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Unesco-eBook Workshop- September 16-Hotel Atria, Bangalore-Report
by Shalini R. Urs 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

UNESCO Interactive Workshop on eBooks, Hotel Atria, Bangalore September 16, 2004 (http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook). ---------- Envisioning the potential of eBooks in promoting and supporting Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based- student centred learning, UNESCO is engaged in a project on developing guidelines for eBooks. The mission of this project is to carry out a scoping and exploratory study of the eBooks and develop guidelines for the production, promotion and usage of eBooks. This consultancy project involved three phases- desk top research; questionnaire based user study and an Interactive Workshop The Interactive Workshop on eBooks, was organised on September 16, 2004 and held at Hotel Atria, Bangalore. The Workshop was inaugurated by Dr.S.Ramakrishanan, Executive Director, C-DAC, Pune. Dr. Lucy A Tedd of University of Wales gave the keynote and Dr.Susanne Ornager, Advisor, Communication and Information for Asia and the Pacific, UNESCO, New Delhi chaired the session. The invitation only Workshop was an important milestone in the Project, with more than seventy participants representing the diverse stakeholders community. There were forty three information professionals; twenty four end users and technologists; and six from the publishing/aggregator industry in the Workshop, engaged in interacting, deliberating and debating on the gamut of issues- from definitions to design to delivery mechanisms. The format of the Workshop was designed to be interactive with each session having speakers and a moderator to lead the discussions with a set of issues/questions. The inaugural session was followed by three sessions- user and technology perspective; author and publisher perspective; and aggregator and library perspective. Prof. R.Kalyana Krishnan of IIT, Chennai, Prof.G.Misra of Indian Statistical Institute, Mr.Sanjiv Goswami of Springer, N.V.Sathyanarayana of Informatics India, Dr.Primalini Kukanesan of National Library of Malaysia and Dr. Deepali Talagala of Sri Lanka Library Association were the speakers at these sessions. The three sessions were moderated by Mr. Anand T. Byrappa of GE, Prof. I.K.Ravichandra Rao of Indian Statistical Institute and Dr.Venkadesan of Indian Institute of Science respectively. There were product presentations by John Wiley and Springer. The Workshop objective of gaining insights from different perspective was achieved and the interactions helped in drawing meaningful conclusions and providing the necessary inputs for the drafting of framework for the guidelines document. For more detailed report, presentations and details of the Project visit the website http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook------------------ Dr. Shalini R. Urs Director Information and Communication Division & Professor and Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570006 India Tele:91-821-2514699 Fax :91-821-2519209

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Announcement
by N Murali 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2004 15:07:39 +0100 From: Prabhash Rath <prabhash(a)gipe.ernet.in> Subject: Announcement Please distribute this message to Lis-forum Dear professionals, We are happy to inform you that the Gokhale Institute Library has successfully developed the bibliographic database of its entire collection which may be accessed through the following site: http://www.gipe.ernet.in/library/librarycatalogue.html Gokhale Library might be the first to put up bibliographic details of its entire collection on the Web under the INFLIBNET automation programme (1st Oct. 1999 to 30th Sept. 2004). A P Gadre Librarian __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information
by Monali Panchbhai 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Dear Member, The facility to restrict copy/paste/print is available through the Latest Acrobat-PDF 6.0 version. You have to save that document with secutiry option which gives you the facility of the restricting diff. types of rights. Try doing Document ---> Security ---> Restrict opening & editing ---> then set password and select the options for restriciting the rights. Regards, Monali Panchbhai Librarian, J V Gokal & Com. Mumbai. >From: "Kishore Ingale" <ikishore(a)rediffmail.com> >Reply-To: Kishore Ingale <ikishore(a)rediffmail.com> >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information >Date: 30 Sep 2004 04:34:30 -0000 > > >Dear Colleagues, > >We are experimenting with providing access to our digital documents to users through web based server (using Greenstone). Collection mostly include MS WORD and PDF documents. > >Is it possible to implement security with which users will be able to view documents but not able to download / save these files at their end.. ? > >Kishore Ingale >ikishore(a)rediffmail.com >ForwardSourceID:NT000043C2 >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Millions of profiles from across the globe. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENIN/2737??PS=47575 On BharatMatrimony.com

