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Publishers Protest Google Library Project
by Mailing List Manager 24 May '05

24 May '05

Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 10:11:16 +0530 From: Farooque Shaheen <Farooque.Shaheen(a)caritor.com> A group of academic publishers is challenging GoogleInc?s plan to scan millions of library books into its internet search engine index,highlithing fears that the ambitious project will violet copyrights and stifle future sales. In a letter scheduled to deliver to google, the Association of American University Presses described the online search engine?s library project as a troubling financial threat to its membership- 125 nonprofit publishers of academic journals and scholarly books. A full dig on this matter can be found here-- http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8A96J600.htm?campaign_id=apn_… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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Temporary Vaccancy --- Bose Institute, Kolkata
by Mailing List Manager 24 May '05

24 May '05

Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 16:10:55 +0530 From: Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty <akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in> Dear Colleague This advertisement has appeared in "The Statesman" on 20th May, 2005 Bose Institute, Kolkata ADV.No.BI/Lib/Ad-hoc-Professional - 2005 The Directer, Bose Institute invites application for engaging “Library Project Assistant” in the project : “Computerization of Bose Institute Library”, under the guidance of the Librarian of the Institute, purely on temporary basis initially for a period of six months at a consolidated remuneration of Rs.5,000 (Rupees five thousand) p.m. Walk-in-interview will be held on 1st June, 2005 at 11.30 a.m. in the Committee Room, Centenary Campus of Bose Institute, P-1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII-M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata – 700 054. Interested candidates having MLISc. / ADISc. Degree (desirable working knowledge of CDS/ISIS software or any other Library Software or experience in computerization / Digitization of Library), are requested to appear in person directly for the interview with application along with two copies of Bio- data, Xerox copies of supporting testimonials and original certificates. (Age limit – 32 yrs.) Acting Registrar Bose Institute DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA MAIN CAMPUS : 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH : 91-33-2350 2402/03, 6619,6702 FAX : 91-33-2350 6790 CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH : 91-33-2337 9544, 9416, 9219 FAX : 91-33-2334 3886 Ph (Res) : 33-2672 1192, 3892 E-MAIL : akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in, arunchkr(a)vsnl.net.in, c_arunk(a)hotmail.com

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What should we do to promote OA?
by Subbiah Arunachalam 23 May '05

23 May '05

Friends: Here is an excellent piece I would recommend to all academics and researchers. Arun What you can do to promote open access? [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/do.htm]

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SCHOLARSHIP FOR DOCTORAL RESEARCH IN INFORMATION LITERACY AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
by Dr.P.V.Konnur 20 May '05

