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Job opportunities in DA-IICT Resource Centre
by Tukaram S Kumbar 06 Jul '06

06 Jul '06

Dear All, Our Institute has recently placed an adevertisement in Times of India (Ascent) dated 6th July (Ahmedabad edition) for the positions of Senior Professional Assistant and Junior Professional Assistants. Those of you who are interested in applying for these positions and meet the required qualifications and experience are encouraged to apply within ten days from the date of advertisement. For more details pl visit http://www.da-iict.org/DAIICTPortal/pdf/staff_position.pdf Also I request the memebrs of this forum to bring it to the kind attention of potential candidates. Regards Kumbar Resource Centre DA-IICT Gandhinagar Gujarat Dr.T S Kumbar Canadian Studies Faculty Research Fellow Mac Kimmie Library University of Calgary 2500,University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 kumbarts(a)rediffmail.com Tel. No. (403)220-2567 ================================================ Indian Address: Resource Centre Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology Post Bag.No. 4 Near Indroda Circle GANDHINAGAR 382 007 Tel +91 79 30510550 Email: ts_kumbar(a)da-iict.org http://www.da-iict.org Dear All, Our Institute has recently placed an adevertisement in Times of India (Ascent) dated 6th July (Ahmedabad edition) for the positions of Senior Professional Assistant and Junior Professional Assistants. Those of you who are interested in applying for these positions and meet the required qualifications and experience are encouraged to apply within ten days from the date of advertisement. For more details pl visit http://www.da-iict.org/DAIICTPortal/pdf/staff_position.pdf Also I request the memebrs of this forum to bring it to the kind attention of potential candidates. Regards Kumbar Resource Centre DA-IICT Gandhinagar Gujarat Dr.T S Kumbar Canadian Studies Faculty Research Fellow Mac Kimmie Library University of Calgary 2500,University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 kumbarts(a)rediffmail.com Tel. No. (403)220-2567 ================================================ Indian Address: Resource Centre Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology Post Bag.No. 4 Near Indroda Circle GANDHINAGAR 382 007 Tel +91 79 30510550 Email: ts_kumbar(a)da-iict.org http://www.da-iict.org http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Library crunch
by Thapar, Amit 06 Jul '06

06 Jul '06

Library Crunch: Bringing You a Library 2.0 Perspective http://www.librarycrunch.com/ Michael Casey, one of the leading edge exponents of Library 2.0, offers plenty of good ideas on his blog. · Building Green [Natural Resources Defense Council] http://www.nrdc.org/buildinggreen/ Many new libraries are "green buildings," designed for maximum energy-efficiency and minimum negative impact on the environment. For those considering building green, this Webby winning site explains sustainable building strategies, costs, and more. amit@urservice Cell: 9855701060 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ Library Crunch: Bringing You a Library 2.0 Perspective http://www.librarycrunch.com/ http://www.librarycrunch.com/ Michael Casey, one of the leading edge exponents of Library 2.0, offers plenty of good ideas on his blog. · Building Green [Natural Resources Defense Council] http://www.nrdc.org/buildinggreen/ http://www.nrdc.org/buildinggreen/ Many new libraries are "green buildings," designed for maximum energy-efficiency and minimum negative impact on the environment. For those considering building green, this Webby winning site explains sustainable building strategies, costs, and more. 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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LISA-KU Forum
by Vijayakumara 06 Jul '06

06 Jul '06

Dear All, Library and Information Science Alumni of Kuvempu University, Karnataka has started their LISA-KU forum, if you are the present or passed out student of this LIS dept. of Kuvempu University, Karnataka then you can join this group by clicking the following url http://groups.google.co.in/group/lisa-ku or sending a mail to the following id coolvg(a)gmail.com The benefit of this will be ......... Thanking you Dr. Vijayakumar M \ \ | / / \ \ ~ ~ / / | @ @ | ---------------oooo------ (_)-------------oooo------------------ Dr. Vijayakumar M, Chief Librarian, East Point College of Engineering and Technology Bidarahalli, Kithaganoor Road, Virgonagar - Post, Bangalore - 5600 049, India Tel:080-8473888, 8473777 Fax:080-8472999, coolvg(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free. Dear All, Library and Information Science Alumni of Kuvempu University, Karnataka has started their LISA-KU forum, if you are the present or passed out student of this LIS dept. of Kuvempu University, Karnataka then you can join this group by clicking the following url http://groups.google.co.in/group/lisa-ku http://groups.google.co.in/group/lisa-ku or sending a mail to the following id mailto:coolvg@gmail.com coolvg(a)gmail.com The benefit of this will be ......... Thanking you Dr. Vijayakumar M \ \ | / / \ \ ~ ~ / / | @ @ | ---------------oooo------ (_)-------------oooo------------------ Dr. Vijayakumar M, Chief Librarian, East Point College of Engineering and Technology Bidarahalli, Kithaganoor Road, Virgonagar - Post, Bangalore - 5600 049, India Tel:080-8473888, 8473777 Fax:080-8472999, mailto:coolvg@gmail.com coolvg(a)gmail.com Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36035/*http://music.yahoo.c… Try it free.

