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Fwd: [IFLA-L] Librarian recruitment site
by J. K. Vijayakumar 23 Jun '06

23 Jun '06

FYI. Alex Byrne <Alex.Byrne(a)uts.edu.au> wrote: Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:22:44 +1000 From: "Alex Byrne" <Alex.Byrne(a)uts.edu.au> To: <Ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr> Subject: [IFLA-L] Librarian recruitment site st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } We hope you will be pleased to learn that members of the Western European Studies Section (WESS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) have formed a committee to address the current and long-term shortage of academic librarians. We are particularly interested in advising scholars and teachers with foreign language training and advanced degrees that careers in academic librarianship provide additional options for using their training in an academic setting. The WESS Committee on Recruitment to the Profession would like to call your attention to our Web site and ask you please to share the URL with your members in whatever way you feel is most appropriate: http://www.columbia.edu/~klg19/WESS/ Many thanks for your consideration, and please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you might have. Sincerely, Karen Green -- -- Karen Green Ancient & Medieval History and Religion Librarian Columbia University New York NY 10027 212-854-3031 klg19(a)columbia.edu J. K. Vijayakumar http://libinfospace.blogspot.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. FYI. Alex Byrne <Alex.Byrne(a)uts.edu.au> wrote: Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:22:44 +1000 From: "Alex Byrne" <Alex.Byrne(a)uts.edu.au> To: <Ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr> Subject: [IFLA-L] Librarian recruitment site st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }  We hope you will be pleased to learn that members of the Western European Studies Section (WESS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) have formed a committee to address the current and long-term shortage of academic librarians. We are particularly interested in advising scholars and teachers with foreign language training and advanced degrees that careers in academic librarianship provide additional options for using their training in an academic setting. The WESS Committee on Recruitment to the Profession would like to call your attention to our Web site and ask you please to share the URL with your members in whatever way you feel is most appropriate: http://www.columbia.edu/~klg19/WESS/ http://www.columbia.edu/~klg19/WESS/ Many thanks for your consideration, and please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you might have. Sincerely, Karen Green -- -- Karen Green Ancient & Medieval History and Religion Librarian Columbia University New York NY 10027 212-854-3031 mailto:klg19@columbia.edu klg19(a)columbia.edu J. K. Vijayakumar http://libinfospace.blogspot.com/ http://libinfospace.blogspot.com Do you Yahoo!? Next-gen email? Have it all with the http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40791/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/handr… all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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Article Request
by Mailing List Manager 23 Jun '06

23 Jun '06

Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:19:18 +0530 From: Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty <akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in> Dear Professionals We need following Article for our Institute : 1. From semi-conductors to the rhythms of sensitive plants: the research of J. C. Bose by V. A. Shephard, Cellular and Molecular Biology, vol. 51, 607-19 (2006). Regards. Arun DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2355 9544, 9416, 9219 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 Ph(Res): 33-2672 1192, 3892, E-MAIL: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in (Fulbright Scholar 2005-2006)

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Excellent Job Opportunities with TCS Libraries.
by bp.prakash＠tcs.com 23 Jun '06

