January 2005 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

need information about DLIS in south India
by srini vas 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

respected sir/medium i am srinivas student of university of mysore department of library & information science. i am creating database of LIS schools in south india. so i need information about u r LIS department. i need informations like 1. year of establishment of the department 2. telephone no , fax , email adderess ,website 3.chairperson of the department 4. faculty members of the department and there qualification with designation 5. syllabus for both MLISc & BLISc( only name of the each paper of all the semister). 6 do u have programmes like Ph.D, M.Phil & certificate cources. because now i am in 4th semister so this is my project work. i hope u will not disappoint me sir/medium thanking you srinivas.p.s --- lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, > visit > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it > is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. ELPUB Digital Library: Free Access to Elpub > conference papers > (Gerry Mckiernan) > 2. FW: DLIS BHU Announces National Workshop (Dr. > T.B. Rajashekar) > 3. Documentation_about_'Unix_for_librarians' > (Carlos V?lchez Rom?n) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:33:42 -0600 > From: "Gerry Mckiernan" <gerrymck(a)iastate.edu> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] ELPUB Digital Library: Free > Access to Elpub > conference papers > To: <lita-l(a)ala1.ala.org>, <arl-ejournal(a)arl.org>, > <asis-L(a)asis.org>, > <diglib(a)infoserv.inist.fr>, > <LIS-E-JOURNALS(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK>, > <SERIALST(a)LIST.UVM.edu>, > <BUSLIB-L(a)LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.edu>, > <CHMINF-L(a)LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU>, > <LIBREF-L(a)LISTSERV.KENT.EDU>, > <STS-L(a)LISTSERV.UTK.edu>, > <VPIEJ-L(a)LISTSERV.VT.edu>, > <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, > <web4lib(a)sunsite3.berkeley.edu>, > <ELDNET-L(a)u.washington.edu>, > <nhc(a)u.washington.edu>, > <COLLDV-L(a)usc.edu> > Message-ID: <s1de81c2.060(a)129.186.11.21> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Colleagues/ > > I have discovered that Bob Martens of Vienna > University Of Technology > has created a database that provides > access to all of the conference papers presented at > the ELPUB > [Electronic Publishing] conferences dating from > 1997, the year of the > first ELPUB Conference. > > ELPUB Digital Library is available at [ > http://elpub.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Home ] > > There are a variety of search and browse options > that provide FREE > access to the Full Text of included papers! > "The use is free of charge. Access to advanced > features (article > upload, creation of collections, discussion forums, > ratings, reviews, > etc.) is subject to **user registration** and login. > > > [ http://elpub.scix.net/cgi-bin/users/Add ] > > IMHO, many of the papers presented at previous ELPUB > conferences have > consistently reported cutting/bleeding edge > developments in all areas of > Electronic Publishing and are well worth the read. > As of today, nearly > 300 papers are available! > > BTW: The 2005 ELPUB will be held June 8-10, 2005 > and will be hosted by > the Research Group on Document Architectures > (DocArch) of the Katholieke > Universiteit Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven). > The conference will > take place at the Arenberg Castle, a beautiful > 16th-Century castle > situated in an impressively green scenery in > Heverlee near the city of > Leuven. > > [ http://www.elpub.net/page.php?edi_id=317 ] > > The list of suggested topics for the 2005 conference > is quite wide > ranging > > [ http://www.elpub.net/page.php?edi_id=314 ] > > Thanks Bob for this Very Important Service !!! > > Regards. > > /Gerry > > Gerry McKiernan > ElPub Librarian > Iowa State University > Ames IA 50011 > > gerrymck(a)iastate.edu > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:03:59 +0530 > From: "Dr. T.B. Rajashekar" > <raja(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] FW: DLIS BHU Announces National > Workshop > To: "Lis-Forum $E-mail$" > <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Message-ID: > <000601c4f575$f2a20660$bd481090@Rajashekar> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: aditya tripathi > [mailto:adityatripathi@hotmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 11:32 AM > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: DLIS BHU Announces National Workshop > > > Dear Professionals, > Department of Library and Information Science, > Banaras Hindu > University is hosting three days �National Workshop > on Web > Applications to Libraries and Information Centres� > from 2nd � 4th > March 2005. Following topics would be covered during > workshop: > - Introduction to Internet Technology > - Overview of HyperText MarkUp Language > - E-publishing > - Digitization: Optical Character Recognition, Audio > Capture etc. > - Creation of Digital Library with WWWISIS > > The workshop is targeted for Working Librarians, > Teachers, Research > Scholars and Students with basic knowledge of IT. > Workshop is > confined to limited number of participants. > > Registration is > Rs. 2000/- per participant > The DD / Cash payable in favour of �National > Workshop on Web Applications to > Libraries and Information Centres, Dept. of Library > & Information Science, > B.H.U�, payable at Varanasi. > > For any further information please contact: > aditya(a)bhu.ac.in > adityatripathi(a)hotmail.com > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > REGISTRATION FORMAT > > 1. Name > > 2. Designation > > 3. Organization > > 4. Address (Correspondence) > > 5. Accommodation Required Yes/No > > 6. Telephone Number > Office : > Residence: > Mobile : > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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INFORMATICS Seminars
by T.B Rajashekar 09 Jan '05

