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OA mandated by funding agency
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

The Wellcome Trust OA mandate takes effect The Wellcome Trust announced last November that it would soon start requiring OA to the results of all Wellcome-funded research. The policy took effect yesterday, October 1, 2005. The Wellcome Trust is the largest private funder of medical research in the UK and the first research funding agency in the world, private or public, to mandate OA to the publications arising from its research grants. We're three policy steps ahead of where we were in April 2003, when the Wellcome Trust and other major research funding agencies met in Chevy Chase, Maryland, to discuss their interest in OA. (1) At that time, the funders decided to use what they called the carrot, not what they called the stick. Hence, in the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing (issued in June 2003), they agreed to pay the processing fees charged by OA journals but not to require OA archiving. (2) Then in the summer of 2004, both the US House of Representatives and the UK House of Commons recommended mandatory OA archiving for the results of publicly-funded research. In the US, the recommended requirement was weakened to a request and became the NIH public-access policy. In the UK, the recommendation was rejected by the government but picked up by the independent RCUK, which will announce an OA mandate next month to take effect next year. (3) The third step took place yesterday. We now have a working OA mandate from a major funder of research. The Wellcome Trust policy is superior to the NIH policy in three key respects. First, it's a requirement, not a request. Second, it does not permit delays longer than six months from the date of publication. The third difference is easy to overlook but at least as important as the first two. The Wellcome policy does not require publisher consent and therefore does not accommodate publisher resistance. The Wellcome policy points out that grantees have agreed to provide OA to their Wellcome-funded research, and that "[a]n author's obligations to the Wellcome Trust will therefore, in almost all cases, pre-date any agreement with a journal." If publishers insist on copyright terms inconsistent with the prior funding agreement, then the Trust simply tells grantees to choose among three options: (a) give the journal fewer rights than it wants and retain the right to comply with the funding agreement, (b) insert a Wellcome-written paragraph into the publisher's copyright transfer agreement allowing the grantee to comply with the funding agreement, or (c) find another publisher. http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_wtd018855.html This is an exemplary solution to the problem. It's not only superior to the NIH policy, which depends on publisher consent, but to the draft RCUK policy, which makes its OA mandate "subject to copyright or licensing arrangements" that might be adopted by publishers. The Wellcome Trust is a private charity, not a government agency. Hence, the "taxpayer argument" for OA doesn't apply to it. While the taxpayer argument is strong, and properly central to the NIH and RCUK policies, it has tended to steal the limelight from the other strong arguments for OA policies at funding agencies. I hope the Wellcome policy will bring these other arguments back to prominence. OA shares knowledge and accelerates research. It benefits everyone who does research and everyone who depends on research. Funders of research have the same interest in realizing these benefits whether they are using public or private money. If research is useful enough to fund, then it's useful enough to share. Wellcome Trust http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/ November 2004 announcement of new policy to mandate OA archiving http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/node3302.html September 30 press release announcing the October 1 implementation date http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX026822.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2005_09_25_fosblogarchive.html#a11280810… Authors Guide and FAQ to the Wellcome Trust OA policy http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_wtd018855.html

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Free Open-source S/W for ETDs
by Indira Koneru 01 Oct '05

01 Oct '05

Dear Professionals, VTLS announces VALET for ETDs; a free, open-source, Web submission solution for electronic theses and dissertations, [VTLS, Inc.] VTLS announced that it is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a gift to the academic community: VALET for ETDs. Available free as open-source software, VALET is a Web submission solution for managing electronic theses and dissertations. The software is now available for download from the VTLS website. http://www.vtls.com/Products/valet-for-ETDs.shtml ------------------------------ Indira Koneru Faculty Associate Dept. of Library Science ICFAI University 25, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabad - 500 082 E-mail: indk68(a)hotmail.com indk68(a)yahoo.com Dear Professionals, VTLS announces VALET for ETDs; a free, open-source, Web submission solution for electronic theses and dissertations, [VTLS, Inc.] VTLS announced that it is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a gift to the academic community: VALET for ETDs. Available free as open-source software, VALET is a Web submission solution for managing electronic theses and dissertations. The software is now available for download from the VTLS website. http://www.vtls.com/Products/valet-for-ETDs.shtml http://www.vtls.com/Products/valet-for-ETDs.shtml ------------------------------ Indira Koneru Faculty Associate Dept. of Library Science ICFAI University 25, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabad - 500 082 E-mail: mailto:indk68@hotmail.com indk68(a)hotmail.com mailto:indk68@yahoo.com indk68(a)yahoo.com

