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

Made in India (MS Office like- suite)
by Kshirod 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Dear Professionals, Bangalore-based InstaColl, co-founded by Sabeer Bhatia, Sumanth Raghavendra and Kaushal Cavale, today launched an application called Live Documents, which is a hybrid online-offline office suite of applications with features similar to Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. for details about this read the complete articles: http://www.business-standard.com/iceworld/storypage.php?leftnm=8&subLeft=1&… Regards, -- Kshirod Das Information Service Division National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: OpenDOAR hits 1000th Repository
by Subbiah Arunachalam 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

>From Leslie Carr of Southampton University Congratulations to the OpenDOAR team for keeping track of all these repositories. I wish them even more future success! The magic figure of 1,000 is both a milestone for OpenDOAR and an opportunity for reflection by the community. In the computing field some twenty years ago the NeXT workstation was designed to be the first 3'M' workstation - ie one that had more than one Megabyte of RAM, a Megapixel display and Megaflop performance. In the intervening time, workstation performance has increased hugely and my workstation has 2 megapixel display, a 2,000 megabyte memory and performance measured in tens of thousands of megaflops. But the scale of the repository world is measured in thousands (K) rather than millions (M). As well as the 1,000 representing the number of repositories, it describes the size of their contents (repositories commonly hold around 1,000 items) and the size of their constituency (each serves around 1,000 faculty/academic users). So the repository world is currently in a 3'K' state. But what can we expect from the future? University communities are likely to stay the same size but the number of repositories will increase - perhaps by a factor of ten (to include all the institutions across the world) - or perhaps by a hundred (as individual departments and projects get their own repositories). But the real growth will come from capturing an increasing proportion of the thousands of thousands of faculty and researchers and research students for each of those repositories. If every person contributed 10 items every year to their repository (research outputs, publications, posters, data sets, presentations, teaching materials) then over the course of a decade a typical repository would accrue 100,000 items. So in ten year's time I look forward to ten times as many repositories each containing a hundred times as many items as the present. But size isn't everything, and its important to think about how such a change in capacity might lead to new capabilities. Looking back on the computer world, the 3M technical capacity achieved in the NeXT workstation gave Tim Berners-Lee the platform on which he was able to design and implement the first prototypes of the World Wide Web. And so I look forward to unprecedented improvements in scientific and scholarly enquiry created by a huge increase in repository capacity and openly accessible knowledge. Once again, congratulations to Bill, Pete, Gareth, Stephen and all the OpenDOAR technical and reviewing teams! -- Les Carr Caveats: obviously in the above text I'm working in approximate scales, rather than statistically valid estimates. But while some find it unrealistic, I stand by my assertion that every faculty member could reasonably contribute ten "intellectual outputs" per year to their repository. For more figures and calculations to support this, see http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july07/carr/07carr.html ________________________________________________________ You're not bound to your email address, it's a snitch to switch. Give Yahoo! Mail a try. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/isp_targeting2.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Personal library
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

This is really a large personal collection put to students use. Great social work. VRAJ PATEL, Excise inspector His library has 50,000 books on subjects ranging from Mathematics to Metaphysics. Patel trains students for the civil services entrance exams for a nominal fee. Address: Palm View Bldg., 1st Floor, AWing, Flat no. 4, LN Road, Near Swami Narayan temple, Dadar (E), Mumbai - 400 014. # 24125174 (Taken from an article on Silent souls saving the society) -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278 http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FW: Attention Please
by Koteswara_Tumuluru 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Prof, Thank you for an interesting discussion and your valid comments on teaming up in the current scenario. I think here is a huge opportunity for everyone to collaborate and improve the situation. I strongly feel LIS schools and LIS professionals are doing good and of course can do better. This cautiously optimistic outlook or operating with the Feel Good Factor (FGF) will help everyone a lot and fosters Synergy. The third major component, I wish to add, is 'Practicing LIS Professionals' in any institution/industry. Just as the IT domain is embarking on the Industry-Academia Collaboration for learning, teaching, research, Knowledge Transfusion (KT), sharing of the best practices & unleashing the next practices etc, the stakeholders of LIS profession also need to collaborate closely to give practical perspective and orientation to the students. Librarian as Teacher (besides as