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A new report on OAI interoperability
by Subbiah Arunachalam 01 Dec '06

01 Dec '06

>From Peter Suber's blog Major report on OAI interoperability Martha Brogan, Contexts and Contributions: Building the Distributed Library, Digital Library Federation, November 22, 2006. A major study (282 pp) of OAI interoperability from the DLF, one of the organizations, with CNI and NSF, that originally sponsored the development of the OAI-PMH. Excerpt: This report updates and expands on "A Survey of Digital Library Aggregation Services," originally commissioned by the DLF as an internal report in summer 2003, and released to the public later that year. It highlights major developments affecting the ecosystem of scholarly communications and digital libraries since the last survey and provides an analysis of "OAI implementation demographics," based on a comparative review of repository registries and cross-archive search services. Secondly, it reviews the state-of-practice for a cohort of digital library aggregation services, grouping them in the context of the "problem space" to which they most closely adhere. Based in part on online survey responses collected in fall 2005 from an online survey distributed to the original core services, the report investigates the purpose, function and challenges of next-generation aggregation services. On a case-by-case basis, the advances in each service are of interest in isolation from each other, but the report also attempts to situate these services in a larger context and to understand how they fit into a multi-dimensional and interdependent ecosystem supporting the worldwide community of scholars. Finally, the report summarizes the contributions of these services thus far and identifies obstacles requiring further attention to realize the goal of an open, distributed digital library system. The new report aims to inform DLF's continuing efforts "to foster better teaching and scholarship through easier, more relevant discovery of digital resources, and a much greater ability for libraries to build more responsive local services on top of a distributed metadata platform," as articulated in its successful IMLS National Leadership Grant, "The Distributed Library: OAI for Digital Library Aggregation." Extending over a two-year period from October 2004 through September 2006, the grant enables DLF to prototype a "second generation" OAI finding system. Concurrently, it affords DLF the opportunity to address challenges identified in the 2003 survey and voiced by early OAI adopters. In particular, DLF is building a comprehensive OAI registry, establishing best practices for shareable metadata, improving communication between data and service providers, and developing curricular materials and training sessions to introduce OAI best practices to a widening circle of institutions (Shreeves et al. 2005). Using the 2003 survey as a point of departure, this companion report takes a fresh look at the evolution of interoperability and federating heterogeneous content, especially as realized through implementation of the OAI protocol. It re-examines the original set of digital library aggregation services as well as representative new initiatives in an effort to identify trends - progress, needs, and challenges. How are they evolving over time? What have they achieved? What is impeding their progress? How do they envision their future? An online survey conducted in fall 2005 gathered baseline information from more than forty aggregators.... See especially these sections: * 2.2, Open Access Ascendant - Growth of OAI-compliant Repositories * 4.1, Points of Reference: Open Access and the Open Archives Initiative * 4.2, Links in the Scholarly Communication Value Chain Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Open access and higher education and research
by Subbiah Arunachalam 01 Dec '06

01 Dec '06

>From Peter Suber's blog The OA workshop at Online Educa Berlin Online Educa tackles lifelong learning and open access, a press release from JISC, November 30, 2006. Excerpt: Delegates have been gathering for the world's largest e-learning conference which began in Berlin yesterday. The Online Educa conference on Technology and Supported Learning, now in its twelfth year, has attracted nearly 2,000 delegates from education, research, Government and commercial sectors from around the world.... Joint activities by JISC and SURF began in the afternoon with a workshop on open access. JISC Scholarly Communications consultant Fred Friend introduced the topic, saying that there were considerable economic, social and educational benefits to making research and other outputs available without financial, legal and technical barriers to access. It was also, he suggested, a question of giving more power to authors. He outlined the two complementary routes to open access. Self-archiving or the deposit of a pre-print or post-print in an institutional or subject repository is one route, he said, while the other is publication through an open access journal....Both routes, suggested Fred Friend, will enable the opportunities provided by technological developments, such as data mining and text mining, to be realised....There are significant economic benefits to open access too, he continued, through the sharing of developments in medical research, for example, and through the value for money gains of publicly funded research being more freely available.... Amber Thomas, JISC programme manager spoke about JISC's work to encourage the establishment and development of repositories in the UK.... Erik Saaman of SURF spoke about open access initiatives in the Netherlands, such as DAREnet (research), LOREnet (higher education), Edurep (non-HE) and Driver (European), and the common technical architectures which underpin them.... Ryan Hargreaves gave an overview of Jorum, the free online repository for learning and teaching resources which is aiming to create a culture of sharing of learning and teaching resources.... John May of the SURF Foundation spoke about LOREnet which is aiming to create a similar 'community of sharing' in the use of online teaching materials in the Netherlands.... ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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accept my condolences
by mythili` krishnamurthy 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

