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

Academic Info - Online subject directory
by raja ram 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

Dear all, 1. Academic Info : http://www.academicinfo.net/ Academic Info is an online subject directory of over 25,000 hand-picked educational resources for high school and college students as well as a directory of online degree programs (University of Phoenix, ITT Technical Institute, Kaplan, DeVry) and admissions test preparation resources (SAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, USMLE, TOEFL). We also offer timely news and analysis of critical events including the Iraq War, Afghanistan Reconstruction, Hurricane Katrina recovery, and the War on Terrorism 2. Information Manager : http://infosara.blogspot.com A blog of a librarian from india, blog some of the interesting news,tools and updates in library profession and in general. regards raj --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new Click here Catch all the FIFA World Cup 2006 action on Yahoo! India Click here Dear all, 1. Academic Info : http://www.academicinfo.net/ http://www.academicinfo.net/ Academic Info is an online subject directory of over 25,000 hand-picked educational resources for high school and college students as well as a directory of online degree programs (University of Phoenix, ITT Technical Institute, Kaplan, DeVry) and admissions test preparation resources (SAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, USMLE, TOEFL). We also offer timely news and analysis of critical events including the Iraq War, Afghanistan Reconstruction, Hurricane Katrina recovery, and the War on Terrorism 2. Information Manager : http://infosara.blogspot.com http://infosara.blogspot.com A blog of a librarian from india, blog some of the interesting news,tools and updates in library profession and in general. regards raj Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailanswersshare/*http://in.answers.yahoo.co… Click here Catch all the FIFA World Cup 2006 action on Yahoo! India http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailfifa/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/footbal… Click here

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Don't Pay Bribes: Use the Right to Information Act Instead.
by Farooque Shaheen 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

Dear Professional, Please join the drive against bribe awareness-cum-assistance campaign from July 1- 15, 2006. Contact details for campaign: National helpline: 0 92504 92504 SMS rti (city name) at 6388 to get venue of camp in your city Website: www.righttoinformation.org Postal address: RTI, Post Bag No 9201, Delhi-92. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Asst. Manager- Information Services Caritor India Pvt Ltd Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 Dear Professional, � � � � � � � � �Please join the drive against bribe awareness-cum-assistance campaign from July 1- 15, 2006. Contact details for campaign: National helpline: 0 92504 92504 SMS rti (city name) at 6388 to get venue of camp in your city Website: www.righttoinformation.org Postal address: RTI, Post Bag No 9201, Delhi-92. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Asst. Manager- Information Services Caritor India Pvt Ltd Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366

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Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 40, Issue 1
by Usha Mujoo-Munshi 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

