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CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS: Social Information Retrieval Systems
by Puna Das 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS Social Information Retrieval Systems: Emerging Technologies and Applications for Searching the Web Effectively Editors: Dion H. Goh and Schubert Foo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Publisher: Idea Group Inc. Proposal Submission Deadline: 31 December 2005 INTRODUCTION With the increasing popularity of the Internet, people have now come to depend more on the Web, digital libraries and other information retrieval systems to search for information. However the performance of existing search engines has often been unsatisfactory in meeting users' information needs due to the enormous amount of information returned, exacerbated by the fact that not all of these results are relevant nor of acceptable quality. This has thus led to a situation where users are swamped with too much information, resulting in difficulty sifting through documents in search of relevant content. A variety of techniques have been adopted on the Web to address these problems inherent in information search. These range from engaging human experts to judge the relevance of Web sites to innovative algorithms that determine relevance by the characteristics of links found between sites. Research in information seeking behavior suggests an alternative promising approach in helping users meet their information needs. Many studies have found that interaction and collaboration with other people is an important part in the process of information seeking and use. It is not uncommon that in searching for information, we tap on our social networks - friends, colleagues, librarians, etc., to help locate what we need. Social information retrieval refers to a family of techniques that assist users in obtaining information to meet their information needs by harnessing other users' expert knowledge or search experience. Examples include sharing of queries, social bookmarking and tagging, social network analysis, subjective relevance judgments, and collaborative filtering. The area provides a promising avenue for the design and implementation of a new generation of information retrieval systems. Social Information Retrieval Systems: Emerging Technologies and Applications for Searching the Web Effectively presents current state-of-the-art developments in this area and also includes case studies, challenges and trends. Contributors will have the opportunity to inform and educate academics, researchers, information retrieval product managers and software developers, librarians and students in the area of social information retrieval. TOPICS Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: * Algorithms, software components and tools * Applications and case studies * Architectural, design and implementation issues * Classification and indexing * Collaborative browsing * Collaborative digital reference services * Collaborative filtering and recommender systems * Collaborative querying * Content delivery * Cooperative software agents for information retrieval * Enabling technologies and applications * Evaluation of systems, algorithms and interfaces * Information extraction and mining * Information retrieval in computer-supported collaborative work/groupware systems * Information visualization * Ontology-based services * Personalization * Privacy and security * Social informatics * Social information seeking models * Social networks and information retrieval * Social tagging and bookmarking * Trends and challenges * Usability * User and community needs and behavior * User interfaces SUBMISSION INFORMATION Potential contributors are invited to submit a 2-5 page chapter proposal by 31 December 2005 detailing the background, motivations and structure of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by 31 January 2006 on the status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are due on 31 May 2006 and should be at least 8,000-9,000 words in length. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Final revised manuscripts are due on 31 August 2006. The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group Inc., www.idea-group.com, publisher of the Idea Group Publishing, Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing and Idea Group Reference imprints in 2008. Chapter proposal due: 31 December 2005 Notification of acceptance: 31 January 2006 Full chapter due:31 May 2006 Notification:31 July 2006 Revised chapter due: 31 August 2006 INQUIRIES AND SUBMISSIONS Inquiries and submissions (Microsoft Word files) should be sent by e-mail to: Dr. Dion Goh (Email: ashlgoh(a)ntu.edu.sg) Other contact information: School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718 SINGAPORE Tel: (65) 6790 6290Fax: (65) 6791-5214 Web site: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/ashlgoh/social-ir/ ________________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das Information and Communication Society of India New Delhi ________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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info req
by Rajendra Thaty 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Dear All, We are planning to start an training cum internship programme in our library. In this context, I need some ideas from similar programmes conducted by various other libraries. Do you conduct such a programme in your Library. May be you take interns or trainees. You must have some plan and guidelines that you must be following during the programme. Then please help me by providing these data: 1. Name of the Organization 2. Name of the Library 3. Size of the Library: Books, Jornals, Staff (professioanl/ Non-Professional) 4. Library Computerised? 5. Name of the training programme (if any) 6. Yera When started? 7. Is it a regular programme? 8. Duration 9. Period from - to - (Ex JAn to Dec) 10. When announced? 11. How announced? through website or newspaper etc. 12. Number of interns admitted 13. Minimum Educational qualification 14. stipend, intership amount 15. Accommodation given how? 16. Selection procedure 17. Objective of the programme 18. Scope ( Within state or National or International) 19. Training Modules included 20. Special Features 21. Placement Help after training 22. Total No of interns or trainees completing programmes so far 23. Major organizations where interns have been absorbed 24. future plans We will appreciate if you please spend some time and help us by providing these informaton. Regards, Rajendra Rajendra Kumar Thaty Librarian Samabalpur University Central Library Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, Orissa PIN 768019 Telephone# 0663-2430548 (O) 98610-47084 (Mob) Dear All, We are planning to start an training cum internship programme in our library. In this context, I need some ideas from similar programmes conducted by various other libraries. Do you conduct such a programme in your Library. May be you take interns or trainees. You must have some plan and guidelines that you must be following during the programme. Then please help me by providing these data: 1. Name of the Organization 2. Name of the Library 3. Size of the Library: Books, Jornals, Staff (professioanl/ Non-Professional) 4. Library Computerised? 5. Name of the training programme (if any) 6. Yera When started? 7. Is it a regular programme? 8. Duration 9. Period from - to - (Ex JAn to Dec) 10. When announced? 11. How announced? through website or newspaper etc. 12. Number of interns admitted 13. Minimum Educational qualification 14. stipend, intership amount 15. Accommodation given how? 16. Selection procedure 17. Objective of the programme 18. Scope ( Within state or National or International) 19. Training Modules included 20. Special Features 21. Placement Help after training 22. Total No of interns or trainees completing programmes so far 23. Major organizations where interns have been absorbed 24. future plans We will appreciate if you please spend some time and help us by providing these informaton. Regards, Rajendra Rajendra Kumar Thaty Librarian Samabalpur University Central Library Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, Orissa PIN 768019 Telephone# 0663-2430548 (O) 98610-47084 (Mob) 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 Source Systems for Libraries
by sandeep bhavsar 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

