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New-age library set to protect age-old yoga knowledge
by Rajeev Sharma 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

Business Standard: New-age library set to protect age-old yoga knowledge Gaurie Mishra / New Delhi January 10, 2006 In response to more than 1,000 patents of yoga postures and Ayurvedic medicines in the US and Europe, the health ministry is preparing a 30-million-page digital library documenting the country's traditional knowledge. "The 30-million-page digital library is being made to ensure that Ayurvedic medicines, yoga asanas, Unani and Sidha are not patented anywhere else in the world," an official said. The traditional knowledge digital library (TKDL), which will be ready by December 2006, is being prepared at an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore. The government is also finalising non-disclosure agreements with patents offices in the US, Europe and Japan to ensure that through access to the digital library, patenting of such traditional knowledge will be avoided in other countries. "Patents offices in the US and the EU will have access to the TKDL which will help patents examiners cross-check whether an application for a patent is an original innovation or a copy of what already exists in other parts of the world, in this case India," an official said. The National Institute for Science Communication and Information Resources is preparing the document, based on ancient transcripts in Sanskrit and Persian. The issue of data protection and enforceability of patents based on traditional knowledge is currently being addressed by the ministry of health in consultation with the commerce ministry. "The biggest challenge for the digital library will be enforcement and data protection to ensure that similar molecules or postures are not patented," the official added. Of the 30 million pages, 10 million have already been digitised and 54,000 formulations of Ayurveda and 45,000 formulations of Unani have been placed in the library. Next on the agenda is digitisation of 10,000 formulations of Sidha and 1,500 yoga postures. The e-document will be available in six languages - English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Japanese. URL: http://www.business-standard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?&autono=211202 Regards Rajeev TCI Ltd. Gurgaon Business Standard: New-age library set to protect age-old yoga knowledge Gaurie Mishra / New Delhi January 10, 2006 In response to more than 1,000 patents of yoga postures and Ayurvedic medicines in the US and Europe, the health ministry is preparing a 30-million-page digital library documenting the countrys traditional knowledge. The 30-million-page digital library is being made to ensure that Ayurvedic medicines, yoga asanas, Unani and Sidha are not patented anywhere else in the world, an official said. The traditional knowledge digital library (TKDL), which will be ready by December 2006, is being prepared at an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore. The government is also finalising non-disclosure agreements with patents offices in the US, Europe and Japan to ensure that through access to the digital library, patenting of such traditional knowledge will be avoided in other countries. Patents offices in the US and the EU will have access to the TKDL which will help patents examiners cross-check whether an application for a patent is an original innovation or a copy of what already exists in other parts of the world, in this case India, an official said. The National Institute for Science Communication and Information Resources is preparing the document, based on ancient transcripts in Sanskrit and Persian. The issue of data protection and enforceability of patents based on traditional knowledge is currently being addressed by the ministry of health in consultation with the commerce ministry. The biggest challenge for the digital library will be enforcement and data protection to ensure that similar molecules or postures are not patented, the official added. Of the 30 million pages, 10 million have already been digitised and 54,000 formulations of Ayurveda and 45,000 formulations of Unani have been placed in the library. Next on the agenda is digitisation of 10,000 formulations of Sidha and 1,500 yoga postures. The e-document will be available in six languages English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Japanese. URL: http://www.business-standard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?&autono=211202 http://www.business-standard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?&autono=211202 Regards Rajeev TCI Ltd. Gurgaon

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revised dates COL regional workshop on E-learning
by Indira K. 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

