Mrs. Elisangela Alves Silva, Information Assistant, Abrinq Foundation for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, São Paulo, Brazil
Ms. Nevena Tomić, Library Manager, Cultural Centre "Students' City," Belgrade, Serbia continue reading the details

NB. Since its 2001 launch, the program has hosted 28 individuals representing 21 countries.
The IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program supports library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies. The Fellowship program provides advanced continuing education and exposure to a broad range of issues in information technologies, library operations and global cooperative librarianship. Since its inception in 2001, the program has welcomed 28 librarians and information science professionals from 21 nations. more....

  • IFLA/OCLC Fellows for 2006
  • IFLA/OCLC Fellows 2005
  • IFLA/OCLC Fellows For 2004
  • IFLA/OCLC Fellows for 2003
  • IFLA/OCLC fellowships 2001

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  • Sunday, September 24, 2006

    Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources - International Survey


    Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources: Results of an OCLC Study.
    Presenter(s): Daniel Boivin, Atlantic Provinces Library Association (APLA) 2006 Conference held in Fredericton, New Brunswick May 25 - 28

    The over 3300 respondents came from Canada, Singapore, India, Australia and the U.S. Some of the findings are that the library "brand" equals books--an association that cut across age ranges, nationalities and genders. More surprisingly, respondents were generally unaware of library web sites and electronic resources. Continue reading the full abstract and the Presentation

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    Saturday, September 16, 2006

    Indian Contributors to International & Comparative Librarianship?

    Any concept has an initiator. My initiation into comparative and international librarianship is based on, first, the training of Prof. H. A. Khan, retired, Department of Library and Information Science, Mysore University, India, and second, the collaborative efforts of Prof. Donald G. Davis Jr., Emeritus Professor, University of Texas, School of Information.***

    The issue I am trying to resolve, then is, who are the Indian contributors?
    Any clues? We have in the past decades celebrated our national contributors, and mentors. But who are the internationally & / or globally outstanding Indian information professionals, librarians, etc.?

    The question is: A future LIS historian may ask, who has contributed these?

    Then, are we not responsible to identify, check citations, analyze literary and other contributions and document our movers, leaders, mentors, etc.?

    To start with, I have picked some names (see the title of this Blog and the list below--none is a final list, I confess). I am aware that this is a national task. One individual's judgment will be always questionable.

    My criteria to select people is those who have worked / consulted / motivated outside India, i.e., at the global level (or at least bi-nationally). These, I think are the leaders that need to be appreciated in comparative and international librarianship. Is this a valid criteria?
    To start the history writing project, I following aree identified as India's contributors:

  • Mr. L. J..Haravu (his contributions to agricultural and development information systems and centres especially in Africa, through FAO, CGIAR; through international training programmes, etc.
  • Mr. Abdul Rahman Khamaruddin (his contributions to information systems and networking in the Arab region, through the Arab League and its constituent specialized organizations, Unesco, Islamic Development Bank, etc.)
  • Dr. I.K.Ravichandra Rao (Informetrics);
  • B.K. Sen (Informetrics);
  • I.N. Sen Gupta (informetrics);
  • Subbiah Arunachalam (Arun) (scientometrics; open source movement);
  • Dr. Shalini Urs (Director, International School of Information Management, Vidhyanidhi project, and on the organzing and coordinating committees of more than one international conferences, such as, the ICADL series, one of India’s most international traveling information professional currentliy, etc.)
  • Dr. T.B. Rajashekar (late)
  • Prof. Pauline Cochrane (India-biased international American info professional)
  • Dr. John Rose (India-biased American-French info professional; coordinated and managed many info programmes for developing countries (Asia, India particularly, Africa…)



    Do you know any others? Please let me know, and I will add on.

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    ***Incidentally, both influenced me to be a good student of library history, and I thank them for the essence of historiography I tried to spread around.

