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National Portal on Environment launched by Sam Pitroda, chair National Knowledge Commission.
by Kiran Pandey 21 Aug '08

21 Aug '08

Launch of India Environment Portal National Portal on Environment launched by Sam Pitroda, chair National Knowledge Commission * Portal designed and built by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), with support from the National Knowledge Commission * A one-stop shop for all information and resources on environment and development. An important step ahead for the environmental movement * Built on open source, to enable flow of easy-to-use information from sources across the country and to make that information available in the public domain * A virtual resource repository of all relevant government information and a common platform for information of government and civil society New Delhi, August 11, 2008: If this is the age of environment, then information will be the key to change in our lifestyle, in policy and in practice and this we have conceived of the India Environment Portal, says Sam Pitroda, chair of the National Knowledge Commission (NKC). The portal, launched today, is a one-stop shop for all that you want to know about environment and development issues. The portal has been initiated by Centre for Science and Environment. This is a unique effort as it will provide a collaboration between government and civil society. It is our effort to put government information in the public domain and to build dynamic and networked knowledge-based societies said Pitroda, as he launched the portal at a function in the India Habitat Centre. The portal will source government documents and make them available for public scrutiny. It also provides links to government institutions; and is planning to add names of researchers and institutions, working in environment and most importantly collate information that we can use in our daily lives. The portal is designed for users of environmental information from the media to students. To start with, more than 300,000 articles and documents are available to researchers from different sources, but all categorised by author and tagged according to subjects and locations. The portal will also have special in-depth sections on subjects like climate change which provide latest news and perspective, so critical for policy, as Narain puts it, and links to key government and other institutions, NGOs and individual experts. It is being done in a manner in which they can contribute content on the portal. In the first phase of the portal the massive resources of CSE have been made available. It includes the entire archive of the fortnightly magazine, Down To Earth roughly 40,000 researched articles. These in-depth articles were earlier available only to subscribers of the magazine. Check out the portal at: http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in Ms. Kiran Pandey ************************************************************** ** CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT ( CSE ) 41, TUGHLAKABAD INSTITUTIONAL AREA, NEW DELHI- 110 062 TELE: 29955124 29956110, 29956394,29956399 FAX : 91-11-29955879 VISIT US AT: http://www.cseindia.org Email: kiran(a)cseindia.org ext:233 ************************************************************** ** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting articles in the latest Current Science issue
by Francis Jayakanth 21 Aug '08

21 Aug '08

Dear Professionals and Friends, The Current Science issue dated 10 Aug 2008 carries an interesting opinion article authored by Ms. Suvarsha, former NCSI trainee and presently working for HP Labs. The title of the article is, The dynamics of open access publishing and is accessible at: http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/contents.htm The same issue has an interesting editorial by Prof. Balaram, Director, IISc - Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change and Geoengineering - accessible at http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/aug102008/291.pdf and a commentary on "South-South cooperation: The case of Indo-Chinese collaboration in scientific research" by Subbiah Arunachalam and B. Viswanathan accessible at http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/aug102008/311.pdf The content page of the said issue is accessible at: http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/contents.htm With best regards, - Francis NCSI, IISc Bengaluru

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IIM Lucknow need library professionals
by Vimal Kumar 21 Aug '08

21 Aug '08

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML) invites applications for the following posts: Librarian (Pay Scale 12,000-375-16500/-) Qualification: MLISc or or Associateship in Information Science, conducted by DRTC/INSDOC Experience: 10 years Assistant Librarian (Reserved for PWD) (Pay Scale Rs.8000-275-13500/-) Qualification: Master Degree in any social science discipline with a degree in Library Science Experience: 5 years More details at http://www.iiml.ac.in/ -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Papers are invited for National Conference
by Vijayakumara 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