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information
by maheshj＠mastek.com 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Hi Kishore, I haven't worked much on Greenstone but u can achieve the Web based document security by following ways. First Method. Using Adobe Acrobat Writer. Details are in attached document. Limitation : It doesn't restrict "Save As" option at Web Based Environment and u need to have licensed adobe acrobat writer. Second Method C the Below Link of a sample page, Where u can secure web pages and restrict printing, copying and modifications If this fulfills ur requirement Pls. let me know will send u the JavaScript code for the same. http://www.freewebs.com/assist2004/securing.htm Limitation : U need to convert the all documents to HTML or any web formats like asp, jsp based on ur Web browser. Sorry I haven't worked much on the Greenstone so will not be able to give u the views on that. Regards Mahesh N Juttiyavar Sr. Exe. Information Repository Mastek Ltd. B-6, SDF VII, SEEPZ Andheri (E), Mumbai -96 Phone: 91-22-56952222 Ext. 1547 Mob.: 9870077332 Personal Site : http://www.freewebs.com/maheshj -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When we accept tough jobs as a challenge to our ability and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen. -----Original Message----- From: Kishore Ingale [mailto:ikishore@rediffmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:05 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information Dear Colleagues, We are experimenting with providing access to our digital documents to users through web based server (using Greenstone). Collection mostly include MS WORD and PDF documents. Is it possible to implement security with which "users will be able to view documents but not able to download / save" these files at their end.. ? Kishore Ingale ikishore(a)rediffmail.com ForwardSourceID:NT000043C2 http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… MASTEK "Making a valuable difference" Mastek in NASSCOM's 'India Top 20' Software Service Exporters List. In the US, we're called MAJESCO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual and not that of Mastek Limited, unless specifically indicated to that effect. Mastek Limited does not accept any responsibility or liability for it. This e-mail and attachments (if any) transmitted with it are confidential and/or privileged and solely for the use of the intended person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. This e-mail and its attachments have been scanned for the presence of computer viruses. It is the responsibility of the recipient to run the virus check on e-mails and attachments before opening them. If you have received this e-mail in error, kindly delete this e-mail from all computers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact?
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Friends: Stevan Harnad has sent references to a few more papers which provide evidence that open access increases research impact. Arun -----Original Message----- From: Stevan Harnad [mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:30 AM To: si(a)wsis-cs.org Cc: oa-india(a)dgroups.org; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; ISSI(a)LISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES Subject: [SI] Re: Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact? On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: > Antelman, Kristin. "Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater > Research Impact?" College & Research Libraries 65(5) > (September 2004): 372-382. > (http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00002309/). - For those who have > been working to create open access repositories of research and > scholarship, this article is a godsend. For more godsends, see: "The effect of open access and downloads ('hits') on citation impact: a bibliography of studies" http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html Prior AmSci Threads: How to compare research impact of toll- vs. open-access research http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2858.html Measuring cumulating research impact loss across fields and time http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3212.html On the Strong Causal Connection Between Access and Impact http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3696.html Early Download Impact Predicts Later Citation Impact http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3950.html Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact? http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3975.html Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact? Friends: Stevan Harnad has sent references to a few more papers which provide evidence that open access increases research impact. Arun -----Original Message----- From: Stevan Harnad [ mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk ] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:30 AM To: si(a)wsis-cs.org Cc: oa-india(a)dgroups.org; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; ISSI(a)LISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES Subject: [SI] Re: Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact? On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: > Antelman, Kristin. "Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater > Research Impact?" College & Research Libraries 65(5) > (September 2004): 372-382. > ( http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00002309/ http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00002309/ ). - For those who have > been working to create open access repositories of research and > scholarship, this article is a godsend. For more godsends, see: "The effect of open access and downloads ('hits') on citation impact: a bibliography of studies" http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html Prior AmSci Threads: How to compare research impact of toll- vs. open-access research http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2858.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2858.html Measuring cumulating research impact loss across fields and time http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3212.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3212.html On the Strong Causal Connection Between Access and Impact http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3696.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3696.html Early Download Impact Predicts Later Citation Impact http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3950.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3950.html Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact? http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3975.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3975.html

