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

Digital library inaugrated in Andhra Pradesh
by noufal palliparamban 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

Dear friends, Really intresting news from AP . a digital reference library for the fields of medical and allied sciences. R. Sambasiva Rao,Vice-Chancellor of NTR University of Health Sciences in Vijawada, inaugurated a digital library in the university premises. Addressing a gathering at the inaugural function, Prof. Rao said all books, journals and other reference material bought for the university library between 1986 and 2002 were given away to Siddhartha Medical College when it was de-linked from the university in 2000. The digital library would enable six students to browse the Internet at a time. They could copy the desired material on to a compact disc, a floppy disc or any other reprographic mode. The university had spent Rs. 7 lakhs to procure added pro-quest compact discs that provided access to all the published articles from 1998. Prof. Rao said that following an invitation extended to affiliated medical and dental colleges in the State by the university, as many as 31 colleges responded and thus the formation of a consortium of digital library became a reality. Financial deals were struck with a couple of e-journal suppliers to extend their services to medical and dental colleges. They would not only impart training to persons engaged in maintenance of the new facility in various colleges but also agreed to provide free access to all subscribers for the initial 15 days. He said that it was mainly a reference library for the fields of medical and allied sciences. Responding to the changing modes in the curriculum, the university had decided to focus on web-based resources and services. The library would remain open from 10.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on all working days except on second Saturdays, Sundays and other holidays. For Full text http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/13/stories/2005101309260300.htm Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Dear friends, Really intresting news from AP . a digital reference library for the fields of medical and allied sciences. R. Sambasiva Rao,Vice-Chancellor of NTR University of Health Sciences in Vijawada, inaugurated a digital library in the university premises. Addressing a gathering at the inaugural function, Prof. Rao said all books, journals and other reference material bought for the university library between 1986 and 2002 were given away to Siddhartha Medical College when it was de-linked from the university in 2000. The digital library would enable six students to browse the Internet at a time. They could copy the desired material on to a compact disc, a floppy disc or any other reprographic mode. The university had spent Rs. 7 lakhs to procure added pro-quest compact discs that provided access to all the published articles from 1998. Prof. Rao said that following an invitation extended to affiliated medical and dental colleges in the State by the university, as many as 31 colleges responded and thus the formation of a consortium of digital library became a reality. Financial deals were struck with a couple of e-journal suppliers to extend their services to medical and dental colleges. They would not only impart training to persons engaged in maintenance of the new facility in various colleges but also agreed to provide free access to all subscribers for the initial 15 days. He said that it was mainly a reference library for the fields of medical and allied sciences. Responding to the changing modes in the curriculum, the university had decided to focus on web-based resources and services. The library would remain open from 10.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on all working days except on second Saturdays, Sundays and other holidays. For Full text http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/13/stories/2005101309260300.htm http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/13/stories/2005101309260300.htm Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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Britain to fund OA repositories
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

Friends: JISC will fund the launch, filling, and searching of OA repositories Mark Chillingworth, JISC win digitisation and repository funding, Information World Review, October 13, 2005. Excerpt: An extra £80 million is to be invested in digital information for education and research by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) it was announced today. JISC has been awarded the funds by the government's Spending Review and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). HEFCE's Strategic Development Fund has awarded JISC £30 million over two years, whilst the Spending Review, part of the Treasury Department has awarded £50 million over two years to enable JISC to enhance the digital infrastructure of the UK. "The UK leads the world in the use of ICT to support education and research, but continued investment is crucial to the future competitiveness of both," said Sir Howard Newby HEFCE chief executive of the award. JISC has outlined five strands that will receive funding. Universities will receive policy advice and technical guidance in setting up digital repositories, with JISC using the funding to develop a critical mass of repository content and a national structure that will allow users to search across federated repositories. Funding will also be applied to investment in the digitisation of scholarly resources in partnerships. --- This is something UGC and MHRD and DST should adopt in India! Arun ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Internet Archive
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

