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Webology: Volume 3, Number 1, 2006
by Alireza Noruzi 01 Jun '09

01 Jun '09

Dear All, apologies for cross-posting. We are pleased to inform you that Vol. 3, No. 1 of Webology, an OPEN ACCESS journal, is published and is available ONLINE now. This issue contains: ------------------ Editorial: Link Spam and Search Engines -- Alireza Noruzi -- http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/editorial7.html ----------------------------------------- Stemming and root-based approaches to the retrieval of Arabic documents on the Web -- Haidar Moukdad -- http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/a22.html ----------------------------------------- E-marketing, Unsolicited Commercial E-mail, and Legal Solutions -- Li Xingan -- http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/a23.html ----------------------------------------- Environmental Knowledge and Marginalized Communities: The Last Mile Connectivity -- A. Neelameghan and Greg Chester -- http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/a24.html ----------------------------------------- Book Review of 'Digital Libraries: Principles and Practice in a Global Environment'/ Lucy A. Tedd & Andrew Large -- Hamid R. Jamali -- http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/bookreview3.html ========================================= Call for Papers: http://www.webology.ir/callforpapers.html ========================================= Regards, A. Noruzi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Right to Information Act -Jobs should be given to Information Professionals
by vasanth raj 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Dear Sir/Madam, The much awaited Right to Information Act has come into force in India.And already we have seen and heard that there is a great demand for information which are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and to hold Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed.But Govt Authorities have totally neglected the library and Information Professionals, most of the people who have appointed as public Information Officer have came from Journalism and mass communication." Public Information Officer" job is best suited for LIS professionals where the skills of storage , organise and dissemination of Information is highly required.Already there are instances that Public Information Officers have failed to provide right information to the right people at a right time.This is because of lack of skills to organise and storage of Information.This is the right time to Library Association and Universities to pressurize Govt. appoint library and Information professionals as " Public Information Officer" and this will definitely helps people to have information quickly whenever they need.This will not only helps govt to function smoothly and huge opportunities for LIS professionals as well. Your Sincerely ------------------------- Vasantha Raju N --------------------------------- Enjoy this Diwali with Y! India Click here Dear Sir/Madam, The much awaited Right to Information Act has come into force in India.And already we have seen and heard that there is a great demand for information which are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and to hold Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed.But Govt Authorities have totally neglected the library and Information Professionals, most of the people who have appointed as public Information Officer have came from Journalism and mass communication." Public Information Officer" job is best suited for LIS professionals where the skills of storage , organise and dissemination of Information is highly required.Already there are instances that Public Information Officers have failed to provide right information to the right people at a right time.This is because of lack of skills to organise and storage of Information.This is the right time to Library Association and Universities to pressurize Govt. appoint library and Information professionals as " Public Information Officer" and this will definitely helps people to have information quickly whenever they need.This will not only helps govt to function smoothly and huge opportunities for LIS professionals as well. Your Sincerely ------------------------- Vasantha Raju N Enjoy this Diwali with Y! India http://in.promos.yahoo.com/fabmall/index.html Click here

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LIS Departments need Accreditation System and New Courses
by J. K. Vijayakumar 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Dear Colleagues, It is good to see the ongoing discussion about integration of ICT technologies to LIS Courses in India. I agree that we need to incorporate ICT in LIS Syllabus, and most of the Departments have done that already. I doubt about the quantity practical orientation provided by them, it varies from one to another. A good IT lab with latest hardware and software is still a dream for many of the Departments. Few of them have collaboration with IT / Computer Science departments. This is the era or Globalisation and Specialisation. India is trying to become a developed nation, and we have to think from this background. In this regards, I have two points to discuss. 1. Our main problem is that, we do not have a "National Accreditation Process for Library Science Programmes" in India. NAAC accredits the Universities as a total. There are national library associations bearing this responsibility in developed nations, like ALA for USA, CILIP for UK etc. The accreditation process is carried out regularly and Departments will get accreditation for 5 /6 years. The course, syllabus, teaching methods, ability of faculty, facilities etc are standardised or regularised through this process. Departments failing in accreditation can not attract students, because the employers always prefer to appoint candidates with an accredited degree. If we implement this system in India, we can set standards for LIS Departments and its courses. We can approach associations from other countries to get our Courses recognised, may be in developed countries like USA and UK. Indian Library Association should take up this issue and find out the ways to start accreditation process in India. This will help us in making our candidates globally accepted. With my experience, I know that it is not simple as I wrote here, but we should start somewhere. 2. Second point is about starting new (specialised) courses. If you watch LIS Departments in developed countries, you can see atleast two or three master level courses are offered by them. Those are specialised courses, but clearly fits in our area of services, like Knowledge Management, Information Science, Medical/Helath librarianship, Information Systems, Electronic Information Management, Digital Libraries, School Librarianship etc apart from pure Library and Information Science. In India, our tendency is that, we compress all these subjects in to a 2 year course and call it as MLISc. Along with MLISc, why can't we think of starting few more Masters from any of the above mentioned areas. We also need specialisation in our Courses to supply specialised library professionals to the present vibrant job market. Market needs Knowledge Managers, Digital Librarians, Medical Librarians, Information Analysts etc. For this, along with the present faculty members, we may need new members or collaboration with other departments. I hope our teachers, practitioners and celebreties in Indian LIS will give importance to these two points. Thanks for reading. Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar --------------------------------- Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Cambridge Journals launches cash prize for fluids research
by Manish Amte 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

