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A Round-Table, Chaired by: Umberto Eco, on "Strategies for Acquiring Mutual Knowledge"
by Puna Das 18 Oct '05

18 Oct '05

The Embassy of France in India, Delegation of the European Commission to India, Centre de Sciences Humaines, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan and Alliance FranÃ§aise de Delhi cordially invite you to a Round-Table Chaired by: Umberto Eco On "Strategies for Acquiring Mutual Knowledge" on Sunday 23rd October 2005 at 6:30 p.m. at M. L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance FranÃ§aise 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi â 110003 This will be followed by an open discussion with the audience and members of the press. ________________________________________________ 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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Fwd: Request
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

hi professional friends from eng colleges please help Mrs Chinmayee in building her library. laxman rao Chinmayee Bhange <> wrote: Date: 17 Oct 2005 10:56:01 -0000 From: "Chinmayee Bhange" <chinmayee_bhange(a)rediffmail.com> To: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com Subject: Request Sir, We, at St. Francis Institute of Technology (Engg. College) are in the process of building up our reference and periodical sections in the Library. I am trying to contact as many libraries of engineering colleges as possible in this regard. I would highly appreciate if the members of this group help me out in this matter. Please send me a list of journals (international + national) commonly subscribed by engg. colleges. I also require a list of reference books (books not prescribed in the syllabus but related to the core subjects such as IT, Computers and Electronics & Telecommunications). Thanks & Regards, Mrs. Chinmayee N. Bhange SFIT Library St. Francis Institute of Technology (Engg. College) Borivali (W) Mumbai, Maharashtra Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Chairman, Board of Studies, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) Vice President, Association of British Scholars(AP Chapter) Vice-President, Faculty Club, Osmania University Ph:+91-40-27171565(res): +91-40-27682290(off) 9246547599(Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail hi professional friends from eng colleges please help Mrs Chinmayee in building her library. laxman rao Chinmayee Bhange <> wrote: Date: 17 Oct 2005 10:56:01 -0000 From: "Chinmayee Bhange" <chinmayee_bhange(a)rediffmail.com> To: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com Subject: Request Sir, We, at St. Francis Institute of Technology (Engg. College) are in the process of building up our reference and periodical sections in the Library. I am trying to contact as many libraries of engineering colleges as possible in this regard. I would highly appreciate if the members of this group help me out in this matter. Please send me a list of journals (international + national) commonly subscribed by engg. colleges. I also require a list of reference books (books not prescribed in the syllabus but related to the core subjects such as IT, Computers and Electronics & Telecommunications). Thanks & Regards, Mrs. Chinmayee N. Bhange SFIT Library St. Francis Institute of Technology (Engg. College) Borivali (W) Mumbai, Maharashtra 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… Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Chairman, Board of Studies, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) Vice President, Association of British Scholars(AP Chapter) Vice-President, Faculty Club, Osmania University Ph:+91-40-27171565(res): +91-40-27682290(off) 9246547599(Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com 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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The German Embassy, New Delhi cordially invites you to the Fourth Science Circle Meeting
by Puna Das 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

The German Embassy, New Delhi cordially invites you to the Fourth Science Circle Meeting Lecture by: Prof. Dr. Lutz Heuser, Vice President, SAP Ltd., Germany Topic: "Enterprise Services Architecture & Semantic Web Services" and "E-Learning - useful for Indian students and scientists?" Date, Time: October 24th, 2005, 6.30 p.m. Venue: Gulmohar Auditorium India Habitat Centre Lodi Road, New Delhi. (Entry from gate number 3 on Vardhaman Marg.) The Lecture shall be followed by informal discussions and a get together. For details please contact wiss-20(a)newd.diplo.de Tel: 011-24199164 _______________________________________________________ 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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article
by arun yadav 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

Dear Professionals I have seen an important articles in Economics Time dated 07-10-05 on page no. 17, entitled "Library on the click".You may check it. ARUN YADAV ACHARYA NARENDRA DEV PUSTAKALAYA ASHOK MARG LUCKNOW-10 --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Dear Professionals I have seen an important articles in Economics Time dated 07-10-05 on page no. 17, entitled "Library on the click".You may check it. ARUN YADAV ACHARYA NARENDRA DEV PUSTAKALAYA ASHOK MARG LUCKNOW-10 http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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Moodle
by vimal kumar 15 Oct '05

15 Oct '05

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The facts about Open Access
by Shyam Prasad pujar 15 Oct '05

15 Oct '05

Dear Members, Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), UK has brought out a report on 'The Facts about Open Access'. The complete report is available at: http://www.alpsp.org/pubs.htm It could be of interest to some of you. Regards, S.M. Pujar ********************************************************************** Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen. Vaidya Marg, Film City Road Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065 India %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% * Phone: (022) 28400919-21 Extn: 514 * * Fax: (022) 28402752 * * E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in * * URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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CDS ISIS based circulation
by makekee＠msu.ac.zw 15 Oct '05

15 Oct '05

Hie everybody How can i get the complete circulation system based on cds-isis. I appreciate any help. Ephraim Makeke ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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Digital library inaugrated in Andhra Pradesh
by noufal palliparamban 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

