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INBOFA 2012: International Book Fair organise by Mahatma Gandhi University Library
by Vimal Kumar 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

Venue : Sports pavilion, Mahatma Gandhi University Campus, Priyadarshini Hills, Kottayam, Kerala. Date & Duration : 11 days, from 13th to 23rd January 2012. Timings : 10 am to 7:30 pm on all days. Inauguration : At 2.00 pm on 13th January 2012 at Mahatma Gandhi University. The Fair will be open to the public from the same day. How to reach : 13 km from Kottayam Railway Station/Private Bus Stand 4 km from Ettumanoor 80 km from Kochi Airport Route: Deviate from MC Road at Gandhinagar/Ettumanoor. Public Transport: Private Buses from Nagampadom Bus Stand close to Kottayam Railway Station. Registration Participation in the Fair is open to publishers, booksellers, book distributors and dealers/manufacturers of teaching aids/CD-ROMs. Rental: Stall (3mtr. x 3mtr.): Rs. 10000/-. Exhibitors who rent 3 or more stalls are eligible for a discount of 15%. Contact Information Ph: 0481-6065087, 6065088 Email: inbofa2012(a)mgu.ac.in Website: http://www.inbofa2012.mgu.ac.in -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: www.vimalkumar.org Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation - Workshop on Citizen Journalism and New Media (Jaipur November 26-28)
by rajesh mishra 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Jaipur: November 26-27, 2011 Apply online at: http://drc.urmul.org ABOUT THE EVENT: Citizen Journalism is act of citizen playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information. It has put democracy back in people's hands. Citizen Journalists, equipped with mobile phones, portable cameras, and blog, are rapidly becoming alternative media as a reliable and wide-ranging source of information throughout the world. Citizen Journalism plays an important role on development of the society towards spreading information, unearthing corruption or just disseminating news on anything happening in the community. This workshop is designed to serve media workers and those who look after media/documentation in nonprofit organizations. Many of these organizations are small and modestly resourced. It’s safe to assume that many of the participants are just beginning to learn how to use new media technologies and storytelling in their work; some may be completely unfamiliar with multimedia journalism and social media, with a few at the “intermediate” skill level. The workshop will offer a supportive and informal atmosphere to encourage participants to try unfamiliar things and to learn new skills. TENTATIVE AGENDA 2 days, 9am to 5pm everyday CITIZEN JOURNALISM -- Introduction to important aspects of covering a story -- Practical tips on writing -- Practical tips on recording information and taking photographs -- Introduction to citizen journalism resources and networks -- Practical session on writing stories for citizen journalism SOCIAL MEDIA -- Setting up a blog -- Introduction to social networking sites -- Learning to create a strategy to use social media to pull in more traffic to your blog -- Managing your blog and other social network accounts PHOTO AND AUDIO-VIDEO EDITING -- Learning to use free and open source audio editing tool -- Publishing audio material -- Learning to use free and open source video editing tools -- Publishing videos online -- Learning to use free and open source photo manipulation tools For this workshop you are requested to bring samples of stories you have written or any type of case studies or reports you may have collected in the past. Also bring information about your organisation – mission, goals, objectives and list of activities and achievements. SOME BENEFITS TO THE PARTICIPANTS: -- Participants will be equipped in collecting and developing stories for citizen journalism. -- Participants will be able to produce short videos and audio clips that will be able to support their stories. -- Participants will begin to use social media for publishing and campaigning their stories. PLEASE NOTE: -- Selection: Participants will be selected after reviewing their application form -- Venue: Final venue, timings will be informed to the selected participants. -- Workshop Fee: Rs.1200/- to paid in cash or cheque in favor of URMUL Trust, payable at Bikaner. -- Breakfast, lunch, tea/coffee/snacks will be provided. -- There will be no travel or accommodation allowances provided to the participants. -- Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptop, digital camera, handy-cam, etc. -- Limited Internet access will be available at the workshop. Please bring your own 3G devices. -- Shared/dormitory accommodation can be arranged on request, to be paid extra. -- DVD containing Free/Open Source Software will be distributed free among the participants. ORGANISER: Desert Resource Centre (http://drc.urmul.org ) – an initiative in the desert region of India - to research, document, disseminate and to facilitate in capacity building of grass root organisations. TRAINERS / FECILITATORS: Mahiti (www.mahiti.org) Mahiti is a 'Social Enterprise' based in the 'Garden City of India, Bangalore'. Mahiti empowers clients to reduce the cost and complexity of Information Technology through the strategic use of Free/Open Source Software. FOR ANY INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Ravi Mishra – Mobile: 8875770939 – Email: drc(a)urmul.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kendriya Vidyalaya Library Policy Revision Committee
