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Open Access to publicly funded research
by Subbiah Arunachalam 13 Aug '06

13 Aug '06

25 US University Provosts Support Senate Bill on Open Access. [Please see the full text of the letter at http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/groups/CICMembers/archive/documents/FRPAAletterFina… . The universities include Harvard, University of California, Pennsylvania State University, University of Michigan, Texas A&M University, Syracuse University, University of Iowa, Purdue University, and Carnegie-Mellon University]. A second set of over 20 university provosts came out with their support to FRPAA within a few days of the first 25. ------------------------------------------------------- Twenty-five US University Provosts have issued an open letter to the US Higher Education community, voicing strong support for the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006 (FRPAA). In the letter, the Provosts state, "We endorse FRPAA's aims and urge the academic community, individually and collectively, to voice support for its passage." FRPAA would require Federal agencies whose extramural research budgets exceed $100 million to develop policies ensuring open, public access to the research supported by their grants or conducted by their employees. The Act is currently awaiting consideration by the US Senate. The signatories of the letter, which include the Provosts of Harvard and the University of California, write, "We believe that this legislation represents a watershed and provides an opportunity for the entire U.S. higher education and research community to draw upon their traditional partnerships and collaboratively realize the unquestionably good intentions of the Bill's framers - broadening access to publicly funded research in order to accelerate the advancement of knowledge and maximize the related public good." The open letter is available on the Committee of Institutional Cooperation website. ___________________________________________________________ Funding agencies (and governments) in developing countries such as India should do well to mandate open, public access to the research supported by their grants. Vice chancellors of universities, directors of research centres, heads of funding institutions and science academies and professional societies should urge the government to enact appropriate legislation (similar to the FRPAA in the USA). And without waiting for the legislation to be in place, they should set up interoperable institutional open access archives (as has been done at the Indian Institute of Science, NCL, NAL, NIO, RRI, IIA and a few other institutions) AND GO ONE STEP FURTHER and mandate OA (as has been done at NIT, Rourkela). Subbiah Arunachalam

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Do journalspermit institutional archiving?
by Subbiah Arunachalam 13 Aug '06

