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

Usage of library software by academic libraries
by Ashwini Prabhu 10 Sep '05

10 Sep '05

Hello, I would like to know if anybody has conducted some survey on the which library software, academic libraries are using in Mumbai and an analysis of the same. Ashwini Librarian M.P Shah College Hello, I would like to know if anybody has conducted some survey on the which library software, academic libraries are using in Mumbai and an analysis of the same. Ashwini Librarian M.P Shah College 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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MLA Cunningham International Fellowship for Medical Librarians
by JK Vijayakumar 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

Please excuse any duplication. Two Indian Medical librarians received this fellowship from MLA since 1972. The Cunningham Fellowship is a four-month fellowship for health sciences librarians from countries outside the United States and Canada. The award, which provides for observation and supervised work in one or more medical libraries in the United States or Canada, is in the amount of $6,000, with up to $2,000 additional for travel within these two countries. MLA welcome applications for interested individuals from countries other than the USA and Canada. For full information, fact sheets, and application form please go to: http://mlanet.org/awards/grants/index.html The application deadline is Dec. 1, 2005. All the best. J.K.Vijayakumar __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Please excuse any duplication. Two Indian Medical librarians received this fellowship from MLA since 1972. The Cunningham Fellowship is a four-month fellowship for health sciences librarians from countries outside the United States and Canada. The award, which provides for observation and supervised work in one or more medical libraries in the United States or Canada, is in the amount of $6,000, with up to $2,000 additional for travel within these two countries. MLA welcome applications for interested individuals from countries other than the USA and Canada. For full information, fact sheets, and application form please go to: http://mlanet.org/awards/grants/index.html http://mlanet.org/awards/grants/index.html The application deadline is Dec. 1, 2005. All the best. J.K.Vijayakumar __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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[Fwd: [BOAI] colLib - organizing Open Access documents in LIS]
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [BOAI] colLib - organizing Open Access documents in LIS From: "Magnus Enger" <Magnus.Enger(a)hibo.no> Date: Fri, September 9, 2005 3:40 pm To: SCHOLCOMM(a)ala.org boai-forum(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk web4lib(a)webjunction.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Apologies for cross-posting! *** Hi! Wouldn't it be nice to have a subject-gateway to all the LIS-related documents that can be found in Open Access repositories? Would you like to collaborate on organizing them? As part of my ongoing masters-degree in "Science of documentation" at the University of Tromsø, Norway, I have created colLib - a prototype of a system for organizing and finding documents that are available in Open Access repositories: http://collib.info/ New metadata are "harvested" daily from open repositories - the newest "records" are available here: http://collib.info/index.php/Special:OaiRecent All the repositories that are harvested are related to "Library and Information Science" - a list of them is available here: http://collib.info/index.php/Special:OaiRepos Metadata are organized through "tags". A tag can for example represent a subject - here is an overview of the subjects that are represented as of today: http://collib.info/index.php/Category:Subjects Tags can also represent other organizing categories, like geography and names of projects and services - here is an overview of the categories so far: http://collib.info/index.php/Category:Top * My colLib If you register as a user of colLib, you can click "watch" at the top of most pages in colLib and have them added to "My colLib", which is your personal "bookshelf" in colLib. This page will give you a list of categories, subjects and posts that you would like to keep an eye on, remember or have easy access to. To register: http://collib.info/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&returnto=Main_Page My colLib: http://collib.info/index.php/Special:MyCollib * RSS A RSS 0.91-feed for the newest records is available here: http://collib.info/xml.php You will also find a link to RSS-feeds for the records that are connected with each tag on the page for that tag. See the article "RSS For Non-Techie Librarians" by Steven M. Cohen for more on RSS: http://www.llrx.com/features/rssforlibrarians.htm * You can contribute! colLib is based on the fact that anyone can contribute to organizing the records. When you look at a post you will allways find a link marked "Click here to add/edit tags". Clicking here will give you the opportunity to change the old tags and/or add new ones. You will find some more information on how to do this here: http://collib.info/index.php/Help:Editing Another way to contribute is to upload documents you have created to one of the repositories that are harvested by colLib. * Feedback is very welcome. You can send an e-mail to magnus(a)enger.priv.no or add a comment here: http://collib.info/index.php/ColLib:Feedback Regards Magnus Enger Magnus Enger Bibliotekar / Librarian Høgskolen i Bodø / Bodø Regional University Biblioteket / The Library N-8049 BODØ Norge / Norway http://www.bibliotek.hibo.no/

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Call for free access to research
by Subbiah Gunasekaran 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

