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Closure of NCSI
by N.S. Harinarayana 10 May '12

10 May '12

Dear Professional Friends, “The National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), IISc, Bangalore, does not exist anymore… With the closure of NCSI, there is a question mark about its continuity from the IISc domain”. This news came to me as a thunder shock. I am not sure how to react. I thought, after all it is the internal policy decision of IISc and I do not have to react. But, next moment I lost myself in my thoughts about the duo – NCSI and LIS-FORUM. My mind became philosophical. Quotes like “all good things come to an end”, “As beautiful as the sun shines, it always sets”, “Don't cry because its over; smile because it happened” , etc started bombarding my mind. Which course of thought I should take? I did not find answer for this. NCSI always reminds me of Dr.T.B. Rajashekar. I haven’t had any formal association with NCSI at any point of time. But unknowingly the institute became close to my heart. I did take advantage of their knowledge and services when I was doing my doctoral degree. I was one of the beneficiaries to get their SDI service when I became teacher at University of Mysore. I consider it as one of the knowledge hubs in LIS in India. Probably, this is the reason why it pains me when I hear the news. I can’t imagine my mail box without mails from [LIS-FORUM]. At this juncture, I have to congratulate the moderator for being truly ‘democratic’ in his approach. I think that is the precise reason why the LIS-FORUM became a sine-qua-non for Indian LIS fraternity. It was one of the main sources for me to keep myself updated. I am really muted to hear that it might not continue. Probably this might be the last posting in LIS-FORUM from my side! Recently I was discussing with one of the senior respected professional. He was concerned about the situation wherein many leading libraries have not filled ‘Chief Librarian’ posts. Added to the burn, the good institutes like NCSI have become part of history. I am forced to ponder upon the question whether the Indian LIS profession is at the crossroads? -- N.S. Harinarayana Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419788 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Closure of NCSI
by latha krishnaprasad 10 May '12

10 May '12

I am really shocked..... Kindly continue atleast the professional platform LIS-FORUM which is the best platform to keep ourselves updated even for the non-working library professionals.I can't imagine my mailbox without LIS-FORUM mails which is so informative & educative. Kindly consider our request to continue the service & keep us updated all the time as earlier. Hope we are not disappointed -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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closure of LIS FORUM
by Muruli Acharya 10 May '12

10 May '12

Dear LIS Professionals, LIS Forum has been an informal teacher for me for years. Innumerable library professionals who do not have a set of people to guide in person for resolving the professional issues have found it very useful and helpful. I became a member of LIS Forum a number of years ago. Since then, I have been depending on LIS Forum for valuable guidance. My association with this forum has helped me with every step of my professional activities. The Indian LIS community felt proud for having such a wonderful platform like LIS Forum which constituted a platform for integrating and sharing the knowledge. The forum even the facilitated the document delivery which has been crucial for library professionals. It is a very heartbreaking to know that NCSI is coming to an end which intern puts a full stop to LIS Forum. I strongly recommend that LIS Forum should continue to be alive without which the Indian LIS professionals would have a hard time for obtaining the updates in LIS field. I wish to state that, many other branches of since which came into existence, still do not have a forum such as LIS Forum to integrate and disseminate the knowledge. I have noticed people from science and technology field who whole heartedly praised the system (LIS Forum) that LIS people have to communicate with counterparts and harmonize the information sources. I request all the people who are in the management of NCSI and LIS Forum to kindly approve for continuing this magnificent and efficient mailing list. -- Muruli Librarian, Power System Training Institute (PSTI), National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Bangalore, India -- 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 abdul rasheed 10 May '12

10 May '12

Dear All, Can any one provide the below article, is requested by one our research scholar Method of Measuring and Specifying Colour Rendering Properties of Light Sources Source -Color Research & Application volume 20 issue 3 , 1995 page 212 Abdul Rasheed A Library Assistant University LIbrary Pondicherry University Mob. 8807835871 9846907723 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Alagappa University - DEC approval letter
by Arun Adrakatti 10 May '12

