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xqDoc
by Madhuresh 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

After several months of development, Elsevier, Inc. announced the initial release of xqDoc, an open source XQuery documentation tool. See details at http://www.xqdoc.org XQuery, under development by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) (http://www.w3.org/XML/Query), is a new query/programming language based on XML and used in conjunction with XML databases such as MarkLogic (http://www.marklogic.com), a commercial database, and eXist (http://exist.sourceforge.net) on the open source side. As XQuery applications became more complex, it became evident that a tool was needed to assist with documenting the ever growing and equally complex XQuery modules. xqDoc provides a simple vendor neutral solution for documenting XQuery library and main modules, as well as tools to generate a user friendly presentation of this documentation and cross referencing information. This is being accomplished through (4) specific components: 1. xqDoc proposes a new commenting convention that extends the currently defined XQuery comment style. This convention is modeled after Java's Javadoc commenting style, and provides a simple, uniform way to document XQuery source code. 2. xqDoc defines a standard xqDoc XML schema. This schema provides a neutral format for storing information for user-defined XQuery modules as well as 3rd party proprietary functions that may be implemented in other programming languages. 3. xqDoc provides a vendor neutral Java based conversion package that parses an XQuery library or main module and generates an xqDoc XML document modelled after the xqDoc XML schema. Support for specific XML database platforms is provided by writing vendor specific drivers to store the generated xqDoc XML into the vendor's database. 4. xqDoc provides a vendor neutral presentation component, consisting of XQuery main modules and a library module, that can process the xqDoc XML document(s) stored in a XML database and generate an extensively hyperlinked XHTML navigation interface. This news item is picked up from Elsevier and xqDoc website. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560100 Phone 28521314-16 Ext.- 212 Mobile 98861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/

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TWIKI Blog
by Mailing List Manager 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 11:56:54 +0530 From: Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna(a)i2.com Dear Professionals, I want to know whether anybody using TWIKI, an opensource blog in their organisation??? I am having some problem while downloading the files from the site on windows platform.... Thanks Sreeharsha BG ************************************************** Values are more important than People...!!! **************************************************

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Workshop & Training Details
by Radheshyam yadav 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

Dear Please let me know details of next coming workshop or training programe in Library science field. I will be very grateful if you could kindly send me details of workshop and training programe. I am also looking training programe on information technology like digital libraries, information management, Internet services etc. With regards, Radheshyam Yadav Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd. Information Management, Surat, Ph. 0261-2862792 Mobile: 09898065128 --------------------------------- Free antispam, antivirus and 1GB to save all your messages Only in Yahoo! Mail: http://in.mail.yahoo.com Dear Please let me know details of next coming workshop or training programe in Library science field. I will be very grateful if you could kindly send me details of workshop and training programe. I am also looking training programe on information technology like digital libraries, information management, Internet services etc. With regards, Radheshyam Yadav Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd. Information Management, Surat, Ph. 0261-2862792 Mobile: 09898065128 Free antispam, antivirus and 1GB to save all your messages Only in Yahoo! Mail: http://in.mail.yahoo.com

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Wiki for LIS
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

Here is a Wiki for the LIS Professionals http://www.liswiki.com/wiki/Main_Page Thanks Sreeharsha BG **************************************** Universe is Vast and Sometimes Dark... But you are not all alone...!!!

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Reasearch Topics for PhD in Library & INformation Science.
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

Dear Friends, Quite often many librarians wishing to do PhD ask me what topic they should choose. Though I am at a loss to answer such a pround question, I would like to re-circulate a list of topics that I complied some years ago. Some topics might still interest current day researchers. Best wishes Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631 =============== Now for the list ============ 1. Professional associations and their role in the development of the LIS: IASLIC. ILA. IATLIS, SIS. ALSD. APLA. etc. Role in training of professionals, dissemination of professional information, safeguarding professional interests, etc. 2. House journals as sources of technical information: A look into the structure. contents. availability. bias. price and procurability can be studied. 3. Analysis of employment opportunities for library professionals: Who employs whom-what are entry qualifications, salary. pay-scales, promotional avenues and opportunities, language preferences. etc. 4. Book review as source of book selection: Assessment of book reviews-content, bias, timeliness, criticality, objectivity, comprehensiveness, authority, etc. 5. Bibliotherapy under Indian situation: A study of use of books and reading to cure certain chronic diseases and mental disorders. Libraries in hospitals. availability of trained manpower in this regard. 6. Conferences/seminars-resolutions and their implementation: resolutions adopted in several national conferences / seminars / symposia and their implementation. 7. Indian dissertations/theses as cited documents: Analysis of the citation of dissertations/theses in LIS published/unpublished by other researchers/authors in LIS. 8. Occupational health hazards of library personnel: allergic problems from dust, age, problems in using chemicals in photocopying, book preservations, binding; problems with user community (burn out issues) 9. Indian patents and their use: availability of patent literature in libraries. Its use, indexing patterns, awareness among user community, availability, etc. 10. Survey of Indian software packages for library automation: a survey of software packages brought out by private companies -hardware/software requirements, compatibility, user friendliness, etc. 11. Study of title and content pages of Indian publications: insufficient data, variant data, ambiguity, authorship, price, disfigurement, etc. 12. Book indexes in Indian texts: indexes and their usefulness, comprehensiveness, correctness, arrangement, style, reader's view, etc. 13. Role of media on library movement and development: analysis of articles appeared in newspapers, radio talks, telecasts on library development, their role in public opinion, legislation, etc. 14. Women librarians/LIS teachers in India: role, impact, parity, contribution, etc. 15. Problems of non-use and misuse of library materials: vandalism, theft, loss of books, security aspects; less used and unused books, weeding out policy, etc. 16. Survey of map libraries/tape libraries, etc. 17. Philosophical basis for Ranganathan's Five Fundamental Categories. 18. Universe of knowledge: the Indian conception - its treatment in ancient Indian classics. 19. Notational techniques in DOC, CC and UDC. 20. Study of auxiliaries in DOC, CC and UDC. Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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KALA AGM and Elections
by I.R.N.Goudar 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

