January 2006 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Health Economics, Policy and Law - now available free online
by pradip umdale 29 Jan '06

29 Jan '06

Dear Professionals First issue of Health Economics, Policy and Law by cambridge is now available free online. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=HEP&volumeId=1&issueI… Pradeepkumar M Umdale Proj Asst. National Chemical Laboratory Information Division/ Library Pashan Rd., Pune- 411 008 Ph.No.91-20-25902031/25902038 --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Dear Professionals First issue of Health Economics, Policy and Law by cambridge is now available free online. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=HEP&volumeId=1&issueI… http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=HEP&volumeId=1&issueI… Pradeepkumar M Umdale Proj Asst. National Chemical Laboratory Information Division/ Library Pashan Rd., Pune- 411 008 Ph.No.91-20-25902031/25902038 Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket

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Technical Apprentices are required at NRSA Hyderabad
by ishwar bandi 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

All fresh professionals, There is a opportunity to start your career National Remote Sensing Agency (An Autonomous Organising Under Department of Space, Govt. Of India) Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500037 Requires Graduate And Technical Apprentices Applications are invited for selection of Graduate/ Technician/ DCCP Apprentices, under the Apprentice Act 1961 (as amended from time to time) Graduate Apprentices Qualifications: First Class Bachelor's Degree Engineering/ Technology in the concerned disciplines. (Stipend: Rs. 5000/- per month) Discipline No. of positions available (a) Library Science (M.Lib.Sc) 02 For full details kindly visit NRSA website - www.nrsa.gov.in / Andhra Prabha Daily. Applications completed in all respects should reach the Admin Officer (R&R), National Remote Sensing Agency, Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 037 within 20 days by Ordinary Post from the date of release of this advertisement. The applications should be sent in a cover superscribed "Applications for Graduate/ Technician Apprenticeship Training (Discipline:......) Advt. No. NRSA.A.06/2006 Sincerely Ishwar Bandi ********************************** Mr.Ishappa Bandi Librarian Don Bosco Institute of Technology Premier Automobile Road Kurla(w),Mumbai-400 070 Phone:022-25040508 Ext:117 www.donboscoit.ac.in icbandi(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket All fresh professionals, There is a opportunity to start your career National Remote Sensing Agency (An Autonomous Organising Under Department of Space, Govt. Of India) Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500037 Requires Graduate And Technical Apprentices Applications are invited for selection of Graduate/ Technician/ DCCP Apprentices, under the Apprentice Act 1961 (as amended from time to time) Graduate Apprentices Qualifications: First Class Bachelor's Degree Engineering/ Technology in the concerned disciplines. (Stipend: Rs. 5000/- per month) Discipline No. of positions available (a) Library Science (M.Lib.Sc) 02 For full details kindly visit NRSA website - http://www.nrsa.gov.in/ www.nrsa.gov.in / Andhra Prabha Daily. Applications completed in all respects should reach the Admin Officer (R&R), National Remote Sensing Agency, Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 037 within 20 days by Ordinary Post from the date of release of this advertisement. The applications should be sent in a cover superscribed "Applications for Graduate/ Technician Apprenticeship Training (Discipline:......) Advt. No. NRSA.A.06/2006 Sincerely Ishwar Bandi ********************************** Mr.Ishappa Bandi Librarian Don Bosco Institute of Technology Premier Automobile Road Kurla(w),Mumbai-400 070 Phone:022-25040508 Ext:117 http://www.donboscoit.ac.in/ www.donboscoit.ac.in mailto:icbandi@yahoo.co.in icbandi(a)yahoo.co.in mailto:i@rediffmail.com Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket

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Open Access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

Dear Friends: Please visit http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/vanderkuil/ and read " A Recipe for Cream of Science: Special Content Recruitment for Dutch Institutional Repositories" by Martin Feijen and Annemiek van der Kuil. This is the kind of thing Indian librarians should do! Best wishes. Subbiah Arunachalam Dear Friends: Please visit http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/vanderkuil/ http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/vanderkuil/ and read " A Recipe for Cream of Science: Special Content Recruitment for Dutch Institutional Repositories" by http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/vanderkuil/#author1 Martin Feijen and http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/vanderkuil/#author2 Annemiek van der Kuil . This is the kind of thing Indian librarians should do! Best wishes. Subbiah Arunachalam

