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Formation of LIS Leadership Forum – Suggestions, opinions sought from experts and fellow professionals
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 09 Mar '09

09 Mar '09

Dear Professional Friends, Formation of LIS Leadership Forum – Suggestions, opinions sought from experts and fellow professionals *Aim:* To promote leadership qualities in budding, young LIS professionals Motive: The motive of creating this leadership forum is to enhance leadership qualities in young, budding LIS professionals who are in search of platforms and make them to contribute their services to the profession and to the society to a greater extent. Review: Many experts in the field may contemplate that why we should need forum like this as already existing associations and endowments doing similar activities and they are working fine. But, the approach of this forum is different and it wants to address real challenges and threats currently encounter LIS profession. In western countries this profession is considered to be one among the top ten professions and it may be influence of highest literacy rate and more engaged in scientific and engineering activities. In our country our profession is in pathetic condition except few who doesn’t want to raise their voice to people suffering in different levels. Of course very few are doing well. Objectives: 1. To enhance the leadership qualities in young and budding LIS professionals 2. To upgrade the experienced professionals towards emerging trends and technologies 3. Promoting Reading habits in Rural and backward areas 4. To empower ourselves 5. To make more effective and efficient in working 6. To build teams and enhance the team work 7. To improve communication Skills 8. To create Motivation 9. Professional enrichment 10. Exploring new avenues Events & Activities: 1. Organizing Discussions / Interactions with experts. 2. Conducting Training Programs from top managers from management, IT and LIS. 3. Invited Lectures 4. Workshops 5. Other Innovative programs 6. Teleconferencing with the overseas experts 7. Other progressive activities 8. Arranging promotional camps in rural and backward areas Memberships: All the LIS professionals can become members of the leadership forum There will not be any registration charges for the members Registration will be done through online Initially it will start from Bangalore and it will extend to the other areas / cities Financial Assistance: The forum will function through sponsorships of business organizations, institutions, professional bodies, colleges, professional friend’s assistance and other corporations. Appeal: Our sincere appeal to our entire professional is to contribute your knowledge, experience, expertise to this leadership forum and embrace in building our profession par with other well established profession and it is possible only with all our professional friends help and cooperation. Kindly offer you suggestions, modifications, comments, opinions. After thorough analysis of all your views the forum will function. Send your views to: lislforum(a)gmail.com -- Posted on behalf of LIS Leadership Forum by Dr. Dinesh K. S. Librarian (Sl. Gr.), NCET -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Source Software - Free As In Markets
by Shriram Pandey 09 Mar '09

09 Mar '09

Hello List members, This is a very good article on Open Source Software - Free As In Markets published in E-Government bulletin live.According to this “Free software is free as in markets, not free as in beer,” open source software analyst and trainer Nick Mailer told public sector delegates at this month’s Headstar masterclass on the use of open source solutions in the public sector.As this catchphrase suggests, free and open source software is not necessarily cost-free, but offers a freedom of ownership and use not possible with most proprietary software. Detail may be accessible at : http://www.headstar.com/egblive/?p=199 -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Regards, Shri Ram Pandey - Asst. Librarian The LNM Institute of Information Technology(LNM IIT) Jaipur(Rajasthan) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ -- 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] Fw: INFLIBNET has launched new Version of Soul 2.0 - Very Expencive for College librararies
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 08 Mar '09

