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

OA at CERN, Geneva
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 10 Apr '06

10 Apr '06

Congratulations to CERN, Geneva, and its OA champions. Arun ----- >From Peter Suber's blog: Profile of the CERN librarians Heather Morrison, The CERN Library Team: an OA Inspiration! OA Librarian, April 9, 2006. The latest installment of Heather's celebration of librarians who work for OA. Excerpt: CERN - the worlds largest particle physics laboratory and birthplace of the World Wide Web, and the CERN Library Team - currently led by Jens Vigen, has been a leader in the open dissemination of scientific results since its inception decades ago. CERNs free distribution of preprints in paper format has evolved with the technologies available, from FTP to World Wide Web distribution, to the current OAI-compliant CERN Document Server (CDS). If any discipline could afford to rest on its OA laurels, you would think it would be physics! The CERN Library Team, however, is not resting on its laurels at all, but continues to lead the way, from OA via self-archiving to a current push towards full OA publishing (and self-archiving, too). Accomplishments of the CERN library team include: [1] The CDS - CERN Document Server repository - as of April 9, 2006, CDS contains over 800,000 bibliographic records, including 360,000 fulltext documents, of interest to people working in particle physics and related areas. A whole team of hard working people have concentrated on this, filling it, harvesting, programming, scanning, managing, etc. [2] Organising (along with LIBER, SPARC, SPARC Europe, OSI and the OAI) - and hosting the OAI Workshops, one of the worlds major gathering-points for the open access archiving community....[3] High Energy Physics (HEP) Libraries Webzine (an OA publication).... CERN is now on at the least the third OA policy revision, which addresses OA journals. In 2005, the focus at CERN library was changing publication model meetings. That is, CERN - and its library - are leading the way once more in physics, to move from OA via self-archiving to full OA via OA publishing (and self-archiving too)....There are some details about CERN Library's OA history in the presentation, CERN Document Server Software: The Integrated Digital Library. For the latest on CERN librarys OA leadership, have a look at the SPARC Open Access Forum Archives - look for the thread, CERNs Historic Role in OA. CERNs Joanne Yeomans, for example, talks about current developments, including a basket (for creating ones own bibliographies) and rating system....

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[Fwd: [BOAI] Increasing Institutional Repository Content with
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 10 Apr '06

10 Apr '06

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [BOAI] Increasing Institutional Repository Content with "email eprint" Button From: "Timothy Miles-Board" <tmb(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk> Date: Mon, April 10, 2006 6:11 pm To: "AmSci Forum" <american-scientist-open-access-forum(a)amsci.org> Cc: EuroscienceOA(a)lists.sopinspace.net JISC-REPOSITORIES(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Apologies for Cross-Posting ** A new feature has been built into the GNU EPrints (free) software for creating Institutional Repositories (IRs). We hope it will dramatically increase the growth rate of open access (OA) content deposited in IRs while -- perversely it may seem -- allowing authors to opt out of providing OA! It's extremely simple, and if implemented carefully by the repository can produce immediate results without additional cost or resource implications. http://www.eprints.org/news/features/request_button.php (Eloy Rodrigues, the dynamic OA activist at University of Minho in Portugal https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/ has kindly implemented the feature in Dspace too, and will be announcing its availability for testing very shortly.) This new feature is called the "Request eprint" button. It works like this: To deposit a work using EPrints an author creates a record for the eprint by filling metadata fields in the repository deposit interface. Ideally we would of course like the eprint to be both deposited *and* made OA. However, not all authors are yet comfortable with this, so rather than have authors refrain from depositing their eprints altogether, EPrints offers authors the option of either: (1) making the eprint OA, or (2) restricting full-text visibility to designated viewers, with only its metadata visible publicly, or (3) making the full-text completely invisible, with only its metadata visible publicly (although the full-text is still stored in the system). There are a number of reasons for allowing this flexibility. One of the main hesitations authors have about providing OA -- even though 93% of journals have already given it their official green light http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php -- is author worries about infringing their copyright agreement with the remaining 7% of journals. Institutions contemplating adopting self-archiving mandates have similar concerns. So far, none of this is new. The key need of the repository in terms of growing content is to persuade authors (or their designees) to perform the requisite keystrokes, i.e. to simply *deposit* the metadata and the eprint, without prejudice as to what else might be done with it. Once those all-important data are deposited, we can start to work with the author to maximise its usefulness and usage. This is where the "Request eprint" button comes in. Whenever record of a stored eprint tells a would-be user that an OA version of the full text copy is not accessible, a dialogue box appears inviting the user to paste in their email address and send a request to the author for a copy of the paper. This request is emailed automatically to the author, offering three choices in return: to email the requested eprint, to reject the request, or to make the eprint OA in the repository. Since the requested eprint is already in the repository, and merely invisible, a simple process enables the author to make a selection and activate that choice with a single click. This is simple for requesters, authors, repository implementers and policy makers as it allows them a full range of choices without any implications for the usual worries that otherwise deter or delay this type of dissemination. In particular, there are no implications for copyright. This furthers the objectives of increasing deposit and dissemination through the repository by reducing barriers and fears. It also gives authors valuable feedback on the degree of interest in their work (requests are counted, just as downloads of OA eprints are counted, and the statistics made available to the author). How might this affect growth of your repository? It is generally estimated that institutional repositories are capturing 15% of the annual articles that could be made OA today. There is thus an 85% gap to fill. There have been many hypotheses about the reasons for the slowness of authors in filling this gap. The "Request eprint" button enables us to overcome most of these concerns. It gives even authors who are wary of self-archiving the chance to begin depositing in their institutional repository, it improves access - even if it is not immediately OA it is better than no record at all - and it offers the prospect of conversion to OA when authors realise the level of interest in their work. This feature also makes it possible to implement the "weaker" model for an official Open Access Policy, both institutionally: http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/71-guid.html and nationally: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/weaker-OApolicy.htm ---- This message was adapted from Steve Hitchcock's text at: http://www.eprints.org/news/features/request_button.php