Dear professionals, here are the COL e-learning workshop revised dates Feb 7th - 11th, 2006 Workshop fee : INR 10,000 Venue :Hyderabad Organizers :The Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) Topics to be covered in the workshop: a.. e-Learning: attributes, opportunities and challenges. b.. e-Learning Management Systems (LMS) and related technologies. c.. Designing for e-Learning environments. d.. Designing collaborative e-Learning environments. e.. Developing e-Learning environments including virtual mentoring. f.. Creating web documents g.. Information and interface design. h.. Digital audio and video production. i.. Assessing learning outcomes in e-Learning. j.. Evaluating e-Learning environments. k.. Offline & online Individualized self-paced e-learning. l.. Group-based e-learning synchronously and asynchronously. For further information contact : Dr. Usha V. Reddi, Director Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia 52, Tughlakabad Institutional Area NEW DELHI 110 062, INDIA Tel: +91-11-2995-5730, 2905-1562 Fax: +91-11-2995-5208 E-Mail: cemca(a)nda.vsnl.net.in Web Address : http://www.cemca.org. or capture the information from the following link. http://cemca.org/announcement.htm? http://cemca.org/announcements/elearningworkshop.doc Indira Koneru Dear professionals, here are the COL e-learning workshop revised dates Feb 7th - 11th, 2006 Workshop fee : INR 10,000 Venue : Hyderabad Organizers : The Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) Topics to be covered in the workshop: e-Learning: attributes, opportunities and challenges. e-Learning Management Systems (LMS) and related technologies. Designing for e-Learning environments. Designing collaborative e-Learning environments. Developing e- Learning environments including virtual mentoring. Creating web documents Information and interface design. Digital audio and video production. Assessing learning outcomes in e-Learning. Evaluating e-Learning environments. Offline & online Individualized self-paced e-learning. Group-based e-learning synchronously and asynchronously. For further information contact : Dr. Usha V. Reddi, Director Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia 52, Tughlakabad Institutional Area NEW DELHI 110 062, INDIA Tel: +91-11-2995-5730, 2905-1562 Fax: +91-11-2995-5208 E-Mail: mailto:cemca@nda.vsnl.net.in cemca(a)nda.vsnl.net.in Web Address : http://www.cemca.org/ http://www.cemca.org . or capture the information from the following link. http://cemca.org/announcement.htm http://cemca.org/announcement.htm ? http://cemca.org/announcements/elearningworkshop.doc http://cemca.org/announcements/elearningworkshop.doc Indira Koneru

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RE: Library Trainee at CII-Central Library (Gurgaon)
by Aman Jha 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

Dear applicants Thanks for your overwhelming response for library trainee at CII. We are in the process of screening of your applications received and the candidates being considered further will be contacted via email/phone for interview in due course of time. Sorry for those who missed out the opportunity, as we are not accepting any more applications from today onwards. Thanks and regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon - 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 <http://www.ciionline.org/> http://www.ciionline.org Dear applicants Thanks for your overwhelming response for library trainee at CII. We are in the process of screening of your application s received and the candidates being considered further will be contacted via email/phone for interview in due course of time. Sorry for those who missed out the opportunity, as we are not accepting any more applications from today onwards. Thanks and regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon - 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 http://www.ciionline.org/ http:// www.ciionline.org

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Fwd: ALPSP library survey
by Smita Chandra 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

