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Copyright
by Farooque Shaheen 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

Dear professionals, Is it fair to copy and paste an article or news etc (indicating source URL) from a website (not paid) and send it to colleagues and friends? Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 Dear professionals, � � � � � � � � � � � � Is it fair to copy and paste an article or news etc (indicating source URL) from a website (not paid) and send it to colleagues and friends? Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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SALIS Montly Lecture on 'Public Speaking ' - by Mr. Muthiah Ramanathan, Director - Training, of Mind Dynamics
by Arunachalam Hariharan 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) - Chennai Chapter Monthly Lecture Series Sep 2005 Topic: Public Speaking Speaker: Mr. Muthiah Ramanathan, Director - Training, of Mind Dynamics 10 A.M Venu: Connemara Public Library, Chennai Date: 11 Sep 2005 About the Speaker: Mr. Muthiah Ramanathan, Director - Training, of Mind Dynamics Center also serves as the President of the Hypnotique Circle, Chennai. He is a certified Trainer in N L P from the National Federation of Neuro Linguistic Psychology, Florida, U S A., He also serves as Faculty, in the Academy of Insurance Marketing and Management. He specializes in Behavioural Psychology and Hypno-analysis. Has undergone extensive training in Advanced Transactional Analysis from the I T A A International Transactional Analysis Association. Has presented training programs for more than a decade on Management, H R D, Organizational Behaviour, Psychology, and Personality Development for well over 10,000 people. Has written a Best-seller Book in Tamil on The Powers of the Sub-conscious Mind and Hypnosis, published by Kannadhasan Publications Has created audio-cassettes on Physical and Psychological well-being The Art of Relaxation, Stress Management, Time Management etc. Has presented a series of talks for more than an year on, Self Development in Tamil Radio Television and Tamil Television Network. Conducted programmes for more than 100 organisations ______________________________________________________ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/

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CALL FOR PAPER: PLANNER 2005 - Reminder
by Rajesh Chandrakar 05 Sep '05

