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Open Access and Digital Libraries Wiki - http://oadl.pbwiki.com/
by Sukhdev Singh 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Open Access and Digital Libraries Group <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl/> has set up a Wiki at http://oadl.pbwiki.com/ to facilitate working on a "Guide to Develop Openly Accessible Digital Libraries". This is the "TARGET - I" of the group and being done a collaborative manner. The WIKI presently lists a broad structure of the proposed guide. Suggestions are most welcomed. Thanks Sukhdev Singh. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl/

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11th Five year plan (2007-2012) and Libraries
by K A. Sardesai 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Dear Manju, I agree with your opinion.In Maharashatra the number of Libraries and that of Librarian's ratio is un favourable.This is because the package the Librarians are supposed to get is based with very very less comparative to teachers/professors and others. we try to impress the profiles of librarianship on the management who are typical and burocrat mentalities except the emerging corporate fileds.These corporates are interested in IT areas expert than Library professionals to manage their collection / knowledge/documents etc.They do not think the professionaly and technicalyy expert Librarian, as the attitudes are dominatings. Instead of thinking Government to do something for us the Corporates Like INFOSYS, WIPROS, Banking and Financial Institutions where knowledge hubs and research are in progress. Our forum may take initiative not only to a particular part of the country but it should be in all states. At the same time we must make our profesionals to move towards skills of new developed IT and always upgrade ourselves with creative mind for offering services.We didnot get the experts/enthu library workers where they are needed.This is because the salary/benefits/educational qualifications etc are the hurdeles.As emerging corporates are tying educational institutes for their work forces library professionals should also get such opportunities.Recently ET / TO I dated 18/ 12/06 have annouced such type of picking up work forces or making their own organisations as educational base for future job opportunities in the company itself. Government otherwise is busy with politics and many issues but the thing may be possible if we approach our President who loves education and research and that of creative minds. I request our great forum expert to do something bright for librarians all over the country. Kshipra Sardesai

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Fwd: K-Community hosted by FirstSource (formerly ICICI OneSource)
by Mailing List Manager 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:00:28 +0530 From: Manju manju <manjax4u(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends, The Knowledge Management Community of Bangalore will meet on the 3rd Wednesday of this month: December 20th. The agenda for our gathering is as follows: 6:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.: Networking/Introductions 6:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.: Welcome Address by Host: FirstSource 6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.: Talk and facilitated discussion by PPR Rao, President of Bizworth, 'Bringing Innovation to the Workplace' 7:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.: Next Steps and Conclusion Outline of Talk and Discussion: First we shall explore the current business context and talk of the ICT, its impact on the information society, the rising importance of Knowledge assets, the networked society and the emergence of Innovation as the key competitive element for organisations. Then we shall quickly establish a common understanding on few operating words like 'Knowledge Management', 'Intellectual Capital', and 'Innovation'. We shall then examine the sequence of steps to put KM on a sound footing in business organisations. This will bring about the role of Innovation too. Then we shall examine in some detail about Innovation as a 'process' and a few practical steps that can be taken to make it happen in our day to day work while still fighting out all that goes in a day to keep the transactions going. Here, we shall try to demystify Innovation and put it into some simple Do's and Don'ts as well as the leadership / Management philosophies that are essential for the promotion and health of Innovation process in our organisations. At the end, we shall summarise a few guide lines that will help us in structuring our work in such a way that Innovation gets deployed into the day to day working and not an esoteric, stand alone operation. Speaker Background: PPR Rao is President and co-founder of Bizworth, and Management Consultant focusing on Intellectual Capital Management, Process Management, Business Excellence and Manufacturing Management. An engineer by qualification, his professional career spanning 38years has been spent in Public and Private Sectors, Engineering, Auto electrical and IT industries covering the functions of Manufacturing, Services and Business leadership. He served reputed companies like BHEL, English Electric, Nippon Denso, Wipro, Digital Equipment and WeP peripherals. He held various positions in the IT industry like Chief Executive, Customer Services for Wipro, Director Services for Digital, COO for WeP. He served in the national executive of MAIT for more than six years and during that period he also chaired their Business Excellence Committee. He has been associated with CII Southern Region and served their Manufacturing as well as IT panels. Address of Hosting Organization: Firstsource Solutions Ltd. (formerly ICICI One Source) 1 - 3, RMZ Ecospace Tower - 3A, Sarjapur Outer Ring Road Bangalore 560 037 Phone: 080 66208000 RMZ Ecospace is located in Marathahalli - Sarjapur Outer Ring Road, it is six kms from the Bangalore Airport and 12 kms from the Central Business District. Ecospace is flanked on one side by a six lane Ring Road and on the other side by untouched greenery.Accenture is the prominent building while you enter.The third building is FirstSource (formerly ICICI One Source). The venue is at 2 flr conference room. Sincere Regards, P.S. MANJUNATHA (manjax4u) LIBRARIAN B.N.M.I.T.SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES Knowledge Management Community of Bangalore URL: www.k-community.org Bangalore, India

