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ISiM-Rediff Workshop on OCR, March 16-17, 2007, Mysore
by Angrosh 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

Workshop Announcement Rediff Centre for Indian Language Content Management (RCILM) at the International School of Information Management, University of Mysore, Mysore Brainstorming Workshop on OCR for Indian Languages, 16-17 March, 2007 Hotel Regaalis, Mysore (Invitation only) The workshop brings together experts (International & National) in the field to brainstorm on the challenges of OCR in Indian languages The expected outcome of the workshop are: A status report on OCR for Indian languages A roadmap for a Research Project on OCR for Indian languages The workshop is programmed with four sessions on the following themes: OCR Technologies Status & Trends OCR and Indian Languages Current Status and Future Possibilities Challenges of Developing OCR Systems for Indian Languages Framework and Roadmap for R & D in Indian Languages The participants of the workshop are: Prof. Graham Leedham, University of New South Wales, Singapore Dr. Simone Marinai, Universita di Firenze, Firenze, Italy Prof. Sargur N. Srihari, University at Buffalo, State University of New York Mr. V. N. Manjunath Aradhya, University of Mysore Dr. D.R. Ramesh Babu, PESIT, Bangalore Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan, Rediff.com India Ltd. Prof. B. B. Chaudhuri, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata Dr. Anirban Ray Chaudhuri, Jadavpur University Prof. K. Chidananda Gowda, Former Vice-Chancellor, Kuvempu University Dr. D. S. Guru, University of Mysore Dr. G. Hemantha Kumar, University of Mysore Dr. Gurpreet Singh Lehal, Punjabi University Dr. K. Narayana Murthy, University of Hyderabad Dr. P. Nagabhushan, University of Mysore Dr. Atul Negi, University of Hyderabad Mr. Venki Nishtala, Rediff.com India Ltd. Dr. Umapada Pal, Indian Statistical Institute Prof. C. Patvardhan, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra Dr. A. G. Ramakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Mr. V. N. Shukla, CDAC, Noida Dr. Chandan Singh, Punjabi University Dr. Shalini R. Urs, ISiM, University of Mysore Mr. T.N. Vikram, ISiM, University of Mysore For more details about the workshop, please visit www.isim.ac.in/rcilcm ************************************************* M. A. Angrosh Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: angrosh(a)isim.ac.in website: www.isim.ac.in **************************************************

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by Mailing List Admin 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

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by Jayant Tripathy 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

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Five Weeks to a Social Library
by Mailing List Admin 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:58:43 +0530 From: "Thapar, Amit" <amitt(a)niper.ac.in> Five Weeks to a Social Library http://www.sociallibraries.com/course/ Some of the library world's pioneers in "Library 2.0" offer understandable explanations of blogs, RSS, social bookmarking, wikis, and other tools, and offer assignments to give you hands-on experience.

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[Call for Papers] KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication
by Mailing List Admin 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:52:14 +0800 From: Saurabh Kudesia <editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org> Saurabh Kudesia Editor-in-chief KnowGenesis IJTC Communication editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org www.knowgenesis.net/journal ------------------- Hello, Here is your chance to submit articles for peer review and publication in the coming editions of the KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication (IJTC).Short columns, letters, reviews (book/product/technology), short technical releases, and study abstracts are also welcome. Articles are accepted on the basis that they will make a lasting contribution to the technical literature. Focus and Scope -------------------- KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication publishes both refereed papers and working papers. KnowGenesis invites submissions of high quality papers on all areas of technical communication, including but not limited to the areas listed below: - Agenda setting in communication - Ancient documentation practices - Automation techniques in documentation - Collaborative writing - Communication history - Communication psychology - Convergence - Curriculum design - Documentation practices - Documentation strategies - Effect of information design decisions - Engineering writing - Ethics of business communication - Eye-tracking, qualitative data analysis tools and other technologies as usability research tools - Fuzzy logic, neural networks, Fractals and chaos - Information and communication technology for development - Information and technology management - Information ethics, principles and policies - Information science - Information systems - Instructional designing - Intelligent interfaces - International communication - Internet based research - Knowledge base architecture - Knowledge-based systems, genetic algorithms - Managerial communication - Medical documentation - Open source initiatives - Qualitative data analysis - Rapid prototyping in documentation practices - Single sourcing mechanism - Technical communication - Technical writing pedagogy - Visual communication How to Submit? ----------------- Submission can be done anytime using the online submission system available at (http://www.knowgenesis.net/journal/index.php?journal=IJTC&page=about&op=sub…) You can also send your contribution for consideration directly to the IJTC editorial team at: editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org Submission Preparation Checklist ----------------------------------------- - The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor). - The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format. - All URL addresses in the text (e.g., http://pkp.sfu.ca) are activated and ready to click. - All illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. - Your brief profile, affiliations, contact/email address and your latest passport photo is included with the submission. Previous Issues ----------------- Previous issues of the Journal are available at http://knowgenesis.net/journal/index.php?journal=IJTC&page=issue&op=archive. One time FREE registration is required to access the Journal content online. Please note that you cannot use your KnowGenesis Online library (www.knowgenesis.org/tc) credentials to gain access to the Journal site. For FREE registration to the Journal, visit http://knowgenesis.net/journal/index.php? journal=IJTC&page=user&op=register or send the request to editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org More Information ------------------ For more information on KnowGenesis Journal, visit www.knowgenesis.net/journal or mail us at editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org along with your queries. We are looking forward for your active participation in adding more values to the KnowGenesis IJTC.