20 May '05

Dear Colleagues, The following information may be of some use to the members of this Forum. Thanks, Konnur. --- Ian Johnson <i.m.johnson(a)RGU.AC.UK> wrote: > Date:Fri, 20 May 2005 11:04:28 +0100 > From:Ian Johnson <i.m.johnson(a)RGU.AC.UK> > Subject: SCHOLARSHIP FOR DOCTORAL RESEARCH IN INFORMATION > LITERACY AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT > To:LIS-BAILER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > > "The relationship between information literacy and > knowledge management in the global economy" > > Closing Date: 27 May 2005 > > Applications are invited for a full-time MPhil/PhD > studentship in the Department of information Management, > Aberdeen Business School at The Robert Gordon University > in Aberdeen. The Department of Information Management > offers a vibrant and friendly research environment > undertaking a wide range of externally funded research. > We are committed to furthering research opportunities > within our main interest areas of the use and impact of > information and knowledge management. We now have an > opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed individual > to join our research community. The successful applicant > will work on a project aimed at investigating the > relationship between information literacy and knowledge > management in the context of the global economy. > > The new global economy is information intensive, changing > the way individuals and organisations work, requiring > qualities of vision, flexibility and adaptability, > innovation, entrepreneurship and networking to survive > and thrive in a state of "permanent whitewater" (Vaill, > 1996). In this changing environment information is only > of value when it can be used effectively in ongoing > knowledge creation and organisational learning and > current theories of knowledge management (KM) focus on > employees' abilities in knowledge transfer and creation > rather than supply of existing information. This > humanistic KM approach recognises the need for > individuals to develop new workplace literacies relevant > to a knowledge-based culture and it has already been > recognised that information literacy is likely to be one > key component in the success of organisational KM > strategies. Yet there is little evidence or understanding > of the relationship between knowledge management and > information literacy within the workplace. The proposed > study would examine this relationship, in particular > drawing on recent theories of multiple context-related > literacies and multiple conceptions of information > literacy. > > The research is expected to take the form of a > qualitative case-based study adopting a phenomenological > approach to examine real-world experiences of information > finding and using (information literacy) and relating > these to effectiveness of knowledge-based activities and > processes in organisations. > > Candidates for the studentship should have a First Class > or good 2:1 Honours degree (or equivalent) and/or MSc in > a related subject. Appropriate information retrieval and > ICT skills are essential and specific knowledge of the > literature and theory of KM and information literacy > would be advantageous. > > The prospective student should be highly self-motivated > and enjoy working in a productive research environment. > > This studentship provides full university fees for both > UK and Overseas applicants as well as a tax-free > maintenance allowance of �12,000 per annum. The > studentship is available to start from September 2005. > > The successful applicant will based at the Aberdeen > Business School, a state-of-the-art facility by the banks > of the River Dee. Further information about the School > and the Department of Information Management are > available at: > http://www.rgu.ac.uk/abs/ > > Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor Dorothy > Williams - email d.williams(a)rgu.ac.uk. > > Applications including a completed application form > (available from http://www.rgu.ac.uk/research/degrees) a > detailed CV, names and addresses of two referees should > be emailed to researchdegrees(a)rgu.ac.uk or posted to > Research Support Office, AB44, The Robert Gordon > University, Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB10 1FR by 27 May 2005. > > Dr.P.V.Konnur, University Librarian, Goa University Library, Taleigao Plateau, Goa - 403 206. Phone: 0832-2456031 (O) 0832-2451008 (R) Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html

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Japanese Translation- links
by raghavendra patil 19 May '05

19 May '05

Dear Shridhar, You can visit any of these link below. http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en http://babelfish.altavista.com/ http://translation.langenberg.com/ If the text is in electronic format, You can directly,cut and paste the text and select the language option from which language you want to translate. Though its not 100% accurate, but atleast you will understnad the gist of the content. You can also try some other machine translators. With Regards/Best Wishes Raghavendra @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Raghavendra Patil Digital Library Project Programmer Sir. Dorabji Tata Memorial Library Tata Institute of Social Sciences (A Deemed University) Sion-Trombay Road, P B No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 (INDIA) Telephone: 022-25563290 Ext: 284 Fax: 091-22-25562912 E mail:raghav@tiss.edu,raghapatil@yahoo.com, raghavendra.patil(a)gmail.com URL: http://www.tiss.edu __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Shridhar, You can visit�any of these link below. http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en http://babelfish.altavista.com/ http://babelfish.altavista.com/ http://translation.langenberg.com/ http://translation.langenberg.com/ http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en � If the text is in electronic format, You can directly,cut and paste the text and select the language option from which language you want to translate. Though �its not 100% accurate, but atleast you will understnad the gist of the content. You can also try some other machine translators. � With Regards/Best Wishes Raghavendra @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Raghavendra Patil Digital Library Project Programmer Sir. Dorabji Tata Memorial Library Tata Institute of Social Sciences (A Deemed University) Sion-Trombay Road, P B No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 (INDIA) Telephone: 022-25563290 Ext: 284 Fax: 091-22-25562912 E mail: raghav(a)tiss.edu , mailto:raghapatil@yahoo.com, raghapatil(a)yahoo.com, �� mailto:raghavendra.patil@gmail.com raghavendra.patil(a)gmail.com http://us.f310.mail.yahoo.com/ym/��%20http://www.tiss.edu URL:�� http://www.tiss.edu __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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OpenMED - Pre-launch Review
by Sukhdev Singh 19 May '05