10 May '12

Dear Professional Friends, Could you please share, if somebody is having a copy of a letter (order No.F.No.DEC/AU/KKD/TN/4425/2008, dated 24.11.2009) received form DECEx-post facto approval for 108 programs, offered through the distance mode of Alagappa University. http://www.alagappauniversity.ac.in/dde/dec_approval.php This letter is required for the pay fixation at our organization. Thanks in advance. -- Thanks & Regards Arun F. Adrakatti Head - Library & Information Center Gogte Institute of Technology Khanapur Road, Udyambag, Belgaum - 590008. Karnataka, INDIA Ph: 0831 - 2498515 Cell: + 91 9739049099 Mail: arun(a)git.edu, Librarian(a)git.edu Web: www.git.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NCSI: A Melancholic end
by Vasanth 09 May '12

09 May '12

Dear Sir/Madam, It is very sad to know the closure of NCSI (National Centre for Scientific Information). Since its inception in 1983 NCSI has played a very significant role in providing support for enhancing the quality of LIS education in India through its flagship program of training LIS graduates in Information and Knowledge Management (IKM). NCSI, through its IKM training program not only trained our young LIS professionals to manage digital information, NCSI laid the foundation for redesigning and re-modifying LIS curriculum in many universities across India to move with the changing information landscape. NSCI has also provided a way to many of the LIS professionals who trained in IKM program to move to corporate world. Today we can see many of the LIS professionals working in corporate sector with new and diversified designations (information scientists, information manager, knowledge manager, information executives, domain experts etc.). Another significant contribution of NSCI is the establishment of India’s first institutional repository for archiving scholarly communications of the IISc research output. NSCI has also played a major role in imparting training for establishing IR in many of the research organizations and universities in India. It is appropriate to remember Late T. B. Rajshekar for making NCSI one of the best institutes for training Library graduates in Information and Knowledge Management. NCSI under his leadership had seen tremendous growth. When he was heading the institute NCSI was the entry point for many of the LIS graduates for repositioning their career in LIS profession. His sudden and untimely death made NCSI orphaned. The only way to offer tribute to T. B. Rajshekar sir is through keep LIS forum active. Hope Dr. Francis Jaykanth would be succeeding in keeping LIS forum running through IISc server and abreast all of us every day as it has been since 1997. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Rare 270-year-old book found in Charleston Library Society vault will be returned to college
by Jayadev P Hiremath 09 May '12

