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

RE: change of MLIS degree to MSc - not required and stop.
by Manjunath K 16 Jun '06

16 Jun '06

Recently some mails are being posted on Lis-forum for changing MLIS to MSc degree ( few mails for and few against). Surprise to note the suggestion to change the nomenclature is coming from our young professionals who are more tech-savvy!!!. One should have self respect for his profession. The dedication to profession brings all fame and satisfaction. We should not feel shy, shame or degraded while telling our degree to someone. This fear of inferiority in society makes us nervous. Each profession has its own uniqueness and value. In what way our image will improve by telling MSc? In many universities our course is classified under Faculty of Science like any other basic science courses. "Still people are thinking that Library means simply sitting around the book and doing some issue and return" in what way an MSc nomenclature will help us to remove this image? Unless we prove our credibility.... "So we have revise the syllabus of LIS.we should follow the ALA syllabus in India" who said change of syllabus needs change of degree name? the syllabus can be updated frequently benchmarking with top LIS schools even without changing the name of the degree. I strongly opine that our degree nomenclature has unique feature and it need not be changed as few budding fellow professionals are proposing to change. Fellow colleagues, let us stop this type of discussion as it could lead to throwing mud on our face and profession. Manjunath _____________________________________________ Dr. Manjunatha K Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal - 576 104. Udupi Dist. Karnataka State, India Phone: 91-0820-2573551(off) 2575161(Res). manjunath(a)mail.tapmi.org; manju_tapmi(a)yahoo.com _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of M.Arockia Lourdu Raj Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 5:27 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] change of degree Dear Professionals, I agree with the srinivasulu's point of view of changing the degree from MLISc to MSc will bring value to this degree and LIS professsionals. I would also like to mention that as well as changing the degree, we should change the subject name also from Library and Informtion science to Information Science, Because as soon as we say Library science the way they look at us totally different.Still people are thinking that Library means simply sitting around the book and doing some issue and return. So we have revise the syllabus of LIS.we should follow the ALA syllabus in India. So that other country will accept our LIS programme.Faculty members also have to update their knowedge from time to time. With regards M Arockia Lourdu Raj __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Final Call for Papers... NCIMDiL2006 at Central Library, IIT Kharagpur [Last date for Submission of paper: 30 June 2006]
by Sandeep Pathak 16 Jun '06

16 Jun '06

<<< Final Call for Papers >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS : National Conference on Information Management in Digital Libraries (NCIMdiL) August 02-04, 2006 http://www.library.iitkgp.ernet.in/NCIMDiL/ncimdil.htm Call for Papers =============== You are invited to submit your papers to the National Conference on Information Management in Digital Libraries (NCIMdiL) August 02-04, 2006. Original Contributions based on practice/theory/research/ practical experience/design and development work related to the theme are invited for presentation. All papers will go through a process of review and papers accepted and presented in the conference will be published in the Conference Proceedings. The theme areas are: ú Information storage and retrieval for global access ú Digital Library architectures, planning and ongoing project, models, integrated access interface. ú Content management, content organization, resource description and discovery, crosswalk and interoperability, metadata harvesting ú Access to distributed and heterogeneous digital collections: interoperability, scalability, relevant information discovery, meta information integration. ú New forms and models of digital library services ú Unicode & multilingual digital library development ú E-Learning, e-publishing, open source movement, open access initiatives, institutional repositories, consortium and electronic resource sharing ú Digital divide ú Policies, standards & practices, dublin core and metadata standards of digital resources, IPR / legal aspects, security, sustainability and preservation ú Digital library performance, resources, usefulness, usability and evaluation; ú User education, system evaluation & surveys ú User studies: user communities, user needs, user behavior, usage pattern; Implications for information (seeking) behavior and retrieval ú Digital library trends and future. Paper Submission Information : =========================== > All papers must be original in contribution and authors of the accepted > papers should transfer the copyrights to Central Library, IIT Kharagpur. > A panel of experts will review each contributed paper. Acceptance of a > paper and decision about oral or poster presentation will be strictly > based on recommendation of the reviewers. > > Two hard copies of the full paper printed in 12-point font (Times New > Roman) on A-4 paper in double space should be submitted as per the > schedule given below. Electronic submission as MS-Word file is also > required. Correspondence will be made with the corresponding author and > therefore the name, and full address, email, fax and phone number of the > corresponding author should be clearly indicated. Mailing Address (paper to be sent): ========================================== Mr. S. K. Pathak Convener, Technical Programme & Publication of Proceeding, NCIMDiL 2006 Assistant Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur - 721302, W.B. Email: pathak(a)library.iitkgp.ernet.in =========================================== > Important Dates : > > Last date for submission of Papers : 30 June 2006 > Acceptance Notification : 10 July 2006 > Camera-ready Copy : 20 July 2006 > > > Registration Information : > > > For details about the conference registration fee for all presenters and > participants and other registration information, please refer to the > conference website > (http://www.library.iitkgp.ernet.in/NCIMDiL/ncimdil.htm) > > > For details visit conference website > http://www.library.iitkgp.ernet.in/NCIMDiL/ncimdil.htm > > > Thanking You. > > With warm regards, > > - Sandeep Pathak > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sandeep Kumar Pathak > Assistant Librarian > > Indian Institute of Technology |Residence | > Kharagpur - 721 302 |----------- | > West Bengal, INDIA |C1 - 174, | > Ph.: 03222-282466 (O), 03222-282453 (R) |I.I.T CAMPUS| > Fax: 03222-282431 |Kharagpur | > -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Boundaries in science
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 15 Jun '06

