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Request for an article
by LIBRARY 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Namaste, If any library has this, could you kindly help by send a copy of this in reply mail or to the address below. Tămăşan, Alexandru(R-CLUJM) Differentiability with respect to lag for nonlinear pantograph equations. Pure Math. Appl. 9 (1998), no. 1-2, 215--220. Thanks & regards, Veena -- -------------------------------------------------- Library TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics Phone: 91-80-66953757 Post Bag No. 6503, Sharada Nagar, Fax: 91-80-66953799 Chikkabommasandra, GKVK Post, URL: http://math.tifrbng.res.in Yalahanka New Town, Bangalore-560 065 Bharat -------------------------------------------------- "Every duty is holy and devotion to duty is the highest form of the worship of God." - Swami Vivekananda -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by ramesh chander 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Dear Colleagues, I have a need of following article, if anyone have access to it, please send it to me. The details of the articles are as follows: - 1. Hippocampus as comparator: Role of the two input and two output systems of the hippocampus in selection and registration of information by O.S. Vinogradova Hippocampus <http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/38348/home>: Volume 11 Issue 5 <http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/86513497/issue>, Pages 578 - 598, 10.1002/hipo.1073 About DOI<http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/doiinfo.html> 2. Dendritic morphology and its effects on the amplitude and rise-time of synaptic signals in hippocampal CA3 pyramidal cells by Darrell A. Henze, William E. Cameron, German Barrionuevo * The Journal of Comparative Neurology<http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/31248/home>: Volume 369 Issue 3 <http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/62765/issue> , Pages 331 - 334, 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960603)369:3<331::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-6 About DOI<http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/doiinfo.html> 3. Three-dimensional analysis of the structure and composition of CA3 branched dendritic spines and their synaptic relationships with mossy fiber boutons in the rat hippocampus by Chicurel ME<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=Search&Term=%22Chicu…>, Harris KM<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=Search&Term=%22Harri…>. J Comp Neurol. 1992 Nov 8;325(2):169-82. With Best Regards, Romesh Chander National Center for Science Information(NCSI), Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore-560012. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Excerpts of Conference on ‘Scholarly Communication in India in the Age of the Commons (Open Access)’
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

