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Consultation on Electronic Thesis Online(India) .... within 15th June, 2005.
by K Prakash 08 Jun '05

08 Jun '05

source:http://www.ugc.ac.in/new_initiatives/consultation_electronic.html Consultation on Electronic Thesis Online(India) In line with international trend to preserve and centrally maintain repositories of electronic thesis and make them generally accessible, UGC plans to put in place a regulatory policy and an implementation mechanism for maintaining standards, archiving, accessing doctoral research from the Indian universities. Electronic Theses Online will not only ensure easy archive and access of Indian Doctoral theses but also help raise the standard of research. This would overcome serious problem of duplication of research and poor quality resulting from the 'poor visibility' and the 'unseen' factor in research output. In the above context, draft UGC(Submission of Metadata and Full-text of Doctoral Theses in Electronic Format) Regulations, 2005 along with a write up on current scenario, major issues, data standards and implementation process have been prepared. Before these are finalized, inputs from different stakeholders are invited on the Draft Regulations & Implementation Process with Annexure(s). Please send your specific inputs to pagarwal(a)ugc.ac.in within 15th June, 2005. With best regards. Bye. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- K PRAKASH Scientific/Technical Officer-I Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura, AHMEDABAD - 380 009 India # Tel.: 91-079-2630 5971/2630 4695 Extn: 38(Off.); 2676 3724(Res.); Fax: 91-079-2630 0990 # Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com # URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ ; http://www.prakashk.netfirms.com/

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Panjab University Library Staff:Condolences
by Rupak Chakravarty 08 Jun '05

08 Jun '05

Information Science Community, All Panjab University Library Staff express their deep condolence on the sad demise of Dr. T.B. Rajshekhar. The vaccuum will never be filled. -- Rupak Chakravarty Assistant Librarian Panjab University Library Chandigarh 160014 INDIA Information Science Community, All Panjab University Library Staff express their deep condolence on the sad demise of Dr. T.B. Rajshekhar. The vaccuum will never be filled. -- Rupak Chakravarty Assistant Librarian Panjab University Library Chandigarh 160014 INDIA

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Fw: [DDN] Radical Reference
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Jun '05

08 Jun '05

Friends: I received this message this morning. Will young Indian librarians be interested in such an initiative? Arun >I just learned about this group. It seem similar to the Internet Public > Library initiative http://www.ipl.org/ but plays a more activist role > than IPL. > SIobhan > > Mission Statement: Radical Reference is a collective of volunteer > library workers who believe in social justice and equality. We support > activist communities, progressive organizations, and independent > journalists by providing professional research support, education and > access to information. We work in a collaborative virtual setting and > are dedicated to information activism to foster a more egalitarian > society. > > > That's the official line. Here's "the rest of the story." Radical > reference originated as a service provided by volunteer library workers > from all over the United States to assist demonstrators and activists at > the convergence surrounding the Republican National Convention in New > York City August 29-September 2, 2004. We are evolving, expanding our > services, and continuing to utilize our professional skills and tools to > answer information needs from the general public, independent > journalists, and activists. Service will be provided via this web site, > blog, e-mail, chat, phone, in the street and Ouija board. > http://www.radicalreference.info/ > > > Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS > Community Outreach Liaison > National Network of Libraries of Medicine - MidContinental Region > Creighton University Health Sciences Library > 2500 California Plaza > Omaha, NE 68178 > 402-280-4156/800-338-7657 > siobhan(a)creighton.edu > http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ (NN/LM MCR Web Site) > http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ (Web Log) > http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell (Digital > Divide Network Profile) > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE(a)mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-request(a)mailman.edc.org > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.