15 Jun '06

Friends: Here is an interesting point about subject-based boundaries in science (which could be extended to all knowledge in general). From Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News": More on PLoS ONE Richard Poynder, Open Access: Stage Two, Open and Shut, June 15, 2006. An interview with Chris Surridge, who moved from Nature to take the job of managing editor at PLoS ONE. Excerpt: RP: ...[W]hy does the world need PLoS ONE? CS: Because the system of disseminating scientific research has become extremely inefficient, and the concept of the journal has been eroded by the Internet....The Internet is providing us with all sorts of new tools for communicating science, so simply publishing journals, and distributing them electronically isnt using the full potential of the Web to make the dissemination of scientific information efficient and effective. It just isn't the best way to do it anymore....[Traditional journals] quickly run up against a boundary question: where, say, does biophysics end and biochemistry begins? You find yourself starting to have to make lots of unnecessary decisions about borders....The boundaries have effectively been imposed as a consequence of the way that journals work, and the way that universities are structured. RP: So there is no need for such rigid boundaries? CS: No. At least, not when publishing. Consider, for instance, if you were to have a study that compared the genomes of man and the great apes, looking at a cluster of genes that controls the development of the brain cells associated with language. Now what subject is that? Is it neuroscience? Is it evolution? Is it genetics? Is it genomics? Actually, it is all of these things, so you could classify it in any one of these subject areas.... RP: The criteria for accepting a paper, however, will be different will it not? The PLoS ONE press release, for instance, says that "subjective considerations like 'likely impact,' 'degree of advance,' or 'interest to a general reader' will not play a role in deciding whether an article should be published or not." CS: That's right. Traditionally a lot of the work that goes into peer reviewing consists of asking questions like: "How significant is this? How surprising are the conclusions?" Essentially, these are subjective questions. A more objective question to ask would be: "Is this properly done science"....What is also different about PLoS ONE, by the way, is that we do not see peer review ending on publication of the paper....We believe that the more subjective questions about how a paper relates to other work, and where it fits into the whole corpus of scientific literature are still important questions but we feel that these can be better answered via an open peer review process that takes place after the paper has been published. ---- The idea that these boundaries (say between biochemistry and biophysics or physical chemistry and chemical physics) are artificial was articulated years ago by Eugene Garfield (the man behind Current Contents, Science Citation Index, etc.). He suggested 'research fronts' as a more sensible category. After all, all knowledge could be viewed as a continuum, an unfragmentable whole. It is simply because most of us are mere mortals and cannot chew the whole, we keep nibbling at little corners. The more talented amongst us are able to see and play around with larger chunks. Amartya Sen, for example, is professor of economics as well as philosophy. The late Michael Polanyi made his mark first in chemistry and physics, then moved to philosophy and later to sociology. Prof. J D Bernal had also suggested, way back in the 1940s, that we could abandon the journals and circulate individual papers. After all, how many articles in a given journal will a scientist find directly relevant to her work? Take an issue of PNASc or JACS. There are about 100 articles in an issue; no one reads all of them. Each reader is interested in a small number of all these articles, here small meaning 0-3 or 4. Why pay for all 100? Subbiah Arunachalam

