In This Issue…

From the Librarian’s Pen

Library Patron Profiles
SFIT Library gets better
Help with Citing and Referencing
Selection of Recent Additions
Your Top Ten Reads
Happy to help
Feedback

From the Librarian’s Pen….

Welcome to the second issue of SFIT Library Newsletter!!

“Reading” is gaining attention these days. Firstly, 23rd. April is celebrated every
year as World Book and Copyright Day and secondly, its vacation time. We
always want our children to become avid readers every vacation!
As UNESCO mentions - World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated 23rd.
April; a symbolic date for world literature, for on this date and in the same year
of 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It 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. It was a
natural choice for UNESCO's General Conference to pay a world-wide tribute to
books and authors on this date, encouraging everyone, and in particular young
people, to discover the pleasure of reading and gain a renewed respect for the
irreplaceable contributions of those who have furthered the social and cultural
progress of humanity.

The idea for this celebration originated in Catalonia where on 23 April, Saint
George's Day, a rose is traditionally given as a gift for each book sold. The
success of the World Book and Copyright Day will depend primarily on the
support received from all parties concerned (authors, publishers, teachers,
librarians, public and private institutions, humanitarian NGOs and the mass
media), who have been mobilized in each country by UNESCO National
Commissions, UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations, Associated Schools
and Libraries, and by all those who feel motivated to work together in this world
celebration of books and authors.

Happy Reading and Enjoy Your Vacations!!

- Chinmayee Bhange

Librarian - SFIT
Library patron Profiles
(A) PRINCIPAL
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Name
Position
Research Interests
Special Interests
Library books most commonly used
(e.g. Computers, Management,
Social Sciences, Humanities,
Information Technology,
Electronics, Telecommunications,
Novels, Basic Sciences)
Favorite Journal
Favorite Book (Title and Author)
Give a brief review of your favorite
book
Best Thing about the Library
Current recreational reading
Dr. A. K. Sen
Principal
Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation
and Control engineering, Quality and
Reliability Engineering
Management of Educational
Organization
Management, Electronics,
Telecommunications, Computers
IEEE, IETE
Engineering Electromagnetics by
William H. Hayt, Jr. and John A. Buck
1) It is simple and easy – to - read
style.
2) The material could be learned
easily.
3) It emphasizes physical
understanding and problem solving
skill.
1) Its catalogue is well documented.
2) Library staffs are very co-operative.
Audacity of hope by Barack Obama.
(B) STUDENT
Photo
Name
Position
Research Interests
Special Interests
Library books most commonly used
(e.g. Computers, Management,
Social Sciences, Humanities,
Information Technology,
Electronics, Telecommunications,
Novels, Basic Sciences)
Favourite Journal
Favourite Book (Title and Author)
Give a brief review of your favourite
book
Best Thing about the Library
Current recreational reading
Mithun Devendra Nayak
Student
Electronic circuits applications
Atomic physics, Theory of relativity
Electronics
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Linear Signals and Systems by B P Lathi
The book presents a clear introduction
to signals and systems. The book
emphasizes physical appreciation of
concepts through heuristic reasoning,
metaphor,analogies and creative
explanations. The use of mathematical
expressions is minimal and wherever
possible theoretical results have been
interpreted heuristically and are
enhanced by examples and analogies.
Besides these, the author has used a
simple language.
Availability of most of the required
books and helpfulness of the library
staff
Sherlock Holmes, Sidney Sheldon
SFIT Library gets better….

SFIT library has taken a dive in the deep waters of the WWW. We have
rightly recognized the power of the WWW and are already providing e-
services to our patrons. This includes mailing alerts of conferences and
seminars, book exhibitions and other interesting and relevant news items.
We are also into blogging these days. You can follow our blog at:
http://sfitlibrary.blogspot.com
The Library has identified certain themes for every month keeping in
mind the National / International Days. A display of books and
information pertaining to it is organized and all staff members are
informed about it through e-mails.
Staff members of SFIT are offered additional privileges (for book
borrowing) from the year 2010.
Also, first three SFIT toppers (students) are offered Scholar’s Cards to
enable them to avail the library facility more effectively.

Help with Citing and Referencing

You know the feeling. You’ve spent months preparing that project report and
now it has got a final look. But wait, this is yet not the end..you still have to write
that long list of references.
No one really enjoys writing references but they are vital to scholarly research
and help you avoid the plagiarism trap. The library is here to help make
referencing easier.
We have downloaded the following referencing styles from the related websites
websites:

ƒ APA: psychology, education, and other social sciences.