Dear friends, I am happy to learn that AGM of Karanataka State Library Association has been convenede on Saturday, 9th July 2005 at 4.00 pm at Granthangana, City Central Libary, RPC Layout (Near last RPC Layout Bus stop), Vijayanagar. KALA being apex state level LIS Professionl Association we need to attend this meeting in large number and make the meeting a success and more meaningful event. There is a need to look at the meeting with a broad and true spirit to fulfill the aspirations of peers who have nurtured KALA all these days. The entire Govering Body and members need to be active not just the key office bearers. There should be good coordination between various LIS Associations atleast at state level. We have to set up a Web site of KALA with all details and links to other LIS Professional Associations within and out side the country. It is my personal request to all members of KALA to attend the meeting and give useful suggestions and elect competent Governing Body representing all sectors like Schools, Colleges, Engineering & Medical colleges, Universities, Institutions, Corporate Bodies, etc. It is my feeing that participation should be by all regions of Karnataka and also out of state and not just Bangalore based members. I also suggest the presence of interested non-members as observers in the interest of KALA. Goudar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html

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Yahoo rolls out SMS web search for mobiles
by Rashid Hussain 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

Yahoo has rolled out a new mobile search service that lets users in US send short text message queries and retrieve results from their mobile phones. BEIJING, July 8 -- Yahoo has rolled out a new mobile search service that lets users in US send short text message queries and retrieve results from their mobile phones. The new service, called SMS Short Message Service) Search, is designed to let people get specific information, such as weather, stock quotes and business addresses, and use shortcuts on the keypad to take less time for users to input their queries. For example, typing in "w" and the ZIP code will retrieve a short weather forecast, Yahoo said. The tool was announced Thursday. If the information sought is not included in the first set of results, users can request and receive additional input. People also can save the responses and reply to them repeatedly over time to get updates of the same information, such as stock quotes for a particular company. In addition, Yahoo also said that it was expanding its Yahoo Search on Mobile, which was previously available only on advanced phones such as the Treo. Now any Wireless Application Protocol-enabled phone, which includes most mobile phones with a color screen, can do Web searches. Last October, Google, the No. 1 Web search engine, launched its own service that let users use mobile phones or handheld devices to do Web searches using text messages, or short message service, which is also known as SMS. Unlike Google, however, once a user retrieves a reply from Yahoo's text message search service, they can refresh it without having to retype the query, said Thad White, who runs mobile services for Yahoo. That could be useful, he added, for retrieving the latest stock quote on a company. Source: http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/08/content_3190985.htm Thanks & Regards = = = = = = = = = = = Rashid Hussain Siddiqui Project Assistant Digital Library, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science Jayanagar, Bangalore : 560041 Phone No. : 080-26540930 e-mail : ras.botlib(a)gmail.com Homepage : http://www.drtc.isibang.ac.in/~hussain = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = A good library is a place, a palace where the lofty spirits of all nations and generations meet. Samuel NIGER (1883-1956) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. Yahoo has rolled out a new mobile search service that lets users in US send short text message queries and retrieve results from their mobile phones. BEIJING, July 8 -- Yahoo has rolled out a new mobile search service that lets users in US send short text message queries and retrieve results from their mobile phones. The new service, called SMS Short Message Service) Search, is designed to let people get specific information, such as weather, stock quotes and business addresses, and use shortcuts on the keypad to take less time for users to input their queries. For example, typing in "w" and the ZIP code will retrieve a short weather forecast, Yahoo said. The tool was announced Thursday. If the information sought is not included in the first set of results, users can request and receive additional input. People also can save the responses and reply to them repeatedly over time to get updates of the same information, such as stock quotes for a particular company. In addition, Yahoo also said that it was expanding its Yahoo Search on Mobile, which was previously available only on advanced phones such as the Treo. Now any Wireless Application Protocol-enabled phone, which includes most mobile phones with a color screen, can do Web searches. Last October, Google, the No. 1 Web search engine, launched its own service that let users use mobile phones or handheld devices to do Web searches using text messages, or short message service, which is also known as SMS. Unlike Google, however, once a user retrieves a reply from Yahoo's text message search service, they can refresh it without having to retype the query, said Thad White, who runs mobile services for Yahoo. That could be useful, he added, for retrieving the latest stock quote on a company. Source: http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/08/content_3190985.htm http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/08/content_3190985.htm Thanks & Regards = = = = = = = = = = = Rashid Hussain Siddiqui Project Assistant Digital Library, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science Jayanagar, Bangalore : 560041 Phone No. : 080-26540930 e-mail : ras.botlib(a)gmail.com Homepage : http://www.drtc.isibang.ac.in/~hussain = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = A good library is a place, a palace where the lofty spirits of all nations and generations meet. Samuel NIGER (1883-1956) Yahoo! Mail for Mobile http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=31132/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.

