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

"NASA World Wind" - Innovative, Interesting & very useful for people interested in GIS / Geographical Information
by Samdarshi Pali 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

Recently NASA has released "World Wind 1.3" as open source software. World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there. As of now US is well covered with up to one meter resolution, INDIA and many other parts of world have a resolution of 15 meters (its better than having nothing). For US we may even see our cars but for India only up to the nearby village, river and mountain. This is an innovative, really interesting and very useful software for everyone interested in GIS / Geographical information. Broadband connection is recommended to download, as the software is a big 171MB size file. This is freely downloadable from NASA site: http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/ http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/ Best wishes Samdarshi Pali Reliance Engineering Associates Pvt Ltd 4W21 - G Block, First Floor Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City Koper Khairane, Navi Mumbai 400 709 Tel # Direct +91-22 - 303 85407

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Position vaccant
by Achar 10 Apr '05

10 Apr '05

Dear Sir, Librarian is required for an International Business school in Bangalore. Post Graduates in library science, good communication skills, computer knowledge and with 1-3 years experience to run the library independently are welcome. Pl mail their Resumaes to achar_10(a)yahoo.com. Trainees from IIMs are given preference. Contact for further details:9880715660 Last date:25th April 2005 Dear Sir, Librarian is required for an International Business school in Bangalore. Post Graduates in library science, good communication skills, computer knowledge and with 1-3 years experience to run the library independently are welcome. Pl mail their Resumaes to mailto:achar_10@yahoo.com achar_10(a)yahoo.com . Trainees from IIMs are given preference. Contact for further details:9880715660 Last date:25th April 2005

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Fwd: Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive as OA Back-Up
by Subbiah Arunachalam 10 Apr '05

10 Apr '05

Friends: Here is some very good news fro Stevan Harnad. Thanks to the efforts of Peter Suber in collaboration with Brewster Kahle, the Internet Archive http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archive.org%2F will now begin serving not only as a back-up for institutional OA archives worldwide, but also as an OA archive for those researchers who are not affiliated with universities or research institutions with OA archives of their own. Here is the announcement from Peter Suber's Open Access News http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2005_04_03_fosblogarchive.html#a11129743… followed by some excerpt's from Peter's Sparc Open Access Newsletter: More on Brewster Kahle and the OA projects of the Internet Archive Paul Boutin, The Archivist: Brewster Kahle made a copy of the Internet. Now, he wants your files, Slate, April 7, 2005. http://slate.msn.com/id/2116329/ Excerpt: 'Kahle is less the Internet's crazy aunt --the tycoon who can't stand to throw anything away-- than its evangelical librarian. "The history of digital materials in companies' hands is one of...loss," he tells me in a rushed meeting. Like it or not, the Web is the world's library now, and Kahle doesn't trust the guys who shelve the books....Instead of creating another startup that crawls the Web to make money, Brewster used his millions to preserve as much knowledge as possible and --just as important-- make it accessible to anyone who can get to a computer....The Internet Archive isn't just the Wayback Machine --the nonprofit's two dozen or so employees have filled an equal amount of disk space with uploaded film collections, presidential debates, Bugs Bunny cartoons, and news broadcasts from the Middle East. The archive is especially keen on books. They've scanned about 25,000 of them so far as part of the Million Book Project, a collaboration with Indian and Chinese agencies to create an online library in the place of bricks-and-mortar reading rooms....The final step in building the archive into a true global library: getting you to contribute. Ourmedia, a project launched two weeks ago, offers free, unlimited, permanent storage of your videos, photos, Word files, podcasts?anything that's not porn and not covered by someone else's copyright. The one catch: The files, stored on Internet Archive servers, will be freely available to anyone in the world.' (Peter Suber: If you missed it, see this announcement from SOAN for 4/2/05: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/04-02-05.htm#oara 'Many publishing researchers don't have OA repositories in their institutions or disciplines. The missing piece of the puzzle is an OAI-compliant "universal repository" that will accept eprints from any scholar in any discipline. I'm very happy to say in public for the first time that Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive (IA) has agreed to launch just such a repository. I'm working with the technical staff of the IA to set it up now. Not only will it host new content for scholars with no other place to deposit their work, but it will offer to preserve all the other OAI-compliant repositories in the world. The IA's proven commitment to open access and long-term preservation make this a most exciting prospect.') http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/04-02-05.htm#oara (2) Many publishing researchers don't have OA repositories in their institutions or disciplines. The missing piece of the puzzle is an OAI-compliant "universal repository" that will accept eprints from any scholar in any discipline. I'm very happy to say in public for the first time that Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive (IA) has agreed to launch just such a repository. I'm working with the technical staff of the IA to set it up now. Not only will it host new content for scholars with no other place to deposit their work, but it will offer to preserve all the other OAI-compliant repositories in the world. The IA's proven commitment to open access and long-term preservation make this a most exciting prospect. Moreover, the good people at the Creative Commons are working on a drag-and-drop interface for depositing new eprints in the IA repository. More details later. The Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/ (1) The process of OA archiving is not intrinsically time-consuming or intimidating, but even low barriers are too high when authors are desperately short of time. One piece of good news is that we are making progress on automating the generation of metadata. This will reduce both the time and the difficulty of self-archiving and one day may automate the entire process after an author clicks "yes". Another piece of good news is that a new study by Leslie Carr and Stevan Harnad based on "two months of submissions for a mature repository" shows that "the amount of time spent entering metadata would be as little as 40 minutes per year for a highly active researcher." The problem isn't a real time-sink but a groundless fear of a time-sink. Leslie Carr and Stevan Harnad, Keystroke Economy: A Study of the Time and Effort Involved in Self-Archiving. A preprint put online March 15, 2005. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10688/ http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2005_03_13_fosblogarchive.html#a11110069… Automating or semi-automating the archiving deposit process won't help scholars without deposit rights at an OA, OAI-compliant repository, and a universal repository won't help scholars who believe they are too busy to bother. That's why it's important that we're seeing progress on both fronts at once. Each development removes another excuse for not archiving. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Services Management - List of Books
by ++ Mukesh Anand ++ 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