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India can learn from OA initiatives in The Netherlands
by Subbiah Arunachalam 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

Friends: The Netherlands is in the forefront of Open Access. I append here two news stories. One is about DARENET and Cream of Science and the other about NARCIS. The Dutch are very conscious about making their scientific output reach the widest possible audience and to showcase the best of Dutch science. We in India can learn from the Dutch example. We can showcase our best work - for example by creating an archive of full text papers of the Fellows of the major Academies (such as INSA, IASc), the equivalent of the Dutch Cream of Science. We can create a network of distributed institutional archives. Many studies have shown that papers available on OA archives are cited far more often than papers available only through toll-access journals. Subbiah Arunachalam DAREnet Worldwide access to Dutch academic research results. DAREnet gives free access to academic research output in the Netherlands. It is accessible from home and anywhere else on the planet. Read more about DAREnet ... The top of the bill, the cream on the cake, can be found through Cream of Science. The publications of over 200 top scientists in the Netherlands can be found here. Read more about Cream of Science ... As of December 2005 DAREnet harvests 60,000 digital records from the Institutional repositories of sixteen institutes. Read more about repositories ... DARE: a new, rapid form of communication academic research results DAREnet is the network of Digital Academic REpositories. It is a result of the national DARE programme involving all Dutch universities and several academic and research organisations as well. Its aim is to coordinate and stimulate a network of Dutch repositories (= digital 'treasure chests' ) containing academic research information. It thus enhances the accessibility to and visibility of this information, both national as international. DARE is a national initiative coordinated by the SURF Foundation. Read more about DARE ... Launch of NARCIS, gateway to Dutch research The Dutch DARE project has launched NARCIS (National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System). From today's announcement: The DARE project NARCIS (National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System) has recently lauched the beta version of its website; the gateway to Dutch scientific research information. NARCIS offers central access to Dutch research information. Information produced by Dutch universities, research institutes, KNAW and NWO is gathered and searchable here. In addition NARCIS is the entry par excellence for scientists, policy makers, intermediary organisations, journalists and the public for obtaining a survey on ongoing research in the Netherlands. The NARCIS website uses (among others) these information resources: [1] information from the digital academic repositories (DARE), [2] the Dutch Research Database (NOD), [3] public information from university METIS systems, [4] research information from NWO, [5] news sites from academic and research institutes, [6] information from outside universities through intelligent harvesting), [7] datasets. NARCIS offers research information in the broadest sense of the word and has therefore a wider focus than DAREnet has. Searching for material that is directly available when found, DAREnet is the place to be. Searching for information about research, researchers or (ongoing) research projects NARCIS gives insight without having to know in with information source to look. When full content results are available, NARCIS links through to the publication. Because NARCIS and DAREnet have similar functionalities, the two services might be combined in the future. Friends: The Netherlands is in the forefront of Open Access. I append here two news stories. One is about DARENET and Cream of Science and the other about NARCIS. The Dutch are very conscious about making their scientific output reach the widest possible audience and to showcase the best of Dutch science. We in India can learn from the Dutch example. We can showcase our best work - for example by creating an archive of full text papers of the Fellows of the major Academies (such as INSA, IASc), the equivalent of the Dutch Cream of Science. We can create a network of distributed institutional archives. Many studies have shown that papers available on OA archives are cited far more often than papers available only through toll-access journals. Subbiah Arunachalam DAREnet Worldwide access to Dutch academic research results. DAREnet gives free access to academic research output in the Netherlands. It is accessible from home and anywhere else on the planet. http://www.darenet.nl/page/language.view/dare.darenet Read more about DAREnet ... The top of the bill, the cream on the cake, can be found through Cream of Science. The publications of over 200 top scientists in the Netherlands can be found here. http://www.darenet.nl/page/language.view/keur.page Read more about Cream of Science ... As of December 2005 DAREnet harvests 60,000 digital records from the Institutional repositories of sixteen institutes. http://www.darenet.nl/page/language.view/repositories Read more about repositories ... http://www.darenet.nl/image.view/DAREtodream DARE: a new, rapid form of communication academic research results DAREnet is the network of Digital Academic REpositories. It is a result of the national DARE programme involving all Dutch universities and several academic and research organisations as well. Its aim is to coordinate and stimulate a network of Dutch repositories (= digital treasure chests ) containing academic research information. It thus enhances the accessibility to and visibility of this information, both national as international. DARE is a national initiative coordinated by the http://www.surf.nl/en/ SURF Foundation. http://www.darenet.nl/page/language.view/repositories Read more about DARE ... Launch of NARCIS, gateway to Dutch research The Dutch http://www.darenet.nl/en/ DARE project has launched http://www.narcis.info/narcis/?language=en NARCIS (National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System). From today's http://www.surf.nl/en/actueel/index2.php?oid=54 announcement : The DARE project NARCIS (National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System) has recently lauched the beta version of its website; the gateway to Dutch scientific research information. NARCIS offers central access to Dutch research information. Information produced by Dutch universities, research institutes, KNAW and NWO is gathered and searchable here. In addition NARCIS is the entry par excellence for scientists, policy makers, intermediary organisations, journalists and the public for obtaining a survey on ongoing research in the Netherlands. The NARCIS website uses (among others) these information resources: [1] information from the digital academic repositories ( http://www.darenet.nl/en/page/language.view/home DARE ), [2] the Dutch Research Database ( http://www.onderzoekinformatie.nl/en/oi/nod/ NOD ), [3] public information from university METIS systems, [4] research information from http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/SPPD_5R2QE7_Eng NWO , [5] news sites from academic and research institutes, [6] information from outside universities through intelligent harvesting), [7] datasets. NARCIS offers research information in the broadest sense of the word and has therefore a wider focus than DAREnet has. Searching for material that is directly available when found, DAREnet is the place to be. Searching for information about research, researchers or (ongoing) research projects NARCIS gives insight without having to know in with information source to look. When full content results are available, NARCIS links through to the publication. Because NARCIS and DAREnet have similar functionalities, the two services might be combined in the future.