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An article worth reading for the professionals
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 06 Jul '06

06 Jul '06

Dear professionals, Some days before, several postings were there by some of the younger professionals of Library and Information Science arguing for the change of their degree title from MLISc to MSc. That day itself I had reacted to the proposal. Now I would like to draw your attention to an article on the same tune. The bibliographic detail of the article is provided below. Due to copyright restrictions I am not able to provide a link to the article. Do get it and read it. Sierpe, E. (2003). Transformation of librarianship in support of learning communities. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 43(2), 120-123. Gopakumar.V Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangotri gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Mobile No: 09447056713 Dear professionals, Some days before, several postings were there by some of the younger professionals of Library and Information Science arguing for the change of their degree title from MLISc to MSc. That day itself I had reacted to the proposal. Now I would like to draw your attention to an article on the same tune. The bibliographic detail of the article is provided below. Due to copyright restrictions I am not able to provide a link to the article. Do get it and read it. Sierpe, E. (2003). Transformation of librarianship in support of learning communities. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 43(2), 120-123. Gopakumar.V Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangotri gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Mobile No: 09447056713 http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Open Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories
by Shamprasad Pujar 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

FYI -- Original Message -- From: "David Prosser" <david.prosser(a)bodley.ox.ac.uk> To: <liblicense-l(a)lists.yale.edu> Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 19:00:09 EDT Subject: Open Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories *Apologies for cross-posting* The University of Glasgow, SPARC Europe and LIBER are proud to announce: OPEN SCHOLARSHIP 2006: NEW CHALLENGES FOR OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORIES This inaugural conference will be held at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK on 18-20 October 2006. Open Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories is a companion European Conference to the OAI meetings at CERN in Geneva, and to the Nordic Scholarly Communication Conferences, and is aimed at Librarians, University Administrators, funders, academics and technical specialists. Open access and the development of OA repositories are transforming scholarship and bringing new opportunities and challenges for researchers, librarians and publishers. Open Scholarship 2006 is a pan-European conference which will focus on these new challenges and opportunities. In addition to tutorial sessions on advocacy and policy issues as well as functionality and software issues, OS 2006 will address key themes presented by many leading European practitioners in the field of Open Access. Key themes will include: * Repository Developments * Added Value Services * Quality Assessment * Policies and Implementation * Sustainability The conference will also provide an opportunity for posters to be submitted and displayed in a dedicated slot in the programme. Posters should address one of the themes of the conference and be no larger than 1m x 1m. Further details about the poster session, including the list of themes is available at <http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/openscholarship/posters.shtml> To register and for further information about the conference, including the preliminary programme go to: <http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/openscholarship> The organising committee gratefully acknowledges our sponsors: JISC, LIBER, SHERPA, SHERPA-Leap, Ex Libris, SURF, EPrints.org, SPARC Europe and Proquest. For further information please contact us at openscholarship(a)lib.gla.ac.uk We look forward to seeing you in Glasgow in October, The Organising Committee, Open Scholarship 2006 Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6514 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in  FYI -- Original Message -- From: "David Prosser" <david.prosser(a)bodley.ox.ac.uk> To: <liblicense-l(a)lists.yale.edu> Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 19:00:09 EDT Subject: Open Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories *Apologies for cross-posting* The University of Glasgow, SPARC Europe and LIBER are proud to announce: OPEN SCHOLARSHIP 2006: NEW CHALLENGES FOR OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORIES This inaugural conference will be held at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK on 18-20 October 2006. Open Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories is a companion European Conference to the OAI meetings at CERN in Geneva, and to the Nordic Scholarly Communication Conferences, and is aimed at Librarians, University Administrators, funders, academics and technical specialists. Open access and the development of OA repositories are transforming scholarship and bringing new opportunities and challenges for researchers, librarians and publishers. Open Scholarship 2006 is a pan-European conference which will focus on these new challenges and opportunities. In addition to tutorial sessions on advocacy and policy issues as well as functionality and software issues, OS 2006 will address key themes presented by many leading European practitioners in the field of Open Access. Key themes will include: * Repository Developments * Added Value Services * Quality Assessment * Policies and Implementation * Sustainability The conference will also provide an opportunity for posters to be submitted and displayed in a dedicated slot in the programme. Posters should address one of the themes of the conference and be no larger than 1m x 1m. Further details about the poster session, including the list of themes is available at <http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/openscholarship/posters.shtml> To register and for further information about the conference, including the preliminary programme go to: <http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/openscholarship> The organising committee gratefully acknowledges our sponsors: JISC, LIBER, SHERPA, SHERPA-Leap, Ex Libris, SURF, EPrints.org, SPARC Europe and Proquest. For further information please contact us at openscholarship(a)lib.gla.ac.uk We look forward to seeing you in Glasgow in October, The Organising Committee, Open Scholarship 2006 Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6514 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in