Please circulate the following message via the lis-forum The United States Educational Foundation in India (USEFI) is happy to announce the 2007 International Fulbright Science and Technology Award for PhD study at top U.S. institutions in science, technology, or engineering. This new award is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and is designed to be the most prestigious international scholarship in science and technology. The International Fulbright Science and Technology Award reaffirms Americas pre-eminence and competitiveness in the fields of science, technology, and engineering, as the U.S. remains the most attractive destination for serious scientific and technological research and study. In the first year of this program, approximately 25 awards will be offered worldwide for candidates who demonstrate unique aptitude and innovation in scientific fields. USEFI requests that you bring this announcement to the attention of outstanding Indian students. Application deadline is July 31, 2006. Eligible fields of study include Aeronautics and Astronomics/Aeronautical Engineering, Astronomy/Planetary Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Sciences/Engineering, Engineering (electrical, chemical, civil, mechanical, ocean, and petroleum), Environmental Science/Engineering, Geology/Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Information Sciences/Engineering, Materials Science/Engineering, Mathematics, Neuroscience/Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Oceanography and Physics. USEFI will forward two nominations to compete with candidates from all over the world for this fellowship. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State will fully fund grants for up to three years under this program and will provide tuition and fees, monthly stipend, applicable allowances, medical insurance, roundtrip airfare and a J1 visa sponsorship for up to five years. Academic placement (university admission and other formalities) of the selected scholars will be handled by the International Institute of Education (IIE). Application details and materials are available on USEFI website <http://www.fulbright-india.org> or at the USEFI offices in New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai. USEFI thanks you for your support and cooperation in spreading the word about the 2007 International Fulbright Science and Technology Award. Sincerely, Sarina Paranjape Indian Program Officer Sarina Paranjape Indian Program Officer United States Educational Foundation in India (USEFI) 12 Hailey Road, New Delhi 110001, India Tel: 91-11-23328944; fax: 91-11-23329718 emailsarina(a)fulbright-india.org USEFI website:<www.fulbright-india.org> > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Best Practices for the National Seminar- WEBSITE (Dr.P.V.Konnur) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:25:31 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Dr.P.V.Konnur" <pv_konnur(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Best Practices for the National Seminar- WEBSITE > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com > Message-ID: <20060630072531.89155.qmail(a)web42203.mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Dear Friends, > > Bangalore University Library in collaboration with NAAC > Bangalore is organizing a National Seminar on Best > Practices in Library and Information Services from 9th to > 12 th August 2006. All are requested to contribute their > Best practices practiced in their Libraries. Enclosed is > the Brochure of the seminar. For details please visit > Best Practices National Seminar Website at: > http://bub.ernet.in/Seminar/library/index.html > > Thanks, > Konnur > > Dr.P.V.Konnur, > University Librarian, > Bangalore University Library, > Jnana Bharathi, Bangalore-560 056 > Phone: o8o-22961131, 080-23215510 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 40, Issue 1 > **************************************** > -- Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi Head, Informatics Indian National Science Academy Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg New Delhi - 110 002 umunshi(a)insa.nic.in http://www.insaindia..org

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NCSI-NET Meeting
by Nandhan Ravi 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

Dear All , NCSI-NET meeting will be held on Saturday, 8th July 2006. The meeting will commence with a talk. All are cordially invited for the talk. The talk - Topic: IP Asset Management Speaker: Mr. Adarsh Nigam. Vice President, Vans Information System, Mumbai Time: 11:00 AM. Venue: Seminar Hall, NCSI, IISc, Bangalore About the speaker: - Mr. Nigam is a management graduate with more than a decade of experience in the healthcare industry in marketing, product management, training & development, and knowledge management. Having been closely associated with corporate strategy formulation, development of business plans & implementation, he is currently associated with Vans Information Limited as Vice President. He has also been associated with different management & IP institutes as a visiting faculty Kindly confirm your attendance by sending a mail to: ravi.nandhan(a)capco.com or anitha_m(a)aurigene.com With warm regards, V. Ravi Nandhan and Anitha MK 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 ************************************************************************ 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/ ************************************************************************ NCSI-NET Meeting Dear All , NCSI-NET meeting will be held on Saturday, 8th July 2006. The meeting will commence with a talk. All are cordially invited for the talk. The talk - Topic: IP Asset Management Speaker: Mr. Adarsh Nigam. Vice President, Vans Information System, Mumbai Time: 11:00 AM. Venue: Seminar Hall, NCSI, IISc, Bangalore About the speaker: - Mr. Nigam is a management graduate with more than a decade of experience in the healthcare industry in marketing, product management, training & development, and knowledge management. Having been closely associated with corporate strategy formulation, development of business plans & implementation, he is currently associated with Vans Information Limited as Vice President. He has also been associated with different management & IP institutes as a visiting faculty Kindly confirm your attendance by sending a mail to: ravi.nandhan(a)capco.com or anitha_m(a)aurigene.com With warm regards, V. Ravi Nandhan and Anitha MK 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 ************************************************************************ 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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FW: Prof.Ganesh Bhattacharya - Passed away
by Kottai, A (IE10) 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

