January 2009 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Vacancy of Librarian's position
by Mailing List Admin 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

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Version 74, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

Version 74 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. This selective bibliography presents over 3,350 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. Where possible, links are provided to works that are freely available on the Internet, including e-prints in disciplinary archives and institutional repositories. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital publications since my resignation from the University of Houston Libraries (http://tinyurl.com/5en4jt) see: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/dsoverview.htm Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues* 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History* 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues* 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals* 3.4 General Works* 3.5 Library Issues* 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements* 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management* 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies* Appendix B. About the Author* Appendix C. SEPB Use Statistics Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* Digital Libraries* Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials* General Electronic Publishing* Images Legal* Preservation* Publishers Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* SGML and Related Standards Further Information about SEPB The XHTML version of SEPB is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be searched using a Google Search Engine. Whether the search results are current depends on Google's indexing frequency. In addition to the bibliography, the XHTML document includes: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (monthly list of new resources; also available by e-mail--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepw/sepw.htm http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=51756 http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 330 related Web sites) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepr/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/archive/sepa.htm Annual PDF Editions The 2006 and 2007 annual editions of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (PDF files designed for printing) are also available. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/annual.htm Related Article An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3336451.0007.201 Other Digital Scholarship Publications The following Digital Scholarship publications may also be of interest: (1) Author's Rights, Tout de Suite http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ts/authorrights.pdf (2) DigitalKoans (Weblog about digital copyright, digital curation, digital repositories, open access, scholarly communication, and other digital information issues) http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/ RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DigitalKoans (3) Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography http://digital-scholarship.org/etdb/etdb.htm (4) Google Book Search Bibliography http://digital-scholarship.org/gbsb/gbsb.htm (5) Institutional Repositories, Tout de Suite http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ts/irtoutsuite.pdf (6) Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals http://digital-scholarship.org/oab/oab.htm -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ A Look Back at Nineteen Years as an Internet Digital Publisher http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/nineteenyears.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How to use Dropbox
by jamil＠drtc.isibang.ac.in 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

How to use Dropbox Dropbox is online file storage up to 2GB, file sharing, online backup and file synchronizing service across your computers. All you need is to download the client software, create your user account, link your computer to your account and move your files to the dropbox folder in your computer. Dropbox will automatically upload the files to their server. While you are away, or need to check your files from a friends computer or from a browsing center, you can simply logon to the web client and download or view your files, or even upload any latest files. These files will also get synced on to your computers linked to dropbox. You can share your dropbox files across your Macs, PCs and Linux machines. All you need is to simply download the dropbox client and logon to your existing account. You can have your own personal folder, or share folders with your friends, or have a public folder for access to anyone. Dropbox client is officially supported on Windows XP and Vista, Mac OSX Tiger and Leopard, as well as Ubuntu 7.10+ and Fedora Core 9+, and several other distributions of Linux. The Ajax enabled Dropbox web version also supports Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. Google Chrome is not supported at this moment. Jamil Ahmed DRTC Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore jamil(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Copyright V2.0 : New code to shield software
by Shaheen, Farooque 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

The government plans to introduce a legislation empowering software makers in their fight against the sale of unauthorised copies of their products, as it looks to crack down on rampant piracy in the country where nearly three-fourths of the software used is pirated. An amendment to the Copyright Act, which will be introduced in Parliament later this year, will make it illegal to break the security code of all kinds of software from operating systems and games to multimedia players. The proposed law will also make it punishable to access computer networks and websites without authorisation. For detail: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/Policy/Copyright_v20_New_c… Thanks & Regards Farooque Shaheen Keane India Pvt Ltd Bangalore-560004 ______________________________________________________________________ Disclaimer: This communication, along with any documents, files or attachments, is confidential, intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is legally privileged, attorney work product or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient(s) or have received this message in error, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of any information contained in or attached to this communication is strictly prohibited; instructed to immediately notify the sender by return email or by a phone call to the sender; and required to delete this message from your computer. This communication does not form any contractual obligation on behalf of the sender, the sender's employer or such employer's parent company, affiliates or subsidiaries. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations to Prof.V.G.Talwar
by MAHESH ATCHI 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