23 Jun '06

Job Opportunity at Library & Information Centre (LIC) - Tata Consultancy Services Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is the world-leading information technology consulting, services, and business process outsourcing organization. Commencing operations in 1968, today TCS has a presence in 34 countries across 6 continents & a comprehensive range of services across diverse industries. TCS has one of the largest corporate library systems in India with 51 libraries located in 12 cities managed by 86 professionals. Backed with world class infrastructure facilities and high quality processes, TCS libraries offer a variety of information services in alignment to the business needs of the organization. TCS is looking for suitable candidates for the following position at five locations: Designation: ?Officer - Library & Information Centre? Locations: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata & Mumbai (Clearly mention the preferred location in application) Last Date to Receive Applications: 3rd July 2006 Qualifications & Experience: M.LI.Sc/M.Sc (Lib.Sc)/ADIS or equivalent, with 0 to 3 years experience in library/documentation/information handling, preferably in corporate, scientific, technology environments. Those who have appeared for the qualifying examinations in 2005-06 and are awaiting results are also eligible Canditates with a flair for IT and good communication skills will be preferred Job Description: The person would be a member of the corporate / branch library team. His/her responsibilities would include handling electronic resources, web pages, information services and housekeeping operations. The person should be flexible to work at any of the locations within the city & carry out extended hours Key Responsibilities: Assist the corporate / branch libraries to achieve their objectives, namely: · Offer timely & relevant information services · Deliver housekeeping operations · Create and archive information assets · Provide uninterrupted library hours All positions are regular in nature & compensation will match the best in the industry Application Form: Interested candidates may email / post their resumes as per the format (see after contact details) to any one of the branch heads mentioned below , based on their location preference. The applications should reach us not later than 3rd July 2006. Superscribe the envelope or mention in the subject line of the email as "Application for the post of Officer - Library & Information Centre" Please do not enclose photocopies of marksheets/certificates etc., now Contact Details: Bangalore Branch Head: Ms. Geetha V, Mail: geetha.v(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services SJM Towers, 18, Sheshadri Road, Gandhinagar, Bangalore 560 009 Chennai Branch Head: Ms. Githanjali C, Mail: githanjali.chandrasekhar(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Insurance Solutions Centre, 1, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Vadapalani Chennai ? 600 026 Hyderabad Branch Head: Mr. B Nagappa, Mail: nagappa.b(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Deccan Park, Plot No.1, Software Units Layout, Madhapur, Hyderabad 500081 Kolkata Branch Head: Ms. Sanjukta Ray, Mail: sanjukta.ray(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Auditorium Building, 3rd & 4th Floors, Plot C, Block EP & GP, Sector V Saltlake Electronics Complex, Kolkata 700091 Mumbai Branch Head: Ms. Banalata Das, Mail: mumbai.library(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Plot No. 64(ODC), SEEPZ, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400 096 For any queries & clarifications, please contact: corporate.library(a)tcs.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Format Application for the Position of Officer ? Library & Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services ******************************************************************************************** Location Applying for: ___________________________________________________________ (Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata or Mumbai) (In case candidate is willing to work at any location, please mention order of preference) Name: __________________________________________________________ (Surname First) Date of Birth (DD/MM/YYYY): ___________________ Age: ________ Yrs Address for Communication: _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ City: ________________ Pin Code: ___________________________ Contact Nos: ____________________________ Email: ______________________ Educational Qualifications: (Please give details for all examinations SSC / 10th onwards) Degree Institute/College Yr of Passing Marks Obtained Percentage Division / Class Additional Qualifications (Certifications, Diplomas), if any: Degree Institute/College Yr of Passing Marks Obtained Percentage Division / Class Professional Experience, if any: Employer Period of Service Designation Work Profile in Brief Salary Drawn References (Name & Contact Details): 1. __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ 2. __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ Sign: __________________________ Date: _____________________________ Place: _____________________________ ForwardSourceID:NT00002E66 ForwardSourceID:NT0000B742 ForwardSourceID:NT00046D92 ForwardSourceID:NT0000C77A ForwardSourceID:NT00046DDE =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you Job Opportunity at Library & Information Centre (LIC) - Tata Consultancy Services Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is the world-leading information technology consulting, services, and business process outsourcing organization. Commencing operations in 1968, today TCS has a presence in 34 countries across 6 continents & a comprehensive range of services across diverse industries. TCS has one of the largest corporate library systems in India with 51 libraries located in 12 cities managed by 86 professionals. Backed with world class infrastructure facilities and high quality processes, TCS libraries offer a variety of information services in alignment to the business needs of the organization. TCS is looking for suitable candidates for the following position at five locations: Designation : “Officer - Library & Information Centre” Locations : Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata & Mumbai (Clearly mention the preferred location in application) Last Date to Receive Applications : 3rd July 2006 Qualifications & Experience: M.LI.Sc/M.Sc (Lib.Sc)/ADIS or equivalent, with 0 to 3 years experience in library/documentation/information handling, preferably in corporate, scientific, technology environments. Those who have appeared for the qualifying examinations in 2005-06 and are awaiting results are also eligible Canditates with a flair for IT and good communication skills will be preferred Job Description: The person would be a member of the corporate / branch library team. His/her responsibilities would include handling electronic resources, web pages, information services and housekeeping operations. The person should be flexible to work at any of the locations within the city & carry out extended hours Key Responsibilities: Assist the corporate / branch libraries to achieve their objectives, namely: · Offer timely & relevant information services · Deliver housekeeping operations · Create and archive information assets · Provide uninterrupted library hours All positions are regular in nature & compensation will match the best in the industry Application Form: Interested candidates may email / post their resumes as per the format (see after contact details) to any one of the branch heads mentioned below , based on their location preference. The applications should reach us not later than 3rd July 2006 . Superscribe the envelope or mention in the subject line of the email as "Application for the post of Officer - Library & Information Centre" Please do not enclose photocopies of marksheets/certificates etc., now Contact Details: Bangalore Branch Head: Ms. Geetha V, Mail: geetha.v(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services SJM Towers, 18, Sheshadri Road, Gandhinagar, Bangalore 560 009 Chennai Branch Head: Ms. Githanjali C , Mail: githanjali.chandrasekhar(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Insurance Solutions Centre, 1, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Vadapalani Chennai – 600 026 Hyderabad Branch Head: Mr. B Nagappa, Mail: nagappa.b(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Deccan Park, Plot No.1, Software Units Layout, Madhapur, Hyderabad 500081 Kolkata Branch Head: Ms. Sanjukta Ray, Mail: sanjukta.ray(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Auditorium Building, 3rd & 4th Floors, Plot C, Block EP & GP, Sector V Saltlake Electronics Complex, Kolkata 700091 Mumbai Branch Head: Ms. Banalata Das, Mail: mumbai.library(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Plot No. 64(ODC), SEEPZ, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400 096 For any queries & clarifications, please contact : corporate.library(a)tcs.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Format Application for the Position of Officer – Library & Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services ******************************************************************************************** Location Applying for: ___________________________________________________________ (Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata or Mumbai) (In case candidate is willing to work at any location, please mention order of preference) Name : __________________________________________________________ (Surname First) Date of Birth (DD/MM/YYYY): ___________________ Age: ________ Yrs Address for Communication: _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ City: ________________ Pin Code: ___________________________ Contact Nos: ____________________________ Email: ______________________ Educational Qualifications: (Please give details for all examinations SSC / 10th onwards) Degree Institute/College Yr of Passing Marks Obtained Percentage Division / Class Additional Qualifications (Certifications, Diplomas), if any: Degree Institute/College Yr of Passing Marks Obtained Percentage Division / Class Professional Experience, if any: Employer Period of Service Designation Work Profile in Brief Salary Drawn References (Name & Contact Details): 1. __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ 2. __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ Sign: __________________________ Date: _____________________________ Place: _____________________________ ForwardSourceID:NT00002E66 ForwardSourceID:NT0000B742 ForwardSourceID:NT00046D92 ForwardSourceID:NT0000C77A ForwardSourceID:NT00046DDE =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. 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2 interesting news items
by Krishnan 23 Jun '06

