December 2014 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Articles worth reading-Publishing-Peer review-Impact factor of older articles
by jasim s 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

Dear Colleagues Some articles worth reading appeared in Nature magazine.have a look at them from the following links: Open access is tiring out peer reviewers http://www.nature.com/news/open-access-is-tiring-out-peer-reviewers-1.16403 Confusion over publisher's pioneering open-data rules http://www.nature.com/news/confusion-over-publisher-s-pioneering-open-data-… On the Shoulders of Giants: The Growing Impact of Older Articles http://arxiv.org/pdf/1411.0275v1.pdf Publishing: The peer-review scam http://www.nature.com/news/publishing-the-peer-review-scam-1.16400 Jasimudeen S Librarian St.Stephen's College Uzhavoor Kerala 9895786534 www.jasim.in -- Jasimudeen.s *Life is like a document:what matter is how good it is ,not how long it is"* *"Be in touch,I am just a mail away not a mile away"..* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Gates Foundation and free access
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

The Gates Foundation is pushing for more free access to academic papers. “Under the new policy, the researchers that the organization funds will only be able to publish papers that are immediately freely accessible to the public. That means that these scientists wouldn’t necessarily be able to publish in top journals like Science that charge for access to its articles — unless these journals change their policies or open up those particular papers. And, since the Gates Foundation funds so much research, there will be pressure on these journals to do so (or else they’ll lose out on potentially important papers).” http://www.vox.com/2014/11/24/7277319/gates-foundation-free-journals Dr P Vyasamoorthy 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Telangana LL 040-27846631 / Mobile: 9490804278 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IGNITE - The Librarians' Newsletter for South Asia, Issue 4
by Taylor & Francis 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

News from Taylor & Francis http://tandf.msgfocus.com/q/17NVBHPdLm7PVjj5P3sHjs/wv http://tandf.msgfocus.com/c/14qafgILT7YqRAYlSmdEdGZoc0 Dear Librarian, Welcome once again to the third issue of Ignite http://tandf.msgfocus.com/c/14qafkI7eyHMmyX64dN2zpY0hB; the newsletter for librarians across South Asia. Thank you for sending us your feedback. We are delighted that you find Ignite useful and are happy to read it every quarter. Click here to read IGNITE http://tandf.msgfocus.com/c/14qafoHszZr7RwVQg5mqV8WCnc. I would like to begin by wishing each one of you a very Happy Librarians’ Day, which Taylor & Francis is celebrating on August 12, 2014 with all of you in the honour of Padamshri S R Ranganathan. Keeping in tune with the spirit of the Librarians’ Day, we are paying tribute to two librarians in this issue, who have made us believe that librarians are no less than superheroes who have the ability to touch the lives of many people through books. We also list for you 11 of our all-time favourite movies with librarians as our main heroes – saving the world, falling in love, teaching goodness and so much more!! In this issue, we also brings to you news, events and trends from the country and across the world to savour. Let us introduce you to our award winning netBASE collection from the legendary CRC Press – with over 12,000 references in more than 350 subject areas. Come with us for a guided tour of the Bodleian Libraries and listen to Richard Ovenden, the Bodley’s librarian at the University of Oxford as he takes us through the objective behind the refurbishment project turning the New Bodleian into the Weston Library. We also reveal to you the results of our 2014 open access survey and discuss what is shaping authors’ attitudes, values and understanding of it and what they believe the future of research communication to be. Quite an eye opener this is. Enjoy your own Ignite with a cup of hot tea or coffee and let us know what you think! Happy reading! Best wishes, Shafina Segon Marketing Head, South Asia shafina.segon(a)tandfindia.com shafina.segon(a)tandfindia.com To access previous issues, click here http://tandf.msgfocus.com/c/14qafsGNVqatmuUArWVPgRVesN or download: Taylor & Francis ignite ISSUE 1 http://tandf.msgfocus.com/c/14qafwG9gQTORsTkDOvdCATQyo Taylor & Francis ignite ISSUE 2 http://tandf.msgfocus.com/c/14qafAFuChDamqS4PG4BYjSsDZ Open Access | Bulletin We’re pleased to announce the launch of the new Open Access Bulletin, dedicated to bringing readers the latest news on: The latest open access articles across all disciplines; Policy information and funding news; Call for papers from Taylor & Francis Open and Open Select journals; Conference and event news; Developments from Taylor & Francis Open and Open Select; and Author interviews, tips and updates. Click here to receive these straight to your inbox http://tandf.msgfocus.com/c/14qafIEbj95RmmPzdpdoFLPGPb ! http://tandf.msgfocus.com/c/14qafMDwEzPcRkOjpgMN1uOiUM follow us on Twitter http://tandf.msgfocus.com/c/14qafQCS00yymiN3B8mbndMV0n | find us on Facebook http://tandf.msgfocus.com/c/14qafUCdlrhTRgLNMZVzIWLx5Y | forward to a friend http://tandf.msgfocus.com/f/1bNgX8yzgk6A7aSuaMrjp3 http://tandf.msgfocus.com/c/14qafYByGS1fmeKxYRuY4FK9bz Taylor & Francis imprints http://tandf.msgfocus.com/c/14qag2AU2iKARcJiaJ4mqoILha Sign up by subject area http://tandf.msgfocus.com/c/14qag6AfnJtWmaI2mADKM7HnmL to receive news and offers straight to your inbox from the Taylor & Francis Group. You will be able to update your details or unsubscribe at any time. We respect your privacy and will not disclose, rent or sell your email address to any outside organisations. Copyright copyright 2014 Taylor & Francis, an Informa business. Taylor & Francis is a trading name of Informa UK Limited, registered in England under no. 1072954. Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London, W1T 3JH. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here http://tandf.msgfocus.com/u/11yl9RJfaqAaDLgq. Please note this is an automated operation. Powered by Adestra -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for Library Assistant at NIBM Pune
by Bhakti Gole 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

