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IDRC adopts OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 17 Jan '06

17 Jan '06

Friends: IDRC has adopted Open Access for all its public domain documents including research reports. Should not other research and donor agencies follow the IDRC example? Best wishes. Arun ----- IDRC Champions Intellectual Platform for Developing Countries Ottawa, Canada, December 23, 2005 Canadas International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is pleased to announce plans to create an Open Archive, the first among Canadian research funding organizations. The Open Archive will provide full access over the Internet to IDRCs rich research archive. In addition to making information more freely available, this initiative will provide IDRC-funded researchers with a much-needed outlet to publish and showcase their work. The world of scholarly communications is rapidly changing. The emerging culture of protecting intellectual property, soaring costs of accessing research literature, and difficulties in having research published in traditional journals are restricting the development of research capacity in the South. The Open Archive will help Southern researchers to engage in the international dialogue on important development issues and increase the impact of their research. Throughout its 35-year history, IDRC has believed that to bring about positive change in people's lives, knowledge should be shared. Research results and documents generated by IDRC-supported projects, IDRC recipients, and IDRC staff represent a tangible intellectual output of the Centres mandate. The Open Archive will streamline and centralize the capture of IDRC project outputs and research documents. It will raise the visibility and facilitate the retrieval of the vast array of IDRC materials by consolidating them in a well-managed, indexed, secure, and permanent location. As a first step, IDRC will build a demonstration model in early 2006. By creating an Open Archive, IDRC promotes transparency of its results-based research and participates in the global movement to remove barriers economic, social, and geographic to the sharing of knowledge. -30- About IDRC Canadas International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is one of the worlds leading institutions in the generation and application of new knowledge to meet the challenges of international development. For more than 30 years, IDRC has worked in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies. For information: Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé (613) 236-6163, ext. 2343 ibourgeault-tasse(a)idrc.ca

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Dr. Chloin- The Sad and Shcoking news!
by Dr. D. B. Ramesh 17 Jan '06

17 Jan '06

Dear All, It is very sad and shocking to know about the sudden demise of Dr. Cholin. May his soul rest in peace. Let us all render our support to his family as suggested by Dr. Konnur. _____________________________________________ Dr. D. B. Ramesh M.Sc.(AU), M.L.I.Sc.(Univ. Madras), Ph.D. in Lib.Sc. (UU) Fulbright Fellow (CMU, USA) I/c, Library & Documentation Regional Research Laboratory Bhubaneswar - 751013, Orissa, India Ph: 0674-2581635-Extn. 434 Email: dbramesh(a)rrlbhu.res.in Dear All, It is very sad and shocking to know about the sudden demise of Dr. Cholin. May his soul rest in peace. Let us all render our support to his family as suggested by Dr. Konnur. _____________________________________________ Dr. D. B. Ramesh M.Sc.(AU), M.L.I.Sc.(Univ. Madras), Ph.D. in Lib.Sc. (UU) Fulbright Fellow (CMU, USA) I/c, Library & Documentation Regional Research Laboratory Bhubaneswar - 751013, Orissa, India Ph: 0674-2581635-Extn. 434 Email: mailto:dbramesh@rrlbhu.res.in dbramesh(a)rrlbhu.res.in

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Beginner's guide to open access
by Sukhdev Singh 17 Jan '06

17 Jan '06

Mark E. Funk, AHIP, has developed a beginner's guide to open access.It provides a broad overview, including the history, philosophy,ethics, and economics of open access and several national andinternational initiatives such as the Budapest Open Access Initiative,the Bethesda Principles, and DC Principles. Check out - http://www.mlanet.org/pdf/resources/oa_primer_mfunk.pdf(PDF, 112KB) --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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Dr Cholin
by Kishor Satpathy 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Dear Friends, I am deeply shocked to know the unfortunate & sad demise of Dr.V S Cholin of INFLIBNET CENTRE, UGC. I still can't believe this... , I have lost a very good friend of mine, whom I know since 1995-96 when I was in CEE, Ahmedabad. I still remember, when he called up me just a week back to know whether I am coming to International CALIBER or not & gave me some tips to revise the paper for final presentation. That reflects the dedication he has for the profession! I still miss the academic & friendly discussion we had in Silchar during PLANNER-2005 at Silchar. I strongly believe that the LIS community will remember him forever. May God give peace to the departed soul and give strength and courage to the family members to bear the loss. Regards, Kishor C Satpathy Librarian, Central Library National Institute of Technology ( Deemed University) Silchar 788010, Assam, India Ph. 91 3842 240055/233841(W) 240906 (R), Fax: 91 3842 233797 Mobile: 9435073452 E mail : kishor_satpathy(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever. Dear Friends, I am deeply shocked to know the unfortunate & sad demise of Dr.V S Cholin of INFLIBNET CENTRE, UGC. I still can't believe this... , I have lost a very good friend of mine, whom I know since 1995-96 when I was in CEE, Ahmedabad. I still remember, when he called up me just a week back to know whether I am coming to International CALIBER or not & gave me some tips to revise the paper for final presentation. That reflects the dedication he has for the profession! I still miss the academic & friendly discussion we had in Silchar during PLANNER-2005 at Silchar. I strongly believe that the LIS community will remember him forever. May God give peace to the departed soul and give strength and courage to the family members to bear the loss. Regards, Kishor C Satpathy Librarian, Central Library National Institute of Technology ( Deemed University) Silchar 788010, Assam, India Ph. 91 3842 240055/233841(W) 240906 (R), Fax: 91 3842 233797 Mobile: 9435073452 E mail : kishor_satpathy(a)yahoo.com Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/photos/*http://pa.yahoo.com/*http:/… Photo Calendars . Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.