by faisal sl 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Dear All, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) is the premier organization in school education sector in India with 1085 schools and 10,58,450 students (as on 31.03.2011). Qualified Librarians are being posted in KVs form the beginning of KVS's inception in 1965. In 2008, a Policy for KV Libraries was developed and since then implemented. This Policy is under revision now to adopt all the new trends happening in the fields of School Librarianship, teaching and learning. A core committee was formed in September 2011 and is working to prepare a new set of Library Guidelines for Kendriya Vidyalayas all over the country. As a member of the Committee, I like to invite your productive comments and suggestions on the subject. Regards S.L.Faisal General Secretary Kerala Library Association <http://www.keralalibraryassociation.org%20>(KLA) & Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom <http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com> Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala, India Ph.09447699724 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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India’s first Dictionary on Indian Patent Law
by Bindu Sharma 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

*India’s first Dictionary on Indian Patent Law* *Origiin IP Solutions LLP, Bangalore [INDIA] publishes first Dictionary of its kind in India. The dictionary has been designed in a unique manner explaining legal meaning of the key terms with reference to relevant sections and rules, illustrations, case-laws wherever applicable. The dictionary not only explains the key terms used in the Indian Patents Act but also lists the differences between closely related terms such as inventor vs application, patent vs patent application etc. * * * *This dictionary will be of great value to the candidates appearing for the Indian Patent Agent Examination and IP Practitioners working in law firms as well as IP departments of the innovation based companies. It is a must for the departmental library.* *About the authors* *Bindu Sharma, Patent Attorney, Origiin IP Solutions LLP* *Bindu Sharma is a law graduate and a registered Patent Agent with Indian Patent Office. She has around 8 years of excellent work experience working with premium academic institutions and industries. She has vast experience in patent searches, patent drafting, prosecution, copyright and design law. She has presented several papers in symposium/conferences, and has paper publications in reputed journals and has been actively involved in providing trainings on Intellectual Property to corporates and academic institutions. She has been speaker in several conferences, symposium and workshops.* *Anita Kalia, Patent Attorney, Origiin IP Solutions LLP*** *Anita Kalia is a Registered Patent Agent with Indian Patent Office. She practices Patent Law mainly the technology areas of Software, Information Technology, mechanical, electronics and telecommunications. Anita has extensive experience in Patent Drafting, searching, Invention Analysis and Prosecution of patent applications at Indian patent Office as well as Internationally.* *Main Highlights of Dictionary* Ø *More than 430 patent terms defined in detail* Ø *More than 30 differences between important terms most commonly used in Patent Law* Ø *Reference to relevant sections and rules* Ø *Provides straightforward explanations of patent law terminology simple language* Ø *Storehouse of information* *Cost: **300 INR per copy (additional 75 INR for shipment)* *How to order* *Dictionary on Indian Patent Law can be ordered by making payment of 300 INR (additional 75 INR for shipment) by cheque or demand draft payable to Origiin IP Solutions, Bangalore.* *Postal address:* Origiin IP Solutions LLP #51, MCHS, 15th Cross HSR Layout, Sector 4, Bangalore, Karnataka India Pin: 560034 Phone 9845693459 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 9845693459 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, 9880213204 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 9880213204 end_of_the_skype_highlighting Email: info(a)origiin.com, origin.training(a)gmail.com For more details, click the link below: http://origiinipae.blogspot.com/2011/11/indias-first-dictionary-on-indian.h… Best regards, Bindu Sharma *Origi**in* *IP Solutions LLP* [Intellectual Property Rights] Bangalore Phone: +919845693459, +918025830363 Website: www.origiin.com Email: bindu(a)origiin.com, origiin2010(a)gmail.com Blog: http://origiin.blogspot.com, http://origiinipae.blogspot.com Linkedin Profile: http://in.linkedin.com/in/bindusharma *Without patents, the future of your business may be owned by someone else* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need Journal: June 2010 issue.