05 Sep '05

Hurry up! Two more weeks left CALL FOR PAPER: PLANNER 2005 It is with great pleasure INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad extends invitation for Call for Paper for 3rd PLANNER 2005 to be held at Assam University, Silchar on November 10-11, 2005. The Convention title and theme are Digital, Collection Development and E-journal Management in Libraries Potential authors and presenters of papers are invited to submit their full papers maximum 10 single spaced pages on or before 20th September 2005 addressing the conference theme and following sub-themes: Digital Collection Development Digital Libraries; Content Creation; Collection Development; Digital Archiving Methods; Knowledge Management; Metadata; Multi Lingual Issues; Open Source Software; Standards-Protocols (OAI - PMH, CrossRef, DOI, OpenURL etc); Institutional repository; Current Issues and Trends in Digital Library E-Journal Management Copyright, Digital Rights Management; Issues in Consortia; Licensing and Pricing Model; E-journals and E-Education; Intellectual property Rights (IPR); Integrating of E-Resources; Web Based Library Portals/Services; Open Archive Initiatives; E-Journal Management; Training and support to staff and Users; Web based services; Network infrastructure and security Full papers (abstract in 150-300 words, max. 6 keywords) along with resume about the author(s) in 100 words, recent passport size Photograph, e-mail, phone, fax, postal address should be submitted in word format by e-mail or floppy to the following address: Dr. T A V Murthy Director INFLIBNET Centre, UGC Gujarat University Campus P.B. 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone: +91-79-26304695/8528/5971/5702 Fax:+91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: tav(a)inflibnet.ac.in Dr. TAV Murthy, Editor-in-Cheif, PLANNER 2005 Director Scientist B INFLIBNET Centre, UGC Gujarat University Campus P.B. 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone: +91-79-26305702 Fax: +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: tav(a)inflibnet.ac.in Sh. Rajesh Chandrakar Joint-Conference Coordinator, PLANNER 2005 Scientific & Technical Officer, INFLIBNET Centre, UGC Gujarat University Campus P.B. 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone: +91-79-26304695/8528, 26873805(R) Fax: +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in For more information kindly visit the website: http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/planner05/index.jsp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET (INFormation and LIBrary NETwork) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Tel. +91-(0)79-26305971/ 8528/ 4695(O), 26873805(R) Mobile: +91-9898087422 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hurry up! Two more weeks left CALL FOR PAPER: PLANNER 2005 It is with great pleasure INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad extends invitation for Call for Paper for 3 rd PLANNER 2005 to be held at Assam University, Silchar on November 10-11, 2005. The Convention title and theme are Digital, Collection Development and E-journal Management in Libraries Potential authors and presenters of papers are invited to submit their full papers maximum 10 single spaced pages on or before 20 th September 2005 addressing the conference theme and following sub-themes: Digital Collection Development Digital Libraries; Content Creation; Collection Development; Digital Archiving Methods; Knowledge Management; Metadata; Multi Lingual Issues; Open Source Software; Standards-Protocols (OAI PMH, CrossRef, DOI, OpenURL etc); Institutional repository; C urrent Issues and Trends in Digital Library E-Journal Management Copyright, Digital Rights Management ; Issues in Consortia; Licensing and Pricing Model; E-journals and E-Education; Intellectual property Rights (IPR); Integrating of E-Resources; Web Based Library Portals/Services; Open Archive Initiatives; E-Journal Management; Training and support to staff and Users; Web based services; Network infrastructure and security Full papers (abstract in 150-300 words, max. 6 keywords) along with resume about the author(s) in 100 words, recent passport size Photograph, e-mail, phone, fax, postal address should be submitted in word format by e-mail or floppy to the following address: Dr. T A V Murthy Director INFLIBNET Centre, UGC Gujarat University Campus P.B. 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone: +91-79-26304695/8528/5971/5702 Fax:+91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: mailto:tav@inflibnet.ac.in tav(a)inflibnet.ac.in Dr. TAV Murthy, Editor-in-Cheif, PLANNER 2005 Director Scientist B INFLIBNET Centre, UGC Gujarat University Campus P.B. 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone: +91-79-26305702 Fax: +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: mailto:tav@inflibnet.ac.in tav(a)inflibnet.ac.in Sh. Rajesh Chandrakar Joint-Conference Coordinator, PLANNER 2005 Scientific & Technical Officer, INFLIBNET Centre, UGC Gujarat University Campus P.B. 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone: +91-79-26304695/8528, 26873805(R) Fax: +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: mailto:rajesh@inflibnet.ac.in rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in For more information kindly visit the website: http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/planner05/index.jsp http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/planner05/index.jsp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET (INFormation and LIBrary NETwork) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Tel. +91-(0)79-26305971/ 8528/ 4695(O), 26873805(R) Mobile: +91-9898087422 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: mailto:rajesh@inflibnet.ac.in rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in ; mailto:rchandrakar@gmail.com rchandrakar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in http://www.inflibnet.ac.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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MULISSA Friday Talk - Report
by N.S. Harinarayana 05 Sep '05

