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Open Access posters
by vimal kumar 13 Jan '07

13 Jan '07

Dear Friends, Beautiful posters of Open Access are available with BioMed central. I request all friends to display these posters in your libraries and other suitable places ( Eg. seminar, open defense venues etc) to encourage your community to publish their papers as open access. If you know any other sources to get Open Access posters, please post the links in this forum. http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/advocacy5 Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in --------------------------------- Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. Beautiful posters of Open Access are available with BioMed central. I request all friends to display these posters in your libraries and other suitable places ( Eg. seminar, open defense venues etc) to encourage your community to publish their papers as open access. If you know any other sources to get Open Access posters, please post the links in this forum. http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/advocacy5 Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in Looking for earth-friendly autos? http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/;_ylc=X3oDMTE4MGw4Z2hlBF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2B… Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center.

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ISiM Special Lecture - 2, January 17, 2007, Mysore
by Angrosh 13 Jan '07

13 Jan '07

---- Announcement----- International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore ISIM Special Lecture - 2 'Web Content Mining for Automatic Integration of Web Search Sources by Dr. Vijay V. Raghavan Distinguished Professor of Computer Science The Center for Advanced Computer Studies University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA, USA Date & Time: January 17, 2007: 11:00 A.M. Venue: Bahadur Institute of Management Science Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 You are cordially invited **************************************************************************** ************************************************* Abstract of the Talk: Web content mining is a broad and interesting research area that deals with extracting information/knowledge from Web pages. Metasearch engines operate by dispatching user queries to underlying Web search sources and subsequently extracting, merging, and displaying the returned results to the user. If there are only a few search sources, metasearch engines can have customized programs to interact with each of them. However, when there are hundreds of sources or more, especially when they are autonomous and heterogeneous and change their interfaces in an unpredictable way, highly automated techniques for Web content mining are needed. Moreover, information integration systems such as search engines, metasearch engines, and modern business intelligence solutions only access information available in a relatively small portion of the Web, referred to as the surface Web, that includes only static pages that are connected through hyperlinks. They do not access a significant portion of the Web known as the deep Web, which contains high quality content that is hidden behind search forms in structured databases. To leverage the immense value of the Web, information integration systems should have the ability to extract information contained in deep Web databases by utilizing suitable automatic Web content mining techniques. In this presentation, a few important Web content mining techniques applicable to automatic extraction of information from Web search sources, such as search engines and deep Web databases, are discussed. Biographical Sketch Prof. Raghavan joined the UL Lafayette- Center for Advanced Computer Studies in 1986 and, since 1993, he holds the title as Distinguished Professor in Computer Science. He specializes in designing effective information retrieval strategies aimed at improving the performance of a retrieval system through prior interactions with its users. The application domains include text, image and multimedia databases. In the realm of database systems research, he has developed approaches for database mining, managing semi-structured data, knowledge organization and reuse, and index selection. Prof. Raghavan has published over 170 peer-reviewed research papers many of which appeared in top-level conference proceedings, such as the ACM-SIGIR, ACM-SIGKDD, IEEE-ICDE, IEEE-ICDM, WWW, as well as many reputable journals such as ACM-TODS, ACM-TOIS, JASIST, IEEE-TSE, IEEE-TPAMI and IEEE-TKDE. Prof. Raghavans research contributions have had a significant impact as measured by the number of citations in scholar.google. Since 2001, Prof. Raghavan leads a research & development team, focused on technology transfer, at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The team's focus is on research issues pertaining to the management large datasets, including integration of distributed, heterogeneous information sources. In this context, he has interfaced with several technology entrepreneurs and business leaders. The company involved in commercializing the Metasearch Engine Builder technology, Webscalers L.L.C., has received Phase I and II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants from the NSF, for the amount of $600,000. **************************************************************************** ************************************************ For more details, please visit www.isim.ac.in/speciallecture

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Invitation and Call for papers " Teaching Methodologies and Libraries in Digital Age " Feb. 17 , 2007
by Sangaraj Hosamani 12 Jan '07