by Pavithrabai M S 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Dear professionals, One of My faculty Member need this article/Issue. If your institution/organization subscribing this Journal, Kindly send it to me. I will be thankful to you, its an urgent. Journal : Social Science Probings Issue : June 2010 Published by Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) Thanking you, -- With Best Regards : Ms. Pavithrabai M S Librarian Centre For the Study Of Culture and Society No. 827, 29th Main Road, Poornaprajna HBCS Layout Uttarahalli, BANGALORE - 560 061 Tel ph No:91-80- 26730476/26730967/26730268 website:www.cscs.res.in Email: pavithrabai(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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Re: [LIS-Forum] NewGenLib Adaptation program
by Jai Haravu 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

This is concerning Mr P K Uphadya's posting on the relative strengths and weaknesses of NewGenLib (NGL) and Koha in the open source space for library management systems. It would be nice if existing users of these software systems can post their experiences with their implementation of these software. This would help professionals in evaluating the software suitable for them..NGL's latest version 3.0.3 has many customizable features (in addition to what Mr Upadhyay has pointed out) including the use of VuFind as the OPAC front-end as well as enabling mobile enhancements. I would also like to add from my experience that NGL has many features specific to the practices followed in Indian academic and special libraries. This may also be a factor to consider and comment upon when comparing software. I hope people will exchange their experiences on these as well. Haravu On 10-11-2011 21:37, lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Fwd: Verus starts NewGenLib adaptation program (Upadhyay P K) > 2. Assistant Librarian in Central Institute of Indian Languages > (Satish S) > 3. National Library Week Celebrations by KALA > (rajendrababu.hanumanthappa(a)wipro.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:41:34 +0530 > From: Upadhyay P K<pku(a)nic.in> > To: Shamprasad Pujar<pujar(a)igidr.ac.in>, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Fwd: Verus starts NewGenLib adaptation > program > Message-ID:<fc6d1cf6b047.4ebac95e(a)nic.in> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > Dear friends, > > It is very good posting in this forum on adoption of OSS and other softwares. There have been varying opinion. Last year I had posted various mails on pros and cons of OSS and Commercial softwares. > > In relation to NewGenLib and KOHA, technically I would prefer NGL to KOHA. Few of the reasons are: > Technology platform of NewGenLib has been PsotgreSQL backend, Apache server and JAVA at front end. These are the most preferred choices like .Net for development of softwares, although various technologies are being used for others including Open and proprietary. I do not understand why developers of KOHA application used/chose PERL langauage for front development and MySQL as back end. What will be long term implication, time will tell. Although KOHA has been customized for PostgreSQL and Windows lateron. > > Another fascinating technology of NewGenlib is their search engine Solr and ZOTERO. For Bibliographic and Authority data searches NGL now uses Solr. Solr is the popular, blazing fast open source enterprise search platform from the Apache Lucene project. Even DSpace also uses Lucene and now it has customized for use of Solr. Again here, KOHA is using ZEBRA search engine not so popular like Lucene and Solr. > > I find it easy to integrate DSpace and NewGenLib with portal using JSP and common connectors more of JAVA technology. > > Both of softwares are licensed as GPL not BSD. Although I prefer BSD, DSpace is BSD licensed. > > Both the software are now being supported in India by private firms, it is good. Again I would repeat that either Open Source, Free or commercial, total implementation of the information system/software that matters and it hardly makes any difference in cost. > > Some of the research articles will help you to understand the efforts of library automation and digital library implementation. I liked one such paper by S R Birje on Library Automation case study in SRLELS Journal of Information Management, V48 (2), April 2011, p131-145. Although some of the cost and effort estimation could also have been incorporated in this paper like OPAC Hosting on Internet server, Database Hosting, Customization, Post implementation support, etc. for others to understand implementation. > > Even Dr Goudar also comprehensively on his experience in migration from one application to other. > > If