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request for articles
by xahoor sofi 09 May '08

09 May '08

Dear Professionals Can anyone of you help me in suggesting some specific web links providing articles on the topic semntic web. Zahoor Ahmad Chief librarian, Islamia College of Science & Commerce,Srinagar. J&K __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MANLIBNET - Gujarat Chapter's Round-Table Conference on "Management Librarians and Their Role in Promoting Research'.
by Nihar Patra 08 May '08

08 May '08

Dear Fellow Professional, Sub: MANLIBNET – Gujarat Chapter's Round-Table Conference on "*Management Librarians and Their Role in Promoting Research*'. MANLIBNET – Gujarat Chapter is pleased to inform you that the First Round-Table Conference on "Management Librarians and Their Role in Promoting Research" will be held at *EDI Campus* on *17th May 2008 (Saturday). *The tentative programme schedule is as follows: 09.00 Registration 09.30 Inaugural function 10.00 Talk by an Eminent Management Academician 11.00 Tea break 11.30 Presentation on EDI Library and Information Centre 12.00 Discussion on activities of MANLIBNET Gujarat Chapter 13.00 Lunch You are requested to participate / nominate your Library Professionals in the above conference and make the event a grand success. As it is the first meeting of this chapter, I request encouraging presence from you and your other colleagues. Kindly note that the registration is free. I request you to kindly pass on this information to other library professionals whoever in touch with you. Please confirm your participation immediately to ganapathi(a)ediindia.org* *or Mobile No. 93270 45345. Yours sincerely, B. Ganapathi Librarian Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India; PO Bhat 382 428 Dist. Gandhinagar NOTE: Please send us the updated e-mail IDs and contact details of you and your friends to ganapathi(a)ediindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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E-book reader
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 08 May '08

08 May '08

Dear Friends I want to buy a good e-book reader. Some years ago I was sort of following the trends. Can anyone practically using e-book reader say which brand / model is good & why? Hidden (unsaid) problems if any may be mentioned. If price & availability is known, better. Is there any library in India lending e-books to be stored on E-book readers as a part of routine lending plans? Any hints on sources for free ebooks, especially fiction, are also welcome. -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278 http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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HANDBOOK OF UGC NET
by tariq22＠gmail.com 08 May '08

08 May '08

Hi Just to bring to your kind notice HANDBOOK OF UGC NET FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE Editors: Dr.Tariq Ashraf Sanjay Kumar Jha Foreword Dr.(Mrs) S.P.Singh Professor, Department of Library & Information Science University of Delhi-Delhi Published by: Bookwell , 23 Ansari Road, New Delhi.011-23268786 2008 .Pages.394 Price Rs. 295/ The information contained in this e-mail message is privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this e-mail message in error, please e-mail the sender. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Part - Time External Ph.D. Registration
by Vimal Kumar 08 May '08

08 May '08

Dear Friends, I would like to know, can we register for PhD in Library Science under Part - Time External Ph.D. Registration programme offer by Bharatiar University? If anybody already joined for PhD, please share the details. -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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Online Journals offered by Taylor & Francis Group
by Sharma, Yogeeta 08 May '08

08 May '08

Hi Greetings from Taylor & Francis Group. Taylor and Francis provides services to academic users, students, researchers with 1000+ eJournals supplemented by Online Archives (back files), 18000+ eBooks, Online Reference Resources and netBase to name a few. It publishes more than 1100 journals and around 2,000 new books each year, with a books backlist in excess of 40,000 specialist titles under the following imprints: * Routledge * Taylor & Francis * Spon Press * RoutledgeFalmer * Martin Dunitz * Parthenon * Europa Publications * Curzon Press * Fitzroy Dearborn * Garland Science * Bios Scientific Publishers Limited * Cavendish * Frank Cass and CRC Press * Marcel Dekker * Institute of Physics For further information on online / print journals, please visit http://www.informaworld.com <http://www.informaworld.com/> . For eBooks of CRCnetBASE, visit www.crcnetbase.com <http://www.crcnetbase.com/> Warm regards, Yogeeta Sharma Marketing Executive (Journals) Taylor & Francis Books India Pvt. Ltd. 912 Tolstoy House 15 - 17 Tolstoy Marg New Delhi - 110001 Email: yogeeta.sharma(a)tandfindia.com <mailto:yogeeta.sharma@tandfindia.com> Tel: +91 (0) 11 2371 2131, 2371 2134, 2371 2135, 2335 1453 Fax:+91 (0) 11 2371 2132 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Medlline Plus released a multilingual feature (i.e. Hindi, Bengali, Gujarathi, Punjabi and Urdu etc.)
by Shivendra Singh 08 May '08