R/S Professionals please visit this url : http://www.oss4lib.org/projects/ about oss4lib Our mission is to cultivate the collaborative power of open source software engineering to build better and free systems for use in libraries. Toward this end, we maintain a listing <projects/> of free software and systems designed for libraries (the physical, books-on-shelves kind), and we track news about project updates or related issues of interest. oss4lib started at the Yale Medical Library <http://www.med.yale.edu/library> in early February 1999 thinking there were probably other folks like us out there who might be working on free library software or looking for same. Our reasons for wanting to see Open Source take off in the library software arena are straightforward, fairly typical, and mostly outlined in the Open Source Systems for Libraries: Getting Started <articles/oss4libarticle.html> piece. You would think librarians would have figured this shared software thing out years ago. :) who we are Dan Chudnov <http://curtis.med.yale.edu//dchud/> (dchud) started oss4lib and maintains it, along with the many readers who often post news (use the submit link above!). Gillian Mayman designed the site. We like <pinstripeheaven.html>. support us! oss4lib is a volunteer effort. If you like oss4lib, consider buying snazzy oss4lib tshirts and mugs <http://www.cafepress.com/oss4lib>; we'll get $3/shirt or $2/mug, which doesn't sound like much but actually really helps. Or if you like to buy books online consider using this link to Powell's <http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=23406> first... 10% of your purchase comes this way too. Thanks! how it runs The dynamic pieces of the site are written in php, with stories held in mysql tables. Plain, simple stuff. As of March 2000 it's all hosted at sourceforge.net <http://sourceforge.net>. If you are looking for a place to host your library (or any other kind of) open source project, check it out. Rough statistics for this site are available here http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/index.php?report=months&group_id=277. regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Research and Management Studies Thane(W). 400601 Mo : 9867437438 --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail R/S Professionals please visit this url : http://www.oss4lib.org/projects/ http://www.oss4lib.org/projects/ about oss4lib Our mission is to cultivate the collaborative power of open source software engineering to build better and free systems for use in libraries. Toward this end, we maintain a listing <projects/> of free software and systems designed for libraries (the physical, books-on-shelves kind), and we track news about project updates or related issues of interest. oss4lib started at the Yale Medical Library <http://www.med.yale.edu/library> in early February 1999 thinking there were probably other folks like us out there who might be working on free library software or looking for same. Our reasons for wanting to see Open Source take off in the library software arena are straightforward, fairly typical, and mostly outlined in the Open Source Systems for Libraries: Getting Started <articles/oss4libarticle.html> piece. You would think librarians would have figured this shared software thing out years ago. :) who we are Dan Chudnov <http://curtis.med.yale.edu//dchud/> (dchud) started oss4lib and maintains it, along with the many readers who often post news (use the submit link above!). Gillian Mayman designed the site. We like <pinstripeheaven.html> . support us! oss4lib is a volunteer effort. If you like oss4lib, consider buying snazzy oss4lib tshirts and mugs <http://www.cafepress.com/oss4lib> ; we'll get $3/shirt or $2/mug, which doesn't sound like much but actually really helps. Or if you like to buy books online consider using this link to Powell's <http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=23406> first... 10% of your purchase comes this way too. Thanks! how it runs The dynamic pieces of the site are written in php, with stories held in mysql tables. Plain, simple stuff. As of March 2000 it's all hosted at sourceforge.net <http://sourceforge.net> . If you are looking for a place to host your library (or any other kind of) open source project, check it out. Rough statistics for this site are available here http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/index.php?report=months&group_id=277 http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/index.php?report=months&group_id=277 . regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Research and Management Studies Thane(W). 400601 Mo : 9867437438 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/messenger/*http://uk.messen… Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/messenger/*http://uk.messen… calling worldwide with voicemail