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ISBN standard will change from 10 digits to 13 digits from 1 January 2007
by Mailing List Manager 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 21:07:38 +0530 From: Bhojaraju Gunjal <bhojaraju.g(a)gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, ISBN standard will change from 10 digits to 13 digits from 1 January 2007 ** *The new ISBN-13* ** Information for Publishers The International Standard Book Number standard will change from 10 digits to 13 digits from 1 January 2007. A summary of the details of this change follows. Why revise the ISBN standard? To increase the numbering capacity of the ISBN system (owing to the increase of electronic publications and the resulting proliferation of editions and formats). 1. To make the ISBN totally compatible with the EAN-13 used for other products and supply chains. 2. To decide whether and how the ISBN is assigned to certain types of monographic publications (e.g. digital files; print-on-demand materials; discrete parts of monographic publications). 3. To specify the authority to assign ISBN and the administration of the ISBN system. Pl refer http://www.thorpe.com.au/isbn/isbn13.htm Thanks & Regards Bhojaraju G, Librarian � Knowledge Management, (Sharepoint Administrator) Homepage: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com KM-Forum Moderator : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ ************************************************************************************************ ICICI OneSource Ltd. 148, Bhaskara Plaza, R.V.Road, V.V.Puram, Bangalore - 560 004, INDIA. Tel:+9180-2650 2540 Ext:103 Fax:+9180-2650 2086 Cell:+91-944 836 9905 E-mail: bhojarajug(a)yahoo.com ************************************************************************************************

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(no subject)
by Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

Remainder This is to remind all the members of the KALA- Karnataka State Library Association that the Annual General Body Meeting and the election of Governing Body members will conducted on Saturday, 9th July 2005. As per the bye law of the association the election will be held among the members attended the meeting. The members present in the meeting are eligible for both contesting the election and to vote the candidates. Details of the meeting are as follows Karnataka State Library Association ® C/o Canara Bank School of Management Sciences Central College campus Bangalore University, Bangalore-1 No.KALA/AGM/2001-2005/june18 AGM notification Annual General-body Meeting (AGM) of KALA is convened on 9th July 2005, Saturday, at 4.00 PM. All the members are requested to make it convenient to attend the AGM. Venue: Granthangana, City Central Library, RPC layout (near Bus stop) Vijayanagar, Bangalore- 560040 AGENDA: 1. Tabling Annual report 2001- 2005 2. Tabling Audited statement report 2001-2005 3. Election of Governing body members - Election Officer- Sri.N.V.Sathyanarayana, Informatics 4. Official announcement of elected GB members by election officer 5. Presidents Address Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah, President KALA will preside over the meeting Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah President KALA Ms.R.Adilakshmi General Secretary, KALA

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New Working Title for AACR3 - RDA
by Indira Koneru 06 Jul '05

06 Jul '05

Dear Professionals, Joint Steering Committee (JSC) has decided on a new working title for new cataloguing code "Resource Description and Access" (RDA) rather than a new edition of AACR, with a different approach, to accommodate rules for mixed and multi media materials. One can capture the relevant news and announcement from the following link http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/current.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indira K. Faculty Associate Dept. of Library Science ICFAI University 25, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabad-500 082 E-mail: indk68(a)hotmail.com Dear Professionals, Joint Steering Committee (JSC) has decided on a new working title for new cataloguing code "Resource Description and Access" (RDA) rather than a new edition of AACR, with a different approach, to accommodate rules for mixed and multi media materials. One can capture the relevant news and announcement from the following link http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/current.html http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/current.html Indira K. Faculty Associate Dept. of Library Science ICFAI University 25, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabad-500 082 E-mail: mailto:indk68@hotmail.com indk68(a)hotmail.com

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