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Fw: Resignation of IFLA Secretary General
by JK Vijayakumar 28 May '06

28 May '06

Magda Bouwens <Magda.Bouwens(a)ifla.nl> wrote: Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 15:38:05 +0100 From: "Magda Bouwens" To: Subject: Resignation of IFLA Secretary General It is with great regret that IFLA announces that the Secretary General, Mr Ramachandran, has resigned for personal reasons effective 31 December 2004. IFLA is very grateful to him for his service to the Federation during his tenure of the post. Drawing on his wide experience gained during a distinguished career in librarianship in Singapore and Southeast Asia, Mr Ramachandran brought new perspectives to IFLA which have enhanced the planning processes. IFLA wishes Mr Ramachandran well in his future endeavours and thanks him for his contributions to global librarianship. Kay Raseroka IFLA President __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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AMRITA COLLOQUIUM ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES (ACDL-2005)
by JK Vijayakumar 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

AMRITA COLLOQUIUM ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES (ACDL-2005) on 5th February 2005 at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham- Deemed University, Coimbatore, India For more details visit http://www.amrita.edu/acdl/ Introduction Digital Libraries (DL) offer unlimited potential, where the rapid application of digital technologies to generate, modify, replicate and search information has resulted in dramatic growth in the quantum of digital information. Digital resources are being created, as the technology available at an affordable cost to the libraries. Building-up digital collection and infrastructure required to access them is a challenge that every library has to deal with today. As an Amrita University Initiative through Amrita Colloquium on Digital Libraries - 2005 (ACDL-2005), we would like to introduce different experiences in DL technologies and managing the Digital Collection in Libraries. Each Panelist will present their experiences on Creation and Management of Digital Libraries and E-Resources. After each presentation, participants will get enough time to interact with the panelists. Participation to ACDL-2005 is open for Librarians, Assistant Librarians and Information Science professionals at a nominal fee of Rs. 100/- Registration is based on first come first serve and whoever interested have to contact the organizers by e-mail or post with their name, affiliation and other contact details, on or before 3 February, 2005. Panelists Dr Erdmute Lapp, Bochum University, Germany Prof Edward Proctor, South West Missouri University, USA Dr Tamara Pianos, University of Hanover, Germany Dr Harish Chandra, IIT Madras, India Dr P Pichappan, Annamalai University, India Mr. M.G. Sreekumar, IIM Kozhikode, India Contact Coordinator - ACDL 2005 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ettimadai, Coimbatore - 641 105 Phone: 91-422-2656422 Fax: 91-422-2656274 E-Mail: pr(a)amrita.edu Web: www.amrita.edu/acdl __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

