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UGC lowers entry barrier for lecturers...News Item
by K Prakash 17 May '06

17 May '06

UGC lowers entry barrier for lecturers Vineeta Pandey Tuesday, May 16, 2006 22:50 IST Source:http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1029689&CatID=2 Taking away the standardised exam will help colleges fill up vacant teaching posts NEW DELHI: Succumbing to the pressure from the teaching community, the University Grants Commission (UGC) is on its way to getting rid of the National Eligibility Test (NET) requirement for those who hold M Phil and PhD degrees. The NET is the minimum requirement to get a job as a lecturer in universities and colleges. The NET was originally implemented to ensure uniformity, objectivity and merit in the selection process of university and college lecturers. Seventeen years later it is on its way out. The UGC has decided to allow PhDs and M Phils to teach postgraduates and under-graduates, respectively. However, those with just a post graduation degree would still need to clear the NET exam to be able to teach in university. At present, the requirements for becoming a lecturer include passing the NET and a minimum of 55 per cent marks in postgraduation. Those who have acquired a PhD degree before December 2002 are exempt from having a NET clearance, but all those who have completed a PhD after 2002 do need to clear NET. With a large number of doctorates failing to make it to the teaching profession due to not passing the NET, teachers’ unions and educators have raised objections against the system. Some have also accused UGC of interfering in the universities’ autonomy. While pointing to the flaws of the NET, Historian Sumit Sarkar had said the examination pattern does not suit research-oriented minds. The removal of the NET barrier would mean becoming lecture would be a much easier job. The weeding out process associated with the NET clearance has also been blamed for one of the reasons behind vacant teaching posts in universities and colleges across the country. Sources in Human Resources and Development Ministry said the shortage of quality faculty has been a governmental concern and the relief would help colleges easily fill the vacancies. The NET loosens National Eligibility Test (NET), the qualifying exam taken by those applying for a lectureship in colleges, will be scrapped for M Phil and PhD holders Those with a postgraduate degree must still take the NET In 2005, only 7500 qualified out of 1.75 lakh postgraduate students who took the NET The NET was meant to ensure uniformity, objectivity and merit in the selection process With best regards. Bye. ________________________________________________ K Prakash 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: 9427 000 758 Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ ; http://www.prakashk.netfirms.com/

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Google Notebook
by Sukhdev Singh 16 May '06

16 May '06

Google Notebook is up now. It works - as I expected - like clipmarks but in a much cool manner. Moreover, Google Search Engine has been leveraged in a good fashion. Installation is very simple - you need a Google Account ( your gmail account will do ). In mine case as soon as I logged in, It asked for downloading a Firefox extension - which was done in seconds. Next time when Firefox was opened, it had a small Notebook icon towards the right bottom corner. Working with it is Simple - mark anything in your Firebox / Browser and click -> notebook icon -> Add Note. You are done. While searching with Google, it shows - "Note this" hypertext under each hit. < http://sukhdev.blogspot.com/2006/05/google-notebook-up.html > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in

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FW: K-Community of Bangalore Event !
by Ayesha Taranum (HCL Capital Market Services) 16 May '06

16 May '06

Dear Friends, The Knowledge Management Community of Bangalore will meet again on the third Wednesday of this month: May 17th. The agenda for our gathering this time is as follows: 6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.: Networking/Introductions 6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.: Facilitate Discussion on Initializing Knowledge Management in your organization by Sunny Ghosh, COO of Digimaker India Pvt. Ltd Patentable Innovation by Gosakan Aravamudan, CEO of IPProcure 7:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.: Wrap-up/Next Steps Venue: HCL Technologies, The Senate, 33A, Ulsoor road, Bangalore - 560 042 India. Directions to HCL Technologies: From MG Road get onto Dickenson Road, after Manipal center, take the right turn, 50 meters on the right is our office. Easiest landmark, old Motorola Office. Contact Persons at HCL Technologies: Ayesha Taranum (Ayesha.taranum(a)hcl.in) 41906790 or Raveendra J (raveendra.j(a)hcl.in) 41906507 Also, don't forget to register online in our website and circulate this message among your KM colleagues ... Sincere Regards, Knowledge Community of Bangalore URL: www.k-community.org Bangalore, India Disclaimer: *********** The contents of this E-mail (including the contents of the enclosure(s) or attachment(s) if any) are privileged and confidential material of HCL Capital Market Services and should not be disclosed to, used by or copied in any manner by anyone other than the intended addressee(s). In case you are not the desired addressee, you should delete this message and/or re-direct it to the sender. The views expressed in this E-mail message (including the enclosure(s) or attachment(s) if any) are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of HCL Capital Market Services. This e-mail message including attachment/(s), if any, is believed to be free of any virus. However, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and HCL Capital Market Services is not responsible for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use.