Call for free access to research UK universities have joined calls for publicly-funded research to be freely available on the internet. In a position statement, Universities UK supports moves to broaden access away from subscription-based journals and - more recently - websites. The organisation argues that such academic material is vital to national productivity and well-being. Its intervention is the latest in a long-running debate about the public accessiblity of research findings. Universities UK says freeing up research would also increase the number of times it is cited by other academics - which in turn boosts researchers' claims to funding. Cultural health The eight UK research councils, which control most of the public funding, have proposed making free access a condition of getting grants. The president of Universities UK, Professor Drummond Bone, said: "Publicly funded research undertaken in UK universities lies at the heart of a productive economy, as well as supporting the physical, social and cultural health of the nation. "Ensuring that the main outputs of research - ideas and knowledge - are disseminated widely is vitally important. "Universities UK supports moves by the research community and publishers to develop new publishing models that are based on the principle that research outcomes should be disseminated and freely accessed as widely as possible." Rising prices The universities say the subscription-based system of scholarly communication has served the research community well in the past but "now operates at a sub-optimal level". A key problem has been rapidly increasing journal prices - up 58% between 1998 and 2003, compared with a general inflation rate of 11%. Developments in electronic publishing have made possible a fundamental change, they argue. In a report last year, the House of Commons science and technology committee also called for publicly-funded research to be made freely available online in archived digital information banks. Publishers have argued that the cost per page has not increased - they are just being offered increasing amounts of research material. And they say they bear the costs of having research "peer reviewed" - checked by others - and that if this were to end the integrity of research could be compromised. They include not only commercial publishers but not-for-profit learned societies. Universities UK says they play a crucial role and the effect of any change on them should be monitored closely. But it says there are sustainable ways forward, probably involving a mixture of the current system and new ways of doing things, such as having those who fund the research meet the publication costs. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4224072.stm --------- Call for free access to research UK universities have joined calls for publicly-funded research to be freely available on the internet. In a position statement, Universities UK supports moves to broaden access away from subscription-based journals and - more recently - websites. The organisation argues that such academic material is vital to national productivity and well-being. Its intervention is the latest in a long-running debate about the public accessiblity of research findings. Universities UK says freeing up research would also increase the number of times it is cited by other academics - which in turn boosts researchers' claims to funding. Cultural health The eight UK research councils, which control most of the public funding, have proposed making free access a condition of getting grants. The president of Universities UK, Professor Drummond Bone, said: "Publicly funded research undertaken in UK universities lies at the heart of a productive economy, as well as supporting the physical, social and cultural health of the nation. "Ensuring that the main outputs of research - ideas and knowledge - are disseminated widely is vitally important. "Universities UK supports moves by the research community and publishers to develop new publishing models that are based on the principle that research outcomes should be disseminated and freely accessed as widely as possible." Rising prices The universities say the subscription-based system of scholarly communication has served the research community well in the past but "now operates at a sub-optimal level". A key problem has been rapidly increasing journal prices - up 58% between 1998 and 2003, compared with a general inflation rate of 11%. Developments in electronic publishing have made possible a fundamental change, they argue. In a report last year, the House of Commons science and technology committee also called for publicly-funded research to be made freely available online in archived digital information banks. Publishers have argued that the cost per page has not increased - they are just being offered increasing amounts of research material. And they say they bear the costs of having research "peer reviewed" - checked by others - and that if this were to end the integrity of research could be compromised. They include not only commercial publishers but not-for-profit learned societies. Universities UK says they play a crucial role and the effect of any change on them should be monitored closely. But it says there are sustainable ways forward, probably involving a mixture of the current system and new ways of doing things, such as having those who fund the research meet the publication costs. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4224072.stm --------- 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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Urgently looking for a book
by Parinita Samant 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

Dear All, This is a very nice forum for discussion. I am new here, and have enjoyed reading all your mails. In fact, that is why I decided to seek your help. I am looking for a book, " Advanced Assembler Language and MVS Interfaces" by Carmine A. Cannatello. Can anyone help me out?? Thanks and Regards Parinita contact me at parinitas(a)hexaware.com

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[LIS-Forum] Version 59, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