Dear All, Jharkhand Information and Library Association is conduction national conference on " Public Libraries & Information Services: Challenges & Prospects in Jharkhand" on 13th -14th September 2008 at Rajendra Institute of Medical Science, Nightingale Auditorium, Ranchi 834009 Papers are invited for the following theme. Role of public libraries in Socio-economic development Status of public libraries in Jharkhand vis-a-vis national scenario Community information centers for information bridging Library users and their changing information needs Information literacy a life-long learning Careers in library and information science Career guidance and information services, outreach activities/extension services. Use of ICT in organizing/ accessing information needs The papers in MS Word format should reach JILA office latest by 30th August 2008 through snail mail or e-mail jila05092007(a)yahoo.co.in Registration fee will be Individual members Rs. 600 Individual non members Rs. 800 Students Rs. 300 Retired Persons Rs. 500 Deputed/ sponsored Rs. 1500 Accompanying Spouse/ persons Rs. 300 (Non kit) For more details contact Dr. Shiva Prakash, Organising Secretary, Jharkhand Information and Library Association (JILA) Post Box No. 03, P.O. Doranda, Ranchi-834002, Jharkhand E-mail jila05092007(a)yahoo.co.in Mobile +91-9431109820 Thanking you Vijayakumar -- Dr. Vijayakumar M. MSc., PGDLAN., Ph.D. Deputy Librarian Birla Institute of Technology, A Technical University Mesra, Ranchi- 835215, India Tel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401 http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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full text articles needed
by Mailing List Admin 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:56:56 +0530 (IST) From: Yashwant G Kanade <kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in> Dear All, I am in need of two articles. The full text is not available in campus. Can you find these papers through the inter-library network. The following are the references: Blair, R. C., & Higgins, J. J. (1985). Comparison of the power of the paired samples t-tests to that of Wilcoxon's signed rank test under various population shapes. Psychological Bulletin, 97, 119-128. Blair, R. C., & Higgins, J. J. (1985). A comparison of the power of the paired samples rank transform statistic to that of Wilcoxon's signed ranks statistic. Journal of Education Statistics, 10, 368-383. Thank you. YASHWANT G KANADE Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA Tele Phone:91-080-23600985/ 22932506 Extn.-106,107 Fax: 91-080-23601428 E-Mail: kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in; kanade_yg12(a)yahoo.com

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Immediately Require One Librarian.
by Rajesh Bhardwaj 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

Dear Professionals, A Leading Management Institute (AICTE Approved) at New Delhi immediately requires One Librarian. *Post Librarian One* Eligibility: MLISc First Class or equivalent , Minimum – 10 years professional experience Salary No constraints for deserving candidate. Note: 1. Knowledge of Computer, Library Management Software, Digital Library Software is must, Ph.D./ M.Phil / NET preferred. 2. Experience in a large academic institution library i.e. college, university, research will be considered. 3. The male candidate from NCR of Delhi will be preferred. 4. The appointment will be on temporary basis, likely to continue as per the requirement of the institute. May please contact undersigned / send your resume by 22.08.2008. -- Kind regards. Rajesh Kr. Bhardwaj http://www.rajweb.name M-9818603208, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- simply type "Rajesh Kumar Bhardwaj" in "http://www.google.com" and click on "I'm feeling" lucky. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for MANLIBNET Lecture on 23 August 2008
by J Sharma 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

Members of the Executive Committee of the Management Libraries Network (MANLIBNET) & the National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC) cordially invite you to a lecture on 'Information in Modern Day Communication' on Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at the NASSDOC, ICSSR, 35 Ferozshah Road, New Delhi 110001 to be delivered by Rohit Saran Editor, Business Today Jitender Sharma Treasurer - MANLIBNET -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INFLIBNET Newsletter, Vol.15(2) - April to June 2008
by Rajesh Chandrakar 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

Hi there The electronic version of the current INFLIBNET newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 2 (April to June 2008) is available for access on the INFLIBNET website at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/publication/newsletter.html. Interested person can visit the above website. With best regards, Rajesh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: +91-9427527894 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in Video Gallery: http://www.youtube.com/INFLIBNET ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Government of Kerala decides to use Koha
by Mailing List Admin 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:52:07 +0530 From: Vimal Kumar <vimal0212(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends, The Government of Kerala has been decided to make Koha as its official software for computerization of libraries under Government control. This project initiated by the The Directorate of Technical Education, Govt. of Kerala. Mr Saji T Nair (saji969(a)yahoo.com) is <saji969(a)yahoo.com%29%20is> the Project Director. This news appeared in Koha website on August 19, 2008, you can read from here. http://koha.org/about-koha/news/nr1219098567.html Another good news is from Delhi Public Library, they implemented Koha for its OPAC. OPAC is accessible from http://59.176.17.111/. DPL is the first library in South Asia using latest version of Koha (version-3). The persons behind this effort are Mr. Amit and Mr. Sudhir (Indserve infotech Pvt. Ltd).Contact email of Amit is amitddng135 at gmail.com -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White

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Re: [LIS-Forum] a query
by Dr.D.P Prathap 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

Dear Colleagues Please tell me the source/s to find out the Tamil equivalents for Biotechnology terms. Thanking you Yours Sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore-7 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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