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FREE ACCESS TO MIDDLE EASTERN & CENTRAL ASIAN STUDIES DATABASE
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

<color><param>0100,0100,0100</param><smaller><smaller>Dear Professional Colleagues: Heres a news item from NISC of potential interest to librarians and information specialists. ________________________________________________________________________ NISC is offering FREE access to the <bold>Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies Database containing 3 lakh plus citations</bold> for the entire month of October 2003. Kindly bring this information to the notice of your faculty, researchers and students. To register, please visit NISCs website at www.nisc.com and click on the MECAS link located at the top of the home page. <bold>About the database: </bold>MECAS is a systematic, and non-evaluative bibliographic index of research, policy, and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa. Over 12,000 records of recently published & "grey" literature are added annually. Coverage includes the following fields: <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>political affairs & law </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>international relations </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>economic affairs: business & industry </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>cultural heritage, arts & humanities </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>society & social welfare </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>ethnic diversity & anthropology </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>significant religious events & movements </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>recent history (1900 - present) & archaeology</paraindent> Hundreds of links to freely available and indexed full-text articles and documents on the web are now available. __________________________________________________________________________ Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor<FontFamily><param>Times New Roman</param> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Need Information regarding RFID.
by VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Dear Mr Babu, As far as I know, University of Hyderabad has a package VTLS [supplied by VTLS Software P Limited, B219 Sector 26, Noida, 201301 (UP)Phone: (91)(118) 2454 4235email: vtls(a)vsnl.net] capable of handling RFID tags for identifying/locating books. This technology has not been implemented. Dr Arora (now in IIT Delhi, sometimeback in IIT Bombay) was inquiring about RFID -- do not know if he has implemented anything. *Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre *ICICI Knowledge Park, Turkapalli Village, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA *Ph: +91(40) 2348 0053; Fax:+91(40) 2348 0007 Ph. Res: +91(40) 2784 6631 *Website: http://www.vic-ikp.info and http://www.iciciknowledgepark.com -----Original Message----- From: Rajendra Babu H [mailto:rajendra.babu@gistglobal.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 12:28 PM To: Subject: [LIS-Forum] Need Information regarding RFID. Importance: High Dear Professionals, I would like to know if any one of you are implemented/practicing RFID for circulation in your libraries, if so, please let me know as I am doing some study on RFID. Warm Regards, Babu. H Rajendra Babu Business Development Manager Southern Region Global Information System Technologies # 306, Level-3, Prestige Meridian-II, MG Road, Bangalore-01 Ph: +91-80-5595564 or 93 Mobile: 9845325542 fax: +91-80-5595564 E-mail: rajendra.babu(a)gistglobal.com WebSite: www.gistglobal.com _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Libraries: How they stack up
by Mailing List Manager 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 11:45:03 +0530 From: Madhuresh <madhuresh_s(a)aurigene.com> Dear Friends, One out of every six people in the world is a registered library user. Five times more people visit U.S. public libraries each year than attend U.S. professional and college football, basketball, baseball and hockey games combined. Libraries hold 16 billion volumes worldwide-that's about 2.5 items for each person on earth. 1 million libraries worldwide. Total number of librarians worldwide: 690,000. If you are interested in above statistical data, this OCLC report - Libraries: How they stack up, is for you. This report provides a snapshot of the economic impact of libraries. The report contains some interesting comparisons of library economics and activities to other sectors, professions and destinations in the worldwide economy. To access the report, just follow the URL http://www5.oclc.org/downloads/community/librariesstackup.pdf Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 562 158 Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile: 98861 82822 E-mail: <mailto:madhureshsinghal@yahoo.com> madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com

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Need Information regarding RFID.
by Rajendra Babu H 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Dear Professionals, I would like to know if any one of you are implemented/practicing RFID for circulation in your libraries, if so, please let me know as I am doing some study on RFID. Warm Regards, Babu. H Rajendra Babu Business Development Manager Southern Region Global Information System Technologies # 306, Level-3, Prestige Meridian-II, MG Road, Bangalore-01 Ph: +91-80-5595564 or 93 Mobile: 9845325542 fax: +91-80-5595564 E-mail: rajendra.babu(a)gistglobal.com WebSite: www.gistglobal.com

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Any digital libraries available in India
by ktrasu＠mypersonalemail.com 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Dear Professionals, I would like to know any libraries are converted into digital library in India and what are the initiatives taken up till to-day. If anybody knows, let me reply sir, if reply I grateful to you sir. thanking you k.thangarasu KANDASAMY THANGARASU Senior Documentation Asst CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSITUTE Adyar, CHENNAI - 600 020, INDIA Phone: + 91 44 24911389,24911386 Ext 216 (O) + 91 44 22530118 (R) email: ktrasu(a)mypersonalemail.com url: www.geocities.com/ktrasu/Index.html Register YourName(a)MyPersonalEmail.com Today ! http://www.MyPersonalEmail.com Free Email for a Global Community.