09 Jan '05

---------- Forwarded Message ----------- From: Sanjay Grover <sanjay(a)informindia.co.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:32:35 +0530 Subject: Please announce this in the NCSI LIS FORUM ! THANKS ( Sanjay Grov er for Informatics (I) Limited) INFORMATICS has scheduled a series of seminars on e-content -- "from e-journals to e-books" at the following locations: New Delhi - 17th January 2005 -Hotel Hyatt Regency Ahmedabad - 18th January 2005 -Hotel Le Meridian Hyderabad - January 20, 2005 -Hotel Green Park Chennai - January 21, 2004 -Hotel Le Royal Meridian Informatics is organizing the above four seminars in association with the following publishers: Springer Science + Business Media John Wiley & Sons CABI Publishing OVID Technologies Please visit www.informindia.co.in for more details or email your confirmation to events(a)informindia.co.in Thanks and Regards Sanjay Grover Vice President - Sales and Marketing Informatics (I) Limited 337, Karuna Complex, Sampige Road, Malleswaram Bangalore, India 560003 Phone : 91-80-23365940 Fax : 91-80-23344598 www.informindia.co.in Mobile : 9845516020 ===============================WE AIM AT CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ======================== ------- End of Forwarded Message -------

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Documentation_about_'Unix_for_librarians'
by Carlos Vílchez Román 08 Jan '05

08 Jan '05

Hi everybody, Sorry for the cross-posting My name is Carlos Vilchez-Roman, head of the Automation Office of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) Library university, located in Lima, Peru. I am writing you for the following: the next month Ill be giving a training course called UNIX for librarians. I think this course will be very helpful because our ILS is running on a UNIX Tru64 box. Sadly theres no material available in Spanish about this topic. I have only found a book titled UNIX and libraries and an article published in Computers in Libraries, 16 (10), 34-36. In Amazon.com the book is out of print (I only work with Amazon. They give me a guarantee). For that reason Id ask you if you know a website (or PDF files) where I can get documentarion about training courses on UNIX and librarians. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks for your time. Cordially yours, Carlos Vílchez-Román Head of Automation Office Library university UNMSM  Hi everybody, Sorry for the cross-posting My name is Carlos Vilchez-Roman, head of the Automation Office of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) Library university, located in Lima, Peru. I am writing you for the following: the next month I’ll be giving a training course called “UNIX for librarians”. I think this course will be very helpful because our ILS is running on a UNIX Tru64 box. Sadly there’s no material available in Spanish about this topic. I have only found a book titled ‘UNIX and libraries’ and an article published in Computers in Libraries, 16 (10), 34-36. In Amazon.com the book is out of print (I only work with Amazon. They give me a guarantee). For that reason I’d ask you if you know a website (or PDF files) where I can get documentarion about training courses on “UNIX and librarians”. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks for your time. Cordially yours, Carlos Vílchez-Román Head of Automation Office Library university – UNMSM

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FW: DLIS BHU Announces National Workshop
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 08 Jan '05