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PhD in LIS
by Mailing List Manager 10 Apr '06

10 Apr '06

Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:20:45 +0530 From: Jeetender Chandna <granthpal(a)gmail.com> Hello Friends I have just completed my MLIS from IGNOU with 58% I am looking at pursuing my PhD in LIS with the broad topic of Open Source and its impact on the LIS profession in India. What I would like is to get some guidelines and ideas from the senior and esteemed members of the LIS fora. In particularly suggestions related to the following aspects would be gladly received -- 1) Recommendation of institutions where this PhD work could be undertaken, keeping in mind that the broad IDS-Inter Disciplinary Subject is Computer Science 2) Recommendations of persons who are experts in the Open Source Movement. 3) Any suggestions to bibliographic resources for the same I thanking in advance for the help given by the fora-members. NOTE: Since such recommendations and suggestions are personal opinions, it leaves the room open for debate. Ergo, I request that solutions/suggestions be mailed to me directly at granthpal(a)gmail.com. I would be glad to summarise the findings for the forum. -- Regards Granthpal ---------------------------------------- Jeetender Chandna aka Vicky aka Granthpal Esha News Monitoring Services Pvt Ltd 10th Floor, Krushal Commercial Complex Chembur (W) Mumbai 400089 Tel: (91-22) 3245 2861 Email: granthpal(a)gmail.com

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EBSCO introduces Free Teacher Reference Center
by Mallikarjun 10 Apr '06

10 Apr '06

Dear professional After the success of LISTA,EBSCO launches Teacher Reference Center (TRC) - Journal Information for K-12 Teachers & Librarians This index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books is now also offered free via the EBSCOhost platform. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy.Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more. For more information ,please visit http://www.libraryresearch.com Mallikarjun Dora Library and information Assistant(Trainee) Library and Information Center Indian Institute of Management,Kozhikode IIMK Campus, P.O Kozhikode-673571 Kerala contact-+91-495-2809143 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Dear professional After the success of LISTA,EBSCO launches Teacher Reference Center (TRC) - Journal Information for K-12 Teachers & Librarians This index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books is now also offered free via the EBSCO host platform. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy.Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more. For more information ,please visit http://www.libraryresearch.com http://www.libraryresearch.com Mallikarjun Dora Library and information Assistant(Trainee) Library and Information Center Indian Institute of Management,Kozhikode IIMK Campus, P.O Kozhikode-673571 Kerala contact-+91-495-2809143 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Information literacy - promotion through libraries
by Subbiah Arunachalam 10 Apr '06