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Re: [nmlis] Eighth National Annual Convention of MANLIBNET at NIRMA Ahmedabad from 18-20th Sep 2006
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 15 Jun '06

15 Jun '06

thankyou for information Sharma Jitender <jitendersharmaji(a)yahoo.com> wrote: VIII MANLIBNET Annual Convention September 18-20, 2006 Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad Introduction Management Libraries Network (MANLIBNET), a network of management libraries, was born in the year 2000 and is in operation for the past six years as a registered Society in Delhi under Societies Regulation Act of 1860. MANLIBNET was established with sharing and exchanging new information and developments among library professionals as one of its aims. The network has already organized seven national conventions: Convention Venue Convention Venue First IIM, Ahmedabad (1999) Fifth XLRI, Jamshedpur (2003) Second IMT Ghaziabad (2000) Sixth Mumbai (2004) Third IIM, Lucknow (2001) Seventh IIM, Kozhikode (2005) Fourth NIFM, Faridabad (2002) The Eighth MANLIBNET Annual Convention is being organized at the Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. In its endeavor to provide a platform and opportunity to the library professionals to learn, share and deliberate on issues of professional interest with a focus, the Annual MANLIBNET conventions have a theme that is made up of various sub-themes. This annual convention of MANLIBNET has the following theme and sub-themes: Theme Technology and Management Trends: Perspectives and opportunities for library professionals Sub-themes 1. Technology Trends: Access, Organization and Retrieval Technologies 2. Library Security Trends: Video Camera, Magnetic Strips, RFID, etc 3. Management Trends: Marketing, Finance, Human Resources & Strategy Speakers Eminent technology and management experts will be invited to speak on the various sub-themes in addition to selected paper presentations on the sub-themes. Call for papers Papers on the various sub-themes are invited on or before August 15, 2006. Deadlines will be strictly adhered to as the selected papers will be invited for presentation and included in the conference volume that is planned to be published before the convention for distribution to the participants. Papers with original ideas, theoretical or application oriented and case studies of libraries in the context of the theme will be selected. Young professionals are encouraged to contribute. For Whom The convention is organized keeping in mind the library professionals working in various institutions like academic, corporate, public, nonprofit, etc. However persons from other disciplines like faculty of b-schools, business researchers, information technology professionals, etc are also encouraged to participate. Fees Residential Participants: Rs. 1,600/- (one thousand six hundred only) Non-residential Participants: Rs. 1,000/- (one thousand only) The payment has to be made by DD or cheque drawn in favor of Institute of Management, Nirma University. Please note that 1. The accommodation charges are highly subsidized and the charges are for three days only. 2. There is limited accommodation facility available in the campus hostel and the same will be allocated on first-come-first-serve basis. 3. For late registrants only dormitory type accommodation on campus is available. 4. If desired hotel accommodation on actual extra payment will be facilitated. 5. The last date for registration is August 15, 2006. Organising Secretary: H Anil Kumar Chief Librarian Nirma University of Science and Technology S-G Highway, Ahmedabad 382 481 Ph: 09825600804 (02717) 241900-04 Email: anil(a)nim.ac.in Institute of Management, Nirma University Institute of Management, Ahmedabad was established with a mission to be one of the best B-schools in the Asia-Pacific region by promoting excellence in management education. The Institute is ranked among the top 15 b-schools in the country. The Institute offers Master of Business Administration (full-time and part-time), doctoral level programme in management, in addition to various executive development programmes, executive education programmes, in-house training programmes and consulting services. The Institute also offers a specialized MBA in Family Business and Entrepreneurship. Nirma University of Science and Technology Established by the legendary Dr. Karsanbhai K. Patel, Chairman, Nirma Group, under the aegis of Nirma Education and Research Foundation (established in 1994), the university presently includes a top grade Institute of Technology (1995), a leading b-school Institute of Management (1996), an innovative Institute of Diploma Studies (1997), an upcoming Institute of Pharmacy (2003), a technology business incubator - NirmaLabs (2004) and an emerging Institute of Sciences (2005). All these institutions have emerged as centers of excellence offering various programmes ranging