(Apologies for cross-posting) Respected Colleagues : Here is a survey on the subject of open access and its benefits, that I found most interesting. I hope you can being it to the best of your usage and as a means to stress upon the importance of self-archiving and open access publishing, among faculty/researchers in your organization ! Regards, Smita-- Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli Highway, New Panvel, New Mumbai-410 218 MAHARASHTRA. INDIA Ph.: 91-022-2748-4137 91-022-2748-0000 (extn.no. 4137) Fax: 91-022-27480762 mark(a)markwareconsulting.com> wrote: Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 09:18:14 -0000 From: Mark Ware <mark(a)markwareconsulting.com> Subject: ALPSP library survey To: PAMNET(a)listserv.nd.edu **cross-posted** Dear Librarian ALPSP (the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, www.alpsp.org) would like your kind assistance with a survey addressing the possible impact of pre-print archives on journals. As you may be aware, some publishers are becoming concerned that if self-archiving of postprints, or even preprints, of journal articles becomes sufficiently widespread, this may lead to a decline in usage at journals' own websites, and that this in turn may lead to cancellations. In order to understand whether or not our fears are well-founded, we would like to understand more about the process by which you make the decision to cancel journals, what the crucial factors are, and how you would rank them in importance, both now and in the future. We would be extremely grateful if you could spare a little time to complete this survey to help us reach a better understanding of the situation. We shall make the aggregated results of the survey publicly available as a contribution to this debate. (Individual responses will of course remain anonymous.) To complete the survey, please click on this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=960811615855 Thank you in advance for your help with this. Regards -Mark Ware (on behalf of ALPSP) ------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Ware Consulting Ltd T: +44 (0)117 959 3726 E: mark(a)markwareconsulting.com W: www.markwareconsulting.com ************************************************** To send an email to PAMnet: pamnet(a)listserv.nd.edu To view PAMnet Archives: http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/pamnet.html To unsubscribe to PAMnet: http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/pamnet.html then click on Join or leave the list (or change settings) To modify subscription settings: http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/pamnet.html then click on Join or leave the list (or change settings) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever. (Apologies for cross-posting) Respected Colleagues : Here is a survey on the subject of open access and its benefits, that I found most interesting. I hope you can being it to the best of your usage and as a means to stress upon the importance of self-archiving and open access publishing, among faculty/researchers in your organization ! Regards, Smita-- Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli Highway, New Panvel, New Mumbai-410 218 MAHARASHTRA. INDIA Ph.: 91-022-2748-4137 91-022-2748-0000 (extn.no. 4137) Fax: 91-022-27480762 mark(a)markwareconsulting.com> wrote: Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 09:18:14 -0000 From: Mark Ware <mark(a)markwareconsulting.com> Subject: ALPSP library survey To: PAMNET(a)listserv.nd.edu **cross-posted** Dear Librarian ALPSP (the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, www.alpsp.org) would like your kind assistance with a survey addressing the possible impact of pre-print archives on journals. As you may be aware, some publishers are becoming concerned that if self-archiving of postprints, or even preprints, of journal articles becomes sufficiently widespread, this may lead to a decline in usage at journals' own websites, and that this in turn may lead to cancellations. In order to understand whether or not our fears are well-founded, we would like to understand more about the process by which you make the decision to cancel journals, what the crucial factors are, and how you would rank them in importance, both now and in the future. We would be extremely grateful if you could spare a little time to complete this survey to help us reach a better understanding of the situation. We shall make the aggregated results of the survey publicly available as a contribution to this debate. (Individual responses will of course remain anonymous.) To complete the survey, please click on this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=960811615855 Thank you in advance for your help with this. Regards -Mark Ware (on behalf of ALPSP) ------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Ware Consulting Ltd T: +44 (0)117 959 3726 E: mark(a)markwareconsulting.com W: www.markwareconsulting.com ************************************************** To send an email to PAMnet: pamnet(a)listserv.nd.edu To view PAMnet Archives: http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/pamnet.html To unsubscribe to PAMnet: http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/pamnet.html then click on Join or leave the list (or change settings) To modify subscription settings: http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/pamnet.html then click on Join or leave the list (or change settings) Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/photos/*http://pa.yahoo.com/*http:/… Photo Calendars . Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.

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Facilitating citywide access to the Internet
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

Here is a news story from Yahoo News. Arizona Town Will Go Wall-To-Wall Wireless Call it a municipal status symbol in the digital age: a city blanketed by a wireless Internet network, accessible at competitive prices throughout the town's homes, cafes, offices and parks. Tempe, the Phoenix suburb that is home to Arizona State University, is due to have wireless Internet available for all of its 160,000 residents in February, becoming the first city of its size in the United States to have Wi-Fi throughout. Tempe officials hope that by making high-speed Internet as accessible as water or electricity across its 40 square miles, it will attract more technology and biotech companies and the young, upwardly mobile employees they bring. An increasing number of the nation's cities are looking at using Internet access as an economic development tool. Few cities have gotten as far as installing systems, "but most cities are realizing that it may be something that they want to do," said Cheryl Leanza, legislative counsel for the National League of Cities. <snip> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051211/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_city -- Is it possible to provide such widespread WiFi access in at least a few developing country cities - if not entire cities, at least the academic and business districts? What will be the cost? Arun