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Re: Socio political unrest in Peoples' Republic of China after 1980
by veena bhat 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Dear Sir/ Madam, Can you please provide the appropriate sources for "Socio political unrest in Peoples' Republic of China after 1980" and let me have some worthwhile reading material on the topic. Thanks in advance. Best Regards, Veena Bhat IIIT, Pune __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Sir/ Madam, Can you please provide the appropriate sources for "Socio political unrest in Peoples' Republic of China after 1980" and let me have some worthwhile reading material on the topic. Thanks in advance. Best Regards, Veena Bhat IIIT, Pune __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Fw: 2007 Bonnie Hilditch International Science-Technology & Engineering Divisions Librarian Award
by Farooque Shaheen 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Dear Professionals, FYI. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 ----- Forwarded by Farooque Shaheen/IN/CTR on 12/19/2006 10:23 AM ----- "Cheryl Hansen" <cahansen(a)esi-il.com> Sent by: owner-sla-st(a)welles.library.northwestern.edu 12/19/2006 02:37 AM To <sla-st(a)welles.library.northwestern.edu> cc Subject 2007 Bonnie Hilditch International Science-Technology & Engineering Divisions Librarian Award It is time to nominate yourself or a colleague for the 2007 Bonnie Hilditch International Science-Technology & Engineering Divisions Librarian Award. The Engineering Division is now co-sponsoring the Award with Sci-Tech and the monetary amount has gone up to US $2,000. This award is presented to a librarian from outside of the United States and Canada. The purpose of the award is to provide an opportunity for a librarian from outside the U.S. and Canada to attend the annual SLA Conference. The award will consist of conference registration, lodging and airfare, not to exceed US$2000. The 2007 Conference will be held June 3-6 in Denver, CO. Qualifications are : Be a current member of SLA, preference given to members of the SLA Science-Technology and Engineering Divisions. Reside and work outside of the U.S. and Canada, be working currently in a library, information center, library school or other information capacity, preferably in the science, technology and engineering areas. The nomination forms can be found on the Sci-Tech Division Website http://units.sla.org/division/dst/Award/BonnieHilditchInternationalAward.ht… or you can contact the Sci-Tech Division Awards Chair Sheila Rosenthal Manager, Library Services Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute Pittsburgh, PA 412/268-7846 ph 412/268-5758 fax slr(a)sei.cmu.edu Dear Professionals, � � � � � � � � � � � � FYI. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 ----- Forwarded by Farooque Shaheen/IN/CTR on 12/19/2006 10:23 AM ----- "Cheryl Hansen" <cahansen(a)esi-il.com> Sent by: owner-sla-st(a)welles.library.northwestern.edu 12/19/2006 02:37 AM To <sla-st(a)welles.library.northwestern.edu> cc Subject 2007 Bonnie Hilditch International Science-Technology & Engineering Divisions Librarian Award It is time to nominate yourself or a colleague for the 2007 Bonnie Hilditch International Science-Technology & Engineering Divisions Librarian Award. � The Engineering Division is now co-sponsoring the Award with Sci-Tech and the monetary amount has gone up to US $2,000. � This award is presented to a librarian from outside of the United States and Canada. �The purpose of the award is to provide an opportunity for a librarian from outside the U.S. and Canada to attend the annual SLA Conference. �The award will consist of conference registration, lodging and airfare, not to exceed US$2000. �The 2007 Conference will be held June 3-6 in Denver, CO. Qualifications are : Be a current member of SLA, preference given to members of the SLA Science-Technology and Engineering Divisions. �Reside and work outside of the U.S. and Canada, be working currently in a library, information center, library school or other information capacity, preferably in the science, technology and engineering areas. � The nomination forms can be found on the Sci-Tech Division Website http://units.sla.org/division/dst/Award/BonnieHilditchInternationalAward.ht… http://units.sla.org/division/dst/Award/BonnieHilditchInternationalAward.ht… � or you can contact the Sci-Tech Division Awards Chair Sheila Rosenthal Manager, Library Services Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute Pittsburgh, PA 412/268-7846 ph 412/268-5758 fax mailto:slr@sei.cmu.edu slr(a)sei.cmu.edu

