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Ranking Web of Repositories: July 2010 Edition
by Mallikarjun 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

Dear All, The second edition of 2010 Ranking Web of Repositories has been published. The ranking is available from the following URL: http://repositories.webometrics.info/ Indian repositories and their rank Openmed NIC 118 IISc 161 IIA 196 ISI 221 Thanks !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!! Mallikarjun Dora Professional Assistant Vikram Sarabhai Library Indian Institute of Management, Ahemadabad http://mallikarjundora.wordpress.com/ !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The World Digital Library initiative gets further expanded
by Puna Das 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

The World Digital Library initiative gets further expanded 02-07-2010 (Paris) "Libraries, especially digital libraries, are truly at the heart of knowledge societies; they enable people to access, share and apply knowledge. UNESCO is committed to further expand universal participation in the World Digital Library (WDL) which reflects the values and priorities of our Organization" said UNESCO's Assistant Director-General of UNESCO for Communication and Information at the opening of the first official meeting of the WDL partners held in Washington, DC on June 22-23. The meeting elected a 7-member Executive Council, including UNESCO and the Library of Congress in their capacity as ex-officio members. In connection with this meeting the Carnegie Corporation of New York supported a conference of directors and technical staff from libraries, archives, and museums in 11 countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan - to identify important documents and collections from these countries that should be added to the WDL. Under the same grant, which was awarded in July 2009, the World Digital Library worked with the National Library of Uganda (NLU) to establish a Digital Conversion Center at the NLU in Kampala. This center, the first of its kind in Uganda and one of very few in sub-Saharan Africa, is enabling the National Library to digitize documents relating to the history and culture of Uganda for inclusion on its own website and on the WDL. The items digitized are from the NLU and other cooperating institutions in Uganda. Future activities planned under the grant include efforts to build capacity at libraries in South Africa so they, too can contribute collections to the WDL. "Capacity-building is a crucial element of the WDL, which is more than just a very high-tech website. In order to ensure participation by all countries that wish to share their cultural heritage with the world via the WDL, we need to assist them with training, equipment, and software" said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. "Carnegie Corporation is proud to be a supporter of the World Digital Library Project, which expands on Andrew Carnegie's vision of opening the library doors of the world even wider and increasing access to knowledge and wisdom for all." said Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The World Digital Library has now 85 partners from some 55 countries. More than 10 million users worldwide have visited the WDL (http://www.wdl.org) since its official launch in April 2009. Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30617&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2010 Emerald Indian LIS Research Fund Award::Call for Indian library and information science research proposals
by Puna Das 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

2010 Emerald Indian LIS Research Fund Award Supporting the dissemination of knowledge for the social good in India Call for Indian library and information science research proposals Emerald is delighted to offer a research grant for an Indian project in the field of library and information science research. The award will offer £2,000 (approximately US$3,000 equivalent) to fund the winning research project. In addition to the research fund it is also hoped that once the research is completed its findings can be published in one of Emerald’s many excellent library and information studies titles. A number of Highly Commended Awards may also be bestowed. Applications should address the dissemination of knowledge for the social good with a specific orientation toward benefit for mainland India. Eligibility The lead member of the research team must be based in India. Judging criteria Each application will be judged, by a panel of experts, on the five criteria below. The research must: * Be of significance, particularly illustrating how it will benefit the social good * Demonstrate originality and innovation * Make an outstanding contribution to theory and its application * Illustrate the appropriateness and application of the methodology * Demonstrate sound implications for theory and practice