13 Aug '06

Friends: A few days agoI gave a talk on open access at the Bose Institute, Kolkata (Ultadanga - Salt Lake campus). Afew biologists were very concerned about publishing only in high impact journals and they thought publishers of those journals would not allow authors to self-archive the papers after publication. This afternoon I had lunch with a senior scientist in H'bad and he told me that "most of us are publishing in high impact journals once in a while and if the journal forbids archiving we will not be able to archive." There may be a number of other researchers in India who may share such apprehensions. Here is a message from Stevan Harnad which provides AUTHENTIC information on the actual number of journals that permit author self-archiving. The actual titles of these journals are available at the SHERPA and Romeo sites. All Kluwer journals and all Springer journals, for example, allow author self-archiving (or institutional archiving). Of the 9,214 journals surveyed, 6458 (or 70%) allow archiving of both preprints and post-prints, and 23% allow preprint archiving - making a total of 93% of journals. Please spread the word among all scientists. Thanks and best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ---------------------------------- Stevan Harnad in a discussion list In Open Access News, Peter Suber wrote: > I applaud Cambridge's decision to continue to allow immediate OA > archiving of peer-reviewed author manuscripts, even when authors > choose not to participate in Cambridge Open. That's a step most of > the other OA hybrid programs have been unwilling to take. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006_08_06_fosblogarchive.html#115541257… Actually, Cambridge University Press's commendable Open Access Policy: (1) Green on PREPRINT self-archiving (2) Green on immediate, unembargoed POSTPRINT self-archiving *and* (3) Hybrid Gold (Cambridge Open Option) is optimal, but CUP, now offering Open Option (for 15 of its 186 journals) is not alone or in the minority among Green Publishers! For example, Springer's Open Choice covers Springer's 502 Journals and (I believe) Kluwer's 837 journals, and these journals are all solid GREEN. I will provide the figures in terms of number and percentage of journals rather than in terms of number and percentage of publishers (because some publishers publish 1000+ journals and some publish only one!). (The primary data are from SHERPA-Romeo http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php ; they are recoded at EPrint-Romeo http://romeo.eprints.org/ ): GREEN journals (6458/9214) (70%): Endorse POSTPRINT (G) or both POSTPRINT and PREPRINT (Gg) self-archiving PALE-GREEN journals (2113/9214) (23%): Endorse PREPRINT (g) self-archiving only. GRAY journals (627/9214) (7%): Endorse neither PREPRINT nor POSTPRINT (X) self-archiving The embargoes (1864/9214) (20%) are, as you would expect, and almost by definition, mostly among the PALE-GREEN journals, who only endorse PREPRINT (g) self-archiving: GREEN (Gg + G) journal embargoes: 27/6458 = <1% PALE-GREEN (g) journal embargoes: 1821/2113 = 86% GRAY (X) journal embargoes: 16/627 = 3% Note that the right way to interpret this is that the endorsement of delayed self-archiving is an *advance* over no endorsement of self-archiving at all. So the 14% of PALE-GREEN (g) journals who don't endorse at least delayed postprint self-archiving are in fact *less* progressive than the 86% that do endorse postprint self-archiving after a delay. And of course the 3% of GRAY journals that endorse delayed self-archiving are at least a smidgen more progressive than those who don't endorse self-archiving at all (though two of these -- the Modern Humanities Research Association journals with a 24-month embargo and the 6 Inter Research journals with a *48-month* embargo are a bit of a joke!). A few updates have to be done, however, in both SHERPA-Romeo and EPrints-Romeo, to downgrade the 27 (1%) of the 6458 GREEN (G) journals to GRAY (X), because embargoed self-archiving is definitely *not* Green. Data details, including the minor re-classifications that are needed, appear below. Stevan Harnad ----------------------------------------------------------------- Australian Psychological Society 12 (3, GREEN-Gg) G-->g Royal College of Psychiatrists 12 (5 GREEN-G) 5G-->X **Royal Statistical Society 12 (3 GREEN-X) 3G-->X Society for Endocrinology 12 (3 GREEN-X) 3G-->X *Inter Research 48! (6, GREEN-X) 6G-->X Modern Humanities Research Association 24! (6, GREEN-X) 6G-->X Total 9339 --> 9197 --> 9214 GREEN (G or Gg)6483 69% --> 70% (+1)--> 6484 70% -3 -23 --> 6458 70% PALE-GREEN (g) 2248 24% (-138) = 2110 --> 23% +3 --> 2113 --> 23% GRAY 604 7% (+16)--> 620 7% +23 --> 627 7% Embargoes Total: 1864/9214 = 20% Gg 3 G 1 5 3 3 6 6 = 24 >1% g 1 698 1 47 188 50 9 56 771 = 1821 86% X 16 3% Association of Applied Biologists 12 (1, PALE-GREEN) Blackwell 6/12 (698, PALE-GREEN) Nature Publishing Group 6 (47, PALE-GREEN) Oxford 12/24 (188 PALE-GREEN) University of Chicago Press (some) (50, PALE-GREEN) Yale Law School 12 (9, PALE-GREEN) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press 12 (56, PALE-GREEN) Taylor & Francis 12/18 (909 -138 = 771 PALE-GREEN: double-counts!) 83 Dekker, 27 Psychology Press, 28, CRC Press ***University of Texas Press (some) (not yet listed) (16, GRAY) ****Biophysical Society ? (1, GREEN) (not yet listed)

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ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
by Mukesh - Monitor 13 Aug '06

13 Aug '06

Dear Professionals ODLIS is designed as a hypertext reference resource for library and information science professionals, university students and faculty, and users of all types of libraries. The primary criterion for including a term is whether a librarian or other information professional might reasonably be expected to know its meaning in the course of his or her work. More details and using online dictionary, click the link below: http://monitorlinks.typepad.com/newbooks/2006/08/odlis_online_di.html Best Wishes Mukesh Anand http://monitorlinks.typepad.com Dear Professionals ODLIS is designed as a hypertext reference resource for library and information science professionals, university students and faculty, and users of all types of libraries. The primary criterion for including a term is whether a librarian or other information professional might reasonably be expected to know its meaning in the course of his or her work. More details and using online dictionary, click the link below: http://monitorlinks.typepad.com/newbooks/2006/08/odlis_online_di.html http://monitorlinks.typepad.com/newbooks/2006/08/odlis_online_di.html Best Wishes Mukesh Anand http://monitorlinks.typepad.com http://monitorlinks.typepad.com