Dear Sir, I am really shocked about the sudden and sad demise of Prof.DR. Veena saraf, my contact with her was only through mail and mobile phone just for 2 months June and July of this year when I contacted for my research work she spontaneously responded to help me in my research. She has sent some articles regarding my work. I could really believe that she is no more. My Hear felt condolences for her bereaved Family Mythili.k M.L.I.S, M.phil, ( Ph.d ) Librarian Seshadripuram Evening Degree College Bangalore-560 020 Mobile 91-9886379299 I am really shocked about the sudden and sad demise of Prof.DR. Veena saraf, my contact with her was only through mail and mobile phone just for 2 months June and July of this year when I contacted for my research work she spontaneously responded to help me in my research. She has sent some articles regarding my work. I could really believe that she is no more. My Hear felt condolences for her bereaved Family Mythili.k M.L.I.S, M.phil, ( Ph.d ) Librarian Seshadripuram Evening Degree College Bangalore-560 020 Mobile 91-9886379299

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Brief Report of PLANNER-06
by Suresh Chauhan 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

Dear All, The 4th annual convention PLANNER-2006 (Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region - 2006) was held 9-10 November 2006 in Mizoram University, Aizawl. It was organized by the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre, Ahmedabad as parent body in collaboration with Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl. PLANNER - 2006 got overwhelming response from the professionals. 220 registered participants from 19 states of the country and few pioneer professionals were attended it as special invitees. In two days deliberations, six technical sessions, with pre-convention tutorial on Dspace with panel discussion and interactive discussions among participants and experts were major highlights of the convention. The convention was devoted to "Digital preservation, management and access to information in the Twenty First Century" with various key sub-themes. Shri Prem Chand, Scientist - C, INFLIBNET Centre was the convener of the convention. The other dignitaries were present there, as: Convener Shri Prem Chand, Scientist - C, INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad Organising Secretary Prof. Pravakar Rath, Head, DLIS, Mizoram University, Aizawl Convention Director Dr. R K Chadha, Director of Parliament Library, New Delhi Moderator of Panel Discussion Dr. Jagdish Arora, IIT Delhi, New Delhi Rapporteur General Dr. Preeti Mahajan, DLIS, Panjab University, Chandigarh Chairpersons of technical sessions: Shri Manoj Kumar K, Acting Director of INFLIBNET Centre Dr. Usha Manju Munshi, ISI, Kolkatta Dr. Ramesh Gaur, IGNCA, New Delhi Prof. A K Baradol, Professor, DLIS, Mangalore University, Mangalore Ch. Radheyshyam Singh, Librarian, Manipur University, Imphal Dr. R P Singh, Librarian, AIIMS, New Delhi Overall 35 technical papers were present by the authors and convention was ended with happy note. The full report of the convention is hosted at INFLIBNET's official website (http://www.inflibnet.ac.in) or directly