January 2004 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Mapping intellectual milestones - CITESPACE
by Madhuresh 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

Want to find out what's hot and what's not in any given research area without actually having to read all the papers? Read on. Chaomei Chen, associate professor at the College of Information Science and Technology at Drexel University in Philadelphia, USA, has developed software called CITESPACE, analyzes how the co-citation relationships change over time. He published a research paper recently in PNAS Online, which is available at http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/0307513100v1.pdf The news item can be read at http://www.chemweb.com/alchem/articles/1066208793352.html or at http://gateways.bmn.com/sreport/previous?day=040122&story=1 Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 562 158 Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile 98861 82822 Fax 852 6285 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/

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Travel Grants to attend ETD 2004 and JCDL 2004
by Mailing List Manager 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:35:46 +0530 From: Shalini .R .Urs <shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in> Travel Grants for attending ETD 2004 and JCDL 2004 Announcement Availability of Travel Grants for the ETD 2004, June 3-5,2004, Lexington, KY, USA and JCDL 2004, June 7-11,2004, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Here is a wonderful opportunity for young information professionals who have passion, commitment and a track-record of academic, research and practical achievements in digital library project initiatives, to attend two major conferences in USA concerning digital library initiatives Applications are invited from interested and eligible professionals for the above Grants. Travel Grants to support the participation of 5-6 delegates from India to attend the above two conferences are re available. ETD 2004 -the Seventh International Conference on Electronic Theses and Dissertations is organized by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) from June 3-5,2004 on the campus of the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA. The theme of this year's conference is - 'Distributing knowledge world wide through better scholarly communication'. For more information, please visit the conference website : http://www.uky.edu/ETD/ETD2004 JCDL 2004- the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries sponsored by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society and others is being held at Tucson, Arizona, USA from June 7-11, 2004. The theme of this year's JCDL is- Global Reach and Diverse Impact. Given the fact that these two conferences are scheduled back to back, it was possible to source funds from an international funding agency to support the travel and participation of 5-6 of delegates from India for both these conferences. The grant will cover the travel, accommodation, and registration of the selected participants. Recognizing the lack of opportunities for Indian Library and Information professionals to attend international conferences and workshop, this funding opportunity has been identified with the objective of encouraging committed and capable LIS professionals to participate and contribute effectively to the emerging global digital library movement. The main goal is to help build capacities in LIS profession. This would provide an opportunity for the selected candidates to meet, interact, learn, and network with the international DL community. Guiding Principles 1.. These awards are open to all Indian nationals who have contributed to the development of Digital Libraries / ETD efforts 2.. Preference will be given to young professionals, who have demonstrated their capabilities and commitment and shown promise. 3.. The selection of the candidates will be competitive and done by an Expert Committee constituted for this purpose 4.. The selection process involves the submission of applications in the pres cribed format - the applications may be downloaded from http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ETD-JCDL2004 5.. The selection will be based on the following criteria- 1.. Contribution towards the development of Digital Libraries and ETDs in the last 5 years through specific programmes/efforts initiated 2.. Quality Publications in the area 3.. Your future visions and plans for taking your institution to the global DL mainstream. . 4.. Submitted papers / accepted for JCDL 2004/ETD 2004 Those interested may contact the undersigned for further details. Shalini -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr.Shalini R.Urs Professor and Chairperson Department of library and Information Science University of Mysore Project Director Vidyanidhi-Indian Digital Library of Electronic Theses Manasagangotri, Mysore.570006. India Ph:91-821-2514699 Fax:91-821-2519209 Website:http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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OAI Service Providers: SciTech and SocSci/Humanities (ReDox)
by Mailing List Manager 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 12:58:00 -0600 From: Gerry Mckiernan <gerrymck(a)iastate.edu> OAI Service Providers: SciTech and SocSci/Humanities In my haste two weeks ago to (self-)promote [:-) my two recent articles about OAI Service Providers: SciTech and SocSci/Humanities, I failed to list the services eProfiled in each. In addition, I inadvertently mounted a read-only PDF version for each, which were replaced with read/printing versions earlier today. Please find below the names and URLs of the OAI Service Providers beneath the citation for each article: Gerry McKiernan. "Open Archives Initiative Service Providers. Part I: Science and Technology," _Library Hi Tech News_ 20 no. 9: (November 2003): 30-38. [http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/OAI-SP-I.pdf] **Arc: A Cross A rchive Search Service** [http://arc.cs.odu.edu/ ] **Citebase** [http://citebase.eprints.org/ ] **my.OAI** [http://www.myoai.com] **Open Archives Initiative Information in Engineering, Computer Science, and Physics (Grainger Engineering Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)** [http://g118.grainger.uiuc.edu/engroai/] **SAIL-eprints (Search, Alert, Impact and Link)** [ http://eprints.bo.cnr.it/ ] AND Gerry McKiernan. "Open Archives Initiative Service Providers. Part II: Social Sciences and Humanities," _Library Hi Tech News_ 20 no. 10: (December 2003): 24-31. [http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/OAI-SP-II.pdf] **AmericanSouth** [ http://americansouth.org ] **Open Language Archives Community (OLAC) [http://www.language-archives.org/] **Sheet Music Consortium** [ http://digital.library.ucla.edu/sheetmusic/] **UIUC Digital Gateway to Cultural Heritage Materials** [http://nergal.grainger.uiuc.edu/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx ] Enjoy (again)! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Latte-drinking, Sushi-eating, Volvo-driving, New York Times-reading, Left-Wing Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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Nature Biotechnology - duplicate copy if available
by Mailing List Manager 23 Jan '04