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OCLC Opens WorldCat Records to Google /Yahoo
by Rajeev Sharma 01 Oct '05

01 Oct '05

OCLC Project Opens WorldCat Records to Google /Yahoo Open WorldCat offers the convenience of locating library-owned materials on the Web-and the tools give added convenience of performing search from handy locations on PC desktop. Visit: http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/searchtools/default.htm Rajeev Sharma Officer - Information Services Transport Corporation of India Ltd. Gurgaon OCLC Project Opens WorldCat Records to Google /Yahoo Open WorldCat offers the convenience of locating library-owned materials on the Weband the tools give added convenience of performing search from handy locations on PC desktop. Visit: http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/searchtools/default.htm http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/searchtools/default.htm Rajeev Sharma Officer - Information Services Transport Corporation of India Ltd. Gurgaon

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RE: National Digital Library
by Aman Jha 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

Friends, There is a source mistake in my previous posting. Please read The Hindustan Times in place of TOI. Thanks and regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 • Fax: 0124-5014080 -----Original Message----- From: Aman Jha Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 4:53 PM To: 'lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in' Subject: National Digital Library Importance: High Friends, Government of India had initiated a National Digital Lirbary project in 2002. A draft paper was sent to nearly 80 organisations in the country for their comments this summer. The DIT is now analysing their views and will incorporate them in the revised paper. Over the next six months, DIT will conduct brainstorming session on the revised draft paper and come out with a concept paper... For more information, you may like to read the TOI article. Source: TOI, 29 September 2005, page no. 15. Thanks and regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 • Fax: 0124-5014080

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Change of Address
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

Dear Friends: I wish to inform you that I am leaving ICICI Knowledge Park, Hyderabad today (30th Sep 2005) after completing a four year contractual project here. My new Email address is: vyasamoorthy(a)gmail.com I shall continue to be interested in Info services activity. Dr P Vyasamoorthy (ex of Satyam, IDL etc etc) 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 ========== Dear Friends: I wish to inform you that I am leaving ICICI Knowledge Park, Hyderabad today (30th Sep 2005) after completing a four year contractual project here. My new Email address is: mailto:vyasamoorthy@gmail.com vyasamoorthy(a)gmail.com I shall continue to be interested in Info services activity. Dr P Vyasamoorthy (ex of Satyam, IDL etc etc) 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 ==========

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RFID For Indian Libraries
by P.K Sinha 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

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Documents Online through the JISC licence
by sandeep ashok bhavsar 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

Dear Colleagues All Higher and Further Education institutions in the UK can now offer their staff and students access to The National Archives' collection of digitised public records - DocumentsOnline. Institutions can subscribe DocumentsOnline through the JISC licence - to subscribe please follow the instructions found at: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_documentsonline.html With DocumentsOnline, users can tap into a rich archive of public records, including academic sources, maps, images, government documents, wills and family history sources. The breadth and depth of the content ensures its relevance across a wide range of subject and curriculum areas including: architecture, environmental management; history; international relations and politics; legal history; military history and war studies. New material will be added, which will be available at no extra charge to subscribing institutions. Find out DocumentsOnline can benefit staff and students: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_documentsonline_fpd.html Pricing Information is available at: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_documentsonline.html To determine which band your institution is in, see http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_allbanding.html Register for a no obligation free trial today! To take advantage of a no obligation 30 day free trial, please contact trial_access(a)jisc.ac.uk. Please remember to include DocumentsOnline in the subject line of your email and let us know which online resource(s) you would like trial access to. regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Research and Management Studies Chendni Thane(W). Mo.9867437438 email : sandeep31581(a)yahoo.co.uk Dear Colleagues All Higher and Further Education institutions in the UK can now offer their staff and students access to The National Archives' collection of digitised public records - DocumentsOnline. Institutions can subscribe DocumentsOnline through the JISC licence - to subscribe please follow the instructions found at: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_documentsonline.html With DocumentsOnline, users can tap into a rich archive of public records, including academic sources, maps, images, government documents, wills and family history sources. The breadth and depth of the content ensures its relevance across a wide range of subject and curriculum areas including: architecture, environmental management; history; international relations and politics; legal history; military history and war studies. New material will be added, which will be available at no extra charge to subscribing institutions. Find out DocumentsOnline can benefit staff and students: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_documentsonline_fpd.html Pricing Information is available at: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_documentsonline.html To determine which band your institution is in, see http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_allbanding.html Register for a no obligation free trial today! To take advantage of a no obligation 30 day free trial, please contact trial_access(a)jisc.ac.uk. Please remember to include DocumentsOnline in the subject line of your email and let us know which online resource(s) you would like trial access to. regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Research and Management Studies Chendni Thane(W). Mo.9867437438 email : sandeep31581(a)yahoo.co.uk http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Congrats to ARD Prasad and SV University
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Sep '05