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OA
by Rajendra Thaty 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Dear All, Can anybody tell me what is Open Access Initiative and in what way it is better that the traditional journal literature? What are the various OAI models in India and abroad? Which one is the best? I may sound foolish but someone could please help me out . Regards, Rajendra Rajendra Kumar Thaty Librarian Samabalpur University Central Library Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, Orissa PIN 768019 Telephone# 0663-2430548 (O) 98610-47084 (Mob) Dear All, Can anybody tell me what is Open Access Initiative and in what way it is better that the traditional journal literature? What are the various OAI models in India and abroad? Which one is the best? I may sound foolish but someone could please help me out . Regards, Rajendra Rajendra Kumar Thaty Librarian Samabalpur University Central Library Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, Orissa PIN 768019 Telephone# 0663-2430548 (O) 98610-47084 (Mob) 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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OpenMED - RSS Feed Available
by Sukhdev Singh 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Dear Members, Let me inform you that RSS Feed is available for OpenMED@NIC , http://openmed.nic.in , from the following link: http://openmed.nic.in/perl/latest_tool?output=rss You can add the above link to your favorite RSS Reader [ http://www.ourpla.net/cgi-bin/pikie.cgi?RssReaders ] or some web-based services like : Google Reader [ http://reader.google.com ], Google Personalized [ http://www.google.com/ig ] or My Yahoo [ http://my.yahoo.com ]. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in

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RFID Providers/Distributors
by Sasireka Govindaraj 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

i would like to know about RFID technology providers / distributors in south india. I would highly appreciate if the members of this group help me regarding in this matter. Thanks & Regards G.SAsireka Librarian Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Engineering College Peramblur 621212 T.N. __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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UNESCO and Free Software
by Mailing List Manager 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 21:53:19 -0700 (PDT) From: vimal kumar <vimal0212(a)yahoo.com> Dear Professionals, Again prove its support for the distribution and use of Free software, Unesco improved the Free software Directory in their website. It consists most of the softwares suitable for our daily routines. Softwares are categorically arranged, Word processing tool to Free anti virus softwares available in the directory. URL is: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12034&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… Vimal kumar Asian School of Business Thiruvananthapuram Kerala vimal0212(a)yahoo.com

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Cataloguing Project for Mark21 Standards.
by mouna 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

We have a project on original cataloguing of Indian languages books. The catalogued records require strict adherence to Mark21 format. Librarians who have practical knowledge of and expertise in Mark 21 rule based cataloguing are requested to contact us immediately. Languages : Gujarathi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Panjabi, Kannada Thank you. N V Sathyanarayana (sathya(a)informindia.co.in <mailto:sathya@informindia.co.in>)

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Informatics organises Seminars on Usage Promotion of e-Information Resources
by mouna 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