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Website on Karnatak University's Question Papers Archive
by santosh hulagabali 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Dear Members, I have designed and hosted a website on 'Karnatak University's Question Papers Archive'. The website, "Question Papers Archive", has been specifically designed for Karnatak University's Social Science student community. The site comprises semester question papers of all Social Science departments of the university. These question papers are representative of Post-Graduate examination used in the past exams. The site is designed in partial fulfillment of the training programme for librarianship at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai. I sincerely thank Mr. G. K. Manjunath, Chief Librarian , Mr. S. M. Pujar, Assistant Librarian, IGIDR, Mumbai for thier guidance and motivation through out my project work. I intend to update it as frequently as possible. It can be accessed at: http://qparchive.cjb.cc May I reqeust you all to please give your valuable suggestions for further improvement of the site? Regards, Santosh * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Santosh C.Hulagabali Library and Documentation Assistant Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) Library Film City Road, Gen. A. K. Vaidya Marg Santosh Nagar, Goregaon (E) MUMBAI -400 065 http://www.igidr.ac.in Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Members, I have designed and hosted a website on 'Karnatak University's Question Papers Archive'. The website, "Question Papers Archive", has been specifically designed for Karnatak University's Social Science student community. The site comprises semester question papers of all Social Science departments of the university. These question papers are representative of Post-Graduate examination used in the past exams. The site is designed in partial fulfillment of the training programme for librarianship at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai. I sincerely thank Mr. G. K. Manjunath, Chief Librarian , Mr. S. M. Pujar, Assistant Librarian, IGIDR, Mumbai for thier guidance and motivation through out my project work. I intend to update it as frequently as possible. It can be accessed at: http://qparchive.cjb.cc/ http://qparchive.cjb.cc May I reqeust you all to please give your valuable suggestions for further improvement of the site? Regards, Santosh * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Santosh C.Hulagabali Library and Documentation Assistant Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) Library Film City Road, Gen. A. K. Vaidya Marg Santosh Nagar, Goregaon (E) MUMBAI -400 065 http://www.igidr.ac.in/ http://www.igidr.ac.in http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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For introverted Librarians
by Jay H 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Public Speaking Handbook for Librarians and Information Professionals by Sarah R. Statz Paperback: 175 pages Publisher: McFarland & Company (July, 2003) ISBN: 0786415460 US $ 39.95 Editorial Reviews >From Booklist "One of the core competencies for librarians today is communication skills." This quotation from Maggie Weaver opens Statz's book. In two sections, "The Speaking Process" and "The Speaking Environment," Statz shares her own and others' experiences with public-speaking interaction. She does not promise to make it easy but rather to help librarians find their own voices. "The Speaking Process" is a textbook of the principles of preparation and delivery. These chapters focus on listening as well as speaking. "The Speaking Environment" discusses specific situations such as interviewing, instruction, meetings, and presentations. Appendixes of professional interviews, software tips, and bibliographic references make this a book that could be used in a teaching situation or as a reference for the professional shelf in any library. RBB Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Product Description: Now more than ever, librarians need good communication skills. They are no longer unseen collectors, classifiers, and cultural guardians. Information professionals are doing more public speaking at conferences, in meetings, classes, book talks and countless other situations, but many of them dislike, even fear, the thought of getting up in front of a group of people and giving a presentation. Librarians and other information professionals can find in this work help in overcoming their hesitation. Part one offers basic principles for better speech preparation and delivery, discussing such topics as the importance of good listening skills to being a good speaker, doing the necessary research beforehand, applying organizational skills to a presentation, engaging an audience, practicing a presentation before actually giving it, and putting oneself at ease, among others. Part Two discusses the specific situations in which librarians often have to communicate, including interviews, interpersonal communication, library instruction, meetings and presentations to large groups. Reviews : Sarah Statz's Public Speaking Handbook for Librarians and Information Professionals is a terrific resource for any librarian who counts workshops, book talks, bibliographic instruction, story times, presentations, or discussion groups among their job responsibilities. It is also a useful tool for any library employee seeking to improve their day-to-day interactions with library users. This well-written handbook is divided into two distinctive parts. The first part provides basic strategies and suggestions suitable for anyone preparing to speak before a group. The second section focuses specifically on the world of library professionals and the situations in which improved public speaking skills can positively impact self-representation as well as the quality of service provided in the library. I found that the author's enthusiasm for the topic, keen sense of humor, conversational writing style, and well-researched approach make this handbook uniquely enjoyable to read. A busy professional will also appreciate the practical length of the book, the nicely annotated suggestions for further reading (included with many of the chapters), and "The Speaker's Bookshelf" in the appendices. It is clear that the author has carefully done her research and applied it to her own experience working in the library world. As a public librarian, I have referred to this book many times and have always found it to be useful. I believe that any library professional will find this handbook to be an asset to their personal reference shelf.

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http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=6791
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 30 Jan '05

30 Jan '05

This source might interest members if the Forum. Extract from the above cited web page: District level forecasts of meteorological parameters(maximum/minimum temperature, wind speed and direction, rainfall, humidity fields, surface pressure field etc.) will be put by the Centre on its web site www.ncmrwf.gov.in for the benefit of general public and different sectors of economy shall be launched by him. There has been a pressing demand for such a product for quite some time. =================== Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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Additions to WikiBibliography
by Gerry Mckiernan 30 Jan '05

30 Jan '05

Colleagues/ I am pleased to announce that _WikiBibliography_ ,my Web-based bibliography of significant works about wikis and their uses and application, has now surpassed the 50 entries point! _WikiBibliography_ is located at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/WikiBib.htm ] In most cases, citations are linked to their respective full-text sources. Among the notable recent additions (and links) are significant theses, technical sites, and reports from TheCorporateWorld. As Always, nominations of additional quality/substantive citations/sources are Most Welcome! Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan 50+ Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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_Free/OpenSource /LowCost Journal Management Software?_ Part II
by Gerry Mckiernan 30 Jan '05

