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Library Week
by kishore.ingale＠tcs.com 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

Friends, In US ALA promotes Library week during month of April. In India library week is celebrated in November. Any idea why we celebrate Library Week in November only.. ? With regards Kishore Ramdas Ingale Tata Consultancy Services Ph:- +91-22-6750 5998 Buzz:- 422-5988 Cell:- 9226711630 Mailto: kishore.ingale(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you Friends, In US ALA promotes Library week during month of April. In India library week is celebrated in November. Any idea why we celebrate Library Week in November only.. ? With regards Kishore Ramdas Ingale Tata Consultancy Services Ph:- +91-22-6750 5998 Buzz:- 422-5988 Cell:- 9226711630 Mailto: kishore.ingale(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you

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Article request
by Avinashilingam University 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

Dear friends, can anyone help me in getting the article Article : "Food Preservation by Irradiation", Vol 1, Pg: 71 to 82, Journal : International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna Thanking you in anticipation. Geetha, Avinshilingam University for women. Dear friends, can anyone help me in getting the article Article : "Food Preservation by Irradiation", Vol 1, Pg: 71 to 82, Journal : International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna Thanking you in anticipation. Geetha, Avinshilingam University for women. http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Open knowledge
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

>From Peter Suber's blog Positive feedback loop for open knowledge Rufus Pollock, Open Knowledge Drives Out Closed (in the Long Run), Open Knowledge Foundation Weblog, November 6, 2006. Excerpt: After Greshams Bad money drives out good though with opposite sense. Open knowledge here is taken as given by the open knowledge definition and, in its essentials, means the knowledge (data/content/) must be freely accessible, reusable and redistributable. Closed by contrast means knowledge for which access and reuse are restricted in some manner, for example by charging for access, or by prohibiting reuse.... The idea behind this analogy is that there is a feedback for open knowledge just as there is with bad money (though obviously with a different mechanism). In the case of bad money the feedback is that people use the bad currency and hoard the good one because the former has lower intrinsic value. As a result the good money disappears and you are left with only the bad in circulation. In the case of open knowledge the feedback comes arises because, with viral licensing, each user of the knowledge pool becomes a contributor back to the pool. As the pool grows it is ever more attractive to new users so they use (and contribute) to it rather than to any competing closed set of knowledge. This results in a strong positive feedback mechanism. Of course, such a feedback mechanism also exists for closed knowledge: payments for access can be used to fund further investment resulting in a knowledge pool that is more valuable which attracts more users etc. However because closed knowledge has higher costs of access (monetary or otherwise), as long as the open knowledge pool is past a critical value threshold, it will always have the advantage in attracting new users. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Good site on Library Poster and Library Bookmarks
by Chintha Nagabhushanam 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Dear all It is good site on Library posters and booksmarks especially on Indian contexct. If any body wants to see it visit at - For Library Posters http://www.akhilamatrix.com/Library_posters.htm - For Library Boomarks http://www.akhilamatrix.com/Library_book_marks.htm Regards Bhushan Dear all It is good site on Library posters and booksmarks especially on Indian contexct. If any body wants to see it visit at For Library Posters http://www.akhilamatrix.com/Library_posters.htm http://www.akhilamatrix.com/Library_posters.htm For Library Boomarks http://www.akhilamatrix.com/Library_book_marks.htm http://www.akhilamatrix.com/Library_book_marks.htm Regards Bhushan

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Re:Work Culture in Academic Libraries
by Shamala Subramanian 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Dear colleague, I would like to know whether any research or study has been done in the area of " Work Culture in Academic Libraries " I was able to get few references only. Regards Shyamala Subramanian Actg. Librarian SDTM Library Tata Institute Of Social Sciences Deonar, Mumbai -- 400 088 Ph. no. 25563290-96 ext. 281 E-mail: shamalas(a)tiss.edu Tata Institute of Social Sciences www.tiss.edu ------------------------------------------------ Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India Dear colleague, I would like to know whether any research or study has been done in the area of " Work Culture in Academic Libraries " I was able to get few references only. Regards Shyamala Subramanian Actg. Librarian SDTM Library Tata Institute Of Social Sciences Deonar, Mumbai -- 400 088 Ph. no. 25563290-96 ext. 281 E-mail: mailto:shamalas@tiss.edu shamalas(a)tiss.edu Tata Institute of Social Sciences www.tiss.edu ------------------------------------------------ Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India

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job ad
by Manu Rajan 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

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SEARCHING BEYOND JUST GOOGLE
by Farooque Shaheen 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