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Open source Journals?
by ACHAR S 16 May '06

16 May '06

Dear Professional Collegues, Can anybody clarify about open source journals? According to me, these are free journals accessible online. But, I found that, in this catagory from a networking association, for a perticular open source journal, to access full article, they were asking user name & password. Unless we pay and get this, we cannot access. Delnet as this Directory of open source journals. Here I found this problem. I am in confusion. Pl clarify. Achar __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Management and Biotechnology Journals
by Mailing List Manager 16 May '06

16 May '06

Date: 16 May 2006 05:29:01 -0000 From: Sheetal Tank <sheetal_tank(a)rediffmail.com> I am the librarian of Atmiya Institute of Technology and Science, Rajkot which is affiliated to Saurashtra University and presently undergoing the accredition process for its courses. We are about to start with the department of Management and Biotechnology engineering. As per the norms of AICTE we are supposed to subscribe to 30 Journals in Management and approx 12 journals in Biotechnology engineering. I had downloaded the list of journals subscribed by IIM A and also other management institutes but unfortunately i was not given the entire details of the cost of subscription. i had asked for the Title of the Journal/ Magazine and its cost of subscription. As many of them are buying these journals under consortia. thus they do not want to disclose the price. And in the field of Biotechnology it is very difficult to decide as there are no much sources of information available for me. I tried searching on the Net. But due to the time constraint I am not able to get a good list which is economic as well as qualitative. Thus if any body can provide me a list for these two fields I will be able to do justice for the institute. Regards, Sheetal D. Tank Librarian

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Google trends- very interesting
by vasanth raj 15 May '06

15 May '06

Dear Sir/Madam, Google has launched "Google Trends." As Google explains: "With Google Trends, you can compare the world's interest in your favorite topics. Enter up to five topics and see how often they've been searched for on Google over time. Google Trends also displays how frequently your topics have appeared in Google News stories, and which geographic regions have searched for them most often." See http://www.google.com/trends Source- William Evans CONTENT moderator http://www.car.ua.edu. Regards Vasantha Raju N --------------------------------- Why was V. Sehwag warned by the BCCI? Share your knowledge on Yahoo! Answers India Send instant messages to your online friends - NOW Dear Sir/Madam, Google has launched "Google Trends." As Google explains: "With Google Trends, you can compare the world's interest in your favorite topics. Enter up to five topics and see how often they've been searched for on Google over time. Google Trends also displays how frequently your topics have appeared in Google News stories, and which geographic regions have searched for them most often." See http://www.google.com/trends http://www.google.com/trends Source- William Evans CONTENT moderator http://www.car.ua.edu http://www.car.ua.edu . Regards Vasantha Raju N Why was V. Sehwag warned by the BCCI? Share your knowledge on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailanswerssehwag/*http://in.answers.yahoo.c… Yahoo! Answers India Send instant messages to your online friends - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengerbeta/*http://messenger.yahoo.com/do… NOW

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FINAL CALL for papers: Sofia 2006
by Satish Munnolli 15 May '06

15 May '06

(apologies for cross-posting) FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS ***Please note the deadline for submitting abstracts: 3 June.*** The members of the Conference Organizing Committee want to remind you of the upcoming international conference, Sofia 2006: Globalization, Digitization, Access and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, o be held 8-10 November, 2006, at the Hotel Rodina, Sofia, Bulgaria. The themes of the conference will address many issues facing libraries, archives, and record centers concerning the effects of globalization and change on the development of libraries, information nfrastructure, and society. Conference themes include: * Digitization and access * Creation, administration of digital libraries * Intellectual property * National and international information policies and projects * Preservation * Association initiatives * Library/information science education * Collaboration and cooperation The Committee seeks original papers on the above themes to be presented at the conference. Papers can discuss theory or present research findings. Abstracts of NO MORE than 150 words will be accepted as text in an e-mail (no attachments) until Saturday, 3 June 2006. Participants from Central and Eastern Europe are asked to submit their bstracts to Prof. Alexander Dimchev at dimchev_uni(a)abv.bg. Participants from the rest of the world are asked to submit their abstracts to Prof. Herbert Achleitner at achleith(a)emporia.edu. Notification o acceptance will be sent by 24 June. Accepted papers must be submitted by 14 October for inclusion in the conference proceedings. For more information, visit the Sofia 2006 website: http://slim.emporia.edu/globenet/Sofia2006/Index.htm. Please circulate this announcement to other appropriate channels. Thank you, Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in