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[LIS-Forum] Version 66, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

Version 66 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available. This selective bibliography presents over 2,830 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. The SEPB URL has changed: http://sepb.digital-scholarship.org/ or http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html There is a mirror site at: http://www.digital-scholarship.com/sepb/sepb.html The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog URL has also changed: http://sepw.digital-scholarship.org/ or http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepw/sepw.htm There is a mirror site at: http://www.digital-scholarship.com/sepb/sepw/sepw.htm The SEPW RSS feed is unaffected. 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 HTML 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 HTML document includes: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (biweekly list of new resources; also available by e-mail--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://sepw.digital-scholarship.org/ 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://sepr.digital-scholarship.org/ (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/archive/sepa.htm The 2005 annual PDF file is designed for printing. The printed bibliography is over 210 pages long. The PDF file is over 560 KB. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/archive/60/sepb.pdf 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. E-Mail: cwbailey(a)digital-scholarship.com Publications: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ (Provides access to DigitalKoans, Open Access Bibliography, Open Access Webliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog, and others.)

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FW: [Sigiii-l] asist sig iii international paper contest 2007
by J. K. Vijayakumar 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

-----Original Message----- From: sigiii-l-bounces(a)asis.org [mailto:sigiii-l-bounces@asis.org] On Behalf Of Dr Julian Warner Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 9:04 AM To: sigiii-l(a)asis.org Subject: [Sigiii-l] asist sig iii international paper contest 2007 INTERNATIONAL PAPER CONTEST The American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III), is pleased to announce its eighth competition for papers to be submitted for the 2007 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 18-25, 2007. The theme of this paper contest is: "Joining Research and Practice: Social Computing and Information Science" The theme may be addressed at either the country or regional level issues. Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of the theme, such as, but not limited to the following: Egovernance in developing countries, Factors, issues, case studies etc pertaining to rural/urban digital divide and the information infrastructure (connectivity, access, hardware, cost implications, emerging trends etc) in developing countries. Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and digital libraries Collecting, preserving and disseminating IK. Social, ethical, political, legal, and economic and cultural issues: issues related to the role of information in society, such as information policy, access, security, privacy, and intellectual property, as well as the social uses and abuses of information technologies such as the Internet and World Wide Web in bridging or separating diverse communities. Information organization, management, access, and retrieval. Information seeking and use: the role of information in professional and daily lives, use of various types of information technology, and social contexts of information seeking. Information technology, social equity and development: IT and governance, IT and the new economy, including the future of work and implications of technological hardware and software developments; the role of ICTs in conflict management, etc. There will be six winners who will be selected by a panel of judges including Julian Warner (Chair), Judy Jeng (Co-Chair), Yunfei Du, Nathalie Leroy, Sue O'Neill Johnson, Yin Zhang, and Liwen Vaughn. Selection Criteria Papers will be selected through a peer review process. The judging criteria will be based on: Originality of paper in the developing world environment (originality of the project described, etc.) Relevance to the Paper contest. Presentation and organization. Style. The international paper contest committee requires that submissions follow the International Information and Library Review instructions to authors. Detailed information is available under the heading, Guide for Authors at: http://authors.elsevier.com/GuideForAuthors.html?PubID=622845&dc=GF The prize for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIST. In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIST membership. In addition, depending on SIG III fundraising for this competition, the first place winner will be rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration, and accommodations while attending the ASIST Annual Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 18-25, 2007. Publishing opportunities Submitted papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the International Information and Library Review, subject to the usual peer refereeing process, for that journal. Information for authors Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners in the 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, or 2006 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and ONLY in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. ASIST Copyright Policy ASIST will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its web site or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author. Deadline for submission of full papers Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5000 words, by March 31, 2007, to j.warner(a)qub.ac.uk, preferably as Microsoft Word attachments. Please check the SIG III website (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm) for more information about the SIG III International Paper Contest, including Frequently Asked Questions, past CFPs, previous winners and winning papers, and stories from previous winners. A copy of this call for papers can be found at http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/paper_contest/2007/CFP2007.htm