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

IBM donates analysis software to open source
by Bhojaraju G 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

FYI *Dear Colleagues* *IBM donates analysis software to open source* Knowledge management tool released under Common Public License Tom Sanders in California, vnunet.com <http://www.vnunet.com/> 25 Jan 2006 IBM has released the source code of its Unstructured Information Management Architecture <http://www.research.ibm.com/UIMA/> (UIMA) technology to the open source community. The Java-based technology enables the analysis of information in unstructured documents such as documents, images, comment and note fields, email messages as well as audio and video. Rather the perform search queries based on keywords, it allows users to look for concepts and related topics. For full details pl refer http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2149122/ibm-donates-analysis-software 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 ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** Please do visit and put your comments on my Guest Book "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ FYI Dear Colleagues IBM donates analysis software to open source Knowledge management tool released under Common Public License Tom Sanders in California, http://www.vnunet.com/ vnunet.com 25 Jan 2006 IBM has released the source code of its http://www.research.ibm.com/UIMA/ Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) technology to the open source community. The Java-based technology enables the analysis of information in unstructured documents such as documents, images, comment and note fields, email messages as well as audio and video. Rather the perform search queries based on keywords, it allows users to look for concepts and related topics. For full details pl refer http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2149122/ibm-donates-analysis-software http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2149122/ibm-donates-analysis-software 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 ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** Please do visit and put your comments on my Guest Book "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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The new worm " Nyxem "
by Satish Munnolli 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

Dear members, Hope, many members might have received junk mails since last couple days with a subject 'Miss Lebanon 2006' or 'School girl fantasies gone bad'. Here is the news of this new worm - Nyxem Kama Sutra worm erases computer files Anti-virus vendors are warning of a rapidly spreading worm that is carrying a potentially destructive set of instructions. The Nyxem worm-also nicknamed the Kama Sutra worm-is programmed to overwrite all of the files on computers it infects on February 3, says Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure. "F-Secure researchers found the worm truncates files to 20 bytes and causes an error message when one is opened,' he said. "We are expecting to see problems in two weeks' time,'' Hypponen said. The worm appears to be programmed to overwrite all files on the third day of every month, Hypponen says. So far, there's no indication where Nyxem originated. While most anti-virus vendors have issued updates for their software, Nyxem is spreading quickly, and its creators have posted a counter on a web site that records new infections. According to F-Secure's security blog, the counter was showing around 510,000 infections as of Sunday night. The worm, which is spread through e-mail, uses a dated technique to entice users by promising pornography, says Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant, at Sophos. Nyxem lacks the sophistication of recent Trojan horse-style viruses that are more targeted and less prevalent in order to evade detection, Cluley says. Nonetheless, users appear to still be clicking, and the worm was accounting for about 35% of virus traffic as of Monday morning, he added. The worm harvests email addresses and then sends itself out again. The email subject line may contain text that says 'Miss Lebanon 2006' or 'School girl fantasies gone bad', according to Sophos. Agencies Source: Times of India, 25.01.2006 Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in Dear members, Hope, many members might have received junk mails since last couple days with a subject 'Miss Lebanon 2006 or School girl fantasies gone bad. Here is the news of this new worm - Nyxem Kama Sutra worm erases computer files Anti-virus vendors are warning of a rapidly spreading worm that is carrying a potentially destructive set of instructions. The Nyxem wormalso nicknamed the Kama Sutra wormis programmed to overwrite all of the files on computers it infects on February 3, says Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure. F-Secure researchers found the worm truncates files to 20 bytes and causes an error message when one is opened, he said. We are expecting to see problems in two weeks time, Hypponen said. The worm appears to be programmed to overwrite all files on the third day of every month, Hypponen says. So far, theres no indication where Nyxem originated. While most anti-virus vendors have issued updates for their software, Nyxem is spreading quickly, and its creators have posted a counter on a web site that records new infections. According to F-Secures security blog, the counter was showing around 510,000 infections as of Sunday night. The worm, which is spread through e-mail, uses a dated technique to entice users by promising pornography, says Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant, at Sophos. Nyxem lacks the sophistication of recent Trojan horse-style viruses that are more targeted and less prevalent in order to evade detection, Cluley says. Nonetheless, users appear to still be clicking, and the worm was accounting for about 35% of virus traffic as of Monday morning, he added. The worm harvests email addresses and then sends itself out again. The email subject line may contain text that says Miss Lebanon 2006 or School girl fantasies gone bad, according to Sophos. Agencies Source: Times of India, 25.01.2006 Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : mailto:smunnolli@actrec.res.in smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in