08 Mar '09

helo friends it is so unfortunate many have purchased SOUL and are experiencing both gud and bad. why can't they write their experiences. INFLIBNET is an institution and people come and go, but Institution survives. we had lot of expectations from the earlier heads including the present head, who is efficient, successful and matured professional. people must be able to forward their real (no bias) reactions both negative and positive. It is so sad that we do not react on any issue especially burning issues relating to our profession. we need to also OBJECTIVELY react on several issues such as performance of associations, organisations (such as NISCAIR, NATIONAL LIBRARY) book depositary act, NKC recommendations (i want to bring to ur notice that the Central Advisory Board of Education, CABE has rejected recommendations). LET US NOT TAKE THE INDIVIDUALS AS A CASE AND KEEP QUITE DUE TO OUR RELATION / OBLIGATION TO THEM AS THE INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSION IS IMPORTANT. I WROTE THE COMENT ON SOUL based on more than 100 installations in Andhra Pradesh, where not more than single digit (if i am right it is just two colleges are using partially (one of them is Mr Laxma Reddy). our comments and reactions enables the concerned to re-examine the issues for better. as some one suggested that the cost of SOUL is also very high. one of the comment that is stated is that it is gud on the basis of evaluation but not on real use? even the INFLIBNET can opt for NEWGENLIB and develop and provide service (iam not an advocate for single software). we can also think of other open source software also? we can see the LINUX, a open source software the way it is developing at faster rate. ULTIMATELY IT IS THE PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE TO USE AND ENJOY OR SUFFER BY CHOOSING A SOFTWARE. WITH MANY YOUNGSTERS, WHO ARE DYNAMIC NEED TO COME FORWARD AND CLAIM UR RIGHT TO LEARN AND WORK. WITH BEST WISHES TO ALL MY PROFESSIONAL FRIENDS LAXMAN RAO --- On Sat, 7/3/09, S K DEsale <skdesale(a)gmail.com> wrote: > From: S K DEsale <skdesale(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Fw: INFLIBNET has launched new Version of Soul 2.0 - Very Expencive for College librararies > Date: Saturday, 7 March, 2009, 11:22 AM > Dear Professionals, > > SOUL is also good software and it is also good to see that > INFLIBNET is come > up with new version.Since INFLIBNET already spend lot of > time and money on > SOUL so there is no point in discarding this software. > Instead of that > INFLBNET should think of making it open source. This will > save > INFLIBNET from spending on development of this software. > INFLIBNET should > spend more on training of this software so that more and > more people start > using this software. It will help to identify the problems > in software and > those can be corrected. > > I am agreed with Prof Rao that NEWGENLIB is better > software. I have > installed NEWGENLIB but I have problem in importing data > from libsys to > NEWGENLIB. Can anybody guide me on that? > > On 3/5/09, Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > dear friends > > i hav one question to all of u, do u think tht the > SOUL satisfy the needs > > of academic institution. every one feels tht it is not > user friendly and the > > features are not really tht gud. still the INFLIBNET > is spending huge money > > on development and in turn we donot get service. > regarding the product i > > request all the professionals to give their practical > expereince in view of > > other software including NEWGENLIB. > > i feel tht whn such a wonderful software is there the > INFLIBNET shd make > > attempts to develop the open source software and train > the library > > professionals from colleges in using the software. let > the INFLIBNET join > > with the KESAVAN INSTITUTE with a MOU and provide > cheap but better service. > > i will appreciate all the professionals to react > whether the INFLIBNET shd > > spend money on unfinished product with no or meagre > support? > > > > an expert director, Dr Jagdish Arora shd seriously > think of this and let > > the INFLIBNET NOT waste on these things? > > > > thanks > > laxman rao > > > > > > --- On Thu, 5/3/09, ravindra kale > <kale_ravi(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > From: ravindra kale <kale_ravi(a)yahoo.com> > > > Subject: INFLIBNET has launched new Version of > Soul 2.0 - Very Expencive > > for College librararies > > > Date: Thursday, 5 March, 2009, 11:39 AM > > > Respected Moderator, > > > > > > Kindly published this massage. > > > > > > Dear Library Professionals, > > > > > > Today, INFLIBNET has launched new Version of Soul > 2.0. The > > > Terms and Condition and price are available on > the following > > > link. > > > > > > http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/soul/SOUL2rates.pdf > > > > > > > > > The Price is too expensive. INFLIBNET had > introduced - > > > AMC- Annual Maintenance Charges. As UGC Funded > Institution > > > like INFLIBNET Should rethink about the Price > structure. > > > Specially In Limited Version / College version > they should > > > provide the Software between the price 15,000 To > 20,000 > > > Rupees and 1 lak records and AMC –Should be > maintain > > > between 3,000 to 5,000 Thousand Rupees. This is > my humble > > > request and suggestion To Dr. Jagdish Arora, > Director, > > > INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad. > > > This is what I feel and want to share with you. > Kindly give your > > > suggestions. > > > > > > > > > Ravindra Suryakant Kale > > > Librarian > > > Narmada College of Management > > > MBA Programme, > > > Shukla Tirth Road > > > Zadeshwer – 392 011 > > > Bharuch > > > Gujarat > > > Email : kale_ravi(a)yahoo.com > > > Phone : 9427159186 > > > Dated : 05/03/2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INFLIBNET has launched new Version of Soul 2.0 - Very
by vinod mishra 07 Mar '09