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INFLIBNET's LIVE WIRE is no more...
by Dr.P.V.Konnur 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Dear Friends, We the Library and Information Science professionals are the most unfortunate ones. Day after Day we are loosing GEMS of our profession. We had not yet come out of the shock of loosing Dr.T.B.Rajashekhar, now one more shock of loosing Dr.Cholin. This is sill a harder jolt to the Academic Librarians. Dr.Cholin was very young by age but very old by his maturity, Student for many of us, but he was a Teacher to all of us through his communications. His Love for the profession and affection with all the professionals is unmatchable. He was a very good Follower, a sincere Student, a good friend, a matured advisor and a great Philosopher. Person like Dr.Cholin will never vanish from our minds. But to make the future generation of Librarians, some of his friends and admirers are planning to form a body (Trust) and plan to initiate annual activities as under: 1.Institute a Gold medal in the Department of Library Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Extend partial financial support to any other universities who desires institute Gold medal in their Universities with their equal contribution. 2.Conduct a best paper contest among the young Librarians annually and award the best paper winner in the ILA Conference by instituting a Young Scientist award in ILA. 3.Publish a book annually consisting of the first 10 best papers received in his memory. Contribute the proceeds of the sale of these books for the education of Dr.Cholins children. There are several ideas which can make Dr.Cholin live in our memory. I request all of you to contribute your ideas so that we can reduce the further loss to the profession by encouraging younger generation of Librarians with more confidence. Thanks, Konnur. Dr.P.V.Konnur, University Librarian, Bangalore University Library, Jnana Bharathi, Bangalore-560 056 Phone: o8o-22961131, 080-23215510 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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library software
by Hemant Bhoot 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Dear All, Kindly let me know which library package is having good features as well as not too much expensive. Yours Hemant Bhoot Librarian IPER,Bhopal Dear All, Kindly let me know which library package is having good features as well as not too much expensive. Yours Hemant Bhoot Librarian IPER,Bhopal 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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Announcement of DRTC Blog
by Nabonita Guha 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Dear Friends, I am happy to announce the launching of 'DRTC Blog' (http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/blog). I am proud to announce that this Blog was configured and presently maintained by Mr. Rajib Mitra, a 2nd year ADIS student. You can login by becoming a member of DRTC Blog. The advantage of becoming a member is that you can post your information or news to this blog. Presently, members are allowed to post information to categories - jobs, conferences and news and your posting will be moderated. The rest of the categories like LIS Journals, classificaton etc. get news from various sites using RSS feeds. We wish to create more categories and organize them better. I request you to give us suggestions for the improvement of DRTC Blog. We hope DRTC Blog will serve as a single stop information/news site for all the LIS related actvities. Any service is as good as its popularity and usage. Thank you in advance for using our Blog. with best regards ard -- A.R.D.Prasad Associate Professor Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560 059 Karnataka, INDIA Phone: 91-80-8483002/3/4 extsn no. 496 Fax : 91-80-8484265 email: ard(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in website:http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/ardcv.html _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

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Sad News
by Vijay Raghav Tiwari 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