at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/planner06.htm . With kind regards Suresh K Chauhan ************************************************* Suresh K Chauhan Project Scientist (LS) INFLIBNET Centre, An Inter University Centre of University Grants Commission, Opp. Gujarat University Guest House, Post Box No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380009. Gujarat, INDIA. Phone: 79 26308528, 26304695, 26305971 (Extn. 43) Fax: 79 26300990 Email: chauhan(a)inflibnet.ac.in ; sureshbabal(a)yahoo.com Dear All, The 4 th annual convention PLANNER-2006 ( P romotion of L ibrary A utomation and N etworking in N orth E astern R egion 2006) was held 9-10 November 2006 in Mizoram University, Aizawl. It was organized by the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre, Ahmedabad as parent body in collaboration with Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl. PLANNER 2006 got overwhelming response from the professionals. 220 registered participants from 19 states of the country and few pioneer professionals were attended it as special invitees. In two days deliberations, six technical sessions, with pre-convention tutorial on Dspace with panel discussion and interactive discussions among participants and experts were major highlights of the convention. The convention was devoted to Digital preservation, management and access to information in the Twenty First Century with various key sub-themes. Shri Prem Chand, Scientist C, INFLIBNET Centre was the convener of the convention. The other dignitaries were present there, as: Convener Shri Prem Chand, Scientist C, INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad Organising Secretary Prof. Pravakar Rath, Head, DLIS, Mizoram University, Aizawl Convention Director Dr. R K Chadha, Director of Parliament Library, New Delhi Moderator of Panel Discussion Dr. Jagdish Arora, IIT Delhi, New Delhi Rapporteur General Dr. Preeti Mahajan, DLIS, Panjab University, Chandigarh Chairpersons of technical sessions: Shri Manoj Kumar K, Acting Director of INFLIBNET Centre Dr. Usha Manju Munshi, ISI, Kolkatta Dr. Ramesh Gaur, IGNCA, New Delhi Prof. A K Baradol, Professor, DLIS, Mangalore University, Mangalore Ch. Radheyshyam Singh, Librarian, Manipur University, Imphal Dr. R P Singh, Librarian, AIIMS, New Delhi Overall 35 technical papers were present by the authors and convention was ended with happy note. The full report of the convention is hosted at INFLIBNETs official website ( http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ http://www.inflibnet.ac.in ) or directly at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/planner06.htm http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/planner06.htm . With kind regards Suresh K Chauhan ************************************************* Suresh K Chauhan Project Scientist (LS) INFLIBNET Centre, An Inter University Centre of University Grants Commission, Opp. Gujarat University Guest House, Post Box No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380009. Gujarat, INDIA. Phone: 79 26308528, 26304695, 26305971 (Extn. 43) Fax: 79 26300990 Email: mailto:chauhan@inflibnet.ac.in chauhan(a)inflibnet.ac.in ; mailto:sureshbabal@yahoo.com sureshbabal(a)yahoo.com