30 Jan '05

Colleagues/ In addition to the two Free/OpenSource /LowCost Journal Management = Software/Systems I noted in a previous posting, namely _epress_ [ = http://www.epress.ac.uk/ ] and _Open Journal Systems_=20 [ http://www.pkp.ubc.ca/ojs/ ], I was reminded of a third, notably DPubS = (Digital Publishing System) developed by specialists at the Cornell = University Library with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation [ = http://dpubs.org/ ] =20 An overview article by Terry Ehling, Director of Electronic Publishing at = Cornell University Library, appeared in the December 2004 _ARL Bimonthly Report_ (237):=20 "The Development of an Open Source Publishing System at Cornell and Penn = State Universities" [ http://www.arl.org/newsltr/237/opensource.html ] With additional support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and=20 "In collaboration with the Pennsylvania State University, Cornell will = enhance and extend the DPubS software, which was developed to deliver = Project Euclid, also a Mellon Foundation-supported scholarly communications= initiative. Project Euclid supports cost efficient distribution of serial = literature in mathematics and statistics, and now DPubS will be enhanced = and released as a general-purpose publishing platform for scholarly = literature in diverse fields. It will support peer review, have extensive = administrative functionality, and will provide interoperability with open = source repository systems such as Fedora* and DSpace*.=20 [ http://dpubs.org/ ] Thanks Charles et al. for reminding me about DPubS! BTW: Project Euclid, which I reviewed in _The Charleston Advisor_ last = July, uses=20 a version of the DPubS software "Project Euclid: Mathematics and Statistics Journals" [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/ProjectEuclid.pdf ] Regards,=20 /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and=20 Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer Iowa State University Library=20 Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu =20

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Fwd: Re: Wales university ousting librarians
by Smita Chandra 30 Jan '05

30 Jan '05

Hello ! Some food for thought and action.... For those of us in the government sector, we might as well read the archives about VSNL. Thanks, Smita Note: forwarded message attached. ********************************************************************************** Ms.Smita Chandra Librarian, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli Highway, New Panvel, New Mumbai 410 218 Maharashtra, INDIA Ph.: 91-022-27484137 (9.30AM-6.00PM, excluding Sat/Sun) Fax: 91-022-27480763 Email : iiglib(a)iigs.iigm.res.in (official) smitac_in(a)yahoo.com (personal) ********************************************************************************** --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. Hello ! Some food for thought and action.... � For those of us in the government sector, we might as well read the archives�about VSNL. � Thanks, � Smita Note: forwarded message attached. **********************************************************************************� Ms.Smita Chandra Librarian, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli Highway, New Panvel, New Mumbai 410 218 Maharashtra, INDIA Ph .: 91-022-27484137 (9.30AM-6.00PM, excluding Sat/Sun) Fax : 91-022-27480763 Email : mailto:iiglib@iigs.iigm.res.in iiglib(a)iigs.iigm.res.in �(official) �� mailto:smitac_in@yahoo.com smitac_in(a)yahoo.com �(personal) ********************************************************************************** Do you Yahoo!? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/virus/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/… Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses.

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If you want to increase your hotmail space to 25 MB first and then to 250 MB.
by Jay H 30 Jan '05

30 Jan '05

Dear All, Try it, it works !!! Best regards. Jayadev P Hiremath Librarian IBS, Kuwait If you want to increase your hotmail space to 25 MB first and then to 250 MB... follow the steps ... Steps are 1. Login your hotmail account and go to options. 2. Go to "Personal" 3. Click "My Profile 4. Change Country to "United States 5. Wait for browser to load United States settings 6. Change the state to "Florida" and zip code "33332" 7. Click "update 8. Click "Continue 9. Go to "Language" and make sure it's "English [At this stage.. the default is ENGLISH.. don't click ok.. just copy the link below into the browser and hit enter.Paste this link in the same browser.] http://by17fd.bay17.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/Accountclose 11. Wait until the Screen says you're Hotmail is Closed and ready to be deleted. 11. Click "Close Account". Don't panic, it won't close your account. You can reactivate and your mails also will be safe. 12. Go back to login page and re login to your hotmail account..!! You will get a screen mentioning an Account has been reserved for you or something like that, on that screen click Activate and follow the screens and one screen you can click on Free hotmail link, once you do that you will get an option to subscribe to various news letters, don't check any boxes and click continue, and you are all set. You can now change back your Country to your original one. Your account size will now increase to 25 MB which later becomes 250 MB.