ƒ MLA: literature, arts, and humanities.
ƒ IEEE: for IEEE journals, transactions and letters
Selection of Recent Additions
B15243 MIDDLEWARE AND ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGIES
By SADASIVAM, G. SUDHA/SHANKARMANI, RADHA
NEW DELHI/WILEY INDIA/2010
005.43 SAD/SHA

B15146 FOUNDATION PROGRAM: COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SYSTEM

SOFTWARE CONCEPTSVol.No.1
By Y, SIVASUBRAMANYAM/SHENOY, DEEPAK RANJAM
BANGALORE/INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES/2007
004.22 Y,S/SHE

B15148 FOUNDATION PROGRAM: RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT

SYSTEM, CLIENT SERVER CONCEPTS, INTRODUCTION TO WEB
TECHNOLOGIESVol.No.2
By HANUMESH V./ACHARYA, SEEMA
BANGALORE/INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES/2007
005.74 HAN/ACH

B15150 FOUNDATION PROGRAM: ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS, OBJECT

ORIENTED CONCEPTS, SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY, USER INTERFACE
DESIGNVol.No.3
By HANUMESH V./ACHARYA, SEEMA
BANGALORE/INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES/2007
005.74 HAN/ACH

B15133 COMPONENT-BASED TECHNOLOGY

By SADASIVAM, G. SUDHA
NEW DELHI/WILEY INDIA/2008
005.43 SAD

B15135 INSIDE CORBA: DISTRIBUTED OBJECT STANDARDS AND

APPLICATIONS
By MOWBRAY, THOMAS J./RUH, WILLIAM A.
NEW DELHI/PEARSON/1997
005.133 MOW/RUH

B15137 COM AND CORBA SIDE BY SIDE: ARCHITECTURES, STRATEGIES AND

IMPLEMENTATIONS
By PRITCHARD, JASON
NEW DELHI/PEARSON/1999
005.133 PRI
 B15140 ENTERPRISE JAVABEANS: DEVELOPING COMPONENT-BASED
DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS
By VALESKY, TOM
NW DELHI/PEARSON/1999
005.133 VAL

B15142 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING: A PRACTITIONER'S APPROACH- 7th ed.

By PRESSMAN, ROGER S.
BOSTON/McGRAW-HILL/2010
005.1 PRE

B15126 CLIENT/SERVER PROGRAMMING WITH JAVA AND CORBA- 2nd ed.

By ORFALI, ROBERT/HARKEY, DAN
NEW DELHI/WILEY INDIA/1998
005.133 ORF/HAR

B15114 MANAGING TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION FOR COMPETITIVE

ADVANTAGE
By NARAYANAN, V.K.
NEW DELHI/PEARSON/2001
004 NAR

B15093 J2ME: THE COMPLETE REFERENCE

By KEOGH, JAMES
NEW DELHI/TATA McGRAW-HILL/2003
005.133 KEO

B15095 J2EE: THE COMPLETE REFERENCE

By KEOGH, JIM
NEW DELHI/TATA McGRAW-HILL/2002 [Issued]
005.133 KEO

B15103 TELEVISION ENGINEERING AND VIDEO SYSTEMS

By GUPTA, R.G.
NEW DELHI/TATA McGRAW-HILL/2006
621.388 GUP

B15076 FUNDAMENTALS OF DATABASE SYSTEMS- 5th ed.

By ELMASRI, RAMEZ/NAVATHE, SHAMKANT B.
NEW DELHI/PEARSON/2008 [Issued]
005.74 ELM/NAV

B15055 TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW IN THE INTERNET AGE

By BLACK, SHARON K.
SAN FRANCISCO/MORGAN KAUFMANN (ELSEVIER)/2002
343.0999 BLA
 B15056 BUSINESS DATA COMMUNICATIONS- 5th ed.
By STALLINGS, WILLIAM
NEW DELHI/PEARSON/2005
004.66 STA

B15061 INFORMATION SECURITY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES

By MERKOW, MARK/BREITHAUPT, JIM
NEW DELHI/PEARSON/2006
006.82 MER/BRE

B15064 MANAGING THE SOFTWARE PROCESS

By HUMPHREY, WATTS S.
NEW DELHI/PEARSON/1999
005.1 HUM

B15070 PROGRAMMING WIRELESS DEVICES WITH THE JAVA 2 PLATFORM,

MICRO EDITION- 2nd ed.
By RIGGS, ROGER/TAIVALSAARI, ANTERO/PEURSEM, JIM VAN/HUOPANIEMI,
JYRI/PATEL, MARK/UOTILA, ALEKSI/HOLLIDAY, JIM
NEW DELHI/PEARSON/2003
005.133 RIG/TAI

