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

library events
by Mailing List Manager 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:56:41 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] ramesh akula" <akula202(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear All, Can You Please let me know, if there are any library events on Digital libraries planned for any institution / associtions for the rest of the year , from 20th june 2004, regards, A.Ramesh Librarian Indur institue of Engineering and technology, siddipet-502 277

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Announcing _eFeeds(sm): Web Feeds from Electronic Journals_
by Mailing List Manager 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:19:06 -0500 From: Gerry Mckiernan <gerrymck(a)iastate.edu> _eFeeds(sm): Web Feeds from Electronic Journals_ I am pleased to announce the creation of my newest registry - _eFeeds(sm)_ ! _eFeeds(sm)_ is located at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/eFeeds.htm ] "_eFeeds(sm): Web Feeds from Electronic Journals_ is a categorized registry of electronic journals that offer RSS/XML, Atom, or other Web feeds. Publisher-specific and vendor Web feeds are categorized in a separate category." I am greatly interested in adding additional entries to _eFeeds(sm) and would most appreciate Any and All nominations of other e-journals with Web feeds. BTW: _eFeeds(sm)_ is intended to complement _RSS(sm)_, my registry devoted to "Rich Site Services" located at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/RSS.htm ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Library-specific Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Website on 'Academic and Research Institutions in Mumbai
by Mailing List Manager 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:53:51 +0530 From: bp.prakash(a)tcs.com This is a good effort and will go a long way with improvements and updation. How comprehensive is this ? Iam tempted to suggest add library contacts. Congrats ! Sarika and the IGIDR team ! BP Prakash Tata Consultancy Services ------ Original message ---------- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:50:37 +0530 From: gargi17 <gargi17(a)indiatimes.com> Hi, As a part of my training at IGIDR Library, I have developed a site on Academic and Research Institution in Mumbai under the guidance of Mr. G. K. Manjunath, Chief Librarian and Mr. S. M. Pujar, Assistant Librarian. The URL of the site is : http://freewebs.com/arimumbai I request all the members to go through the site and give your valuable suggestions and comments for further improvement of the site. Regards, Sarika B. Davakhar

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Yahoo goes Gmail way!!
by Shyam Prasad pujar 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

Dear Members, >From Today June 15, 2004 Yahoo is offering 100 MB FREE E-mail box for its users. Just go to login page, Yahoo welcomes you with new features. Right at the moment this is available only for name(a)yahoo.com e-mail addresses. Regards, S.M. Pujar ********************************************************************** Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen. Vaidya Marg, Film City Road Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065 India %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% * Phone: (022) 28400919-21 Extn: 514 * * Fax: (022) 28402752 * * E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in * * URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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U.K. Academics and Librarians Disagree Over Open Access Publishing
by JK Vijayakumar 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