29 Sep '05

>From Peter Suber blog Arun ---- The new institutional repository at Sri Venkateswara University Andhra Pradesh, SVU digital library has Harvesters for easy access to research works, NewIndPress, September 29, 2005. Excerpt: The newly inaugurated digital library in Sri Venkateswara University has some unique features, which makes it unique from any other university library. The home page of SV University Library has two services - HDD and OAIster listed under a heading - Harvesters. HDD stands for Harvester of Digital Documents and it is a computer programme, which retrieves Meta Data (bibliographic information) from various digital repositories (databases) of a particular subject worldwide. According to A R D Prasad of Indian Statistical Institute in Bangalore, who developed the Harvester for SVU Digital Library, every university and research institute maintains a digital database of dissertations, research papers, thesis, scientific papers and journals of a particular subject, which are not [yet] retrieved by ordinary search engines like Google. ------

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National Digital Library
by Aman Jha 29 Sep '05

29 Sep '05

Friends, Government of India had initiated a National Digital Lirbary project in 2002. A draft paper was sent to nearly 80 organisations in the country for their comments this summer. The DIT is now analysing their views and will incorporate them in the revised paper. Over the next six months, DIT will conduct brainstorming session on the revised draft paper and come out with a concept paper... For more information, you may like to read the TOI article. Source: TOI, 29 September 2005, page no. 15. Thanks and regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 • Fax: 0124-5014080

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Re: RE: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORUM: ITS ROLE
by Navin Soni 29 Sep '05

