November 2003 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

RE: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 8, Issue 14
by Mr. Sridhar Brahma 20 Nov '03

20 Nov '03

Dear All, I am searching for "Encyclopedia of industrial chemical analysis" by Snell and Ettre. Please help me in providing information from where I can procure it. Thanks & regards, Sridhar Brahma Information Scientist, SABIC Research & Technology Pvt Ltd., Plot No. 5 & 6, Savli GIDC Estate, Savli - Baroda Highway, Manjusar: - 391 775, Dist Baroda Gujarat, INDIA Ph: +91-2667-264521 Fax: +91-2667-264245 Email - sridhar(a)sabicind.com

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Astro: New journal?
by Mailing List Manager 20 Nov '03

20 Nov '03

Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:41:09 +0530 (IST) From: Nagesh Hadimani <nagesh(a)jncasr.ac.in> Dear sir, I found one article from the Journal "Recent Research Developments in Astronomy & Astrophysics" published by Research Signpost India 2002, You can access from the following web address. http://www.ima.umn.edu/preprints/aug2002/1877.pdf The above article is submitted by the following Author. Michael Efroimsky, Astronomer U.S. Naval Observatory 3450 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington DC 20392 email: efroimsk(a)imaNOSPAM.umn.edu Thanks. Nagesh Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Jakkur, Bangalore India

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Astro: New journal?
by Mailing List Manager 20 Nov '03

20 Nov '03

Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:57:31 +0530 From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com> dear Dr Girija Please contact www.researchsignpost.com Research Signpost, T. C. 37/661(2), Fort Post Office, Trivandrum - 695023, Kerala, India Tel: 91.471.2460384, Fax: 91.471.2573051, E-mail: ggcom(a)vsnl.com They seem to be quality STM publishers from the titles already out. UNLIKE our 'friend': Biju K Abraham of :"Indian Institute of knowledge management", "Indian Journal of Library & Information science", Kottayam, Kerala India 686634Phone (482)22240720 Cell 9846 240720 Emaileditor(a)ijlis.com His Email does not work. There are complaints that BK Abraham asks (Foreign)authors to contribute papers,- don't know what he does with them -- never informs the outcome -- not even send a copy of the journal to the author. I thought Research Signpost may be similar such bogus organisation. NO, Research Signpost appears to be solid & real! But, How come he has not approached RRIL, IIAP etc if he is publishing "Recent Research Developments in Astronomy & Astrophysics" ? This is a mystery. Vyasamoorthy, p

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Vacancy at World Health Organization - Closing Date Approaching
by Tomas Allen 19 Nov '03

19 Nov '03

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Coverage of DRTC DL in DLib Magazine
by Sneha Shukla 19 Nov '03

19 Nov '03

Dear Professionals, A news item on DRTC Digital Library of Library and Information Science, is covered in D-Lib Magazine (http://www.dlib.org) under the column "In Brief". One can read the write up at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november03/11inbrief.html#PRASAD Alternatively a link is provided on the DRTC DL site: https://drtc.isibang.ac.in Or alternatively a link is given to it from DRTC official website: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in Sneha Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Bangalore ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Mobile: Download the latest polyphonic ringtones. Go to http://in.mobile.yahoo.com

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Astro: New journal? (fwd)
by Library 19 Nov '03

19 Nov '03

Dear Friends, Does anyone have any information on this? This is the first time we are hearing about this journal. Thanks Girija Srinivasan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 361 0122 Extn 250 C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 361 0492 Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: library(a)rri.res.in ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 11:42:39 -0500 From: Donna Coletti <dcoletti(a)cfa.harvard.edu> To: pamnet listserver <slapam-L(a)lists.yale.edu> Subject: Astro: New journal? PAMnetters, One of our scientists has been invited to submit a review article by a journal unknown to us. He would like feedback from librarians to help him decide if this would be a good place to publish. The title is 'Recent Research Developments in Astronomy & Astrophysics' published by Research Signpost in India. Volume 1 was/is to be published in 2003. Have any of you subscribed or received a free issue? If so what do you think of it? Do you know any researchers who have submitted articles and why they chose this journal? We'd appreciate any feedback. Thanks -Donna -- ===================================================================== Donna J. Coletti, Head Librarian John G. Wolbach Library & Information Resource Center Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Voice: 617.495.7289, Fax: 7199 cfa-www.harvard.edu/library =====================================================================

