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

Web-based Library Automation and Networking solution
by Mailing List Manager 31 Dec '03

31 Dec '03

Date: 30 Dec 2003 10:05:57 -0000 From: Jai Haravu <haravu(a)newgenlib.com> I am happy to let members of this List know that they can now see a trial installation of the web-based library automation system developed as an initiative of Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (http://www.kiikm.org/) in collaboration with a software company, Verus Solutions Pvt. Ltd., in Hyderabad. The software is called NewGenLib. Details of the software (a brochure) and a PowerPoint presentation may be seen at http://www.kiikm.org. The trial installation can be seen at the Osmania University's web site, http://www.osmania.ac.in/ Please go to this site and click the link for NewGenLib. However NewGenLib requires that client machines must have a Java plugin and a java policy file. How to obtian and install the free Java Plugin is explained in the Readme.Txt ** [sent with this mail as attachment. The .java.policy file also sent as an attachment (_java.polcy should be renamed as .java.policy) should be copied to the Operating System default directory. For e.g., for Windows98 it is C:/Windows/. Comments and feedback are welcome to:] haravu(a)newgenlib.com. L J Haravu ** PS: The attachments have not been included. Please write to Mr. Haravu to get the required files. - moderator

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New Year Wishes
by Mailing List Manager 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 10:31:41 +0530 From: SRELS <srels(a)blr.vsnl.net.in> Dear Member : The Trustees and the Staff of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore. Wishes you a Happy & Prosperous New Year.

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Talk on "Universal Access to Cyberspace" by Dr. John Rose
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in collaboration with the The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore cordially invite you to a public lecture by Dr. John Rose Information Society Division UNESCO, Paris, France on UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO CYBERSPACE at The Seminar Hall National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560 012 on Monday, 29th December 2003, at 5.30 p.m. Mr. N.V. Sathyanarayana Chairman and Managing Director Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore will preside ------------------------------------------------------- RSVP: Ph:3305109(Prasad, SRELS) E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com 3600271(Rajashekar, NCSI) raja(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Coffee: 5.00 P.M.

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Websites required
by Mailing List Manager 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 20:42:48 +0530 From: kss <kss(a)informindia.co.in> Hi Geetha, We are a company specialised in web research. We not only identify websites as per given seleection criteria but also index or keyword them. We have been offereing this service to several US companies. In the past we have identified 60,000 websites in the area of Life/Health Sciences, 15,000 Arts amd Humanity sites, 15,000 Linguistics, Social Science and Poltical Science, 15,000 Engineering sites. We charge US$1.5 per site identification including indexing. We generally do not undertake mere identification of sites. However, as a special case, we could offer this service at US$0.30/site provided the minimum number of sites to be identified is more than 1000. Tks. & Regds K S Subba Rao Director Informatics International Projects Division Informatics India Ltd 112/7, Vikas 11th Cross, 5th Main Malleshwaram Bangalore 560 003 Tel: 3464878 Fax: 3344598 www.informindia.co.in www.j-gate.informindia.co.in

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Academic ranking of world universities
by Mailing List Manager 28 Dec '03

28 Dec '03

Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 15:10:31 -0500 From: Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur <rcgaur(a)tifr.res.in> Shanghai University has conducted a study in which they have ranked world's universities according to their research merits. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India has been ranked at position in between 27-36 in Asia/Pacific and in between 251-300 position in the world. In case if you are interested, Rankings can be found here: http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm Regards Ramesh

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save US$ 225 on ' Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science'
by Mailing List Manager 28 Dec '03

28 Dec '03

Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 16:40:25 +0530 From: Monitor Information Services <emonitor(a)sancharnet.in> Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, 2nd edition published in May'2003 in 4 vol. set is being offered at its low pre-publication price of US$ 1275.00 instead of its current price of US$ 1500.00. Librarian who could not take advantage of its pre-publication price earlier can avail this limited period offer. Library Discounts permissible. Contact for full details Best Wishes Mukesh Anand emonitor(a)sancharnet.in

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Websites required
by Mailing List Manager 28 Dec '03

28 Dec '03

Date: 25 Dec 2003 04:58:01 -0000 From: Geetha <vgitha(a)rediffmail.com> Sir we are looking for different websites in the area of business process engineering kindly forward the same by return mail with regds *********** Geetha Admin. Executive Indegene Life Systems 130, 1st Main, 5th Block Koramangala Bangalore-560095 geetha(a)indegene.com www.indegene.com

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Distribution of the Extremal of Random varibales
by Hema Prem 26 Dec '03

26 Dec '03

Dear all, Does anyone have information on the Distribution of the Extremal of Random varibles. Someone from bangalore had some info on this..long back.. kindly let me know, i need that asap regards hema -- Hema Prem Research Student Dept of Management Studies Indian Institute Of Science Bangalore - 12 Ph: 91-80-3604538,2933269 (Lab) 91-80-2932291 (hostel) Room # 34 Fax: 91-80- 3604534

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Use of SCI-based publicaiton counts by Subbiah Arunachalam Current Science 25 Nov 2003
by Mailing List Manager 22 Dec '03

22 Dec '03

This excellent two page article is available free of charge at http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov252003/1391.pdf The author refers to a short piece I published in 1994 about “Research Fronts”. This appeared in Current Contents under the rubric “Citation Comments”. Since the print version of Current Contents is generally not available the full text can be found at: http://www.isinet.com/essays/citationanalysis/11.html/

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FW: Nature Magazine through INDEST
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

Dear All I am forwarding this message from Dr. Jagdish Arora, Librarian, IIT Delhi and National Coordinator, INDEST Consortium. The message is self explanatory. Those interested in this offer for online access subscription to Nature magazine, may kindly get in touch with Dr. Arora. Regards Rajashekar T.B. Rajashekar NCSI, IISc -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Jagdish Arora [mailto:jarora@library.iitd.ernet.in] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:13 AM To: Rajashekar Dr. T.B. Subject: Nature Magazine through INDEST Dear Rajashekar, Can you post the following message on the LIS Forum Listserv: The Nature would be available for subscription through the INDEST Consortium. We have received highly discounted rates of subscription. However, you will have to place your order urgently (before 20th) and make payment before 31st Dec., 2003 to avail this rate. Interested institutions may please contact me for the rates. Regards Jagdsish Arora

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