U.K. Academics and Librarians Disagree Over Open Access Publishing by Richard Poynder http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb040503-3.shtml -------------------------------------------- On April 21, the U.K. Parliament�s Science and Technology Select Committee held the third evidence session in its enquiry into the pricing and availability of scientific publications. Having heard testimony from publishers (See http://www.infotoday.com/it/apr04/poynder.shtml) British politicians now wanted to hear the views of librarians and academics. As it turned out, the librarians and academics disagreed with one another. First up were representatives of the library community, including the chief executive of The British Library, Lynne Brindley; the librarian of Cambridge University, Peter Fox; Di Martin, dean of learning and information services at the University of Hertfordshire; and Frederick Friend, consultant with the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). Committee chair Dr. Ian Gibson began: �Libraries have told us that there is a crisis in the provision of scientific publications: publishers vigorously deny this. Who is right?� The librarians were clear there was a crisis. Describing the environment as monopolistic, they expressed concerns over excessive pricing, inflexibility over the �bundling� of electronic journals, inequitable copyright agreements, and restrictions on long-term access to digital material. On pricing, Martin reported that while the RPI (Retail Price Index) had increased by just 11 percent over 5 years, there had been a 58 percent increase in STM journal subscriptions. Fox explained that for Cambridge University this meant that where 10 years ago scientific journals consumed around 25 percent of the materials budget, �currently that is 33 percent and rising.� This, he added, was depriving the University of �500,000 a year for �purchasing books and journals outside the scientific area.� The librarians also refuted claims made by publishers that there was flexibility in bundling. Any flexibility there was, said Martin, is disappearing. �The deal that has been put forward now for higher education � [would] � give us much fewer options and we would have to take a set package.� When Gibson asked who the best and worst publishers were, Friend replied that ALPSP members (The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers) are easier to deal with. Two of the more difficult, he added, were Elsevier and the American Chemical Society (ACS). Last year, he explained, JISC spent 6 months in national negotiations with Elsevier. �You agree a national price of, say, 5 percent on what you paid last year; but then, when the detail gets down to local level, you find that the reality is very different.� The process, he said, was �extremely time-consuming, and is still not resolved for many universities.� ACS, he continued, imposes unreasonable restrictions on long-term access to its digital material. �In the electronic environment we are not allowed to purchase the content outright; it is licensed to us. Many publishers impose conditions upon long-term access�not all, and in general the ALPSP publishers are better on this, but the American Chemical Society is very difficult.� Much of the discussion revolved around OA (Open Access) publishing. OA, said Friend, is an appropriate response to the current monopolistic environment. �What I would urge this committee to consider is the recommendation to government that any articles based on publicly-funded research should be freely accessible over the Internet.� Since universities are a major provider of profit for these companies, asked committee member Dr. Brian Iddon, why did librarians not just use their clout to make publishers more flexible? �We do have some clout,� replied Friend. �[B]ut ultimately we are in the hands of our academic community, and if the academic community do not back the library up in saying �no�, then the library alone could not take action.� The problem, he later explained, is that those who pay for the journals (librarians) are not the people who make the buying decisions (academics). Since OA requires that researchers pay to be published, he added, it has the benefit of restoring �the decision on payment to the authors.� When academics were called it was apparent they viewed things differently. David Williams, professor of tissue engineering at the University of Liverpool, was critical of OA, and disputed there was a crisis. �I do not see that there is any significant problem in S&T publishing at the present time. My staff, my post-docs, my students have immense access to a wide variety of publications with tremendous facility. Comparing that to 5 years ago, the time saved in technology is very, very significant.� John Fry, professor of microbial ecology at the University of Cardiff, said that OA introduced �a whole host of minor practical problems.� As publications manager for The Federation of European Microbiological Societies, he was also worried that learned societies could not continue publishing without the support of traditional publishers. �All our journals at the moment are owned and published by Elsevier.� While supportive of self-archiving, Nigel Hitchin, professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford, was also doubtful about OA publishing. �Up-front payments are a big issue,� he said, adding that asking mathematicians�who are not big grant-earners�to pay to publish could act as a deterrent to submitting papers. The only academic to support OA was professor James Crabbe, head of animal and microbial sciences at the University of Reading. When the Committee asked about copyright, Williams replied: �In the vast majority of papers which I publish I have to sign over copyright to the publisher. It has never been a concern to me. As editor-in-chief [of an Elsevier journal] I have never had a concern raised by any author at any time about the copyright issue.� Jane Carr, chief executive of the Authors� Licensing & Collecting Society (ALCS)�who gave testimony alongside academics�disagreed. Based on an ALCS survey, she said, it was clear academics were concerned. One author had told ALCS: �The only journal I challenged over assigning copyright agreed to assign it to me as long as I understood they would not publish me again. Academic publishing is, from an author�s perspective, a complete rip-off.� Carr added she was concerned such copyright issues �could be carried through into an open access model.� In short, academics were skeptical about OA publishing. Outside the committee room, critics complained that, in their choice of whom to call, politicians had shown a bias towards publishers. �Of the four academics, three were editors of Elsevier journals,� angrily commented one OA advocate, on condition of anonymity. �I don�t think it was a representative panel of academics,� agrees Jan Velterop, from OA publisher BioMed Central. �But that doesn�t matter. It is my impression that the Committee just question what they perceive as unclear or flawed arguments.� The Select Committee�s final oral session�on May 5�will take evidence from U.K. research councils. A report will then be issued in June, after which the U.K. government has 2 months to respond. The Committee has posted the uncorrected transcript of oral evidence at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/ cmselect/cmsctech/uc399-iii/uc39902.htm. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. 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BIREME
by Madhuresh 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