Julian Warner School of Management and Economics The Queen's University of Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN Northern Ireland email j.warner(a)qub.ac.uk home page http://www.qub-efrg.com/staff/jwarner/ _______________________________________________ Sigiii-l mailing list Sigiii-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigiii-l ---------------------------------- J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS PhD Assistant Director - Library American University of Antigua Post Box W-1451, St. Johns ANTIGUA, West Indies http://students.auamed.net/library http://libinfospace.blogspot.com ---------------------------------- Head Quarters: #2 Wall Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10005, USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -----Original Message----- From: sigiii-l-bounces(a)asis.org [mailto:sigiii-l-bounces@asis.org] On Behalf Of Dr Julian Warner Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 9:04 AM To: sigiii-l(a)asis.org Subject: [Sigiii-l] asist sig iii international paper contest 2007 INTERNATIONAL PAPER CONTEST The American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III), is pleased to announce its eighth competition for papers to be submitted for the 2007 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 18-25, 2007. The theme of this paper contest is: "Joining Research and Practice: Social Computing and Information Science" The theme may be addressed at either the country or regional level issues. Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of the theme, such as, but not limited to the following: Egovernance in developing countries, Factors, issues, case studies etc pertaining to rural/urban digital divide and the information infrastructure (connectivity, access, hardware, cost implications, emerging trends etc) in developing countries. Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and digital libraries Collecting, preserving and disseminating IK. Social, ethical, political, legal, and economic and cultural issues: issues related to the role of information in society, such as information policy, access, security, privacy, and intellectual property, as well as the social uses and abuses of information technologies such as the Internet and World Wide Web in bridging or separating diverse communities. Information organization, management, access, and retrieval. Information seeking and use: the role of information in professional and daily lives, use of various types of information technology, and social contexts of information seeking. Information technology, social equity and development: IT and governance, IT and the new economy, including the future of work and implications of technological hardware and software developments; the role of ICTs in conflict management, etc. There will be six winners who will be selected by a panel of judges including Julian Warner (Chair), Judy Jeng (Co-Chair), Yunfei Du, Nathalie Leroy, Sue O'Neill Johnson, Yin Zhang, and Liwen Vaughn. Selection Criteria Papers will be selected through a peer review process. The judging criteria will be based on: Originality of paper in the developing world environment (originality of the project described, etc.) Relevance to the Paper contest. Presentation and organization. Style. The international paper contest committee requires that submissions follow the International Information and Library Review instructions to authors. Detailed information is available under the heading, Guide for Authors at: http://authors.elsevier.com/GuideForAuthors.html?PubID=622845&dc=GF http://authors.elsevier.com/GuideForAuthors.html?PubID=622845&dc=GF The prize for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIST. In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIST membership. In addition, depending on SIG III fundraising for this competition, the first place winner will be rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration, and accommodations while attending the ASIST Annual Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 18-25, 2007. Publishing opportunities Submitted papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the International Information and Library Review, subject to the usual peer refereeing process, for that journal. Information for authors Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners in the 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, or 2006 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and ONLY in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. ASIST Copyright Policy ASIST will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its web site or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author. Deadline for submission of full papers Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5000 words, by March 31, 2007, to j.warner(a)qub.ac.uk, preferably as Microsoft Word attachments. Please check the SIG III website (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm) for more information about the SIG III International Paper Contest, including Frequently Asked Questions, past CFPs, previous winners and winning papers, and stories from previous winners. A copy of this call for papers can be found at http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/paper_contest/2007/CFP2007.htm http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/paper_contest/2007/CFP2007.htm Julian Warner School of Management and Economics The Queen's University of Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN Northern Ireland email j.warner(a)qub.ac.uk home page http://www.qub-efrg.com/staff/jwarner/ _______________________________________________ Sigiii-l mailing list Sigiii-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigiii-l ---------------------------------- J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS PhD Assistant Director - Library American University of Antigua Post Box W-1451, St. Johns ANTIGUA, West Indies http://students.auamed.net/library http://students.auamed.net/library http://libinfospace.blogspot.com http://libinfospace.blogspot.com ---------------------------------- Head Quarters: #2 Wall Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10005, USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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DRTC Colloquium (2) 2006-08
by Mailing List Manager 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