23 Jun '06

(1) From the Financial Times, June 20, 2006: Royal Society tests new system of free access to papers By Jon Boone in London The world’s oldest learned society will on Wednesday tear up its 340-year-old business model with the launch of an “open access” journal allowing people to read its new scientific papers free of charge. The Royal Society in London virtually invented the subscription-based system of peer-reviewed scientific journals when it started the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1665. But in a trial that will be closely watched by researchers and journal publishers around the world, it will allow authors to pay for costs of publication themselves. Authors, or their research sponsors, who choose to pay to make their papers immediately available online will be charged £300 ($553, €439) per A4 page... The Royal Society hopes to test the viability of the scheme by charging the full economic cost of publication. ... The open access movement has been helped by recent developments, including the decision by the Wellcome Trust, one of the world’s biggest research granting bodies, that all articles produced through work it has funded will have to be published on an open access basis from October. The Royal Society’s first paper published on Wednesday is being financed by the trust... News Item (2)..... It seems that open access journal publishing, known as the "gold" version of OA, isn't paved with gold. In an eye-opening analysis in the journal Nature, the Public Library of Science (PLoS), which launched its first open access journals in 2003, is said to be facing a "looming financial crisis." According to Nature, which analyzed the non-profit PLoS's publicly available records on file with the Internal Revenue Service, PLoS ran a deficit of almost $1 million last year, and its total income from fees and advertising currently covers just 35 percent of its costs. While revenue is increasing slightly, spending is increasing at a greater clip, up to $5.5 million over the past three years combined. In response, with its grant funds being steadily depleted, PLoS has announced that it will raise author fees, effective July 1, for its open access journals from $1500 to $2500 for flagship journals PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine; and to $2000 for its community journals PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, and PLoS Pathogens. In a release, officials from the non-profit PLoS said that, with three years of operational experience to draw on, it was "time to adjust this model so that our publication fees reflect more closely the costs of publication." Still, even with the increased fees, Nature reports that PLoS will have to rely on "philanthropy" to survive for the foreseeable future, including its funding from the Sandler and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundations. PLoS director of publishing Mark Patterson downplayed the financial situation, noting that the fledgling publisher is only in its fourth year. Still, more than a few commercial publishers may be saying "I told you so." In the early days of open access publishing, commercial publishers repeatedly suggested that author fees for PLoS, at $1500, and for-profit open access publisher BioMed Central, then $500, were unsustainably low. Last year, BioMed Central increased its author fees, from $525 to as much as $1700. Commercial competitors, meanwhile, including Springer, Blackwell, and most recently Elsevier, have begun offering open-access-like publishing options, for fees closer to $3000. Dr. S.Krishnan Head, Information Division National Chemical Laboratory Pashan Road PUNE 411008, INDIA e-mail: s.krishnan(a)ncl.res.in Tel: +91-20-25902650

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College Students' Perceptions: Libraries and Information Resources
by Thapar, Amit 23 Jun '06

23 Jun '06

College Students' Perceptions: Libraries and Information Resources <http://www.oclc.org/reports/perceptionscollege.htm> Academic librarians and college administrators will find these survey results valuable for their planning. amit@urservice Cell: 9855701060 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ College Students' Perceptions: Libraries and Information Resources < http://www.oclc.org/reports/perceptionscollege.htm http://www.oclc.org/reports/perceptionscollege.htm > Academic librarians and college administrators will find these survey results valuable for their planning. mailto:amit@urservice amit@urservice Cell: 9855701060 e-mail: mailto:amit_thapar@yahoo.com amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ http://www.niper.gov.in/

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Minutes of the First Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture
by Nandhan Ravi 22 Jun '06

