{"id":3110,"date":"2021-08-26T07:45:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T07:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/?p=3110"},"modified":"2021-12-16T10:24:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:24:36","slug":"umrav-singh-m-phil-lib-inf-sc-m-lib-i-sc-b-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/?p=3110","title":{"rendered":"Umrav Singh. M. Phil.(Lib.&#038; Inf.Sc.), M.Lib.I.Sc, B.Com."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Bg8ysw\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh-Slideshare4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3153\" width=\"124\" height=\"121\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researching for a paper on OAI-PMH, a protocol supporting the exchange of bibliographic metadata between digital repositories and harvesters, I hit on a piece describing and assessing a number of harvesting tools. Its author was a student of &#8212; according to its website &#8212;  &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shiksha.com\/university\/davv-devi-ahilya-vishwavidyalaya-indore-51562\">one of the prime Central Universities in India<\/a>&#8220;:  DAVV (Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh1.png 538w, https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh1-300x119.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funny, because I had found another paper on this issue shortly before:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kellogg1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3114\" width=\"601\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kellogg1.png 961w, https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kellogg1-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kellogg1-768x222.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and those papers do not just share their title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kellogg2-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3123\" width=\"389\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kellogg2-2.png 410w, https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kellogg2-2-300x139.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh3-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3126\" width=\"362\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh3-2.png 368w, https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh3-2-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not to keep you in suspense: Apart from the name of the author and the date given these papers are identical. See for yourself: <a href=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/KellogHarvesting.pdf\">Dave Kellog<\/a> from 2004 and <a href=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SinghHarvesting.pdf\">Umrav Singh<\/a> from 2015. And, one&#8217;s curiosity aroused, there is more. Mr. Singh has uploaded 16 documents to <a href=\"https:\/\/de.slideshare.net\/umravsinghthakur\/presentations\">Slideshare<\/a>. Here are two stunning monozygotic twins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh4.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3137\" class=\"wp-image-3137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh4.png 304w, https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh4-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"305\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ratha1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3138\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ratha1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/?attachment_id=3138\" class=\"wp-image-3138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ratha1.png 305w, https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ratha1-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These slides are not dated, so the copy-and-paste action could have gone either way. But the secon slide gives it away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh5.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3139\" data-link=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/?attachment_id=3139\" class=\"wp-image-3139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh5.png 304w, https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh5-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ratha2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3140\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ratha2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/?attachment_id=3140\" class=\"wp-image-3140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ratha2.png 304w, https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ratha2-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Umvar Singh has missed the first line of this awful pidgin English statement. Singh&#8217;s boldness is remarkable, <a href=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SinghCanons.pdf\">his slides<\/a> are simply appropriated from <a href=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ratha3.pdf\">Bhupendra Ratha<\/a>. One more example. <a href=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SinghTechlonogy.pdf\">His upload<\/a> to Researchgate from May 2016 is identical to a <a href=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ShaikTechnology.pdf\">conference paper<\/a> submitted by Tufail Ahmed Shaikh December 2015 and certified with the DOI: 10.13140\/RG.2.1.2945.3842.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Shaik-e1629898374159.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3157\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh6.png 773w, https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh6-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh6-768x282.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An obligatory juridical clause prepended to Mr. Singh&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/de.slideshare.net\/umravsinghthakur\/information-seeking-behaviour-of-engineering-college-student-in-indore-city\">Dissertation submitted in Partial fulfillment for the Award of the Degree Master of Philosophy of Library and Information Science, 2014-15<\/a>&#8220;[ref]See <a href=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/informationseekingbehavior2015-2016-160105063837.pdf\">here<\/a>, if the above link goes dead[\/ref] declares that it &#8220;is original piece of research work (sic!) done by me&#8221;. Not really. It is a veritable exhibition piece of plagiarism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researching for a paper on OAI-PMH, a protocol supporting the exchange of bibliographic metadata between digital repositories and harvesters, I hit on a piece describing and assessing a number of harvesting tools. Its author was a student of &#8212; according to its website &#8212; &#8220;one of the prime Central Universities in India&#8220;: DAVV (Devi Ahilya<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/?p=3110\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bric-a-brac","category-hochschulpolitik"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3110"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3200,"href":"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3110\/revisions\/3200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quatsch.philo.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}