05 Sep '05

Report of the Friday Talk held at Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore. Topic: Information for an open society Speaker: S. Sheshishkar, Informedia, Mysore Date: September 2, 2005 Time: 4 to 5 PM Venue: Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore Organiser: MULISSA Summary of the lecture: Information is a vital resource. Libraries have a natural link with information. Librarians from Kallimachos to Ranganathan have always worked for organization of information. Society at large has no or very little role in the creation and distribution of information However, the balance seems turning towards the society. Any body can create and distribute the information directly. Thanks to the development of technologies like WWW, email, VoIP, IRC etc. The speaker introduced some of those technologies which can be used by any one in an open society. Here the concept open society designates �a society that allows its members considerable freedom in creation and use of information�. We are moving towards Open Society where every one has equal opportunity to participate in creation, distribution, sharing and use of knowledge. There are plenty of opportunities for any to document his/her thoughts. Wikipedia is a huge success story. Any body can contribute to Wikipedia in any language of the world. More than one thousand articles have been placed in Kannada language. (http://kn.wikipedia.org) One can contribute, modify others article and/or record their criticism. Its growth rate is enviable even to the likes of Encyclopedia Britannica. Another technology that encourages every one to contribute is the Web log or Blogs in short. Web logs or blogs are a type of Web content typically created by independent writers (although some reporters for media companies create blogs on newspaper or magazine sites). Some are personal journals; others resemble newsletters or columns. Often, they contain links to other sources of content. Planet Sun is an example and an aggregation of public weblogs written by employees of Sun Microsystems (http://planetsun.org) Bookmarks save the addresses of your favorite sites, so you can return to them quickly without having to retype the address. In some browsers, bookmarks are called favorites. What makes social bookmarks different from bookmarks is its ability to see the bookmarks collected by others. del.icio.us is a social bookmarks manager. It allows you to easily add sites you like to your personal collection of links, to categorize those sites with keywords, and to share your collection not only between your own browsers and machines, but also with others. Open societies does not disrespect the copyrights and intellectual property rights. The contents created could be registered for their flexible copyrights. For example the Creative Commons website (www.opencontent.org) enables copyright holders to grant some of their rights to the public while retaining others through a variety of licensing and contract schemes including dedication to the public domain or open content licensing terms. The intention is to avoid the problems current copyright laws create for the sharing of information. The speaker also provided information about many success stories of open society creation like Project Gutenberg, Wikibooks etc. He said open society might contribute to the already existing information deluge on the Internet. For example by participating in the Open Directory Project � DMOZ, we can provide an organized approach to the resources on Internet. Mr. C.S. Surendra welcomed the gathering and Ms. Chaitra M extended the vote of thanks. The above summary is prepared by Mr. Raghu and Mr. Harish, the first and the third semester students of MLISc respectively under the guidance of Dr. N.S. Harinarayana. -- N.S.Harinarayana Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Ph: 2419393

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OA & RCUK policy
by Subbiah Arunachalam 04 Sep '05

