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by Sanjeev K Sunny 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

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Call for Participation: Seminar on the Public Funded R&D Bill 2007
by Puna Das 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

Dear Sir/ Madam, FICCI is organizing a Seminar on the Public Funded R&D (Protection, Utilization and Regulation of Intellectual Property) Bill, 2007 on 16th October 2008, at 10.30 am, at Federation House, New Delhi. We are organizing this debate so that awareness about the utility of the Bill could be generated and misconceptions removed. Hon'ble Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Mr. Kapil Sibal has kindly consented to deliver the Inaugural Address at this Seminar. The discussion will involve all the stakeholders namely scientists, venture capitalists, industry, academia and the Government. We are happy to invite you for this programme. Enclosed is the registration proforma for your kind perusal. Looking forward to your kind confirmation. With best regards V Topa Adviser to Secretary General _________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION PROFORMA “Seminar on Public Funded R & D (Protection, Utilization and Regulation of Intellectual Property) Bill, 2007” 16 October 2008, 1030 hrs FICCI, FEDERATION HOUSE, NEW DELHI Name : Designation : Organisation : Address : Tel.(with city code) : Fax : Mobile : Email : Delegate Fee : NO FEE Signature _______________________________ Registration Form send to: Rashmi Sarita Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi – 110 001 Tel: 011-23736306 (D); 23738760-70 Extn. 212 Fax: 011-23765333, 23721504, 23320714 Email: rashmisarita(a)ficci.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Digitization of Library Documents
by Rajan 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

Dear Mr Ahraf, An easy to read hadbook on copyrght is available at http://copyright.gov.in/handbook.htm The bare act is there at http://education.nic.in/CprAct.pdf The copyright comes into operation only when any copying or digitization affects prejudicially the trade or commercial interest of the owner of copyright.The fair use principle of the Indian Copyright Act doesn't prevent anyone from copying the documents for education, research or knowledge enhancement, unless it affects the trade or commercial interest of the copyright owner. Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Thrissur ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [LIS-Forum] Digitalisation of Library Documents To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear friends, The on going discussion on the digitalisation of documents is beneficial for the library professionals they are engaged with it.As it is clear that the copyright period in Indian Copy Right Act it is 60 years. Can you inform that the reprint?of the document may be come under the copy right. Ashraf .k -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISiM Workshop on Capability Maturity Model, October 13-14, Mysore
by Angrosh 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

International School of Information Management University of Mysore Workshop on Capability Maturity Model October 13-14, 2008 ******************* Introduction Capability Maturity Model has become a globally accepted framework for software process improvements for almost all the Fortune 500 organisations looking for improving software development activities. The Workshop on Capability Maturity Model is centred on the Capability Maturity Model (CMMR). The model is intended to provide guidance for improving your organization's processes and your ability to manage the development, acquisition, and maintenance of software products and services. CMMI places proven practices into a structure that helps to assess the organisation maturity, process area capability, establish priorities for improvement, and guide the implementation of CMMI. Objectives of the Course: The objective of this course is to systematically introduce the participants to understand the concepts, principles and practices in improving Software Development Processes. The course would encourage the participants to discuss on the practical aspects of the organizational challenges in embarking and sustaining such process improvement initiatives and the mechanisms to address those challenges. The course will help participants to: - * Understand the importance of having defined processes within an engineering organization and the rationale for process improvement. * Comprehend the architecture of the CMMI model (capability levels, process areas, goals, and generic practices) * Gain a sufficient understanding of PA components to function as a CMMI-based Appraisal team member. * Apply the CMMI principles to meet the needs of systems engineering and software engineering organizations. * Generic Approach to Process Improvements * Brief on the formal assessment cycle This two-day course describes a framework that organizations can use to determine their ability to develop and maintain systems; it is a model for organizational internal process improvement. The course is composed of lectures and class exercises with ample opportunity for participant questions and discussions. Topics covered in this course include: * Introduction - about the process program * Software process maturity -CMMI principles * CMMI overview * Value of the CMMI- case studies of software process improvement * Levels and process areas of the CMMI * Common themes in the CMMI * Linking the PAs together * Interpreting the CMMI * Future directions of the CMMI * Overview of the Assessment basing on CMMI Who Should Attend? . Senior Management of companies contemplating implementing a CMM-based assessment method . Systems and Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG/EPG) members who are leading process improvement . Systems and software engineering managers and practitioners interested in understanding the Capability Maturity Model Integration . Project Managers, Project leaders and Quality Personnel . Assessment teams who are going to be using the CMM-based assessment method in the future . Software Quality Consultants and Assessing Bodies Instructor - Brief Bio Srinivas Thummalapalli is an SEI authorized Lead Instructor and Appraiser official appraisals basing on CMMI, PCMM models. He is trained at Harvard Business School on leading the Professional Services Firms and at Indian School of Business on Advanced management concepts.He has established and provided Thought Leadership to Software Process Improvement consulting practice at KPMG. He is an accomplished consulting professional with 20 years of experience in advising global IT firms on their corporate transformation initiatives. Currently he leads the Sumantrana Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd. Venue: The International School of Information Management, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore For more details - http://www.isim.ac.in/html/course%20page/cmmi.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] University of Glasgow announces new Publications Policy
by T. Shahab 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