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UN supports Negroponte's project
by Subbiah Arunachalam 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

UN lends backing to the $100 laptop The United Nations will lend its support to a project which aims to ship inexpensive laptops to children worldwide. Kemal Dervis, head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), will sign a memorandum of understanding Saturday with Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop per Child, on the $100 laptop project, at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. The programme aims to ship 1 million units by the end of next year to sell to governments at cost for distribution to school children and teachers. UNDP will work with Negroponte's organisation to deliver 'technology and resources to targeted schools in the least developed countries,' the UN agency said in a statement. The aim is to have governments or donors buy the laptops and give full ownership to the children. Negroponte, who is also chairman of the MIT Media Lab, has said he expects to sell 1 million of them to Brazil, Thailand, Egypt and N igeria. The laptop will run on an open-source operating system. Its colour will be lime green, with a yellow hand crank, to make them appealing to children and to fend off thieves. Mercury News / AP, January 26, 2006 [A] UN lends backing to the $100 laptop The United Nations will lend its support to a project which aims to ship inexpensive laptops to children worldwide. Kemal Dervis, head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), will sign a memorandum of understanding Saturday with Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop per Child, on the $100 laptop project, at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. The programme aims to ship 1 million units by the end of next year to sell to governments at cost for distribution to school children and teachers. UNDP will work with Negroponte's organisation to deliver 'technology and resources to targeted schools in the least developed countries,' the UN agency said in a statement. The aim is to have governments or donors buy the laptops and give full ownership to the children. Negroponte, who is also chairman of the MIT Media Lab, has said he expects to sell 1 million of them to Brazil, Thailand, Egypt and N igeria. The laptop will run on an open-source operating system. Its colour will be lime green, with a yellow hand crank, to make them appealing to children and to fend off thieves. http://unu-merit.nl/ictweekly/ref.php?nid=2494 Mercury News / AP , January 26, 2006