08 Jan '05

-----Original Message----- From: aditya tripathi [mailto:adityatripathi@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 11:32 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: DLIS BHU Announces National Workshop Dear Professionals, Department of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University is hosting three days National Workshop on Web Applications to Libraries and Information Centres from 2nd 4th March 2005. Following topics would be covered during workshop: - Introduction to Internet Technology - Overview of HyperText MarkUp Language - E-publishing - Digitization: Optical Character Recognition, Audio Capture etc. - Creation of Digital Library with WWWISIS The workshop is targeted for Working Librarians, Teachers, Research Scholars and Students with basic knowledge of IT. Workshop is confined to limited number of participants. Registration is Rs. 2000/- per participant The DD / Cash payable in favour of National Workshop on Web Applications to Libraries and Information Centres, Dept. of Library & Information Science, B.H.U, payable at Varanasi. For any further information please contact: aditya(a)bhu.ac.in adityatripathi(a)hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------ REGISTRATION FORMAT 1. Name 2. Designation 3. Organization 4. Address (Correspondence) 5. Accommodation Required Yes/No 6. Telephone Number Office : Residence: Mobile : e-mail : 7. Payment Details DD/Cash DD No. : Bank : Branch : Amount : Date : Signature -------------------------------------------------------- Coordinator Prof. H. N. PRASAD Head Deptt. of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi- 221 005 Tel: +91 542 2307140 (Off) +91 542 2575233 (Res) Organising Secretary Aditya Tripathi Lecturer Department of Library & Information Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221 005 Tel: +91 542 2277086 (R) +91 542 2307140 (Off) +91 9935471165 (Mobile) ---------------------------------------------------- 1. Contribute to DRTC LIS Open Digital Library https://drtc.isibang.ac.in 2. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg _________________________________________________________________ The MS Office product suite. Make efficiency a habit. http://www.microsoft.com/india/office/experience/ Simplify your life.

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ELPUB Digital Library: Free Access to Elpub conference papers
by Gerry Mckiernan 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

Colleagues/ I have discovered that Bob Martens of Vienna University Of Technology has created a database that provides access to all of the conference papers presented at the ELPUB [Electronic Publishing] conferences dating from 1997, the year of the first ELPUB Conference. ELPUB Digital Library is available at [ http://elpub.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Home ] There are a variety of search and browse options that provide FREE access to the Full Text of included papers! "The use is free of charge. Access to advanced features (article upload, creation of collections, discussion forums, ratings, reviews, etc.) is subject to **user registration** and login. [ http://elpub.scix.net/cgi-bin/users/Add ] IMHO, many of the papers presented at previous ELPUB conferences have consistently reported cutting/bleeding edge developments in all areas of Electronic Publishing and are well worth the read. As of today, nearly 300 papers are available! BTW: The 2005 ELPUB will be held June 8-10, 2005 and will be hosted by the Research Group on Document Architectures (DocArch) of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven). The conference will take place at the Arenberg Castle, a beautiful 16th-Century castle situated in an impressively green scenery in Heverlee near the city of Leuven. [ http://www.elpub.net/page.php?edi_id=317 ] The list of suggested topics for the 2005 conference is quite wide ranging [ http://www.elpub.net/page.php?edi_id=314 ] Thanks Bob for this Very Important Service !!! Regards. /Gerry Gerry McKiernan ElPub Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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NCSI-Net Meeting on 08-01-2005
by Madhuresh 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

Dear All, You are cordially invited for next NCSI-NET meeting, which is going to be held on Saturday 08th of January 2005 by 03:00 PM at NCSI. The speaker will be Dr. Thimappa Hegde, Director, Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Neurosciences. Synopsis: In today's scenario with greater pressures at work and the availability of laptop computers and mobile telephones, more and more of our waking hours is focussed on work often even while travelling or at home. Life is multidimensional. A complete man/woman is one who is not only good at work but also is able to lead a fulfilled family and social life. The talk will address on how to balance work and life, a way to lead a successful as well as satisfying life. About the Speaker Dr. Thimappa Hegde is a senior consultant neurosurgeon and working presently as the Director, Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Neurosciences. He was earlier the Additional Professor of Neurosurgery at NIMHANS Bangalore. He had his basic medical and neurosurgical training in India & later acquired specialized training in the United States of America, Japan and the Netherlands. He has authored 30 scientific publications in leading journals and has written one book on the history of neurosciences. His interests include the history of medicine and the humanities of medicine, trekking and travelling, having travelled to various places connected with the life of Buddha and Adi Shankaracharya. He has also trekked to various places in the Indian Himalayas. Dr. Hegde has been awarded "Outstanding Citizen Award" by the Lions Club of Bangalore and was selected as a member of the Group Study Exchange Program of the Rotary International to visit USA and Canada in 1997. He was invited by the Vatican to speak at an International Meeting in Nov 1999 at the Vatican City and had a special audience with the POPE His Holiness John Paul II. Please confirm your presence to Prasanna (t.s.prasanna(a)intel.com) or Madhuresh (madhuresh_s(a)aurigene.com). Regards NCSI-Net Coordinators Note: NCSI-NET is a network of National Center for Science Information (NCSI) employees and alumni and organizes presentations/talks every month for its members.

