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by Vrushali Rane 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

SVKM's NMIMS (Deemed University) <<ole0.bmp>> presents One Day Seminar On Marketing @ Your Library September 30, 2006 MDP Centre, NMIMS Mumbai Seminar Coordinator Vrushali Rane Librarian librarian(a)nmims.edu Rationale To be competitive with other libraries and information providers, libraries have to offer customers premier access to information and technology. This means every employee is responsible for ensuring that customers have a good experience with the library and that customers are aware about all the services and facilities offered by the library. Empowering library employees to address customer's needs sounds ideal-but how is it put into practice? Marketing @ Your Library provides a clearinghouse of resources and ideas for sharing materials, skills and strategies to promote your library. Marketing should be a responsibility of all who have a stake in the survival of the Library facilities and the services & collections it offers its community of users. This seminar will introduce the basic concepts of marketing, which emphasizes the relationship between a library and its stakeholders as well as marketing and technology. It will demonstrate how to conduct a successful marketing campaign in your library. The seminar focuses on what everyone on your staff needs to know about marketing, how it relates to good customer service and their role. Participants will learn basic marketing principles, how to promote good two-way communication between the library and its key audiences, how to develop and deliver an effective message, how to harness the power of word-of-mouth marketing and build the library's sales force. For Whom The seminar is designed for Librarians, Information Professionals, Library Managers, and Library Science students who consider marketing as a viable tool to promote library services, information products and new technology in meeting users need more effectively and effectively. Content * Introduction to the program * Concept of Marketing * Components of Marketing * Pricing Issues in Marketing * Marketing in context of academic and corporate libraries * Marketing in digital age * Vendor Presentation * Discussion and Feedback * Action plan by each participant based on feedback * Closing remarks and participants evaluation of program Methodology Experienced professionals from Library and Information Science area will conduct the session. The workshop will be based on interactive discussions using lectures, presentations and various online demonstrations. The classroom atmosphere will be informal and interactive. Date September 30, 2006 (Saturday) Time 9.30am - 5.30pm Registration 9.30am - 10.00am Fees Participation fees is Rs. 500/- (inclusive of service tax) on a non - residential basis. This fees includes reading material, tea and lunch. Payment The cheque/DD to be drawn in favour of "SVKM's NMIMS" payable at Mumbai. About the Faculty 1. Dr. Hiremath - Librarian - UTI Capital Markets 2. Mr. Manjunath - Chief Librarian - IGIDR 3. Ms. Madhuri Gharpure - Librarian - HDFC 4. Vendor Presentation - Science Direct About the Institute Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal, a Public Charitable Trust is committed to the cause of providing high quality education at various levels. With a string of gems of institutions in various disciplines under its belt, the Mandal set up in 1981, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management & Higher Studies (NMIMS). NMIMS is rated as one of the top ten management institutes in the country. NMIMS, an ISO 9001-2000 certified Deemed University has received the Golden Peacock National Training Award in the category of Large Training Provider for the year 2004. The Institute has also received the Best Management Institute for the year 2004-2005. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous institution of the University Grants Commission (UGC) has accredited NMIMS (Deemed University) with Grade 'A' (Score 85-90%) The Institute has 70 full-time faculty (including 30 Ph.D) with a strong industry and academic background and over 150 Associate Faculty occupying senior positions in the company bring industry experience to the classroom. The faculty at NMIMS has culled out the essence of their learning with these industry interface and are now presenting this in the form of state-of-the-art modern Management Development Programmes, designed to meet the needs of tomorrow's industry. From, Vrushali Rane Librarian Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (Deemed University) V.L.Mehta Road, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai 400056. Tel: 26134577 / 26183688 Ext 184 Fax: 26114512 E-mail: librarian(a)nmims.edu Coordinator- MDP Narsee Monjee Institute Of Management Studies (Deemed University) J.V.P.D. Scheme, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai 400 056. Ph: 26183688/26143177, Ext: 321/139/184 Fax: 26114512. Email ID: chairperson.mdp(a)nmims.edu; coordinator.mdp(a)nmims.edu MDP SVKM’s NMIMS (Deemed University) No%20AttachName presents One Day Seminar On Marketing @ Your Library September 30, 2006 MDP Centre, NMIMS Mumbai Seminar Coordinator Vrushali Rane Librarian librarian(a)nmims.edu Rationale To be competitive with other libraries and information providers, libraries have to offer customers premier access to information and technology. This means every employee is responsible for ensuring that customers have a good experience with the library and that customers are aware about all the services and facilities offered by the library. Empowering library employees to address customer’s needs sounds ideal-but how is it put into practice? Marketing @ Your Library provides a clearinghouse of resources and ideas for sharing materials, skills and strategies to promote your library. Marketing should be a responsibility of all who have a stake in the survival of the Library facilities and the services & collections it offers its community of users. This seminar will introduce the basic concepts of marketing, which emphasizes the relationship between a library and its stakeholders as well as marketing and technology. It will demonstrate how to conduct a successful marketing campaign in your library. The seminar focuses on what everyone on your staff needs to know about marketing, how it relates to good customer service and their role. Participants will learn basic marketing principles, how to promote good two-way communication between the library and its key audiences, how to develop and deliver an effective message, how to harness the power of word-of-mouth marketing and build the library's sales force. For Whom The seminar is designed for Librarians, Information Professionals, Library Managers, and Library Science students who consider marketing as a viable tool to promote library services, information products and new technology in meeting users need more effectively and effectively. Content · Introduction to the program · Concept of Marketing · Components of Marketing · Pricing Issues in Marketing · Marketing in context of academic and corporate libraries · Marketing in digital age · Vendor Presentation · Discussion and Feedback · Action plan by each participant based on feedback · Closing remarks and participants evaluation of program Methodology Experienced professionals from Library and Information Science area will conduct the session. The workshop will be based on interactive discussions using lectures, presentations and various online demonstrations. The classroom atmosphere will be informal and interactive. Date September 30, 2006 (Saturday) Time 9.30am - 5.30pm Registration 9.30am - 10.00am Fees Participation fees is Rs. 500/- (inclusive of service tax) on a non - residential basis. This fees includes reading material, tea and lunch. Payment The cheque/DD to be drawn in favour of “SVKM’s NMIMS” payable at Mumbai. About the Faculty 1. Dr. Hiremath - Librarian - UTI Capital Markets 2. Mr. Manjunath - Chief Librarian - IGIDR 3. Ms. Madhuri Gharpure - Librarian - HDFC 4. Vendor Presentation - Science Direct About the Institute Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal, a Public Charitable Trust is committed to the cause of providing high quality education at various levels. With a string of gems of institutions in various disciplines under its belt, the Mandal set up in 1981, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management & Higher Studies (NMIMS). NMIMS is rated as one of the top ten management institutes in the country. NMIMS, an ISO 9001-2000 certified Deemed University has received the Golden Peacock National Training Award in the category of Large Training Provider for the year 2004. The Institute has also received the Best Management Institute for the year 2004-2005. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous institution of the University Grants Commission (UGC) has accredited NMIMS (Deemed University) with Grade ‘A’ (Score 85-90%) The Institute has 70 full-time faculty (including 30 Ph.D) with a strong industry and academic background and over 150 Associate Faculty occupying senior positions in the company bring industry experience to the classroom. The faculty at NMIMS has culled out the essence of their learning with these industry interface and are now presenting this in the form of state-of-the-art modern Management Development Programmes, designed to meet the needs of tomorrow’s industry. From, Vrushali Rane Librarian Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (Deemed University) V.L.Mehta Road, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai 400056. Tel: 26134577 / 26183688 Ext 184 Fax: 26114512 E-mail: librarian(a)nmims.edu Coordinator- MDP Narsee Monjee Institute Of Management Studies (Deemed University) J.V.P.D. Scheme, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai 400 056. Ph: 26183688/26143177, Ext: 321/139/184 Fax: 26114512. Email ID: chairperson.mdp(a)nmims.edu; coordinator.mdp(a)nmims.edu