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information on management schools
by Vrushali Rane 12 Aug '06

12 Aug '06

Dear All, I am looking for statistical information on the number of management school in India, the total number of courses offered, total number of seats etc. Kindly let me know the source where this info is available. 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 information on management schools Dear All, I am looking for statistical information on the number of management school in India, the total number of courses offered, total number of seats etc. Kindly let me know the source where this info is available. 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

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Ebooks in Mobiles
by sandeep bhavsar 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Greetings The highly fluid technological leaps and bounds require us to provide services which are user friendly and accesible. So to say "any time and all time" information availability. We all know the impact of Internet technology in the field of library science - it helpes us reach the personal inbox spaces of individuals and corporates. Mobile technology enables us to reach the information right into the pocket. We at Dr. VN BRIMS library are launching "Info-in-Cell" service from Independance day 15th August 2006 targeted primarily at end users - Students, Faculty, corporate members and staff. Installation of e-books on various models mobile phones and other handheld devices (including laptop, desktops). The Library at Dr. VN BRIMS would be happy to help other libraries to launch this service. The members would be happy to note that our students have already started using this service. This helps them read e-books on their mobile phones when they are travelling thus utilising their time productively. Please feel free to contact me at sandeep(a)vpmthane.org for further details. Given opportunity in any Seminar / Conferences, I would be happy to explain how to install ebooks in Mobiles Practically. Best Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Libraraian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Research and Management Studies Thane (W) 400601 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : Sandeep(a)vpmthane.org Mobile : 09870484626 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ --------------------------------- All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of Vi@gr@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you. Greetings The highly fluid technological leaps and bounds require us to provide services which are user friendly and accesible. So to say "any time and all time" information availability. We all know the impact of Internet technology in the field of library science - it helpes us reach the personal inbox spaces of individuals and corporates. Mobile technology enables us to reach the information right into the pocket. We at Dr. VN BRIMS library are launching "Info-in-Cell" service from Independance day 15th August 2006 targeted primarily at end users - Students, Faculty, corporate members and staff. Installation of e-books on various models mobile phones and other handheld devices (including laptop, desktops). The Library at Dr. VN BRIMS would be happy to help other libraries to launch this service. The members would be happy to note that our students have already started using this service. This helps them read e-books on their mobile phones when they are travelling thus utilising their time productively. Please feel free to contact me at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MANINFOPRO/post?postID=619EiEDUArwG20… sandeep(a)vpmthane.org for further details. Given opportunity in any Seminar / Conferences, I would be happy to explain how to install ebooks in Mobiles Practically. Best Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Libraraian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Research and Management Studies Thane (W) 400601 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : mailto:Sandeep@vpmthane.org Sandeep(a)vpmthane.org Mobile : 09870484626 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/nowyoucan/spamguard/*http:/… All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of Vi@gr@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you.

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looking for an article
by sujata.laxmeshwar＠wipro.com 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Dear all, I am looking for an article. Pls. send hard or softcopy to me as the earliest. Kamel, M. and Zhao, A., ``Extraction of Binary Character/Graphics Images from Grayscale Document Images", CVGIP: Graphical Models and Image Processing Journal, Vol. 55, No. 3, May 1993, pp. 203-217. Best regards, Sujata Laxmeshwar Librarian, ISD Wipro Technologies. Information Services Division 53/1 Hosur Road, Madivala Bangalore - 560 068 Phone no. : 4138 1065 The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.wipro.com  � � Dear all, � I am looking for an article. Pls. send hard or softcopy to me as the earliest. � Kamel, M. and Zhao, A., ``Extraction of Binary Character/Graphics Images from Grayscale Document Images", CVGIP: Graphical Models and Image Processing Journal, Vol. 55, No. 3, May 1993, pp. 203-217. � � Best regards, Sujata Laxmeshwar Librarian, ISD Wipro Technologies. Information Services Division 53/1 Hosur Road , Madivala Bangalore – 560 068 Phone no. : 4138 1065 � � � The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.wipro.com