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Philosphy & Social Action (Q): free on the Web...
by Puttaraj Choukimath 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

Dear all, Greetings. Philosphy & Social Action (Q) is now avaialble on its Web - free for all- full text in pdf w.e.f. Vol.31(1), Jan 2005. PSA encourages philosophical discussion of scientific, socio-economic, political and legal problems. You may visit: http://www.psaindia.org/ P.N.: Our Library will stop its subscription to PSA in print from 2006 onwards. Best Wishes, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever. Dear all, Greetings. Philosphy & Social Action (Q) is now avaialble on its Web - free for all- full text in pdf w.e.f. Vol.31(1), Jan 2005. PSA encourages philosophical discussion of scientific, socio-economic, political and legal problems. You may visit: http://www.psaindia.org/ http://www.psaindia.org/ P.N.: Our Library will stop its subscription to PSA in print from 2006 onwards. Best Wishes, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu www.tiss.edu Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/photos/*http://pa.yahoo.com/*http:/… Photo Calendars . Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.

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BMC gets digital library
by noufal palliparamban 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '06

Dear friends, There is an intresting news in the development of digital library The Alumnis of the prestigious Bangalore Medical College (BMC) will be presenting Rs Three Crore worth Digital Library on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the College, Principal Dr T Rajeshwari said. Talking to newsmen here, she said that BMC established in 1955 will be completing 50 years of meritorious service this year and 7000 students of the college working through out the world have come forward to present a Digital Library to mark the occasion. Full details: http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec252005/update11135320051225.asp Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com Dear friends, There is an intresting news in the development of digital library The Alumnis of the prestigious Bangalore Medical College (BMC) will be presenting Rs Three Crore worth Digital Library on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the College, Principal Dr T Rajeshwari said. Talking to newsmen here, she said that BMC established in 1955 will be completing 50 years of meritorious service this year and 7000 students of the college working through out the world have come forward to present a Digital Library to mark the occasion. Full details: http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec252005/update11135320051225.asp http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec252005/update11135320051225.asp Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com

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Information Literacy saved 100 lives in Phuket, Tailand
by Indira Koneru 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '06

Dear Professionals, A ten-year old girl on holiday saved over 100 lives in Phuket, Thailand, when the tsunami hit in December 2004 because she was information literate. Want to know how! take the following path and promote information literacy to redress the disadvantage groups and empower people in all walks of life. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=20891&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… Regards, Indira Mrs. Indira Koneru Faculty Associate Dept. of Library Science ICFAI University 25, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabad - 500 082 E-mail: indk68(a)hotmail.com indk68(a)yahoo.com Dear Professionals, A ten-year old girl on holiday saved over 100 lives in Phuket, Thailand, when the tsunami hit in December 2004 because she was information literate. Want to know how! take the following path and promote information literacy to redress the disadvantage groups and empower people in all walks of life. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=20891&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=20891&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… Regards, Indira Mrs. Indira Koneru Faculty Associate Dept. of Library Science ICFAI University 25, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabad - 500 082 E-mail: mailto:indk68@hotmail.com indk68(a)hotmail.com mailto:indk68@yahoo.com indk68(a)yahoo.com

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Ranganathan's Monologue on Melvil Dewey
by Sukhdev Singh 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '06

Want to listen Dr. Ranganathan? Visit http://www.miskatonic.org/library/ranganathan-audio.html --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.

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Re:CD Network System
by Lata Suresh 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

Dear members !! Wish you all a happy and prosperous new year !! This year we would like to install a CD Net system in our library. Could anybody from the forum provide the detials of the vendors !! Looking forward for an early reply. regards and best wishes Lata Suresh Librarian Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg Sanganer Airport Jaipur 302033 RAJASTHAN, INDIA Tel : 91-0141-2791431-34 Fax: 91-0141-2792138 Email : lata(a)iihmr.org

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