23 Jan '04

Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:02:06 +0530 From: Krishnan <krish(a)ems.ncl.res.in> Does any one have a duplicate copy of the following journal? We have this as missing in our collection. Please reply directly Nature Biotechnology, 20(5), 2002 Thanks Dr. S. Krishnan Head, Information Division National Chemical Lab, PUNE 411008, INDIA e-mail: krish(a)ems.ncl.res.in http://www.ncl-india.org

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The grip of death...
by Mailing List Manager 23 Jan '04

23 Jan '04

Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:19:49 +0530 From: Aman Jha <aman.jha(a)ciionline.org> Dear friends I need availability details of the following book in India: "The Grip of Death: a study of modern money, debt slavery and destructive economics" by Michael Rowbotham (Jon Carpenter Publishing, 1998) Jon Carpenter Publishing, 2, The Spendlove Centre, Charlbury, Oxfordshire OX7 3PQ For credit card orders tel/fax. +44 (0)1608 811969 or +44 (0)1689 870437. UK price: �15 Distributed in the USA & Canada by: Paul & Company, PO Box 442, Concord, MA 01742 tel. 978 369 3049/fax. 978 369 2385. US price: $29.95 Thanks and regards, Aman Jha Librarian CII

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Nature Biotechnology - duplicate copy if available
by Krishnan 22 Jan '04

22 Jan '04

Does any one have a duplicate copy of the following journal? We have this as missing in our collection. Please reply directly Nature Biotechnology, 20(5), 2002 Thanks Krishnan Dr. S. Krishnan Head, Information Division National Chemical Lab, PUNE 411008, INDIA e-mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:krish@ems.ncl.res.in"krish(a)ems.ncl.res.in HYPERLINK "http://www.ncl-india.org"http://www.ncl-india.org Tel: 020-25893457; Fax: 020-25893973 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.564 / Virus Database: 356 - Release Date: 1/19/2004

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News Industry Text Format
by Madhuresh 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

Dear Friends, I would like to share the following item. NITF (News Industry Text Format) is a solution for sharing news. It is developed by News Publishers and it is for News Publishers. NITF uses the eXtensible Markup Language to define the content and structure of news articles. Because metadata is applied throughout the news content, NITF documents are far more searchable and useful than HTML pages. By using NITF, publishers can adapt the look, feel, and interactivity of their documents to the bandwidth, devices, and personalized needs of their subscribers. These documents can be translated into HTML, WML (for wireless devices), RTF (for printing), or any other format the publisher wishes. NITF was developed by the International Press Telecommunications Council, an independent international association of the world's leading news agencies and publishers. It is a standard that is open, public, proven, well-used, well-documented, and well-supported. For more details, see http://www.nitf.org/ Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 562 158 Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile 98861 82822 Fax 852 6285 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/

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ICADL 2004 (fwd)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

