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Initiative to estimate the global burden of leptospirosis - call for advisers
by Mailing List Admin 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:48:38 -1000 From: Tomas Allen <tomasallen_who(a)hotmail.com> Initiative to estimate the global burden of leptospirosis - call for advisers Dear Friends, If you would be so kind as to forward the message below to any of your researchers whom you think might be interested in this opportunity. Please direct further questions to contact information listed on the link. Many thanks to all. Tomas Allen Librarian World Health Organization Library and Information Networks for Knowledge Avenue Appia 20 CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland tomasallen_who(a)hotmail.com Initiative to estimate the global burden of leptospirosis - call for advisers Leptospirosis is a neglected zoonotic disease with a significant health impact in many parts of the world. Recognizing the need for reliable information on the impact of Leptospirosis at the global level, The World Health Organization (WHO) initiated a study to estimate the global burden of Leptospirosis. A call for advisers to serve on a Leptospirosis Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (LERG) is now active. Specific leptospirosis knowledge is not required to apply since LERG is envisaged to be a multi-disciplinary group requiring scientists with a variety of skills, including infectious disease epidemiology, burden of disease, epidemiological modelling and clinical disease. More information on the initiative and on the application process can be found on the following web-link: http://www.who.int/zoonoses/diseases/lerg/en/index.html

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Webology: Web 2.0, Folksonomies & Sociology of the Web, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2007
by Mailing List Admin 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:31:23 +0530 From: KR. Senthil Kumar <alagusenthil(a)gmail.com> Dear All, Vol. 4, No. 2 of Webology, an OPEN ACCESS journal, is published and is available ONLINE. ------------ ------ Webology: Volume 4, Number 2, 2007 TOC: http://www.webology .ir/2007/ v4n2/toc. html<http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n2/toc.html> Editorial - Folksonomies: Why do we need controlled vocabulary? --- Alireza Noruzi --- http://www.webology .ir/2007/ v4n2/editorial12 .html<http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n2/editorial12.html> ------------ --------- --------- --------- -- Articles - Web 2.0 as a Social Movement --- William F. Birdsall --- http://www.webology .ir/2007/ v4n2/a40. html<http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n2/a40.html> - Structure and Form of Folksonomy Tags: The Road to the Public Library Catalogue --- Louise F. Spiteri --- http://www.webology .ir/2007/ v4n2/a41. html<http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n2/a41.html> - Use of Web in Tertiary Research and Education --- Wendy Aitken --- http://www.webology .ir/2007/ v4n2/a42. html<http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n2/a42.html> - Overview of Ontology Servers Research --- Mohammad Nazir Ahmad, & Robert M. Colomb --- http://www.webology .ir/2007/ v4n2/a43. html<http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n2/a43.html> ============ ========= ========= ========= == Webology: Vol. 4, No. 2, 2007 & Vol. 3, No. 4, 2006 TOC: http://www.webology .ir/2007/ v4n1/toc. html<http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n1/toc.html> TOC: http://www.webology .ir/2006/ v3n4/toc. html<http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n4/toc.html> Editorial - Sociology of the Web --- William Bostock --- http://www.webology .ir/2006/ v3n4/editorial10 .html<http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n4/editorial10.html> ------------ --------- --------- --------- -- Articles - Geographical Distribution of Blogs in the United States. --- Jia Lin, & Alex Halavais --- http://www.webology .ir/2006/ v3n4/a30. html<http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n4/a30.html> - Egyptian and American Internet-Based Cross-Cultural Information Seeking Behavior. Part I: Research Instrument --- Paul L. Hover --- http://www.webology .ir/2006/ v3n4/a31. html<http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n4/a31.html> - Reshaping Digital Inequality in the European Union: How Psychological Barriers Affect Internet Adoption Rates --- Homero Gil-de-Zuniga --- http://www.webology .ir/2006/ v3n4/a32. html<http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n4/a32.html> - Getting Connected: Can Social Capital be Virtual? --- Megan Alessandrini --- http://www.webology .ir/2006/ v3n4/a33. html<http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n4/a33.html> - Texting Tolerance: Computer-Mediated Interfaith Dialogue --- Ally Ostrowski --- http://www.webology .ir/2006/ v3n4/a34. html<http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n4/a34.html> - More Effective Web Search Using Bigrams and Trigrams --- David Johnson, Vishv Malhotra, & Peter Vamplew --- http://www.webology .ir/2006/ v3n4/a35. html<http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n4/a35.html> - Mystery Meat revisited: Spam, Anti-Spam Measures and Digital Redlining --- Christopher P. Lueg, Jeff Huang, & Michael B. Twidale --- http://www.webology .ir/2007/ v4n1/a36. html<http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n1/a36.html> - A Study of Email Spam and How to Effectively Combat It --- Mansoor Al-A'ali --- http://www.webology .ir/2007/ v4n1/a37. html<http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n1/a37.html> - Bridging the Mire between E-Research and E-Publishing for Multimedia Digital Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences: An Australian Case Study --- Andrew Jakubowicz --- http://www.webology .ir/2007/ v4n1/a38. html<http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n1/a38.html> - Islamic Book and Information Culture: An Overview --- Paul L. Hover --- http://www.webology .ir/2007/ v4n1/a39. html<http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n1/a39.html> -- KR.SENTHIL KUMAR Asst. Librarian VLB arts and science College Coimbutore