Continuous Learner as you mentioned and questioned by Arun) is one of the important dimension to be explored much better for imparting wisdom on emerging trends and also survival skills to be a successful Information Professional in this information-intensive knowledge era. I strongly feel, the practicing Librarians should collaborate with academicians/professors, visit LIS schools, talk to students, answer some of the unanswered questions in their budding minds or at least briefly share their experience, learning and knowledge. Joseph Joubert said 'To Teach is to Learn Twice' and thus it would benefit all the stakeholders in the best interest of our Profession. I am gradually trying this in my own little way and always ready to visit nearby LIS schools to talk to our students (the budding professional colleagues) to induce confidence in themselves and learn from them myself. These are some of my own thoughts I thought I should share to reflect on this discussion and thank you for reading the note. T Koteswara Rao Librarian Satyam Computer Services Ltd Telephone: 098408 23377 From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of amudhavalli alagusundaram Sent: 21 November 2007 10:52 To: Subbiah Arunachalam Cc: Varalakshmi Rudrabhatla; mala; Sewa Singh; Samyuktha Ravi; vijayakumar kp; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; commodore shekhar; sashi singh; sangita gupta Subject: [LIS-Forum] Attention Please Sir, You are right and free to do so. Students performance and matching the requirements are based on several factors. The two major components are students and teachers. Teachers, you know need to update themeselves and be committed. you can only advise or suggest to this group and it is oneself who will lhave to lead in his/her career. AS far as students are concerned, the input into the schools are very disappointing. Both quantitatively and qualitatively, they are so low, it is extremely difficult to mould them to be even a 'better lot' if not the 'best'. Candidates below the medocre line enter our profession, unfortunately. They have no vision or mission. We try to inculcate that in them to the best of our ability. In 2 two years is everythiing cannot be accomplished though best of our efforts are put into that process. Our curricula has been changed, by and large in most of the LIS Schools across the coun try, particularly in the South. Infrastrcucture has been improvised. What else you need????? Profssional bodies at all levels are initiating lectures, workshops, discussions etc for betterment of the professionals. Not many respond or even iof they do so, not intersted or ready to learn and or change, It has become a very challenging task for all of us. People have to change themselves, I feel. Ther seems to no competency, competition or communcation skills amongst the professionals, which is very disappointing. Yes, We speak and talk and talk, but what is the net result?. Who is to be blamed?? Ofc ourse, Not any one single individual or group. All of us need to team up together to create awareness and upgrade the literacy level. I am willing to take up any task at any time to be involved in this attempt. I Look forward for some concrete suggestions and movements to participate myself. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Friends: Professor Amudhavalli of the University of Madras found the presentation by Liz Lyon of UKOLN http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html very useful. A few others may say the same thing. But what matters is are we preparing our students for the new era? Will the LIS students of today be able to excel in the fast changing technology-dominated environment? Will they be able to find their niche when constantly improving technology and the culture of networking and virtual collaboration among scientists may make intermediaries redundant? Are we training them to become life-long learners who can adapt to any situation? Or are we still in an age when it takes years to get even a minoe change in the syllabus? It seems to me that we need to go a long way. Correct me if my perception is wrong. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ---- From: amudhavalli alagusundaram <amudha75(a)yahoo.com> To: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2007 3:12:34 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science Very Useful Link, Sir. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Friends: I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just stumbled upon this presentation: "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities?" http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html Best wishes. Arun ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control and more space for those important e-mails. http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence ________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. 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TERI announces three-day Workshop on Building Digital Archive using Advanced Features of GSDL, 8 ?10 January 2008
by N Deepa 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