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InfoWatch - Oct 2003
by M.R Lalitha 18 Nov '03

18 Nov '03

Dear LIS-Forum member, The October 2003 issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) Oct 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. Beyond Logic [Information resource for hardware & programming for USB, legacy ports, device drivers etc] 2. BioABACUS - Biotechnology ABbreviation and ACronym Uncovering Service 3. CentralOps.net - Advanced online Internet utilities 4. ChemBank - Initiative for chemical genetics 5. Ecological risk analysis - Guidance, tools and applications 6. Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment 7. Engineering case studies 8. Engineering and technology software [Free softwares/sharewares listed by Techstreet.com] 9. How People Learn: Brain, mind, experience and school 10. ITtoolbox dataware house 11. NEODYS - Near Earth object 12. OpenScience project [Dedicated for creating free and open source scientific software] 13. Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide - Intutive resource for synthetic organic chemists 14. Protocols.com - Protocols for WAN, LAN, ATM communications and telecommunications 15. reallybig.com - A complete resource for all web builders 16. RF Cafe[[An information source in electronics] 17. Spice-Club.com[A resource for analog modeling and design applications] 18. Surface Properties of INterfaces - Protein Protein Interfaces (SPIN-PP) 19. Template Numerical Toolkit (TNT) - An interface for scientific computing in C++ 20. TreeBASE - A relational database of phylogenetic information ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About InfoWatch : InfoWatch is a monthly electronic newsletter, brought out by the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA. Information in the newsletter is collected and verified by NCSI staff.The newsletter aims to raise awareness of new sources of information on the Internet, particularly those which are relevant for higher education and research. Some items may be of relevance only to the IISc community.Resources reported here have been taken from various discussion lists and other network tools and no special claims are made for accuracy or originality. Most of the sources cited in the newsletter were checked at the time of publication, however it is possible that some of the resources are no longer available. We welcome comments about the newsletter and suggestions for resources to be featured. Please e-mail your comments to Infowatch editors: Ms. K. Thulasi (thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) & Ms. M. R. Lalitha (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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DRTC Seminar on Web Ontology Language (OWL)
by Mailing List Manager 17 Nov '03

17 Nov '03

Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:46:40 +0000 (GMT) From: "[iso-8859-1] Banda Shankar" <bandashankar(a)yahoo.co.in> Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research & Training Center 8th Mile, Mysore road, Bangalore-560059 DRTC Seminar On Web Ontology Language (OWL) By Banda Shankar Abstract The Semantic Web is a vision for the future of the Internet where every information is given explicit meaning. This makes it easier for machines to automatically process and integrate information. XML's ability to define customized tags and RDF's flexible approach to represent data could be exploited to build Semantic Web. In extension to this several standard Ontologies are used. Web Ontology Language(OWL) is one such kind of Ontology. This seminar gives detailed overview of OWL and it's suitability for building future "Semantic Web". enue : DRTC classroom Date : 17th November, 2003(Monday) Time : 2.00 P.M. All are cordially invited Dr. A.R.D. Prasad Co-ordinator

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Business and Management Libraries: opportunities and challenges in 21st century- New Book
by Mailing List Manager 17 Nov '03