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Sad News
by K.R. Mulla 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Hoo God????????????? I shocked to know the sudden and untimely demise of Dr. V S Cholin. I pray Allmighty to give strength to his family members to bear this great loss. I request all of you to join me in my prayers for peace to the departed soul. -- K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore-560 045. (Office): +91-802544 1722 / 3744 / 3690 / 3698 (Fax):+91-802544 3813 Mobile:+91-94480 31969 mulla_kamalasab(a)yahoo.com / krmulla(a)rediffmail.com www.geocities.com/mulla_kamalasab/ www.hkbkeducation.org Hoo God????????????? I shocked to know the sudden and untimely demise of Dr. V S Cholin. I pray Allmighty to give strength to his family members to bear this great loss. I request all of you to join me in my prayers for peace to the departed soul. -- K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore-560 045. (Office): +91-802544 1722 / 3744 / 3690 / 3698 (Fax):+91-802544 3813 Mobile:+91-94480 31969 mailto:mulla_kamalasab@yahoo.com mulla_kamalasab(a)yahoo.com / mailto:krmulla@rediffmail.com krmulla(a)rediffmail.com http://www.geocities.com/mulla_kamalasab/ www.geocities.com/mulla_kamalasab/ http://www.hkbkeducation.org www.hkbkeducation.org

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Knowledge Organization in the LIS curriculum
by Bhojaraju G 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

--------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear colleagues, here is a reference and a link to a recent publication suggesting core issues for the LIS curriculum. The full report is available in pdf from the Royal School of LIS, Copenhagen. kind regards, Birger Hjørland Broughton, V.; Hansson, J.; Hjørland, B. & López-Huertas, M. J. (2005). [Chapter 7:] Knowledge Organization. IN: European Curriculum Reflections on Library and Information Science Education. Ed. by L. Kajberg & L. Lørring. Copenhagen: Royal School of Library and Information Science. (Pp. 133-148). (Chapter 7, on knowledge organization alone: http://www.db.dk/bh/lifeboat_ko/KnowledgeOrg_chapter%207.pdf Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Knowledge Management Practice ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** GCI Solutions (SEI CMM Level 4 Company), 31 Grape Garden, 17th H Main, Kormangala, 6th Block, Bangalore - 560 095.INDIA. Ph: 91 80 2552 2059 Ext. 421, Fax: 91 80 2553 8415, Cell: +91 944 836 9905 URL: www.g-c-i.com ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ --------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear colleagues, here is a reference and a link to a recent publication suggesting core issues for the LIS curriculum. The full report is available in pdf from the Royal School of LIS, Copenhagen. kind regards, Birger Hjørland Broughton, V.; Hansson, J.; Hjørland, B. & López-Huertas, M. J. (2005). [Chapter 7:] Knowledge Organization. IN: European Curriculum Reflections on Library and Information Science Education. Ed. by L. Kajberg & L. Lørring. Copenhagen: Royal School of Library and Information Science. (Pp. 133-148). (Chapter 7, on knowledge organization alone: http://www.db.dk/bh/lifeboat_ko/KnowledgeOrg_chapter%207.pdf http://www.db.dk/bh/lifeboat_ko/KnowledgeOrg_chapter%207.pdf Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Knowledge Management Practice ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** GCI Solutions (SEI CMM Level 4 Company), 31 Grape Garden, 17th H Main, Kormangala, 6th Block, Bangalore - 560 095.INDIA. Ph: 91 80 2552 2059 Ext. 421, Fax: 91 80 2553 8415, Cell: +91 944 836 9905 URL: http://www.g-c-i.com www.g-c-i.com ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/