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Refresher and orientation programmes
by Mailing List Manager 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Date: 3 Aug 2006 07:53:42 -0000 From: Sheetal Tank <sheetal_tank(a)rediffmail.com> Can i get the schedule of Refresher / orientation courses that will be held in India this year or in the year 2007 in the field of Library and information science? Sheetal D. Tank Libraian,AITS, RAJKOT

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NCL site receives Manthan award 2006
by Krishnan 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

We are pleased to inform you that the site IndFauna site developed at the National Chemical Lab has received the Manthan award under the e-environment category http://www.ncbi.org.in The Manthan award is conducted in the framework of the world summit award and the united nations world summit on information society. For details see http://www.manthanaward.com Krishnan

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WORKSHOP - Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Librayr Science
by SRELS 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Dear Sir : Kindly arrange to insert the following WORKSHOP announcement by the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science for the benefit of Lis-forum Members. Yours sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajianagar, Bangalore 560 010 - - -- - - - - -- - -- - Workshop on GSDL and DSpace for Development of Repositories (4-7 September 2006) Organized by Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010. Ph: (080) 23305109 ; E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com WORKSHOP OBJECTIVE The objective of this workshop is to provide intensive training in developing Institutional Repositories using the current versions of Open Source Softwares GSDL and DSpace. The target audience includes the librarians, information professionals and others interested in building document repositories. WORKSHOP CONTENT The Workshop is designed to facilitate the participation in creating state-of-the-art Institutional Repositories using GSDL and DSpace in the Windows platform. It includes software installation, configuration, customiza-tion and other related workflow operations, content development and management, designing and creating standard metadata sets to describe digital-objects and encoding it in standard markup formats. The four-day workshop shall cover Open Access Concepts, Institutional Repositories, GSDL, DSpace, and metadata standards. THE PRIME FOCUS AREAS ARE: * Institutional Repositories: Open Access, Archives, OAI, OAI-PMH working principles * GSDL: Overview, Installation, Operations * DSpace: Overview, Installation, Operations * Metadata Standards: Concepts, Dublin Core, METS and MODS * Hands on Sessions WORKSHOP - EXPECTED RESULTS At the end of the workshop, each of the participants is expected to be well-versed in the installation of the software packages to set up and develop institutional repositories. WORKSHOP FEE Those interested are invited to register for the Workshop on or before 20th August 2006 on payment of Rs. 3,500/- by DD or local Cheque drawn in favour of 'Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science'. Please Note: The Registration closes on 20th August 2006. If need be, photocopy this for multiple copies. Please send your payment with registration form to: Dr. K.N. Prasad, Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 The duly filled in form should be forwarded to the Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 on or before 20th August 2006 RESOURCE PERSONS Dr. M.G. Sreekumar (on GSDL) Unesco Coordinator for Promotion of GSDL in South Asia Librarian and Head, Center for Development of Digital Libraries Indian Institution of Management Kozhikode IIMK Campus Post Calicut - 673570, Kerala Ph: (0495) 2809140 E-mail: mgsree(a)iimk.ac.in Dr. M. Krishnamurthy (on DSpace) Librarian Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile, Mysore Road R.V. College Post Bangalore 560 065 Ph: (080) 28483002 (Extn. 316) E-mail: krishna(a)isibang.ac.in WORKSHOP COORDINATOR Dr. K.N. Prasad Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore REGISTRATION FORM Workshop on GSDL and DSpace for Development of Repositories 4-7 September 2006 Name : Designation : Name of the Institution : Mailing Address : Pin code : Phone : E-mail : Payment Details : Amount : DD/Cheque No./Date : Bank Name and Branch : Sponsoring Authority : (seal and signature) Dear Sir : Kindly arrange to insert the following WORKSHOP announcement by the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science for the benefit of Lis-forum Members. Yours sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42 nd Cross, III Block, Rajajianagar, Bangalore 560 010 - - -- - - - - -- - -- - Workshop on GSDL and DSpace for Development of Repositories (4-7 September 2006) Organized by Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010. Ph: (080) 23305109 ; E-mail: mailto:srels@vsnl.com srels(a)vsnl.com WORKSHOP OBJECTIVE The objective of this workshop is to provide intensive training in developing Institutional Repositories using the current versions of Open Source Softwares GSDL and DSpace. The target audience includes the librarians, information professionals and others interested in building document repositories. WORKSHOP CONTENT The Workshop is designed to facilitate the participation in creating state-of-the-art Institutional Repositories using GSDL and DSpace in the Windows platform. It includes software installation, configuration, customiza-tion and other related workflow operations, content development and management, designing and creating standard metadata sets to describe digital-objects and encoding it in standard markup formats. The four-day workshop shall cover Open Access Concepts, Institutional Repositories, GSDL, DSpace, and metadata standards. THE PRIME FOCUS AREAS ARE: * Institutional Repositories: Open Access, Archives, OAI, OAI-PMH working principles * GSDL: Overview, Installation, Operations * DSpace: Overview, Installation, Operations * Metadata Standards: Concepts, Dublin Core, METS and MODS * Hands on Sessions WORKSHOP - EXPECTED RESULTS At the end of the workshop, each of the participants is expected to be well-versed in the installation of the software packages to set up and develop institutional repositories. WORKSHOP FEE Those interested are invited to register for the Workshop on or before 20th August 2006 on payment of Rs. 3,500/- by DD or local Cheque drawn in favour of 'Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science'. Please Note: The Registration closes on 20th August 2006. If need be, photocopy this for multiple copies. Please send your payment with registration form to: Dr. K.N. Prasad, Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 The duly filled in form should be forwarded to the Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 on or before 20th August 2006 RESOURCE PERSONS Dr. M.G. Sreekumar (on GSDL) Unesco Coordinator for Promotion of GSDL in South Asia Librarian and Head, Center for Development of Digital Libraries Indian Institution of Management Kozhikode IIMK Campus Post Calicut - 673570, Kerala Ph: (0495) 2809140 E-mail: mailto:mgsree@iimk.ac.in mgsree(a)iimk.ac.in Dr. M. Krishnamurthy (on DSpace) Librarian Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile, Mysore Road R.V. College Post Bangalore 560 065 Ph: (080) 28483002 (Extn. 316) E-mail: mailto:krishna@isibang.ac.in krishna(a)isibang.ac.in WORKSHOP COORDINATOR Dr. K.N. Prasad Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore REGISTRATION FORM Workshop on GSDL and DSpace for Development of Repositories 4-7 September 2006 Name : Designation : Name of the Institution : Mailing Address : Pin code : Phone : E-mail : Payment Details : Amount : DD/Cheque No./Date : Bank Name and Branch : Sponsoring Authority : (seal and signature)