Version 59 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available. This selective bibliography presents over 2,480 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.pdf The Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals, by the same author, provides much more in-depth coverage of the open access movement and related topics (e.g., disciplinary archives, e-prints, institutional repositories, open access journals, and the Open Archives Initiative) than SEPB does. http://www.escholarlypub.com/oab/oab.htm The Open Access Webliography (with Ho) complements the OAB, providing access to a number of Websites related to open access topics. http://www.escholarlypub.com/cwb/oaw.htm Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals 3.4 General Works* 3.5 Library Issues* 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements* 5.3 Other Legal Issues 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies* Appendix B. About the Author* Appendix C. SEPB Use Statistics Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* Digital Libraries* Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials* General Electronic Publishing* Images Legal* Preservation Publishers Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* SGML and Related Standards Further Information about SEPB The HTML version of SEPB is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be can be searched using Boolean operators. The HTML document includes three sections not found in the Acrobat file: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (biweekly list of new resources; also available by mailing list--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepwlist.htm http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 270 related Web sites) http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/archive/sepa.htm The Acrobat file is designed for printing. The printed bibliography is over 200 pages long. The Acrobat file is over 550 KB. Related Article An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/bailey.html Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Digital Library Planning and Development, University of Houston Libraries Home: http://www.escholarlypub.com/ DigitalKoans: http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/ Open Access Bibliography: http://www.escholarlypub.com/oab/oab.htm Open Access Webliography: http://www.escholarlypub.com/cwb/oaw.htm Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Urgently looking for a book
by Parinita Samant 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Dear All, Thanks for all the help extended by you. I did check Amazon and realized that the price was much more than the publisher's price. So I started hunting for some bookshop/library here in India, which could help me locate the book. Bookfinder.com was an excellant site. Many a times, books that we weed out, may be needed by other Libraries. I was taking just such a chance (one in a million, I know) but, in this way I can communicate with library professionals all over the country!!! Thats something!!!! Thanks and Regards, Parinita HexaVarsity - Library 55919595 Ext. No 9707 -----Original Message----- From: G. K. Manjunath [mailto:gkm@igidr.ac.in] Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 12:57 PM To: ++ Mukesh Anand ++ Cc: Parinita Samant; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Urgently looking for a book Best way to find rare and out-of-print book is bookfinder.com The book which Mr.Parinita is looking for is availble in two bookshops in US, but at a very exhorbitant price. ( US $ 349/- ISBN 0471361763 ). She may try at http://www.alibris.com http://www.venturapacific.net g.k.manjunath chief librarian IGIDR, MUMBAI. On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, ++ Mukesh Anand ++ wrote: > Ms. Parinita > > The following title of your interest is 'Out of Print', > and no longer available from publisher : > > Advanced Assembler Language and MVS Interfaces: > For IBM Systems and Application Programmers, 2nd Edition > By Carmine Cannatello > Paperback / 816 Pages / John Wiley / August 1999 / 0471361763 > > Hope this information suffice. > > Best Wishes > > ++ Mukesh ++ > > - - > Mukesh Anand > Director - Marketing > Monitor Information Services > # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex > Narayanguda, Opp. Deepak Theatre, > Hyderabad - 500 029, India > > Telephone: 040-55787065 > Fax: +91-40-27552390 > > http://www.monitorinfo.com > Importers n Distributors of Technical Publications > > = = = = > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Parinita Samant" <parinitas(a)hexaware.com> > To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 4:17 PM > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Urgently looking for a book > > > > Dear All, > > > > This is a very nice forum for discussion. I am new here, and have enjoyed > > reading all your mails. In fact, that is why I decided to seek your help. > > > > I am looking for a book, " Advanced Assembler Language and MVS Interfaces" > > by Carmine A. Cannatello. > > > > Can anyone help me out?? > > > > Thanks and Regards > > Parinita > > contact me at > > parinitas(a)hexaware.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >

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Presentation on the Future of Librarianship
by Gowri Ravindranth 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

To: The Moderator Kindly post this message in LIS forum. The Office of Public Affairs U.S. Consulate General for South India, Madras Library Association (MALA) and Guindy Campus Library, University of Madras Cordially invite you to a presentation on Future of Librarianship By Ms. Wendy Zaman Information Resource Officer American Embassy, New Delhi on Monday, September 12, 2005 at 06:00 p.m. Venue: Guindy Campus Library University of Madras, Chennai 600 025 Program 05.30 p.m. Tea 05.50 p.m. Welcome Address by Dr. Samyuktha Ravi, Deputy Librarian, University of Madras 05.55 p.m. Introduction of the Speaker by Mr. M.K. Jagadish, Director, American Information Resource Center 06:00 p.m. Presentation on Future of Librarianship by Ms. Wendy A. Zaman 06:40 p.m. Q and A 06:55 p.m. Vote of Thanks by Mr. G. Sundar, Joint Secretary, MALA ______________________________________________________ Wendy Zaman Information Resource Officer Wendy Zaman joined the United States Foreign Service as regional Information Resource Officer in February 2003. She arrived in India in December 2004. She works as the consultant for the seven American Information Resource Centers (AIRCs), also known as American Libraries, in the U.S. missions in Chennai, Calcutta, Mumbai and New Delhi, in India, and also in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. In her previous assignment, she was responsible for the AIRCs in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, she worked as University Librarian in Florida for three years. And before that, she lived throughout Asia and Africa and worked in a variety of libraries, ranging from Universities to international schools to NGOs and consulting firms. Thank you L. R. Gowri Secretary Madras Library Association (MALA)