from undergraduate to doctoral levels in technology, engineering, business, pharmacy and sciences. The Government of Gujarat established the Nirma University of Science and Technology under Act No. 10 passed by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Gujarat in April 2003. This development witnessed the merging of all Institutes under the NERF into a single entity of Nirma University of Science and Technology. The university has also been recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under the section 2 (f) of the UGC Act. Spread over the sprawling 140 acres of beautifully landscaped area, the campus is among one of the most impressive ones in India. Massive educational complexes set in lush green environs provide the right ambience and atmosphere for intellectual interaction and stimulation. The world class infrastructure includes auditoriums, seminar rooms, class rooms, computer laboratories, library, hostels, canteens, etc facilitate teaching-learning processes that fascinate and delight students, faculty, corporate visitors, foreigners and parents. Library Resource Center Presently operating as three libraries, i.e., Technology, Management and Pharmacy, the libraries on the campus cater to the needs of the academic fraternity of the university. The Institute of Management Library has over the years established itself as a rich resource for business and management research, education and training requirements and usually rates high in all the Indian b-school rankings. The library provides access to a wide range of resources in print and digital formats. Digital library initiatives at the library provide friendly and convenient access to library resources through a library portal that can be accessed throughout the campus. Adopting effective technologies like barcode, biometric, digital scanning and other Information technologies the library makes its various services user friendly. The library also drives the book club of the Institute Sumantra that provides a platform to the students to review leading books to interested faculty and students. Jitender Sharma Librarian NIILM CMS B-II/66, MCIE Mathura Road New Delhi - 110044 Tel: 91-011-29891529/39 Extn. 221 and 29893143 (Dir.) Fax: 91-011-29894212 E-mail: jsharma@niilm.com,jitendersharmaji@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar You are receiving Individual Emails Change Delivery Settings Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe We Made Changes Your Yahoo! 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Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Sharma Jitender <jitendersharmaji(a)yahoo.com> wrote: VIII MANLIBNET Annual Convention September 18-20, 2006 Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad Introduction Management Libraries Network (MANLIBNET), a network of management libraries, was born in the year 2000 and is in operation for the past six years as a registered Society in Delhi under Societies Regulation Act of 1860. MANLIBNET was established with sharing and exchanging new information and developments among library professionals as one of its aims. The network has already organized seven national conventions: Convention Venue Convention Venue First IIM, Ahmedabad (1999) Fifth XLRI, Jamshedpur (2003) Second IMT Ghaziabad (2000) Sixth Mumbai (2004) Third IIM, Lucknow (2001) Seventh IIM, Kozhikode (2005) Fourth NIFM, Faridabad (2002) The Eighth MANLIBNET Annual Convention is being organized at the Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. In its endeavor to provide a platform and opportunity to the library professionals to learn, share and deliberate on issues of professional interest with a focus, the Annual MANLIBNET conventions have a theme that is made up of various sub-themes. This annual convention of MANLIBNET has the following theme and sub-themes: Theme Technology and Management Trends: Perspectives and opportunities for library professionals Sub-themes 1. Technology Trends: Access, Organization and Retrieval Technologies 2. Library Security Trends: Video Camera, Magnetic Strips, RFID, etc 3. Management Trends: Marketing, Finance, Human Resources & Strategy Speakers Eminent technology and management experts will be invited to speak on the various sub-themes in addition to selected paper presentations on the sub-themes. Call for papers Papers on the various sub-themes are invited on or before August 15, 2006. Deadlines will be strictly adhered to as the selected papers will be invited for presentation and included in the conference volume that is planned to be published before the convention for distribution to the participants. Papers with original ideas, theoretical or application oriented and case studies of libraries in the context of the theme will be selected. Young professionals are encouraged to contribute. For Whom The convention is organized keeping in mind the library professionals working in various institutions like academic, corporate, public, nonprofit, etc. However persons from other disciplines like faculty of b-schools, business researchers, information technology professionals, etc are also encouraged to participate. Fees Residential Participants: Rs. 1,600/- (one thousand six hundred only) Non-residential Participants: Rs. 1,000/- (one thousand only) The payment has to be made by DD or cheque drawn in favor of Institute of Management, Nirma University. Please note that 1. The accommodation charges are highly subsidized and the charges are for three days only. 2. There is limited accommodation facility available in the campus hostel and the same will be allocated on first-come-first- serve basis. 