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38 and Counting - medIND adds "The Indian Journal Radiology and Imaging"
by Sukhdev Singh 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

Dear Friends "The Indian Journal Radiology and Imaging" becomes the 38th Journal tobe available from http://medind.nic.in i.e. medIND. So medIND now provides free access to 38 Indian Biomedical Journals.All these journals are either indexed in IndMED or PubMed. No registeration or password is required to access http://medind.nic.in --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://indmed.nic.in http://medind.nic.in http://openmed.nic.in

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Drtc colloquium on "INFORMATION RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN CYBER AGE"
by Mailing List Manager 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 06:46:30 +0000 (GMT) From: pradyot bharatkar <pradyot_bharatkar(a)yahoo.co.uk> INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8th mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059 8th Colloquium on INFORMATION RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN CYBER AGE ABSTRACT We are living in an era, which is referred to as the knowledge era. IT has played and continues to play a major role in shaping the form and format of a wide range of activities related to business, scholarly communication, governance etc. Due to the changes in Hardware, Software, Storage technologies, Telecommunication technology, the resources and services of libraries have also changed and are expanding. The outstanding advances in IT and e-media related fields have made it necessary to change the traditional image and to adapt to the challenges posed by these new technologies. In this colloquium we will focus on �INFORMATION RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN THE CYBER AGE.� TOPICS SPEAKERS 1. OVERVIEW PROTITI MAJUMDAR 2. TOOLS HEMA SINGH & SAMIKSHA YADAV 3. RESOURCES Md. EHTESHAM & SUKLA CHAKRABORTY 4. SERVICES ANANYA SARKAR, SUCHETA LAHIRI & RANDHIR KUMAR 5. CONCLUSION NEHA SINGH All are cordially invited. Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 31ST JANAUARY, 2006 Time: 2.00 p.m. Dr. K. S. Raghavan (Colloquium Coordinator) 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)

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New Delhi World Book Fair
by ++Mukesh Anand++ 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

Monitor Information Services cordially invites you to New Delhi World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, from 27January - to 04 February ' 2006 Team Monitor will be stationed at Applied Media stall nos. 22 & 23 in Hall No. 1 to extend seamless support to you in visiting various book-stalls at the book-fair Looking forward to meet you during New Delhi World Book Fair Sincerely Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services New Delhi - 110027 Telephone: 011-42133676 Mobiles: 0 98913 51634 / 0 98492 54764 - - Head Office:Hyderabad Branch: Kharagpur http://www.monitorinfo.com Library Suppliers of Science, Technology & Management Publications  Monitor Information Services cordially invites you to New Delhi World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, from 27January - to 04 February ' 2006 <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> Team Monitor will be stationed at Applied Media stall nos. 22 & 23 in Hall No. 1 to extend seamless support to you in visiting various book-stalls at the book-fair Looking forward to meet you during New Delhi World Book Fair Sincerely Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services New Delhi - 110027 Telephone: 011-42133676 Mobiles: 0 98913 51634 / 0 98492 54764 - - Head Office:Hyderabad Branch: Kharagpur http://www.monitorinfo.com http://www.monitorinfo.com Library Suppliers of Science, Technology & Management Publications <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]>

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Video on MeSH - Medical Subject Headings
by Sukhdev Singh 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