Dear Friends, Excerpts of Conference on ‘Scholarly Communication in India in the Age of the Commons (Open Access)’ organized by ICAST, NAL, Bangalore on 26th March 2009. The inaugural session of the conference begin with worm welcome by Dr. I. R. N. Goudar, Head of ICAST. Prof. Subbaiah Arunachalam, CIS, was briefed the significance of conference in the present scenario. Dr. A. R. Upadhya, Director, NAL was highlighted the importance of open access movement and its impacts on scholarly communication. Keynote address on ‘Journals, open access, copyright, repositories – some viewpoints from a academy’ was delivered by distinguished Vice President of Indian Academy of Sciences, Prof. N. Mukunda. He begins his speech with the Darwinian ideas of evolution and how it relates to open access movement. He emphasized on the number of research publication and how difficult to get the full text articles which are under the clutches of copyrights. Prof. Mukunda was also inaugurated the DRC@NAL. Dr. Poornima, Dy. Head, ICAST was the comparer of all the sessions of the conference and also briefed about the DRC@NAL. The first conference talk starts with Prof. John Willinsky of Stanford University on ‘Global and Local for Making Research and Scholarship Publicly Available’. He has quoted the Charles Darwin’s discovery of science and contributions of Newton. He has explained the today’s implications of openness and research publication of openness. He expressed that, he was very pleasure to speak in India about open access. This is because of Indian scientist convincing tactics on OA. He has quoted the example of Agropedia – the open access online resource. He says that Agropedia has great contribution for agriculture. He was raised the importance of open educations movement, open knowledge resources, open source software and mentioned some of the institutions and society’s open access movement (MIT’s, IIT’s, NAL etc.,). He said that, broadly open access software’s are available in 25 languages which are open to people of idea. He explained how IPR of Science is open to public and increase ness of open science. He has pointed out the role of scholarly societies in OA movement and need to build the effective secondary education in India. He has argues on scientific judgment to access the quality of OA journals. He has concluded with some of the aspects of human rights, how the OA movement reduce the cost of learning resources and increased quality. The second speaker was Dr. D. K. Sahu, MD & CEO of Medknow Publications, he spoke on ‘Economics and Citation Impact of Open Access Journal Publishing in India’. He has presented some of the facts and problems such as lack of qualities, low citations, low impact factors of developing countries journals article. He was emphasized on publicizing model and how research is converting into knowledge. He disclosed how the open access publishers sharing cost of publication. Most of their revenues and expenses are through advertisement (print & web), institutional membership of printed journals etc. He has made graphical representation of economics, visibility, research impact, imprint quality of some of the Medknow published journals. He says that, at present Medknow published 81 open access journals from eight countries and provides immediate free access to the full text articles. He concludes that fee-less-immediate-free model journals from the developing world could gain more readers, authors and improved citations. Prof. Leslie Chan of University of Toronto was the third speaker of the conference on the topic ‘From Institutional Repositories to a Global Knowledge Commons’. He has pointed out that, how OA enables peer to peer sharing networked information economy and he has highlighted the user driven innovations, dissemination of information through philanthropy. He has remembered the OA initiatives & contributions of late Prof. T. B. Rajashekar. He has explained the some of the benefits of OA, which includes, *global dissemination*cross disciplinary enquiry*new tools for discovery*greater control of intellectual output*improved citation ratio*fastening innovation* etc. He has mentioned few reputed OA publishers, they are *Bioline Intl.*Medknow*Public Library of Science* and he was quoted few self archives, they are *arxiv.org*eprints@iisc*opendoar*. The last speaker was Dr. Sunil Abraham, Director – Policy, Centre for Internet Society, Bangalore. His topic was ‘Academic and Scholarly Communications in the Realm of Laws: Copyrights, Patents, and the PUPFIP bill. He has pointed out the fair dealing of IPR, translations, reproduction of broadcast signals and importance of scholarly communication on society and the law. He explained the implications of Protection and Utilization of Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill (PUPFIP). He says that, this bill covers all research done in pursuance to government grants and *IP intangible property* *copyrights*trademark*patent*design*semiconductor design*plant variety*. The last and final session of the conference was panel discussion. The topic of discussion was ‘Scholarly Communication and Openness: Emerging Trends’. Prof. P. Balaram, Director of IISc., was panel chair and Prof. Wiilinsky, Prof. Chan, Dr. A. R. Upadhya, Mr. N. V. Satyanarayana, CMD, Informatics and Prof. Arunachalam were the members of panel. Prof. Balaram opines in discussion that, authors will be happy if articles accepted in reputed journals and most of them will not worry about copyrights. He says that lawyers are most worrying factors in OA movement. Prof. Willinksy opined that, IR are very much necessary and are not sufficient as of now. Dr. Upadhya viewed that, success of OA movement will depend on government policies and OA gives freedom for users than publishers and authors. He also opines that, IR are first hand information. Mr. N. V. Satyanaraya said that, the subscription rates of commercial journals are rising continuously and rate never comes down so far. He has given the costly royalty statistics of authors of commercial publications. He explained the author based model, how commercial publishers making money and cost based consumer behavior. He opines that, author is a major stake holder and author has to take decision in controlling the prices. He has mentioned the importance of IR National Standards especially for Standards for Archives. And also he opined that, OA are real challenges to authors. Prof. Arunachalam said that, National Knowledge Commission has to take initiatives of OA. Finally, the panel concludes that ‘Exclusivity should be broken’ and ‘providing access to scholarly communication is important than pricing’. The conference ends with honoring panelist and vote of thanks by Mr. Satyanarayana of NAL. The conference was well organized and there were around 300 participants from academic, industry, institutions, societies, publishing and other related disciplines. This conference will open wide doors for open access movement in India. Thanking You, Dinesh -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. MLISc., Ph.D. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com Blog: ksdinesh.blogspot.com, Official Blog: libraryofncet.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Research in LIS
by Juran Sarkhel 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

Wanted Full-time Research Scholars in Library and Information Science Applications in plain paper along with complete Bio-data, attested copies of certificates, marksheets and testimonials are invited for the post of Full-time University Research Scholars at the Department of Library and Information Science of the University of Kalyani, West Bengal. Stipend will be paid as per rules of the UGC/Government of West Bengal Number of Posts: 03 Qualifications: MLIS/ADIS/AIS with 55% marks (For SC/ST 50% marks). Candidates should qualify NET/SET Examination. Applications in plain paper along with complete Biodata, attested copies of certificates, mrksheets and testimonials should reach within 13th April, 2009 to: Prof. Juran Krishna Sarkhel, Head of the Department of Library and Informatiuon Science, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741235, West Bengal DR. J. K. Sarkhel Professor & Head Dept of Library & Information Science University of Kalyani Kalyani-741235 West Bengal; India _________________________________________________________________ So many new options, so little time. Windows Live Messenger. http://www.microsoft.com/india/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SLA Opens Certificate Programs to Non-Members
by sandeep bhavsar 28 Mar '09