Sorry for the cross posting. ------------------------ Cambridge University Press and the Journal of Fluid Mechanics are delighted to announce the launch of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics Prize to be awarded in recognition of outstanding research in fluid mechanics. The Journal of Fluid Mechanics Prize is an award of $25,000 to one person in recognition of outstanding research in fluid mechanics. The prize is designed to return to the fluid mechanics research community some of the support it has provided to the Journal of Fluid Mechanics since its inception in 1956. It is hoped that the Journal of Fluid Mechanics Prize will propagate research in new areas of fluid mechanics by rewarding the achievements of younger researchers. Fluid mechanics is the study of liquids and gases both at rest and in motion. For more details please visit http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displaySpecialPage?pageId=624 Manish Amte Marketing Manager-Journals Cambridge University Press India Pvt Ltd C-22,Brigade MM,KR Road,Jayanagar, Bangalore-560 070 Tel: +91(80)6559 3388, 2676 4817 , 2676 2764 Fax: +91(80)2676 1322 Cell:+91(0)99805 71246 http://journals.cambridge.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free Nature supplement
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

LIS friends: Please alert glycochemists and glycobiologists to a free supplement published by Nature. All articles are open access. [Nature Insight: Glycochemistry & Glycobiology, Vol. 446, No. 7139 pp 999-1051] accessible at http://www.nature.com/nature/supplements/insights/glycobiology/index.html#e… Incidentally, an Indian professor at the UCSD (University of California, San Diego), Dr Ajit Varki, is among the leaders in this field and he has won two major awards for his contributions. Subbiah Arunachalam ___________________________________________________________ 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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NIPER, Mohali (Punjab) requires Deputy Librarian
by Mailing List Admin 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:55:22 -0700 From: Mukesh Anand <mukeshanand2006(a)gmail.com> Dear Professionals', National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), an Institute of National Importance, under the aegis of M/o Chemicals & Fertilizers intends to fill up the post of Deputy Librarian in the pay scale of Rs.12,000-420-18,300. Visit http://www.niper.gov.in/Deputy%20Librarian.doc for Recruitment Advertisement & Application Form. See The Times of India dated June22,2007 (Friday) for Recruitment Advertisement. With Best Wishes, Mukesh Anand M Lib I Sc Final Year Banaras Hindu University

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Thomson Scientific Lecture Series in India - Prof. Peter Jacso's Lecture in Bangalore on 22nd June 2007, at NCSI, IISc.
by mouna 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

Friends: This is in continuation of my previous mail regarding Prof. Peter Jacso's Lecture series in India in June. Here are more details about his Lecture at Bangalore. Guest Speaker: Prof. Peter Jacso, Dept of Information & Computer Science, University of Hawaii Organised by: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Topic: Comparison of Citation Based & Citation Enhanced Databases Presided by: Prof. Giridhar Madras, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Venue: National Centre for Science Information, IISc., Bangalore Date: June 22, 2007 Time: 10.00 am to 12.30 pm ( followed by Lunch) About the Speaker and Lecture Topic: Prof. Peter Jacso's research area includes topics such as citation analysis & impact factor of scholarly journals, database quality, information retrieval software, open access databases, content & software evaluation of digital archives & digital reference sources. The tutorial reviews, illustrates & compares the quality & quantity of cited/citing reference related content & the software solutions offering citation based searching and producing the various indicators which measure the impact & influence of scholarly publication, their authors & affiliated institutions. Thank you. N V Sathyanarayana (sathya(a)informindia.co.in) Informatics (India) Ltd (www.informindia.co.in) Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations for Rarest Achivements by Mr. Debal C Kar of India
by Puna Das 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to inform you that Mr. Debal C Kar of India is awarded 'Diversity Leadership Development Program Award 2007' by the Special Library Association at its 98th Annual Conference at Denver, USA. He is also awarded 'InfoShare Award 2007' by the American Society of Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) [http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/infoshare/2007winners.htm]. I congratulate him for this rarest achievement as an Indian information professional. I hope other information professionals in India would follow his path for the betterment of information provisions in India. With Best Regards Anup Kumar Das New Delhi India __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.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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Lecture invitation
by srels 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore in collaboration with CURZONCO-SESHACHALAM CHIMATA FOUNDATION, Chennai and RANGANATHAN CENTRE FOR INFORMATION STUDIES, Chennai and Bangalore cordially invites you to the CURZONCO-SESHACHALAM LECTURES (4)(2007) on Information Support for the Preparation and Presentation of Project Proposals by Shri B.S.S. Gupta OSD, AP Transco Ltd., Hyderabad at 6.00 pm on Saturday 7th July 2007 Shri N.V. Sathyanarayana Chairman and Managing Director, Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore presides Venue: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 RSVP: Ph(080) 23305109 (K.N. Prasad) E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New book release: 'The Mandovi and Zuari Estuaries'
by Murari 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

Dear Colleagues, The Mandovi and Zuari estuaries are coastal-plain, monsoonal estuaries typical of the Indian west coast. The main campus of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) Goa, India is located on a promontory between the mouths of these two estuaries. This proximity attracted the scientific community to these estuaries, and the availability of funding to study them owing to their being the "lifelines of Goa" has led to their becoming, almost certainly, the best studied estuaries of India. A monograph titled 'The Mandovi and Zuari Estuaries' puts together what is known about these estuaries. The summary has been written in a manner that would appeal to both professionals and amateurs, especially environmental managers and those with special concerns for the environment. An electronic version of the monograph is available on NIO's website (http://www.nio.org) and print copies could be sent for free of cost until they last. Please mail your requests. With warm regards, Murari P Tapaswi National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula 403 004 Goa, India Phone: 91-(0)832-2450275; Fax: 91-(0)832-2450602 www.nio.org, www.coastalhazards.info, www.mangroveindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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