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Great loss to LIS profession
by d.v. patwardhan 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

Dear sir, I was deeply moved by reading the e-mailed news of Dr.TBR, whom I am associating for more than 20 years. Both as my friend and as a member of LIS profession he was friendly, helpful, humane and a first class intellecutal. May his soul rest in peace. d.v.patwardhan Librarian, Global Academy of Technology, Bangalore-560098 __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html

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IBM Computers to Create Virtual Brain
by Roopa E 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

Dear Friends, Now we may have a chance to see real 5th generation computers or we may call it has 6th generation computers. IBM, in partnership with scientists at Switzerland's Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne's (EPFL) Brain and Mind Institute will begin simulating the brain's biological systems and output the data as a working 3-dimensional model that will recreate the high-speed electro-chemical interactions that take place within the brain's interior. These include cognitive functions such as language, learning, perception and memory in addition to brain malfunction such as psychiatric disorders like depression and autism. "Modeling the brain at the cellular level is a massive undertaking because of the hundreds of thousands of parameters that need to be taken into account," said Professor Henry Markram, the EPFL project leader. "IBM has unparalleled experience in biological simulations and the most advanced supercomputing technology in the world. With our combined resources and expertise we are embarking on one of the most ambitious research initiatives ever undertaken in the field of neuroscience." At EPFL, over a decade of knowledge accumulated from wet lab experiments has been consolidated into a set of empirical data on the Microsoft-architecture of brain's neocortex. The first phase of the project -- nicknamed "Blue Brain" -- will focus directly on the neocortex, which makes up approximately 85 percent of the human brain. >From there, the modeling will expand to other regions of the brain and, if successful, shed light on the relationships between genetic, molecular and cognitive functions of the brain. IBM will equip Blue Brain with four Blue Gene super computer racks. The system will occupy the floor space of roughly four refrigerators with a peak performance of 22.8 teraflops. IBM's Blue Gene systems are presently the world's fastest supercomputers, achieving a peak performance of 5.7 teraflops per single rack system. Each rack occupies one square meter and energy consumption is reduced from previous IBM systems, changing the economics of super computing and prompting IBM to start its Capacity on Demand service where computing power is leased out to customers in a time share type model. Under its agreement with IBM, EPFL has entered into a Capacity on Demand type sharing arrangement were IBM says computing power will be leased out to other research projects ranging from post-CMOS technology studies to build smaller transistors to examining folding proteins and their role in diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jakob. Roopa. E Library Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd Building 1B, Raheja Mind Space Madhapur, Hyderabad - 500 581 Ph: 040 - 55926166 _________________________________________________________________ Millions of marriage proposals. http://www.bharatmatrimony.com/cgi-bin/bmclicks1.cgi?74 Find your match on BharatMatrimony.com

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Publicly funded research must be available via open access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

Friends: On the occasion of their silver jubilee, Informatics India have brought out a collection of essays entitled "Turning pages: Reflections in Info-times". Commenting on the NIH initiative (PubMed Central), Dr K Satyanarayana of ICMR says that India and other developing countries should invest in similar open access initiatives of their own. About three years ago, I was invited to inaugurate a workshop on electronic handling of information at the Tuberculosis Research Centre at Chennai and I had a chance to discuss with a senior IT-savvy official of ICMR the need to set up interoperable institutional open access archives at each one of the ICMR labs. She was very enthusiastic. For some reason, as far as I know, no ICMR lab has set up one so far. We should analyse what holds us back from translating our intentions into reality. Fortunately, the Indian MEDLARS Centre at NIC has now come up with an archive [for biomedical research] called OpenMED and last week I had a chance to meet Mr Sukhdev Singh who demonstrated the archive and its various features. Mr Singh has also offered to help OneWorld South Asia set up an archive for development literature. Subbiah Arunachalam Friends: On the occasion of their silver jubilee, Informatics India have brought out a collection of essays entitled "Turning pages: Reflections in Info-times". Commenting on the NIH initiative (PubMed Central), Dr K Satyanarayana of ICMR says that India and other developing countries should invest in similar open access initiatives of their own. About three years ago, I was invited to inaugurate a workshop on electronic handling of information at the Tuberculosis Research Centre at Chennai and I had a chance to discuss with a senior IT-savvy official of ICMR the need to set up interoperable institutional open access archives at each one of the ICMR labs. She was very enthusiastic. For some reason, as far as I know, no ICMR lab has set up one so far. We should analyse what holds us back from translating our intentions into reality. Fortunately, the Indian MEDLARS Centre at NIC has now come up with an archive [for biomedical research] called OpenMED and last week I had a chance to meet Mr Sukhdev Singh who demonstrated the archive and its various features. Mr Singh has also offered to help OneWorld South Asia set up an archive for development literature. Subbiah Arunachalam