28 Mar '09

Respected All http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/pressroom/pressrelease/09pr/pr2906.cfm Opportunities to Enhance Skills and Increase Value to Employers Now Accessible for Non-Members Alexandria, Virginia, March 24, 2009-- Special Libraries Association (SLA) Click University certificate programs, previously available to SLA members only, are now open to non-members who wish to enhance their skills in the fields of knowledge management, competitive intelligence or copyright management. "During tough economic times, information professionals must take advantage of every opportunity to master new skills, stay competitive and provide superior service to their organizations," said SLA CEO Janice R. Lachance. "Opening up the Click U certificate courses to non-members will make this advanced training accessible to any information professional." Most SLA certificate courses are offered online through the association's Click University and are taught by instructors who are thought leaders in their fields. Courses in the competitive intelligence certificate program cover topics such as planning and development, research, analysis, intelligence delivery, and managing intelligence. The popular copyright management curriculum includes instruction in domestic and international copyright law, digital copyright issues, use of copyright-protected materials, digital license agreements, copyright collective agreements (such as the Copyright Clearance Center and Access Copyright), managing content and copyright compliance. The knowledge management certificate courses teach participants how to expertly harness and manage proprietary knowledge, and how to apply and use that knowledge in conjunction with industry information to support enterprise-wide decision making, research and innovation. Students can earn a certificate in knowledge management, a certificate in knowledge services, or a dual certificate combining the two. While the primary goal of these programs is to allow participants to earn one or more certificates, each of the certificate courses has inherent value and any course may be taken à la carte. Continuing education credits (CEUs) from IACET are available to SLA members only. Click U also offers "members-only" programs that are free to SLA members. They include all non-certificate online courses, twice-monthly live Webinars and replays, and the SLA Online Libraries. Also available to SLA members as part of their membership dues are hundreds of summaries of best-selling business and management books through execuBooks, a Web 2.0 training program called 23 Things, software and technology training in the SLA Innovation Lab and SLA Leadership Training. About SLA's Click University Now in its fifth year, Click U provides SLA members with state-of-the-art learning opportunities in partnership with today's information industry leaders. Courses on software and technology, management, communications, and leadership are designed to enhance the skills acquired through traditional library education. Click U also provides accessible certificate programs for information professionals looking to take the next step into a new career and use their traditional information skills in fields such as competitive intelligence, knowledge management, and copyright management. For more information about Click U go to www.sla.org. Thanks and Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601 MUMBAI. INDIA @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 9987049099 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Registration form for Koha workshop at Mysore University
by khaiser nikam 28 Mar '09

28 Mar '09

Dear Moderator Please put this format on Lis forum for participants to fill it up and send it back to us UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE Department of Library and Information Science, Manasagangotri, Mysore-06. International Workshop on *Koha 3.0* April 9-10, 2009, (http://www.osslabs.biz/koha_library_management_system/workshop.html) *Registration Form* * * Name: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Designation: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Address: -------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail : ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Telephone / Mobile: ------------------------------------------------------- Rs. -----------/- enclosed as Registration Fee vide Cash / DD No. ---- Dated ------------------ drawn in favour of The Organizing Secretary, Workshop, Department Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-06. Accommodation Required ------------------------ (Yes / No) Please send the duly filled-in form to the Organizing Secretary, Workshop, Dept. Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-06. Place: -------------------------------- Date: --------------------------------- Organizing Secretary: Dr. Khaiser Nikam, Mobile: 9845328672 E-mail: Khaiser.nikam(a)gmail.com Signature *Plz note the fees Rs. 900/- only *-- Regards, Dr.(Mrs) Khaiser Nikam MLISc,PhD & MBA Chairperson/Reader Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570 006 Karnataka INDIA Cell:98453 28672 91-821-2415202 (R) 2419399(O) email : khaiser.nikam(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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A small welcoming message at your library entrance.
by kannan satheesan 27 Mar '09