12 Jan '07

INVITATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS AS PART OF SESQUICENTENNISL CELEBRATIONS OF UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI ORGANISES STATE LEVEL CONFERENCE ON "TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND LIBRARIES IN DIGITAL AGE" SUB THEMES : TOOLS FOR TECHNOLOGY ENABLED TEACHING ON LINE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT NETWORKING COMMUNICATION IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT ANY OTHER RELATED ISSUES LAST DATE TO RECEIVE PAPERS : FEB 4 , 2007 FOR MORE DETAILS : CONVENER SANGARAJ HOSAMANI MLISc , MSCIT, GCIP ( WIPO , Geneva ) LIBRARIAN SREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE OF COMMERCE UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI AFFILIATED P L LOKHANDE MARG , CHEMBUR MUMBAI - 400 089 Ph : 2528 0926 Fax :2522 8018 --------------------------------- Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut. INVITATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS AS PART OF SESQUICENTENNISL CELEBRATIONS OF UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI ORGANISES STATE LEVEL CONFERENCE ON "TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND LIBRARIES IN DIGITAL AGE" SUB THEMES : TOOLS FOR TECHNOLOGY ENABLED TEACHING ON LINE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT NETWORKING COMMUNICATION IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT ANY OTHER RELATED ISSUES LAST DATE TO RECEIVE PAPERS : FEB 4 , 2007 FOR MORE DETAILS : CONVENER SANGARAJ HOSAMANI MLISc , MSCIT, GCIP ( WIPO , Geneva ) LIBRARIAN SREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE OF COMMERCE UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI AFFILIATED P L LOKHANDE MARG , CHEMBUR MUMBAI - 400 089 P h : 2528 0926 Fax :2522 8018 Don't get soaked. Take a http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/?fr=oni_on_mail&#news quick peak at the forecast with the http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/?fr=oni_on_mail&#news Yahoo! Search weather shortcut.

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Reserch topics in LIS
by Eldho Joy 12 Jan '07

12 Jan '07

Dear Colleagues Could any one send/inform me about the latest research trends/topics in Library and Information Science? I will be very much grateful for this.Ifpossible the directory of approved guidesmay also be sent. Eldho Joy Librarian LBS Institute of Technology Triandrum-12. www.lbsitw.ac.in Dear Colleagues Could any one send/inform me about the latest research trends/topics in Library and Information Science? I will be very much grateful for this.If possible the directory of approved guidesmay also be sent. Eldho Joy Librarian LBS Institute of Technology Triandrum-12. http://www.lbsitw.ac.in www.lbsitw.ac.in

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Updated URL for the Workshop on CBSOR- ISI Library, Kolkata
by Nibedita Ganguly 12 Jan '07

12 Jan '07

Dear Professionals, It is a pleasure to inform you that the Platinum Jubilee Celebration of Indian Statistical Institute is going to be celebrated during December 17, 2006 to December 16, 2007. On this occasion the Library, Documentation and Information Science Division, Kolkata is organizing a Workshop on Consortia based Subscription of Online Resources (CBSOR) on 30 March, 2007. The Information Brochure along with the programme details is enclosed herewith. Details are also available at the URL: http://www.isical.ac.in/~serial/consortia/ For further details please contact: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. (Mrs) Nibedita Ganguly Dy. Librarian & Workshop Convener- CBSOR Library, Docu & Inf.Sc. Div Indian Statistical Institute 203, B. T. Road, Kolkata - 700 108 Phone: +91-33-2575 2108/2110 FAX : +91-33-2578 1412 Email: gnibedita(a)isical.ac.in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Automated Citation Tool -- 21st Century Information Fluency Project
by Indira K. 12 Jan '07

12 Jan '07

Dear Professionals, automated citation tool from 21st Century Information Fluency Project. It's a tool for citing books, Web pages, magazines, interviews, encyclopedias, journals, newspapers and more in APA, Chicago, MLA, CBO and ISO citation styles. The tool asks for the relevant information and then generates the citation in a format that can be copied (edited, if necessary) and pasted into research papers. http://21cif.imsa.edu/tools/citation/ Regards, Indira Dear Professionals, automated citation tool from 21st Century Information Fluency Project. It's a tool for citing books, Web pages, magazines, interviews, encyclopedias, journals, newspapers and more in APA, Chicago, MLA, CBO and ISO citation styles. The tool asks for the relevant information and then generates the citation in a format that can be copied (edited, if necessary) and pasted into research papers. http://21cif.imsa.edu/tools/citation/ http://21cif.imsa.edu/tools/citation/ Regards, Indira

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NET made mandatory for appointment of teachers
by yekanath kamble 12 Jan '07