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Digital library initiatives in Bioinformetics in India
by vasanth raj 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

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Some good Websites and News Items
by Madhuresh 06 Jan '05

06 Jan '05

IOSN (http://www.iosn.net/): The International Open Source Network (IOSN) is a Center of Excellence for FOSS in the Asia-Pacific Region. It shapes its activities around Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) technologies and applications. Via a small secretariat, the IOSN is tasked specifically to facilitate and network FOSS advocates and human resources in the region. The vision is that developing countries in the Asia-Pacific Region can achieve rapid and sustained economic and social development by using affordable yet effective FOSS ICT solutions to bridge the digital divide. IOSN is an initiative of the Asia-Pacific Information Development Programme (APDIP), which has been supporting the strategic and effective use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) for poverty alleviation and sustainable human development in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997. The site offers FOSS resources categorized by the country, News items, Events, Organizations and other articles. The site also gives the details of localization effort like developing/developed s/w in various Indian languages, Training Materials, Documentation, Tutorials, FOSS in Education, FOSS and Government etc. FreshPatents (http://www.freshpatents.com/): A good website for tracking new patents and technologies. It gives the latest published US patent applications each week BEFORE the USPTO decision to grant/deny. One can register with it freely to monitor any keyword and when it finds any match, it will send an email. One can also search and browse by Location (currently it shows 355 applications from India); Industry; Inventors (Inventors directory); and Agents (Patent Agents & Law Firms Directory) and allows search in Title/Abstract. ************************************************************************ ******************************************** PCtvt to bridge the digital divide R RAVICHANDRAN Hyderabad, Jan 4: If all goes well, soon India will find the deployment of the most-talked-about PCtvt, the low-cost one-in-all multi-function information appliance with the potential to function as a TV, PC, video phone, IP phone and multimedia, in villages across the country soon. Expected to bridge the digital divide and to educate the economically and educationally weaker sections in the country - particularly those in the villages - the PCtvt, being developed by the Carnegie Mellon University in collaboration with International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) of Hyderabad and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) of Bangalore, will provide an affordable technology to empower the rural folk by giving more importance to voice, video communication than reading and writing. Speaking to FE here, Praveen Garimella, director of the PCtvt project in India and part of the Carnegie Mellon University team working on this project said: "The PCtvt is a new device to bridge the digital divide for those economically weaker classes with easy affordability to communicate through audio and video." Eminent robotics expert Professor Raj Reddy of the Carnegie Mellon University was instrumental in the project. Expected to carry a low price tag of $250 when commercially launched across the globe, PCtvt has been designed in a special way by equipping it with multi-lingual applications, communication and entertainment, video/IP phone systems, web camera and all entertainment applications like cable channels viewing, personal video recorder, talking newspaper, etc to enable the poor masses to enjoy and communicate with the rest of world, Mr Garimella said further. "With functions like remote TV system, speech recognition, keyboard, mouse, cell phone, web camera and all iconic interfaces, an illiterate can learn and understand things fast with voice-mail and video help if not through email and text-based help," the official said adding it has a radically simple design with one minute training time, double-click model and three modes of communication - video, audio and text in both synchronous and asynchronous modes. Based on a study, it was found that for most people in a village, entertainment