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Godrej Archives to host ICA-SBA Annual Conference from December 4-6, 2017
by Amruta Marathe 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Dear All, Godrej Archives (Business Archives of the Godrej Group) will be hosting the international annual conference of the Section of Business Archives (SBA) of the International Council on Archives (ICA) at the Godrej campus, Mumbai on 4th, 5th and 6th December 2017. The theme for the conference is ‘Going Back to the Future’ and it intends to discuss the role of corporate archives in reshaping brand identity and corporate culture. Kindly visit our web portal for more information: <goog_2084920645> http://archives.godrej.com/ICA-SBA-Conference-Mumbai-2017/index.html <http://archives.godrej.com/ICA-SBA-Conference-Mumbai-2017/index.html> Regards Amruta Marathe Godrej Archives amrutanm(a)godrej.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: [IFLA-L] Outputs UDC Seminar 2017 "Faceted Classification Today"
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

From: Aida Slavic <aida.slavic(a)udcc.org> To: "ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr" <ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr>Sent: Wednesday, 25 October 2017, 20:22:42 GMT+5:30Subject: [IFLA-L] Outputs UDC Seminar 2017 "Faceted Classification Today" Hi, Presentation slides from the "Faceted Classification Today" conference are available at http://seminar.udcc.org/2017/programme.php. Posters and poster presentations are available from http://seminar.udcc.org/2017/posters.php. The conference proceedings book, published by Ergon can be ordered from http://www.udcc.org/index.php/site/page?view=facetedclassification Aida -- Dr Aida Slavic Editor-in-Chief UDC Email: aida.slavic(a)udcc.org --- UDC Consortium PO Box 90407 2509 LK The Hague The Netherlands --- Web: http://www.udcc.org Email: mail(a)udcc.org ______________________ * Outputs International UDC Seminar 2017 - http://seminar.udcc.org/2017/ * UDC Online Hub (6 languages): http://www.udc-hub.com/index.php * UDC Summary (56 languages): http://www.udcsummary.info/php/index.php The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is the world's foremost multilingual classification scheme for all fields of knowledge, a sophisticated indexing and retrieval tool ______________________ [ If you no longer want to receive messages from IFLA-L, please unsubscribe at http://infoserv.inist.fr/wwsympa.fcgi/signoff/ifla-l ]

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Bringing home a revolution
by Subbiah Arunachalam 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

Revolutionary culture of Punjab - an archive http://www.tribuneindia.com/mobi/news/spectrum/bringing- home-a-revolution/484999.html -- Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Social Justice in Scholarly Publishing: Open Access is the Only Way
by Siva Shankar Kimidi 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

The open access movement emerged with the hope of making research papers freely accessible to all without any barrier , but as Harnad points out the inertia among scientists has hampered progress. For example, three major agencies in India, viz, the Department of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology and the Council of Scientific & Industrial research,have open access mandates that require all researchers working in laboratories under them and those receiving any kind of support from them to place their published papers in institutional repositories whichin turn are harvested by a central repository. Full text article - http://dst.sciencecentral.in/36/ -- Regards Siva Shankar K -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SEMINAR-7 Web Of Life : Web-based Biological Information Systems
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th mile, Mysore Road, RVCE post Bangalore 560059 SEMINAR-7 Web Of Life : Web-based Biological Information Systems Abstract Biological information is being recorded since the dawn of human history. In the technological era these information are available through different web-based information systems devoted to biological knowledge. Biological information systems simplify the hazardous task of accessing and retrieving species specific information. The Biological information systems serves various types of data regarding a certain species, ranging from ecological distribution, taxonomy and molecular biology to literature, multimedia etc. For handling different types of datasets these systems rely on some tools. This seminar will give a peripheral view on the evolution and need of biological information and also going to emphasize on different web based biological information systems including, GBIF, EOL, BHL, NCBI and IBIS. The talk will also focus on the beneficial aspect of the libraries from these biological information systems. Speaker: Dipanjan Munshi Coordinator: Dr. Biswanath Dutta Date: 26.10.2017 Time: 2 p.m. Venue: DRTC class room (G-21) ISI Bangalore All are cordially invited. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open data gaining acceptance
by Subbiah Arunachalam 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Open data is gaining acceptance: https://www.digital-science.com/blog/news/state-open-data-2017-looks-global… http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/10/prweb14832305.htm Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC-2017 31st All India Conference.
by Dr. Shriram Pandey 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

We are pleased to inform you that the DLIS BHU in collaboration with Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Central Library & IIT BHU LIbrary is organizing IASLIC-2017 31st All India Conference. Date : 7 to 9 November 2017 Venue : Swatantrata Bhawan, Banaras Hindu University. Kindly, register yourself for the conference as early as possible. Online Registration form link: https://smarthubgovernment.hdfcbank.com/SmartHubGovt/Landing.action?instId=… Conference Details: http://www.iaslic2017.org/index.html Aditya Tripathi, Ph.D. Professor & Head Organising Secretary, IASLIC-2017 Department of Library & Information Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, UP (INDIA) Pin - 221005 Phone: +91 9450710628 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The status of OA as on 30 September 2017
by Subbiah Arunachalam 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Dr Heather Morrison has provided her latest update on the status of OA: http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.in/ Best wishes. -- Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Hawking's thesis now OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Good news from Cambridge University https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/23/stephen-hawking-1966-thesis… What did Hawking say on the occasion? He said: “By making my PhD thesis open access, I hope to inspire people around the world to look up at the stars and not down at their feet; to wonder about our place in the universe and to try and make sense of the cosmos. “Anyone, anywhere in the world should have free, unhindered access to not just my research, but to the research of every great and inquiring mind across the spectrum of human understanding.” Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Why Open Access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Why Open Access. Here are some answers to this question: https://oaspa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Open-in-order-to...-OASPA-OA-W… Best wishes. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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