So you want to search the largest bibliographic database in the fieldof Medicne i.e. PubMed. Let me tell you that you need Knowledge ofMeSH for better precision and recall [1] in your search results. The bad news is that MeSH is not easy to learn. But the good news is that US National Library of Medicine hasproduced a 12-minute video on MeSH. It is on development, structureand use of the MeSH vocabulary. This video is available on the NLM Web site in three formats:Macromedia Flash (60MB), Apple QuickTime (100), and Windows Mediaformats (30MB). [So try only if you have a broadband connection] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/video/ References:1. http://www.hsl.creighton.edu/hsl/Searching/Recall-Precision.html ---Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://indmed.nic.in http://medind.nic.in http://openmed.nic.in

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Workshop on Thesis Writing Skills
by Satish Munnolli 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

WRIC at Mumbai University Campus is organising a one day interactive workshop on 'Thesis Writing Skills' on 5th of February 2006. It is an interesting workshop for all postgraduate students of any discipline and basically targeted to PhD aspirants. You may display the info on concerned departmental notice boards for the benefit of registrants. Western Regional Instrumentation Centre Mumbai (An Institution Funded by the UGC, New Delhi) Announces An Interactive Workshop On Thesis Writing Skills Date: 5 February 2006 Time: 10 am to 6 pm Venue WRIC Lecture Hall University of Mumbai Vidyanagari, Santacruz (E) Mumbai-400 098 A research work is assessed on the basis of a written report or a thesis submitted to a university awarding the degree. A thesis is not just a long essay. It must have a formal structure and a standard style. It requires careful planning and writing skills. Clear writing reflects clear thinking. The quality of research is mirrored in the thesis. Therefore, it is a crucial and difficult stage in research. Realising this difficulty of researchers, the Western Regional Instrumentation Centre, Mumbai has organised an interactive workshop on Thesis Writing Skills. Topics for the workshop have been selected based on the rich experience of a group of senior professors who have guided and assessed research work. Scope The workshop is planned to cover the structure, style and strategies related to writing a thesis. The spirit of the workshop meticulously takes care of the following few points. · The content of the workshop does not interfere with the research guide's way of supervising the work, but it only supplements his/her task. · It is independent of the theme/subject of research. · It does not intend to teach research methodology. Contents The workshop is aimed at giving a number of practical tips in the following areas. · Strategic planning of writing process or what do the referees look for and how to meet their expectations. · Conceptual organisation of the information gathered from various sources for writing. · Writing Process - Chapter scheme - Sections, paragraphs, sentences, words - Maintaining continuity and flow of ideas - Style and Style Manuals - Referencing of print and electronic sources - Bibliography - Nuances of English Language: Choice and rendering of words and punctuation · Graphics, Illustrations and Tables · Order of introductory and end pages · Appendices and Annexes · Instructions to the data-entry operator and binder · Readability Tests · Editing and Proofreading · Exhaustive check-list before handing over the manuscript for binding. · Instructions for producing the content for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) programme · Preparation for presentation and viva-voce Method of Instruction Combination of lecture, discussions and exercises. Participation The workshop is useful for any person doing research leading to Ph.D or postgraduate degree programme. Those who are planning to do research of any type also find the proceeds immensely useful. It is designed to save time, money and heartburn of researchers. Course Fees: Rs 500/- Contact: Dr S K Savanur Ph: 2652 6141 E-Mail: sksavanur(a)rediffmail.com Mobile: 98201 50352 Application Form An Interactive Workshop on Thesis Writing Skills 5 February 2006 10 am to 6 pm Name: _____________________________ Age: ________ Designation: _____________ Subject: _______________ Address for Correspondence: _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Telephone: (O): ____________ ® ___________ E-Mail: ___________ Mobile: ____________ Details of Current Research Activity: _________ ________________________________________ Specific Problems in Writing Your Thesis, if any: (Other than those stated under 'Contents' of the workshop) __________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Registration Fees: Rs500/- Cheque/DD: Cash: (Favouring Western Regional Instrumentation Centre, Mumbai) Payment Details: ________________________ Signature of the Candidate Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in WRIC at Mumbai University Campus is organising a one day interactive workshop on 'Thesis Writing Skills' on 5th of February 2006. It is an interesting workshop for all postgraduate students of any discipline