04 Sep '05

Friends: Here is something interesting from Peter Suber's blog. Arun --------- OA Working Group comment on the RCUK policy The Open Access Working Group has publicly released its August 23 comment on the draft RCUK policy. Excerpt: We believe that open-access research dissemination is an indispensable part of the overall remedy to the serious problems now facing the system of scholarly communication. Moreover, open access is a necessary ingredient in any plan to fully realize the social benefits of scientific advances. While these advantages are important no matter the source of the funding, it is particularly critical when the research is publicly funded and the resulting output is a public good....Implementation of [the draft] policy will result in taxpayers gaining immediate, full and direct access to the research for which they have already paid. Moreover, such a policy will increase the return on the government's investment in this research; as a result of deposit the research becomes more accessible, discoverable, sharable, and for these reasons, more useful, than toll-access research....We are particularly pleased to note that the Research Council's policy requires grantees to deposit final published articles, greatly enhancing the policy's chances for successfully achieving these important goals and ensuring maximum participation....To further ensure the success of this policy, we would suggest that the Research Councils consider revising the section of the policy that specifically relates to the timing of the deposit of research materials. [The current language in paragraph 14.b] seems to allow publishers, in cases where they have become the copyright-holder, to object to deposit or to demand long delays or embargoes prior to deposit or public release. We encourage the Research Councils to close this loophole before the final draft is finished to ensure that deposit does indeed occur at the desired point, at or around the time of publication. We note that the draft policy exempts researchers from the requirement to deposit their research in instances where they do not have access to an institutional or disciplinary repository. We hope that the Research Councils will implement strategies to encourage the development of repositories in the U.K. in a manner that makes deposit available to all researchers. The OAWG members who signed this comment are the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL), the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Medical Library Association (MLA), Public Knowledge (PK), and the Scholarly Publication and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC). I participated in the drafting of this comment. Friends: Here is something interesting from Peter Suber's blog. Arun --------- OA Working Group comment on the RCUK policy [A] The http://www.arl.org/sparc/oa/oawg.html Open Access Working Group has publicly released its August 23 http://www.arl.org/sparc/oa/RCUK.html comment on the http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/access/index.asp draft RCUK policy . Excerpt: We believe that open-access research dissemination is an indispensable part of the overall remedy to the serious problems now facing the system of scholarly communication. Moreover, open access is a necessary ingredient in any plan to fully realize the social benefits of scientific advances. While these advantages are important no matter the source of the funding, it is particularly critical when the research is publicly funded and the resulting output is a public good....Implementation of [the draft] policy will result in taxpayers gaining immediate, full and direct access to the research for which they have already paid. Moreover, such a policy will increase the return on the government's investment in this research; as a result of deposit the research becomes more accessible, discoverable, sharable, and for these reasons, more useful, than toll-access research....We are particularly pleased to note that the Research Councils policy requires grantees to deposit final published articles, greatly enhancing the policys chances for successfully achieving these important goals and ensuring maximum participation....To further ensure the success of this policy, we would suggest that the Research Councils consider revising the section of the policy that specifically relates to the timing of the deposit of research materials. [The current language in paragraph 14.b] seems to allow publishers, in cases where they have become the copyright-holder, to object to deposit or to demand long delays or embargoes prior to deposit or public release. We encourage the Research Councils to close this loophole before the final draft is finished to ensure that deposit does indeed occur at the desired point, at or around the time of publication. We note that the draft policy exempts researchers from the requirement to deposit their research in instances where they do not have access to an institutional or disciplinary repository. We hope that the Research Councils will implement strategies to encourage the development of repositories in the U.K. in a manner that makes deposit available to all researchers. The OAWG members who signed this comment are the American Association of Law Libraries ( http://www.aallnet.org/ AALL ), the American Library Association ( http://www.ala.org/ ALA ), the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries ( http://www.aahsl.org/ AAHSL ), the Association of College & Research Libraries ( http://www.ala.org/acrl/ ACRL ), the Association of Research Libraries ( http://www.arl.org/ ARL ), the Medical Library Association ( http://www.mlanet.org/ MLA ), Public Knowledge ( http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/Public Knowledge PK ), and the Scholarly Publication and Academic Resources Coalition ( http://www.arl.org/sparc/ SPARC ). I participated in the drafting of this comment.

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LIBRARIANS ARE DOING SCIENTIFIC WORK
by Aloor Thomas Francis 03 Sep '05

03 Sep '05

Librarians are doing Scientific Work Mr. Gautam Bahl revealed the following: As per the letter dated 9th May, 2005 of ministry of HRD, Deptt. of secondary and higher education to The Secretary, U.G.C. has denied to to revise the Career Advancement Scheme for Librarians and Physical Education Teachers on the following reasons: 1. No absolute parity of these categories of personnel involved in the subject case with teachers in universities and colleges has been conceded. 2. The Rastogi committee has recommended different treatment to categories of teachers on the one hand and categories like Astt. Registrars, Librarians, physical education instructors on the other in Universities and colleges, in whose cases the committee had recommended only for the continuance of the existing CAS / existing path of carrier advancement including the continuance of existing residency period; there is no case/scope for considering benefits over and above these recommendations. In this regard, I think that the recommendation of the UGC and decision of the Govt. of India on the matter is highly unscientific and biased. All the research agencies of the Govt. of India such as DRDO, CSIR, ISRO, DAE, etc. give full parity to their library professionals with their other scientists. In these agencies, the designation, scale of pay, career advancement scheme, retirement age, etc. are same to all categories, including librarians. If the Govt. of India is providing parity to the librarians of its research agencies, why the UGC is denying the similar parity to its Librarians. Moreover, the recruitment qualifications and other terms are same for teachers and librarians. It is not justifiable to equate the librarians with the Assistant/Deputy Registrars. I strongly believe that, this may be the reason to change the designation of librarians by the Govt. of Andra Pradesh into Lecturers/Assistant Professors. In the Agricultural Universities in India, the designation of Physical Education Teachers is Assistant/Associate Professors as in the case of other teachers. In these context, how the UGC can enforce its new rules ?. The act of the UGC will finally reflect in the quality of education and research. In future, this field will become unattractive to the best candidates. So, it is the duty of everybody to get it rectified the decision of the UGC. A.T. FRANCIS ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN KERALA AGTRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: UGC Career Advancement for Library Professionals
by gautam bahl 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