22 Jun '06

Minutes of the First Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture held on 3rd June, 2006 at Choksi Hall, IISc, Bangalore. The event began at 5:45 pm with a cup of tea. The speaker, Prof. N. J. Rao and the presider, Prof. N. V. Joshi inaugurated the event by lighting the lamps. Mr. Francis Jayakanth gave a brief background of the association of Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar with NCSI-NET and about the memorial lecture series. Ms. Anitha introduced the guest speaker. Prof. N. J. Rao spoke on 'E-support Systems for Learning, Teaching and Research'. He gave a history of the methods of teaching and learning. Earlier models considered the brain as a black box. But with research on how the brain acts to stimulus, newer models have evolved. Traditional classroom teaching is teacher centric and is also limited in interactions with the students. A learning environment should be focused on the student instead and allow extensive interaction with the teacher. He focused on how 'Problem Based Teaching' can be very effective in forming a new generation of professionals who need to be very competitive in their work environments. He identified the characteristics of a modern and ideal teaching and learning environment. It should be possible to take advantage of the developments in ICT, like Internet and E-mail, and build a teaching-learning system that possesses all these characteristics. He explained the features of Moodle, open source e-learning software and also gave the screen shots of the system. The CD "Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar's Academic Contributions'' was released by Prof. N J Rao. This digital collection comprises of the academic works, presentations and tutorials of Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar. The collection has been built with the latest version of Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL) Software, and has search and browse features. The same collection is also available online at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/gsdl/cgi-bin/library Vote of thanks was proposed by Ms. Suvarsha Walters, and the event ended with high tea at 7:30 pm. A request to the LIS-Forum Members: If you are aware of any of Late Dr. T B Rajashekar's publications, which have not been included in the above mentioned collection, please bring this to the notice of either Ms. Anitha (anitha_m(a)aurigene.com) or Mr.Ravi Nandhan (ravinandhan(a)gmail.com). This will enable us to keep the collection as complete as possible. With warm regards, V. Ravi Nandhan and Anitha M NCSI-NET Coordinators V. Ravi Nandhan. Knowledge Coordinator Capco t: +91 80 41997351 f: +91 80 41997201 v: 6-7351 e: ravi.nandhan(a)capco.com w: www.capco.com ************************************************************************ LEARN MORE - Capco is a consultant, managed services provider and thought leader. We are experts in the financial services industry. You can access our thinking and learn more about us at www.capco.com ************************************************************************ The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ ************************************************************************ Minutes of the First Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture Minutes of the First Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture held on 3rd June, 2006 at Choksi Hall, IISc, Bangalore. The event began at 5:45 pm with a cup of tea. The speaker, Prof. N. J. Rao and the presider, Prof. N. V. Joshi inaugurated the event by lighting the lamps. Mr. Francis Jayakanth gave a brief background of the association of Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar with NCSI-NET and about the memorial lecture series. Ms. Anitha introduced the guest speaker. Prof. N. J. Rao spoke on 'E-support Systems for Learning, Teaching and Research'. He gave a history of the methods of teaching and learning. Earlier models considered the brain as a black box. But with research on how the brain acts to stimulus, newer models have evolved. Traditional classroom teaching is teacher centric and is also limited in interactions with the students. A learning environment should be focused on the student instead and allow extensive interaction with the teacher. He focused on how 'Problem Based Teaching' can be very effective in forming a new generation of professionals who need to be very competitive in their work environments. He identified the characteristics of a modern and ideal teaching and learning environment. It should be possible to take advantage of the developments in ICT, like Internet and E-mail, and build a teaching-learning system that possesses all these characteristics. He explained the features of Moodle, open source e-learning software and also gave the screen shots of the system. The CD "Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar's Academic Contributions'' was released by Prof. N J Rao. This digital collection comprises of the academic works, presentations and tutorials of Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar. The collection has been built with the latest version of Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL) Software, and has search and browse features. The same collection is also� available online at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/gsdl/cgi-bin/library http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/gsdl/cgi-bin/library Vote of thanks was proposed by Ms. Suvarsha Walters, and the event ended with high tea at 7:30 pm. A request to the LIS-Forum Members: If you are aware of any of Late Dr. T B Rajashekar's publications, which have not been included in the above mentioned collection, please bring this to the notice of either Ms. Anitha (anitha_m(a)aurigene.com) or Mr.Ravi Nandhan (ravinandhan(a)gmail.com). This will enable us to keep the collection as complete as possible. With warm regards, V. Ravi Nandhan and Anitha M NCSI-NET Coordinators V. Ravi Nandhan. Knowledge Coordinator Capco t: +91 80 41997351 f: +91 80 41997201 v: 6-7351 e: ravi.nandhan(a)capco.com w: file://www.capco.com www.capco.com ************************************************************************ LEARN MORE - Capco is a consultant, managed services provider and thought leader. We are experts in the financial services industry. You can access our thinking and learn more about us at www.capco.com ************************************************************************ The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ ************************************************************************