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ALISE Discussion Forum on LIS Teaching Practices
by sandeep bhavsar 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

FOR ALL THE RESPECTED FACULTIES OF LIS How do teaching practices in LIS help students develop the intellectual base, practical skills, and ethical perspective needed for professional service to information users and to society? The ALISE Task Force on Best Teaching Practices in LIS Education invites you join a discussion forum on the three apprenticeships in professional education described by William M. Sullivan, keynote speaker for the 2007 ALISE conference and author of Work and Integrity: The Crisis and Promise of Professionalism in America (Jossey-Bass, 2005). The forum can now be accessed at http://attila.coe.ecu.edu/talk/COE/ALISE <https://www.exchange.iu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://attila.coe.ecu…> To login use: ID: alise and Password: alise Sullivan's work introduces a series of studies by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching that will examine and compare the professional education of lawyers, physicians, nurses, engineers, and clergy. With a mission to educate for professional judgment and performance, Sullivan argues, professional programs seek to enable their students to integrate specialized knowledge and specific skills within the profession's commitment to clients and society. (Work and Integrity, p. 207) Join us to discuss how Sullivan's model applies to graduate professional education in library and information science and to share examples of teaching practices that characterize each of the apprenticeships: The first apprenticeship is intellectual, focused on the knowledge base of the field, and characterized by reasoning, argument, and research. The second is practical, the body of skills needed to be a competent practitioner. The third is ethical, including the skills, traits, responsibilities that characterize a professional. In keeping with the 2007 ALISE conference theme, "Habits of Mind and Practice: Preparing Reflective Professionals," we encourage you to reflect on how our teaching practices shape the professional skills and attitudes of our graduates. We welcome your participation. Stephen Bajjaly Jim Elmborg Sanda Erdelez Jami Jones Jean Preer, chair ALISE Task Force on Best Teaching Practices in LIS Education Best Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W). 400601 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 09870484626 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com FOR ALL THE RESPECTED FACULTIES OF LIS How do teaching practices in LIS help students develop the intellectual base, practical skills, and ethical perspective needed for professional service to information users and to society? The ALISE Task Force on Best Teaching Practices in LIS Education invites you join a discussion forum on the three apprenticeships in professional education described by William M. Sullivan, keynote speaker for the 2007 ALISE conference and author of Work and Integrity: The Crisis and Promise of Professionalism in America (Jossey-Bass, 2005). The forum can now be accessed at http://attila.coe.ecu.edu/talk/COE/ALISE http://attila.coe.ecu.edu/talk/COE/ALISE < https://www.exchange.iu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://attila.coe.ecu… https://www.exchange.iu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://attila.coe.ecu… > To login use: ID: alise and Password: alise Sullivan's work introduces a series of studies by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching that will examine and compare the professional education of lawyers, physicians, nurses, engineers, and clergy. With a mission to educate for professional judgment and performance, Sullivan argues, professional programs seek to enable their students to integrate specialized knowledge and specific skills within the profession's commitment to clients and society. (Work and Integrity, p. 207) Join us to discuss how Sullivan's model applies to graduate professional education in library and information science and to share examples of teaching practices that characterize each of the apprenticeships: The first apprenticeship is intellectual, focused on the knowledge base of the field, and characterized by reasoning, argument, and research. The second is practical, the body of skills needed to be a competent practitioner. The third is ethical, including the skills, traits, responsibilities that characterize a professional. In keeping with the 2007 ALISE conference theme, "Habits of Mind and Practice: Preparing Reflective Professionals," we encourage you to reflect on how our teaching practices shape the professional skills and attitudes of our graduates. We welcome your participation. Stephen Bajjaly Jim Elmborg Sanda Erdelez Jami Jones Jean Preer, chair ALISE Task Force on Best Teaching Practices in LIS Education Best Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W). 400601 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : mailto:sandeep.bhavsar@gmail.com sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 09870484626 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Prof ( Dr) Veena is no more- condolences from the professionals of hyderabad
by Mailing List Manager 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:01:29 -0800 (PST) From: amudhavalli alagusundaram <amudha75(a)yahoo.com> Dear Dr Rao and friends, Very sad to hear of the sad news of Dr Veena. MALA shares the grief and convey our heart felt feelings for the bereved family amudha Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:39:47 +0000 (GMT) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. dear friends Prof ( Dr) Mrs Veena shroff, Head, Dept of Library and Information science, NEHU was suffering from Cancer for last few months. I am extremely sorry and feel very bad to inform u that she left all the professionals on 28 nov at abt 9-30 PM. [truncated]

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South African language innovators bridge digital divide
by Swapan Patra 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

http://Translate.org.za an open source-a cyber project meant for translation from one African language to other, has won African ICT Achiever 2006 Award. The project is meant for bridging the *digital divide* in the African continent by removing the language barrier. http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/communication/stories/nsl,162724.html#top *Swapan Kumar Patra* *Deaprtment of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology* *Indian Institute of Technology Delhi* *New Delhi-110016* http://Translate.org.za http://Translate.org.za an open source-a cyber project meant for translation from one African language to other, has won African ICT Achiever 2006 Award. The project is meant for bridging the digital divide in the African continent by removing the language barrier. http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/communication/stories/nsl,162724.html#top http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/communication/stories/nsl,162724.html#top Swapan Kumar Patra Deaprtment of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi-110016

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Barbara Kirsop on Open access and developing countries
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