07 Mar '09

  Dear Professionals, I do agree with Mr. laxman rao about developing of NEWGENLIB, Because if we have already a open source Library software like Newgenlib having features almost equal to other commercial package then we should not waste our time and money on developing other packages. We must take pain to develop open source package just like GSDL and Dspace for better solution of library automation in India. With regards, V.K.Mishra -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha V 3.0 Workshop at Mysore University on 9-10 April
by savitra sirohi 07 Mar '09

07 Mar '09

Dear Moderator, please allow me to post this again. The previous copy was in rich text and it appears the list server does not format such emails properly. Thanks, Savitra All, We are happy to announce a Koha v3.0 hands on workshop at Mysore University, details are given below. The Registration fee has been kept low and instructors will be software professionals experienced in live Koha implementations. Please note registration is on first cum first serve basis and a maximum of 30 seats are available in the computer lab. Thanks, Savitra Sirohi MD, Nucsoft OSS Labs http://www.osslabs.biz *********** UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE & NUCSOFT OSS Labs WORKSHOP ON KOHA Version 3.0 on THURSDAY , 9TH & FRIDAY, 10TH APRIL 2009 *********** VENUE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE MANASAGANGOTHRI UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE MYSORE -570 006 ********** LOCAL HOST DR.KHAISER NIKAM Chairperson khaiser.nikam(a)gmail.com (M) 098453 28672 *********** OSS Labs CONTACT MR. SAVITRA SIROHI savitra.sirohi(a)osslabs.biz (M) 097400 22664 *********** COURSE FEE RS.900/- (without accommodation) Payment by Cash (collected during workshop) or DD DD Drawn in Favor of "OSS Software Solutions Labs Pvt. Ltd." Last date for registration 31st March 2009 *********** COURSE CONTENT Koha Introduction Koha Features Review Participating in Koha Community Development Open Source Versus Commercial Packages Koha System Architecture Hardware Requirements Linux Installation Koha Installation System Administration Using Koha Modules Data Migration Zebra Search Configuration Multi-lingual Catalog RFID Integration Customizing Koha Troubleshooting & Support *********** ABOUT THE WORKSHOP Software DVDs will be provided Electronic training material will be provided Hands on Installation & Configuration Training Instructors with Experience in Several Live Koha implementations including: Delhi Public Library, Delhi DC Everest School District, USA Tailor Bird Commercial Library, Bangalore and more.. *********** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re INFLIBNET has released newversion of SOUL 2.0
by Jai Haravu 07 Mar '09

07 Mar '09

Dear Members I do not want to take sides regarding the views of Prof. Laxman Rao's and Mr. Ravindra Kale's postings on Lis-Forum. There is no doubt that INFLIBNET has spent many years of honest effort and expense in building, distributing and supporting SOUL via training, etc. Only the libraries who have used SOUL can comment on how useful or friendly, etc., it is. However, I would like to emphasize that the world over (including in the commercially oriented west), libraries are seriously moving towards open source solutions and the development of an open library environment via a project (www.oleproject.org) that is funded by the Mellon Foundation and under the leadership of Duke University and others. Other examples of the move towards open source solutions is the project of the eXtensible Catalog project (http://www.screencast.com/users/eXensibleCatalog) Evergreen, Koha are good examples of successful open source projects, both well funded and now commercially supported. In India too the Kesavan Inst. of Information and Knowledge Management (www.kiikm.org) together with a software company, Verus Solutions Pvt. Ltd., has championed the cause of open source via NewGenLib, the first Indian open source library management system (LMS). NewGenLib has been downloaded by more than 9000+ instns., worldwide and there is a growing community of users. Quite a few organizations in India have supported hands-on workshops on NewGenLib. Already two versions of the software have been released and a new version (3.0) is due for release this year. All components of NewGenLib's layers are open source ones. I might also add the following information: 1.. The new version (3.0) will have a Rich Internet Application (RIA) front-end and OPAC. 2.. We are in the process of signing an agreement with OCLC which will allow NewGenLib libraries to access WorldCat via an Application Programmers Interface (API) (and leverage WorldCat's social web features) expanding access to libraries implementing NewGenLib. 3.. The new version will have many customizable features and better support to web services of vendors such as Amazon, Google (e.g., Google Book Search, Google Scholar). 4.. KIIKM is committed to providing domain support and advice to ensure that NewGenLib is aware of new trends and technologies and applies relevant ones wherever possible. 5.. Data conversion, training and ongoing support services to open source NewGenLib users are provided at nominal costs and all support services are customer-specific and optional depending on their needs. I honestly believe that in a diverse world both SOUL and NewGenLib have a place but what is more important is the freedom that libraries must have to choose what they will use to automate their libraries. KIIKM and Verus Solutions are always open to collaboration with INFLIBNET or other organizations in India and abroad. Haravu Trustee, Kesavan Inst. of Information and Knowledge Management -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Barcoder Scanner for Stock Verfication
by satish kumar 06 Mar '09