TERI announces three-day Workshop on Building Digital Archive using Advanced Features of GSDL 8?10 January 2008, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi TERI is organizing the Workshop on Building Digital Archive using Advanced Features of GSDL. The aim of the Workshop is to equip participants with adequate practical knowledge so as to enable them to efficiently carry out digital library projects. The workshop will be held at TERI, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. For more details about the workshop, please visit the website http://www.teriin.org/events_new.php Workshop Objectives: To facilitate the understanding of implications of digitization and with practical knowledge on the digitization process To enable participants to develop the practical skills in the installation and implementation of digital libraries, which they can then utilize in their own institution To offer hands-on experience on advanced features of GSDL software programme: The workshop programme will include tutorial-type presentations, demonstrations, practical sessions, and will cover the following topics: E-resources & their management OAI-PMH GSDL: an overview GSDL installation, configuration and administration Converting CDS/ISIS databases to GSDL Collection building with GLI (GreenStone Librarian Interface), designing and creating standard metadata sets Customization using GLI Customization using macro files and style-sheet : -Home page customization : -Collection specific customization The faculty will comprise of digital library experts from TERI and other institutes. Participants: The workshop is intended for library and information professionals, knowledge managers, information entrepreneurs, and e-content developers, who have the interests, initiatives, and need to set up digital libraries in their organizations. To allow rich and useful interactions, the number of participants is being limited to 25. Registration: The registration fee is Rs 3500/ per participant. Additional registration from the same organization qualifies for 10% and student 15% discount. Please note that registration closes on 28 December 2007. To register for the workshop, you can register online at http://www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop or download registration form from workshop website and fax or mail it to: DL Workshop Secretariat Library and Information Centre, TERI, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145 E-mail: DLWorkshop(a)teri.res.in ************************************ About Library and Information Centre, TERI ************************************ The LIC (Library and Information Centre) at TERI maintains a pioneering research library?South Asia?s finest repository of readings on energy, environment, and sustainable development. The LIC has undertaken digital library initiatives and has developed a comprehensive electronic library that provides rich and structured content through online, remote, and continuous access to resources. It is a common gateway that provides free facility to browse and search various forms of digital publications. The Centre regularly organizes seminar, workshops, and conferences with an objective to create a forum for interaction among library and information professionals to keep abreast of the latest developments in the fields of information science and related IT applications. **** Contact: DL Workshop Secretariat Library and Information Centre TERI Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Tel: 91-11-24682141, 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145 E-mail: DLWorkshop(a)teri.res.in Web: http://www.teriin.org/events_new.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Central building Research Institute requires Research Intern
by Kshirod 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Dear Moderator, Please accept and circulate this message through LIS-FORUM. Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee requires Research Intern in LIS field. for details read the details CENTRAL BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE ROORKEE – 247 667 ADVERTISEMENT No.CBRI - 3/2007 CBRI, a constituent establishment of CSIR, invites applications for Research Intern awards from Indian Nationals. The Research Internship is meant to be a preparatory phase for young interns in imbibing the spirit of inquiry and learning the tools and techniques of research through participation & doing. * RESEARCH INTERN – 25 Positions. Qualifications *: First class or equivalent GPA in B.Arch / B.E./B.Tech(Civil Engg. / Mechanical Engg /Chemical Engg) OR First class or equivalent GPA in MCA / M.Sc.(Computer Science) / B.Tech*. (*Computer Science/ Information Technology) / *M.Lib.& Inf. Science*. OR First class or equivalent GPA in M.Sc. (Physics/ Geophysics/ Geology / Mathematics/Chemistry / Botany) * Age*: 25 years (as on the last date for receipt of applications) which is relaxable upto 5 years in the case of SC/ST/OBC/Physically Handicapped and female candidates. * Stipend*: Rs.7500/- per month consolidated. No other allowances are payable. *Tenure: *Maximum two years, not extendable under any circumstances and subject to satisfactory performance to be evaluated every 6 months. The interns shall have no claim for further extension, absorption or regularization in CSIR after expiry / termination of the internship. *Mode of Selection: *The selection may be based on a candidate's academic records, and/or (b) performance in aptitude test, and (c) interview. The application shall be short-listed after scrutiny by a duly constituted screening committee to restrict the number of candidates for test/interview. The screening committee can adopt its own criteria to shortlist candidates. Mere fulfilling of minimum prescribed qualifications will not vest any right in a candidate for being called for test/interview. * General conditions : * Those who have already availed 2 years research internship will not be considered. Interns would be free to appear for NET /GATE and secure regular fellowships for doing Ph.D. The award of Internship does not imply any assurance or guarantee for subsequent employment by CSIR or at CBRI, Roorkee. If a intern is reported to have been