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Chief Librarian post (pay scale 20, 700-26, 600) at Centre for Dev. Studies, Trivendrum
by Mukesh Anand 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Respected Members', Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum needs Chief Librarian in the pay scale of Rs.20700-500-23200-550-25400-600-26600 (State Government pattern). Its Library houses the finest collections in social sciences and allied subjects. Eligibility :- Candidate should have a first class Masters Degree in Library Science with 10 years or more experience in managing a section of a Library in computerised environment. Should have knowledge in digitisation, computerisation process, expansion of technological resources and scholar outreach. Age limit is 40 years. The Selection Committee reserves the right to relax qualifications and experience in exceptional cases and also consider candidates from outside the list of applications. Benefits include Provident Fund, Gratuity, accident insurance coverage, contributory family benefit scheme, medical, loan from welfare fund, leave encashment on retirement and campus housing subject to availability. Higher salary can be offered to candidates depending on their academic achievements. Please send detailed curriculum vitae with copies of major publications and names of three referees to: The Director, Centre for Development Studies, Medical College Post, Trivandrum 695 011, Kerala so as to reach him by October 31, 2007. For details visit Web Site: www.cds.edu. With Regards, Mukesh Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Research and Documentation Online
by sri priya 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

www.uidaho.edu A listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar. http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html Research and Documentation Online An extensive annotated list of specialized sources for more than 30 disciplines. The resources are organized by typedatabases and indexes, Web resources, and reference booksunder four main categories: Humanities, Social Sciences, History, and Sciences. The information on this site also appears in the print booklet Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age, Fourth Edition, by Diana Hacker. Source : http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/ Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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JIDC: New Open Access Journal
by Puttaraj Choukimath 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Hello Dears, NEW OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL Title : Journal of Infection in Developing Countries (JIDC) Publisher : Open Learning on Enteric Pathogen (OLOEP) ISSN : 1972-2680 Please Visit : http://www.oloep.org/jidc/content.asp?id=958 regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Web Resources
by Muniraj. T 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

LIS Web Resources This site provides some useful links to the Library web resources. LINK : http://www.library.uiuc.edu/lsx/webresources.html Resources for Electronic Resource Management ERIL: Electronic Resources in Libraries is a community of librarians concerned with the practical aspects of managing electronic resources in libraries. http://www.joanconger.net/ERIL/resources.html MUNIRAJU.T PES Institute of Technology t_muniraj(a)yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ 5, 50, 500, 5000 - Store N number of mails in your inbox. Go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Room To Read set to open 1,600 libraries in India
by madhuresh.singhal 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

You may like to know about the following news item taken from http://www.livemint.com/2007/09/13011301/Room-To-Read-targets-local-cor. html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------- Room To Read targets local corporate donors to scale up The new Room to Read libraries will add to those already operational in schools in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and five other countries New Delhi: John Wood, the founder of the non-profit Room To Read libraries, likes to benchmark his efforts against the coffee retailer Starbucks. "In the 8th year after its IPO, Starbucks opened 1,000 outlets. We are opening 1,600 libraries this year," says Wood, a former Microsoft Corp. executive who is in India looking for corporate donors. The new Room to Read libraries will add to those already operational in schools in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and five other countries. Besides libraries, the organization funds scholarships for girls, sets up computer labs for students, publishes books in local languages and in some countries, albeit not in India, runs schools as well. The organization got a $1 million (about Rs4 crore) grant from investment bank Goldman Sachs Goup, earlier this year to fund libraries in India. It also got a $249,000 (about Rs 1 crore) grant from Credit Suisse to build libraries and computer labs here. Now, Wood is hoping Indian donors will step forward as well. "Corporate social responsibility has to go beyond what can I do to look good," he says. "And India's growth has to go beyond how many Pizza Huts can be opened per capita." Wood plans to enlist the Young Presidents' Organisation, a non-governmental organization comprising company presidents and CEOs, for his fund-raising efforts in Mumbai. The last reliable count done by the Indian government in 2005 with the Indian Market Research Bureau put the number of out-of-school children at 13.4 million, a figure that raised much concern. The government has said that since then, the number of out-of-school children has dropped to seven million in 2006, based on state reports but not verified by any independent agency. Room to Read sees common cause with the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, the UPA government's flaship programme that aims to put every child in the 6-14 age group in school. "Providing resources inside the classroom is a major concern area in SSA. Our effort is in that direction", said Sunisha Ahuja, country director of Room To Read. To ensure that children get books and read in the school libraries that it funds, and also to help over worked teachers, the organization employs facilitators and has begun publishing children's books in Hindi. It will soon bring out titles in Telugu, Bengali and Marathi. Room to Read says it currently provides scholarships to 900 girls in India. Track more news items about the activities of Room to Read NGO in India at http://www.livemint.com/2007/04/23224219/NGO-blends-tech-traditional-l.h tml and http://www.livemint.com/UserControls/2007/02/23225517/GoldmanSachstofund -450-loca.html?atype=tp ; Regards Madhuresh Singhal Assoc. Res. Scientist - Inf. Sc. Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959; Mobile 098861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ Please visit us at IBC Summit (Hyderabad) between 10th and 12th October 2007 and at AAPS (San Diego) between 12th and 14th November 2007 at Booth number 3005. ************************************************************************************************ This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need Information
by M. Anisur Rahman 15 Sep '07