12 Jan '07

NET made mandatory for appointment of teachers [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1896945,0008.htm] Chetan Chauhan New Delhi, January 11, 2007 The National Eligibility Test (NET) may soon return as the basic eligibility criteria for appointment of teachers in the colleges and the universities. The University Grants Commission (UGC) in June 2006 had exempted NET examination as eligibility criteria for M Phil and Ph D degree holders for appointment, following an amendment to the UGC guidelines. The decision was based on the interim report of Balachandra Mungerkar committee report on NET examination. Now, the same committee after deliberations in three zones ---- west, south and north --- with academicians, is considering reversal of its earlier recommendation. If that is done, the NET examination will remain a mandatory condition for appointment. We dont want to dilute the quality of faculty in our educational institutions, a committee member explained. But, the NET examination may be restructured in a bid to increase the pool of eligible candidates for appointment in colleges and universities. The examination needs restructuring as in the coming years there will be a huge demand of university and colleges teachers in wake of implementation of 27 per cent reservation, the member said. UGC has notified shortage of teachers to the tune of 25-30 per cent in number of universities including Central Universities. On Thursday, Mungerkar, member Planning Commission, held deliberations in south campus of Delhi University with academicians from DU, Punjab University, Himachal Pradesh University and colleges from northern India. Majority of teachers were of the view that NET should continue to be the eligibility criteria, said DPS Verma, who recently retired from the Delhi School of Economics. The committee members were also apprised about the education mafia that has cropped up after the UGCs decision. Now, some universities are promising M Phil in four months. In Delhi alone, over 1,000 students have enrolled for M.Phil in a centre of one such university, he said. A committee member said that similar complaints have also been received from the other parts of the country. Suddenly, the enrolment in M Phil and Ph D courses has increased in universities with dubious record, he added. The committee is expected to submit its report to the government in March after consultation with the academicians from Central India in Bhopal. With best regards. Bye. ________________________________________________ K Prakash Joint Convener, CALIBER 2007 [8-10 February, 2007 @ Panjab University, Chandigarh] 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 Phone: 91-079-2630 5971/2630 4695 Extn: 38(Off); 2676 3724(Res) Fax: 91-079-2630 0990/ 2630 7816 Mobile: 94270 00758 Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ Yekanath N K Asst.Librarian R V College of Engineering, Mysore Road, Bangalore-59 (India) Ph.91-80-28600351/28604705/28600184 Fax : 91 - 80 - 2860 0337 Mobile.91-9448585358 --------------------------------- Have a burning question? Go to Yahoo! Answers and get answers from real people who know. NET made mandatory for appointment of teachers [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1896945,0008.htm] Chetan Chauhan New Delhi, January 11, 2007 The National Eligibility Test (NET) may soon return as the basic eligibility criteria for appointment of teachers in the colleges and the universities. The University Grants Commission (UGC) in June 2006 had exempted NET examination as eligibility criteria for M Phil and Ph D degree holders for appointment, following an amendment to the UGC guidelines. The decision was based on the interim report of Balachandra Mungerkar committee report on NET examination. Now, the same committee after deliberations in three zones ---- west, south and north --- with academicians, is considering reversal of its earlier recommendation. If that is done, the NET examination will remain a mandatory condition for appointment. We dont want to dilute the quality of faculty in our educational institutions, a committee member explained. But, the NET examination may be restructured in a bid to increase the pool of eligible candidates for appointment in colleges and universities. The examination needs restructuring as in the coming years there will be a huge demand of university and colleges teachers in wake of implementation of 27 per cent reservation, the member said. UGC has notified shortage of teachers to the tune of 25-30 per cent in number of universities including Central Universities. On Thursday, Mungerkar, member Planning Commission, held deliberations in south campus of Delhi University with academicians from DU, Punjab University, Himachal Pradesh University and colleges from northern India. Majority of teachers were of the view that NET should continue to be the eligibility criteria, said DPS Verma, who recently retired from the Delhi School of Economics. The committee members were also apprised about the education mafia that has cropped up after the UGCs decision. Now, some universities are promising M Phil in four months. In Delhi alone, over 1,000 students have enrolled for M.Phil in a centre of one such university, he said. A committee member said that similar complaints have also been received from the other parts of the country. Suddenly, the enrolment in M Phil and Ph D courses has increased in universities with dubious record, he added. The committee is expected to submit its report to the government in March after consultation with the academicians from Central India in Bhopal. With best regards. Bye. ________________________________________________ K Prakash Joint Convener, CALIBER 2007 [8-10 February, 2007 @ Panjab University, Chandigarh] 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 Phone: 91-079-2630 5971/2630 4695 Extn: 38(Off); 2676 3724(Res) Fax: 91-079-2630 0990/ 2630 7816 Mobile: 94270 00758 Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ Yekanath N K Asst.Librarian R V College of Engineering, Mysore Road, Bangalore-59 (India) Ph.91-80-28600351/28604705/28600184 Fax : 91 - 80 - 2860 0337 Mobile.91-9448585358 Have a burning question? Go to http://answers.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTFvbGNhMGE3BF9TAzM5NjU0NTEwOARfcwMzOTY1… Yahoo! Answers and get answers from real people who know.