It is moment for every librarian by profession to feel proud. The University of Mysore has appointed as its Vice-Chancellor Mr. V.G.Talwar. His appointment is an example of what can be achieved by a Lis Profession who is willing to Learn, Develop and Grow. He has proved that the profession of a Library is on par with any other noble aspiring profession. On behalf of the Librarians of INC, India, I sincerely congratulate to Prof.V.G.Talwar -- A. MAHESH Librarian ICFAI National College Visakhapatnam -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for article
by Kshema Prakash 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

Hello and Happy New Year to all. Can someone kindly send me a soft copy of the following article? *Toraev, A. and Oth. 1997. Initiation of microspore embryogenesis by stress. Trends in Plant Science. Vol. 2(8). Pp. 297-302.* With best regards, Kshema Mrs. Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian - Gr I, Contact Person e-Journals (Library) & Coordinator - Distance Library Services DEI Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282 0110 Uttar Pradesh, India Mob: +919897190604 http://kshema-distancelibraryservices.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles Required on Charles Darwin's
by Ghouse Mamdapur 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

Dear Friends, I am in need of these given below articles, if you have fulltext of these articles. Kindly forward me. *Charles Darwin's* Evolution, Old and New; or, The Theories of Buffon, Dr Erasmus Darwin, and Lamarck, as compared with that of Mr Charles Darwin ALFRED R. WALLACE Nature 20, 141 - 144 (12 Jun 1879), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/020141a0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Darwin's Diary of the Voyage of HMS Nature 132, 871 - 872 (09 Dec 1933 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/132871a0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Centenary of the Landing of Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands Nature 136, 534 - 535 (05 Oct 1935), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/136534a0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Darwin, the Fragmentary Man E. B. POULTON Nature 141, 807 - 808 (07 May 1938), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/141807a0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Manuscripts of Charles Darwin Nature 149, 465 - 465 (25 Apr 1942), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/149465a0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Darwin: The Decisive Years JULIAN S. HUXLEY Nature 157, 536 - 538 (27 Apr 1946), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/157536a0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Darwin H. GRAHAM CANNON Nature 162, 831 - 831 (27 Nov 1948), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/162831a0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Darwin H. GRAHAM CANNON Nature 162, 831 - 831 (27 Nov 1948), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/162831a0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Physical Laboratory: Sir Charles Darwin, K.B.E., F.R.S. Nature 164, 15 - 16 (02 Jul 1949), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/164015a0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Charles Darwin, K.B.E., F.R.S. G. B. B. M. SUTHERLAND Nature 198, 14 - 15 (06 Apr 1963), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/198014a0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Darwin W. L. SUMNER Nature 201, 860 - 860 (29 Feb 1964), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/201860a0 ***************************************** Ghousemodin N Mamdapur. Library Trainee Indian Institute of Astrophysics; Govt. of India. IInd Block Koramangala; Bangaluru - 560 034 Moblie - 9480398175 Email ID: ghouse(a)iiap.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fascinating Facts of Library of Congress
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Dear Friends, Fascinating Facts of Library of Congress *Origin* The Library was founded in 1800, making it the oldest federal cultural institution in* *the nation. On August 24, 1814, British troops burned the Capitol building (where the Library was housed) and destroyed the Library's core collection of 3,000 volumes. On January 30, 1815, Congress approved the purchase of Thomas Jefferson's personal library of 6,487 books for $23,950. *Statistics* The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with more than 138 million items on approximately 650 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 32 million books and other print materials, 2.9 million recordings, 12.5 million photographs, 5.3 million maps, 5.5 million pieces of sheet music and 61 million manuscripts. *Collections* The Library receives some 22,000 items each working day and adds approximately 10,000 items to the collections daily. The majority of the collections are received through the Copyright registration process, as the Library is home to the U.S. Copyright Office. Materials are also acquired through gift, purchase, other government agencies (state, local and federal), Cataloging in Publication (a pre-publication arrangement with publishers) and exchange with libraries in the United States and abroad. Items not selected for the collections or other internal purposes are used in the Library's national and international exchange programs. Through these exchanges the Library acquires material that would not be available otherwise. The remaining items are made available to other federal agencies and are then available for donation to educational institutions, public bodies and nonprofit tax-exempt organizations in the United States. *International Collections* Since 1962, the Library of Congress has maintained offices abroad to acquire, catalog and preserve library and research materials from countries where such materials are essentially unavailable through conventional acquisitions methods. Overseas offices in New Delhi (India), Cairo (Egypt), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Jakarta (Indonesia), Nairobi (Kenya) and Islamabad (Pakistan) collectively acquire materials from more than 60 countries and acquire materials on behalf of United States libraries participating in the Cooperative Acquisitions Program. The Library is also collaborating with institutions around the globe to develop a World Digital Library<http://www.worlddigitallibrary.org/> . *Languages* Approximately half of the Library's book and serial collections are in languages other than English. The collections contain materials in some 470 languages. Source:http://www.loc.gov Thanking You, Dinesh -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2nd & Final Announcement about Workshop at PRL
by Mailing List Admin 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:43:32 +0530 (IST) From: Mrs Nishtha Anilkumar <nishtha(a)prl.res.in> Dear Colleagues We, at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad are organising a two day workshop on "Library2.0 : A Global Information Hub. Date : 5 - 6 February 2009. Venue : Ramanathan Auditorium in PRL, Ahmedabad Registration Fees : Rs 1000/- (without accommodation) Rs 1500/- (with accomodation) Main Themes : Understanding Web 2.0 Interoperability standards and Protocols Network & RFID Technologies Open Source Technologies Main Speakers : Dr Jagdish Arora, INFLIBNET Dr Shailendra Kumar, Dept of LIS, Delhi Univ. Dr Harish Chandra, IITM Dr M G Sreekumar, IIMK Last date of Registration : 16th January 2009. Please note : NO SPOT REGISTRATION More information about the workshop will be available from the workshop webpage under the PRL Library website (http://www.prl.res.in/~library) If you or your professional colleagues would be interested to attend this workshop, please pre-register online today and send the payment at the earliest. Nishtha A Workshop Co-ordinator ******************************************************************************** Nishtha Anilkumar Phone : (91)-079-26314167 Librarian SD Fax : (91)-079-26311502 Physical Research Laboratory email : nishtha(a)prl.res.in Navrangpura Ahmedabad 380 009 Gujarat INDIA ********************************************************************************