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  • Tuesday, September 12, 2006

    Courses in International Librarianship

    History of the terms:

    Richard Krzys, writing in 1983, found the historical roots of comparative librarianship much further back, but he defined its study more broadly, and creatively, and called it “world librarianship.” (in “Crises” in Scholarly Communications: Insights from Forty Years of the Journal of Library History,
    1966 – 2005
    , by Maria Elena Gonzalez; p. 174)


    BLISS, NONIE J. "The Emergence of International Librarianship As a Field," Libri - International Journal of Libraries and Information Services , Volume 43 (1) de Gruyter – Jan 1, 1993
    Through a rcvicw of the literaturc in the field of international librarianship four major arcas of concern were identified äs a framework for analysis and developmcnt of the field. These areas were: (1) theoretical context, (2) library practice, (3) education for librarianship, and (4) bibliographic access Information transcends time and space. continue reading

  • Course: Comparative and International Librarianship

  • International or Global -The Expanding Universe of Librarianship by LM Rudasill - 2009

    See More at Google
    see also comparative librarianship

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  • Library of Congress Subject Headings


    Subjects:

  • International librarianship
    LC has 64 titles under this heading (as of Sept 12, 2006)
  • Comparative librarianship
    LC has 30 titles under this heading (as of Sept 12, 2006)

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  • South Asian Studies -- Resources, Programs, etc.


    Resources in Canada
    University of Toronto. Centre for South Asian Studies

    Resources in USA:

  • Center for Research Libraries. Digital South Asia Library. Sources consulted in the preparation of the Union List of South Asian Newspapers and Gazettes. International union list of South Asian newspapers and gazettes
  • South Asian Studies -- Collections CONTACT: David Niles Nelson
  • Columbia University Libraries. SARAI: South Asia Resource Access on the Internet CONTACT: David Magier
      See also: India Virtual Library
  • The University of Chicago. South Asia Library Project
  • The University of Chicago. Roja Muthiah Research Library. CONTACT: James Nye
  • The University of Chicago. Urdu Research Library Consortium. CONTACT: James Nye
  • University of Virginia. Center for South Asian Studies. Teacher Resources for South Asia
    See a detailed list of South Asia Studies Programs

    Resources in Europe:
  • University of London. The School of Oriental and African Studies - SOAS
  • University of Leiden. International Institute for Asian Studies - IIAS
  • University of Cambridge. Centre of South Asian Studies

    See a detailed list of South Asia Studies Programs

    Resources in Australia:
  • Australia South Asia Research Centre

    Resources in Singapore:
  • National University of Singapore. South Asian Studies Programme


    Tools for Area Studies Librarianship:
  • Deccan Studies: An Inter-disciplinary Bi-annual Journal, Contact: Dr V.K. Bawa or email: deccan-studies@rediffmail.com
  • The Influence of Hindu Epistemology on Ranganathan's Colon Classification
  • Tipu Sultan Portal, Mohamed Taher
  • A Guide to Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Urdu Manuscript Libraries in India, by Omar Khalidi
  • Muslims in India : Recent contributions to literature on religion, philosophy, history and social aspects, Mohamed Taher 1993
  • Islamic Studies in India : A survey of the human, institutional and documentary sources, Mohmaed Taher 1991
  • Christian Librarianship, Essays on the Integration of Faith and Profession
    Edited by Gregory A. Smith, Foreword by Donald G. Davis, Jr. (2002)
  • Islmic Librarianship, Mohamed Taher (1197)
  • Journal of Area Studies Librarianship, Haworth Press
  • Transnational library relations: The Indo-American experience (Concepts in communication, informatics & librarianship) by Madhukar Bhimrao Konnur (1990)
  • Resource Guide for Hinduism, Jainism and Sikhism Hinduism, available through the Internet or at the University of Alberta
  • Cyber Worship in Multifaith Perspectives, Mohamed Taher (2006)
  • Google area studies librarianship

    PUNCHLINE:
  • Does South Asian Studies Undermine India? Rajiv Malhotra, [rediff.com India ] December 04, 2003
    'You have to be as careful giving away your money as you were in making it'-- Bill Gates

  • South Asian scholar program hopes to 'build bridges' among nations, Melissa Mitchell, Arts Editor

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  • Monday, September 11, 2006