29 Sep '05

Dear Sir Its really a necessity of time that all the information posted on LIS-forun should be classified so that selection of information or necessity of person be fulfilled. "Right infromation, right time, to right person" be followed. On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 JK Vijayakumar wrote : >Dear Professionals, > >LIS Forum has its special and important role in disseminating LIS related information among LIS professionals, as it was initiated by NCSI with the support of NISSAT. > >Since it is "moderated" my real LIS professionals at NCSI, the issue of irrelevancy doesn't arrise. Still the members feel so, Moderators can frame a policy and publish it in the Forum. > >To stop reading all mails appearing forums, I have a suggestion. We can catagorise the messages under different themes. > >For Example, if there is an announcement about a conference programme, the SUBJECT line can be "Conf-Ann: National Seminar on..........", if it is a seminar organised by KALA, it can be "Conf-Ann-KALA: National Seminar on .......". > >Same way we can put "Trg-Ann-NCSI: Workshop on DSpace by NCSI.....". > >If there is some discussion going on, then it can be "Dis-Relevance of LIS Forum" > >Interlibrary Loans can be put under "ILL-Req-Kashmir University" or "DocDel-Req-Kashmir University"..like that. > >Subjects like "Help required" should be changed to "Help:Topic for Ph D Research". (More specific) >So one can delete or open these mails 'flooded' on their inboxes, by reading the Subject line. Subjects like "Help required" should be changed to "Help:Topic for Ph D Research". > >Even the mails send to LIS forum doesn't have a subject which reveals the message, the moderator can catagorise it an put a subject. > >My personal opinion is that LIS forum should publish messages related o LIS profession, whether it is local, regional, state, national or international. But at the same time, the sender should use his or her common sense, whether to publish it in a national forum or not. > >Regards > >J K Vijayakumar >Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >wrote: >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:22:27 +0530 >To: khaisernikam(a)yahoo.com >There is a saying "Facts are Secred&Comments are free, " .As far as I am >concerened , i feel what ever news we get on LIS - FORUM is just fine & it >is doing well .It is well with in its scope and aims ."Knowledge is power >sharing knowledge is wwealth ". >So long as we communicate some thing original , academic & professional >information irrespective of where it comes from ( I mean geographical -- >zonal ,regional or local etc.) it should not matter . We must also adeher >to very high ethical standards. >However ,certain items like sending festival greetings and sharing >personal information , may kindly be avoided . >These comments are purely personal ,and not to hurt any bodys feeling >------------------------------------------------------------------ >Dr Khaiser Nikam >Reader /Management consultant >University of Mysore >Mysore -570 006 >0821-2419399(O) >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >Yahoo! for Good >http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ Click here to donate >to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum With regards Navin Kumar Soni DESIDOC, DRDO Metcalfe House Delhi- 110054 (M) 09868459805 (O)- 011-23818974 Email: navin(a)drdo.gov.in navin_soni(a)rediffmail.com navin1soni(a)gmail.com =================== Dear Sir Its really a necessity of time that all the information posted on LIS-forun should be classified so that selection of information or necessity of person be fulfilled. "Right infromation, right time, to right person" be followed. On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 JK Vijayakumar wrote : >Dear Professionals, > >LIS Forum has its special and important role in disseminating LIS related information among LIS professionals, as it was initiated by NCSI with the support of NISSAT. > >Since it is "moderated" my real LIS professionals at NCSI, the issue of irrelevancy doesn't arrise. Still the members feel so, Moderators can frame a policy and publish it in the Forum. > >To stop reading all mails appearing forums, I have a suggestion. We can catagorise the messages under different themes. > >For Example, if there is an announcement about a conference programme, the SUBJECT line can be "Conf-Ann: National Seminar on..........", if it is a seminar organised by KALA, it can be "Conf-Ann-KALA: National Seminar on .......". > >Same way we can put "Trg-Ann-NCSI: Workshop on DSpace by NCSI.....". > >If there is some discussion going on, then it can be "Dis-Relevance of LIS Forum" > >Interlibrary Loans can be put under "ILL-Req-Kashmir University" or "DocDel-Req-Kashmir University"..like that. > >Subjects like "Help required" should be changed to "Help:Topic for Ph D Research". (More specific) >So one can delete or open these mails 'flooded' on their inboxes, by reading the Subject line. Subjects like "Help required" should be changed to "Help:Topic for Ph D Research". > >Even the mails send to LIS forum doesn't have a subject which reveals the message, the moderator can catagorise it an put a subject. > >My personal opinion is that LIS forum should publish messages related o LIS profession, whether it is local, regional, state, national or international. But at the same time, the sender should use his or her common sense, whether to publish it in a national forum or not. > >Regards > >J K Vijayakumar >Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >wrote: >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:22:27 +0530 >To: khaisernikam(a)yahoo.com >There is a saying "Facts are Secred&Comments are free, " .As far as I am >concerened , i feel what ever news we get on LIS - FORUM is just fine & it >is doing well .It is well with in its scope and aims ."Knowledge is power >sharing knowledge is wwealth ". >So long as we communicate some thing original , academic & professional >information irrespective of where it comes from ( I mean geographical -- >zonal ,regional or local etc.) it should not matter . We must also adeher >to very high ethical standards. >However ,certain items like sending festival greetings and sharing >personal information , may kindly be avoided . >These comments are purely personal ,and not to hurt any bodys feeling >------------------------------------------------------------------ >Dr Khaiser Nikam >Reader /Management consultant >University of Mysore >Mysore -570 006 >0821-2419399(O) >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >Yahoo! for Good >http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ Click here to donate >to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum With regards Navin Kumar Soni DESIDOC, DRDO Metcalfe House Delhi- 110054 (M) 09868459805 (O)- 011-23818974 Email: navin(a)drdo.gov.in navin_soni(a)rediffmail.com navin1soni(a)gmail.com =================== http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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