3. For late registrants only dormitory type accommodation on campus is available. 4. If desired hotel accommodation on actual extra payment will be facilitated. 5. The last date for registration is August 15, 2006. Organising Secretary: H Anil Kumar Chief Librarian Nirma University of Science and Technology S-G Highway, Ahmedabad 382 481 Ph: 09825600804 (02717) 241900-04 Email: mailto:anil%40nim.ac.in anil(a)nim.ac. in Institute of Management, Nirma University Institute of Management, Ahmedabad was established with a mission to be one of the best B-schools in the Asia-Pacific region by promoting excellence in management education. The Institute is ranked among the top 15 b-schools in the country. The Institute offers Master of Business Administration (full-time and part-time), doctoral level programme in management, in addition to various executive development programmes, executive education programmes, in-house training programmes and consulting services. The Institute also offers a specialized MBA in Family Business and Entrepreneurship. Nirma University of Science and Technology Established by the legendary Dr. Karsanbhai K. Patel, Chairman, Nirma Group, under the aegis of Nirma Education and Research Foundation (established in 1994), the university presently includes a top grade Institute of Technology (1995), a leading b-school Institute of Management (1996), an innovative Institute of Diploma Studies (1997), an upcoming Institute of Pharmacy (2003), a technology business incubator - NirmaLabs (2004) and an emerging Institute of Sciences (2005). All these institutions have emerged as centers of excellence offering various programmes ranging from undergraduate to doctoral levels in technology, engineering, business, pharmacy and sciences. The Government of Gujarat established the Nirma University of Science and Technology under Act No. 10 passed by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Gujarat in April 2003. This development witnessed the merging of all Institutes under the NERF into a single entity of Nirma University of Science and Technology. The university has also been recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under the section 2 (f) of the UGC Act. Spread over the sprawling 140 acres of beautifully landscaped area, the campus is among one of the most impressive ones in India. Massive educational complexes set in lush green environs provide the right ambience and atmosphere for intellectual interaction and stimulation. The world class infrastructure includes auditoriums, seminar rooms, class rooms, computer laboratories, library, hostels, canteens, etc facilitate teaching-learning processes that fascinate and delight students, faculty, corporate visitors, foreigners and parents. Library Resource Center Presently operating as three libraries, i.e., Technology, Management and Pharmacy, the libraries on the campus cater to the needs of the academic fraternity of the university. The Institute of Management Library has over the years established itself as a rich resource for business and management research, education and training requirements and usually rates high in all the Indian b-school rankings. The library provides access to a wide range of resources in print and digital formats. Digital library initiatives at the library provide friendly and convenient access to library resources through a library portal that can be accessed throughout the campus. Adopting effective technologies like barcode, biometric, digital scanning and other Information technologies the library makes its various services user friendly. The library also drives the book club of the Institute Sumantra that provides a platform to the students to review leading books to interested faculty and students. Jitender Sharma Librarian NIILM CMS B-II/66, MCIE Mathura Road New Delhi - 110044 Tel: 91-011-29891529/ 39 Extn. 221 and 29893143 (Dir.) Fax: 91-011-29894212 E-mail: mailto:jsharma%40niilm.com jsharma@niilm. com , mailto:jitendersharmaji%40yahoo.com jitendersharmaji@ yahoo.com ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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OA and copyright - MIT talks to publishers
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Jun '06