    Awards, Rewards and Scholarships


  • Mortenson Center for International Library Programs ...connecting librarians around the world
  • Pratt-SILS SUMMER INSTITUTE IN FLORENCE- 3 weeks, May 28 - June 15, 2007
  • Rovelstad Scholarship in International Librarianship
  • Traditional Fulbright Student Awards
  • USEFI. Fulbright fellowships (Indian and US Nationals)
  • UNESCO FULBRIGHT INTERNSHIPS
  • Scholarships for Indian students - Shastri Indo Canadian Institute
  • RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP, Liverpool John Moores University
  • The SATKAL Awards 'Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship' (acronym SATKAL)
  • Scholarships in India @ LISGateway.com
  • Fellowships in India @ LISGateway.com
  • Dr.Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best LibrarianAward (National level)
  • Resources Relating to International Librarianship see also Scholar-in-Residence Program
  • National and International Scholarships, Regents of the University of Minnesota, Center for International Programs

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  • Indo-Canadian Librarian Series - Krishnan Lal Khera


    Krishnan Khera (University of Toronto - retired)
    See also

  • IDSAS: International Directory of South Asia Scholars

    PUNCHLINE:
    According to Mrs. Shashi Tripathi, High Commissioner of India in Canada,“I know that Indo-Canadians are very well integrated in Canada. They are making important contributions to the country’s development in every field. They occupy important and prestigious posts in politics, academics and in the bureaucracy and corporate sector in this country. Further, they are doing an excellent job in promoting India-Canada bilateral relations.” Continue reading INDIAN ROUTES, by Kumkum Ramchandani


    Asian Canadian Association
    Asian Canadian

    Technocrati Tags: asian canadian asian-canadian

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  • Indian Libraries and Librarianship: An overview

    The Library Creed

    The people must rise superior to their circumstances andrealize that more knowledge is their greatest need, theirgreatest want. They must be brought up to love books, notsimply attractive bindings or pretty pictures, but theircontents. They must be taught to regard books as part oftheir lives. Libraries will not then appear a luxury,but a necessity of existence-- SAYAJIRAO in Shri Sayajirao Gaikwad
    MAHARAJA OF BARODA, The Prime Promoter of Public Libraries, by MURARI LAL NAGAR, International Library Center, Columbia, MO, 1992


  • Indian Libraries and Librarianship: An overview, by Tukaram. S. Kumbar, Canadian Studies Faculty Research Fellow 2006-2007, University of Calgary Library, Calgary, 6thJuly, 2006
  • A recent title in the area of Comparative Librarianship (aka World Librarianship), and a branch of it is area studies librarianship, le.g., Third World Librarianship, Oriental Librarianship, Islamic Librarianship, Christian Librarianship, etc:
    The Impact of Technology on Asian, African and Middle Eastern Library Collections
    Series: Libraries and Librarianship: An International Perspective #1, Edited and Introduced by R.N. Sharma, Ph.D. (Scarecrow, 2006)

    Related titles from India:
  • SEWA SINGH, Comparative librarianship and Ranganathan's writings, Herald of library science, 1993, vol. 32, no1-2, pp. 29-35
  • Libraries and librarianship in India, Krishan Kumar and Jashu Patel (2001)
  • 50 years: Library & Information Science in India / edited by M.K. Jain. 1998.
  • LIS Education in South Asia : Progress, Problems and Prospects /P.B. Mangla and R.G. Prasher. Ludhiana, Medallion Press, 2004
  • Libraries in India - National Developmental Perspectives: A saga of Fifty years since independence / Mohamed Taher. 2001
  • Librarianship and Library Science in India : An outline of historical perspectives / Dr. Donald Davis and Mohamed Taher. 1994
  • Libraries and the Culture of Knowledge : An Indian Retrospective from Ancient to Modern Times/H.S. Chopra. New Delhi, Kanishka, 2001, xiii, 160 p., ISBN 81-7391-406-0.
  • Fabric of Error: The National Mission for Manuscripts is set to rewrite Indian history, finds Renuka Narayanan
  • The Hindu Speaks on Libraries
  • International and Comparative Librarianship and Information Systems : Ranganathan Memorial Volumes/edited by P.N. Kaula, Krishan Kumar et. al. 1996, 2 volumes, xxix, 942 p.,
  • Indian innovative ways are more than digitization: Bhodhivanam, the library's forest environment. Source: Library Philosophy and Practice, 22-MAR-03, by John Neelankavil

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