"Kahle's goal is universal access to all knowledge" Becky Hogge profiles Brewster Kahle in the October 17 New Stateman. Excerpt: Like other successful net entrepreneurs, Kahle has ploughed his spoils into a non-profit endeavour, and the result is the Internet Archive, an attempt to achieve what the ancient Greeks and Egyptians tried at the library of Alexandria: to make a permanent record of all human knowledge. But this time around the library will be on the internet, universally accessible and - crucially - flameproof....Yes, Kahle's goal is universal access to all knowledge, and so the Internet Archive aims to make every book ever written available over the web. "The ancient library of Alexandria collected 75 per cent of all the books of all the peoples of the world in 300BC. Our opportunity is to do that again, but then to one-up the ancients by making it available universally. It is technologically within our grasp and it could be one of the greatest achievements of humankind." In building this library, Kahle has had to sue his own country. The case, which is awaiting a hearing date, argues that copyright regulations enacted in anticipation of the digital age are contrary to the First Amendment. He explains: "I think it will come as a surprise to most people that the library system of physical books we grew up with has been made risky, if not illegal, in the digital world. This makes no sense. We needed some clarification as to what we as a library were allowed to do with, for example, out-of-print and orphan works, things that are traditionally found on the shelves of libraries. In the US, the way you ask a question like that is you file a lawsuit." By chance, I catch him on the morning he has announced the Open Content Alliance, a partnership between the Internet Archive, the search engine Yahoo! and the University of California to digitise historical works of fiction. The announcement comes nine months after Google launched a similar, huge-scale digitisation project. The two projects differ in the way they propose to offer the digital books once they have scanned them. Whereas Kahle's team would make full-text, searchable copies available to all users of the web, Google will allow access only from the libraries in which the original books are stored, and as extracts through its commercial service Google Print. When I ask Kahle how he feels about Google's project, he takes a deep breath. "We applaud the enthusiasm of Google to make steps in this area and digitise materials. But we would rather see an open system applied for the open content arena, in the same tradition as the open networks that brought us the internet. That fits much better with civic institutions like libraries." ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

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General Interest: 14 great books
by pradip umdale 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

Dear all, The British Library has made available 14 great books on its website. Among these are 1508 notebook by Leonardo Da Vinci containing short treatises, notes and drawings of a wide range of subjects from mechanics to the moon and Classical Botanical Illustrations, Elizabeth Blackwell's remarkable Herbal The site even allows you to view the original manuscript written in Leonardo's own handwriting ! quite remarkable. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html Pradeepkumar M Umdale Proj Ass. Information Division/ Library National Chemical Laboratory Pashan Rd., Pune- 411 008 Ph.No.91-20-25902031/25902038 (Direct) --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Dear all, The British Library has made available 14 great books on its website. Among these are 1508 notebook by Leonardo Da Vinci containing short treatises, notes and drawings of a wide range of subjects from mechanics to the moon and Classical Botanical Illustrations, Elizabeth Blackwell's remarkable Herbal The site even allows you to view the original manuscript written in Leonardo's own handwriting ! quite remarkable. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html Pradeepkumar M Umdale Proj Ass. Information Division/ Library National Chemical Laboratory Pashan Rd., Pune- 411 008 Ph.No.91-20-25902031/25902038 (Direct) http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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National Science Library (of NISCAIR, CSIR, New Delhi) welcomes individuals / institutions for becoming members
by Puna Das 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