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Presentations of U.S.-India Summit on Education, Research & Technology
by J. K. Vijayakumar 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

With reference to the earlier announcement pasted below, the presentations of the U.S.-India Summit on Education, Research & Technology are available at http://us-india.calit2.net/archive.html ---------- J.K.Vijayakumar http://libinfospace.blogspot.com/ "Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar" <vjkjk(a)yahoo.com> wrote: On May 31, 2006, an audience of 150 invited officials from industry, academe, government and non-governmental organizations in India and the United States will meet to explore strategic issues in high-tech research and education as they apply to the worlds two largest democracies. The U.S.-India Summit on Education, Research & Technology is organized by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), and will take place on the UCSD campus in La Jolla, California. The Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum will play an essential role in promoting and facilitating the collaborative research activities arising from the UC-India agreement. Visit http://us-india.calit2.net/ or http://www.amrita.edu/ for more details. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com With reference to the earlier announcement pasted below, the presentations of the U.S.-India Summit on Education, Research & Technology are available at http://us-india.calit2.net/archive.html http://us-india.calit2.net/archive.html ---------- J.K.Vijayakumar http://libinfospace.blogspot.com/ http://libinfospace.blogspot.com/ "Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar" <vjkjk(a)yahoo.com> wrote: On May 31, 2006 , an audience of 150 invited officials from industry, academe, government and non-governmental organizations in India and the United States will meet to explore strategic issues in high-tech research and education as they apply to the worlds two largest democracies. The U.S.-India Summit on Education, Research & Technology is organized by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), and will take place on the UCSD campus in La Jolla, California. The Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum will play an essential role in promoting and facilitating the collaborative research activities arising from the UC-India agreement. Visit http://us-india.calit2.net/ http://us-india.calit2.net/ or http://www.amrita.edu/ http://www.amrita.edu/ for more details. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Investing the "public" in the Public Library of Science
by Saiful Amin 20 Jun '06

20 Jun '06

Greetings! There is an interesting article in the current issue of First Monday Investigating the 'public' in the Public Library of Science: Gifting economics in the Internet community by Charlotte Tschider http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_6/tschider/ Abstract: Countless critics of the open access movement have cited the Budapest–Bethesda–Berlin open access principles as responsible for unsustainable business models and a dilution of the efficacy of scientific scholarship or "impact." Impact factors measure a journal's primacy in academic scholarship, and it reflects how frequently a journal's articles are cited. Much to the surprise of open access critics, PLoS Biology recently achieved a high impact factor of 13.9 after only two years of publishing, a feat rarely accomplished even in more traditional print journals. The Public Library of Science (PLoS) employed the most liberal interpretation of the Budapest–Bethesda–Berlin (BBB) open access (OA) principles when creating its inaugural journal, PLoS Biology, after extensive OA advocacy efforts. BBB principles encourage open access for all individuals with an Internet connection and free use of all information for any educational purposes, including the creation of derivative works. ----- This current issue of First Monday also has a number of selected papers on Open Access from the First Monday Conference, 15–17 May 2006. http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_6/ Happy reading! Regards, Saiful -- Saiful Amin Information Specialist Edutech India 2/2, Union Street Off Infantry Road Bangalore 560001, India Tel: +91 80 4112 3437 M: +91 93438 26438 Fax: +91 80 4151 7801 www.edutechindia.com "Enhancing knowledge and skills for success, lifelong."