Dear Mr. Francis, The latest information I have on this matter is: As per the letter dated 9th May, 2005 of ministry of HRD, Deptt. of secondary and higher education to The Secretary, U.G.C in reply to letter No. F 3-1/94 (PS) - 7 dated 5th feb, 2001 regarding CAS for Assistant Librarians/College Librarians, Astt. Director of Physical Education, College DPEs and Astt. Registrars, the ministry has clearly denied to agree to a revised CAS to the above mentioned categories citing following reasons: 1. No absolute parity of these categories of personnel involved in the subject case with teachers in universities and colleges has been conceded. 2. The Rastogi committee has recommended different treatment to categories of teachers on the one hand and categories like Astt. Registrars, Librarians, physical education instructors on the other in Universities and colleges, in whose cases the committee had recommended only for the continuance of the existing CAS / existing path of carrier advancement including the continuance of existing residency period; there is no case/scope for considering benefits over and above these recommendations. If you need a copy of the aforesaid letter, please mail me your postal address. Some of the professional associations in the North India are gearing up to fight this matter for details you can contact Mr I B Verma General Secreatary, Chandigarh Librarians Association (CLA) Mobile 0-9814721417 e-mail vermaib(a)yahoo.co.in With regards, Gautam Bahl Librarian T.S Central State Library, Sec 17, Chandigarh. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Mr. Francis, The latest information I have on this matter is: As per the letter dated 9 th May, 2005 of ministry of HRD, Deptt. of secondary and higher education to The Secretary, U.G.C in reply to letter No. F 3-1/94 (PS) - 7 dated 5th feb, 2001 regarding CAS for Assistant Librarians/College Librarians, Astt. Director of Physical Education, College DPEs and Astt. Registrars, the ministry has clearly denied to agree to a revised CAS to the above mentioned categories citing following reasons: 1. No absolute parity of these categories of personnel involved in the subject case with teachers in universities and colleges has been conceded. 2. The Rastogi committee has recommended different treatment to categories of teachers on the one hand and categories like Astt. Registrars, Librarians, physical education instructors on the other in Universities and colleges, in whose cases the committee had recommended only for the continuance of the existing CAS / existing path of carrier advancement including the continuance of existing residency period; there is no case/scope for considering benefits over and above these recommendations. If you need a copy of the aforesaid letter, please mail me your postal address. Some of the professional associations in the North India are gearing up to fight this matter for details you can contact Mr I B Verma General Secreatary, Chandigarh Librarians Association (CLA) Mobile 0-9814721417 e-mail http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulis/post?postID=EZzbiiORN7CgJnJRQoqr3dcLbew… vermaib(a)yahoo.co.in With regards, Gautam Bahl Librarian T.S Central State Library, Sec 17, Chandigarh . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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IJITAM: call for papers submission
by Puttaraj Choukimath 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

Hi All, Greetings. http://www.vit.ac.in/ A new Internationa Journal Information Technology: Applications and Management (IJITAM) Dedicated to: Innovative and Path Breaking Applications, Strategic and Futuristic Technology Management, Achieving Excellence and Improved Productivity in Industry Sector, Optimal Utilization of Research and Development Resources, Collaborative Research and Use of ICT in Education etc. Effective and Efficient Decision Making for Responsive Governance Integrated Processes and Workflow Management for Corporate Governance Systems Approach for Managing ICT Infrastructure 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! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. Hi All, Greetings. http://www.vit.ac.in/ http://www.vit.ac.in/ A new Internationa Journal Information Technology: Applications and Management (IJITAM) Dedicated to: Innovative and Path Breaking Applications, Strategic and Futuristic Technology Management, Achieving Excellence and Improved Productivity in Industry Sector, Optimal Utilization of Research and Development Resources, Collaborative Research and Use of ICT in Education etc. Effective and Efficient Decision Making for Responsive Governance Integrated Processes and Workflow Management for Corporate Governance Systems Approach for Managing ICT Infrastructure 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! Mail for Mobile http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=31132/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.

