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Reports on libraries in THE HINDU
by Mailing List Admin 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:42:20 +0000 (GMT) From: sankaran arumugam <sankaran_thehindu(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, Reports on libraries published in THE HINDU Chennai Edn. recently. Libraries have modern day promises to keep http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494470300.htm DVD library, an in-thing now http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494490300.htm We can't turn a blind eye to their special need http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494500300.htm What they say http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494480300.htm Regards sankaran

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Shaping the future information science professionals - report in THE HINDU
by Mailing List Admin 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:42:53 +0000 (GMT) From: sankaran arumugam <sankaran_thehindu(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, Revamping Library Science course, Madras University in lead Report published in THE HINDU Education Plus Highlights: Shaping the future information science professionals The course is aimed at equipping the digital age librarian with skills in handling online database, Internet, software, and multimedia tools. HI-TECH LIBRARIANS: Students of the Department of Information Science working in their laboratory at the University of Madras. For detailed report, click the link http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/edu/2007/12/17/stories/2007121750050300.htm Regards sankaran

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Extension of e-Resources to private universities...
by K Prakash 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Dear Professionals, There is an article published in the "The Economics Times" regarding extension of e-Resources to other than UGC funded universities. You can follow the below mentioned link go through the article; UGC for downloading 5000 journals at low rates Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India AHMEDABAD: For over 200 private universities http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Services/Educatio… With best regards. Bye. _____________________________ Dr. K Prakash, PhD Scientific/Technical Officer-I Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009 India URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com Tel: 079-2630 5971/2630 4695(Off); 2676 3724(Res) Cell: 94270 00758 Fax: 91-079-2630 0990/ 2630 7816 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Version 70, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Version 70 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. This selective bibliography presents over 3,195 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital publications since my resignation from the University of Houston Libraries, see: http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2007/02/18/summary-of-baileys-d… Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues* 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals 3.4 General Works 3.5 Library Issues 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements* 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies Appendix B. About the Author Appendix C. SEPB Use Statistics Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata Digital Libraries* Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials* General Electronic Publishing* Images* Legal* Preservation* Publishers Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* SGML and Related Standards* Further Information about SEPB The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2006 Annual Edition is also available from Digital Scholarship. Annual editions of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography are PDF files designed for printing. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/annual.htm The XHTML version of SEPB is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be searched using a Google Search Engine. Whether the search results are current depends on Google's indexing frequency. In addition to the bibliography, the XHTML document includes: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (monthly list of new resources; also available by e-mail--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepw/sepw.htm http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=51756 http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 270 related Web sites) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepr/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/archive/sepa.htm New versions of SEPB are announced on DigitalKoans: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/ RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DigitalKoans Related Article An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/bailey.html -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Digital Scholarship http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ DigitalKoans Open Access Bibliography Open Access Webliography Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Asso. Professor post(12, 000-18, 300) in Lib. Sc. at Univ. of Rajasthan, Jaipur
by Mukesh Anand 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Respected Members'; Univ. of Rajasthan, Jaipur Advt. No. 03/2007/T Applications in the prescribed from r invited for appointment on the post of Asso. Professor (12,000-18,300) in Lib. Science subject (Gen. Cat.) The application form along with qualification as per UGC norms & eligibility conditions can be downloaded from University website http://uniraj.ernet.in The Prescribed from duly filled up must reach the office of the Registrar, Univ. of Rajasthan,Jaipur on or before 02.01.2008. Thank & Regerads, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Indian Railways Officers' Training College Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dramatic growth of Open Access series : DOAJ with highest journal
by Mallikarjun 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Dear Professionals Dramatic growth of Open Access Series The Dramatic Growth of Open Access Series is a quarterly series (end of March, June, September, and December) of key data illustrating the growth of open access, with additional comments and analysis. The series is available in open data(http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pqCs8wrw32HHTWuRwgm6bQA&gid=0) its shows DOAJ has already close to 3000 journals as compared to science direct the largest publisher with 2000 journals. so its showing how Gold road is gaining momentum. with regards Mallikarjun Mallikarjun Dora Sambalpur University 09777034183 ...The Future is here, Its just unevenly distributed........ http://curiouslib.blogspot.com/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian post in South-Eastern Railway Zone, Kolkata
by Mukesh Anand 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Dear LIS Students'. Libarian post in English & Hindi mixed medium school Scale of Pay - Rs. 5,500-9,000 Unresevered - 1 Post in South Eastern Railway (Year of Formation in 1955, headquarter at Kolkata) with Divisions at Adra(West Bengal), Kharagpur (West Bengal),Chakradharpur (Jharkhand) & Ranchi (Jharkhand). N.B. :- This vacancy of Librarian might be in Railway School of Ranchi or Chakradharpur Division. Age on 1.1.' 08 - 20-45 Years Education Qualification :- Bachelor Degree in Lib. Sc. OR Bachelor Degree & Diploma in Librarianship Exam. Fee - Rs. 60/- Stage of Selection :- a- Single Stage Written Exam. b- Verification of Documents c- Interview Closing Date :- 14th January, 2008 (upto 17.30 hours) For complete advertisement & other details See Employment News issue dated 15-21 December, 2007 Page # 22-26 For Application Form & Personal Data Sheet visit www.rrbkolkata.org All the Best Mukesh Anand Assistant Librarian Indian Railways Officers' Training College Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy @ BMSIT, Yelahanka, Bangalore-64
by Gopalakrishna Venkatappa 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Applications are invited for the post of Library Assistant, in B M S Institute of Technology, P.B.No.6443, Avalahalli, Dodballapur Main Road, Yelahanka, Bangalore-560064, Ph. 65369469, from PUC+ Diploma holders in LIS with One year experience. Please rush your resumes to the Librarian in the above address. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information about OCR systems availability in Oriya Language
by Kshirod 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Dear Professionals, I would be greatful, if any body provide me information about any OCR systems available for Oriya language. Thanks, -- Kshirod Das Information Service Division National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Online Education Database:80 Open Education Resource (OER) Tools for Publishing and Development Initiatives
by Mailing List Admin 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:07:31 -0800 (PST) From: sri priya <sri_lib(a)yahoo.com> Online Education Database: 80 Open Education Resource (OER) Tools for Publishing and Development Initiatives OERs provide teaching and learning materials that are freely available and offered online for anyone to use. Whether you're an instructor, student, or self-learner, you have access to full courses, modules, syllabi, lectures, assignments, quizzes, activities, games, simulations, and tools to create these components. http://oedb.org/library/features/80-oer-tools Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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