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Fw: Lorcan Dempsey webcast: Monday 3 July 2006
by Subbiah Arunachalam 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

----- Original Message ----- From: "John MacColl" <john.maccoll(a)ED.AC.UK> To: <JISC-REPOSITORIES(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 4:32 PM Subject: Re: Lorcan Dempsey webcast: Monday 3 July 2006 > The archived version of the webcast of Lorcan Dempsey's presentation at > Edinburgh University Library on Monday 3 July is now available from our > website. You will find the link on this page: > http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/news/. > > John > -- > John MacColl > Head, Digital Library Division 0131 651 3814 07742 424428 > Edinburgh University Library www.lib.ed.ac.uk > >> >> Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President (Research) at OCLC, will be >> making a presentation at Edinburgh University Library on >> Monday 3 July 2006. >> >> -- >> The digital library landscape and trends in the world of Web 2.0. >> >> Presentation by Lorcan Dempsey. >> >> Edinburgh University Library. Monday 3 July 2006. 14.00 BST. >>

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Wanted Proj Asst/Graduate trainees....
by poornima＠css.nal.res.in 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

Applications are invited from suitable candidates with B.E (EC/CS/IT) , MCA and M.L.I.S (with IT knowledge) candidates for the post of Project Assistant /Graduate Trainees to work at the Information Center at NAL. While the tenure of this scheme is strictly for ONE year for Graduate Trainees; for Project Asst, initially for one year with possible extension for the subsequent term. The stipend for PA would be around 8,000/- and 6,000/- for GT. Eligible candidates may send their applications with their bio data to the undersigned at the earliest. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poornima Narayana Contact: 080-25086083 (O) Dy Head, ICAST 080-26682781 (R) N.A.L E mail: poornima(a)css.nal.res.in Airport Road prn_1_in(a)yahoo.com Bangalore 560 017 Fax: 080-25268072 "Scanned By NAL SIG Appliance"