19 May '05

Dear Members, We are ready to launch a new service of providing facilities to authors to self-archive their articles. We have named it as OpenMED as being OPEN access archive for MEDical and Allied Sciences. It is descibed as under and available from http://openmed.nic.in URL. "OpenMED is an open access archive for Medical and Allied Sciences. Here authors / owners can self-archive their scientific and technical documents. For this they need to register once in order to obtain a user id in OpenMED system. However no registration is required for searching the archive or viewing the documents. OpenMED is a discipline based International Archive. It accepts both published and unpublished documents having relevance to research in Medical and Allied Sciences including Bio-Medical, Medical Informatics, Dental, Nursing and Pharmaceutical Sciences. These could be preprints (pre-refereed journal paper), postprints (refereed journal paper), conference papers, conference posters, presentations, technical reports/departmental working papers and theses. In case of non-English documents, descriptive data [Author, Title, Source etc.], abstract and keywords must be in English. Submitted documents will be placed into the submission buffer and would become part of OpenMED archive on their acceptance. The aim of OpenMED is to provide free service to academics, researchers, and students working in the area of Medical and Allied Sciences. We expect it to promote self-archiving and open access to papers / scholarly publications in these fields." Can you please test / review it and give your feedback. Thanks Sukhdev Singh, Bibliographic Informatics Division, National Informatics Centre, A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi

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vacancy for librarian post in IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd. in Kolkata
by brijesh shanker singh 18 May '05

18 May '05

Dear All, There is a vacancy for librarian post in IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd. in Kolkata. This is a contract job for 1 year (renewable) Job title : Librarian Company : IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd. Location : Kolkata Qualification : B.L.I.Sc/ M.L.I.Sc. Duration : 1year Responsibilities: Managing Regular Library Services and facilities. Coordinating for Training and Event management programs. Salary : As per the standards Experience: 0-2 years in Corporate sectors Candidates should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Please send your resumes to Brijesh (brijesh_bhu1(a)rediff.com) ******************************** Brijesh Shanker Singh Knowledge and learning Center, Centre of Competence, IGSI IBM Global Services (India) Pvt Ltd. Plot - X1-7, Block EP/GP Sector-V, Salt Lake Kolkata - 700 091 mobile - 9831455315 Tel: +91 033 2357 9120 [Ext. 3574] Dear All, There is a vacancy for librarian post in IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd. in Kolkata. This is a contract job for 1 year (renewable) Job title : Librarian Company : IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd. Location : Kolkata Qualification : B.L.I.Sc/ M.L.I.Sc. Duration : 1year Responsibilities: Managing Regular Library Services and facilities. Coordinating for Training and Event management programs. Salary : As per the standards Experience: 0-2 years in Corporate sectors Candidates should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Please send your resumes to Brijesh (brijesh_bhu1(a)rediff.com) ******************************** Brijesh Shanker Singh Knowledge and learning Center, Centre of Competence, IGSI IBM Global Services (India) Pvt Ltd. Plot - X1-7, Block EP/GP Sector-V, Salt Lake Kolkata - 700 091 mobile - 9831455315 Tel: +91 033 2357 9120 [Ext. 3574] http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo…

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Modern Medical Librarian Vs Medical Knowledge Manager
by Sukhdev Singh 18 May '05

