Rizvi College of Arts, Science & Commerce,Mumbai has come out with a peer reviewed research journal entitled International Journal of Research with ISSN 2231-6124.The journal is Bi-annual in nature.

The aim of the journal is to provide a platform for researchers, practitioners, academicians and professionals from diverse domain to share innovative research achievements. The journal is dedicated to publish high quality research papers providing meaningful insights into any subject area of current interests.

We have on our editorial board, renowned academicians and professionals of national and international acclaim. Most of our editorial board member are heading or are part of institutions of high repute.

As per the latest UGC /AICTE norms it has become mandatory for all college and institutes offering UGC/ AICTE Courses to subscribe the national and International Journals. Subscribing to journals is a way of imparting and improving the quality of education.

We hereby request your library to subscribe to International Journal of Research. Individual subscription staff members are also welcomed. We will insure that your institute, staff and students will be benefited with the knowledge derived from it. An Institutional membershipis highly welcomed.

Authors can email research papers to executiveeditor.ijr@rizvicollege.edu.in (or anjumahmed8@gmail.com). Please see details about the editorial board, author’s guidelines, subscription details, order form, contents of the first issue, last date for author’s contribution etc. on their website www.rizvicollege.edu.in.

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School online library makes work easy

 Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV), Narimedu has become the first school in Madurai to operate full-fledged online library, catering to the needs of thousands of students.Over the last one year, the number of visitors to the site(http://kv1madurailibrary.wordpress.com) has grown at a rapid pace to about 1.3lakh. Most of the visitors accessed resource materials, e-books, referencematerial and other syllabi with the help of this library. According to K Ramasamy, the school librarian, visitors to the site can access17,487 books, 74 magazines and four leading English dailies available. Thelibrary was computerised in June 2010 with help of the 'auto lib softwaresystem'. He also said that students stand to gain a lot from this library, asit can be accessed anytime, unlike a regular library, which shuts down afterschool hours."We have categories of information including creative corner. About 15 students from our schoolcontribute articles on science, personality development and other areas ofinterest on a weekly basis. We have collected e-books on English poems, yoga,health, science and autobiographies of historians and have published it online.We also have a separate section called the High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS),especially targeted at those students studying 10th and 12th in CBSEsyllabus." Ramasamy said.The online library has also made work easy for teachers of CBSE syllabus, who are able to getcontinuous and comprehensive evaluation methods for their students.T S Sreenivasan, an English teacher said, "We download continuous and comprehensive evaluation methodsfrom the online library and teach the students. The new announcements regardingthe CBSE system are fed into the library. Hence, other CBSE school teachers arealso benefited by this. In fact, parents of the students also visit the onlinelibrary frequently and teach their children."R Arthi, a11th standard student of KV said, "It's superb. We can easily get IIT, AIEEE and NTSE modelquestion papers, which help us gain admission to these courses. This libraryalso has a readers club, where the teachers and students assre the members. Wecan also give suggestions to the librarian to upload new books. The studentcommunity has benefited by this." V P Vishnu Prasad, another student said that as his family does not have atelevision at home, books are his friends. He frequently reads all the e-books,as well as other books from the library. Prasad said that he has read more than50 science books through the online library. C Muthiah, principal of the school said that the younger generation are moreinterested in reading books online, hence they decided to set up the onlinelibrary. "We have provided all kind of information in the online libraryincluding tourism, law, banking, film production, medicine and others. It willhelp in increasing the reading habits of the student community," he said.Source |Times of India  | 18 August 2011

Your 'raddi' can save a poor man’s life

Don’t discard waste paper or sell your old newspapers to the
raddiwalla, it could save someone’s life.

Since July, Mumbaikars have been donating old newspapers and used
paper to Goregaon-based Venus Cultural Association, which sells them to
generate funds to treat the poor. “In the last 15 days, we have collected 2,000
kg of waste paper. We sold it to the scrap dealer at Rs10 per kg and got
Rs20,000,” said Jaiprakash Thakur, a trustee.