Application requirements A research proposal must be submitted using the online application form at: http://ww2.emeraldinsight.com/awards/india_lis.htm The following documents will be required electronically: * A summary stating specific goals, outcomes and benefits of the research. This should not exceed 2,000 words (note that tables, figures, appendices and reference lists, if provided do NOT count to the 2,000 word total) * A covering letter containing full contact details (affiliation, full address, telephone number/s and e-mail address) for all researchers involved in the project. Please state clearly which researcher will be the main point of contact The 2,000-word summary must: * Display clearly a statement of purpose and intent * State clearly the methodology(ies) applied and explicitly describe the research process * State expected research outcomes and expected impact and possible application * Specify the expected timescales of the research process * Outline projected costs and total research grant required All submissions must be written in English. For help preparing your application, including advice on how to write your research proposal, please consult our guide to winning research funding. Please note that the decision of the judges is final. Once a decision has been made applicants are not entitled to receive feedback on their submissions. Key dates The closing date for applications is 1 August 2010. Winners will be announced in October 2010. Contact For further information, please contact: Kieran Booluck Author Relations Administrative Assistant Emerald Group Publishing Limited Howard House Wagon Lane Bingley BD16 1WA United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1274 777700 Fax: +44 (0)1274 785200 E-mail: kbooluck(a)emeraldinsight.com; ADas(a)emeraldinsight.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for NCSI-Net lecture – 10th July 2010
by shivaram gowda 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Dear Members I cordially invite you all for NCSI-Net Lecture scheduled on 10th of July 2010 (second Saturday) at NCSI Seminar hall at 11.00AM. Details of the Talk: Topic: Information Marketing in the Digital Era Speaker: Dr. Nagappa, Head | Information Resource Centre | Tata Consultancy Services Abstract of the talk: Concept of Marketing, Required Marketing Skills, PDCP for Marketing, IRC offerings, Promotion Channels, Brainstorming session, etc. Kindly confirm your participation to NCSI-Net coordinators with regards Coordinators NCSI-Net Shivaram BS ICAST, CSIR-NAL Kodihalli Bangaluru-560017 -- 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 Veeru 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Dear Professional, Can anyone provide this article For Our Research Scholar need this article Tilte: *Quality in business education as measured by accreditation and ranking system"* Source: *International Journal of Management in education *2009 Vol.3 No.3/4 PP249-269 Avaliable with www.inderscience.com -- *with regards* Virupaksh BH Assistant Librarian Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore-5800 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on DSpace & KOHA at GIPE, Pune from 9th August to 13th August 2010
by Sunita Barve 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Workshop on “Creating Digital Libraries using DSpace and Library Automation using KOHA Open Source Software” 09th - 13th August 2010 Organised by Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Pune Venue: GIPE, Pune Many organizations are now trying to set up open access digital repositories using open source software. There are couple of open source software available for developing digital libraries. DSpace (http://www.dspace.org/) is one of the most popular software developed jointly by MIT Libraries and HP labs. DSpace helps to create, index and retrieve various forms of digital content. It is also observed that some of the Indian libraries are willing to automate the library operations but due to fund crunches not able to do so. Koha can be the solution for such libraries. Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System. Koha includes modules for circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials, patron management, branch relationships, and many more features. Koha is built using international library standards and protocols that ensure interoperability between Koha and other systems and technologies, while supporting existing work-flows and tools. The purpose of this workshop is to provide training to library professionals by providing adequate practical knowledge which will enable them to initiate digital library projects and automate the libraries on their own by using open source software. The focus will be given on DSpace and Koha open source software which are freely available on Internet and can be customized according to end user's requirements. DSPACE: * DSpace can be used