any one like to discuss more on the issue, I would be happy to extend my inputs. > > with kind regards > > P K Upadhyay > NIC, Delhi > > > On 10/04/11, Shamprasad Pujar<pujar(a)igidr.ac.in> wrote: > >> Dear Members, >> >> I think it is a very good opportunity for libraries which have not yet >> undertaken complete automation. The members, who wish to participate in this >> programme at NO COST, may check details available in the forwarded message. >> >> best Regards, >> >> Dr S.M. Pujar >> Deputy Librarian >> IGIDR, Mumbai >> ======================================= >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: NewGenLib - Verus Solutions<info(a)verussolutions.biz> >> Date: Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:16 AM >> Subject: Verus starts NewGenLib adaptation program >> To: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in >> >> >> >> Dear Patrons: >> >> Verus Solutions has started "NewGenLib Adaptation Program". You may also >> recommend this program for other libraries. >> >> What is "NewGenLib Adaptation Program"? >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> This program is for libraries which are planning to automate their libraries >> in just 4 days. This is time-bound program. The duration of this program is >> 32 hours (4 - days). And it is very simple. There are schedules for this >> program. If you strictly follow the schedule you will fully automate your >> library in just 4 days. You will be visually observing your users' (and >> management) satisfaction and praise for library services. >> >> What should you do to enroll to this program? >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> Please visit http://www.verussolutions.biz/web/nglAdaptationProgram and >> enrol your library for the program. You may also share this link with >> libraries that are planning to implement library automation. >> >> What happens after enrollment? >> -------------------------------------------- >> NewGenLib Open Source Team will do the following tasks for you >> >> Step 1 - Installation: We will download and install the latest version of >> NewGenLib on your system. If you have any clients we will install NewGenLib >> clients. >> >> Step 2 - Training: This is a 24 hour program (3 days). In this step we will >> train you on all the critical functionalities of library management. >> >> Step 3 - Installing migrated data: We will be collecting you data to convert >> it into NewGenLib schema. The privacy of your library data will be strictly >> be maintained. NewGenLib Open Source Team will be accepting a Non-Disclosure >> Agreement from you to protect the privacy of your data. The process of >> collecting the data will happen at step 1 itself. So that at the end of the >> program the converted data is installed. >> >> Step 4 - System maintenance and support: We will provide you with >> information on process to get instant help from us. Maintaining NewGenLib is >> very cost effective. >> >> Is this program strictly based on schedule? >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> The program is designed for 32 hours, that is 4 days x 8 hours per day. >> However you are at your liberty to allot time for this program. >> >> What are the costs involved in taking up this program? >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Verus Solutions does not charge any thing for this program. This is >> absolutely a free program. All you need is a decent Internet connection as >> all the tasks are executed on-line. >> >> For any queries you may send us an email to info(a)verussolutions.biz >> >> >> Wishing you a happy library management >> >> Warm regards >> NewGenLib Open Source Team >> Verus Solutions >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >>

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Granthsoochi - free online catalog on Koha
by savitra sirohi 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

All, We are offering a a free service that allows you to publish up-to 2,500 catalog records on the Internet. The online catalog is available here: http://granthsoochi.osslabs.biz You can use this site to: * Catalog your books and other material * Publish your catalog on the Internet for everyone to see * Share your catalog records with others * Use catalog records created by others * Create catalog records using sources such as Library of Congress * Export your catalog records in MARC formats You will be able to see your records by filtering on your library name. The platform is Koha based and is hosted on high availability cloud computing platform. Those interested in using the site can contact us using the contact form available here: http://www.osslabs.biz/contactus Updates on this project will be available at this url: http://www.osslabs.biz/koha/granthsoochi Thanks, Savitra Sirohi Nucsoft OSS Labs Professional IT support for Open Source Software 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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IITs, IIMs not in league of MIT, Leeds: World Bank