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iSIM-NIFT Training Workshop on Digital Libraries: A brief report
by angrosh 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

iSIM-NIFT Training Workshop on Digital Libraries, July 31 August 5, 2006 - A brief report - The International School of Information Management (iSIM), University of Mysore, ran a Training Workshop on Digital Libraries for the LIS professionals working in the National Institute of Information Technology (NIFT) during 31st July 3006 to 5th August 2006. Fifteen Information professionals from different NIFT centers across the country participated in the workshop. The objective of the Workshop was to equip participants with the knowledge and skill sets required to build digital libraries in the domain of Fashion Technology. The key topics of engagement in the six day Training Workshop included: · Roadmap for NIFT Resource Centers · Issues and challenges of building digital libraries · Understanding the Digitization Process scanning, OCRing and conversion · Dublin Core Metadata Standards, VRA 3.0 Standards for Visual Culture and VRA 3.0 based Cataloguing Standards for Fashion Collections. · Mapping and cross walking between MARC 21, Dublin Core and VRA Core 3.0 · Creating Databases in CDS/ISIS employing VRA 3.0 standards · Installing Green Stone Digital Library Software 2.7W and building collections of fashions · Converting CDS/ISIS Databases to GSDL · Working with DSpace 1.2.2 on Windows The Programme delivery was hand-on, each candidate with a computer and Internet connection. During the course of this training programme, the participants identified and selected images of Indian fashions, catalogued them using the VRA Core 3.0 based cataloguing standards, designed and developed a database in CDS/ISIS, configured the database into a digital library deploying the GSDL. Participants also built collections and communities in DSpace environment as well. The programme concluded with Shri B. J. Hosmath, IFS, Registrar, University of Mysore delivering the valedictory address and distributing certificates to participants. The Training Programme was coordinated by Prof. Shalini R. Urs, Executive Director, iSIM and Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Deputy Director, NIFT. The Training Programme was conducted with the assistance of iSIM Team of Angrosh M. A., Joel Sandeep, Karthik N., Mohammed Minhaj, Pradeep Kumar H. T. and Rekha S. --------- --------- Mr. Angrosh M. A. Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91 821 2514699 Fax: +91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in