06 Mar '09

We are looking for a quality Portable Data Collector with Integrated Barcode Scanner for stock verification purpose. It would be very helpful if those of you professionals already using them give some details regarding the usage, price and availability Paramanand, MLISc; M Phil. Assistant Librarian, M. S. Ramaiah College of Law, Library and Information Center, New BEL Road, Bangalore-560054, Fax: 080-23601446, Phone No: 080-65708015, Cell No: 9844116650. Web site: - www.paramanandjh.webs.com E-Mail: paramanand.jh(a)gmail.com Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Live IT : IT Magazine for the contemporary woman
by Mukesh Anand 06 Mar '09

06 Mar '09

Dear Members', I am giving here the details & TOC of recently launched India's first Lifestyle IT Magazine for Women i.e. Live IT Live IT : IT Magazine for the contemporary woman Vol. 1, Issue 5, February 2009 Table of Contents (Section) Sl.No. Article Starting Page No. (A) feature 1.Web 2.0: The Youth Web 32 2.The ABCs of Conception to Parenting 37 3.Catching Up with Dynamic Web Content 42 4.Evolving Hospitality in Web 2.0 Era! 57 5.YMEX:Media Exchange 72 6.Cool iPhone Apps 76 (B) tech tip 1.Browse Web in 3D using Space Time 60 2.Change Keyboard Language in Windows 61 3.Catalog Books,Music & Movies with Free Catalogue Software 62 4.Record Videos Online using Nimbb 63 5.Capture Web Data using Zoho Notebook 64 6.Video Camera Buyer Guide 65 7.Going Virtual with VirtualBox 66 8.Read Blogs & Feeds on your Moblie 68 9.Computer Screen Magnifiers & Animated GIF Maker 69 10.Tips on Avoiding Image Blur 70 (C) how to 1.Convert your iPhone or iTouch into External Hard Drive 85 2.Create an Account in Wikipedia 86 3.Add your Gmail to Windows Live Mail 87 4.Make Windows XP look like Vista 90 5.Make Flowcharts in Powerpoint 92 6.Get the Most out of Gadget Batteries! 94 7.How to Password-Protect Program Files 96 (D) peek & pick 1.Garmin Forerunner 405 & Nike + iPod Sport Kit 108 2.Canon EOS 50D 109 3.JVC Everio GZ-HD6 Camcorder 110 4.HeperX T1 series RAM & NZXT Avatar 111 5.iPod Touch 32 GB & Fiji Z200FD 112 6.Suunto T4C Wrist - Top Computer & Plam Treo Pro 113 (E) spice IT 1.Buzz Byte 13 2.Care IT 15 3.Chatroom 22 4.Snapshots 28 (F) regulars 1.Letter from the Editor 6 2.Tech News 8 3.Did You Know? 12 4.Letter to the Editor 17 5.Tech Cartoon 79 6.Tech Career 101 7.Interview - Sunil Nair 104 8.Profile - Kiran Datar 106 9.Shopper's Guide 114 10.Q & A 115 11.Glossary 116 (G) Miscellenous 1.Live IT or Leave IT 18 2.Web 2.0:The interactive interface 24 3.Adobe Connect Now 30 4.Style IT 45 5.Talking Books 54 6.Best of RSS 67 7.Kidnapped by a Video Game 80 8.Take Pictures when You Least Expect it 88 9.Star Diary 102 Free