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request for article
by saravanan 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Dear friends, We urgently require the following article . Pl send a soft/hard copy. Brunner-Lachaux, H. (1986). The Pasupatas as seen by the Saivas. In : Sanskrit and World Culture, Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur des Alten Orients, vol. 18, Berlin, pp. 513-520. Or kindly let me know which library is subscribing to the above journal. Thanks ! G. Saravanan Librarian French Institute of Pondicherry 11, Saint Louis Street, P.B. 33 PONDICHERRY - 605 001 South India, INDIA Ph: 0091 - 413 - 2334168 Extn. 126/139 Fax: 0091 - 413 2339534 Mail : saravanan.g(a)ifpindia.org Web : www.ifpindia.org Dear friends, We urgently require the following article . Pl send a soft/hard copy. Brunner-Lachaux, H. (1986). The Pasupatas as seen by the Saivas. In : Sanskrit and World Culture, Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur des Alten Orients, vol. 18, Berlin, pp. 513-520. Or kindly let me know which library is subscribing to the above journal. Thanks ! G. Saravanan Librarian French Institute of Pondicherry 11, Saint Louis Street, P.B. 33 PONDICHERRY - 605 001 South India, INDIA Ph: 0091 - 413 - 2334168 Extn. 126/139 Fax: 0091 - 413 2339534 Mail : mailto:saravanan.g@ifpindia.org saravanan.g(a)ifpindia.org Web : http://www.ifpindia.org www.ifpindia.org

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Books that matter
by Thapar, Amit 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Books That Matter http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_25/b3989649.htm To entrepreneurs, that is. Business Week asked entrepreneurs which books were most influential in helping them build their companies. Here are the results. WorldCat [OCLC] http://worldcat.org/ At last the full database of of the world's largest library network is freely available! Search many libraries at once for a particular item, then check to see what nearby libraries hold it. You can also download a WorldCat toolbar, and add its search box to your own web site. amit@urservice Cell: 9855701060 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ Books That Matter http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_25/b3989649.htm http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_25/b3989649.htm To entrepreneurs, that is. Business Week asked entrepreneurs which books were most influential in helping them build their companies. Here are the results. WorldCat [OCLC] http://worldcat.org/ http://worldcat.org/ At last the full database of of the world's largest library network is freely available! Search many libraries at once for a particular item, then check to see what nearby libraries hold it. You can also download a WorldCat toolbar, and add its search box to your own web site. 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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SIG III International Paper ContestFundraising Campaign
by Satish Munnolli 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

