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Open Access News
by Charu 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

Respected Friends, Greetings for the day, I would like to share the following news with my all learned friends…………….. 1.Oxford University Press has announced to make available the complete text of 65 peer reviewed handbooks comprising over 2,000 essays within 4 subject modules http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2246227/oxford-handbooks… 2. Springer offers free access to research articles on swine flu 318 articles on the H1N1 virus available online free of charge on SpringerLink http://www.springer- sbm.de/index.php?id=291&backPID=132&L=0&tx_tnc_news=6065&cHash=398959b73d Thanks and Regards, Miss Charu Mathur, Delhi. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Second Refresher Course in Library & Information Science at Banaras Hindu University
by Ajay Kum Sharma 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

Dear Library Professional, Second Refresher Course in Library & Information Science at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi is being organised from September 1, 2009 to September 21, 2009. The Lecturers / College Librarians / Assistant Librarians etc. interested in attending the Refresher Course in Library & Information Science may submit their application in the prescribed form and send it directly to the: Director, UGC - Academic Staff College Banaras Hindu University Varanasi - 221005 (INDIA) Note: Application for a programme must reach the office at least 45 days prior to the commencement of the programme. Please vist http://www.bhu.ac.in/dlis/news.html for download the form and detailed information. -- Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Journal Section, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list 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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Want to know how a CD Server is used
by Veena 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

Sir, I want to know the use of CD server in libraries , kindly help to know more about the same. Veena P Oak Technical Director and District Informatics Officer National Informatics Centre Bangalore Urban District Ph 9900516265 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Conference with a Difference
by Rajesh Singh 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

Dear Professional Colleagues, I have been regularly posting mails to keep you updated for all the events and activities of International Conference on Academic Libraries, being organised by Delhi University Library System, from 5th to 8th October, 2009 . This Conference is going to be a conference with a difference—in terms of content, delegation, stalwart international speakers, interaction and discussions, and the outcome. A pre-conference tutorial on Virtual Referencing is being organised on 5th October,2009 . The experts from OCLC will conduct the tutorial. I take this opportunity to invite all the professionals to register for the conference. The registration closes on August 30, 2009 . For registration form please visit: http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09/downloads.htm For all queries and further details, please contact : ICAL 2009 Conference Secretariat Dr. S. Majumdar, Organising Secretary, ICAL C/o University Librarian, Central Library, University of Delhi New Delhi - 110 007, India Phone - 91-11-27666034, 27667848 Fax - 91-11-27666034 E-mail: ical2009.os(a)gmail.com with regards Rajesh Singh Dy. Librarian E-Resources & Training Central Library University Of Delhi DELHI-110 007 011-27666404, 27667848 http://crl.du.ac.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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post vacant in Hi-tech eng. & Mangmt Collage
by purusottam majhi 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

My dear friends, Some library Professional post are lying vacant in the Hitech Engineering and Management collage at Bhadrak, Orissa If anyone wants ot join in this collage. Plz contanct Email: majhi_purusottam(a)rediffmail.com Librarian Hi-tech Engineering and Management Collage Ranital N.H. 5 Bhadrak Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: International Symposium on Innovations in Natural Computing(INC'09)
by Surendran Cherukodan 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

Sir, Kindly forward this to your Computer Science/ Application Dept. Surendran Cherukodan, CUSAT --- On Fri, 26/6/09, kannan B <inc09(a)mail.org> wrote: From: kannan B <inc09(a)mail.org> Subject: International Symposium on Innovations in Natural Computing(INC'09) To: scherukodan(a)yahoo.com Date: Friday, 26 June, 2009, 12:25 PM Dear Sir, Kindly find the attached flayer of International Symposium on Innovations in Natural Computing(INC'09) Conducted by the Department of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science and Technology(CUSAT). Please Circulate the attached flayer to all the members of your institution.. For more details visit http://inc09.cusat.ac.in Regards, Dr.K.V. Pramod Chairman,INC'09 organizing committee -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com! Looking for local information? Find it on Yahoo! Local http://in.local.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Important Job Sites
by jamil＠drtc.isibang.ac.in 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

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Fw: Springer Launches Innovative Publisher-Based Image Collection
by Shamprasad Pujar 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

FYI S.M. Pujar IGIDR, Mumbai -- Original Message -- From: "McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]" <gerrymck(a)iastate.edu> To: "McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]" <gerrymck(a)mail.adp.iastate.edu>, <ifla-mm(a)infoserv.inist.fr>, <ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr>, <diglib(a)infoserv.inist.fr>, <univers(a)infoserv.inist.fr> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:50:50 -0500 Subject: [IFLA-L] Springer Launches Innovative Publisher-Based Image Collection Springer Launches Innovative Publisher-Based Image Collection by <authorSearch('810')>Barbara Quint Posted On July 16, 2009 www.springer.com), an international scholarly publisher based in Germany but operating in 20 countries, has launched SpringerImages http://www.springerimages.com/ ] The massive collection of 1.6 million scientific, technological, and medical images includes photos, tables and figures, charts, graphs, histograms, and other illustrations. Although covering all scientific subject areas, some 61% of the collection focuses on medical and life sciences. Drawing on its own vast collection of content, Springer provides multilayered, in-depth indexing. Subscribers can use the material liberally as long as they do not use it for direct commercial purposes. In an interesting development, SpringerImages includes a small but growing collection of open access images, which are available to anyone, no registration required. [more] Source [ <http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Springer-Launches-Innovative-Pub…>http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Springer-Launches-Innovative-Pub… ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There Are No Answers, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed / Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace' -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Process of Automation
by Pawan Agrawal 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

Dear Library Professionals, Under an urgent need we need to install barcode readers and printers and have to make the barcoding system active in my library. Please help me regarding all the standards of barcoding system. like size of barcodes, process of barcoding etc. Please help me -- Thanks and Regards Pawan R. Agrawal Assistant Librarian SBSK Medical Institute and Reseach Centre Library Sumandeep Vidyapeeth University At & Post. Piparia. 02668-245264 Ph. 9376135580 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Research Output in Developing Countries Increases
by J. K. Vijayakumar 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

-----Original Message----- From: Medical Libraries Discussion List [mailto:MEDLIB-L@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Menefee, Daviess (ELS-NYC) Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 10:49 AM To: MEDLIB-L(a)LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Research Output in Developing Countries Increases Research Output in Developing Countries Reveals 194% Increase in Five Years The partners of Research4Life announced at the World Conference of Science Journalists 2009 that a new research impact analysis has demonstrated a dramatic rise in research output by scientists in the developing world since 2002. By comparing absolute growth in published research before (1996 - 2002) and after (2002 - 2008) the advent of the Research4Life programmes, the analysis has revealed a 194% or 6.4-fold increase in articles published in peer reviewed journals. Research4Life is the collective name given to HINARI, AGORA and OARE, the three public-private partnerships that offer health, agriculture and environmental research for free or at very low cost to developing countries. Key partners include WHO, FAO, UNEP, Cornell and Yale Universities, the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers and Microsoft as the technology partner. Over 150 publishers, among them Elsevier, Springer, Wiley-Blackwell and Oxford University Press provide the journal content. Full Press Release: www.Research4Life.org <http://www.research4life.org/> Daviess Menefee Global Director for Institutional Relations Elsevier -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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