Dear All There is vacancy for Library Assistant at NIBM Pune. Please see details at http://nibmindia.org/index.aspx?idp=34&idc=365 Thanks and regards Bhakti Gole -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on Content Management Systems - JOOMLA
by Anil Singh 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

Dear Professionals, It's a matter of great pleasure that Knowledge Centre, Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida in association withRanganathan Society for Social Welfare and Library Development is going to organize National Workshop on "Content Management Systems - JOOMLA" on December 20-21, 2014 at BIMTECH Campus, Greater Noida. For further details kindly refer to the brochure and registration form available at www.bimtech.ac <http://www.bimtech.ac.in/>.in . Regards, Dr. Rishi Tiwari Librarian Birla Institute of Management Technology(BIMTECH) Plot No.5, Knowledge Park-II Greater Noida (NCR) U.P.-201306 Mob.:09810583623 Off.:0120-2323001-10(Extn.400, 401) E-mail.:rishi.tiwari@bimtech.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free Access to all articles in NATURE & 48 titles of Nature Publishing Group
by Byrappa, Ananda (GE Global Research) 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

Dear All, Here is an interesting news item for all of us... All research papers from Nature will be made free to read in a proprietary screen-view format that can be annotated but not copied, printed or downloaded, the journal's publisher Macmillan announced<http://www.nature.com/press_releases/share-nature-content.html> on 2 December. The content-sharing policy, which also applies to 48 other journals in Macmillan's Nature Publishing Group (NPG) division, including Nature Genetics, Nature Medicine and Nature Physics, marks an attempt to let scientists freely read and share articles while preserving NPG's primary source of income - the subscription fees libraries and individuals pay to gain access to articles For more info visit: http://www.nature.com/news/nature-makes-all-articles-free-to-view-1.16460 Best Regards, Anand Ananda T.Byrappa Global Leader, Whiteny Knowledge Center Six Sigma Black Belt GE John F Welch Technology Center 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore 560066, INDIA Phone: 91-90-4088 2618 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nature makes all articles free to view
by G Mahesh 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

All research papers from Nature will be made free to read in a proprietary screen-view format that can be annotated but not copied, printed or downloaded, the journal’s publisher Macmillanannounced<http://www.nature.com/press_releases/share-nature-content.html> on 2 December. The content-sharing policy, which also applies to 48 other journals in Macmillan’s Nature Publishing Group (NPG) division, including Nature Genetics, Nature Medicine and Nature Physics, marks an attempt to let scientists freely read and share articles while preserving NPG’s primary source of income — the subscription fees libraries and individuals pay to gain access to articles..... Read more at: http://www.nature.com/news/nature-makes-all-articles-free-to-view-1.16460?W… Disclaimer ________________________________ Information contained and transmitted by this email is proprietary to NISCAIR and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If this is a forwarded message, the content of this email may not have been sent with the authority of the Company. If you are not the intended recipient, an agent of the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering the information to the named recipient, you are notified that any use, distribution, transmission, printing, copying or dissemination of this information in any way or in any manner is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete this mail & notify us immediately at itd(a)niscair.res.in ________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nature and low-cost access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Dec '14

