Library profession especially in Pakistan is under developing stage. It is pertinent to grasp the trends which not only change the face of the libraries but re-shaped the librarian's role in new information society. The purpose of the study is to discover the status of the job market for Library Professionals in Sindh, Pakistan, and to examine the job titles used in advertisements. Content analysis was applied to discover the status of the LIS job market. LIS Professional vacancies from 2004-2008 in four leading newspapers were analysis. There were 282 announcements during that time.

Di- and tri-organotin(IV) carboxylates of the type R2SnL2 R = CH3, n-C4H9, n-C8H17] and R3SnL R = CH3, n-C4H9, C6H5, where L= oxygen donor ligand, have been synthesized and characterized by various analytical techniques such as elemental analysis, FT-IR, NMR (1H, 13C) and single crystal X-ray analysis. The synthesized complexes were screened for their catalytic activity in synthesis of biodiesel-an alternative fuel, and biological activities such as antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxicity. The triorganotin(IV) complexes exhibited comparatively higher catalytic and biological activities...

Biodiesel was synthesized from vegetable oils by base-catalyzed transesterification with methanol in the presence of NaOH. The optimization of experimental parameters was established to achieve the maximum yield of product. The physical and fuel properties of biodiesel like dynamic viscosity, kinematic viscosity, acid number, density, flash point, cetane number, cloud point and pour point were determined and found comparable to ASTM standards. Prepared biodiesel was chemically characterized by FT-IR, NMR (1H & 13C) and GC-MS to elucidate the identification, quantification and chemical...