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medIND is Already Open Access
by Sukhdev Singh 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Dear Friends There were few email on Open Access. We at NIC have already put 20 Biomedical Journals On-line at http://medind.nic.in . The project is called medIND and is already under open access policy. There is no charge for users to access it, infact there is no user authentication as such. Two more journals would be added soon. Spread the message!!!. [It is different from the bibliographic, IndMED, http://indmed.nic.in] Regards Sukhdev Singh __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

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A Vacancy
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:33:46 +0530 From: manish mankad <Manish.Mankad(a)unilever.com> A suitable candidate is required as the INFORMATION SPECIALIST for the large Indian business house based at Mumbai.. The job focus will be on developing and nurturing the Information Centre having chemistry, chemical technology and engineering as its core theme areas. The centre will have a modern, state-of-the-art Information acquisition/dissemination facility comprising of internal and external data sources. The candidate should have atleast a Masters degree in Library and Information Science with basic degree in sciences. Proficiency in Information Technology will be a pre-requisite. The compensation package will be good enough to attract best talent. Kindly e-mail your CV, mentioning the current and expected salary to : mamankad(a)hotmail.com Regards. -Manish Mankad Information Executive Hindustan Lever Research Centre, BD Sawant Marg Andheri (E), Mumbai, 400 099 INDIA ext. 208/330 (022) 28276 208 28276 330

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Open Access
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: 3 Oct 2003 05:16:15 -0000 From: afsar bukhari <bukhari_786(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Friends, It is the article that really matters not the journal Just read an interesting debate in Biomedcentral Open Access Forum regarding open access by Dr. Etienne Joly, an immunologist from Toulouse, France, who included a proposal for a new system of evaluating the impact of a scientific article and the use of such evaluation to determine the amount the author pays in publishing charges. Full correspondence is at the following site http://www.biomedcentral.com/openaccess/forum/?letter=20030722ej Happy reading Bukhari

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Open Access
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: 3 Oct 2003 04:35:19 -0000 From: afsar bukhari <bukhari_786(a)rediffmail.com> Apologies for cross posting, if any, Wellcome support for open access! UK based charity Wellcome Trust has announced its support to fund authors for publishing in Open Access Journals. http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20031001/03/ Has also released a report ^ÓAn Economic Analysis of Scientific Research Publishing^Ô http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/awtpubrepeas.html The US-based Howard Hughes Medical Institute has already agreed to provide its investigators with up to $3,000 each in 2004 to cover open-access dissemination fees. In its report, Wellcome calls on other funding bodies to adopt similar policies. ^ÓWith two pre-eminent funding bodies now offering significant support, and promising to cover publication charges, it is clear that open access publishing is set to become the way of the future." In a separate statement, the trust also pledged its support for online journals, such as those of the Public Library of Science (PLoS) Seems we are heading in the right direction! Happy reading Warm regards Bukhari

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Wellcome Trust statement on open access
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 20:01:04 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Forwarding from the Wellcome Trust. This position statement is now online at the WT site, http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/awtvispolpub.html Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] A position statement by the Wellcome Trust in support of open access publishing The mission of the Wellcome Trust is to "foster and promote research with the aim of improving human and animal health." The main output of this research is new ideas and knowledge, which the Trust expects its researchers to publish in quality, peer-reviewed journals. The Trust has a fundamental interest in ensuring that neither the terms struck with researchers, nor the marketing and distribution strategies used by publishers (whether commercial, not-for-profit or academic) adversely affect the availability and accessibility of this material. With recent advances in Internet publishing, the Trust is aware that there are a number of new models for the publication of research results and will encourage initiatives that broaden the range of opportunities for quality research to be widely disseminated and freely accessed. The Wellcome Trust therefore supports open and unrestricted access to the published output of research, including the open access model (defined below), as a fundamental part of its charitable mission and a public benefit to be encouraged wherever possible. Specifically, the Trust: · welcomes the establishment of free-access, high-quality scientific journals available via the Internet; · will encourage and support the formation of such journals and/or free-access repositories for research papers; · will meet the cost of publication charges including those for online-only journals for Trust-funded research by permitting Trust researchers to use contingency funds for this purpose; · encourages researchers to maximize the opportunities to make their results available for free and, where possible, retain their copyright, as recommended by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), the Public Library of Science, and similar frameworks; · affirms the principle that it is the intrinsic merit of the work, and not the title of the journal in which a researcher's work is published, that should be considered in funding decisions and awarding grants. As part of its corporate planning process, the Trust will continue to keep this policy under review. Definition of open access publication1 An open access publication is one that meets the following two conditions: 1. The author(s) and copyright holder(s) grant(s) to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual (for the lifetime of the applicable copyright) right of access to, and a licence to copy, use, distribute, perform and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works in any digital medium for any reasonable purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship2, as well as the right to make small numbers of printed copies for their personal use. 2. A complete version of the work and all supplemental materials, including a copy of the permission as stated above, in a suitable standard electronic format is deposited immediately upon initial publication in at least one online repository that is supported by an academic institution, scholarly society, government agency, or other well-established organization that seeks to enable open access, unrestricted distribution, interoperability, and long-term archiving (for the biomedical sciences, PubMed Central is such a repository). Notes: 1. An open access publication is a property of individual works, not necessarily of journals or of publishers. 2. Community standards, rather than copyright law, will continue to provide the mechanism for enforcement of proper attribution and responsible use of the published work, as they do now. The definition of open access publication used in this position statement is based on the definition arrived at by delegates who attended a meeting on open access publishing convened by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in July 2003.

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