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Amsterdam named World Book Capital 2008
by vimal kumar 20 Jun '06

20 Jun '06

Dear Professionals, Amsterdam has been chosen as the 2008 World Book Capital by a selection committee, comprised of representatives of UNESCO and the three main international organizations representing the book industry, that met at UNESCO on 8 June. Further reading http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22376&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football 06 - Go with the leader. Start your league today! Amsterdam has been chosen as the 2008 World Book Capital by a selection committee, comprised of representatives of UNESCO and the three main international organizations representing the book industry, that met at UNESCO on 8 June. Further reading http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22376&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football 06 - Go with the leader. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=33539/*http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com?o… Start your league today!

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Collapse Of Wikipedia?
by vimal kumar 20 Jun '06

20 Jun '06

Dear professional, An interesting news about Wikipedia appeared in EFY newsnetwork. Collapse Of Wikipedia? Swapnil Bhartiya, EFY News Network Wikipedia is shifting from its core policy by restricting the users' power to edit the online content. 'If you want to see the true character of a person, give him power,' is what Abraham Lincoln said, and Wikipedia has just proved it right. Another statement that goes true for Wikipedia is that 'with the increase in power, democracy gives way to dictatorship'. Why is there so much of criticism of Wikipedia? There has to be: Wikipedia, which became the world's third most popular information hub, is shifting from its core policy -- free information 'which anyone can edit'. But Wikipedia has its own reasons for the shift from 'open editing' to 'not so open editing' of the content online. Wikipedia said that there has been an increase in vandalisation in the recent weeks, especially about the sensitive issues, like George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Iraq, etc. And they want more control to avoid this. According to the New York Times, "[Wikipedia] is not the experiment in freewheeling collective creativity it might seem to be, because maintaining so much openness inevitably involves some trade-offs...it's an online community that has built itself a bureaucracy of sorts one that, in response to well-publicised problems with some entries, has recently grown more elaborate." Wikipedia now has a clear power structure that gives volunteer administrators the authority to exercise editorial control, delete unsuitable articles and protect those that are vulnerable to vandalism. Owing to its policy only, Wikipedia succeded in creating such a huge database of information; now the shift could be seen through two glasses -- its inability to fight vandalism, or it's a strategy to take over full control over the content? Will democracy give way to dictatorship? Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. An interesting news about Wikipedia appeared in EFY newsnetwork. Collapse Of Wikipedia? Swapnil Bhartiya, EFY News Network Wikipedia is shifting from its core policy by restricting the users' power to edit the online content. 'If you want to see the true character of a person, give him power,' is what Abraham Lincoln said, and Wikipedia has just proved it right. Another statement that goes true for Wikipedia is that 'with the increase in power, democracy gives way to dictatorship'. Why is there so much of criticism of Wikipedia? There has to be: Wikipedia, which became the world's third most popular information hub, is shifting from its core policy -- free information 'which anyone can edit'. But Wikipedia has its own reasons for the shift from 'open editing' to 'not so open editing' of the content online. Wikipedia said that there has been an increase in vandalisation in the recent weeks, especially about the sensitive issues, like George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Iraq, etc. And they want more control to avoid this. According to the New York Times, "[Wikipedia] is not the experiment in freewheeling collective creativity it might seem to be, because maintaining so much openness inevitably involves some trade-offs...it's an online community that has built itself a bureaucracy of sorts one that, in response to well-publicised problems with some entries, has recently grown more elaborate." Wikipedia now has a clear power structure that gives volunteer administrators the authority to exercise editorial control, delete unsuitable articles and protect those that are vulnerable to vandalism. Owing to its policy only, Wikipedia succeded in creating such a huge database of information; now the shift could be seen through two glasses -- its inability to fight vandalism, or it's a strategy to take over full control over the content? Will democracy give way to dictatorship? Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman7/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… Great rates starting at 1¢/min.

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