10 Apr '06

Friends: Achieving high level of information litearcy is one of the things the National Knowledge Commission and the LIS community should be greatly concerned about. I mean information litearcy at all levels - the lay public, the school children, college and university students, professionals and researchers. Which means libraries at all levels - public libraries, school and college libraries, university libraries, research and special libraries - should be sensitised to promoting information literacy. In today's world information litearcy is intertwined with information technology and Web literacy. Information literacy is especially important in today's India where we are producing graduates in large numbers but it is felt taht a very large percent of them are unemployable. I would like to alert you to an article in a recent issue of Journal of Information Science which talks about information literacy in a lucid way: Thomas P Mackey and Jinwon Ho: Implementing a convergent model for information literacy: Combining research and web literacy, J Info Sci, Vol. 31, No. 6, 2005, pp.541-555. Regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Friends: Achieving high level of information litearcy is one of the things the National Knowledge Commission and the LIS community should be greatly concerned about. I mean information litearcy at all levels - the lay public, the school children, college and university students, professionals and researchers. Which means libraries at all levels - public libraries, school and college libraries, university libraries, research and special libraries - should be sensitised to promoting information literacy. In today's world information litearcy is intertwined with information technology and Web literacy. Information literacy is especially important in today's India where we are producing graduates in large numbers but it is felt taht a very large percent of them are unemployable. I would like to alert you to an article in a recent issue of Journal of Information Science which talks about information literacy in a lucid way: Thomas P Mackey and Jinwon Ho: Implementing a convergent model for information literacy: Combining research and web literacy, J Info Sci , Vol. 31 , No. 6, 2005, pp.541-555. Regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Fw: ECDL 2006 Doctoral Consortium
by Subbiah Arunachalam 10 Apr '06

10 Apr '06

=== ECDL 2006 Doctoral Consortium - Deadline 22 April === ECDL 2006, The European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, will feature a Doctoral Consortium to give doctoral students the opportunity to discuss their work with experienced researchers from the Digital Library Community as also with other students. Attendance at the Doctoral Consortium will be based on an acceptance of a written abstract, of up to 6 pages, singly authored by the student. Submissions must be done in PDF format, following the layout guidelines for the LNCS format provided by Springer (please see http://www.ecdl2006.org/), followed by a free supporting statement from the adviser. Deadline for submission is 22 April, to be sent by email to doctoral_consortium(a)ecdl2006.org. Accepted students will have to deliver a full paper, which will be published electronically in a special issue of the bulletin of the IEEE TCDL - Technical Committee for Digital Libraries. The students will be able to present also a poster at the ECDL 2006 poster session. The full papers will be reviewed by senior scientists who will be also present in the Doctoral Consortium meeting, where the students will receive feedback about their work and will have a chance to participate in an open discussion. The paper will be the basis for detailed discussions at the Consortium. To get the most out of the discussion it should include: * motivation for the proposed research * background and related work (with key references) * description of proposed research including main research questions, research methodology and proposed experiments (where appropriate) * particular issues which you want to highlight for discussion. All submissions will be reviewed by the Doctoral Consortium Program Committee, with respect to overall quality of presentation, the potential for future impact of the proposed PhD research on the field of Digital Libraries, and the likely benefit to the student of attending the Consortium. More details are available at http://www.ecdl2006.org/consortium.jsp ===================================================== Doctoral Consortium Chairs Jose Borbinha (INESC-ID / IST, Lisbon Technical University, Portugal) Lillian Cassel (Villanova University, USA) ===================================================== @page Section1 {size: 595.3pt 841.9pt; margin: 70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.estilocorreioelectrnico17 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } SPAN.estilocorreioelectrnico18 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } SPAN.estilocorreioelectrnico19 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } SPAN.estilocorreioelectrnico20 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } SPAN.EstiloCorreioElectrnico21 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } === ECDL 2006 Doctoral Consortium - Deadline 22 April === ECDL 2006, The European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, will feature a Doctoral Consortium to give doctoral students the opportunity to discuss their work with experienced researchers from the Digital Library Community as also with other students. Attendance at the Doctoral Consortium will be based on an acceptance of a written abstract, of up to 6 pages, singly authored by the student. Submissions must be done in PDF format, following the layout guidelines for the LNCS format provided by Springer (please see http://www.ecdl2006.org/), followed by a free supporting statement from the adviser. Deadline for submission is 22 April, to be sent by email to doctoral_consortium(a)ecdl2006.org. Accepted students will have to deliver a full paper, which will be published electronically in a special issue of the bulletin of the IEEE TCDL - Technical Committee for Digital Libraries. The students will be able to present also a poster at the ECDL 2006 poster session. The full papers will be reviewed by senior scientists who will be also present in the Doctoral Consortium meeting, where the students will receive feedback about their work and will have a chance to participate in an open discussion. The paper will be the basis for detailed discussions at the Consortium. To get the most out of the discussion it should include: * motivation for the proposed research * background and related work (with key references) * description of proposed research including main research questions, research methodology and proposed experiments (where appropriate) * particular issues which you want to highlight for discussion. All submissions will be reviewed by the Doctoral Consortium Program Committee, with respect to overall quality of presentation, the potential for future impact of the proposed PhD research on the field of Digital Libraries, and the likely benefit to the student of attending the Consortium. More details are available at http://www.ecdl2006.org/consortium.jsp ===================================================== Doctoral Consortium Chairs Jose Borbinha (INESC-ID / IST, Lisbon Technical University, Portugal) Lillian Cassel (Villanova University, USA) =====================================================