and communication are of greater importance than PC functionality. "Poverty and illiteracy are no longer a barrier in using and benefiting from technology and the PCtvt is the simplified and easy appliance to help bridge the digital divide," Mr Garimella pointed out. With the multi-lingual applications and software, a villager can communicate and enjoy the entertainment in different languages of their choice. "Currently, the appliance has been designed to use in four Indian languages - Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi - and will add other languages once the product is commercially launched," he said. http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=78816 ************************************************************************ ******************************************* SAARC to set up traditional knowledge digital library New Delhi, Jan 3 The member-countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) have decided to set up a traditional knowledge digital library (TKDL) with a view to protect the region from any possible acts of biopiracy and misappropriation of traditional knowledge in the near future. A model legal framework has been drafted and circulated to member-countries for framing notional legislation recognising TKDL. Speaking to FE, director of Saarc Documentation Centre (SDC) Dr VK Gupta said, "The TKDL database will be provided to patent offices across the globe under non-disclosure agreement. This will help them to examine the case before granting patent rights on any subject pertaining to traditional knowledge. Even if they, by mistake, grant patent rights over any aspect of traditional knowledge which is already documented and given to them, this can be challenged without payment of any fees and the concerned patent office will be under obligations to revoke the wrongly granted patent rights. Otherwise the cost of challenging a single patent right in patent offices in the US and Europe equals to the total investment required for setting up of a TKDL." India is the only country in the world to set up a TKDL and we are urging all countries in the South Asia to set up a common TKDL for the region, he said. Mr Gupta said India needs to enact appropriate legislation to protect traditional knowledge from infringement. "So far we have Biological Diversity Act to protect bio recourses. But there are other aspects of traditional knowledge like traditional medicines, foods, farm practices, architecture and construction, tribal knowledge and traditional expressions like handicrafts, handloom, folk music, museum which need similar protection through law," he said. The TKDL set up in India has already documented the public domain knowledge on Ayurveda (36,000 slokas) in a digitised format and the information is available in English, Spanish, German, French and Japanese. It has a traditional knowledge resource classification system based on the international patent classification. It provides information classified under sections, classes, sub-classes, groups and sub-groups and has expanded one IPC group related to medicinal plants to about 5000 sub-groups. The cost involved in documenting Ayurveda slokas was Rs 1.25 crore. The decision to set up a Saarc TKDL was taken at a two-day workshop convened by jointly SDC, National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) last week in Delhi, said Dr Gupta. The Saarc TKDL will also have an innovative uniform structured traditional knowledge resource classification (TKRC) for systematic arrangement, dissemination and retrieval which may be TK independent of region or country. The framework will encompass various aspects of traditional knowledge including materials used for treatment like plants, animal products, minerals, their generic or specific method of preparations or designs, their dosage, mode and time of administration, therapeutic action or indication or application of traditional knowledge. With respect to components of biodiversity digital library (CBDL), TKDL will be created using the taxonomic hierarchical structure of Whittaker's five kingdom classification, namely, Monera, Protoctista, Fungi, Animalia and Plantae and modern phylogenetic classification system. http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=78706 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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(Fwd) Mantex Newsletter - January 2005
by Prafulla Chandra 05 Jan '05