National Science Library, NISCAIR, CSIR, New Delhi Membership The library is open to public and all are welcome to explore and utilize the collection in library premises. NSL welcomes individuals / institutions for becoming members to utilize its huge and valuable collection. Retired CSIR staff are also eligible to become member. Membership fee and Security deposit Individual : Rs. 150/- per annum against a security deposit of Rs. 1500/- Institution/Corporate member : Rs. 1000/- per annum against a security deposit of Rs. 9000/- Retired CSIR staff : Security deposit of Rs. 1500/- Issue rules Number of publications to be issued Individual : One book Institution : Six books Retired CSIR staff : One book Duration of loan : 30 days for all members Renewals : Once only for 30 days Overdue charges : Rs. 5/- per day for the first five days and subsequently Rs. 10/- per day Lending time (Monday to Friday) : 10.00 AM to 1.00 PM 3.00 PM to 4.00 PM _________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi _________________________________________ --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. National Science Library, NISCAIR, CSIR, New Delhi Membership The library is open to public and all are welcome to explore and utilize the collection in library premises. NSL welcomes individuals / institutions for becoming members to utilize its huge and valuable collection. Retired CSIR staff are also eligible to become member. Membership fee and Security deposit Individual : Rs. 150/- per annum against a security deposit of Rs. 1500/- Institution/Corporate member : Rs. 1000/- per annum against a security deposit of Rs. 9000/- Retired CSIR staff : Security deposit of Rs. 1500/- Issue rules Number of publications to be issued Individual : One book Institution : Six books Retired CSIR staff : One book Duration of loan : 30 days for all members Renewals : Once only for 30 days Overdue charges : Rs. 5/- per day for the first five days and subsequently Rs. 10/- per day Lending time (Monday to Friday) : 10.00 AM to 1.00 PM 3.00 PM to 4.00 PM _________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi _________________________________________ http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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Librarian Positions at S1 Television, New Delhi
by Puna Das 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

Librarian Positions at S1 Television, New Delhi LIBRARIAN No. of Vacancies:-8 Post Graduate or Graduate in library science with minimum 5 year experience in a TV Channel. The suitable candidate will be responsible for managing the data archive. Apply to: jobs(a)s1television.com (Please mention Post Applied for in subject line) _________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi _________________________________________ --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Librarian Positions at S1 Television, New Delhi LIBRARIAN No. of Vacancies:-8 Post Graduate or Graduate in library science with minimum 5 year experience in a TV Channel. The suitable candidate will be responsible for managing the data archive. Apply to: jobs(a)s1television.com (Please mention Post Applied for in subject line) _________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi _________________________________________ http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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Sucheta Lahiri
by Sucheta Lahiri 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

Dear Professionals This brings to your kind notice that we,the students of Documentation Reaserch and Training Centre,has organized a collouium on 19th of october, 2005. The details of the collouium has been attached herewith. We would ,therefore,be highly obliged if you would give your kind visit to increase our morale up. Thanking you your's faithfully Sucheta LAhiri Associateship in documentation and information science. (First Year) Documenation Reasearch and Training Centre, Indian Statistaical Institute, Bangalore. Dear Professionals This brings to your kind notice that we,the students of Documentation Reaserch and Training Centre,has organized a collouium on 19th of october, 2005. The details of the collouium has been attached herewith. We would ,therefore,be highly obliged if you would give your kind visit to increase our morale up. Thanking you your's faithfully Sucheta LAhiri Associateship in documentation and information science. (First Year) Documenation Reasearch and Training Centre, Indian Statistaical Institute, Bangalore. http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Yahoo, MSN to form World's largest IM community
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

MSN and Yahoo Messenger will be glued together, forming the world's largest instant messaging community at some 275 million combined users, the services' companies announced on Wednesday. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1870365,00.asp Thanks ~Harsha

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Need help Urgently !!!!!!!!
by Shraddha Lapasiya 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

Hello All, This is to request you help me find details for the following: 1 Household income wise break-up of New Delhi population - need data related to the household income for Eg: no of houses that have a income in the bracket of Rs. 5,000 - 10, 0000. Requesting you to send me links from where this data can be extracted. Thanks and Regards, Shraddha --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Hello All, This is to request you help me find details for the following: 1 Household income wise break-up of New Delhi population - need data related to the household income for Eg: no of houses that have a income in the bracket of Rs. 5,000 - 10, 0000. Requesting you to send me links from where this data can be extracted. Thanks and Regards, Shraddha http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36035/*http://music.yahoo.c… Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.

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Jobs@IIT Delhi
by Puna Das 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

Applications, on the prescribed form, are invited from the Indian Nationals for appointment on various posts (Including TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS - LIBRARY)at IIT Delhi. Advt. No. E.II/03/2005(E) See Advertisement details <http://www.iitd.ac.in/jobs/Advertisment_17_sept_2005.pdf> Download/View Application Form <http://www.iitd.ac.in/jobs/e-2form.pdf> Last Date: 28th October 2005. _____________________________ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi _____________________________ __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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