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Clarifications from Prof. Stevan Harnad
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Friends: A few minutes ago I forwarded a message from Prof. Stevan Harnad addressed to me and Prof. Krishnaswamy of MKU to the oa-india and lis-forum lists. Here is a message from Prof. Harnad about depositing papers in OA archives. Certainly Prof. Harnad would not advocate violating the law. Best wishes. Arun ----- Dear Arun, Sure, that's fine. But could I ask then that you modify (2) to add that I do not myself recommend 3rd-party posting without authorization? Otherwise it gives the impression that I am recommending breaking the law. Point (3) should also be modified for public posting, to make it clear that the author (*only*), if he no longer has the digital text of his own article, can scan in and OCR the published PDF for his own article, but should then convert it back to his own original typescript. The way I said it below makes it look as if I am advocating piracy, which I am not. Best wishes. Stevan Friends: A few minutes ago I forwarded a message from Prof. Stevan Harnad addressed to me and Prof. Krishnaswamy of MKU to the oa-india and lis-forum lists. Here is a message from Prof. Harnad about depositing papers in OA archives. Certainly Prof. Harnad would not advocate violating the law. Best wishes. Arun ----- Dear Arun, Sure, that's fine. But could I ask then that you modify (2) to add that I do not myself recommend 3rd-party posting without authorization? Otherwise it gives the impression that I am recommending breaking the law. Point (3) should also be modified for public posting, to make it clear that the author (*only*), if he no longer has the digital text of his own article, can scan in and OCR the published PDF for his own article, but should then convert it back to his own original typescript. The way I said it below makes it look as if I am advocating piracy, which I am not. Best wishes. Stevan

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Lecture invitation
by SRELS 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to annouce the following lecture invitation to the lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar Bangalore 560 010. Ph: 080-23305019; e-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com ********* Prof. M.R. Kumbahr Memorial Lectures Committee, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures (12) (2006) on CLASSIFICATION MODELLING OF HOMOGENOUS RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION by Dr. M.A. Gopinath Visiting Professor, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, USA 0n Sunday, 16th April 2006 at 6.00 pm Dr. K.S. Raghavan Professor, Documentation Research & Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore presides at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, (near Syndicate Bank) III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to annouce the following lecture invitation to the lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar Bangalore 560 010. Ph: 080-23305019; e-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com ********* Prof. M.R. Kumbahr Memorial Lectures Committee, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures (12) (2006) on CLASSIFICATION MODELLING OF HOMOGENOUS RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION by Dr. M.A. Gopinath Visiting Professor, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, USA 0n Sunday, 16th April 2006 at 6.00 pm Dr. K.S. Raghavan Professor, Documentation Research & Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore presides at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, (near Syndicate Bank) III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010

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Municipal broadband networks
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

