October 2007 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

ILS Market Analysis
by vimal kumar 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

Dear Friend, Here is a ILS market analysis by Bob Molyneux appered in LISNews. This study indicates the increasing popularity of open source ILS in public and academic libraries in US. http://features.lisnews.org/features/07/10/15/118229.shtml Koha and Evergreen are leading popular open source ILS according to this study. Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 www.asb.edu.in/vimal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Survey: Internet-based Library& Information Services
by Sambhunath Halder 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

Online Survey Internet-based Library and Information Services 15 October, 2007 Dear Reader, I am writing to inviter your participation in a survey of "Internet based Library and Information Services". This survey is part of my Dissertation work for fulfillment of Masters' in Library and Information Scinece degree at Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata. I'm exploring why and how libraries are providing servicces using internet in the present era. Your responses may help me to determine what libraries can do to better welcome and serve its user commnity by helping of Internet. Your participation is completely voluntary and you may skip any specific questions that yuou choose for any reason. The survey takes less than ten minutes to complete. If you have any questions or concerns about the study please contact me at sambhu_lis(a)yahoo.com or sambhu.halder(a)gmail.com or phone me at +91 9733964714 Thank you for your valuable time and thoughts. To participate in the survey please click on the following link or cope it and paste on address bar of your web browser: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=YJiO9pEqTpcuXHxhA63pWQ_3d_3d Sincerely Sambhu Nath Halder -- =================================== Regards, Sambhu Nath Halder Library and Documentation Centre, Narula Institute of Technology, 81, Nilgung Road, Kolkata 700109. Contact No. : +91 9733964714; 9851280201 =================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Learn More About Swicki
by pku＠nic.in 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

Now may be noticing the links with a new tool "Swicki" on community web sites like wikis, blogs, rss, etc. What it is, what for, how can we utilize, ... let's keep watch and know more for our use. It seems to be useful tool. What's a Swicki? A swicki is new way of searching content that harnesses the power of community. This swicki keeps track of what you and other Applications users are searching for. The most popular search terms are shown above, in the "cloud" of links. The more popular a term, the larger it is displayed. Clicking on a link will display the search results for that term. Why a Swicki? The swicki looks at content that is relevant to you, your search terms and most importantly, relevant to that community. You won't get ads, you won't get horoscopes and you won't get unrelated content. What you will get is relevant research and up to date results that relate to you. Read more at : http://websearch.about.com/od/enginesanddirectories/a/swicki.htm with regards P K Upadhyay NIC Delhi http://mcitconsortium.nic.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Requirement of Skilled Assistant
by padmavathi t 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

There is a requirement of one skilled assistant at FOSTIS/Library, CFTRI, Mysore with approx. salary of Rs.2900/- p.m on temporary basis. Male candidates with a B.Sc/M.Sc in Biological subjects may apply within 10 days. Candidates from Mysore and those who have data entry knowledge will be preferred. Persons interested may send their biodata to fostis(a)cftri.res.in. For more details please contact 0821-2515850. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICANN TO TEST DOMAIN NAMES IN 11 LANGUAGES
by Farooque Shaheen 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

The organization that oversees the Internet address system is launching an evaluation of International Domain Names (IDN) that will allow Internet users to test top-level domains in 11 languages. Currently, only the ASCII characters A through Z are available for use in the portions of the domain before the top-level domains, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said in a statement. A site with content that's entirely in Japanese, for example, can have the initial portion of its URL in Japanese, but the URL still needs to end in a .com or .net spelled out in ASCII characters, according to the statement. Beginning Monday, Internet users around the globe will be able to access wiki pages with the domain name example.test in 11 test languages: Arabic, Persian, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Russian, Hindi, Greek, Korean, Yiddish, Japanese and Tamil. The languages were selected based on the Internet communities that had the most interest in moving the project forward. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&tax… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Keane India Pvt Ltd. +1-925-831-1676 Ext 40366 (VOIP) +91-80-26678388 Ext 4105 (Tel) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO supports development and free distribution of world class educational materials
by K.R. Mulla 14 Oct '07

14 Oct '07

Dear LIS Professionals, Promote open source technology to make learning material development a less timely and costly process is the objective of a cooperation agreement between UNESCO and CURRIKI. for more click this link: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25489&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. Tel. +91-80-25441722, 25443744 Ext 152 ************************************************************************** Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/ **************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IIM, Adi requires Lib Prof Asst (Pay Scale Rs. 4, 500-7, 000)
by Mukesh Anand 13 Oct '07