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Sad and sudden demise of Dr. TBR
by babu ramesh 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

The sad and sudden demise of Dr. TB Rajasekhar is a great shock and unrecoverable loss to the entire library and information profession in the country. Dr. TBR and myself were classmates at DRTC during 1976-77. He always encouraged me and helped me during my DRTC studies. May his soul rest in peace. DB Ramesh Head Library RRL Bhubaneswar Dr. D. B. Ramesh, M.Sc., M.L.I.S., Ph.D Head, Library & Documentation REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY (CSIR) BHUBANESWAR - 751 013, Orissa, India Tel: 91-0674-581635-434 (O); 421335 (Res.) dbramesh(a)rrlbhu.res.in __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html

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Promoting open Access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

Friends: Promoting open access has at least two parts. One is to set up an archive at one's own institution, as Rajashekar had done at IISc, and populate it with the institution's research papers quickly. The second part is to help the faculty and students (and researchers in general) to take advantage of the increasing number of papers in the world's open archives. Please tell all your clients (research scientists, professors and students) to search for papers relevant to their work using http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx?c=oaister;page=simple. There are 5,475,850 records from 480 institutions as of 5 June 2005. And the number is increasing every day. Best wishes. Arun Friends: Promoting open access has at least two parts. One is to set up an archive at one's own institution, as Rajashekar had done at IISc, and populate it with the institution's research papers quickly. The second part is to help the faculty and students (and researchers in general) to take advantage of the increasing number of papers in the world's open archives. Please tell all your clients (research scientists, professors and students) to search for papers relevant to their work using http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx?c=oaister;page=simple http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx?c=oaister;page=simple . There are 5,475,850 records from 480 institutions as of 5 June 2005. And the number is increasing every day. Best wishes. Arun

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Copyright Clearance Center Introduces Compliance Solution
by Farooque Shaheen 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

Copyright Clearance Center, a provider of copyright licensing and compliance solutions, has unveiled CopyRight Plus, a desktop solution that helps companies make it easier and faster for their employees to comply with copyright law. CopyRight Plus is a customizable, secure, Web-based solution; employees can easily access it through their company?s intranet. CopyRight Plus enables all employees to quickly verify their company?s worldwide copyright licensing coverage from Copyright Clearance Center for various uses of content from print and electronic journals, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, and other materials. In addition, CopyRight Plus gives companies an efficient and consistent way to educate employees about their corporate compliance policies and responsibilities. Copyright Clearance Center also announced that pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Inc. recently became the first customer to implement the new desktop solution for its 120,000-plus employees located in at least 150 countries around the globe. Source: Copyright Clearance Center Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 Copyright Clearance Center, a provider of copyright licensing and compliance solutions, has unveiled CopyRight Plus, a desktop solution that helps companies make it easier and faster for their employees to comply with copyright law. CopyRight Plus is a customizable, secure, Web-based solution; employees can easily access it through their company’s intranet. CopyRight Plus enables all employees to quickly verify their company’s worldwide copyright licensing coverage from Copyright Clearance Center for various uses of content from print and electronic journals, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, and other materials. In addition, CopyRight Plus gives companies an efficient and consistent way to educate employees about their corporate compliance policies and responsibilities. Copyright Clearance Center also announced that pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Inc. recently became the first customer to implement the new desktop solution for its 120,000-plus employees located in at least 150 countries around the globe. Source: Copyright Clearance Center Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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Great loss
by syed mahe rizvi 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

All the student of Library Science Deptt., Aligarh Muslim University express their deep condolence on the sudden demise of the great intellectual. He will sure be known by his contribution to information science. The vacuum, however will never be filled. May Almighty, rest his soul in peace and give strenght to the family to bear a great loss. Regards Syed Mahe Zafar Rizvi Library Internee, Central Library, IIT, Bombay smz_rizvi(a)rediffmail.com All the student of Library Science Deptt., Aligarh Muslim University express their deep condolence on the sudden demise of the great intellectual. He will sure be known by his contribution to information science. The vacuum, however will never be filled. May Almighty, rest his soul in peace and give strenght to the family to bear a great loss. Regards Syed Mahe Zafar Rizvi Library Internee, Central Library, IIT, Bombay smz_rizvi(a)rediffmail.com http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo…

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