27 Mar '09

Whatever tall claims we have, we should admit one fact-libraries are faced with steep decline in toll. Maybe for an argument anyone can come up with gate register records and issue statistics. But i feel quite sure, serious reading with a widened base is nearing its extinction among the youth in this post Googlian era. In the west, they pay no heed to book loses and librarians wouldn't walk around with rules and canes, maybe that is why libraries still survive there in spite of their very thin digital divide. i admit this is third world, amidst financial crunches and vicious bureaucracy, a librarian may not be able to do himself much. But the same time it should be borne in mind that it is not only the variety of the services and the extend of stock that attracts users and potential users. It is perhaps the ambiance, ergonomics ,the welcoming look of the library and above all the sympathetic behaviour of librarian. Lately, i decided to stick a welcoming message at the entrance of my library and sat with a brief thought, and came up with some thing like this. I would like to share this little piece of thought with one and all, and thanking you in advance if u can add or embellish this with your creativity .. This is your own library.... No one here to ask you, “why are you here?.” You can lay your hands virtually on anything you find here. You need not be here only if you are in search for something specific. And above all,here,you and your questions are always WELCOME. This message ends with a reassuring quote(a quote related with my intitution's motto) motivating the young minds who come in,instilling a feeling that they would fetch/ stumble upon something they need. When we librarians go far with debates on Hi-tech, may be these little things are pushed back to dark. These little things, the guides,the additions list, messages at notice boards etc etc definitely have a severe impact upon users' mind. Right now i expect a bright future for librarians,because at this pace, 10 years from now may be only we librarians would be left with the knowledge of how subjects are interconnected. i am saying this because, google and wikipedia are tools with high PRECISION and they are always accessible, and by using them very often, the upcoming generation is satisfied with a document if they find a specific definition, a formula and most often some key words in it. They are least bothered to know the out of the text book fundamentals and subject interrelations. May be as from job specializtion managers grew up, from subject compartmentalism and precise search and retrieval librarians would sustain and survive in future... Sincierly, Kannan S. Profect Fellow Centre for Earth Science Studies(CESS)Library Trivandrum, Kerala. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open access conference seeks to free research
by Puna Das 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Open access conference seeks to free research Amulya Gopalakrishnan Posted: Mar 26, 2009 New Delhi: When Newton famously remarked that if he had seen further than others, it was by "standing on the shoulders of giants", he wasn't just being modest. He was stating the simple fact that knowledge builds on previous knowledge, that the back and forth of ideas is vital for scientific achievement. Though the current proprietory publishing model is stacked against scholars, an emerging open access movement across the world aims to free scientific content - and India has big stakes in it. A conference in New Delhi brought together open access evangelists including Prof. John Willinsky of Stanford University, Prof Leslie Chan of the University of Toronto, Prof Surendra Prasad of IIT Delhi, Dr D K Sahu of MedKnow Publications, and Narendra Kumar of CSIR. Now, all research papers published from CSIR labs will be made open access, either by putting the full text on freely available institutional repositories or publishing directly in open access journals. Meanwhile, across the world, MIT has become the first university to throw open all its research papers through the online repository software DSpace. Globally, academic tenure and promotion is traditionally linked to research published in reputed, peer-reviewed journals. These journals are owned by commercial behemoths like Springer and Reed Elsevier, who own stables of journals in various disciplines, and dictate terms to university libraries. But in recent years, journal prices have shot through the roof. Now, after years of weary negotiation, and empowered by new digital infrastructure, universities are teaming up via free institutional repository systems, to pool and circulate their collective research. In India, institutes like NIT Rourkela have adopted super-archives like DSpace for another reason — to showcase their scientific output to global peers. "NIT doesn't have the research legacy of IIT or IISC — they needed the visibility," says NIT director Sunil Kumar Sarangi. Such a knowledge commons is especially valuable to developing countries — for instance, in agricultural research or public health, it is inexcusable that countries which could benefit most from the scientific debate are left out of the loop, simply because of prohibitive pricing (some journals cost up to 20,000 dollars, annually). This only widens the gulf between the state of research here and the US or Europe. Even research produced in India with our taxpayer money is sent to big-name commercial journals and all copyright signed away, putting it out of reach for the Indian scholarly community. But all that could change if open access journals become the norm. S K Sahu, who runs MedKnow publications (over 80 open access journals), also busted claims that content on such journals tends to vanish into the ether after a few years online. Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/open-access-conference-seeks-to-free-rese… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cricket on your mind? Visit the ultimate cricket website. Enter http://beta.cricket.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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We may ban in India but UK Kids will be taught blogging, podcasts, wikipedia and other social media
by Sukhdev Singh 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Checkout out the following blog post- Twitter and social media to be taught at UK primary schools. This news actually the makes the front page of a national newspaper!) - http://sn.im/el3wo It quotes the Guardian newspaper that "Children across the UK will be required to learn the ins and outs of a number of various social media platforms as part of draft plans proposed for the national curriculum". I wonder, should India be banning Social Media like Orkut, Facebook, Twitter etc. or including them in curricula? --Sukhdev Singh. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sixth-Sense: A wonderful wearable computer...
by Shamprasad Pujar 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Dear Members, Have a look at the wonderful wearable computer named 'Sixth Sense' being developed by an Indian Mr Pranav Mistry working at MIT Media Labs, USA. It looks similar to Microsoft's new technology Surface, but size and cost match that of your mobile. The video of the device demonstrated by his supervisor can be viewed at the following URL address. http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/481 Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6547 ; 2840 0919 Ext: 547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in Skype: sham.pujar URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in Blog: http://spujar.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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