CD & Supplement on Digital Video Editing with this issue. Vol.1, Issue 4, January 2009 TOC (A) feature 1.Futuristic Kitchen Gadgets 33 2.Home Security & You 36 3.Google Chrome vs. Microsoft IE8 42 4.Online Games:Plunging Head First into the Virtual World of MMOGs 56 5.Google your Date 60 6.Learning Crafts:The eWay! 75 (B) tech tip 1.Booking Air Ticket through the Internet 62 2.Hide My Browser 64 3.Flash Photography Tidbits 65 4.Digital Dictionaries & Reading Pen Dictionaries 66 5.Making the Most of Black & White Photography 68 6.Are You using LinkedIn Wisely? 70 7.Fixing a Flickering Monitor 72 8.Music Sites on the Internet 73 9.ATM Secrets 74 (C) how to 1.Fixing 'Autorun' Problems 87 2.Customize Sounds to Alert you of New Massages 88 3.Creating E-Mail Shortcut 92 4.Format Files in <HTML> 93 5.Use MS Word to the Fullest 94 6.Recover Damged CDs & DVDs 95 7.Make your own Document 96 8.Turning On Caps Lock & How to Shrink Document by one page 101 (D) peek & pick 1.Jabra BT2070 Bluetooth Headset 108 2.Digital Photo Frame Key & iPod Nano Armbands 109 3.Aqua Pac Mini Waterproof Camera Case 404 & Laptop Screen Protector 110 4.Multi-Channel Audio FM Transmitter & Mini USB Vacuum Cleaner 111 5.Emergency Mobile Charger 112 6.SanDisk V-Mate Video Memory Card Recorder & Zune 120 GB Digital Media Player 113 (E) spice IT 1.Buzz Byte 13 2.Care IT 15 3.Chatroom 22 4.Snapshots 28 (F) regulars 1.Letter from the Editor 6 2.Tech News 8 3.Did You Know? 12 4.Letter to the Editor 17 5.Tech Cartoon 81 6.Tech Career 102 7.Interview - Alka Joshi 104 8.Profile - Soumya Kanti 106 9.Shopper's Guide 114 10.Q & A 115 11.Glossary 116 (G) Miscellenous 1.Live IT or Leave IT 18 2.Gadgets You can can Expect in 2009 24 3.eBooks 30 4.Style IT 45 5.Mobile Phone:Your Tourist Guide 50 6.Star Diary 54 7.Go Green at Home & at Workplace 78 8.The Conjoined Robotic Maids 83 9.Safeguard yourself from Hackers 90 Free CD & Supplement on Photoshop CS2 with this issue. Price per issue Rs. 50/- Annual Subscription Charges Rs.450/-(12 Issues with CDs) Managing Editor : Anant Nath editor.liveit(a)delhipress.in This Magazine is started in October, 2008. Delhi Press Magazines - 1.Alive, 2.The Caravan:A Journal of Politics & Culture, 3.Champak(Hindi, English,Marathi & Gujarati), 4.FarmnFood(Weekly), 6.Grihashobha (Hindi,Gujarati,Marathi,Kannada & Tamil), 7.Live IT, 8.Saras Salil (Hindi & Marathi), 9. Suman Saurabh, 10.Woman's Era Wishing You All Happy Holi in General & International Womens' Day in Particular. Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Officers' Training College for Indian Railways Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Open Access Week declared for 2009
by Shamprasad Pujar 06 Mar '09