Services Management: An Integrated Approach, 2nd Edition By Paul Gemmel (Editor), Bart Van Looy (Editor), Roland Van Dierdonck (Editor) Paperback / 555 Pages / Trans-Atlantic Pubns / April 2004 / 027367353X Service Management, Operations, Strategy and Information Technology By James A. Fitzsimmons Hardcover / McGraw-Hill College / August 2000 / 0072424192 Retailing Management, 5th Edition By Michael Levy, Barton A. Weitz Hardcover / McGraw-Hill College / June 2003 / 0072553928 Service Operations Management: Strategy, Design and Delivery By Christine Hope, Alan Muhlemann Paperback / 352 Pages / Prentice Hall / September 1997 / 0131499157 Competing in a Service Economy: How to Create a Competitive Advantage Through Service Development and Innovation, 1st Edition (Illustrated) By Michael D Johnson Hardcover / 190 Pages / John Wiley & Sons Inc / May 2003 / 0787961566 Automotive Service Management: Operations Management (Illustrated) By Mitch Schneider Paperback / 125 Pages / Thomson Learning / May 2003 / 1401826652 Retail Management: A Strategic Approach, 9th Edition By Joel R. Evans, Barry Berman Hardcover / 584 Pages / Prentice Hall / July 2003 / 0131009443 Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation, 2nd Edition By Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl Hardcover / 567 Pages / Prentice Hall / April 2003 / 013101028X Foundations of Service Level Management By Rick Sturm, Mary Jander, Wayne Morris Paperback / 272 Pages / Macmillan Computer Pub / April 2000 / 0672317435 Market Leadership Strategies for Service Companies: Creating Growth, Profits, and Customer Loyalty By Arthur Middlebrooks, Craig Terrill Hardcover / 268 Pages / McGraw-Hill / October 1999 / 0844224413 Managing Service Quality By Paul Kunst (Editor), Jos Lemmink (Editor) Hardcover / 121 Pages / Sage Pubns / January 1996 / 1853963305 -------------------------- Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, Hyderabad - 500 029 India Telephone: 040-55787065 Fax: +91-40-27552390 http://www.monitorinfo.com Importers n Distributors of Technical Publications Services Management: An Integrated Approach, 2nd Edition By Paul Gemmel (Editor), Bart Van Looy (Editor), Roland Van Dierdonck (Editor) Paperback / 555 Pages / Trans-Atlantic Pubns / April 2004 / 027367353X Service Management, Operations, Strategy and Information Technology By James A. Fitzsimmons Hardcover / McGraw-Hill College / August 2000 / 0072424192 Retailing Management, 5th Edition By Michael Levy, Barton A. Weitz Hardcover / McGraw-Hill College / June 2003 / 0072553928 Service Operations Management: Strategy, Design and Delivery By Christine Hope, Alan Muhlemann Paperback / 352 Pages / Prentice Hall / September 1997 / 0131499157 Competing in a Service Economy: How to Create a Competitive Advantage Through Service Development and Innovation, 1st Edition (Illustrated) By Michael D Johnson Hardcover / 190 Pages / John Wiley & Sons Inc / May 2003 / 0787961566 Automotive Service Management: Operations Management (Illustrated) By Mitch Schneider Paperback / 125 Pages / Thomson Learning / May 2003 / 1401826652 Retail Management: A Strategic Approach, 9th Edition By Joel R. Evans, Barry Berman Hardcover / 584 Pages / Prentice Hall / July 2003 / 0131009443 Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation, 2nd Edition By Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl Hardcover / 567 Pages / Prentice Hall / April 2003 / 013101028X Foundations of Service Level Management By Rick Sturm, Mary Jander, Wayne Morris Paperback / 272 Pages / Macmillan Computer Pub / April 2000 / 0672317435 Market Leadership Strategies for Service Companies: Creating Growth, Profits, and Customer Loyalty By Arthur Middlebrooks, Craig Terrill Hardcover / 268 Pages / McGraw-Hill / October 1999 / 0844224413 Managing Service Quality By Paul Kunst (Editor), Jos Lemmink (Editor) Hardcover / 121 Pages / Sage Pubns / January 1996 / 1853963305 -------------------------- Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, Hyderabad - 500 029 India Telephone: 040-55787065 Fax: +91-40-27552390 http://www.monitorinfo.com http://www.monitorinfo.com Importers n Distributors of Technical Publications