18 May '05

Modern Medical Librarian Vs Medical Knowledge Manager Dear Members, I had posted a message [given towards the end] to a forum [IAMI]consisting of mainly of Medical Practisioners and Computer Specialistswith one or two Medical Librarians. With discussions, the concept of Medical Knowledge Manager came alongwith the refernce of Dr Sam Pitroda who is back as Chairman of the newNational Knowledge Commission set up by the Indian Government. Now thediscussion group is willing have to a session in their Association'sconference on roles of Medical Librarians and Medical KnowledgeManagers. My question how do we compare Modern Medical Librarian with MedicalKnowledge Manager. Are they same or can they be same. Can their rolesbe merged. Can we exchange our views? --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. ===============Message Posted to IAMI Forum=================Subject: Giving Medical Library its Importance alias The Connectivity. A library, be it traditional or digital, has a vital role to play inany institution. I need not emphasis on it here. "..what is alreadyclear is that libraries play a pivotal role in creating, providing,and maintaining long-term access to digital resources. Libraries ofall types actively promote and invest in networked-based programs andservices to ensure that all sectors benefit from meaningful access todigital resources and that importantly, these information resourcesare available to future generations.."[http://www.mlanet.org/government/appropriations/librarycongress.html][1] Role of Library and the Librarian in a Medical Institution can gobeyond its traditional functions. Some people believe that it can evenreduce medical errors.[http://www.healthleaders.com/news/feature1.php?contentid=38058. Thisis due the fact that Medical librarians have: [2]. * Formal knowledge of information resources and how to access them.* The ability to ensure that information is relevant and complete,by applying the formal rules of evidence to data retrieved and knowingstrategies to ascertain that a search is both efficient and thorough.* The skill to weigh conflicting information and reconciledifferences.* Training in critically reviewing published research and gradingthe levels of evidence.* The professional habit of making decisions based on evidencerather than opinion.* The ability to discriminate between types of information sourcesin terms of their currency, format, authority, relevance and availability.* A knowledge of copyright and intellectual property issues,especially with materials retrieved electronically. However, situation of most medical libraries in India is ratherpathetic as compared to academic and research libraries of otherdisciplines. This could be due to these factors: 1. Health being a State Subject and rather poor financial status ofthe States.2. UGC norms does not applies to most Medical Libraries (Hospital) andthus no mandatory Qualifications for Librarians.3. Librarians at low positions in such situations and Tradition ofProfessor - in - Library. The end result is that a library gets very limited resources. And whenit comes to Internet connectivity resources it is natural to "ignore"the Libraries. Improper connectivity coupled with lack of properknowledge of IPR issues may lead to Institutions forcing theLibrarians in indulging illegal and unethical practices. Some of these could be: 1. Photocopying, Binding and Maintaining copies of Books and Journalsburrowed from other institutions or its members.2. Retaining CDROM databases beyond their licensed period.3. Printing On-line journals [free or fee based] and maintaining themin library for other members.4. Caching Online Websites and maintaining their archives in Libraries.5. Maintaining copies of Licensed Softwares. Now, who would be responsible if legal case is slapped? Definitely theHead of the Institution. We can always argue that copyright laws arenot balanced and always favor the publishing industry. But then, bybeing institutions, are morally and legally bounded by the law of theland. To avoid such unpleasent situations, it is the time to give dueimportance and resources to libraries. Now-a-days, with broad-bandbecoming a reality, It should be mandatory for libraries to InternetConnectivity atleast. In this Digital Era, can you think ofun-connected libraries? If connectivity is to established in anyinstitution, let it begin with library. Let the Charity begin atLibrary instead of Home. I would request the members of IAMI, to promote the development ofMedical Libraries so that all stake holders [Researchers/Practitioners/ Patients/ Administrators/ Publishers] benefit fromthese. It can adopt a resolution to press for: 1. Appointment of Qualified and Well-Paid Librarians in MedicalInstitutions [including hospitals]. With Librarians directlyresponsible to the Head of the Institution.2. Higher allocation of financial resources to libraries. Investing inmodern digital library technologies.3. Support the Open Access[http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/brief.htm] moment as well asrespect the Copyright Laws. Open-access (OA) literature is digital,online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensingrestrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consentof the author or copyright-holder. References:1. Statement of Patricia A. Wand, University Librarian, AmericanUniversity on behalf of the American Library Association, Association of ResearchLibraries, American Association of Law Libraries, Medical LibraryAssociation and Special Libraries Association before the Subcommittee on Legislative, House Committee onAppropriations on the FY 2000 Appropriations for the Library of Congress 2. The Role of Medical Librarians in Reducing Medical Errors By J. Michael Homan, for HealthLeaders Online, September 16, 2002http://www.healthleaders.com/news/feature1.php?contentid=38058 Thanks,Sukhdev Singh.Competing Interests:1. Associated with http://indmed.nic.in & http://medind.nic.in .2. Associated with yet to be released Open Access Project – OpenMED.3. One of the moderator ofhttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/indmedtraining/