to build institutional or discipline-based repositories * Submission facility allows scientists and researchers to upload digital documents from anywhere in the world * Workflow feature allows moderation/review of the submitted documents * Assigns persistent identifiers to each digital object in the repository * Conforms to the standards like Dublin Core and OAI-PMH v.2.0 * Security can be built at various levels to effect restricted access * Asian and other world language based digital libraries can be built as it conforms to the UNICODE standard KOHA: * A fully featured modern integrated library system (ILS) Web Based * Copy cataloging and z39.50 * MARC21 and UNIMARC for professional catalogers * RSS feed of new acquisitions * E-mail and/or text patron's overdues and other notices * Print your own Barcodes * Multilingual Support * Acquisitions, Circulation, Serial Control & Web OPAC Topics to be covered in the Workshop DSPACE: * Digital Libraries: Overview * Overview of DSpace * DSpace Users: Anonymous, Members & Authors * DSpace Administration * Dublin Core * OAI-PMH * Persistent Identifiers * DSpace Customization * Lucene Search Engine * Unicode and Indian Languages KOHA: * KOHA Introduction & Features Overview * KOHA System Administration * Demonstration of all modules of KOHA * (Acquisitions, Cataloguing, Circulation, Serial Control & OPAC) * KOHA OPAC customization * MARC 21 Introduction * KOHA MARC records import * KOHA backup/restore * KOHA upgrade * Zebra Search Configuration This workshop is exclusively designed to provide hands-on-experience to the Librarians and Information professionals in developing a digital library using DSpace software and library automation using KOHA. The workshop comprises of lectures, demonstration and hands on training using these software in detail. Computer lab facilities are made available for the participants for extended hours. Resource Persons * Dr. ARD Prasad, DRTC, ISI, Bangalore * Dr. Sunita Barve, NCRA, Pune * Mr. Kaustubha Kale, Anant Corporation, Thane * Dr. Nanaji Shewale, GIPE, Pune Target Participants Library and information Science professionals with working knowledge of Information Technology. Number of participants is limited to 25 only. The participants will be selected on first come first served basis. Registration Fee Registration Fee Rs.5000/- to be paid by Demand Draft drawn on any nationalized bank in favor of Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics payable at Pune and must reach the workshop coordinator before 23rd July 2010. The Registration Fee includes Workshop Kit on CD-ROM Working Breakfast, Tea, Lunch & Dinner Free Guest House accommodation at GIPE Guest House Last Date for Registration: 23rd July 2010 Workshop Committee Dr. Nanaji Shewale, Librarian Dr. P. N. Rath, Deputy Librarian Mr. M. Murali Krishna, Assistant Librarian Mr. Vilas Jadhav, Documentation Officer Technical Support Mr. Pramod Joshi, Information Scientist Please mail the filled in Registration Form attached herewith before 23rd July 2010 to Dr Nanaji Shewale DSpace and Koha Workshop Coordinator Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) BMCC Road, Pune 411004, INDIA Email: gipelibrary(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.gipe.ac.in Phone: 91-20-25679940 (Direct) 91-20-25654288, 25650287 - Ext. 401Registration Form Participants Name: __________________________________________________________________________ Name and Address of the Organization: ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Telephone: Office: ___________________________________________________________________________ Residence: __________________________________________________________________________ Mobile: ____________________________________________________________________________ Do you require accommodation during the workshop? Yes/No Demand Draft Number: ____________________________________________________________________________ Name of the Bank: ____________________________________________________________________________ Amount: ____________________________________________________________________________ Date: ____________________________________________________________________________ Signature -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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BNHS Publications