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S R RANGANATHAN'S DAY CELEBRATION
by vasappa gowda 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

"Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu Library,Mangalore " is celebrating Dr. S R Ranganatha's Day on 04th Sept,2005(Sunday) at 10 AM at St.Aloysius College, Mangalore. Dr. Kemparaju, Professor, Dept. of LIS, Bangalore University will give key note address. Prof. Narahari, President, Karnataka State College Teachers Association will be the chief guest. Prof. Eugine Lobo, Principal, St.Aloysius College, Mangalore will precide over the function. Sri. Mohandas, retired librarian, NITK, Surathkal and Sri. Ram Sherigar,Librarian, Poornaprajna College, Udupi will be honoured for their retirement. And Dr. T. Y.Mallaiah, Deputy Librarian, Mangalore University and Dr. Purushathama Gowda, Sr. Assistant Librarian, Mangalore University will be felicitated for their award of Doctoral Degree in LIS. ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED VASAPPA GOWDA, SR. LIBRARIAN, BESANT EVENING COLLEGE, MANGALORE-575003, KARNATAKA STATE,INDIA. e-mail vasgowda(a)yahoo.co.in Ph (0824) 2491204(O) (0824) 2497109(R) --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com " Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu Library,Mangalore " is celebrating Dr. S R Ranganatha's Day on 04th Sept,2005(Sunday) at 10 AM at St.Aloysius College, Mangalore. Dr. Kemparaju, Professor, Dept. of LIS, Bangalore University will give key note address. Prof. Narahari, President, Karnataka State College Teachers Association will be the chief guest. Prof. Eugine Lobo, Principal, St.Aloysius College, Mangalore will precide over the function. Sri. Mohandas, retired librarian, NITK, Surathkal and Sri. Ram Sherigar,Librarian, Poornaprajna College, Udupi will be honoured for their retirement. And Dr. T. Y.Mallaiah, Deputy Librarian, Mangalore University and Dr. Purushathama Gowda, Sr. Assistant Librarian, Mangalore University will be felicitated for their award of Doctoral Degree in LIS. ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED VASAPPA GOWDA, SR. LIBRARIAN, BESANT EVENING COLLEGE, MANGALORE-575003, KARNATAKA STATE,INDIA. e-mail mailto:vasgowda@yahoo.co.in vasgowda(a)yahoo.co.in Ph (0824) 2491204(O) (0824) 2497109(R) Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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Libraries Offering Audiobook Downloads
by Subbiah Gunasekaran 01 Sep '05