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Parallel between OA and education for all
by Mailing List Manager 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 12:30:04 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends Here is an item from Peter Suber's blog. The author of this paper says "Si= nce there is no way of knowing in advance where new insights may lie, it's = in the interest of humanity to ensure the widest possible access to the bod= y of scientific knowledge." That is why I and many others (including Peter = Suber, Stevan Harnad, Leslie Chan, Barbara Kirsop, Alma Swan, D K Sahu and = others) are advocating open access to all research papers (full text and me= tadata) through interoperable institutional open access archives. That is w= hy MIT and several other universities around the world are makingtheir cour= se content freely available on the Internet through their "Open Course ware= " programmes. In a recent article in OUTLOOK, Dr Pushpa Bhargava, vice chairman of India'= s National Knowledge Commission, has argued that "it is surely important t= o recognise the deprivation and lack of opportunities which the SC/STs and = OBCs-the small creamy layer apart-have experienced; they are the ones who w= ill in all likelihood bring India its future Nobel Prizes." Dr Bhargava arg= ues in favour of extending opportunities for education to all. There is a parallel between Dr Bhargava's plea for extending opportunities = for education to all and the Open Access advocates' plea for making researc= h results (in the form of published papers) available to all scientists aro= und the world without barriers. Many bright scientists in developing countr= ies and in resource-poor institutions in the advanced countries may have th= e potential to advance knowledge (and even to win Nobel Prizes) but how can= they do it if they cannot have access to literature relevant to their rese= arch? And the one sure way to make the research literature available to eve= ry scientist is through interoperable institutional open access archives (o= r repositories). That is why OA advocates are pleading for governments and donor agencies su= pporting scientific research to mandate OA for all publicly-funded research= . =0D Institutions such as the Open Society Institute, NIH, CERN, Wellcome Trust = and JISC are leading the way. It is for others, especially those in the dev= eloping countries, to follow. I believe that India, if China, Brazil and Soth Africa can adopt OA in a bi= g way. That would pave the way for other developing countries. Subbiah Arunachalam ---------- Paula Le Dieu on OA and Science Commons Paula Le Dieu, Science Commons, a podcast lecture delivered at the O'Reilly= European Open Source Convention (Amsterdam, October 17-20, 2005). Paula Le= Dieu is the Director of Creative Commons International. (Thanks to Windley= .) From the description: The scientific traditions of collaboration, transparency and sharing can = be at odds with the constraints of publishers, patents and copy protection.= Science Commons is a new project of the Creative Commons with a mission to= facilitate the growth of an openly accessible commons for scientific knowl= edge. In this talk, Paula Le Dieu maps out some of the alternative models f= or journal publishing, licensing and data sharing which can help promote th= e flow of scientific results and innovation. Le Dieu highlights research on the well known p53 tumor suppressor gene t= o illustrate how scientific progress can be encumbered by limited access to= published results. Meta analysis of the tens of thousands of articles writ= ten on p53 reveals an intriguing web of connections between different pathw= ays and diseases, but this approach is hindered by the fact that only a qua= rter of published research papers are freely accessible in full text on lin= e. =0D Limits stem partly from a conflict between the scientists' interest in sh= aring knowledge and publishers' interest in protecting copyright. The shift= toward electronic publishing also means more libraries acquire journals on= a rental basis rather than outright purchase so that all access is lost if= the subscription ends. Since there is no way of knowing in advance where new insights may lie, i= t's in the interest of humanity to ensure the widest possible access to the= body of scientific knowledge. To that end, Science Commons is promoting ne= w publishing models. They are also trying to rationalize the language of te= chnology transfer agreements to help scientists avoid inadvertently signing= away rights. Finally, the group is investigating alternatives to the 'publ= ish or perish' mode of building scientific reputation. Open access publicat= ion and diverse impact measurements can help reduce the inequities of citat= ion ranking.

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S.R.Ranganathan'sPortal
by krish＠isibang.ac.in 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

Proper link is http://www.isibang.ac.in/library/portal/index.htm M.Krishnamurthy

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Roles & Responsibilities of corporate Librarian
by Emmanuel E C (RBIN/ORG1-KCI) 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

Dear Friends, I would like to introduce my self first, I my self Mr. Emmanuel. E.C working at Robert Bosch India Ltd, Bangalore as, Officer-K-Center and information Services (Corporate Library) We are planning to redefine roles and responsibilities of Librarian at Corporate Library and redesign Information services & products in our company. In this connection I request you to let me know: 1. Role and responsibilities of Librarian at your company 2. Information services and products you are providing to internal customers. I assure you that the information given by you will be kept confidential and will be used as check points to know where do we stand and inputs for planning news services at corporate library. Hope you will not mind in spending some minutes to list out the requested details. Thanks in advance & Have a nice day!! Regards Emmanuel  Dear Friends, � I would like to introduce my self first, I my self Mr. Emmanuel. E.C working at Robert Bosch India Ltd, Bangalore as, Officer-K-Center and information Services (Corporate Library) � We are planning to redefine roles and responsibilities of Librarian at Corporate Library and redesign Information services & products in our company. In this connection I request you to let me know: � 1. �� Role and responsibilities of Librarian at your company 2. �� Information services and products you are providing to internal customers. � I assure you that the information given by you will be kept confidential and will be used as check points to know where do we stand and inputs for planning news services at corporate library. � Hope you will not mind in spending some minutes to list out the requested details. � Thanks in advance & Have a nice day!! � Regards Emmanuel

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