05 Jan '05

Here's is an interesting newsletter from The British Library. Perhaps, you may wish to subscribe. ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:44:42 GMT To: prafulla(a)nisc.co.in Subject: Mantex Newsletter - January 2005 Send reply to: news(a)mantex.co.uk From: news(a)mantex.co.uk -------- MANTEX NEWSLETTER -------- Number 100 - January 2005 - ISSN 1470-1863 Happy New Year to all our Subscribers!! Anniversary issue - 100 and going strong Spelling - Research - Software - Design 0----- "Oxford A-Z of Spelling" - new book You'd imagine it was hard to make a book on spelling interesting, but Oxford University Press have done it. This is a beginner's guide to the rules and the exceptions of spelling in English. It covers all the basics without once going into any jargon or elaborate rules which would put off the very people the book is aimed at. Highly recommended for beginners - and I think it would be very useful to anybody using English as another language. Full review and details at - http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/oxf-azspel.htm 0----- Pub Quiz - Question #1 Which ingredient turns curry yellow? 0----- Weird Facts #1 No piece of square dry paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. [Go on - try it! - Bet you can't.] 0----- "How to Find Information" - new book Did you know that even though Google has four billion web pages in its database, the Internet contains only a small fraction of the world's total information. This is a guide for anyone who wants to develop really serious research skills. Naturally it tells you how to search on the Web, but it's built on a solid foundation of library research and data retrieval skills. There is even advice on how to identify your own information needs, how to interpret your search results, and how to keep up with the latest trends. Full review at - http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/rumsey.htm 0----- Pub Quiz - Question #2 Who invented the aqualung? 0----- Weird Facts #2 French was the official language of England for over 600 years. [C'est vrai!] 0----- "OpenOffice.org Writer" - new book OpenOffice is the f.r.e.e software which is an alternative to the very expensive Microsoft Office. Writer is the word-processor in this suite, and a direct rival to Word. There's a new book from Jean Hollis Weber which is the 'missing manual' for Writer - and most importantly it comes with a CD-ROM which contains the whole of the OpenOffice suite. The book explains all the features and menu options of the Writer program - and in particular where it differs from Word. If you want to make a switch into using open source software, this would be an excellent place to start. 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Full review at - http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/schmitt.htm 0----- Pub Quiz - Question #4 What is a shooting star? 0----- Weird Facts #4 Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. [Here's looking at you, kid.] 0----- "Dictionary of Modern Design" - new book Design buffs will be interested in a huge new work of reference from Oxford University Press. Actually, it's closer to an encyclopedia than a dictionary - because each entry is like a short essay. It covers a vast range of topics - from individual designers, painters, and architects, through artistic movements and fashions, to famous products. Full review at - http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/woodham.htm 0----- Pub Quiz - Question #5 What is the world's longest river? 0----- Weird Facts #5 A housefly regurgitates its food after eating, and then eats it again. [The fly is a bit like a cow then?] 0----- Online Democratic Dictionaries British publisher Collins has launched an online dictionary that will enable Internet users to debate new words. Users can suggest new words and argue over whether they should be added to the print version of the dictionary. You can log on to and suggest a new word, then wait for positive or negative feedback from other dictionary fans. Words submitted thus far, 'Arab street', 'contrasexual', 'cyberathletics, 'Ingerland', 'manny' and 'podcasting' are likely to be included in the next printed version. http://www.collins.co.uk/wordexchange There's also an online Wikipedia encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia You could also try the FreeDictionary.com at http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ 0----- Pub Quiz - Question #6 On what date was Jesus Christ conceived? 0----- Weird Facts #6 W is the only letter in the English alphabet to have not one but three syllables. 0----- F.r.e.e Web Design Tutorials Rachna Asirvatham writes from Bangalore India to announce her company's f.r.e.e design tutorials. And very stylish they are too. Tips and tricks for Dreamweaver and Fireworks; how to deal with style sheets; clever use of tables; special effects in Flash; and lots of sensible advice, all delivered in a visually attractive manner. http://www.entheosweb.com/website_design/default.asp 0----- Pub Quiz - Question #7 What's the common name for iron oxide? 0----- Weird Facts #7 The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. [Lhooq again if you don't believe me.] 0----- "Windows XP Power Hound" - new book XP is now the world's most popular operating system - and thank goodness it's more stable than its predecessors. But did you know that it contains lots and lots of hidden tools, utilities, and settings? It's possible to customise the desktop; you can add bells and whistles to just about any of its functions; and there are powerful software programs just below the surface of the comic-book interface. All of these are explained in Preston Gralla's guidance handbook from O'Reilly's 'Missing Manual' series. If you are an XP user but would like to see what more it can do for you in terms of power and efficiency, have a look at his recommendations. Full details and review at - http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/gralla-2.htm 0----- Pub Quiz - Question #8 What is the world's biggest baby? 0----- Weird Facts #8 Brigham Young University (Utah) has an undergraduate course on ballroom dancing. 