Forwarded message from Dr. F.J.Devadason. Best Regards, Kottai -----Original Message----- From: F.J.Devadason [mailto:devadason_f_j@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 5:54 AM To: Kottai, A (IE10) Subject: Re: Prof.Ganesh Bhattacharya - Passed away Please send this mesaage to all whom you think fit. Thanks Devadason ================================================= Professor Ganesh Bhattacharyya Prof. Bhattacharyya as many of you might know was my teacher, colleague and best friend. My first association with him was in 1969, when I joined the Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) as a student. I met Prof. Neelameghan first, and was happy that it would be fine to be a student there. But when I met Prof. Bhattacharya "Oh my goodness" (an expression which he uses often in private communications), I was really terrified and thought that it would be a tiresome affair to spend the rest of the 14 months in DRTC with this Professor. He was the very nature of Bengal (tiger) in his frowning expression, absolute strictness with regard to assignments and insistence on precise communication in writing and speaking. "If you are not clear in what you say or write, then there is some aberration in your thinking" he used to say. But after a few months I realized that beneath that shell (it is an egg shell, actually) there is a soft and humane nature full of compassion and helping attitude. He was fully dedicated to his work starting from the job of newspaper delivery boy to supplement his parents' income to support his studies until his retirement as Professor and Head of DRTC and the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Branch. He was a faithful disciple of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan fully devoted to expanding and extending his research. He has made several significant contributions to the field of Library and Information Science, his most significant contribution being the development of the Postulate-based Permuted Subject Indexing System (POPSI). Whosesoever would ever think of producing an approximation to classified sequence (organizing sequence) in alphabetic arrangement of subject headings. He thought about it and did it. He also proposed "Classaurs" a faceted vocabulary control and indexing tool. He was a very good teacher with clear interpretation of fundamental principles and theories delivered with several illustrative examples. He was a good orator. A lecture on "The Central Theme of Baghavath Gheetha" was arranged by the "Ladies Club of Malleswaram, Bangalore". Swami Ranganathananda of Ramakrishna Mission gave the lecture. It was such a wonderful presentation that everyone was spell bound. When Swami Ranganathananda finished his oration, Prof. Bhattacharyya rose to give a Vote of Thanks as per the scheduled programme. At the same time almost everyone stood up, applauded and started to leave, as they all know very well, that after such a presentation by Swami Ranganathananda there would be nothing of importance afterwards. Prof. Bhattacharyya called in a loud voice "Ladies and Gentlemen" and at the same time removed his famous brown colour coat in his characteristic style. Hanging it on the back of the chair he continued "Is it not appropriate for us to spend just 5 more minutes to thank Swami Raganathananda who had been standing for almost one hour to enlighten us?" The whole crowd just sat down in absolute silence equally spell bound, and Professor Bhattacharyya spoke for about 10 minutes drawing an equally prominent applause for his vote of thanks. He was fully and totally dedicated to DRTC and devoted his full time for the development of the institute. In fact, it is he who initiated PhD programme with Karnatak University but for which none in DRTC would have had the chance of doing PhD in Library and Information Science in India. Almost all the students of DRTC have been immensely benefited by Prof. Bhattacharyya's teaching. His presentations and papers have been widely acknowledged. My research work was totally based on his work and it would not have been possible for me to do my work but for his work. I am extremely sad to hear about his departure, but I am sure his work will stand to the benefit of many. I express my sympathy to all his relatives and especially to his daughters Bobli and Lovely and their family members. May God give them the strength to withstand this loss and wisdom to move forward. F.J. Devadason --- "Kottai, A (IE10)" <Kottai.A(a)honeywell.com> wrote: > Dear Dr.Devadason, > FYI. > Regards, > Kottai > > -----Original Message----- > From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On > Behalf Of > krish(a)isibang.ac.in > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9:48 AM > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Sad Demise > > > Dear Professionals, > > Prof.Ganesh Bhattacharya, Former Head, DRTC Passed > away at around 18.00 > hrs on Monday, 26th June, 2006. > > > M.Krishnamurthy > > > > > > -------------------------- > Dr.M.Krishnamurthy > Librarian > Indian Statistical Institute, > 8th Mile Mysore Road > Bangalore 560059 > Ph: 91-80-28483002/3/4 > Fax: 91-80-28484265 > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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University Librarian - CUSAT Kerala
by J. K. Vijayakumar 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

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