by Rahul Hiremath 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

IITs, IIMs not in league of MIT, Leeds: World Bank World Bank Director Education Elizabeth M King has said that although India is enrolling more students in schools and colleges, the quality of education in the country remains poor. She also pointed out that the country has good institutions like IITs and IIMs but they are not in the league of MIT and Leeds in terms of quality of education. "It's not enough that you are putting more children into schools and colleges each year, you will have to bring them at par with international standard. Though India has some good institutions like IITs and IIMs, they are not as tall as institutions like MIT and Leeds in terms of quality of education provided," said Elizabeth M King said on the sidelines of World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha. She said that inequality in the distribution of resources is causing trouble in achieving high education standards. "Most of the people who come to even IITs and IIIMs have to be from well-off families, where are the opportunities for the poor? Government is not using the funds appropriately," King said. She, however, praised HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, saying he has a good vision for future of India and is open to technological innovations. "I met him (Sibal) in March. He has a good vision to implement the Constitution. I think it will be interesting to see how Aakash (world's most affordable tablet PC launched by the Government) is going to change the education scenario in India. I see it doing so in many ways," she said. King also praised the education policy for girl child in Haryana, saying she saw something similar being implemented in Brazil recently. "Such schemes not only help to increase the literacy rates among girls, they also abate the fears of early marriage among girls," she said. [Source: Economic Times] Rahul R.Hiremath Librarian N.S.S. College of Commerce & Economics Tardeo Mumbai – 34 http://rahulrh.yolasite.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Co.Nx Webchat with R. David Lankes, Thursday, November 17 @ 8:30 pm
by Mailing List Admin 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:31:42 +0530 From: Shibu.K.M <shibukm123(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends I invite you to please log on to the following URL and participate in the web chat. This web chat is open to all and Co.Nx can be accessed by any computer with an Internet connection. 4:00 PM Rome time is 8:30PM New Delhi time. The title of the talk is *�Librarians as Change Agents.�***** *Abstract:* *The global challenges facing our community require a new librarianship not based on functions, but on true community engagement. Librarians must leave behind simplistic notions of neutrality for a mission of transformative social action. In essence, librarians must adopt a more direct **mission to improve society, not simply documenting it.* *Librarians as Change Agents* Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:00 EST (15:00 UTC / 16:00 CET) *URL: https://statedept.connectsolutions.com/rome<http://state.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a49153264c371916817f7fcdc&id…> * * ***[image: http://gallery.mailchimp.com/a49153264c371916817f7fcdc/files/R._David_Lanke…] *** **Description:* How can librarians promote social change? Join Professor R. David Lankes from Syracuse University�s School of Information Studies to discuss how today�s global challenges require a new librarianship based on community engagement. Learn why librarians must adopt a mission of transformative social action to help improve society, not simply document it. *Format: *This will be a video web chat in English. Click on the above URL and "Enter as a Guest" to participate.**** ** ** * * * PS: Please send the feedback to *sharmac2(a)state.gov <gideona(a)state.gov> * ** * *Thanks and regards* * * * * *Chhaya Sharma* | Deputy Library Director | The American Library |Embassy of the United States of America I 24 K.G. Marg, New Delhi 110001 IT +91 2347 2121 | E sharmac2(a)state.gov <gideona(a)state.gov> I ****

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Fwd: Verus starts NewGenLib adaptation program (Upadhyay P K) -- Rgds Koha
by savitra sirohi 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