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Using Mozilla Firefox
by Mailing List Admin 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:08:59 +0530 From: Dr.D.P Prathap <sbilibrary(a)gmail.com> Dear friends, Thanks to your timely help, the w32.USB worm has been removed now. It may be interesting to note that we could read all about your solutions from a different computer, as we could not open this particular mail with 'Mozilla FireFox' in the subject line [the worm somehow sensed (!) there's a danger in the offing]. Earlier, we tried MadhureshSinghal's suggestion of pasting the error message in Google and failed, as the application closed immediately. Many thanks once again. It is a big relief now. Those experiencing a similar problem can check http://kb.mozillazine.org/Use_IE_messages_upon_opening_Firefox or http://www.freewebs.com/mgsujith/worm/remove.html and follow the instructions mentioned in the link. Happy dis-infecting! Regards,

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Library Officer Vacancy
by kalyanvl＠bel.co.in 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Dear All, Bharat Electronics, Bangalore Complex requires the following professional: Post : Library Officer in E-II Grade (Post Unreserved) - 01 Scale of Pay: Rs.10,600/ in the pay scale of Rs. 8,600-250-14,600/- (Pay Scale under revision from w.e.f. 01.01.2007) Qualification: First Class in Master Degree of Library and Information and Information Science (M.Lib.Information Science) from a reputed/recognised University. Upper Age Limit: 30 years Experience: Candidates having minimum 2 years of experience only need to apply within 15 days from the date of this publication. For more details please visit our website: www.bel-india.com V.L.Kalyan Deputy Manager TIC (C-D&E) Bharat Electronics Ltd. Jalahalli Post Bangalore - 560 013 Ph: 080-22195626 E-Mail: kalyanvl(a)bel.co.in Confidentiality Notice 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 confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at Bharat Electronics or support(a)bel.co.in immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Rapid dissemination and archiving of your research material using Nature Precedings
by Dr. R.K. Kamat 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Hi! Although I am not a Librarian, I feel the information regarding the Nature Precedings will be helpful to Librarians and Science Researchers and therefore posted on this forum. Nature Precedings is a place for researchers to share documents, including presentations, posters, white papers, technical papers, supplementary findings, and manuscripts. It provides a rapid way to disseminate emerging results and new theories, solicit opinions, and record the provenance of ideas. It also makes such material easy to archive, share and cite. The whole service is free of charge. The submission may be done in pdf or doc format. Although the submissions are not peer reviewed, service is intended to provide a more rapid and informal communication system than that enabled by scientific journals, and in this sense is complementary to them. More details at http://precedings.nature.com/about Regards.. Dr. R.K. Kamat Reader in Electronics & Coordinator Internet Unit, Shivaji University, Kolhapur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Internet Resources Newsletter - latest issue
by Mailing List Admin 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:28:24 +0100 From: "MacLeod, Roderick A" <R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk> Internet Resources Newsletter The latest edition of the FREE monthly newsletter for academics, students and researchers is now available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn154/irn154.html No subscription or registration is needed to access this free, full-text newsletter at the above site. You can also subscribe to the free, full-text email version at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html An RSS feed for the newsletter is available: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss Featured in this issue: Comment Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS News items of interest A-Z New & Notable Web Sites: About 100 new and notable good quality websites: new services, ejournals, directories, search engines, publishers, government sites, etexts, booksellers, portals, calls for papers, software, news services, conferences, research groups, etc, etc. Nice Web Site(s): The European Library Blogorama News of Blogs, RSS, etc Selected interesting Blogs and RSS feeds Recent Internet books in the Library Book Review Going the distance: Library instruction for remote learners Edited by Susan J. Clayton Get a life! Leisure Time After hours Published by Heriot-Watt University Library, and edited by Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk), Catherine Ure and Marion Kennedy

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Shelfari - baum's Shelf
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

This is an interesting site where readers can share info on what they read and promote further readership. How librarians can benefit from this kind of social networking may be explored, perhaps by some MPhil/PhD students. http://www.shelfari.com/baum/shelf Regards -- 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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Orslis.com a Special Announcement
by mohammed shafi 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

