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"KM Cyberary" - a gateway to Knowledge Resources by Bhojaraju
by Mailing List Manager 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:13:11 +0530 From: Bhojaraju G <bhojaraju.g(a)gmail.com> *Apologies for Cross-Postings* Dear Colleagues, ** This is to seek your feedback on my work which i started 2 years back. Its an accumulation of e-resources on KM & other subjects. This give links to various useful e-resources on Knowledge Management, Librarianship, Philosophy, Health, Technology, ITES/BPO/ ITIL, Call Centers, Business Information etc. *"KM Cyberary" - a gateway to Knowledge Resources by Bhojaraju* URL : http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html Blog : http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/bhojarajug I hope this may be of some help for your information searching. If possible try to add in your websites and also ask ur colleagues/friends to make use of this "KM Cyberary". Pl dont forget to put your feedback on the same under Guest Book of my site. Awaiting for your kind feedback. Pl let me know if need any changes on this. 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, RV Road, VV Puram, Bangalore-560004, INDIA. Cell:+91-944 836 9905 E-mail: Bhojaraju.G(a)gmail.com, bhojarajug(a)yahoo.com ************************************************************************************************

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For Conversion Rates
by shridhar Mayannavar 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Dear sir, I am working in Government Orgnaization as Assi. Librarian There is any source for "CONVERSION RATE FOR BOOKS AND JOURNALS" other than GOOD Office Committee.In the good office committe they not giving Conversion Rate list for Past months. If there is any sites which are providing past conversion rates, please send this information. thanking you, Shridhar. B.M. Dear sir, I am working in Government Orgnaization as Assi. Librarian There is any source for "CONVERSION RATE FOR BOOKS AND JOURNALS" other than GOOD Office Committee.In the good office committe they not giving Conversion Rate list for Past months. If there is any sites which are providing past conversion rates, please send this information. thanking you, Shridhar. B.M. 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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details about funding agency
by Mailing List Manager 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Date: 19 Aug 2005 07:15:25 -0000 From: bedarata dash <vedadash(a)rediffmail.com> sir, our engineering college is seven years old college and our library have a collection of 22,000no. of engineering books.But our library is not so developed for that reason i need some help that is there any funding agency where we can get any financial help that Ican make my library as E-Library.Please kindly suggest me something in this matter. Bedarata Dash Librarian SIET,Cuttack, Orissa vedadash(a)indiatimes.com

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Nothing great about Google
by kss 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

I wish to draw the attention of the forum members to the reply we have received from the Google team: "----Original Message----- From: help(a)google.com [mailto:help@google.com] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 6:59 AM To: guhamba Subject: Re: [#31137165] Discrepancy in the no. of search results indicated and present for "www.reporter.org" Thank you for your note. Google provides only the 1000 most relevant search results for a query, even when there are more than 1000 matches. (Due to variations in our estimates of results, we may occasionally display slightly fewer than 1000.) We try to make your search experience so efficient that it's not necessary to scroll past the first ten listings. We understand that some individuals would like to see more than 1000 results, but this isn't common, and it would heavily tax our system to provide these results for everyone. Regards, The Google Team" >From the above reply, it is very clear that we can access only the first 1000 or less than 1000 hits in any Google search even though the number of hits indicated may be as high as 50,000+. If that be the case, if Yahoo indexing is better than Google, the first 1000 results of Yahoo would be better than that of Google. In other words, if we wish to carry out effective Internet search, we should carry out searches using couple of well known searches rather than Google only. K S Subba Rao Director Informatics International Projects Division Informatics India Ltd 337 Karuna Complex Sampige Road Malleshwaram Bangalore 560 003 India Tel: +91-80-23464878 Fax: +91-80-23344598 www.informindia.co.in

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Discussion on problems faced by the Govt. & Aided College Librarians - organised by SALIS
by Arunachalam Hariharan 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Dear friends, SALIS Tiruchi Chapter is organising a one day programme to discuss various issues/problems of Govt. & Aided College Librarians. You are invited to participate in the discussion. Details are given below: Topic ' Discussion on problems faced by the Govt. & Aided College Librarians' such as loss of book/stock verification, filling-up posts, etc Date 3.9.2005 Venue Bishop Heber College Library, Tiruchi17 Time 10.30 AM. Lunch: 1.00.PM. Registration: Free Co-ordinators: To participate in the programme, please contact Mr. Jesudas Manalan, Librarian, BHC & Secretary, SALIS Tiruchi Chapter (Res: 0431-2774924 ) or Mr S.Swaminathan (Cell: 9842993535). Or send E-mail to salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in All are welcome -------------------------------------------- A.Hariharan SALIS __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail

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Report of the SALIS Vellore Chapter inauguration
by Arunachalam Hariharan 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Proceeding of the SALIS Inaugural Function at Vellore held on 7th August 2005 The meeting of the SALIS under the chairmanship of Mr.Hariharan, President, SALIS was organized at Millennium Plaza, Gandhi Nagar, Vellore at 10.30 am. Sunday 7th August 2005. The following members were present. Mr. A. Hariharan, S.E.R.C, Chennai Mr. V. Newton CMC, Vellore Mr. G.G. Sivakumar, R.M.K. Engineering College,Chennai Mrs. Vasantha Vivekanandan, CMC, Vellore Mr. R.G. Solomon, CMC, Vellore Ms. Regina Antony, CMC, Vellore Mr. P. Manuelraj, CMC, Vellore Mr. Karunai Raghavan, St. Peter's Engineering College, Avadi Mr. I. Azariah Jebakumar, CMC, Vellore Mr. Joyson Soundrarajan, CMC,Vellore Mr. Hemaanandan, TPGIT, Vellore Ms. D. Chithra, MK Jain College, Vaniyambadi Ms. A. Arockia Mary, DKM College, Vellore Ms. K. Jacqulin, DKM College, Vellore Ms. Aariefa Basheer, Islamiah Womens Arts and Science College, Vaniyambadi Mr. D.P. Dhinakaran, Priyadharshini Engr. College, Vaniyambadi Ms. P. Vijayalakshmi, Auxilium College, Vellore Ms. K. Kalaichelvi, VIT, Vellore Mrs. Rachel Charles, SLRTC Karigiri, Vellore Mr. R. Manikandan, College of Education, Katpadi Mrs. Esther Aaron, College of Nursing, CMC, Vellore Mr. A. Vijayakumar, RUHSA Library, CMC, Vellore Ms. Nirmala, RUHSA Library, CMC, Vellore Mr. L. Amarsanth, VIT, Vellore Mrs. Kalpana Parthiban, VIT, Vellore Mr. J. Varadharajalu, VIT, Vellore Mrs. Y. Meega Ebenezer, CMC, Vellore Mrs. Manimala Ravi, CMC, Vellore Mr. Damodaran. S, CHTC, CMC, Vellore Mr. D. Samuel Raja , CMC, Vellore Mrs. Jerylene Mary Vanathi, , College of Nursing, CMC, Vellore Mr. K. Nelson NIthiakumar, CMC, Vellore Mrs. Victoria Thomas, CMC, Vellore Mrs. J. Premila, CMC, Vellore Mr. K.P. Chakkaravarthy, CMC, Vellore Mr. A. Daniel Rajkumar, College of Nursing, CMC, Vellore Mr. S. Elumalai, VIT, Vellore Ms. V. Beulah Nirmaline, Kings Matriculation School, Kasam, Vellore Mr. D. Asadullah, Islamiah College, Ambur Mrs. Vimala Jayakaran, , College of Nursing, CMC, Vellore The Vice-President Mr. Sivakumar, welcomed the gathering Mr. Hariharan Chairman explained the objectives and the activities of the society. Then the thrust need of the society was explained to the members. Mr. Srikanth, President, Vellore Online Pvt. Ltd. gave a Power Point Presentation on the Impact of IT in Libraries Services. He explained various new Technology which can be introduce in the day-today routines of the library. Mr. Hariharan explained the regulations of the society and then there was a open discussion on the formation of the Vellore Chapter and its future activities. The members from Vellore Institute of Technology encouraged the members by promise to provide all Infra structure to conduct meeting/workshop. The members from Christian Medical College, Vellore were willing to co-ordinate the activities for updating the knowledge in I.T. for the improvement of library services in their own working places. Formation of Committee: The chairman requested Mr .V. Newton, Senior Librarian to be the Chair-Person of Vellore Chapter. After discussion with Mr. V. Newton and other Senior Professional Colleagues the following members were nominated as office bearers and committee members. Chairman: Mr. V. Newton, CMC Vellore Vice-Chairman: Mr. A. G. Hemaanandan, TPGIT, Vellore Mr. Dhinakaran D.P., Priyadharshini Engr. College, Vaniyambadi Mrs. Vijayalakshmi P. Auxilium College, Vellore. Secretary: Mr. Varatharajalu, VIT, Vellore Joint Secretary Mrs. Vasantha Vivekanandan, CMC Vellore Treasurer Mr. R. Manikantan, Govt. College of Education, Katpadi Joint Treasurer Mr. R. Gnanaraj Solomon, CMC Vellore Executive Committee Members: Mrs. Kalpana Parthiban, VIT, Vellore Mrs. Aarifa Basheer, Islamiah Womens Arts and Science College, Vaniyambadi Mr. Vijayakumar, RUHSA Library, Vellore Ms. Regina Anatony, CMC, Vellore Ms. Vimala Jeyakaran, College of Nursing, CMC Vellore Ms. Chitra D, MK Jain College, Vaniyambadi Ms. Rachel Charles, SLRTC Karigiri, Vellore Programme Action Group: Mr. Joyson Soundrarajan D. [Co-ordinator] CMC Vellore Mr. Manuelraj P.CMC Vellore Mr. Amarchanth, VIT, Vellore PRO: Mr. Senthil, Librarian, Ida Scudder School, Vellore Professional Advisors: Mr. A. Hariharan, Chairman, SALIS Mrs. K. Kalaichelvi, VIT Vellore Mr. V. Newton, the Co-ordinator and the Vice-President of SALIS, proposed the Vote of thanks. The meeting was concluded with a Fellowship Lunch. ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Innovative library in B'desh wins award
by Subbiah Arunachalam 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Friends: Hearty congratulations to our friends in B'desh for their innovative project and for the award they have won. Friends in C3net, one of you should win this awrd next year! Arun 8.16.05 Bangladeshi Organization Receives Award for Using Traditional Boats and River Networks to Deliver Access to Information Technology 2005 Access to Learning Award recognizes Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha's outreach to impoverished, remote communities OSLO-The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today presented its 2005 Access to Learning Award of US $1 million to Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, a nongovernmental organization in Bangladesh, for its pioneering approach to bridging the digital divide and its commitment to providing free public access to computers and the Internet. Through the use of indigenous boats converted into mobile libraries, schools, and the Mobile Internet Educational Units on Boats program, Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha provides educational services, access to technology, and computer training to poor communities in a Northern Bangladesh watershed. The boats, which anchor at remote villages, rely on generators or solar energy and mobile phones for Internet access. "All our program activities are concentrated in and around the rivers using a familiar vehicle for people to approach technology. Our boat libraries are crucial to the progress of the villages along the river basins," said Abul Hasanat Mohammed Rezwan, executive director of Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha and founder of the boat project. Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha is dedicated to alleviating poverty among the poorest people in the Nandakuja-Atrai-Boral Watershed, serving 86,500 families and an area covering over 240 kilometers crossed by thousands of rivers, tributaries and streams. The Access to Learning Award will enable the organization to sustain its services and expand programs to meet an increasing demand. "Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha is bringing technology to people most in need," said Martha Choe, director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Libraries Program. "This organization's perseverance and ingenuity is a testament to the value of and demand for public access computing throughout the world. Its efforts will have long-lasting impact for generations to come." Relying on skilled volunteers, Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha educates men, women, and children on issues ranging from agricultural practices and to micro enterprise and literacy. Farmers learn about strategies for productive and sustainable farming and the ecological hazards of pesticides. Throughout the year, they are able to connect with educators via onboard e-mail and check current farm prices online to remain competitive in the local market. "Seeing a computer, let alone touching it, was beyond our wildest imagination," said Abdul Azad, a farmer who travels an hour to the docked boat library from the remote village of Kalinagar. Students who would otherwise be unable to attend school during the monsoon season continue their education through the year using the libraries' onboard field staff. With literacy rates in Bangladesh at only 42 percent, Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha is making a significant impact on educating young people, especially girls. In fact, over 70 percent of the program's beneficiaries are women. In a highly competitive job market coupled with pervasive poverty, student participants are eager to learn technological skills they hope will translate to a career later on. Although Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha manages to keep operational costs low, the program - which does not receive government funds - must continually seek outside funding to cover the costs and the increasing demands for the program. Over the next five years, the program hopes to double its capacity. The annual Access to Learning Award, now in its sixth year, recognizes the innovative efforts of libraries, organizations or library agencies outside the United States in providing no-cost public access to this technology. Last year's award was granted to China Evergreen Rural Library Service Center and Aarhus Public Libraries in Denmark. Past recipients include the Smart Cape Access Project of Cape Town, South Africa (2003), the BibloRed library network of Bogotá, Colombia (2002), the Proyecto Bibliotecas Guatemala (Probigua) and the Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación Argentina (both in 2001) and the Helsinki City Library of Finland (2000). The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) administers the Access to Learning Award. An international advisory committee of librarians and information technology experts evaluated the applicants' efforts to make technology freely accessible to the public, train the public in using technology, educate staff on technology use and reach out to underserved communities. # # # The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (www.gatesfoundation.org) works to promote greater equity in four areas: global health, education, public libraries and support for at-risk families in Washington State and Oregon. The Seattle-based foundation joins local, national and international partners to ensure that advances in these areas reach those who need them most. The foundation is led by Bill Gates' father, William H. Gates, Sr., and Patty Stonesifer. The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is an independent, nonprofit organization that works to expand access to information, however recorded and preserved, as a public good. In partnership with other organizations, CLIR helps create services that expand the concept of "library," and supports the providers and preservers of information. Through projects, programs and publications, CLIR works to maintain and improve access to information for generations to come both in the United States and around the world. On the Internet: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: www.gatesfoundation.org Council on Library and Information Resources: www.clir.org Friends: Hearty congratulations to our friends in B'desh for their innovative project and for the award they have won. Friends in C3net, one of you should win this awrd next year! Arun 8.16.05 Bangladeshi Organization Receives Award for Using Traditional Boats and River Networks to Deliver Access to Information Technology 2005 Access to Learning Award recognizes Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangsthas outreach to impoverished, remote communities OSLOThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today presented its 2005 Access