09 May '12

Rare 270-year-old book found in Charleston Library Society vault will be returned to college (Bruce Smith/ Associated Press ) - Archivist Trisha Kometer holds up a rare 1743 book at the Charleston Library Society in Charleston, S.C., on Monday, May 7, 2012. The volume, which was found in the vault of the Charleston Library Society, really belongs to the College of Charleston and will be turned over to officials from the college at a ceremony later this week. - [image: (Bruce Smith/ Associated Press ) - Archivist Trisha Kometer holds up a rare 1743 book at the Charleston Library Society in Charleston, S.C., on Monday, May 7, 2012. The volume, which was found in the vault of the Charleston Library Society, really belongs to the College of Charleston and will be turned over to officials from the college at a ceremony later this week.]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_404h/2010-2019/Wires/Online/2012-05-…> - [image: (Bruce Smith/ Associated Press ) - A rare 1743 book is shown at the Charleston Library Society in Charleston, S.C., on Monday, May 7, 2012. The volume, which was found in the vault of the Charleston Library Society, really belongs to the College of Charleston and will be turned over to officials from the college at a ceremony later this week.]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_404h/2010-2019/Wires/Online/2012-05-…> - [image: (Bruce Smith/ Associated Press ) - Pedestrians walk past the Charleston Library Society in Charleston, S.C., on Monday, May 7, 2012. A rare 1743 book was found in the vault of the Charleston Library Society, but really belongs to the College of Charleston and will be turned over to officials from the college at a ceremony later this week.]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_404h/2010-2019/Wires/Online/2012-05-…> - [image: (Bruce Smith/ Associated Press ) - Archivist Trisha Kometer poses for a photo with a rare 1743 book in the vault at the Charleston Library Society in Charleston, S.C., on Monday, May 7, 2012. The volume, which was found in the vault of the Charleston Library Society, really belongs to the College of Charleston and will be turned over to officials from the college at a ceremony later this week.]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_404h/2010-2019/Wires/Online/2012-05-…> By Associated Press, Published: May 8 CHARLESTON, S.C. — A rare book almost 270 years old has been found in the vault of the oldest library in the South, but after all this time the library won’t be able to keep it. The 1743 tome, “Dissertation Upon Parties” by Henry St. John Lord Bolingbroke, was one of 800 volumes that planter and diplomat John Mackenzie donated to the College of Charleston in the 1700s. His library was housed at the Charleston Library Society, founded in 1748, until a proper library could be built at the fledgling college. But a devastating 1778 fire ripped through the Library Society and only 77 titles from the Mackenzie collection were thought to have survived. The 78th, the Bolingbroke book, was found as part of a multi-year search through the Library Society vaults to record the thousands of volumes it contains. After centuries, the book about political parties, with Mackenzie’s name embossed on it, will be returned to College of Charleston officials at a ceremony on Thursday. A check of the Internet showed that 15 copies of the Bolingbroke book remain in existence, mostly in academic libraries. The survival of that many copies of a book that’s almost 270 years old shows it was popular at the time. Library records show the society used to have two copies of the Bolingbroke book. Library archivist Trisha Kometer says the contents of its vaults, one of which is located behind an antique shop on Charleston’s King Street, remain unclear. “We have lists but because the library itself has been moved from place to place to place, the collections have been integrated, they have been pulled apart and a lot has gone on during the years,” she said, making it difficult to tell for sure. During the Civil War, for instance, the collection was moved from Charleston, which was bombarded throughout the war by union gunners, to the state capital of Columbia 120 miles inland. The recent search of the archives has already turned up several other gems that librarians didn’t know were there. They include two letters written by Alexander Hamilton and a unique third letter written by John Marshall, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, to South Carolinian Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, who helped draft the Constitution. “It was written the day that Thomas Jefferson was sworn in (as president),” Kometer said. “John Marshall was the one who actually swore him in. He started a letter to Charles Coatesworth Pinckney in the morning and then he took a break and came back at 4 o’clock to finish the letter and said I have just administered the oath.” Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Warm regards. Jayadev P Hiremath Independent Libraries Professional (Former Librarian - IBS,Kuwait) E-mail : jayadevh(a)hotmail.com LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jayadev-p-hiremath/44/12a/2a0 Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/people/Jayadev-P-Hiremath/603802230 -- 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 Harish Y S 09 May '12

09 May '12

Dear sir one of our faculty member required Following journal articles, you are one of the co author to this article if available send this article to below address or email attachment. 1. Design Optimization of Rubber Engine-Mount Based on ANSYS Journal Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 143 - 144) Volume Electrical Information and Mechatronics and Applications Edited by Xudong Wang, Baoyu Xu and Shaobo Zhong Pages 480-484 DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.143-144.480 2. Vibration Control and Design of Vehicle Engine Mount Activated by Magnetorheological Fluid Journal Advanced Engineering Forum (Volumes 2 - 3) Volume Mechatronics and Information Technology Edited by Qingkai Han, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Chang-Hyun Oh and Zhong Luo Pages 1077-1081 DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.2-3.1077 -- Regards Harish Y S Librarian National Institute of Engineering, Manandavadi Road, Mysore-8, Mob - +919886384826 -- Regards Harish Y S Librarian National Institute of Engineering, Manandavadi Road, Mysore-8, Mob - +919886384826 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Bronze cast of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Details request - reg.
by preedip balaji 09 May '12

09 May '12

Dear All, Do you know any bronze cast of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan? If so, kindly let us know the details, if possible with the sculptor contact and address. Thank you. Prof. A.R.D. Prasad (Convener - ICTK-2012) Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (I.S.I), 8th Mile, Mysore Road, R.V. College Post, Bangalore - 560 059, Karnataka INDIA Phone: +91-80-2848 2711 Fax : 91-80-2848 4265 E-mail ID: ictk2012(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in ardprasad(a)gmail.com -- Kind regards,Preedip Balaji B. DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore - 560059 Ph: (80) 2848 3003 Ext: 494 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OA in the UK
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 May '12