15 Sep '07

Dear Professionals: I need to know the history of Universities libraries in undivided Bengal. I need articles/books on this. Can anyone help me in this regards. Md. Anisur Rahman Head Library and Inforamtion Division Northern University Bangladesh Mohammadpur, Dhaka 1207 Bangladesh Mob: 00-88-01819273018 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Dear All Can I have the following article. G. M. Tsangaris et al. Journal of Materials Science, vol. 33 (Number 8) April 1998, pages 2027-2037 Regards. DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2355 9544, 9416, 9219 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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REQUEST-FOR UGC NORMS-
by Manimekalai A 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Sir/madam, Is there any norms for appointing the Library Incharge/ Professor incharge for the university libraries? IF so What are the functions? please let me know - A.Manimekalai Asst. Librarian( Sr.Grade), Faculty of Engg. & Tech. Library, Annamalai University Annamalainagar- 608 002. Tamilnadu- INDIA Ph: (o) 04144-239175 Ph: (R)04144-228230 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian Initiatives ignored by "Working Group on Open Access and Open Educational Resources"
by Sukhdev Singh 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Dear Friends, I happen to visit Knowledge Commission Website < http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/ > yesterday. There I came come across a report submitted by "Working Group on Open Access and Open Educational Resources" < http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/documents/wg_open_course.pdf > It talks of two things – Open Educational Resources and Open Access. While I am happy that it mentions that India has done well in regard to Open Access. However I am disappointed with its annexures. These annexures provide exhaustive lists of various resources, but fail to mention any resource from India. It mentions PubMed (From NLM of US) but ignores IndMED – http://indmed.nic.in - the Indian bibliographic database indexing Indian Medical Journals and providing access without any restriction. Even the 38 full text journals available from medIND – http://medind.nic.in are ignored. It lists Bioline - an Open Access repository but fails to mention OpenMED@NIC - http://openmed.nic.in and other 24 Indian Open Access Repositories. It mentions Open Access publishers like BioMED but ignores Indian Open Access publishers like MedKnow. Interestingly it lists subscription-based service from Science Direct but fails mention work being done by Informatics, especially OpenJGate. Does not even talk of Vidyanidhi project – perhaps the first modern Digital Library concept from India. This Document lists Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam as one of its members – however it appears Prof. Arunachalam himself is ignorant of this report (Check out his reply to discussion on this topic at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl/) Then, should we believe that the report has been written by some Post Graduate student without consulting the working group member 'experts'? Well we have an example of "Mashelkar committee on Patent Law" which had to be withdrawn when it was found to be a case of plagiarism < http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/22/stories/2007022206751200.htm >. I hope this is not the case here. Perhaps the Open Access concept has not been understood as yet. --Sukhdev Singh. http://www.sukhdevsingh.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KM India - The Knowledge Summit
by Aman Jha 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Dear Forum Members, I am delighted to inform you that Confederation of Indian Industry (CII ) is holding KM India - the Knowledge Summit, scheduled for 14th - 16th November, 2007 in New Delhi, India. This initiative is intended to support India's emergence as a knowledge superpower, in a connected global economy. KM India is an endeavor undertaken to create a more robust Indian knowledge ecosystem that generates economic value through the effective harnessing of knowledge and intellectual capital. Along with this we are hosting the Indian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) Awards ceremony, which recognizes the best Indian organizations in KM based on an annual study conducted by Know Network. Shri Kapil Sibal , Minister of Science and Technology and Ocean Development would be preceding at the ceremony as the Chief Guest. Confirmations for participation include eminent achievers like Ashok Soota, Chairman & MD Mindtree Consulting; Sunil Bharti Mittal, President, CII & Chairman and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises; Rory Chase, MD Teleos; Ganesh Natarajan, Chairman, Zensar; Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Professor , IIT - Chennai , Dr. R Natarajan, former director, IIT - Chennai; Patrick Lambe, President Information and Knowledge Management Society, Singapore; Christian Bason, Innovation Manager MindLab; Raj Datta, GM - Knowledge Management, Mindtree Consulting; Dr JK Suresh, KM Head, Infosys; and many others. We are hopeful that Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India will inaugurate this Summit on 14th November. We would be happy to answer any queries from your end; you may please contact me or my colleague, Mansi Sharma at kmindia(a)ciionline.org. Please visit our website www.kmindia.in for more information on this summit. Best regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon - 122015 (Haryana) Tel : 0124 4014060-67 Fax : 0124 4014080 Email : aman.jha(a)ciionline.org Web : www.cii.in; www.mycii.org/library DISCLAIMER:The information in this message may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any information in this message that does not relate to official business shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry. Reach us via our unique Membership Helpline: 00-91-11-435 46244 / 00-99104 46244 (Monday-Saturday: 0900-1700 hrs) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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