The association, which runs a medical and diagnosis centre at
Himmat Nagar in Goregaon (East), provides subsidised treatment to the poor.
And, if a patient cannot afford the fees, the organisation even treats them for
free.

“We have been providing subsidised medical treatment for the last
28 years. Almost 90% of the patients are so poor that they cannot afford even
the nominal fees,” said Thakur.

The organisation, which has nine dialysis machines, does dialysis
of 27 patients every day for just Rs100 per patient. The actual cost of each
dialysis is Rs650.

“Every year we conduct 70,000 to 80,000 dialyses. Though we get
donations, we were facing a financial crunch as the number of patients has been
increasing over the years,” said Thakur.

The organisation then hit upon the idea to request people and
corporate houses to donate used paper. “When I heard about the initiative, I
approached them and donated old newspapers,” said Ashok Goyal, a Malad
resident.

Thakur confessed that the idea was inspired by the Swaminarayan
Mandir trust in the US, which had collected empty beer cans and sold them to
raise money to construct a temple there.

“We started the project in July from BJP leader Ram Naik’s office,
who gave us 175kg of paper waste. Now, we collect waste from Churchgate to
Virar. We have also received enquiries from Bhiwandi and Rajasthan,” he said.

“Thakur has been running the trust and serving the poor for many
years. When he told me about the idea I immediately offered him paper waste
from my office,” said Naik.

Those interested in donating old newspapers and waste paper to
Venus Cultural Association can call them on 9619803783. Volunteers of the
organisation will arrive at your doorstep to collect the donation.

Source | Daily News Analysis | 18 August 2011

LETTER OF THE EDITOR OF "THE TIMES OF INDIA " TO THE PRIME MINISTER OFINDIA

LETTER OF THE EDITOR OF "THE TIMES OF INDIA " TO THE PRIME MINISTER OFINDIA

I am born and brought up in Mumbai for last fifty eight years. Believe me, corruption in Maharashtra is worse than that in Bihar . Look at all the politicians, Sharad Pawar, Chagan Bhujbal, Narayan Rane, Bal Thackray , Gopinath Munde, Raj Thackray, Vilasrao Deshmukh all are rolling in money. Vilasrao Deshmukh is one of the worst Chief ministers I have seen. His only business is to increase the FSI every other day, make money and send it to Delhi , so Congress can fight next election. Now the clown has found new way and will increase FSI for fishermen, so they can build concrete houses right on sea shore. Next time terrorists can comfortably live in those houses, enjoy the beauty of the sea and then attack our Mumbai at their will.

Recently, I had to purchase a house in Mumbai. I met about two dozen builders. Everybody wanted about 30% in black. A common person like me knows this and with all your intelligence agency & CBI, you and your finance ministers are not aware of it. Where all the black money goes? To the underworld, isn't it? Our politicians take help of these goondas to vacate people by force. I myself was victim of it. If you have time please come to me, I will tell you everything.

If this has been a land of fools, idiots, then I would not have ever cared to write to you this letter. Just see the tragedy. On one side we are reaching moon, people are so intelligent; and on the other side, you politicians have converted nectar into deadly poison.I am everything  - Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Scheduled Caste, OBC, Muslim OBC, Christian Scheduled Caste, and Creamy Scheduled Caste; only what I am not is INDIAN. You politicians have raped every part of Mother India by your policy of divide and rule. 

Take example of our Former President Abdul Kalam. Such an intelligent person; such a fine human being. But you politician didn't even spare him and instead choose a worthless lady who had corruption charges and insignificant local polititian of Jalgaon WHO'S NAME ENTIRE COUNTRY HAD NOT HEARD BEFORE. Its simple logic your party just wanted a rubber stamp in the name of president. Imagine SHE IS SUPREME COMMANDER OF INDIA 'S THREE DEFENCE FORCES. What morale you will expect from our defence forces? Your party along with opposition joined hands, because politicians feel they are supreme and there is no place for a good person.