17 Nov '03

Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 14:01:31 -0500 From: Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur <rcgaur(a)tifr.res.in> "Business and Management Libraries: opportunities and challenges in 21st century", Edited by Ramesh C. Gaur, Ashok Jambekar, P.R. Goswami , and Tariq Asraf . Excel Books, New Delhi, October 2003. Hard Bound; Price Rs. 450/- ABOUT THE BOOK In view of the sudden growth of management education institutions in public as well as private sector, the present volume has been developed to share information and ideas for the development of libraries and business librarianship. A library is considered to be at the heart of an academic institution and plays a crucial role in the overall improvement of quality of study, teaching and learning. The book aims to address issues pertaining to challenges in business librarianship, knowledge management, resource sharing and networking, information infrastructure and information technology deployment in libraries, digital libraries, marketing of library services, total quality management and user information needs and user issues. Holistic in approach and lucid in language, the objective of the book is to debate and discuss a plethora of issues that concern the library professionals especially in the light of the information technology boom. Through a culmination of 24 papers, it has been our endeavour to voice the experience and knowledge of academicians and professionals from management institutions with the hope that the readers would get new insights and benefit from them. ABOUT THE EDITORS Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur, Librarian at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai has over a decade of experience in Library Information field. His career specialization has been in Automation and Reengineering of Libraries. Dr. Gaur successfully carried out total library automation project of Planning Commission Library (Government of India). He has published over 30 articles in various national and international books, journals and conference proceedings. His authored book"Reengineering Library and Information Services: People, Process and Technology" has received wide acclamation. He is the Founder Convener of Ranganathan Research Circle (RRC), New Delhi and Life trustee and Joint Secretary of Ranganathan Research Trust. He is presently at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA under Fulbright Fellowship in Information Science and Technology. Late Ashok Jambhekar was Librarian at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and Head NICMAN, established by NISSAT. He was also Founder President of Management Libraries Network, New Delhi. Dr. P. R. Goswami is presently Director National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), New Delhi. In his wide ranging experience in the field of Library and Information Science, his past assignments have been in Planning Commission (Government of India) and University of Delhi. He has served as General Secretary of Indian Library Association (ILA). He has authored many articles and essays for national and international journals. Dr.Tariq Ashraf has over 15 years of rich and varied experience in prestigious organizations. Before joining IILM in January 1997, he has worked at Centre for Policy Research and Indian Institute of Mass Communication for more than 8 years. He has contributed 15 research papers in journals of repute. One of his papers titled "Information Technology and Public Policy: A Socio-Human Profile of Indian Digital Revolution" has been awarded by American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASSIST) for the year 2003. He is also Editor of MANLIBNET Review, a quarterly newsletter of Management Libraries Network, New Delhi.

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Open access leads to higher citations and visibility!
by Mailing List Manager 17 Nov '03

17 Nov '03

Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 15:08:36 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Here is some evidence to show that open access papers are cited far more often than papers which are not in the open access domain. Based on some well-planned research! Here is an excerpt from a posting by Stevan Harnad to another list.. Arun ------- You may be interested in: <http://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0311&L=pamnet&D=1&O=D&P=1632> which is a report by the librarian liason of the AAS Pub board meeting. The relevant paragraph (at the end) is: "Finally, there was a very interesting brief report from Greg Schwarz (from the ApJ editorial office) on some work he's doing tracking citation rates of papers published in the ApJ based on whether they were posted on astro-ph or not. He studied samples from July-Dec. 1999 and July-Dec. 2002. The first interesting point is that 72% of the papers published in the latter period had appeared on astro-ph, although the submission rate to the server seems to be leveling off. He also noted that the number of authors per paper has been increasing along with the total length and that most astro-ph submissions are after acceptance by the journal. The really fascinating conclusion he's drawn, at least from my perspective, is that ApJ papers that were also on astro-ph have a citation rate that is _twice_ that of papers not on the preprint server. Moreover, this higher citation rate appears to continue once the time gap disappears (that is, papers on astro-ph are viewed about nine months ahead of the journal paper, but after several years of availability, the astro-ph papers are still being cited at a significantly higher rate)." You [Michael Kurtz, Astrophysics, Harvard] have shown some similar work already, but this seems nicely done. With the majority of ApJ papers going to astro-ph those which are not preprinted (and which are less referenced) seem the oddballs. I have been assuming that the higher citation rates for papers which are preprinted was due to the preprinting; perhaps the effect is that lower quality/interest papers are not preprinted. Can I ask for a clarification (because the word "preprinted," unlike "self-archived," is somewhat ambiguous): Are you specifically referring here to the prepublication part of an article's timeline, your point being that in astrophysics, where the publishers' versions are all effectively "open access" by the time they appear (in that they are all available to the entire worldwide astrophysical research community via site-licenses to the relatively small and closed group of journals involved), there are *still* twice as many citations of those papers that were self-archived before publication (as either pre-refereeing preprints or post-refereeing postprints or both) than to those that only became openly accessible when they became available as from the publisher? That would be very useful news both for the value of open access to eprints (preprints and postprints) in general and the value of prepublication self-archiving in particular, suggesting that (if we take Steve Lawrence's figures for the overall citation advantage of free online access to eprints over the its alternatives -- online or on-paper -- which is a citation advantage of 4.5) we see that a two-fold advantage already comes from free access to the prepublication phase alone. The causality, of course, is uncertain here, as you note: Is it that earlier open-access enhances the citation counts, or that the better articles are the ones that are being self-archived earlier? In any case, it is certainly a vote both for open access and for early self-archiving! Cheers, Stevan

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