by nirmala reddy 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Dear friends, I take this opportunity to introduce BNHS publication. AS you know Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), a premier institution in natural History. Today it is one of the largest non governmental org. (NGO) in the Indian sub continent. Engaged in the conservation of nature and natural resources, education and research in natural resources education, research in natural history BNHS publication have always been the standard reference books on natural History, field guides and coffee table books, Please find the link below to know more about publications, and for further information, please contact : Mr. Santosh Mhapsekar Bombay Natural History Society, Opp. Lion Gate,Dr. Salim Ali Chowk, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Fort, Mumbai- 400 001 phone: (022) 22821811 http://www.bnhs.org/products.php?cid=NDE=&sid=MA%3D%3D&t=MQ== With best regards Yours sincerely, Ms. Reddy Nirmala P. Librarian Bombay Natural History Society, Opp. Lion Gate,Dr. Salim Ali Chowk, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Fort, Mumbai- 400 001 Ph. 22821811( Ext 334) , 22876279( Direct) Fax- 91-22-22837615 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on cloud computing 18-20, Aug at IIT Madras
by hrmohan＠vsnl.com 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Dear all, A three day workshop on Cloud Computing is being organised by CSI & IEEE during 18-20, Aug 2010 at Chennai bringing together major leaders in cloud computing. The details of the pgm is given below. For the pdf brochure and other details, pl. visit the website http://www.csi-chennai.org/wcc/ With the generous sponsorship from the organizations, we are able to offer subsidized fee (as detailed below) for this THREE days event with a no. of takeaways including a ref. book (http://www.csi-chennai.org/wcc/cc-book.pdf) and Amazon AWS coupon worth USD 25. Industry Delegates: Rs. 1500 Members of CSI, IEEE: Rs. 1250 Academic Faculty & Researchers: Rs. 1250 Student Members of CSI & IEEE: Rs. 1000 We will be thankful if you could attend the pgm and also sponsor some of your colleagues for this programme. Also, pl. forward this msg to some of your friends who may find this pgm useful. Or, pl. provide their email ids to us so that we can send them the msg. With regards HR Mohan Chairman, CSI Div IV & IEEE CS Ph: +91 98414 32179 PROGRAMME DETAILS ================== Workshop on Cloud Computing 18-20, Aug 2010 at IIT Madras, Chennai, India Organised by Computer Society of India Div IV (Communication), Chennai Chapter and SIG-Grid Computing and IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter Supported by Platinum Sponsors: Yahoo, Google, HP, Amazon, IBM, HCL, TCS, Hitachi Gold Sponsors: Novell, VMware, CSS Corp, Ramco, Cognizant ABOUT THE WORKSHOP: In the past decade, the advent of Internet has opened up several exciting new opportunities for business excellence, cost effectiveness and efficiency. Cloud Computing is the latest in such innovations that has brought computing power within reach of every organization. Cloud computing describes a new supplement, consumption and delivery model for IT services over the Internet. This model follows that of typical utilities like electricity and water which we have got used to in the past century. Cloud Computing offers the computing processing power, storage, network bandwidth, software usage, software development, testing, security, identity etc., as services over the Internet. This model offers unprecedented scalability wherein the user can add resources on demand and give them up when not needed, instead of the classical model of over-investing in infrastructure and managing at a huge cost; tremendous cost-effectiveness by providing a “pay per use” model and ensures professional management of the infrastructure. It is fair to say that this model is bound to change the facade of IT usage across the world in the immediate near future. Analysts estimate that by 2012, in India, 30% of the organizations (both corporate & SMEs) will move their applications on the cloud. Also, CIOs will be under tremendous pressure to optimize their expenses which will make them to look at cloud as the natural choice in the years to come. Further, according to a recent study by Zinnov Management Consulting, the global cloud computing market is estimated to touch over $ 70 billion by 2015 with an offshorable piece of about $ 20 billion, of which Indian IT companies are well placed to grab 30% by building applications on the cloud platform, doing support work, or product engineering etc., Further, cloud-based services are estimated to create over 3 lakh jobs in India in the next five years. This three day workshop on Cloud Computing, organized by the Computer Society of India and IEEE Computer Society, provides a platform in which experts from top notch organizations that are rewriting computing history such as Yahoo, Google, HP, IBM, Amazon, HCL, TCS, Hitachi, VMware, Novell, CSS Corp, Ramco and Cognizant will share their experiences apart from introducing various aspects of cloud computing. Some of the typical sessions would include Virtualization and its effect on cloud; Yahoo’s Hadoop framework for cloud application development; Google applications on cloud; Amazon’s EC2 and S3 services; Storage as a Service; Cloud infrastructure and services offerings; Open source stack for cloud computing and identity services; Best practices, migration