lacking in his or her research assignment or misconduct, the award is liable to be terminated. No TA will be paid for appearing in the test / interview. * How to apply: * The application has to be submitted on prescribed application form. This advertisement along with application form can be downloaded from CBRI website http:// www.cbri.org.in Applications duly filled in (neatly typed / hand written) and complete in all respects, accompanied by attested photograph and copies of the mark-sheets / certificates / testimonials etc. in support of date of birth/age, qualifications, experience and certificate in case of SC/ST/OBC/PH as mentioned in the application should be submitted to – The Director, Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee – 247 667, by mentioning the Advt. No. and the subject of Intern on the envelope within 21 days from the date of publication of this advertisement in Employment News. Incomplete, unsigned applications or applications received after the due date will not be considered at all. CANVASSING IN ANY FORM AND/OR BRINGING IN ANY INFLUENCE WILL BE TREATED AS DISQUALIFICATION. F.76(2)01/2007-PL Controller of Administration -- Kshirod Das Information Service Division National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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An interesting article
by Mailing List Admin 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:12:45 +0530 From: venkata.kesavan(a)timesgroup.com Dear All, Article: Amazon Kindle e-Book Reader Please read an article on Amazon's Kindle e-Book Reader, titled 'The Future of Reading' by Steven Levy, published in the NEWSWEEK magazine (Nov 26, 2007, pp.52-58). The article can be accessed online at: http://www.newsweek.com/id/70983 <http://www.newsweek.com/id/70983> Regards. R. Venkata Kesavan Chief Manager Times Archives & Knowledge Centre Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times Group) The Times of India Building, 2nd Floor Dr. D. N. Road Mumbai 400 001 Ph: (D): ++91-22-22731024 Ph: (B): ++91-66353535 (Ext.: 4470)

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Friends: Professor Amudhavalli of the University of Madras found the presentation by Liz Lyon of UKOLN http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html very useful. A few others may say the same thing. But what matters is are we preparing our students for the new era? Will the LIS students of today be able to excel in the fast changing technology-dominated environment? Will they be able to find their niche when constantly improving technology and the culture of networking and virtual collaboration among scientists may make intermediaries redundant? Are we training them to become life-long learners who can adapt to any situation? Or are we still in an age when it takes years to get even a minoe change in the syllabus? It seems to me that we need to go a long way. Correct me if my perception is wrong. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ---- From: amudhavalli alagusundaram <amudha75(a)yahoo.com> To: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2007 3:12:34 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science Very Useful Link, Sir. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Friends: I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just stumbled upon this presentation: "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities?" http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html Best wishes. Arun ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control and more space for those important e-mails. http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FOSS.IN/2007
by Francis Jayakanth 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Apologies for cross-posting --------------------------- Dear Member: FOSS.IN is one of the world's largest FOSS (free open-source software) events, held annually in India. This year, it is being held at National Science Symposium Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, during Dec 4-8. For more details and registration, please visit, http://foss.in/2007/info/Home Do note that prior online registration will fetch 50% discount on registration fee. With Regards, - Francis NCSI, IISc Bangalore

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Seminar on KM
by Mailing List Admin 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Date: 20 Nov 2007 13:57:32 -0000 From: raiyan ghani <syedraiyanghani(a)rediffmail.com> Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post Bangalore � 560059 Seminar on Knowledge Management: Tools, Methods and Technologies Some argue that Knowledge management deals with creating, identifying, codifying and sharing knowledge that is valuable to the organization. However knowledge management is essentially about tacit knowledge. It is aimed at making tacit knowledge explicit and then sharing that knowledge for use, across an organization. There are different tools for Knowledge management. The primary focus, however, is on knowledge sharing and collaboration tools. The tools for knowledge management can be conveniently grouped into two categories: (i) Information technologies/ tools and (ii) Web �based (IT) tools. In coming years it will present a set of new tools for managing knowledge by providing an extremely rich common language for representing knowledge. Some of the web-based and web-enabled software tools will be discussed. Speaker: Syed Raiyan Ghani 2nd Year ADIS Student All are cordially invited Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 21.11.07 Time: 2pm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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