02 Dec '14

Nature and many other journals published by the Nature Group now allows widespread article sharing. Please see < http://chronicle.com/article/In-a-Move-Toward-Open-Access/150311/?cid=wc&ut… >. Best. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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News item for posting in LIS-Forum
by Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq 02 Dec '14

02 Dec '14

*Department of Library & Information Science, AMU, Aligarh* Heartly congratulations to Prof. Shabahat Husain, Chairman Department of Library & Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University for being awarded with IATLIS - S.P. Narang Research Promotion Award for the Year 2013. This award is the recognition of his contributions to the profession. He has been contributing immeasurably to the Library Science profession for more than three decades by his outstanding teaching and path breaking research activities. He has written at length on different pretenses of library science and has affixed greatly to the LIS education in India. The award was given on the occasion of *XXX - IATLIS NATIONAL CONFERENCE, 2014 *held at Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala on 27-29 November 2014. We wish superior elevation and remarkable portfolios in his future endeavours as well. Regards: *Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq* *Guest Teacher* *AMU* Best _____________________________ *Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq* Department of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh, U.P., India - 202002 Cell No. : +91-8979249718 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation & CFP: National Conference on Emerging Trends & Techniques for Electronic Resource Management in Libraries: Issues & Challenges on February 13-14, 2015 at Rourkela
by Bhojaraju Gunjal 02 Dec '14

02 Dec '14

*Apologies for cross posting* *Subject: Invitation to attend National Conference on Emerging Trends & Techniques for Electronic Resource Management in Libraries: * *Issues & Challenges on February **13-14, 2015** at Rourkela* Greetings from NIT Rourkela! *Dear Sir/Madam,* It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL) of National Institute of Technology Rourkela is organizing the “*National Conference on Emerging Trends & Techniques for Electronic Resource Management in Libraries: Issues & Challenges*” on *February **13-14, 2015* in association with SLA-Asia and SLP. This conference is the second event under the series “*Empowering Library Professionals to Empower Society (ELPES)*”. The main objectives of this conference are: - Awareness and importance of electronic resources; - Familiarization with the different ways of accessing electronic content; - Acquaint with the review activities associated with e-resources; - Examine copyright and licensing implications for scholarly communication; - An opportunity to develop ideas, strategies and policies for e-resource management (ERM); - Equip participants with skills for collection development and management of e-resources both theoretical and practical; - To discuss the issues and challenges faced during ERM cycle; - To adopt best practices for enhancing usage of e-resources. We request you and your colleagues to participate and contribute a paper for this conference. And also help us to spread this message among library & information science professionals, information scientists, knowledge managers, students & scholars. Kindly register at the earliest to avail campus accommodation as we have limited number of rooms available. For Call for papers and other details please visit: http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/events/elpes2/ and http://library-nitrkl.blogspot.in/ Looking forward to meet you at NIT Rourkela. *Encl: Invitation and Poster* With Best regards, Yours sincerely, *Dr.Bhojaraju Gunjal* Organizing Secretary, ELPES-2 *Connect with BPCL: Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/bpcl.nitrkl> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/BPCL_NITR> | Google+ <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114839086094720039070/> | Blog <http://library-nitrkl.blogspot.in/>** |* ************************************************************************************************************* *Dr.Bhojaraju Gunjal* *Head, **Central Library,* ** *Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL),* ** *National Institute of Technology Rourkela,** **769008, **Odisha. INDIA. * *Tel (Off): +91 (0) 661-2462101 | Cell: +91 9040511891 | E-mail: Bhojaraju.G(a)gmail.com <Bhojaraju.G(a)gmail.com> Profile: http://bhojaraju.weebly.com <http://bhojaraju.weebly.com> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/bhojarajug> | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/bhojarajug> | XeeMe <http://xeeme.com/BhojarajuGunjal/> |* ************************************************************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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