SEARCHING BEYOND JUST GOOGLE Kavita Kukday,The Times of India If, thanks to Google, searching on the Internet has started getting wearingly familiar, you probably need to look beyond Google and check out other search sites that are vying for the No 2 position. Here are three Google alternatives that are refreshingly different from Google. Try them and see if they work better for you: Vivisimo (www.vivisimo.com) This is a ?metasearch? engine, offering simultaneous results from several search engines. It is fast, has a clean user interface, and presents information in ?clusters? that narrow down your search results. Key in ?Diwali?, for example, and you?ll get subfolders like ?History of Diwali?, ?Diwali gifts and cards? and ?Diwali Recipes?. Vivisimo also lets you restrict searches to publications such as Reuters, CNN and such. Grokker (www.grokker.com) This search engine touts visual search as its selling point. Here again you?d find you search results sorted in clusters of the topic, but instead of presenting them in subfolders, Grokker separates them into a ?Map view? that you can zook into. It?s easier to relate to and visually more appealing. Rollyo (www.rollyo.com) This isn?t a separate search engine; it?s a tool that lets you create your own domain-specific search engine on the fly. What it basically does is, run on top of Yahoo! search and let your ?roll your own? searches. So, any individual can set up a custom ?searchroll? such as ?Medicine? or ?News?, which searches within anywhere from one to 25 different sites. This basically means that instead of sorting through thousands of sites, you could narrow your search to sites you already know and trust. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor (India) Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 SEARCHING BEYOND JUST GOOGLE Kavita Kukday,The Times of India If, thanks to Google, searching on the Internet has started getting wearingly familiar, you probably need to look beyond Google and check out other search sites that are vying for the No 2 position. Here are three Google alternatives that are refreshingly different from Google. Try them and see if they work better for you: Vivisimo (www.vivisimo.com) This is a “metasearch” engine, offering simultaneous results from several search engines. It is fast, has a clean user interface, and presents information in “clusters” that narrow down your search results. Key in ‘Diwali’, for example, and you’ll get subfolders like ‘History of Diwali’, ‘Diwali gifts and cards’ and ‘Diwali Recipes’. Vivisimo also lets you restrict searches to publications such as Reuters, CNN and such. Grokker (www.grokker.com) This search engine touts visual search as its selling point. Here again you’d find you search results sorted in clusters of the topic, but instead of presenting them in subfolders, Grokker separates them into a ‘Map view’ that you can zook into. It’s easier to relate to and visually more appealing. Rollyo (www.rollyo.com) This isn’t a separate search engine; it’s a tool that lets you create your own domain-specific search engine on the fly. What it basically does is, run on top of Yahoo! search and let your “roll your own” searches. So, any individual can set up a custom ‘searchroll’ such as ‘Medicine’ or ‘News’, which searches within anywhere from one to 25 different sites. This basically means that instead of sorting through thousands of sites, you could narrow your search to sites you already know and trust. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor (India) Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105

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Just launched! Gmail on your mobile phone
by K.R. Mulla 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

* Just launched! Get Gmail on your mobile phone *It's new and it's fast. To try it for yourself, point your phone to gmail.com/app<http://www.google.com/mobile/gmail/#utm_source=en-cpp-g4mc-gmnew&utm_medium…> Download it once, and start accessing Gmail on your phone with just a click or two. You'll also like it because: - It has the same Gmail interface you know and love - Your account stays synchronized whether you access it from your computer or the phone - You can easily view attachments such as photos, documents and .pdf files Learn more<http://www.google.com/mobile/gmail/#utm_source=en-cpp-g4mc-gmnew&utm_medium…>about Gmail for mobile devices. -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. ------------------------------------------------------------ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla Skype Me: K.R.Mulla ------------------------------------------------------------ Just launched! Get Gmail on your mobile phone It's new and it's fast. To try it for yourself, point your phone to http://www.google.com/mobile/gmail/#utm_source=en-cpp-g4mc-gmnew&utm_medium… gmail.com/app Download it once, and start accessing Gmail on your phone with just a click or two. You'll also like it because: It has the same Gmail interface you know and love Your account stays synchronized whether you access it from your computer or the phone You can easily view attachments such as photos, documents and .pdf files http://www.google.com/mobile/gmail/#utm_source=en-cpp-g4mc-gmnew&utm_medium… Learn more about Gmail for mobile devices. -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. ------------------------------------------------------------ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla Skype Me: K.R.Mulla ------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: [DDN] UNDP-APDIP Donates 15 e-Primers to Wikibooks
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