B15037 SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE: CONCEPTS, TEHNOLOGY AND

DESIGN
By ERL, THOMAS
NEW DELHI/DORLING-KINDERSLEY/2005
005.1 ERL

B15010 INFORMATION SECURITY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

By STAMP, MARK/SHAH, DEVEN N.
NEW DELHI/WILEY INDIA/2009
005.82 STA/SHA

B14892 CONVERGENCE TECHNOLOGIES FOR 3G NETWORKS: IP, UMTS, EGPRS

AND ATM
By BANNISTER, JEFFREY/MATHER, PAUL/COOPE, SEBASTIAN
NEW DELHI/WILEY INDIA/2004
004.65 BAN/MAT

B14834 AUDIO AND VIDEO ENGINEERING SYSTEMS: PRINCIPLES AND

TROUBLESHOOTING
By GUPTA, R.G.
NEW DELHI/TATA McGRAW-HILL/1995
621.388 GUP
 B14734 TELECOMMUNICATION SWITCHING SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS
By VISWANATHAN, THIAGARAJAN
NEW DELHI/PRENTICE HALL OF INDIA/2009
621.385 VIS

Your Top Ten Reads

B15161 HOW I TAUGHT MY GRANDMOTHER TO READ

By MURTY, SUDHA
NEW DELHI/PENGUIN/2004
808.88 MUR

B15162 DON'T LOSE YOUR MIND, LOSE YOUR WEIGHT

By DIWEKAR, RUJUTA
NOIDA/RANDOM/2009
621.25 DIW

B15163 LAST LECTURE, THE

By PAUSCH, RANDY/ZASLOW, JEFFREY
LONDON/HODDER & STOUGHTON/2008
922.2 PAU/ZAS

B15164 TO THE LAST BULLET: THE INSPIRING STORY OF BRAVEHEART -

ASHOK KAMTE
By KAMTE, VINITA/DESHMUKH, VINITA
PUNE/AMEYA/2009
922.2 KAM/DES

B15165 BUSINESS OF FREEDOM

By SINGH, SANDEEP/SHARDA, RATAN
MUMBAI/VISHVA ADHYAYAN KENDRA/2008
658 SIN/SHA

B15166 IN SEARCH OF ANNAPURNA: MEETING THE EVOLUTIONARY,

CULTURAL AND ETHICAL NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES
By KRISHNAN, PRABHA
MUMBAI/TRUST FOR RE-EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF TRUE HEALTH
(TRUTH)/2000
301 KRI

B15183 BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING

By GLADWELL, MALCOLM
NEW YORK/PENGUIN/2005
808.3 GLA

B15184 I AM THAT: TALKS WITH SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ

By FRYDMAN, MAURICE/DIKSHIT, SUDHAKAR S.
MUMBAI/CHETANA/1973
922.2 FRY/DIK

B15185 HAPPINESS AND OTHER DISORDERS

By SAIDULLAH, AHMAD
NEW DELHI/PENGUIN/2008
808.88 SAI

B15188 GREAT INDIAN DREAM, THE: RESTORING PRIDE TO A NATION

BETRAYED
By CHAUDHURI, MALAY/CHAUDHURI, ARINDAM
NEW DELHI/MACMILLAN/2003
809.93358 CHA/CHA
Know the Information Disseminators

Institute Librarian E-Mail ID

Thadomal Shahani College of Engineering Ms. Mangala Patil patil_mangala@yahoo.co.in

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Ms. Archana Garate appujari_16@rediffmail.com

Saraswati Institute of Technology Mr. Baban More bkmore@rediffmail.com

M.H. Saboo Siddik Polytechnic Mr. John Abraham johnc_abraham@yahoo.com,

abrahamjohnc@gmail.com
Atharva College of Engineering Ms. Swapna Save swapna_save@yahoo.co.in

Datta Meghe College of Engineering Ms. Preeti Deshpande pd_dmce@yahoo.com

Dwarkadas J. Sanghavi College of Engineering Ms. Sharmistha Nath nathsharmi@rediffmail.com

Don Bosco Institute of Technology Mr. Kaushal Giri kaushal.giri@gmail.com

Shah & Anchor Kutchi Engineering Colege Ms. Gowri Prasad gowri15@rediffmail.com

Sardar Patel Institute of Technology Ms. Rajashree Madye spitlib@gmail.com

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