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New Issue of KnowGenesis IJTC is Available Online
by Mailing List Admin 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:50:03 +0800 From: Saurabh Kudesia <saurabhkudesia(a)gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to share that KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication (IJTC) has just published its latest issue at http://knowgenesis.net/journal/index.php?journal=IJTC. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest. To access the journal online, you'll need your login ID and password. Please note that your credentials for accessing the journal is different from that required for KnowGenesis library. Thanks for the continuing interest in our work. We are looking forward for your visit to our website. -- Saurabh Kudesia Editor-in-chief KnowGenesis IJTC editorinchief@... www.knowgenesis.net/journal --------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS - Vol 2 Issue 1, March 2007 Editorial --------- > From Individualism to Holism: Paradigm Shift on the Indian Technical Writing Scene By Saurabh Kudesia pp 4-5 Rendezvous with KnowGenesis --------------------------- Nick Maselli Senior Manager, English Editing Group UTStarcom Telcom, People's Republic of China pp 6-9 Guest Column ------------ Metadata Goes Mainstream Fred Brown pp 9-10 Research -------- Web Resources: Online Journals, Online Books and Electronic Theses and Dissertations A Wave of the Future Sumeer Gul pp 11-15 Open Access Digital Repositories: An Indian Scenario Fayaz Ahmed, Rafiq Rather pp 16-20 Knowledge Management – Issues and Challenges in the Corporate World Pankaj Kumar, Jaya Kalra pp 21-27 Regular ------- Applying Common Sense to Technical Writing Promila Chitkara pp 28-29 Usability and its significance in the Content World Vikas Wadhwa pp 30-34 -------------------------------- ABOUT KNOWGENESIS JOURNAL KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication (IJTC) is a freely available, international, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines under Technical Communication. KnowGenesis IJTC is a volunteer effort that brought some of the finest International minds at one place. Thanks to their dedication and support,KnowGenesis IJTC became the first Indian Journal listed by American Education Research Association (AERA) SIG Communication of Research. AERA SIG list is a prestigious list of electronic journals consisting of scholarly and peer-reviewed journals, which are accessible without cost. Recently, UNESCO and Digital Curation Centre (DCC) UK have also included KnowGenesis IJTC in their list of international journals. KnowGenesis is proud to have authors listed from prestigious institutes like NISCAIR, University of Mississippi, University of Calcutta, STC IIT, IIIT, TIFR, Syracuse University, Clemson University, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Pennsylvania State University, National Informatics Centre (India), Lenta (Russia), Chabot-Las (California), Washington State Department of Information Services, GE Research and STC Chapters, to name a few. KG IJTC is available at www.knowgenesis.net

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by Subir Das 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

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Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2006 Annual Edition
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2006 Annual Edition is now available from Digital Scholarship: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/annual.htm Annual editions of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography are PDF files designed for printing. Each annual edition is based on the last HTML version published during the edition's year. Minor corrections, such as updated URLs, have been made in the SEPB: 2006 Annual Edition. The SEPB: 2006 Annual Edition is based on Version 66 (12/18/2006). The printed bibliography is over 230 pages long. The PDF file is over 930 KB. New versions of SEPB are now announced on DigitalKoans: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/ RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DigitalKoans For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital publications since my resignation from the University of Houston Libraries, see: http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2007/02/18/summary-of-baileys-d… -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Digital Scholarship http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ DigitalKoans/Flashback http://www.digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/ http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/category/flashback-weekly-news/ Open Access Bibliography/Webliography http://www.digital-scholarship.org/oab/oab.htm http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/oaw.htm Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography/Weblog http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepw/sepw.htm