Dear Mr Prime minister, you are one of the most intelligent person, a most learned person. Just wake up, be a real SARDAR. First and foremost, expose all selfish politicians. Ask Swiss banks to give names of all Indian account holders. Give reins of CBI to independent agency. Let them find wolves among us. There will be political upheaval, but that will be better than dance of death which we are witnessing every day. Just give us ambience where we can work honestly and without fear. Let there be rule of law. Everything else will be taken care of.

Choice is yours Mr. Prime Minister. Do you want to be lead by one person, or you want to lead the nation of 100 Crore people?

 

PLEASE READ N FORWARD TO AS MANY PEOPLE IN YOUR CONTACT LIST..............

IF EVERYONE FORWARDING THIS MESSAGE EVERYDAY, ATLEAST 10 NEW PEOPLE, THEN IT WILL REACH 1.21 BILLIONS OF INDIA INCLUDING PRIME MINISTER.  

1ST DAY                           10.00  

2ND DAY                           100.00       

3RD DAY                           1,000.00

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6TH DAY                           1,000,000.00

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10TH DAY                         1,210,193,422.00    

-- 

Prakash B. Bajaj

Editor Mumbai-Times of India     

Happy librarian's day

hello friends 

Happy Librarian's day 

this is an Artical by one of librarian form maharastra

No takers for cricket literature Despite holding a number of precious books on cricket history, the HD Kanga library fails to attract too many readers

Librarian Vijay Waghmare's phone rings loudly at the Dr HD Kanga
library located at Mumbai Cricket Association’s (MCA) ground floor at the old
office premises, shattering the routine silence of the place. The young man
doesn't hesitate to take the call, and spends the next few minutes winding up
his conversation loudly. Working as a librarian, one could have expected
Waghmare urging the library environment to be on silent mode but such has been
the apathy towards MCA's five-decade-old library that visitors rarely turn up,
much like the sparse crowds for Ranji Trophy matches these days at Wankhede Stadium.

The richly stocked library which was introduced in 1946 to impart
the best knowledge to cricketers and general public is now hoping for the
younger breed of players to check in. There are many books which are unread for
so many months and it doesn't take too long for Waghmare, who is also an
umpire, to start goading you to join the library, since barely anyone turns up.
The library is looked after by MCA, who appoints a committee to look after its
old heritage and ensure the work runs smoothly.

Soli Irani, who has worked in the MCA library for more than 40
years and has retired now, says, people walking in sometimes can be a pleasant
surprise here. Cricketers,
who pass by daily don't even know what is next door and the young breed has
locked themselves in the world of internet and mobiles.

“No one comes here, look at the books here, these are priceless
books,” he shows pointing at Wisden Cricket books which have been there since its first edition in the 19th
century. “If you are passionate about cricket then this is the place to be in,” he adds.

Irani is in his mid-60s and the old Parsi man remembers the days
when many Mumbai cricketers would turn up for reading. The library has more
than 1300 members till date, out of which maximum are old, and many members
have passed away. Irani comes here often to ensure the place he devoted his
time to for so long is running well. He explains that new members turn up
occasionally and the registration of new members is at a very slow pace.

Never marketed well

Prof Ratnakar Shetty, MCA vice-president and BCCI chief
administrative officer, feels the library was never marketed well despite
hosting the best quality of books. “This is the best library in India, but
sadly many don’t know. There are old books which you will find nowhere other
than here. I think we should have marketed it well, many people don't know
there is a library here!” Shetty said.

The last big celebrity cricketer the library witnessed walk in was Sunil
Gavaskar - he was a regular to turn up to pick books. The young blood is
not familiar with reading within closed walls, and will prefer to walk to the
adjacent Marine Drive than coming to Wankhede. In the last decade, coffee shops
have replaced libraries as the preferred reading place for most.

“Gavaskar used to come and take books often, he was the last
cricketer this library would have seen. With new technology and internet coming
in, one can download books sitting at home. Library is a thing of the past
now,” Irani pointed out, who once was a managing committee member in MCA. The
library timings are odd - it works from 5pm to 8pm - and Shetty feels it
doesn't suit many to come and read in the evening. Having been a professor
himself of South Mumbai's well known college Wilson, Shetty knows what
libraries bring to people. He said, “One more reason is the timing of the
library which is such that you may not find many people using it. People prefer
to go to the library in the morning or afternoon more. In the evening many want
to take rest at home or meet people.”