08 May '08

Medlline Plus released a multilingual feature (i.e. Hindi, Bengali, Gujarathi, Punjabi and Urdu etc) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.htm MedlinePlus released a multilingual feature, providing access to high quality health information in languages other than English and Spanish (i.e Hindi, Bengali, Gujarathi, Punjabi and Urdu etc). This new service, linked from the MedlinePlus homepage and available directly at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html , benefits people who prefer to read consumer health information in their native language. It also helps the information professionals and health care providers who serve them. -- Shivendra Singh Assistant Librarian Baba Farid University of Heath Sciences GGS Hospital Campus, Sadiq Road Faridkot- 151203, Punjab Contact Number: 9915023251, 9815526163 E-mail: shiv.mail(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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Descriptive Questions in LIS
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 07 May '08

07 May '08

Dear Friends, Those who are writing NET / SLET / SET exam, this book is very useful. This contains descriptive Questions in LIS. Descriptive Questions in Library and Information Science (Based on New Syllabus for NET (UGC) SLET, SET and Other Tests)/S.M. Tripathi, C. Lal and K. Kumar. New Delhi, Ess Ess Publications, 2002, 464 p., $39. ISBN 81-7000-340-7. For more details browse: https://www.vedamsbooks.com Dinesh K. S. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation, December 2008, Organized by DESIDOC, DRDO, Delhi
by yogesh.modi 07 May '08

07 May '08

CALL FOR PAPERS National Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation December 2008 DESIDOC is organizing a three-day National Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation on second week of December 2008, aimed to debate various issues on the subject. It will emphasize the ways in which the historical records of an organization can be preserved and made available for dissemination and scholarly use. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Authors are invited to submit manuscripts as per the following schedule preferably as Microsoft Word attachments at; E-mail. : director(a)desidoc.drdo.in Submission of Abstracts : 10 July 2008 Conveyance of Acceptance : 17 July 2008 Submission of Full Papers : 10 Sept 2008 THEMES & SUB-THEMES COVERED § Digital Libraries and Digitization issues § Preservation / Conservation Procedures § Metadata Standards in relation to Digitization / Preservation § Copyright Issues § Networking Techniques and Technologies § Storage Solutions/ Specifications § Semantic Web § Knowledge Management CONTACT PERSON Dr. AL Moorthy, Director Chairman, Organizing Committee NCDDP 2008 DESIDOC, Metcalf House, Delhi-54 Phone: 011-23902527, 23902529, Fax : 011-23819151, 23902449 Email: director(a)desidoc.drdo.in For more details please visit DRDO website (http://www.drdo.org/ncddp/ncdp2008.htm) Organized by Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre Defence Research and Development Organization Metcalfe House, Delhi - 110054 -------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________________________ The contents of this Email communication are confidential to the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient you may not disclose or distribute this communication in any form but should immediately contact the Sender. The information, images, documents and views expressed in this Email are personal to the Sender and do not expressly or implicitly represent official positions and policies of DRDO and no authority exists on behalf of DRDO to make any agreements, representations or other binding commitment by means of Email. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA office bearers for next two years
by Byrappa, Ananda (GE, Research) 07 May '08

07 May '08

Dear LIS professionals, I am happy to announce the names of the newly elected office bearers of the Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) for next two years (2008-2010). ________________________________________________________________________ ____ President Prof. I.K Ravichandra Rao DRTC,Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore Email:ikrrao@yahoo.co.in Vice - President: Mrs. Usha Mukunda Email:usha.mukunda@gmail.com Vice - President: Mr. Francis Jayakanth NCSI, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Email: franc(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in General Secretary: Mr. Ananda T.Byrappa GE India Technology Centre Bangalore Email: ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com Treasurer: Mr. Puttabasavaiah Indian Institute of Science Bangalore bas(a)library.iisc.ernet.in Joint Secretary: Mr. H Rajendra Babu Symphony Services Corporation, Bangalore Email:Rajendra.Babu@capco.com ________________________________________________________________________ ________ Kind regards, Ananda T.Byrappa Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Phone: 91-80-25032618 Fax: 91-80-28412114 email: ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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