It is very sad news as I new Dr. Choulin since 2001. He was as enthusiastic teacher. His zeal will always be praised. I couldn't resist myself to send my condolences to the berieved family of his own. He had a vast family of professinals who loved him and he loved them vice a versa. The God has been little hard on us and Dr Cholin is away. May God provide his family some strength to survive in this hard time. I can only pray some peace for him. Yours VR Tiwari Vijay Raghav Tiwari Librarian Harish Chandra Research Institute (Department of Atomic Energy, Govt of India) Chhatnag Road,Jhunsi,Allahabad -211 019. Phone.91-532-2668302(O), 0532-2274325 (O), 0532-2274064 (R) <vrtiwari(a)mri.ernet.in> It is very sad news as I new Dr. Choulin since 2001. He was as enthusiastic teacher. His zeal will always be praised. I couldn't resist myself to send my condolences to the berieved family of his own. He had a vast family of professinals who loved him and he loved them vice a versa. The God has been little hard on us and Dr Cholin is away. May God provide his family some strength to survive in this hard time. I can only pray some peace for him. Yours VR Tiwari Vijay Raghav Tiwari Librarian Harish Chandra Research Institute (Department of Atomic Energy, Govt of India) Chhatnag Road,Jhunsi,Allahabad -211 019. Phone.91-532-2668302(O), 0532-2274325 (O), 0532-2274064 (R) <vrtiwari(a)mri.ernet.in> 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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Sda demise of Dr. Cholin
by Hemant Bhoot 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Dear All freinds, Its really a great loss of LIS profession. We all pray to god to give rest to depart soul and his family members. Hemant Bhoot hb_iper(a)rediffmail.com Dear All freinds, Its really a great loss of LIS profession. We all pray to god to give rest to depart soul and his family members. Hemant Bhoot hb_iper(a)rediffmail.com 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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Librarians 'suffer most stress' ( ARTICLE )
by Vinodkumar. H 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Librarians 'suffer most stress' Working in libraries has been commonly thought a stress-free job Fighting fires may sound taxing, chasing criminals demanding, but a new study says that working in library is the most stressful job of all. Librarians are the most unhappy with their workplace, often finding their job repetitive and unchallenging, according to psychologist Saqib Saddiq. He will tell the British Psychological Society that one in three workers suffer from poor psychological health. The study surveyed nearly 300 people drawn from five occupations. They were firefighters, police officers, train operators, teachers and librarians and were intended to cover the spectrum, with the librarians first-thought to be the least stressful occupation. Unchallenging, repetitive The research, being presented at a society conference in Glasgow, looked at nine "stressors", such as how much control workers thought they had over their working day, their workload and how much they earned. It also looked at absenteeism, job satisfaction and whether work stress spilled over into their private life. HAVE YOUR SAY I'm a librarian in a middle school and I love it! I'm hardly stressed at all, nothing like the teachers are Sarah Allen, Wedmore , UK Send us your comments Librarians complained about their physical environment, saying they were sick of being stuck between book shelves all day, as well as claiming their skills were not used and how little control they felt they had over the career. They were also more likely than other professions to be absent from work. Mr Saddiq urged all employers to tackle the problem of stress. "Although these findings seem strange at first, they actual show how insidious stress can be, and how it can have an unhealthy impact in any organisation," he said. "Firefighters and police are trained to deal with the stresses that their jobs undoubtedly entail; librarians and school teachers are less likely to have these support systems in place. "In addition, stress impacts different personalities in different ways, and different personalities may be drawn to different roles." source BBC news click here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4605476.stm Mr.Vinodkumar.H.Hosmani Library and Information Assistant Library and Information Center, R.V.College of Engineering , Bangalore-59 www.geocities.com/vinodkumarhosmani/vinod.html www.rvce.ac.in --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Got holiday prints? See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP. Librarians 'suffer most stress' http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40133000/jpg/_40133350_library203.jpg Working in libraries has been commonly thought a stress-free job Fighting fires may sound taxing, chasing criminals demanding, but a new study says that working in library is the most stressful job of all. Librarians are the most unhappy with their workplace, often finding their job repetitive and unchallenging, according to psychologist Saqib Saddiq. He will tell the British Psychological Society that one in three workers suffer from poor psychological health. The study surveyed nearly 300 people drawn from five occupations. They were firefighters, police officers, train operators, teachers and librarians and were intended to cover the spectrum, with the librarians first-thought to be the least stressful occupation. Unchallenging, repetitive The research, being presented at a society conference in Glasgow, looked at nine "stressors", such as how much control workers thought they had over their working day, their workload and how much they earned. It also looked at absenteeism, job satisfaction and whether work stress spilled over into their private life. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif HAVE YOUR SAY http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/start_quote_rb.gif I'm a librarian in a middle school and I love it! I'm hardly stressed at all, nothing like the teachers are http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/end_quote_rb.gif Sarah Allen, Wedmore , UK http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/inline_dashed_line.gif http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=715&edition=1 Send us your comments Librarians complained about their physical environment, saying they were sick of being stuck between book shelves all day, as well as claiming their skills were not used and how little control they felt they had over the career. They were also more likely than other professions to be absent from work. Mr Saddiq urged all employers to tackle the problem of stress. "Although these findings seem strange at first, they actual show how insidious stress can be, and how it can have an unhealthy impact in any organisation," he said. "Firefighters and police are trained to deal with the stresses that their jobs undoubtedly entail; librarians and school teachers are less likely to have these support systems in place. "In addition, stress impacts different personalities in different ways, and different personalities may be drawn to different roles." source BBC news click here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4605476.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4605476.stm Mr.Vinodkumar.H.Hosmani Library and Information Assistant Library and Information Center, R.V.College of Engineering , Bangalore-59 http://www.geocities.com/vinodkumarhosmani/vinod.html www.geocities.com/vinodkumarhosmani/vinod.html http://www.rvce.ac.in/ www.rvce.ac.in Yahoo! Photos Got holiday prints? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/holidayprints/*http://pa.yahoo.com/… See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP.

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