> From: "christine" <christine(a)apdip.net> > To: <digitaldivide(a)digitaldivide.net> > Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:30:36 +0700 > Subject: [DDN] UNDP-APDIP Donates 15 e-Primers to > Wikibooks > > ========================================================================== > > UNDP-APDIP Donates 15 e-Primers to Wikibooks > > http://www.apdip.net/news/wikibooks > > ========================================================================== > > 15 e-Primers are now available on Wikibooks for all > to use and update. > > UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme > (UNDP-APDIP) realizes > how fast a published book gets out-of-date, > especially in the fast-moving > field of information and communications technology > for development (ICT4D). > UNDP-APDIP has therefore donated 15 of its e-Primers > to Wikibooks for free > use and update (see list below). > > Nine of the e-Primers are part of UNDP-APDIP's > "e-Primers for the > Information Economy, Society and Polity" series that > detail the concepts, > issues and trends surrounding different aspects of > ICT4D, including > e-commerce, education, e-government, Internet > governance, legal and > regulatory issues, and ICT for poverty reduction. > > Six of the e-Primers are part of the "e-Primers on > Free/Open Source Software > (FOSS)" series that introduce various aspects of > FOSS, including education, > government policy, licensing, localization and open > standards. The FOSS > series of e-Primers is developed by the > International Open Source Network > (http://www.iosn.net) an initiative of UNDP-APDIP > supported by the > International Development Research Centre of Canada. > > Wikibooks is our chosen platform because it > facilitates collaboration. Every > day, volunteers are improving Wikibooks, making many > changes, writing, > updating, and correcting books. Wikibooks maintains > quality control and has > policies and guidelines that users need to follow. > Wikibooks are also > available for all to freely distribute and reproduce > as covered by the GNU > Free Documentation License. > > We would like to invite you to visit the Wikibooks > and contribute your > knowledge and experiences in the relevant ICT4D > topics. Forthcoming APDIP > e-Primers on network infrastructure and security, > open content and other > topics will all automatically be donated to > Wikibooks. > > The original published e-Primers will remain in > http://www.apdip.net/elibrary#iesp (and, in the case > of the e-Primers on > FOSS, at > http://www.iosn.net/publications/foss-primers) and > the version in > Wikibook will be linked to these. This way any user > will be able to see the > original version alongside the (modified) Wikibook > version. > > > E-PRIMERS FOR THE INFORMATION ECONOMY, SOCIETY AND > POLITY > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Category:ICT4D_Books > > 1. The Information Age > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Information_Age > > 2. Legal and Regulatory Issues in the Information > Economy > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Legal_and_Regulatory_Issues_in_the_Information_ > Economy > > 3. Nets, Webs and the Information Infrastructure > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Nets,_Webs_and_the_Information_Infrastructure > > > 4. Information and Communication Technologies for > Poverty Alleviation > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Information_and_Communication_Technologies_for_ > Poverty_Alleviation > > 5. Internet Governance > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Category:Internet_Governance > > > 6. e-Government > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/E-government > > 7. e-Commerce and e-Business > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/E-Commerce_and_E-Business > > > 8. ICT in Education > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ICT_in_Education > > 9. Genes, Technology and Policy > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Genes,_Technology_and_Policy > > > > E-PRIMERS ON FREE/OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Category:FOSS_Books > > 10. Free/Open Source Software: A General > Introduction > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_A_General_Introduction > > > 11. Free/Open Source Software: Education > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Education > > 12. Free/Open Source Software: Government Policy > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Government_Policy > > 13. Free/Open Source Software: Licensing > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Licensing > > 14. Free/Open Source Software: Localization > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Localization > > 15. Free/Open Source Software: Open Standards > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Open_Standards > > > > Christine Apikul Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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EPrints - a new version
by Subbiah Arunachalam 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Beta release of Eprints version 3.0 Steve Hitchcock, EPrints v3.0 beta announcement, Eprints Insiders, November 6, 2006. Excerpt: This is the text, about to be circulated, of the announcement of the EPrints v3.0 beta version. EPrints v3.0 beta release puts repository managers and users in control The first beta release of EPrints version 3.0 gives more control and flexibility to repository managers, technical administrators and depositors.... An innovative new plugin architecture enables both non-technical and technical administrators to create new, shareable mini-applications that will run with EPrints to manage increasing information flows in and out of repositories.... The beta release of EPrints v3 is available for download. Among the new features displayed by this major new version are: - Efficient new user interface to streamline deposits and editorial workflow - Flexible customisation of deposit workflow based on users and deposit metadata - Auto-completion of names for authors, journals, and other metadata types - Support for third party plugins makes it easier for users to add and share new import, export and user interface functions without modifying the core code - Improved XML import/export format - More efficient full-text indexing - Export searches as RSS feeds, BibTeX, EndNote, XML, etc. - Full eprint audit history to support preservation applications - Improved support for set-up, with a tool to walk installers through much more of the process - Test-data importer to create 100 demonstration records... EPrints v3.0 will be officially released at the EPrints User Group meeting at the international Open Repositories 2007 conference in San Antonio, TX, on January 24, 2007. PS: Although this is a preview of a forthcoming announcement, the beta release is available for downloading now. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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