Dear all, Benefit of Information is achieved through communication; knowledge pool thrives on sharing. Every tax-payer has an indisputable right to be informed and use the benefits of researches which are based upon state funding. It is well understood that the interest of the creators/authors/research scholars as the original creator of a piece of intellectual output should be not militated against. But this much sought after protection can be best served through acknowledgement. The over hyped IPR issue is more for the monetary benefit of the commercial publishing houses who mint money rather than the research community. The greater your visibility through Web hosting, voluntary contributions to the Institutional Repositories (IR) and free access, greater is the chance of you being noticed, used and cited by the fellow scholars as the experience from the IR operating the world over has revealed. Universities and Research Centers in the intellectually advanced countries have already realized that the development of a knowledge society can be achieved only through free and unrestricted access to scientific publications and community participation in academics and research. Yet unfortunately this philosophy has not caught the needful attention of the academic/research institutions/organization in our country. Couldn't the authorization and funding bodies like the UGC/AICTE/MCI/PCI/NAC etc. lay down certain basic criterion for allocating reorganization/funding/standardization etc in the light of the examples to be seen in the practices of the best academic/research institutions from over the world? Regards, TANWIR -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Subbiah Arunachalam Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 7:27 PM To: balu(a)imsc.res.in; mv(a)mbu.iisc.ernet.in; balki(a)serc.iisc.ernet.in; gautam_desiraju(a)yahoo.com; seh(a)uohyd.ernet.in; lynn.andrew(a)gmail.com; anshu(a)igib.res.in; sunil(a)cis-india.org Cc: openaccess(a)dgroups.org; nmukunda(a)cts.iisc.ernet.in; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; Guna1970(a)gmail.com; mu.madhan(a)gmail.com Subject: [LIS-Forum] University of Glasgow announces new Publications Policy ** Apologies for cross-posting** University of Glasgow announces new Publications Policy The University of Glasgow is proud to announce a new Publications Policy which will require authors to deposit the full text of peer reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings in the University's institutional repository Enlighten (http://www.gla.ac.uk/enlighten) where publisher agreements permit this. The University has been at the forefront of repository developments since 2002 when the internationally recognised DAEDALUS Project, funded by JISC, was founded. Glasgow is an internationally renowned research intensive University producing thousands of research publications each year. In joining major institutions and funding bodies worldwide the University recognises the importance of free and unrestricted access to scholarly literature in the furtherance of research; and the importance to researchers of maximising the impact of their research across the world. Professor Steven Beaumont, OBE CEng FRSE Vice-Principal Research and Enterprise said 'The University of Glasgow generates over 3,000 research papers per year. Since we began to put these into Enlighten on a voluntary basis there have been over 1 million downloads. Enlighten really does help the University to showcase its research and to increase the impact of that it has on society. This new policy will make that impact even greater. I very much appreciate the support of Senate in adopting this move.' Details of the policy, which was approved by the University Senate, are available at http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/enlighten/publicationspolicy/index.html. The policy came into effect at the beginning of the 2008/2009 academic year. ******************************************** Morag Greig Advocacy Manager (Enlighten) Direct line: +44(0)141 330 6797 Fax: +44(0)141 330 4952 E-mail: m.greig(a)lib.gla.ac.uk Library University of Glasgow Hillhead Street Glasgow G12 8QE www.lib.gla.ac.uk The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401 -- 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for participation in the UNESCO Sponsored Information Literacy Workshop for South and Central Asia
by Mailing List Admin 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:18:28 +0530 From: Jagtar Singh <jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com> Dear professional Colleagues, In view of profound response to our call for participation in the IL Workshop for South and Central Asia and in consultation with the Unesco TTT-IL Project experts/leaders, we have decided to increase the number of participants' intake from 50 to 75 delegates. We don't want the deserving cases to be left out. Hence please access the link given in this call for participation an mail me your duly filled in application form by 17 October 2008. Profound regards, Jagtar Singh, Workshop Coordinator UNESCO Sponsored Training-the-Trainers (TTT) in Information Literacy Regional Workshop for South and Central Asia 05 � 07 November 2008 Punjabi University, Patiala (India). ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University ( www.punjabiuniversity.ac.in), Patiala (India) is one of the 12 institutions selected by UNESCO to host the Training-the-Trainers (TTT) in Information Literacy Regional Workshop from November 05 - 07, 2008 for participants from South and Central Asia. Training for Information Literacy This workshop is not designed to raise the level of awareness of the general population as to what Information Literacy (IL) is all about. Nor is a meeting of world experts convened to foster the academic interchange of theories and ideas. Instead, this workshop is aimed at training particular kinds of professionals � those who are employed in what are sometimes called the "helping professions" such as teachers - who may already be acknowledged to be, or who wish to become, a fully qualified expert IL trainer, either as a generalist, or as a specialist in a given discipline or sector that matches one of the "ultimate beneficiary target audiences" such as women, the disabled and the unemployed. Aim and Scope The main aim of this Workshop is to provide Information Literacy educators and trainers with specialized, authoritative, comprehensive and up-to-date training. This workshop would bring together experts and participants from south and central Asia to discuss and share information, experiences and expertise on current issues, concerns, teaching and learning approaches, methods and models, and professional "best practices" regarding Information Literacy education and training. This workshop aims to train the trainers/instructors in Information Literacy to enable them to share their knowledge, experiences and skills to train the stakeholders at the grass roots. Resource Persons Expert presenters, who are established and experienced authorities in the Information Literacy field, will present the content at the workshops, and organize the participant discussions. Mrs. Pradeepa Wijetunge, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Prof. Piyadasa Ranasinghe, Head, DLIS, University of Kelaniya, and President, Sri Lanka Library Association, Sri Lanka, Dr. Kanwal Ameen, AP, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, Dr. Harish Chandra, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai, Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director Inflibnet, Dr. R. K. Chadha, Joint Secretary, Indian Parliament, New Delhi, Prof. N. Laxman Rao, Director, Academic Staff College, University of Hyderabad, Prof. S. M. Shafi, Prof. and Head, DLIS, University of Kashmir, Dr. Roshan Raina, Director, Lal Bahudur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi, Prof. I.V. Malhan of Jammu University, Jammu, and Prof. M.P. Satija of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar will facilitate the workshop participants. A Certificate of Completion will be awarded to successful participants. Workshop Participants This workshop is seeking applications from 50 qualified trainer-participants from South and Central Asian countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Applicants should hold a professional degree, preferably a graduate degree and have knowledge and interest in the Information Literacy field. Typically, applicants will be: university/college/school faculty; practicing librarians and information professionals; and human relations department trainers in private sector companies, associations and government agencies; and similarly qualified educational professionals, including education and training administrators in scientific, technological and research institutions. Since attendance is limited, applicants are urged to submit their applications at the earliest. Application Form and Fee Interested applicants should access the following link for application form: http://tttw.patiala.googlepages.com/applicationform-tttworkshopforsouthandce, fill it out and send it to the Workshop Coordinator, Professor Jagtar Singh at ttw.patiala(a)gmail.com or jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com The last date for submitting applications is Thursday, 17 October 2008. Selected candidates will be provided with additional, detailed guidance as to next steps. Applicants should also check the websites periodically, both before and after they submit their applications, to ensure they are aware of the latest information since some data may be updated from time to time as more current and timely information sometimes becomes available. The participants are required to pay for their own travel costs. The registration fee for the workshop is INR 5000/-. You may pay it on the spot in cash. Otherwise you may send a draft payable at Patiala in the name of Unesco TTT-IL Workshop. The registration fee includes boarding, lodging, IL CDs, sessions' tea, and conference kit. But for non-residents, the registration fee is INR 4000/-. Useful Links (containing application forms and other workshop details): TTT Patiala Workshop Site: http://tttw.patiala.googlepages.com/ UNESCO Portal: Information Literacy: Training The Trainers in Information Literacyhttp:// portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25992&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201… UNESCO TTT: Training The Trainers in Information Literacy: http://www.albertkb.nl/pageID_5366125.html Dr. Jagtar Singh, Workshop Coordinator and Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala - 147 002 (Punjab) INDIA Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com tttw.patiala(a)gmail.com Phone: +91 (0) 175 3046462 & 3046179 Fax: +91 (0) 175 2283073 Dr. Trishanjit Kaur, Workshop Facilitator Reader & Head Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala - 147 002 (Punjab) INDIA Email: trishanjit.kaur(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Discrimination with Librarians
by Balesh Kumar 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