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Innovative Services for Special Libraries
by D Jotwani, Librarian IIT Bombay 12 Jan '07

12 Jan '07

Dear All The Central Library, IIT Bombay in collaboration with Max Muller Bhavan, Mumbai is organizing a half day's program on "Innovative Services for Special Libraries". Dr R.Ball, Head of the Central Library of Research Centre Jülich, Germany will be the main speaker. Dr Ball has been in the profession of Library Science since 1994 and has served both as a teacher of library science as well as a librarian. The programme also includes a presentation on the recently launched, Institutional Repository of IIT Bombay and a couple of product demos. The Library and Information Science Professionals serving in academic, scientific, technical and research libraries may find the programme interesting and useful for their work. Registration is free. But please confirm your participation in advance. Date:27th February 2007 Time: 2- 5 pm Place:Institute auditorium,IIT,Bombay. Thank you. --------------------------------------- D. Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 Phone 91-22-25768920, 91-22-25720227 email:jotwanid@iitb.ac.in librarian(a)iitb.ac.in ---------------------------------

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ASIST SIG III InfoShare Membership Award Winners
by Suresh Chauhan 12 Jan '07

12 Jan '07

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of Vika Kravchyna, co-coordinator of the InfoShare program, and all our fellow officers of the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), I am pleased to announce the winners of the InfoShare awards for 2007. (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm) Information professionals from developing countries, where the cost of ASIST membership would be a burden, are eligible to receive one year of membership. SIG-III officers vote on a roster of candidates nominated by ASIST colleagues or others. These memberships are funded by monies raised at the International Reception during the ASIST Annual Meeting. 2006 was a very successful year for the reception in Austin, Texas and we are thrilled to be able to offer memberships to ten outstanding professional candidates and two student candidates: Professional Members 1. P.R. Goswami (India) 2. J.K. Vijayakumar (Antigua/India) 3. Ify Njoku (Nigeria) 4. Ala'a Al-Din Jawad Kadhem Al-Radhi (Iraq) 5. Elsa Esperanza Barber (Argentina) 6. Premila Gamage (Sri Lanka) 7. Besim Kokallari (Kosovo) 8. John Achakeng Nkemka (Cameroon) 9. Muhammad Shafiq (Pakistan) 10. Oleh Volokhin (Ukraine) Student Members 11. Henry Mulidnwa (Uganda) 12. Debal Chandra Kar (India) You can learn more about the winners at the InfoShare page of the SIG-III web site: (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm) (Forwarded by: Caryn Anderson, Vika Kravchyna ,InfoShare, SIG-III, ASIST) With best regards ************************************************* Suresh K Chauhan Email: sureshbabal(a)yahoo.com Dear Colleagues, On behalf of Vika Kravchyna, co-coordinator of the InfoShare program, and all our fellow officers of the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), I am pleased to announce the winners of the InfoShare awards for 2007. ( http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm ) Information professionals from developing countries, where the cost of ASIST membership would be a burden, are eligible to receive one year of membership. SIG-III officers vote on a roster of candidates nominated by ASIST colleagues or others. These memberships are funded by monies raised at the International Reception during the ASIST Annual Meeting. 2006 was a very successful year for the reception in Austin, Texas and we are thrilled to be able to offer memberships to ten outstanding professional candidates and two student candidates: Professional Members 1. P.R. Goswami (India) 2. J.K. Vijayakumar (Antigua/India) 3. Ify Njoku (Nigeria) 4. Ala'a Al-Din Jawad Kadhem Al-Radhi (Iraq) 5. Elsa Esperanza Barber (Argentina) 6. Premila Gamage (Sri Lanka) 7. Besim Kokallari (Kosovo) 8. John Achakeng Nkemka (Cameroon) 9. Muhammad Shafiq (Pakistan) 10. Oleh Volokhin (Ukraine) Student Members 11. Henry Mulidnwa (Uganda) 12. Debal Chandra Kar (India) You can learn more about the winners at the InfoShare page of the SIG-III web site: ( http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm ) (Forwarded by: Caryn Anderson, Vika Kravchyna ,InfoShare, SIG-III, ASIST) With best regards ************************************************* Suresh K Chauhan Email: mailto:sureshbabal@yahoo.com sureshbabal(a)yahoo.com