15 Jun '06

Dear Dr Bhargava: Here is a news story from Peter Suber's blog on MIT, Cambridge, talking to 30 major journal publishers about allowing MIT scientists and students who publish in their journals to retain the copyright and to have the right to self-archive the papers. You might wish to write to MIT and get more details so we can follow a similar approach in India. The National Knowledge Commission can negotiate with the leading publishers of the world on behalf of all our higher educational and research institutions. That would be easier than each institutions negotiating independently with all the publishers. Regards. Arun --- More on the MIT publishing amendment Hemai Parthasarathy, Instituting Change, PLoS Biology, June 2006. An editorial. Ann Wolpert, Director of Libraries at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),,...and the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost, Alice Gast, are asking publishers to allow MIT researchers to publish their work using a copyright amendment of MIT's design. The amendment allows the author and institution non-exclusive rights to reuse, reproduce, and archive their published research articles in digital repositories. Although this amendment is now available on the MIT Web site and has been distributed to the MIT faculty, Wolpert is taking the extra step of directly contacting the 30 major publishers with whom MIT faculty publish to finalize appropriate language that will best "accommodate the interests of the academy and those of the publishers," while supporting the implementation of the NIH policy. According to Wolpert, the MIT copyright amendment grew out of the faculty's double-edged response to the NIH policy recommendation: despite "a philosophical groundswell of agreement," researchers found the demands of work too overwhelming to overcome the logistical obstacles of acting on their beliefs. Focus groups with faculty and researchers generated a series of recommendations to make compliance easier. One important recommendation was to resolve any conflict between copyright agreements and archiving.... At the stage when a manuscript is (finally!) accepted for publication, the last thing a researcher wants to do is to fight over a copyright agreement, especially when this might cause a publication delay. The purpose of creating this amendment and the subsequent direct discussions with publishers is to bring the institution into the negotiations on the side of the author. Faculty, of course, are pleased to have this potential burden lifted. Although its use is not required, the recommended copyright amendment has the endorsement of several academic groups at MIT, including the Faculty Policy Committee, department heads, and Academic Council.... Dear Dr Bhargava: Here is a news story from Peter Suber's blog on MIT, Cambridge, talking to 30 major journal publishers about allowing MIT scientists and students who publish in their journals to retain the copyright and to have the right to self-archive the papers. You might wish to write to MIT and get more details so we can follow a similar approach in India. The National Knowledge Commission can negotiate with the leading publishers of the world on behalf of all our higher educational and research institutions. That would be easier than each institutions negotiating independently with all the publishers. Regards. Arun --- More on the MIT publishing amendment Hemai Parthasarathy, http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/… Instituting Change , PLoS Biology , June 2006. An editorial. Ann Wolpert, Director of Libraries at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),,...and the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost, Alice Gast, are asking publishers to allow MIT researchers to publish their work using a http://libraries.mit.edu/about/scholarly/amendment.pdf copyright amendment of MITs design. The amendment allows the author and institution non-exclusive rights to reuse, reproduce, and archive their published research articles in digital repositories. Although this amendment is now available on the MIT Web site and has been distributed to the MIT faculty, Wolpert is taking the extra step of directly contacting the 30 major publishers with whom MIT faculty publish to finalize appropriate language that will best accommodate the interests of the academy and those of the publishers, while supporting the implementation of the NIH policy. According to Wolpert, the MIT copyright amendment grew out of the facultys double-edged response to the NIH policy recommendation: despite a philosophical groundswell of agreement, researchers found the demands of work too overwhelming to overcome the logistical obstacles of acting on their beliefs. Focus groups with faculty and researchers generated a series of recommendations to make compliance easier. One important recommendation was to resolve any conflict between copyright agreements and archiving.... At the stage when a manuscript is (finally!) accepted for publication, the last thing a researcher wants to do is to fight over a copyright agreement, especially when this might cause a publication delay. The purpose of creating this amendment and the subsequent direct discussions with publishers is to bring the institution into the negotiations on the side of the author. Faculty, of course, are pleased to have this potential burden lifted. Although its use is not required, the recommended copyright amendment has the endorsement of several academic groups at MIT, including the Faculty Policy Committee, department heads, and Academic Council....

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Please write to European Union supporting OA
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 15 Jun '06

15 Jun '06

>From Peter Suber Important reminder Comments on the EC report and its OA recommendations were originally due on June 1. But the deadline was extended until tomorrow, June 15. In the 108 page report, Study on the Economic and Technical Evolution of the Scientific Publication Markets in Europe, the recommendations are on pp. 11-13. For a summary, see my SOAN story from May 2 or my blog posting from April 3. Note especially recommendation A1, which would mandate OA for publicly-funded research. Please send a supportive comment to rtd-scientific-publication(a)cec.eu.int, today if you can, tomorrow at the latest. You can be sure that OA opponents are sending in their comments. Even a short comment in support of recommendation A1 would be better than no comment at all, whether or not you live in a European country.

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KALA & NCSI Lecture
by Mailing List Manager 14 Jun '06