strategies, management & security issues for cloud applications. With a session on “Research Trends in Cloud Computing” and a panel discussion on “Are we Ready for Cloud Computing” along with a few user experience sharing sessions, this workshop would offer the participants, the best opportunity to get a first hand knowledge by hearing “from the horse’s mouth”, the specifics -- both business and technology perspectives of the emerging area of cloud computing. TARGET AUDIENCE: The workshop is designed to appeal to a wide variety of participants and include: CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, IT Heads of both corporate enterprises and SME organizations from all verticals such as manufacturing, retail, healthcare, BFSI, telecom, hospitality, education, e-Governance etc., Project Managers, Application Developers from IT/ITES organizations, Entrepreneurs venturing into setting up their businesses by offering cloud based applications, Academic Faculty, Researchers and final year BE/BTech/MCA students aspiring to join the IT industry. VENUE: IC & SR Auditorium, IIT Madras, Chennai DATES & TIMINGS: 18 – 20, Aug 2010 :: 09.30 to 17.30 hrs TAKEAWAYS: Apart from the opportunity to hear the technical presentations from the Industry leaders in Cloud Computing, each delegate will be provided with the following five items. - Workshop Kit - Presentations along with white papers, user case studies, success stories on a CD (subject to the IPR guidelines by the resource persons and their organizations) - AWS coupon worth USD 25 to try out Amazon Web Services - A hard copy of the best selling book (http://www.csi-chennai.org/wcc/cc-book.pdf ) "Cloud Computing: A Practical Approach" by Anthony T. Velte, Toby J. Velte and Robert C. Elsenpeter, published by TMH and priced at Rs. 475/= or a standard book on Cloud Computing for reference - Certificate of Participation PROGRAMME FEE: With the generous sponsorship from the organizations, we are able to offer subsidized fee for this THREE days event with a no. of takeaways listed above. Industry Delegates: Rs. 1500 Members of CSI, IEEE: Rs. 1250 Academic Faculty, Researchers & Students: Rs. 1250 Student Members of CSI & IEEE: Rs. 1000 (Note: Students should attach a copy of the membership card and a certificate from the HOD / Principal along with registration form and payment. Right of acceptance is reserved based on the flow of registrations.) REGISTRATION: Registration will be done on "First come first served" basis. As seats are limited, early registration is highly recommended to avoid disappointment. DD/Cheque to be drawn in favour of “COMPUTER SOCIETY OF INDIA – CHENNAI CHAPTER” and payable at Chennai. Pl. mail your registration form with the payment on or before 5th Aug 2010 to: Mr. S. Ramasamy c/o Integrated Databases India Ltd Rosy Towers, 3rd Floor 7, Nungambakkam High Road Chennai – 600034 For registration related information, please contact Mr. S. Ramaswamy, Mobile: +91 98400 09417 :: Email: sypsys(a)vsnl.com OR Mr. K. Adhivarahan, Mobile: +91 94442 75315 :: Email: adhivarahan(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.csi-chennai.org/wcc/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For further assistance, please contact Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman - CSI Div IV & IEEE CS, hrmohan.csi(a)gmail.com Mr. G. Ramesh, Chairman - Programme, gopalaswamy_ramesh(a)yahoo.com Dr. D. Janakiram, Chairman - SIG-DS, djram(a)iitm.ac.in Dr. P. Sakthivel, Chairman - CSI Chennai, sakthi_velp(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha Union Catalog - Archive & Access Project
by savitra sirohi 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

All, The Archive and Access project aims to set up a consortium of archives and libraries in India with the purpose of catalog sharing and eventual sharing of full text digitized resources. The project is is supported by the Jamsetji Tata Trust and housed at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore. A union catalog has been setup on Koha: http://69.164.216.175/ Currently there is 1 participating institution: South Asian Bible College This will be a union catalog of historical collections of libraries and archives from different parts of the India. This is an ongoing process, with the regular introduction of new institutions to the catalog. The project wishes to solicit contributions from libraries, organizations, historians and other scholars for this catalog. Those interested in participating can contact project members at: publicarchivesindia(a)gmail.com. More information about the project is available here: http://publicarchives.org/ Thanks, Savitra Sirohi Nucsoft OSS Labs http://www.osslabs.biz -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: CSI eNewsletter dt. 1st Jul 2010
by hrmohan＠vsnl.com 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

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