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Loss of books in Libraries
by PRASHANTA KUMAR 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

Dear Colleagues The UGC (India) Library Committee forcefully recommends to write off an inevitable loss @ 2 for every 1000 books issued. However in an open access library, annual loss of 3 volumes for every 1000 issues should be considered as a normal loss in normal circumstances as recommended by Dr. Ranganathan REF: Mittal, R. L. Library Administration: Theory and Practice, Fifth ed., 1987, p357-359 More details will be available in the book as mentioned above. ********************************* Mr. PRASHANTA KUMAR BEHERA ********************************* Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT) (CSIR), Govt. of India Library Service Division, Po Box No- 6 Palampur, Himachal Predesh Pin 176061 Mobile- 94 181 055 72 E- mail- behera_iisc(a)rediffmail.com Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Colleagues The UGC ( India ) Library Committee forcefully recommends to write off an inevitable loss @ 2 for every 1000 books issued. However in an open access library, annual loss of 3 volumes for every 1000 issues should be considered as a normal loss in normal circumstances as recommended by Dr. Ranganathan REF: Mittal, R. L. Library Administration: Theory and Practice, Fifth ed., 1987, p357-359 More details will be available in the book as mentioned above. ********************************* http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif Mr. PRASHANTA KUMAR BEHERA http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif ********************************* Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT) (CSIR), Govt. of India Library Service Division, Po Box No- 6 Palampur, Himachal Predesh Pin 176061 Mobile- 94 181 055 72 E- mail- mailto:behera_iisc@rediffmail.com behera_iisc(a)rediffmail.com 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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Re: Loss of Books in Libraries
by Prafulla Chandra 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

You may find it useful to visit the following website for the guidelines issued by the Government of India on this issue. Unless it is proved that the loss of books is due to the dishonestry or negligence on the part of the librarian, it is unfair and unreasonable to penalise the librarian. http://www.kkbooks.com/ Click Conversion Rate Link at the top. Loss of three volumes per one thousand volumes issued/consulted in a year may be taken as reasonable provided such loss cannot be attributed to dishonesty or negligence on the part of the Librarian. Loss of a book of the value exceeding Rs.200/- (Rupees two hundred) and the books of special nature and rarity shall invaribly be investigated and consequential action taken. All such losses will, however, be written off only by a competent authority. T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: Request for Services Management
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

dear professional friends, Ms.Meeta Rathod, wants websites relating to service management, if any one can help, please send the details to her address. please see her mail thanks laxman laxman rao meeta rathod <mudita96(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: Dear sir, This is Meeta Rathod, Librarian, B.R.C.M. college of Business Administration,Surat. We are running the undergraduate course of Business Administration under the affiliation of Veer Narmad South Gujarat University,Surat. >From the next academic session our university is introducing the new subject i.e. Services Management in the fifth semester of BBA. We are getting titles on Services marketing but not on Services Management. Can you help me on this subject?Kindly suggest me some titles or web sites from where I can get materials on this subject. Thanking You, Faithfully Your's Meeta Rathod Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com dear professional friends, Ms.Meeta Rathod, wants websites relating to service management, if any one can help, please send the details to her address. please see her mail thanks laxman laxman rao meeta rathod <mudita96(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: Dear sir, This is Meeta Rathod, Librarian, B.R.C.M. college of Business Administration,Surat. We are running the undergraduate course of Business Administration under the affiliation of Veer Narmad South Gujarat University,Surat. >From the next academic session our university is introducing the new subject i.e. Services Management in the fifth semester of BBA. We are getting titles on Services marketing but not on Services Management. Can you help me on this subject?Kindly suggest me some titles or web sites from where I can get materials on this subject. Thanking You, Faithfully Your's Meeta Rathod Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Workshop on ICT for Information Managment at IIT Bombay
by Daulat Jotwani 07 Apr '05