Dear Sir, UGC Commitee in its recomendations has not provided the benefits of the higher education i.e. M. Phil. & Ph.D. to the Librarians. Advance increments of higher education are only for Asstt. Professors (Lecturer) not for Librarians similarly relaxation of one and two years ffor M. Phil and Ph.D. holders for mooving in senior sacle has not been recomended for Librarians. All the professionals and professional association should raise their voice against this discrimination. This is not only matter of money but also our status. Fedaration of Association of UniversityTeachers has earlier demanded the same and requested to the head of the UGC Commitee to grant the same benefits to the Librarians and DPE. the federation has demanded to change the designation of Librarian as Lecturer (now as Asstt. Professor) Balesh Kumar Librarian S. D. College (Lahore) Ambala Cantt.-133 001 (Haryana) (M) 09416073008 Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: New Open Access Monograph: Economics and Usage of Digital Libraries: Byting the Bullet
by Shamprasad Pujar 11 Oct '08

11 Oct '08

Dear Members, A very interesting document on Economics and Usage of Digital Libraries, you may go through it. Regards, S.M. Pujar Deputy Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai ============================================ -- Original Message -- From: Shana Kimball <kimballs(a)umich.edu> To: <diglib(a)infoserv.inist.fr> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:51:29 -0400 Subject: [DIGLIB] New Open Access Monograph: Economics and Usage of Digital Libraries: Byting the Bullet New Open Access Monograph: Economics and Usage of Digital Libraries: Byting the Bullet The Scholarly Publishing Office of the University of Michigan Library is pleased to announce the availability of a new open access monograph, Economics and Usage of Digital Libraries: Byting the Bullet <<http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.5621225.0001.001>http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.5621225.0001.001>, edited by Wendy Pradt Lougee (University Librarian, University of Minnesota) and Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason (Arthur W. Burks Collegiate Professor of Information and Computer Science, School of Information, University of Michigan). In the late 1990's, researchers and digital library production staff at the University of Michigan collaborated on deploying the Pricing Economic Access to Knowledge project (PEAK), a full-scale production-quality digital access system to enable usage of content from all of Elsevier's (then about 1200) scholarly journals, and at the same time to conduct a field experiment to answer various questions about the interplay between pricing models and usage. The experiment culminated in a lively conference that engaged scholars, library practioners and publishers. This volume captures some of the most interesting and provocative discussions to come out of that conference. PEAK was a ground-breaking effort in its day, and references to the project have continued over time. It raised important questions about the potential for highly functional journal content and new economic models of publishing. In today?s context of socially-enabled systems and open-access publishing, the motivating questions of PEAK remain relevant. , provides academic publishing services that are responsive to the needs of both producers and users, that foster a sustainable economic model for academic publishing, and that support institutional control of intellectual assets. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Digitisation of syallabus
by Shital Shah 11 Oct '08

11 Oct '08

Hi Friends, I would like to digitise Syllabus of mumbai university from FYJC to TyBc for Commerce stream. Do anybody have it? Any suggestion . Pl.Help Me Shital Shah Librarian Prahladrai Dalmia Lions College -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Canada's 4th Green Open Access Mandate, Planet's 55th
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Oct '08

11 Oct '08

Funding agencies around the world are mandating open access to research funded by them. Even in India Minister of Science and Technology Mr Kapil Sibal has announced that the Wellcome-DBT Fellows must necessarily make thir research publications open access. [By the way, the Wellcome Trust wouldn't part with a penny, if this condition is not accepted.] One is at a loss to know what holds us from making it mandatory for all research publications resulting from government-supported research, and not just those written by the Wellcome-DBT Fellows, to be made open access. What is holding us back? Subbiah Arunachalam == Subject: Canada's 4th Green Open Access Mandate, Planet's 55th National Cancer Institute of Canada (CANADA* funder-mandate) Institution's/Department's OA Eprint Archives Institution's/Department's OA Self-Archiving Policy Effective July 2009, all researchers supported in whole or in part through the NCIC are required to make their published results of NCIC supported work publicly available. Researchers are encouraged to make their work publicly available as soon as possible, but must do so no later than six months after the final publication date. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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