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OA and research impact
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Friends: Here is an article you might wish to read. Antelman, Kristin. "[7]Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact?" [8]College & Research Libraries 65(5) (September 2004): 372-382. (http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00002309/). - For those who have been working to create open access repositories of research and scholarship, this article is a godsend. Antelman performed a formal study of whether open access articles are cited more frequently than those only available through subscription services. The short answer is "yes". For the long answer, as well as to review her methodology, see the (yes) open access article. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] OA and research impact Friends: Here is an article you might wish to read. Antelman, Kristin. "[7]Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact?" [8]College & Research Libraries 65(5) (September 2004): 372-382. ( http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00002309/ http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00002309/ ). - For those who have been working to create open access repositories of research and scholarship, this article is a godsend. Antelman performed a formal study of whether open access articles are cited more frequently than those only available through subscription services. The short answer is "yes". For the long answer, as well as to review her methodology, see the (yes) open access article. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Request for Information
by Kishore Ingale 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Dear Colleagues, We are experimenting with providing access to our digital documents to users through web based server (using Greenstone). Collection mostly include MS WORD and PDF documents. Is it possible to implement security with which users will be able to view documents but not able to download / save these files at their end.. ? Kishore Ingale ikishore(a)rediffmail.com ForwardSourceID:NT000043C2 http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… Dear Colleagues, We are experimenting with providing access to our digital documents to users through web based server (using Greenstone). Collection mostly include MS WORD and PDF documents. Is it possible to implement security with which users will be able to view documents but not able to download / save these files at their end.. ? Kishore Ingale ikishore(a)rediffmail.com ForwardSourceID:NT000043C2

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Position Announcement--Content Developers (3 posts)
by prafulla tv 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

NISC Export Services (NES) Private Limited invites applications for the position of CONTENT DEVELOPERS (3 posts) NES and its affiliates together comprise one of the foremost database access, production and publishing companies in the world. NES�s 100+ database products, published online (BiblioLine) or on CD-ROM (NISC DISCover) and print, cover most areas of the universe of knowledge �arts & humanities, earth sciences, environment, social sciences, life sciences and technology. Based in Hyderabad, the successful candidate would be responsible for the design of various database products, using latest information and communication technologies. NES is looking for candidates who have a MLISc or any other equivalent degree. In addition, the candidates should possess the ability to communicate in a formal, clear, empathetic and pleasant style, with excellent command of written and spoken English. Good typing skills are required as the working environment involves online computer use for access to offices worldwide. If you are not a resident of Hyderabad and are willing to relocate, please indicate that at the top of your resume. Apart from on-job training inputs, NES provides a comfortable, pleasant and enjoyable work environment with bright career prospects and exciting opportunities to realize one�s potentialities. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. NES considers applications from candidates who had appeared for examinations and awaiting announcement of results, Please submit a letter of application, resume, and names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of three references to: The Managing Director NISC Export Services Co. Pvt. Ltd. 3rd Floor, Ballad Estates, St. Ann�s Road, Tarnaka Hyderabad 500 017 Email: hrd(a)nisc.co.in Phone: +91 40 27001517 Applications are accepted until position is filled. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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JPGM GoldCon: Conference Presentations
by DK SAHU 29 Sep '04

29 Sep '04

Apologies for cross-posting The presentations of the recently concluded conference �JPGM GoldCon: 50 Years of Medical Writing � An International Conference on Medical Writing, Editing and Publishing� have been made available on the journal�s website (http://www.jpgmonline.com). This unique event, organized as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, was attended by over 400 participants and faculty members from 11 countries. Two concurrent sessions on 24th and 25th September were devoted to issues related to writing, editing and publishing, where experts from WHO, BMJ, BioMedCentral and several Indian journals participated (http://www.jpgmonline.com/gc_pdetails2.asp). An entire day was devoted to open access publishing and archiving wherein experts like Stevan Harnad, Subbiah Arunachalam, Pritpal S. Tamber, P. Balaram, Eric Hellman, T. B. Rajshekhar and others debated various issues related to access to information (http://www.jpgmonline.com/gc_pdetails4.asp). The site also provides a comprehensive list of resources on various aspects of writing, editing and open access (http://www.jpgmonline.com/gc_resource.asp). Video proceedings (DVDs) of the conference will be made available soon; details will be posted on the journal�s website. The conference was supported by Open Society Institute (OSI), International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), British Council, India and other agencies. Regards, DK Sahu, MD Managing Editor, Journal of Postgraduate Medicine __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Books on KM
by kshema prakash 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Hi colleagues, Can some one help me in finding the books mentioned here on inter library loan? 1. Knowledge Management: For Information Professionals / Srikantaiah, K. & Koenig, M.E.D. (Eds.), 2000, Medford NJ, Information Today Inc. 2. Knowledge Management Lessons Learned: What Works and What Does'nt / Srikantaiah, K. & Koenig, M.E.D. (Eds.), 2004, Medford NJ, Information Today Inc. 3. Fifth Discipline Field Book / Senge, Peter et al. (Eds.), New York, Double Day Kshema Prakash DEI Central Library Dayalbagh, Agra - 5 0562-3098227 ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony

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