07 Apr '05

Dear All The Central Library, IIT Bombay has planned to organize a 5-days Training Workshop on ICT for Information Management in S&T Institutions on 16-20 May 2005. The main objective of the workshop is to expose participants to the state-of-the art in library systems and services and how ICT can transform it into a more efficient, knowledge sharing organization facing new challenges and fulfilling aspirations of its users. The important topics to be covered in the workshop include : · Overview of information communication technology applications in the libraries, · Web designing, development of library website · Web-based information sources and services, subject portals · Digital / electronic sources, e-journals, e-books, e-databases, leveraging INDEST consortium for augmenting more e-resources · Development of digital library, hybrid library · Open archives, GSDL, eprints, Dspace, · RFID Only 30-35 participants, on first-come-first-served basis, will be taken for the course from IITs, IISc, NITs, other engineering colleges, scientific and technical institutions. Preference will be given to those from INDEST participating institutions. Interested persons may forward their application in the enclosed proforma by email / fax at the earliest to the Librarian, IIT Bombay. Participants will be provided hostel accommodation free of charge. TA/DA will have to be borne by the participants or their sponsoring organizations. WORKSHOP ON ICT FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN S&T INSTITUTIONS 16-20 MAY 2005 PROFORMA Name : ____________________________________ Designation : ____________________________________ Institution/Organization : ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Address : ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Telephone / Fax No. ____________________________________ Email : ____________________________________ Accommodation needed : Yes / No Signature -- Daulat Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 Phone 91-22-25768920, 91-22-25720227

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Advertisement for the next batch of IKM Training Program
by Mailing List Manager 07 Apr '05

07 Apr '05

For favor of notice board and wide circulation ---------------------------------------------- NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENCE INFORMATION (NCSI) INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE B A N 0 A L 0 R E- 560012 REQUIRES Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Trainees No. of positions: 11 [GEN-4, OBC-2, SC-1, ST-1, and Sponsored Candidates-03] Advt. No.R(IB)008-2/2005. Minimum Qualifications: 1. Ist Class Bachelor's Degree in any discipline with minimum of II Class Master's Degree in Library/Information Science or Associateship in Documentation/Information Science awarded by DRTC or INSDOC. One or two years of experience in a Library/Information Centre and basic knowledge of computers is desirable. OR Ist Class B.E., M.B.B.S., or M.Sc with a minimum of one year experience in information handling. 2. SC/ST candidates with pass class will also be considered. 3. The sponsored candidates should forward their application through proper channel. No stipend will be paid to sponsored candidates. Training is for a period of 18 months w.e.f. 01.08.2005 on a stipend of Rs.5,000/- per month (Fixed). Visit our website at http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/training/ for details of the programme and Online Application Registration [Please note that the above website address is meant only for IKM training programme of NCSI - item # II in the advertisement. Also, Applications sent by email attachments and/or by emails WILL NOT be entertained]. GENERAL CONDITIONS Only those who have completed their qualifying examinations and have been awarded the degrees on the date of advertisement, need apply. The Institute will have no obligation to absorb the canditates on completion of the training. No accommodation will be available on the Institute campus. Candidates who are desirous to be considered strictly on the aforesaid conditions may duly fill the Online Application Registration form available at http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/training/online.htm. A hard copy of the online application registration form along with photocopies of Marks Cards, Cast Certificate of SC, ST, or OBC (OBC certifcate should be in the GOI format for reservations of jobs), in case of PH candidates, copy of medical certificate in the prescribed form issued by the Competent Medical Authority for the purpose of employment, should be sent on or before 29 April 2005 to: ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, UNIT-lB, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE - 560 012, superscribing on the envelope "Application for the post of IKM Trainee". Dated: March 2005 REGISTRAR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Moderator NCSI, IISc Bangalore

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Live DSpace Sites acroos the world
by Mailing List Manager 07 Apr '05

07 Apr '05

Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 10:24:23 +0530 From: Yatrik Patel <yatrik(a)inflibnet.ac.in> Dear All, The active Institutional Repositories / Archives from different countries, using the ground-breaking DSpace software is listed at DSpace Website. Follow the link "LIVE DSpace" at http://wiki.dspace.org/DspaceInstances Yatrik Patel Scientist (CS) INFLIBNET Centre, India

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