0----- A Message from Albia - Blogspot I've just come across a wonderful satirical blog featuring news from Albia - a 'constitutional monarchy' located on 'the edge of Europe'. It's written in spoof inflated eighteenth-century manner and purports to be written by someone who is living in a cupboard at his local cybercafe, after being evicted from home by his wife. The nation is ruled by Queen Dowdi, who has a son the Heir Apparent Prinz Yusslez. He is in love with his favourite horse, Kamella. Albia is governed by Prime Minister Kiznya Schlopp, head of the Krep Proti. His Home Secretary Fanatik Loon was recently in hot water after siring children with his no-longer-Thai-bride-to-be, Yu Fam Ism. Start with the Albia gazeteer and factbook, then work your way up through the archives. It's great fun. http://albia.blogspot.com He is due to change this address at some point, so if it doesn't work, try the following: http://www.messagefromalbia.com 0----- Pub Quiz - Question #9 What is the capital of Nepal? 0----- Weird Facts #9 The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters. [That's a third of it then in 'Aloha'] 0----- "XML Hacks" - new book This is a roll-up-your-sleeves guide that explains XML in a complete set of practical tips, tricks, and tools for the web developers. It starts from the basics of an XML document and how its content can be displayed in a browser using style sheets. There's also a brief discussion of the free tools available for XML editing, and where to find validators to check your results. Each explication or hack covers a single topic, and each one is followed by suggestions for further reading, free downloadable resources, and web links to tutorials. Full review at - http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/fitzgerald.htm 0----- Pub Quiz - Question #10 When was the Prague Spring? 0----- Weird Facts #10 Westward Ho! is the only English place name to end in a punctuation mark. [Yes - it's named after the book.] 0----- Feedback + Corrections ** That Amazon search facility ** Martin Hampton writes from Portsmouth to say "Guys - was that a porky pie about Amazon in the last newsletter? Damned if I can make it 'look inside' books. Sorry Martin! We forgot to mention that so far it only works at Amazon.com [For non-UK readers, porky pies = lies.] ** English Grammar - again ** Damian Grant wrote from Lille to suggest that the one of our reviews contained a grammatical error. Here's the sentence: "Are you one of those people who wonder where the apostrophe should go?" Andrew Wyllie replies from Bristol "No: it is clear that the verb here has to agree with 'people' not with 'one', so 'wonder' is correct." But Andrew goes on to reveal another problem: "Before Mantex indulges in a collective hug of self-satisfaction, however... David Mamet's surname is spelt with two m's not three." Ooops! ** "Handwritten" - new book ** The link to Stephen Heller's new book on hand-produced fonts got mangled in the last issue. For those interested in new forms of typography, go to - http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/heller-2.htm 0----- PUB QUIZ - ANSWERS #1. Which ingredient turns curry yellow? ANSWER: Tumeric #2. Who invented the aqualung? ANSWER: Jaques Cousteau #3. If it's heavy in Scotland, what is it in England? ANSWER: Bitter beer #4. What is a shooting star? ANSWER: A meteorite #5. What is the world's longest river? ANSWER: The Nile #6. On what date was Jesus Christ conceived? ANSWER: 25 March 0000 #7. What's the common name for iron oxide? ANSWER: Rust #8. What is the world's biggest baby? ANSWER: The blue whale calf #9. What is the capital of Nepal? ANSWER: Kathmandu #10. When was the Prague Spring? ANSWER: 1968 0----- COMING SOON Blogging - get started 'The Modern Movement 1910-1940' 'Web Services Essentials' 'Dictionary of Design since 1900' 'Oxford Spellchecker and Dictionary' 'Graphic Design School' 'PC Hacks' (c) Copyright 2004, MANTEX All Rights Reserved PO Box 100 Tel +44 0161 432 5811 Manchester Fax +44 0161 443 2766 M20 6GZ UK www.mantex.co.uk If you like this newsletter, PLEASE FORWARD IT to friends and colleagues. New subscribers should register at the following address -- http://www.mantex.co.uk/newslet.htm BACK ISSUES featuring news items, reviews, and product details at - http://www.mantex.co.uk/news/archive.htm Please retain the copyright and list-joining information. It may be posted, in its entirety or partially, to newsgroups or mailing lists, so long as the copyright and list-joining information remains. 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Website Design Tutorial
by Prafulla Chandra 05 Jan '05

05 Jan '05

Rachna Asirvatham had announced her company's f.r.e.e design tutorials. And very stylish they are too. Tips and tricks for Dreamweaver and Fireworks; how to deal with style sheets; clever use of tables; special effects in Flash; and lots of sensible advice, all delivered in a visually attractive manner. http://www.entheosweb.com/website_design/default.asp --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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