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DRTC - Seminar On Blogs and CMS
by pradyot bharatkar 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8th mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059 Seminars on Blogs & Content Management System Blogs Abstract For years the blog has been applied for personal use. Now its low cost, flexibility, and adaptability has seen it applied in a number of information enterprises including the newspaper publishing, stock trading, corporate communications; where information sharing is the goal, including the libraries. That established, there are a number of potential applications for the technology in library instruction and reference services. In my seminar I would try to cover blog as a phenomenon and its common features as available and particularly its applications to libraries. Speaker: Rajib Mitra, 2nd year ADIS ************************************************************* Content Management System Zope & Plone Open Web Application for CMS Abstract Content management (CM) means many things to many people and has become a catchall phrase for the information professionals. The term content means recorded information or knowledge or data copied to or prepared originally in computer readable media, i.e., digitized information. Thus in simple terms, CM is something that helps in managing digital content. There are so many tools, among them open web application is one of them, which solve the problem of information society to share valuable content with a worldwide audience in an effective and efficient way. In this seminar I would focus on Open Web Applications like Zope & Plone and its applications as CM tools. Speaker: Pradyot S. Bharatkar, 2nd year ADIS All are cordially invited Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 30th Jan 2006 Time: 2:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Dr. A.R.D Prasad (Seminar Incharge) ************************************************************************************************ ************************************************************************************************ Pradyot S. Bharatkar Associateship in Documentation & Information Science (ADIS IInd year) DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, RV College PO, Bangalore- 560059. Email & web site: pradyot(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/~pradyot (/wwwisis) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Cars NEW - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online search now --------------------------------- INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8 th mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059 Seminars on Blogs & Content Management System Blogs Abstract For years the blog has been applied for personal use. Now its low cost, flexibility, and adaptability has seen it applied in a number of information enterprises including the newspaper publishing, stock trading, corporate communications; where information sharing is the goal, including the libraries. That established, there are a number of potential applications for the technology in library instruction and reference services. In my seminar I would try to cover blog as a phenomenon and its common features as available and particularly its applications to libraries. Speaker: Rajib Mitra , 2 nd year ADIS ************************************************************* Content Management System Zope & Plone Open Web Application for CMS Abstract Content management (CM) means many things to many people and has become a catchall phrase for the information professionals. The term content means recorded information or knowledge or data copied to or prepared originally in computer readable media, i.e., digitized information. Thus in simple terms, CM is something that helps in managing digital content. There are so many tools, among them open web application is one of them, which solve the problem of information society to share valuable content with a worldwide audience in an effective and efficient way. In this seminar I would focus on Open Web Applications like Zope & Plone and its applications as CM tools. Speaker: Pradyot S. Bharatkar , 2 nd year ADIS All are cordially invited Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 30 th Jan 2006 Time: 2:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Dr. A.R.D Prasad (Seminar Incharge) ************************************************************************************************ ************************************************************************************************ Pradyot S. Bharatkar http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif Associateship in Documentation & Information Science (ADIS IInd year) DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, RV College PO, Bangalore- 560059. Email & web site: pradyot(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/~pradyot http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/~pradyot (/wwwisis) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/cars/*http://uk.cars.yahoo.… Yahoo! 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Invitation for a lecture
by SRELS 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Dear Moderator: Please arrange to announce the following invitation to the subscribers of LIS-FORUM. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS ******** The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore cordially invites you to a lecture on CASE WRITING IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT by Dr. Padma Upadhya Director, Research and Training, Acharya Institute of Management, Bangalore 560 058 on 3rd February 2006 at 6.00 p.m. at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com Dear Moderator: Please arrange to announce the following invitation to the subscribers of LIS-FORUM. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS ******** The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore cordially invites you to a lecture on CASE WRITING IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT by Dr. Padma Upadhya Director, Research and Training, Acharya Institute of Management, Bangalore 560 058 on 3rd February 2006 at 6.00 p.m. at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com

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Global Digital Format Registry
by Sukhdev Singh 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

The Harvard University Library (HUL) has received a grant from theAndrew W. Mellon Foundation for a two year project leading to thedeployment of the Global Digital Format Registry (GDFR). The GDFRwill provide sustainable distributed services to store, discover, anddeliver representation information about digital formats. Details - http://hul.harvard.edu/gdfr/ --Sukhdev Singh,NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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