All, in response to Mr. P K Upadhyay's message on Koha technology stack and its search engine: 1. Solr Search Engine: Agreed, Solr/Lucene is better. But Zebra is very good too, I don't beleive any library has serious issues with Zebra. Also Koha will have Solr very soon. You can see a working implementation of Koha with Solr here: http://178.79.186.94 (OPAC) To try searches use following search terms: a* (to see a lot of records and then refine) Sample Chinese search term: 梁诗正等编 2. On Perl & Mysql: Perl is very fast, and it has vast software libraries (see cpan.org) that make programming new features on Koha very quick. MySQL is the world's most widely used Open Source DBMS, very large libraries run on this platform without any problems, e.g. British Council Libraries in India and Sri Lanka have 2 million loans per year. This is running smoothly on Mysql. Java and PostgreSQL are very good, but there is no reason to select a software purely on one's perceptions of a technology stack. The fact is that Perl & MySQL have served Koha and its user very well over the last 10 years and likely to continue to do so in the future. 3. Koha vs. Newgenlib Koha is a true open source with a wide global community and a wide developer and vendor base. This is the true advantage of Koha over Newgenlib. The implications of this are: - Koha is likely to improve exponentially due to the wide pool of sponsors and developers - Koha is going to be open source forever, no single entity controls the software. Vendors can come and go but this has not impact on the health of the software and its development trajectory. - Koha is developed using a true open source development process. Diverse group of people including librarians, developers, software architects are involved in decision making. This makes the software quality better. Thanks, Savitra Sirohi Nucsoft OSS Labs Professional support for Open Source Software http://www.osslabs.biz Message: 1 Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:41:34 +0530 From: Upadhyay P K <pku(a)nic.in> To: Shamprasad Pujar <pujar(a)igidr.ac.in>, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Fwd: Verus starts NewGenLib adaptation program Message-ID: <fc6d1cf6b047.4ebac95e(a)nic.in> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear friends, It is very good posting in this forum on adoption of OSS and other softwares. There have been varying opinion. Last year I had posted various mails on pros and cons of OSS and Commercial softwares. In relation to NewGenLib and KOHA, technically I would prefer NGL to KOHA. Few of the reasons are: Technology platform of NewGenLib has been PsotgreSQL backend, Apache server and JAVA at front end. These are the most preferred choices like .Net for development of softwares, although various technologies are being used for others including Open and proprietary. I do not understand why developers of KOHA application used/chose PERL langauage for front development and MySQL as back end. What will be long term implication, time will tell. Although KOHA has been customized for PostgreSQL and Windows lateron. Another fascinating technology of NewGenlib is their search engine Solr and ZOTERO. For Bibliographic and Authority data searches NGL now uses Solr. Solr is the popular, blazing fast open source enterprise search platform from the Apache Lucene project. Even DSpace also uses Lucene and now it has customized for use of Solr. Again here, KOHA is using ZEBRA search engine not so popular like Lucene and Solr. I find it easy to integrate DSpace and NewGenLib with portal using JSP and common connectors more of JAVA technology. Both of softwares are licensed as GPL not BSD. Although I prefer BSD, DSpace is BSD licensed. Both the software are now being supported in India by private firms, it is good. Again I would repeat that either Open Source, Free or commercial, total implementation of the information system/software that matters and it hardly makes any difference in cost. Some of the research articles will help you to understand the efforts of library automation and digital library implementation. I liked one such paper by S R Birje on Library Automation case study in SRLELS Journal of Information Management, V48 (2), April 2011, p131-145. Although some of the cost and effort estimation could also have been incorporated in this paper like OPAC Hosting on Internet server, Database Hosting, Customization, Post implementation support, etc. for others to understand implementation. Even Dr Goudar also comprehensively on his experience in migration from one application to other. If any one like to discuss more on the issue, I would be happy to extend my inputs. with kind regards P K Upadhyay NIC, Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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