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NACLIN 2007 from November 20-23, 2007 at New Delhi
by Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager, DELNET 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Details are available at www.delnet.nic.in ============================================================================= Tenth National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking NACLIN 2007 November 20-23, 2007 Organized by DELNET- Developing Library Network Venue : India International Centre, 40 Lodi Estate, New Delhi-110003 Theme : Libraries without boundaries : Reaching the Unreachable in Knowledge Era The enormous growth in the ICT has made the World as Global village and there is an apparent death of distance. The convergence of the computing and communications has also brought a radical change in the way libraries and information centres have been imparting information to the users. There is a paradigm shift from the information based services to the Knowledge based services as Knowledge is considered as a most powerful fact in the development of an economy of a nation and is the fourth wave experienced by the human lives. In these changing scenarios, the libraries have to take a proactive approach and to work for this tectonic change that the Knowledge Society will encompass in its domain. The library professionals can no longer keep themselves in the insulated state away from the challenges which needs to be addressed by them. The Government of India has constituted under the National Knowledge Commission a special group on Libraries and Informatics and has proposed a knowledge based society and the emergence of libraries and network centres as one of the contributing entities for developing a knowledge based society. There is a greater need to provide the citizen focused services and the library services must focus on the common man and we must ensure that the libraries are able to bridge up the gap between the two tiered society of �Knowledge haves� and �knowledge have-nots� It is with this concern that the National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2007) being organized by DELNET at New Delhi in November 2007 to debate various issues on the subject. NACLIN was conceived in the year 1998 and since then Nine National Conventions have been organized in different parts of the country in collaboration with the institutions of great repute. DELNET is celebrating the 10th NACLIN event by hosting it themselves at New Delhi. DELNET - Developing Library Network DELNET is a major resource-sharing library network in South Asia which covers a wide spectrum of member-libraries and their resources connecting more than 1070 libraries in thirty states in India and six overseas countries. Started in 1988 at the India International Centre in New Delhi it was registered as a society in 1992. Delnet is committed to pool the information about resources scattered in the libraries in the country and consolidate information through union catalogues, union lists and other databases. This is being done to satisfy the major information requirements of students, researchers, scholars and the public in the country. DELNET is extensively providing Interlibrary Loan facilities to its member libraries in and outside the country and is one of the most widely used and popular services of DELNET. DELNET databases has crossed more than six million records. DELNET has shifted to its newly constructed building in JNU Campus in October 2005. More information about DELNET can be obtained at www.delnet.nic.in About the Venue India International Centre more commonly being known as IIC is the Intellectual hub of India. It is located on the outer periphery of the famous Lodi Gardens. Accommodation Accommodation can be arranged to the participants in the Institutional Guest Houses in Delhi furnished with minimum amenities on first come first served basis. Besides, accommodation (Sharing) in the hotels would also be arranged to the participants on request and confirmation. Delegates may indicate the request for accommodation in the registration form. Climate The climate in the month of November is pleasant ranging from 15 to 20 degrees. The temperature will be pleasant and evenings will be cool. Return Reservation All the participants are advised to make their reservations on their own in advance to avoid last minute inconvenience. Sightseeing Visits to some of the tourist places in Delhi/Agra will be arranged separately on November 24, 2007 (Saturday) at an extra cost based on the distance and duration of the trip and also the number of delegates. Those interested may kindly write to us separately. See more details at www.delnet.nic.in/naclin2007brochure.doc NACLIN 2007 The national convention is scheduled for four days. The first two days are exclusively designed for conducting tutorials by experts on the following topics: RFID Technology in Libraries Open Source Library Management Software The next two days will focus on the theme of the National Convention: Libraries without Boundaries : Reaching the Unreachable in Knowledge Era. The theme is divided into several sub-themes as detailed below: Sub theme 1 : Knowledge Society ? Community based Information Systems ? Knowledge Centres ? Delivery of Services ? Knowledge Based Systems : Case Studies ? E-Governance ? Training