E-Information Resources have become an integral part of the libraries and their user community. The major concern faced today by the LIS professionals and decision makers is the optimal usage of these e-Information resources. Informatics, in association with Springer, Taylor & Francis, Annual Reviews and IEE Inspec is organizing series of seminars to discuss the issues related to User Awareness and Training on e-Information Resources. The serminars are scheduled to be held in different parts of the country the details of which are as follows: Cochin November 11, 2005 Pune November 14, 2005 Bhubaneswar November 16, 2005 Chandigarh November 18, 2005 The Programmme Structure: 1.Keynote on Seminar Topic 2 Panel Debates on issues related to the topic focusing on the following areas: § User awareness for different e-resources being subscribed. § Choice of relevant e-resources § Training the User and the Information Manager on the Resources. § User Training Responsibility (Librarian, Publisher or Agent) § Training Infrastructure, Course Material Development, Costs & Budgets § Internal Marketing for Usage Promotion § Usage Models & Analysis § Information Needs & Usage Levels § Users need for information and its quick access/availability on a scale comparable to developed world § Impact of education and research culture/quality on usage promotion. You are invited to register online (www.informindia.co.in) and submit your questions for the Panel Debate. REGISTRATION is FREE. For more details you can also write to us at events(a)informindia.co.in or contact: Amit Verma Product Marketing Manager Informatics (India) Ltd Bangalore 560 003, India Phone: 91 80 23365940 or 9845941610 email: amit(a)informindia.co.in

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Seminar on Standards for Health Science Libraries...
by hemanth rao 23 Oct '05

23 Oct '05

Dear Professionals, The Digital Library and Information Centre of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka is organizing one day seminar on Professional Standards & Quality Improvement in Health Science Libraries on 26th October 2005 at 10.00 a.m. at Dhanwanthri Hall, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, 4th T Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore-560 041. This seminar is being organized to evolve the Standards and Policies required for collection development, Library Services, ICT Infrastructure, Staff pattern- Qualifications, job-description and analysis, status-and-pay structure etc towards the development of high quality competence and performance in all the affiliated college Libraries of RGUHS in the State of Karnataka. Information Resources, Services, Infrastructure, and Manpower are the specific issues on focus for evolving standards through this seminar for quality improvement in Health Science Libraries under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka. A steady growth can be seen in the Health Science Library sector under the leadership of RGUHS, Karnataka as far as the quality of collection development and information services are concerned. But there is a an immediate need of standardization required for the staff development, collection development, budgetary provisions, ICT infrastructure, performance, competence and excellence. This situation called for organizing the seminar with the objective of bringing out standards and policies on the issues indicated and finding out solutions to the burning issues of standards in resources, services, staff pattern of professionals, semi-professionals and supporting staff required in health science libraries; qualifications, experience, status and payscales; continuing education and IT skills development etc. The Librarians of health science institutions are hereby requested to participate and take an active part in making this seminar a success and evolve the necessary standards. For further details: Mr.Hemanth Rao Digital Library and Information Centre Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka 4th T Block, Jaynagar Bangalore-560 041 Phone: 080-26961943 Email: hemanthrao(a)rguhs.ac.in --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. Dear Professionals, The Digital Library and Information Centre of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka is organizing one day seminar on Professional Standards & Quality Improvement in Health Science Libraries on 26th October 2005 at 10.00 a.m. at Dhanwanthri Hall, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, 4th T Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore-560 041. This seminar is being organized to evolve the Standards and Policies required for collection development, Library Services, ICT Infrastructure, Staff pattern- Qualifications, job-description and analysis, status-and-pay structure etc towards the development of high quality competence and performance in all the affiliated college Libraries of RGUHS in the State of Karnataka. Information Resources, Services, Infrastructure, and Manpower are the specific issues on focus for evolving standards through this seminar for quality improvement in Health Science Libraries under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka. A steady growth can be seen in the Health Science Library sector under the leadership of RGUHS, Karnataka as far as the quality of collection development and information services are concerned. But there is a an immediate need of standardization required for the staff development, collection development, budgetary provisions, ICT infrastructure, performance, competence and excellence. This situation called for organizing the seminar with the objective of bringing out standards and policies on the issues indicated and finding out solutions to the burning issues of standards in resources, services, staff pattern of professionals, semi-professionals and supporting staff required in health science libraries; qualifications, experience, status and payscales; continuing education and IT skills development etc. The Librarians of health science institutions are hereby requested to participate and take an active part in making this seminar a success and evolve the necessary standards. For further details: Mr.Hemanth Rao Digital Library and Information Centre Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka 4th T Block, Jaynagar Bangalore-560 041 Phone: 080-26961943 Email: mailto:hemanthrao@rguhs.ac.in hemanthrao(a)rguhs.ac.in http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTFqODRtdXQ4BF9TAzMyOTc1MDIEX3MDOTY2ODgxNj… Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

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