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re:International Workshop on Digital Resources Management, February 11, 2005, at M.S Ramaiah Institute of management Bangalore-560054
by shivaraj 28 Jan '05

28 Jan '05

Please put plain text message of the following...attchment is not downloadable... --- M S RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT MSRIT Post New BEL Road Bangalore-560054 E-mail: msriml@rediffmail.com,msrim@vsnl.com Phone: 080-23608230,23606909 Fax-08023601947 In association with Digital Information Research Foundation # 2 Srinivasa Moorthy Avenue Chenni-600020 Phone;080-23355204,9845872417 E-Mail: Chandrappas(a)yahoo.com Dear Member Sub: International Workshop on Digital Resources Management, February 11, 2005, at M.S Ramaiah Institute of management Bangalore-560054 This workshop is specially designed for the librarians/ Information specialists, computer specialists. About the workshop : Information availability in digital form has been increasing quite rapidly in the last few years. In practice we have to deal with many types of digital documents such as text-based word-processed documents, e-mail messages, spreadsheets, presentations, scanned image documents, website (hypertext) documents, multimedia documents, digital audio and video, and dynamically interlinked documents. Increasing availability of various types documents currently tend to blur the boundaries between types of stored information, and increase the problems of capturing and retaining all elements of files. Digital information overload is the recent phenomena and people have been working to evolve suitable mechanism to address this issue. We do not currently have universal standard in digital information management however guidelines are available based on best practices. The virtual archives of the future will be maintained not through accessioning, preservation and provision of on-site access to information, but through the control of information about stored information, and its use to ensure relation, disposition and access. Course Contents: � E-information transaction and resources � E-mail discussion forums, list servers, group mails, and professional discussion lists � Digital information archiving � Customization and personalization of digital resources � Digital access management � Digital resources for e-learning � Digital resources processing, metadata and intelligent search and so on. � Integrating web resources in digital library Workshop Expert: Prof. Edward Proctor, Associate Professor in Library and Information Science, South West Missouri State University, USA Registration and Participation: The workshop can accommodate maximum of 30 participants only. Registration Fee: Rs. 500/- per Participant. Interested Members confirm your participation by E-mail, Fax or Phone before 7th Feb 2005, along with DD/cheque/cash for Rs. 500/- favouring M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management, payable at Bangalore. The workshop fee includes working lunch and course materials. Thanking you Yours truly, Janardhana Rao Dr. S Chandrappa Librarian Organizing Secretary MSRIM Mobile: 9880021875 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' Please put plain text message of the following...attchment is not downloadable... � --- M S RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT MSRIT Post New BEL Road Bangalore-560054 E-mail: mailto:msriml@rediffmail.com,msrim@vsnl.com msriml@rediffmail.com,msrim@vsnl.com Phone: 080-23608230,23606909 Fax-08023601947 In association with Digital Information Research Foundation # 2 Srinivasa Moorthy Avenue Chenni-600020 Phone;080-23355204,9845872417 E-Mail: mailto:Chandrappas@yahoo.com Chandrappas(a)yahoo.com Dear Member � Sub: International Workshop on Digital Resources Management, February 11, 2005, at M.S Ramaiah Institute of management Bangalore-560054 This workshop is specially designed for the librarians/ Information specialists, computer specialists. About the workshop : Information availability in digital form has been increasing quite rapidly in the last few years. In practice we have to deal with many types of digital documents such as text-based word-processed documents, e-mail messages, spreadsheets, presentations, scanned image documents, website (hypertext) documents, multimedia documents, digital audio and video, and dynamically interlinked documents. Increasing availability of various types documents currently tend to blur the boundaries between types of stored information, and increase the problems of capturing and retaining all elements of files. Digital information overload is the recent phenomena and people have been working to evolve suitable mechanism to address this issue. We do not currently have universal standard in digital information management however guidelines are available based on best practices. The virtual archives of the future will be maintained not through accessioning, preservation and provision of on-site access to information, but through the control of information about stored information, and its use to ensure relation, disposition and access. Course Contents: ��E-information transaction and resources ��E-mail discussion forums, list servers, group mails, and professional discussion lists ��Digital information archiving ��Customization and personalization of digital resources ��Digital access management ��Digital resources for e-learning ��Digital resources processing, metadata and intelligent search and so on. ��Integrating web resources in digital library � Workshop Expert: Prof. Edward Proctor, Associate Professor in Library and Information Science, South West Missouri State University, USA � Registration and Participation: The workshop can accommodate maximum of 30 participants only. Registration Fee: Rs. 500/- per Participant. 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