13 Oct '07

Dear LIS Students', Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad requires Library Professional Assistants (Pay Scale 4,500-125-7,000) Qualification & Experience :- Graduate with B Lib Sc & 3 years relevant work experience OR M Lib Sc with or without work experience.Good working knowedge of English is necessary.He /She should be willing to work in shift duty. Web Access for details about Job Profile, How to Apply & Application Format http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/download/advt_200711.pdf Print Access of brief Advt. :- 1.The Economic Times , dated 9th Oct., ' 07, Tuesday Page # 15 2. The Times of India, dated 10th Oct., ' 07, Wednesday Times Ascent Page # VIII Last date for apply :- Within 15 days from the date of Advt. Thanx, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The ACM Digital Library: Conference Proceedings
by Muniraj. T 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

The ACM Digital Library: Conference Proceedings http://portal.acm.org/toc.cfm?id=SERIES492&type=series&coll=GUIDE&dl=ACM&CF… The Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology is a bi-monthly news magazine packed with developments and issues affecting the field, pragmatic management reports, opinion, and news of people and events in the information science community. http://www.asis.org/bulletin.html MUNIRAJU.T PES Institute of Technology t_muniraj(a)yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ Download prohibited? No problem. CHAT from any browser, without download. Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Useful IT Resources
by sri priya 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

55 Reference Websites | eBizMBA Here are the 55 Reference Websites as chosen by the eBizMBA editorial team. Several factors were used to determine what we believe to be the 55 best reference websites including popularity, content depth, uniqueness, accuracy, and ease of use. http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/reference.html 100 Unconventional Sources for Web Design Inspiration Most web designers look to the usual resources for inspiration: web design portfolios, social media sites and CSS galleries. But what happens when you do that? You get a site that looks just like everyone elses. Check out these resources that inspire you to build a website that separates itself from the pack. http://www.designvitality.com/blog/2007/09/web-design-inspiration/ The Interviewing Cheat Sheet: 100 Resources for Interviewers and Candidates There are numerous ways to make job interviews a more rewarding and successful experience for both parties. With a little preparation and research, you can make interviewing a positive experience; read on to find useful articles and resources that will get you on the fast track to interviewing success. http://www.hrworld.com/features/interviewing-cheat-sheet-092507/ Open Source Project Management Software "OpenProj is an exciting addition to the range of professional desktop applications that are available on the free software desktop today. It's increasingly possible to run your business on an entirely open Linux platform, with full compatibility across free software applications and your legacy documents" http://www.goitexpert.com/entry.cfm?entry=Open-Source-Project-Management-So… Guide to Selecting the Right Type of Printer Deciding what kind of printer you want to purchase -- inkjet, laser, or multifunction -- can be frustrating and confusing. There are so many types and brands of printers to choose from, at all prices, and just like computers, new models seem to be introduced on a monthly basis. How can the average consumer make an informed choice? In order to make sense of it all, CastleInk.com offers this helpful guide. http://www.castleink.com/_a-buy-printer.html 60+ handy tech tools A list of 60+ handy tech tools to save to your USB drive collection. All of the sites have been hand picked over the years. Site also features plenty of links in the other categories. http://www.tsf.net.au/ 150 Resources to Help You Write Better, Faster, and More Persuasively The following list is categorized and listed alphabetically within those categories. Journals, listservs, writing communities, and job listings were not included, as this list focuses solely on those tools that can make your writing life easier. http://oedb.org/library/features/150-writing-resources Copyright This site collected the most important facts, articles and resources related to copyright issues, law and blogging http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/07/07/copyright-explained-i-may-copy-i… The 10 Richest People in Tech Ah, the memories. Bill Gates, known for so many years to be (by far) the wealthiest person in the world, now has to settle for second place, because a Mexican tycoon came in first (and not by a small margin; Carlos Slim Helú beats him by over $8 billion). But Carlos is a techie, too. Here are the 10 richest techies. http://mashable.com/2007/07/04/10-richest-people-in-tech/ Source : http://www.tweako.com/ Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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500 Free Fonts Available for Download
by sri priya 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

500 Free Fonts Available for Download This is a very clean and neat site, offering 500 quality free fonts for download. The really cool thing is that you can actually enter whatever text you want and preview each font with your custom text. This is a must for anyone who uses photoshop especially. http://www.fonts500.com/ Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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