Dear friends, Really intresting news from AP . a digital reference library for the fields of medical and allied sciences. R. Sambasiva Rao,Vice-Chancellor of NTR University of Health Sciences in Vijawada, inaugurated a digital library in the university premises. Addressing a gathering at the inaugural function, Prof. Rao said all books, journals and other reference material bought for the university library between 1986 and 2002 were given away to Siddhartha Medical College when it was de-linked from the university in 2000. The digital library would enable six students to browse the Internet at a time. They could copy the desired material on to a compact disc, a floppy disc or any other reprographic mode. The university had spent Rs. 7 lakhs to procure added pro-quest compact discs that provided access to all the published articles from 1998. Prof. Rao said that following an invitation extended to affiliated medical and dental colleges in the State by the university, as many as 31 colleges responded and thus the formation of a consortium of digital library became a reality. Financial deals were struck with a couple of e-journal suppliers to extend their services to medical and dental colleges. They would not only impart training to persons engaged in maintenance of the new facility in various colleges but also agreed to provide free access to all subscribers for the initial 15 days. He said that it was mainly a reference library for the fields of medical and allied sciences. Responding to the changing modes in the curriculum, the university had decided to focus on web-based resources and services. The library would remain open from 10.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on all working days except on second Saturdays, Sundays and other holidays. For Full text http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/13/stories/2005101309260300.htm Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Dear friends, Really intresting news from AP . a digital reference library for the fields of medical and allied sciences. R. Sambasiva Rao,Vice-Chancellor of NTR University of Health Sciences in Vijawada, inaugurated a digital library in the university premises. Addressing a gathering at the inaugural function, Prof. Rao said all books, journals and other reference material bought for the university library between 1986 and 2002 were given away to Siddhartha Medical College when it was de-linked from the university in 2000. The digital library would enable six students to browse the Internet at a time. They could copy the desired material on to a compact disc, a floppy disc or any other reprographic mode. The university had spent Rs. 7 lakhs to procure added pro-quest compact discs that provided access to all the published articles from 1998. Prof. Rao said that following an invitation extended to affiliated medical and dental colleges in the State by the university, as many as 31 colleges responded and thus the formation of a consortium of digital library became a reality. Financial deals were struck with a couple of e-journal suppliers to extend their services to medical and dental colleges. They would not only impart training to persons engaged in maintenance of the new facility in various colleges but also agreed to provide free access to all subscribers for the initial 15 days. He said that it was mainly a reference library for the fields of medical and allied sciences. Responding to the changing modes in the curriculum, the university had decided to focus on web-based resources and services. The library would remain open from 10.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on all working days except on second Saturdays, Sundays and other holidays. For Full text http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/13/stories/2005101309260300.htm http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/13/stories/2005101309260300.htm Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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Britain to fund OA repositories
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

Friends: JISC will fund the launch, filling, and searching of OA repositories Mark Chillingworth, JISC win digitisation and repository funding, Information World Review, October 13, 2005. Excerpt: An extra £80 million is to be invested in digital information for education and research by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) it was announced today. JISC has been awarded the funds by the government's Spending Review and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). HEFCE's Strategic Development Fund has awarded JISC £30 million over two years, whilst the Spending Review, part of the Treasury Department has awarded £50 million over two years to enable JISC to enhance the digital infrastructure of the UK. "The UK leads the world in the use of ICT to support education and research, but continued investment is crucial to the future competitiveness of both," said Sir Howard Newby HEFCE chief executive of the award. JISC has outlined five strands that will receive funding. Universities will receive policy advice and technical guidance in setting up digital repositories, with JISC using the funding to develop a critical mass of repository content and a national structure that will allow users to search across federated repositories. Funding will also be applied to investment in the digitisation of scholarly resources in partnerships. --- This is something UGC and MHRD and DST should adopt in India! Arun ___________________________________________________________ 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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Internet Archive
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

"Kahle's goal is universal access to all knowledge" Becky Hogge profiles Brewster Kahle in the October 17 New Stateman. Excerpt: Like other successful net entrepreneurs, Kahle has ploughed his spoils into a non-profit endeavour, and the result is the Internet Archive, an attempt to achieve what the ancient Greeks and Egyptians tried at the library of Alexandria: to make a permanent record of all human knowledge. But this time around the library will be on the internet, universally accessible and - crucially - flameproof....Yes, Kahle's goal is universal access to all knowledge, and so the Internet Archive aims to make every book ever written available over the web. "The ancient library of Alexandria collected 75 per cent of all the books of all the peoples of the world in 300BC. Our opportunity is to do that again, but then to one-up the ancients by making it available universally. It is technologically within our grasp and it could be one of the greatest achievements of humankind." In building this library, Kahle has had to sue his own country. The case, which is awaiting a hearing date, argues that copyright regulations enacted in anticipation of the digital age are contrary to the First Amendment. He explains: "I think it will come as a surprise to most people that the library system of physical books we grew up with has been made risky, if not illegal, in the digital world. This makes no sense. We needed some clarification as to what we as a library were allowed to do with, for example, out-of-print and orphan works, things that are traditionally found on the shelves of libraries. In the US, the way you ask a question like that is you file a lawsuit." By chance, I catch him on the morning he has announced the Open Content Alliance, a partnership between the Internet Archive, the search engine Yahoo! and the University of California to digitise historical works of fiction. The announcement comes nine months after Google launched a similar, huge-scale digitisation project. The two projects differ in the way they propose to offer the digital books once they have scanned them. Whereas Kahle's team would make full-text, searchable copies available to all users of the web, Google will allow access only from the libraries in which the original books are stored, and as extracts through its commercial service Google Print. When I ask Kahle how he feels about Google's project, he takes a deep breath. "We applaud the enthusiasm of Google to make steps in this area and digitise materials. But we would rather see an open system applied for the open content arena, in the same tradition as the open networks that brought us the internet. That fits much better with civic institutions like libraries." ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

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