>From Peter Suber's blog: Background on the Bangalore model national OA policy Barbara Kirsop, Creating a National Open Access Policy for Developing Countries, Open and Shut, November 29, 2006. Excerpt: Meeting in the idyllic surroundings of the Indian Institute of Science campus, in Bangalore, the 44 participants of the [Workshop on electronic publishing and open access, November 2-3, 2006] included scientists and OA experts from India, China, Brazil and South Africa, along with colleagues and OA advocates from a number of other countries.... [W]hy was it felt necessary to hold a workshop on OA so soon after the Salvador Declaration on Open Access for Developing Countries, held in September 2005? The Bangalore workshop was not intended to be a venue simply for confirming acceptance of the principles of OA, but was convened to bring some of the most scientifically advanced developing countries together to report on progress, and consider a model National Open Access Policy that could be offered to governments, and their funding organisations, as a practical tool for driving OA forward. The aim, therefore, was to take the next step towards ensuring the implementation of earlier OA declarations, not just to talk about OA.... [S]ince the cost of academic journals is prohibitive for many developing countries, scholarly communication is for them severely restricted. This is a huge problem: A survey conducted by the WHO in 2003, for instance, found that in 75 of the poorest countries, 56% of the medical institutions had been unable to access any journals over the previous five years.... Furthermore, the cost of printing and distributing local journals means that much developing world research is 'invisible' to the rest of the world....As a consequence, the incorporation of regional knowledge into international programmes remains minimal. Yet with the growth of global problems think only of HIV/AIDS, avian 'flu, environmental disasters, climate change or crop failure it is essential that the countries in which these problems are most commonly experienced have access to research findings, and can contribute their crucial experience to finding global solutions. Without both improved access and regional visibility, the science base of poorer countries will not be strengthened, and it is well documented that without a strong science base economies remain weak and dependent on others.... It is clear...that wherever researchers have embraced OA, the visibility, quality and the impact of local research has flourished, and subscriptions to OA journals have even increased a clear indication that researchers were previously information-starved.... One Indian institute...is 'gently persuading' its scholars to deposit their articles by refusing travel support to those that do not archive their publications!... It was agreed...that progress could be significantly speeded up if a model National OA Policy could be drawn up, and developing countries encouraged to adopt it. It was also felt that this would be particularly effective if it was formally accepted by a group of local experts of which there was no shortage at the workshop who know and understand the problems faced by developing countries on the ground. While there was vigorous debate on how to encourage adoption of such a policy, there was no dissent over the need for it, or of its basic form. Specifically, the draft Policy document urges governments to require all publicly funded research published in peer-reviewed journals to be deposited in an institutional repository as soon as publication is accepted. This should be a condition for research funding for any papers partly or fully funded by the government.... All presentations, lists of participants and the draft model National OA Policy document are available on the workshop web site. <www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/OAworkshop2006>. ___________________________________________________________ Win tickets to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany with Yahoo! Messenger. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/fifaworldcup_uk/

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OA in physics and chemistry
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

>From Peter Suber's blog OA in physics and chemistry Heather Morrison, Open Access in Physics and Chemistry, or, A Tale of Two Disciplines, a presentation at the McGill Library School, November 27, 2006. Excerpt: There are disciplinary differences in awareness of, and approaches to, open access and other types of "openness". It is likely that there are no great differences than the differences between physics and chemistry. Physics, as a discipline, has long been the leader in open access archiving, beginning in 1991 with the establishment of arXiv, and continuing with the CERN Documents Server. In physics, open access is mainstream, with open access archiving peacefully coexisting with traditional publishing. Physics is currently leading a push towards full open access publishing. Chemistry, in contrast, has had very low rates of self-archiving of peer-reviewed journal articles, and traditional publishers, until recently, were fighting open access. However, a slightly different picture emerges when we consider the broader concept of "openness", as chemistry appears to be emerging as a leader in open data and open source science. ___________________________________________________________ Win tickets to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany with Yahoo! Messenger. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/fifaworldcup_uk/

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Prof ( Dr) Veena is no more- condolences from the professionals of hyderabad
by Mailing List Manager 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:39:47 +0000 (GMT) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> dear friends Prof ( Dr) Mrs Veena shroff, Head, Dept of Library and Information science, NEHU was suffering from Cancer for last few months. I am extremely sorry and feel very bad to inform u that she left all the professionals on 28 nov at abt 9-30 PM. after knowing this information, the 54 participants of 15 th refresher course in library and information science organised at osmania university joined by the students and faculty of the dept of library and information science, osmania university have conducted a condolence meeting at academic staff college in the after noon and condoled the untimely death of prof veena. people spoke about her and every one felt for the sad demise of prof veena. the meeting resolved " to convey their heart felt condolences to the family and prayed for resting of her soul in peace. they remembered her and prayed God almighty to give strength to the family' laxman rao

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