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Japanese Translation Services
by Sridhar Brahma 18 May '05

18 May '05

Dear All, Can anyone please suggest good Japanese's to English translators. Regards, Sridhar Brahma -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-request@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 12:00 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 26, Issue 17 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Modern Medical Librarian Vs Medical Knowledge Manager (Vasumathi Sriganesh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 11:16:10 +0530 From: "Vasumathi Sriganesh" <vasu(a)qmedin.com> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Modern Medical Librarian Vs Medical Knowledge Manager To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Message-ID: <016e01c55aa3$d9aab6a0$0200a8c0@laptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" My view point A knowledge manager has to do more than handle published information (including grey literature) - which is what a librarian does. A KM also has to overall look at integrating the above, with tacit knowledge, other forms of information and knowledge, and also manage the overall technology elements. A medical librarian has to know a lot more than medical librarianship to become a Medical Knowledge Manager. A medical librarian can definitely become a Medical Knowledge Manager so long as he / she continuously updates himself / herself to know at least enough of the related areas to handle Knowledge Management. In any field however, today's scenario is that an IT person seems to be more recognized as a knowledge manager that is a librarian. My personal belief is that the person who can be assigned this "label" should have strong expertise in one area (IT, Domain, Information resources and management), and core expertise in the other two. Vasumathi Sriganesh Director, QMed Services Pvt. Ltd. A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India Ph: 91-22-28229223 Fax: 91-22-28224358 Mobile: 98211-14510 Email: vasu(a)qmedin.com, Web: www.qmedin.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> To: <nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 12:54 PM Subject: [nmlis] Modern Medical Librarian Vs Medical Knowledge Manager Modern Medical Librarian Vs Medical Knowledge Manager Dear Members, I had posted a message [given towards the end] to a forum [IAMI] consisting of mainly of Medical Practisioners and Computer Specialists with one or two Medical Librarians. With discussions, the concept of Medical Knowledge Manager came along with the refernce of Dr Sam Pitroda who is back as Chairman of the new National Knowledge Commission set up by the Indian Government. Now the discussion group is willing have to a session in their Association's conference on roles of Medical Librarians and Medical Knowledge Managers. My question how do we compare Modern Medical Librarian with Medical Knowledge Manager. Are they same or can they be same. Can their roles be merged. Can we exchange our views? --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 26, Issue 17 *****************************************

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Vacancy in Dena Bank Mumbai
by Appasaheb Naikal 18 May '05

18 May '05

Dear All, Dena Bank, Mumbai is looking for Librarian on contractual basis Qualifications:Degree/Diploma/Certificate course in Library Science from a reputed University / Institute. Computer proficiency is essential. Working experience as Librarian for atleast 2 years. Scale of Pay: Rs.10000/- Last Date: Within 10 days For more information, please visit: http://www.denabank.com/db/viewsection.jsp?lang=0&id=0,48 With Regards Appasaheb Naikal Librarian Mahindra-British Telecom Ltd. Oberoi Estate Gardens, Wing-1, Next to Chandivili Studio, Andheri-East, Mumbai-400072 INDIA Tel: 91-022-56792000 Ext. 7438/7444 Fax: 91-022-28478959 Visit us at: www.mahindrabt.com ********************************************************* Disclaimer: The contents of this E-mail (including the contents of the enclosure(s) or attachment(s) if any) are privileged and confidential material of MBT and should not be disclosed to, used by or copied in any manner by anyone other than the intended addressee(s). In case you are not the desired addressee, you should delete this message and/or re-direct it to the sender. The views expressed in this E-mail message (including the enclosure(s) or attachment(s) if any) are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of MBT. This e-mail message including attachment/(s), if any, is believed to be free of any virus. However, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and MBT is not responsible for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use ********************************************************

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