09 May '12

Friends: Both the Government and the academia in the UK are taking positive steps to bring all of UK science into open access. The UK Government has enlisted a celebrity like Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia fame to promote open access. But in India neither the Government (the Ministers of HRD and S&T, the Secretaries of the different science departments, chairman of the UGC) nor the leaders in the academic world (with a few exceptions) have shown any enthusiasm for mandating open access to publicly funded research. I wrote a short article in the North Indian editions of Indian Express: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/cancel-the-subscription/946723/0. I give below a blog post from 'scienceintelligence' and a short writeup from Wired.UK. Best wishes. Arun From http://scienceintelligence.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/oa-free-gateway-to-uk-r… OA: free Gateway to UK Research The UK government’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) recently released a report – titled ‘Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth’ – stating that all scientific research funded by British taxpayers will be made available online free of charge. The website, to be called ‘Gateway to Research’, will eventually incorporate research funded by other bodies, under the government’s plan. It has been observed that much of the high-energy physics research community currently uses a system of open access online publishing. The arxiv.org website, an online repository set up in 1991, offers almost all high-energy physics research for free. Despite this, established physics journals have reported no decrease in subscriptions. Janet Finch, former vice-chair ofKeele University,UK, has been assigned the responsibility to investigate how theUKmight set up something similar for all its taxpayer-funded science. She is expected to report in the first half of 2012 but, meanwhile, the UK Research Councils will be reminded that research papers from the work they fund should be made as widely available as possible. The announcement is reportedly part of a growing trend towards open access, following the success of the free journals PLoS One and Nature Scientific Reports. http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/innovation/docs/i/11-1387-innovation-a… http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-05/08/jimmy-wales-open-access-scie… Jimmy Wales: charging to access publicly-funded research makes 'no sense' By Olivia Solon 08 May 12 It makes "no sense" to charge the taxpaying public to access academic research that they funded in the first place, argues Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. Wales has been consulted by the government to help make all taxpayer-funded academic research in the UK available online. The initiative was announced last week by universities and science minister David Willetts. He will help the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the UK Research Councils to develop new ways to distribute research data and studies. Wales told Wired.co.uk in an interview: "Particularly in a time of austerity, it makes no sense to charge the public (through their taxes) to support research, and then to charge them again to read the very research that they paid for. The authors don't get paid, the reviewers don't get paid, and yet the traditional journals sell for a lot of money. A nice spot at the trough, if you can get it, but it's time for us to disrupt things." Wales was talking about major academic publishers including Elsevier, Springer and Wiley-Blackwell, which charge high subscription charges, which libraries and other publicly funded bodies are forced to buy in very large bundles for hundreds of thousands of pounds. As a result, the publishers have impressive profit margins -- Elsevier's was 36 percent (making £724m on revenues of £2bn in 2010). Despite the fact that most other publishing companies have found their business models severely disrupted by the internet, academic publishers' stranglehold on some of the most respected journal titles and tight subscription model has meant it has taken a while for the status quo to be challenged. However, critical momentum has been growing and a protest called The Cost of Knowledge has emerged, with more than 11,000 researchers putting their name to a petition against Elsevier. They can pledge to refrain from doing editorial work for any of Elsevier's journals, from publishing their studies through the company or even refereeing any studies published through the company. Since the launch of the site, The Wellcome Trust has announced plans to withhold funding unless researchers make their publications freely available. Wales argues that an open access scheme such as the PLoS ONE model could be adopted in the UK. He says that he's happy for traditional journal publishers to compete in an open market with open access journals. "The competition will force prices down and they'll be forced to justify their existence to paying customers," he added. Open access journals tend to require the author to pay to have an article published once it has been peer reviewed. If the articles qualify, authors are asked to pay a fee of around £1000 to £3000. The fee goes towards coordinating the peer review process and managing the website. Wales believes that with the push towards making publicly funded research open access, traditional journal publishers will "probably" still have a sustainable business model, but "at a much reduced level of profits". He added: "Electric lights didn't put candle makers out of business, after all. But they surely changed the way they think about their market." Despite all of the talk about disrupting business models, Wales is most interested in how open access models could improve science. He says: "We now have the possibility for millions of people to read and learn from academic publications directly, through the web, allowing a much richer global conversation about knowledge. If, in order to participate in a dialogue with historians, I have to have the resources of a well-funded university library at my disposal, and the time to go there, then I'm essentially excluded. But if their work is available for me to read for myself... how wonderful." One of Wales' first challenges is to advise research councils on the "Gateway to Research" initiative, a site that will link to publicly-funded UK research all over the web. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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