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Malayalam for Koha
by Rajan 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Dear Shri Vimal, The Windows XP Service Pack 3 is available in the DVD distributed along with the computer magazine 'Digit' June 2008 issue. Enabling Malayalam is possible in Windows XP SP II or later versions. The most appropriate IME is the one recently created by Kerala IT Mission. To install it, please download the zip file at http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in/images/9/92/Win-inscript.zip and click the setup.exe file. Malayalam keyboard can then be enabled by, selecting malayalam from the options in the taskbar icon. If you are using IME from other sources, the creation of letters like n in rajan requires pressing of 5 keys. Instructions for Malayalam typing are given at http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in/index.php/InputMethods Rachana and Anjali Old Lipi are the commonly used fonts, even though Kartika is the default one in XP. Meera, is good, but smaller in size. This is a grey area and advice of people with more exposure will be of great help. Regards, K Rajasekharan ------------------------------ Original Message: Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:02:54 +0530 From: "Vimal Kumar" <vimal0212(a)gmail.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Enabling Malayalam for Koha using SCIM Dear Friends, I write this from the inspiration of scanning earlier submissions made by Rajan (KILA) Sir about Koha for Malayalam catalogues. I tried to enable Malayalam in Windows XP machines for my professional colleagues. My attempt was failed due to most of PCs used Windows XP pirated version! It ask for XP service pack CD-ROM while enable Malayalam (any other Indic language). Nobody own XP service pack CD. My experiment with Linux (Debian and Ubuntu) was successful. Inputting Malayalam using SCIM (Smart Common Input Method) software seems very useful and easy. It offers various modes to enter languages. You can enter Malayalam in Phonetic mode. No need to learn the Malayalam key board format while enters data. You can use International Phonetic Alphabet (e.g. Manglish= English+Malayalam). Malayalam vowels can add from drop down list while data entry (No need to waste time for crawling vowels button). I found other Indian languages in SCIM, I have not tried data entry of other languages. I invite you to try other Indian languages with SCIM. And remember to post your feed back in Lis-Forum. Detailed description of enabling Malayalam in Debian and Ubuntu and the required software package available in the following link, http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in/index.php/EnableMalayalam Windows version of SCIM not available. You can also visit the SCIM project home page. www.scim-im.org -- Vimal Kumar V. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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