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Library Executive position at TCS's Pune location
by k.satyanarayana＠tcs.com 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is a world-leading information technology consulting, services, and business process outsourcing organization. Started in 1968, today it has a presence in 32 countries across 5 continents and is one of the world's leading Information Technology companies. Six of the Fortune Top 10 companies are among its valued customers. TCS's Pune Branch is adding one Executive position to its Library & Information Centre. Job Description The person would be responsible for circulation and maintenance of books, journals, magazines and other library documents and would offer SDI (Selective Dissemination of Information), CAS (Current Awareness Services and QBS (Query Based Services). Key Responsibilities Assist the Branch Library and Information Center (BLIC) Head/ Independently handle a satellite library under the supervision of the BLIC Head to achieve the objectives of Library and Information Center namely: i. Provide uninterrupted Library services ii. Provide timely information services iii. Deliver Housekeeping operations to the utmost satisfaction of the customer iv. Create and archive information assets for future use. Experience 4 to 6 years experience in library /documentation / information handling preferably in corporate, scientific and technology environments. Others Flair for IT, good communication and interpersonal skills and willing to work in flexi hours Interested candidates may e-mail their resume to <trddc.library(a)tcs.com> by 30th Sep 2005 Alternatively, hard copies can be posted to: K V Satyanarayana Manager - Library & Information Services Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. 54-B, Hadapsar Industrial Estate Pune - 411013eID:NT0001777A Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is a world-leading information technology consulting, services, and business process outsourcing organization. Started in 1968, today it has a presence in 32 countries across 5 continents and is one of the world's leading Information Technology companies. Six of the Fortune Top 10 companies are among its valued customers. TCS's Pune Branch is adding one Executive position to its Library & Information Centre. Job Description The person would be responsible for circulation and maintenance of books, journals, magazines and other library documents and would offer SDI (Selective Dissemination of Information), CAS (Current Awareness Services and QBS (Query Based Services). Key Responsibilities Assist the Branch Library and Information Center (BLIC) Head/ Independently handle a satellite library under the supervision of the BLIC Head to achieve the objectives of Library and Information Center namely: i. Provide uninterrupted Library services ii. Provide timely information services iii. Deliver Housekeeping operations to the utmost satisfaction of the customer iv. Create and archive information assets for future use. Experience 4 to 6 years experience in library /documentation / information handling preferably in corporate, scientific and technology environments. Others � Flair for IT, good communication and interpersonal skills and willing to work in flexi hours Interested candidates may e-mail �their resume to <trddc.library(a)tcs.com> by 30th Sep 2005 Alternatively, hard copies can be posted to: K V Satyanarayana Manager - Library & Information Services Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. 54-B, Hadapsar Industrial Estate Pune - 411013 eID:NT0001777A � � Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you

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First Workshop on Eprints in Library and Information Science
by Bhojaraju G 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Apologies for X Postings First Workshop on Eprints in Library and Information Science22 October, 2005 from 13:45 to 19:00Council Chamber, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland The workshop takes place right after the CERN workshop on Innovationsin Scholarly Communication OAI4 http://oai4.web.cern.ch/OAI4/. Itis sponsored by CERN, CILEA and the Polytechnic University ofValencia. The meeting is followed by a reception. The workshop is for activists, friends and folks who want to find outmore about the E-LIS eprints archive for Library and InformationScience (LIS), at http://eprints.rclis.org. E-LIS was formed in 2003to further the open archiving of papers in LIS and related fields. Itis an open-access international eprints archive maintained byvolunteers. It has grown spectacularly well. At the time of writingalmost 3000 eprints have been archived. At the workshop the E-LIS community will discuss technical details ofE-LIS and organizational models for the E-LIS community. Outsiderswill find it interesting to see how a really successful open archiveworks. Some efforts that are related to E-LIS will also be discussed.This workshop will be an important contribution to the development ofopen archiving within LIS scholarly communication. Registration for this event is free, but limited to to the first 150people. See the workshop web site athttp://www.aepic.it/conf/index.php?cf=4 For further details and online registration. Thanks & Regards Bhojaraju G,Librarian – Knowledge ManagementHomepage: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com ************************************************************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@yahoo.com************************************************************Visit & Pl put your comments on Guest BookKM Cyberary: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.htmlKM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/

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