06 Mar '09

-- Original Message -- From: Jennifer McLennan <jennifer(a)arl.org> To: sparc-media(a)arl.org, sparc-europe(a)arl.org, sparc-advocacy(a)arl.org, ata-members(a)arl.org, ata-media(a)arl.org, sparc-ir(a)arl.org, sparc-opendata(a)arl.org, sparc-oaforum(a)arl.org, ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr, liblicense-l(a)lists.yale.edu Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:00:33 -0500 Subject: [IFLA-L] Open Access Week declared for 2009 For immediate release March 5, 2009 For more information, contact: Jennifer McLennan, SPARC (202) 296-2296 ext 157 jennifer [at] arl [dot] org Open Access Week declared for 2009 Popular global event extended over one week, October 19 ? 23 Washington, DC ? March 5, 2009 ? To accommodate widespread global interest in the movement toward Open Access to scholarly research results, October 19 ? 23, 2009 will mark the first international Open Access Week. The now-annual event, expanded from one day to a full week, presents an opportunity to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access to research, including access policies from all types of research funders, within the international higher education community and the general public. Open Access Week builds on the momentum generated by the 120 campuses in 27 countries that celebrated Open Access Day in 2008. Event organizers SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition), the Public Library of Science (PLoS), and Students for FreeCulture welcome key new contributors, who will help to enhance and expand the global reach of this popular event in 2009: eIFL.net (Electronic Information for Libraries), OASIS (the Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook); and the Open Access Directory (OAD). ?I?m participating in Open Access Week again this year because I want to shed light on the tremendous potential of Open Access,? said Allyson Mower, Scholarly Communications & Copyright Librarian for the University of Utah?s Marriott Library. ?People searching for information usually consume whatever is readily available. Open Access ensures that quality information is at people?s fingertips.? ?eIFL.net works to make intellectual outputs of developing and transitional countries more visible and more easily accessible,? added Rima Kupryte, Director of eIFL.net. ?We believe that Open Access contributes to improved education, teaching, and research, and accelerates innovations and economical developments in these countries. Open Access Week is a great opportunity to promote Open Access globally.? This year?s program will highlight educational resources on Open Access that local hosts can use to customize their own programs to suit local audiences and time zones. OASIS will serve as the centerpiece of the 2009 program, delivering resources for every constituency and every awareness level. The Open Access Directory will again provide an index of participants on five continents, as well as their growing clearinghouse for all OA resources. Through the collaborative functionality of the two initiatives, OA videos, briefing papers, podcasts, slideshows, posters and other informative tools will be drawn from all over the Web to be highlighted during Open Access Week. The organizers will also work with registrants to develop a variety of sample program tracks, such as ?Administrators? introduction to campus open-access policies and funds,? ?OA 101,? and ?Complying with the NIH public access policy? that take full advantage of available tools. Participants are invited to adapt these resources for local use, and to mark Open Access Week by hosting an event, distributing literature, blogging -- or even just wearing an Open Access t-shirt. ?After the success of last year?s Open Access Day, we?re delighted to be co-organizing the first ever Open Access Week with our fellow collaborators, again in conjunction with the anniversary of one of our flagship journals,? said Peter Jerram, CEO for the Public Library of Science. ?We ask our supporters to celebrate the fifth anniversary of PLoS Medicine by spreading the word about Open Access and getting involved in the week.? ?There?s no more certain sign of the momentum behind Open Access to research than an annual, global celebration of this scale,? added Heather Joseph, Executive Director of SPARC. ?Occasions like this are the best possible way to attract attention from busy faculty members and administrators, and to demonstrate the widespread appeal of Open Access. It?s SPARC?s pleasure to be working with our partners to realize the event once again this year.? For more information about Open Access Week and to register, visit <http://www.openaccessweek.org>http://www.openaccessweek.org. ## SPARC SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), with SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan, is an international alliance of more than 800 academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication. SPARC?s advocacy, educational and publisher partnership programs encourage expanded dissemination of research. SPARC is a founder of the Alliance for Taxpayer Access, representing taxpayers, patients, physicians, researchers, and institutions that support open public access to taxpayer-funded research. SPARC is on the Web at <http://www.arl.org/sparc>http://www.arl.org/sparc. -- -------------------------- Jennifer McLennan Director of Communications SPARC (The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition) <http://www.arl.org/sparc>http://www.arl.org/sparc (202) 296-2296 ext 121 <jennifer(a)arl.org>jennifer(a)arl.org Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha V 3.0 Workshop at Mumbai on 17-18 April
by savitra sirohi 06 Mar '09

06 Mar '09

All, This is an announcement for a Koha v3.0 hands on workshop at Mumbai, details are given below. The Registration fee has been kept low and instructors will be software professionals experienced in live Koha implementations. Please note registration is on first cum first serve basis and a maximum of 20 seats are available in the computer lab. We also expect to announce workshops in other major cities soon. Thanks, Savitra Sirohi MD, Nucsoft OSS Labs www.osslabs.biz *********** NUCSOFT OSS Labs WORKSHOP ON KOHA Version 3.0 on FRIDAY , 17th & SATURDAY 18th APRIL 2009 *********** VENUE Nucsoft Ltd. Sigma House, 1st Floor, C-8 Central MIDC Road, MIDC, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400 093, INDIA. ********** OSS Labs CONTACT MR. SAVITRA SIROHI savitra.sirohi(a)osslabs.biz (M) 097400 22664 *********** COURSE FEE RS.900/- (without accommodation) Payment by Cash (collected during workshop) or DD DD Drawn in Favor of "OSS Software Solutions Labs Pvt. Ltd." Last date for registration 31st March 2009 *********** COURSE CONTENT Koha Introduction Koha Features Review Participating in Koha Community Development Open Source Versus Commercial Packages Koha System Architecture Hardware Requirements Linux Installation Koha Installation System Administration Using Koha Modules Data Migration Zebra Search Configuration Multi-lingual Catalog RFID Integration Customizing Koha Troubleshooting & Support *********** ABOUT THE WORKSHOP Software DVDs will be provided Electronic training material will be provided Hands on Installation & Configuration Training Instructors with Experience in Several Live Koha implementations including: Delhi Public Library, Delhi DC Everest School District, USA Tailor Bird Commercial Library, Bangalore and more.. *********** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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