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FREE TRAIL ACCESS TO SPRINGER E RESOURCES
by S.F KATTIMANI 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

TRIAL ACCESS TO FREE SPRINGER E RESOURCE ACQUISITION LIST OF TITLES FOR TRIAL ACCESS *Trial Access* Jem Title Code ISSN online version 1 Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing 10470 1573-1979 2 Computational Mechanics 466 1432-0924 3 The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 170 1433-3015 4 International Journal of Information Security 10207 1615-5270 5 Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics 10854 1573-482X 6 Journal of Network and Systems Management 10922 1573-7705 7 The Journal of VLSI Signal Processing 11265 1573-109X 8 Machine Translation 10590 1573-0573 9 Machine Vision and Applications 138 1432-1769 10 Heat & Mass Transfer 231 1432-1181 CONTACT PERSON Kakali Mudgal Executive - Sales Support Springer India Pvt Ltd 906-907, Akashdeep Building Barakhamba Road,New Delhi- 110001 kakali.mudgal(a)springer.co.in Phone +91-011-2335-8590 Fax +91-011-2335-8716 -- S.F.KATTIMANI LIBRARIAN CITY ENGINEERING COLLEGE KANAKAPURA ROAD DODDAKALLASANDRA BANGALORE 560062 MOB: 9343556559 TRIAL ACCESS TO FREE SPRINGER E RESOURCE ACQUISITION LIST OF TITLES FOR TRIAL ACCESS Trial Access Jem Title Code ISSN online version 1 Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing 10470 1573-1979 2 Computational Mechanics 466 1432-0924 3 The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 170 1433-3015 4 International Journal of Information Security 10207 1615-5270 5 Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics 10854 1573-482X 6 Journal of Network and Systems Management 10922 1573-7705 7 The Journal of VLSI Signal Processing 11265 1573-109X 8 Machine Translation 10590 1573-0573 9 Machine Vision and Applications 138 1432-1769 10 Heat & Mass Transfer 231 1432-1181 CONTACT PERSON Kakali Mudgal Executive - Sales Support Springer India Pvt Ltd 906-907, Akashdeep Building Barakhamba Road,New Delhi- 110001 mailto:kakali.mudgal@springer.co.in kakali.mudgal(a)springer.co.in Phone +91-011-2335-8590 Fax +91-011-2335-8716 -- S.F.KATTIMANI LIBRARIAN CITY ENGINEERING COLLEGE KANAKAPURA ROAD DODDAKALLASANDRA BANGALORE 560062 MOB: 9343556559

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Tax whip on bookman with mission
by P Venkata Rao 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

The article may be of interest to the members: Please read on: CHANDIGARH: Ever thought in a democratic country, where education is one of the basic rights, a person could be asked to pay a tax for making people more knowledgeable? Ask Jaswant Singh, an NRI, who's giving Rs 22,080 per annum as tax for helping people develop love for the books. Singh, a retired librarian from Michigan in USA, decided to introduce reading culture among people in Punjab, his native state. For the purpose, he set up a mobile library with a huge investment. Singh did not receive a penny as grant for his project. However, he spends Rs three lakh annually on books and salaries of three persons employed by him to look after the library. "Apart from it, I have to shell out Rs 5520 every third month (annually Rs 22, 080) as road tax for taking my mobile library to the villages around Ahmadgarh in Sangrur district," says Singh. Full article at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1863442.cms Regards P Venkata Rao ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ P Venkata Rao Librarian M G State Institute of Public Administration,Punjab (MGSIPAP) Institutional Area, Sector 26 Chandigarh 160019, INDIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Phone: 91-172-2793588 / 91 Extn: 220 Fax: 91-172-2793588 / 91 Extn: 400 Email: pvrao(a)mgsipap.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------

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Microsoft supports open access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