Dear Professionals & Students A special announcement from http://orslis.com formerly known as orsforlis.com has now made direct access to the virtual tour . Now there is no need to download or save the file, clicking on Happy Journey your journey will start directly. Please have a journey to virtual tour of Andhra University Library (Dr.VS.Krishna Library) and send us your valuable feed back. Regards Shafi Executive Information Services Learning Resource Centre Indian School of Business 91+9885855687 http://orslis.com --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad demise of Prof. Prabir Roy Chowdhury
by Mailing List Admin 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:32:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Pijushkanti Panigrahi <panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com> It is indeed heart-breaking to hear that Prof Prabir Roy Choudhury, the veteran LIS teacher and an eminent leader of Library Movement, is no more. He breathed his last on August 22, 2007 at 8:52 am at his age of 74 and had lost his beloved & careing wife Amita only a few months back. He was suffering from lung cancer. Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharyya, Hon�ble Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mr Tapan Ray, Hon�ble Minister of Library Services, Govt of West Bengal, Hon�ble Mr Joyti Basu, Mr Nimai Mal, Mr Biman Basu, Mr Deb Kumar Basu along with many renowned educationist and scientists pay their homage to Prof Roy Choudhury and joined the funeral. Prof Prabir Ray Choudhury was born in Dhaka of Bangladesh in the year of 1934. He came to Kolkata afterwards along with his parents and studied in Bangabasi College. He had keen interest on books and libraries. To fulfill his desire, he got admitted in the librarianship course and became a student of Dept of Library Science, University of Calcutta. And he obtained his Post Graduate degree in Library Science as a deputed candidate from the Delhi University while he was an employee of the Central Library, Jadavpur University. He joined as a faculty of the Dept of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University since its inception in 1964 and worked till his retirement in 1994. He had set up an example of refusing any further extensions after attaining the age of his superannuation. But he had rendered his services towards the betterment of the whole Jadavpur University community by holding many honorary positions till his death. The Vice Chancellor, Deans, Registrar, Teachers, Employees, Students of Jadavpur University pay their last respects to Prof Ray Choudhury. Prof Ray Choudhury took part and played important role in the Education Movement in 1954. He was very much instrumental to use Libraries in mass education to strengthen Education Movement. Due to his respect and affection to the Libraries, he established a Children Library (�Sougata Smriti Pathagar�) after the sudden and painful death of his only affectionate son Sougata in an accident at his young age. Prof Ray Choudhury had played an important role in formulating West Bengal Public Library Act and its enactment in 1979. As per the act he took initiatives in forming Directorate of Library Services, State Library Council, and Local Library Authorities for districts as an Advisor to the Govt. He was one of the members of the State Library Council till his death. He was attached with the Bengal Library Association since 1957 which he used to consider as his second home. He was also its President, General Secretary, Council member in different point of time. A huge gathering of LIS teachers of different Universities � University of Calcutta, Burdwan, Kalyani, North Bengal, Vidyasagar; President, Vice Presidents, General Secretary, Joint Secretaries, Council Members, Members of BLA,WBPLA, IASLIC, IATLIS, students, friends, followers, entire library profession pay their respectful homage with flowers and tears to their beloved teacher and joined in the funeral procession of the departed leader. He was also attached with IASLIC and participated in its many activities to guard the welfare of the Indian LIS profession. But for his inspiration, suggestion and active participation, IASLIC organized many successful seminars, conferences, workshops along with many other academic activities. His affection and suggestion inspired me a lot to organize successful workshops as Secretary of its Education Division. His sad demise is a great loss for the entire profession which is irreparable. I am extremely sad and shocked about his departure, but I am sure his work will stand to the benefit of LIS profession. I express my sympathy to all his relatives wish them to get back the strength to withstand this loss and wisdom to move forward with time. - Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Reader, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. Secretary, Education Division, IASLIC; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-700 054

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SAC, Adi (ISRO) needs Graduate Apprentices in Lib. Sc.
by Mukesh Anand 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

Dear LIS Students', Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad (ISRO, Deptt. of Space, Govt. of India) invites applications for Graduate Apprentices in Library Science in the Advt. # SAC:07/2007. Qualification :- Graduation + Diploma in Lib. Sc. or Bachelor's Degree in Lib. & Info. Sc. (all FIRST CLASS) Stipend :- Rs. 5,000/- per month Upper Age Limit :- 35 Years (relaxable by 5 years in case of SC/ST & 3 years in case of OBC candidates) Period of Training :- One Year Completed application on the given format , duly filled in & signed alongwith ATTESTED TRUE COPIES of certificates, marksheets & a copy of recent passport size color photograph should reach : Administrative Officer (Rmt & Rev), P&GA Division (Bldg 30-D), Space Applications Centre, (ISRO), Ambawadi Vistaar P.O., Ahmedabad- 380 015 within 15 days from the date of publication of this advt. Application should be sent in a cover superscribed as "ADVT. NO. SAC/07/2007, APPLICATION FOR THE POSITION OF GRADUATE APPRETICE POST NO. 05" N.B. :- For the advt. & Format of Application Form see The Times of India dated 27th August, 2007 Monday , Page # 9 & to know more about SAC visit http://www.isro.gov.in/centers/cen_sac.htm With Wishes, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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