With Wankhede Stadium going in for a massive revamp, the old
library will soon get a new lease of life. MCA will plan to allow school and
colleges once the new building is constructed next to Garware Cub, Shetty feels
proper planning will certainly see more members turning up.

“We can give advts, let school and college students come up to use
the library. We will surely think to revamp once we have the new building in
place. The most important thing will be creating awareness” the veteran
administrator said.

Meanwhile. Waghmare wishes to see more people turning up, and
sometimes it is plainly a pain to sit idle. His phone rings again and the
librarian picks it up yakking loudly. Like most other days in his office
Waghmare is waiting for the clock to reach eight o’clock.

Source | http://www.expressindia.com/
 

Supreme
Court : Now, you can use RTI to re-evaluate answer-sheets

The Supreme Court on
Tuesday ruled that students aggrieved with their examination scores - class X
and XII, entrance exam for professional courses as well as job recruitment
tests - can now take a look at how they were evaluated by moving an application
under the Right to Information Act.

So far, only re-tabulation of marks was possible. Now, the court has provided
for re-evaluation of answer-sheets, which will include whether examiner missed
out awarding marks for answers to some of the questions.

Passing the path-breaking order that will be lapped up by students, but may
cause consternation among the teaching fraternity, a bench of Justices R V
Raveendran and A K Patnaik dismissed a bunch of appeals filed by the Central Board of
Secondary Education, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), University of
Calcutta, West Bengal Central School Services Commission and Assam Public
Services Commission.

The petitioners had challenged rulings by different information commissioners
under the RTI Actdirecting
them to show the answer-sheets to the students.

The basic contention of all these education boards, Calcutta
University and ICAI was that there was a fiduciary relationship
between the examiner and the board, and hence it was not proper to show the
answer-sheet to the student. CBSE had claimed exemption from the ambit of RTI
Act.

The classic among the cases dealt by the apex court was that of a Kolkata
student Pritam Rooj, who had scored 91.6% in the Class X examination and 80.8%
at the higher secondary (Class XII) examination.

But his performance dipped unexpectedly in the mathematics honours course,
which he studied in Presidency College under the Calcutta University. In 2005,
he got a mere 52% in his Part-I examination and an identical percentage the
following year in Part-II, with just 28 out of 100 in the fifth paper.

Rooj applied for re-evaluation of the paper, and was awarded four additional
marks by the university. But, that did not give him a first division and ruined
his dream of studying in the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

On August 14, 2007, Rooj filed an RTI query seeking a copy of his answer-sheet
from the university. But, the principal information officer said no inspection
of answer-sheet was permitted under the RTI Act.

He moved the Calcutta High
Court and got a favourable order. Similar orders had come in
from the high courts of Gauhati in Assam and other places. The apex court had
joined them together and heard arguments.
(
TOI )


SUPREME
COURT OF INDIA
Top of Form

Case Status Status : PENDING


 
This Case is converted to : Appeal Civil   6454   OF  2011
 
Status of : Appeal Civil    6454    OF  2011
 
CENTRLAL BOARD OF SEC.EDUCATION & ANR.   .Vs.  ADITYA BANDOPADHYAY & ORS.
 
Pet. Adv. : MR. TARA CHANDRA SHARMA
 
Subject Category : ACADEMIC MATTERS - MATTERS RELATING TO WITH-HOLDING/CANCELLATION OF RESULTS, EVALUATION OF MARKS, EXPULSION OF STUDENTS
 
Last Listed on :09/08/2011         

Source | http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/

Encyclopedia of Social Networks

From
the press release:

SAGE’s Encyclopedia
of Social Networks offers comprehensive coverage of the theory and research
within the social sciences that has sprung from the analysis of groupings of
individuals tied by one or more specific types of interests; networks that have
been in existence throughout history—not just since the inception of services
such as Facebook or YouTube.