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Launch of Journal
by Anand Dodamani 12 Jan '07

12 Jan '07

Dear All, Wish you a very happy and peaceful new year! New Year is the time to make new beginnings and seek new blessings for happiness, peace and prosperity. We at M. D. Ahuja Library, Hashu Advani College of Special Education, Mumbai, believe that its a time to launch a comprehensive, timely and competitive, professional journal in the field of library science namely, Hello Librarian. Hello Librarian is a quarterly journal that intends to publish original articles, research papers, special articles, book reviews, editorials and others. Or try us with a new category of article- we are flexible. But dont expect a free ride just because we are new. The journal is new but our vision and experience are time-tested. The journal will be founded as well on reader advocacy. Readers time is extraordinarily valuable and we have no interest in wasting it by publishing useless articles. There will be a team of experienced and dedicated editors who will edit all the articles cautiously before publishing them. So there is nothing to worry about quality and excellence. Invitation to Authors The inaugural issue of the journal will be released in the month of March 2007. If you have a worthwhile manuscript pertaining to any aspect Library Science, then please send it to: Editor-In-Chief Hello Librarian A Quarterly Journal of Library Science Hashu Advani College of Special Education 64/65, Collectors Colony, Chembur, MUMBAI 400 074 Email: hljournal(a)gmail.com The author is required to send a note of declaration that the paper is the result of his original work and has not been sent elsewhere for publication/presentation. Declaration should be made on separate sheet with the title of contribution, name(s) of the author(s), full postal address for the correspondence and signature. Please remember that your love, support and encouragement are very much needed to nourish this new baby journal. We will consider it a special favour if you share this news with your friends and colleagues. Thats all, friends. With warm regards, Anand Dodamani Librarian Hashu Advani College of Special Education Chembur, Mumbai 400 074 Email: anand_karuni(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers Dear All, Wish you a very happy and peaceful new year! New Year is the time to make new beginnings and seek new blessings for happiness, peace and prosperity. We at M. D. Ahuja Library, Hashu Advani College of Special Education, Mumbai , believe that its a time to launch a comprehensive, timely and competitive, professional journal in the field of library science namely, Hello Librarian . Hello Librarian is a quarterly journal that intends to publish original articles, research papers, special articles, book reviews, editorials and others. Or try us with a new category of article- we are flexible. But dont expect a free ride just because we are new. The journal is new but our vision and experience are time-tested. The journal will be founded as well on reader advocacy. Readers time is extraordinarily valuable and we have no interest in wasting it by publishing useless articles. There will be a team of experienced and dedicated editors who will edit all the articles cautiously before publishing them. So there is nothing to worry about quality and excellence. Invitation to Authors The inaugural issue of the journal will be released in the month of March 2007. If you have a worthwhile manuscript pertaining to any aspect Library Science, then please send it to: Editor-In-Chief Hello Librarian A Quarterly Journal of Library Science Hashu Advani College of Special Education 64/65, Collectors Colony, Chembur, MUMBAI 400 074 Email: hljournal(a)gmail.com The author is required to send a note of declaration that the paper is the result of his original work and has not been sent elsewhere for publication/presentation. Declaration should be made on separate sheet with the title of contribution, name(s) of the author(s), full postal address for the correspondence and signature. Please remember that your love, support and encouragement are very much needed to nourish this new baby journal. We will consider it a special favour if you share this news with your friends and colleagues. Thats all, friends. With warm regards, Anand Dodamani Librarian Hashu Advani College of Special Education Chembur, Mumbai 400 074 Email: anand_karuni(a)yahoo.com Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers

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