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Why English is so Difficult to Learn
by Mailing List Manager 10 Mar '05

10 Mar '05

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:05:53 +0530 From: ++ Mukesh Anand ++ <mukesh(a)monitorinfo.com> Dear All Hope the following will take some heat off the topical discussion among the forum members: Why English is so Difficult to Learn: The 500 most commonly used words in the English Language have over 14,000 meanings! Please ponder over some examples: 1. The bandage was wound around the wound 2. The farm was used to produce produce. 3. The dump was so full that she had to refuse more refuse. 4. He could lead if would get the lead out 5. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. 6. I did not object to the object lying on floor. 7. The insurance was invalid for the invalid. 8. They were too close to the door to close it. 9. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend. 10. When shot at, the dove dove into bushes. 11. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. 12. He saw a saw, which could not saw. No wonder, English Language is so Difficult to Learn Best Wishes - - Mukesh Anand Hyderabad - India

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Re-Launch of Theoretical Librarian Blog
by Gerry Mckiernan 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

Colleagues/ I am pleased to announce the re-launch of the Theoretical Librarian blog (TLB) at [ http://theoretical-librarian.blogspot.com/ ] As stated, "Theoretical Librarian is the blog of Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer at Iowa State University Library, Ames, IA 50011. Theoretical Librarian, in general, will include announcements of past, present, and future personal publications and presentations as well as postings on current and emerging technologies and their actual and potential application for enhanced information and library services." Recent postings to TLB include iPod® U: Duke iPod® First-Year Experience This Just In: Web Feeds for Enhanced Library Services NPR: Library Marks the Evolution of British English International Symposium on Wikis (October 17-18, 2005) Wired News: Library Shuffles Its Collection Compendex Now Offers RSS Feeds NYTimes: NYPL Digital Gallery Numa Numa A-Book Revolution? NPR: 'A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe' In addition to an Atom feed [ http://theoretical-librarian.blogspot.com/atom.xml ], TLB now has an RSS FeedBurner feed on the blog [ http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheoreticalLibrarian ] For All The News That You Can Use, Subscribe to TLB [:-) Joy! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Theoretical Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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a new biodiversity website
by M P Tapaswi 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

Dear Colleagues, We have revised a our biodiversity website for Mangroves of India (http://www.mangroveindia.org) Your comments to further improve upon would be very valuable. With warm regards, Murari P Tapaswi National Info Centre for Marine Sciences (NICMAS) National Institute of Oceanography Dona Paula 403 004 Goa, India Phone: 91-(0)832-2450275 (Direct); 91-(0)832-2450450 (EPBX) Fax: 91-(0)832-2450605/603 URL: www.nio.org

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The Tech Museum Awards: for who use technology to benefit humanity in the categories of Education, Equality, Environment, Economic Development, and Health
by Puttaraj Choukimath 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

Dear friends, Greetings. http://techawards.thetech.org/index.cfm?id=talink The Tech Museum Awards, presented by Applied Materials, Inc., is a unique and prestigious program that honors and awards innovators from around the world who use technology to benefit humanity in the categories of Education, Equality, Environment, Economic Development, and Health. 25 Laureates will be honored at a black-tie celebration, invited to participate in press and media coverage, and introduced to a network of influential advisors. One Laureate in each category will be awarded a $50,000 cash prize. Reward those making a difference and nominate today. Nomination Deadline: April 4, 2005 GOOD LUCK Puttaraj, A.C. --------------------------------- Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web Dear friends, Greetings. � http://techawards.thetech.org/index.cfm?id=talink http://techawards.thetech.org/index.cfm?id=talink � The Tech Museum Awards, presented by Applied Materials, Inc., is a unique and prestigious program that honors and awards innovators from around the world who use technology to benefit humanity in the categories of Education, Equality, Environment, Economic Development, and Health. 25 Laureates will be honored at a black-tie celebration, invited to participate in press and media coverage, and introduced to a network of influential advisors. One Laureate in each category will be awarded a $50,000 cash prize. Reward those making a difference and nominate today. Nomination Deadline: April 4, 2005 � GOOD LUCK � Puttaraj, A.C. Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web

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Librarian's Friend
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

News Bit that might interest you: Mr Luis Sanchez, Mayor of Nezahualcoyoti in Mexico has ordered that all 1000 plus Police officers under his control shall read minimum one book per month; A list of books has been given. Those who do not comply, stand to loose their promotions whenever they are due! (The Hindu 9/3/2005) Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Hyderabad I blog at: http://vyasamoorthy.blogspot.com

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New user
by chitrarao＠nitie.edu 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

Hello Librarian I have registered recentlyas a new user to this good forum..Please give me an introduction on thescope and how to use this forum Thank U. Scanning the mail has given me an idea obout the diversity but to use/contribute effectively I need some input. Thank U chitra Rao NITIE Mumbai

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A newbie is speaking...
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

Friends: Please spare eight minutes to watch this very perceptive look at the future. I got to know about it from Michael Keany, Director, Long Island School Leadership Center. http://oak.psych.gatech.edu/~epic/ Regards. Arun

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Libraries in Phone Directory
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