Friends: Microsoft supports open access and has supported the work of one of OA's leading lights Herbert van de Sompel. Best wishes. Arun ------- From Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News" Beyond OAI interoperability for OA repositories Jeroen Bekaert and Herbert Van de Sompel, Augmenting Interoperability Across Scholarly Repositories. The final report of the meeting of the same title co-sponsored by Microsoft, the Mellon Foundation, CNI, DLF, and JISC (New York, April 20-21, 2006). Undated but apparently released this week. (Thanks to Stuart Weibel, who participated in the meeting for OCLC.) Excerpt: Under guidance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the digital Library Federation (DLF), the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and Microsoft, a meeting was held aimed at identifying concrete steps that could be taken to augment interoperability across heterogeneous scholarly repositories. The specific goal of the meeting was to try and reach a common understanding regarding a data model and a limited set of core, protocol-based repository interfaces that would allow services and downstream applications to interact with heterogeneous repositories in a consistent manner. Such repository interfaces include interfaces that support locating, identifying, harvesting, obtaining and depositing compound digital objects. The meeting was attended by repository software representatives from such repository systems as DSpace, EPrints, and Fedora; content repository representatives from such organizations and companies as ARTStore, arXiv, Citeseer, Harvard Open Content, Nature Publishing; and technology advisors from such projects as aDORe, Pathways, Aquifer, Eduserv Foundation, NSDL and the DSpace Chinese Federation Project. Friends: Microsoft supports open access and has supported the work of one of OA's leading lights Herbert van de Sompel. Best wishes. Arun ------- From Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News" Beyond OAI interoperability for OA repositories Jeroen Bekaert and Herbert Van de Sompel, http://msc.mellon.org/Meetings/Interop/FinalReport Augmenting Interoperability Across Scholarly Repositories . The final report of the http://msc.mellon.org/Meetings/Interop/ meeting of the same title co-sponsored by Microsoft , the Mellon Foundation, CNI, DLF, and JISC (New York, April 20-21, 2006). Undated but apparently released this week. (Thanks to http://weibel-lines.typepad.com/weibelines/2006/08/microsoft_the_m.html Stuart Weibel , who participated in the meeting for OCLC.) Excerpt: Under guidance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the digital Library Federation (DLF), the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and Microsoft, a meeting was held aimed at identifying concrete steps that could be taken to augment interoperability across heterogeneous scholarly repositories. The specific goal of the meeting was to try and reach a common understanding regarding a data model and a limited set of core, protocol-based repository interfaces that would allow services and downstream applications to interact with heterogeneous repositories in a consistent manner. Such repository interfaces include interfaces that support locating, identifying, harvesting, obtaining and depositing compound digital objects. The meeting was attended by repository software representatives from such repository systems as DSpace, EPrints, and Fedora; content repository representatives from such organizations and companies as ARTStore, arXiv, Citeseer, Harvard Open Content, Nature Publishing; and technology advisors from such projects as aDORe, Pathways, Aquifer, Eduserv Foundation, NSDL and the DSpace Chinese Federation Project.

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Fw: [DDN] Jimmy Wales announces Wikipedia/$100 laptop alliance, Wikiversity, Wikiwyg
by Subbiah Arunachalam 05 Aug '06

05 Aug '06

Here is a message I received today. A few Indian companies are making low-cost computers and they might like to include Wikipedia. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------------------------------ Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 7:31 PM Subject: [DDN] Jimmy Wales announces Wikipedia/$100 laptop alliance, Wikiversity, Wikiwyg Today at the second annual Wikimania conference, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced that MIT's $100 laptops will all include a copy of Wikipedia. He also announced the launch of Wikiversity, an online community for generating learning materials, and Wikiwyg, a easy-to-use interface for editing Wikipedia, developed in conjunction with SocialText. More here: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/08/jimmy_wales_announce.html

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Library Trainee
by Vrushali Rane 05 Aug '06

05 Aug '06

NMIMS Library requires Library Trainee for a period of 6 months @Rs. 3000/- per month. Interested candidates may e-mail their resumes. Thanks & Regards Vrushali Rane Librarian Narsee Monjee Institute of Management & Higher Studies (Deemed University) V.L.Mehta Road, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle (W) Mumbai 400056. Maharashtra. India Tel: 26134577 / 26183688 Ext 184 E-mail: librarian(a)nmims.edu Library Trainee NMIMS Library requires Library Trainee for a period of 6 months @Rs. 3000/- per month. Interested candidates may e-mail their resumes. Thanks & Regards Vrushali Rane Librarian Narsee Monjee Institute of Management & Higher Studies (Deemed University) V.L.Mehta Road, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle (W) Mumbai 400056. Maharashtra. India Tel: 26134577 / 26183688 Ext 184 E-mail: librarian(a)nmims.edu

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