[LIS-Forum] DSIR-NCSI Training Workshop on "Setting up & Maintaining Institutional Repositories using EPrints"

[S. Filbert Minj]

Dear Professionals:

As part of ongoing project, Development of OAI-based Institutional
Repository Services in India, sponsored by Department of Scientific and
Industrial research, Ministry of Science and technology, Govt. of India,
the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore,  will be conducting a training workshop on "Setting
up and Maintaining  Institutional Repositories using EPrints", during
26-28 July 2006.

The main focus of the workshop will be to provide an intensive practical
training to the participants to setup and maintain their Institutional
Repositories (IR) using the "EPrints.org" software.

The workshop is being conducted to encourage research institutes,
Universities and R&D organizations to setup their interoperable IRs. The
institutions/organizations are encouraged to depute appropriate
systems/library staff who will be in a position to take advantage of the
training to set up and operate institutional repositories in their
respective institutions

A nominal registration fee of Rs. 1000/- will be charged per participant.
Please note that only online registrations are entertained. Last date for
registration is 15 June 2006. Selected applicants will be intimated by
email on or before 19 June 2006. All the selected applicants are to send a
DD for Rs. 1000/- favouring Registrar, IISc, payable at Bangalore on or
before 29 June 2006 to confirm their registration.

For detailed information about the workshop and also for online
registration, please visit:
http://casin.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ws/eprints/index.html

Important Dates:

Last Date for Registration: 15 June 2006
Selection Intimation: 19 June 2006
Last Date for Sending the DD: 29 June 2006

-- 
Filbert Minj & Francis Jayakanth,
National Centre for Science Information (NCSI),
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore - 560 012