Dear Friends, I did a telephone directory search using BSNL's website: http://www.ap.bsnl.com/enquiry/search.asp When I tried the search string 'library' in "name - anywhere" I got 14 results. Out of this only 8 were real libraries. Then I did a search for the same string (library) in "address - anywhere", and I got 220 results. Twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad do have a few hundred libraries - big and small, public and private, academic & special -- all put together. Only very few of them (just 8) have phone numbers listed against their own identification as a library. The larger number of results in the second search shows that people use library to identify their addresses / location by saying near 'so and so library'. While librarians are failing to use telephone directory as a means to publicity or as a tool for communication, unintended publicity comes from the public -- of course non-library users! At least that way they find libraries useful! Any comments? Vyasamoorthy, P ================== Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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Fwd: [FAIFE-L] International Women's Day - Reporters Without Borders pays tribute
by Smita Chandra 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Dear colleagues : Please go through this heart rendering report, posted at one of the IFLA forums, on the ocassion of International Women's Day today ! I apologize for cross-postings. Best, Smita-- Ms.Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism INDIA. Note: forwarded message attached. --------------------------------- Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web Dear colleagues : � Please go through this heart rendering report, posted at one of the IFLA forums, on the ocassion of International Women's Day today !� � I apologize for cross-postings. � Best, Smita-- Ms.Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism INDIA. Note: forwarded message attached. Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web

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Fw: [IAMSLIC:4929] Fwd: [CHMINF-L] American Chemical Society broadens access to its articles
by M P Tapaswi 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Should be interest to the lis-forum members list Murari P Tapaswi National Info Centre for Marine Sciences (NICMAS) National Institute of Oceanography Dona Paula 403 004 Goa, India Phone: 91-(0)832-2450275 (Direct); 91-(0)832-2450450 (EPBX) Fax: 91-(0)832-2450605/603 URL: www.nio.org > >X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 > >X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) > >Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 13:34:03 -0500 > >Reply-To: CHEMICAL INFORMATION SOURCES > >DISCUSSION LIST > ><CHMINF-L(a)LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU> > >Sender: CHEMICAL INFORMATION SOURCES DISCUSSION > >LIST <CHMINF-L(a)LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU> > >From: Adam Chesler <a_chesler(a)ACS.ORG> > >Subject: [CHMINF-L] American Chemical Society broadens access to its articles > >To: CHMINF-L(a)LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU > > > >I believe the following will be of interest to readers of this list. Links > >to further information are at the bottom of the press release; you may feel > >free to contact me directly if you have any questions. > > > >American Chemical Society broadens access to its articles > >Conditions set for free availability one year after publication > > > >http://pubs.acs.org/pressrelease/article_access.html > >http://pubs.acs.org/pressrelease/article_access.pdf > > > > > >The American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, is > >broadening access to research articles published in its 33 scholarly > >journals. The Society is introducing two new experimental policies that > >define how readers can view free digital versions of ACS articles beginning > >one year after publication. > > > >First, in response to public access guidelines recently released by the > >NIH(1), the ACS will post, for public accessibility 12 months after > >publication, the peer-reviewed version of authors' manuscripts on the > >National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central during 2005. The NIH policy > >encourages authors whose work it funds to submit their peer-reviewed > >manuscripts to PubMed Central, the agency's free digital archive of > >biomedical and life sciences journal literature. > > > >Commenting on this new service, ACS Publications Senior Vice President Brian > >Crawford said, "We understand that NIH-funded authors will wish to comply > >voluntarily with the NIH's policy request. By introducing this service, the > >ACS will take on the administrative burden of compliance and at the same > >time will ensure the integrity of the scientific literature by depositing > >the appropriate author version of the manuscript after peer-review." > > > >Second, as a value-added service to ACS authors and a method of further > >opening access to its content, the full-text version of all research > >articles published in ACS journals will be made available at no charge via > >an author-directed Web link 12 months after final publication. Allowing > >unrestricted access to articles 12 months after publication is an expansion > >of the Society's current practice of permitting 50 downloads of authors' > >articles free of charge during the first year of publication. This > >initiative will go into effect during 2005. > > > >"We are very pleased to expand access in this way to research published in > >ACS journals," said Crawford. "It is fundamental to the ACS mission to > >support and promote the research enterprise and to foster communication > >among its scientists. Providing unrestricted access via author-directed > >links 12 months after publication - in addition to the 50 free e-prints > >currently allowed during the first year of publication - reinforces that > >mission." > > > >Robert Bovenschulte, president of the ACS Publications Division, said "These > >experimental policies balance the important goal of expanding dissemination > >of research with the need to preserve the integrity of the scientific record > >as well as the viability of our journals program." > > > >The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization, chartered by the > >U.S. Congress, with a multidisciplinary membership of more than 158,000 > >chemists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scientific journals > >and databases, convenes major research conferences and provides educational, > >science policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in > >Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio. > > > >(1) Notice Number NOT-OD-05-022/ > >http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-022.html > > > >Released: March 7, 2005 > > > >#13859 > > > >Related Press Releases: > > > >· American Chemical Society broadens author-directed article access: > >http://pubs.acs.org/pressrelease/e_prints.html > > > >· American Chemical Society policy will offer service to authors of > >NIH-funded research articles: http://pubs.acs.org/pressrelease/nih.html > > > > > >*********************************************** > >Adam Chesler > >Assistant Director, Sales and Library Relations > >American Chemical Society > >1155 16th Street NW > >Washington, DC 20036 > > > >Office Telephone/FAX: (781) 381-2814 > >Cell Phone: (617) 230-3201 > >E-Mail: a_chesler(a)acs.org > > > >Web Site: pubs.acs.org > > > >CHMINF-L Archives (also to join or leave CHMINF-L, etc.) > >http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/chminf-l.html > >Search the CHMINF-L archives at: > >https://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa-iub.exe?S1=chminf-l > >Sponsors of CHMINF-L: > >http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/chminf-l_support.html

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