-- * Apologies for cross posting * -- *Elsevier, Eugene Garfield Foundation, SIGs, Chapters, LIS Schools, and Individuals have contributed $7,220 to the ASIST SIG III International Paper Contest* SIG III would like to thank the generous donors for their support for the International Paper Contest, who have helped raise $7,220 since mid-March 2006. The SIG III fundraising campaign is ongoing and we welcome contributions to keep the program going. Here is the list of donors that have received as of August 10, 2006: -Institutional Donors Eugene Garfield Foundation: $2,150 Elsevier: $2,000 Kent State University SLIS: $500 Drexel University College of IST: $500 ASIST Chicago Chapter: $500 ASIST Los Angeles Chapter (LACASIS): $300 University of Western Ontario: $250 University of South Carolina: $200 Information International Association: $100 University of Toronto: $100 ASIST European Chapter: $100 ASIST Central Ohio Chapter: $100 -Individual donors: $375 Bonnie Carroll, Lucy Te-Chu Lee, D. Rajabooshanam, Julian Warner -In-Kind Donations Two copies of the “Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction” by Berkshire Publishing Group. (awarded to the second authors of the top-ranked 2nd and 3rd Paper Contest winners). This year marks the seventh anniversary of the ASIST SIG III International Paper Contest on International Digital Libraries and Information Science & Technology Advances in Developing Countries. The International Paper Contest is one of the most successful programs run by SIG III each year. The papers submitted represent important developments in information science, and they serve to advance the information profession worldwide. To date, 323 authors of 270 papers from 51 countries/areas have participated in the SIG III International Paper Contest. Many of the papers have been published in library and information literature, including the International Information and Library Review and the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. In addition, contest winners often see advances in their professional careers. Their stories are posted on the ASIST SIG III website at http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/. This valuable opportunity would not be available without the financial support provided by all of our generous donors. The raised funds will support two-year ASIST memberships for six to eight of the paper contest winners each year and cover expenses of the top winner(s) to travel from his or her home country to the ASIST Annual Meeting. Since the first paper contest in 2000, through this program, SIG III has sponsored over forty two-year ASIST memberships to contest winners from 15 different countries, and has supported 16 winners to attend the ASIST Annual Meeting. SIG III is currently reaping the benefits of our International Paper Contest fundraising campaign, which is bringing in donations from all over the world. As in the past years, SIG III was privileged enough to receive donations from various ASIST Chapters (including the newly formed European Chapter), many of which donate on a regular basis, and others that have contributed greatly to our fundraising effort throughout the past several years. Elsevier has also been a constant help, donating $3000 this year ($2000 for the International Paper Contest alone, and another $1000 for the International Reception). The Eugene Garfield Foundation has also generously provided us with $2150. We are also thankful to the LIS schools throughout North America that have contributed generously to this campaign. Finally, thanks to individual donors and to Berkshire Publishing, which has graciously offered two copies of their Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction. We would like to thank all of these donors for their ongoing support, as it means a great deal to us. We are also extremely grateful for the help of these donors. Without their contributions, we would not be able to run the International Paper Contest, which benefits so many scholars and information professionals around the world. Additionally, we would like to thank all the individual donors who have contributed in the past and will contribute again in the future. Finally, we would like to thank the Executive Director Richard Hill and Director of Finance Janice Hatzakos at ASIST headquarters for their help in processing the donations and making them available for our digital scholar funds. The officers and members of SIG III are always working diligently to make this SIG the best it can be. Between this effort and all the support received this year, it is certain that this year’s International Paper Contest will be just as successful as it has been in the past years. Again, thanks for the continued support. For more information about the International Paper Contest, please visit the International Paper Contest section of the SIG III website (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/). Nadia Caidi, SIG III Chair, 2005-2006. --------- We would greatly appreciate more donations to keep this paper competition running. If this is possible, please send a check, made payable to: ASIST for the "Digital Scholars Fund," attn: Richard Hill Executive Director, ASIST 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA We thank you for your generosity in contributing to this International Paper Contest that has benefited so many people. _______________________________________________ Sigiii-l mailing list Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in %-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-% % % % Note: The present domain [actrec.res.in] will be changed to % % [actrec.gov.in] w.e.f. 15th August, 2006. 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OA mandated at the University of Tasmania
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

OA mandate at the U of Tasmania School of Computing The University of Tasmania School of Computing has its own OA repository and a policy mandating that all refereed publications in conferences, journals and books, be deposited in the School/University repository. This applies to faculty, and to PhD candidates and other students, without exception. [From Peter Suber's blog]. The larger universities in India, especially the central universities, will do well to mandate OA for all faculty and student publications in refereed journals OA mandate at the U of Tasmania School of Computing The http://www.comp.utas.edu.au/ University of Tasmania School of Computing has its own http://eprints.comp.utas.edu.au/ OA repository and a http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/fullinfo.php?inst=University… policy mandating that all refereed publications in conferences, journals and books, be deposited in the School/University repository. This applies to faculty, and to PhD candidates and other students, without exception. [From Peter Suber's blog]. The larger universities in India, especially the central universities, will do well to mandate OA for all faculty and student publications in refereed journals

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