to Learning Award of US $1 million to Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, a nongovernmental organization in Bangladesh, for its pioneering approach to bridging the digital divide and its commitment to providing free public access to computers and the Internet. Through the use of indigenous boats converted into mobile libraries, schools, and the Mobile Internet Educational Units on Boats program, Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha provides educational services, access to technology, and computer training to poor communities in a Northern Bangladesh watershed. The boats, which anchor at remote villages, rely on generators or solar energy and mobile phones for Internet access. All our program activities are concentrated in and around the rivers using a familiar vehicle for people to approach technology. Our boat libraries are crucial to the progress of the villages along the river basins, said Abul Hasanat Mohammed Rezwan, executive director of Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha and founder of the boat project. Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha is dedicated to alleviating poverty among the poorest people in the Nandakuja-Atrai-Boral Watershed, serving 86,500 families and an area covering over 240 kilometers crossed by thousands of rivers, tributaries and streams. The Access to Learning Award will enable the organization to sustain its services and expand programs to meet an increasing demand. Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha is bringing technology to people most in need, said Martha Choe, director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations Global Libraries Program. This organizations perseverance and ingenuity is a testament to the value of and demand for public access computing throughout the world. Its efforts will have long-lasting impact for generations to come. Relying on skilled volunteers, Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha educates men, women, and children on issues ranging from agricultural practices and to micro enterprise and literacy. Farmers learn about strategies for productive and sustainable farming and the ecological hazards of pesticides. Throughout the year, they are able to connect with educators via onboard e-mail and check current farm prices online to remain competitive in the local market. Seeing a computer, let alone touching it, was beyond our wildest imagination, said Abdul Azad, a farmer who travels an hour to the docked boat library from the remote village of Kalinagar. Students who would otherwise be unable to attend school during the monsoon season continue their education through the year using the libraries onboard field staff. With literacy rates in Bangladesh at only 42 percent, Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha is making a significant impact on educating young people, especially girls. In fact, over 70 percent of the programs beneficiaries are women. In a highly competitive job market coupled with pervasive poverty, student participants are eager to learn technological skills they hope will translate to a career later on. Although Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha manages to keep operational costs low, the program which does not receive government funds must continually seek outside funding to cover the costs and the increasing demands for the program. Over the next five years, the program hopes to double its capacity. The annual Access to Learning Award, now in its sixth year, recognizes the innovative efforts of libraries, organizations or library agencies outside the United States in providing no-cost public access to this technology. Last years award was granted to China Evergreen Rural Library Service Center and Aarhus Public Libraries in Denmark. Past recipients include the Smart Cape Access Project of Cape Town, South Africa (2003), the BibloRed library network of Bogotá, Colombia (2002), the Proyecto Bibliotecas Guatemala (Probigua) and the Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación Argentina (both in 2001) and the Helsinki City Library of Finland (2000). The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) administers the Access to Learning Award. An international advisory committee of librarians and information technology experts evaluated the applicants efforts to make technology freely accessible to the public, train the public in using technology, educate staff on technology use and reach out to underserved communities. # # # The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ( http://www.gatesfoundation.org www.gatesfoundation.org ) works to promote greater equity in four areas: global health, education, public libraries and support for at-risk families in Washington State and Oregon. The Seattle-based foundation joins local, national and international partners to ensure that advances in these areas reach those who need them most. The foundation is led by Bill Gates' father, William H. Gates, Sr., and Patty Stonesifer. The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is an independent, nonprofit organization that works to expand access to information, however recorded and preserved, as a public good. In partnership with other organizations, CLIR helps create services that expand the concept of library, and supports the providers and preservers of information. Through projects, programs and publications, CLIR works to maintain and improve access to information for generations to come both in the United States and around the world. On the Internet: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: http://www.gatesfoundation.org www.gatesfoundation.org Council on Library and Information Resources: http://www.clir.org www.clir.org