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Medical Library Association of India (MLAI) Election 2006-08 Result
by Md. Sibli Sirajee 15 May '06

15 May '06

This is to inform to the members of the forum that Medical Library Association of India (MLAI) has got new office bearers elected for the term 2006-08. President: Ms. Avani Shah, Ahmedabad Vice President: i) Mr. N. Mariappan, Madurai ii) Dr. R.P. Kumar, New Delhi Secretary: Mr. Raj Kumar, Chandigarh Joint Secretary: Dr. S.K. Pandey, New Delhi Treasurer: Dr. (Mrs.) R. Chandra, New Delhi Executive Members: i) Dr. N.C. Ghatak, Kolkata ii) Ms. Pupinder Kumari, New Delhi iii) Shri Jagdish G. sharma, Mumbai iv) Ms. Anjana Bhatia, New Delhi v) Mr. Md. Sibli Sirajee, New Delhi vi) Mr. Ramesh Kumar, Ludhiana With Regards, Md. Sibli Sirajee Principal Systems Analyst NIC, New Delhi This is to inform to the members of the forum that Medical Library Association of India (MLAI) has got new office bearers elected for the term 2006-08. President: Ms. Avani Shah, Ahmedabad Vice President: i) Mr. N. Mariappan, Madurai ii) Dr. R.P. Kumar, New Delhi Secretary: Mr. Raj Kumar, Chandigarh Joint Secretary: Dr. S.K. Pandey, New Delhi Treasurer: Dr. (Mrs.) R. Chandra, New Delhi Executive Members: i) Dr. N.C. Ghatak, Kolkata ii) Ms. Pupinder Kumari, New Delhi iii) Shri Jagdish G. sharma, Mumbai iv) Ms. Anjana Bhatia, New Delhi v) Mr. Md. Sibli Sirajee, New Delhi vi) Mr. Ramesh Kumar, Ludhiana With Regards, Md. Sibli Sirajee Principal Systems Analyst NIC, New Delhi

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BOOK RELEASE FUNCTION AT BRITISH LIBRARY, HYDERABAD ON SATURDAY, 20 MAY 2006, 6.45 PM
by Mailing List Manager 15 May '06

15 May '06

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 02:20:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> Dr. E Rama Reddy Festschrift Committee, Allied Publishers Pvt Ltd and British Library, Hyderabad=0D Invite you to the release of Technology Management in Libraries A Festschrift Volume Chief Guest Sri K.R. Suresh Reddy Honble Speaker AP Legislative Assembly Will release the Volume Dr. T Hanuman Chowdary Former IT Advisor, Govt of AP Will Preside Venue: British Library, Hyderabad Date and time: Saturday, 20 May 2006 at 6:45 p.m. Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Chairman, Board of Studies, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) Vice President, Association of British Scholars(AP Chapter) Vice-President, Faculty Club, Osmania University Ph:+91-40-27171565(res): +91-40-27682290(off) 9246547599(Mobile)

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The status of OA
by Mailing List Manager 15 May '06

15 May '06

Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 11:53:26 +0530 (IST) From: arun(a)mssrf.res.in The state of OA today Dorothea Salo, How are we doing? Caveat Lector, May 12, 2006. Excerpt: Im probably the wrong person to ask whether open access will fly. Still --I think the world will change in our direction. Utopia, certainly not. An entirely open-access landscape, certainly not. A world where many more people have unfettered access to much more research and scholarship --yes. I think well get there. Heres why I think that. For more details, visit, http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:WTT_v9MCi-QJ:cavlec.yarinareth.net/feed… Arun

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