The 7th International Conference of Asian Digital Libraries ------- International Collaboration and Cross-Fertilization Call for papers After its six-year��s efficient exploration in offering a forum to promote and share the latest development of technology of digital library, the International Conference of Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL) has turned out to be a grand annual event in the library and IT communities in Asia and the world as well. The 7th ICADL Conference in 2004 will be hosted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Shanghai Library in Shanghai, China from December 13 to 17. The theme of this conference is: ��Digital Libraries �C International Collaboration and Cross-Fertilization��. Papers are solicited in a wide variety of digital library related areas, including (but not limited to): Main Topics: Service and Management ��New forms and models of DL services; ��Digital library performance, resources, usefulness, usability and evaluation; ��User studies: user communities, user needs, user behavior, usage pattern; ��Social, legal and economic issues related DL, such as privacy, intelligence property, information security, sustainability; ��Knowledge management and its application in DL; ��New institution roles and responsibilities of DL in 21st century. ��Live reference service ��Personalization service Collaboration and Localization �� Case studies on successful national, cross-regional and international DL collaboration projects and impact in Asia-Pacific Region; ��Preserving, organizing and disseminating Asian unique and indigenous knowledge and culture; ��Novel methods and tools for Asian languages information processing. ��Exploring a Cross-Culture Context for DL studies in Asia, social impacts of DL in Asia. Technology ��Digital library system: architectures, interoperability, mobile applications, agents related to DL; ��Access to distributed and heterogeneous digital collections: interoperability, scalability, relevant information discovery, meta-information integration, Mass storage; ��Information retrieval and data mining: novel IR technologies of text and multimedia, data mining; multi- and cross-lingual data access and searching, machine translation and machine learning; �� Information organization and content management: metadata and OAI, ontologies and semantic web, topic maps; ��Human-computer interaction: interfaces, visualization, portals, personalization; ��Technical standards��protocol in DL area and implication strategies; ��Grid technologies and digital libraries ��E-publication Proceedings Conference Proceedings will be composed of long (full) papers (10 pages), short papers (4 pages) and poster papers (2 pages) and be published by Springer��s Lecture Note Series in Computer Science (LNCS). Important Date: Submission of Abstracts (full papers only) June 10, 2004 Submission of Full Papers July 1, 2004 Submission of Short Papers July 1, 2004 Papers should be written in English and submitted in electronic format. More details will be released dynamically at the 7th ICADL Conference��s website: http://icadl2004.sjtu.edu.cn. And much more will be given around March. Please contact us if you have any questions: Mr. Yuan Guojing, Ms. Guojing Email: icadl2004(a)mail.lib.sjtu.edu.cn Tel.: +86-21-62933229 Fax: +86-21-62820892 The Organization Committee of the 7th ICADL Conference Shanghai, P.R. China

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIBRARY SERVICES ON MOBILE PHONES WE ARE READY?
by Mailing List Manager 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

Dear professionals, Have a good day and in respose to the mail of Mr. Mallikarjuan, In fact, Learning Resource Centre Beams Education Centre, Dubai has effectively utilizing the SMS of cellular phones/ mobile for providing readyreference services. The Learning Resource centres users are also uses the SMS of cellular phone for their general enquiry, reservation, renewals, and other purposes. The same system is introduce by self, in 2002 November itself. Regards Vijayakumar M

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Links related ETDs
by Mailing List Manager 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:42:54 -0500 From: Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur <rcgaur(a)tifr.res.in> Apologies for cross posting. Please feel free in forwarding this to others. Hi! Some of you who might be thinking to start / or working on ETDs in India, following links may be of some help: http://www.uky.edu/ETD/ETD2004/ http://etdguide.org/ http://www.ndltd.org/talks/index.htm http://www.ndltd.org/pubs/index.htm http://www.vtls.com/ndltd/ http://www.ndltd.org/etd_conf/ETD2003tutorial05.ppt http://www.ndltd.org/union.html http://www.ndltd.org/research.html http://www.ndltd.org/community.html http://www.unesco.org.uy/eventos/evento2000-10-20-0.html http://www.theses.org/ http://www.dissertation.com/library_frame.php http://www.diplomica.com/ http://tennessee.cc.vt.edu/~lming/cgi-bin/ODL/nm-ui/members/index.htm http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/home/index.html http://www.pitt.edu/AFShome/g/r/graduate/public/html/etd/ http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/gateway http://zeeb.library.cmu.edu/OLC/fall2001.html#ETD http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/ http://www.dlib.vt.edu http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest/extended/indest-etd.pdf http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ETD/directory/browse.html http://www.rgs.uky.edu/gs/ETDintro.html http://etd-submit.etsu.edu/support/help/glossary/glossary.htm http://etdguide.org/content/1.2.htm http://www.etd.psu.edu/gen_info.html Best, Ramesh -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Visiting Scholar (Fulbright Program)( Till February 2004) Virginia Tech Dept. of Computer Science 660 McBryde Hall, M/C 0106 Blacksburg, VA 24061 +1-540-231-3615

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