This is a
must-have resource for libraries serving researchers interested in the various
fields related to social networks.

A FREE 30-day online trial to this
title is available at www.sagepub.com/freetrial.

Source | www.sagepub.com

Two decades of PhD theses go digital in Delhi University

In an effort to keep up with the times and
make more resources available online to students, the Delhi University Central
library has digitised 8,300 PhD theses submitted by scholars to its various
departments from 1980 to 2003. Any DU student can now walk into the central
library and access this e-database by logging into the library’s internal
network

The theses were digitised at the end of a two-year project
undertaken by the library staff and funded by a Rs 28 lakh grant from the Delhi
University. The central library also has plans for to digitise more theses in
the second and third phase of the project. The second phase will cover theses
submitted to the University from 1922 to 1980, and the third phase would cover
those submitted post 2003, library officials said.

The Central library has also digitised 14,388 copyright expired
books from its collection, including many rare volumes and uploaded them online
for public use. Anyone can access theses books from the University website or
at this link - .

The books were digitised through a project funded by Government of
India’s Department of Information Technology which was launched in 2008 and
completed in October 2010. A range of books in all topics, including
literature, History and Science are available in this collection.

The library also has on offer more than 10,000 online journals on
a wide range of subjects, all of which can be accessed free of cost by students
from the University network. They can also log into from their respective
colleges or from libraries in the University campus. Library officials said
that a project to enable students and teachers to access these journals from
their homes by logging into the University network will also be completed soon.

This facility will be made available to teachers of Delhi
University and later to all students, Central library officials said.

Source | http://www.indianexpress.com/

aunched Google Scholar Citations

On July 20, 2011, Google formally launched Google Scholar Citations (GSC) to provide “a simple way for scholars to keep track of citations to their articles.” Citing the fact that this represents “a new direction us,” GSC is “currently in limited launch with a small number of users,” although some researchers have been able to create profiles in the past week.

The announcement came the same day that Google co-founder and newly designated CEO Larry Page announced the closure of Google Labs in an effort to refocus corporate energies in ways more directly related toprotecting shareholder value by “prioritizing our product efforts.”

Author profiling, rising from the need to better disambiguate researchers and to better find and connect relevant researchers, has become an increasingly hot product area in the past 2 years, attracting the interests of such powerhouses as Thomson Reuters (Web of Science), Elsevier (Scopus), and Microsoft. With Google, we now have the motherlode of scholarly citation data, across the entire range of disciplines, available for author profiling and more sophisticated analysis and relevance linking.

World’s largest floating library arrives in India

The world’s largest floating library, M.V. Logos Hope, has arrived at the
Visakha Container Terminal in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
The ship, which arrived on Saturday, would be open to the public till August 11.

Operated by ‘Google Books for All’ (GBA) ships, which is an international
charitable organisation based in Germany, Logos Hope is the biggest among all of
the four GBA ships.

This is the third time in 40 years that a GBA ship has visited India.
Previously, M.V. Logos in the year 1972 and M.V.

Doulos in 2006 had docked on Indian shores.

“It’s exciting first to be here in Vizag (Visakhapatnam),” said Captain Pat
Tracy, Relief Master for Logos Hope.

To its uniqueness, the ship is run by around 400 volunteers from across 40
nations.

The ship is endowed with better quality of life for crew and visitors. It
contains more than 5,000 collections, ranging from science to sports and from
hobbies to cookery and dictionaries.

“It’s just amazing to see the number of books. Children’s books, books on
various topics and I think this is a great mission for the ship to go all round
the world and spread knowledge in countries where it's not easily available,”
said N. Sridevi, a housewife.

A lot of books right from parenting, psychology, health and education, cooking,
medicine and travel are available.

“I had never heard of the ship before but it definitely has so many books that I
have never even heard about and I am really excited to read some of them and it
also has a really wide and vast collection of books. Although it ranges from
animals to medicine, to sciences, to nature and to psychology. It's actually
amazing how the ship goes around the world, and collects these books and shows
them to the rest of the population,” said Neha, a student.

Source | Daily News Analysis | 1 August 2011