Date: 17 Dec 2006 07:04:54 -0000 From: Ehtesham <ehte786(a)rediffmail.com> INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8th Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059 DRTC Colloquium - 2 (2006-08) �LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARES: THE INDIAN SCENARIO� ABSTRACT The availability of hardware and Library Management Softwares (LMSs) at affordable price has resulted in a fairly wide adoption and use of LMSs in India. Almost all special libraries in India have either adopted a computer-based system or planning actively to go for library automation. LMSs are being used both in library management and for providing user support services. In this colloquium, we will concentrate on generations, features and some advantages of some selected LMSs available in India. TOPICS SPEAKERS 1.Introduction Radha Rani Rit 2.Generations of LMSs Mita Sarkar 3.LMSs of foreign origin used in India Mithun Raj M 4.LMSs developed over LMSs of foreign origin Syed Raiyan Ghani 5.LMSs of Indian origin Ayesha Khatoon Anila S. 6.Conclusion Sanjeev Kumar Sunny Venue :DRTC Classroom Date : 20th of December Time : 2:00 pm All are cordially invited Dr.K.S. Raghavan (Colloquium Coordinator)

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Darwin online
by Mailing List Manager 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:14:18 +0000 (GMT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Friends: The Complete Works of Darwin are now available at <http://darwin-online.org.uk/>. When are we going to get the complete works of India's great scientists online at one place? Will DST, DSIR or DBT undertake such a programme or fund some agency to undertake such a project? [The Raman research Library is working on bringing out the collected works of Sir C V Raman. The University of Arizona is trying to build a repository of all the writings of Prof. S R Ranganathan.] Regards. Subbiah Arunachalam

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11th Five year plan (2007-2012) and Library Development
by manju nayak 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

Dear Moderator, Our country’s 11th Five-Year Plan will begin from April 2007 with the objective of making India one of the fastest developing nations by setting various plans with a vision to eradicate poverty, providing education to all etc. In this context we need to attract Planning Commission’s attention to give importance for the development of the Library System in general and the Public Library system in particular, as we all know the role Library plays in providing information and also imparting knowledge in any given society. But it is unfortunate that so for no five-year plan has given any due importance for the development of library system in India. No one will disagree that in the 21st century we are living in a knowledge based society. Ideas rule the world, Knowledge is power. Libraries function as an auxiliary educational institution to make knowledge citizen. So, the importance of this knowledge center is very essential to cater to the information needs of all members of the society. So I hope that the coming 11the five year plan gives due importance for the promotion of knowledge center if we fight together for the cause of professional development. I request LIS-Forum moderator to open this topic for discussion so as to get various ideas of the professionals in the area with which we can prepare a roadmap for the renovation of the Library System in India. Below mentioned are some of my suggestions for the development of library in the 11th plan. 1. Establishment of one more National Library in South India, particularly in Bangalore which is the hub of Information Technology and also it is considered as one of the Asia’s fastest growing cosmopolitan cities. 2. Establishment of Public Library in every village across the country. 3. Establishment of Centre for Excellence for Digital Library Development and Research. 4. Establishment of School Library in every school. Thanks Manju Naika Central Institute of Indian Languages Library Mysore. Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php  Dear Moderator, Our country’s 11 th Five-Year Plan will begin from April 2007 with the objective of making India one of the fastest developing nations by setting various plans with a vision to eradicate poverty, providing education to all etc. In this context we need to attract Planning Commission’s attention to give importance for the development of the Library System in general and the Public Library system in particular, as we all know the role Library plays in providing information and also imparting knowledge in any given society. But it is unfortunate that so for no five-year plan has given any due importance for the development of library system in India . No one will disagree that in the 21st century we are living in a knowledge based society. Ideas rule the world, Knowledge is power. Libraries function as an auxiliary educational institution to make knowledge citizen. So, the importance of this knowledge center is very essential to cater to the information needs of all members of the society. So I hope that the coming 11the five year plan gives due importance for the promotion of knowledge center if we fight together for the cause of professional development. I request LIS-Forum moderator to open this topic for discussion so as to get various ideas of the professionals in the area with which we can prepare a roadmap for the renovation of the Library System in India . Below mentioned are some of my suggestions for the development of library in the 11th plan. 1. Establishment of one more National Library in South India , particularly in Bangalore which is the hub of Information Technology and also it is considered as one of the Asia ’s fastest growing cosmopolitan cities. 2. Establishment of Public Library in every village across the country. 3. Establishment of Centre for Excellence for Digital Library Development and Research. 4. Establishment of School Library in every school. Thanks Manju Naika Central Institute of Indian Languages Library Mysore . Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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