BIREME - The Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information http://www.bireme.br/bvs/I/ihome.htm BIREME's mission is to contribute to the development of health in the countries of the Latin America and the Caribbean by promoting the use of health scientific and technical information. Under the Scientific Literature section of the portal, one can select "database search", where a search can be done in 15 databases together, including MEDLINE. In advanced search, one can select the database/s and other Limits can also be applied. In fact it is using WWWISIS and provides Index terms also. It is also a portal of Scientific Journals (Health Science Journals) and divided in various subject categories. It also gives the details about the journal like availability (free or controlled), publisher, publication started/ended, ISSN, online link etc. A good source for Health Science Professionals. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560100 Phone 28521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile 98861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/

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Website on 'Academic and Research Institutions in Mumbai
by Mailing List Manager 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:50:37 +0530 From: gargi17 <gargi17(a)indiatimes.com> Hi, As a part of my training at IGIDR Library, I have developed a site on Academic and Research Institution in Mumbai under the guidance of Mr. G. K. Manjunath, Chief Librarian and Mr. S. M. Pujar, Assistant Librarian. The URL of the site is : http://freewebs.com/arimumbai I request all the members to go through the site and give your valuable suggestions and comments for further improvement of the site. Regards, Sarika B. Davakhar

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Google boosts enterprise search appliance
by Mailing List Manager 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

Date: 15 Jun 2004 04:49:35 -0000 From: farooque <mfarooque(a)rediffmail.com> Google Inc. is expanding its presence behind the firewall with an updated version of its Google Search Appliance featuring expanded capacity and improved security. Google Search Appliance GB-1001 supports five times the document capacity of the previous version, expanding from 300,000 documents to 1.5 million, according to Dave Girouard, general manager of enterprise at Google. Software enhancements include a continuous crawl feature that scans and indexes content continually rather than the previous batch crawling function. "Now it is always crawling documents and verifying if a document has changed. The result is that content is much fresher. It is a matter of minutes between a change and the update of the system," Girouard said. The updated appliance also bolsters security with added support for HTML-forms-based single sign-on. This feature allows the appliance to validate corporate user rights so that users will see only the search results they have access to, Girouard said. Another software enhancement, dubbed unlimited collections, allows IT managers to administer multiple appliances separately and tailor indexes for different departments. The appliance also includes improved filters and more detailed usage reporting and monitoring to provide information about the number of queries and most popular search terms, according to Google officials. --------------------------------- Farooque, IBM Global Services (India) Pvt Ltd. First floor, GT Annexe, Airport Road, Bangalore-17 Tel: 25094107, 25094119 email... farooque(a)in.ibm.com ----------------------------------

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Web Feeds from Publishers and Book Vendors?
by Mailing List Manager 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:30:28 -0500 From: Gerry Mckiernan <gerrymck(a)iastate.edu> Web Feeds from Publishers and Book Vendors? I am greatly interested in learning of Any and All publishers or book vendors that provide Web feeds (RSS, Atom, etc.) for new and/or forthcoming books published or provided by the publisher or vendor. I will be happy to include each within my new registry _RSS(sm): Rich Site Services_ [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/RSS2.htm ] Regards, Gerry Gerry McKiernan Approved Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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Re: Use of RSS in Bibliographic/Abstract Databases?
by Mailing List Manager 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:48:14 -0500 From: Gerry Mckiernan <gerrymck(a)iastate.edu> Colleagues/ In response to my query posted earlier this week, I have learned of two databases that offer RSS functionality HubMed: pubmed rewired: An Alternative Interface to the PubMed Medical Literature Database [ http://www.pmbrowser.info/ ] my.PubMed [ http://www.mypubmed.com/ ] [Thanks to Teri Vogel/ Georgia State University Libraries for these two nominations!!!] In addition, I has prompted to recall that an associated database of my. PubMed offered by FS Consulting, Inc. ( http://www.fsconsult.com/about/ ), also provides RSS functionality. The database, my.OAI [ http://www.myoai.com/ ], is a major Open Archives Initiative Service Provider [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/OAI-SP-I.pdf ] Each of these are now listed in RSS(sm) [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/RSS.htm ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan RSS Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011

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