of Public in the Use of ICT based resources ? Community Participation Patterns Sub theme 2 : ICT Implementation ? Knowledge Tools/Technology ? Development of Knowledge Portals ? Delivery Mechanisms ? Knowledge Harvesting ? Knowledge Warehouses ? Knowledge Cultivation ? Access Mechanisms Sub theme 3 : Knowledge Resources ? Knowledge Portals ? Digital Libraries ? E-journals ? Creation of Content in Local Languages ? Knowledge Sharing ? Knowledge Networks ? Traditional Knowledge Sub theme 4 : LIS Education, Training & Research ? Skills and Competency Development ? Evaluation of Existing Teaching Facilities : Case Studies ? Continuing Education ? E-learning ? Training Centres ? Status of Research Activities in LIS ? Roadmap for LIS Education and Research Submission of Papers Participants are welcome to contribute papers for presentation at the National Convention on the above sub-themes and related themes. The Papers should be based on research surveys, case studies or action plans rather than theoretical explanations. Papers should reach The Director, DELNET, JNU Campus, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070 on or before September 30,2007. They should be submitted on A4 size paper along with an electronic copy or sent through E-mail. It must be enclosed with the details of the author i.e. name of the author, designation, title of the article, abstract, name of the affiliating Institution, Mailing address, telephone number, fax number and E-mail address. The contributors will be communicated about the acceptance of the paper by Director, DELNET to enable them to present their papers. Please ensure that the paper submitted should not have already been published elsewhere. The editors will have the right to edit the papers before acceptance is communicated. ADDRESS FOR THE COMMUNICATION Registration/Accommodation Submission of Papers Sangeeta Kaul Dr. H K Kaul Organizing Secretary, NACLIN 2007 Director Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj Vasant Kunj New Delhi - 110070 New Delhi-110070 Tel.: 91-11-32471001, 32471010 Tel: 91-11-32471001, 32471010 Fax: 91-11-32471009 Mobile : 9810329992 Mobile�: 9891016667 Email:sangs@delnet.ren.nic.in Email:hkkaul@delnet.ren.nic.in naclin2007(a)yahoo.co.in hkkaul(a)gmail.com NACLIN 2007 Tenth NATIONAL CONVENTION ON KNOWLEDGE, LIBRARY AND INFORMATION NETWORKING Libraries without boundaries : Reaching the Unreachable in Knowledge Era November 20-23, 2007 Venue: India International Centre, New Delhi REGISTRATION FORM Name (in block letters): Dr./Mr./Ms./Mrs./Prof ................... Designation:......................................................... Organisation: ...................................................... Address:.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... PIN ..........State .............. Country ....... Phone: STD Code...... Office.........Res ............ Mobile ........ Email:..........................................Fax: ................ Accompanying Person(s) : .......... Accommodation required: Yes/No ....... If yes, please mention the dates from ................... to ........ Travel Schedule: Date Time Mode(Train name/Flt details) Arrival Departure Payment details : I am enclosing Demand Draft No .........dated...... for Rs. ....... drawn on ............................ towards participation fee/ and accommodation charges for five days stay in the guest hosue. ( Please pay only the Registration fe e if you do not want the guest house facilities). Place: Date: Signature:............. REGISTRATION FEES (comprising of pre-conference Tutorials and Convention) Delegates from India/SAARC Countries DELNET member Libraries : Rs 2500 per delegate DELNET Non-members : Rs 3500 per delegate LIS Professionals from Delhi and NCR Region : Rs 2500 per delegate Delegates from Non-SAARC Countries : US $ 150 per delegate Please note : Additional delegate from the same organization will be provided 25% discount. Accompanying Person (non LIS professional, family member) : Rs 1000 per person for attending the Convention, Accommodation charges will be extra. Accommodation charges : Rs 1500 per delegate for 5 days stay. On-the-spot Registration is also available The filled-in registration forms and the payment should be sent to : Ms Sangeeta Kaul, Organizing Secretary, NACLIN 2007 Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070 Payment Details : The payment should be sent through a demand draft to be made in favour of �DELNET� and payable at New Delhi. The Institutions in Delhi, NCR can make the payments through cheque also. Dates to Remember Last Date for Registration November 15, 2007 Last Date for Submission of Papers September 30, 2007 ############################################################################ _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-32471010, 32471002, 32471011 Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________

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vacancy
by S.F KATTIMANI 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Mangalore University Announced for the Post of Asst Librarian 01 post and Library Asst 04 Post, for details refer DECCAN HERALD 14 MARCH 2007 Avenue Section. -- S.F.KATTIMANI LIBRARIAN CITY ENGINEERING COLLEGE KANAKAPURA ROAD DODDAKALLASANDRA BANGALORE 560062 MOB: 9343556559

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