14 Jun '06

Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:15:27 +0530 (IST) From: I.R.N.Goudar <goudar(a)css.nal.res.in> LECTURE NOTICE Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) and National Centre for Science Information, IISc cordially invites you for the following lecture Topic: Intellectual Property Rights and Scientific Information Services Speaker: Mr. Aalt Van De Kuilen Seniuor Information Specialist Solvey, Netherlands Date & Time: Thursday, 15 June 2006 at 6.00 pm Venue: Seminar Hall, NCSI, IISc (Tel: 23600271, Mr Francis Jayakanth) ALL ARE INVITED Dr. I.R. N. Goudar Mr Francis Jayakanth President, KALA NCSI, IISc -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html PLEASE NOTE: Mr Aalt is India to traing staff of GE on IPR and related matter About the talk: Speaker would give an overview of Information services available for the end-users within Solvay Pharmaceuticals. After a complete reorganization, Solvey did shift most of the Library & Information Services to the end-users. Aalt shares his Solvey experiences and insights. About the Speaker: Aalt van de Kuilen joined Solvay on 1st April 1980 as a chemist at the age of 23. At that time the company was known as Philips Duphar, part of the Philips Corporation. In 1993 he moved into the Patent Department of Solvay Pharmaceuticals and received training as a Patent Information Specialist. During this period he became a member of WON (Dutch Patent Information User Group) and soon afterwards a Board Member of WON. He is a member of SACEPO (Standing Advisory Committee of the European Patent Office) and represents Solvay Pharmaceuticals in the Pharma Documentation Ring (PDR). Mr. Van de Kuilen is also a teacher at the GO-Institute for the training course for Patent Information Specialists (PIS). >From September 2002 onwards, when the Intellectual Property and Scientific Information Business Sectors at Solvay Pharmaceuticals were combined, he became responsible for all Scientific Information. Aalt is married and has a son (19) and a daughter (17).

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Digital preservation
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Jun '06

14 Jun '06

Fro Peter Suber's blog: OA report on digital preservation IFLA has provided OA to its book-length report, Networking for Digital Preservation: Current Practice in 15 National Libraries. Arun Fro Peter Suber's blog: OA report on digital preservation http://www.ifla.org/index.htm IFLA has provided OA to its book-length report, http://www.ifla.org/V/pr/saur119.htm Networking for Digital Preservation: Current Practice in 15 National Libraries . Arun

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Re: Congrats to the IISc Prints team!
by Francis Jayakanth 13 Jun '06

13 Jun '06

Dear Sir: Thanks very much for the compliments. It is indeed very heartening to see the 5000 hits on our IR. We still have a long way to go. Our desire is to be the first institution, at least, in the country, whose publications are 100% open access. Of the 5000 deposits, majority of the deposits have been done by the Centre's staff. So, all the credits should go to my colleagues who have been working tirelessly to achieve this milestone. Actually, the plan was to reach 5000 mark by June 3, which marked the first death anniversary of Dr. T. B. Rajashekar. We were off the target by couple of records. We eventually reached the 5000 mark on June 10. ePrints@IISc project was very close Rajashekar's heart. He would have been a very happy man had been amongst us today. As you may be aware, we are conducting a workshop on GNU EPrints during the last week of July 2006. We are getting overwhelming responses for the workshop. We want to ensure that at least 10 new repositories will come up in the country as the outcome of this workshop. Madhan Muthu's suggestion of having a meeting of repository managers is very timely. I'll check with our Chairman if NCSI can host this event. With regards, - Francis On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: > > Congratulations to NCSI Team! I just came to know that the IISc Eprints server now > hosts 5,000 papers by the Institute's faculty and students. It is a > milestone worth celebrating. When I come on 1 June I shall bring a > packet of sweets. > > Of course, we have a long way to go. For instance, we must persuade ALL > our faculty and students to deposit their papers (full text) on their > own initiative. We should reach 100% archiving. And we should persuade > other Indian institutions to perform as well as IISc has done. > > Madhan Muthu of NIT-Rourkela suggests that we should have a meeting of > all repository managers, about 25-30 (?), to discuss how we could > achieve 100% archiving by authors. If we hold such a meeting, say at > IISc with DSIR support, we may also discuss issues relating to LOCKSS, > preservation, standards, and advocacy. > > Best wishes. > > Arun > [Subbiah Arunachalam] > >

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Congrats to the IISc Prints team!
by Mailing List Manager 13 Jun '06

13 Jun '06

Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:09:42 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Congratulationa to NCSI team! I just came to know that the IISc Eprints server now hosts 5,000 papers by the Institute's faculty and students. It is a milestone worth celebrating. When I come on 1 June I shall bring a packet of sweets. Of course, we have a long way to go. For instance, we must persuade ALL our faculty and students to deposit their papers (full text) on their own initiative. We should reach 100% archiving. And we should persuade other Indian institutions to perform as well as IISc has done. Madhan Muthu of NIT-Rourkela suggests that we should have a meeting of all repository managers, about 25-30 (?), to discuss how we could achieve 100% archiving by authors. If we hold such a meeting, say at IISc with DSIR support, we may also discuss issues relating to LOCKSS, preservation, standards, and advocacy. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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