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Richard Gere--Contact details
by T.V. Prafulla Chandra 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

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Regading Conversion Rate
by PRASHANTA KUMAR 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

Dear Shridhar & all LIS Professionals, The RBI (Reserve Bank of India ) site is proving a conversion rate the terminology used as RBI REFERENCE RATE and also archives. The site address as below http://www.rbi.org.in/home.aspx , Thanks & Regards, Prashanta ********* IHBT, (CSIR), Govt. of India Library , Palampur, HP, Pin 176061 Mobile- 94181 84421 --------------------------------- Check out Yahoo! India Rakhi Special for Rakhi shopping, contests and lots more. http://in.promos.yahoo.com/rakhi/index.html Dear Shridhar & all LIS Professionals, The RBI (Reserve Bank of India ) site is proving a conversion rate the terminology used as RBI REFERENCE RATE and also archives. The site address as below http://www.rbi.org.in/home.aspx http://www.rbi.org.in/home.aspx , Thanks & Regards, Prashanta ********* IHBT, (CSIR), Govt. of India Library , Palampur, HP, Pin 176061 Mobile- 94181 84421 Check out Yahoo! India Rakhi Special for Rakhi shopping, contests and lots more. http://in.promos.yahoo.com/rakhi/index.html

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InfoVision-early bird closes on 25th August Register online - avail early bird offer
by Shalini R Urs 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

Attention all fellow information professionals! The early bird offer for InfoVision 2005 closes on 25th August. We have been receiving enquires in this regard- please register online before 25th 5.30 Pm to avail the early bird offer. Payments may be sent later. Do not miss the opportunity to listen to and interact with a galaxy of experts across the information domain including digital library and e publishing. International and national. Experts include: 1. Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, Director General, CSIR. 2. Prof. Ronald Larsen, Dean, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, USA, well known expert in digital libraries and cross lingual information retrieval 3. Prof. Jean Claude Guedon, University of Montreal, Open access advocate 4. Prof. Nick Moore, Acumen consulting, UK, author, UNESCO consultant and ICT and information Society expert 5. Prof. Andrew Large, McGill University, Canada- author of books on digital libraries and UNESCO consultant. 6. Prof. Ingeborg Soveberg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, digital libraries and information retrieval expert 7. Dr. P. Anandan, MD, Microsoft Research India, Video motion analysis expert 8. Prof. Prabhuddha Ganguli, Advisor - Vision IPR 9. Dr. Eric Van De Velde, Director, Library Information Technology, CALTECH, USA, the Open URL expert 10. Dr. Sugata Mitra, NIIT, New Delhi, The E-Learning expert - well known for the his Hole in the Wall experiments Visit the website www.infovision2005.org -- Prof. Shalini Urs Coordinator- InfoVision 2005

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