01 Sep '05

Dear Members: Please read the article. ---- Libraries Offering Audiobook Downloads By Michael Hill August 29, 2005 Associated Press Writer GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (AP) -- A new way to borrow audiobooks from the library involves no CDs, no car trips, no fines and no risk of being shushed. Rather, public libraries from New York City to Alameda, Calif., are letting patrons download Tom Clancy techno-thrillers, Arabic tutorials and other titles to which they can listen on their computers or portable music players -- all without leaving home. Librarians say such offerings help libraries stay relevant in the digital age. Barbara Nichols Randall, director of the Guilderland Public Library in suburban Albany, said the library considered the needs of younger readers and those too busy to visit. "This is a way for us to have library access 24/7," she said. There's still one big hitch, though: The leading library services offer Windows-friendly audiobook files that can't be played on Apple Computer Inc.'s massively popular iPod player. Vendors such as OverDrive Inc. and OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) Inc.'s NetLibrary have licensing deals with publishers and provide digital books using Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media Audio format, which includes copyright protections designed to help audiobooks stand apart from the often lawless world of song swapping. A patron with a valid library card visits a library Web site to borrow a title for, say, three weeks. When the audiobook is due, the patron must renew it or find it automatically "returned" in a virtual sense: The file still sits on the patron's computer, but encryption makes it unplayable beyond the borrowing period. "The patron doesn't have to do anything after the lending period," said Steve Potash, chief executive of OverDrive. "The file expires. It checks itself back into the collection. There's no parts to lose. It's never damaged. It can never be late." Potash said about 1,000 libraries have signed up for OverDrive's audiobook service since its debut late last year. NetLibrary, teaming up with Recorded Books, launched a similar service in January and counts 200 library customers. Libraries offering audiobook downloads range from large institutions in New York and Los Angeles to smaller ones for Cleveland, Ohio, Maricopa County, Ariz., North Little Rock, Ark. and Omaha, Neb. The Hawaii State Public Library System signed up earlier this month. Guilderland pays NetLibrary about $6,000 a year for more than 850 titles. Randall considers that a good deal, noting that a single audiobook can cost the library up to $80 when bought on CD. Under the NetLibrary program, Guilderland gets a set number of downloads for all titles each year, and a single title can be borrowed by multiple patrons simultaneously as long as the cap hasn't been reached. Downloads over the cap cost extra. Patrons must provide their own audio players, although they may listen on their home computers if they do not have one. Other libraries make different arrangements. OverDrive, for example, generally takes a more traditional approach. When a copy is checked out, no other patron may download it until the borrowing period ends. It's still unclear what impact such services will have on audiobook download sales from companies such as Audible Inc., although one analyst suggested it could inspire more sales as patrons buy for keeps a title they had borrowed. "It's certainly smart for the publishers to do this," said Phil Leigh, a senior analyst with Inside Digital Media. Digital downloads are a part of a natural progression for libraries, which have evolved from lending books to cassettes and videotapes to CDs and DVDs. OverDrive recently launched a video download service for libraries. Librarians say they had little interest in audiobook downloads just a few years ago, but they have since noticed what everyone else has: the ubiquity of people sporting earbuds on streets, buses and malls. Nearly 28 million portable audio players were sold last year, according to In-Stat, a technology research company. With more than 21 million sold, the iPod remains the signature portable player. But it uses the Advanced Audio Coding format with FairPlay, its own digital rights management system and one incompatible with Windows' technology. Just as the lack of a standard digital audio format has fragmented the music download market, it affects audiobooks. Users of iPods can still listen to books purchased through sources such as audible.com or Apple's own iTunes Music Store, but the library services, for now, are geared toward computers and devices that support Windows Media Audio files. OverDrive files can be burned to CDs and converted to iPod friendly formats, but NetLibrary's cannot. Marge Gammon of NetLibrary said that despite iPod's cache, the company wanted a product that could be played on a range of devices. OverDrive's Potash notes there's a growing market of portable audio players, some priced lower then $50 (Regular iPod models start at $299, though the Minis start at $199 and Shuffles at $99). Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris said the company has no plans to change its copy-protection formats and would not comment on the incompatibility issue. Librarians say they have heard complaints from iPod users, but there's little they can do beyond waiting for the industry to sort out its differences. One California library shunned the download services completely, largely because of iPod's popularity. Instead, Newport Beach Public Library bought 15 iPod Shuffles and loaded them up with audiobooks from iTunes to loan out. Patrons are liable for any loss or damage, though librarian Genesis Hansen said there's been no problems so far. http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/08/ap/ap_082905.asp?trk=nl ----- Thanks S.Gunasekaran Dear Members: Please read the article. ---- Libraries Offering Audiobook Downloads By Michael Hill August 29, 2005 Associated Press Writer GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (AP) -- A new way to borrow audiobooks from the library involves no CDs, no car trips, no fines and no risk of being shushed. Rather, public libraries from New York City to Alameda, Calif., are letting patrons download Tom Clancy techno-thrillers, Arabic tutorials and other titles to which they can listen on their computers or portable music players -- all without leaving home. Librarians say such offerings help libraries stay relevant in the digital age. Barbara Nichols Randall, director of the Guilderland Public Library in suburban Albany, said the library considered the needs of younger readers and those too busy to visit. "This is a way for us to have library access 24/7," she said. There's still one big hitch, though: The leading library services offer Windows-friendly audiobook files that can't be played on Apple Computer Inc.'s massively popular iPod player. Vendors such as OverDrive Inc. and OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) Inc.'s NetLibrary have licensing deals with publishers and provide digital books using Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media Audio format, which includes copyright protections designed to help audiobooks stand apart from the often lawless world of song swapping. A patron with a valid library card visits a library Web site to borrow a title for, say, three weeks. When the audiobook is due, the patron must renew it or find it automatically "returned" in a virtual sense: The file still sits on the patron's computer, but encryption makes it unplayable beyond the borrowing period. "The patron doesn't have to do anything after the lending period," said Steve Potash, chief executive of OverDrive. "The file expires. It checks itself back into the collection. There's no parts to lose. It's never damaged. It can never be late." Potash said about 1,000 libraries have signed up for OverDrive's audiobook service since its debut late last year. NetLibrary, teaming up with Recorded Books, launched a similar service in January and counts 200 library customers. Libraries offering audiobook downloads range from large institutions in New York and Los Angeles to smaller ones for Cleveland, Ohio, Maricopa County, Ariz., North Little Rock, Ark. and Omaha, Neb. The Hawaii State Public Library System signed up earlier this month. Guilderland pays NetLibrary about $6,000 a year for more than 850 titles. Randall considers that a good deal, noting that a single audiobook can cost the library up to $80 when bought on CD. Under the NetLibrary program, Guilderland gets a set number of downloads for all titles each year, and a single title can be borrowed by multiple patrons simultaneously as long as the cap hasn't been reached. Downloads over the cap cost extra. Patrons must provide their own audio players, although they may listen on their home computers if they do not have one. Other libraries make different arrangements. OverDrive, for example, generally takes a more traditional approach. When a copy is checked out, no other patron may download it until the borrowing period ends. It's still unclear what impact such services will have on audiobook download sales from companies such as Audible Inc., although one analyst suggested it could inspire more sales as patrons buy for keeps a title they had borrowed. "It's certainly smart for the publishers to do this," said Phil Leigh, a senior analyst with Inside Digital Media. Digital downloads are a part of a natural progression for libraries, which have evolved from lending books to cassettes and videotapes to CDs and DVDs. OverDrive recently launched a video download service for libraries. Librarians say they had little interest in audiobook downloads just a few years ago, but they have since noticed what everyone else has: the ubiquity of people sporting earbuds on streets, buses and malls. Nearly 28 million portable audio players were sold last year, according to In-Stat, a technology research company. With more than 21 million sold, the iPod remains the signature portable player. But it uses the Advanced Audio Coding format with FairPlay, its own digital rights management system and one incompatible with Windows' technology. Just as the lack of a standard digital audio format has fragmented the music download market, it affects audiobooks. Users of iPods can still listen to books purchased through sources such as audible.com or Apple's own iTunes Music Store, but the library services, for now, are geared toward computers and devices that support Windows Media Audio files. OverDrive files can be burned to CDs and converted to iPod friendly formats, but NetLibrary's cannot. Marge Gammon of NetLibrary said that despite iPod's cache, the company wanted a product that could be played on a range of devices. OverDrive's Potash notes there's a growing market of portable audio players, some priced lower then $50 (Regular iPod models start at $299, though the Minis start at $199 and Shuffles at $99). Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris said the company has no plans to change its copy-protection formats and would not comment on the incompatibility issue. Librarians say they have heard complaints from iPod users, but there's little they can do beyond waiting for the industry to sort out its differences. One California library shunned the download services completely, largely because of iPod's popularity. Instead, Newport Beach Public Library bought 15 iPod Shuffles and loaded them up with audiobooks from iTunes to loan out. Patrons are liable for any loss or damage, though librarian Genesis Hansen said there's been no problems so far. http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/08/ap/ap_082905.asp?trk=nl ----- Thanks S.Gunasekaran 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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