Friends: Are there cities (towns) in the developing world pursuing Municipal broadband networks so all citizens can access the Internet? Can such networks help bridge the digital and other divides? Arun ---- NEWS Broadband provision a municipal duty, says report >From "400 Cities Worldwide Planning To Deploy Municipal Broadband Networks," Wi-Fi Technology News, 27 January: "There are over 400 cities worldwide planning to deploy municipal broadband networks and the number will double in 2006, making community broadband initiatives a very real and significant trend. That is the finding of the latest report, Municipal Broadband Networks: Market impact and implications, 2006-2011, published by industry research firm visiongain. "Despite legal opposition and intense lobbying from incumbent telcos and cable companies, municipal broadband is coming and is here to stay. As of Q1 2006, there are over 100 city and regional wireless broadband networks operational worldwide, more than 40 of which are in the US. "Small town rural deployments were the beginning of the wave, but the tide is now embracing large urban metropolises. New York, San Francisco, Rome and Paris are among the major cities planning wide-scale deployments. While these networks present yet another new competitive threat to the broadband market landscape, there are opportunities to be grasped for service providers, whether fixed-line or wireless, if these companies play their cards right. Major vendors, such as Motorola, Cisco, HP and IBM are already reaping cumulative contract awards running into hundreds of millions of dollars. " 'Generally speaking, we believe resistance towards Muni networks is futile,' says lead author Pam Duffey. 'Finer points of the debate aside, it is fast becoming a city or state government duty to provide at least the means for widespread broadband service to the citizenry. By 2010/2011, we believe the majority of cities and townships in the US will have a municipal wireless network in place and the focus then will be in uniting them into a seamless, if not centralised, national network.' " 'New and emerging applications such as digital libraries, virtual laboratories, distance-independent learning and tele-immersion will require broadband speeds and reverse the digital divide. In addition, applications such as LBS and gaming over city-wide networks could seriously threaten existing carrier business models,' adds Duffey. "For a large number of reasons, municipalities are considering the concept of a Municipal Broadband Network as the 'fifth utility.' These communities are choosing between deploying fibre and a wireless broadband network using Wi-Fi hotspots, mesh networks or pre-WiMAX technology. There will be a significant build-out, blending technologies and building on existing service, both wired and unwired. "However, many technological and business factors need to be considered, any one of which can better or worsen the outcome for any given municipality. Often, cities lack sufficient experience and knowledge of technologies to make the best choices and compound the problem further by inadequately funding the effort or by employing a business model that can not sustain the endeavor. "This report examines the various technology options open to communities in deploying broadband networks, as well as the business models, assessing the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. It looks at case studies of successful and failed initiatives, identifying and outlining the reasons behind them. The impact that these networks have had and will have on local markets and incumbent operators are also analysed..." [Muni Wireless: 28 January 2006]

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WiFi in the $100 laptop of Negroponte
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

Friends: I received this news today and I want to share it with you. Best wishes. Arun ---- NEWS $100 laptop includes WiFi >From "One-Wireless-Laptop-Per-Child Founder Negroponte Resigns from MIT," by Brian White, The Wireless Report, 16 February: "As many readers can probably tell, the word 'Wireless' was slipped into the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) phrase in the title above. With Nicholas Negroponte stepping down from MIT's famed Media Lab yesterday to concentrate on his 'One Laptop Per Child' iniative, I have to give it up to the man - following his real passion and dream of connecting every child possible to the world, each other, and global informaton - to empower them to create and fulfill their dreams. And, for many, to escape knowledge repression and to rise up to what they all could be. I applaud the man greatly, even if the OLPC initiative fails or is slow to gain strength. "The one 'killer app' in this whole initiative is the inclusion of WiFi in these hand-cranked $100 laptops. Enabling villages and small towns (and big towns) to form WiFi mesh networks is the glue that will make this all work. Interconnection and sharing is the linchpin of such an effort and even as WiFi gains on wired connections in the developed world as a preferred connection method for the internet, it will be the only connection method for under-developed nations to breach their own 'digital divide' and connect and interact with the rest of the world. Some of Negroponte's MIT associates are also following him to his OLPC non-profit to assist, which speaks even more highly of this highly-regarded initiative." _________ [On 12 February 2006, OLPC announced that Mark Foster, former head of portable computer engineering at Apple, has joined the project. Foster was responsible for developing the first high-volume wireless networking product, the AirPort. The "$100 Laptop FAQ" confirms that "The laptops will have wireless broadband that, among other things, allows them to work as a mesh network; each laptop will be able to talk to its nearest neighbors, creating an ad hoc, local area network."] [WiFi: 17 February 2006]

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