and basically targeted to PhD aspirants. You may display the info on concerned departmental notice boards for the benefit of registrants. W estern R egional I nstrumentation C entre Mumbai (An Institution Funded by the UGC, New Delhi ) Announces An Interactive Workshop On Thesis Writing Skills Date: 5 February 2006 Time: 10 am to 6 pm Venue WRIC Lecture Hall University of Mumbai Vidyanagari, Santacruz (E) Mumbai-400 098 A research work is assessed on the basis of a written report or a thesis submitted to a university awarding the degree. A thesis is not just a long essay. It must have a formal structure and a standard style. It requires careful planning and writing skills. Clear writing reflects clear thinking. The quality of research is mirrored in the thesis. Therefore, it is a crucial and difficult stage in research. Realising this difficulty of researchers, the Western Regional Instrumentation Centre, Mumbai has organised an interactive workshop on Thesis Writing Skills . Topics for the workshop have been selected based on the rich experience of a group of senior professors who have guided and assessed research work. Scope The workshop is planned to cover the structure, style and strategies related to writing a thesis. The spirit of the workshop meticulously takes care of the following few points. · The content of the workshop does not interfere with the research guides way of supervising the work, but it only supplements his/her task. · It is independent of the theme/subject of research. · It does not intend to teach research methodology. Contents The workshop is aimed at giving a number of practical tips in the following areas. · Strategic planning of writing process or what do the referees look for and how to meet their expectations. · Conceptual organisation of the information gathered from various sources for writing. · Writing Process - Chapter scheme - Sections, paragraphs, sentences, words - Maintaining continuity and flow of ideas - Style and Style Manuals - Referencing of print and electronic sources - Bibliography - Nuances of English Language: Choice and rendering of words and punctuation · Graphics, Illustrations and Tables · Order of introductory and end pages · Appendices and Annexes · Instructions to the data-entry operator and binder · Readability Tests · Editing and Proofreading · Exhaustive check-list before handing over the manuscript for binding. · Instructions for producing the content for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) programme · Preparation for presentation and viva-voce Method of Instruction Combination of lecture, discussions and exercises. Participation The workshop is useful for any person doing research leading to Ph.D or postgraduate degree programme. Those who are planning to do research of any type also find the proceeds immensely useful. It is designed to save time, money and heartburn of researchers. Course Fees: Rs 500/- Contact: Dr S K Savanur Ph: 2652 6141 E-Mail: mailto:sksavanur@rediffmail.com sksavanur(a)rediffmail.com Mobile : 98201 50352 Application Form An Interactive Workshop on Thesis Writing Skills 5 February 2006 10 am to 6 pm Name: _____________________________ Age: ________ Designation: _____________ Subject: _______________ Address for Correspondence: _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Telephone: (O): ____________ ® ___________ E-Mail: ___________ Mobile : ____________ Details of Current Research Activity: _________ ________________________________________ Specific Problems in Writing Your Thesis, if any: (Other than those stated under Contents of the workshop) __________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Registration Fees: Rs500/- Cheque/DD: Cash: (Favouring Western Regional Instrumentation Centre, Mumbai) Payment Details: ________________________ Signature of the Candidate Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : mailto:smunnolli@actrec.res.in smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in

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Free Antivirus Software
by Mailing List Manager 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:02:30 +0530 From: Rupak Chakravarty <rupak2811(a)gmail.com> Dear All, The Free edition of AVG-ANTIVIRUS can be downloaded from the site: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 Its efficient and secure. -- Rupak Chakravarty Assistant Librarian Panjab University Library Chandigarh 160014 INDIA

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iPODs and Video Podcasting
by Sukhdev Singh 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Arizona Heart Institute and Arizona Heart Hospital offers videopodcasts for the public on healthy heart living at http://www.cvmd.org/ . iPODs and Video Podcasting are becoming an excellent way of educating. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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PLEDGE for Information Scientists / Librarians and Other Scientists
by Sukhdev Singh 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Can We take the following PLEDGE today? --WE WILL RETAIN and EXERCISE OUR RIGHT TO SELF - ARCHIVE OURINTELLECTUAL OUTPUT. ----------------------Sukhdev Singhhttp://purl.org/net/sukhdev

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